Good morning ! from Indiana.
08-03-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Morning, just coffee Zoe
SCOTT, Congrads on the job, know you've got a lot to learn, so pay attention and to stay safe.
STEVE, good looking kids and I'm sure they're plenty of help also. The layout seems to be moving right along and Ken L does do good work
CEDERSTAND, nice engine your building. I've seen a lot of horseshoes, even made a few. But don't think I've seen glue-on before. What kinda glue do you use, to hold them in place?
RT,, great to hear from you, I was starting to get concerned.. Did ya finda job there yet?
pcarrell wrote:And inch, does this help jog your memory?
And inch, does this help jog your memory?
Does what jog my memory?
DICK,, I've been around some, just not much to say. The Maramec river we're going to, is in MO, bout a 100 mile W of Cape Jim.
http://maramecspringpark.com/maramec/index.html
Here awhile back our internet went out, called ISP. Spent an hour on the phone doing this n that, and they decided the modem was bad and they'd send the local repairman out. Well he did come, so I called the local office to check on Jeff, the girls there said lighting had knock the server out that morning. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing, a 1000 mile apart.
JIM CG, good joke.
Need to get moving, grandkids be here in an hour, and some things are easier done without them
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Good Morning, Zoe. I saw Chloe heading out as I drove up. She's still driving that big motorcycle, right? I'll have some Ed's OJ, cup of coffee, and a couple of waffles, please.
Nigel (back, if I remember correctly) to the Diner. You've been in here before, haven't you? Have a cup of coffee; Grayson's buying for now.
Glad to see you back in the Diner, Inch. Sounds like you had an experience like Dick did with his ISP, but good that you got things working again. That area on the Maramec River where you're going is really nice - went there many years ago, and I have a few college friends who live in Sullivan, MO near there. You'll most likely enjoy that trip, I'm sure!
Ah, what the heck, Zoe - let me have one of those chocolate donuts Bill T. brought in, please. Mmmm, sugar rush!
Started putting together some of the Walthers track bumpers last night. Fairly easy to do, though I was wondering when I started if I had enough hands. I'll need to paint & weather them, maybe this weekend. Now, where is that bottle of rust paint....?
Need to get going, so I'll see everyone later. We have a blood drive, so I'll be getting that in after dinner tonight. They're also giving away a T-shirt that says "Starve a mosquito - give blood!" (no, not the DeHaviland kind of 'squito)
Blessings and hope your Friday is a Great one,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
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
Mornin' All!
Gonna be a scorcher today buddy!
Here it is right now.
TODAY: Heat and humdity will continue to place a tight grip on the area. Highs should hit the lower 90's. Humidity may be just a tad lower due to an extremely weak cold front that will briefly pass through the state.
WEEKEND OUTLOOK: If you are looking for relief this weekend, you won't get much. We may be a degree or 2 cooler, but still in the lower 90's. There may be a slightly better chance of a few storms heading into Sunday, as a warm front will come back through the state.
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...MORE HEAT! The pattern will stay hot for awhile. Here is the upper level pattern by the end of the weekend. The ridge of high pressure will settle on top of us, which will help bump the temperatures back into the mid 90's by the middle of next week.
Sounds like a good weekend to spend in the air conditioning!
JimRCGMO wrote: magicman710 wrote: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I MADE THE NEXT PAGE???? Guess I'm still paying. Everything is on me guys. Grayson Hey Grayson, your username must be accurate - "It's magic, man..." Careful, or PC will get jealous if you get too many TOP honors. He's used to doing that (a lot...)
magicman710 wrote: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I MADE THE NEXT PAGE???? Guess I'm still paying. Everything is on me guys. Grayson
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I MADE THE NEXT PAGE???? Guess I'm still paying. Everything is on me guys.
Grayson
Hey Grayson, your username must be accurate - "It's magic, man..." Careful, or PC will get jealous if you get too many TOP honors. He's used to doing that (a lot...)
No, really, it's OK! He can pay! Not a problem!
inch53 wrote: pcarrell wrote:And inch, does this help jog your memory?Does what jog my memory?
The funny blue writing in my original post is a link. Just click it.
Well, I'm off!
Later!
Oh, and prayers for all those in need! Yes, thats you! And me!
Hello everyone.
Oatmeal for me. Good thing nobody offered carmel pecan rolls to tempt me off the the diet.
Phillip......... May we call you "Moose" now?
Inch.....glad your connected again. I'll be close to your territory (Jerry's too). Headed for Champaign, IL Our son there is finally tying the knot. (I wondered if it would ever happen.) Wedding will be Sunday afternoon. He's a computer ghuru working for U of I. We're really looking forward to it!
It will be a warm, hazy day here.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CBQ wrote: Phillip......... May we call you "Moose" now?
I've answered to worse.........
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
in a UP or AT&SF mug, please & thank you!
Working on removing building materials and tools today so I can start laying the livingroom floor soon. Perhaps by tonight I can take a look at the camelback project and figure out how to do the front end. Wish I had a clone to put to work work so the original "me" could concentrate on model train projects. Oh well!
