I'll have the same that JimRCGMO had yesteday, yes I want the whole burger.
csxguy: Sounds like california and "potentiolly poisinous objects"
Um not much around here except the fact that it might get hot today it's been foggy the last few days. How ever i havw put together a shopping cat @ www.towerhobbies.com for my rc truck wich includes a complete set of ball bearings, a full metal servo saver, better tires, and a bottle of shock oil since my shocks are failing and need new oil. And someone at the www.traxxas.com forums that the closest hobby shop that's an hour away only sels mrr stuff and the lhs that's two hours away sell r/c car stuff . Though the one for r/c car stuff is kinda far away.... I wouldn't complain. Though I have a lhs that's an hour away that sell mrr and r/c car stuff.
You're on the Traxxas forums? I'm RevoTruckster on there.
Good news! It turns out I won't need to fill out as much paperwork. I only need to fill out the electricity paperwork (because you can't run a MR on one 110 volt outlet). Probably get an electrician to come out and put in a few outlets. That saves a LOT of trouble. Plus, my uncle says he can get a lot of free drywall and lumber from his job (construction), so my materials cost will be significantly lower than I expected.
I'm needaservo on the traxxas forums.
Good thing you're hiring a pro electrician because it's a big hassle with out one because of building codes. Good thing on the free dry wall and lumber that wil save alot of money.
Cox 47 wrote: RT....That amazing that Kiltz must be good stuff....Did you ever get your engine back from Bachman?You all have a good one....Jerry
RT....That amazing that Kiltz must be good stuff....Did you ever get your engine back from Bachman?
You all have a good one....Jerry
got it back about 2 weeks ago they gave me a brand new one so I'm thinking I'll use it for the n scale I'm thinking of going around the top of the mountain yeah a 4-8-4 going around a mountain top lol.
time will tell till then it may just sit in its box.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Evening All,
Haven't been around much - too much going on and not enough time. I'm at the start of an 8 week in a row run covering most of the northeast and one dash into Ontario. I'll have a rootbeer float though while I'm in. And a slice of cake - that angelfood with vanilla frosting looks a treat.
Putting in windows for a power plant for the museum layout tonight and got tired of filling in paperwork for the Dr appointment I have tomorrow so here I am - good thing too as we had sunken to page 2. Lime Rock went well despite the potential problems of bringing 10 cars and the hillclimb at Mt Equinox is this coming weekend with just 3 cars there - one of them mine.
I'll try to pop in later, CUL, J.R.
I'm not particurly excited about tonights weather forecast. It's looking pretty nasty.
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening...then chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall...large hail and damaging winds in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. West winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
See the storm area over in Texas? It's moving south-east, right toward me.
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Good evening to all....first time on line today...remants of Barry here today, just a whimp of a TD...we received 0.88" of rain in last 24 hours, it came mostly in one 1 hour downpour today at 2PM...hardly any wind at all. I have been spending most of the day installing Adobe Photshop Elements 5.0 and learning to use it...this will help me organize and get my photos to the Diner guests.
FERGIE: As mentioned above..Barry is here and gone, a big "0", just some rain. Everything is now "up" in the garden that was planted from seeds, and hopefully I can return to some modeling real soon.
RT: Good job on handling the mold, Kilz works real good on mold and water stains alike, used it several times over the years.
MIKE: If all mama does is use the internet, that machine should work just fine, that is exactly what they were designed for...low cost, internet use only.
JEFF: Lightening has been raising hell here too...my son's house suffered a "ground" or ER strike during the storm two days ago. All the circuit breakers for the 2nd and 3rd floor let go, and he lost the kids two computers and his own, as well as the wireless base station phone. I have no idea why it only popped the breakers for 2nd and 3rd floors and didn't snap the ones for the 1st floor...crazy!!! The only thing that I can fathom is that there was a strong electro-magnetic pulse in the air surrounding the lightening bolt that hit in his back yard along the High voltage towers and lines. They run about 250 feet behind his house, and are very close to the same level as the 2nd and 3rd floors.
