Running Bear's July 2025 Coffee Shop

[Patrick]

Patrick: You talking about Cat5 plugging into the switch(s)? Is the link connection led lit when this happens? If so, probably not cable and you need to look elsewhere. Sure, the following is bonehead stuff and YMMV; network cable/connections do strange things, so you might try plugging them in one by one and yanking on them. If they come out, bend up the catch/tab on the RJ45 plug just a tad, try again. If it happens again, really look at the RJ45 jack to make sure that little stop is there. You should hear a mechanical 'ting' or the like when inserted properly. With power on, you should see the 'link led' come on when both ends are connected. Wiggle stuff to see if you can make it go out. Remember to do *both* ends. Sounds st00pid, but quick tests. If you rolled your own cable/connections, get out your headset and make sure all the wires are all the way inserted into the plugs; IE, you should see copper looking into the end of the plug butted against the plastic frame. The plug wire crimp connectors all the way down; IE fully crimped?

L8r

No, Power cable. Boss reset the switch last week (unplugged it) during an event that saw us having to reboot the switch. He figures he didn't get it in all the way and vibrations from the building adjacent sewer lift station, (they share the same pad), may have worked it loose. Camera caught no movement prior to the switch going offline. He did remember (this time) to put the power cord back into the cord lock that is supposed to keep the power cord plugged in.

 

[Patrick]

Morning all,

70° and raining, occasional lightning and thunder but nothing severe.

Have to be at the surgery center at 0530 for a 0700ish procedure. Conversation was to plan on an overnight, but maybe home tomorrow evening. It depends on how I handle the new knee. This week has been long without the daily ibuprofen. I didn't realize how much the arthritis in the wrists and knee had progressed over the years. Getting old sucks....

try to BBL

 

[TLOC]

I've been working on this kit for about 6 weeks. It's been too nice to be indoors, but today being 100 I figured I would finish it up. I have one more kit left to build (Getz Gas Welding Supply- Builders in Scale), but I really don't feel like building it. I would rather trade it for something like a yard office or lineside storage building.

Anyways, I had a little piece of foam that was barely large enough to put it on.

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Wow that looks great

 

[migalyto]

Here is another scam. I received this in a text on my phone. It looked and sounded legit, but I know better. I don't have any violations. If I did, I wouldn’t be notified by a text.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 Department 𝗼𝗳 Motor Vehicles (𝗗𝗠𝗩) Final 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲: Enforcement Penalties Begin on July 18.
Our 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 traffic 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 remains unsettled. 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 Maryland 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 15C-16.003, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, will result 𝗶𝗻:

𝟭. DMV violation 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝟮. Suspension 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 beginning July 𝟭𝟴
𝟯. License 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀
𝟰. 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 a 𝟯𝟱% additional 𝗳𝗲𝗲
𝟱. 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 prosecution 𝗮𝗻𝗱 adverse 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 make immediate payment at:

https://bit.ly/4j1gxPH

Act now to prevent 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.
(𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗬 and re-open this 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 it to 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗲𝗿.)

This one has been running around here for a while now as well. I have gotten it a couple of times now. My daughter has even gotten it on her phone and cant drive for 2 more years.

This one came out shortly after the toll scam.

 

[migalyto]

Morning all,

70° and raining, occasional lightning and thunder but nothing severe.

Have to be at the surgery center at 0530 for a 0700ish procedure. Conversation was to plan on an overnight, but maybe home tomorrow evening. It depends on how I handle the new knee. This week has been long without the daily ibuprofen. I didn't realize how much the arthritis in the wrists and knee had progressed over the years. Getting old sucks....

try to BBL

Good luck with your surgery, and a very speedy recovery.

 

[Kusojiji]

Morning all,

70° and raining, occasional lightning and thunder but nothing severe.

Have to be at the surgery center at 0530 for a 0700ish procedure. Conversation was to plan on an overnight, but maybe home tomorrow evening. It depends on how I handle the new knee. This week has been long without the daily ibuprofen. I didn't realize how much the arthritis in the wrists and knee had progressed over the years. Getting old sucks....

try to BBL

One night only? Wow. Take care now. Hope it all goes well and that you do only stay one night.

 

[TLOC]

Good morning to those Emma watchers and all who come to visit. It was 58f degrees this morning at 5:40 and instead of on the machine to no where I walked outside. Because of the coolness of the temperature and the 7mph breeze the 98% humidity was not that noticeable. It might hit 70 this afternoon. After yesterday’s severe storms we will be dry until late Saturday per the current weather models

I’m going to vacuum the train room and then start working at the bench this morning. I felt a surge of creativity yesterday and I want to continue that. Yesterday started at a layout work session at 9am and ended at 12:30. We had planned to go longer but all our cell phone weather notifications were going off so we thought we should get going. The 45 minute drive home wasn’t too bad though we did have 3 brief but severe down pours. Getting home and of course Terry had the TV on with the local media scare artist (meteorologist). Seems we dodged a few areas that really got hit hard right after we drove through there, including 1 missed tornado by maybe 10 minutes in Sauk City.

