Boris
Beach Bum
Curt: My condolences to you and your family.
Running Bear's August 2021 Coffee Shop
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Curt: My condolences to you and your family.
I can understand, but I find it a necessary evil to keep up with a few friends, kids and grandkids. I just ignore the political crap.
That is understandable. I have 8 “friends“ on FB of which 6 are close family and 2 are excellent MR buddies. I refuse everyone else, I never review the products FB is pushing and my places to go to are all Model Rail related.
I forgot about Mike’s Small Layouts.
TomO
I am struggling to upload photos i get the first screen but the second screen is now failing to appear I will go turn off turn on and see if a glitch…..so now pictures of model birds atm.
Regarding my acquaintance, thank you for your thoughts. The EMS folks in the ambulance told him in the beginning where they had to go because they already knew about the capacity issue at the other places, so it wasn't like they were turned away. In Dallas it was just a matter of a few extra miles because there are so many medical facilities there.
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Curt: My condolences to you and your family.
CambriaArea51
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Curt- Condolences to you and your family.
Boris
Beach Bum
Good evening y'all. 63° and cloudy as I write this. Had a busy day, extended shopping trip, which was over around lunch time. then some yard work. Cleaned up all the tree fall debris. Having the offending tree removed the end of the month. Sometime within the same time frame, I will be replacing my gutters. Have a few other Capital Improvements planned...see what happens.
Curt: Good to see you have made time for yourself.
Guy: Truthfully, I have never considered abandoned oil wells, although I have seen my share of abandoned coal mines industrial facilities, and oil refineries. I firmly believe in Free Markets and Capital, but they have to learn that they have responsibilities.
Hal Smith photo from 7-27-1968 at Paoli Shops. This was a newly rebuilt and repainted MU married pair fresh out of Altoona.
Also from 1968, B&O #6 in Chicago's Grand Central Station. Tygart, a 10-6 sleeping car, was the last B&O car painted in the traditional B&O scheme, and is currently in the B&O museum in Baltimore.
Curt: Good to see you have made time for yourself.
Guy: Truthfully, I have never considered abandoned oil wells, although I have seen my share of abandoned coal mines industrial facilities, and oil refineries. I firmly believe in Free Markets and Capital, but they have to learn that they have responsibilities.
Hal Smith photo from 7-27-1968 at Paoli Shops. This was a newly rebuilt and repainted MU married pair fresh out of Altoona.
Also from 1968, B&O #6 in Chicago's Grand Central Station. Tygart, a 10-6 sleeping car, was the last B&O car painted in the traditional B&O scheme, and is currently in the B&O museum in Baltimore.
CambriaArea51
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I'm glad it helped you. I've looked at many different techniques but his I use the most.
Patrick
What, me worry?
Morning all,
Smoky and 62° this morning. Air quality alert up for the next 24 hours. 1500 miles from the fires, but we get the smoke. Hopefully they can get a handle on those soon for all involved.
Interviewing applicants today for the Tech position. Many just completed or completing computer science degrees. I foresee having to do this again in a couple of years as they get experience here and leave us, although I'm seriously considering retiring in about 4 1/2 years. Damn, I'm getting old.
Of course I did much the same when I was younger, but then you hit a certain age and nobody wants to hire you.
Everyone have a great day! It is Hump Day after all. 2 days till Friday and the weekend.
Smoky and 62° this morning. Air quality alert up for the next 24 hours. 1500 miles from the fires, but we get the smoke. Hopefully they can get a handle on those soon for all involved.
Interviewing applicants today for the Tech position. Many just completed or completing computer science degrees. I foresee having to do this again in a couple of years as they get experience here and leave us, although I'm seriously considering retiring in about 4 1/2 years. Damn, I'm getting old.
Of course I did much the same when I was younger, but then you hit a certain age and nobody wants to hire you.
Everyone have a great day! It is Hump Day after all. 2 days till Friday and the weekend.
