Good afternoon, Zoe. Just a root beer float for me now. Thanks!
That was some train wreck - I think the "turn around and go back home" argument might've been to change one's pants, if that loco came crashing down the hill when I was driving along...
Excellent weather here in Cape today, and good day at work - only two in walk-in, a few phone calls, and lots o'paperw**king. Almost feel like it's the weekend already!
Jeff, your crew of carpenters there are busy beavers! How many more are you needing to do, just the 25 or more than that?
I found a newer (i.e., not a dinosaur) Windows computer in an adjacent office today that I'm writing this from. Still waiting on word back on my email about my laptop repairs or replacement choice.
Well, back to the salt mine for now (another hour and a half until the weekend officially starts). Hope everyone's weather is good today also.
Blessings and sunshine,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
JimRCGMO wrote: Jeff, your crew of carpenters there are busy beavers! How many more are you needing to do, just the 25 or more than that?
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Hello everybody!
Well, I hope you all already have your Chinese-made models. If not, you'd better hurry. China will allow its currancy to rise following preasure from Washington. That means prices for Chinese imports should rise.
Yes, evidently the UP train "made a wrong turn" and entered the highway instead of a track.
Now, Dick... you forgot to mention the gallon of whipped cream I grabbed for the pies. Shhhhhh. Tell no more!
Bye.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Sue,
I've had modelers block for quite some time now. The itch is returning though. I really haven't accomplished a lot since around the first of the year. School and work has kept me VERY busy. This summer though, for the first summer since returning to school, I've elected to take the summer off from school. This will allow me to unwind a bit and it will give me a chance to return to my modeling. I'll be back at it soon, and I promise pics and updates, OK?
A slice of pepperoni and a coke
Busy with school etc, Just jumping in as its a friday and I have some free time
Cherrio!
Alex
cheese4432 wrote:Now for those snipers....
Now for those snipers....
In the words of Jimmy Cagney (old film star, for our younger Diner patrons) "You dirty rat!"
...and it looks like I'm treating for dinner, folks. Okay, Zoe - where's that dishtowel? I'll be in the kitchen in a jiffy.
Oh, yeah - forgot to mention. When I got home from work today, my neighbor from upstairs was doing something on the back of his car (cordless drill, maybe putting new plates on...), and he said I missed all the excitement - apparently a lot of police descended on my next door neighbor's apartment. Don't know if it was possibly a drug bust or what (I did see any article in today's newspaper about one arrest and the local police chief was saying that there would be more drug arrests in the next few days...). Sheesh! If that was indeed a drug bust, it would explain some late visitors that would pull up outside our building around 11, go up the stairs (poor soundproofing in the building), knock on the next door neighbor's door, and leave a minute or so later. Hmmm.... maybe I need to be looking for another place NOW (before they get confused and come through my door)!
I think I'm going to have dinner in the Diner tonight, guys and gals. Stay out of the way in case anyone comes by and something starts if the police have the place staked out now.
I'll be working on my stroganoff in the corner booth, folks.
HI ALL:
We would like to thank you'll for all the prayers for both of us, Kathy is now much better Drs have found the problems, two grothes in large intestine, they have both been taken out and are not cancerious. I'm taking a new pain killer for all the pain. I can't spell it but it is working. I stick it on my tummy in the morning and some not all of the pain is gone much better than taking all that morphine twice a day. Kathy's mom turned 90 Wed. and a good time was had by all.....Big carrot cake and russian coffee. While we were gone to Portland for my appointments the kids next door cleaned out the mrr and then came in and cleaned up the house because I was so far behind in my house cleaning. Kathy now has a caregiver coming in three days a week and is a big help, 6 hours a day. The MRR is so clean now that I can finially find the floor and now restart to build a new layout if I can find enough money from my piggy bank. I can layout the frack plan that I've been working now for almost a year. By the way the kids next door are our son and his bubbies and their wives. I have been reading some of the pages and I think that I'll go back and read some more to catch up on all that has happened. If I may I'd like to buy everyone here dinner, so cloe use my CC and everyone have at it. Now that we have time we will start to learn how to post pictures. Again both of us are doing much better thanks to all your prayers.
CHUCK and KATHY
To all; Fair Winds and Following Seas
Hi guys,
I'm back and in good spirits today. I guess there will always be some off days from time to time.
Was quite the wet/ rainy day here in eastern Ma, it's supposed to rain all weekend.
