Good morning everyone, 29F here now at 11am, this is warmest it has been in 4 weeks, but another cold front is already on it's way south with snow squalls later today. And this cold front will set us up for one hellava Nor'easter on Tuesday night late into all day Wednesday with Blizzard conditions here in the interior of New England 50 miles in from the coast.
RYAN: To answer your questions, the itchyness is caused by excessive dry skin. As you have already guessed, with a Rh in your house of 20%, you have very dry air. This in turn sucks the moisture from you skin like a dry sponge.
So what do you do?
I hope this helps Ryan.
LUC, DER JOHN, FERGIE: Get ready!!! You will not escape THIS Nor'easter. Wednesday night and Thursday will be your day. So bring in the cats and dogs, get your bread and milk, fill up the wood bin, lubricate the snow shovels and snowblower shoots and augers, go to the LHS and buy a few kits, make sure you have all your gas cans full, battery supply is good, plenty of can beans to cook on the wood stove.... did I forget anything Luc?
PC: Are you ready? It will get you first !!!
JEFF & CAPE JIM: Watch out for Tornados down your way!!!
PAUL: Bring in the cattle!!
LUNCH TIME !!!!!!
Good Morning, ETD'ers! Zoe, a Dr. Pepper and some cheese fries please.
Ryan, I was going to answer you question on the dryness, but Dick covered most all of it. I recall that there also is a kind of humidifier that can be installed on the furnace (if you have central heat) and it is hooked up with a small water line, to keep the humidity up through the winter without refilling a water pan. You can turn it off in the summer, too. The one my folks had years ago was installed on the side of one part of the furnace ducts (not sure if it was intake or exhaust), and worked fairly well. But you still want to do those other things Dick suggested for your skin, since going outside dries your skin up in the winter.
OzJim - the expanded plan looks good. Myself, I'd go with your idea on having some kind of continuous run, maybe. But your tastes might be different. Any servicing facilities for your diesels in there that I missed? Will be looking forward to seeing whatever else you come up with for it.
Dick, our weatherguessers aren't saying anything about any tornadoes out of this front - possibly because neither side of it has much warmer weather to drive a tornado. They're talking about rain, possibly with a little sleet in the northern part of this area. Sounds like the Mid-Atlantic states/provinces will have a worse (snow & ice) storm than we will.
Almost time to break for lunch, so I'll be going now. See everyone later.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Afternoon everyone. Break time here at work and I'm pretty much done for the day so thought I would check in.
Chuck, I think the penquin in the background is carrying a first aid kit for the other penquin. Or possibly antiacids for the polar bear.
Ryan, to add to what Dick said also, DO NOT drink caffeinated beverages. Caffeine is a diuretic and will drain water from your system. That's why we have to run to the little railroader's room after drinking caffeinated coffee or soft drinks.
Dick, a Nor'easter that reaches Indiana? Maybe I should dig a storm cellar real quick. They're calling for up to six inches of snow here in central PA tonight and tomorrow, thats all. I've also been following your thread on CAD software for layout design. I used Abracadata for the one I'm building in the basement now but wasn't overly impressed with it. Plus it is no longer supported by anyone that I know of so I'm looking for something else. The AutoCAD 8 (think that's what you're trying now) sounds promising.
Guess that's it for now. See you all later.
CAPE JIM: I think the Tornado watch is for further south into Texas and Louisianna from what it looked like on the Weather Channel at noontime.
As for the Furnace Humidifier addition, that is for a HOT AIR system only. There is no way to do that for Electric Heat, or Forced Hot Water heating systems. I don't know which type heating system Ryan has. The Humidifier that I spoke of, is for homes that have Forced hot water heating systems, or Electric heat ( for those who can afford the electric bills these days).
ATTABOY: The Nor'easter ( short for Northeaster ) is for NEW ENGLAND, and the MID ATLANTIC states. You are safe from that kind of storm, as they are vicious COASTAL storms. Luckily for the coastal areas, we have low tides at this time, so there should not be bad coastal damage even if the winds hit over 60 mph. You guys will have some snow to shovel too, so don't feel left out..LOL
As for CADRail, version 8 ( the latest ), it is a good program, and supported, that is main thing. Some other programs are free off the internet, but they can be gone tomorrow and there goes your support also.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:They could always truck it south to places that were drought stricken last year. They'd probably be glad to have it.
