PIE!
What pie?
I don't know nothin' 'bout no pie!
What chew talkin' 'bout Willis?
Blame me for some pie I saw inch & Hoople with last night will ya!
Don't know nothin' 'bout no pie!
AND GIMME BACK MY PILLOW!
GMTRacing wrote:Sorry PC I said I'd wear a hat if you let me use the cot now and then (hat cuts the glare from the sun reflecting .....never mind - time for sleep.J.R.
Guess I should've paid more attention!
JimRCGMO wrote: And speaking of today, it's C O N S O L I D A T I O N arrival day, isn't it, Mark? Hope it arrives safe and sound, and that those windstorms didn't blow the truck with your package off the road.
And speaking of today, it's C O N S O L I D A T I O N arrival day, isn't it, Mark? Hope it arrives safe and sound, and that those windstorms didn't blow the truck with your package off the road.
pcarrell wrote: inch53 wrote: pcarrell wrote: Can I be retarded? Oh wait.....maybe I already am! Humm, gonna have to do some thinkin on that PC.Super Stumper of the day, huh?
inch53 wrote: pcarrell wrote: Can I be retarded? Oh wait.....maybe I already am! Humm, gonna have to do some thinkin on that PC.
pcarrell wrote: Can I be retarded? Oh wait.....maybe I already am!
Can I be retarded?
Oh wait.....maybe I already am!
Humm, gonna have to do some thinkin on that PC.
Super Stumper of the day, huh?
......Looks like I might have to check on that IQ........
Who's buyin' breakfast today?
my nana (grandma) and papa (grandpa) are retired (or are they also retared?) from teaching at the middle school (grades 7-8) and their evil cat will be living with us in Oct. while they go to Australia. (can't spell) that should fun here at home.
Colby
Good Morning........
Chloe, I'll have the western omelet with some hash browns and a tall glass of Ed's Fresh Squeezed, please! Oh, and thanks for picking up the bill today J.R.!
I put down some more cork roadbed for the wyes section around the turntable and also added two track sections and one will be the DCC programming track.
Dick, PC, Jerry, glad to be of service with lunch yesterday.
Psst....hey, PC, wake up man, the pie police just walked in through the back door....hurry up.....
Mark, I'm looking forward to my retardment too! LOL, good one!
Jim, I like the new mugs! The coffee tastes better in them too!
Hey Paul, good luck with the weather and the funnel clouds. So, retardment is treating you well too, eh!
J.R., I like the way the factory scene is coming together, and the modular stuff really looks interesting too. I am going to have to look into that stuff for a portion of my layout. Oh, and thanks again for breakfast this morning!
Ed, have a wonderful and safe trip!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Mornin' sports fans,
Just a quick one this morning as we are finishing packing and heading out on another trip. This time we're headed up north of the Rio Bravo. Going to a reunion of old 'retarded' workers from my old company. Of course, we'll be seeing some friends and family while we're up there. And maybe even stopping in at my (not so Local) Hobby Shop.
I'll tell you what, all this traveling is tiring. I'm sure glad I'm retarded so I can take naps when the spirit moves me (or "when it doesn't move me" may be a better way of putting it) to rest up.
Paul, sounds like you're discovering how tiring it is to be retarded. I'll try to give you a shout once I'm up in the land of reasonably priced phone calls.
If I can find a computer I will try to check in, but no guarantees. Back in a couple of weeks anyway.
Regards
Ed
Good Morning Zoe - yep, I didn't get blown away - still here! I'll have the breakfast bar this morning, and a cup of coffee, and would you thank JR when he gets back in for me, please? Great.
Supposed to be a lot of rain here today, but only a slight risk of bad storms (with possibly hail, lightning, driving rain). That might get us a bit less hectic day at work today.
My computer stuff should also arrive today - FedEx's site says it left Memphis yesterday, so it should have arrived/be arriving in our distribution center (near the airport, a bit south of Cape) and heading out on the delivery truck this a.m.
No work on the MRR last night for me, but it looks like several of you have been busy. JR, those buildings look great!