Rabοliοt
Old Bandit
Sorry but I hate FB.
kbkchooch
Verified Human
Sorry but I hate FB.
I can understand, but I find it a necessary evil to keep up with a few friends, kids and grandkids. I just ignore the political crap.
TLOC
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Sorry but I hate FB.
That is understandable. I have 8 “friends“ on FB of which 6 are close family and 2 are excellent MR buddies. I refuse everyone else, I never review the products FB is pushing and my places to go to are all Model Rail related.
I forgot about Mike’s Small Layouts.
TomO
Jaz avalley
Station cat
Yes absolutely ducks especially Muscovites are quieter,no ruckus’s cos they just laid an egg, no echo zone where one vocals and everyone vocals and several cockerels do not make one popular with neighbours, the only good one is when they see a flying predator then the noise is good,and the boys can all run at a foe, but in general very noise,very annoying,ripping feathers off each other,damaging each other’s eggs when free range, trying to keep apart certain breeds when you just fed one lot and they squeeze through gaps a rat would struggle to ge under, I have seen them flatten them selves if just a speck of food is desirable, dinosaurs.
I am struggling to upload photos i get the first screen but the second screen is now failing to appear I will go turn off turn on and see if a glitch…..so now pictures of model birds atm.
McLeod
Forest Lurker
Good Morning!
Looks like it will be a 50/50 toss-up between cloud and blue sky out there, but, I believe the forest-fire smoke will win the day. Here's a photo of the Whitecourt forest I took yesterday, cloaked in smoke:
Right now it's 60F and headed up into the mid-eighties. Aside from the smoke, it has been as beautiful a summer as I can ever remember. Perhaps that's why I'm not modeling lately; the weather has just been too nice to sit inside. A little too warm earlier, but, for the most part it's been a great summer.
My sprained foot is on the mend and isn't so swollen today. So, I figure I'll be hiking around again in another day or two.
The wife seems to have gotten better, whatever bug she had. It didn't seem to be contagious, anyway. She lucked out, actually. She gets paid for a 10 day isolation, and then her paid holidays kick in. So she gets a whole month off.
Good for her; bad for me. I can foresee a number of projects in my immediate future.
Thankyou for the likes on my coffee shop post yesterday!
Since we were downtown yesterday, and I'm waiting for the wife in the truck while she visits the stores, I got the idea to start taking photos of the small-town store fronts and businesses. Actually wish I had done that in the 60's when everything was a bit more rustic, and service stations existed. - Anyway, I'm going to photograph and file a number of storefronts and signs, like the following:
I suppose I figure we usually just take things for granted. But, I wish I had local storefronts from when I was young. Then I might have got a Rexall sign like the one on Willie's structure posted yesterday, and there wouldn't have been so much concrete and pavement. I do not consider photos of this type a waste of film.
Anyway, I suppose that's enough yap for one day. The brother is coming up on his Harley for a visit tomorrow, so the wife has us on a house cleaning mission today.
Have a good one!
Looks like it will be a 50/50 toss-up between cloud and blue sky out there, but, I believe the forest-fire smoke will win the day. Here's a photo of the Whitecourt forest I took yesterday, cloaked in smoke:
Right now it's 60F and headed up into the mid-eighties. Aside from the smoke, it has been as beautiful a summer as I can ever remember. Perhaps that's why I'm not modeling lately; the weather has just been too nice to sit inside. A little too warm earlier, but, for the most part it's been a great summer.
My sprained foot is on the mend and isn't so swollen today. So, I figure I'll be hiking around again in another day or two.
The wife seems to have gotten better, whatever bug she had. It didn't seem to be contagious, anyway. She lucked out, actually. She gets paid for a 10 day isolation, and then her paid holidays kick in. So she gets a whole month off.
Good for her; bad for me. I can foresee a number of projects in my immediate future.
Thankyou for the likes on my coffee shop post yesterday!
