Calling it a day for today.
G´nite, everyone!
Evening Dinners!
Flo, I am on a liquid diet, [B] Pleases!
My Wife and Susie (Out Of Town Guest) have been out most of the day. Funny how a woman can drive 225 miles and just want to go shopping? Guess they don’t have stores in Indianapolis any more! [:-^] My wife is the same way. Took her to St Paul while I was there for work on a weekend. What did she want to do? Go to JC Penny to see what they have?
Been trying not to think about things today. [B] helps with that!
Have had a good time running the layout. Might as well while I have one.
Jeffery, is your trailer now a house boat or is the power out? Hope it is just the power. If I have to give up on the house, boy you will get a Big Box!
Ulrich, sure glad to see you posting as often as your are!
Time to do some NASA Car Racing, I am driving a 1970 Superbird or course.
Later, Ken
Afternoon Tea and Crumpets
Johnboy…Will do…now that we are home from Steamtown {with a side stop to the Religious supply store in downtown Scranton for MOH’s Ministerial Duties}, the Prayer candle is lit.[angel]
Was a day’s outing to Steamtown. The back shop tour was interesting. saw the equipment gloosed over usually in action. We spent a good 4.5 hours there with frequent sit-downs, **but my back finally gave out and said “**no more!” SO we went to the Religious supply store and to Red Robin DIner for a delicious burger there on the way home. A LOOOOONG day actually for me. TIred now so a late afternoon nap is in TALL ORDER!!!
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Hi All,
Been awhile since I’ve been on so pardon if I make mistakes. I’ve missed the exchanges and fun. Look forward to posting pics of my new layout and getting some feed back.
Trent Bair
Neither one. The flood gates were open so the lake hardly came up at all. Even if it did it would have to come up about forty feet just to get to my front steps. That’s virtually impossible as the surrounding terrain is lower than that. The highest it’s ever come up is twelve feet and at that it was flowing over the top of the dam. That was back in the 80’s. The water was about a foot away from my parents house at that point. As for the power we’ve had some short outages but none longer than fifteen minutes. The power crews were at the top of their game. Any boxes would have to be small, maybe two feet by two feet. I don’t have room for big boxes.[(-D] My trailer is only 8X25 and about half of that is taken up by the layout.
Evening, Diners!
MOH and I took a ride on the bikes today, a little over 120 miles. It was absolutely a gorgeous day for a ride!
Talked to Bill Becker at Becker’s Model Railroad Supply in New Brighton, MN. He’s my not so LHS of choice. Ordered 3 shakers of fine green blend turf(tree foliage) and 2 bulk packs of Intermountain 33" wheel sets( 100 sets each, 50 cars worth! ). All totaled came to $136 and change. The 100 count wheelsets are at $55 bucks!! Try to find a better deal than that,huh!!?? Nearly every other site I’ve looked the IM sets are $70-80, without shipping tacked on. Sooo, this is a big shout-out to Bill!
Sue, where’s the paintings? I forgot who posted the shots of their artwork but they were fantastic! Wish I had that kind of talent!
Church then NASCAR tommorrow.
Prayers for those that need’m!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Evenin’, Flo! Yeah, had to dash in, in between the waves of rain tonight. I’ll have a bowl of chili, grated cheddar and onions on that, and a RBF for drink/dessert, please. Thank you!
Tom (tcwright), great news on your wife’s doctor being able to improve things that quickly for her (and I know she appreciates that!). Hopefully, next trip he can do about the same (or maybe even better) for her. Now, have him talk with her (orthopedist?) other doctor… [angel][angel]
Rain has moved through here lately, and I think they extended our tornado watch until about 11 p.m. (our time). Bunch of rain moved through about 20 minutes ago - blew down one of the (weighted-bottom) outdoor umbrella stand/tables outside the restaurant where I am currently. Still raining, but not the really dark clouds that we had back then, so I’m thankful for that. [yeah] Think it may have reached somewhere in the 80’s (F) before the rains came through again. The center of Isaac was a bit south of Jefferson City (middle of Missouri) when we were getting some of the first rain clouds coming in, so Isaac hasn’t wimped out just yet. Those of you in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio may want to make sure any lawn stuff is tied down good and proper, though.
