Paul W. Beverung wrote: Evening Gang: Cheese: A snadwich is a sandwich spelled by an old codger with halfheimers. What can I say.
Evening Gang:
Cheese: A snadwich is a sandwich spelled by an old codger with halfheimers. What can I say.
Thought so, but how were the sandwiches on buns?
I'll have a slice of strawberry pie with whipped cream and glass of water.
Sue wrote:
Has your daughter been back to the operating sessions to do more photos? The more that she takes, the more creative that she will become. I found that a tripod and using the A setting, allowed me to get a higher F-stop, but still did the auto focus. How does she like her Nikon?
Sue, she loves the D70. She learned to use the camera from the ones at Northeastern University's Photo lab. She is a photo/ art major there. Part of her co-op was working the lab. Last time she only had the camera and tripod and no other lenses etc.
I hope to get back with her shooting of the clubs' layout. We would have done more but forgot additional batteries and a charger.
My dog "Jack" goes nuts over the lamb/rice sausage from PetSmart. We call it PupaSausage, reminds me of Hickory Farms summer sausage smells so much like it I tried some-NOT...
Paul: I wanted to tow it to the Dodge dealer where my son works, but the damage was more for a body shop then do the front end repairs. The tow would have been real difficult. I used to do this work, so as much as I didn't really want to deal with the BS and a $2000.+ repair, I'm fixing it myself. That broken ball joint loaded as heavy as it was plus the towing damage really did it in. Besides the ball joint, the control arm, center link, tie rod, idler arm, rotor and backing plate, sway bar link were bent and of coarse have to replace the shocks and do a brake job. Quite a list.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Attaboy: Your lady friend sounds like a good one.
We've had some rough weather here lately. There have been three persons hit by lightning.
Not much else going on. Mary Ann had a doctors appointment so we spent the afternoon there. She got a good report.
The visitors from Tenn got here this afternoon. They were running a 0-4-0 steamer and an EMD SW 1500.
BobK: I haven't worked on my trucks in a long time. I used to but now find that I'd rather let the pros take care of it and do things that I enjoy.
Time to go to bed.
Good Night All
Dou!!! I didn't go to bed early enough. Well have one or two on me.
bogp40 wrote: Pearl can eat in the gourmet section and have the Puper roni and Beggin Strips
Pearl can eat in the gourmet section and have the Puper roni and Beggin Strips
I am still laughing.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Well I must say, today was some day. Wasn't sure if I'd even make it to the diner. So is there anything left for dinner? I'm starving, may be able to give that big guy a run for his money and chow that burger.
So at about 3pm the truck repair came to standstill. Couldn't go any further w/o the old gas wrench. The suspension parts were so twisted and bent only a cutting torch would get it apart. My son stopped by with some friends and their rig. In no time there were small fires to put out as all that nasty metal fell to the ground. I actually put some fires out with my Sam Adams. I tried my hand at a few burns, just like riding a bike, haven't torched apart a car in over 20 years. Well tomorrows reassembly should be straightforward.., then off for an alignment.
Although I kept myself busy today, I was thinking of April. Everytime I came in to wash up, I thought of her telling me to "Don't leave any of that grease in the sink", and then she would laugh. Her laugh was incredible and would fill a room. Everyone knew when April was here. That's one of the things that origionally got me hooked, with some it's love at first sight, with me it was love at first laugh. I am so glad that I am beginning to look upon loosing her in such a light.
Has anyone heard from Michael? They must have had a real bad time with Mother's Day. I've been holding off emailing him, maybe not up to it yet. Been there. I truely hope they can come to where I am now. I am still sad and cry at the drop of a hat, but that deep heartache, the almost incapacitating pain is gone for now.
Jim: So just where is Cape Girardeau, MO? You do know that the I Book will cost you 3-4 BLI engines?
Philip: I remember places like that. Once I stopped at a crossroads in the cornfields. If it weren't for the car still pointing away from where I came, I would have no clue where to go.
Attaboy: Work on her a bit at a time, you'll know when you got her hooked when she asks for her first BLI steamer. You never know.
I guess it's time to kick back and relax (something else I haven't been able to do in a long while.
Have a good night.
der,
So you are planning some fence building, huh?
