Afternoon Gang: It's still raining here. The temp is in the high 30s or low 40s. With the dampness it feels down right cold. If it stops raining and I hope that it does for a bit this afternoon I'll have to get out and feed. If it doesn't I'll have to get out and feed and get wet and cold.
Lee: I thought about doing something like that but the thought of trying to braze a bunch of little scribs and keeping them alined didn't appeal to me. That's why I thought of useing the bolt. When I use the dental pick I use the back side that is curved and smooth. The pick end would tear the foil.
Sue: That's the picture that I was asking about. It looks very nice.
Der: The Poe lock handles the big boats that are 1000ft long 105ft wide and 64ft deep. There are 13 boats in this class. The largest is actually 1006ft long. They are talking about building a second lock for the big boats that would take a boat even longer. They are affraid that the Poe might become damaged and the 1000 footers would be out of business. As for being hard to handle in a sea they are so big that it maybe easyer then a smaller boat. Also since the Fitzgearld sank captains are being more cautious and staying in port during really bad weather.
I'm going to join Mary Ann on the bed and practice some more being retired. Just 11 days to go.
I'll see you all later.
Good afternoon Trackside Diners: Well, the power went out a few minutes after I left here last night, so we didn’t see all of Yes Minister after all. With the power, went the phones. First time that’s happened to us, ever. Seems a tree took the power line on to the phone cable and the power line burnt through the cable before power was lost, and the rain put the fire out.
A neighbour down the Passage road used his cell phone to call Aliant (the phone company) shortly after the phones went out. (SO Aliant knew about it, besides, the power company also told them when they fixed the power line.)
This morning another neighbour (elderly, widowed this year) used her cell to call in the fault. The FIRST RESPONSE of the repair service person to her was “It’s just your phone, so it’s your responsibility, how do you intend to pay for it? We don’t have a repair crew for the weekends, and will get on to it when we can”.
She called around other local numbers, and of course got nothing, so she knew it wasn’t just her. She called Aliant back and was told, “Oh yes, we’ve just been told about it!”…
What is wrong with this picture?
Knowing nothing of these developments, I phoned the repair service when we went into the Harbour (power and phones didn’t go out there, it was a tree local to us). I was told that, yes they knew about the problem, but it was phone cable, and the cable crews don’t work weekends. The “duty manager” was trying to round up a work crew”
On our trip back from the Harbour after lunch we saw the crew at work on a section of downed cable along the passage road. (We had not noticed that on our way in) Perhaps an hour later the phone s came back on. Aliant, “Here for you!”
Something large and dead must have washed ashore last night, there were 3 eagles and a bunch (too few for a murder) of crows down there fussing over it….just what we couldn’t see.
CapeJim:
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Jeff:
Now, as for trains being worthless, what do you think would happen if all rail traffic within US borders stopped for a month? For one thing, your big chain stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Sam's, not to mention the big hardware supply store and home improvement centers would have to close. Why? Their stuff comes in by truck, doesn't it? The trucks are loaded at the supply points and warehouses. How are those warehouses supplied? You guessed it, the railroads. Without the railroads, commerce, industry and trade in the US would quickly come to a stop.
Good to hear that the decoder sorted out the run problems on that old Bachmann.
fargo:
Colby, I know just where your coming from kids can really be rotten to each other. I grew up in the early 60's so trains were still cool almost all my freinds had a train set and a racing track also.
Paul: Thanks for the Soo locks info. 1000’, and narrow enough for the locks. Navigating one of those in high seas would be a challenge!
Interesting work with that corrugated metal tool. Now, would something like that be possible in N?
Dick:
The new upper limit for borderline hypertension is 135 for Systolic for non Diabetics.
but running out of time trying to move the mouse fast enough.....that is the price we pay for being over 50.
Mike: Interesting frost shots…what happens to the moles in all that wet one wonders. We have an interesting sea ice thing happens around rocks on the shore. Freezes at high tide, then the tide goes out, and the ice sags down the rocks in sheets. Happens a lot.
Sue: Do you take baggies to these seminars? A friend of ours was a Conference and Seminar speaker, and always packed baggies to take care of the other meals of the day!
That is one sweet piece of scenery on your layout.
Hoople: You’d love your Caravan if you ever had a Windstar!!!
Fergie: It never stops does it?
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
LSWrr wrote: Good morning everyone, Well looks like most of the snow storm passed over me, only got about 3" instead of the 12" they predicted. Hopple: Well did you win?Lee
Good morning everyone,
Well looks like most of the snow storm passed over me, only got about 3" instead of the 12" they predicted.
Hopple: Well did you win?
Lee
GMT, Your rig is sure fancy. Here is a picture of our T800.
Paul, Was this the picture that you wanted to see? I will have some changes to it because we have some figures and our first layer of water has been added to the scene. It is just a small corner of our layout. Nothing else is that complete, but we need it finished before we can add the rickety bridge and track that will be in front of that area.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good morning everyone......the winds have been howling since last evening, the Montreal express is at 40-50 MPH !!! The storm that hit us on Friday, REALLY exploded when it got into the Gulf of Maine, as many of these stroms do. The Canadian Maritime provinces are getting pummeled!!! The storm grew so intense up in Canada, that the winds we are now getting down here in central NE are from the backside of this intense LOW pressure system. The wind chill here is now -11F ( -24C) !!!!
