Good Afternoon ! from Tipton IN.
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Afternoon Bill!
I’m taking a lunch break so I thought I would stop by for a bit. Flo, I’ll have a turkey club sandwich and a tall regular iced tea…
Got a sad email earlier from the Boy Scout District Executive. A long time active Scouter in our area passed away Tuesday evening. We volunteered together on many different committees over the years. He was only 62… Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make his calling hours or the funeral as I am already “scheduled” all weekend. I will make a donation in his memory to the Council.
Catch you all later!
73
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Hi gang,
Yep, it’s lunch time. I think I should diet… Chloe, just give me two par-boiled caraway seeds and a diet dr. P.
Sorry to hear of your old Scouter friend Ray, My condolemces to all.
BILL, I really like your Guitarist…
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It kind of looks like KEN before his haircut.
Catch ya all later. Back to putting down some plaster cloth.
Johnboy out…for awhile.
Ken: Your box is on it’s way. Should be there Saturday. See your PM’s for tracking.
Well today I did my grocery shopping at the new grocery store in Leesville. In the Future I’ll be doing the majority of my grocery shopping at Wal-Mart. I spent what I normally do at Wal-Mart getting the same or as close to the same items I get there at the lowest prices I could find and still came out with a little over half as much. One trip from the van to the house whereas it normally takes two trips. Money talks.
Boy, what does it take to get into this diner?
I had to login again and it told me site was down for maintenance or somehting.
Then I tried again here later and had to log in to reply, but site seems to be working, though the “back” button doesn’t seem to take me back to where I was.
I think I go take anoter nap. Headache setting in.
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Afternoon, a triple cheeseburger with a plate of fries and bucket of original recipie 7-Up please 'n thank-you.
L&N TIM: You should be OK ordering Frosted Flakes here…while Quaker Oats’ corporate offices are in Chicago, the Cap 'n Crunch is made in Cedar Rapids…at “the world’s largest cereal mill.” Which explains the motto for my future layout: “Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday’s Crunch Berries Tomorrow!”
CUDAKEN: Glad you liked the cab ride. There’s two more parts to it, THAT was the “middle” of the trip, I guess. What sucks is, I thought for sure I’d have a photo of the CNW 6847 to post with it. Somehow, THAT unit apparently didn’t appear before my lens. I don’t know who shot THAT video…but I envy them!
I’ve installed one more piece on the Intermountain grain hopper. Later tonight, after one end of this angled brace piece is solid, I’ll attempt to secure the other end. Maybe tomorrow I can attach another brace on the opposite end. HOW do the Chinese do this???
At risk of irritating ULRICH or the other moderators…I’m going to put in a “plug” for a good guy providing an awesome service to the hobby. Daniel Kohlberg. He prints decals (HO and N) for the IC, ICG, GM&O, BN, Wabash, and a few others; but primarily IC/ICG. I recently bought several sets for some Athearn PS grain hoppers I’ve re-painted to ICG orange for use in my Chicago Central and Pacific grain train. I mentioned this to Kohlberg, who threw-in some CC reporting marks as a freebie extra! It is a sure bet he WILL be getting more business from me, and not just because of the extra, but because he is cranking out decals, and they look every bit as good as what Microscale puts out.
http://home.mindspring.com/~paducah
With the “RTR” craze sweeping the hobby, it is refreshing to find someone
Afternoon Fellow Dinners.
Flo Beer please.
Did are running around. Went to Fairview Heights to make sure the Daytona was still there. (Wife has been driving me nuts over it being towed off) Started it up, and have running it at 3000 RPM’s it clear up the miss. Now, I know the head gasket and more than likely the head is junk, but starting to think about keeping it again. [:-^] Left a note in the car tat it will be picked up this weekend after I moved it to another parking spot. I hate giving up on anything.
You know what I hate the most about being unemployed? Dealing with a Stupid Organization! In the last 2 days I have received 4 letters.
Wednesday I received a letter stating I would receive $178.00 a week. Not happy, but better than nothing.
Thursday I received 3 letter and opened them in this order.
1 My benefit card, so I can use the funds.
2 Letter telling me I have a hearing to see if I will get any benefits. But if I did, I would receive $398.00 a week till 06-2012.
At least you have the hope of getting another job. That’s more than I have. Keep looking. Keep a positive attitude. Don’t let the bureaucrats get you down. A little money is better than no money.
$ 178.00 a week,that is ok, here in my town it will be about 135.00 a week.
Good Evening Diners,
Well it was fun to have everyone visit us NOB but I see we are now in Illinois. I’ve only been to Chicago once so it will be nice to see more of the state.
With regret I’m sending back my U2g Northern. My sad saga is in the U2g thread. In the end even with the refund I will have spent close to $100 in shipping for that loco. I could have sent it back to True Line and I’m sure they would have tried to fix it or replace it again. I am suspicious that the replacement is a repaired loco from the first batch which were junk. The number plate on it indicates a first run.