My wood posts are 8 ft 6 x 6's that I put 3 ft in the ground. I place them every 10 ft. Some people use railroad ties. I have a bag of those that I thought I would use when I get around to doing fence on the layout.
Rail fence - 4 rows of 2 x 6's
Wire fence - corner's 2 6 x 6's placed 8 ft apart with a horizontal 4 x 6 supported at 1 ft down(making a H) crosswires for strength. If I use steel posts on 10 ft, I place a wood post every 6 posts. For modeling, the 6 x 6's will look great. Five strands of barbwire will do the job well. Four strands might be easier to model.
The arena or corral is 80 ft x `120'.
The chute is 4 rail with posts much closer together for strength. The rails are on the inside with about 30 in space between them.
Wood gates are 4 rail with a diagonal brace piece. I fashioned them after some gates that my Dad had on his place.
If this totally confuses the answer, I will try to get some photos.
Have fun, Sue
PS - I did work on fence outside today. I made a barb wire gate, too.
Heartland,
A lot of the locals call it India-noplace. If you're in the center of town and you drive 20-30 minutes in any direction you want, you'll find out exactly where the middle of nowhere is located.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good evening. A milestone day…the windows were cleaned outside, the snow tires were finally changed on the car (should have been last week…don’t ask), the snow shovel was put away in the garage, the “stop the mould in the winter dampness” electric heater unplugged from the trailer that serves as our summer guest room, and I found some white tube socks…can summer be far away?
BobK Good that you came through Mother’s Day OK, may I say with the help of both your Aprils, if you think about it! Your vehicle saga with AAA far outweighs our mild inconvenience with CAA last summer. We had to call for assistance, and after a long wait a truck came from way far away. 1) The dispatch hadn’t passed on to them the situation, and so he hadn’t in consequence packed a piece of equipment that would have got us going there and then; and 2) in the service truck, being driven to where the problem now had to be fixed “not at the scene”, we passed a CAA authorized service station not many miles from where we got into trouble. On checking back there once we were mobile again, (I had to back track to get Kris and the grandkids from the scene, since we couldn’t all fit in the service truck), we learned that they could have got the original call , but the cell phone service isn’t that good, and they probably missed it.
Sue: How far apart are the fence posts you put in, and how high are they? More technical stuff: at a corner, there are diagonal “posts” from the corner post to the next vertical post in each direction. Which way does that diagonal run? My guess is from the top of the corner post to the ground at the next posts, if the purpose is to take tension at the corner. Am I on the right track, or don’t you do things that way at all? While Zoe or Chloe are looking for munchies for Pearl, give her some of these…
JP: That’s quite a dilemma with your friend. This isn’t my business, but from the outside, looking in, if you have the time to wait, maybe letting her dump him is a way to go?
Attaboy: Definitely sounds like a keeper!
Ed: OK, Frozen Concentrate it is then, but from the sound of things, Ryan will want double esters added back! Glad you had a good trip.
Cheese:
I'll have a bananna cream pie
Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
JimRCGMO wrote: Sounds good there, Attaboy! You might start teaching her the finer points of railfanning - if things go well enough, you could have a railroading honeymoon. ( Did I say that out loud?)
Sounds good there, Attaboy! You might start teaching her the finer points of railfanning - if things go well enough, you could have a railroading honeymoon. ( Did I say that out loud?)
LOL, Jim, we've only been dating about six weeks, it's a little early for that kind of talk. Although at my age anyone that gets to the 3rd or 4th date is potential wife material
Hello Jim in Cape....... Looks like Cape G really is not far from here as the crow flies. Driving might be a bit farther however with Old Man River in the way! Might be worth a trip just for some Frozen Custard! Ryan, however, might have a longer drive. But he and Philip have local sources!
Has that guy eaten his burger yet, Philip?
Have fun!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Evening, Diners - Chloe, I don't even begin to have room for one of those burgers PC showed us (I think I've seen that burger before, though). I'll just have a root beer float for now. Thanks!
Attaboy wrote: I've made no secret of my hobby with her. The other day she said I would have to teach her about trains. When I mentioned I like to go to the East Broad Top Railroad when they open the first weekend of June she said she would keep the day open to go along. She may be a keeper.
I've made no secret of my hobby with her. The other day she said I would have to teach her about trains. When I mentioned I like to go to the East Broad Top Railroad when they open the first weekend of June she said she would keep the day open to go along. She may be a keeper.
