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My son and I got a small amount moved today, of the remaning ICF bundles, and started measuring and testing some corners for the first wall to be started. Chalked a line. Didn't have more time than that. Later in the evening, I had invited volunteers on our neighborhood FB groups (there are 2) to come help me move bundles and have pizza. I had 4 guys show up and we had the remaining stuff moved in 75 min, including the pizza break. I also made a trip to Lowes to get a couple levels (including a 6 footer), whole bunch of "construction screws) for holding strapping and stuff to the block framework, some angle brackets to make corner holders once the corners are placed right where we want them, etc.

Now we start to get the first course of blocks all precisely placed, secured, etc. The first course is the most important one and will take some time get right (plus there is like 420 linear feet to be placed including the suspended garage foundation etc...

The first photo shows it from the street view, which can be contrasted with the photo I posted on Monday. The second shows it all down on site, either near where it will be used or in the corner for storage.

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Good Morning Everyone. Clear and 74°, heat advisory here again today where it was 97° yesterday. No change in the ten day forecast, hot and dry. Weekly grocery/beer trek today, I'll actually visit two stores and then go back to the hearing aid center for follow-up adjustments. As far as I can tell, they are working great. Today, she'll download the app on the phone that allows remote control and some other stuff.

Thanks for the likes, comments, and well wishes yesterday everyone. I cannot list everyone right now, but all is appreciated.

Flo, let's see if Mel can rustle me up a double BLT and an OJ this morning.

Out in the train shed yesterday, I picked up where I left off Monday. One of the white metal castings is a shelf unit which looked rather bare after I painted it gray.
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So I made some scale oil cans to go into it. Blue ones are Gulf, the yellow ones will be Valvoline.
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Finished the lift.
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And started putting stuff in place.
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I downloaded some interior signs and a girlie calendar yesterday to add, but I haven't printed them yet. I need some other stuff to fill up the page before printing.
Looking through the doors, which were molded in so I don't have an open one.
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There's still a few more to go, but I like what I see so far. I will have to add a light to this structure since everything is invisible once he roof is on.

Karl -
kbkchooch said:
It's a shame we cant build a pipeline to ship all this water to California.
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The shame really is that they're situated next to the largest body of water on the planet and they haven't figured out how to use it yet.
Ken - Good to see you return to the Coffee Shop. Don't be a stranger.
Sherrel - Yea, reading those comments can be really depressing when you consider that those people are actually living among us. I mostly avoid them, but get sucked in every once in a while and end up wasting valuable life time.
Steve J - Your comment yesterday about watching another person of the cloth giving a funeral homily reminded me of a series of events a few years ago in my wife's family. My wife's niece's husband had just recently become an ordained Baptist minister, so they let him conduct the service upon my mother-in-laws death. He went on a twenty minute fire and brimstone rant about "seeing the Lord" and only mentioned her name once at the beginning. About a year later, at his own father-in-law's funeral, he wasn't allowed to speak. He has since left the vocation as he wasn't able to get an assignment.
Garry - Nice pictures of the train bridge and 4014. Reminds me that I took a few pictures of the trailing cars as well that I never posted.
Tom O - A lawn in Arizona is like a bass boat in the Sahara, they just weren't made to go together.
Like your doc, mine wants the glucose level below 150. I do a decent job of keeping it below 130 except when I go out and eat Italian food when it approaches 145. My A1C is pretty steady at 6.7. Thankfully, the beer that I drink has only 11 carbs a bottle.
Terry - Good news regarding no clot. Bad about the pain and swelling
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my employer told me to have the facility bill me, and he would reimburse me.
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He doesn't want it counting against his worker's comp rates.

Today is VJ Day, an auspicious occasion considering what we had to do to get there.
Everybody have a great day.
 
troyphoto said:
Well, howdy there internet MRR peeps

Today, I'll get Karl's coffee for him, flo

He was right out of the blocks with the best answer

It is a swamp. Use in in our gaming (this one is sized for Saga, but it will work with a lot of mini games)
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Troy, I have to admit it wasn't hard, especially as my mouse passed over the picture the words "swamp.jpg" appeared. Next time name your picture something like "green thing.jpg". Make it more of a challenge. ;)
 
Good morning from the cool section of Wisconsin. Before I went out on the south deck this morning at 6:45 it was 54f degrees. So, to the couch I went and at 8:09am it’s only 60 and I will not hit the deck until it hits 64f degrees. High today should be 77.

While Wisconsin weather is glorious clear and calm but a bit chilly in the morning. What a difference from the Western fires and heat, the Ida destruction and the floods and tornado in the East. So no complaining from me today.

Trains today will be running and cleaning for friends coming for the weekend.

The honey do list actually was posted on the refrigerator by the spousal unit. She actually has cleaning the track and testing the trains today on it. She has my cleaning duties which are my normal stuff but a day earlier then normal. She and my sister bundled up and headed off to their daily horse riding. She did post her stuff to do along side my list.

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Good Morning!

Another cloudy, dark day at 47f. The guessers promised 2" of rain, but, we didn't see it. There's a very good chance the cloud will get blown east, and a very nice weekend appears. Today is rather crappy, though.

