Good Morning, fellow Diners! Zoe, a cup of coffee and one of Bill T.'s donuts, please. Yep, the chocolate ones.
Inch, our weather yesterday was much like yours (except for the dusting of snow; didn't get that). Supposed to be colder today, I think the high is supposed to be 31 (F). Right now, it's 21 F with a wind chill of about 9 degrees. Brrrrr!! Thank Heaven for warm coats.
Yesterday was hectic at my work - had a call before I even left for work - the on-call therapist from the night before was finishing up one at the ER, and told me that the local police had one for us there. But my backup daytime guy (David) was out yesterday getting tests done, so I went in to work first and asked our clinical director if she wanted me to go then or not (and leave her and any other clinical staff to handle any walk-ins). I then left for the guy at the jail, and got back about 3 hours later. Asked my clinical director (my boss) how things had been (hectic). Good to let them know that we need another person in the crisis department. Maybe they'll actually hire another person (yeah, right...).
Best part of the day was after 3 p.m., when things finally slowed down, and then the rep from one hospital we refer to (mostly when kids need to be hospitalized) treated me to dinner out. The particular hospital is pretty good in terms of working with us, so we tend to refer a lot to them, anyway, but getting a free steak dinner is good.
However, that meant I missed MRR club, and picking up my order that's in. Have an Athearn tractor-trailer rig, three P2K Timesaver oil tanker kits, and some smaller stuff in.
Better get going - got to get off to work. Hope no one gets snowed (or iced) in today and can't get to the ETS Diner (or worse yet, can't work in the train room!). Have a good one!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning fellow modelers. It's wet, cold and windy here this AM. Looks like I'll be inside most of the day. The only thing I'll have to go out for is to take the car to the shop.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/16/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 23°FHumidity: 81%Dew Point: 27°F So Far TodayHigh: 33°FLow: 32°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 22mph N High: 35 °FLow: 31 °F
Important Message Winter weather advisory in effect until noon cst today. Now through 09:00 AM CST January 16, 2007 Through 9 AM...areas of light to moderate rain will continue moving northeast at 30 mph across the coastal waters from Intracoastal City to 20 miles south of High Island out 60 miles. Inland...patchy light sprinkles will continue to affect the immediate coastal areas of south central Louisiana.
Today High: 35 Cloudy. Chance of rain or drizzle or light freezing rain or light freezing drizzle in the morning...then a chance of rain and slight chance of light sleet in the afternoon. Colder. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tonight Low: 30 Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or light freezing rain or light sleet. Lows around 30. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
I'll have the french toast today.
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!
Hey Jeff, I gotta say, thats one good lookin' backdrop! Nice job buddy!
Oh hi Zoe! I'll have the hungry mans special this morning.
No, I don't want the jumbo eggs.........
No thank you! What a goofy pic, huh?
I'll take one of those over there that you have set aside for inch.
Thanks!
Dick, Yes, we have 2 new inches since 4:00 this morning. It should change to rain about noon. I am hoping that it will wash away by the time that I get off work.
Philip, The fruit bowl looks good today.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
NEW ENGLAND BEAT SAN DEAGIO!!!! 24-21 YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!
taken on IND!! Colts are going down!
Good morning fellers!
How about a bowl of Kashi cereal with some fresh blueberries and organic skim milk Chloe?
Have you ever been in the zone? I was in the zone this weekend!
Friday I was off for my "Flex Friday" and did my share of chores around the house including vacuum, sweeping, and mopping all the hardwood and linoleum floors, among other things.
Then I went to Train Buddy to pick up my order for Digitrax PM42's, SE8C, and a few BDL168's, and a .008 razor saw. Chatted with Kim and fellers a bit and left there feeling good, having just spent my Christmas gift cert + a few extra $$$.
Then off run a few errands, grocery and such.
I finally got to organize a lot of my layout construction tools in the new Craftsman Project Center that the misses gave me for Christmas. Boy was that a great gift!
FYI - The tools are always found in the right place, just where I want them to be at all times. Did I say "In the Zone" Yep, that's me, I'm in the zone. Everything was clicking now, amazing how once you get organized everything starts falling into place.
