Morning all!
Just getting ready to go to Ohio, then Florida.
Besides that, nothing real new.
Sue: Is it raining down there? It is here... Just like October. Well at least it's better than 80-90 degrees out...
Jim: I bet I wouldn't... Right now I'm happy. It's cool, and rainy.
Well I better get going...
Mark
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote: Jeff...... Congrats on the GP38; looking forward to seeing results of your paint shop.
Jeff...... Congrats on the GP38; looking forward to seeing results of your paint shop.
Cox 47 wrote: Jeff...You can't beat the deal on the 38 with a stick....Where you feeling well enough to go to work today?
Jeff...You can't beat the deal on the 38 with a stick....Where you feeling well enough to go to work today?
Cederstrand wrote: ***Jeff, hope you are feeling much better today. Wife and I both had CTs last year (for different reasons) and although an interesting experience, I kept thinking "What is this thing doing to me on a cellular level?" Still, it's pretty amazing what you can see with them and definitely a short cut over most other methods for diagnosing.
***Jeff, hope you are feeling much better today. Wife and I both had CTs last year (for different reasons) and although an interesting experience, I kept thinking "What is this thing doing to me on a cellular level?" Still, it's pretty amazing what you can see with them and definitely a short cut over most other methods for diagnosing.
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
Afternoon All,
It's not that I dislike N it's just with my mechanics hands and blurry vision I often feel as though I need a scanning electron microscope and bionic hands to do any work. We'll see how the rolling stock repairs go when I get to that. Building woodlands is easy though. Just use all the scrub brush left over from the Horribly Oversized display. J.R.
Cox 47 wrote:Ryan.....I think those kits go back to the Mid 1950's.....I built the Swift plant..Liked to never figured out the cooling tower....I was surprised to find the line still out there...Looks like they even have some N scale...I have a friend who got hold of the plans for the Chemical Plant and built it in N scale with some ad ons....Cox 47
Wow, I did not realize that those kits have been around for that long. My Swift kit is still half built too, at the time I was just getting started and it was way over my head. Maybe I'll finally get around to finishing it someday!
GMTRacing wrote: Afternoon All,It's not that I dislike N it's just with my mechanics hands and blurry vision I often feel as though I need a scanning electron microscope and bionic hands to do any work. We'll see how the rolling stock repairs go when I get to that. Building woodlands is easy though. Just use all the scrub brush left over from the Horribly Oversized display. J.R.
Hey J.R., I was just kidding! I prefer HO myself, that iNpossible stuff is hard on my unaided eyes. Let me know when you are finished with that scope!
Time for dinner!
I'll have Stir Fried Shrimp and Scallops with Cashews please.
Looks like dinner is on me guys! Belly up!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hey Ryan, love your website, but I can't seem to get the first three pages of your construction photo's to load up. I get a "page cannot be found" message. (Probably operator error on me)
Oh, and I'll have the boneless skinless BBQ chicken *** meal please Chloe! Yeah, Ryan's buying!
Good evening .......we had a great time up in New Hampshire's White Mountains, railfanning with Mass Bay RR group. I chased the 0-6-0 steamer from North Conway all the way through Crawford Notch and took both videos and photo shots. They used their new U23B trailing the 0-6-0 by 2 miles in case it was needed, and they used the U23B hooked to the rear on the way back down the grade to make use of it's Dynamic brakes. I will post pics as soon as I get caught up around here.
On the drive through Crawford Notch to the Cog RR Sunday, at 7 in the morning, 2 deer tried to cross the road in front of us, then I mile further, a cow Moose was feeding right along the roadside 3 feet from the car. 5 miles later, a bull Moose was on the other side of the road feeding, he looked up at us and just kept eating.
We went up the Cog Railroad to the top of Mt Washington, 6288 feet. It took 1:20 hrs. to climb, took on water at the halfway point, and it was chilly and in the fog at the top when we arrived. When we left 20 minutes later, it had started to downpour with driving winds and ice pellets hitting us. Did you ever see 72 passengers trying to board a single entrance RR car in these conditions? My pants were soaked, but after the 1:20hr. ride back down, I had dryed sufficiently, but the Lorraine had to go change her cloths.
