They really need to come up with different names for mascots.
Well, the basement plan is an OK from the COO (chief operations offier; aka my dad) and I'm about to contact the CCE (chief construction engineer; my uncle). Looks like I should be able to get this thing started soon.
Since Dick, PC, and Jeff have been doing the weather reports it's been raining here. Do I see a pattern there? It stormed last night and we got another 1+ inch of rain. At this rate it won't dry out until September.
David. I guess that Jeff gave you the trip to the LHS for your birthday. You got a couple of good items there.
We didn't get back to the house untill almost 5pm. After that I finished mowing the back and Mary Ann planted some of the flowers that she got the other day. We're both bushed. I think that I'll bug out and see what else is going on.
Good evening gents, so to be so late getting into the Diner, but it was a very busy Saturday outside.......the storm yesterday had one bolt of lightening that hit somewhere on the hill behind our house, the clap of thunder was so loud that it scared the daylights out of my wife, and I jumped to attention. It knocked out all the circuits breakers for power on the 2nd floor of my son's house on that side of the hill. He lost computer, modem, router and telephone service. Today it was hot and humid, many TS's, but they all passed north or south of us...GOOD !!!
It looks like the warm front moved back north, as it is 74F right now at 9 pm, with a RH of 74% and a DP of 65F, that is very humid for this time of the day/night...no blankets tonight, and the fan will be going full steam ahead.
The Scanner just announced a Police call that a bear was wandering the neighborhood. The caller was nervous because there was a party going on two houses up the street. Welllllll HELLO, the smell of food on the grill, cold beer on tap, music, and the LOCAL BEAR DIDN'T GET AN INVITE??? I'd crash the party too!!!!
CHUCK & KATHY: Glad to hear that the Rehab is working, that sure is encouraging!! As for Whie Glove Inspection, just like in the Army, you never know when they will show up, so you had better be ready Chuck!!! LOL
DAVIDP: Happy Birthday David......14!!! Ok, tell mom your a man now, and she can have a locomotive placed on the BD cake instead of a cat. Best wishes for some MRR stuff!!!
JEFF: 10 to 12 MPG????? What are driving a 4 barrel carb race car or a 1 ton truck? You should get a high mileage car for your NSLHS, then you could spend the savings on more MRR items!!! LOL
PAUL: I think that PC is controlling the weather down your way, he has set up this blocking upper level LOW pressure system in the midwest that is responsible for all rain down your way, it just keeps pumping all that Gulf moisture over Texas. By the time you cut your grass for hay, it will be tusk high to an elephant.
ED: What a Red Sox game today!! The wife and I were at the 99 resturant for supper when the big 7th inning started. Everyone was watching the overhead TV's from their seats, and one guy had a Yankee hat on, and he got all excited when the Yanks got the HR in the 7th to break the tie......then....when the Red Sox erupted with 6 runs, he couldn't take it with all the Red Sox fans around cheering, especially when Jeter made his two errors, and paid his bill and walked out to more cheers.
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grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: 10 to 12 MPG????? What are driving a 4 barrel carb race car or a 1 ton truck? You should get a high mileage car for your NSLHS, then you could spend the savings on more MRR items!!! LOL
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Good morning ! from Indiana.
06-03-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning
Happy MRRing
Morning, coffee please Janie,
Well settin here playing on Mother's new computer , don't know whether I like or not yet, all this ----- to learn again. I was still learnin how to use the old one. I should have know something was up Friday, when I wanted to go to my not so LHS, spent $20 then went to Hobby Lobby and spent another $20, then she took me out for steaks, with no argument or nasty looks. So couldn't say much yesterday when she came home with this thing, Oh well.
JIM CG, I've been to the Cape few times, but always from the ILL side there, never been there from St Lou.
BOB K,,, congrads on the kids graduations. Times like those help make the head and back aches worth it. Those demolitions can be harder than the rebuilds, Hope the next part goes well for ya.
CHUCK an KATHY glad every things going well with the rehab and all
DAVID, a HAPPY BURTHRENDAY to ya. Sounds like you n Jeff had a good trip to the not so LHS.
TOM, great to hear from you again, and I see you n Fergie are as purrty as ever from the pics
DICK,, me n Mother liked the bear story, but it didn't say if he got his burgers n beer before they run him off.
Worked on cutting up those ash trees yesterday, so I'm bout down today and still got plenty more to do. 2 of the boys are coming out to help today, so might get it all done. Course the little ones are coming too, for hot bogs , hamburgers and what ever else Grandma cooks. Best gets round, hope ya'll has a gooden n stay safe
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Mornin' all!
