D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
condolences to you Karl for your loss. Dogs are so non-judgemental. They just stay by your side and are good listeners.
Running Bear's April 2022 Coffee Shop
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I still have my Galaxy S7 that I got in August 2016, and it's going strong. Battery typically still has 70% of its charge left at the end of the day. I use it for pretty much everything except web surfing or gaming. Of course, the protective cover that the Verizon salesgirl put over it has been gradually being chipped away around the sides, but the clear front cover is still intact. I'll keep on using it until it decides to quit, either by design
or normal wear-and-tear.
I severely doubt it. Can you say law suit? And EU fines? etc etc etc
I think my S4 I had as a test phone at work still works. The guy just wanted to sell you a new phone.
TomO
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IronBeltKen
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Karl - deepest condolences! 
IronBeltKen
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I still have my Galaxy S7 that I got in August 2016, and it's going strong. Battery typically still has 70% of its charge left at the end of the day. I use it for pretty much everything except web surfing or gaming. Of course, the protective cover that the Verizon salesgirl put over it has been gradually being chipped away around the sides, but the clear front cover is still intact. I'll keep on using it until it decides to quit, either by design
or normal wear-and-tear.
OBTC 1909
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Still burning and watering quite a bit. Wishing it would start getting better.
chadbag
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I severely doubt it. Can you say law suit? And EU fines? etc etc etc
I think my S4 I had as a test phone at work still works. The guy just wanted to sell you a new phone.
Smudge617
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Condolences to you and your family
Smudge617
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Probably, but my Samsung A12 was way cheaper than the Edge was.
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CambriaArea51
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Karl- sorry to hear about the passing of Bud.
CambriaArea51
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Good morning....Up before the alarm this morning due to the 2 cats deciding that a 5am wrestling match would go unheard.
Coffee Flo in the big cup I'll need it this morning. 52 and cloudy should see some sun later.
Coffee Flo in the big cup I'll need it this morning. 52 and cloudy should see some sun later.
OBTC 1909
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Good morning all! 67 degrees with severe thunderstorms expected later today. We could definitely do without the severe storms but I guess we'll deal with whatever comes. I enjoy watching storms but don't like all the damage that comes with them. My wife is supposed to take our son to a doctor appointment out of town today and I'm encouraging her to see if they can get the appointment changed so that she won't be traveling during the storms.
The trip to one of our sister colleges went well yesterday. I needed to learn about the distance learning setup they have so that I can order the equipment and set up three rooms at our school. Looks like the the whole thing should be pretty easy to set up. Now I just gotta get a quote from our vendor for the equipment and wait for funding to be approved.
Planning to go to lunch with one of my former police co-workers today if the weather doesn't get too bad. So proud of how he's done in the job. He started as a 911 dispatcher and is now Chief of Police at my old department. We worked together for quite a few years and I can say without reservation that he is one of the smartest people I've ever known. Definitely one of the good guys in this world too.
Hope you all have a great day!
The trip to one of our sister colleges went well yesterday. I needed to learn about the distance learning setup they have so that I can order the equipment and set up three rooms at our school. Looks like the the whole thing should be pretty easy to set up. Now I just gotta get a quote from our vendor for the equipment and wait for funding to be approved.
Planning to go to lunch with one of my former police co-workers today if the weather doesn't get too bad. So proud of how he's done in the job. He started as a 911 dispatcher and is now Chief of Police at my old department. We worked together for quite a few years and I can say without reservation that he is one of the smartest people I've ever known. Definitely one of the good guys in this world too.
Hope you all have a great day!
Smudge617
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Further to my woes with the Loco shed, complained to the vendor, and got a 75% refund, so cost me £5 in total, did try to argue with me but shot them down by sending the photo below, (BR Class 37 Diesel) exactly how an OO scale loco was gonna fit I don't know, and the HO, as you all know, are just as wide, some even wider I think.
Happy Day's
Happy Day's
Patrick
What, me worry?
Morning all,
Started the day early at PD replacing their firewall and it went without a hitch. Got one of the senior dispatchers yesterday as I told her I'd be there in the morning to swap out the equipment and showed up yesterday afternoon. She asked what I was doing there and I said "getting an early start." Her mouth dropped open and just as she was about to complain it was a busy day, I then said "for tomorrow". Firewall has a VPN line through to the county 911 system, so there isn't an option for not working.