Thanks for the info, Jeff - now, if I can get Walthers to put some of the older diesel locos on sale (say a GP-7 or a SW7). That's a good idea you have there!
Haven't heard from PC this morning yet - maybe I should have Zoe check the cot and wake him up?
Better go get my raincoat out for today, huh? Those of you east of us, better enjoy that sun you had yesterday, 'cause it may be going away today as this front heads east.
Have a ducky day!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.
Today's Weather for:
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
Heat Index: 70°F
Humidity: 90%
Dew Point: 67°F
So Far TodayHigh: 71°FLow: 70°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 28mph S
The breakfast bar is open.
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 Morning All,
A regular and one of Bills donuts please Zoe. Already it's a nice day out with sun and mild temps.
PC - you need to get a new mattress for that cot it's really getting lumpy or is that where all the purloined pie plates are hidden?
Looks like breakfast is on me so come on in. I highly recommend the special : New England Breakfast - it's cooking right out back go and help yourself while the girls get coffee (guest goes out back and door promptly slams locked behind him).
Out to the yard to move trailers and tidy up a bit. We'll be back in later, hope you all have a goodun' . CUL J.R.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
04-25-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
GMTRacing wrote: I hear PC's got a cot set up out back so he need never leave.
I hear PC's got a cot set up out back so he need never leave.
Hey! You said you'd keep that under your hat if I let you use it once in a while!
Last call for coffee guys......it is dark and thick as mud, I think "someone" forgot to change the stocking .
PAUL: Glad to hear that ponds and lakes are full, at least you will have water this summer unless things get very dry again. Also, happy to hear no touchdowns.
JIM: I would still keep the weather alert radio handy....nightime storms are the worst, everyone is asleep when tornados hit.
TIFN
JimRCGMO wrote: Jeff wrote: Picked up something today that I've been waiting on since September. My new Bachmann GP35 (DCC of course). I buy these cheap DCC locos for two reasons. I pull the decoders out of them and put them into my better units. The decoder from this one is going into an Athearn BB SD40-2. I'll then rewire the Bachmann for standard DC. That gives me another DC loco. So Jeff, did you order it through Walthers, off eBay, or where? I might want to use that technique myself!
Jeff wrote: Picked up something today that I've been waiting on since September. My new Bachmann GP35 (DCC of course). I buy these cheap DCC locos for two reasons. I pull the decoders out of them and put them into my better units. The decoder from this one is going into an Athearn BB SD40-2. I'll then rewire the Bachmann for standard DC. That gives me another DC loco.
Picked up something today that I've been waiting on since September. My new Bachmann GP35 (DCC of course). I buy these cheap DCC locos for two reasons. I pull the decoders out of them and put them into my better units. The decoder from this one is going into an Athearn BB SD40-2. I'll then rewire the Bachmann for standard DC. That gives me another DC loco.
So Jeff, did you order it through Walthers, off eBay, or where? I might want to use that technique myself!
Good Evening All,
I blew off coffee in the other (non virtual) diner because I was just beat. Did get the hydraulic line back on the museum dump truck but didn't bring the correct wrench to remove the fill plug so back again tomorrow . Spent the evening fitting and weathering the back shop and putting in cinders around the display layout roundhouse - also forgot the camera.
Neal - that's not good news but we all hope for better news for you later or at lest a second opinion. we'll add you to our prayers. Feel free to drop in whenever you wish. there's nearly always someone in here mooching food off someone elses' credit card. I hear PC's got a cot set up out back so he need never leave.
Did get some more done on the urban/factory area as far as the skeleton of the second building. I remember growing up in Bridgeport and riding by Remington Arms which seemed to go on forever. Many of the buildings are long gone now, but that's the look I'm trying for. The factory on the right is a kit bashed combo of two or three City Classic Smallman St warehouses, and the building on the left is from a couple of Korbers' Acme Nut and Bolt.
Here is the front wall of the Korber kits on the work table. It's all modular so you can make it whatever shape and size you wish as with the Smallman St. bldg. Bought both sets on sale from Walthers and Valley Model Trains. I wish my LHS stocked more of this stuff, I'd do more business there sale or not.
