BigGRacing
Aka. Gary Russell
LHS mentioned a turntable to me this aft, $350 for a 120 foot one......little out of my price range still.turntable last
LHS mentioned a turntable to me this aft, $350 for a 120 foot one......little out of my price range still.turntable last
AND IT LOOKS TO BE A MIGHTY FINE HOLE!It's a Hole!!
I'm of an age where I call someone else to to it! LOLTo all of you men of a certain age I have a question. Does it always seem to take 2 or 3 days after stressing one's muscles before you really feel the pain of overexertion?
Karl - the thing I always need to be on the lookout for when I overtax my back, is: shooting pains, numbness and/or tingling in the left leg. That's the symptom of a pinched L5 disc that has swollen up and is pressing against the spinal cord. Interestingly enough, the last time that happened to me was ~5 days after I [single-handedly] hefted a Rubbermaid tub full of heavy-duty extension cords into a trailer during a FCSME knock-down at Timonium after a show. All because I was in a hurry and didn't want to wait for one of the other guys to be available to help me with that task, d'oh! Luckily I already had an ortho doc who could give me a cortisone injection, since this wasn't the first time I'd gotten this injury. General soreness in the back muscles never lasted more than a day or two, if even that.Good morning gang!
To all of you men of a certain age I have a question. Does it always seem to take 2 or 3 days after stressing one's muscles before you really feel the pain of overexertion? I drugged the old washer up the basement steps on Monday and put it on the trailer to go to the dump Yesterday I was ok but today my back is killing me!
Guy, I can show you what the skirting looks like today on the 3 east-west "horizontal" aisles. If what you mean by "finished product" is a fully-decorated layout surface populated with trains, that's gonna be another 2 or 3 months - depending on how many evenings and weekends I end up having at my disposal.. . .
Ken - Please offer up an area photo of your layout when you've got all the skirting on. I'd like to see the finished product.
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I don't have the muscle pain but I run out of gas sooner than I use to and may take a day to recoup.Good morning gang!
To all of you men of a certain age I have a question. Does it always seem to take 2 or 3 days after stressing one's muscles before you really feel the pain of overexertion? I drugged the old washer up the basement steps on Monday and put it on the trailer to go to the dump Yesterday I was ok but today my back is killing me!
Hey IBKEN - Tylenol it is for both the Spousal Unit and myself now. It is O.K. - just does not seem to work as fast nor last as long as Advil. I could almost get instant relief from one Advil whereas the Tylenol seems to take an hour for results?Sorry to hear that those blood thinners prevent you from taking taking ibuprofin; I suppose tylenol doesn't do squat to relieve pain?
Wait, what? I take a vacation and now there's another MILW modeling Steve in Minnesota? What has happened.Back from the trip yesterday, and decided to take a 26 mile bike ride from Wayzata to St. Bonifacius, MN.
I have seen this problem before,you have a nice weathered piece close up,a bit of work that you really feel good about,but in the surrounding area at a distance is lost.Good Afternoon Everyone.......very nice day here in this part of Wisconsin. Just came home from the cabin and Cathy drove home and she likes to test the local and state enforcement Officers' radar equipment. But, she's carefully and we get home safe. The storms just went north of us last night but lots of lighting and thunder. Maybe a half inch of rain.
Went to our favorite Pizza place and we were disappointed with the lack of toppings and service. Then on Friday we stopped at a real Hole-In-The-Wall bar and grill and had scallops, potato, rye bread and cottage cheese for $12.00. We got maybe a dozen and a half very nice sized scallops. The bar is a local joint and we are not locals, but everyone treated us ok. The bartender remembered us after over a year of not visiting the place.
Ticks were extremely bad and Cathy, the dog and myself had ticks to remove . Everyone is commenting on how bad the ticks are this year. The weather at first was bad, cold and windy and then became almost perfect. Brown and Black ticks.
Funny Riley has two identical sleeping beds and will not use the one at the cabin, but will use the one at home. It was hard to leave the cabin this morning, bright sun and very mild temperatures.
Just catching up on the Forum.
Allen: I like all the details on that new brass locomotive and the yard switcher is a fine model as well. I like the SP color schemes thye uesed o their diesels.
Chet: I am happy to hear that Molly is staying in the yard and enjoys being with other people. Riley is loose at the cabin but, didn't listen to Cathy a couple of times and wandered off, even unlike her normal habits. Riley can be very stubborn at times and not listen to commands.