FERGIE: Did "Murphy" retire to Nova Scotia??? Man, you have had one run of tough luck. I don't know the layout of your house and plumbing system, but "if" you are told that you must increase the size of your main waste line in the house from 3" to 4", is there a way that you can run any one of the waste lines from one of the bathrooms across the basement ceiling and then drop down the basement wall? If so, you would only have to break the floor in that one location, cut in a "Y", and you should be OK.
Good morning,
Anybody seen JPowell recently?
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Fergie. Jeeze! I thought "Murphy's Law" was only in the States. How wrong can I be? Sorry you are having so many problems.
And 20 years from now, these will be "The Good Old Days". Yeah, right.
Best of luck.
Flip
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/20/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 37°FHumidity: 60%Dew Point: 30°F So Far TodayHigh: 43°FLow: 42°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 11mph E High: 48 °FLow: 38 °F
Today High: 52 Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 45 Rain and isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest after midnight.
I'll have the scrambled eggs 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
Good Morning All
Well life goes.
John thanks for the call last week as it is always good to here from you. And guys thanks for the concern. Right now I'm in "Siege Mode" as there is little I can do or get excited about these days. Not enough sleep to keep me enthused. And I can't spend time on the MR as Dad can't get to the basement yet.
The Renovation is coming but slowly. A new plumber showed up and within 8 hours the upper sewage system was installed. Now the kicker (Always one of those) The Building Code: States any more than 3 toilets on a line requires 4" pipe. I have 3". Building inspector should be in on Monday to make a ruling. If he says 4" then a trench may have to be dug through the basement through the carpet/sub floor though the middle of the Central division of the MESS! Yes you heard it!! Haven't told Dad yet as I don't want to concern him.
Anyway that's coming Monday. Until then I have 4 Tsunami's to install (2 medium and 2 heavy Steam) So that should keep my mind off of things, I hope.
Later Guys!
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
pcarrell wrote: rtraincollector wrote: Okay all you n gaugers I have a gentleman that has a 4-8-4 northern that has about 30 minute run time he says it too big for his layout he has a real small one (in a closet basicly) (Santa Fe road name) said he believe he paid $100.00 for it will take $50.00 ........Honestly, I just bought two brand new ones two weeks ago for $54 each. He might have to come down a bit. The pennsy cars sound like they might be a good deal though. I'd post all of them on the N scale thread and I'll bet this stuff would move.
rtraincollector wrote: Okay all you n gaugers I have a gentleman that has a 4-8-4 northern that has about 30 minute run time he says it too big for his layout he has a real small one (in a closet basicly) (Santa Fe road name) said he believe he paid $100.00 for it will take $50.00 ........
Okay all you n gaugers I have a gentleman that has a 4-8-4 northern that has about 30 minute run time he says it too big for his layout he has a real small one (in a closet basicly) (Santa Fe road name) said he believe he paid $100.00 for it will take $50.00 ........
Honestly, I just bought two brand new ones two weeks ago for $54 each. He might have to come down a bit. The pennsy cars sound like they might be a good deal though. I'd post all of them on the N scale thread and I'll bet this stuff would move.
I was thinking of putting them on ebay and say start the engine at $35.00 and the cars at $5.00 each or $20.00 for all 4 passenger cars for starting price thats what I recomended to him. Hes not into computors but is willing to let me doit for him.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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I LIKE 'EM, I LIKE 'EM.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
01-20-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Paul W. Beverung wrote: Doh! here I am at the top. PC where are you when I need you? OK ladies you know the drill.
Doh! here I am at the top. PC where are you when I need you? OK ladies you know the drill.
Why, I'm enjoying dinner on you! Where else would I be?
Good Friday evening Trackside dwellers: We are on the “rain” side of a rain and snow weather bomb that hit the Maritimes today. It should die down during the night. We’ve parked the car out from the garage so that it can get a “brushless wash” The rain bouncing off it has set the motion sensor light above the garage door wild with excitement!
JR:
The plastic will also tend to "float" more like real foam in the waves.
Ryan:
When can we see the latest pics?
TV program (Yes Minister) in 5 minutes, TTFN.
Evening Gang: The corragated metal experment went pretty well. I took a 12in piece of the foil tape and taped it to a piece of MDO plywood. That's the stuff that has a card board surface. I taped my scale ruler on one end and layed my small drafting "T" square to keep the lines going straight. I had already lined up the edge of the foil with the square. I then took the dentists pick and scribed the corragations one at a time. The whole strip took about 15 min with a couple of short breaks to straighten up the old back. It turned out all right. I was able to keep the corragations even by setting the T square with the scale rule. Each mark on the rule is 3 scale inches, just right. After that I took a 10-32 screw and cut off the head. The screw was 2 in long. I brased the screw to a piece of 1/8x 1in flat bar stock for a handle. I cut a piece of foil tape a scale 3ft wide and then taped it down on the MDO. I took the screw with the handle and drew it along the foil with the screw at a slight angle to the perpendicular. This compensated for the angle of the threads. It did a pretty good job of making the corragations. Now I have to try laying the corragated foil on a building and see how it looks. I'll let you know how that turns out when I've got a bit done.
