Running Bear's May 2025 Coffee Shop
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When an engine is not used frequently or only driven for short trips, it may not reach its optimal operating temperature for long enough to evaporate moisture. During cold starts or even during storage in a humid environment, water vapor from the air or from the combustion process can condense inside the engine. Over time, if this moisture isn’t fully evaporated, it can mix with the engine oil.
Over a prolonged period, say, six months or more, the persistent presence of moisture can dilute the oil. This dilution reduces the oil’s viscosity and its ability to lubricate engine components effectively.
This is where the car was designed to be lifted.
You can check the owner's manual to be sure where to find the lift points. There is one lift point for each wheel position to change the tire.
The commissary is good for steaks, cheese, english muffins and my coffee creamer. Once in a while, I get lucky with brussel sprouts. I cook dinner on the weekends so need to figure out different things to make. So far, my utube cooking hasn't been a great hit haha.
You guys must do more than I do. I have 1.8TB drive on this machine and only have used 216GB since loaded. I do a little of everything on this machine; mostly precursor to development type stuff: CAD, Assembly, and others. Then when ready, I just use one of the other machines for testing, or CAD printing....etc. All the files are available via Local Net. I do delete stuff that is not wanted/needed every once in awhile.
You are probably laughing at me for having 7 machines. I have the luxury of space in the shop portion of the Train Cave, so I set up work benches for specific tasks: Development, Electronic repair, Shipping, Inventory, and 3 different CAD machines. Much easier on me not to have to clean off some desktop when a task switch happens. My work benches are usually 3' x 8' so sorta space restricting. With the CAD machines, 1st is the CO2 laser which has a pretty big footprint, with some room left over for the small laser cutter. New laser cutting area is bigger than the CO2 so it has it's own box, and the 3rd has a horizontal mill, along with a filament printer. No text printer on any desk, the two I have are net printers and situated in the middle(ish) of the room.
As to the 8G per processor, that would work, but I probably would just get 32G in the 1st place and see when the machine starts to swap to hard drive; then more memory could be added if so. In fact, with this machine and it's 16 core's, 128G would really be way overkill.
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Lot more trees today!!
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Iron Horseman
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You know I got the Classic Trains ones similar to those at the big inventory reduction sale Kalmbach had a while back. I am having trouble navigating them. In fact there is NO navigation, it is just a DVD of PDFs of the magazines. Are these the same?
Kusojiji
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Did my walk today, about 2 miles to the nearest convenience store to pay for my purchase at Yodobashi camera. They seem to have issues with foreign credit cards, which is surprising this late in the game. I tried 3 times on-line before opting to pay for my purchases at the convenience store (7/11, Lawson, Family Mart,, etc). I ordered 5 of the Kato 11-109 powered chassis for my 3d print projects. These have been my most reliable locos in n-scale for my recent purchases. 4 EFE Rail J94s - all junk. Sent 3 back, keeping 1 to experiment on. 1 Dapol Pannier - runs great but has a gear grinding noise. Will take it apart to investigate. Added grease already after degreasing it completely. Started stuttering badly after the first hour and I noticed all the oil coming out of it. Gear grinding noise separate from the stuttering.
In contrast, made 3 3d print locos: NER inspection car, a Box Cab, and a LSM 03 tram. All riding on the 11-109 chassis. Super smooth and quiet. Enough power to pull 7 passenger cars. The 5 incoming chassis' - 4 are already spoken for. Made different colors of the 3 already made, 1 steamer and have a J94 in the works. I figure that this'll be the most reliable J94 that I will ever get...
In contrast, made 3 3d print locos: NER inspection car, a Box Cab, and a LSM 03 tram. All riding on the 11-109 chassis. Super smooth and quiet. Enough power to pull 7 passenger cars. The 5 incoming chassis' - 4 are already spoken for. Made different colors of the 3 already made, 1 steamer and have a J94 in the works. I figure that this'll be the most reliable J94 that I will ever get...
Bruette
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That could depend on usage.
When an engine is not used frequently or only driven for short trips, it may not reach its optimal operating temperature for long enough to evaporate moisture. During cold starts or even during storage in a humid environment, water vapor from the air or from the combustion process can condense inside the engine. Over time, if this moisture isn’t fully evaporated, it can mix with the engine oil.
Over a prolonged period, say, six months or more, the persistent presence of moisture can dilute the oil. This dilution reduces the oil’s viscosity and its ability to lubricate engine components effectively.