Inch - loved the retarded story. Maybe someday I'll get to join those exalted ranks.
Paul - Glad to hear that the funnels gave you a miss. I'll never forget standing in our barracks in Pensacola watching the other identical (abandoned) barracks across the runway get splintered by a funnel. Of course we Yankees stood and watched because we didn't know any better.
Time to check on the back of my eyelids. CUL, J.R.
Evening Gang: We had to spend some time in the basement tonight. There was a funnel south of us going NW. It missed us and may not have actually touched the ground. The storm is now well NE and out of our area. They are reporting more funnel clouds but no confirmed tornadoes on the ground. It started raining about 9 this morning and has been on and off since. There has been some very heavy rains and the last time I looked we had 2 inches. That was about 4 hours ago so I expect we have close to 4 by now. Our pond was almost overflow full when we got the mail at 5pm. I think that they still haven't said the drought is over. I know that the lakes are full for the first time in a couple of years.
Despite the rain today I didn't get to do any MRRing. I spent most of the day reading. some on MRRing but most on the development of the U.S Navy's battleships. It's interesting how they were designed and all the politics that occured. Everyone had there fingers in the pot. It's amassing that we got sevicably ships. Well a couple of times we didn't.
I got retarded in Febuary and I'm working harder now. I guess that's why I'm retarded. I don't know any better.
I'm going to head for bed. Prayers for Neal.
Good Night All
Good Evening, Chloe - a cup of coffee
and one of those hot fudge sundaes, please.
Thank you!
Mike, that was a funny one - makes me want to be able to be 'retarded'. Of course, if I did that now, Dick's SS check might be a few pennies smaller than usual.
Oh, Dick, I hear what you say, but I've been watching the radar sweeps lately (see:)
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/63701?clip=989®ion=null&collection=localwxforecast&presname=Cape%20Girardeau,%20MO%20Forecast&name=index_large_animated&day=1
and the storms are either tracking up Hwy. 44 (northwest of us here) or else they've been losing steam before they get to our part of Missouri. Besides, I couldn't see anything in the sky tonight - it's dark out! I do have the local TV station on, and they'll run a warning across the bottom of the screen if there's a warning for our counties in this area. Besides, I trust the One in charge of the weather even more than the warnings (which can miss sometimes).
Busy day at work today - would've thought it was a Monday or a full moon! My supervisor (the clinical director) asked me about doing outpatient therapy with clients again one or two days a week. (I think they're hiring one of our interns for covering crisis and some outpatient therapy) She's picked up the outpatient work pretty good so far, so hopefully she'll catch onto crisis work just as quickly. It'll be good having another person to help with crisis. I'm supposed to let my supervisor know in the next few days. The (former) intern won't start until next month (or June). I still will have the paperwork to catch up that I have from my crisis work (ever the paperwork...).
Well, better get gone - hoping to get a full night's sleep tonight so I'll be ready for on-call tomorrow night.
How's everyone doing tonight? Take care of yourselves and I'll see you in the morning.
Just check the radar, got rain headed this way
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
grayfox1119 wrote: MARK: I just received an email from DUKE, he LOVES the Consolidation, it is running quite well....at least until it left the tracks on DUKE's unfinished line...tsk, tsk. but the warranty should cover the damage.
MARK: I just received an email from DUKE, he LOVES the Consolidation, it is running quite well....at least until it left the tracks on DUKE's unfinished line...tsk, tsk. but the warranty should cover the damage.
Evening,,,, the kids are gone and the wife left me again, so think I'll have a t-bone [rare], seetw taters and a salad Cloe, and a barley pop too
Got this in my Email roday
RETARDED GRANDPARENTS(this was actually reported by a teacher)After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spenttheir holiday away from school. One child wrote the following:
We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa.They used to live in a big brick house but Grandpa got retarded andthey moved to Florida.
Now they live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to looklike grass.
They ride around on their bicycles and wear name tags because theydon't know who they are anymore.
