Running Bear's Coffee Shop July 2024
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It actual works out well to do this.
I created a You Tube channel just for my HO scale trains and or prototype Train videos that I capture on the tracks.
see my link below
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santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 72°. Wind is about to shift from the north and the high today isn't expected to get out of the low-80's. Rain of some kind is expected today, probably from the south, ahead of the tropical depression. Maybe not! There's also a front coming from the NW with light rain as well.
probably getting battered.
Pool repairman came by yesterday and found 3 places where the liner was leaking, and patched them of course. Two small pinholes were hard to find, but he finally found them in the side on his second go-around, not the bottom. I knew that they were there somewhere since there was a wet spot besides the pool, and the location was more than 15' from the other obvious leak. It still amazes me how he does his job, scuba diving in the pool with a bottle of dye to detect where water is leaking out. I pay good money for the peace of mind!
While he was swimming, I cut another week's supply of firewood and used the battery operated push mower to tidy up parts of the yard that the tractor doesn't really do well. Still haven't found the grass catcher; tornado obviously blew it off my property.
I should get a lot of outdoor tasks done on this cooler morning today. There's no shortage of them, unless it really does rain.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I touched on a lot of small projects. Since I still had the weathering powders out to age those orange cones used in the rail repair scene, I weathered the recently built plastic metal storage building, that I built to replace the cardstock one at the Red River Grain Elevator.
Before:
After:
I completed the replacement of the HO scale ground throw with the N scale one. It still looks oversized but I'm going with it.
I next turned my attention to another water damaged structure, my scratchbuilt derelict barn.
The door frames are intentional, but the foil over cardstock roof is not. Roof is currently being weighted down in an effort to flatten it. This will take a couple of days. It's in the top of the picture below.
I also disassembled the next round of vehicles to use in the street scene in Charlottesville. All will get dull coating and some will get drivers. Trucks will also get dome minor weathering.
Hughie - Some of the dogs do indeed look a little large, but with both the cats and dogs, the camera angle is distorting the perspective a bit. Hope that you aren't washing away right now.
Louis -
Phred/Guilford Railman - As others have posted, posting a link to YouTube or another site like Vimeo is the way to post a video here. Tik-Tok might also work, I don't know. That's why I don't post videos.
Everyone have a fine Monday.
Latest projection seems to put it passing to the east of IH-35, which is east of me. We might still get some light showers when we really need a good soaking thunderstorm. Haven't had a real rain here since June 4. There's a light band ahead of the depression moving in my direction, but it seems to be stalled out over DFW right now. As I post this, Hughie is
Pool repairman came by yesterday and found 3 places where the liner was leaking, and patched them of course. Two small pinholes were hard to find, but he finally found them in the side on his second go-around, not the bottom. I knew that they were there somewhere since there was a wet spot besides the pool, and the location was more than 15' from the other obvious leak. It still amazes me how he does his job, scuba diving in the pool with a bottle of dye to detect where water is leaking out. I pay good money for the peace of mind!
While he was swimming, I cut another week's supply of firewood and used the battery operated push mower to tidy up parts of the yard that the tractor doesn't really do well. Still haven't found the grass catcher; tornado obviously blew it off my property.
I should get a lot of outdoor tasks done on this cooler morning today. There's no shortage of them, unless it really does rain.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I touched on a lot of small projects. Since I still had the weathering powders out to age those orange cones used in the rail repair scene, I weathered the recently built plastic metal storage building, that I built to replace the cardstock one at the Red River Grain Elevator.
Before:
After:
I completed the replacement of the HO scale ground throw with the N scale one. It still looks oversized but I'm going with it.
I next turned my attention to another water damaged structure, my scratchbuilt derelict barn.
The door frames are intentional, but the foil over cardstock roof is not. Roof is currently being weighted down in an effort to flatten it. This will take a couple of days. It's in the top of the picture below.
I also disassembled the next round of vehicles to use in the street scene in Charlottesville. All will get dull coating and some will get drivers. Trucks will also get dome minor weathering.
Hughie - Some of the dogs do indeed look a little large, but with both the cats and dogs, the camera angle is distorting the perspective a bit. Hope that you aren't washing away right now.
