Sue: Very nice painting. Larry sure has talent.
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Good morning. It’s 69°. Humidity is 100%. Rainfall this morning has been 0.01". Mostly cloudy, isolated showers, high 82°.
I have to check the rear battery on the power chair. Pretty sure it’s kaput. It wouldn’t take a charge or show % of charge yesterday. Other than that nothing is planned.
Morning guys
Well I don’t work until 3pm, so I’m going to try sanding the putty I applied to the cracks of those F-units last night. If the weather co-operates, I’ll paint up the remainder of the wheelsets that I have left to paint.
CN Charlie, Have you tried Valspar clear flat. I tried it and I like it. Just don’t go on to heavy or it looks kinda chalky.
Sue, That painting of Larry’s looks good.
Good Morning all,
64F, 94% Humidity, HI 65F, Showers
CNCharlie, I had an issue with Krylon Matte spray partially dissolving a set of decals so I stopped using it on my locomotives. It did give the decal a very distressed look so I still use it on building advertisements.
Articulated is the only way to go, but I would hold out for a 2-8-8-2, LOL.
Katje is good at figuring things out. When I go to work she stays in her kennel. I get up, let her out of the kennel we go outside, then I get ready for work, but I don’t put my dress shirt on until I’m ready to head out the door. She runs around and plays in the morning but as soon as she sees that my shirt is on she runs to the kennel.
Todd, I didn’t believe the Furmiator would be any better than the other brushes or the shedding blade I was using and I was shocked at the $50 price tag, but my co-worker got one for father’s day and had pictures of the mountain of hair it removed from his dogs and I figured out the cost of all the other brushes that had broke exceeded $50 so I gave it a try. The Furminator is made of a solid piece of metal and is heavy duty for sure. The teeth have a push button cleaner to remove the hair. If you have a large dog the amount of hair brushed out is reminiscent of shearing sheep….
Morning coffee refill
hello again.
RAIN, RAIN, go away… We have rain ALL DAy…about 2 inches worth…and two storms colliding to make for nasty winds around here. I hope the jet stream changes somehow as if this keeps up for winter, we will be smashed with more snow than we know to do with!
I foudn this video as a video of the day The Gadling video of the day fo trains going through the canton of Ticino, Swiss ALps. They point out that “it is so artfully done is almost looks like a model railway” so don’t be fooled! {or will you?}
Later today I will NOT be ont eh computer as winds get high, and rain storms collide, will probably leave us without power! We DO have a generator, but no way to run it as it wil be raining. We need to replace the clear plastic heavy corrugated mill sheets on the proch…I may insist we install chaep windows instead so we can open them and run the generator without it sufficating us or the porch!
Well, I guess I’dbest get to laundry before the storms get worse so they can finish,
LAter gaters,
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Good __Morning, Zoe, I’ll have a glass of OJ, a Santa Fe mug of coffee, and a blueberry muffin, please. Oh, ye__s, slice it and toast it, and a pat of butter, too. Thank you!
Ken, I certainly hope today goes better for you. Sorry Sue didn’t get the stress test done (maybe she’ll change her mind later). [angel][angel] for a better day for you both.
Galaxy, it looks like you and my son-in-law have the same birthday. Speaking of birthdays, do you have your hints out to YOH yet? [;)]
Jeremy - until 4:30 this afternoon? [wow] - lonnnggg day!
Sue, tell Larry he does very nice w**k on that painting. Of course, I was thinking when you first said it that it’d show the side rods and all on the Shay, but that is a great one there. [bow]
Jeff, it sounds like if your mother still has her sense of humor, she’s doing okay. [:)] Best wishes on getting that battery to charge up, 'twill be kinda pricey otherwise. You’d think that by now, the battery manufacturers would come up with longer lasting batteries. Then again, they make money selling us new ones, right? [;)]
CN Charlie, I see no problem about your wanting that articulated loco - after all, it will run on your layout’s curves, right? [:-^]
Todd, I don’t know if it has anything to do with my/your age, but it does seem that there is an abundance of things to do in the day, doesn’t it? Now, if I could just get more hours in my days (including for sleep after everything)…
Cooler out th
Lee, I’d have to go look at my package for sure; I am pretty sure it’s the room temp vulcanizing (or something like that), but don’t recall if it’s two part or not. Might be, as I think I recall some kind of mixing cup was in the package… (I’ll try to keep up on what you find out and post). [;)]
Jim in Cape G.
