Running Bear's December 2024 Coffee Shop
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santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Mostly cloudy and 43°. The rain in the forecast for tonight is currently being preceded by widely scattered showers including here. It's just lightly sprinkling right now, I'd be lucky if a drop hits the rain gauge! Nothing else really changed in the forecast.
December 7 does indeed mark the day of remembrance for Pearl Harbor, obviously I wasn't around then, but I remember my grandparents still reminiscing about what they were doing that day. My parents were both 12 years old and it didn't mean much to them at the time. Dad remembered that the students in his grade school learned air raid drills the next day which was a Monday.
Today is also the day of the year in North America that the earliest sunset of the year occurs, 5:22 pm here. It starts getting later tomorrow. Sunrise is getting later at a greater rate, thus the days are still getting shorter. This is significant to me since I tend to be an outdoor person, and these early sunsets have been depressing.
Yesterday, I renewed my log-cutting routine; seems like it's been at least a week. I started in an area in the "back 40" that I hadn't been to yet. Today though, I will return to one of the still eyesore spots out front. It's on lower ground and it was still slightly muddy there. Hopefully today it will remain dry for long enough to allow some work.
Out in the train shed, I continued assembly of the replacement cardstock structure. First wall joins.
I have learned over the years to add a cardboard floor to keep the side walls from bowing either in or out.
I also started the folding process on the front entry.
There's some other minor things that I didn't photograph.
Joe - RMD rules were pretty relaxed until that tax reduction bill in 2017 tightened things up a bit. The 10 year rule is causing me to take money that I don't want or need yet.
Troy - Still printing the Titanic???
Everyone have a safe and warm Saturday.
December 7 does indeed mark the day of remembrance for Pearl Harbor, obviously I wasn't around then, but I remember my grandparents still reminiscing about what they were doing that day. My parents were both 12 years old and it didn't mean much to them at the time. Dad remembered that the students in his grade school learned air raid drills the next day which was a Monday.
Today is also the day of the year in North America that the earliest sunset of the year occurs, 5:22 pm here. It starts getting later tomorrow. Sunrise is getting later at a greater rate, thus the days are still getting shorter. This is significant to me since I tend to be an outdoor person, and these early sunsets have been depressing.
Yesterday, I renewed my log-cutting routine; seems like it's been at least a week. I started in an area in the "back 40" that I hadn't been to yet. Today though, I will return to one of the still eyesore spots out front. It's on lower ground and it was still slightly muddy there. Hopefully today it will remain dry for long enough to allow some work.
Out in the train shed, I continued assembly of the replacement cardstock structure. First wall joins.
I have learned over the years to add a cardboard floor to keep the side walls from bowing either in or out.
I also started the folding process on the front entry.
There's some other minor things that I didn't photograph.
Joe - RMD rules were pretty relaxed until that tax reduction bill in 2017 tightened things up a bit. The 10 year rule is causing me to take money that I don't want or need yet.
Troy - Still printing the Titanic???
Everyone have a safe and warm Saturday.
migalyto
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Good morning all!
Happy Saturday!
Its currently 22 degrees, but heading up to 48 degrees later with mainly sunny skies. looks like a warming trend is on the way.
Might have to go to the grocery store in shorts. Still haven't totally put them away yet.
Nothing else really going on, that I know of. Wife will have me on dishes duty as the Holiday baking season continues.
Have a safe day everyone!
Happy Saturday!
Its currently 22 degrees, but heading up to 48 degrees later with mainly sunny skies. looks like a warming trend is on the way.
Might have to go to the grocery store in shorts. Still haven't totally put them away yet.
Nothing else really going on, that I know of. Wife will have me on dishes duty as the Holiday baking season continues.
Have a safe day everyone!
migalyto
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TLOC
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Good morning from a warming Wisconsin. 25f degrees heading to a balmy 47!
Saw the Badger Volleyball team squeak by for a regional win in the NCAA tournament on campus. Georgia Tech. #15 nationally gave the #7 Badgers quite the fight. I expect the season to end next weekend in Nebraska but it’s been a great run for this group of seniors including a NCAA title in 2021 and in the final 4 each season since 2019
On the hockey front, we watched #1 nationally ranked Badger women survive a 2-1 game against unranked Minnesota State in Mankato, Minnesota at 3pm on Friday streaming via the TV monitor. Minnesota State while unranked has taken down the #2 and 3 ranked teams this season. I guess it’s why they play the games
The grandson plays 30 minutes East of us and I’m told we are going for a 9:30am game. We will not go West to his 4pm or 7pm games that are 90 minutes away in Dubuque, Iowa
Hopefully after lunch (out somewhere) I will get to see the weathering bench downstairs
Enjoy the day
Saw the Badger Volleyball team squeak by for a regional win in the NCAA tournament on campus. Georgia Tech. #15 nationally gave the #7 Badgers quite the fight. I expect the season to end next weekend in Nebraska but it’s been a great run for this group of seniors including a NCAA title in 2021 and in the final 4 each season since 2019
On the hockey front, we watched #1 nationally ranked Badger women survive a 2-1 game against unranked Minnesota State in Mankato, Minnesota at 3pm on Friday streaming via the TV monitor. Minnesota State while unranked has taken down the #2 and 3 ranked teams this season. I guess it’s why they play the games
The grandson plays 30 minutes East of us and I’m told we are going for a 9:30am game. We will not go West to his 4pm or 7pm games that are 90 minutes away in Dubuque, Iowa
Hopefully after lunch (out somewhere) I will get to see the weathering bench downstairs
Enjoy the day
rgeiter
Conrail Quality
I will be building a 42” radius helix. I wish I could get one of those kits for that. Would save me a lot of time!One Helix will be in an adjacent room where my staging yard will be along with my "shop" work bench and paint shop. I am not 100% sold on a 2nd helix yet I am still working out the design details.. I am looking at a prefab design that is sold on ebay which I am researching.
