Hello everybody......
If you'd like to see my oldest HO locomotive, I started and "oldest locomotive" thread. Post yours on that thread if you like.
Inch... thanks for your kind thoughts regarding my sister in law. Unfortunately, I may have spoken too soon. It's now looking as though it may be much more and worse than an ulcer, but I certainly hope not. She's undergoing more tests. She's not reponding to transfussions. I'll just say it does not look good now.
Garry
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
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Mornin, just some coffee Zoe
Our thoughts n prayers go out to those folks out west after a weekend of tornados. They've sure had a time of it. A cool morning, 48, headed for a high round 78, and mostly sunny. Those storms out west are due in here tomorrow evening, but don't look to be as severe here.
Gotta few pics from the campground fish fry Sat, but this is the only one to come out good.
Then after the football gameand shopping, I got these two sitting at the cerail mill there in Paris, just waiting for a busy to switch out hoppers today
Went up by the old NYC yard, but it was empty, but for a couple hoppers.
JEFF,, those pics of the May, looks bout like some of them round. We have one of those big fire trucks here in town also and the tallest building is 3 story. It's one of 3 in a 50 m. radias, so we are on to help out if needed in the other towns too and we have been.
GARRY, glad thing are looking good for Shelly's sister.
Been out mowing this morningand still got plenty to do yet. Getting ready now to run the tiller through the garden, figure on doing some planting this evening. Still abit damp, but we've got a chance ofrain every day starting tomorrow, through Sunday. Best get around, ya'll have a gooden
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Mornin' all!
I see some of the regulars have been in.
I'll just have the grilled Salmon Chloe....Thanks! Oh yeah, and a Moxie!
Well, major upheaval at work today! One of our department heads quit over the weekend. Looks like I'll get the lions share of her old duties. No pay raise for me in it though....oh well.
So whats up with you guys?
I see David stopped in. Good to hear from him again. Hopefully he'll be all settled back at home soon.
Morning gents!
I'll have a tall OJ from Ed's stockpile, a hot cup a fresh coffee, and a couple slices buttered toast please! Thanks Chloe!
Rented a sod cutter and pulled up some sod in the front yard this weekend and started putting down the pavers yesterday. We are putting in a patio and a walk to surround the raised flower beds. Got about 1/3 of them down and will try to put the rest this week.
Dick and Jim, did you see me on Google Earth again, I was waving at the satellite Saturday afternoon. The Mum said to say hello to all the model railroaders, hello!
We went to a wedding party on Saturday and then to the wedding on Sunday afternoon for a friend of ours, it was nice to see such a loving couple tie the knot!
Fergie, yea, we finally got some sun too on Sunday! Go figure that! But the wind was howling with gusts up to 20-25 mph.
Hey, Dick, relative humidity with all that wind yesterday was down to 12%....dry, dry, dry!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Thoughts and prayers go out to those who are in need.
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Hey Guys.
I GOT ME A NEW CELLY PHONE!!! it's a trackphone works only within the state. Might get a new one when I'm a Junor at LHS (not local hobby shop). well I think most of you know about Life-like's Power Loc track. right? well I'm doing some face work on my track i.e. painting them to look more like track than plastic with code 100, nickle-sliver rails.
Colby
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/7/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Heat Index: 77°FHumidity: 100%Dew Point: 72°F So Far TodayHigh: 73°FLow: 70°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 6mph NNE Now through 07:00 AM CDT May 07, 2007
High: 88
Through 7 AM...patchy and dense ground fog will cause visibilities to vary from greater than 1 mile down to a few feet. Motorists are urged to exercise caution and watch for rapid changes in visibilities. Rear end collisions are a common Hazard with this type of changing patchy dense fog. The fog should lift by around 7 AM.
Today High: 88 Partly sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Tonight Low: 65 Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 20 percent. I'll have the scrambled eggs today.
Good morning All! I'll take that whole plate of donuts!! Anywho, just thought i'd tell yuo alla little about my layout.
1. the era is 1960's.
2. the prototype is the CB&Q,MILW, and my own rr, the IStL&SW. (Indiana, St.Louis, & South Western)
3. I am modeling four states in 9x11 foot room.
thats pretty much the basics.
Got to go to work, see yall.
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot Visit my blog! http://becomingawarriorpoet.blogspot.com
Good morning ! from Indiana.
05-07-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
JEFF: Ahhh, that makes it clear. We have the same coverage up here also, it is called "mutual aid" to surrounding towns, and also includes the large city of Worcester, Ma, but primarely town to town.