Since we were downtown yesterday, and I'm waiting for the wife in the truck while she visits the stores, I got the idea to start taking photos of the small-town store fronts and businesses. Actually wish I had done that in the 60's when everything was a bit more rustic, and service stations existed. - Anyway, I'm going to photograph and file a number of storefronts and signs, like the following:
I suppose I figure we usually just take things for granted. But, I wish I had local storefronts from when I was young. Then I might have got a Rexall sign like the one on Willie's structure posted yesterday, and there wouldn't have been so much concrete and pavement. I do not consider photos of this type a waste of film.
Anyway, I suppose that's enough yap for one day. The brother is coming up on his Harley for a visit tomorrow, so the wife has us on a house cleaning mission today.
Have a good one!
TLOC
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Good morning from Wisconsin. I have for the third day a sore throat and just called the clinic. The Urgent Care nurse will call me back.
Out on the south deck it is 68f degrees going to 84. The humidity is at 74% and the dew point is 61 and a huge 1mph wind is blowing.
The fire haze is back.
Yesterday at 11 I asked if anyone wanted a root beer float or a malted. Headed 50 minutes north to Frank Lloyd Wright’s homestead in Spring Green Wisconsin to Rumble Seats. A 1950’s style drive inn that because of Covid doesn‘t currently use the car hops but the Root Beer float is huge and the food is decadent. So for the 3 of us the RB floats also turned into a double cheeseburger with bacon, 2 corn dogs extra crisp, 4 chicken strips, a Marilyn Monroe burger (never again), onion rings and fried cheese curds at 4pm. The MM burger was eaten 100% but cut 5 years from my heart. 1 corn dog, 1/2 a cheeseburger and 2 chicken strips came home for lunch today for ME they told me. Seems the onion rings and cheese curds disappeared at the drive inn. They were so good but I will probably need to add about 5 hours of exercise this week to make up for what I had at 1 meal.
When the snack was done we drove over to Taliesin the Wisconsin home and studio school of the great FLW. Unfortunately we arrived after closing at 5 and the road I usually can take to just drive by and get a picture was chained off. We did stop at the Visitor Center as both ladies needed a pit stop. They came out with another book for my collection on Mr. Wright’s accomplishments.
No funny joke or meme pictures today. I did not accomplish much in the train room but have figured out the framework for the base of the City Scene so inspired by Willie’s pictures and many other scene photo’s posted by others here. The yard for the City is based on the current WSOR RR yard located in Madison, Wi. mainly behind the old Oscar Meyer corporate and production facilities. That facility and 1200 jobs were canceled when Kraft purchased the company around 2016. Not figured out yet is my tracks running in the street that I really want. There are some areas along the Kinninickinnic River in Milwaukee near the casino I am thinking of emulating, like the old grain terminials and transload that CP services. I am looking for a 1960’s type of track and buildings with some modern buildings included. Milwaukee has a few areas still like that and of course modelers license will prevail.
guy, too bad on the haze but that still is a wonderful picture. The Rexall picture reminds me of the Piggly Wiggly stores in southeastern Wisconsin. Thanks for sharing.
Boris, thanks for sharing your pictures. That B&O paint scheme brings back memories of Chicago as a kid. Between ATSF and C&O at the station downtown Chicago. Dad loved to take me to work and then we would have a lunch sitting next to the wash house of the ATSF passenger yards. That’s were I feel in love with the Super Chief trains, man they were so clean!
Enjoy your day
TomO
Out on the south deck it is 68f degrees going to 84. The humidity is at 74% and the dew point is 61 and a huge 1mph wind is blowing.
The fire haze is back.