Bruette
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I haven’t opened the DVDs yet.
Bruette
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I agree with Terry!
This is where the car was designed to be lifted.
That is what can happen if the car is not lifted by the designated lift points. It sounds like the shop screwed up by missing the proper lift point. "Hurry up and F..k up"
You can check the owner's manual to be sure where to find the lift points. There is one lift point for each wheel position to change the tire.
traiNscale
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Kusojiji
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And to add, not just water, but oxidation, gas, metal particles. When I was working, I was only driving 22-25 KM/day to work on base and back. It would take a while to get to my 5000 KM oil change mark. Now, it seems like never. I only drive to the base and back for my weekly grocery run on Fridays. I may make a run to the base for my meds or appointments, but that's not very often.
The commissary is good for steaks, cheese, english muffins and my coffee creamer. Once in a while, I get lucky with brussel sprouts. I cook dinner on the weekends so need to figure out different things to make. So far, my utube cooking hasn't been a great hit haha.
Patrick
What, me worry?
Thanks for the well wishes.
Louis: Happy Birthday!
I have used the Dell scratch and dent site before and there are good values to be found. One caveat is to price the same machine on the Dell New site. My current machine bought a couple years back was supposed to be from the scratch and dent site. S&D computer in transit when Dell put the same machine new on sale for $175 less than the scratch and dent machine. After making some calls, I got an RMA for the scratch and dent and bought the new one. Seems they couldn't discount the scratched machine to the new price.
Louis: Happy Birthday!
I have used the Dell scratch and dent site before and there are good values to be found. One caveat is to price the same machine on the Dell New site. My current machine bought a couple years back was supposed to be from the scratch and dent site. S&D computer in transit when Dell put the same machine new on sale for $175 less than the scratch and dent machine. After making some calls, I got an RMA for the scratch and dent and bought the new one. Seems they couldn't discount the scratched machine to the new price.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
And a happy anniversary to Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Hope it's a fun one.
I'm back from the Costco run.
wife says she's making a pizza dough tonight. Looks like we'll be making a deep dish pizza then.
I did realize that I'd never sealed my cutting board for slicing smoked meat. We usually used plastic cutting boards, but a brisket needs a BIG cutting board, so I got one last year.
Ordered the mystery oil and started applying it yesterday. We're up to 5 coats on the top, and it's still thirsty!
I'm back from the Costco run.
wife says she's making a pizza dough tonight. Looks like we'll be making a deep dish pizza then.
I did realize that I'd never sealed my cutting board for slicing smoked meat. We usually used plastic cutting boards, but a brisket needs a BIG cutting board, so I got one last year.
Ordered the mystery oil and started applying it yesterday. We're up to 5 coats on the top, and it's still thirsty!
ctclibby
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I always do overkill with machines, better having more and not need it than it is not having it... That auction site always has machines if you don't mind doing the clean up part. I don't care if it comes with HDD and/or memory as I usually get new drives, and the type/amount of memory I want anyway. About 15 years ago I somehow ended up with a Dell Precision Workstation. After playing with it for a year or so, I found out it was a rock solid machine, so those are the only ones I get nowadays. I don't think any of them have died; motherboard, power supply or? Doing a quick count, I think we have 9 of them. Wife, Daughter have one, the rest are mine, mine mine! Ya, they are older but parts ( if needed ) are easy to come up with; processors and memory are now pretty cheap. 1st thing I do is clean up everything - blow out, wash down ... etc. Then I pop off all the wire clamped heat sinks, remove the thermal grease and give them another coat. Even got one that had some sort of crud on the MB, threw it in the dishwasher, then low heat oven - that was about 8 years ago and it is still alive and well.
You guys must do more than I do. I have 1.8TB drive on this machine and only have used 216GB since loaded. I do a little of everything on this machine; mostly precursor to development type stuff: CAD, Assembly, and others. Then when ready, I just use one of the other machines for testing, or CAD printing....etc. All the files are available via Local Net. I do delete stuff that is not wanted/needed every once in awhile.
