A little late, but better than never!
I don´t know where the switcher pulled the Diner to, but here we are!
Welcome to the March edition of Elliot´s Trackside Diner!
The place is now open!
I need a Yuengling.
Good Morning Folks!
Some sweet tea and a sausage biscuit w/ cheese please.
WOW! the new place looks great!
Have a great day all!
Steven
What’s a yeungling?
Good Morning
It is all sunny looking out there right now…about 17F going to a high of 34F today…hopefully in the sun…
Last night’s forums may have been slowed up even further by the fact that the interwebz itself was Sllloooooooowwww…I had 3 browsers going and all ran slower than molasses …and with 5 sites I went to down…sheeesh wonder what was going on…[:-^]
Today I’ll be getting some groceries into this house and then, maybe, I might get some traintime in…[*-)]
Flo, I’ll have a breakfast bagel and a coffee please…I’ll be at the RC for a bit…
Good Morning!! Coffee and a heaping order of biscuits and gravy please. Thank you.
Sunny, with a high near 50. Might be a pretty nice day for the first day of the month containing the anniversary of my birth. Joy.
Lee- Let me guess. “That guy” feels it’s some sort of infringement on his privacy to list the things he, uh, has for the whole world to see and it is none of the others business what he has. Which is odd considering what it is. Of course, that would be assuming he “has” something to list.
Garry- I’m glad to hear your Mom agreed to Assisted Living. That will make everything so much easier. Like was already said, I’m sure once she gets there, she will enjoy it and say she wishes she had done it sooner. They all seem to think at first, it is like the Stalag type nursing homes. My Mother was actually looking forward to selling her house and moving into one after she had a friend move into one and saw it. She said it would be almost carefree living. Except for the cost. The nicer ones are a bit costly, but even some of them work with SS and Veterans affairs knocking the cost down.
Jeff- I had not see your post concerning your Mother yet when I replied to you. My prayers go out for her.
Johnboy- No, it has not been the best month so far. Actually, in my neck of the woods, it hasn’t been a good year so far.
Well, I’m a moron. Should NOT have stopped at the restaurant last night. Didn’t get a thing done at home like I wanted. No layout work, no sorting through things here, nothing. I need to stay out of that place on nights I know they are shorthanded. No, no, Flo, you don’t have to try to console me and try and convince me otherwise, I know you think I’m a genius and are pretty much in awe of my abilities and it‘s flattering. It is. But alas it’s true,
Well here’s a stanger.
I made it to NC yesterday. I’m now going to have to find some work. I’m staying at a freind of mines house, and thats a big help.
I honestly don’t know what will happen with Jessica and I. We talked on the phone last night for 1 1/2 hours!!
I hope everybody is doing good, and I will pop back in later tonight. I’m going over to a buddys house and he has internet. The house I’m staying at…well his EX wife “ran” up the internet/phone bill. I’m at the library for this chat!!
Ne back in later.
Mornin’ everyone!
Zoe, I see you have a special on scrambled eggs this morning? Oh problem with the move, huh? Well, guess I’ll have a bowl of hot oatmeal with brown sugar instead (never been fond of egg shells…) and a cup of your finest dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug. You girls did a great job of cleaning up BTW!
Yeungling! The oldest brewery in the US. make some fine brewski! Didn’t know we had a license to serve it though…
Barry, about 10PM I started to have trouble with just this site. I was on the Mac Mini down in the train room trying to look up some information and I could get into the main page for Kalmbach but not the Forum. I shut down everything down there for the night and came back upstairs to my Mac G5, and everything online was down… My phone is through the cable and that was out as well. So something definitely was wrong.
Garry, once your Mom settles to her new quarters, I’ll bet she will love it! My Mom was terrified to be going there at first. Within a few days she thought it was great. Good luck!
Todd, I sure hope you are making enough Chili to share here in the diner! Sounds like the Rolaids concession should do well also…[swg]
Not sure where we are, but I think it may not be the best neighborhood judging by the rusty o
Gooooooooooooooooooooood Morning, wherever we are.
ULRICH: Thanks for organizing the move, even with all the turmoil you’re going through.
ROBBY P: An hour and a half? I’d say if there were some mutual exchanging of “I’m sorry,” then things might not be so bleak. I’ll end my relationship counseling at THAT…and wish you both the best of luck.
Today’s assignment: research on Iowa’s self-defense laws. THAT EDITOR has had me doing a series of articles relating to Iowa’s “new gun law:” which goes from Sheriffs in a “may issue” mode for open carry/concealed carry permits to “shall issue.” Long story. The Johnson County Sheriff wasn’t able to tell me what the state says in regards to defending life and property. He sent me a link to a “comprehensive self-defense rights website” which says right in it’s first paragraph: “the information contained herein may not be accurate.”
Thanks Sheriff…
But, it seems to at least have references to the applicable parts of the Iowa Code, which is apparently on-line…all 20 or so volumes of it.
Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun.
Best wishes to all in need, maybe March will be a bit nicer to us all 'eh?
Chris
Got my bills paid this morning, got the groceries and the meds. Gas for the van was fifty seven dollars. That was for a hair over seventeen gallons. Glad I wasn’t on empty. That would have been ninety dollars! After all that I have a grand total of five dollars and fifty cents to play with. One thing I found that I could cut from the budget was my collision and rental insurance. There’s no sense in carrying collision on a vehicle that thirty years old. An adjuster would just look at that and laugh. I know. That was one of my jobs back in the 80’s. As for rental car insurance I haven’t even THOUGHT about using that since August of 1999. Those two items will chop a third off the monthly premium and that’s money that can be of use elsewhere.
Slice of pecan pie, please.