Hey, great idea! How about carting out loads of it in gondola consists too!
Jim, Dick and Attaboy, thanks for the tips on the dry skin ordeal. We have a small humidifier in the garage, going to have to find that and pull it out. I do drink about a quart or more of water a day, might have to start drinking more. It will be hard to stop taking the 1 cup of coffee every day, but I will try your other tips too! BTW, we have a heat pump system.
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
grayfox1119 wrote: PC: Are you ready? It will get you first !!!
Oh, I think inch will get it first, but I won't be far behind!
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Hi, All,
I just came in from a walk with the dogs and cat. It is 59 degrees with a slight breeze. I am ready for spring.
There is a train show in Portland this weekend. Kathy and Chuck, are you going?
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
gear-jammer wrote: Hi, All, I just came in from a walk with the dogs and cat. It is 59 degrees with a slight breeze. I am ready for spring. There is a train show in Portland this weekend. Kathy and Chuck, are you going?SueYou walk your cat? I have two. One you couldn't drag with you and the other would be too curious and you wouldn't get too far.GUB
You walk your cat? I have two. One you couldn't drag with you and the other would be too curious and you wouldn't get too far.
GUB
GUB wrote: gear-jammer wrote: Hi, All, I just came in from a walk with the dogs and cat. It is 59 degrees with a slight breeze. I am ready for spring. There is a train show in Portland this weekend. Kathy and Chuck, are you going?SueYou walk your cat? I have two. One you couldn't drag with you and the other would be too curious and you wouldn't get too far.GUB
GUB, Yep. We have trails on our place, so it is not like a walk in town. She is slow and I usually end up carrying her because the dogs stop to chew on her and drag her around.
Howdy all,
Kelly(my better half) & Emily(my 7yr old train pardner) are well again and I went to work for the 1st time since Thurs. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes.
We got a poster at the shop of the Silver Bullet train by MTH. Has anyone heard if it is going to be made in H.O.?
All I can say is I WANT ONE!!! It looks so cool. What classification would it have with only one drive wheel?
One final thought... If I've offended anyone by talking about the shop, I appologize. I've loved trains since I was 2. My first set was picked out by my late mother and I just love getting trains into other's hands. So again I'm sorry for any bad mojo.
Trent
AW MAN!!!
Please be gentle with my card!
Evening Gang: I got the siding done on the Sunday River mine headframe tonight. Now just the roof and it's ready for a shot of paint. I think I'll go for a light gray and weather that with a tad of rust and some black dusting. The roof will need a shot of black dust for the fall out from the boiler plant.The whole headframe sits on a frame of trusses. There are a couple of hoppers under that for the ore. From them it is loaded into the ore cars. The prototype sits on a rise that the track runs along the base of. I'll also have to build a tressel for to the waist dump. I'm thinking about using some Life Like signal bridges for the tressel works. They are $8 ea and I can get them at a good discount. The other makers of bridge and tressel parts are very expensive.
The weather was good today. It rained all morning so I worked in the barn cleaning the up stairs so I could get some of the stuff out of the shop. It cleared up nicely this afternoon and got up to 63f. I worked on those downed live oaks. It didn't take long for the freshly sharpened saw chain to get dull. I'll have to go in tomorrow first thing and get some spares. Speaking of tomorrow it's going to turn cold. The hi is supposed to be around 40f. Of course the vet is coming to vacinate some heffers.
Well I'm going to hit the sack. Thanks guys for watching the use of the W word. My new calendar for retired folks has 6 Saturdays and a Sunday. Easy to remember what day it is.
Good Night All
Chuck:
I would hate to anywhere near that crazy penguin . But my question is ,What is that other bird carrying????
