Elliot´s Trackside Diner - September 2012

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Morning All,

Currently 49 with an expected high of 81 under sunny skies.

[bday] Galaxy

Barry - Take care of that cold. A little bit of J. D. with honey in some hot tea usually helps me.

Wife started her second round of Chemo yesterday. So far, so good. I have a closing shift today, so I will stop by the hospital before going into work to see if she is still doing OK.

With her being out of work for so long and doctorbills starting to add up, (I do have great health insurance, but we still have to pay some co-pays and such), and me missing a lot of work, we have to make some hard financial decisions. Have to let the bank take back our travel trailer, and stop paying on some other non-essential bills. Getting her healthy and keeping the house are the important ones.

Prayers to all in need.

Paul

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Mornin’ everyone!

Zoe, I’ll start with a hot cup of dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR mug please. Then you can get me the #2 Special, over easy eggs, bacon, homefries, and a double order of sour dough toast, and more coffee! Thank you, Ma’am.

So Galaxy, your 29 again???

Another chilly morning here in the Finger Lakes. Currently 61°F but we will have a high of 72°F sometime this afternoon with sunny skies. According to the weather channel it did not snow last night! Didn’t even rain. Tonight they say we will get some precipitation in liquid form. We still need it around here so overnight is a good thing so the panels on the roof can make the most of the sun shine today! [:D]

Dan, nice to have another 1/1 scale volunteer on board. Sounds like you folks are having some great successes with the restoration.

Garry, wasn’t me! Haven’t even seen Galaxy’s cake yet… (wipes frosting off mouth…)

Stan, love the foggy photos… Did you use light or heavy fog? I just recycled my old fog machine from my DJing days a couple months ago.

Only pressing item on today’s agenda is to do the MLK Committee financial statement for our meeting tonight. THAT should take care of half the day though…

Catch up with all of you later!

73

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[:-^] [8] Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday to galaxy, Happy birthday to me [8] [:-^]

Oh, I did that part already…I just like the way it sounds! THANK YOU for the Well Wishes thus far!

I have things to do today so it is NOT a “lazy Birthday” for me. Have to find out aobut insurances increases in coverages, and have the pulmonologist and other things to do today. Tomorrow is my check so I need to prepare for that and Thursday is furnace repairs. We are going to eat at AppleBee’s “2 for $20” special tonight as I don’t wnat to cook!

Gee, I feel older already…

Must get my creaky bones in gear,.

[8] Happy Birthday to me…Happy Birthday …[8] [:-^]

[8-|]

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It is past 6 pm in our neck of the woods, so it is perfectly OK to say

“Good Evening, Gang!”

Spend the afternoon detailing my plan. Seems as if there is a fair chance I can go forward with it. I will be able to sell that Z scale stuff next week, which should give me a sizable amount of cash to be spent

  1. on a present for Petra
  2. a few layout things [:-^]

As you know, the looks of a layout is just as important as operation, so finding the right structures to match the intended theme and era is not easy. Most of the kits from Faller, Vollmer and the likes are just to “sweet” and toy-like for my taste. I found a few craftsmen kits in the web, which would look fine on the layout.

More research to be done!

Have a nice evening and a great birthday party for Galaxy!

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Good afternoon. I had breakfast with my father this morning. Scrambled eggs with bacon, sausage, toast. While he was cooking that I got a load of laundry started. We enjoyed breakfast then I put my laundry in the dryer. We then loaded up the power chair batteries (both dead as a doornail), my mothers clean laundry and a small shopping list of things to pick up and headed off to town. First stop was Lowe’s. While my father went to the animal clinic to get the flea stuff for his dogs and cat I went into Lowe’s to get the PVC pipe I need for my scratchbuilding project. I bought two five foot lengths of 2 3/8" outside diameter thick wall PVC pipe, closest I could find to 2.5" OD. Grand total of $11.13. We then went and turned the old batteries in and got new ones. Dropped my mothers laundry at the nursing home then took care of the remaining small items on the list. Got back and got my laundry out of the dryer then helped my father put the power chair back together then put the charger on it. Came home and unloaded my laundry and PVC pipe. Now to get on with the planning for the scratchbuilding of a concrete grain elevator. And why am I building that? Just for the heck of it.

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Hi Guys

Jeff: Look forward to seeing some pics of that elevator as you go along.

Well the new job I started last week has turned out to be a horrible horrible experience. I can honestly say that I hate it. If anybody wants the details feel free to PM me and I will let you know my experience at this place.

I am looking high and low for a new job. Because I very much doubt im going back to there.

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Here’s the first:

Well I’m getting started on the elevator project. The first step is to mark off the sections of the silos so they can be cut. As the photo below shows the marking has been done. Please forgive the crudity of my lines. My hands are not as steady as they used to be.

More photos will be forthcoming.

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Jeremy,

I have had some pretty horrible jobs in my time. I bet my worst was worse than yours.[(-D]

Paul

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The first four silos. Four more to go.

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Time for me to call it a night. See y’all tomorrow.

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Evening Dinners!

Flo, [B] pleases.

I bet I would like yours than mine! [:-^]Doing a good job where I work is like peeing your pants in a dark color suite. It gives you a warm feeling but no one notice’s.

Only reason I am still there is I am praying for my home loan to be modified, if I am turned down I will find someway to get fired. If I get the loan modified, I am still out of there!

Galaxy [^]

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Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

IN State Fair Train, near Fishers IN (IN Transportation Museum)-2006

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Morning Coffee in the Diner

GOOD MORNING!!!

groan Boy If feel oldER today… Dunno why…

To some of you I am older, to some of you I am younger, to soemo of you I am the same…fair to “middlin’” age. Actually I cannot wait for my spinal nerve injections on the 10th! I am plumb wore out from all of yesterday’s activities and I have to go grocery shopping and banking today!