Also, spent about 3 hours in the train room yesterday afternoon and laid down about 30' of track and turnouts with latex caulk.
How bout dem Saints?
Beat the Eagles 27 to 24 and now off to meet da Bears on Sunday! Saints in the Superbowl? Faith, Hope, and Sean!
Now to play catch-up on the last 8 pages....
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
bgardner2 wrote: Good mornig all, first time in here. We are in the midst of a freezing rain warning. This is going to stick around all day here. Hope we don't lose the hydro. Just trying to kill some time till the family wakes so I can make some noise.
to the Diner bgardner! Have a cup of Joe on me!
grayfox1119 wrote: RYAN: Great game last night, but, that was a bonehead play with 2 minutes remaining. Trying a lateral when you KNOW Philly was doing everything to strip the ball was almost a gimme. Never risk those plays with 2 minutes remaining in the game and you ahead...just run the clock out! Of course Philly was equally dumb by punting the ball away at the end....the season was over if the Saints got one 1st down, which they did....... good game to watch though, not boring at all.
RYAN: Great game last night, but, that was a bonehead play with 2 minutes remaining. Trying a lateral when you KNOW Philly was doing everything to strip the ball was almost a gimme. Never risk those plays with 2 minutes remaining in the game and you ahead...just run the clock out! Of course Philly was equally dumb by punting the ball away at the end....the season was over if the Saints got one 1st down, which they did....... good game to watch though, not boring at all.
Sure was, the score see-sawed back and forth and it sure was a nail bighter too! Now it's off to Chicago and da Bears! I have to agree, I had to walk out of the room when Bush fumbled and loss that toss towards the end.
Jeff, nice tutorial on the backdrop redux! Thanks!
Flip, got your emails, sure are funny too, thanks!
PA Belt, now that is one DIY oil change project I would like to see on one of them 30 minute TV shows. LOL, that was a good one!
GMTRacing wrote: Bears and Saints should be good, can't say I have much enthusiasm for the other game - just don't see much in either team.
Bears and Saints should be good, can't say I have much enthusiasm for the other game - just don't see much in either team.
Da Bears, dem Saints! Yep, historical game too for the Saints, first time in their 40 year history ever to make it to the NFC Championship Game.
inch53 wrote: Bears - Saints game should be a good one, but both teams will have play as good or better, than they did last weekend. Don't know if Grossman will be any good. He has problems putting two good half togather at one time, let alone two games. I look for Indy to beat NE. NE will have to play a lot better or have alot more luck. I'd sure like to see NE-Bears super bowl.
Bears - Saints game should be a good one, but both teams will have play as good or better, than they did last weekend. Don't know if Grossman will be any good. He has problems putting two good half togather at one time, let alone two games. I look for Indy to beat NE. NE will have to play a lot better or have alot more luck. I'd sure like to see NE-Bears super bowl.
Conventional wisdom picks NE-Bears in the Super Bowl, but I have to go with my heart and put the Saints vs. Patriots for the final match up.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:If the Saints win the Super Bowl, Boudroau and Thibadou will die happy men!
Ya got dat rite Cher!
Good afternoon gents, the temps rose last night briefly to 40F, and that caused all the ice on the trees and wires to melt off.....thank God, because we have high winds and very cold weather due here tonight right through the weekend, and that would surely bring down trees like it already has north of us just 20 miles and into NH.
Temp right now is 26.1F and falling, the Dew point is falling also, now at 15F, which is the temp that air temp could fall to. It is cludy and cold here.
JEFF: Better not wander out onto the roads tonight with freezing rain due......
RYAN: NE has to get by Colts first, and they have very good passing attack....the key will be the rush on Payton, he gets erratic if they get a good rush on him.
MIKE: I was watching a program on the Weather Channel called "It could Happen Tomorrow", and it was all about what would happen when ( not if ) the New Madrid fault quakes again, and it is overdue. It will be real bad, in fact devasting. And you are correct in your statement that because of the ground conditions (silt ), the damage will be tremendous. During the last big one there in the 1800's, the quake was felt ALL THE WAY EAST TO BOSTON, MA...can you imagine that one!!! Had to over an 8!!