Louis -
Usually not much to worry about here from hurricanes, I'm over 450 miles inland. The greatest effect that they have on me is rain, usually welcome at this time of year. No winds (tornadoes do that) no storm surges, no flooding. Thanks for the thought though. See map above.
Phred/Guilford Railman - As others have posted, posting a link to YouTube or another site like Vimeo is the way to post a video here. Tik-Tok might also work, I don't know. That's why I don't post videos.
Everyone have a fine Monday.
kbkchooch
Verified Human
Good morning gang!
81° already, heading to a high of 92° with 64% humidity. Yeah, thou shalt feel sticky today.
Spent yesterday soldering drops on the layout yesterday and tying into the track buss. SO far I'm only about 1/3 of the way done, and I have run through almost 50 Scotchlocks. I've got to order more.
Willie, here's hoping you get a soaking rain, and praying Hughie come through the storm unharmed.
BBL
81° already, heading to a high of 92° with 64% humidity. Yeah, thou shalt feel sticky today.
Spent yesterday soldering drops on the layout yesterday and tying into the track buss. SO far I'm only about 1/3 of the way done, and I have run through almost 50 Scotchlocks. I've got to order more.
Willie, here's hoping you get a soaking rain, and praying Hughie come through the storm unharmed.
BBL
NorthBrit
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Our thoughts & prayers also.
Alcomotive
Grandson of an ALCO Builder
Thank you for the quick reply Guilford. Sounds like I will have to go well out of my comfort envelope and learn some new things, I have never created a YouTube video before. It seems a little like overkill for an eight second video of an engine on a test track lol ... I could probably put several on the one YouTube video I suppose...Off to learn something new!
Thank you again!
It actual works out well to do this.
I created a You Tube channel just for my HO scale trains and or prototype Train videos that I capture on the tracks.
see my link below
Bruette
Well-Known Member
I've done that as well.
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Bruette
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That's good to hear, thank you. Now we can concentrate our thoughts and prayers on Hughie.
TLOC
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Good morning, it’s 4:44 as I start typing. Trouble sleeping which is another reason I don’t enjoy it here. It takes me a good week to adjust the internal clock and I very rarely stay over 10 days. But, all that said it is stunningly beautiful and we have a fantastic location.
Terry picked me up at the airport and mentioned my brother wants to golf at 9 this morning! I want to relax but Terry said it’s all set up. Dinner was on the lanai last night as the sun was setting. As usual my phone/camera was sitting on the charger in my cave so no pictures. My sister is here, my niece and her now finance are here but leaving Wednesday, Terry best friend will be here Thursday. It will be a revolving door for another 6 weeks as friends and some family will come over for a visit. Terry loves the being hostess crap. It slows down around Labor Day for visitors which is strange as the weather stays wonderful until really January and then it just becomes more wet.
I have not seen the brother yet but will at the course. This place while as beautiful as the brothers is away from him as he is in a closer to the water location. Terry wanted to be close but still separate. She says his g/f spends a lot of time during the day with them and just drives over in a golf cart. I guess that is on the agenda this week, the wife wants a cart! I told her treat it like buying a car. The other thing we will do this week is the every other year trip on the “Road to Hana” but I’m done driving it. We will be on one of the tourist mini buses! It is one of the most beautiful and scariest roads I have ever been on let alone driven. When I have driven it, it’s been 2 hands on the wheel and focus on the road, not a fun drive…
The son texted this morning that’s Austin has been bypassed by Beryl the Hurricane. Be safe if you are in the way of it
Enjoy the day
Terry picked me up at the airport and mentioned my brother wants to golf at 9 this morning! I want to relax but Terry said it’s all set up. Dinner was on the lanai last night as the sun was setting. As usual my phone/camera was sitting on the charger in my cave so no pictures. My sister is here, my niece and her now finance are here but leaving Wednesday, Terry best friend will be here Thursday. It will be a revolving door for another 6 weeks as friends and some family will come over for a visit. Terry loves the being hostess crap. It slows down around Labor Day for visitors which is strange as the weather stays wonderful until really January and then it just becomes more wet.
