Coffee, please. And maybe one of thoe glazed twists.
It has been almost a week since I have been in. Family stuff. I will get to the back posts later. You guys have been busy so it will take a while.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Morning, Janie - where is everyone else this morning? I see Bill T.'s the only one who's been in today. Even Jeff is sleeping in? Well, I'll have a cup of the coffee, if that's a new pot and not the one Rob got his from last night... Oh, good, it is a new pot! Thanks, I'll have that, a glass of Ed's OJ (if it hasn't run out yet), and one of those twisty donuts, please.
I'll be finishing this up, and then got to go do the laundry thing, and catch up with the MRR club to help them finish moving the stuff to the new location.
Take care of yourselves and your loved ones, and I'll see you later in the day.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning ! from Indiana.
08-18-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Cederstrand wrote: ***Jeffrey, enjoy seeing what you create. Love the old loco getting taken over by growth...nice touch! Just one question, what kind of "tower" is that in the second pic, the red & white one?
***Jeffrey, enjoy seeing what you create. Love the old loco getting taken over by growth...nice touch! Just one question, what kind of "tower" is that in the second pic, the red & white one?
Here's a couple more.
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
Decaf...just kidding, the usual please & thank you1
***Jim, CONGRATS "old man". There must be a way to use this news to buy more trains, yes?
Thunderstorms in the area today, but all south of here so of no help to our dried up creeks what-so-ever. Even the big Salacoa Creek now contains only a few spread out puddles, so there is no longer any backup H2O for us. "EEKS" Must call my neighbor upstream first thing in the AM to make sure he is watering his horses. They were all at the road looking over our way this evening. I'm getting worried now.
Hope everyone is doing well. Rob
Jeff, another nice batch of photos!
pcarrell wrote:Jim! Congrats my man! I'm sure you'll make a great grandpa! So, you doing anything special to prepare for the next railfan?
PC, I'm figuring on a couple of things - get my layout to where I can run some trains when the grandbaby is old enough to get out, and find a Thomas the Train Engine (or is there a Thomasina in pink?) that isn't made in China...
Thanks to the rest of you also - Chloe, I'm buying a round for the crew (and any other Diners who come in).
Blessings,
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Garry: That's a bottle of Trappey's Bull hot sauce on the kitchen cabinet.
Uh huh......suuuuuuuure it is!
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Garry: That's a bottsaucesa le of Trappey's Bull hot sauce on the kitchen cabinet.
You'll probably believe I've never tried any of Trappey's Bull hot sauce. If it's like any of the local hot sauces around here, it'll disolve your fork out of your hand. You need a cast iron stomach.
Have fun. I'll go back and admire your KCS stuff again.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening Gang: The hay was drying out from the 1/4 inch of rain last evening. So it rained again this evening. Another 1/4 inch. I can expect some more tonight but I'll hope that it dosen't.
JimCG: Congrats on the up coming grand baby. They are a lot of fun for sure. The best part is being able to spoil them rotten and then send then send then home to mom and pop. Pay backs you know.
Fergie: I'm sorry to hear about your dad. My prayers are with him and you and the family. Someone said no cheap ahots or I'd ask how your pick of the swinging sesion on the chandeler got posted. But I didn't say that.
Bill T: That is a real accomplishment for your family. I don't suppose the NS will recognize the event?
Jeff those are nice pictures of your layout.
Time for bed.
Good Night All
What did I just read ????????????
Jim - Cape G. will be a Grandpa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great News, Jim, and pass on some congrats to the expecting Mom & Dad!
Jeff, i enjoyed your KCS layout photos very much. Question: next to the engine house in the photo with the switchers.......... I see a strange brown glass tank.... Is that one of those environmentally friendly diesel fuel tanks by chance?????? Have fun!
Happy Model Railroading!
Good evening, Chloe - and Zoe, you haven't headed out yet? Well, I'll have some beef Stroganoff, please.
grayfox1119 wrote:JIM: Did you drink all the coffee this morning ???? The doggone pot was empty once again !!!
JIM: Did you drink all the coffee this morning ???? The doggone pot was empty once again !!!
Hey, Dick, you must have me confused with PC - I'm not a big coffee drinker (unless I was up all night, which last night I wasn't)!
Garry, I'd agree with you about the Chicken Little reporting over the past few years, from financial news this week, to the news tonight (about the possibility - though fairly slim - that a few nursing mothers who take cough medicine could pass on codeine to their children), to whatever the producers think will improve their number of viewers. It's getting to be more news (IMHO) when I find something on the network news that doesn't highlight the newest stressor of the day.... But that's my .
Ah, on the local news tonight, they were talking about a minor league baseball team in our area - possibly a Cardinals farm team. But it'd still be a couple or three years off, even once they get the financial backers lined up.
PC - what you said about the weekend - Yippee, yippee, YIPPEE!!
Duke, those are some nice photos of the garden layout. Thanks for posting them.
....Ahem!... Folks, I have an annnouncement, so Chloe, get the coffee pot started,
and break out some bubbly for those who would like it.
