Sorry to intrude guys. I only come in once in a blue moon......but does anyone know the status of Elliot (Big Boy 4005)? I hope he's well. It's been a long time since I've seen his posts.
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
Good afternoon, Diners! Zoe, a tall root beer float, please (might even want to have a second one after I finish that). Thanks!
Well, we're merely a balmy 97 F currently... Maybe some of Fergie's cool breezes made their way back down here (but losing some of the oomph going by JR's and Dick's places on the way). They're talking triple digit temps (F) again, come Monday. You know it's darn hot when you look at the thermometers and they're saying 38 C (!). So long as it doesn't get to triple (C) digits... Humidity is down, at least (only 29 percent currently).
Sue, it's a good thing Rob has his glasses now, since the forum isn't supersizing the text anymore. You and our crew out in the Northwest, better enjoy that nice weather. We'll think about you this winter when you're getting a foot of snow in one day(and we aren't)...
Fergie, good to hear you had the deluxe ship with the auto-park feature. Do you get paid some extra for the fancy chair duty (MRR LHS trip on the way)?
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)?
Mark - if Athearn comes out with the Daylight locos, how will you decide which one to get first? (Decisions, decisions...) (Oh, and how long is it until school starts back up, if it's starting football season? )
Garry, hope you and the family have a great time celebrating your son's (and new daughter-in-law's) wedding. Just don't dance with the lampshade on your head at the reception. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvmr8_cygQ
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.
pcarrell wrote: Heartland Division CBQ wrote: Phillip, is that trailer your savings for re-tirement so to speak? Booooooo, Hissssssssssssssssssss!!!!Keep that up and you'll be banned from the CS! Hey, PC, if all it took was a bad joke, we'd all be banned from the Diner and the CS! 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?
pcarrell wrote: Heartland Division CBQ wrote: Phillip, is that trailer your savings for re-tirement so to speak? Booooooo, Hissssssssssssssssssss!!!!Keep that up and you'll be banned from the CS!
Heartland Division CBQ wrote: Phillip, is that trailer your savings for re-tirement so to speak?
Phillip, is that trailer your savings for re-tirement so to speak?
Booooooo, Hissssssssssssssssssss!!!!
Keep that up and you'll be banned from the CS!
I see from the tire tracks out front, that Krump's been doing wheelies with the four-wheeler again, huh?
Jerry, will be praying for Sallie - let us know how her surgery and all goes. At least she'll be inside a cool place while they're fixin' her up. Praying she will be healing up and back with you ASAP.
Hey, tell Ed I've laid off the OJ the past couple of days! I didn't realize it was coming by auto-shipping; I just figured the twins were always on top of the ordering in more for us.
Steve, I'm just glad I don't have to forage for my breakfast like that gull. Think I'd get a headache just opening the starfish to get to the good part... Is that a small starfish, or a rather large gull?
ModelTrainLover wrote: grayfox1119 wrote: Good day to go the LHS, so that is what I did.....we have a tax holiday this weekend, so I picked up a P2K Limited Edition U28B, NYC, and an Atlas RS-11, Maine Central. Winter project will be to install decoders.Get Pics!! Don't make me come down there!
grayfox1119 wrote: Good day to go the LHS, so that is what I did.....we have a tax holiday this weekend, so I picked up a P2K Limited Edition U28B, NYC, and an Atlas RS-11, Maine Central. Winter project will be to install decoders.
Good day to go the LHS, so that is what I did.....we have a tax holiday this weekend, so I picked up a P2K Limited Edition U28B, NYC, and an Atlas RS-11, Maine Central. Winter project will be to install decoders.
Get Pics!! Don't make me come down there!
Holy cow, Colby really sounds serious, I'll get the camera out as soon as I finish my chores!!!!!
Good afternoon, cool and wet here today, in fact it is 56F right now at 4:30pm. We have had about .75" of rain so far, not a lot, but will help the very dry ground.
Brian Solomon has come out with another great book, " New York Central Railroad " with a lot of pictures and data that is helpful for my layout, as the NYC ran on the former B&A main line in New England.
J.R. I thought I might run into you at Tuckers today, with the tax holiday here in MA, you can really save some $$.
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???
JERRY: Sorry to hear about Sally's mishap, she doesn't have enough to worry about with Dialysis without broken bones too. We will add her to our prayers Jerry.
DUKE: If the market keeps going in the wrong direction, it may be quite a while before some of the near retirement group can retire, your trip to North Conway in retirement may be in 2025!!
Later,
Have a great weekend everyone
Afternoon, I'll have barley pop Zoe, I've had enough of water n tea for awhile.
Got part of the mowing done along with some other chores, but it's bout to hot for any hard work out now.
JERRY, sorry to hear bout Sally, seems she's had a time of it lately. If you need any thing holler n me n Mother will try n help. We'll be thinking of you both.
Hoople wrote:Countin' down the days... 12 days to go... I wonder when the Cowboy's first game is. Hopefully they'll come for the pre-season game so we can watch 'em!
Countin' down the days... 12 days to go... I wonder when the Cowboy's first game is. Hopefully they'll come for the pre-season game so we can watch 'em!
