Good Evening from clear 45
Good evening all,
Long two hours today as we struggled to get an update done on an application. Kept shooting ourselves in the foot, but we succeded. Good thing as we had a deadline of next week. Possibly pushed that one too close. Cold icky weather. Talked to Lucas again. He sounded more upbeat. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
March Madness: Been a St. John’s fan since the kids attended the school. The “Storm” started the regular season great but didn’t quite make a decent showing in the NIT or NCAA (playoff to enter) game. Hope your team does well.
Mornin’ boys. Breezy, damp, and cool along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Will be at the office today. Had a nice visit with folks, then spoke with Fifepup last night. He’s halfway through Marine Mechanics school, enjoys his job at Angler’s Resort, and is dating a nice gal.
Did get my Marx “Springfield” (Girard) and “Romney” (Oak Park) stations wired up and working last night. The whistling station sounded pretty good, the diesel horn station works, but nothing sounding like a horn. Kinda a monotone “blaaaa”. Perhaps I’ll post a Morse Code chart next to the Marx double control panel, reasoning it’s a signal sound.
Phish - Received the Washington a couple Christmas ago from my mom, hence I named it “Millie”. Runs great, smokes sometimes, just wish they came with headlamps. Don’t have (nor desire) the set cars. I prefer the “600” series cars, with tin colored journal boxes, to run behind the blue 4-4-0.
Hey, a happy Friday and TGIF!!
Phish - I didn’t dilute the initial application to the foam board I kinda put a thin layer of glue on the board with a foam brush and sprinkled the gravel and then the turf on the board. Once both the turf and gravel are on, I’ll get the diluted stuff in a spray bottle and spray a light covering on it. I have recovered as much I could and there are NO bare spots, so, I’m satisfied with the technique I was taught in Florida.
So this weekends project will include getting a darker green turf and finish up the Spooky Town section and will be stopping at Michaels and Hobby Lobby for lychen and turf. I’m putting my flat screen on a shelf so it’ll be up a bit more and some frames for some road runner pictures and a glass for a frame I broke.
Once Spooky Town is done, I can move on to the Christmas Village. I’ll be spending the week at my house, I have to babysit some repitles for a friend, so that’s why I’ll be home. As a bonus, I can actually do some layout work before bed.
I’m still gathering more items that either out of scale or not needed. Once I have them out of the attic, they’ll go on either Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace and I have a bunch of stuff…lol
Have to go back to work, I have a Honda that’s giving me issues…go figure…
Morning, 37, full sun and heading to 50 today on The North Bluff.
I went with Mark to Menards yesterday and we bought everything to replace the rotten cedar 10’x16’ deck on the house with new treated wood. Called the kids for some help on the tear down and re-build??? We will see how that works out?? [(-D] Waiting on weather to do it but all the material is here and stacked in the shed to dry out some. It should go good, just a take down and replace just as it is. The original frame work is fine, just the cedar is bad. My thought is to prep as much of the wood as I can before so it will be pull and replace.
Menards had the 11% off so I scored another $60.00 of Menards money for other projects. [Y]
On the way home we stopped and walked the Ritchie auction site for next weeks equipment auction but did not see anything I have to have.
Best get!
Have a great Friday!
I cleaned and vacumed my layout yesterday. I had put it off way too long.
Afternoon all!
Sunny here and to hit mid-70’s today. Rain on tap for tomorrow. Yard sort of needs it. All weeds - put some weed suppressor out last week - some effect…
No dogs in the March madness this year.
Did some cosmetic repair on a BNSF trackmoble yesterday. One of the wheel decorative hubs was lost so turned a new one on the mini-lathe, painted it yellow, and superglued it on.
Kev - if the treated wood is still damp and you plan to use a water based stain/protectorant on it, you might do it while the wood is still damp - it will absorb better as it dries. I have had good luck with Flood (recently) or Sherwin-Williams (altho I seem to recall you had some bad exp with SW).