We then had a great tour through the Cog RR maintenance area. We got to see the project they were working on with a nice explanation by their chief ME. John Deere has donated a 600HP Diesel engine, and they are building a diesel cog engine, disc brakes, hydraulics, etc., all part of going "green" on the mountain. I have pics of this also.
The drive back home on Sunday afternoon was the worst that I ever experienced, Summer or Winter, in the past 23 years travelling to/from the White Mountains. Things went Ok until we got 15 miles north of Concord, NH, then the traffic stopped and it was stop n Go for the next 25 miles. We hit four (4) thunderstorms on the way home from Concord south to home. Downpours so hard the wipers could not keep up, winds , lightening everywhere, ice pellets at times. It was interstate travel at it's worse!!! The trip normally takes me 3 hours door to door, Sunday it took us 5 1/2 hours. I just kept my hazard flashers ON during each storm we hit.
I read that Fergie hurt himself with a nail gun??? What is all that about?
RT: I wrote to Bergie before I left last Friday, but never received an answer. I was having a lot of trouble that week with ootgoing mail server via my ISP, so maybe Bergie never got the info. In anycase, in scanning the past emails here in the CS, I read something about this Zeke thing being a big scam??? What is all that about???
FERGIE: So Lisa wants some Tropics action? Tell her to wait until September, we are still locked in a Spring weather pattern.
RYAN: I was not in Maine for a convention, that was Colby I think. Read my info above, I was in NH.
MIKE: When I got outside Monday after getting back home, the garden was like a tropical jungle. The zucchini squash plants are waist high and we have squash coming out our ears. Cabbage, Lettuce, Beans, Cukes, Beets, Spinach, Summer Squash, Cauliflower, Peppers are in abundance.......I think someone dumped CS on my garden while I was gone , LOL
LUC: Sure is good to see Gloria smiling and looking healthy again.
PC: You sure have been busy!!!! If you were my age, I would have said you were taking Geritol !! LOL Your benchwork looks excellent!!!
TIFN
Evening Gang: Today I did lamost nothing. I just felt worn out. I really felt guilty. I did help the boys with the pump house a bit. O f course I took them and Mary Ann out for lunch. What else are dads for? Tomorrow John and I are driving to Oaklahoma City to pick up rail for his railroad out at his ranch. It's a long drive but saves over $200 shipping. That's 175 feet of rail.
Dick: Fergie didn't do the nail gun thing I did about 5 years ago. Fergie cut himself real bad with a stone chip. Sailors are dangerous on shore.
It's kind of early for this but I think I'm going to hit the sack. John is coming by early and we will head out.
Good Night All
grayfox1119 wrote: RT: I wrote to Bergie before I left last Friday, but never received an answer. I was having a lot of trouble that week with ootgoing mail server via my ISP, so maybe Bergie never got the info. In anycase, in scanning the past emails here in the CS, I read something about this Zeke thing being a big scam??? What is all that about???
i'm not sure been in TN. for last 4 days looking for a place to live and work found a place to live now need a job
Will talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Good evening.
Any blueberry pie available? Whipped cream, too?
Ryan... I meant to say earlier I appreciated your comments to me regarding Chinese stuff, my new observation, and Wes. I really like the roundhouse. I've some of those sudam kits in my supply for yet-to-be-built layout sections. So thanks for inspiration.
RT .... glad the move to TN is progressing. I think you said you were headed for eastern TN. Nice area.
Dick... really interesting write-up about your New Hampshire trip.
Hoople.... where in ohio and in florida are you visiting? Relatives there?
Paul.... don't over tire yourself. Take it easy with all that outside work.
Gus (ICRR Gus) was over this afternoon. He's completing a grain elevator for his layout.
We're leaving for Ohio and Michigan Saturday. Time the Mi trip for NMRA convention, but won't do much of that because of NMRA's excessive prices.
Duke.. you still there? Still thinking of train show there? Anybody else?