I’m meeting an old high school friend tonight whom I haven’t seen in over 30 years. He was also a friend of a fellow I mentioned a while ago who had cancer and was a really great model railroader. Unfortunately Colin passed away on the 19th.
We finally had some rain last night so I might get to use the lawnmower in a few days. If so it will be the first time in 2 months. That is just the front yard. The back is lush and green along with the flowers and shrubs. Did I mention that my wife has 60 pots of flowers out there? I’m quaking at that thought of the water bill.
Well have to go mail back the U2g now.
CN Charlie
$178? That’s $9.50 more than I live on a week.
Good evening all…I was just up in the train room ( the attic ) and was weathering a Bachman 4-8-2 Spectium steamer. Was a little worried about taking it apart but all went well. Have to wait to finish it I need some light colored pastel chalk for around the whistle, pop valves and steam generator.
Decaf coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Ray, from this old Eagle Scout, I’m sorry for the loss of your friend.
***Garry, neat pics! Those all look very well maintained.
Hope y’all are doing well.
Cheers! [C):-)] Rob
Good evening all. Had to catch up to y’all after peeking in the window this morning before w**k (y’all sure do gab a lot). Going to have a grilled chicken salad with bacon bits, honey mustard, and ranch dressings, with a large sweet tea to drink. Might have something else a little later too, but who knows.
Got to do a little railfanning this evening as CSX Q650 passed through Troy. Two AC4400CW’s, two SD40-2s, and a AC6000CW on the tail (that’s 4400hp x 2, 3200hp x 2, and 6000hp on the end) to pull 135 cars into Troy, drop ten and pick up eight, then scoot on to Montgomery and points everywhere else. Was fun seeing the AC’s belch smoke whilst the two SD40-2s purred happily along in the consist. Got a friendly wave from the conductor and a “shave and a hair cut” from the engineer. Wished that I would have had my girls with me, but alas, they were at home driving Amy insane.
Think I’m going to sit right here at the RC and enjoy my salad, been lacking a little green in my diet recently, so time to rack up!
Good evening folks: Managed to make some more trees this afternoon before dinner (pulled pork with BBQ sauce in the stir fry ) and was able to complete the Valley hillside in about an hour, ending about 11:15 . So, here’s the progress:
I’m looking forward to getting a start at the orchard (area under that towel) tomorrow. I’d like to get the entire area inside the “lay-in” done by the end of this weekend.
Jeff: That Feed mill/ depot has turned out pretty darned nice - there’s more details I see each time it turns up! [bow]
Anyway, goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of Healing, Encouragement, Employment, and Peace.[angel]
Cheers, John.
Evenin’ folks!
Janie, just a decaf to relax a bit before heading off to bed.
Been a long day since I got up a couple hours early only to find out I didn’t need to… Have got a lot of things done, but, as usual, I could use about 4 more days to clean the house before guest arrive. The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms all weekend! “Oh Joy, Oh Rapture”
Than you Rob. I would have liked to go over for the Calling Hours for him, but I will be helping put up the portable garage tomorrow evening, and the party here is about the same time as the funeral… Eagle Scout you say? Always knew you were a cut above the rest! [tup]
Bama, so it only had about 21,200 HP huh? Sure got what we got out at the Museum beat…[:-^]
[edit] John, you snuck in while i was typing I think… Nice, very nice job on mountainside! [bow]
Think I will say goodnight and head to bed.
Goodnight!
73
Ray, yeah, JUST 21,200hp…was definitely fun to watch, feel, hear, you know, it gave you a “real” experience…
John, wow! That looks amazing!
Welp, think I’m going to have a slice of chocolate pie with a tall glass of milk now to finish off things and see what else transpires on here…
Afternoon folks.
I just did an order with modeltrainstuff.com for a bit of gear. This exchange rate is awesome! I have 83 trees, 2 BLMA UP reefers( Man they look good!!) and a micro trains L.E boxcar on order. 
This would have cost me around $400 here in Oz, from modeltrainstuff.com $155, with the exchange rate $145 - that includes shipping!
Speaking of shipping, UPS shipping has gone up!! Nearly $120 for a package to Oz, compared with USPS priority for $33. 2-5 day delivery Vs 7-14 days, I’m happy to wait 2 weeks to keep the $100 in my pocket!
I did some modelling work for the first time in months last night. Got the Hydrocal out and made some cut rock walls in my cutting… will be painting them tonight. When the trees turn up I’ll be populating my hillsides.
Going to put the final trackwork down this weekend and probably start ballasting whilst I wait for the tree’s to turn up.
DerJohn: great work on that little hillside there.
TTFN
Good evening.
Rob … Glad you liked the photos.
Oz James … I suspect USPS will raise rates to Oz and other places again soon. USPS is having deep financial problems now, and may go into default.
Bama … Lots of power on that train. CSX was busy around Nashville and Birmingham I noticed on my trip.
I worked more on the layout today
It was hot outside.
Cheers, everybody.
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