***Jim, the particular glue I prefer is called :Keep in mind, this is used for a true "Dwarf" of a miniature horse, about the size of a medium dog (at most). Our Pyrenees dwarf her. If you bring your index finger and thumb together, that is about the size of her tiny hooves. Not something anyone should ever breed for and most true dwarfs don't live past 2-3 months. Toons was born in Sept of 2004, so she is one of the lucky ones. Here is her story, which I need to update now that she is back to needing shoes once again: http://www.paintedhorses.homestead.com/tinytoons.html You can see her earliest shoes on the first page. (We no longer raise any horses or donkeys, large or small)
Rob
Afternoon all, ice water Zoe.
Kids gone early today and now it's to darn hot n humid to do much outside.
JIM CG,, we've been going out there for 4 years now [I didn't get to last year]. Found it by accident the first time when we [6 adults and 12 kids] went to Maramec Caverns, then over to St. James for the night. One of the women picked up a flier bout the park, so we went there the next day, luved it. Then us guys went back out that fall fishing an had a good time.
pcarrell wrote: inch53 wrote: pcarrell wrote:And inch, does this help jog your memory?Does what jog my memory?The funny blue writing in my original post is a link. Just click it.
I don't remember you looking like my ex-wife,, ,,
GARRY,,,,, are you planning on I-24 to I-57, then north. If so, when you get to Effingham, you be 40 mile west of us. When you get to Champaign, you're 1 ½ hours north. There's some good rail fanning spots up there on the IC/CN and NS. If your going to have few day, take west on I-74 to Monticello and visit the rail museum. They have 3 steam engines [the 4-8-0 is suppose to be running this summer], couple RS and F units. Or head north on Il 45, 20 mile to Rantoul and visit the Chanute air museum [I went aircraft mechanics school there, while in the AF].
Mr. Parks.....you got game? Bring it! I got your moose!
inch53 wrote: pcarrell wrote: inch53 wrote: pcarrell wrote:And inch, does this help jog your memory?Does what jog my memory?The funny blue writing in my original post is a link. Just click it.I don't remember you looking like my ex-wife,, ,,
One word..........
WOW!
Good afternoon to one and all....it is so hot out that I burned my hand moving the black rubber garden hose. I could not believe just how hot that hose was, my hand is actually red!!!
The saga of the ISP problem and extremely slow to non existent UPLOAD, has been solved. It was a combination of several things: First, bandwidth on my ISP link was no longer sufficient ( too many users loading down the network, who knows ), secondly, the ISP had outages and the tech was actually surprised that I had service ( wonderfull ! ) Thirdly, my router needed some new drivers downloaded, Linksys does not have/use auto updates, so you must do this yourself with the Linksys Tech. For the present, data bits are flowing OUT at 250Kbs and IN at 5.4 Mbts.
The weather station out back went down also, will not register rainfall. So after removing the array and bringing it into the trainroom downstairs where it is nice and cool, I proceeded to effect repairs. As I was removing the rain collector, I heard buzzing sounds......not a good thing to hear inside the house, and certainly not in the MRR room!!! Sure enough, white face hornets were building a nest, only 3 of the devils, so after dispatching them, I replaced the reed switch only to find that the tipping/ measuring unit was worn out at the pivots, so now I have a call into DAVIS in CA for part replacement/s.
MRR STUFF: The airbrush kit and compressor arrived a few minutes ago from Micro-Tools, it really looks good, and the kit comes with 2 Instructional DVD's, so maybe I can be a Michaelangelo a little faster? EYaaaaa,,,, RIGHT !!!
MIKE: I think most of us have stayed indoors today, I have been out for short stints, but mostly in shaded areas.
MEDICAL INFO of INTEREST: I had my 2 year eye exam this week, and they have a new technology tool where they take a picture of your eye. You sit at this booth, place your eye up against a soft cup, keep your eye wide open, and center your eyesight to see a red ring in a complete circle, then they take the photo. From this photo, which is then sent to a high resolution monitor, you can see your optic nerve, any defects or starting problems like cateracts, retina issues, diabetes issues, ANY problems at all...this is aa GREAT advance.
The medical world is advising ALL people to get this eye exam at age 40, even before they need glasses or are having ANY eyesight problems, to be used as a BASELINE for future reference.
This test is quick, it is non invasive, there is "0" discomfort...I HIGHLY advise everyone to get this test. Hey, we all need to see to solder those tiny wires on Decoders etc. think of the future please !!
TIFN
Afternoon guys, been a rainy day all day just south of Savannah. Zoe, I'll take a plate of fried chicken and a tall glass of sweet tea, please, and just put everybody else's orders on my bill please, SINCE I MADE THE NEXT START OF THE PAGE!!!!!!!!!! Eat up everybody!!!
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Howdy y'all.
Went in for my physical today for NS. Doctor said I have nothing to worry about. Drug test was sent out too; but again, I have nothing to worry about there either.
Ryan: Thanks for the drinks! Now you'll have some insider info on NS. Too bad I won't be qualified for the Piedmont Division...Just the Harrisburg one.
