Extra strong coffee in an APACHE RAILWAY mug, please.
Blustery weather here, so will work on inside stuff today. Might even make it down into the Train Room later.
Have a good day all.
Cheers! [C):-)] Rob
ps: need to borrow this alien: [alien]
Mornin’ everyone!
Zoe, just another cup of dark roast coffee please. I had breakfast some time ago.
Had to get the news release down to the paper as early as i could this morning, but needed to wait until my son and granddaughter #2 stopped by to pick up a bag of fresh cut asparagus. he had to drive to Penn Yan to pick up his sharpened chains for his chain saw. Of course he managed to leave the asparagus sitting on the kitchen table… Duh!
The HVAC guy is coming at 1PM today to give me some choices on central air. Then I have a couple more errands to do before going to Canandaigua to have dinner with my sister tonight.
Been grinning at some of the comments here this morning. [:D]
Another sunny day here in the Finger Lakes.
Later!
73
Morning Folks
Flo, Big Coffee Pleases.
Boy this morning is being a big pain in the caboose! Because of how the paydays fell last month I made $3300.00 and now SSI wants the cash they sent her back. But, get this! [:-^] They just sent her another $331.00 payment? [:-^] No wonder the state of Illinois is Broke!
Todd I am starting to think you are right about change engine manufacturer. But as a whole have had good luck with Proto’s. PK 2 with the cracked gears, it is a well known problem and not a big deal. While not as well known problem, worm gear squealing is all so a common problem I believe.
Ulrich Here in the states a Politician must be able to smile, while turn a knife in someones back!
Gary, sorry to hear about your grandmother.
Well got to run.
Ken
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Another beautiful day here with temps in the mid-sixties right now, along with sunny skies and a nice breeze. It’s been busy around here as well. We both woke up early this morning, so we decided to go have breakfast. The sausage & cheese omelet was good and so was the decaf. With nothing on the schedule we had a couple of extra cups of coffee. That’s the thing I’ve always enjoyed about retirement. Just to make it up as you go along some days. Stopped at the car wash on the way home and then because it was nice and clean, decided to give it a coat of wax once we got home. Another projec completed and scratched off the Spring to-do-list. Just finished lunch which consisted of a Thomas English Cinnamon muffin. After I read the news on the internet, I’ll be cutting the grass again. Just cut it 3 or 4 days ago, but it really needs it again. Hope everybody has a good one…
Near the end of the movie, the more psychopathic of the two kidnappers feeds his partner into a woodchipper. It was a strange movie, half crime drama, half comedy.
There was also a James Bond book, back when James Bond was a series of novels and not a movie franchise, in which the action took place along a rail line in Switzerland in the winter. There was a scene involving 007, a bad guy and a rotary snow plow. The chapter title was “Red Snow.”
I read a lot (nowhere near all) of the James Bond paper backs. I don’t remember that one so must not have read it.
Been working on one of my P2K GP38-2s. After taking the cab off, I used one of the SMDs I have for the beacon, and it required some tweaking. The SMD is so bright, it turns the beacon yellow. I painted over it with Tamiya Transparent orange, and the insde of the beacon with it. Seems to tone it down and it looks orange again. Looks like 1k 1/4 ohm resistor will work fine. I’m taking a break now because I’ve lost the beacon 4 times now, and have had to get on the floor to try and find it. I found it this time and it’s on the bench. I’m going to try to find a decent size box to work on the engine in, so the parts stay in the box. This loco has a DH163, but the rear light (yellow) wire broke off from the connector. So I’ll wire it to the green wire, put the resistor in line, then stick in a 2-pin plug so I can take the shell of easily if I need to. Then I have to do it’s sister unit.
I should be outside pressure washing the shed, but it’s been raining all day.
In speaking of MIAs, where is JR?
MisterBeasley, I think that one 007 book actually made it into a movie. I’d have to ask my mom since she’s seen them all.
Gary, Sorry to hear about your grandmother.
Thank you all for your prayers and support for her, I know the best I can do is hope. I believe in self sufficiency so that might help with the wondering of why I’m not a believer, I hope you guy’s don’t think any different of me though. There are lot’s of great people here.
To quote Ricky Ricardo, “of course we DUN’T” {think any different of you}. Religious discussions are banned, but i will say this; you are entitled to your beliefs or lack thereof.
We all here value each other and the differences which make us a diverse bunch who all come together for the “common good”…so no worries for you!
We gather this is hard period for you, facing losing her, and if our thoughts and prayers help smooth things along in any way, so be it. Many of us have been through this, as well as losing a parent or even a child. We all help each other…that is the spirit of the diner here…you are welcome, you know that.
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Another fabulous sunny day in the Old Dominion with a high of 70 or so. Looks like it will hold to this kind of weather until Monday.
I’ll be out shooting with friends tomorrow morning, (doin’ a lot of that lately) and then reloading the cartridges I shot and finally, cleaning the guns. Tomorrow night is dinner and a movie with the old gal and Sunday might be yard work, grass is growin’ like gangbusters. Hopefully, some afternoon MR time on tap.
Richard
Good afternoon.