10-4
grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: Lightening has been raising hell here too...my son's house suffered a "ground" or ER strike during the storm two days ago. All the circuit breakers for the 2nd and 3rd floor let go, and he lost the kids two computers and his own, as well as the wireless base station phone. I have no idea why it only popped the breakers for 2nd and 3rd floors and didn't snap the ones for the 1st floor...crazy!!! The only thing that I can fathom is that there was a strong electro-magnetic pulse in the air surrounding the lightening bolt that hit in his back yard along the High voltage towers and lines. They run about 250 feet behind his house, and are very close to the same level as the 2nd and 3rd floors.
The lightning doesn't bother me. The way this place is grounded, it's like a Faraday cage. The over-roof (28 gauge galvanized corrugated sheet steel) is grounded to the trailer body, which is 1/8" thick aircraft aluminum, the skirting around the trailer is 28 gauge galvanized V-crimp sheet steel which is bolted to the metal of the trailer body. The steel skirting is buried 5 inches in the ground. The trailer has been struck several times with no or very little damage. The lightning charge just skins around the outside and goes directly to ground. All the electric lines inside have massive surge suppressors. Cell phones don't work in here at all. One of my friends came in talking on one and the call was immediately dropped and he had no service whatsoever until he stepped back outside. No, the thing that scares me is large hail. I have little defense against it.
Evening Gang: Today went pretty good. Mary Ann and I worked in the yard almost the whole day. She mowed the lawn while I cut down an oak tree that gave up the ghost last year during the drought. Besides that tree we lost all the pine trees up here at the house. We got the front yard cleaned up some, we still have a couple of places to do tomorrow and are going to layout a road to the old stables and where her container is going.
I haven't gotton to the basement tonight but did some more research on the mine layouts. I'm still working on the mine sites.
Well I think that I'll cut out and see what else is going on.
Good Night All
Evenin', all - Chloe, a cup of decaf for me (too late for the leaded stuff). Thanks!
Good to have my co-worker back today at w**k, and it was a very nice day - only one person in walk-in, one I talked with (triage is the fancy word) out in the lobby and had paperwork sent home with the client (who only is off work on Mondays), and only a couple of phone calls(!). . Good for getting the paper pile whittled down a bit...
Our club meeting tonight was mostly to do with meeting with the landlord about a possible move. A church uses the front of the commercial building we're in, and they were asking if we would be willing to move to an adjacent building the landlord owns so they could use our part of the building for Sunday school, etc. The other building would be a bigger space, and we'd be in the basement (which has a ramp down to the entrance). It'd be more space, but the basement would involve a lot of prep w**k before we could move in. And then there's all the w**k we've done in the current space. The club's been in the current space for about five years (and probably has put $10,000 of materials, track, etc. into the layout). So we would be mostly starting from scratch again on the layout, but have a bigger space (and likely bigger rent). The landlord said his preference would be for us to stay, since the church has property for building a church building and might move out in a couple of years, anyway. We decided to ask if the church would be willing to help with prepping the basement to offset the effective loss to the club. We think the church members don't realize how much w**k goes into the layout, but thinks it's just a few 4 X 8 plywood tables that would be easy to move. We suggested the landlord might should have the pastor and some elders come see what they're expecting us to 'easily' move... Might open their eyes to what model railroading is actually like.
Well, time for me to head for bed. Sounds like some of you've been getting some rain. We got some cooler weather today, and tomorrow is supposed to be pleasant also.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Just thought I'd check in, sounds like everybody's doing ok.
Paul, now that you are done mowing your place, if you need something to do, I have this section thats gotten a bit out of hand. I'm thinking of putting up a sign that says "Exxon can mow this part" and making it a gas price protest site. Probably also helps with all that global warming going around, what with no mowing and all that tall, tall grass. Yeah, I think thats the ticket. Sorry Paul, maybe next time!