Garry: Yeah, I don't plan on spending my income. I'm gonna be savin' up a lot of what I'm making, despite the fact that I'll have Railroad Retirement.
GMT: I don't believe I'll have any regrets either!
Jim in CG: Ya know...You ain't the first to make a mention about the "cowboy of the rails" thing. One of my friends in New York said that she liked the whole "railroad cowboy" persona. Guess that's just me.
Rob: I guess you've got a point there. But one day I'd like to get a horse for myself. Always have wanted one, but haven't had the money/land for it.
Secret Weapon: Yes, I sure do not want to loose my job or life...I will do whatever I can to be safe.
PC: Thank you! Hopefully I will see a lot of them hundreds coming my way.
Dick: Yeah, during the interview...I wasn't thinking that he could be testing my reactions or anything. I just wanted to keep my cool and answer the questions appropriately. Looks like it worked.
Paul: Well, on my resume I have a "Hobby and Extracurricular" section to show that I'm a well-balanced and rounded individual; and Model Railroad is listed. He saw that and asked me. Honestly, it stunned me too; I expected him to bring it up early in the interview.
Sue: Thank you! I plan to have as much fun with it as I can.
Nigel: Thanks! I've got high-expectations from the employees of the Baltimore yard from what I hear about them.
Inch: And I plan to try to learn all I need as quick as possible! The sooner I know what I need, the safer I'll be!
I won't be around tonight. The 4H Fair is on right now, and Jason Michael Carrol is performing tonight at the Ag Center. So I've gotta go to this! I'll catch y'all later.
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
pcarrell wrote:Grayson, buddy, don't you know that you're on the road to the poor house if you persist on being on the top of the page every time? This is not a good thing! I speak from experience!
Perhaps I need to start counting the posts before I post and make sure I dont end up on top. In the end i'm not going to have enough money to buy any trains!!!
Hey all!
I'm feeling almost normal now. Worst vacation in awhile.
Now that I'm back, I'm saving for the big boy, and counting down the days 'til I turn 13. 19 days to go, and 14 on the big boy... two weeks... Let's hope I can summon enough dough. I wonder if Trainworld has it less than MB Klein... Gotta check it out.
Later,
Mark
Evening Gang:
Scott: If you are going to keep wearing that hat you'ed better head on down here and give us a hand getting the caves sorted and load the ones for the sale barn.
Grayson : I'll be easy on you and just have a glass of water with lemon. Well maybe a bowle of sugar free ice cream with grape nuts sprinkled on it.
Steve: Nice looking younguns. They seem to be real into the layout.
I didn't sleep well last night so I'm beat. It was hotter and no cloud cover today. And no rain. Now that we had the bare space seeded at the well sight so the rain left. Figures!
PC: Now why did you have to go and start that poll out in the main room?
Good Night All
08-04-07
Mornin', Zoe -
I'll have a cup of coffee and some more of what Jeff was wolfing down there. You say it took him how many seconds to polish that plate off?
Went to give blood last night, and I think I had a newbie phlebotomist at first. She couldn't quite get the needle lined up in my vein (at least, the blood only filled the first 8" of the tube to the bag). Another phlebotomist (blood-sucker, so to speak) switched to my other arm and it filled the bag fine, got done inside of 10 minutes or less. Of course, this morning my left arm doesn't look too nice, but...
Another hot one predicted for today,
so I'd better get my breakfast finished up here and get laundry out of the way for this week. Then stay hidden inside some cool (A/C) space (whether at home or elsewhere) until about sundown...
Take care and keep cool out there, people. Not a fit day out for man nor beast around here...
Blessings and prayers,
Well Jim, we're having about the same weather as you are......
Not a lot on the schedule today, and I'm likin' it! I should do this more often!
Think I'll go over to the corner booth and time how long it takes Jeff to finish off that second plate of food. That should kill a couple of seconds!
Later all!
I'm outta here!
POOF!
Good morning folks!
Coffee and some coffee cake sounds good today!
I'm rebuilding Ben's PC that got hosed up from spyware and such. Re-installing XP Pro SP2 from scratch. It is one of those "need to do's" as opposed to a "want to do", I've put if off for months now.
Thoughts and prayers to all on sick call and in need!
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Morning yall,
Zoe, I'll have a cup of coffee and 1 of your breakfast platters (whatever comes on it is fine- ).
It was rainy day yesterday in the great state of Georgia, but this morning its nice and sunny.
afternoon everybody
havent been in here for a while, been busy all summer with RC Trucks. Its been quite warm here in Southern Ontario this past week but today its alot cooler out and can finally trun off the A/C and open the windows :) not much going on here though, I watched F1 Qualifying this morning and am going to watch the BUSCH Series race later on.
see ya around
- Jeremy
A large in a Union Pacific mug, please & thank you.
Wish I could be running trains, but all I'm running is errands. Still need a layout first anyway, and indirectly all this running around is leading towards that end in a round about way.
Thunderstorm came through last night, always welcome when water tables are low. Wife will start bushhogging the front pasture this evening when it cools down.
Hope everyone is having a great day/evening. Rob