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
***Dick, that sounds like quite a memorable trip. Sure would enjoy seeing photos of that old steamer in action when you have time to post them. And speaking of moose, having one on my future layout is a must. One of the coolest critters I have encountered doing field work. Thanks for the interesting read. Rob
Good evening, Chloe - how about a nice root beer float, please? It's been warm hot here today, and I'm ready for one.
Oh, if there's any of that shrimp and cashews left that Ryan fixed for dinner, I wouldn't mind a taste of those. Yum! - good job, Ryan!
RT, welcome back! So, what part of Tennessee will you be looking at moving to? Will that be close to family (kids, grandkids, etc.)?
JR and Ryan, can I borrow that scope after you two finish up with using it? I have that same vision problem, even just with Horribly Oversized scale stuff.
Jeff, hope you get feeling better soon, preferably by tomorrow at the latest (so you can put back some LHS-shopping money from this round of w**k).
Dick - that sounds like a New England Roundup you were on, with all that wildlife you saw. Hate to think what it'd be like if somebody hit a moose with their car. It's bad enough around here when somebody has a deer that walks right in front of their car (usually totals it, and sometimes causes serious damage to the car's occupants, too)!
It was indeed hot and sticky today, and I didn't get out much. only had two clients show up, of the six or seven I was scheduled to see. Good day for writing out assessments, though. One of those I saw really needed referral to another place than ours (and told him so). On an excellent note - I did get news that I'll be getting a raise (not sure how soon it kicks in).
Wish they'd give raises to everyone there, since most everyone is working their (hind end) off, and has been for a while. Maybe if some of the admin. people would take a one percent pay cut, they could do that? Ah, well...
'nuther day and it'll (almost) be Friday (and Saturday will be payday). Yay!
Well, guess I'd better quit rambling and finish this float before the ice cream melts too much. Prayers for those in need, and those in need of rain (or a drying out spell).
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Evening.
(I need toi do this)
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Watchin' the game, havin' a bud.
That commercial is stuck in my head.
Anyway,
Garry: In Ohio I'm going to Marion for a family reunion... ugh... Luckily dad is cutting it short to leave for DISNEYWORLD in Florida for 9 days. We do DisneyWorld or Disneyland once a year.
I'll stick around for a bit, Mythbusters is on in 45 minutes.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
07-19-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Moving to Newport, TN. about 40 miles east of Knoxville. smokies foot hill area about 30 miles from Gattlinburg.
JimRCGMO wrote: Jeff, hope you get feeling better soon, preferably by tomorrow at the latest (so you can put back some LHS-shopping money from this round of w**k).
I figured this was a good as any place to throw out this offer:
I do HTML development as a side job to make a few extra dollars and am more than willing to answer any questions or help any of yall out with any of your websites you may want to build/update.
Blanket offer, open to all!
Whelp, have a good day!
Dave Loman
My site: The Rusty Spike
"It's a penny for your thoughts, but you have to put your 2 cents in.... hey, someone's making a penny!"
Good morning, Diners! Zoe, just a go cup of TH coffee, please. Thanks!
400 miles? Yeah, Jeff, that long of a trip would wear me out, too.
Rest up.
RT, that should be beautiful country there. I went to Gatlinsburg and Chattanooga (long while back, though). Will add your job search to my prayers. When do you begin packing...? (oh, packing is such fun... not!)
Hoople, enjoy the DisneyWorld trip - should be fun!
Dave, good to hear from you again, and best wishes with your sideline job.
Well, I'll just grab one of Bill T.'s twisty donuts to take with me - got to get going!
Blessings,
Looks like everyone has been busy around here. Dick, I can't wait to see those pics! I sure do miss New England!
Kinda looks like some New England weather around here today though......periods of rain all day long.
Well, I started hanging my backdrop last night. I hung about 30' of it, so I only have another 40'-50' to go. It's starting to look like a RR in there! Even my son is finally getting excited. He saw it last night and after a couple of minutes of looking around he asked, "Which locomotive is mine Dad?" I told him, "Any one you want." You know what? He tried a couple out and picked one he liked. The boy has good taste. He picked a Kato Mikado!
Well, gotts run for now. I'll stop in later.
Bye!