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I too am looking at 20" separations between the 2 decks. When I post info on the design it will be on JR's UPRR thread. Coming soon though.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Funny you should ask!
Got the hull glued together and am trying to find the best placement on the layout for it. Right now, I'm thinking upper deck, which was going to have a basic loop with a few sidings. I'd love to do selective compression (ship = 1:250, Nscale is 1:160), but I'm not sure I have the room. That deck is only 23 inches front to backdrop.
Perhaps David and/or others have a good dock in their archives I could compress down for that area?
I'll print up the rest of the ship (funnels, lifeboats, etc) later on. For now, I've got too many iron in the fire.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
and the wife just ran down to tell me her mother has double pneumonia. Hasn't been feeling well, so they did a chest Xray at the Senior Facility.
wife is fast showering. I'll drive and drop them off at the ER. Sounds like an overnight or three stay with IV antibiotics for mom-in-law.
wife is fast showering. I'll drive and drop them off at the ER. Sounds like an overnight or three stay with IV antibiotics for mom-in-law.
Patrick
Alien Attitude.
Morning all,
Back in the office and picking up the pieces.
Server upgrades and had a delay while MS updated my PC to the latest update (24H2), which blew away many of my customizations and shortcuts. Fortunately, I've done this enough that in the words of Foghorn Leghorn, "I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency."
Not much else going on. Have a good day.
BBL
Back in the office and picking up the pieces.
Server upgrades and had a delay while MS updated my PC to the latest update (24H2), which blew away many of my customizations and shortcuts. Fortunately, I've done this enough that in the words of Foghorn Leghorn, "I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency."
Not much else going on. Have a good day.
BBL
NorthBrit
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Troy. probably not what you want, but the biggest model of a dock I know is 'Overlord'.
oo gauge layout about Overlord - Search Videos
migalyto
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Very cool layout!Troy. probably not what you want, but the biggest model of a dock I know is 'Overlord'.
oo gauge layout about Overlord - Search Videos
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The dock part as shown really wouldn't be that hard to replicate. A rectangular piece of foam, and some styrene strips.
My father was on board a cruiser that was less than 12 hours from making port in Philadelphia when the captain got a message asking how much fuel was on board. After his response, he received a second message, “ Return to Pearl Harbor at best possible speed”. They had already dumped their perishables over the side in preparation for getting fresh provisions in Philadelphia. He said he got real tired of dried beans and Spam by the time they got back to Pearl. Even after the several weeks it took to return, the place was still a shambles, the harbor was covered in one big oil slick, and the best description he could come up with was a smell like burned, rotten “stuff” and fuel oil.
D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
The emporer made a major mistake in his conquest to conquer the world and he vowed to fight to the last man before he would surrender.
CambriaArea51
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As of today Eire is 42 Ontario is 45. Air temps the next 3-4 days are going to be in the mid 40's so cool down will stop for a bit.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
In the rush to get MIL to the ER this morning (she's walking ok, just short of breath), I forgot to post the photos of the Titanic hull. It's still raw plastic. I have a couple of meh seams that could be better done. but I don't want to reprint 2/5ths of the ship.
Above, if I rest it on the girders of the upper deck, it looks like 2 inches of foam will take it to about water level. So, I'm wondering about notching at least 1 inch out of the girders to drop it. The hull is actually about 48 inches long, which throws off the scale. The seller of the files was from somewhere in Europe, so something may have been lost in translation.
Below is an SD45 about 18 inches away from the ship.
Above, if I rest it on the girders of the upper deck, it looks like 2 inches of foam will take it to about water level. So, I'm wondering about notching at least 1 inch out of the girders to drop it. The hull is actually about 48 inches long, which throws off the scale. The seller of the files was from somewhere in Europe, so something may have been lost in translation.
Below is an SD45 about 18 inches away from the ship.
CambriaArea51
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Hope she gets better soon.
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