kbkchooch
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OK JUNGLE JIM, you can come out of the jungle now!
Methinks Jim hiding in Jungle with Jane
Wait til Guitarzan finds out!
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Methinks Jim hiding in Jungle with Jane Wait til Guitarzan finds out!
Larry;
Were they up there or were you down here. That's my hometown! Born and raised there!
Let me know and I can not only act as tour guide in Selma and surrounding area, but maybe even drag you up to my layout, approx 90 miles from Selma.
Nope, I have a "we've been drinking too much and stayed in the sun too long" tan!
I'm now repairing RV's... Go figure.
So, from somebody that's been there, and done that, and has the tee shirt hanging in the closet, choose something that isn't quite so narrow a field for a profession. And if you do, make sure your secondary field of study (minor) is something different enough you can fall back on if career choice #1 doesn't happen like you planned.
Wanted to fly choppers in the military, eyes sucked too much.
Passed the State Police physical , but 18k a year to get shot at wasn't for me. Wanted to be a RR engineer, but the 1st wife talked me out of it (not being at home normal hours, etc) I was a conductor on a tourist/scenic line for 2 years, til the company folded
Wound up working with cars, trucks, tractors and now also RV's. Go figure!
but it do pay the bills!
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Methinks Jim hiding in Jungle with Jane
Wait til Guitarzan finds out!
Afternoon, everyone.
Jungle Jim has returned. Honduras was a very difficult trip, with most of our party getting sick, and one (an RN, no less) has malaria. Her idiot doc told her that, since she was in Haiti two months ago, she was probably still immune to malaria. Besisdes, he told her, Honduras doesn't really have that much malaria. All she had to do was go to the CDC web site and look at the malaria map and see that, not only is malaria endemic in Honduras, but Olancho state, where we spent our time, has one of the highest malaria rates per capita in Central America. I would never believe a doctor about things like tropical medicne without confirming it for myself. She's supposed to get out of the hospital today, but she was pretty sick. We are supposed to have a meeting next week to debrief on the trip, and some things have to change before I go there again. We had no medical history of anyone, no list of meds they were on, no release of liability, and never even handed out a list of things to bring and things to be careful of when you're in a third world country. I spent a lot of my time treating people without knowing anything about their medical history or even what meds they might be allergic to. Luckily, no one was seriously injured, but, if someone was unconscious, I would have no idea what to tell the docs once we finally got to a hospital, which was a three hour drive...on a good day. The guy who runs these trips has been doing so for 30 years. He's convinced nothing serious will ever go wrong. Kind of like a pilot who has been flying for 30 years without a crash, so that means he'll never crash. Just dumb. 
Had even more excitement our last day. Myself and three of the ladies were leaving the restaurant where we always ate when a pretty scruffy guy came up, pulled out a knife, and said he wanted our money. The "authorities" say to just cooperate and give the scumbag anything he wants. Screw that! I had my pepper spray in my back pocket, so I told him I was getting my wallet and came out with the pepper spray. I think he was checking out the women at the time, so I managed to give him a face full. He dropped the knife, and I got a few good knee kicks in, so he wasn't getting of the ground too soon. The "vihillantes" that guard the restaurant and hotel heard the ruckus and came running. They dragged him off behind the building and gave him a pretty good beating. There is no effective police presence, so turning him over to cops wasn't an option. They bodily threw him over a six foot wall in the back after his "therapy" and told him it would be a bad idea to come back again. One of the guys had a Remington 870 shotgun and the other an Uzi, so the implication was pretty clear that, if he showed up again, he wouldn't be going home alive that night. Honduras is a very violent place, with 90% of the money held by 10% of the people. The poor rob and steal to live. Add the narcotrafficer gangs to the mix and it's not a fun place to be when shooting starts.