Had planned to take Thursday off to get some trainshop cleaning done, instead spent the day replacing Amyjo's battery in her Wrangler. It's not that old ('04) but boy oh boy, when they say 36 month battery, they mean it. In the old days, with CJ-5's and 7's, you slapped a battery in and if it didn't fit perfectly, you bungee'd it in and bought some threaded rod and built your own holder....or found the rod about 6 months later and wondered what THAT was for. Now, the battery has to be not only the right length, but the right height too! (that is why it took all day). The battery holder just won't adjust to anything but exactly ther right size. As I was waiting for my b-in-law to return I realized that I knew what each part of the 4.0 was, but they sure weren't the same parts I was used to dealing with. I'm sure new engines are exponentially better than the old 258 six cylinders, but I sure do miss those old workhorses. Just getting old, I reckon.
The new ethanol plant is almost on-line, train frequency should double or triple over the next few months. Looking forward to it. Hope to see something other than NS black.
Well, better get back to, let's see, how is that written? Oh yeah, w**k , so you all take care, and we'll check back soon!
Good morningToday's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 6/5/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Heat Index: 70°FHumidity: 90%Dew Point: 67°F So Far TodayHigh: 71°FLow: 70°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph W Today High: 92 Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight Low: 68 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
06-05-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
grayfox1119 wrote:JEFF: The only thing that I can fathom is that there was a strong electro-magnetic pulse in the air surrounding the lightening bolt that hit in his back yard along the High voltage towers and lines. They run about 250 feet behind his house, and are very close to the same level as the 2nd and 3rd floors.10-4
JEFF: The only thing that I can fathom is that there was a strong electro-magnetic pulse in the air surrounding the lightening bolt that hit in his back yard along the High voltage towers and lines. They run about 250 feet behind his house, and are very close to the same level as the 2nd and 3rd floors.
We had a strike that hit the power pole on our property. Toasted the Transformer and at the time the kids were big on the Fire Rescue and police vehicles that lit up and had sirens. Well whe the Lightening struck the house lights went out and the whole toy box started to glow, flash and you thought with all the sirens the city was burning down... a true story!
Not much on the go here and according to the rain guage out back we out did Dick as we got a fulll inch.
Later All
It's full out day as I run my errands before I head out
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
Breakfast today is on me, everybody!!!
Well, I did it! I poassed my PhD Oral Preliminary exams yesterday. That, coupled with the 2 days of Written Preliminaries I took in January, officially established my doctoral candidacy.
Now all that remains is to complete my dissertation and defend it next year. One step closer!
I have a feeling my dissertation is going to require wheels to move. The final research prospectus alone ended up at 105 pages!
The main upshot is: Now I have time for trains again!!!
I'm having trouble explaining to my 4-year old that Im studying to be a doctor, but not the kind that helps you when you're sick. I finally got him to understand that I was going to be a "weather doctor." "What does a weather doctor do, Daddy?" Good question! Whatever the Air Force wants me to do I guess, since they're paying for it.
Boy, I can't wait to finish this program and get back to the business of defending the country. School's great for awhile, but I miss the kill-people-and-break-their-stuff Air Force.
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
philnrunt wrote: The new ethanol plant is almost on-line, train frequency should double or triple over the next few months. Looking forward to it. Hope to see something other than NS black.
Phil, would you mean that you want to see some GATX black?
Well, folks, looks like I'm covering breakfast, so Zoe, start the total for me and I'll be back later today to settle up!
Zoe, since I'm paying for breakfast (at least Jeff came in superearly so he's already eaten ), I might as well have something to eat, and a cup of coffee. How about some waffles?
Dave Vollmer wrote:Breakfast today is on me, everybody!!!
Dave Vollmer wrote: I have a feeling my dissertation is going to require wheels to move. The final research prospectus alone ended up at 105 pages!
Dave, congratulations on getting past that phase of things, and prayers for being able to wrap the rest of it up (in how many months?...). Maybe you can snag one of those 2-10-2's like Fergie has to haul it?
Morning all!
I see that a few of you have already been in.