BGARDNER: How is the plumbing job coming along? New bathroom time yet?
SUE: With the change in the weather pattern, the East is now going to get Winter, so the West should warm up a bit. I was talking with some people in the General Forum who live in AZ and CA, and their pools have ice on them, and they had to take their locos into the house from their garage layouts because they didn't know what effect the cold would have on the electronics, ie Decoders, sound systems, etc.
Time to go throw another log on the fire, talk later guys,
IF the Saints make it to the super bowl they'll have to get past the New England Patriots!!
SUPER BOWL cake on me!! GO NEW ENGLAND!!
Grayfox: You don't have to tell me twice, my car has regular road tires on it. Besides which, it's in the shop right now for major front-end work. I'm having the right CV axle, both outer tie rod ends, both strut mounts and the control arm bushings replaced. While it's there, I'm also having the rear shocks replaced.
Since Colby's buying, I'll have the burrito.
Hi Gang: 17 and counting.
Just a short note. The ice is gone for the most part. Now it is getting really cold. I think that we had the high for the day early this morning. I've been working on the bar girl for the Mine Trains saloon scene. She is getting the complete rehab. Speaking of which I'd better get back at it.
See you all later.
Hoople wrote: So much for the weatherman's "Today there will be blue skies at 8:00 am" Well it's 11:00AM and it's snowing like the dickens. I might actually finish the glacier gravel company.
Sounds like you might end up with a glacier!
Brad
EMD - Every Model Different
ALCO - Always Leaking Coolant and Oil
CSX - Coal Spilling eXperts
Howdy,
Just in case you were never told what not to do around a fuel tank:
SUBJ: OPERATIONS SAFETY ADVISORY (OPS-001-07) - DANGERS OF GASOLINE VAPORS 1. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO REMIND BOAT FORCES UNITS OF THE DANGERS OF GASOLINE VAPORS AROUND BOATS. 2. BACKGROUND: IN JUNE 2006, DURING ROUTINE CHECKS OF A TRAILERED 21 FT RHIB, A CG MEMBER WAS INJURED WHEN THE BOAT EXPLODED. THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE UNIT PERSONNEL WERE ATTEMPTING TO CHECK THE OIL LEVEL IN THE VARIABLE RATIO OIL (VRO) TANK BY LOOKING THROUGH THE ACCESS PLATE HOLE LOCATED JUST FORWARD OF THE OUTBOARD ENGINE. WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY AND NO FLASHLIGHT READILY AVAILABLE, A CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS USED. THE LIGHTER IGNITED THE GASOLINE VAPORS IN THE BILGE WHICH RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION. THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLASH FIRE USING A HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. INJURIES INCLUDED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO ONE MEMBERS FACE, ARM, HAND AND NECK. THE MEMBER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND RELEASED SIQ. THE RHIB WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE TRAILER SEVERELY DAMAGED.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
LSWrr wrote: Howdy,Just in case you were never told what not to do around a fuel tank:SUBJ: OPERATIONS SAFETY ADVISORY (OPS-001-07) - DANGERS OF GASOLINE VAPORS 1. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO REMIND BOAT FORCES UNITS OF THE DANGERS OF GASOLINE VAPORS AROUND BOATS. 2. BACKGROUND: IN JUNE 2006, DURING ROUTINE CHECKS OF A TRAILERED 21 FT RHIB, A CG MEMBER WAS INJURED WHEN THE BOAT EXPLODED. THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE UNIT PERSONNEL WERE ATTEMPTING TO CHECK THE OIL LEVEL IN THE VARIABLE RATIO OIL (VRO) TANK BY LOOKING THROUGH THE ACCESS PLATE HOLE LOCATED JUST FORWARD OF THE OUTBOARD ENGINE. WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY AND NO FLASHLIGHT READILY AVAILABLE, A CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS USED. THE LIGHTER IGNITED THE GASOLINE VAPORS IN THE BILGE WHICH RESULTED IN AN EXPLOSION. THEY WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FLASH FIRE USING A HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHER. INJURIES INCLUDED SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO ONE MEMBERS FACE, ARM, HAND AND NECK. THE MEMBER WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND RELEASED SIQ. THE RHIB WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THE TRAILER SEVERELY DAMAGED.