Finally got home at about midnight Thursday from Atlanta. I had to pick up our RV Friday (after spending $5,800 to get it back in shape) and then do the walkthrough with the mand and his wife from our church, who were going to use it to live in at the site of their new house construction north of Birmingham. After five hours in the ungodly heat we've been having down here, I was fanally ready to take him on a test drive and then send him on his way. I only had one more thing to show him - how to work the bed that comes down from the ceiling. I had tested this 10 times in a row before I left for Honduras with no problems. This time, of course, the bed came down but wouldn't go up. Grrrr...there's no way to drive it with the bed down, since the body flex will cause the bed to come off its tracks and fall completely. He's staying with his granddaughter and I've been trying to figure out what the problem is. I'm pretty sure the motor has burned out, but I need to get some bed stops to hold up the bed, loosen the pinion gears, and see if I can lift it off the front seat backs, whcih I stupidly didn't put forward before lowering the bed. That's what happens when you don't use something for four years. It has been way too hot to work on during the day, so I've been doing my troubleshooting about midnight, when the temperature finally drops below 90. I've ordered a new motor ($384) and replacing it means tearing all the roof material off the covers one side of the bead and then removing a pop riveted aluminum channel that covers the motors and gears. It's hard to imagine a worse way to engineer a part that is always going to need periodic replacement.
I was pretty proud of myself that I was one of the few on the trip that didn't get sick...until Monday. Then I started to run a fever, got nauseated, and started having about the worst case of runs in my life. I self medicated for two days before I decided it was time to see my doctor. There's a parasite called giardia that produces my symptoms. One of the characteristics is an extremely foul odor from the stool, and I had that for sure. A stool specimen confirmed it was giardia, so it was seven days of Flagyl and a bunch of Lomotil to get me back to normal. This the first day I feel reasonably normal. It's a great diet plan though. I've lost about 12 pounds.
Rex, this our eighth straight day of 100 degrees or more. We have had exactly zero rain. Looks like you've got some storms up there now. We are once again the black hole of the state, where all storms take a hard left and veer away from us. The heat has been bad enough, but the lack of rain is making it even worse. My lawn looks like a hayfield at harvest time now.
I haven't had a chance to read any of the other postings, but I'll try to get through them all later today. I hope no one has had any tragedies and that things are going as well as can be expected.
Jungle Jim has returned.
Honduras was a very difficult trip, with most of our party getting sick, and one (an RN, no less) has malaria. Her idiot doc told her that, since she was in Haiti two months ago, she was probably still immune to malaria. Besisdes, he told her, Honduras doesn't really have that much malaria. All she had to do was go to the CDC web site and look at the malaria map and see that, not only is malaria endemic in Honduras, but Olancho state, where we spent our time, has one of the highest malaria rates per capita in Central America. I would never believe a doctor about things like tropical medicne without confirming it for myself. She's supposed to get out of the hospital today, but she was pretty sick. We are supposed to have a meeting next week to debrief on the trip, and some things have to change before I go there again. We had no medical history of anyone, no list of meds they were on, no release of liability, and never even handed out a list of things to bring and things to be careful of when you're in a third world country. I spent a lot of my time treating people without knowing anything about their medical history or even what meds they might be allergic to. Luckily, no one was seriously injured, but, if someone was unconscious, I would have no idea what to tell the docs once we finally got to a hospital, which was a three hour drive...on a good day. The guy who runs these trips has been doing so for 30 years. He's convinced nothing serious will ever go wrong. Kind of like a pilot who has been flying for 30 years without a crash, so that means he'll never crash. Just dumb. Had even more excitement our last day. Myself and three of the ladies were leaving the restaurant where we always ate when a pretty scruffy guy came up, pulled out a knife, and said he wanted our money. The "authorities" say to just cooperate and give the scumbag anything he wants. Screw that! I had my pepper spray in my back pocket, so I told him I was getting my wallet and came out with the pepper spray. I think he was checking out the women at the time, so I managed to give him a face full. He dropped the knife, and I got a few good knee kicks in, so he wasn't getting of the ground too soon. The "vihillantes" that guard the restaurant and hotel heard the ruckus and came running. They dragged him off behind the building and gave him a pretty good beating. There is no effective police presence, so turning him over to cops wasn't an option. They bodily threw him over a six foot wall in the back after his "therapy" and told him it would be a bad idea to come back again. One of the guys had a Remington 870 shotgun and the other an Uzi, so the implication was pretty clear that, if he showed up again, he wouldn't be going home alive that night. Honduras is a very violent place, with 90% of the money held by 10% of the people. The poor rob and steal to live. Add the narcotrafficer gangs to the mix and it's not a fun place to be when shooting starts.
