37 degrees in Rosepine Louisiana this morning. Low was 28.
Mornin’…
Must be nice out… This place has been deserted! Zoe, I’ll have a short stack of buttermilk Pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup, a coiuple sausage links, and lots of Marrakesh Express Organic Dark Roast Coffee to keep my R&GV RR mug filled.
Sun has been out this morning so far! Nice and bright. Should have cleared the white stuff off the solar panels by now so the wheel down cellar should be spinning nicely at the moment. They are saying s#0w flurries around 1PM today, and then partly for the rest of the afternoon. Currently 32°F outside with a high of 35 by noontime then heading back down to 27°F overnight.
I am just about to leave for my sisters house to feed Clim and claen his litter box. Do hope he is doing OK. Both his kittie friend and his human aren’t there so he is probably scared… He is the one who does get scared easily. Still trying to get in touch with my SIL to see if she can feed him tomorrow.
This afternoon I will be changing out the dead amplifier at church with a new one. Shouldn’t take long, but we need to get it done before Sunday and today is the only day available. Hopefully that goes well and there is no other problem.
Catch you all later!
73
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Jeffrey: What were you trying to say about Ulrich>???
~Went to Wally world and bought a few items. among them were the LeapPad2 adn some “entertaining” reading, mathematics, and science “games” to go with it for our 5 year old great god nephew. He is naturally in Kindergarten, so he is doing some of those things already, but at an age rating of 4-7yrs, should give him LOTS of “entertainment” which he won’t realize is “education”!!
~I placed a massive $265 Xmas order with a company for 13 of a variety of things, and they are holding shipping of any items for all for one item being back-ordered which was supposed to be in by 11/7. I called them again now and said “ship what you’ve got NOW, and ship the BO item later, DUH!” Holding up an order of 12 items that I ordered WELL in advance of Xmas so it’d be here well in advance of Xmas, SHOULD BE HERE well in advance. The longer it waits to come to me, the less likely I am to order form them again, and I told him so-the Customer Service guy on the phone, because the website says my order # is an “invalid” one! GRR. He gave me a lousy $5 credit “towards you next order, just use by Xmas”…IF I ever oder again! It is the 3rd order with them…first one was here in 3 calendar days, second in 5 calendar days. this one now is over 8 calendar days old and has YET to be shipped! If it takes another 5 or so days to get here, well, lets just say I won’t be happy! And I will NOT order form them agin. They have another $99 item that if MOH wants, we will get, but not buy form them if this is the kind of service they offer. Alls I need is more stressed out delivery peeps mishandling my packages due to holiday traffic!
~Got to go out later I THINk to get new mattress covers for the new mattress. Dunno.
~right now I think time for a nap with the puddy and MOH who camehome early.
have a greatr day!
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6 hours, and no one in? DO I smell???
and another No show day from Ulrich?
For thsoe who seek more info about Jeffrey’s favorite condiment:
Well, MOH is out to dinner with client, so I am by myself…left over beouf…
Have a great evening!
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No, no, [color=red]Galaxy[/color], I smell… You Stink! Somebody once said something like that I think…
Hitler: My dog’s got no nose!
Soldier: How does he smell?
Hitler: Awful!
- Monty Python Sketch
Got up to my sisters house about 11AM found the ket right where it is supposed to be. I was worried that it didn’t get put back in the proper place and my sister might have it down in Georgia(State not country, although I’m not sure the people she is visiting actually know that). Got the heavy duty extention cord out and plugged in the ESEV (charging cable) and the cable said it had a ground fault. Won’t connect to the car unless it see a proper ground on the system. Finally found the problem was with one of the two outlets down cellar in my sisters house. Changed to the other one and the charging started right up. She wanted me to unhook her outside watering hose and turn the water off to it. I did that and then came in to drain the pipe going outside. She had been quite upset that last year the old outside faucet froze and cost her $$$ to get replaced because I evidentally didn’t drain it right last Fall. I unscrewed the cap that drains the pipe and found that the person who put the shut off on the pipe put it on backwards!!! I will have a friendly conversation with little sister when she gets home. [:-^]
The Kitty Clim got fed. He actually came upstairs from the basement as soon as he heard me open the can of food… He was a bit upset when he found it was me doing that, but his hunger overcame his fear of me and actually let me pet him a bit while he ate. Hoping that by the time his human comes home he will decide I am OK. Finally got a hold of my SIL who will feed him
Galaxy - didnt want to say anything but…[+o(]–Just kidding. No I havent cooked over coal, but ate many a biscuit cooked in a wood stove fired with split red oak though. Yea where is every one ? Has any one heard from Ulrich ?
I posted earlier thanking vets and the post has disappeared ?? Did a moderator delet it ?
Wow Jeff that is colder than here. It was in the 60s up here !
Very busy day.
Prayers for those in need.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer Please
I like Winter, but I am not ready for it. But at last, it is here. [sigh] Last night we had a little snow, not much but the roads where a problem on the way home. What little snow we had melted on the roads and turned to ice. Did not real realizes it till I got the car sideways a tad. I was on the lookout think it looked like it was iced up so I recovred quickly.