Drum roll, please... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
I found out today that, come next April, I will be becoming a grandfather! (Yeah, I hear you long-time GrandPa's - but this will be my first, so lighten up there.) My daughter & son-in-law won't be trying to avoid knowing if this will be a boy or a girl, so before too much longer I may know if I should be looking at a blue or a pink wooden toy train. Better get working on my layout, so I can run it for the young engineer!
So, how about a toast to Sarah's and Andy's coming attraction!
Cederstrand wrote: [I'm the last Tidler that has worked continuously for the same railroad (through three mergers-LE&W, NKP, N&W and NS)) since 1910]***That's cool. Do you have some big plans for your retirement? Retire is one thing I will never do, even if one day I could afford to. Rob
[I'm the last Tidler that has worked continuously for the same railroad (through three mergers-LE&W, NKP, N&W and NS)) since 1910]
***That's cool. Do you have some big plans for your retirement? Retire is one thing I will never do, even if one day I could afford to.
Rob
I intend to shoot my guns (my other expensive hobby) a lot more, do some traveling (visit Gettysburg!) and think a lot !
pcarrell wrote: wetidlerjr wrote:My grandfather's (Charles O. Tidler) B&B gang built the Hobbs depot. I believe you can find his name written on one of the timbers or boards in it. He started with the LE&W in 1917 and worked up until sometime in the 1960s.You ought to swing by the museum and see if you can find it! (And it's "Nickel", not "Nickle" )I knew that. Why didn't I catch that? I'm the last Tidler that has worked continuously for the same railroad (through three mergers-LE&W, NKP, N&W and NS)) since 1910 and I will soon be retired in a few months. I live five miles west of Hobbs in the big city of Tipton.Nice pics. Thanks ! Hey, early congrats on the retirement! Yeah, I almost drove on it to Tipton, but I headed south on 213 instead. I wanted to swing by Lapel to see if the CI&W had gotten any further on the repaint of their loco's and the sun was heading down. When I got there I found that they hadn't done anything.....oh well.Thats pretty cool working for the same RR all those years and seeing all of that history.
wetidlerjr wrote:My grandfather's (Charles O. Tidler) B&B gang built the Hobbs depot. I believe you can find his name written on one of the timbers or boards in it. He started with the LE&W in 1917 and worked up until sometime in the 1960s.
You ought to swing by the museum and see if you can find it!
(And it's "Nickel", not "Nickle" )
I knew that. Why didn't I catch that?
I'm the last Tidler that has worked continuously for the same railroad (through three mergers-LE&W, NKP, N&W and NS)) since 1910 and I will soon be retired in a few months. I live five miles west of Hobbs in the big city of Tipton.Nice pics. Thanks !
Hey, early congrats on the retirement! Yeah, I almost drove on it to Tipton, but I headed south on 213 instead. I wanted to swing by Lapel to see if the CI&W had gotten any further on the repaint of their loco's and the sun was heading down. When I got there I found that they hadn't done anything.....oh well.
Thats pretty cool working for the same RR all those years and seeing all of that history.
My Dad (retired NKP/N&W Signal Maintainer) said that he looked for his dad's name in the depot at the museum and he couldn't find it. It must have been painted over. at some time.
It will be 98 years when I retire at the first of 2008 and as I have no children, it will be the end of an era.
The Tipton depot as shown in my daily posts still stands on N. Main St. in Tipton and is HQ for the Signal Maintainer, Track Supervisor and section gang as well as a welder and a backhoe operator. It is an NYC design from when the NYC controlled the LE&W and is a smaller version of the NKP depot in Lafayette IN.
Good evening, the front came through today, now it is very nice out, 61F, DP of 57F and RH of 62% and dropping, so it will be a great night for sleeping, and the next 4 days all look the same. I see that DEAN is taking aim at the Yucatan Peninsula, I sure hope it misses our OJ grove, right ED?
ED: The new young pitcher looked real good today, and he really looks young, like an 18 year old. AND......Willie Moe is GONE.
Later,
Heartland Division CBQ wrote:Philip. Please tell us that's not your self protrrsait. Thanks.
No, I'm not quite so photogenic.
Afternoon all
First of all,Jerry best to Sallie and hope she continues to get better and Fergie hope your dad starts to get better as well.
Ryan Does Oct 5-6-7 mean anything to you???
Ed Liked the pics and also the turntable.
Inch You are back to the good ones too.
PC Those small depots can be better looking then the big ones sometimes and we even found out there is some history here in the Diner as well.
Ok,here are some of the garden RR I went to the weekend right after the NMRA convention and I will post only about four at a time.
The owner-Bob Dunn
That's about it
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
in a Southern mug, Please & Thank You!
Hey Guys.
Great Falls Balloon Fest. Today (Friday), Saturday, and Sunday.
I'll be working there 4pm to 10pm. Pics will be avalible. maybe even a train pic....
Morning all!
Yesterday, since my two siblings were gone, mom and I went to the cougar mountain zoo. It's not that big, but we go there because they have tons of parrots, unlike the big zoo. They have cougers, emus, alpackas, cranes, parrots, macaws, lemurs, and the newesr addition, a 15 week old white tiger.