Garry and Ryan, you just need to come to Cape Girardeau - we have an Andy's frozen custard stand (run by one of my fellow church members), which looks reminiscent of some classic drive-ins (with the walk-up window in the front, and the drive-up window on the side). There was another one that tried to give them a run for the (custard) money, but that imitator is out of business now. I'll see if I can find a pic, but if anyone is in Cape, it's about at the corner of Kingshighway and Cape Rock (next to the Arena Park entrance).
Well, my laptop's problems didn't get any better, so it's out of commission until I either get it fixed or replace it (the latter is probably likelier). Hard part was, I got used to having my iTunes playing at work, and today not only did I not have that, but the Windows 98 POC that is in my office is running the Molasses operating system, I'm sure. I tried defragging the drive, and it gave me a message to run ScanDisk on the drive. Couple of hours later (on a less than 55 GB hard drive with less than 10 left), ScanDisk tells me that it didn't find any problems. Huh??? .... mutter, mutter Windows POC! After work I checked on eBay for a decent Mac laptop (used), but anything equal to or newer than my model runs more $$ than I have available anytime soon. Need to send an email to my Mac upgrade and repair dealer and see what their suggestions are.
MRR club tonight, and got an email that they want everyone there for some kind of decision on the layout. So I'll go see what's up on that.
Oh, forgot who asked, but yes, Chloe and Zoe have a special stash of those munchies for Pearl and other four-legged Diner critters (no, not those humans who are under the booths and tables, getting up from their naps there...).
Blessings on everyone's evening,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Hello...
No huge burgers here for me!
Well, next time I'm in NC, Ryan, or in Indiana, Philip... , I'll just have to have some Frozen Custard! ..... My NMRA division meets in Induanpolis, Philip, and I've never gone there. It's a long drive from here.
Anybody interested can see my Mrs. Hippy River Bridge posted on the large bridge thread.
Happy Model Railroading.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: pcarrell wrote: WOW! That's a BIG BURGER, and that isn't any 98 pound weakling tying into it!
pcarrell wrote:
That is a big boy, and I think I know how he got that way!
bogp40 wrote: Had to stop in for a cold drink, I'll take anything. Spent the morning chasing tha replacement parts for the truck. Dealer control arm is 3-4 days out. Had to go with a junk yard one. No sense towing to the dealer, now I'm wrenching on it in the driveway. I swear, not having it in a shop w/ impact and a torch is nuts. It's medevial, like building a house with a hand saw and pounding nails. Going to rustle up the impact gun and sockets. Hope my small compressor will run it. Where's cudaken when you need him?Wish me luck, going for the ball joints and new shocks. Those Sam Adams's in the fridge need to wait 'til it's back together.
Had to stop in for a cold drink, I'll take anything. Spent the morning chasing tha replacement parts for the truck. Dealer control arm is 3-4 days out. Had to go with a junk yard one. No sense towing to the dealer, now I'm wrenching on it in the driveway.
I swear, not having it in a shop w/ impact and a torch is nuts. It's medevial, like building a house with a hand saw and pounding nails. Going to rustle up the impact gun and sockets. Hope my small compressor will run it. Where's cudaken when you need him?
Wish me luck, going for the ball joints and new shocks. Those Sam Adams's in the fridge need to wait 'til it's back together.
Couldn't you just try to do the job using tweezers instead? It'd be almost as easy!
Are there any fans of real frozen custard fans out there? Can't get froazen custard any here. It's still available in Michigan. There was a frozen custard stand near where I gre up in Illinois that I began my froazen custard habit. Mmmmmmmm...... Mmmmmmm.... Mmmmmmm !!!
Yep, there is Goodberry's here in North Carolina, serving frozen custard and their famous "Concrete" mixes.
Philip ........ Ryan's here so he'll have 4 of those burgers. That'll follow the 20 lb of crawfish he claims he shared with others.
Actually, since I am on a diet now, only two of those burgers for me today, 1/2 the calories too!
Ryan: I can't help but wonder about NOLA. If a group of people chose to live below sea level, that's fine. However, I don't know why they expect the rest of the country to pay for construction and maintenance of their levees. (oops!...was that political? sorry bergie...)
