Running Bear’s June 2025 Coffee Shop

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

Good morning! It's 68°F and partly cloudy.

Have a great Thursday!

 

[traiNscale]

hello sandwich friends in the morning

- ZRH airport up and running, atm second wave is incoming.
- outside around 28 celcius, they say it will be around 30 celcius today
- today is league day with doner kebab afterwards woohoo!

picture of today? no car, no plane, no train, just two lill tornados chillin:

 

[bnsf971]

Yeah, just in case a nut job who really hates those little crackers comes in loaded.

It happens more often than you might think.

 

[bnsf971]

Good morning. It's mostly cloudy and 76.

 

[Kusojiji]

outside around 28 celcius, they say it will be around 30 celcius today

I think we hit 32 today. I may have gotten a bit sun burned while I was setting up my auto watering system for my potted plants. Was only out there for 10 mins.

 

[Kusojiji]

It's that time of year to break out the solar oven. This is my 3rd design and the least bulky. The panels fold in to make it manageable. I copied the All American Sun oven design with a swing inside to keep the vessels level. I went a bit further than the all american in that my base has two motors in it and light sensor circuits so that this thing trains and elevates to follow the sun. It'll stay on target all day, as long as the battery is alive and the wind isn't strong.

Yeah, it's kinda ugly, but it works. Several layers of cardboard and mylar reflective stuff. Panels are that plastic cardboard whatever it's called.

The vessels are spackle pans and the big pyrex bowls with silicon on the edge to help seal it. I bought a cake pan cover that miraculously fit the pyrex bowl so that I can double stack the spackle pan for chicken on top and potatos or whatever on the bottom. The spackle pans collect the heat and the glassware helps keep the heat.

The highest I recorded was 400 F.

 

[troyphoto]

Well, howdy there internet peeps, and those with mausers.

It's Troy again.

I used to have a Mauser. My FIL purchased one that my wife took possession of when he died. My FIL was traumatically different. He grew up very rural Indiana. Boys at 10 were expected to work a full day in the field. By 12 they could have a wad of chewing tobacco if they did their jobs well. Eventually they got a beer too at the end of the workday. So he and another of his two brothers were probably verging on being alcoholics when they were drafted for Korea.

Both of them came back with PTSD. But it wasn't diagnosed back then. Not bad enough for "shell shock" diagnosis. But enough that both brothers hit the bottles hard.

Younger brother was drafted right after the war, so he avoided the trauma and the bottle.

So, my FIL in his later years was mentally only about half-functioning. He was a PTSD-riddled, alcoholic version of Forrest Gump.

He purchased the 1912??? Mauser bolt action with the stamp on it that showed it being sold to a S. American country, were it sat in storage until Montgomery Ward bought the entire warehouse full. We even had the MW receipt.

The problem: It used corrosive ammo. I forget the caliber but it was .762 or .765. Whichever wasn't the standard of today. And it was corrosive.

He wanted to show off, and took it out with some buddies shooting, back in the 80s, came home hitting the bottle in his truck, then had a few more beers and fell asleep in his chair. The next day or two he managed to put the rifle back in his gun case.

You'll note what I left out of that description.

Once my wife got to the point she wanted to learn to shoot, and we hit the local conservation club for their basic pistol class, I connected with one of the instructors/gunsmiths, and asked him to give it a once over.

He spent about a week deep cleaning it, and pronounced it safe to fire, but warned it would be off target in unpredictable ways because of the damage to the rifling the corrosive residue caused. We fired half a dozen rounds through it, had him walk us through cleaning it since we still had a couple boxes of the nasty ammo.

A few years later, we moved to California, and I didn't want the hassle of moving a rifle that was basically a sentimental wall hanger, so I sold it to a friend. He's fired it a few times, and it's back to being a curiosity piece.

 

[kbkchooch]

Good morning gang!

77° and sunny looking for a high today of 86° with a chance of a scattered shower this afternoon.

Couple more doctors appointments this afternoon but other than that nothing to do in particular. I’ll try to sneak down the basement later.

 

[Boris]

I have compression in my L3 & L4. Ain't nothing to do with the statins. Life style and genetics

I believe that's the root of many of our problems.....My dad had similar issues, lived with them until he was 90.

 

[Kusojiji]

Well, howdy there internet peeps, and those with mausers.

It's Troy again.

I used to have a Mauser. My FIL purchased one that my wife took possession of when he died. My FIL was traumatically different. He grew up very rural Indiana. Boys at 10 were expected to work a full day in the field. By 12 they could have a wad of chewing tobacco if they did their jobs well. Eventually they got a beer too at the end of the workday. So he and another of his two brothers were probably verging on being alcoholics when they were drafted for Korea.