Cowboy's first game was on FOX last night, they beat the Colts, 23-10.
I think the Saints are playing the Bills on CBS tonight.
No comment on your weather, [at least that I can post here] it's 90 here in the shade now.
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Mornin' all!
It's a nice, cool 70*F over here... Not hot at all.
A short stack sounds good, with a tall glass of milk.
Nothin new over here... Just playing with that E9 in the dark so I can watch the mars light...
Cya later!
Mark
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good Morning Guys, Jerry Im so sorry To hear about Sallie I hope she recovers well and is'nt in much pain.
Ok guys ill have bacon and eggs with a side of cornedbeef hash, Ill buy this morning.
not a hole lot going on today, just getting ready for work. i did tinker around out in the garge the last few nights, Since i did some renivating to the layout ,im going to post some on WPF.
Have a great day guys talk to you soon.
Carl.
please and keep it coming.
***Jerry, hope Sallie isn't in much pain and will heal quickly after her surgery.
Tooooo HOT outside today so will concentrate on inside work. Still not a drop of rain in sight. Am now running water to the middle pasture horses while keeping a close eye on the remaining front pasture horses "puddles". Yikes!
Picked up my new glasses yesterday and can actually read the computer screen with "both" eyes now. Vision in right eye has improved sinse last visit. No comment on bad left eye.
Have a good day all! Rob
FOOTBALL SEASON!!!!!
Tampa Bay v.s. New England 7:30pm EST. TODAY!!!!
Morning, coffee and a short stack Zoe.
A tad bit cooler here today [not much] with highs only in the low 90's and heat index of 100. I did shut the AC of and open some widows this morning, first time n 7 days. Forecast for the next 10 days pretty well the same as this week HOT. Sure hope this breaks before next Friday or fish camp won't be much fun.
CHUCK n KATHY,, hope the pacemaker works out ok and you'll get use to it. My brother did and he's had one for 12 years now. We'll keep ya'll in our thoughts.
JIM CG,,, hope you have a good vacation and it's only MRR'ing w--k.
RYAN,,, hope your getting some better today. I've had 3 kids and the wife down with feel bads, the last week or so.
JEFF,, hope you find some meds that work without the rash. Me n Mothers both had those problems with side effects, no fun.
FERGIE,, I figured yopu could park that big boat without problems.
krump wrote: pcarrell wrote: Heartland Division CBQ wrote: Phillip, is that trailer your savings for re-tirement so to speak? Booooooo, Hissssssssssssssssssss!!!!Keep that up and you'll be banned from the CS! Heartland, it would appear that your joke (cruel as it was), well, umm, hmm ... simply fell "flat"
Heartland, it would appear that your joke (cruel as it was), well, umm, hmm ... simply fell "flat"
I liked the jokes
krump wrote:Paul - I bought a John Deere 160 lawn tractor two weeks ago ... the kids keep running it out of gas (I've created a monster) doing donuts, but the lawn still needs a cut
Paul - I bought a John Deere 160 lawn tractor two weeks ago ... the kids keep running it out of gas (I've created a monster) doing donuts, but the lawn still needs a cut
My kids either run the riders out of gas or blowed them up. I bought a key start one and they figured out how to hot-wire it. The wife thought she'd be nice and mow the yard for me one time. Saw a snake and tried to chase it down n kill it with the mower, drove off in the pond. I had to pull it out with the truck.
We've got a busy weekend all planned, shopping tomorrow in either Effingham or Terre Haute. Then little league football starts Sunday afternoon with the jamboree in Palastine, 2 grandsons and 2 nephews playing, all on different teams of course.
Good morning. Coffee please, I am not awake enough to eat yet.
Paul, Thanks for your continued research on the portal.
Krump, Was the person with the camera laughing when they snapped the photo of the quad in mid air?
Jeff, Sausage for breakfast?
Philip, Sorry about all of that heat. It barely made 70 here yesterday. It felt cold in the shade. My brother and his family will be out from Wyoming next week. We would trade you weather because we will be at the beach. Brrrr.
Later, Sue
PS. It looks like it is my dime again.
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Morning all!
Well, the wife and kids are off for a week on the houseboat. They leave at sunup tomorrow. Me? I'm working. Got bills to pay, ya know?
So, anyways, what's the weather supposed to be today you ask? Well, we're going for more of the same as yesterday!
Today: sun & a few clouds, still humid - high: 90 (heat index: 95 to 99)
In other words, it's going to be
And this guy
Isn't going ANYWHERE!
Good morning.
krump wrote:Jeff - praying that they will find a solution to what ails you.
Paul W. Beverung wrote:Jeff it's good to hear that your rash is going to be taken care of. Did the DR. give you something else for the pain?
Just a quick post before I head out.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 8/10/2007 Heat Index: 84°FHumidity: 83%Dew Point: 73°F So Far TodayHigh: 80°FLow: 78°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph N Today High: 98 Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight Low: 72 Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
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,
I'll just have a regular to go please. Lots to get to today and not much time to do it.
Jeff - hope you're doing better today For that matter we hope the rest of you who are ailing are doing better as well.