They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must havegot it fixed because it is all okay now .They do exercises there, but they don't do them very well.There is a swimming pool too, but in it, they all jump up and downwith hats on.At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sittingin it. He watches all day so nobody can escape.Sometimes they sneak out. They go cruising in their golf carts.Nobody there cooks, they just eat out, And they eat the same thing every night -- early birds.Some of the people can't get out past the man in the doll house.The ones who do get out, bring food back to the wrecked center for pot luck
My Grandma says that Grandpa worked all his life to earn his retardment .He says I should work hard so I ca n be retarded someday too.When I earn my retardment, I want to be the man in the doll house.Then I will let people out so they can visit their grandchildren.
There's a story behind this, this makes it real funny for me
One of our grandsons was in pre-school a few years ago and after I retired, I'd take him to school some times, and I always took him inside. One day a different teacher was there and after I left, she ask him who brought him today, so Herman said " thats just grandpa." She ask " well does does grandpa doing for a living"? Herman said" oh nothing now, he's retared."
And with that it's back to chores, I'll try n check in laters
inch
Diners: Maybe I’ll get a chance to catch up on things a bit while I enjoy a cup of Janie’s best Earl Grey tea.
JR: I’d leave the switch in the road, unless you’ve got lots of siding room. The mock up building looks really good, what are you using for the walls?
Antonio: back. Glad you found your way to the door. Hope you can stay a spell.
Jeff & Sue:
Since Antonio's buying, I'm eating. I'll have the steak and lobster.
Ryan:
And tourism dollars sure do helps with the local economy don't it!
Garry: The canyon walls in the rusted wreck photo are made from dried sheet pulp from the pulp mill in Campbell River, B.C. It was my first layout with scenery, and I thought that an ‘instant’ papier maché would be best for the landforms. Worked OK until was time to plant trees. Take my word for it folks, it wasn’t an easy task.
Neal: I’m saddened by your news. Many have said “Don’t give up the ship”, and I’d echo that. My prayers are with you.
New castings are drying, and as I my regular Tuesday meeting is cancelled, I should make some progress tonight.
TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Howdy All....Another sunny pleasant day here but just a little cooler posta be a couple of inches of rain headed our way....I'll have a steak sandwich,onion rings and a strawbeery shake Please Thank you..Make sure that gets on Ryans bill...Didn't get in yesterday spend most of day outside went to library and store on power chair...Got another DPM building from Ebay Road Kill cafe...decided I'm going to try body mouting a couple of cars with M/Ts and see how they do on my small layout...
Neal...Our thoughts and prayers are with you...
Ed..Sounds like we'll have a good supply of OJ..Great your getting Sox on the tube down south of the border..got any plans to get going on the layout? Sounds like your gonna be pretty tied up traveling...
Luc...Beautiful Grand Baby!!
Jeff..Another great modeling job on Loco! hows roads coming along?
You all have a good'in....Jerry
Good afternoon on this bright sunny day here in NE, 65F and RH of 42%. We had many forest fires yesterday with the very strong winds and very low humidity. The worst one was north of us by three towns, and they called in our equipment as well as many surrounding towns. It was caused by the GUILFORD RR ( Now PanAM ). There is a running battle going on between the GRR and the mayor of Fitchburg where the fires always are. The RR does not take responsibility for their causing the fires, and don't even have the courtesy to return calls. Bad relations with GUILFORD RR and always has been ever since they took over the former B&M.
RYAN: Thank you for lunch..... I was broke, we are on limited income of course, so SS check has not come in yet. That is the biggest herb garden I have ever heard of for a family garden, you are really doing an A1 job !! As for dry skin, I know just what you are going through. I am outside a lot, and on days when it is very dry, I get dry skin on areas of my face. It is very important to drink lots of fluids in dry weather to prevent this problem.
COLBY: That is very interesting about that old building. I have rode on the Mountain Div RR many times, now operated by the Conway Scenic RR. This RR ran from Portland to Ogdensburg, New York way back in the 1880's. In fact, all the granite mileage markers along the tracks through Crawford Notch all are marked "P65, P66, P67, etc." which is the distance from Portland, Maine.
JIM: In Denver right now it is 38F, and in Missouri it is in the 80's. That is a major contrast and "will" spawn Tornados. Guess what kind of weather is headed your way??? Keep an eye on the sky!!!!