Yesterday saw a humid high of 87° and today a high of 55°. We may get some light frost overnight. It depends on how low the temps really go and for how long. Expecting 30° overnight now instead of the just higher then freezing.
Got some software to install for folks now that I have it and actually have time.
Karl: Sorry to hear about Bud.
Started the day early at PD replacing their firewall and it went without a hitch. Got one of the senior dispatchers yesterday as I told her I'd be there in the morning to swap out the equipment and showed up yesterday afternoon. She asked what I was doing there and I said "getting an early start." Her mouth dropped open and just as she was about to complain it was a busy day, I then said "for tomorrow". Firewall has a VPN line through to the county 911 system, so there isn't an option for not working.
Yesterday saw a humid high of 87° and today a high of 55°. We may get some light frost overnight. It depends on how low the temps really go and for how long. Expecting 30° overnight now instead of the just higher then freezing.
Got some software to install for folks now that I have it and actually have time.
Karl: Sorry to hear about Bud.
Sirfoldalot
Days Gone Bye!
KARL - That's sad about BUD! I was sure that he was on the mend. Sad, Sad!
It's feeling like winter again out here. 41F as we speak, and only looking for a mid 60's high. Spent 4.5 hours at the HOA meeting yesterday afternoon and evening. Too LONG!
Wasn't that much going on - just have a couple long winded old farts!
Everything else remains about the same around here.
LOUIS - You made a couple classic posts a couple days back - I laughed at them - I will have to find them again - Thank You!
It's feeling like winter again out here. 41F as we speak, and only looking for a mid 60's high. Spent 4.5 hours at the HOA meeting yesterday afternoon and evening. Too LONG!
Wasn't that much going on - just have a couple long winded old farts!
Everything else remains about the same around here.
LOUIS - You made a couple classic posts a couple days back - I laughed at them - I will have to find them again - Thank You!
TLOC
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Be happy it wasn’t a turkey. One hit me where the rear view mirror joins the windshield. It peeled the roof open about 18” to the sky and just destroyed the windshield.
TomO
Smudge617
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Probably revenge for all those thanksgiving turkeys you've eaten.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Cloudy and an incredibly warm 73° out there this morning. But it's only expected to get to 76° for a high today. The relentless winds have returned, blowing between 18 mph and 25 mph from the south. Around noon they will reverse directions from the NW but will dissipate around sunset. At this time tomorrow it will be 41°, back into the 80's by Friday. Still shorts and tee shirt weather though. The thunderstorms predicted for yesterday never materialized; I saw lightning reflecting off the clouds before dawn this morning, but a quick look at the radar shows the closest rain 25 miles SE of here and moving away.
Busy day yesterday with the morning 50 mile round trip to purchase some replacement tomato plants and the new tankless water heater. Then after lunch and a quick nap, the 130 mile round trip to drop my wife off at my daughter's home to babysit our granddaughter until Sunday. So I'm home alone for a few days. Besides the water heater install, which should take about 30 minutes, I intend to replace a piece of baseboard in the recently remodeled bathroom that inexplicably split about six months after initial installation. Of course it's the most difficult piece to replace, on the floor behind the toilet. Oh! And the task of replacing those tomato plants that froze Friday night. Interesting that some that are side by side had different results, one froze, the one next to it is just as happy as can be!
Some that froze actually recovered and have new growth, so now I have a few too many. Better safe than sorry. However my best performing variety, Early Girl, looks like a 75% loss, and they no longer had any more of them.
Many thanks for all of the reactions and comments to the archival shots posted yesterday; Steve J, Smudge, Karl, Patrick, Dave B, Chad, Hughie, James, Curt, IB Ken, Tom, Louis, Rick, Tom O, Guy, George.
I totally have trouble using my phone for the forum, so I don't. I much prefer my 19" screen on the desk. I can if required, use my wife's laptop while on vacation.
While there wasn't much time leftover yesterday, I was able to get out to the train shed. Having the new garden right next to it instead of 175' away makes the transition easier and quicker. I didn't really do any new modeling, but I selected two new projects from my "to do" list and set them up on the workbench.
One is an engine, an Athearn CF7. It is one of the early RTR products, good runner but underweight.
Note that Athearn's early version of plastic handrails has faded, more than the photo actually shows. On the other side, they have become slightly mis-formed.
