Seeing the chief slept thru the posting time. I’ll start it for him.
Good evening all,
Seeing that the thread is started, I will jump in at the second position on the grid.
Mike C. from Indiana
No I didn’t was waiting for midnight. Busy on the computer. Seems some fuss if I post too soon. Just like a Carpetbagger.
exuses, excuses as it was after midnight when I posted you woke up about 12:30 and go oh I almost forgot let me get it. and you have always started it the night before around 10 P.M.
Morning anyway Chief and thanks for the rain yesterday that I asked you to send , we got a good rain.
Mornin’ boys. Sunny & humid in the Mid-Atlantic region. Got some “moments” in the dentist chair ahead of me, as now I’m dealing with a gum issure. (it’s either one end or the other…)
TGIF - y’all enjoy your weekend.
Yes RT, we had a big rain late last night. Another reason I was late to the Pot. Dogs had to go out and back in. Deer to feed too. Quit raining about midnight.
Why don’t you start the new Pots each month. You visit here more than I do. [tup]
Fifey, get well.
All have a good one. Suppose not to have any Mayoring duties today [we’ll see].
Later.
I thought about starting the pot around 11pm because I wanted a donut with my oatmeal, but thought I’d let his majasty have the honor.
After 2 weeks of dry, we finally got some rain overnight. 80s today.
S.J.
Dr. apt at 11:20 at last!
be good
Happy July1st all,
Had breakfast out this AM with train buddies. Going to see Helen for lunch. Gave myself permission to stay home yesterday.
Ray
Been a while since I looked here. I have built a lovely boxcab diesel and refurbished a bad Marx CV since then, and really am curious to see whatall everyone else has been up to.
Afternoon Guys,
Back from Doctor visit. Told me I am pretty much screwed for two week to two months. Gave me some heavy pain meds called NORCO. Just took one so we will see if it is worth anything soon. Using my Tens unit to help with the pain as well.
tinplatacis,
My parts from the Train Tender show out for delivery so I will have some light duty train work I can do on the pre-war Flying Yankee set. This set is in fair shape and could be made to look real good if I did a repaint but I don’t know if it will add or remove value by painting it?
This one is ready for a tender and it will be good to go.
If you’re asking my opinion on whether to repaint or not, best I can tell you is that I 'bash all sorts of common stuff, but I have not seen many of those Yankees. The way I see it, if it has more than 70% of the paint still, leave it be.
Kev I’m glad you finally went to the doctor. Repaints always lower the value. So unless it’s really bad I wouldn’t paint.
Weekend is here and Log-in is acting up again. It must be on a timer.
S.J.
The drug is working SJ, thanks! What I hate about drugs are they cover the pain and you tend to do more than you should so it slows the healing process.
Here is a closer p
Cooler now, the heat wave we had is over for the time being. High 80’s now, seems like hotter.
I am excited about getting air conditioning and anxious to work on installing it but no work on that for 4 days. One day we went shooting, I have to keep my friend Bill happy and we probably won’t go again for awhile as he has to take care of his girlfriend and neighbor as she is getting a hip replacement.
The other 3 days working on my car, the battery terminal was terribly corroded, then the battery needed charging, then it turned out the battery had a bad cell. I am lucky I didn’t get stranded away from home. It barely started when I left bulletin stuffing this morning.
So when home I bought a new battery and now my troubles are over. Pep Boys is having a sale on batteries right now. Normally 122, with the sale 82.58 + Calif. Tax 9.27 = 91.85.
Good evening all !
Good day at the museum operations wise, just be glad when the medics ever get it figured out with my issues.
The DCS was upgraded to Rev 5.0 so I put it to test a SD70 Ace Triple header. She never skipped a beat during her every other hour runs and my Atlas SD35 Triple header ran just as well.
Fife, Don’t confuse which doc you are going to on any given day, could be embarrassing. [:$] Uke time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLgJ7pk0X-s
Not much else need to rustle-up some grub.
Good evening all,
Went to the Indiana State Museum today. Weather was nice. Mowed the yard when I got home. KRM, I know what you mean about the pain meds. As far as the restore or not question, I have had some restoration work done on common pieces but a Zephyr…??? Not so sure. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello there,
belated TGIF!!!
On a 3 day weekend no less!!! No parades,baseball games,drags or hillclimbs to go to…Hope to get some wayyyyyy behind yard work done. Picnic on Monday, not sure whos coming yet. might be just Mrs, Mom and me.
Last weekend Grandson got 1st on his old machine but struggles with the new one. rider and pit crew (me) errors put him middle of the packon it. Had a great time at the hill Sunday. I took the camper and the whole family showed up for a picnic.
Tuesday Mrs got to watch all 4 all day by herself…She was a bit frazzled till I got home
Last time I talked with son he was planning on spendig the weekend making hay. May get involved with that. Sunday is my turn to count collection and deposit it.
Got mom signed up for respite care while Mrs & I make our annual trip to Delaware Seashore State Park… Also got hospice checking to see if she is eligible for their assistance. Looks good so far…
Chief…send some o them veggi
Banks, a nice collection of kiddies there.
All have a safe holiday.
S.J.
HAPPY 4th WEEKEND !!!
Been awhile since I posted, (my bad). Sure sorry to see all the pain and stuff Kev has been going through! Glad to see you got to the Dr and only have a prognosis of discomfort for a couple of weeks or worse case months. I find it so amazing how the body mends itself, time consuming but miraclous.
Speaking of mending, I finally got the Drs convinced and approvals for a built up right shoe, 3/4". Boy, does it ever make a difference! I feel level, balanced, and stand/walk so much better. My gait has even picked up. Kay and her mom have commented I am walking like I use to.
Only have had a couple of “emergency” calls on the Dr’s layout since I finished it. He and his son, were a little upset that it wasn’t working right. (One track was shorting out the transformer, and also none of the accessories were working.) Went out there and found a small brad wedged between the center rail and base of a Bascule bridge, causing the short. They were doing some scenery stuff and lost the brad. The accessories were not working because one of the bricks for the ZW-C transformer was unplugged from the power strip. So they were somewhat embarrassed, but thankful. The Dr wants me to come out and do some training classes for the two of them, (with pay). So I dont have a problem with that. Even though I have provided him with a User’s manual, and also a detailed wire list of every wire on the layout. Neither one of them has any background with electrical or electronics. The son is a “Intellectual Properties” attorney. The son mad mention that he would bring his phone to record the entire session. Well that’s not going to happen! No recording! As a matter of fact, I wanted to do a last update to the manual and wire list, so in doing that, I am going to include plenty of “Proprietory and Confidential” stateme