Finally got home at about midnight Thursday from Atlanta. I had to pick up our RV Friday (after spending $5,800 to get it back in shape) and then do the walkthrough with the mand and his wife from our church, who were going to use it to live in at the site of their new house construction north of Birmingham. After five hours in the ungodly heat we've been having down here, I was fanally ready to take him on a test drive and then send him on his way. I only had one more thing to show him - how to work the bed that comes down from the ceiling. I had tested this 10 times in a row before I left for Honduras with no problems. This time, of course, the bed came down but wouldn't go up. Grrrr...there's no way to drive it with the bed down, since the body flex will cause the bed to come off its tracks and fall completely. He's staying with his granddaughter and I've been trying to figure out what the problem is. I'm pretty sure the motor has burned out, but I need to get some bed stops to hold up the bed, loosen the pinion gears, and see if I can lift it off the front seat backs, whcih I stupidly didn't put forward before lowering the bed. That's what happens when you don't use something for four years.
It has been way too hot to work on during the day, so I've been doing my troubleshooting about midnight, when the temperature finally drops below 90. I've ordered a new motor ($384) and replacing it means tearing all the roof material off the covers one side of the bead and then removing a pop riveted aluminum channel that covers the motors and gears. It's hard to imagine a worse way to engineer a part that is always going to need periodic replacement. I was pretty proud of myself that I was one of the few on the trip that didn't get sick...until Monday. Then I started to run a fever, got nauseated, and started having about the worst case of runs in my life. I self medicated for two days before I decided it was time to see my doctor. There's a parasite called giardia that produces my symptoms. One of the characteristics is an extremely foul odor from the stool, and I had that for sure.
A stool specimen confirmed it was giardia, so it was seven days of Flagyl and a bunch of Lomotil to get me back to normal. This the first day I feel reasonably normal. It's a great diet plan though. I've lost about 12 pounds. Rex, this our eighth straight day of 100 degrees or more. We have had exactly zero rain. Looks like you've got some storms up there now. We are once again the black hole of the state, where all storms take a hard left and veer away from us. The heat has been bad enough, but the lack of rain is making it even worse. My lawn looks like a hayfield at harvest time now.
I haven't had a chance to read any of the other postings, but I'll try to get through them all later today. I hope no one has had any tragedies and that things are going as well as can be expected.
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Cjcrescent
Master Mechanic
Larry;
Were they up there or were you down here. That's my hometown! Born and raised there!
Jim, if you get stuck on this, shoot me a PM. I work on these things for a living, and may be able to talk you through it.
Littlefoot14
Active Member
Evening gents.
Jim- Hey hes still alive! Whooda Thunk jim woulda gone to help through a chruch and fend off a mugger! Kickin a** and takin names!
Today i wound up mowing both lawns, until i ran out of gas. I had to finish after haircuts. I wound up skipping practice today. It interfered with my haircut and since wed already rescheduled it once i felt better that we went. I got something new. Picture the military hair cut with alittle more hair on the sides. I usually just get it buzzed for the summer, but i wanted something new. I think it will work for football too. I was gonna get the mohawk, but after you take the pads off it doesnt look nearly as good. This i can wrap the bandana around the forehead and itll keep the sweat out of my eyes underneath the helmet. Can you tell im alittle vain about how i look even when it really doesnt matter?
