Hi Guys,
Enjoyed the first day at work. Not a bad place at all. That might change by Friday but for know it wasn’t too bad. Not use to getting home until close to 5 though.
Ken, I built a model of his funny car when I was a kid!
Jim
Evening Folks
Flo, Beer Pleases!
Jeremy, are we talking 5:00 PM or AM? If it is PM man you are spoiled rotten! [(-D] At 5:00 PM I am thinking about taking my lunch break! [:-^]
Did we go to a Convent in KS? Just a little surprised there where no comments about Jungle Pam? [:-^]
Got Roped In To BBQ tonight.When we first bought this house, I loved to BBQ! Bet we BBQ 3 to 5 nights a week. Now it just another Honey Do after 20 years. [|(]
Ulrich On the Atlas 8 program, what do I save the files as to make it a picture? I use to be able to do it?
Been working on Paul’s Plan and like to see what he thinks.
See you all later!
Ken
Half a stick of dynamite could take care of that. BOOM! And the BBQ goes away!
Catch you all later [(-D] Is that a pun re: Mice?
I generally use those sticky pad things to catch mice. They step on it and they don’t get off of it… period.
CDN Dennis
My parents wouldn’t let me build that model…
Jim
Evening All,
Man am I beat. We did a bunch of fall cleaning inside and outside and of course the light fixture in the laundry room quit working (new light bulbs did not help. I put a meter on it and no power). So off to Lowes I go and then installed that and now it works.
I go back to w**k tomorrow afternoon so I think I will sleep in some tomorrow. Yesterday I installed quite a few lights in buildings. In fact all I have left to do is the meat packing plant (3), farm house (1), and put a second light in the engine house. I will do a night running video when it’s complete. If I say so myself it looks pretty darn cool.
Cape Jim- I got 5mm yellow LED’s (modeling 40’s) with the resistors already attached. I soldered long wires to the lights and ran the wires to a Miniatronics Power distribution Board ( 1-24 dual wire connections and 1-12 dual wire connections) (PDB-1 & PDB-2). I power each board with a Radio Shack 12V power supply. It is not hard to do but tends to be very time consuming depending on how many buildings you have. This system will also work with Tortoises.
Hope everyone has a good night and prayers for those in need.
It’s 66 here. Low tonight 55. Time for me to call it a night. See y’all tomorrow.
Evenin all
12 hour day, wow, I’m beat!
Ray, you got Meeces?? Wanna borrow midnight? He loves Meeces,to Pieces even!!
We had Meeces in the house when we 1st moved here 2 years ago,didn’t take long for that to be over!!
This in their normal activity,let a mouse in, and suddenly 2 Ginsu wielding assassins emerge from the fur coats!! [:D]
Ken, Jungle Pam? Wow! Her legs look to be about a quarter mile long! If I would have known about her back in the day, I may not have paid so much attention to the silly Snake & Mongoose rivalry![:-,]
And yes, I have been to Kansas. My sister moved there when I was 15 to attend KU. As we are unloading the U-Haul van, we get to stop and watch a twister, about a mile away. I asked her, are you sure you want to stay here? She did for the next 4 years,she got her degree and moved back to the right coast with us!
Got stopped by a Kansas State policeman on a subsequent visit, for going over 100 mph in a 70 zone, between Lawrence and Topeka. Got a verbal warning[;)] He took pity on a kid who lived in an area where cars couldn’t go that fast for more than a mile or 2 at a time! (He had followed me almost 10 miles!) Somehow I don’t think I could ever be that lucky today!
Time for the rack fellas,5:30 comes awful early Cya tomorrow![:D]
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It’s Tuesday, October 2, 2012
TIPTON IN
The mices in the house tell me it’s time for:
GOOD MORNING!!!
October- the Eight month history:
Middle English octobre
Latin October
Latin octo “eight” + -ber (adj. suffix)
Latin october mensis “eighth month”
October has always had 31 days.
[8-|]
Good Morning all,
Looks like we will be in the 30’s starting Sunday evening…
Some of my friends including the LHS have fallen victim to the ransom virus. Something tells me they are not running the full versions of either MacAfee or Norton, I’ll find out tonight as I drive around town to collect laptops for reformatting and re-install of the operating system.
I pulled the house plants back inside last night for winter is fast approaching……
Well almost time for me to head out.
When I get done work at 4:30 I have a job interview at 4:45. I told her I dont have time to go home and put on some nice clothes and I would be coming straight from work. She said thats no problem. So hopefully IM home around 6 tonight.
Might drop by later on tonight if I can
Jeremy
Lunchtime!
Make that [pi] and a [B] for me, Zoe dear!
