Good evening Ballast Tampers & Spike Drivers,
Hi Flo & Francine, things seem busy again here at Jeffreys' Dinner. How about some coffee and a slice of Rubarb Pie!
The weather here is cold and rainy, at least last night and this morning then the Sun shown through the clouds in the afternoon for a bit then it started to got cloudy & cold. Lets check WW: Partly Cloudy 38.1 °F/ Feels Like 38 °F;
Winds are from the ENE at 2.7 mph;
The Barometer is at 29.95 in/Hg;
The Hum-i-dity is 95%!
Yesterday I was up and down from my roof repairing spots that look like they could be problems as I could hear rain dripping on the kitchen cabinet soffets and knew that need to be corrected. I also took another look at a problem area over my bedroom area that had been leaking and was very troublesome to get fixed. So after a bit of a challenge I did manage to get heavy Tarr paper fit in the right places and that stopped the leak as it rained several times after that and the ceiling stayed dry, thank God!
So today my legs sure feel all the climbing the ladder even though it's a one story ranch style home, so I'm just taking it easy
today.
I did do a bit more adjusting on the last curved switch as I again found a bit of problem and corrected that.
Good evening. Another trip to PA on tap for tomorrow. Seems that one week to the day after my MIL's insurance determined she's had enough rehab, the place where she is at, decides she can't stay, while she has quite a way to go before she is eligible for medicare, her resources are not sufficiently adequate.
. Since we feel they didn't make any effort to rehabilitate her, we are going to retain an attorney. We have a meeting on Friday. They want to send her home, although her house is not ADA compliant, and she cannot walk. Such caring people.
. Going to attempt to find her a place in NJ, closer to where we live, so we can drop in on her more frequently. It's been almost 18 years since my FIL passed, but he remains the account holder on numerous accounts. Had to order a half dozen death certificates, to correct the title before my wife can gain access.
Curt: Figures. if the cheap previously owned one works ok, and looks ok, you can tell the smug retailers to stick their overpriced new washers where the sun don't shine.
Hi Joe: Your MIL's situation sounds like there is a lack of caring. Be cautious on the the Atty you choose, my poor mother was dropped which broke her Left Arm. An Atty I knew, who was helping me to retain the property, told me that her arm being broken was actionable. I talked to several law firms who all handled elder abuse which I considered this to be, all told me they didn't handle that type of case. Of course I was asking them to handle it on a contingency basis and they all said they did handle that type of case. Many Atty's expect you to pay out of pocket and string the situation along to make more money. Be cautious.
Good Morning All. It's 41 degrees and clear here in north central TX this morning, going up to the upper 70's today. Expect some rain Saturday and Sunday. It figures as we are driving to Dallas for my granddaughter's first birthday party tomorrow. My daughter invited over 100 people! So far 57 have RSVP'd. My wife is baking a cake and then some...actually multiple cakes for that many people. She volunteered to make the cake before she knew how many were invited. She found out Tuesday!
I got on the roof yesterday to do my annual chimney sweep for my wood-burning stove, and to install the new rain-cap on the chimney. Getting on the roof has never been fun, even less so as I age. I might have to finally break down and buy a heat-pump for the house. Cutting and hauling wood, while good exercise is getting boring after 35 years. I heat with nothing but wood.
A parting picture from the "plywood central".
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It's a shame because there are 20 figures inside but you can only see a few of them even when the interior light is on. I may re-orient it or move it.
Willie
Say Willie: Cutting wood does keep you in shape but it also a lot of work. I've got to get my chain saw going again as there are a number of pieces of tree limbs that have broke off and will provide some good Oak to burn.
Sounds like your wife may have a bit more work cut out for her than she planned on?
Your Plywood Central store looks good and seems to be a busy place. How come so many people inside?
Say Joe: Yes, happy Friday for sure!
Good morning guys, we have 35 and clouds. It rained all day yesterday.
I did finish wiring up my lights on my backdrop framework and am ready to get it up off the ground and in place. I still have not purchased the scenes, am waiting to see how everything lines up before selecting the actual scenes, although I do have it narrowed down to a few.
Hi David: Glad to hear your able to be doing a fair amount and that your is healing so well.
Hi, all. Rain today.
I use KD couplers and Intermountain wheelsets. Nothing else. I have rebuilt a lot of Tyco, Life Like, Bachman etc cars. I cut off the talgo truck mounted couplers, then body mount KD's. Some needed over or under set couplers or a # 5 with a styrene shim added to the coupler box. Since my layout is ops-based ,I don't worry much about highly detailed rolling stock. It's a quick and cheap way to add cars. Once they get a little weathering they'll look fine.
Started playing around with the long-planned valance build. I'd like to get a shadow box look.
Here's whats up so far:
That's all for now!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
I also use Kadee #5 couplers and might try some of the smaller size ones too. I don't remember their #. They have always worked good for me. I've also used Kadee 33" & 36" wheel sets on most all of my cars that are from MDC/Roundhouse as they fit perfectly by just by swapping them out, as well as changing over to the narrower code 88 Ribbed back wheels for my earlier equipment. I like the Kadee wheel sets but have to admit that the newest car I bought from Roundhouse - now owned by Athearn is by far one of the freest rolling cars I have. The side frames are a molded plastic like Delrin.
Double post. That's a first!! LOL!! sorry.
You can delete those easily At the bottom of the post there should be an Edit button to click on and just Check the box
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