Flo, I will have a [B], 3 soft shell taco’s and give Ed one as well if he makes it in.
Today was not a great day! [banghead]
Work Front Was not busy but got a couple of who care sales. But a sale is a sale right! [Y] What Chapped My Caboose was from are so called managment. Last week they changed the format of our sales tags, I think the new style is a pain in the caboose but Paul is trying. Pain to change all the tags, but I did it.
The Ash Pit part is TODAY THEY WANTED THE COLUMBUS DAY SALES TAGS BUT OUT! OK, I spent 5 hours last Tuesdays putting out the new tags (My Friday) and spent another 5 hours putting out new ones again before I go home? [banghead]
Train Front It was Take A Engine To Work Day for me! [:D] Took the PK 2000 Penn SD 7 Ed sent me. Took my simple train tools with me, should be a simple task. All I need to do was remove a weight held on with 3 screws, maybe cut and solder a few wires and re-attach the Worm Gear cover. Should be say a 30 minute shop right! [:-^] Wrong! One of the weights screw heads was stripped, could not get a grip on it. [sigh] Came so close to getting the cover back on with out getting the weight off all the way. Then the drive shaft fell out and I knew I was screwed.
Angelob6660 If it is a sound DCC engine it takes that much power to get the sound decoder going. If it is none sound you can fiddle with the CV’s. (think you can with sound decoders as well) CV 2 is one of the CV’s that will help. That is the starting voltage. There is all so a Kick Start CV. (pumps just a small burst to g
Flo, you say Ken got the last three tacos? Well, no worries. I best not chow-down on tacos at 3 AM!
How about a frosted malted milk just like they used to make at the Higbee’s Department store in Cleveland—right off the steam concourse of Union Terminal.
I have never been able to duplicate that flavor, anywhere! North Coast Custard makes a pretty good “resemblance” of the Euclid Beach Frozen Custard but I just can’t find the same great flavor of the Higbee’s Frosted Malteds…
Going back to the hornet-wasp discussion. The worst experience I have ever witnessed was a situation two summers ago when Mrs. Pullman turned out our goats into a pasture. A very short time later I heard her run out of the house. She had the phone and was calling the vet. One of the big, male goats was on the ground in shock. He had apparently stirred-up a ground nest of hornets.
By the time I got out there she had pulled this 175 pound goat away from the nest and had been stung seven times herself swatting them away from him. The poor goat only lived maybe another ten minutes.
This was a strong, healthy goat—like an ox he was—dropped in a matter of minutes!
We still feel bad and partly responsible but how would anyone know that nest was there. The buggers hide in the ground! Nasty things… one of my sons got stung several times when he picked up a piece of old wood laying on the ground when he was very young. Just never saw the nest!
Anyway… onward and upward!
On the train front: I’m about half-way through with final Hulett #4. I have to be careful as I’m getting lackluster with this one so little mistakes are creeping in. I’m checking off each step with a marker now and paying more attention. Easy to get “soft” with mundane ta
With any luck, I’ll catch the last heritage unit I need after said work today. went to blacksville WV to load, and it should be back this rventing, hopefully beforevth sun sets.
Hope everyone in the path of hurricane Matthew is safe and sound.
Nice looks like we have had some MIA come in ! Great to see everyone 1
Richard - 50+ MPH ! That is scary fast on a bike. Very impressive. Fish Tacos ? yuck. Here yall can have mine.
TCWright - They dont sell tickets on that train ? Oh how disappointing !
Angel - 34 cars ! Would love to see a photo of that train. Nice.
MoeLarry - Live and hospital - that is one word I like to here in a hopsital : ) Sounds liek a lot of headaches all those parts and then making them owrk together.
Jimmy - Hope your personnel stuff is solved and we get to see you in here more !
ZandOz - Can you do a shelf layout maybe in N scale ? Or maybe even Z scale ?
Howmus - Howdy
Ken - LOL “Mighty” Y6B, that made me smILE, sounds like Mr. Murphy visited your SD7 !
James M. nice photos !!!
Ricky W Made me laugh with yout early time . I didnt know energy spikes could set alarms off ?
Lion - That is a funny picture and comment. Lions dont eat bear claws or cheese ?
JPowell - Nice to see your back. How are things going ? What kind of Amazon store are you opening ?
V8 - It gets down to below 40 in California ?
Ed - What kind of hornets build nest in the ground. Here we see “yellow jacketets” I think they are wasp ?
For all that need prayers for health and other life challenges [angel], to those just lurking hello please stop in.
No, no, no. LIONS love Bear Claws (on or off of the Bear – depending on the size of the bear.)
LIONS do not eat Cheeze. Makes him barff.
I got rid of the ladder from my nursing office. I fell off of that last year and broke my leg. Now I have a nice platform to stand on, but there is no ladder for the cat to climb up to her window.
Sorry for not getting back in here for a few days. Got busy with a few projects, not all of them railroad-related.
Flo, could I get a club sandwhich and some cottage fries with white cheese on them and a glass of water? Thank you very much.
