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Jim...I never could figure out why folks eat rhubarb. It's nasty! I understand gathering things for a storm. I used to always have tons of candles. Some of them were the 3 wicks that could burn for up to 300 hours. Of course they were all scented, whenever we had a blizzard power outage my house smelled (overwhelmingly) lovely :)

Larry...I am glad to hear that your MIL is improving. I, too will say a prayer for her this AM.

I could use a prayer or two, also. My nephew had a kidney transpant in 2000 and it failed in 2006. He recently had to have a fistula implanted for a permanent dialysis site. I talked with him on Friday (his 35th bday) and he told me that his mom's friend is being tested and so far everything looks compatable. We should know by mid-week.

Loved the photos of the model cars and the RCs! The detail always amazed me.

I am working from home today so I reckon I should get back to it :o


Have a great day!

Sandy
 
Afternoon, everyone.

Larry, I'm glad to hear your MIL is getting better. Why did she have the operation to begin with? If she's had these liver problems for a long time, she probably has some from chronic liver disease like hepatitis C. I will pray she keeps improving.

Sandy prayers for your nephew too. So young to be having such serious problems. I sure hope his mom is a match and it's a good kidney this time. Sounds like he's rapidly running out of options. :( I've got some of those candles in a can too. I can put up to seven wicks in mine. It will light up a whole room. I think I got them from Campmor and I've had them for years, used them for a lot of power outages and they are only about half used up.

Bob, you mentioned radio shack. Are you a ham too? I used to be really into ham radio when I was young, with my SX-190, working HF on CW. I've lost interest over the years so I only have a couple of scanners and shortwave receivers now (although still way too many for the XYL :) ) but I do have one VX-2R left. I figure that, if everything else fails, I can still raise a ham repeater somewhere.

Jeffrey, those poly-fill clouds looked pretty good in the article. I like Mikey's method of creating stencils too. If there's one thing that model railroaders consistently don't get right on back drops, it's realistic clouds. They always tend to look like cotton balls.

Claudette has left behind some tropical moisture as the only reminder she ever existed. We actually have more thunderstorms on the radar now than when she was passing through so maybe be have a change of getting a few drops today. It's 92 with a dewpoint of 70 so it's pretty steamy out there now. Hope everyone has as good a day as they can.
 
Hello Everyone!
On soapbox: Just got back from my barber. I was told they are thinking about going up on the price AGAIN. Dang, it won't be long until I have to start using a trim comb (or a razor). I like my barbershop, with the camaraderie and all, but it seems darn near impossible to get a "perfect" haircut there or any other place anymore. All the old time barbers are about gone and these younger (mostly self-taught) men and women, can't seem to get it right, at least not every time. Back in the days of wearing a hardhat, my old barber could cut my hair in such a way that the hat wouldn't even crease my hair; that was with longer hair. Heck, these new people don't even know how to give a razor cut. Ahh...gone are the days! Off soapbox:D

Sandy: The way they stock-up for a storm here is way beyond common sense. You would think that everything was going on rationing and no one has more than one meal of supplies on hand. Most all do have a storm plan, but seem to fail when it comes to maintaining the supplies.

Jim: Man, you have it right when talking about the humidity. Claudette may have only given us a light shower, but WOW, she sure left the humidity.

How you been doing James S?
 


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Jeffrey, those poly-fill clouds looked pretty good in the article. I like Mikey's method of creating stencils too. If there's one thing that model railroaders consistently don't get right on back drops, it's realistic clouds. They always tend to look like cotton balls.
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I'll be using Mikey's method of creating stencils to make the clouds this time around. Last time my clouds were hand painted (with a small artists brush) on cloud shapes cut out of plain 20# copy paper. While they looked good the edges were a bit too sharp for my taste. Three years of art classes is great when it comes to knowing how to get the best out of a brush but not when you have shaky hands as I do. The light spray paint technique has piqued my interest and I'll be giving it a try. I already have everything I'll need.
 
Jim, yes I am a hammer. I've got a Yaezu Ft-101E, the same VX-2R, a Heathkit I built, and a couple of other rigs, one an 11-meter rig from the CB days. I've added a computer with satellite link. I got started when I was in the Boy Scouts getting my merit badge. The radio room is almost as full as the train room. I am/was a part of the EBS and REACT units locally. Haven't been real active other than the twice yearly "drills". We added a larger generator a few years ago. I bought a brand new in box 10k generator at an auction a few years back. Stole it actually. It allowed me to add a microwave, electric heaters, and a small fridge to the shack. I have only been "on duty" three times in 40 years. Twice for blizzards/ice storms and once during a tornado that tore things up all around us but left us in good shape.

Once during an ice storm, my antennas were so iced that I had to use my linear amplifiers to melt them off. And the 2-meter rig wouldn't broadcast at all. But, I've talked halfway around the world, to ships at sea, every continent...... Nothing that spectacular in this day and age. Quite an accomplishment then. And I have a wall of QSL cards. The FCC has really relaxed its requirements. No longer does one need to know code. I still have a key, and haven't used it in years.

I've been looking at some of the new digital transmitters and receivers, MAN!!!! Mortgage the farm, baby, if'n you want one of those.

Sandy, The ol' prayer rug is earning its keep. Prayers sent. Your nephew is about the same age as my daughter, she's 36. I would be torn up should such things happen to her.

Jeffrey, I am going to try the polyfil thing on a module. I figger some spray tack and touch with polyfil just might do the trick.

Rex, quit yer b*tchin'. At least you have reason to visit the barber. My haircut is easy. 5-6 swipes with the razor, a dusting with the powdery stuff, hand them $10 and I'm back on the road again.