Jeffrey, bummer on that brake line getting broken on you (that, and having to wait for the part until Wednesday…). Might be a good couple of days for movie-watching/layout-cleanup/various-odd-projects, if you get your energy back by tomorrow. How full did your lake there get filled, by the way? I recall you said they drained it down before Isaac arrived. Ah, I see you already answered my question.
Ken, good news on your wife’s mammogram #2. [tup] On B of S, maybe you could keep calling them back until you get a better answer. [|(] Sometime
Hi Guys
Just got back a little while ago from cutting the mother in laws grass and watering it while they have been away. Tomorrow we are going over to my parents for some BBQ and maybe play catch or toss the football around. Before I do that I might stop and pick up Railroad model craftsman, MR hasn’t arrived for me yet I usually have it around the 26-29 of the month but nothing, and wont get it until Tuesday at the earliest.
Evening All,
Back from the wedding and I am beat. I plan on sleeping in tomorrow.
Ray- I had a similar issue with a double curved turnout when I still had it installed. I shimmed the entire outer length of the turnout and it helped getting rolling stock through it.
Time for me to call it a night. See y’all tomorrow.
Evenin’ folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf for me right now.
Jim, I would love to come over and help you with the wiring on your layout! Think it might a bit far for me drive though… The wiring is one part I can do very well and find to be not a difficult task usually. Guess that is why Electrical Engineer was my first NMRA AP Certificate.
After a whole lot more work than I thought I still had left (found several areas in the yard I had not put in power feeds to or wired the frog yet) tonight, I finally backed the Lakeshores Limited into her berth in the Upper Staging on the SLOW. Only difficulty was one of the 3 axle trucks on the Baggage car wants to derail at the Walthers curved turnout. The inside route is a bit tighter than I figured it would consistently want to stay railed and as her track will be the one by the wall, it should have not had a problem… I think the 3 coaches have trucks that are not as free wheeling as they should so with a bit of tweaking the problem should be resolved. Only has the problem backing up, but she will have to be backed into staging after every operating session.
Good to see you back, Trent!
Curt, I may give that a try if the truck thing doesn’t get it done. May be a good idea for reliability anyway…
I shall be heading to bed soon as I have to be at the museum to be a docent early tomorrow.
Prayers for all in need, and prayers of thanksgiving for those who have had good news recently!
73
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
Today is September 2, 2012
NKP Steam crane on bridge over the White River near Noblesville IN, IMC Dist. (1940s)
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TIPTON
Morning Coffee in the diner!!!
GOOD MORNING!!!
Bill has provided the date
There are only 114 days left till Christmas!!!
We often Want our Cake and Eat it too in life and MRRIng, SO:
(you can’t) have your cake and eat it/want your cake and eat it too
- (able or unable or want to) achieve or attain both of two seemingly different options - the ‘have your cake and eat it’ expression seems to date back at least to the English 1500s and was very possibly originated in its modern form by dramatist and epigram writer John Heywood (c.1497-c.1580) who first recorded it in his 1546 (according to Bartlett’s) collection of proverbs and epigrams, ‘Proverbs’. Heywood’s collection is available today in revised edition as The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood. Other sources suggest 1562 or later publication dates, which refer to revised or re-printed editions of the original collection. Heywood was a favourite playwright of Henry VIII, and it is probably that his writings gained notoriety as a result. The English language was rather different in those days, so Heywood’s version of the expression translates nowadays rather wordily as 'would ye both eat your cake and have your cake
Good Morning All:
Terry, your legs must be sore peddling 120 miles!
Jim, hopefully all will be good to go for both of us.
Johnboy, I contemplate quitting work every morning the alarm clock goes off, I’m surprised it took you this long.
