grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: How are you holding up today without the pain killers?
JEFF: How are you holding up today without the pain killers?
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Well waddya know! There really is a prototype for everything!
This looks like my yard!
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Good Afternoon Coffee Clubbers,
Whew, just getting rested up alter the last trip. We went to the annual national railfan and model railroad convention down here. This year it was in Aguascalientes, which used to be a huge rail center with some of the biggest shops in the hemisphere. Unfortunately these days it's just another town with no yard, no repair shops, and just a mainline that passes through. They did do a great job of preserving a lot of the old facilities, and made a wonderful park with the station, freight shed, and other stuff preserved. One of the big shop buildings is a hall for events. And they have more of the land and buildings waiting funds to develop. So all was not lost.
It was great to see a lot of my railfan buddies from down here, and a few that came from up north of the border also. I hope to get some photos edited, organized and posted within a couple of days. We'll be a little short of time this week because we have one last trip (for this month, anyway) to go on next week. I'll tell you, I'm almost getting tired of traveling.
I won't bother giving you a detailed weather forecast from down here. Longtime coffee clubbers already know that it's hot.
Jerry - real sorry to hear about Sallie. Hope the docs can fix her ankle up without too much discomfort for her or interference with her other treatments.
JimRCGMO wrote:Hey, tell Ed I've laid off the OJ the past couple of days!
Hey, tell Ed I've laid off the OJ the past couple of days!
Uh, Jim, I appreciate that, but that looks suspiciously like O.J. (combined with other substances, of course) in that glass.
Phil, congrats on the new van. Our Blazer is 11 years old and I'm hoping we can get a couple more years out of it. Just had new brake shoes and front wheel bearings put in today. No, I didn't do the work myself.
grayfox1119 wrote: HEY, stop laughing, I want to be able to get under my benches when I'm 80 how about YOU?
HEY, stop laughing, I want to be able to get under my benches when I'm 80 how about YOU?
Me? I'm going to go with a moveable bridge, if I ever construct anything bigger than my current door sized layout (which, as you well know, I don't even have to get under to wire!!).
ED: I just checked the frig, we are OUT OF OJ !!!! While the cat's away the mice will play !!!!! You can't go away and leave the orchard unattended anymore, the tanker never left the siding!!
Ooops, sorry. I'll check into that as soon as we get back from our next trip........
J.R. - glad to hear that Branford Hobbies is still in business. I used to ride my bicycle out there from Hamden just to gaze at the stuff and windowshop, and every now and then buy something small. That was some 45-47 years ago.
That´s about it for now. I need to get this wound up and posted or another day will slip by.
Oh, yeah, before I forget. How ‘bout them Boston Red Sox!!! 6-2 over the Orioles this afternoon.
Hasta mañana,
Ed
Good evening, what a great day weatherwise.......70's and low humidity, if only this would hold for the next couple of months!!
J.R. : How did you find out that I own stock in Tucker's??? LOL, I also own stock in HD, Duke can tell you all about that, I even have my own parking spot with name on it. Bob had a nice selection of locomoties, and of course he has brass in the cabinet when you first in come in the door straight ahead. Free tax day tomorrow too J.R., and you can eat lunch outside in the shade at the Steaming Tender and watch the action at the Diamond.
MARK: A birthday coming in a few days I hear from Zoe, I also overheard Jim telling Zoe to make you a lemon marangue pie. What is on your wish list for your BD?
MIKE: Although we are having great weather here this summer, we have not had very many warm nights, so the tomato production is suffering big time. We have only picked 4 tomatoes this far. Plenty of cherry tomatoes though. At this rate, we won't get enough to can very many. Last night several towns around us actually set record LOW TEMPS last night when the temps bottomed out at 46F, on August 11th!!! This is crazy!!!
Later,
hi guys
Very nice weather here this weekend, was hoping to get out and run some RC trucks and tanks but I have a cold so dont really feel like going out in the heat cant remeber the last time I got a cold in august, oh well. other then that just watching the BUSCH race and the IRL race later on tonight ( no F1 race for a couple weeks ) have a good weekend everyone
- Jeremy
Oh, GOODIE! Janie, I see that Jeff's buying and those ribs sure look tasty! How about another side of them as big as his stack there,
plus an order of cheesey fries, and a nice glass of Dr. Pepper, please!
Oh yeah, and I'll have that slice of apple pie with a big dollop of vanilla ice cream on it.
(Better eat that first before our piehounds get in...)