Sold all that Z scale stuff today, but did not quite get the money I was hoping to get. That stuff is just too old (and worn) to be able to retrieve big money for it. The amount I got for it is OK, so I am not really unhappy with it. It does influence my plans, though, which I will have to “scale” down a bit.
My friend Lothar took me to the place, which is half an hour´s dive from our town. With the prices of gas at close to $ 9 a gallon now, I could not afford to drive there by myself. On the way, the two of us developed a business idea. Lothar commutes more than 3 hours a day to and from work, and, while he likes his job, he is sick and tied of spending so much precious time on the road. There is a need to change that! All we need is about 1 million $$$$ to build and operate a scale 1 model railroad, following the prototype of a local branch line closed in the early 1960´s. We need a hall of about 2,500 sq. ft. for that and year´s time to build that up. It would not compete with Miniatur Wunderland, as we don´t want a show layout, but show people, what real railroad operation was like in those days. Break-even would be reached at 40,000 visitors per year, with 80,000 visitors a year we´d be able to pay a nice dividend! Key problem is to find the right location - a location that already attracts a lot of folks and where this layout would be a perfect addition to make the place even more attractive. Maybe a crazy thought, but, well, I´ve got the time to investigate into such a venue.
Have a splendid day, folks!
Good morning. It’s 55° with 100% humidity. The high will be 82° and it’ll be mostly cloudy.
Nothing on my schedule today but rest. Yesterday was a busy day. I may work on the upper portion of the grain elevators main building later.
Good morning!!!
Coffee and the breakfast pile please, thanks.
Officially waiting for the tile to arrive at Menard’s[8D]. Ordered it yesterday at the urging of my wife. So, what’s that leave for me to do? Everything else in the world. First, laundry. I also best drain the pump in the pressure washer before I forget about it. That means a trip to Wally world for some RV anti-freeze, WHICH is across the street from Menard’s and right next to the Chinese buffet so I’ll plan that trip around lunch time. Hey, as cheap as fast food, less the tip. A burger, fries and a drink at Burger King yesterday cost almost $8. For less than a dollar more I can eat til I need a nap and be waited on by a girl who smiles when she takes my plate away and tries to make idle conversation before tilting her head slightly, smiles again sheepishly, then nods a couple times as she returns to her chores because even she realizes whatever she said didn’t make a whole lot of sense. At least she has an excuse [(-D], the girl at the drive up does not. Also better start the snowblower, but I think I have a bit before I need that. At least I hope.
Good morning, Diners. I will have a quick coffee before heading to the pool.
The huckleberries are small this year due to lack of rain. It takes a lot of berries to fill the bucket. Oh well, it was a beautiful day.
Sue
Good morning.
I’m glad the Diner was busy during the time I was out of town. I have a lot of catching up to do. Here goes.
Mobilman44 … Welcome to the Diner. I have enjoed your posts in the general forum. I, too, am 68. You are in Houston, and that is where I was born. You had been in Chicago, and I grew up west of there.
Dennis - PA … Welcome to the Diner. I have seen you green locos in teh general forum, and I think they are very nice. Also, your RS1 looks real.
Dan .Ne06874 … Good to see you here.
Jeff … Nice work so far on the grain elevator. I was not here to tell you my favorite for concrete color. It is Rust-Oleum Camouflage 1917 Khaki in a spray can. It has a sand / gray color. Concrete has sand in it, and this is close to that color. After spraying, I brush on a mix of india ink and rubbing alcohol. Finally, I lightly weather it. One recent project was my Union Station, and I did it that way.
Todd … You must be “stalled” with the shower stall. [swg]
Barry … Having a cold may seen funny, but it’s snot. [:-^]
JR … Glad to hear the NH I-5 is in operation.
Ray … I like the photo of the corner store and old vehicles. [bow]
JohnBoy … I like the old information about monorails. … Did you hear about the monorail company that went out of business? … Their operations were suspended. [swg]
Stan … You mentioned foggers made by MBT. I’m not familiar with that company. … The picture is still not on the wall. making other changes in teh room fist.
Dennis Choo Choo Willie … Good to see you in the Diner…
Ulrich … I hope the tooth is better. … I could not model in Z or N myself also. Too small.
Tom - PA … You mentioned bureaucracy regarding test supplies. That stuff drive me crazy. Now I hear, doctors will be required to send our medical records to bureaucrats in DC. That violates our privacy and increases givernemnt spending. Dumb stuff.
Galax
LION on 600 Volts!
Broadway Lion … I have not seen you lately. Good to see you.
Todd … Since you like Asian restaurants, I’ll tell you about a Chinese restaurant in KY in the news today. The Health Department shut it down because a witness saw employees wheeling a road kill deer into the restaurant. The must have been serving Road Kill Foo Yung. … [+o(]