Welcome to this month´s Diner!
We are in Noblesville, IN, at the site of the ITM - the Indiana Transport Museum. Enjoy your stay!
The August 2012 place can be found here
Ah, beautiful Indiana.
I look at the old place for a second, refresh the browser and away we go.
Evening All,
Well I saw the Doc today and I need to get a bone density scan and more blood work. I then spent an enjoyable 2.5 hours trying to get the PR-3 working and load JMRI. I think I got the PR-3 installed but every time I tried opening JMRI my computer quit working and froze. I uninstalled 2 times and reloaded but with the same results. At this point I’m about ready to chuck it all.[banghead]. I have enough frustration in my life right now with my son.
I ordered some yellow LED’s today in preparation of putting lighting in the layout buildings. Tomorrow I am going to a RC shop to get some .032 wire and try to use that in my one remaining Tortoise before I permanently pull it to see if that makes the turnout fully throw (The one turnout I can’t reach).
Ray- Your layout work looks very good.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Well my nephew had time to work on the van today. We got the wheel off, inspected the caliper and it was locked up all right. We got it backed off so it could be removed. The brake hose was still in good shape. Then the caliper was knocked off and fell to the ground and busted the brake hose off at the center support bracket. Darn! Only part I didn’t have! I’ve ordered a new one through O’Reilly but it’s going to be Wednesday when it comes in due to the holiday. The cost is $30. The brake hose costs more than the caliper did. So caliper $15, pads $15, brake hose $30. There’s $60. Throw in the jack, another $55. Total so far $115. So looks like it’s going to be on the jack stand for a few days. I put the wheel back on and turned a couple of the lug nuts finger tight so if Mr Murphy says the stand should fail for some reason it won’t slam the front end into the ground.
What a great day this turned out to be for us. My wife has been legally blind for many years now. Today she had her annual appointment with the Optimoligist. She was very worried as what vision she has remaining has been deteriorating for about the last 2 months. Anyway, he took one look and said the vision loss was due to the catarac removals she had done last year and sometimes the lens gets cloudy. He took her across the hall and used a laser on the right eye to burn holes in the lens. That lets more light in. In 15 minutes she regained the vision that she had been losing. It was like a miricle to her. He will do the left eye in mid September. She is a very happy person tonight.
We see the surgeon next Tuesday concerning her ankle. Hopefully we will get some good news about that situation as well. We think that Doctor will recommend either a bone fusion, an ankle replacement, or do nothing and just continue on with the brace she currantly has.
I’ve never been to Indiana, so hopefully we will all learn more about this place. Everyone have a nice holiday weekend. Stay safe. Tom
Evenin’ folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me, please.
Almost have the wiring in the yard completed. Just a couple more feeders to install and it should be finished. I will then be able to run a test train into the upper staging area and make sure everything is working properly! Tomorrow I also have to clean and make a path for the installer to work in the basement. A good chance to get it cleaned up a bit. Sunday I will be doing Docent duty out at the museum and Monday I think my son is having a picnic at his house. I say think because that what they are doing… Thinking about having a picnic.
Tom, great news about your wife’s vision. Keeping her in my prayers for good news on the ankle as well.
Jeffrey, hope you get the brakes fixed on the beast quickly and without any more problems.
Oh, thanks Curt!
Wonder where Barry is hiding today?
Indianner, huh? My oldest sister used to live in South Bend. That is South East of West Bend I think. Don’t know much about the rest of the state as it was just something to drive through on my way to Chicago to see my youngest son. Only have done that a couple times over the last 15 years he has lived there actually. Guess I am going to take a good look on the map and figure out where we got dumped this month…
Have a safe and pleasant night everyone!
73
So do I. Any further work will have to wait until Wednesday because of the holiday.
Time for me to call it a night. See y’all tomorrow.
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
September 1, 2012
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TIPTON
Hello Fellow Hoosiers!
Flo, Beer Pleases is a frosted Monon Mug Pleases.
Indianan, home of Monon and Me!
In fact I call Carmel Ind home, and Noblesville was are arch reviles. Mon and Dad now live in Nobletucky as well called it.
Good News Bad News day.
