Running Bear's September 2025 Coffee Shop
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You would think that this would be the weekend to be out using them, not getting your RV repaired!
The problem with that is, our parts department is closed. So, if somebody comes in, I figure out what's wrong, I still can't fix it because I don't have any parts.
And the company wonders why they're hemorrhaging money.
We're painting the baseboards and casings to match the walls and used the pre-primed but not painted MDF based baseboards and casing.
That's what I'm having!
I found something to do today besides drinking beer and trains though.
I decided to reconfigure my PTR91.
The rifle weighed a tad over 14 pounds with a loaded magazine and decided it needed to go on a crash diet.
I removed the SIG-Sauer TANGO-MSR LPVO scope, removed the bi-pod (on whose leg I just straightened), installed the plastic lower, and removed the conventional stock and replaced it with the collapsable stock.
There is a half pound of weight difference in the two stocks, so taking all of the other weight off, I put on a half-pound.
Now the rifle is at 11 pounds 10 oz. with a loaded magazine. That's a little more managable, and the meat tenderizer stock isn't as bad as most think it is. I ran 200 rounds off one afternoon several years ago and wasn't even bruised.
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migalyto
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Good morning all!
Currently 56F heading up to around 78F with plenty of sunshine.
I got my mowing and trimming done yesterday. Hopefully we have reached the time of year where I can now go a week
and a half between mowing's . Its really starting to brown up again with the lack of moisture all summer.
No layout building yesterday in the train room. I did run some trains and do a little organization. I bought some shelving
units from Amazon a few months ago to get some of this rolling stock out of boxes so I can see what I actually have. Amazing
I have this much rolling stock that has never been out of the boxes.
Nothing else much going. Hopefully it stays that way!
Have a safe day everyone!
Currently 56F heading up to around 78F with plenty of sunshine.
I got my mowing and trimming done yesterday. Hopefully we have reached the time of year where I can now go a week
and a half between mowing's . Its really starting to brown up again with the lack of moisture all summer.
No layout building yesterday in the train room. I did run some trains and do a little organization. I bought some shelving
units from Amazon a few months ago to get some of this rolling stock out of boxes so I can see what I actually have. Amazing
I have this much rolling stock that has never been out of the boxes.
Nothing else much going. Hopefully it stays that way!
Have a safe day everyone!
Used coffee and used beer look the same.
Bruette
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"Tommy" Sugano didn't pitch bad. Softly hit balls, "seeing eye" ground balls through the infield and flares that found holes. Combined with poor play on defense and a mediocre outing becomes a bad outing.
The Bird's former Ace, Kyle Baddish will make his second start of the season today in San Diego. Kyle only made eight starts in 2024 before having Tommy John Surgery. He looked good in his first start this year after returning for his rebab in the minors.
More good news Tyler Wells, another Birds starter who only made three starts in 2024, will make his first start of 2025. Tyler was one of my Mom's favorites. For those who don't know my mom followed the Orioles closely and kept score of every game before she passed away in October 2022.
Happy Labor Day Everybody!
The Bird's former Ace, Kyle Baddish will make his second start of the season today in San Diego. Kyle only made eight starts in 2024 before having Tommy John Surgery. He looked good in his first start this year after returning for his rebab in the minors.
More good news Tyler Wells, another Birds starter who only made three starts in 2024, will make his first start of 2025. Tyler was one of my Mom's favorites. For those who don't know my mom followed the Orioles closely and kept score of every game before she passed away in October 2022.
Happy Labor Day Everybody!
My mom was a die-hard Yankees fan. You could say anything you wanted about any other team, but if you dissed on the Yankees, God help you.
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
Morning all and a good Labor Day to you.
Nothing planned for today.
Temp is 62°F/51°F and expected to be 80°F here today. Temperatures steadily falling through Friday, when after that we get bumped back into the low to mid 80s.
Nothing planned for today.
Temp is 62°F/51°F and expected to be 80°F here today. Temperatures steadily falling through Friday, when after that we get bumped back into the low to mid 80s.
migalyto
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You going to have any customers?
You would think that this would be the weekend to be out using them, not getting your RV repaired!
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Happy Labor Day to those to whom it may apply. Cloudy and 72° here; should get back into the mid-80's today. Never rained yesterday, despite it being in the forecast for the preceding 6 days, but it's still too wet to do any kind of meaningful yardwork. Pool has remained at 81°, so there might be a chance for it to warm up enough to use it again later in the week.
Mostly normal Sunday around here yesterday, the usual bed linen laundry along with some of my wife's household chores. She'll return around 2 this afternoon. House doesn't require any additional attention other than vacuuming. She tried to activate the Shark vacuum from her phone app yesterday, but without success. I never put the app on my phone, and I won't!
While I am not feeling bad, my BP is still a bit elevated, even for me. Maybe it's too soon for the medication adjustment made last week to take effect yet. Like Louis, I won't scare you with the numbers! The BP monitor broke Saturday evening and the new one (from Amazon) didn't arrive until just before 7:00 last night. I spent 40 minutes watching that little truck on their tracking app, thread it's way through the remote rural roads around here. The old monitor was at least 25 years old and had lived a useful life.