Well, actually, most of that federal $$$ is now tied up with the local and state governements who are fighting over how to spend it, or pocket it, or something like that. Crooked politicians, just another reason for jumping the ship. More to it than that, but I hear ya! Kinda similar to my thoughts on reparations for stuff that happened before our life times, not gonna change a thing in my mind. Hey, Cajuns deserve a break too! Oh...don't get me started....
Sorry for the quick! Time to get off for now!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Plenty of that frozen custard up here around Indianapolis (at least around the northeast side). That's good stuff! I think you need to move up here. That'll solve two problems at once. First, you can get your frozen custard. Second, you won't be from Kentucky any more!
Hello everybody. I'll take a root beer float again today.
Good for Attaboy! Sounds like a good couple to me!
Continued prayers for Michael and Bobk as well as their families.
Bye
Afternoon folks!
Been a busy weekend and a busy workday so far! Just thought I'd pop in for a minute to see whats up and grab a burger.
I'll stop by later to check you all out.
Bob K., I'm glad things are looking up for you lately! I'm still praying for you and your family. I got your Email. I'll respond a bit later. The work thing keeps getting in the way of everthing I'm trying to do, ya know?
Mike 8500, prayers for you and yours. The invite to Email is still open if you feel like you want to.
Sue,
Attaboy,
Maybe she will take an interest in layout design. You might ask for suggestions. Just a thought.
Afternoon everyone. It's been a few weeks since I stopped by so thought I would drop in for lunch. I'll have one of those big burgers with fries and a Mt. Dew, Chloe. Oh, and some gravy on the fries please.
Bob K. and Mike, I won't pretend to even know how you guys feel right now. I do know that it will get easier. I lost my father seven years ago. I still miss him and hardly a day goes by that I don't think about him. But the memories are all pleasant ones now. Mike, the decision to keep the trains is probably a good one. Being angry is part of the normal grieving process. In a while the trains will help bring back good memories of time spent with your son.
Not much done on the trains lately. With good weather now I'm spending more time on yard w**k, been putting in some OT in the office, and spending time with a new lady friend. I forgot how time consuming women are. Nothing personal Sue, just a fact of life.
I did download CADrail 8 yesterday to start designing my dream layout for the garage out back. Will start learning how to use it when I get home this evening.
Guess that's about it for now. See you later.
Hoople wrote:Hey Sue: Guess what I found out at UPRR.com! 844 and 4449 are sitting in tacoma (Fife). They're gonna sit there until friday.
Mark,
We missed them in Centralia and Chehalis on Saturday due to a graduation, but Larry's uncle saw them in Chehalis.
Thanks for the update.
Good day everyone!
Hope all the mother's in your lives had a great Mother's Day yesterday!
On Saturday we found a local crawfish farm just 14 miles north of our house and bought 20 lbs., and then I boiled them up for Monique along with some whole garlic, onions, celery, new potatoes and corn. Yum! These were the cleanest craw dads we ever ate. If I would have known before the move that there was local crawfish in North Carolina I would not have given away my propane tanks, burner, and huge crawfish pot!
I made poached eggs with a Cajun crawfish cream sauce for Mother's Day breakfast, then grilled some London Broil and made some crawfish stir fried rice with all the leftovers from Saturday!
Oh, and we played four rounds of croquet in the back yard too! (I won twice!)
DerJohn, looking like good progress on the scenery there!
John Powell, say no more about New Orleans, I lived there for most of my life and I will never live there again. Only to visit family now! As much heritage and friends that we have lost due to Katrina we will only visit there as long as our parents are still alive, after that we will most likely never return. Of course we have been branded "traitors" by one side of the family, but that is another story.
Oh, and good luck on the other front!
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Welcome back Ed! Sounds like it was a great trip...again! Okay, I guess the frozen orange juice will have to just do for now! We just have to make sure that Chloe and Flo keep the freezers running and that the back up generator is fixed too!
Thoughts and prayers continue for Bob K. (bogp40) and Mike (8500HPGasTurbine).
Good morning. Coffee, please.
Bob, Pearl was 1 year in April. I do have to keep an eye on her or she relandscapes the yard.
JR, Great photo in the rearview mirror.
I am glad that everyone stays friendly here. Some of the other threads make me think that some people have too much time on their hands.
Have a great week everyone. Sue