Just getting ready to head out. Have to go teach this morning. I love it!
After that, we head out to the store to pick up my son's birthday present. Today is the big day for him and he's getting an electric scooter that needs picked up. Then it's back here for cake and more presents and probably an afternoon of me assembling that scooter!
Later!
Hello again folks: Train show yesterday in Truro was, as Fergie had said it would be, much better than the last one I was at in Cole Harbour. Some very impressive layouts, and many of them in N. If Fergie went at all, he was either later that I was, or is NOTcornering the market in heavy steam. There was at least one 2-10-4, and one 2-10-2 still for sale, and I was there about lunchtime. I didn’t buy much, just an interesting set of “Normal people” by WS (OK, they’re “Ordinary people”, but I’m sure it was a typo on the part of the WS graphics dept!) I did get some very useful info on N vehicles by Make My Model ( www.MakeMyModel.com ). Looks like I have a source for a number of modern trucks and such.
CapeJim:
DerJohn, always good to see that ol' Revell small town station - that's one of the best shots of your layout I've seen recently (lots o'progress, nice background, very good w..k on that!).
Sue:
I haven't been in as much because of my work schedule. How do you guys work full time and get in here to chat regularly?
Bob: Congratulations on all the graduations in your family! This whole graduation thing is a thing of wonder to me, as we had nothing remotely similar when I left either Junior or Senior school in England (1952 and 1958 respectively) We just said goodbye and left, that was that. After a while the results of our final exams (“A” Levels) came in the mail, and from those we gathered that we had done OK. The only thing resembling a party was watching a fellow student turn green from drinking beer on the train up to London. Never saw him again, heard he was raising chickens in Kenya some years ago.
David: Happy Birthday! (Sat) Looks like the LHS trip (Hope you remembered to say thank you to Jeff ) was a great present.
Well, Well, Welcome Back SiberianTom! I wondered if you would pop in after Fergie said you had visited Halifax via VIA. Are the new coaches as horrible to ride in as people say? On the track (we see them sometimes on visits to Truro) they look quite sharp.
Better get this posted, no-one in since PC at 7:30…. TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
der5997 wrote: Sue: I haven't been in as much because of my work schedule. How do you guys work full time and get in here to chat regularly?…I’ve no idea how they do it either Sue. I’m fully retarded and can’t seem to find time for half the stuff I “have” to do.
der,
If it were me I would say that I can't seem to find time for half the stuff that I half do.
Have you been making any more original trees?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Quick visit this afternoon. I was printing out some pictures of the Cleveland Cliffs shafts in Ishpeming Mich. I actually got to the basement last night and did some work on the Sandy Lake head frame and tried to layout it and the Cliff's shaft. Getting a shaft mine on a 24 nch wide modual an't easy McGee. I'm going to put one of them on a 3x3.5 ft bump out in the center isle on one end. The other will go along the mainline on one of the 24 inch wide modulas. Wish me luck.
We had another thunder storm move through this morning about 8 o'clock. Another 3/4 inch of rain. Now I have to go out and get to woooo, wooooo. You know that thing that unretired folks have to do.
See you all later.
inch53 wrote: Well settin here playing on Mother's new computer , don't know whether I like or not yet, all this ----- to learn again. I was still learnin how to use the old one. I should have know something was up Friday, when I wanted to go to my not so LHS, spent $20 then went to Hobby Lobby and spent another $20, then she took me out for steaks, with no argument or nasty looks. So couldn't say much yesterday when she came home with this thing, Oh well.
She was workin' ya my man!
You're a smart guy.......you'll figure that thing out.
Hope you had a good time at the cookout.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:It's been a rainy day today. I've spent that time working on a Walther's backwood's loco shed and car barn.
So where's the pics?
Good evening to all....cloudy, raw,damp day all day today. so no threat of TS's. But we have the remnants of the Tropical Depression headed our way with heavy rains due after midnight. Luckily, all the small seed plants are now UP in the veggie garden, so hopefully they will hold their roots if we get downpours.
Big High School graduation party this afternoon for Grandson, I can't believe the kids went into the pool to swim being only 53F, however the water temp was 74F so I guess that explaines it all.
JEFF: That is quite an engine, I'll bet it does turn a few heads at the lights when they see that baby take off.
MIKE: So what make of PC did the CFO get? Did it come with Vista OS or XP? If it has Vista, I hope she got at least 1GB of RAM, because that is really what is needed for a minimum.
DER JOHN: High School graduations back in my day ( 1956 ) were no big deal either. My graduation was at the school church, and after the ceremonies and awards and speaches, that was IT!!! Today, it seems that there is a party for all graduations, kind of like birthdays.