Trainwise I got several things accomplished yesterday. I made progress in updating my database adding new rolling stock to it. Discovered that I am missing pictures of nearly a dozen freight cars, so I now have to hunt them down on the layout. Yellow Railbox boxcars will be easy, but brown Santa Fe covered hoppers will be a task! I also made some progress in updating maintenance records, getting all of January and February 2024 entered. Those two months tend to be the heaviest since I spend more time in the train shed during the winter. Meanwhile out in the train shed later on, I switched out my largest grain elevator, the ADM facility that holds 16 cars on two tracks. Out with the loads and in with the empties. I drove the loads to the staging yard next to the workbench, and then inspected and cleaned each of the cars. Nothing in particular provoked it, it's just something that I do occasionally to offer variety. Most cars only needed light dusting, one had a stirup step that needed straightening out. Another was missing the Kadee coupling spring; got that replaced without losing the replacement. I now use a spot of super glue when replacing or installing them, something I wish I had done for many years. Brought back memories of days gone by when I could do that without any visual enhancement. But since my cataract surgery, at least I can now just use 1.5 reading glasses instead of the Optivisors.
Joe - Continued best wishes on your recovery.
Karl - Sometimes it's the simplest things that thwart success.
Everyone have a safe and great Labor Day. Don't catch yourself on fire while standing over the grill.
Mostly normal Sunday around here yesterday, the usual bed linen laundry along with some of my wife's household chores. She'll return around 2 this afternoon. House doesn't require any additional attention other than vacuuming. She tried to activate the Shark vacuum from her phone app yesterday, but without success. I never put the app on my phone, and I won't!
While I am not feeling bad, my BP is still a bit elevated, even for me. Maybe it's too soon for the medication adjustment made last week to take effect yet. Like Louis, I won't scare you with the numbers! The BP monitor broke Saturday evening and the new one (from Amazon) didn't arrive until just before 7:00 last night. I spent 40 minutes watching that little truck on their tracking app, thread it's way through the remote rural roads around here. The old monitor was at least 25 years old and had lived a useful life.
Trainwise I got several things accomplished yesterday. I made progress in updating my database adding new rolling stock to it. Discovered that I am missing pictures of nearly a dozen freight cars, so I now have to hunt them down on the layout. Yellow Railbox boxcars will be easy, but brown Santa Fe covered hoppers will be a task! I also made some progress in updating maintenance records, getting all of January and February 2024 entered. Those two months tend to be the heaviest since I spend more time in the train shed during the winter. Meanwhile out in the train shed later on, I switched out my largest grain elevator, the ADM facility that holds 16 cars on two tracks. Out with the loads and in with the empties. I drove the loads to the staging yard next to the workbench, and then inspected and cleaned each of the cars. Nothing in particular provoked it, it's just something that I do occasionally to offer variety. Most cars only needed light dusting, one had a stirup step that needed straightening out. Another was missing the Kadee coupling spring; got that replaced without losing the replacement. I now use a spot of super glue when replacing or installing them, something I wish I had done for many years. Brought back memories of days gone by when I could do that without any visual enhancement. But since my cataract surgery, at least I can now just use 1.5 reading glasses instead of the Optivisors.
Joe - Continued best wishes on your recovery.
Karl - Sometimes it's the simplest things that thwart success.
Everyone have a safe and great Labor Day. Don't catch yourself on fire while standing over the grill.
The Company's theory is they need somebody here in case a customer shows up with a problem that's keeping them from using their RV.
The problem with that is, our parts department is closed. So, if somebody comes in, I figure out what's wrong, I still can't fix it because I don't have any parts.
And the company wonders why they're hemorrhaging money.
NorthBrit
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Should have had the bathroom installers start tomorrow. They asked if they could start this afternoon.
No running of trains. Probably none at all this week now.
Chicken and vegetable traybake to cook for dinner tonight.
A Wetherby bound freight train. Another model locomotive that is over fifty years of age and still running.
No running of trains. Probably none at all this week now.
Chicken and vegetable traybake to cook for dinner tonight.
A Wetherby bound freight train. Another model locomotive that is over fifty years of age and still running.
DeaconKC
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Good morning all, 73 here right now, heading for 86 and a little cloudy. My Dad used to have a Mr. Magoo postcard with him holding a mug under a horse saying "Now that's beer!". Think I will stick to renting the coffee. Plans for the day include a cookout later tonight to celebrate mu birthday and a dear friend's birthdays as they both fall on Wednesday, which is church night for us. Shop is closed today, so no Monday work this week, the temps will allow me to enjoy the train room again, so looking forward to more scenery work this week. You all have a great day!
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well, howdy there internet peeps and those processing their coffee into the used department.
It's Troy again.
I got the baseboards cut for the stairway landing. I HATE cutting miters on trim carpentry. Only one trip back to the lumber yard since I cut one piece about 3/4 inch too short trying to figure out the miter angles.