Jeff:
I then apply a heavy coat of latex paint (the color depends on what scenery will be there) then while the paint is wet, apply a layer of thick paper towels. After that drys, I add a thin sprinkling of plaster dust and mist it with water. The result is a lightweight but tough surface.
I’ve been busy trying out various treatments to “pave” the road down to the wharf. Really I was trying to remember what method I used for the road over by my lower level tunnel entrance, ages ago. (duh) I finally realized it was wood filler, after I tried Flex Paste (messy, not at all suitable), and Spackle (sort of OK, but not really sand-able at the drying time I gave it. The wood filler is slightly water soluble when wet, and I’ve been able to brush it down with a water wash to get a quite smooth surface. We’ll see how smooth once it’s dry in the morning.
Luc: Der John - the Sunday is fine too. you set the time.
Der John - the Sunday is fine too. you set the time.
Great, it won’t be before 10 because of the travel time. We’ll see closer to the end of March.
OZJim: Derjohn: wow! you must have done some digging to get that…I was clearing out a bunch of images on Photobucket, and came across it. So, not digging exactly, but I remembered having it. Your new plan sounds like interesting switching. I admire your restraint in keeping the track simple. Only 9 turnouts! I’m waiting for your pics to download. ..Ah! the 1721 is in. Powerful looking beasts aren’t they?
Derjohn: wow! you must have done some digging to get that
Ryan:
Oh, and the humidity has stayed at around 20% the whole time…..How do you keep your skin from itching all the time?
GUB: Our cat would sometimes accompany us (Rosie-the-dog and I) but very much on his terms. We always had him on a lead when we went camping, which he did not appreciate in the slightest.
Paul: Sounds like you are making huge strides with the mine. There’s a ton of detail you’re getting in. BTW, your alarm clock sent us an email. Now you’re retired it’s feeling kind of unwanted.
Well, that’s it for me for today. The wood filler on the bit of road I did today has dried nice and smooth. Now I’ll paint it up and see how it looks. Early start tomorrow as Kris is off to write in New Glasgow, and I know I won’t be sleeping in.
all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Last call for coffee on the east coast guys....SUE is out walking her cat, DER JOHN is watching the radar to see if the Nor'easter is going to shift further east to give NS snow or stay all rain. JEFF is chasing Tornado outside, man look at that radar over Louissiana.....all red....theri getting plasted, and all that is feeding into the big midwest storm headed for the coastline.
PAUL: Oak trees sure can dull chain saw blades....I have gone through so many blades in the last 35 years that I have lost count!!! I find that the best time to take them down up north is in the early Spring when the sap is running. The wood is wet and it lubricates the chain saw blade better. When it is cold and hard, ...forget it!!
I found one mistake in the CADRail ver8 manual, I called the tech dept and gave them the page number and the problem of clarity. They thank me and said the next rev of the manual will get the correction. Good program so far, powerful, not too bad to understand.
Time to hit the sackaroo
Bon soir
der5997 wrote: OZJim: Derjohn: wow! you must have done some digging to get that…I was clearing out a bunch of images on Photobucket, and came across it. So, not digging exactly, but I remembered having it. Your new plan sounds like interesting switching. I admire your restraint in keeping the track simple. Only 9 turnouts! I’m waiting for your pics to download. ..Ah! the 1721 is in. Powerful looking beasts aren’t they?
Ah, that explains it then!.. Yes, I think it has alot of potential for switching, and If I can figure out something to make a 'O' layout, It would add more oppurtunities, especially if I want to run a freight by to photograph. On the simplicity, I like to try have the trains not dominate the scene, rather have nice scenery and not to clutter it with tracks going in every direction. With the extra bit of running, I might be able to include a single track section, maybe to make it a little more interesting operations wise.
As it stands, to get all the track layed for the current plan This is the list;
36pcs Tillig C83 Weathered flex track HOn3.5 (680mm piece ,A$6.60 a piece, cheaper in bulk)
9 Tillig C83 Weathered turnouts (A$29.95 each)
for the slightly expanded layout, I would need approximately 44 pieces of flex track and another three turnouts. I've got other choices like Shinohara ( same prices) and Peco slightly cheaper, but the Tillig stuff is Weathered, and for a modern layout, I think C83 will look good.
