[color=blue]GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!## April 16th, 2015![/color]## [color=green]for those in need:## HEALING ENERGIES,## POSITIVE THOUGHTS,## FOR Johnboy, Ulrich,## FOr those in need,## The candles are lit![/color]### bibliogony
PRONUNCIATION:
(bib-lee-OG-uh-nee)
MEANING: noun: The art of producing or publishing books. Also known as bibliogenesis.
USAGE: “The author also appreciates the liberal expenditures of the company for the publication of the volume in an excellent style of bibliogony.”
Miland Austin Knapp; Teeth Regulation; 1900.
Today’s Quote:
The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic – in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea – known to medical scie
Anybody have plans for their layouts and/or trains for the next few days?
I am still working on my layout extension. I am doing very little at a time with that project. … Currently, I also have some hopper cars to assemble. I just received a supply of Kadde couplers in the mail.
Looks like another Mister Beasley’s Busy Day! I’ve already got lunch planned with a bunch of us retirees and a couple of others from work, and now I’ve got “the call” that all goalies must heed, so I’ve got a game at 8 tonight. Good thing I’m retired and feeling younger every day, huh?
Temperatures in the 60s, even 70s predicted for Saturday. It’s definitely time to re-wrap my handlebars with new tape and put a bit of WD-40 on the chain. The winding road does call. Down quite a few pounds since last summer, I’m really looking forward to riding again to lose even more.
I may take apart that Life-Like tank car and start prepping it for its new life as the MOW water car. It’s a fine day for some outdoor spray painting.
Good morning diners. Had the first basement waterproofing contractor come by the house yesterday afternoon. He was a character. Marine veteran of Iraq 2 who has worked in construction since he was 12 years old. He is getting ready to make his professional debut as a boxer in his mid thirties as a middleweight. The approach for water proofing was exactly what I was looking for. Plastic sheet membrane nailed to the concrete block drapped over the footings with lots of gravel and a good drainage piping network to a sump pump. The cost will no doubt be a shocker.
Ken, the ancient camelback in the Museum of Transportation is about the scariest looking engine I have ever seen. It looked like a death trap the first time I visited in the early 1970’s before it was fixed up my the museum staff. Even restored it still looks scary. Never though it would be any fun sitting on the top of the middle of a steam boiler. With the type of insulation available when the thing was built, the cab had to be an inferno year around. Bet they had no overweight enginers. The firemen probably had a more comfortable working platform.
Garry, plan on trying to get a second turnout fabricated and spiked down. This one will go faster now that I have a better idea what needs to be done. Kind of like building turnouts after the first one.
Time to get to work on the layout as the MOH is getting her hair done this morning.
Jim
p.s. Here is a view of the National Museum of Transportation when no one else visits. It was about 10 degrees and the end of January about three years ago. Even received a pass to return anytime in the future free for coming out in such nasty weather to view the museum, a place I had not seen since about 1973. Lots of changes over the years for the better. Kind of a counterpoint to Ken’s excellent picture taken with green leaves and blue sky.
Zoe, I’ll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes with real NYS Maple Syrup, a couple sausage links, and lots of Marrakesh Express dark roast coffee for my R&GV RR miug this morning.
I slept until 8:30 this morning. Don’t think I ever rolled over or changed positions at all… At least that is what my shoulder and back told me when I did get up. Currently 62°F outside and on it’s way up to 72°F later this afternoon!
I have already checked the water down cellar, and the flow has slowed down considerably. Maybe the floor will dry up today. I think the next major work on the old house will be to seal the foundation. I may ask the contractor I have to give a look at it and an estimate.
[color=red]Galaxy[/color], I like today’s quotes! All are very good ones. Robert Fulgum was one my late wife was really into. I like his attitude and views on life myself and have read (several times) several of his books. I believe he was the one that coined the term “Voluntarily Mandatory”. That is something you have to do because you have to do it, not because somebody else forces you to do it, just because it is part of being a good member of the community of life. I try to remember that concept in my life. (Not sure I’m always successful, but I try!)
[color=red]Garry[/color], I hope to get a few minutes to continue the scenery around Keuka Creek on the layout and finish up a long list of stuff for the convention I need to get done. won’t be long (less than a week) before I will need to get the lawn mower out… Things are turning green here in the Finger Lakes Region.
I discovered yesterday how to add the insert under my post. Every now and again I tell people about my fictional railroad.
I made the G.N.O. Railway back in 2002 and don’t take shape until 2006. Although I model the Union Pacific/BNSF and Conrail, it doesn’t stop me to try to require freight cars or diesels. If I had any to model the 1,011 mile Class II rail line that works with the Norfolk Southern.
It will be my retirement layout. I don’t know if it’s going to be HO or N Scale.