Fergie - good call on the weather letting you just slide it in to the dock and all. We wacked the pier in the Phillipines with an aircraft carrier once and that wasn't career enhancing for the pilot. At any rate good job.
Scott - when do you finish training school and will they let you tell us what territory you'll be covering without sending the SWAT team to your door for security violations?
Still painting window trims on the DPM buildings I bought and yes Jerry, they do look better with paint. The rate of progress is painful but I just need to keep beavering away until they're done. I guess that's one problem with old buildings on a couple of city blocks. With them so close together, you need a lot of construction to cover a small area.
Well, time to pick up tools and get on with it - A Lotus 7 and an 11 today and back at it tomorrow and probably Sunday as well. It's raining now and still 94% humidity, but it is much more pleasent than yesterday. We're keeping the sandbags back Dick as we need the water to flow out of the building where it leaks in at the rear. Tore up our whole tile entryway it did.J.R.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
08-10-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Rob - you don't need a rain-dance, you need a trip to BC
Jeff - praying that they will find a solution to what ails you.
SilverSpike - suggesting that POWERAID sports drink would help with the hydrating and keep the electrolites in check
der - we got through another tough week
Fergie - I'm enjoying your adventures as usual
Jim - I had some wise-crack for you, but it was 6-7 pages back, so you are spared this time. It was a nice wise-crack though. Have a great day.
Scott - how is the job ?
I need to get into the CS more often I s'pose.
coffee to go please.
cheers, krump
"TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6
Evening Gang: I'll have the Taco Salad with a diet coke please. Thanks Sue. That would seem to be a logical reason for the second portal but I've never heard of them planning anything like that. The only improvements that I heard of on the west end was to electrifie the part in between the two sections of electrified track. They never did that because of lack of money and dieselization.
Rob: I'd be happy to bale for you except that we sold our bailer and big tractor long ago. Now we have a contractor come in and bale for us. Unfortunately they are becoming hard to find. There aren't many of us folks doing the farming ranching thing anymore. Most of the farms and ranches are being developed. I guess we may have to go back into baling ourselves. Those ore docks are huge alright. I've been to Marquette several times. The one that Duke showed is actually one of the smaller ones. If my memory serves me right it's about 1200 ft long, 87 ft high and some where around 60 ft wide. I'll look it up and correct as needed. I have a bunch of drawings and books on the docks and railroads. I am going to build one.
Duke I'd love to see those pictures of the garden railroad. Clark Gardens is having another train show the 8th and 9th of September. We have been asked to show the live steam stuff again.
PC: At least the tongue is in one piece and the load is still on.
Jeff it's good to hear that your rash is going to be taken care of. Did the DR. give you something else for the pain?
Fergie: Good job on the docking. I knew you had it in you. Do you use old tires for fenders? I've seen them use those huge mine truck tires for fenders up on the Great Lakes ore docks.
Jim CG: Enjoy the vacation. The sun shade really worked out fine. It was a big help in keeping the heat down.
Der: Thanks for sending the photo via E-mail. That would be a help. The fishing boats are pretty much the same all over the Lakes. The inside is completely open with the engine in the center. The only other room is the pilot house which sticks up above the top. They smell too.
Well bed time.
Good Night All
Hello everyone.......
Yes, it's still hot. 102 F now. Feels like Phoenix.
duke.... i liked the ore docks. i've seen some on L. Superior but never took any pix.
Jeff... hope the meds are straightened out now.
Everybody..... We leave early in morning for Champaign, IL. Son is finally getting married. Good news. Very nice bride.
Bye.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Afternoon all
Rob
were the ore docks even more impressive in person than in video/photos? I'm still amazed how small the train looked on top. I envy you that trip...cool!
John I'll have to take a look on the map and I know I won't be able to see your side of the lake from this side,even with binoculars.
Dick I will have to try and come out that way for the Sept ride,but it might have to wait until I get to be an ORF and hopefully in a couple years.
Fergie
And yes thank goodness for rubber fenders.
I have pics of a garden railroad I went to a couple weeks ago if any are interested.
Sure glad the forum is faster today then it was last night.
That's about it
Best to all on sick call and those recovering
Talk to you later
Duke
JR Did you get the Email??
"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
ModelTrainLover wrote: BTW: PC your car has a flat tire.
BTW: PC your car has a flat tire.
That was kind of the point.
A trailer load of tires, and still stranded on the side of the road with a flat.
Don't ya just feel like that some days?
Hey Guys.
Well nothing much has been going on.
Changed my layout so I can use my mostly unused bridge peirs. You have to see some to grades I have to use so there is atleast some track on level ground for a yard. My steam engines can only handle 3 cars max. (including the caboos), when they would normally handle a train of 5-6. My NYC, and Santa Fe F7 are going to be the most use for this set up, I need to have a wire re connected to the leading truck so power from there can help the rear truck in powering it.
Also my Santa Fe PA-7 or somthing needs a new motor. A 40x20mm (millimeter) motor would fit nicely.
Some days ya just feel like this............
I wasn't paying attention. I guess it is my tab. Let's try taco salads.
Sue