So Fergie didn't pick up the 2-10-4??????? Surprising development I would say. Maybe he is waiting for the end of the show to talk the price down.
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Well I spent the day painting my trainroom if you all remember about a month or so ago I showed you all a pic of the the walls finally getting done and yes it showed a bad stain from where there use to be mold well the back side of all these boards was painted with Kiltz befor going up (pic one of wall up unpainted)
Well this am i painted the walls with kiltz white sealer ( see pic 2)
And then this afternoon painted it light blue its called edge blue (see pic 3)
Well next will be putting up shelves to see what all I have in trains and probally do a shelf layout to get me going then I'll start on a layout for the room i figured I'll have 7' by 13' to use for a layout which isn't that big really when your talking O gauge but do plan in the far corner (the corner that I took pics of) of having a mountain and on top of mountain will have a n scale loop with my 4-8-4 northern going around to make it look like its way up there in the distance.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Not long ago some-one in the Diner asked if anyone had heard from our old UK Coffee Shop guests. It so happened that I joined Facebook last week (to enter a poll) and in the process UKMatt’s name appeared in the “contacts on your list” thingy. Shortly thereafter I got an e-mail from him, and the correspondence since then has gone like this, (I’ve edited a bit)
Ah - sorry, I didn't know who you were! Yes, I graduated in July last year - I'm now mostly working in G scale on the MRR front and I'm currently trying to get a career as a freelance writer off the ground. I didn't bother re-registering on the MRR board when they did the big change-over as I'm now on G Scale Mad (a UK-based board for large scale). Yours, Matt Thanks Matt, and good luck on the writing thing. On the MR Forum front, some were asking if anyone had heard from our old UK contacts, Mind if I post your note in the Trackside Diner? (TD is the successor to the Coffee Shop that got too big for it's administrative good and was closed at the end of last year.) All the best, John. Yes - please do! G Scale Mad welcomes friendly members too if anyone there has large scale leanings Matt
Mark: Good job on that chuff programming by the sound of it. BTW, how does it get to sound to your eye? (swg), just kidding!
RT: That Kiltz sure does…Kills stains that is. I’m impressed. Looks like it’s full steam ahead fro your train room…Whooo Hooo!
Tea is on the way, and at 9:00 we will try again to watch a program that we started at 8:00 but the satellite signal went out. I called the cs people and eventually got some-one who wasn’t “presently helping other customers”. He re-booted the receiver and everything looked good. So we’ll watch it from the beginning. It’s a Miss Marple mystery, so all the set up stuff in the opening scenes is what we missed.
So, I’ll say Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
Evening, Diners! Janie, how about a root beer float and a burger, please?
derJohn wrote:Jim lad, you are getting confused (maybe it’s the funk thing ) That Revell kit was on the old Athabasca and Western, my prairie layout in Alberta. It’s long gone I’m afraid, but I’m glad you liked the shot.
Jim lad, you are getting confused (maybe it’s the funk thing ) That Revell kit was on the old Athabasca and Western, my prairie layout in Alberta. It’s long gone I’m afraid, but I’m glad you liked the shot.
DerJohn, Missed your description of that shot, I guess (You did say it was from your older layout, right? )
Mike, did you come across to Cape at Chester when you came this way, or on the old Cape bridge? The old Cape bridge got taken down (with explosives) a while ago, and the new Emerson bridge is much better to cross (and wider), if you ever have to come here again. That old Cape bridge didn't leave much of any clearance if you had a semi coming in the other lane. Good luck learning the new computer, by the way.
Jeff, that sounds like one powerful car you have there (even if it does guzzle a bit...)
Oh, last night at church I didn't see the woman I was wondering about. Then during the message, Fitz (our youth pastor, who had the sermon) was talking about "Waiting...", and used an example of relationships, mentioning about "hoping to meet someone at the coffee bar after church"... (Ouch! ) Hard part is, sometimes the messages (no matter which minister's doing it that weekend) have this uncanny knack of being related (for example) to something we are studying in small group (which meets right after the early service) or some other 'coincidence' like that... I'm not in any rush, but now I'm wondering which way to go about the woman.
Spent a fair chunk of the afternoon still trying to coordinate files (this time, email files to find a particular one that didn't appear to be in the email I'd imported). Think I have it on the way to being all together now. I've also learned some more in the process about how the email program stores its info.