Good morning
Everything is all ticketyboo with me here…been crawling through some archived stuff on this here forum…getting some ideas as to why certain things do not like to run here…[|(]
Going to be sunny and warm …high of 84F feeling like 93F … still no sign of Isaac here…seems stuck? Hope not…[:-^][sigh]
Good morning, Diners. Chloe, I will have a large black coffee, please. I brought in this pan of cinnamon rolls with lots of frosting. I am sure the guys will go through these quickly.
I started pressure washing the deck yesterday. Now I am committed to that project. [banghead]
We went to the park to paint yesterday. I guess it will be a while before the Shay is done.
Later, Sue
Morning all. I’ll have a short stack of cakes, bacon and a Coke please Ma’am.
My back is killing me. The first thing we buy after she finds a job and we move is a new mattress. I have to sit on the edge of the bed for about 10 minutes just to try to straighten out before I can stand up!
Finally got to see “Unstoppable” for the first time. Sheesh! Hollyweird sure did take its liberties remapping PA on that one. My hometown is 6 miles north of the real Stanton, PA. There used to be a spur of the Pittsburg & Shawmut that went through the real Stanton to a coal tipple there. The tracks crossed Rt. 36 at grade. There were lights, but no gates. As for bridges, well, I can not think of a bridge being on that entire spur let alone a viaduct!
I will say it was a good action flick, but that is about it. Now I wonder why people want to model the fictional AWVR locomotive 777 and not the real deal CSX 8888.
Well, I should oughtta be productive today and maybe put away some camping stuff and clean up the basement.
~Rob S.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and the Sunday buffet please. Thanks. Oh! Cinnamon rolls! I’ll have one of those too. Thanks Sue!
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 82.
Ah, the place looks great! Um….what time is it anyway? There’s 2 clocks and they each say something different.[:S]
Looks like Isaac is pretty much gone from us now. Every weatherman was predicting any were from 4 to six inches outa this thing. In the end all we got was 2.4 inches unless it rains today.
Stan- That is a good looking layout. Bet our sons love it.
Tom- That was good news about your wifes vision, I hope the surgeons visit goes as well.
Brenda was tired yesterday and she slept most of it away that we weren’t doing something so I didn’t do much on the shower to let her sleep.
Watched “The Hunger Games” last night. Not a bad movie I guess, just like most others I’m glad I didn’t pay movie prices to see it.
Got a few things I need to do before starting in on the shower removal.
Ya’ll have a good day!!!
Good morning. It’s 75° with 100% humidity. There’s a slight chance of rain. It’ll be mostly cloudy and the high will be 95° with an index of 105°.
Looking at doing some cleanup on the layout this morning. Also planning on backing up my flash drives on DVD’s.
Other than that nothing much is going on.
Howdy … Oatmeal & OJ for breakfast, please.
Last several days were filled for me. … Monday, at the surgeon, he thinks I should wait for the next step. At this time the risk of doing something is greater than doing nothing. I can do things close to normally, so I don’t mind putting that off. … Then we went to Cincinnati for a few days to see family there. Our son’s business is doing fine in spite of the economy although it takes great effort on his part to keep it that way. I’m proud to say he built his business.
I’ve only briefly glanced at posts in recent days, and I intend to go back and read more carefully. It ius certainly good to see the Diner has been very active!
Looks like Hoosier Month! , Great! Most of my life, I have lived in states bordering with Indiana, and travel through it often. In my childhood, our family traveled by train from Chicago where I grew up, and trips eastward passed through Indiana on roads such as PRR, NYC, and B&O.
Bill T … I’m glad to see the historic photos!
Jeff … Please keep that absolutely beautiful UP SD24 away from Sundown Shops! … [:-^]
John Boy … Interesting old time “invention” you posted.
Stan … I think I have your email address. I’ll have to dig it up in a few days.
I needed a “sanity break” last night which means I worked on a model railroad project. I put together three ore cars from old Roundhouse kits. I painted and lettered them for Northern Pacific in honor of Sue & Larry.
Back to non-mrr stuff. We are no longer pet-less. While we were in Cincinnati, Shelley acquired a white cat from an animal rescue place. … Now that we have made extensive repairs to damage caused by previous cats, we now have a new cat. Here we go again.
Cheers, everybody