Kev,I’d keep that wood damp until it’s fastened down. It will twist like a pretzels. Learned that the hard way. The only thing I got from complaining was " You should have kept it wet "
Thanks guys, Like always things are not what they seemed. [:O]
Pulled all the rails and pickets off this morning and saved most of the SS deck screws from them. The deck plate I will not be able to save any because they are full of stain and some had been sanded down when I did one re-stain.
Then I found out the sub-frame face plats are rotted to, F#$king b+&%ards did not use treated ? So I had to pull that off to figure out if the stringers are treated, if not it will be a complete re-build, WTH??? [:S]
I think the stringers are treated looking at them but the face plates were not. So maybe I will be better off than I thought? All I have left is about half of the deck boards to pull and it will all be open for inspection. Just got to do what I got to do at this point. [banghead]
Seems some say don’t stain for a year and others say stain right away??? Wonder who is right?
This stuff was frozen and still had ice on it, (why I stacked it in the shed) it will take months for the trearment liquid to dry out of it from what I am told. Heck if I know???
My friend Mark is heading to Huston tomorrow to visit with his daughter so I will finish the tear down and we will discuss what to do next when he gets back next week. Just taking it slow and I should have it down to the frame tomorrow.
Tomorrow!
Kev - if you are going to use an oil based stain then you have to let it dry out.
The water based stains will only soak in (after) drying by scuffing the surfaces.
Thanks Roy! I don’t think you can even get oil base anymore, can you?
Good Evening from beautiful 41°F Southern Ohio,
It has been a good day. Did Stations of the Cross and Divine Mercy Chaplet with the Elementary School kids, and Mass with the High School kids. I went to Lowes for some pegboard and got a great deal on a Kobalt 200 pc Mechanics set in a blow mold case regularly $240 for $58. Lowes is going away from Kobalt to Craftsman and selling off the Kobalt stuff CHEAP.
Good evening all,
Relatively quiet day at work. Foyt did their usual road course performance…bad. Wife and I put a puzzle together tonight. That was nice. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Sun and 40s today. Oatmeal for breakfast.
S.J.
Hello there,
just finished breakfast.
Slept most of yesterday and didn’t feel to bad so I went to fry fish last evening. My nephew who has been helping did most of the frying so I wasn’t in the heat as much. Had planned on leaving early but stayed to the end. We expected a light crowd due to the weather but put 838 through the line. It didn’t end till 730. I’m guessing the TV coverage last weekend had something to do with it. One of the floor workers told of a couple that came from Dubois, 2 hours away, because of the TV. They said they’ll be back.
Nephew put the new fuel lines on the Tahoe this morning. When we had it on the lift last week the brake lines on the rear axle looked pretty rough. I ordered a set of stainless lines to replace them. Going to do that before heading to York.
Still not feeling the best and Mrs seems to be catching it too. Not sure what the rest of the day will bring, probably not much.
Best move on.
Prayers for those in need.
Afternoon folks!
Overcast, intermittent rain, mid-60’s today.
Made bacon, waffles, and scrambled eggs (w/cheese) for the family this morning. Made a nice start to the day.
Had an old friend drop in today. He had been out of touch most of the last year. Found out he went and stayed in Michigan/Detroit area as his 80+yr old parents encountered a spate of medical problems. They are better and he was able to return. Keepin his fingers crossed they stay stable. It was good to catch up.
Other than that have not done much other than read the papers and watch TCM.
Looking forward to York!
Back from Edgecombe. Worked with chainsaw bent over too long for an old guy.
Rest and TV.
Returned last night from Lexington, KY in time to see my beloved Purdue Boilermakers put the hammer down hard on last year’s NCAA champion Villanova. [yeah]
The new train room is taking shape. There are 10 outlets installed around the perimeter of the room. The lighting is LED.
Have a good day.
WOW, temp jumping up fast. 50 degrees and sunny. Beautiful day.
Resting up from yesterday’s work.
Have a good one.