The back three stanchions lean forward slightly. I had fixed both problems on a different loco about two years ago, by painting the rails with a craft paint. Straightening the stanchions required drilling new mounting holes and filling in the old ones. This should take parts of two days to correct.
The other small project is to finish up this DPM kit, The Seymour Block, which I painted about two years ago also.
It needs window treatments, a sidewalk, and some roof details.
I have another of the same kit painted differently, on the upper level facing a different aisle, so it isn't noticeable that I have a duplicate.
Tom O - I agree with your view of Elon Musk as a carnival barker. But he's a smart rich SOB, so I have to admire him for that.
Terry - Most likely you hit a vulture. They're heavy birds. I hit one once at 55 mph and it just bounced off and kept flying away! It was a glancing blow and still left a smallish dent in the front of my hood.
Karl - Very sad to read the news regarding Bud. I am sure that you and the family will miss him.
Everybody have a great "hump" day.
Busy day yesterday with the morning 50 mile round trip to purchase some replacement tomato plants and the new tankless water heater. Then after lunch and a quick nap, the 130 mile round trip to drop my wife off at my daughter's home to babysit our granddaughter until Sunday. So I'm home alone for a few days. Besides the water heater install, which should take about 30 minutes, I intend to replace a piece of baseboard in the recently remodeled bathroom that inexplicably split about six months after initial installation. Of course it's the most difficult piece to replace, on the floor behind the toilet. Oh! And the task of replacing those tomato plants that froze Friday night. Interesting that some that are side by side had different results, one froze, the one next to it is just as happy as can be!
Some that froze actually recovered and have new growth, so now I have a few too many. Better safe than sorry. However my best performing variety, Early Girl, looks like a 75% loss, and they no longer had any more of them.Many thanks for all of the reactions and comments to the archival shots posted yesterday; Steve J, Smudge, Karl, Patrick, Dave B, Chad, Hughie, James, Curt, IB Ken, Tom, Louis, Rick, Tom O, Guy, George.
I totally have trouble using my phone for the forum, so I don't. I much prefer my 19" screen on the desk. I can if required, use my wife's laptop while on vacation.
While there wasn't much time leftover yesterday, I was able to get out to the train shed. Having the new garden right next to it instead of 175' away makes the transition easier and quicker. I didn't really do any new modeling, but I selected two new projects from my "to do" list and set them up on the workbench.
One is an engine, an Athearn CF7. It is one of the early RTR products, good runner but underweight.
Note that Athearn's early version of plastic handrails has faded, more than the photo actually shows. On the other side, they have become slightly mis-formed.
The back three stanchions lean forward slightly. I had fixed both problems on a different loco about two years ago, by painting the rails with a craft paint. Straightening the stanchions required drilling new mounting holes and filling in the old ones. This should take parts of two days to correct.
The other small project is to finish up this DPM kit, The Seymour Block, which I painted about two years ago also.
It needs window treatments, a sidewalk, and some roof details.
I have another of the same kit painted differently, on the upper level facing a different aisle, so it isn't noticeable that I have a duplicate.
Tom O - I agree with your view of Elon Musk as a carnival barker. But he's a smart rich SOB, so I have to admire him for that.
Terry - Most likely you hit a vulture. They're heavy birds. I hit one once at 55 mph and it just bounced off and kept flying away! It was a glancing blow and still left a smallish dent in the front of my hood.
Karl - Very sad to read the news regarding Bud. I am sure that you and the family will miss him.
Everybody have a great "hump" day.
D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
It got kinda warm here in Virginia yesterday. I decided to open the windows for the night but forgot to shut off the heating system. It was still 71 inside but 57 outside.
Had to go into the primary care office this morning to provide another blood sample. I hate it when I have to fast for this. Got back home and had a banana and Bing caffeine drink.
Got a potluck lunch at the church at 11am. I put together a peanut butter pie last night and have it chilling in the refridge till I head out at 1045. I'll have to put it in a box to keep it steady so I can carry it on the motorcycle (Goldwing).
Had to go into the primary care office this morning to provide another blood sample. I hate it when I have to fast for this. Got back home and had a banana and Bing caffeine drink.
Got a potluck lunch at the church at 11am. I put together a peanut butter pie last night and have it chilling in the refridge till I head out at 1045. I'll have to put it in a box to keep it steady so I can carry it on the motorcycle (Goldwing).
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