Good news first! Sues Second Mammogram came out good, nothing wrong! [:D]
Bad News, Seem Bank Of Stupid Won. I have to admit it would have taken every penny I had to make this last house payment. My last statement (which is 2 months old, not getting them again) showed I had $500.00 extra in Escrow. I have used extra escrow before when I was short. (Remember I went 6 weeks with out a paycheck due to the foot) Tried to get hold of my Rep but got another person. Told him what my statement said and it was 2 months old. He said that my Rep could send in what they called a Zero Note and he would E Mail to put one in.So I sent a check over night for $520.00.
Called today, and got yet a different Rep to make sure the request was put in. This time I was told I had a -$138.00 escrow balances due to them paying my taxes last month? [banghead] So as of Midnight I will be 4 months behind and go into Forecloses-er…
My only possible hope is I had submitted my Loan Modification Last Month. But as usual I am sure what ever I am told will be WRONG!
My biggest worry at this point is Shaddy, my Wolfhound.
See you all Saturday, I am off.
Ken
Morning Coffee in the Diner!!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
the date has been provided by Bill.
Only 115 more days til Christmas!!!
We often think of someone {sometimes somethong} as “being RailRoaded”. How many of us know how that phrase came to be? SO:
to railroad - force a decision or action using unfair means or pressure - this is a 19th century metaphor, although interestingly the word railroad dates back to the late 1700s (1757, Chambers), prior to the metaphor and the public railways and the steam age, when it literally referred to steel rails laid to aid the movement of heavy wagons. Earliest recorded usage of railroad in the slang sense of unfairly forcing a result is 1884 (Dictionary of American Slang), attributed to E Lavine, “The prisoner is railroaded to jail…”, but would I think it would have been in actual common use some time before this. The meaning of ‘railroading’ someone or something equates to forcing an action or decision to occur quickly and usually unfairly, especially and apparently initially referring to convicting and imprisoning someone through pressure, often fraudulently or illegally or avoiding proper process. The expression was also used in referring to bills being forced quickly - ‘railroaded’ - through Congress. While I have no particular evidence for its early use in newspapers and by other commentators it is easy to im
Good Morning Gang!
Flo, coffee and a cinnamon roll, please.
We have safely arrived at Noblesville, IN and will now go on a tour of the Indiana Transport Museum - dtails of this location to be found here:
Spend the morning on finishing touches on my friend´s layout plan. He wants to pay me for my effort, but I have no idea what would be an appropriate amount. I have put in about 30 hrs. of research and work. He´ll be getting
- a scale drawing
- a 1:1 print of the track
- a wiring diagram (for DCC - that´s easy)
- a drawing for the benchwork
I am just wondering, whether asking for the equivalent of a little over $ 60 would be too much.
Galaxy - you don´t have to be crazy to be a model railroader, but it sure helps sometimes! [swg]
Have a good day!
Good Morning All:
Tom that’s great news on her vision.
Curt are you trying to load JMRI on a WIN7 machine? If so it doesn’t work for me…. I too have to get my bone density checked this month we will see if all this calcium and Vitamin D2 and D3 have been working.
I might have company coming over today to work on the 4x8 layout.
The Hobbs IN depot which now resides at ITM was built by my Grandfather’s B&B Gang sometime in the late 1940s.
Hobbs Station (info from ITM)
In addition to railroad equipment awaiting restoration the Museum is home to a train station that was moved from the town of Hobbs. During most of the year our trains depart from just outside Hobbs Station. If you are riding a train departing from the Museum then you will pass through this station to get your tickets and board the train.
The room in which train tickets are sold also serves as a gift shop. We sell t-shirts and sweatshirts decorated for our events or equipment. We sell other souvenirs of the Museum such as pens, pencils and mugs along with other rail-related items such as photos of classic railroading and railroad equipment from the collection of Jay Williams. We also offer cold beverages from Pepsi and usually have packaged snack items for sale. When you come to ride a train you may want to make a purchase in our gift shop.
The train station/gift shop can be reached by phone at (317) 776 7887. Please remember that the station is staffed only on weekends and then, usually by only one person. We may be unable to answer your call. You can leave a message but we may not listen to it until the end of the day or possibly later.
The other half of Hobbs Station is our dispatching office and crew reporting room. Each train that operates on our railroad must have authorization from the dispatcher on duty. Every train’s qualified crew members (conductor, engineer and brakeman) must sign on and off duty in the dispatchers office.
Good morning. It’s 78°, humidity is 96%. There’s a fair chance of rain. The high will be 91° but will feel like 104°.