Oh, [color=red]James[/color], I was going to mention on the Camelbacks it was very much the engineer who was in danger most often. It was so hot in that cab that in summer most engineers actually operated the loco while sitting on the window frame with much of their body outside the oven called the cab… What happened commonly was that the engineer would fall out of the cab and was seriuosly hurt or killed. Of course the train would keep on going down the track at whatever settings the enigineer had put them last. Most often the Fireman had no idea what had happened so the first clue would be when the train just kept barreling right through the next station. The fireman could set brakes from where he was but not control the other controls, so the fireman would set the brakes to emergency, dump the fire, and then bail if he could!
The only advantage of the Camelback Locos was that they burned Culm, a waste product of anthracite mining, that was mostly rock with a bit of coal in it. The railroad got for free or at very little cost so again it was profit outwaying the value of the lives of the people who worked for the company!
A warm day out today which is nice on a day off. Did some stuff outside this morning and worked on a couple freight cars. Havenyou ever had a kit that just wants to fight you on every step, for me it was a accurail hopper. I usually don’t get a hassle from them but this one was a bit of a pain. looks good and runs good so in the end I guess that’s what counts.
Howmus, thanks for the prospective on the camelbacks. I always wondered why the Reading used them but free waste fuel would provide plenty of incentive.
Just a quick little note. Wanted to stop by and say HOWDY to everyone. Hope you folks are all ok, safe, and warm. I am still having fun here in temporary land.
Sure do miss my trains though. Worst thing about the move… is no trains! Ya never know how bad an addiction is until you dont have it anymore. Thankfully, there is NO cure for this ‘disease’ as some call it.
I feel like the cookie monster and no cookies! And my trash can house is a Glad Bag. [(-D]
[color=blue]GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!## April 17th, 2015![/color]## [color=green]For those in need:## HELAING ENERIES,## POSITIVE THOUGHTS## for Ulrich, for others,
FOr Johnboy,## the candles are lit.[/color]### codex
PRONUNCIATION:
(KOH-deks)
MEANING: noun: A manuscript volume (as opposed to a scroll), especially of an ancient text.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin codex (tree trunk, wood block, book). Earliest documented use: 1581.
USAGE:
“The most legendary is the Voynich manuscript (a handwritten codex carbon-dated to the 15th century and thought to have originated in Central Europe), which cryptographers have still yet to solve.”
David Kushner; The Web’s Deepest Mystery; Rolling Stone (New York); Jan 29, 2015.
Todya’s quote:
Never lend books – nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent
Only Galaxy above since last night. I’ll leave at 8 its 7:45 here for bulitin stuffing at the big church I go to. Mostly senors we put inserts into the bulletins along with a lot of conversation.
a beautiful day out today, just a touch cool with the wind but has a nice spring smell to it. I don’t have much to do yard work wise as I cleaned it all last weekend so it’s just keep it clean now and wait until flowers can get planted. A package from the hobby shop came this morning but they left a tag saying pick it up and that I wasn’t home. I was in the kitchen eating breakfast and didn’t hear them.
off to do laundry and clean the house, I have the f1 practise on right now. I might work on the railroad after. I work at 5am tomorrow so have to get to bed early tonight.
Zoe, I’ll have the egg and ham breakfast sandwich today and a large pot of Seneca Lake Blend dark roast coffee please…
[color=red]Galaxy[/color], I need to correct your grammer sir… In the words of Dr. Samuel Johnson, paused to rest on a London park bench one hot summer’s day, his profusely sweating bulk caused a young woman sitting next to him to accuse him of smelling. ‘‘No, Madam,’’ he replied. ‘‘You smell, I stink.’’
Been already sending out a few pleading emails this morning to Convention Committee members who have not done their jobs! One of them also just recieved an email from another Committee member letting him know he will need a check to pay for the Bus for the Museum Tours very soon. Maybe if everal of us start bugging nhim again and again he will start getting his stuff done… Maybe? I told him he needs to help me get my blood pressure back to a safe level!
Also got an email from the contractor. He was letting me know that he heard back from the insurance adjuster and I will be getting another check for the additional damage that is being corrected . He also gave me a time table on completion of his work. Hopefully most will be done by the end of next week. I will be very glad to get all the living room stuff out of the dining room and my office!
Currently cloudy and sprinkly at 55°F here in the Finger Lakes. Will get up to 70°F in theory later this afternoon. I have a meeting at school on the MLK Scholarship Applicants this afternoon and then will be going to calling hours for the Husband of an old friend of mine.
Garry - It would be a HAPPY day when I am to busy MRR, Oh that, that were case with me. Unfortunately w**k is killing me. 6 am to 7pm. Then 1.5 hour drive home [sigh]
Howmus - [swg] smell stinl LOL that was funny.
Galaxy - Oh that is what Codex means !! Thanks
Douglas Howdy back to ya.
Everyone - Refills and Moms Apple pie on me. All you can drink and eat.
I’m just resting. All this skiing and hockey has me worn out. Not enough sleep last night and now I need a nap.
We’ve got a storm door handle that won’t stay closed because it’s got a broken spring inside. I took the mechanism to the hardware store, but I couldn’t find a drop-in replacement, and I don’t want to replace the whole door. So, I bought a C-clip extractor and I’ll try taking the mechanism apart to fix the broken spring.