Oh, Hoople, I can relate to when you were impatient for the Consolidation to arrive - I'm wondering when the SW9/1200 will be arriving. At least now, the tracking site shows that it made it as far as St. Louis (from Phoenix), so maybe tomorrow or Tuesday it'll arrive and I can check it out... Then if I win this eBay auction I'm bidding on tonight, I'll get to wait for that, too. Less than an hour to go now, so I'll be getting out of here to watch on that.
Hope everyone has had a productive and/or fun weekend, and that you all stay dry and healthy.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Evening, I'll have a barley pop please dear.
Me, the boys and a couple their freinds got most the trees worked up and the brush hauled back to the burn pile today. I've still got a couple loads to take over to the campground and some raking to finish yet. Course we had to feed the bunch, Mother made tater, an bean salads, cole slaw, and a apple pie. I fixed 2 dozen burgers n 2 pack of hot dogs. They didn't leave much for left overs
DICK,, Mother got a E-machine with Vista on it. She did a lot of looking round n talkin to different ones. Most thought this would do what she wanted with no problems. Next month guess we're gettin one of those wire less things to hook them both up .
RT,,, room looks good, when ya starting on the layout?
JIM CG,, I'm guessing been I've been across both those bridges at some time. The last time I was down that way was in 75 or 76 I think.
Best gets round, bout sheet time and I'm pooped out. No kids tomorrow, so it's back outside. Hope ya'll has a good night
Evening Gang:
JimCG: I'd like to stay dry tonight, but there's more stroms on the way. The weather guesser said they will arrive about 3am.
Jeff: That sounds like the right car to have when you can't wait to get to the LHS.
Not much tonight so I'll say Good Night.
Hello and a late good evening to all (if anyone is still up). I'll have a decaf cappuccino, please.
Just returned from 2 days in Cincinnati and I see the diners have been reporting in with some good stuff. Happy birthday to Davidp. That's quit a century, jeff!
Talking about gas prices, local paper here ran an article on people with houseboats with 200 gallon tanks paying marina gas prices to fill them. ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching !! Big bucks!
Congrats to bobk's son for graduation and his daughter going to the prom. More neat club layout photos including the city scene.
Der's busy making trees. Hey, Nova Scotia guys! When I saw that CN coach by Pier 21 in 2001, it did not have those two guys standing next to it. My how things change! good to know big Cabndian steam is not completely bought out by fergie, YET!
Oh speaking of b'days. Granddaughter turned six this weekend. Shelley and I told her she'll never be five again, and the little girl's quick response was: "That's how life is."
Well, the cappucinno was good. Time for bed. G'nite.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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06-04-07
Good Morning All!
David: Happy, Although belated, Birthday!! Don't be too much in a hurry to grow up as being "older" does have it's drawbacks.
Bogp40: Thanks for sharing the pics with us, really nice and I wish I had something that big to let my babies roll on
Dick: Are ya feeling the effects of Barry yet? We're suppose to get some rain later today, which is good as the Garden is finally planted and will need a bit of help for the first while.
Well today is Clean Up Day as I head backout on Wednesday so clean up the garage, Clean up the basement and cleanup my act! (ya time for a badly needed haircut as seen in the photo of me and Tom)
Anyway must run
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
morning guys. today is rainy. heavy at times and on Saturday we had a thunder storm!! lost power for 20 min. got my baseball game postponed because of it. even saw a bolt of lighting thouse are rare in Maine.
Hey everyone!
Today looks like good weather here.
The DOT is progressing well on the Highway 74 reworking. They're making it 4 lanes and adding a lot of new pavement in areas that are already 4 lanes. They've been doing this since November. Hopefully, they'll be done soon, so we can all enjoy the better traffic flow.
I talked to my CCO and he says next week he can help me with the basement, so hopefully we can get it fixed up for the railroad.
Top of the Morning All....Got some clouds maybe we can get some rain...I'll have coffee and a sweet roll please and thank You....Ran trains for a while early this morning...Don't have any projects planned for today.....
Der...Those goolden rod trees look pretty goodI use to make them for my HO layout by trimming them up hitting with cheap rattle can green and sprinkling a little WS while paint was still wet....
RT....That amazing that Kiltz must be good stuff....Did you ever get your engine back from Bachman?
Inch....That new computer sounds like a real wizz bang....Get any goodies at the Hobby shop? If you would have called me I would have come out and helped you eat those burgers, dogs and tater salad....
You all have a good one....Jerry
Gee Wiz! All I wanted to do was fix my basement up for train use...
and now I've got approximately 60 pages if building permits to fill out.
It's not even gonna be heated or A/Ced! That should qualify as something you DON'T need a permit for.
All I was going to do was put up some walls. Jeez.