No plans for today. I feel very tired and my eyes are hurting. I think I’ll just use today to get some rest. It’s not like I’m going anywhere.
Good morning, Diners. Chloe, I will have a large black coffee before my run.
Maybe Larry will finish my painting this weekend.
Later, Sue
Mornin’ everyone!
Zoe, I’ll have a blueberry waffle with NYS Maple Syrup (don’t want any of the stuff that got stolen up in Ontario, CA.) an order of breakfast sausage, and my dark roast coffee to start the weekend.
Galaxy, I have been “Railroaded” many times over my lifetime…!
Mornin’ Bill! Nice little depot they got there!
Sue, what are you running for??? Oh, you mean like down the road at a run… I thought maybe Mayor or something?[:-^]
Ulrich, I would think you deserve more than $2 an hour, but the price sounds very, very fair! Bet your friend gives you more…
Currently 77°F which is about the high today. Yesterday we got up to 93°F! Nice sunny skies for the time being. Supposed to be a pleasant weekend here this Labor Day.
I will be cleaning the basement and doing more wiring and details today on the layout. probably will have a few photos later.
73
Morning Folks,
Current temp 52 with an expected high of only 88.
I have another closing shift today. Visit wife in hospital in the morning, get to work by 11:30, work till about 9:30 PM get home around 10:15, so a busy day indeed.[|)]
Gas here was $3.83 for regular yesterday, it probably went up over night.
Jeff - best to take it easy and rest.
Tom - good news about your wife’s vision.
Ken - good to hear your wife’s second mamogram was negative.
Ulrich - I think that $60 is a fair amount. It works out to $2.00 an hour, pretty cheap if you ask me.
Indiana, my wife and I drove through a part of it in 1970 when we moved from NY to CA. Haven’t seen much of the midwest since. Mostly western states and southern US from CA to FL on drives to Tampa to visit my folks before they passed on.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
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Good morning Gang,
Haven’t posted much lately, but I’ve been checking in looking through the windows and back door into the kitchen. And then all of a sudden, overnight the diner was gone and it was one heck of a ride on my bike to get to Indiana . By the way Bill, I like it here as well…
Although there has been some headway made with some of the health issues here it seems that Galaxy should keep those prayer candles burning as the need is still great.
Progress on the LM&E has really slowed down this summer. I have been very busy at work and we have only gone out to our trailer at the lake about four times, stayed over three nights. But I am contemplating quitting work next spring when my youngest son completes Grad school, so should get more tie out there in the coming years if my health holds up.
It has been awhile since I have offered you folks your week-end history lesson, but I found another one of interest. Hope you like it. >> scroll down>>…
The BOYNTON UNICYCLE RAILROAD.
Scientific American, March 28, 1891
During several weeks last summer there were in regular and continuous operation, in railway passenger service, the locomotive and cars shown in the lower view herewith presented, the service being between Gravesend and Coney Island, on an abandoned section of an old standard gauge track of the Sea Beach and Brighton Railroad. The locomotive weighs nine tons, and has two 10 by 12 inch cylinders, the piston rods of both being Connected with cranks on each side the single six-foot driving wheel, and the front of the locomotive
Afternoon All,
Just got done reinstalling the tortoise with the thicker wire and it seems to be doing the trick. Since I have removed the control panel I mounted the DPDT switch in the fascia board. At least I accomplished something positive on the layout this week. I have a wedding to go to this afternoon (MOH’s co-worker) so I will try to check in tonight.
The only time I have ever been in Indiana was as a kid traveling between El Paso and Youngstown, OH for summer vacation.
Tom- I am glad to hear about YOH’s eyesight improvement.
Ken- Glad to hear good results about YOH also. Sorry to hear you’re still having issues with the bank.
John Boy- Thanks for the history lesson.
Galaxy- Thanks for the info behind our common sayings.
Hope everyone has a great day and prayers for those in need.
Good Evening!
The party´s over and we had a joyful afternoon, feasting on Petra´s cake and other goodies. Our guest surprised me with an invitation to Miniatur Wunderland ([tup]) and a book about the Norwegian Flamsbana, one of the most spectacular mountain railroads in the world ([tup][tup]) . Lots of great pictures in that book!
I decided to stick with those € 50,00 for my wok. My friend, although much better of than I am, also has to turn every cent twice around before spending it and I rather see him progress on his layout later on, than making an extra buck now. I know I am a bad business man…
TTFN!