ED & JP: The Texan is back with the dreaded Yankees!!! The Yankees pitching staff was hurting so bad that Steinbrenner went out and paid Clemens $28 million dollars to come back out of retirement. We will go to minor league to get back into shape, and then be ready to pitch against the Red Sox for their next series in 1st week of June. Money talks!!! The Texans are mad as hell that he did not go back to their team. Up here, the Red Sox fans on the blog all say that he will pull a hammy pitching at his age with the leg swing that he has.Time will tell !!
Time for bed, see you guys in the morning,
Train Master wrote:hello all. will not be long before mom and me are back in leesville. we are just waiting for school to end for the sumer then we are out of here. see jeff been to may fest. i miss that, all the art and crafts, food, fun and music. i like the dances in the street at night, that get wild sometimes
Evening Gang: I wasn't able to post yesterday. I guess it was the work being done on the forums. We worked on the yards yesterday and today. The entire yard had to be lifted to expose all the rotten ties, and there were a lot of them. We must have replaced 500+ ties in all. We also added a siding and ballasted and leveled the tracks and raised the ends to keep the rolling cars from hitting the bumpers hard. All it took was all those ties and maybe a couple of tons of ballast. All in all just a normal weekend on a 7.5 nch gauge layout. ( Ho is alot less work.)
Tonight I have to get the drain for the bath tub fixed. Mary Ann is wanting to take a bath and she can't get the drain poened to drain the tub. So I'll go get a screwdriver and get to work.
I may stop back in later.
Tootles
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
JimRCGMO wrote: So Leesville is a suburb of Sundown, huh?
So Leesville is a suburb of Sundown, huh?
Jeff wrote:No, it's not ours. It belongs to the Leesville fire dept, I'm with the Sundown fire dept. We don't have anything THAT big! The tallest building in Leesville is the court house. It's 4 stories.
No, it's not ours. It belongs to the Leesville fire dept, I'm with the Sundown fire dept. We don't have anything THAT big! The tallest building in Leesville is the court house. It's 4 stories.
I was wondering, since I hadn't seen anything in your photos of taller buildings than the courthouse. So Leesville is a suburb of Sundown, huh?
Oh yeah, Jeff, thanks for dinner! Zoe, I think I'll be nice to Jeff and only have some ribs and some fries - I could smell those ribs cooking all the way up the block here - Yum!
Zoe, I think I may need a few more napkins, these ribs are so good. Oh yes, and a Dr. Pepper too, please. Thanks again. Mmmm, chomp, chomp....
That certainly hit the spot. I'll just sit here in the window booth and watch the trains while I finish up my Pepper. Yes indeed - a grand afternoon.
Blessings on your endeavors today,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: That May event looks like a real fun time!!! Plenty of eats I imagine. I noticed that you live in Leesville, but you are on another fire dept, is it a section of Leesville? Our town has about 10,500 people in Leicester, which consists of three sections of town, Cherry Valley, Leicester Center area, and Rochdale. So is Sundown a section of Leesville?
JEFF: That May event looks like a real fun time!!! Plenty of eats I imagine. I noticed that you live in Leesville, but you are on another fire dept, is it a section of Leesville? Our town has about 10,500 people in Leicester, which consists of three sections of town, Cherry Valley, Leicester Center area, and Rochdale. So is Sundown a section of Leesville?
Good evening to all....spent the better part of the afternoon with friends, their grandaughter received her First Communion...very nice time.
Then it was home and trying to get the 2nd, 20 year old yard tractor started for the 1st time this season. After a 30 min battery charge, and a little rap on the fuel pump, she started. But the rear tire was flat as pancake and not looking good after 20 years of hard work. It looks like I had better replace this tire before it blows out just when I need it the most this summer. I expect this to be $$$ as it is a 23X9.50, 12" tire on the rear.
FERGIE: How long will you be in port?
CAPE JIM: Yes, I had received at least three of those type emails in the past, but one event did indeed happen here locally with a flamable liquid in the toilet.....some people just aren't the sharpest tools in the tool-shed.
Hello everybody.......
Jeff........ thanks for sharing the local May Fest with us. I enjoyed the photos of it.
Sue ....... as long as you're Spring cleaning, please stop by. Our garage is ready for Spring cleaning.