Yesterday at 11 I asked if anyone wanted a root beer float or a malted. Headed 50 minutes north to Frank Lloyd Wright’s homestead in Spring Green Wisconsin to Rumble Seats. A 1950’s style drive inn that because of Covid doesn‘t currently use the car hops but the Root Beer float is huge and the food is decadent. So for the 3 of us the RB floats also turned into a double cheeseburger with bacon, 2 corn dogs extra crisp, 4 chicken strips, a Marilyn Monroe burger (never again), onion rings and fried cheese curds at 4pm. The MM burger was eaten 100% but cut 5 years from my heart. 1 corn dog, 1/2 a cheeseburger and 2 chicken strips came home for lunch today for ME they told me. Seems the onion rings and cheese curds disappeared at the drive inn. They were so good but I will probably need to add about 5 hours of exercise this week to make up for what I had at 1 meal.
When the snack was done we drove over to Taliesin the Wisconsin home and studio school of the great FLW. Unfortunately we arrived after closing at 5 and the road I usually can take to just drive by and get a picture was chained off. We did stop at the Visitor Center as both ladies needed a pit stop. They came out with another book for my collection on Mr. Wright’s accomplishments.
No funny joke or meme pictures today. I did not accomplish much in the train room but have figured out the framework for the base of the City Scene so inspired by Willie’s pictures and many other scene photo’s posted by others here. The yard for the City is based on the current WSOR RR yard located in Madison, Wi. mainly behind the old Oscar Meyer corporate and production facilities. That facility and 1200 jobs were canceled when Kraft purchased the company around 2016. Not figured out yet is my tracks running in the street that I really want. There are some areas along the Kinninickinnic River in Milwaukee near the casino I am thinking of emulating, like the old grain terminials and transload that CP services. I am looking for a 1960’s type of track and buildings with some modern buildings included. Milwaukee has a few areas still like that and of course modelers license will prevail.
guy, too bad on the haze but that still is a wonderful picture. The Rexall picture reminds me of the Piggly Wiggly stores in southeastern Wisconsin. Thanks for sharing.
Boris, thanks for sharing your pictures. That B&O paint scheme brings back memories of Chicago as a kid. Between ATSF and C&O at the station downtown Chicago. Dad loved to take me to work and then we would have a lunch sitting next to the wash house of the ATSF passenger yards. That’s were I feel in love with the Super Chief trains, man they were so clean!
Enjoy your day
TomO
GarryCBQ
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Good morning everybody .....
Willie :.... Very sorry to hear about your acquaintance being injured in a car accident. Regarding unvaccinated people, I don't think we should generalize about them. There are valid reasons why certain people do not get vaccinated. In those cases, the people are not thoughtless. Instead, they have talked with their doctors about risks of the vaccine with consideration for their specific health situation. Everybody has different medical histories, and there are some people who should not be vaccinated because of that. Those people should not be given a "guilt trip". Remember, we are not supposed to judge people; we are supposed to pray for people.
Willie :.... Very sorry to hear about your acquaintance being injured in a car accident. Regarding unvaccinated people, I don't think we should generalize about them. There are valid reasons why certain people do not get vaccinated. In those cases, the people are not thoughtless. Instead, they have talked with their doctors about risks of the vaccine with consideration for their specific health situation. Everybody has different medical histories, and there are some people who should not be vaccinated because of that. Those people should not be given a "guilt trip". Remember, we are not supposed to judge people; we are supposed to pray for people.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning Everybody. Mostly cloudy and 71° in this part of the world, air quality alert for this area as well, although it technically ends at the county line a mile south of here. Another cool day here with the high only reaching 91°, that won't change until Saturday when the weather returns to normal. It has been quite refreshing to sleep with the windows open for the past two nights, and a couple more to come; something I don't get to do in August much.
Granddog seems to have returned to normal after being really spooked out during the thunderstorm Sunday night. She actually came into the train shed yesterday, something that she has done before but very rare. I don't think that she likes stairs, even the 6" rise ones that I build especially for me.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding the structures yesterday; Christian, Hughie, Karl, Guy, Curt, Patrick, Tom O, James, Joe,, Tom, Rick, Jaz.
BLT and a diet A&W root beer today Flo. I'm off to a late start.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I had a very mixed day. I did install some utility poles in the latest project area but no pictures yet. I got out the supplies for the next phase of adding weeds.