Some on here have one, I don’t have one, some games require them, what are they?

Avatars! SO:

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Good Morning!!!

Coffee and scrambled eggs, loose, with bacon and fried potatoes with gravy. Than….you know, just make that a pile please. Thanks. No not the coffee, I’ll still take that in a mug.

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.

You know Jeff, I’ve been thinking pretty much the same thing. I look at these buildings and such in the magazines and in photos on the web and I say gee I’d like to build that but it won’t work on the layout. Then I thunked, once things settle down here and I can get back to normal, why can’t I build a model that isn’t going to end up on the layout. I can make just a little diorama or scene for just that item. Looking forward to watching your elevator build.

[sigh]Someday.

Well today I’m gonna try and make some progress on the old shower stall. But first, I ,must make my way to CBS.com (no advertisement ) and see if the season premiere of Ziva is ready to view[:P]. As you know I w**k on Tuesday nights so I watch it on the internet Wednesday mornings. Kinda like waking up with her[^o)] though I’m sure Brenda would not care much for that analogy.[(-D]

Ya’ll have a good day!!!

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Good morning. It’s 69° with 99% humidity and patchy fog. It’ll be partly cloudy with a high of 90°.

Work continues on the grain elevator scratchbuild. I got the remaining four silos cut this morning. For those interested the way I get a straight level line around the pipe is by using a hose clamp. Tighten the clamp until it can’t be pushed out of line and just slides on the pipe. Marking along the edge of it will give a straight line all the way around and if it was sufficiently tightened that line will be level. Today I’ll put some tape across one end of the ends of each pipe section and stand them with the open end up. Pouring some plaster in should seal the other end. When the plaster is dry I’ll pour in some glue and let it set. That should lock the plaster plug in place. If I have time I’ll get started on making the walls of the structures.

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A hearty “Howdeee” to you all!

I’ve been driving by this diner for many years, and thought I’d stop in for a “real” breakfast for a change… Guess that would be: eggs over easy, sausage patties, hashbrowns, wheat toast with melted butter, cold glass of milk, and black coffee…

Living down here in the Houston area, we are slowly getting our weather down to the 80s for highs, and upper 60s for lows. Of course like other Gulf states, weather here is either hot and humid, or ungodly cool and humid.

I’m 68, retired for 6 years from the oil bizzness, and have been a train nut since I was a child in Chicago. I was born/raised in Chicago, worked since I was a kid, married twice, have 4 adult kids, finished school at the University of Louisville, and lived/worked in Chicago, Louisville, Joliet (Ill), Dallas, and Houston. My main RR interest is the building of my '50s themed ATSF & IC HO layout, although I do have a fair collection of Lionel postwar stuff. Obviously I’ve been a regular on the MR forum for some time - seeking help and helping out wherever I can.

Anyway, its good to say “good morning” to you all, and assuming I keep coming back, I’ll do my best to listen more than I talk!

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And the same to you. [#welcome] to the diner. We’re all friends here and would be happy to count you as such. Conversation here is ‘off topic’ usually concerning what we’re doing for the day, what’s going on in our lives, etc. Please, no politics, religon or other flame topics.

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Thank you for the kind “welcome”…

Gotta say, politics and religion are way too often upsetting topics, and I tend to keep them in the background. Ha, but I do like to talk about most anything else. My kids say I’ve mellowed with age, and I guess my thing is “live and let live”…

Geezzz, that sausage is good!

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[#welcome] - Mobilman44, to one of the finest places around! The food is just great here, low on calories and cholesterol, yet tasty…

Good Afternoon, Folks!

a somewhat drab day, no rain, but just gray - “calm autumn weather” our weather guessers call that.

I have been doing more research for that layout in planning. The structures I have selected are way beyond my reach - that station building is over 180$ for a laser-cut kit [:O]. Back to the drawing board for a “suitable” solution for me. I have no plans for the rest of the day, maybe watching some train videos on Youtube.com. Petra is right next to me, designing Christmas cards (!) on her computer. Less than 3 months to go, folks …

Have a good day!

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[#welcome] Mobilman44!!!

the rules here are simple:

As Jeffrey pointed out: No politics/religion/other “flame war” topics.

Also, if you post pics, try to limit it to 1 or 2 and try to keep train related, {though they don’t have to be here}. WPF is a good place to post iff’en you wants to post a lot of pics!

Also, NO Risque stuff…pics, or off colored jokes/humor or what have you, as this IS still a family site with young’uns viewing it!!!

Moderators DO monitor this Diner, so watch out!

Iff’en you get the top of the page first posting, you get “to buy” all the other posters on that page their meals…you can pay cash or a “credit card”… and don’t forget a TIP!!! A 15%-18%-20% is considered normal and generous for our lovely wait staff.

Iff’en you don’t watch out we have an “avatar bouncer” in here…you will meet him iff’en you don’t stay on the good orderly direction in here!

Iff’en you mess up the joint or can’t pay a bill…you get to clean up and wash dishes!

You may post whatever else you like about yourself, your day, whatever that is [#offtopic] from MRRing or Train related.

The “Secret handshake” will be taught to you by the “avatar bouncer”. Be sure to listen up for a “special password” each day! {just kidding neither exist in reality but are fun in play.} {Shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits ALWAYS works!}

Well,well

My day of grocery shopping has done worn me out for the rest of the day. After all of yesterday’s activities, I am plumb in agony of pain. Cannot wait til the 10th when i get my next spinal nerve injections!

Thank YOu all for the [bday] Birthday greetings yesterday!!!

The prayer candle is lit {unless i take a nap which is highly likely} all day now tha