Both of them came back with PTSD. But it wasn't diagnosed back then. Not bad enough for "shell shock" diagnosis. But enough that both brothers hit the bottles hard.

Younger brother was drafted right after the war, so he avoided the trauma and the bottle.

So, my FIL in his later years was mentally only about half-functioning. He was a PTSD-riddled, alcoholic version of Forrest Gump.

Glad your FIL finally found peace. IMO, that group didn't receive the after care that they needed.

I met this Rambo looking guy in a gym in the Phillipines. He was pumping hard and looked good for his age. We were talking about the VFW so he asked me what wars I had been in. I told him the gulf war. He laughed and said that he had been in longer fire fights than that entire sandbox fight.

Yup, he had my full respect after that.

 

[Kusojiji]

I believe that's the root of many of our problems.....My dad had similar issues, lived with them until he was 90.

You guys should go see Dr. Rahim https://www.youtube.com/@DrRahim/videos

 

[santafewillie]

Good Morning All. Happy Juneteenth. Here it is clear and 74°, maybe hitting 94° again later today. No change in our forecast; no rain in sight. Other than increasing high temperatures, that's the way it will be until October.

Somewhat busy day again yesterday, but at least I didn't have to go anywhere. Mowed for a while, used the weedeater for a while, did a load of laundry, took care of the burn trash while there was no wind and the dew was still heavy, and picked veggies. Lots of Green Beans and Tomatoes. I have enough Green Beans now to can 7 or 8 pints. I ran 8 jars through the dishwasher last night to be ready for this afternoon. Canner is ready to go. New gasket last year (about every 12-15 years), properly oiled is in place and the pressure valve is also new. My lids and rings are ready. If I remember right, I can fit 9 pints in the canner, but it only looks like I have enough for 7. I'll do them today rather than wait for more, in order to maintain freshness. The Tomatoes are different as they maintain freshness for a lot longer, but I plan to start canning them this weekend before I run out of room to store them on the kitchen table. Of course, we're eating 3-5 fresh ones every day, my wife more so than me.

Of course, this morning is the weekly grocery trek into town. I need to also stop by the pool place and get a new hose for the filter pump. No leaks yet, but it is showing signs that it is too old. Not sure why I don't already have a spare ready. I might have some more time to mow after canning the Green Beans and I probably need about 20 minutes picking Tomatoes before hitting the train shed and the pool, although not necessarily in that order.
Another stop this morning will be at Home Depot to purchase a new battery operated push mower for the tight places. Old one died recently. It never really recovered from last year's 125' trip tumbling across the ground and through the air during the tornado. On that subject, I'm still amazed that there was no damage to the house at all, and I only lost the metal roof on the train shed during that ordeal. Tragically, most of my neighbors lost parts or all of their homes, and I did lose my barn completely, along with those 21 trees.

I spent no time out in the train shed yesterday, as I'm still catching up on other stuff from the earlier part of the week when I was out of action.

Dave in Penn Valley - For some reason my doctor also downplays the aches and pains that I get from taking statins as well. But I know what is happening to me when I take them. My full lipid panels are always in range and I get those echo sonograms on my legs, feet, chest, abdomen and elsewhere every few years. Both my cardiologist and my primary care doctor can do them in their office.
Guilford Railman - Those are the type of operating scenarios that I like to do. Having a bigger layout allows me to also tie up the switcher on a siding in the midst of switching, while I run some manifest or unit trains by on the main.
Karl - I had to think about "the Lord's chicken" for a minute or two! I am just not a fast-food person!
Joe - My leg and ankle issues were the worst when I was on Rosuvastatin. Doc switched me to Atorvastatin, which was a bit more mild but the issues didn't go away until I just stopped taking any of them.

Everyone have a terrific Thursday

 

[logandsawman]

How did you fix the quartering?

Originally it was quarted with a home made template and eyeballing, a little crude.

I found that I could attach the side rods on one side (while assembled on the chassis) then turn it over and see how the holes lined up on the other side.

I use a gear puller to get the geared driver off and rotated it a bit to get the hole to line up with the side rod on this side. Took a couple tries to get it "perfect ".

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62 and mostly sunny-

Tree service was out yesterday clearing the ROW. For $50 I got them to take the top 40' off a big aspen that was overtopping a nice Spruce and a couple Norway Pine. I spent a couple hours cleaning up, the hard physical activity felt GREAT, I really sweat!

Will be mower lawn and train shed today,

More later, Dave LASM

 

[Kusojiji]

Remembering about kids and beer, 20 years ago in Japan, they weren't too strict about kids and booze. We used to live about a block from a mom and pop liquor store. I used to send the kids on the beer run. Of course, we were outside watching their progress. But it was fun and the kids enjoyed it!