I have not seen the brother yet but will at the course. This place while as beautiful as the brothers is away from him as he is in a closer to the water location. Terry wanted to be close but still separate. She says his g/f spends a lot of time during the day with them and just drives over in a golf cart. I guess that is on the agenda this week, the wife wants a cart! I told her treat it like buying a car. The other thing we will do this week is the every other year trip on the “Road to Hana” but I’m done driving it. We will be on one of the tourist mini buses! It is one of the most beautiful and scariest roads I have ever been on let alone driven. When I have driven it, it’s been 2 hands on the wheel and focus on the road, not a fun drive…
The son texted this morning that’s Austin has been bypassed by Beryl the Hurricane. Be safe if you are in the way of it
Enjoy the day
Texas Hobo
Well Known Hobo
Good morning, all! Thanks for all the concerns. guggle, guggle! Well, the worst is over. Unfortunately, power is out so we are on generator power. The whole of Galveston County is out. The power company web site says 2.1 million people are without power. Taking a quick look around outside I found an enormous amount of limbs down, not only my place but many of the neighbors. While the drainage ditch is full, it appears to be flowing and no flooding issues as yet. We are far enough inland not to be affected by tidal surge. That said, the town just east of us, on the main drag has 4 feet of water on the road. Houston has really flooded. Water rescues on going. We did get to use the camp stove for coffee.
We have a 18,000 watt gen, with a surge of 27,000 watts. So, if we keep power usage down, we can run the A/C. Camp stove instead of the electric range, minimum lights. I can keep the well pressured and the aerobic septic system working as well. While it's not normal life, it is a lot better than no power at all. Yes I could run my trains if I wanted to.
This was a low-end Cat 1 hurricane. Gusts hit 84 mph. However, there are reports of homes and businesses being destroyed, trees and power lines down all over. AND THE SEASON HAS JUST BEGUN.
STAY SAFE
LATER
We have a 18,000 watt gen, with a surge of 27,000 watts. So, if we keep power usage down, we can run the A/C. Camp stove instead of the electric range, minimum lights. I can keep the well pressured and the aerobic septic system working as well. While it's not normal life, it is a lot better than no power at all. Yes I could run my trains if I wanted to.
This was a low-end Cat 1 hurricane. Gusts hit 84 mph. However, there are reports of homes and businesses being destroyed, trees and power lines down all over. AND THE SEASON HAS JUST BEGUN.
STAY SAFE
LATER
ctclibby
Well-Known Member
Good Morning All!
68F @54% severe clear. To 90F+ later as was yesterday...yuk
So CostCo, bless their hearts puts a rib in those 100ft garden hoses the offer for sale. Pretty much means that you have to Xacto it out to the length of the new fitting. I could get my knife into it almost an 1 1/4" but not enough to git rid of the thing. End result is the 'fixed' end spews a stream of water as ya can't clamp it good enough. I guess for $20 you get new ones every year or so.
Nothing else to report except we are busy doing summer stuff!
Later
68F @54% severe clear. To 90F+ later as was yesterday...yuk
So CostCo, bless their hearts puts a rib in those 100ft garden hoses the offer for sale. Pretty much means that you have to Xacto it out to the length of the new fitting. I could get my knife into it almost an 1 1/4" but not enough to git rid of the thing. End result is the 'fixed' end spews a stream of water as ya can't clamp it good enough. I guess for $20 you get new ones every year or so.
Nothing else to report except we are busy doing summer stuff!
Later
D&J RailRoad
Professor of HO
I would cut that rib out using an Exacto knife with a chisel blade in it. You can reach pretty far into the hose with it.
Smudge617
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Would a Dremmel with the small sander drum work ?
Texas Hobo
Well Known Hobo
Lights are back on. Five and a half inches of rain in the gauges.
migalyto
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Bruette
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You fit right in! I'm glad to have you with us.
Bruette
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Same here!
NorthBrit
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Glad to hear you are okay.
KriegslokBR52
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Dookie
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Texas Hobo
Well Known Hobo
Just finished walking the yards, (front, side and back) with no damage to the house. The shed however lost 1/3 of its shingles. It was on a list to be replaced later anyway, so it moves up the list. A tree that has been in the back yard for maybe 30 years, planted by me, is leaning at a 45 deg. angle. Some of the roots have pulled up. The neighbor behind us had a new cedar fence install in March. It is now leaning over. Another section of fence with another neighbor is completely down. All in all, not bad. Clean up will take a few days, but I got nothing better to do.
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