I worked on the 120v electrical light switching in my train room, installing a new switch for the lights above the train table. Now I can switch on the train table lighting separately from the main basement rooms. That's handier.
Then I broke out the 'OO' scale Coles crane that I started last winter. You might remember it.
I was originally going to make it a stand alone crane, but, have since decided to build the truck chassis for it as well. It makes more sense to have a movable crane than a stationary one at a sawmill. Trouble is, the crane is '00' (1/76) and the layout is HO. I suspect the difference will be very noticeable.
All I did yesterday was pull out the kit and try to organize the truck parts so that I know what's going on. There are two trucks and a trailer in this old kit. Here's a couple of photos from yesterday:
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This was a 2nd hand kit that I bought a very long time ago; long before I had any interest in a train layout. I originally intended it to be used for an aircraft diorama.

Willie - I really like the interior work you are doing in the Gulf station; in fact, I really like the whole station. Well done!! I know it's likely not visible to the naked eye, but, the magic of the camera lens does make it look like the exterior paint needs work.

Troy - The green swamp looks very good in the 2nd post photo. Nice job! I know Karl got the correct answer, it's still a decent looking lagoon for the creature to come out of and grab some innocent, bikini clad women.

The dog is nudging my leg, so I suppose she would like to go walk. See ya'll later.
 
Good morning all!

Ran trains yesterday. Still lots of kinks and derailments. The four axle diesels do well. The two 0-6-0 don't like the unpowered frogs and unless approach them at unrealistic high speed, will need some encouragement from the bamboo skewer. Then I broke out the 4-6-2 Light Pacific with the 6 axle tender . . . . .

Oh dear! It is a BLI model with the Paragon 3 sound. Talk about balky. Start-stop, re-start again. Derails all over the place, shorts at the frogs. Going forward was pretty bad. Reverse? Horrible.

My goal was to simulate an op session and have the 4-6-2 come in head first, back down the crossover and over to the ladder TOs to go head first to the TT and reverse and simulate picking up cars. Spent almost an hour and never could do it.

Lots of track must still need cleaning. So will spend lots of time with the Bright Boy and Dremel wire-brush. The I am afraid I will have to resolder some of the feeders. That steamer is very finicky. Now I am wondering if it is rated for #5 TOs and 18" radii. It was rather disheartening.

So lots of work and rework to do. Guess it never stops, right?

Just checked. BLI says it is rated for 18" and code 70 track. I guess it is me. One problem I will need tech consult with: the tender cants over on turns and TOs. This takes weight off the tender trucks allowing the wheels to break contact with the track and usually causes a derail. I have no idea how to troubleshoot and fix this.

Well - - nothing today as we have the big eye exam for our daughter. She called up last night in tears as she is so afraid of what the tests will show. Coming home with us for dinner (Mom's mac and cheese - her favorite). Then tomorrow golf and then we leave for our long weekend get-away. - - - - - Steve J
 
OK RR People! It's presentably 64 degrees and only expected to reach 83 high today -only was 77 yesterday which was very pleasant.
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Willie - growing up in a Baptist environment I can remember a few of those loonng funerals. One in a case study was by a preacher aptly last named Story. U began to think that he would never end? On and on he went about "hell, fire, and brimstone" - nothing much to do with the deceased. He was an older preacher and well known for hour long sermons - why he was chosen, I could not figure out.

GARRY - Nice photos - that thing is a monster!

CURT - hang in there - yoour plate seems pretty full- overflowing it seems!

FLO - eggs up, with a large spoomful of grits & gravy. WW toast and a large handful of bacon with a coke to drink, please.

I better get my fannie in gear. I have several 'honey doo' projects to get done today including building a new turtle house for the g-son's (getting larger) land tortoise.
 
Good Morning everyone in model railroad Land. A beautiful early fall day here in southeastern Wisconsin. Home from a trip to the UP of Michigan and the first time in a hotel in a long time. Walking into the casino's hotel lobby, Cathy saw a co-worker from over 40 years ago. The two worked with other housewives and worked Part Time less than 20 hours a week. Once a month or so the women and their husbands got together for a cook-out and games and drinks after dinner.

Received notification that my order from Rapido will ship soon. It's a Southern Pacific locomotive that really does not fit my layout, but I like its color scheme and it can become a leased or patched locomotive on the layout. My Rapido SOO SW1500 will ship next week. I have to stop buying locomotives!!!

Has anyone heard or seen any posts from Jerome Wheeler? It's been months since I've seen anything from him. I miss his progress reports.

Willie: Your filling station reminds me of my high school days when we hung out at local filling station who was selling gasoline and products in a local chain. The owner of the franchise would try to discourage us from being there, but at night he wasn't around. In those days the attendants still washed your vehicles windshield and checked your oil while filling your gas tank.

Last night about 3:00 AM we had the windows open and I heard what I thought were coyotes howling, but also clearly heard a rescue squad siren. The coyotes were howling at the siren and my puppy Riley got upset at hearing the howling. The farm land and open country starts just two blocks down from our house and we had a lot of different critters visit the yard.