 

[Marlin39]

Well, howdy there internet peeps, and those with mausers.

It's Troy again.

I used to have a Mauser. My FIL purchased one that my wife took possession of when he died. My FIL was traumatically different. He grew up very rural Indiana. Boys at 10 were expected to work a full day in the field. By 12 they could have a wad of chewing tobacco if they did their jobs well. Eventually they got a beer too at the end of the workday. So he and another of his two brothers were probably verging on being alcoholics when they were drafted for Korea.

Both of them came back with PTSD. But it wasn't diagnosed back then. Not bad enough for "shell shock" diagnosis. But enough that both brothers hit the bottles hard.

Younger brother was drafted right after the war, so he avoided the trauma and the bottle.

So, my FIL in his later years was mentally only about half-functioning. He was a PTSD-riddled, alcoholic version of Forrest Gump.

He purchased the 1912??? Mauser bolt action with the stamp on it that showed it being sold to a S. American country, were it sat in storage until Montgomery Ward bought the entire warehouse full. We even had the MW receipt.

The problem: It used corrosive ammo. I forget the caliber but it was .762 or .765. Whichever wasn't the standard of today. And it was corrosive.

He wanted to show off, and took it out with some buddies shooting, back in the 80s, came home hitting the bottle in his truck, then had a few more beers and fell asleep in his chair. The next day or two he managed to put the rifle back in his gun case.

You'll note what I left out of that description.

Once my wife got to the point she wanted to learn to shoot, and we hit the local conservation club for their basic pistol class, I connected with one of the instructors/gunsmiths, and asked him to give it a once over.

He spent about a week deep cleaning it, and pronounced it safe to fire, but warned it would be off target in unpredictable ways because of the damage to the rifling the corrosive residue caused. We fired half a dozen rounds through it, had him walk us through cleaning it since we still had a couple boxes of the nasty ammo.

A few years later, we moved to California, and I didn't want the hassle of moving a rifle that was basically a sentimental wall hanger, so I sold it to a friend. He's fired it a few times, and it's back to being a curiosity piece.

Argentinian Mauser 7.65x53. Probably Model 1909

 

[migalyto]

Remembering about kids and beer, 20 years ago in Japan, they weren't too strict about kids and booze. We used to live about a block from a mom and pop liquor store. I used to send the kids on the beer run. Of course, we were outside watching their progress. But it was fun and the kids enjoyed it!

Yea, it was a much different world back then. I remember in the late 70s early 80s our buddies mom would send us to the
grocery store to buy her cigarettes. We were probably only 10 or 11 at the time. The clerks never batted an eye.

How times have changed.

 

[Marlin39]

Originally it was quarted with a home made template and eyeballing, a little crude.

I found that I could attach the side rods on one side (while assembled on the chassis) then turn it over and see how the holes lined up on the other side.

I use a gear puller to get the geared driver off and rotated it a bit to get the hole to line up with the side rod on this side. Took a couple tries to get it "perfect ".

‐-------------

62 and mostly sunny-

Tree service was out yesterday clearing the ROW. For $50 I got them to take the top 40' off a big aspen that was overtopping a nice Spruce and a couple Norway Pine. I spent a couple hours cleaning up, the hard physical activity felt GREAT, I really sweat!

Will be mower lawn and train shed today,

More later, Dave LASM

The Quartering Fixture

The Quarterer

Quartering is the term for setting crankpins of locomotive drivers at 90 degrees ‘crank’ apart (similar to an automobile crankshaft). Accurate quarter of all drivers in a set to the same angle (whether exactly 90 degrees or not) is critical for smooth operation of model locomotives. This tool...

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[migalyto]

Good morning all!

Currently a beautiful 68F heading up to 76F. Yesterdays rain left almost 2" in the gauge. It rained steady for the better part
of 10 hours. It did get pretty heavy at times, but for the most part it was just steady. We really needed it as most of the rain
this year has skirted around us.

Have to head to the hospital this morning at 9:15am to have my yearly wellness and blood draw. Hopefully all goes well with that.
Don't anticipate many issues but one can never tell.

Not much else going on.

Have a safe day everyone!

 

[Marlin39]

Troy - My best man was a Marine embassy guard at several African & ME countries during the late 1970's. He never went into detail, but said they were on full alert several times. I never knew about his PTSD until he drank himself to death about 6 years ago and his girlfriend explained it all to me. In his later years I thought he had had a stroke because he was slurring, but otherwise acted normal.

 

[chadbag]

Supposed to be 100F today in the forecast. Sunday the forecast is 67F for a high. Each day down until we hit that and then going back up next week.