Grayson, sorry to hear about your brother's wreck - is he all right? That looked like a really nasty wreck from the photos.
Mark, hope you have a great birthday when it gets here. Your folks must do up birthdays better than mine did when I was about your age. Enjoy!
Cheese, you can have my share of the pickled beets, too. I never did acquire a taste for pickled anything, and I wasn't wild about beets. Probably the purple color...
I've been staying inside this afternoon - our humidity's lower than Jeff's, I think (30 percent, so we don't have any heat index right now). But our temp isn't as good as DerJohn's - he emailed me this afternoon and said they're only 21 C (69 F) up there. Sheesh! The nerve of some people, rubbing it in that way!
This afternoon, I've been taking apart an extra conveyor belt (like the ones that go with the Walthers Glacier Gravel) and using the 3 open sides in a trianglular form for a radio station tower. Still have to decide on the fictitious call letters for it - KAZ? KRNR (4 Korners)? KAZR? KRAZ? (Kind of like that last one...) This'll be just a county-wide station; no 'Clear Channel' station out in Four Corners area! Heck, this station's so low on funds that they're going to have to hire somebody's teenager to climb and re-paint the tower ('cause it's getting some rust spots on it). The radio station idea will give me an excuse to put a speaker under the layout nearby, and have it playing Fifties Top 40 and country (my layout is set in the 1950's). Might try to figure how to put a beacon light on the top and maybe some more lights at spots lower down on the tower.
Got to finish my ribs now (and then wash up before I get back to some freight car kits). That apple pie a la mode was good, Janie!
Blessings and prayers for a good afternoon,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
It's lunchtime here in Louisiana, the temp is already at 98 with a heat index of 105. I expect the temp to hit the century mark and the index to reach 109.
I'll have ribs and an iced soda.
Hoople wrote: JimRCGMO wrote: Ah, saved by Jeff's post - Jeff, let me cover it for you. You've got enough with your rash and the pain. Chloe, I'm covering (gulp... where's PC, Mark, Ryan & I-live-to-eat-pies Fergie?...) this page.Blessings,Jim in Cape Girardeau FOR THE LAST BLOODY TIME, I HATE PIE!!!!I go crazy for trains. Not food.Jim: Yeah... They're making the FEF, and the 4300 class 4-8-2s... PCM, BLI, and them are making daylight cars... PCM will eventually make their GS-4 which I need, need, the PCM GS-4... Bachmann's don't cut it.
JimRCGMO wrote: Ah, saved by Jeff's post - Jeff, let me cover it for you. You've got enough with your rash and the pain. Chloe, I'm covering (gulp... where's PC, Mark, Ryan & I-live-to-eat-pies Fergie?...) this page.Blessings,Jim in Cape Girardeau
Ah, saved by Jeff's post - Jeff, let me cover it for you. You've got enough with your rash and the pain. Chloe, I'm covering (gulp... where's PC, Mark, Ryan & I-live-to-eat-pies Fergie?...) this page.
Blessings,
FOR THE LAST BLOODY TIME, I HATE PIE!!!!
I go crazy for trains. Not food.
Jim: Yeah... They're making the FEF, and the 4300 class 4-8-2s... PCM, BLI, and them are making daylight cars... PCM will eventually make their GS-4 which I need, need, the PCM GS-4... Bachmann's don't cut it.
Wow somebody doesn't like pie!.
AMazing, so I'll have some strawberry pie for breakfast And nothing new 'round here abouts but we just planted a garden. I hope it'll grow because the we'll have pickled beets!
A root beer float to go please and thank you!
***Paul, stories like what happened to your friend Tony really T me off. Tony doesn't need the help (or the hassle), but that punk sure does...in the form of a few more whacks with a sledge-hammer.
***Jim, I'll be delighted to take that pie that Mark didn't want....and anyone elses here...just on a plate, not in the face.
***Philip, outstanding deal. CONGRATS! May it give you 10 years of dependable service! (I bought a Dodge Sportsman van for $1000 around 20 years ago and it made it to well over 350,000 miles, if memory serves me)
Getting a late start today. Must switch out pasture horses and start the extra watering thing. Front pasture creek is now dry. Will add a couple hours of work to my days....dang drought! Frightening thing is even the Salacoa creek which runs by the far corner of our property is barely a trickle and without that, there is no water to pump from anywhere else. I don't even want to think about what it would cost to have truck loads of water delivered. Ugh!
Healing to those in need. Later! Rob
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Mornin'!
I have time for a five minute break, gotta run soon.
