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[OldGettysk]

Afternoon ALL ! Went to the foot-doctor this morning and had my nails cut and fitted for Diabetic Shoes. I know you are wondering why I have the foot doctor cut my nails ? well I'm having trouble seeing them and I can;t afford to have a cut on my toes . So he does it and checks my feet also . It's starting to rain around here as Ray had said earlier but it's suppose to clear up tomorrow Whit nice and warm days this weekend , just in time for the holiday , Ray that is a good video and I thinks the tractor played better then the rest of the band . Well have to get myself in gear and get some work done , hope you all enjoy the rest of this day . Tom congratulations to your daughter and her volleyball team.

 

[Steve B]

What a day, set off to a safety show,,, without my entry pass so had to go back home for it, got home and the wife had broken the cloths washing machine ££££££, so off i went back to the show. Had a blast testing some new fire extinguishers out on fuel, paper, LPG and cooking fat fires, it kept the cold wind at bay. Got three big bags of freebies for the kids, chocolates, pens, reflective arm bands, key rings and so on so they were more than pleased. i then set about the washing machine to find melted wiring in the back of it, that could have been nasty, fixed it all up now so the engineer won't get his £98 call out charge for Friday, tough luck mate. decided to hoover the floor while the washer was out to find the hoover had broken !!!!! LOL give me strength, fixed that as well so i'm off to bed, i am scared of going to the bathroom in case anything else fall's off or breaks when i touch it.

 

[UP2CSX]

Afternoon, everyone.

Ray, LOL, that's first time I've seen a tractor being used as a rhythm section in a band. I don't know if you could hear any kind of music over one fo those F-M OP engines though. Pretty good that your garden is still producing in October. Don't see that too often up in your neck of the woods. Maybe that boat trailer will finally get gone today too.

David, not sure who you're asking about but the paint scheme you're describing would be Norfolk Southern.

Andrew, hope you had fun had the railway museum. I think I'll pass on that Icelandic bank stock for now.

Jeffrey, I'm not sure why you'd want to use plaster to hold down your tracks since it seems like it would make it that much harder to rip them up to make changes. I just used a dew track nails and then the ballast/glue mixture to hold my E-X track in place and it seems to work fine. I hope you get that money back - I'm sure it's a big deal for you.

We got some more rain this morning and ended up with almost .75 inches so my grass is now looking greenish brown instead of just brown. I finally got back into my Yahoo acount today after about 16 e-mails back and forth between me and the Yahoo security people. Still haven't figured out what happened that my password wouldn't work but just make sure you have you profile up to date and store the information somewhere so you can get it when they start giving you the third degree. Things were looking better in the market today after all the coordinated rate cuts but then we still finished down 190 points. Right after that, my heat pump quit working so I'm waiting for a repair guy now. Some things go good and some things go bad...just life, I guess.

 

[rhoward]

Afternoon, everyone.

Ray, LOL, that's first time I've seen a tractor being used as a rhythm section in a band. I don't know if you could hear any kind of music over one fo those F-M OP engines though. Pretty good that your garden is still producing in October. Don't see that too often up in your neck of the woods. Maybe that boat trailer will finally get gone today too.

It's all in the mix. Just have to have a very good sound man.....

I have actually had fresh Broccoli out of the garden for Thanksgiving dinner a few years back...... Broccoli will keep growing and producing as long as it is above freezing during the day. I just brought in enough string beans for a meal along with 2 small zucchini.

Another 10 minutes and I would have had the lawn mowed..... Raining outside!

 

[RexHea]

Odd! I made a post in here around the time Ray did (1:30ish) and it is poofed. Hmmm! Nothing political, nothing indecent, in fact it really wasn't much of anything so I guess it was nothing..... I guess

So, hi anyway!

 

[CBCNSfan]

Odd! I made a post in here around the time Ray did (1:30ish) and it is poofed.

Rex I've had that happen to me several times on other forums. Now I've taken to copying my posts to the clipboard before clicking the (Post Reply) buttons. Darned if I know what causes it though.

 

[UP2CSX]

Paul, having your nails cut by a doctor, preferably a podiatrist, is a good safety measure when you're diabetic. Any cut on the fee can be very difficult to heal and can lead to serious problems. Maybe you and Jeffrey can get together and see if you both wear the same size shoes.

Steve, sounds like you had a day like mine. The air conditioner guy got here and, as I suspected, the compressor has blown. Since this is a heat pump, not just an A/C unit, that's going to set me back $1650. None in stock so it will be Friday before it gets replaced. It pretty nice weather now with the temperature already down to 67 so it's kind of nice to have all the windows open.

Ray, I don't ever remember anything being in our garden in Cleveland on Thanksgiving except dead corn stalks. You must live in the banana belt up there.

Rex, I've had a few of my posts disappear occasionally and, as Willis said, I now copy them before I hit the post button. No rhyme or reason than I can figure out. I'm sure your post was intensely interesting and we shall miss it.

 

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

10-09-2008

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

 

[OldGettysk]

Good Morning Bill ! And evryone else from sunny Western New York and it's going up to 68 with some wind . Overall it's a nice Fall Day here . I'm off to the Farmer's Market in search of Brussel Sprouts and Squash . Hope you all have a nice day !!

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 60 and clear. The high will be in the mid 80's and it will be clear and sunny.