Well, gotta eat and get back to painting a few cars and engines. Using the "rattle can" since the air brushes and equipment are at the other house. I love Krylon. I just wish they had a dark gray for some of my passenger cars.

Bob
 
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Worked along the west and north sides of the layout today and have most of the seams in those parts of the backdrop glued. I learned on the last one that while white glue or carpenter's glue will work for this it takes ages to dry, especially in high humidity. This time around I used super glue. Just squeeze a few drops out onto the back side of the poster board edge and let it run down to the bottom then press it against the other piece and hold for 15 or 20 seconds and it's done. I'll do the east wall tonight or tomorrow. For now I'm going to set one of the scenic panels in place and take a couple of pics to post so you can see how the base scene will look. The 3 scenic packs (two panels each) that I got from Busch are identical. The scenic add-ons I got from Detail Associates are what will make the difference and break up the sameness of the base scene.
 
Good Evening--

Lotsa T'under clouds ---lotsa grumbles and a dribble---East of us all kindsa stuff. But we are a little less sticky. Claudette just left a whole pile of humidity behind----par for the course for that---:eek::eek:---we get BIG T'storms that do the same dang thing----just raises the moisture level----

I'm resting me foot now after meandering around delivering the blue/pink stuff over to Eric's house---we're hoping to start on the valley sometime in the next few days
 
Jim My wife thinks her mother had rheumatic fever as a kid and that is what damaged her liver. If not that then some sort of a fever related illness that did the liver damage.
 
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.......Rex, quit year b*Chin'. At least you have reason to visit the barber. My haircut is easy. 5-6 swipes with the razor, a dusting with the powdery stuff, hand them $10 and I'm back on the road again. Bob
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LOL:D Yeah, you are right! After I accused my barber of lightening up my hair color every time I came in there, I was told to hush; I should feel blessed to have so much (even needs thinning). My Dad, at age 91, still had all of his and most of the color.
 


Hi yall,

Just checkin' in. I just did one of the most stressful software deployments of my career last weekend, so I've been a tad distracted by that. Now the dust is finally settling on that and I felt it was safe to leave the office at 2:00pm today - and when I got home I discovered my AC had stopped working!:eek: Guess I'm about to find out how good this home repair warranty contract really is...

My daughter Sarah left to fly overseas yesterday, she's doing a semester in Austria [her college has a campus there]. The departure was quite traumatic for her mother - I guess she's used to the idea that even if she's away from home, she is at most a 5-hour drive away. Not anymore, now she's on the opposite side of the globe. I'm just hoping [and praying] that she doesn't lose her Passport or her money. We've lectured her a gazzillon times that she should leave her important papers and most of her money with the school staff and not in her purse or her dorm room. Will she put our advice into practice? We shall see, stay tuned...

Larry, glad you MIL seems to be improving, I'll keep her in my prayers. Same with your nephew too, Sandy.

Jim - too bad about Claudette, guess she was all talk and no action. I hope that Hurricane Bill doesn't get any closer to the Mid-Atlantic, my wife and kids will be in Bethany Beach tomorrow thru Saturday - don't want their mini-vacation to be spoiled.

Jeff, that new backdrop really makes a dramatic difference! The only way I can tell its your layout is when I see the Santa Fe cylindrical hopper in the background :D

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Ken Don't worry about getting me a donut. Just make sure you have some Diet Coke in the fridge for the next run session!!:D
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Karl I seem to remember at the last op session, there were 3 regular cokes and a Diet Pepsi available. You and the others all chose the regular Cokes; perhaps you consider Pepsi to be the "Digitrax of colas"? Not to worry, preferances have been noted for the next time.

[EDIT:] Rex - you snuck in while I was composing my post! ;) Don't feel bad, my barber always frosts my hair too in spite of my protests.
 
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Good morning folks

It was 75 F as I stepped into the wet blanket this morning. It will be 90 F today with a possibility of showers later tonight.

My daughter had her flute lesson last night. When we were on the way home we saw the dark clouds rolling in from the west. By the time we got home it was almost dark as night and the lightening was flashing almost constantly. When the storm hit the winds were quite strong. It was quite a light for about an hour and we had heavy rain for about an hour and a half.

I had to run some diagnostic stuff on the computer last night and clean out some old programs that we are no longer using. I didn’t make it to the workbench as a result.

Tonight we have a Cub Scout meeting. My wife has a long day. In the morning she will be at the Zoo in Wilmington, DE. Then she has to drive downstate to Felton, DE for an Ameria-Corp meeting. She expects to get home sometime around 9 PM.

I hope everybody has a good day.
 
Good morning.

It's 81 and partly cloudy. The high will be around 90 and there's a chance of rain.

My sister told me three days ago that my nephew would be getting the gas needed for the cutting of the grass. So far, no gas. Unless my sister pushes him to get it I'll probably still be waiting for him to get the gas while my Social Security expires. Later today I'll be making up some stencils with which to make clouds on the backdrop. As the project nears completion I'm coming up on the most difficult phase. The actual placement of the background scene. I did a couple of test shots with a small part of it held up by two small pieces of masking tape. It looked really good. I'll be gluing the background scene in place so I'll only have one shot at it.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 8/19/2009

Heat Index: 89°F
Humidity: 89%
Dew Point: 77°F

So Far Today
High: 81°F
Low: 75°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 7mph SE

Today High: 92 with a heat index of 105. A 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is likely. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds around 5 mph.

Tonight Low: 75 Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph.

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I'm here, but cruising through.

I just want to say.............

.......and.........


So don't forget..............


Enough for now. Talk to you later :D
 


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