Jim: For one thing, my birthday is in 11 days, and for another, I'm not paying retail! Thank god for MB Klein, trainworld, empire nothern, and FDT!
Gotta run!
Mark
Good morning.
Larry and I are headed to 10:00-12:00, all the bowling and all the breakfast you can eat. Biscuits and gravy for me.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
JimRCGMO wrote: Okay, PC - one question. Did you wear a mask when you got the van? You made out like the proverbial bandito, man! I want to contact you for my purchasing agent, when I get ready to get another car to replace my current B of B.
It was definately one of those "right place, right time" deals!
Good morning everyone, I'll have a bowl of cheerios with plenty of blueberries on top. Skim milk of course. HEY, stop laughing, I want to be able to get under my benches when I'm 80 how about YOU?
A beautiful day today here, temps in 70's, very low humidity, and it looks like it will hold through the weekend too.
PAUL: We seem to have more and more of these idiots around these days, I hope the witnesses come forward for him.
JIM: Don't apologize, Mark had blueberry all over his face.....what young man DOESN'T like pie....come on Mark, we weren't born yesterday !!!
J.R. : I thought it was Connecticut day yesterday up at Tucker's in Warren, there were so many CT cars that were there and came as I left. I guess with 6.5% sales tax in CT, and 0% in MA this weekend, it was too good to pass up, he was well stocked with locomotives, and many new cars as well, especiallt those new trailer carriers from Athearn and Atlas. Some nice sales too
COLBY: This is a great day to get mom to take you to MA LHS's, 0% sales tax in MA this weekend !!!!!! A beautiful day to travel too....convince her that she needs something too with zero sales tax on any single item up to $2500.
TIFN
Morning, Janie - I'll have the waffles and coffee special, please. Thanks!
Jeff, looks like your weather is about the same as ours, except I figure your humidity is way above where we're going to be today. Good day indeed to stay inside a cool place.
They were talking last night on the radio about needing to watch out with any fires, due to the heat and it drying out during the daytime. No careless campers around us, please!
Okay, PC - one question. Did you wear a mask when you got the van? You made out like the proverbial bandito, man! I want to contact you for my purchasing agent, when I get ready to get another car to replace my current B of B.
Mark, sorry 'bout that mixup on the pies. We have so many piehounds around the Diner, it's hard to keep them all straight. Hey, with all those engines and stuff on your LHS shopping list, I hope you have a spare job (or two) to cover all of them. Those locos don't come cheaply, y'know.
Paul, as you said on that deal with your friend - go figure why the punks are the way they are. Good thing he wasn't injured, nor charged, in that incident. Definite argument for laws against frivolous lawsuits like that...(end of rant).
Well, need to finish up my waffles and get ready to go do the laundry thing. Prayers for some cooler weather for those in the Mid-Country cooker , and some rain sure would help. Prayers also for our ailing and weary ones, and their family members in a similar predicament.
Mike, take it easy on the skillet's, will ya!
JimRCGMO wrote: Hey, PC, if all it took was a bad joke, we'd all be banned from the Diner and the CS!
Hey, PC, if all it took was a bad joke, we'd all be banned from the Diner and the CS!
This is true! Guess I can cut him some slack.......
So, the rest of the family gets to go on vacation while you pay for it? Next vacation, can you get them to switch and they work while you take your vacation?
I knew I liked you for some reason!
But I get something out of the deal too! Read on.........
Mornin' everyone!
Well, the family is off to vacation. I watched them roll out of here a few minutes ago. They'e going for 8 days of fun and sun on the houseboat.
I got home rather late last night from work. God is so good! I just love to watch Him work! OK, here's the story....... I was going to pay to have a new transmission put into my car as it needs it and I just don't have the time to do it myelf. I mentioned this to a coworker and they suggested that I not put all of that money into a high mileage vehicle like that. I told him that I could put in a tranny for less then I could get a new car for and I know the cars history....it's a good car otherwise. Then he told me that he had just bought a new van and he needed to sell his old one. I know that vans history and it's well cared for. It just had a new tranny and it's otherwise close to immaculate. I told him I couldn't afford it and he asked what I planned to spend for the tranny in my car. After haggling back and forth I drove home in my new custom van for a mere $1500!!!! I planned on spending about that for the tranny! Here's a pic of my new toy!
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It's cozy inside too!
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Guess I'll be cleaning the van today..........
Later!