Doh!
Afternoon all, Looking foward to a low of 16F tonight and the snow has been comming off the lake all day. I had some down tipe at work so I wandered around youtube and found some interesting Mrr movies. One of them has a very nice SF 2-10-2 with steam and sound, the steam even comes out of the pistons. Another video has a smoke generator in the stack of the caboose. There is one of how to model grass and stuff. The first link is the search page I went to and the remander are videos I thought were interesting. Enjoy ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyxZPQDAzHI&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djdehj8GkrUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcM9kQTy2Pkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1D4KBB_GC4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo7EgFBxV94http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I6MSOo_DTAhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Mw3h3D_kUhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAwMFtSelLohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpVCgtz9VEshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFjOorCQKchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-AUKX-aUQg
der5997 wrote: Dick: DER JOHN: Where is FERGIE?????? What has that lad been up to? His seat has been empty for weeks here.…Don’t know, I could give him a phone call, unless Luc sees this and can fill us in. We shop at his local supermarket when we are in town, but have yet to run into him there.
Dick:
DER JOHN: Where is FERGIE?????? What has that lad been up to? His seat has been empty for weeks here.
A couple of days ago he left this at the one across the tracks and down the road abit
Hasn't been a stellar week in my life but I'm still alive... for that matter so is Dad long story and another trip to the ER at 1am. Lets just say my 1st aid skills are being put to the task on a daily basis. Temps hit the high 30's so I was able to take a ride on the bike this morning. Plumbers finally showed up yesterday and lets just say they came... they saw... they went home! Felt the job wasn't worth $1800 and wanted $6K If the contractor can't line up someone else I'll do it myself! $60 an hour my @$$.Anyway It's someones B-day today so I'm gonna celebrate!
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Interesting thing happened today.
I was on my way to work and my drive takes me along the CSX tracks for some distance. In a nearby town is a little used siding.
I happened along there just before sunup and what should I see but a Model 40 Borro and a boom car!
Now I was just talking the other day to someone who was saying they hadn't seen a railroad crane in use for years. He said all that he saw was truck, or at the most, Hi-Rail based cranes. Fortunately, I had my camera. It was quite dark out, and it was snowing, but I got these to show for it.
Howdy everbody...Its been a cold day here got a little sunshine and now some snow....I'll have a big bowl of Chili with cheese and a Diet Coke please..Thank You....Its been kinda of a lost day for me weather has me all stoved up spent most of the day in 'ol blue" covered up watching the History channel....Service man came yesterday afternoon replaced the right motorin my power chair he had just put it in the last part of August runs much better now....Inch....I called Becky at Coryville this afternoon she says show in Mattoon is Febuary 17 and 18....says 7 clubs are coming with layouts...I hope I get to go....You all have a good evening.....Jerry
Good evening everyone......I see that there was a bad derailment down south, tankers cars on fire with hazardous material.....road work had just been completed on the tracks, so I am sure that will be scrutinized to the "n"th degree.
JEFF: Good move on what you are having done to front end while CV's are being replaced. Most people try to save money by waiting till other parts fail, but that is not only dangerous but will cause excessive wear to other parts, possibly even the new parts. I can tell you are very preventive maintenance minded, a rare breed these days.
RT: WOW, that is too bad about Fergie, he has had one tough year. The first contractor never gets to the job for months, then tells him certain parts he didn't agree to, so Fergie has to hire another contractor and wait for him to start, he finally does, then his wife gets broken wrist ( both I think), then his dad gets very sick and is in the hospital for months, now the plumber wants to stiff him with a rediculous amount ($$) for the work, and it sounds like more emergencies healthwise has arisen.....man he needs our prayers!!!!
CHUCK, KATHY, SUE: It looks like our northwest contingent of MRR'rs are getting still more snow......maybe you all should consider a layout that incorporates a mountain/woodland scene with SNOW. LOL
Will someone give DUKE a poke over at the corner table...he's asleep and might get soup in his beard. Never mind....Cloe's dog is licking the beard.