Tomorrow at 10am, the long awaited Old Colony, Greenbush branch is to have a test run. This line is part of the old NH that ran from Boston south to Plymouth. It was abandoned in 1959. This runs right through my town of Weymouth, Ma. I do hope that I can have some pics of this. I have no idea what type of power they'll use for the test. Back in Feb, they had a "Golden Spike" ceremony at the Y in Braintree, Ma. Two F40s were placed nose to nose and of coarse all the wiggies and celebs showed up (even the jerks who had opposed it)
some of our motley crew that showed up
I notice that there's a few of us here in Ma.
Guilford Guy from Arlington, I've been working in Cambridge right off Mass Ave not far from you. Have you ever been to our club on the South Shore (Hingham)? It's worth a trip some spring show or fall open house.
Dick in Cherry Valley. Where exactly is that? Dick at least the VCR/DVD combo will hold you over 'til you can copy all the tapes to DVD.
I thought there was someone else, drawing a blank right now.
Jim There's so many great kits out there now, I don't think you'll have any trouble finding a replacement for the Campbell one. So has your club only been able to run point to point up to now? The continous run option is great for shows and for just running trains. We have 2 div so far that have continous run ability now and by throwing a switch to crossover we can run the entire layout (both div) at prototypical speeds it can take up to 15-20 minutes to run the layout.
Philip So do you have summer classes? Sounds like you may be able to get over the modelers block and get back to trains. What do you model anyway?
Garry I remember the milkman bringing the milk in the glass bottles. Don't remember it being in the stores that way. Think I was too young to remember. I'm sure I'll be able to get back to the mountain. I'll be working with a member on it. He can always continue the work if I don't make it. The tree clinic he gave last night went very good. Never have enough trees.
Dave V. Or should it be Pennsy Dave? Congrats on your work showing in the Keystone Modeler. There's some fantastic work on the Keystone Modeler's site.
JohnP or JP ? Good luck w/ your new relationship. Wow, the dating thing, almost sounds scarey. Haven't done that since meeting my wife 23 years ago.
Paul Sure been having troubles with that Kabota. I think you have to be 5' 2" and 115 lb to be qualified to fit/ work on them. I passed on the congrats to April L.
Chuck and Cathy So glad to here the news for you. This could have been very, very serious. My wife April died from Colon Cancer 8 weeks ago. She never had any symptoms at all and had this for 4-5 years before being diagnosed by a colonoscopy. Anyone out ther putting their's off take note of this, please.
Got to run for now, forgot some I know
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
More pics lol but first I'll have a slice of supreme pizza with a root beer thanks
bogp40 wrote: Philip So do you have summer classes? Sounds like you may be able to get over the modelers block and get back to trains. What do you model anyway?
No summer classes this year!
I model in N scale. I model a fictional line called the Autumns Ridge Railway & Nav. Co. set in the late 20's & early 30's in Maine. It's loosely based on the Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR. Right now, since I moved about 6 months ago, I've got benchwork up, subroadbed on some areas (25-30%), a little roadbed, very little track, and I'm goofing with the backdrop now. It doesn't look anywhere near as beautiful as that one you're working on.
Bob- Never been, too busy being president of the youth club up in lowell and trying to keep up with the Hub Div
Interresting pictures. 1000 doesn't have ACSES so I am suprised they brought one of them down southie.
ModelTrainLover wrote: well I think we have enough snifer cats to make a cat army. now are there any ones with dogs?
well I think we have enough snifer cats to make a cat army. now are there any ones with dogs?
Just a dog signaling in mores code
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Hoople wrote: Hey guys.My teacher is NNNNIIIIIIIIIIICEEEEEE!She's letting a friend and me skip school to see 844 and 4449.I can't wait.Sue: Have you had the chance to see them yet?That woman should be nominated for sainthood.
Hoople wrote: Hey guys.My teacher is NNNNIIIIIIIIIIICEEEEEE!She's letting a friend and me skip school to see 844 and 4449.I can't wait.Sue: Have you had the chance to see them yet?
Evening Gang: I got the creek crossing cleaned out. It took about 4 hours and I'm still sore. We went to see Schrek 3 tonight. It was pretty good. We had a couple of good belly laughs.
Hoople: You have a very good teacher there. You had better let her/him know that you appreciate them. My son is a teacher and he is quitting at the end of this semester. He said that he spends most of his time talking to police and filling out reports. That and parents threatening to sue him and the school.
Chuck and Kathy: That's some real good news about you both. I had the colonoscopy a couple of years ago. The doctor said there were no problems and to see him again in 6 years.
JimCG: I think that you had better get some of those cats to move in with you. I keep an M-4 with a red dot sight by the bed myself. No drug dealers yet but plenty of trespassers.
BobK: There seems to be some of that forgetfulness going around. Actually to work on that Kabota isn't too bad. It's just where they put some of the stuff that is maddening.
Well I think that I'll head for bed.