They are Walthers GSCs that I picked up when I was on vacation in ID last month. NP (Northern Pacific) marked and they work well in the era that I model.
Just as an aside, it is a well known fact that American English is the hardest language for a non-speaker to learn because every rule has at least one word that violates it. (e.g. i before e except after c and in words such as neighbor) It also makes it hard for an English speaker to learn a non-English language.
Railroad Projects: Had to call the place where I ordered the needed paint for a couple of projects. One of the bottles that I was sent wasn’t correct. (Ordered a green paint but I got a bottle of white paint.) Talked to an actual person after jumping through a couple of hoops and got a replacement on the way. Over the last couple of days, I have also gotten a little bit further on my new engine house. Have to bash a front door from the stock components for it as those components were too small to run an engine through.
Non-layout Projects: Got some maps scanned on Monday at our local print shop (purchased on vacation) for a possible presentation. My scanner is too small (standard multi-function printer - 8.5 x 11 or so and these maps are 11X1
The Moose Lodge was too crowded, he’s headed over to the Elks to get in on the poker game!
Yes, YGW Yellow jacket, “Vespula” are a variety of wasp. According to Wikipedia there are hundreds of thousands of varieties of wasps. Then, within the yellowjacket genera there are dozens of varieties of hornets and yellowjackets.
This weekend we pressed a half-ton of apples for cider. Wow, that attracted every wasp in the neighborhood to feed on the pulp and juice. A couple of us got stung a few times. Next year we will set up a screened-in area!
Flo. I’ll have an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please.
Just dropping in for a minute during lunch.
Yes, it can get below 40 overnight in So Cal. It’s not all that common, but it happens frequently enough. I remember frost warnings and it could get down into the 20s.
That was always a real concern to the orange growers. If one ever goes by an orange grove and sees a propellor mounted on a tall pole, it’s to keep he air moving during frost times so the frost doesn’t settle on the oranges and ruin the crop.
Every winter there would always be a day or two that the snow would get below the 3000 ft level, which could mess with the Grapevine and Cajon Pass.
Unfortunately, I have to run.
Hello to everyone, and thanks YGW, I appreciate the sentiment.
Well our warm weather is now gone and we have about 45F with a strong NW wind that Johnboy has sent our way. Hard to believe that it was 79F on Monday. We did get the last of the shrubs planted though. I also made another attempt at caulking the leaking skylight. My first attempt stop one leak but another turned up. So back on the roof and another tube of slicone was applied to the gasket area. I think it had deteriorated over time but I had been reluctant to put on the caulk as I was afraid it might be visible inside. It worked!! No leaks in the rain last night. Hope I didn’t tempt fate there.
I thought I had fixed the power pickup on the light mountain by fixing the tender pickup but I was wrong. So I replaced the wipers on the loco with a new set that I had ordered in the summer as I was suspicious that there was a problem with them. One solder was broken but that didn’t fix the problem so I had to take out the old and install the new. It was a little fiddly but I got it done and it did fix the problem. I was pleasantly surprised that Bachmann had the parts for 10 year old loco and it was easy to order them on their website.
We went out birding this morning at the local nature reserve and had a very pleasant time. We saw 18 species in about an hour and then had a very nice late breakfast in the cafe they have on site. It was a lot nicer out this morning than it is now.
I hope Rob in Georgia is doing ok. It has been a long time since we have heard from him.
Lion wrote “LIONS love Bear Claws (on or off of the Bear – depending on the size of the bear.)” Made me laugh out loud!!! Why does Lion not like cheese ? I LOVE cheese.
CN Charlie - What type of skylight do you have ?
UP831 - : ) Glad you stopped back in ! I had no idea it got down into teh 20s! I tought SCal was like the song - always sunny ! I do not understand snow gets below 3000’ ? Here if it snows it snows everywhere. At sea level to teh tops of teh mtns.
Ed - How many bushels is in a 1/2 ton ? Our local farmers say it takes a bushel of apples to get a gallon of apple cider. Is this what you expierence ? What do you do with the pulp ? The locals give it to the black angus or Hereford that is raised here. LOL Loved the comment moose going to the Elk lodge [(-D]
Flo, I will have a [B] and give Ed one if he makes it in.
Wasted this day off. [sigh] Just felt like Caboose all day. Not sick, just could not get up a head of steam. Spent more time trying to nap than anything. Did a tad of running, only spent maybe 45 minutes out of the house.
Feet Front New Diabetic shoes are causing all sort of problems. Will be going in for the thrid re-fitting for the inserts Thursday. They keep cuasing some really nasty blisters. I have had them now for around 3 weeks and only wore them maybe 5 days? Go back to the old shoe for the right foot and the wound shoe for the left. Left foot has the ulcer on the hammer toe on the toe next to the big one.
Train Front.
Ed used my better Harbour Freight (only the best for my trains [(-D] ) screw drivers set and did get the screw out! [:D] Not sure if I will have to remove the decoder. or if I can get the drive shaft back in with all the wires hooked up. May fiddle with it later tonight.