You are probably laughing at me for having 7 machines. I have the luxury of space in the shop portion of the Train Cave, so I set up work benches for specific tasks: Development, Electronic repair, Shipping, Inventory, and 3 different CAD machines. Much easier on me not to have to clean off some desktop when a task switch happens. My work benches are usually 3' x 8' so sorta space restricting. With the CAD machines, 1st is the CO2 laser which has a pretty big footprint, with some room left over for the small laser cutter. New laser cutting area is bigger than the CO2 so it has it's own box, and the 3rd has a horizontal mill, along with a filament printer. No text printer on any desk, the two I have are net printers and situated in the middle(ish) of the room.
As to the 8G per processor, that would work, but I probably would just get 32G in the 1st place and see when the machine starts to swap to hard drive; then more memory could be added if so. In fact, with this machine and it's 16 core's, 128G would really be way overkill.
L8r
kgstakes
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It’s late morning and I’ve been looking at some books on Colorado railroads. One of the books I have (which is great for research for this area) is Colorado central railroad.
As I was looking through the book I found a picture of central city. I thought I wonder what the it looks like today 2025.
Here are two pictures, one from 1878 then a picture of today. At first glance not much has changed but look closely and you will see a building that has been rebuilt today that was probably burned down or something years ago.
Count the buildings along the left side and you will see a building torn down or missing and in the today’s picture (or modern) you will see a building in that place.
Anyway, I thought it was interesting to see that and thought I would share.
This book has “track plans” showing placement of buildings and trackage etc. And shows the landscape if someone is modeling the Steam era remember not many trees compared to today.
Few other pictures you might be interesting to you all.
This picture is of the same location that the two above pictures I believe are on this plot map.
As I was looking through the book I found a picture of central city. I thought I wonder what the it looks like today 2025.
Here are two pictures, one from 1878 then a picture of today. At first glance not much has changed but look closely and you will see a building that has been rebuilt today that was probably burned down or something years ago.
Count the buildings along the left side and you will see a building torn down or missing and in the today’s picture (or modern) you will see a building in that place.
Anyway, I thought it was interesting to see that and thought I would share.
This book has “track plans” showing placement of buildings and trackage etc. And shows the landscape if someone is modeling the Steam era remember not many trees compared to today.
Few other pictures you might be interesting to you all.
This picture is of the same location that the two above pictures I believe are on this plot map.
ctclibby
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Gawd Terry, does that laptop beat your car going down the street? Lots of cores for a single user. I have a dl360 ( server ) with 32 cores and it actually needs it because of the multiple users/tasks. The last one I got had 384GB installed; and that did not max it out. It does run pretty fast when at 80% cpu though ( 7 disk raid 5 ).
L8r
Even though they won’t officially admit it, I think I’ve figured out why I’ve been having so much trouble with Ebay on my iPads.
The response from them none-too-subtley informed me that if I started using the Ebay app, I would stop having these problems. I really hate using apps for anything, because they are almost universally stripped-down and lacking features and functionality of a simple web page. And yet, every time I contact someone for support or a question, the first words out of their mouths are “open your app, and go to”….
The response from them none-too-subtley informed me that if I started using the Ebay app, I would stop having these problems. I really hate using apps for anything, because they are almost universally stripped-down and lacking features and functionality of a simple web page. And yet, every time I contact someone for support or a question, the first words out of their mouths are “open your app, and go to”….
kgstakes
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Here’s a picture of Georgetown loop 1884 compared to present day
Lot more trees today!!
Texas Hobo
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Good morning, all! We are currently under a flood advisory with a severe thunderstorm warning. So far, we have an inch of rain to add to yesterday's mornings 2 inches.
Patrick - Happy Anniversary
Louis - Happy Birthday
Computer - I'm going to go with the majority, 16G ram minimum. If you don't use an external storage device then at least 1TB SSD. I store all photos, videos and important data/documents on an external 2TB SSD. It has a wired and wireless connection. The computer I'm using right now has a 1TB SSD but only using 10% of it. As to brands, I am partial to Asus, from a 10" tablet to a 24" All-in-One and 2 laptops.
STAY SAFE
LATER
Patrick - Happy Anniversary
Louis - Happy Birthday
Computer - I'm going to go with the majority, 16G ram minimum. If you don't use an external storage device then at least 1TB SSD. I store all photos, videos and important data/documents on an external 2TB SSD. It has a wired and wireless connection. The computer I'm using right now has a 1TB SSD but only using 10% of it. As to brands, I am partial to Asus, from a 10" tablet to a 24" All-in-One and 2 laptops.
STAY SAFE
LATER
kgstakes
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