Good Morning All,
Another Saturday at the shop. I'll have a regular and some pancakes with blueberries please Zoe. Did some more on the DPM buildings last night but it's slow going as I only spend an hour or two before starting to nod off. CFO reports from Canada that her team won one and dropped two so she's in the loser bracket which has never fazed her. The way her old team looked at it, it just meant they got to play an extra game on their way to the top. At least the weather held for them, we got rain all day but a nice drop in temps with mid 50's last night.
Jerry - hope Sallies doing ok you are both in our prayers. Same with Chuck and Cathy and Luc and Gloria. Jeff is up and about already so I'm guessing the rash and discomfort is at least greatly reduced.
Inch - I know your fustration with the riding mower incident. The best you can do is smile and fetch it back or pick up the pieces and try to reassemble. We had a Suburban 4wd like that three motors a couple of trans and diffs. The last time I just fixed it with junk yard parts, didn't even clean them up. Sold it about seven years ago and still saw it around last year. Guess the new owner had a lighter touch on the gas than the CFO?
Well time to get up from this booth and get crackin'. We should be in good shape for the Michigan trip, but it's the start of another marathon run including another trip to Quebec, Watkins Glen, Elkhart Lake and Virginia International in Danville. Plus I gave my landlord notice yesterday, we're moving out by the end of the year. CUL, J.R.
Good morning
It's gonna be a hot one today! Glad I have nowhere to go.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 8/11/2007 Heat Index: 87°FHumidity: 77%Dew Point: 74°F So Far TodayHigh: 81°FLow: 80°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 5mph N Important Message Heat advisory in effect from 10 AM this morning to 9 PM cdt this evening.
Today High: 100 Mostly sunny and hot. Highs around 100. Light and variable winds. Heat Index readings 108 to 109 in the afternoon.
Tonight Low: 78 Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
08-11-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Evening Gang: I'll be brief tonight. I tired and it's late.
I got a call from a friend of mine asking how to use the train to get to the VA hospital in Dallas. He's been through a couple of bouts with cancer and is presently on O2 and using a walker or chair. Anyway we're going to take a trip next week to get him lined out. It's really easy. He told me that he ws in a parking lot getting ready to back out when some young guy backs into his PU. This kid starts threating him that he's going to beat him up and all so Tony takes a hammer and gives him a couple of wacks. The cops come and tell him he did allright and there were all kinds of witnesses. So a couple days ago Tony gets a letter the kid is sueing him. I told tony the only mistake he made was not killing the punk. Tony is a 3 tour Green Beret so he could have even in his condition. Go figure.
I took the 7.5 diesel over to my friends shop today. He's going to get it back together so I can get to the ranch stuff. Tomorrow we are going to get the corral ready to seperate calves for shipping. That's always fun. I'm still researching the tunnel with little luck but having fun.
It is time for bed so I'll say
Good Night All
Evening, a barley pop Cleo please
grayfox1119 wrote:MIKE: Chasing snakes with a ride-on mower and winding up in the lake? That would make funniest home videos for sure....Mike, you just have to have your camera ready for these moments buddy !!! One guy won $10,000 for something a lot less funny than that must have been........you were laughing when you had to pull the lawn mower out of the lake weren't you Mike???
MIKE: Chasing snakes with a ride-on mower and winding up in the lake? That would make funniest home videos for sure....Mike, you just have to have your camera ready for these moments buddy !!! One guy won $10,000 for something a lot less funny than that must have been........you were laughing when you had to pull the lawn mower out of the lake weren't you Mike???
That happened about 20 years ago, long before this digital age now and I had been cultivating beans all day. So I was not happy when I can home and found out. There it was, nose down, the engine, deck and half the tranny under water. Her and the kids tore up 3 riders and 4 push mowers that summer.
Funny part is Debs terrified of snakes, even behind glass at the zoo. Don't know why she chased that one, other than the kids were trying to catch it.
JimRCGMO wrote: grayfox1119 wrote:MIKE: Chasing snakes with a ride-on mower and winding up in the lake? That would make funniest home videos for sure............you were laughing when you had to pull the lawn mower out of the lake weren't you Mike??? Dick, that probably depends on whether Deb was within earshot or not (and how much Mike values his life...).
grayfox1119 wrote:MIKE: Chasing snakes with a ride-on mower and winding up in the lake? That would make funniest home videos for sure............you were laughing when you had to pull the lawn mower out of the lake weren't you Mike???
MIKE: Chasing snakes with a ride-on mower and winding up in the lake? That would make funniest home videos for sure....
........you were laughing when you had to pull the lawn mower out of the lake weren't you Mike???
I value my life and Deb swings a mean iron skillet. No comment on how I know.