Bud: Very glad to hear Bud is feeling better....eating is always a great sign that a dog is feeling better.
McLeod: Speaking of Vancouver BC, that is my favorite city of all that I have visited. We stayed one night in a hotel that was near a large rail yard and we walked across the yard to a Keg Restaurant. We could see the restaurant from our hotel window. On the way back a Police Officer stopped us for walking across the rails and we explained that we were from out of town and he walked us back to our hotel. A very pleasant man and before he left us he told us we had trespassed and not to try it again and then wished us real great trip.
The Keg Restaurants are our favorite causal dinning restaurants and visited the Keg restaurants when in Vancouver and Toronto. When we were in Phoenix, AZ we found a Keg in Chandler. Great Prime Rib dinners.
I need to read the latest posts in the May Forum and add more comments.
Have to run..................
Greg
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Busy Junction on the CM&N Railroad. The tunnel portal is weathered, but with the camera andlighting it doesn't show up.-Greg
Wow I have never been such a bad neighbour that the others just up sticks and left......laughs out loudI've mentioned before, we used to live in a place named Riverton, Missouri. We lived on route Y, and the population was 12. It's now considered an extinct town.
Does it have to be a working one, I saw someone doing a real place,and they had costing issues also they modelled a static one instead,looked the business,and it could be a place holder until a working one was affordableLHS mentioned a turntable to me this aft, $350 for a 120 foot one......little out of my price range still.
Bodybuilders purposely tear muscle to build it up the repair gives extra,I think as we get older we see no positive side to pain,and are more aware of the dangers,and yes the pain takes longer to heal or easier to retest,I carry buckets of water and heavy kit for gardening,I wear sensible shoes and often wellies because of all the stinging nettles I can usually walk into,and my wrist,my hands,a sore hip or back can often be explained by over exertion, best eat a good protein meal it helps recovery in a long term sense,I prefer to not try drugs as I have a nasty habit of being allergic to them,luckily penicillin and pain killers so far are not on that list my mum was allergic to the penicillin family and in her day that caused her a lot of issues. Hell nowadays I only wear high heels on good flat pavements as I cannot afford to mess up an ankle, a friend got drunk fell over her mates dog ended up with 6 weeks and a major knee op, she was a karate black belt well she can’t do that anymore she now walks with a limp,my 4 in heels sit forlorn and abandoned in the back of the cupboard, and will likely never see the light of day again grrr did not notice I hit underline...I don't have the muscle pain but I run out of gas sooner than I use to and may take a day to recoup.
Don't fret over that --- WILLIE does that all the time! LOL, even though he claims otherwise?grrr did not notice I hit underline...
Our ranch was the employer for the town, and as fewer people were needed to work it over time, the residents moved to the metropolises of Thayer (population 2000), and Doniphan (population 1995) to find work. Both towns are roughly 40 miles from Riverton in opposite directions.Wow I have never been such a bad neighbour that the others just up sticks and left......laughs out loud
seriously though loss of jobs? Loss of local water? Do you know why the exodus?
Ken, I wanted to, but that idea was nixed by the others in the family. Bud was the name hid foster mom had given him, and it stuck. When we got Bailey I wanted to name her Kelly (Married with children reference) but also got shot down.Karl - did the vet take Bud's calendar photo awhile back when you were getting him his first shots? (BTW - I'm surprised you don't spell his name with two d's on the end, that would seem like a natural fit for a model railroader's dog
Willie - To kill ants, my wife uses a 50/50 mixture of borax and icing-sugar placed in a covered plastic margarine container. The container has holes drilled just below the lid around the circumference of the bowl. The holes are just big enough for the ants to get in/out.Guy - How is your wife getting rid of the ants? Since I am an organic gardener, I don't use poisons. I simple pour boiling water on the mound and that works. Although it sometimes takes a second application until the queen is stewed. Once she's gone, the whole colony dies.
That sure is a nice looking grain elevator, too bad that it's abandoned. Any chance that it will reopen?
MILW-Steve - congrats on the successful TT hole excavation! It looks like an incredibly clean and smooth edge, what type of cutting tool did you use to make it look that good?
Wait, what? I take a vacation and now there's another MILW modeling Steve in Minnesota? What has happened.
Hi Steve, I'm Steve and I also model Milwaukee Road. I'm sure we'll cross paths at some point.