As I shared with everybody we had dinner in Frankenmuth, MI last week. It was Shelley and I and Shelley's sister and her husband. Shelley's sister had trouble eating and some stomach pains. She said this was bothering her for several weeks. Finally (after family members prodding) she saw a doctor. Turned out to be serious. She's been in hospital past 2 or 3 days. Looked like possible cancer the way preliminary tests were reading. Fortunately, it was not cancer however. The mass of stuff making stomach to be 3 times too big was not a tumor. It was food that could not pass by a major ulcer in lower part of stomach. It's treatable and she will recover. It was a big scare for the family over past couple of days awaiting medical test results.
Lesson learned...... don't ignore symptoms. Get medical help when it's needed.
Have a nice afternoon, diners.
JimRCGMO wrote: Jeff, that looks like one huge festival - a person could wear himself/herself out just trying to cover half of those booths, food and all. I'm with you, my mouth was watering just looking at the one lady's spread of jams Pun? What pun? I liked the stained glass booth, too. So that's your department's badboy truck, huh? Do you have any buildings that tall in your area? That thing is lllllonnnnnggggg, for sure!
Jeff, that looks like one huge festival - a person could wear himself/herself out just trying to cover half of those booths, food and all. I'm with you, my mouth was watering just looking at the one lady's spread of jams Pun? What pun? I liked the stained glass booth, too. So that's your department's badboy truck, huh? Do you have any buildings that tall in your area? That thing is lllllonnnnnggggg, for sure!
Hi Zoe, a root beer float this afternoon, please. Thanks!
Grayfox wrote:CAPE JIM: I have not heard of anyone being blown off the "John" by a lightening strike hitting the water pipes, however, I did read where a man was sent to the hospital after he dropped his cigarette into the toilet while sitting there reading the newspaper. It seems that he had been working on a project and foolishly dumped the alcohol residue into the toilet bowl. One might say that was a rising experience!!! LOL
CAPE JIM: I have not heard of anyone being blown off the "John" by a lightening strike hitting the water pipes, however, I did read where a man was sent to the hospital after he dropped his cigarette into the toilet while sitting there reading the newspaper. It seems that he had been working on a project and foolishly dumped the alcohol residue into the toilet bowl. One might say that was a rising experience!!! LOL
Actually, Dick, that sounds like one email joke I got a while back - one of those long, shaggy dog stories in which the poor guy has the worst possible luck, multiple times in the same day...
Fergie, if you can bring a small iceberg, Zoe said they have a horse watering tank out the back door that you can put it in. Then you and DerJohn and Luc can go swimming at a comfortable temp. You're making great progress on the projects, from the sounds of it, swells, or no swells. (Up, and down, and port, and starboard, and fore, and aft... 'scuse me - I think I need to get to the bathroom, quick!).
Need to get back to some projects I have this afternoon, so I'll see everyone later.
Blessings,
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.
We've got the May Fest going on in Leesville at present, so the main street (Third Street) of the business district is filled with arts and crafts booths, snack stands, live bands (mostly country), a street carnival, car shows, etc. This stretches out for over half a mile. The May Fest started in Leesville 31 years ago as a half day celebration of spring and through the years has gotten bigger and more popular. It now goes for three days and nights and is the hottest ticket in town that has seen such notables as Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush (both of them) stop in and join in for the festivities. There have also been several famous book authors, movie actors, etc. For the last two nights there has been dancing in the streets, which in a city of approx 10,000 turns into a real event!
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/6/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
Heat Index: 79°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 72°F
So Far TodayHigh: 75°FLow: 74°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 18mph SSE
Today High: 88 Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 68 Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable. I'll have chili today.
I went down to third street today to get some pics of the may fest vendors area before the festivities start for the final day. These pics represent only a small area. In the condition I'm in there's no way I could walk from one end of the area to the other. That's almost half a mile, one way. Enjoy the pics.
Yesterday, May 5th, the MC called on and recognized the area fire departments and issued them certificates of appreciation for their heroic efforts. In 1907 the downtown districts of Leesville and Rosepine were almost destroyed by fire. It was through the selfless efforts of these people that the two cities were saved.
Good morning. I will have some of Jim's cinnamon rolls and coffee.
I worked alot last week and didn't even turn the computer on some of the days. You guys have sure been busy because it took me a while to catch up.
I planted a bunch of trees on the layout, but I am having trouble getting any pictures that I like. Maybe I will try again later today.
I am also working on some spring cleaning.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good Morning All
Holy Smokes look... Up the Sky! It's it's (I can't believe it!) THE SUN!!!!!
But don't blink
The winds are calm but there is a big old slow and lazy swell running to day so it's Up and down Up and and across and... you get the picture?