Later,
RT: sorry to hear about your Father, I hope things get better as time goes on. I assume it's YOUR BIRTHDAY?!? Happy Birthday, please fill us in on the cool present's you got.
PC: cool pictures, I've never seen a Burro before, the only thing around here is the 250 ton jobs and the 50 ton cranes left abandoned at the docks.
John: I sent you pictures of the locomotive/car shop did you get them?
Hi Gang: No MRR again tonight. We had to go into the feed store right after I got home to get some feed for the horse. She's 32 years old so she gets what ever she wants.
Fergie shows up across the street once in a while. Lee that's his dad in the hospital. By the way that's good advice about the match and the gas fumes. A couple of kids got on a 10,000 gal, storage tank at a well site. They opened the hatch and lighted a piece of paper to see what was in it. One of the boys dropped the paper into the tank and it exploded. The one boy was killed the other got away with minor injuries. We've got three of those tanks on our well.
PC: Good pictures of the Burro crane. I've got video of one on the Wisconsin motoring down the track with a gondola.
The Soo locks are closed. The last ship down bound was the Reyerson. Another season comes to a close on the lakes.
Well I think that I'll head for bed. 4:45 am comes early. 16 days
Good Night All
LSWrr wrote: RT: sorry to hear about your Father, I hope things get better as time goes on. I assume it's YOUR BIRTHDAY?!? Happy Birthday, please fill us in on the cool present's you got.PC: cool pictures, I've never seen a Burro before, the only thing around here is the 250 ton jobs and the 50 ton cranes left abandoned at the docks.John: I sent you pictures of the locomotive/car shop did you get them?
Need to reread that was about Fergie and the birthday thing was his way of saying he needed a drink
Good evening folks: Colder now than this morning when we were shoveling out the end of the driveway. Going to get much colder too. (Thanks for the heads up Dick)
I phoned Fergie this afternoon. (I hadn’t then seen RT’s note) He’s been very tied up with subcontractor woes, and having his Dad home with the reno incomplete hasn’t made life easier. He didn’t mention it…but belatedly, Fergie…or whoever.
The next phase of my ocean scene is to do the surf. I have Flex Paste, which dries opaque white, and can be brushed into waves, but I want foam as well. I have this idea of whipping the paste to see if it will form a foam like whipped cream, but don’t know the physical chemistry, so I’ll try an experimental batch, and apply whatever results to a test piece. First however I’m going to try a variant of my ground cover sawdust / white glue mix. Since the FP is opaque, I’m going to mix some sawdust with the paste, and see if the resultant fuzz will be workable into surf-like shapes with pointy splashy bits to represent the spray of surf. If that works, I may not have to go the “whipped cream” route.
Jerry, glad your wheels are running better. That’s a long time to wait for a service call.
Paul:
Just think, in a few weeks you won’t have to care about 4:45 a.m as a time at all!
Well, I’ve tests to run, so I’ll bid thee all a fond adieu. and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort, peace or respite care.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
pcarrell wrote:
Philip, I cannot believe that you had you camera. What a stroke of luck. Great pictures. What is for dinner?
Dick, Thanks for the offer for the snow shovel. I will take the pool.
The snow that came today was great to drive on this morning, but the driveway was a bit sloppy tonight. The mail carrier didn't come today either. I am expecting some cowboy figures for the layout. Patience. Patience.
Later all, Sue
SUE: You want my pool instead of my snow shovel????? Welllllllllll OK, but there is an inch of ice on it and by morning maybe two inches. In July the water temp is about 80 though......maybe on your vacation east you can stop by, and Lisa only lives about 1.25 hours northeast of me.
JEFF: Hope your back is Ok in the morning.....don't worry about opening the Diner and putting the coffee ON, I think LUC will be here early, or maybe Steve from across the pond.
DER JOHN: The best is yet to come , wait until you see your thermometer in the morning!!!!!!!A two dog night for you tonight, we'll get away with one dog, maybe two tomorrow night.
Bon Soir mais amis