Jim,
Thanks for the best wishes! Just wanted to make sure its understood, however, that I was offering to help anyone here on the forums, not just posting a "lookie me" post :)
Morning folks!
I'll have a bowl of hot steamy oatmeal and some of Ed's fresh OJ please!
Thanks Chloe!
pcarrell wrote: Hey Ryan, love your website, but I can't seem to get the first three pages of your construction photo's to load up. I get a "page cannot be found" message. (Probably operator error on me)Oh, and I'll have the boneless skinless BBQ chicken *** meal please Chloe! Yeah, Ryan's buying!
Philip, how did I miss that! Thanks for finding that for me, and glad you like the web site. I fixed the broken links from the Photos page, I had misspelled the link file names on all three of those, and they should all work now! The drop down menu from the Photos button at the top of the page should work too! And it looks like you are making great strides on your layout too, do you get time to sleep, shower, shave....
Dick, thanks for the clarification, and from your recounting of events it appears to have been quite an adventure. And thanks for the emails you have been sending.
Paul, there is something about the heat and humidity that will zap the energy right out of ya!
RT, good luck with the job search, but why the move? I must have missed some of your previous posts, sorry! Hey, that area is great! We were in the Gatlinburg area in May for a wedding! We visit around there almost every year, rent a cabin and tour the Smoky Mountains, go trout fishing, hiking, horse back riding, or just plain ole hanging around the porch.
Garry, I am amazed at how many of us still have those old Suydam kits sitting around. Have a safe and great trip!
Ditto about Duke! Where you been my friend? I need your assistance with the Fall Apex Live Steam Event countdown!!!
Jim, glad you like the dinner! Looks like breakfast is on me too this morning!
Dave, thanks for the offer for web development, I do the same thing. Started playing around with PHP and DHTML lately, what tools do you use to build your HTML?
See you all later!
Ryan
SilverSpike wrote: pcarrell wrote: Hey Ryan, love your website, but I can't seem to get the first three pages of your construction photo's to load up. I get a "page cannot be found" message. (Probably operator error on me)Oh, and I'll have the boneless skinless BBQ chicken *** meal please Chloe! Yeah, Ryan's buying!Philip, how did I miss that! Thanks for finding that for me, and glad you like the web site. I fixed the broken links from the Photos page, I had misspelled the link file names on all three of those, and they should all work now! The drop down menu from the Photos button at the top of the page should work too!
Philip, how did I miss that! Thanks for finding that for me, and glad you like the web site. I fixed the broken links from the Photos page, I had misspelled the link file names on all three of those, and they should all work now! The drop down menu from the Photos button at the top of the page should work too!
GOOD! I wanted to check those pics out!
And it looks like you are making great strides on your layout too, do you get time to sleep, shower, shave....
Thanks!
And as to your questions.....sometimes, yes, and at least once a week!
Ryan:
I use Dreamweaver for most of my developement with Photoshop as the graphics horsepower. I keep DW setup to work via LAN to a local webserve so I can do realtime debugging with the PHP/CGI/.NET apps. I am stronger with .net than I am .php, but I am starting to learn .php a bit more nowadays. Slowly but surely I am clawing my out of the shadow of Mordor, er Microsoft. ;)
Hows about joo?
Good morning everyone.
RT...I recall we thought that would be a nice area. long, long, long ago I lived in Oak Ridge TN. Best wishes on job search. There is plenty of tourist activity in the local economy. How about being a country and western singer in Pigeon Forge? I like the song entitled 'City of New Orleans". You most likely won't do impersonation of Dolly Parton, but how about Elvis?
Good to hear from Dave L. Sounds like some hogh tech stuff. Nice offer about assisting others. Much appreciated.
Still scheduled to depart for Ohio and Michigan Saturday.
Humm.....burgers or tacos........tacos or burgers......
Make it a taco platter Chole!
Hey, PC, did you test out the revised links on my web page yet?
SilverSpike wrote: Hey, PC, did you test out the revised links on my web page yet?
Sure did, and they work great! I had thought about going with the shelving brackets on my layout be decided not to. How's it working out for you?