Got the Engines Clear coated last night and one Diseasel assembled along with "501". She's looking mighty fine!
grayfox1119 wrote: The pool cover came off yesterday also, the temp of the water was 62F, too cold for me yet, I need at least 70F......62F (17C) would be bathwater for FERGIE,LUC and DER JOHN, and icewater for FLIP, ED, PAUL,RYAN, and JEFF, maybe also for Cape JIM, PC, MIKE, and GARRY.....not too sure about DUKE in Michigan, they are pretty rugged guys up there in the Lakes region.
The pool cover came off yesterday also, the temp of the water was 62F, too cold for me yet, I need at least 70F......62F (17C) would be bathwater for FERGIE,LUC and DER JOHN, and icewater for FLIP, ED, PAUL,RYAN, and JEFF, maybe also for Cape JIM, PC, MIKE, and GARRY.....not too sure about DUKE in Michigan, they are pretty rugged guys up there in the Lakes region.
I'm thinking Sauna myself! We'll be heading back to St John's tomorrow right straight through Ice Berg Alley. Anyone need ice for their drinks?
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 everyone.......partly cloudy and very chilly 46F this morning after hitting 39 before daybreak.....the last in a series of cold Canadian HIGHS coming south. By Tuesday it is going to be in the 80's.
Picked up the slide locks that I am going to use on the underside of the swing-down bridge on the layout. I hope these work OK for alignment of the tracks, if not, I will have to design an adjustable locking mechanism that will allow for track alignment.
While at the store, we also picked up the tomato plants along with other veggie plants for the garden, but they will not go into the ground for two more weeks yet. Last year we waited too long to buy them and the selection was sparse.
TIFN
05-06-07
Mornin, just coffee Janie, gotta grandson here, so gotta wait till he gets up for breakfast.
Didn't get much done on the wiring, sun came out sooner than forecast, went to mowing n such, not going to get much done on it today either. We're going up to Paris this afternoon for some food shopping and watch Michael's [grandkid] last flag football game, he's playing quarter back this game.
Best get around on chores or won't get nothing else done. Hope ya''ll has a gooden n take cares
inch
I already ate so I'll just have a strawberry milkshake.
I've been kinda busy with the subscriber only stuff today. So I didn't have time to cut the supports but I did get a good bit of stuff done today.
And yes it has been a bit slow today.
Good evening, Janie - just a quick stop for me. A go cup of decaf, please. Thanks! Hmmm... the damage for today's tab wasn't too bad - but then again, it looks like everyone was in their train rooms instead of online, from the times of the posts. Here's my plastic for what the day crew ate up.
Thanks for the electrical info, Dick - I guess we've just been lucky on the storms. Though maybe our odds are marginally better since we're down between two ridges (and there's a power substation on the western side of one hill from us). But as you say, if a lightning strike hits, it'll go where it durn well wants to go... I don't take showers or even sit on the toilet if there's a storm around, just to be safe.
Went by Hobby Lobby today with my online coupon from their site (40 percent off any one item), but only found some Woodland Scenics figures (engineers) to save on. Got that, and a package of WS's burnt grass scenery material. I was going to get a nice set of detail and other brushes, but couldn't find a set like I was wanting. Shame when I can't find MRR stuff that I want to buy.
Went by the art/LHS place, and they'd trimmed down the shelf space for their MRR stuff. (Pooh!) If they don't get some more stuff in soon, I don't think I'll be going back there. Didn't make it to the other (not-as-local) LHS.
I was looking at some possible 19 to 22" wide screen LCD monitors today. Went by Staples and BestBuy (whose prices weren't that...), and checked online. Staples actually had one of the best prices on a 19" one - they had an Acer 19" wide screen (must've been special purchase, I guess) that was about $150, which seemed pretty good to me. I also was looking for a replacement USB keyboard, but apparently cordless is the fashion, so I only saw one or two, and they weren't what I wanted.
Looks like the Cardinals forgot how to play like in Thursday's game. They lost today to the Astros 13-zero. (Ouch!)
Speaking of Texas: Rob L., Paul and Trent (and any other Texans in the Diner) - you'd better watch out; looks like there's a strong front, with lots of tornado watches/warnings from the Panhandle up through the KC area. The storms are moving almost due north (not much easterly movement at all). Our weatherguessers say this one isn't moving our way soon, and may just fall apart before it gets to Missouri. Take care of yourselves there, Paul and Trent and Rob L. - watch out!
I'd better be heading home and catching some shuteye. See everyone tomorrow.
Blessings and stay safe,