I've got all the trackwork for the crossover done with the exception of some ballast to be laid in. The state has seen fit to give me a team of prisoners to help with that. I'll be sure to put them to good use.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 10/9/2008

Wind Chill: 61°F
Humidity: 81%
Dew Point: 55°F

So Far Today
High: 61°F
Low: 58°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 3mph NNE

Today High: 85 Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

Tonight Low: 55 Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds around 5 mph.

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[Secondhandmodeler]

Good morning folks.

I had a run in with a little beasty that decided to give me a run for my money. My ninety year old grandma's cat got out yesterday when I was mowing the lawn. She couldn't get him to come in, so I gave it a try. When I finally got a hold of him, He freaked out. I've never felt the kind of power that a scared cat can exert. He managed to bloody up four fingers and sprain three. If I wasn't a cat person, I would have body slammed the little fur ball. I guess that's what I get for thinking it was just a little cat!

I am ordering the rest of my track and cork road bed tonight. I've decided to use Peco flex track to mate up with my Peco turnouts. It just sounds like it will be worth the money to have all of the same track. I will use the Atlas track that I have in the remote areas with no turnouts. I may actually get to move forward with this thing once I get this stuff ordered, yeah!

I hope everyone has a nice day. I'll be chomping on Alleve all day to make my fingers work!

 

[tompm]

Good morning folks

It was 63 F as I head out into the mess this morning. High today will be 76 F.

I had a frustrating ride in this morning. I could not go my normal way since the interchange with I-476 was gridlocked, so I went with my secondary route. The secondary route was detoured and the detour took you back into the interchange mess. At one point I almost turned around and went back home. After an hour and fifteen minutes I finally got to work. My normal morning commute is 30 to 40 minutes.

No modeling last night. We had Cub Scout Den Meetings.

My daughter has a volleyball game this afternoon.

I hope everybody has a good day.

 

[rhoward]

Mornin' everyone!

Like Paul said. Another nice day out there. Currently 62°F here in the Finger Lakes with a high of 67°F later on today. Partly cloudy with 10 to 20 MPH winds WSW.

Jim, "Banana Belt?" ROFLMAO! No not hardly. The only thing that grows that late is the Broccoli. I have been known to did parsnips in January if the snow is not too deep though..........

Corey my 20 lb. little sweetheart had to be medicated when he was 2 years old and 17 lbs. It took both my son and I to get the stuff down him. He could actually lift my shoulders off the ground as I had to hold him on the floor next to a cabinet here he could not move. I weigh in at 270 lbs. Cats are very strong! Hope your fingers heal OK.

I should get the rest of the lawn mowed today as well as the Powerpoint presentation roughed in for the Lakeshores Division NMRA Meet coming up soon. Flo need another cup of coffee over here.......

 

[Steve B]

Corey They may look cute but they are only a few steps up the evolutionary ladder from lions,,, with the way they can fight you off they must be lions at heart.

Jim All is working well today thank the lord

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

There was a bit of an accident in town this morning. A tractor trailer rig with a flatbed fully loaded with sawn lumber was pulling out onto the highway from the lumber mill when his load suddenly shifted sending 2/3rds of his load onto the highway blocking both southbound lanes. With the police, emergency vehicles and recovery equipment, there was only one lane out of four open and that was a northbound lane.

 

[Steve B]

Will the driver get done for having an insecure load Jeffrey ???

Corey, this is how to chill out a mad pussy

 

[Steve B]

BUT,,,,,,, get it wrong and you end up with one like this

To much TLC and good music it'll be like this one

or

Avoid cat food with aspartame in it

and to much of everything above and it'll end up like this cat

 

[Trussrod]

Good Afternoon from Coarsegold, Calif,
Hope everyone is having a good day and will continue too.

The weather here has been fairly mild, this morning at 9:30 it was 55*F outside and supposed to reach 72* and there is about a 20 mph breeze blowing.

Ray, The group playing SGB, were they Sweedish or Norweighen by chance? I didn't take the time listen to but the first part as my land line connection is pretty slow 49.9 is the fastes connection I can get 98% of the time and I have to reconnect several times to get that.

Corey, Ray & Steve, I have two female cats and yes they can be very strong when frightened, I found that treating them with TLC gets the best results, although a few years back I killed a rattle snake to the West of the garage a ways and took one f the cats to show her what a rattle snake was and when we got close she twisted & sprang out of my arm leaving me with about a 2" long claw dig. Didn't think she would get that
frightened!

Jeffery, That is rather odd that the driver didn't check to ensure his load was sequired properly??

I finally got around to taking a few shots of the work in progress at the S&A sideings and
mainline which I'll post shortly. Hand laying is much slower going but I sure do like the results! Although I don't have any track down yet as I need to scrub the ties with a small brass wire brush to distress them and then stain them different mixtures for some variation to give a more pleasing effect and then the switches & rail gets spiked downl!

I visited a RR & Photo Buddy in Fresno last evening and went to a Rallys Hamburger place to have something to eat and noticed on some of the old wall pictures they had of the early era in the '40 showed a Mohawk Gas station which had five or six tall tanks directly behind the station and each was labeled with the the Mohak Indian Head in Red & Black as well as being marked for the contents. One was Fuel Oil Tank, another was Kerosene Tank, quite interesting if your modeling earlier time periods!

I'll post the photo's under the, 'C & S West SL RR,' in Layout designs.

Take care and use a light hand on the throttle.

 

[jbaakko]

I dunno if I missed it, but I like the new thumbnail view on the forum!!

 

[RexHea]

Thanks STEVE'O, those cats are funny. Still ROTFLMAO!