I hope to buy all the track and cork this week... But I'm unsure of how to go about making the river below track level, as the extruded foam which you guys can get pretty easily, is scarce and pricey here, around $50 for a 8X2 sheet of 1/2 inch, I'm racking my brain trying to think of other ideas... maybe the foam will be worth the investment anyway, albeit expensive.
Ideas? anyone?
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
HI ALL :
GAERJAMMER { SUE }
I can't find another babysitter for Kathy, the nice lady I usually have come over will be gone for the weekend. Soooooooo oh well ! Thereis also one later, I have to look it up and tell you later
Almost nite-nite time and Kathy's downstairs bed is in my office .And that is where all of my work is done .
OZjim I like the drawering boy-boy is your prices high for STUFF.
Nite all, prayers for all in need. Chuck and Kathy
Chuck (and Kathy)
The prices for that is pretty reasonable considering it's for 12mm gauge (not terribly popular) and it's Tillig, which isn't the cheapest brand out there anyway. comparably for Atlas Code 83 Flex track (regular H.O) you can buy lengths for $5.50 new, remember we have to factor in shipping,exchange rate etc, and Atlas snap switches can be had for under $25 new.
Oz.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
02-13-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning
Happy MRRing
Good Morning Zoe - and it feels like it's getting colder out there today! A cup of coffee, some scrambled eggs and a slice of ham, please. Thanks, Trent!
It's all of 43 degrees this morning in Cape Girardeau, and supposed to be dropping on the temp today as the rest of the storm moves through. We might even get a couple of inches before it's done. Bad part is, we may get some sleet/ice before it turns to snow, which could be tricky for driving. Good part is, that should keep people off the streets tonight (I'm supposed to be on-call tonight - got notified yesterday afternoon. ) We got about 2 inches of rain last night and so far this morning. Jeff, how'd your weather hold up last night?
Inch and Jerry, looks like you guys and our Indiana folks will be getting most of the snow out of this front. The center of it appeared on the radar this morning to be heading close to your direction, with all that blue stuff (snow) coming off of its center. Watch out, Lee, Bill T. and PC!
At MRR club meeting last night, we were 'planting' some pine trees (Koch ones - not bad looking), and I also was putting some more flocking on some of the SuperTrees (that we had done some work on a couple of weeks ago). Our LHS owner (and Woodchucker) brought the wood support stuff for the bridge area (to make complete runs possible - the original club plan was point to point) and trial-fitted it. A bit more fine-tuning to go for height, correct angle for wood braces, etc.
OzJim, sounds like you guys 'down under' have a bit steeper prices with the shipping and exchange rate. On the foamboard, it could be worth the price if you ever have to move the layout later - less weight. But if you're not likely to move the layout, you could save some money without using it, perhaps. Best wishes with all that.
Chuck and Kathy, good to hear from you two again. Maybe you can arrange to make it to a later train show.
Yesterday afternoon I used my lunch hour (plus some minutes!) to go see about new glasses; the old ones were at least a couple of years old, so it was high time to do that.
Guess I'd better go get ready for work. Stay warm, those of you in our cooler weather zones today.
JimRCGMO wrote: Inch and Jerry, looks like you guys and our Indiana folks will be getting most of the snow out of this front. The center of it appeared on the radar this morning to be heading close to your direction, with all that blue stuff (snow) coming off of its center. Watch out, Lee, Bill T. and PC!
Well, we've got about 10" of fresh white stuff on the ground now, with lots more on the way, and the wind is howling at around 40mph, so I think I'll hang out here at home with the kids today. Schools are all shut down, as are most businesses. At the phone company I'm running only emergency techs, the rest of the offices are closed down. It doesn't look so bad on the weather map, but it's truely nasty out there. (I'm northeast of Indianapolis)
This one tells the story a little better.
Good day to sit in front of the fireplace and do not much of anything I say!