I went down earlier this morning and checked on the rear battery. Still no charge. I went out to the machine shop and got my fathers old-school battery charger (no computer crap in it) and hooked it to the battery for a few minutes. Took it off and put the newer charger back on it and lo and behold it’s now taking a charge! I don’t hold out much hope for it though. I checked the voltage on the front battery (fully charged yesterday) and it’s down to six volts. Nothing pulling power from it but down nonetheless. That spells ‘bad battery’ in my book. Why don’t manufacturers make longer lasting batteries like the one in your car? My last one lasted nearly seven years. It costs a lot of money to make such a battery. These small batteries that the power chairs, mowers, etc use just don’t warrant that kind of attention. Why should they. The sellers already charge through the nose for them as it is. The hundred plus bucks that one of these power chair batteries cost, heck the battery in my van cost less than that and while not much bigger in size, it has more capacity and cranking amps. But it’s not a deep cycle battery either.
“… It’s a rainy, rainy day, just a rainy, rainy day…”
Mornin’ everyone!
Zoe, I’ll have the #2 special this morning. Over easy eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sour dough toast to go along with several cups of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR Mug please.
Just like where Galaxy is, it is wet and dreary outside here in the Finger Lakes today. Currently 65°F outside with a high of 69°F this afternoon. At least the air conditioners are not running. We have had a little over 1/2" of rain so far and about an inch forecast. Guess I’ll have to do some indoor stuff. Let’s see I really should clean house as #2 Granddaughter is coming over for a couple hours tomorrow morning, and there is plenty of model stuff I could do as well. Hmmmmmm… “Eenie, Meenie, Mynee…”
Sue, nice shay painting!
… May have to shut down for a while. Just saw a flash outside!
Later!
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Morning All,
Currently 54 with an expected high of 89 under mostly sunny skies.
Ken - Sorry your wife did not get to take the stress test, but dealing with all the doctors we are dealing with here, I am not so sure it was a bad idea to not take the test.
Sue - Larry did a nice job on that painting.
Jeff - battery manufactures could probably build a longer lasting battery, but then we would not have to buy their product as oftem.
I have a closing shift again today, so off to the hospital then work, should get home around 11:30. Talk about a long day, I have been up since 0600.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Well I’ve been fixing up the cracked shells and it looks like I can save them. I’ve been working on an F9A and have gotten all the nose mold lines off (if you have seen a stewart F, you know what I mean), the holes for the horns plugged, and the skirts cut. I’ll get a pic of it when the last bit of putty dries.
Ditto, someone I know said they got into trouble at a job because they made a product that lasted too long.
Steady miserable rain….
Galaxy be real careful running that generator without adequate ventilation it might be the last mistake you make. Have you thought of building a dog house for the generator so it could sit outside in the rain?
Jim when I was in the military days could last 72 hours it seems, but now that I’m retired they only have 24-hours…….
Jeff, they should make those batteries compatible with power tools, then you could justify having a few spares around the house. Do you have a Bull Dog Battery nearby? http://www.bulldogbattery.com/ if they don’t have it or can’t get it they will re-build it. Last time I was there buying a watch battery I saw CSX picking up locomotive batteries.
I have a set of 18v Ryobi tools and the lithium Ion batteries cost $89 each. Last summer I bought the 18v hedge trimmers for $75 and it came with a charger and a battery. 2 summer’s ago I bought the 18v grass trimmer for $50 and it came with a battery and a charger. I’m watching the power tools that come with the battery for another sale. I was at a friend’s house running my reciprocating saw two days for about 3 hours each day cutting up that old train layout. He asked me how long the battery lasts; I told him I didn’t know still running the same battery from the first day……
A search for the nearest connection to Bulldog Battery is bringing up O’reilly Auto Parts. The search (Bulldog Battery in Louisiana) brings up nineteen locations, all of them O’Reilly Auto Parts.
18 SEP 1947-The U.S. Air Force was created as a separate military service.
Happy birthday!
Okay, some update shots:
Cut part of the pilot off, this one will get a DW plow and have to add a nose light: This image is reduced by 22%, click it to view full size. 
Same unit, skirt cracked, but I patched it together: This image is reduced by 22%, click it to view full size. 
Crack repairs on 737 and 777: This image is reduced by 22%, click it to view full size. 
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Evenin’, Chloe - I’ll have a hot fudge sundae, and a CAW mug of decaf, please. Thank you!
Sounds like several of you Diners are having Barry’s kind of “dull, dull, dull…” day (with drizzle…). I don’t know if you were behind on your rainfall for the year there (we still are about 13+ inches behind for the year here), but it may be that a few of you up the Ohio River Valley (and upstate NY/PA vicinity) are about saturated with the liquid sunshine.[st]
Jeff, hope you can get a battery (or have yours rebuilt) for your mother’s “Wheelie machine” (aka cart/wheelchair).