Gave BoS there Blood Money today. [banghead] I hate giving them a dime with the way they screwed me over on the Loan Mod that took 3 years!
Talk about being made feel old today! [(-D] Went to Best Buy looking for some SDD1 RAM for the old computer. Told the young man that tried to help me what I was looking for! He looked puzzled and stated “I never seen a SDD 1 RAM Chip, you sure it is that old?” [(-D] Hated to tell him my phone at home plugs into the wall! [:O]
YGW I will say thank you for all the VET’s here at the site as far as the Thank You. Spakie says Thank You as well.
Later, Ken
Howdy .
Feels like January, but calendar says November.
Ken … Sparky looks healthy in the photo. Nice looking dog !
Accents? I grew up near Chicago, and that accent stayed with me even though I lived several places afterwards.
I worked more on the layout. I installed more track.
Happy Model railroading, everybody
Gee, 7 hours since last post? Hmmm…ominous
[color=orange]GOOD SATURDAY MORNING!## November 15th, 2014![/color]## [color=green]Healing ENERGIES go out## To those in need![/color]
Today’s Quotes:
No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power. -P.J. O’Rourke, writer (b. 1947)
[color=red]MAKE it a GREAT day![/color]
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Frank, when I saw that pick, certain things raced through my mind. That fact that was ‘Silver’ in color… hmm Silver Streak… no no… Silver Bullet~! Known for Horsepower in their year. Oh yes, we’ve heard of the Straight Six, Slanted Six, V8’s… but this beauty had a Straight Eight. On a side note, I don’t know if any of you remember the original ‘standard’ car brakes… nothing like todays ‘Power Brakes’ back then… to do a panic stop… you practically almost literally stand on the brakes… lol.
OK… lately when I post, I always try to post pics too. Although building kit structures takes time, I try to post every other day here… or soon there after. Enjoy the pics.
Here’s my latest. My 2nd stratch built building.
On a side note, being that I have been successful in building these, I’ve decided to go out and buy a quality paper cutter for the cutting of styrene.
On another side note, I’m not seeing any Doctors or Dentist… I’ve had my share the past 2 months. I didn’t want to mention about them considering Jeff’s and a few others going through their tough times. As it was I was having two teeth pulled. Molar and a wisdom tooth. Truly a tough act to follow. I never knew those teeth were in there that good… I was waiting for the Dentist to place his foot on my chest to get a better position.
Thats all folks… Take care Keith
Good Morning Having some fun with a good old case of Sciatica here…das pain in das rear!!! Started the hunt for some more Baldwin H16-44’s for ye layout here… And…had 4 kittehs cuddled up with us this morning…yep…it be cold here. Only getting to 28F for todays high…yeehaw…
Keith … The scratch built building is outstanding. I think you said you are in N scale. That makes the building more remarkable.
Hope everybody has a good Saturday.
Garry … Thanks so much. I didn’t want to get into the details… but yes… this is N scale and it was a exercise for the mind as what to do.
The white ‘slat’ boards made from styrene sheet is rather thick, but has great detail. I had only a single edge razor blade to do the cutting. So yes… for N scale it wasn’t easy. To glue various parts of styrene to one another is messy. Traces of CA can be seen if not done properly, at times I used wood glue only to hold things in place, getting real strength from coming back with ‘toppers’ glued with CA gel… in which seemed to gather the whole cornus together. My fingers are fat… my wife doesn’t like me using her twizzers… my hands shake… I can’t see well. Thats why I used a combo of wood glue to tack things in… only to come back with a final CA gel glue. I do have a thin version of sheet styene ‘slat’ boards from another company I believe, but the detail in the slats was lacking. Plus the thick styrene gave me strength for the tall frontage of the building.
Just wanted to share some of it with ya…~ It was truly a mind exercise. I still have decals and signage to put on it.
Thank you Garry… I appreciate it…it gives me strength for the wood kits I’ll be doing, I usually change what I don’t like… replace parts and at times built a building in Reverse (see Best Auto Garage 2 pages bacK)
TC all Keith
Extra strong coffee in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please.
Cool boat (big ol’ car) pics being posted in here. Back when tautos were made of metal and offered easy engine access. Sigh, love those beasts.
Not much to report on from the funny farm. Planted more fruit and nut trees a few days ago, most were replacements for those planted last year that didn’t survive. Taking extra precausions with them this year.
Question for you Car guys: Have you heard of adding transmission fluid to the engine oil and idleing it for 30 minutes prior to an oil change, to remove any/all sludge? Was told because of the high detergent in tranny oil, it really cleans stuff out. (I waited too long with my truck oil change and found sludge in the bottom. OOPS!)
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Hi Keith,
Nice Buildings, that’s one scale I never tried. N-scale, I believe it is a little late in life for me to try though.