Good morning everyone, just got all the early morning chores done, feed the pellet stove, get the woodburner going downstairs, fill up the wood bin, dump the ashes from the woodburner up back in the veggie garden, fill up the bird feeders outside ( with the amount of snow we are due to get don't know when I'll be able to get to the feeders again ). Now were're ready for the big one BRING IT ON BABY !!!
Has anyone heard from Jeff at all? He hasn't been in the Diner for a while, and that radar shot last night looked mighty bad in his area, all red screen and a Tornado watch box also!!
INCH, PC and BILL T: Looks like you could get upwards of 16" before this storm passes you. Mike, maybe you could get some great shots of trains pushing/plowing through all that snow on the mainline, that might make the TRAINS mag shot of the week!!!
It is 6F here right now, as that arctic front moved in last night. It is -15 in Fryburg, Maine right now, which is about 170 miles north of me, so we have an ample supply of cold air to feed this storm. The ocean water temp is 47F off Cape Cod so this Nor'easter has plenty of energy to feed from.
CHUCK: That is to bad you don't have a sitter to stay with Kathy for a short time. Do you have Hospice nurses in your area? If so, give them a call, also, if you are a Vet, there is help there also, call your veterans affairs office in your city or town, check it out.
CAPE JIM: Looks like you are missing all the fun ( snow ) rain, sleet, slush, that is no fun....time to move further north. PC is thinking of getting a dog sled. I overheard him talking to Cloe this morning at the coffee cup rack.
Later guys,
grayfox1119 wrote: Has anyone heard from Jeff at all? He hasn't been in the Diner for a while, and that radar shot last night looked mighty bad in his area, all red screen and a Tornado watch box also!!
Yeah, I talked to him this morning. Other then being drowned out by all the rain, he's good.
I live on a CSX main that usually gets a train every 10 minutes, but I haven't seen one go by since about 6 this morning. They shut down for a while during last weeks storm so I'm betting thats the case today as well.
Oops, never mind....here comes one now!
Good morning folks!
First off, Jeff, are you okay? Saw those storms heading your way last night and looked like you were right in their path.
Chloe, I'll have a tall glass of mountain spring water and a bowl of Cheerios and milk with fresh blueberries.
The other half and I finally went back to the Y last night, and we both fast walked a mile on the indoor track and then ran 2 miles on the treadmills.
How's everyone doing in here?
Sue, I'm ready for spring too! We had temps in the low 60's yesterday afternoon, but it was only a tease. It's going to be getting colder again today.
Trent, I am so glad to hear that everyone is well again, now it's time for you to take a break from the nursing duties. And as you are the holder of the TOP, I will come back for lunch later and accept your kind offer for picking up the tab today!
Oh, ah.... PC! What's on the lunch buffet for today? And good luck with all that snow!
Paul, we need to see actual photos of your work from now on, okay! And especially since you have so many Saturdays on the calendar now you have enough time to snap a few pics here and there too.
Der John, thanks for the extra info on low humidity and itchy skin. The Aveeno wash and oil has helped much in the past few days. I still need to get the humidifier set up too. I too remember that you were using wood filler for your roads a way back ago. Let us know how your new road paving treatment is coming along.
Cheers,
Ryan
SilverSpike wrote: First off, Jeff, are you okay? Saw those storms heading your way last night and looked like you were right in their path.
Ryan: It split and went right around us on both sides. All we got was tons of rain.
JEFF: Glad to hear that you were spared the dangerous weather last night. I saw the radar loop and all I saw was red!!!
Barometer is starting to fall here now, so the Nor'easter is approaching.
WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
Snow advisery!!! http://www.weather.com/weather/map/USCT0001?name=northeastdopplerradar1800_large_animated&day=1&par=yahoo&site=www.yahoo.com&promo=img&cm_ven=Yahoo&cm_cat=www.yahoo.com&cm_pla=imagespage&cm_ite=Maps
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: SilverSpike wrote: First off, Jeff, are you okay? Saw those storms heading your way last night and looked like you were right in their path.Ryan: It split and went right around us on both sides. All we got was tons of rain.
Glad to hear that you made out okay! Those red and dark green areas were heading your way on the radar last night, first thing I thought about was how you were doing!