Now with the windows open at night I can heard the horns blowing on the CN mainline that's actually a mile and a half from our house.

TomO: Nice looking MILW transfer caboose. I've never seen one in action.

The golf courses in Arizona and Nevada always amaze me being a bright, lush green in the desert with all the watering they receive. Yet, the homeowners are encouraged to remove any lawns and use rocks as ground cover instead. At my Uncle's Condo development at least 10 years ago they removed all the sod and replaced it with either gravel or concrete.

That's all for now.....

Greg

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Howdy ...

Everybody ...... Thanks for the likes and comments for my 4014 photos . I suspected you all would like seeing them.

Chet ...... Good to see you in the Coffee Shop. Sounds like your radiator had a full economic life.

Tom O .... I also like the MILW caboose.

Sherrel ...... LOL .... Remarkably, the man still shared a bed with his wife.

Willie .... I like your service station ......

Who remembers motor oil came in cans, and you needed a spout to pour oil into the crankcase.?
 
Good afternoon. Break time from vacuuming under beds after taking the mattress and box springs off. I seemed to have missed that part on the honey do list. But, it has been pointed out to me. 3 bedrooms down and 2 to go. I also seemed to miss the washing of the bathroom floors, (in my defense, it was not on the list) but the errors of my way have also been corrected. 3 bathrooms done and I still say the trainroom bathroom and shower is fine. I will do that one in the morning I’m sure.

Greg, I do remember the oil cans at the end of each island. In Arizona my brother still has a place north of Scottsdale in a gated community with 6 Nicholas golf courses. Just that place alone watering I bet uses in a week what most Northern courses use in 10 years. Just stupid. California needs to get on the desalination road, cheaper in the long run.

Garry, I remember the spouts for oil cans. Boy we have great memories.
The 4014 pictures are great

Willie, that gas station does bring back memories, and good ones too. $.19 per gallon gas.

TomO
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GarryCBQ said:
Howdy ...

Everybody ...... Thanks for the likes and comments for my 4014 photos . I suspected you all would like seeing them.

Chet ...... Good to see you in the Coffee Shop. Sounds like your radiator had a full economic life.

Tom O .... I also like the MILW caboose.

Sherrel ...... LOL .... Remarkably, the man still shared a bed with his wife.

Willie .... I like your service station ......

Who remembers motor oil came in cans, and you needed a spout to pour oil into the crankcase.?
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I remember using a hand pump to pump oil out of a drum in the back room into a 1 qt glass jar with the company logo on it, and putting the oil in the car with the funnel that screwed on the top of the jar.
 
GarryCBQ said:
Who remembers motor oil came in cans, and you needed a spout to pour oil into the crankcase.?
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I think I may still have one of those spouts in the garage, not positive but I think so.

Well I got rained out while mowing. So I worked on another railroad project that I've had in the back of my mind. Since it's a home layout with only me operating trains I wanted some kind of a system to "operate" my railroad. I've read many of the sites that offer how to make switch list and car cards and a number of different methods and ways to dispatch. I go in the train room on the spur of the moment, after the real world is done for the day. I needed something that would be pretty quick and simple to use. So here is my system. I made 8 car cards, assigned 6 industries to each car. The 8 cars got spotted on the inbound track. I took a die, rolled a 2 and spotted the cars based on the location the number 2 indicated on each card. The next time I want to "operate" I simply roll the die and any number other than 2 tells me where the cars are to be spotted next. I've started with 8 cars and each industry takes 1 car. Once I get a little more comfortable with the system I plan to add cars and spots to the industries that have the space.
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Greg@mnrr said:
Remember when they stacked the cans of motor oil at the ends of the gasoline pump islands?

Greg
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TLOC said:
Good afternoon. Break time from vacuuming under beds after taking the mattress and box springs off. I seemed to have missed that part on the honey do list. But, it has been pointed out to me. 3 bedrooms down and 2 to go. I also seemed to miss the washing of the bathroom floors, (in my defense, it was not on the list) but the errors of my way have also been corrected. 3 bathrooms done and I still say the trainroom bathroom and shower is fine. I will do that one in the morning I’m sure.

Greg, I do remember the oil cans at the end of each island. In Arizona my brother still has a place north of Scottsdale in a gated community with 6 Nicholas golf courses. Just that place alone watering I bet uses in a week what most Northern courses use in 10 years. Just stupid. California needs to get on the desalination road, cheaper in the long run.

Garry, I remember the spouts for oil cans. Boy we have great memories.
The 4014 pictures are great

Willie, that gas station does bring back memories, and good ones too. $.19 per gallon gas.

TomO
bnsf971 said:
I remember using a hand pump to pump oil out of a drum in the back room into a 1 qt glass jar with the company logo on it, and putting the oil in the car with the funnel that screwed on the top of the jar.
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Before my time. 😆
 
Afternoon, last long weekend, next week back to regular hours. I think we're in for an early winter. Haven't seen any robins or black birds in 3 weeks. The birds that start flocking in Sept. were doing it 2 weeks ago. The corn is turning as if it was October. Hopefully the white gold is early.
 
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