Congrats to Dave V. on completing one more step (and a big one at that) towards being a "weather doctor", whatever that is.
JimRCGMO, you have quite the potty mouth! You used the "W" word four times in a single post! That kind of thing simply will not be tolerated! Now don't let it happen again!
Good morning. Thanks, Jim, for the coffee and waffles.
Dick, I will be anxious to hear how you like Photoshop 5.0. Have fun.
Jim, If you move, will the basement flood? If the church is a temporary tenant, maybe they could use the basement. Just a thought.
Dave, Congrats. That is a big step.
Philip, How is your layout progressing? You promised photos.
Well, I should head to work.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
hey guys.
well here's a something for you problem solvers.
I have a track cleaning car to clean my track and an engine to pull it, but the track is so out of it that even at noch 8 in some spots the train stops dead.
Good morning ........
DaveV .......... take a bow! ....Great news on the PHD exam! So you'll be an official weather doctor. That'll fit with all the weather posting in the diner. Perhaps, the nickname, "stormy" would fit. Cute comments, too, regarding the 4 year old. Your 105 page research paper almost attained the length of that thread you started that got people riled up. Again it's good news. But the diners should be treating you. Steak and lobster tails for you tonight?
Well, everybody, my 4-8-2 was returned to me from Bachmann's warrantee repair people and it runs perfectly. HOWEVER: the headlightlight won't work. I'll be calling Bachmann to see what I need to do. The LED will work with test leads on its connections. None of the wiring is loose or not soldered. So it must be in the circuit board. Rats.
Now who asked me this question last week? hmmm. I think it was Jerry. He wanted to know if I had pictures of my friend's IC RR layout. Not yet. But stay tuned this week and I'll see if I can get some. Another guy in the get-together is an L&N guy. And the other does UP RR. Not many MRR's in this lightly populated area.
Happy Model Railroading!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hello Colby. If "so out of it" means really, really dirty ............. clean it by hand with Goo Gone and a soft cloth. Do the same for locomotive wheels if needed. Works for me. OR use a "Brite Boy". Also, push the track cleaning car rather than pull it. What kind is it? I found the Walthers Trainline Box car that pulls an abrasive pad is fine for normal maintenace.
Happy Model Railroading
Since Dave Vollmer is buying I'll have the same as jeffery-wimberly with the eggs over easy instead of sunny side up.
It's a gray day today perhaps it'll rain......
Afternoon folks!
We took a short extended weekend vacation to Myrtle Beach Fri. to Mon. and played in the sand for a few days. I brought home a souvenir of about 20 lbs. of beach sand, looking to sift through it and use for landscaping on the layout. Barry was just a big pain in the you know what on the beach, but we welcomed the rain we got back at home. The rain gauge measured just at 3" rain.
Cox 47 wrote: Ryan....Stick with the diet...How many calories are you allowing yourself? and rember if you do slip alittle just kick your self in the seat of your pants and get right right back on it...
Ryan....Stick with the diet...How many calories are you allowing yourself? and rember if you do slip alittle just kick your self in the seat of your pants and get right right back on it...
Jerry, the diet calories vary from 1,300 to 1,100 calories per day, and I lost 6 lbs. last week. Yep, another phrase that we learned is TAD Tomorrow is Another Day! If you slip today, then TAD!
Happy Belated Birthday David!
RT, funny joke there! LOL! I'm sending it to my forestry friend, he'll love that one! Great paint on those walls too!
Bob K., great photos from the club layout again!
Congrats on the steps to getting the PhD Dave!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good afternoon everyone...hot and humid today, as the upper level LOW slowly moves off the coast along with an approaching front from the west. Many severe storms as well as Tornado warnings south of us in CT.
http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/OneKm.aspx?location=USCT0094&animate=true
I have been doing some re-construction work on the stone wall in the front of the house, but I have to mix the mortar in small batches in a metal pail because of the threat of heavy downpours at any time. I am making the mix a little stiffer also so that it will dry quicker in case it does rain.