JimRCGMO wrote:Speaking of young'uns, I went by my daughter and son-in-law's house this morning (taking an anniversary card - their fourth anniv.), and they have much more room. Big master bedroom in the upstairs (well-converted attic space; wouldn't be too bad for a MRR, but I digress..), Nice living room, with the decor reminiscent of a beach house, and also an added-on enclosed sun room (very good for TV/sports room, from the size and layout of it), and a big finished basement with lots o'storage room. The main floor has 2-3 bedrooms, nice dining room and kitchen, too. There's a 'carport' under the TV room, but it's a little tight fit for getting vehicles into the spaces. Daughter said their car isn't too bad getting in, but the Explorer is a bit snug on overhead space, so they park it in the driveway.
Speaking of young'uns, I went by my daughter and son-in-law's house this morning (taking an anniversary card - their fourth anniv.), and they have much more room. Big master bedroom in the upstairs (well-converted attic space; wouldn't be too bad for a MRR, but I digress..), Nice living room, with the decor reminiscent of a beach house, and also an added-on enclosed sun room (very good for TV/sports room, from the size and layout of it), and a big finished basement with lots o'storage room. The main floor has 2-3 bedrooms, nice dining room and kitchen, too. There's a 'carport' under the TV room, but it's a little tight fit for getting vehicles into the spaces. Daughter said their car isn't too bad getting in, but the Explorer is a bit snug on overhead space, so they park it in the driveway.
# 2 son's house is almost big enough for the layout I want. Has a 17x20 bedroom, also a storage room almost as big as my train room now.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
I suspect that this one may earn me the TOP honors, but I'll post it anyway.
...In the I-can't-believe-they-can-be-that-stupid department:
Tonight's local news told of a guy who tried to rob a Southern Illinois bank, but apparently it was a spur-of-the-moment plan. He didn't bring a bag along, so he ended up stashing some of the money in his pants and carrying the rest in his hand(s). When the police caught up with the robber, they nailed him because he still had $311 worth of money in his pants, and it fell out when he got out of the car.
Just further proof that crooks are not the smartest people!
der5997 wrote: Jeff: Has the cortisone dealt with the rash itches? Sept 6th. is a while to wait for a different med. You say the pains are annoying. Are you sure there isn’t some Brit “stiff upper lip” lurking in your family history?
Jeff: Has the cortisone dealt with the rash itches? Sept 6th. is a while to wait for a different med. You say the pains are annoying. Are you sure there isn’t some Brit “stiff upper lip” lurking in your family history?
Good Evening folks.
It cooled off a bit at dinner time, otherwise, a good sunny August day. It went some way towards drying out the three new castings I need to have dry in order to saw and sand them for the rock up-thrust portion of the end wall scenery. I’m figuring on sawing the castings into strips and stacking those to give a totally different look to the face at that point. The plaster has to be bone dry for that to be feasible. Easy to have that happen in winter with the wood stove, sun and wind take longer to achieve the same result.
Jerry: Sorry to hear about Sallie’s injury. How is she doing now? You both have tough rows to hoe.
CapeJim:
DerJohn, all you have to do to get that rain is like Fergie said - start up the BBQ grill; you'll get that rain really quick!
Rob: Good news about the eyes. My eye doc says that I have cataracts, but they are slow developing, so not to worry. However, I’ll have him really check that next appointment (Oct. sometime) as I’m noticing a distinct blurring (if that isn’t an oxymoron) in both, but worse in the right, which is the better focused. Darn!
Dick: Holy cow, Colby really sounds serious, I'll get the camera out as soon as I finish my chores!!!!! " style='width:24pt;height:24pt'/>" border="0" width="32" height="32" />…Dick you need the saying we have here… “I’m old and I don’t need to be upset”!
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UKSteve: I wonder if that starfish is squirming any! Enough to make a seagull puke!
Antonio: Can’t help with you enquiry, but back!
Time to fix dessert. See you later perhaps. TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Antonio, I haven't heard anything about Elliott in a while, but Dick (grayfox) or one of the other long-time CS and Diner-dwellers might be able to fill you in.
JimRCGMO wrote: Jeff, hope that Benadryl's taking care of some of your ailment (and the itch). Do you have a follow-up trip back to the Dr. once the itch goes away (so he can deal with your pain - finally)?
Jeff, hope that Benadryl's taking care of some of your ailment (and the itch). Do you have a follow-up trip back to the Dr. once the itch goes away (so he can deal with your pain - finally)?