Thought I would share a car pic with You…one of five classic cars, I have rebuilt/restored over the past 25yrs and close to my favorite. A 1949 Ford, rebuilt flathead V8, 3-speed trans with overdrive, outstanding dual exhaust, will get anyone’s attention. Had this as my Avatar for awhile, but hard to make out in the small pic. Took me 3yrs to complete, almost all by myself. Except for the bird dropping, that was dropped just for the picture. LOL.
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
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~great to see some people in!
~Barry…sooner than later it will be about as cold here as there! so don’t worrry, even Jeffrey down in weezy-anna will feeel it, though not as bad as you and we here in New Yawk will be lighting fires as well! BTDT wiht sciatica more than I’d like…sympathize with you…
~MOH has thrown two other things at me for Xmas shopping,and used my account to do it,so I will get the notifications on its progress, I have agreed NOT to peek, {easy enough}, so I don’t know what i am getting, though it WILL be from the big & tall store. I DID make STRONG Suggestions, btu MOH “knows fashion” more than i? I have to talk to the Dr about this weight I gained…a whole 'nother size I am NOT happy with. eating virtually 1 can of tuna per day with a 3 oz salad and no dressing WON’T help in my situation, medication and STomach/espohgeal surgery fixed that for me…even MOH will actually DEFEND my weight gains as has watched by the sidelines as I gained. Not that that make it “all right”.
~MOh wants a few more things too…dunno if I wil get them, but STRONG HINTS aRE STRONG hints,…you guys know that drill…
~NO TRAIN STUFF… I have enough HO scale stuff to fill a basement sized-layout. I have enough N scale stuff to build a 4x8 of it easily. I DON’T have any Z scale which is what I am looking at now…[:-^]
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Frank with the stripes…Nice Ford…congrats on restoring her!
My mother used to talk of a “little 2 door Ford” she had that she’d put in the ditch in the snow on the way to school…until rival boys form another school would dig her out…I don’t know “what size” yours is, but it looks about like i imagined mother’s “little Ford” to be…
~LOVE the color!
~That is another Hobby I’d LIKE to be in, but certainly cannot afford nor do I have the wherewithall to do it!
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Garry I agree with you about Keiths scratch build. That is an amazing job! What does a Chicago accent sound like ?
Keith - LOL ! Dentist foot on your chest !? How bad after words did it hurt ?
Blownout cylinder - Thats good stuff kittens in the bed
Galaxy - yep spent some time in the out house in my younger days. My father bought a place in the country that didnt have a septic field, electric, running water …It DID HAVE an out house , a hand well pump and he gutted the old “I house” installed plumbing, electric, insulation etc…he bought the place for 32k. many years sold it for 500k. He did good.
Welp - have a question. Have a cub cadet and the drive system stopped today. Looked under the mower and there lay a plastic fan blade that looked like it got locked in place while the shaft kept spinning. Long and short is it will not move. Any suggestions on the problem ?
TTYL
YGW
YGW,
Yeah! A few. First off that fan blade goes on top of the trans-axle drive pully to cool the pump/trans. Check your drive belt, did it come off, taking the fan blade with it? Is it stretched causing that to happen? Replace drive belt. If belt is ok and it still won’t move, rev tractor motor some and continue to shift forward and reverse without stopping motor rev just moving shift lever. Does it moan Doing that or make any unusual sound? It could have got air trapped in the trans pump and if purging it does not work, hope you have deep pockets, cause they ain’t cheap. Hopefully they can repair it
If You have the owner’s manual or go on line and see if You can get a PDF for Your model and look up purging the transmission.
Hopefully You just need a new drive belt and new fan.
Good Luck! [:D]
Frank
Evening Dinners
Flo, [B] Please
Work Front Sure have no idea what happen today, maybe snow makes people want to buy Mattress? I that case, Let It Snow, Let It Sonw, Let It Snow! I had a total of $3200.00 in Sales and Dave (The Idiot) had around $2000.00. Best Saturday in a long Time.
Garry Sparkie The Rocket Dog is doing pretty good right now. He never looked sickle except when he was blowing chunks. That has been over now for some time now.
Keith I only bulit one semi scratch bulit kit. I knew I was I Deep Stuff when I read “After All We Are Modeler’s Right?” It turned out fair at the very best and was the only semi scratch bulit kit I ever bought.
Rob Yes you can use ATF in the crank case to remove sludge. I used some in my 68 Road Runner I let sit 10 years to free up the rings. Normally I would not have done it, but 10 years of letting her sit was way to long. On something that had not been sitting I would buy a addative to remove the sludge.
Frank Was never into the 50’s cars. I only did one. It was a 1953 Packer with a 327 straight 8. Go to a Auto Zone and try to order parts for a 327 Straight 8 Flat Head! They would ask “What sizes engine?” I would tell them a 327. “It has a Chevy Engine?” No, it is a Packer Engine straight 8. “A 327 Sir is a Chevy Engine!”.
Had the same problem with the 67 Cobra Mustang I had. It was 1 of 50 made with the 427 Medium Riser. [(-D]
My self, I am a Mopar guy. Here is a friends 68 Charger I did years back.
http://s83.photobucket.com/user/cudaken/media/Mopar/4111-2.jpg.html]
Later, Ken