Good Night All
I had pizza at home but I'll have some lemonade thanks. How about a droid army!
with an army to fight them.
And Yes I do like star wars.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
05-19-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/19/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 54°FHumidity: 70%Dew Point: 46°F So Far TodayHigh: 56°FLow: 55°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 7mph NE Today High: 82 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds. Tonight Low: 55 Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Well it's a rain day here! Just got back from a 13km bike ride and am soaked but the coffee is warming the inards. So no gardening just house work and maybe, just maybe work on the MESS. Finish hooking up those Tsunami's!
Sunset: Glad things are looking up.
Jim: Late night knocking and one minute visits are definately signs of ilicit activity. My Mother In Law's apartment building had a lot of that going on until the new owners decided to do a major cull and invite the Police in.
Der: Was in George's yesterday for glue and a chat He's got a few new kits.
And I must confess I do not tip toe through any tulips, At my size it's a romp!
Anyone hear from GasTurbine?
Later All
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Good morning, Janie - cup of coffee, glass of Ed's OJ (we do still have the real stuff, right?), and some waffles, please.
Oh, what the heck - and one of Bill T.'s chocolate long-john donut, too. Thank you, ma'am. I'll have my breakfast over by Fergie. You aren't dripping water still, are ya, Fergie? Don't want to water down Ed's OJ.
Chuck & Kathy, sorry I missed you last night. Good to hear things are being taken care of on your health (both of you). Great to hear you got the home and the MRR room cleaned up. Now you can get a little more MRR'ing done.
Pennsy Dave, you're a published author huh? Congrats! I may have to go look up their website, as I only get MR and RMC currently.
RT, that basset hound's ears are big enough, I think he could even do semaphore code, too! My aunt and uncle in St. Louis County used to have one of those, until it took off after a rabbit one day - and never came back.
Bob K., good to hear you're having a good day. As time goes by, you probably will be having more of those and not as many of the bad days. Our club layout's not nearly as big as your club has - we could probably fit in one corner of yours! Yep, we've just had staging tracks at either end of the mainline run until now. One of them is now (mostly) double-ended because of the continuous run (double) mainline, and the other will be trimmed down to a couple or three tracks (was about 8). On the Campbell building, the thing we liked was that it came with plans to build it as run-down (gaps in the roofing, saggy beams on one corner, etc.). With another kit, it may take more engineering and modification of the kit, and we only have 8 - 10 members altogether in the club (not everyone makes it to all the meetings, either). So we'll see what kit they come up with to replace the Campbell one. I'll miss this Monday's meeting, since I'll be having an on-call and won't go because I could get called out.
Well, I need to get back to my breakfast here. Got laundry to tackle after that, and a friend's having a fish fry/dinner party tonight. Need to pick up some french fries for him to fix to go with the fish. Probably see everyone in here tomorrow!
Blessings and prayers for healing,
Mornin all, Coffee an couple doughnuts please Janie.
Look to be some warmer, bout 75 and sunny, nice day to mow again. Had to get some mower gas last night, cost $3.44 a gal. in Marshall.
GARRY,, thanks for the pics, I think that would nave been a pants changing moment for the train crew and anyone on the road.
I can remember milk men and home delivery in glass bottles. I had a cousin that delivered to homes and stores till the mid 60's in Marshall, then just stores. Also I had it when we lived in Peru, IN for a while in 72-73
DICK,, Mothers still looking at puters. She's got a meeting in Terre Haute today and was going to look some over there before she comes home
CHUCK N KATHY,,so good to hear from you and that your both doing well.
BOB K,, thanks for the pics. Those two guys with the spike hammers look dangerous to themselves and others.
PC,, sound like your in for a fun summer with being out of school. Hope ya gets lots of MRR time.
I have a prayer request for a very good freind of ours, JAN, who found out she has cancer and things don't look good for her. She's 54 and their yougest daughter gets out of high school this year, and could use all the help she can get.
No big plans for the weekend chores, kids and all that. I think we're going to a cook out this evening and theres a ball game tomorrow afternoon. I was hopeing to go to the off-track betting parlor for the horse race this afternoon, but thats out, maybe the next one. Best gets round, hope ya'll has a good safe day.
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Mornin' All!
Beautiful morning around here....mostly because I don't have school this morning! Oh yeah, the weather is nice too!
Hey Zoe! How you doin'? Good, good, yeah I'll have the chocolate chip pancakes......very funny Zoe!