Tommorow is more dive work on the lake. The great part about working for my aunt, is that i can get there, get the work done, eat lunch, fish for whats left in the hour, then get the job done. Ill have some more fish pics for you then fellas, but for now have a nice night.
Jim- Hey hes still alive! Whooda Thunk jim woulda gone to help through a chruch and fend off a mugger! Kickin a** and takin names!
Today i wound up mowing both lawns, until i ran out of gas. I had to finish after haircuts. I wound up skipping practice today. It interfered with my haircut and since wed already rescheduled it once i felt better that we went. I got something new. Picture the military hair cut with alittle more hair on the sides. I usually just get it buzzed for the summer, but i wanted something new. I think it will work for football too. I was gonna get the mohawk, but after you take the pads off it doesnt look nearly as good. This i can wrap the bandana around the forehead and itll keep the sweat out of my eyes underneath the helmet. Can you tell im alittle vain about how i look even when it really doesnt matter?
Tommorow is more dive work on the lake. The great part about working for my aunt, is that i can get there, get the work done, eat lunch, fish for whats left in the hour, then get the job done. Ill have some more fish pics for you then fellas, but for now have a nice night.
We got hit with extra heavy rains last week. Today I finally got the last of the wet carpet pulled out of my train room. The carpet was already there when I moved in and this gave me a good reason to remove it. I won't miss it.
At least all the trains were stored above flood stage.
At least all the trains were stored above flood stage.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Good morning. It's 75 and cloudy. The high will be 93 and there's a 50% chance of thunderstorms this morning, going down to 40% by mid-afternoon.
Not much happening this morning. I inspected the outside of the trailer yesterday to see if there was any damage from the lightning strike the day before. I couldn't find any. Today I'll be starting patch work on the GP7's.
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv186/Running-Bear/P1011082.jpg
Not much happening this morning. I inspected the outside of the trailer yesterday to see if there was any damage from the lightning strike the day before. I couldn't find any. Today I'll be starting patch work on the GP7's.
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv186/Running-Bear/P1011082.jpg
Secondhandmodeler
All new now!
Good afternoon everyone.
I'm back at work after four days at the lake. It was low 80's, party cloudy with a slight breeze. Man oh man was it a great weekend. It was the most relaxing vacation I've had in years. I'm kind of slacking at work today while trying to get myself used the 'real' world.
Jim, you certainly are having an interesting year aren't you? Nothing is ever easy is it?
I received my shipment of ground foam so I can continue the tree making process next week. I'm hitting that time of the summer where every weekend is called for. My train time is going to be lacking until further notice. Oh well, it's only nice around here for so long. Before you know it, we will heading back to colder temperatures.
I have a really short week of work and then I'm off this weekend again. We're heading to Iowa for a Nation Wide Nascar race. The tickets are VIP all the way since my Aunt got us the tickets through 3M. I think I'll enjoy the hospitality tent as much as possible!
It's time to get my redneck on!
Have a great day everyone.
I'm back at work after four days at the lake. It was low 80's, party cloudy with a slight breeze. Man oh man was it a great weekend. It was the most relaxing vacation I've had in years. I'm kind of slacking at work today while trying to get myself used the 'real' world.
Jim, you certainly are having an interesting year aren't you? Nothing is ever easy is it?
I received my shipment of ground foam so I can continue the tree making process next week. I'm hitting that time of the summer where every weekend is called for. My train time is going to be lacking until further notice. Oh well, it's only nice around here for so long. Before you know it, we will heading back to colder temperatures.
I have a really short week of work and then I'm off this weekend again. We're heading to Iowa for a Nation Wide Nascar race. The tickets are VIP all the way since my Aunt got us the tickets through 3M. I think I'll enjoy the hospitality tent as much as possible!
It's time to get my redneck on!Have a great day everyone.
vato loco
Just a Foolish Saint!
Cjcrescent
Master Mechanic
Let me know and I can not only act as tour guide in Selma and surrounding area, but maybe even drag you up to my layout, approx 90 miles from Selma.