Yesterday afternoon I worked on the diesels I had masked off last week and put the 1st spray of matte clear varnish on. After dinner I was at the bench masking a few more units. I will mask again this morning and then again this afternoon. The grandson has a late hockey game at 7:45 so there will be no work after dinner but maybe I’ll spray after the game. We’ll be home about 9:10 and my compressor is super quiet. If the mood is good and it is I need to strike…

Enjoy the day

 

[TLOC]

This one has been running around here for a while now as well. I have gotten it a couple of times now. My daughter has even gotten it on her phone and cant drive for 2 more years.

This one came out shortly after the toll scam.

I got another one yesterday but from Montana. I haven’t been to Montana in maybe 15 years so delete and called it junk. That 2 in 2 days from different states DMV’s

 

[migalyto]

Good morning all!

A fairly nice day in store today. Currently 65F heading up to a high of only 71F. Had a brief (30-40 minute) but fairly heavy thunderstorm move thru
the area yesterday afternoon. dumped .7" of rain and had a pretty impressive lightning show. As per our summer weather pattern the severe
storms all went to the North towards Chicago. Next chance of rain is over the weekend.

Have numerous things to get done today. Nothing large, just a bunch of small things. Have to run my daughter down to her volleyball trainer
tonight. She has been working with him once a week for most of the summer to help her polish up her jump serve. He is expensive but very
good. She has also stated wanting to stop at Target on the way home.

Not much else going on.

Have a safe day everyone!

 

[migalyto]

I got another one yesterday but from Montana. I haven’t been to Montana in maybe 15 years so delete and called it junk. That 2 in 2 days from different states DMV’s

I don't know how many of those things I have received since it all started. I do remove and block them, but they just use a different number and hit you again.

They use really weird phone #s. Defiantly originating from overseas somewhere.

Wonder if there is a setting that blocks overseas phone calls?

 

[Marlin39]

My son is a chemist and is very good at what he does, but he knows nothing about investing. He comes to me with questions and for suggestions. I got him set with his 401K and personal Roth IRA, but every once in a while he comes to me asks for a suggestion for his taxable brokerage account.

I always tell him you can take more risk at your age and to remember that the stock market IS speculation. If you want an investment buy T-bonds. The .gov has to go under to lose money.

Anyways about a month ago he asked for suggestion . I suggested Rocketlab (RKLB) just because Musk (Space X) was pissing off Trump. RKLB is actually the preferred .gov vendor now. They're still not profitable though. He bought in at about $30 and it's over $50 this morning. Heck, it's up 800% in the last 12 months. I made it clear to NOT expect this every time dad gives him a buying tip. And then he brings up my NVDA tip from a couple of years ago.

 

[Bruette]

Have to be at the surgery center at 0530 for a 0700ish procedure,

I wish you well, our prayers are with you. They do this kind of thing so often it has become routine.

This week has been long without the daily ibuprofen.

Be careful with nsaid drugs. They can be hard on the digestive system and your kidneys. I understand you must do what you must do to keep going. I don't know if one nsaid is better than another. It might be something to mention to your doctor. They know stuff

When my wife severely twisted her ankle, ibuprofen upset her stomach. The doctor switched her to naproxen sodium, and her stomach didn't bother her anymore. Most importantly it worked as well, if not better.

Getting old sucks.

Yes, it does!

This one has been running around here for a while now as well. I have gotten it a couple of times now. My daughter has even gotten it on her phone and cant drive for 2 more years.

This one came out shortly after the toll scam.

Thanks Mike!

I seldom if ever have my phone with me. My wife usually has it. I happened to see this text on my computer. I have the Samsung Phone Link app on my computer, that I seldom if ever check. My wife lets me know when I need to reply to someone. and she is on top of blocking stuff.

 

[Bruette]

Our esteemed forum member and good friend Boris is having surgery this morning. Please keep Boris and Patrick in your thoughts and prayers.

 

[logandsawman]

Good morning,

Woke up to a cool 46f, headed for 73. Clear skies and calm winds.

Will split some wood next then another cup of coffee. Will be working on the suburban later today, then have some new pickup devices for the Varney 4-6-0 tender to experiment with.

BBL, Dave LASM

 

[santafewillie]

Good Morning All. Clear and 73° to begin our day. Pretty much the same forecast for the next week, with triple digits predicted by next Thursday. No rain in sight, but that's what they thought Tuesday night.