It's raining here and about 35 degrees. It feels cold and damp outside so Mary Ann and I are already to go to bed. We'll have to put out hay tomorrow and it's not supposed to stop raining untill maybe noon. I just hope that it dosen't freeze. The folks in Oklahoma are going to get freezing precip again and they don't need it.
Well I'm going to see what else is going on.
Good Night All
hoople to tell you the truth I agree with you had 2 one needed a new carborator it was a mittsibitchi motor the carborator only was $650.00 to get then the labor suposely because of all involved in changing it was another $350 and that was about 10 years ago the second one I got first the tranee went out 2 months later (used ) and got it fixsd and about 4 months later the engine went I gave it to the sheriffs boys ranch where I lived in Fl.
Okay all you n gaugers I have a gentleman that has a 4-8-4 northern that has about 30 minute run time he says it too big for his layout he has a real small one (in a closet basicly) (Santa Fe road name) said he believe he paid $100.00 for it will take $50.00 he also has 4 PA Passenger cars e wants $8.00 each for . I'm supose to get it so I can list it on ebay next week anytime these are bachmann trains give me any feedback on these if you know or if your interested make a offer and will run it by him will take pics when I get these if your interested let me know and I'll email them to you
For some reason my contact me (email button) on the bottom doesn't work so you can email me at lionel027kline@hotmail.com and I'll get back just make sure you leave a not here in the forum so I know to check as thats my not so checked email.
Good Afternoon All,
Waiting for the brake backing plates i just welded up to cool off so I can straighten them. Fun fitting Datsun brakes to MG axels.
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Sue - we have a little Kenworth T300 (Backround of the picture above) that we use to haul our racecars around. Our new trailer requires a full size tractor,but the guy I use to drive got himself an older Pete and we'll use that. I still drive to the races with our F350SD and a 45' Sooner gooseneck as I never got around to getting the CDL and still only carry a Class 1.
Back to work - CUL, J.R.
Wheew, Sean was just picked up by dad, I wish I had 10% of the energy that an 11 month old has......he went from one thing to the next to the next, tried to open every drawer in the house and empty it!!! He and I did take a nap from 2 to 3:30, then it was racetrack time again...wow!!!
RYAN: The train room activities are about to enter the the layout design stage. It took me quite a while to decide what part on New England I wanted to model in this smaller room. The room over the garage is much larger, I call that Phase II, and will not have a layout running there for at least a year. Dremel tools are just great..Sears has a nice one that was on sale a few weeks ago, it has the remote cable shaft which is nice....very light weight, they also had the battery model which looked real good too for better portability.
MIKE: I'm worn out Mike !!!!!! Both od us will sleep good tonight.
PAUL: Here is what you do Paul, you eat your yogurt on the side that has the repair, chew your steaks on the other side. LOL
SUE: Thank God for 4x4's, I needed mine this morning to bring the grandkids to school bus, my Explorer is a mountain goat, climbed right up that 8% grade all covered with snow like it had nails on the tire treads.
Supper bell just rang, talk later guys,
Sue: I am deffenatly going to baby that tooth. Trouble is it's a molar on the left side and I do most of my chewing on that side. That picture in your heading? Could you do an enlargement? It looks very interesting. Is that on your layout?
Paul W. Beverung wrote: I ended up having to go to the dentist. I had a crown come off last night. It looked like it took a part of the tooth but was reattached all right.
I ended up having to go to the dentist. I had a crown come off last night. It looked like it took a part of the tooth but was reattached all right.
You were lucky, Paul. Usually, there is not enough remaining to attach the crown. I would baby that because it will definately not be as strong as it was originally.
Smoke wrote: gear-jammer wrote: luct wrote: Good morning, All. I will just have coffee today. We were fed way too much food at my seminar yesterday.SueDid you try to eat it all or what? -Smoke
gear-jammer wrote: luct wrote: Good morning, All. I will just have coffee today. We were fed way too much food at my seminar yesterday.Sue
luct wrote:
Good morning, All. I will just have coffee today. We were fed way too much food at my seminar yesterday.
Did you try to eat it all or what?
-Smoke
Why yes. Didn't your parents teach you that there are starving children in China? I was not that bad because I had a large green salad with turkey. It was the dessert that was sinfull. Oh yeah, the biscuits and gravy were pretty yummy.
GMT, Gearjammer does stand for a Kenworth T-800 with a 48' spread-axle flatbed. My husband, Larry, drives mostly I-5 between the Seattle area and the Bay or LA. I have my CDL but seem to go less and less. I am a dental hygienist so I need to go to my real job.
Dick, The 4 x 4 did the job. It also started raining and that is the quickest way to melt our snow. The road is almost clear and Larry is just 2 hours out.
My cowboy figures came yesterday. Guess what I will be working on today?