Secondhandmodeler
All new now!
Ya, but do you have a redneck tan to go with the redneck title?
Nope, I have a "we've been drinking too much and stayed in the sun too long" tan!
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Littlefoot14
Active Member
Gentlemen how ya been?
Didnt do much today. Woke up at quarter of 5 and didnt fall back asleep. I left for work around 10 and stopped by the bank to cash a check on the way. Work was pretty slow, and because mom couldnt pick me up until around 4, i got in about 2 hours of fishing. Only caught a bunch of blue gills, nothing photo-worthy. Other than that i just cruised the lake on the boat.
On the car ride home mom gave me the ok to build a layout downstairs, but im on the fence about it. Itd be 4x8 i think, i might be able to get away with like 5x10 though. Itd be small enough to stay out of the way and be portable, but at the same time, itd be enough to start running trains. I have some N scale stuff, but if i can id like to stick with HO. Im really on the fence though, ill be off to college in 3 years, but my first 2 years will most likely be at a community college, so ill be home for 5 years, probably. What would you guys do? Keep in mind, ive got 5 summers off to work on it, which is something most modelers on here dont have. IF i go to the community college, it would sit idle for 2 years. If not, 4 years.
Ive got to figure out what i want to do for a proffession too. So far, ive considered something in the logging industy or Dept of Environmental Conservation (F&G) because i like the woods and animals, a locomotive engineer because i like trains and heavy equipment, something involving working on water, maybe working for a marina or something. I really like operating the heavy equipment on my uncles farm, and i love to drive. I know none of these are great sounding occupations pay and benefits wise, but the idea of doctor or a lawyer is not appealing to me. The closest ill come to the medical field will be the vol. fire dept at 16. I need to start thinking about this alittle more though because ill have to start choosing classes that will be important to the field.
I need to start enjoying this whole high school thing
Didnt do much today. Woke up at quarter of 5 and didnt fall back asleep. I left for work around 10 and stopped by the bank to cash a check on the way. Work was pretty slow, and because mom couldnt pick me up until around 4, i got in about 2 hours of fishing. Only caught a bunch of blue gills, nothing photo-worthy. Other than that i just cruised the lake on the boat.
On the car ride home mom gave me the ok to build a layout downstairs, but im on the fence about it. Itd be 4x8 i think, i might be able to get away with like 5x10 though. Itd be small enough to stay out of the way and be portable, but at the same time, itd be enough to start running trains. I have some N scale stuff, but if i can id like to stick with HO. Im really on the fence though, ill be off to college in 3 years, but my first 2 years will most likely be at a community college, so ill be home for 5 years, probably. What would you guys do? Keep in mind, ive got 5 summers off to work on it, which is something most modelers on here dont have. IF i go to the community college, it would sit idle for 2 years. If not, 4 years.
Ive got to figure out what i want to do for a proffession too. So far, ive considered something in the logging industy or Dept of Environmental Conservation (F&G) because i like the woods and animals, a locomotive engineer because i like trains and heavy equipment, something involving working on water, maybe working for a marina or something. I really like operating the heavy equipment on my uncles farm, and i love to drive. I know none of these are great sounding occupations pay and benefits wise, but the idea of doctor or a lawyer is not appealing to me. The closest ill come to the medical field will be the vol. fire dept at 16. I need to start thinking about this alittle more though because ill have to start choosing classes that will be important to the field.
I need to start enjoying this whole high school thing
When I was about your age, I was studying to be a nuclear engineer (the guys that run nuclear power plants). All was good until we had the 3 mile island trouble, and I lived too close to the plant for me to continue being exposed to radiation. So much for school, and what I'd learned...