During school, there was a mock accident put on by SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), and the mock trial they had after that was something that apparently left a few kids emotionaly wrung out (myself included a little, I’ll admit it). What apparently happened was that one kid decided to mess around with drugs before driving. Had maybe three passengers. Their car went head on into another car. Two people were supposed to have died in it. What got me a little was the thought of some of my friends being in the same situation. As a result, I don’t have much energy left. Not doing much through the day today helped.
Apparently that mock accident worked.
Thank you again, why the rest of the world won’t learn this lesson from us is beyond me. if I were religious though I’d be part of the Ferro-Equinist group. Maybe I’m already part of that group. [swg]
Aloha!
Got a new Hawaiian CD by Keali’i Reichel. It is called Collection One Kamahiwa. Listening to my favorite chants from disc 2.
We have a nice cd/dvd/CDRW player that is surround sound…sounds great , like better than if they performed them as a hula at a luau.
It’s kinda fun to sing along {chant} with the phrase: Ui,Ui, 'e’e’ina ka 'oneki o lalo walawala ka pumi ma hope {oooh-ee, ooooh-ee, eh eh eeenah kah oh-neck-ay oh lah low valah valah kah poo-mi mah hope-ay} FRom the chant/song No Ka Moku Kia Kahi Ke Aloha. {{you Can be rest assured Spell Check will NOT like that!!!}
Have an appointment next tuesday for my eyes, so I can FINALLY get new glasses…its been 3 years, when we had the money MOH needed new ones to see at work so I got the short end of tHe stick…maybe with them I can finally see what I am typing without my eyes glued to the screen…That and read the words on TV…for awhile it helped that we had a HD tv, but not now…
So I got all laundry done and dishes and visited with our train nut fiend…
so now dinner will be late As FIL wanted to “go shopping” to “See what there is”{to buy}…so MOH went over to stay with MIL.
So that is it for now
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Afternoon folks!
Janie, I’ll have a tall glass of lemonade please…
The HVAC guy came over early afternoon with some recommendations for the AC I am putting in. I decided to go with a unit that is 20fi more efficient than the original one he recommended. Will cost me all of $360 omre and has better insides all around I guess… At 4PM today the solar panels had already made 25+ Kwh of power so today has been another great day. Got my Bill from NYSEG today and all I will be paying for electric for the month of April is the basic charges you have whether you use Electric or not which totals about $16. The overage of power should be reflected on next months bill or will be held for when I once again use more electric than I produce. Not exactly sure how it works yet as this is the first month I have produced more than I used (by about 15 Kwh). AC should be put in sometime in the next couple of weeks as they have to find a day they can do it when they don’t have a lot of emergency calls to do…
Jake, that scenario just happened in real life in Rochester a couple days ago! Only this time there was no deaths. A couple ended up in intensive care though. Learn from it my friend! We want you around here for a long, long time.
Gary, I have learned over the years that good people come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. All ethnic groups, religions (including no religion), and all genders. Just like bad people! I take my beliefs on this from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when he said “… but rather by the content of their character!” I try to be a person of good character and you sound like you do too. That said, I will keep you and your family (particularly your Grandmother) in my thoughts and prayers at this time.
Best get moving. I am on my way to Canan
Good Friday afternoon, Diners!
Was in the middle of a post yesterday morning about 9:40. Then the power went out. It came back on at 2:33 today.
I thought about mowing grass like some of you guys. Decided to wait a bit :
Ended up with 15" of “spring” in Wisconsin. Sheesh. Couldn’t run trains without electicity, so I worked on a building:
Glad to be back online. I can’t believe I missed 6 pages in 2 days![(-D]
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Agreed, Ray. I really hope I haven’t offended anybody though.
Here’s a project that’s finally 'finished" for now. BN#724 with #'s in the Numberboard the little F behind the plow which finally got paint, Mu hoses front and back all I need to do is put the brake lines on, gotta get some super glue though. 
Evening All,
Just finished supper. I made chicken strips with FF’s and peas.
Got my truck oil changed today and took Mom & Dad out to lunch. After getting home I put ground cover down on the layout in the part that was scrapped up for the new track.
Ulrich- Sorry I forgot to tell you congratulations and best wishes on your run for MP. If you get elected at least one of our countries will have someone looking out for their country and not themselves.
Gary- I will say prayers for your Grandmother. Thank you for your kind comment in WPF. Is that a Atlas TT? With a little paint and kit bashing I think it will look as good as anything on the market. In one of the other subject lines on the forum someone did a incredible job on their Atlas TT. Sorry I don’t remember where it was.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
Yes, it is an Atlas Turntable. now that you’ve mentioned it, I could probably bash the turntable into a prototype one I saw in my BN Diesel loco’s book.
This is my “pit-bash” of an HO-scale Atlas turntable:
I did a photo-essay on the project, which our hosts have been kind enough to keep available:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/99558.aspx?PageIndex=1
It was a long and time-consuming job, but it ended up, as usual, teaching me new things. It was built in 2007 and is still running just fine.
Yep, Mister Beasley’s is the one I was thinking of.