I did something last night that I can't remember when I did it last, maybe the last century. With only one potty break, I actually slept for 8 full hours. Still felt tired when I woke up at 5:30.
Grocery trek today is to be determined, as neither of us discussed it yesterday. Not many items on my list, but a few are critical. Wife stopped at Trader Joe's yesterday on her trip to Dallas to buy a new TV. I didn't go because I don't watch TV and I don't care. I'm sure that it is bigger than we need, but I spend money on trains that I don't need, so it evens out. Grandson got it at 40% off at Best Buy using his employee discount and some credits that my wife got when we bought the new fridge last year. He has to be here Saturday to sign for it when delivered or potentially lose his job. SIL is also coming and they will mount it on the wall and hook it up. I reminded her that I was the one who hooked up the current one, although I didn't mount it on the wall. SIL wants the old one to install on his patio!
I opened up the box containing my new Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite tablet yesterday, and set it up. Well I actually just turned it on and declined most of the apps that it wanted me to download. Then I had to go back and allow location so I could see local weather! There's a bunch of stuff on it that I will never use, but I am not knowledgeable enough to deal with it yet. I'll wait until Saturday when SIL and grandson are here to advise and show me what I should and should not do.

Out in the train shed yesterday, I finished cleaning all of the structures in my target area, and did some of the vehicles too. Since this is a more recent layout build, most of the structures have a decent amount of detailing already in place, so there isn't much to improve on.

Dave - You're right that SS is not a gift! I don't quite give 10%, but no one has complained about that crisp $100 bill every week.
While all of our banking is over the Internet, all payments/withdrawals have to be done manually with a keystroke or two.
Patrick - Best wishes with the surgery.
Kusojiji - When my wife had knee replacement surgery, she stayed overnight for the first one just to get the following morning's physical therapy. For the second one a year later, she was released the same day since she already knew the PT.
Marlin - What was your NVDA tip? I purchased 200 shares a year ago and have seen a 58% return as of Monday. Haven't checked since then.

Everybody have a terrific Thursday.

 

[Marlin39]

Be careful with nsaid drugs. They can be hard on the digestive system and your kidneys. I understand you must do what you must do to keep going. I don't know if one nsaid is better than another. It might be something to mention to your doctor. They know stuff

I thought I was having a gall bladder or pancreatic issue last year. The pain sent me to the ER. The CT scan and bloodwork showed gastritis. I had been taking about 1200mg ibuprofen a day for the prior 2 weeks for a muscle strain and had the stress of the dogs ACL tears/surgery. The treatment was 2 weeks of nothing acidic, no NSAIDS, and Omeprazole cleared it up. Odd that my kidney bloodwork was completely normal when I went to the ER, but I did notice a splinter hemorrhage in my thumb when I got home from the ER, so there must have been some bleeding.

 

[RhB Michael]

79°F here at 0900 Central. Heat index already at 94°F with a dewpoint of 77°F. Absolutely miserable outside, even this early in the day. A cold front is dropping in today and chances of storms are very good. Severe is not likely, but heavy down pours can be expected.

I was going to attempt to cut the front yard yesterday but the grass was wet all day. I expect the same for today. Between the dew and the rain, it just keeps getting taller. I was really expecting this heat to slow the growth, and I guess it has some, but not enough. Usually this time of year it has already started to turn brown, but with as much unseasonable rain as we've had lately, it remains green and growing.

I thought there would be another day's delay on my guitar delivery after yet another damaged barcode label in Champaign, Illinois, but FedEx managed to get it on a delivery truck in Sauget this morning so it will be along just about the time the storms are starting here.

I have never seen a delivery requiring two new bar code labels while in transit. What are these idiots doing to these packages that the bar code labels are being destroyed?

 

[Marlin39]

Marlin - What was your NVDA tip? I purchased 200 shares a year ago and have seen a 58% return as of Monday. Haven't checked since then.

Everybody have a terrific Thursday.

I got him in when I did Feb 2023. Cost basis today would be $23, pre split $230. I told him they were the market leader, with no end in sight, and "the trend is your friend."

I haven't picked winners all time. I bought into a cannabis stock CURLF, in 2021, and took my 15% loss as the industry was imploding and never looked back. Glad I did because they continued to drop to under $1 from the time I got out at $12.

Some have taken 5 years to be in the green. Case in point. I bought a penny stock satellite company, Globalstar (GSAT) about 5 years ago, near their peak $2 and it dropped back to .87, but I bought more at $1 kept my fingers crossed, and hung in there. Apple bought 20% of the company last year and is using their spectrum for their iPhone. They had a 15-1 reverse split last year that I thought would be the end of the company, but they have been having some good news, launching more satellites, and may actually be profitable. Overall I'm in the green, but it has to go over $30 for my initial shares to be in the green.

 

[kbkchooch]

Getting old sucks....

True, but the alternative is worse.

Patrick and Boris, may your procedures go well, and may your nurses be pretty and friendly!

 

[migalyto]

Our esteemed forum member and good friend Boris is having surgery this morning.

Thank-you for the reminder, I will Keep him in my thoughts and prayers as well.