I Love Sound Engines! But just one at a time. Tryed running the Might Y6b with the B&O F7’s, just sounds like a racket. Still need to get the Y6b on the programing track and turn down the sound. Maybe that will help?
YGW, the company is Mac Skylights in Edmonton. I think they mainly do commercial not residential units. They do make a nice unit though for our climate being triple instead of just double layers and very heavy plastic. We had to go custom as one unit is 3’ square and the other 2’ square. They are both about 25 years old.
I am joining Ken’s club, in that I have another loco problem, the chuff sound has disappeared from my BLI light mike. It happened a while ago when a reset fixed it but not this time. I sent a message to BLI so hopefully they have a fix that doesn’t involve a return. Mind you the engine runs fine so hopefully a decoder exchange will do the trick if there isn’t some other reset possible.
Good evening. This was the first day of traveling with no rain. As it turns out, had we stayed three more days in northern Saskatchewan, we would now be enjoying 8 inches of fresh wet snow. Wife talked to friends while I was checking into the motel and they said they had just retrieved their fifth wheel travel trailer and pulled their rental boats out of the water before the snow came today.
Did get to watch a mixed freight cross the Missouri River at Souix City this morning. No pictures as I was driving down I-29 in traffic at the time we saw the train.
Spent the afternoon with my step-sister and her husband. Topped off the visit with a piece of cherry pie.
Today’s picture is of a National Railcar Equipment Company diesel located in the Pas yard of the Hudson Bay Railroad. The second picture is of a five stall roundhouse at the Pas. The roundhouse has no turntable but rather relies on switcches to line up the individual stalls. The facility is still in use.
I am sure some of you have missed me, others were thankful I was gone for a while.
First, condolences and prayers to all who needed/need them. SOme have had some trying times, I guess.
I have only briefly skimmed the notes when possible, but have really had no time to write anything. I have been busy, especially with medical stuff, mostly, nad when not having days filled with MULTIPLE medical Appts. I ahve been working on the house.
Brief updates:
medical:
this has NOT been my year! after spending 15 weeks trying to get over pneumonia, then having the neck surgery, then in the car accident, then MULTIPLE xrays {about 150} and SEVERAL MRIs {about 20} and PT for the accident {once for neck, once for shoulder, twice now for the back due soley to the accident}; I have more surgery coming up onthe 26th of this month {that will slow me down} for the non-injured shoulder; surgery in Dec for the knee {torn ACL and Torn MCL ligaments} MAYBE; It is definite, I am now diabetic {A1C @ 7.5}; check in nad appts for BARIATRIC surgery {who knows what when, we are exploring options here and in SYracuse}; htings are a bit haywire with the urologist {no cancer yet, , just BPH< kidney problems, and other issues}…I have literally had medical appts all day longEVERY BUSINESS day from as early as 6:30 am until as late as 7:30 pm. Of course, as many of you know, that can mean some hurry up nad wait time too. I mean literraly I have spent ALL DAY, EVERY BUSINESS day in the hospital or doctors office!!! This month isn’t over, has only 31 dAYs, nad I already have had or have coming up 32 medical appts, including surgery!
This is about the first break I’ve had to even check the computer, and I have 4,500 emails arcross 3 screennames to wade through. IF i have been on, its been late or early morning {we get up around 3 am…} to order stuff for the house.Thank goodness banking/credit unioning c
It looks like a reunion for people who have been absent for a while Good to see everybody.
Galaxy … You are missed… That’s a long post with various thnngs happening in your life. I’ll read it more carefully in the morning. … Ulrich is taking a break from the forum but not banned,
Ulrich… If you see this, I hope you are okay,
Alvie is in Florida with the storm. I hope he is okay. Bad timing,
Just a question tonight fellas, I’m trying to save some frustration in deciding what I should replace my old HP. printer copier with.
It has gotten quite tired and I would like to replace it with one that I could print some decals on. I know there has been alot of talk here over the years but didn’t seem to be much of a concensus on the subjet.
Could some of you make a suggestion to me what brand and possible model I should be looking at. Hopefully not to fancy, but one that will do the job fairly well in printing, copying and decal making. I don’t want to start another thread on the subject, just need a few informed answers.
I await your informed replies.
Great to see that Galaxy is still on top of the grass as well. I would go absolutley nuts if I had his problems.
Galaxy, Ulrich, I believe got banned for a short while but he isn’t now. He is just on a bit of a health sabbitical. You have remained in our thoughts and prayers, hope those health issues really improve for you. Then you can handle the rest more appropriately.
Moonboy, you are right, the weather here right now is really shi__y. quite chilly, right around freezing and snow freezing rain for several days now and forcast to continue into the week-end. Glad you got out of the North when you did. How good/bad was the rice harvest this year?
Garry, did you cancel your Florida trip on account of the storm? Hope Alvie is OK.
Will try to get back in on the week-end, while at work.