Most of the macaws weren't all too interesting, but a few were. Ejea, a blue and gold, plays peekaboo, by hiding completely under a wing, then popping out screaming "PEEKABOO!!!" Then the next door macaw, Kiwi, will not be out done, and goes down on his swing, and holds on with one toe, upside down. Then the lemurs in the background would scream, causing Payaso, one of the Hyacinths, to hide behind his wing, with his eye peering out.
Well they were certainly amusing.
Let's see... Counting the days left... 5 to go.
Well, see ya later!
Mark
Morning folks!
I'll have what he's having Chloe! Thanks!
Oh....ah....what's this......rain! Is that really rain outside my window? Yes, it is the liquid wet stuff! Hurray!
Jeff, you know those SGI Altix 4700 server blades are really a nice item! Wish I had a few of them too!
Mike, as soon as we find a replacement and I get them trained I will have just one job, but until then....
And I like those photos of the old NYC Bridge, makes you wonder about all the abandoned track and bridges out there.
Flip, so glad to see that you made it back into the Diner!
Dick, speaking of weather stations, I need to get a new one. Any recommendations for one in the $50 to $100 range?
Ed, I work for Excel Management Systems, Inc, it is a small minority contractor firm that supports one of the main EPA contractors which is Computer Science Corporation (CSC). We support the National Computer Center (NCC) of the EPA here at the Research Triangle Park (RTP).
Philip, I see the shutter bug virus has hit your fingers there! I love the photos of the CSX and the various cargos in question! Looks like military stuff! Nice bridge image too!
Scott, I see your NSC job is progressing as well. Congrats on the security background check too!
Thoughts and prayers to all in need!
Sorry if I missed anyone!
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good morning.
Not much going on in my neck of the woods. I just have to go out today to pay some bills.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 8/17/2007 Heat Index: 88°FHumidity: 83%Dew Point: 75°F So Far TodayHigh: 81°FLow: 77°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph ESE Through 11 AM...scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop and move north or northwest across the area. Rainfall rates will average a tenth to a quarter of an inch...but the heavier showers and storms could produce up to an inch in an hour. Occasional lightning and wind gusts to 25 mph will also accompany the thunderstorms.
Today High: 92 Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Light and variable winds. Tonight Low: 75 Decreasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.
Good morning.........
That was an interesting exchange of posts between Philip and Bill. thanks to both. I assure you, I'll be thinking of Philip and Bill next time I'm in Hobbs, IN.
Fergie, we'll be praying for your Dad. There will be no "harassing stuff" on the chandelier installation either.
Dick... I'm not at all worried about all that economic stuff. Every year for my entire life, the news media's chicken little reporting is out to scare people. Yes, the Fed is adding funds to ease the recent credit crunch. It's a global problem. Central banks in Europe, Japan, Australia, and Canada have also added available funds to banks recently. Now, the Fed just made an adjustment to a key interest rate to further ease the credit crunch. A lower dollar value has advantages, too. The exchange rates will be more favorable for US made products to be exported. Exports have been at all time highs recently. If you want more international investors to invest in US companies, I hope you would like a reduction in US corporate income tax rates, that are now the highest in the industrialized world. Meanwhile China subsidizes its employers.
Happy Model Railroading
Fergmiester wrote: And Dick, Phil, Luc etc... The Chandeliers will be will be suspended with 3/4" grade 80 chain welded to 6" I beams, so fill ye'r boots boys but no harrasing the staff. Later AllFergie
And Dick, Phil, Luc etc... The Chandeliers will be will be suspended with 3/4" grade 80 chain welded to 6" I beams, so fill ye'r boots boys but no harrasing the staff.
Later All
Fergie
Aye Matey........ and I see we need to stay away from the western Carib......this area has very warm waters right now, so DEAN could easily reach Cat 4 or 5 in the Gulf. If that does occur, the off-shore drilling rigs will take a pounding once again, and there goes the gas prices up again !!!!! If that happens, buy ERF and HTS, XOM and CVX because oil will spike again over $75 a barrel, maybe $80. Tell Lisa that the East coast is spared once again.
PAUL: How hight is the water in the creek now? I hear 5 more inches of rain is expected...wow !!
Mornin' all!
Tough morning this morning! Had to go and pay a bill for $322 and then had to fill up the tank in the van. That was $60! I was out almost $400 and I hadn't even made it to work yet! I hate days that start out like that!
A wind of change flowing through central Indiana will snap our latest bout of hot air....pushing the 90s down south, and providing less humid conditions for today & tomorrow. The dry air, light wind & clear conditions tonight will lead to overnight lows dipping into the 50s! Saturday should be one of the best days we've had in quite sometime...who could complain about sunshine & highs in the low 80s? Not me!
Well, the family should be back from vacation on Sunday. Guess I'll have to do some cleaning before they get home so they can come home to a nice looking place. Gotta get the carb rebuilt on the daughters car too! Should have time for all of it though. Clean tonight and rebuild the carb tomorrow.....no problem!
So whats up with all of you?
Fergie, I'm praying for Dad! Hope he gets better!