This is never one of my favorite tasks, although I don't dislike it. It just bores me.
I did some more infrastructure work under the layout, nothing major. I am just replacing some undersized wire with 18 gauge in a few places. I had originally run out of 18 gauge and used some 22 gauge on some of the common feed wiring. I also did a bit more tidying up. One problem that I have with the train shed out in the yard is that I track in lots of grass clippings, leaves and other yard debris. That and those damn spider webs from spiders too small to be seen get everywhere on the floor. I also ran trains for almost an hour. Sure was a good feeling without any derailments or other issues. Reminds me that I may be overdue on car inspection. Nothing big there either, just looking at eye level when trains pass to see if there is anything leaning, dragging or possibly loose. Many times when running, I am mainly looking at engines.
The structure cleaning for this quarter is finally at an end. Here are a few but not all that I did yesterday.
Rudy's BBQ, a DPM structure called Carol's Corner Cafe. Next to it is another DPM structure of a townhouse.
Everything in the outdoor eating area is scratchbuilt with hand-painted figures.
Oakleaf Shipping & Storage is a Bar Mills kit with additional detailing.
And the recently posted Fresh Market on the outskirts of town. This is a DPM Landmark structure.
Patrick - Those protein cars that you and Terry were posting about yesterday have come about as the need for coal is diminishing. Railroads/utilities acquired thousands of them when the Powder River Basin really got going and now they need something for them to haul. Before he retired from that business, one of my brothers was in charge of coal acquisition for a very large power generator here in Texas. Side perks included riding in an engine doing the loading loop (and elsewhere), and receiving handfuls of HO models of those gondolas as promotional gifts from the coal suppliers.
Good that you have a plan for retiring. I originally had a plan to retire at age 60, but the recession of 2008 set me back by three years. Now, I never look back!
Haven't missed work for a single minute.
Tom O - I'm looking forward to what you can do with those trucks. I have one that was salvaged from my son's toy box 20 years ago that I would like to use some day. It's about as beat up as yours.
Get well soon.
Guy - We have the same issue here in Texas with old oil wells. In many cases, wells were abandoned without being properly capped and are now either contaminating ground water or spewing out various gases. In most cases big oil companies developed oilfields until they were then sold to smaller outfits when the volume pumped didn't meet their threshold of acceptable flow. The smaller companies would eventually go bankrupt and drilling records were lost so no one really accepts responsibility for capping them. The rigs like you pictured have all been removed for scrap and in many cases no one is aware of the original wells presence until problems arise. Here's an article from ABC News from last week.
Abandoned oil wells
Greg - Great to read that you are getting back in the basement. The train therapy should liven up your life.
James/Joe - While there is no doubt that Eric Brooman is a great modeler, his models are not worth that much. I have seen much better modeling here from Jerome and Karl.
Today is the US Coast Guard's Birthday, the forgotten service branch. It's also National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day and Barack Obama's birthday. I misplaced my party invitation.
Everyone have a great day.
Granddog seems to have returned to normal after being really spooked out during the thunderstorm Sunday night. She actually came into the train shed yesterday, something that she has done before but very rare. I don't think that she likes stairs, even the 6" rise ones that I build especially for me.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding the structures yesterday; Christian, Hughie, Karl, Guy, Curt, Patrick, Tom O, James, Joe,, Tom, Rick, Jaz.
BLT and a diet A&W root beer today Flo. I'm off to a late start.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I had a very mixed day. I did install some utility poles in the latest project area but no pictures yet. I got out the supplies for the next phase of adding weeds.
This is never one of my favorite tasks, although I don't dislike it. It just bores me.