SUE: I have used Adobe Photoshop Elements before, and I like it very much, however with Vista, I wanted to upgrade to Ver 5.0. This new version is the "cat's meow"!!! One new feature that I tried, allows me to use a Google map, even a topo or satellite map, insert a "pin" at the location where I took the pictures, then drag the photos to that pin. I can then email those to anyone, and they pass their mouse pointer over the pin head and all the photos appear that were taken at that location.
RYAN: Did you meet my grandaughter down at Myrtle Beach? She went down there for a week with many of her graduation class to two beach houses.
Things are quiet weatherwise for the moment, so I think I will try to get more wall work done.
Afternoon all.....Sunny and very pleasant here today...We had some storms over south and east of terre Haute last evening....Ran trains for awhile this morning....I need to kick myself and get back to work on the mine.....
Gary...Yes it was me asking about IC layout pictures....
Ryan....Congrats on 6 pound loss keep up the good work....
I'll have a Root beer Float and slide over in the corner watch trains and see who drops in...You all have a good day....Jerry
Congrats, Mr. Volmer. I trust we'll be seeing more of you on the forum in the near future. I know how hard that schooling can be on one's private and social life. Many times there's little room in the schedule for anything else.
Well, it was a busy day at work today. I hand sanded parts for ten desks this morning and sent them back to the shop for assembly. I also got parts for fifteen more desks stained and put into the drying racks. Tomorrow they go to the poly room to be sprayed. On the schedule for tomorrow will be cutting out pieces for twenty more. After they're cut out they'll be banded and rough sanded to get rid of any scratches and/or nicks. It's going to be a busy day.
Afternoon Gang:
DaveV: Congratulations on completing the almost last step to your doctorate. Enjoy the time on the MRR.
JimCG: How about getting an estimate from one or two of the professional layout builders and see if the church would like to pick up the tab for a like size layout in the basement? It's obvious that they have no idea of the amount of work that is involved in building a layout. There is the issue of the difference in the rent also. I wounder if they would make up the difference in that? I'm sure that you guys would like to help them out but what they ask is a pretty big deal. Don't worry about using the W word. Us retarded types can handle it.
Philnrunt: My CJ-2 was even easer to replace a battery. A lot lower in the fenders and a short reach. Don't worry about not mowing the yard, I've got plenty to keep us busy.
No MRRing today, yet. Just finishing up the yard and laying out the road. Speaking of which I should get back at.
Hello.....
Well, my Spectrum Heavy 4-8-2 has been dispatched to Philadelphia for repairs. It ran well for the few days I had it back, but the headlight would not come on. LED is okay but not getting power from circuit board. I believe it worked fine when it left Bachmann last time, but I suspect it was bumped too much in the mail. Circuit board must have a disconnection. I'm not picking on bachmann at all. They've been more than pleasant on the phone and seem to be doing all they can to make it right.
Okay, Jerry, I'll see about getting photos of the IC layout soon.
We could use some rain here. Looks like we'll get some, but if it's like the past week it will blow over and the grass will kieep burning up. Blue grass; my eye. It's brown now and green if it has enough water. We need DaveV's forecast for the weather.
Hey Ryan, you'll ruin your reputation! Seriously, cograts on the 6 lb loss.
Paul has a great suggestion for JimCg....... There should be some sort of compensation or at least assistance of some sort for moving the old layout. Upon rebuilding, I strongly suggest the club use sectional construction. With sectional construction, it's possible to move if needed.
Well, time to hustle the caboose. Bye.
Hey guys, stopped in to let you know I'm still hangin' tough. It has been a wild and busy weekend, well since Thursday to Monday. The graduations and all the parties went extremely well. The family has mostly left now. Some of my wife's family will return next week. I know they are coming mainly for the kids. The reality of their mother's loss is hitting home with all three of them. Surprisingly, I'm doing rather well.
When I can sit and spend some time , I'll be able to get filled in on what everyones been up to. I'm getting tossed of the PC, my daughter needs it for a while.
Later,
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org