Well, I think I came to a decision last night. I was going to use Micro Engineering code 70 rail and turnouts for the mains on my N scale layout, and Atlas code 55 for the shortline. Using the code 70 would allow me to run older loco's with bigger flanges and it would give a visual difference to the main and the shortline. Problem is, I'd have to rebuild much of the ME #6 turnouts to make them DCC friendly and I'd have to rebuild the Shinohara three way turnout too. This is not something I look forward too as it's tedious, time consuming, and just generally a pain in the posterior. Meanwhile, Atlas code 55 is ready to go right out of the package, so........I think I'm just going to do the whole thing in code 55 and just use weathering and ballast to differenciate the two lines. I won't be able to run the oler loco's, but I only have a few of them anyways. Maybe I can sell them to cover the cost of the new track. I hate that I've already bought all of the ME track and turnouts, but, that's a lot of turnouts that I won't have to fiddle with. I can get to running trains instead.
Inch, Jan and her family will get prayed for, I assure you of that.
Well it's another good morning from wet easterm Massachusetts. Supposed to be this way all weekend.
I guess I'll have the same but make them scrambled
and cream and sugar for the coffee, please
I hope that the rain will not ruin the photos of Old Colony test train today. Most of the critical signals and grade crossings have been finished. It's been a thrill to watch the progress of this project almost in my back yard. The train actually will run about 1/2 mile away from my house with 2 stops in town. Can't wait for a ride into Boston. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope to post some pics later.
Time to gather up all the photo stuff and a cup for the road. We may stop by the club for some additional shots of the layout.
I haven't heard a thing from Michael (8500hpgasturbine). I'm a bit concerned, now. It's been a while. I'll just continue to email them and express our concern.
Hey guys with today being armed forces day I ask you all to look at this site and see if you can help either with letters to our troops or some how heres the story that got me going on it.
I came across this on yahoo's front page
Operation Bedding came to be after a Sunday morning phone call from our son Adam. At the time he was serving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He asked if I could send him bed sheets, he requested forty sets. He explained that the weather was so hot, and with little free time clean sheets would be nice. He was concerned that his friends have the same comforts that he had and that's why he needed forty sets. He jokingly said get Operation Bedding going mom. That Friday he was killed.Without realizing it Adam had just set up his own memorial fund. For the funeral services we requested money instead of flowers so we could send a shipment of supplies to Adam's friends still serving. The outpouring of love and support was overwhelming. So many expressed their gratitude and were eager to help. Since that time with the support and generosity of others we have been able to send thousands of dollars in supplies and goodies. It is our way to express our gratitude to those so willing to lay down their life for our freedom. Please join our effort!
http://www.adamconboymemorialfund.org
Good afternoon diners. It's root beer float time here!
RT ...... I did not know of your son. It is heartwarming to see your kindness. I read the link concerning the operation bedding memorial fund.
Everybody else....... Again, here's the link for all to read... http://www.adamconboymemorialfund.org/
Bobk ... Scrambled eggs are what I get when I fry them and they break! Don't tell Ryan. He's a real chef. He might laugh at me or poke fun at me. The gold spike celebration was interesting. Opening a new commuter line has its risks. It's quite a problem for the new suburban rail line in Nashville. There may be a series of grade crossing accidents until local drivers are used to trains on those tracks. Also, it was very nice of you to remind people to get their colonoscopies.
Paul ... Regarding teaching.... Sadly way too many kids don't do their assignments, are high on drugs, are absent without excuses, drop out before graduation, disrpt class rooms, and so on. Despite substantial increases to education at taxpayers' expense, there has been little or no improvement to quality of education. Therefore, I question the wisdom of any increased taxes for education. When students and their parents change their ways, I'll recondider.
Chuck & Kathy .... I, too, was glad about your good news.
Fergie ... A 13 km bike ride! Good for you!
Pennsy Dave ........ I'm impressed that you have done some authoring of articles. They Kestone Modeler on-line had good insights for me when I rebuilt the Bowser T-1. I have a good friend who has has writnew many articles in N-Scale magazine and in Model Railroader.
Inch ... Sorry to learn of your frined, Jan and her cancer. There's a woman in church here who has cancer, too. Her husband told me at the church meeting last night how tough her chemotherapy is. Not pleasant at all.
Hoople ... Thanks very much for sharing the 4-8-4's with us. It's good of you to do that. I recall the Burlington Route's steam excursians in the early 1960's. I rode on them. They used mostly a 2-8-2 and a 4-8-4. The 2-8-2 survives today. It was rebuilt a few years back by the Grand Canyon Railroad for use on their passenger trains.
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RT ...... I did not know of your son. It is heartwarming to see your kindness. I read the link concerning the operation bedding memorial fund.Everybody else....... Again, here's the link for all to read... http://www.adamconboymemorialfund.org/
Not my son I have no children the son of a person I read about. But it hit home with me being in the first gulf war and being there when the marine baracks got blown up in bieruit.