I'm now repairing RV's... Go figure.So, from somebody that's been there, and done that, and has the tee shirt hanging in the closet, choose something that isn't quite so narrow a field for a profession. And if you do, make sure your secondary field of study (minor) is something different enough you can fall back on if career choice #1 doesn't happen like you planned.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Littlefoot: When I was your age I wanted more than to be a railroad engineer. I've been absolutely NUTS about trains for as long as I can remember. My father says my very first word was B&O! I can remember many instances in that I would literally climb over people to get a look at a train.
kbkchooch
Verified Human
Wanted to fly choppers in the military, eyes sucked too much.
Passed the State Police physical , but 18k a year to get shot at wasn't for me. Wanted to be a RR engineer, but the 1st wife talked me out of it (not being at home normal hours, etc) I was a conductor on a tourist/scenic line for 2 years, til the company folded Wound up working with cars, trucks, tractors and now also RV's. Go figure!
but it do pay the bills!
Littlefoot14
Active Member
Thanks for the input so far guys, but your missing the important one, build a layout or not?
Just got home from running some errands. We stopped in the pet store to grab some fish food, and guess who walked out with 2 more fish and new gravel. Theyre the suckers, but not the ones that hang on the glass, theyre bottom feeders. They kind of look like Catfish. I aclamated the water and everyone is swimming happily in the tank. Im going to talk to dad about getting a big tank, like maybe 50 gallons or so. I know my mom wants to start an aquarium, and i want oscars. I know dad likes oscars too.
Just got home from running some errands. We stopped in the pet store to grab some fish food, and guess who walked out with 2 more fish and new gravel. Theyre the suckers, but not the ones that hang on the glass, theyre bottom feeders. They kind of look like Catfish. I aclamated the water and everyone is swimming happily in the tank. Im going to talk to dad about getting a big tank, like maybe 50 gallons or so. I know my mom wants to start an aquarium, and i want oscars. I know dad likes oscars too.
jeffrey-wimberly
Dr Frankendiesel
Good morning. It's 80 and partly cloudy. The high will be 96 and it will be partly sunny (just another way of saying mostly cloudy).
Just got a special weather bulletin. It will be oppressively hot this weekend with the heat index as high as 106. I know where I'll be. Inside! My project for today will be to patch my two Bachmann GP30's. I also have to get over to Lowe's and pick up some CRC 2-26. My can seems to have gone missing. I need to see if I can find some No-Ox also, or a good substitute. I use it for electrical connections beneath the layout mostly but I'm going to need some more when I begin overhauling the electrical system in my old Dodge van. There's a lot of 'Redneck' engineering that's been done over the years and it has to be cleared up. We all know how copper loves to corrode if left unprotected. The No-Ox is also a good protectant on exposed metal edges. There are plenty of these where components and parts not absolutely critical the the vans operation have been removed over the years. The No-Ox I have, and it isn't much, is a 4 or 5 ounce bottle that someone was kind enough to send me a few years ago. So far all I've found here is some stuff called 'NOALOX' that made for use on, of all things, aluminum wiring. Who uses that anymore?
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv186/Running-Bear/P1011097.jpg
Just got a special weather bulletin. It will be oppressively hot this weekend with the heat index as high as 106. I know where I'll be. Inside! My project for today will be to patch my two Bachmann GP30's. I also have to get over to Lowe's and pick up some CRC 2-26. My can seems to have gone missing. I need to see if I can find some No-Ox also, or a good substitute. I use it for electrical connections beneath the layout mostly but I'm going to need some more when I begin overhauling the electrical system in my old Dodge van. There's a lot of 'Redneck' engineering that's been done over the years and it has to be cleared up. We all know how copper loves to corrode if left unprotected. The No-Ox is also a good protectant on exposed metal edges. There are plenty of these where components and parts not absolutely critical the the vans operation have been removed over the years. The No-Ox I have, and it isn't much, is a 4 or 5 ounce bottle that someone was kind enough to send me a few years ago. So far all I've found here is some stuff called 'NOALOX' that made for use on, of all things, aluminum wiring. Who uses that anymore?
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv186/Running-Bear/P1011097.jpg
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