MIKE: At least it started Mike, the cable is a cheap fix. I go tomorrow to my repair shop to see if he has the spring that I think is causing my trouble. If that doesn't fix it, I have to take the whole doggone thing over to his shop.
SilverSpike wrote:So, I come back after 5 days and I'm buying lunch today, eh!
So, I come back after 5 days and I'm buying lunch today, eh!
Hey Ryan, we've been covering for you while you were out - it's only fair that you get your turn, right?
Mmm, I think I'll have the ribs special, Zoe. Yum, thanks, Ryan!
Colby, sounds like the MNGRR is a pretty active bunch there.
Hang in there, Hoople - tomorrow's coming! I'm waiting on some items (for my computers) to come in tomorrow, too.
Blessings on lunch,
SilverSpike wrote: So, I come back after 5 days and I'm buying lunch today, eh!
Pretty much.....yeah!
So, the real question is.....how hungry am I?
Hmmmmmm........
I think fajitas sound good!
Good morning folks!
How about some cinnamon toast and a hot coffee Chloe! Thanks!
I see you all have been very busy with your railroads and such. Oh and I even missed Ed's couple of appearances too!
Put down more cork roadbed on the layout, about 30' of the stuff. Even got the nerve to add some to the swing gate too! Next step is to lay some track!
Worked in the garden all day on Earth Day! We planted a heap of new herb plants including basil, cinnamon basil, purple basil, lemon thyme, thyme, juniper thyme, lemon mint, spearmint, oregano, Cuban oregano, marjoram, curry, lemon grass, cilantro, flat parsley, and curly parsley. I also transplanted 10 tomato plant seedlings into larger pots. Then Monique and I marked out an area for a new patio that I am going to build with pavers that will surround one of the flower beds in the front yard.
Dick, yep, dry air here! And BTW, we are about 120 miles from the ocean. Funny too, Sunday afternoon the relative humidity reading from the back deck was 8%. Now they have fire warnings up all over the area, don't burn your leaves or vegetation today! Now this old bayou boy is used to 90 to 100% relative humidity, so with the lack of moisture in the air my skin feels like a sheet of sand paper again.
Jerry, yep squirrel and rabbit are plentiful in these parts. The rabbits hop along the road and in front of the house just about every morning and night. And the squirrels try their best to steal a few bits of bird seed from the feeders...
Garry, Derby Pie, eh! Sounds like a plan to me! Also seems similar to a chocolate bourbon pecan pie that I make for the holidays every year. Wow! Pork chops sound good too!
And Happy Birthday to Shelley!
Paul, warp speed Internet now might also require one of those reverse thrusters too for when the PC and keyboard gets too hot!
Jim, thanks for making the desserts again! Hot fudge sundae too! Your story about the apartment reminds me of why I will never live in one again.
Der John, that interchange sure looks great! And tourism dollars sure do helps with the local economy don't it!
Fergie, glad to hear the bumpy waves finally ended. Makes it hard to cook too, when the seas are high like that! I worked on a research vessel in the North Atlantic near NS many moons ago and I can remember trying to keep from cutting my hand off one day when the waves/seas were 12-15'. We rocked back and forth for about 24 hours.
Luc, looks like the great grand baby is growing up fast! Hope Gloria is feeling better too!
Jeff, nice work on the retired and rusted locomotive scene!
Great to see you back in the Diner Ed! And now Chloe and Flo are having a hard time negotiating the walk-in cooler with all that fresh juice and oranges stocked up on those pallets. The trip sounds like it was a hit, going to check out your Train Board post soon! Oh, and you are on the road again in a few weeks? Good deal! Just remember to stock up on some of those hard to find culinary ingredients while you are back in the states.
J.R. looking forward to more pics of the dig and all those artifacts too!
Neal, glad to see you again in the diner, but sorry to hear about the prognosis with the cancer. Thoughts and prayers for you there my friend!
Colby, great news that they are trying to save that old building.
So, fajitas or ribs....ribs or fajitas..... how about both!!!!