I did some more infrastructure work under the layout, nothing major. I am just replacing some undersized wire with 18 gauge in a few places. I had originally run out of 18 gauge and used some 22 gauge on some of the common feed wiring. I also did a bit more tidying up. One problem that I have with the train shed out in the yard is that I track in lots of grass clippings, leaves and other yard debris. That and those damn spider webs from spiders too small to be seen get everywhere on the floor. I also ran trains for almost an hour. Sure was a good feeling without any derailments or other issues. Reminds me that I may be overdue on car inspection. Nothing big there either, just looking at eye level when trains pass to see if there is anything leaning, dragging or possibly loose. Many times when running, I am mainly looking at engines.
The structure cleaning for this quarter is finally at an end. Here are a few but not all that I did yesterday.
Rudy's BBQ, a DPM structure called Carol's Corner Cafe. Next to it is another DPM structure of a townhouse.
Everything in the outdoor eating area is scratchbuilt with hand-painted figures.
Oakleaf Shipping & Storage is a Bar Mills kit with additional detailing.
And the recently posted Fresh Market on the outskirts of town. This is a DPM Landmark structure.
Patrick - Those protein cars that you and Terry were posting about yesterday have come about as the need for coal is diminishing. Railroads/utilities acquired thousands of them when the Powder River Basin really got going and now they need something for them to haul. Before he retired from that business, one of my brothers was in charge of coal acquisition for a very large power generator here in Texas. Side perks included riding in an engine doing the loading loop (and elsewhere), and receiving handfuls of HO models of those gondolas as promotional gifts from the coal suppliers.
Good that you have a plan for retiring. I originally had a plan to retire at age 60, but the recession of 2008 set me back by three years. Now, I never look back!
Haven't missed work for a single minute.Tom O - I'm looking forward to what you can do with those trucks. I have one that was salvaged from my son's toy box 20 years ago that I would like to use some day. It's about as beat up as yours.
Get well soon.
Guy - We have the same issue here in Texas with old oil wells. In many cases, wells were abandoned without being properly capped and are now either contaminating ground water or spewing out various gases. In most cases big oil companies developed oilfields until they were then sold to smaller outfits when the volume pumped didn't meet their threshold of acceptable flow. The smaller companies would eventually go bankrupt and drilling records were lost so no one really accepts responsibility for capping them. The rigs like you pictured have all been removed for scrap and in many cases no one is aware of the original wells presence until problems arise. Here's an article from ABC News from last week.
Abandoned oil wells
Greg - Great to read that you are getting back in the basement. The train therapy should liven up your life.
James/Joe - While there is no doubt that Eric Brooman is a great modeler, his models are not worth that much. I have seen much better modeling here from Jerome and Karl.
Today is the US Coast Guard's Birthday, the forgotten service branch. It's also National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day and Barack Obama's birthday. I misplaced my party invitation.
Everyone have a great day.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Garry - You are correct about some people are unable to be vaccinated due to other health reasons. I had intended to insert something regarding that when I first started the rant, but forgot while typing. I do believe that they are in a small minority based on what I have read. But there are way too many stories here about folks who just felt that they were invincible or thought the whole pandemic was a hoax or just didn't have time; that irritate me. I believe that they are a majority based on the uptick in folks lining up for vaccinations now. Some of these stories being told about those in the hospital being informed that "it's too late now" is probably having a greater impact on vaccinations than all of our leaders and politicians pleading from Washington. These are the people who pose the greatest risk to those who are truly unable to be vaccinated.
Regarding my acquaintance, thank you for your thoughts. The EMS folks in the ambulance told him in the beginning where they had to go because they already knew about the capacity issue at the other places, so it wasn't like they were turned away. In Dallas it was just a matter of a few extra miles because there are so many medical facilities there.
moermusic
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been too long away. last Fri drove 2 hrs to my oldest(89) cousins memorial, Then another hr to see my ailing father, probably the last time. 3 hrs home , then another hr to lady friends place for her brothers memorial on Sat. Monday afternoon , got the call from sisters ,dad had finally left us - 2 months shy of 104. mom turns 92 this coming Sun & they would have been wedded 73 yrs this mid sept.
There is something like a span bolster connecting the two cars, and it is supported by the single truck.
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