Lee, I hear you about the length of a day, but I thought you weren’t really, really retired… (just “double-dipping”, isn’t that what it’s called? [swg]) That’s a good tip about picking/being picked by a dog. If I get where I can have a dog again, I will remember that!
Vincent/Packer - you are one determined MRRer, when it comes to getting a loco like you want it! [tup] (Wish I could be that determined…)[:-^]
Not sure what was going on at wk today - started out pretty slow, almost nobody came in before 11 a.m. (usually, we’ll get people by 9:30 or 10 a.m. at the latest), and when it was 3:30-4 p.m. (when things usually slow down for the day, unless we get a crisis), got 2 or 3 walk-in people (non-crisis). I think I’m gonna stop coming in early - last two days I got there 7:45 a.m., but didn’t leave until just a bit before 5 p…m. But at least I got a lot more caught up on some paperwk and got some people apptmts. w/doctors.
On the remodeling at the res
Good evening from tropical west Louisiana. It’s a pleasant 76°. Chance of rain tonight seems to be nil.
Checked the batteries on the power chair today. Seems that they’re both toast. Won’t hold a charge for long. So naturally they have to be replaced. My father isn’t a happy camper about that but oh well. I don’t live under his roof so I don’t have to listen to him gripe. Picked up a few things in town today. Among them a bottle of super glue gel, a dust pan (been needing one for years) and a half pound roll of 60/40 lead solder. Radio shack still sells the stuff. I got fed up with the no-lead crap years ago. It just doesn’t seem to work right for me. I also got a new backup battery for my alarm clock. The old one was down to six volts and the clock would lose it’s memory when the power went out. Got a two-pack so I’ll have a spare on hand. Probably forget where I put it when I need it.
Tomorrow I may be able to mow the grass. It needs it. I have to fix the tractor first. I need to install an idler pulley and a starter relay.
Well, time to call it a night. See y’all tomorrow.
Hey Jeff,
Most chair batteries are gell cell now and most of the chargers have low voltage cuts so they won’t burn out trying to charge a totally dead battery. Many now also need to be kept topped up or once they go flat they lose some percentage of their capacity. We get ours from Sears or Interstate and they last about 4 to 5 years as jumper batteries. We pay about $80.00 apiece for them. Some ti mes we can get a too low battery to charge by hooking in a good one in prarallal. Some of the auto parts stores will load test your batteries for you but I agree they sound shot. Good luck.
Rain all day and I spent the day checking wiring harnesses J.R.
Evenin’ folks!
Janie, just my usual cup of decaf right now.
'twas a rainy day here in the Finger Lakes with about 3/4" of liquid sunshine here today. I did check the meter down cellar during the darkest part of the storm and the panels were still producing usable power though at a very reduced rate…
I did a bit of house cleaning (Sure needs a lot more) as granddaughter #2 will be here for a couple hours tomorrow so my son can get his annual hearing exam at work. Of course they couldn’t do THAT during a day he is on the job as they wouldn’t get w*rk from him during those 20 minutes… So he has to waste a morning of a day off and drive over there for the test. It is a requirement of his job.
I also painted several feet of rail rust brown today and did a few feet more of ballasting on the upper staging area.
I was just starting supper tonight when I spotted an ambulance in the driveway of a house almost across the street from mine. An elderly couple bought the house a few years ago. The husband fell and broke his hip not long after they moved in and may have passed away a year or so ago. Not sure. I have seen gthe lady who has difficulty getting around, but can walk a short distance a few times getting in and out of cars taking her places. No lights on over there tonight and when the ambulance left it was not in any hurry… I fear the worst for her!
Jeffrey, what kind of batteries does the cart use? Lead acid, Li-ion, or some other kind? I’m thinking they must be deep charge lead acid if a regular battery charger can charge then up. With the battery technology available today, they should be using something that can last for a decade or more and have thousands of cycles. might be a bit more expensive up front, but much cheaper and better in the long run.
Well, I am exhausted and have an early mor
Jeffrey- You might want to take the charger with you, that way you can check it’s compatibility with the new batteries. I’d love to have that baggage car instead of my trailer larger layout space (compared to almost none now).
Evening Dinners
Why Thank You Flo! [B]
Sorry I have been so distracted lately. I have a lot on my mind lately and none of it is cheerful. Today was real slow, sat on my caboose most of the day. which was nice after Monday. But, did not make squat.
No word from Bank Of Stupid so far about modifying the home loan, Nor A Move Your Layout Letter either.
Stress Test. Sue is going to give it a shoot this Friday. So again I have to get up early to take her, if she does not take the test this time, well she won’t die from heart problems.
See you all later, Ken