Finished belt-sanding the uneven spots on my (N) layout foam. Ready to start securing track.[:D]
Not sure if I previously mentioned escourting 2 stray calves back across the creek. A soft voice and quiet demeanor is all that was required. What a contrast between those cute little critters and that monster bull.
That storm here yesterday rated a BTI of 7.4 and we could hear the distant tornado siren whaling away. Weather radio spoke of rotation, but we saw nothing. Downpour was so heavy, we couldn’t see the barn through it. Pretty cool!
Cheers! [C):-)] Rob
So, did the diner remain in the same location for March?
Last evening was the most emotionally tough times with my Mom here in AL. She reversed her decision to move, and was a bit vocal about it. … Tough day today, but we made some progress. Thanks for your comments on the topic. … My layout remains idle and I remain in AL. .
As Jerry says, have a good one.
Evening Folks
Flo, just a beer please.
Dinner is in St Louis parked at Union Station. Great places this month with spring in the air. We are with in 15 miles of St Louis Museum Of Transportation, anyone want to go see there Big Boy?
There me in the engineer seat.
There Class A
Plus, we are not far from K-10 Model Trains, my LHS.
Gary Good luck with your Mon. My self, I would think it would be great for her.
See you all latter
Good Evening All,
I would reckon we’ve continued our eastern progress here with the diner. Have we spotted any gators yet? Thanks for finding time to make the move Ulrich. With the site having the slows yesterday I thought maybe Ray had annexed it to his pike.What’s that you say ? St Louis? Wow those winds must have been stronger than I thought!
Had a day off today but the museums I tried to see here in SF (south Florida) seem to be open only on weekends. Oh well - you can only dig so far. Considered a trip to Broadway Limited (see our new facility) but with the brush fires closing I-95 down here I ventured to Orlando and declared victory. Tomorrow is back to the track for set-up and Thursday is the start of testing.
Barry - you just gotta hang in there, We attempted to put my grandmother in a home years ago but she kept breaking out. She’d go and catch a bus home and we finally just got her full time help there, Do they have “extended visits” so your mom can get the flavor of it all? It has to be scary to upset so completely a routine she is comfy with especially if she thinks she’s still on top of it all.
Jeff - more of the silly prices for fuel in the offing. Is the van carbureated or injected? If it has a carb, you might see if you can lean it out a bit to get more mileage. Don’t know from memory if yours has fixed changeable jets or adjustable metering rods. I assume it has electronic ignition and no cat. Is that correct.? What sort of speeds do you normally travel at?
Robby - good luck with all that. It’s a shame it had to wait until you left and it was all long distance before you and Jessica found an hour and a half to discuss things, but maybe some good will come of it.
Prayers for those in need, and I’m goimg to try to get some sleep before we start up tomorrow.
CUL, J.R.
Carbureted, no electronic feedback, no EGR, fixed changeable jets, carburetor is leaned out already, electronic coil firing module, no cat. Engine is 318 with 3 speed automatic. Max speed I drive is 55.
Scrambled eggs & bacon, please.
***Garry, we sure do relate to what you’re dealing with. Just hang in there and do what you can for her. It can be quite challenging. Not much else to say.
Nice pics being posted in here. Keep them coming!
One thing I like about some folks trackwork (Jeffrey’s comes to mind) are the small elevation changes with sidings. Accomplished some of this tonight as I started laying my (N) track. Kept a couple trains running around and over these sections while making adjustments in the elevations to make sure they handled them smoothly. I’m pleased with the direction this layout is presently heading. It has only taken “nearing 50 years” to finally start laying track. Gotta say, it feels pretty dang good! [8D]
Also worked on the wife’s (HO) drive in theater. Only a few little things left to do before checking it off the To Do list. After that, it will be back to work on her chicken house.[:-^]
Have a good night all.
[C):-)] Rob
Good Morning Folks,
I stayed at home with Petra, but will be driving back to my parents´ place early afternoon. My Mom´s surgery will be done tomorrow and I want to be with my father to support his morale.
Janie, buttered toast & jam and a mug of coffee, please.
We will be looking for a new place for my parents, once my mother has recovered. Both of my parents now agree to moving to a retirement home, where they can get the daily care they need. I hope we will find a suitable place a little closer to us, so we can see them more often. Driving a car has turned into a major expense with the price of gas closing in on $ 9 for a gallon. Gas went up by nearly a dollar, the reason being the US buying all stocks from Europe - does that sound familiar to you?
I am still looking for a way to leave this country. There is no way I can find a job here and the thought of having to live on welfare the rest of our lives is an unthinkable one. Leaving my parents and our son Christian behind will be tough, but I guess there is no other option for us. Christian is now going for his master´s degree and already has been invited to stay at the university and go for a PhD. Our little one has turned into a straight A student and I am confident that he will make his way into life. Takes away some worries from us.
Ken - that´s a great picture. I knew the Big Boy is a hefty beast, but seeing that PCC car next to it really shows the sheer size of this brute.
You all have a good one!
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
[dinner] [8-|]
(Isn’t it “180’s” ?) [?]
Good Morning Folks!
Cup of coffee please!
have a great day all!
Good Morning…
Welb, today is going to be windy and getting cccolder again…we are supposed to go down to 22F then lower to 16F this afternoon, then go all the way down to 4F tonight…[:^)]
Today is my runnin’ ‘roun’ doin ’ stuff day as I have 2 medical appointments to go to plus some blood work needs done …sheeesh[B)]
Flo, I’ll just have a coffee …black…please…I’ll be b y the RC for a bit…
Good morning. It’s 43° and clear. The high will be around 70° and it will be partly sunny.
Nothing in particular on the schedule today. One thing I have to do is go through all my ballast and turf and consolidate it so it’s in large containers instead of a bunch of small ones. I also need to get together my grocery list for tomorrow.