I'm using 6in tall plastic baseboards. They come with a gloss white finish, but I need to add caulk in the corners to cover my mistakes. And there are always a few chips in the process. So I need to pick up a small can of gloss white touch up paint.
I'll be drilling pilot holes and hammering in the trim nails... I almost picked up a nail gun today... but wife would've complained. The table saw was a big enough purchase to cover two home repair jobs, and she's only counting the stair landing as one job.
As for labor day, my father was President of his local Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) union back in the early 80s. He loved the negotiating process. But hated begging the company to not fire union members who really deserved it. Like the guy with the muscle car payment, three babies from three different baby mamas all needing child support.
So the guy was always working two jobs, plus extra shifts on the 2nd over the weekend. Funny, his muscle car payment always got paid... and at least one of the baby-mamas having his check garnished. That guy was always getting written up for sleeping through breaks and not being back at his post when the line started up again.
That guy used up the company goodwill, so when a single mom with a sick kid needed extra days off, or late arrival excuses, the managers were grumpy already. But my dad could schmooze, and usually got mama off the hook.
It's Troy again.
I got the baseboards cut for the stairway landing. I HATE cutting miters on trim carpentry. Only one trip back to the lumber yard since I cut one piece about 3/4 inch too short trying to figure out the miter angles.
I'm using 6in tall plastic baseboards. They come with a gloss white finish, but I need to add caulk in the corners to cover my mistakes. And there are always a few chips in the process. So I need to pick up a small can of gloss white touch up paint.
I'll be drilling pilot holes and hammering in the trim nails... I almost picked up a nail gun today... but wife would've complained. The table saw was a big enough purchase to cover two home repair jobs, and she's only counting the stair landing as one job.
As for labor day, my father was President of his local Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers (OCAW) union back in the early 80s. He loved the negotiating process. But hated begging the company to not fire union members who really deserved it. Like the guy with the muscle car payment, three babies from three different baby mamas all needing child support.
So the guy was always working two jobs, plus extra shifts on the 2nd over the weekend. Funny, his muscle car payment always got paid... and at least one of the baby-mamas having his check garnished. That guy was always getting written up for sleeping through breaks and not being back at his post when the line started up again.
That guy used up the company goodwill, so when a single mom with a sick kid needed extra days off, or late arrival excuses, the managers were grumpy already. But my dad could schmooze, and usually got mama off the hook.
chadbag
Well-Known Member
I have to do some baseboards today. We had one door that was backordered when the guys came through last year to install doors and do baseboards and trim. The door showed up a month later and I texted the guys a few times over the months but never heard back from them. A neighbor who is a contractor and another guy from church came over a week ago to help me get the door put in (I'm not good at getting doors in straight), leaving me to do the door casing and baseboards. Our casing and trim is just the flat stuff with the rounded over corner. No need to miter the corner as you can just put them in perpendicular and fill the edge line with caulk... I did the casing around the door on Saturday and I'll do the baseboards that touch that door today. (The guys I hired last year did all the other baseboards -- just the ones touching this door were not done). Luckily I bought an 18ga finish nail battery operated nail gun last year so it was super easy. (Ryobi HP -- their higher end bristles "pro" line when HD had a sale that you buy the tool and get a $200 set of a few batteries and a charger for free -- since I have a bunch of Ryobi stuff -- mainly more off beat tools that most makers don't make but also a few normal ones that came in kits I bought to get batteries).
We're painting the baseboards and casings to match the walls and used the pre-primed but not painted MDF based baseboards and casing.
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
That's what I'm having!
I found something to do today besides drinking beer and trains though.
I decided to reconfigure my PTR91.
The rifle weighed a tad over 14 pounds with a loaded magazine and decided it needed to go on a crash diet.
I removed the SIG-Sauer TANGO-MSR LPVO scope, removed the bi-pod (on whose leg I just straightened), installed the plastic lower, and removed the conventional stock and replaced it with the collapsable stock.
There is a half pound of weight difference in the two stocks, so taking all of the other weight off, I put on a half-pound.
Now the rifle is at 11 pounds 10 oz. with a loaded magazine. That's a little more managable, and the meat tenderizer stock isn't as bad as most think it is. I ran 200 rounds off one afternoon several years ago and wasn't even bruised.
Good afternoon. It's mostly partly cloudy and 88. Yes, that's what the weather app said...
I noticed something about my Capital One credit card accounts that I found disquieting. Up until last month, I could log in to my account, and my dashboard would show me my balances of each account, payment due date, and how much was due to prevent late fees. Starting with this billing cycle, that information is no longer provided. I have to log in to each account separately and check any amount due, and due date. I can only assume that is so I don't notice when something is due when I check, in the hope I'll forget and incur late fees.
I noticed something about my Capital One credit card accounts that I found disquieting. Up until last month, I could log in to my account, and my dashboard would show me my balances of each account, payment due date, and how much was due to prevent late fees. Starting with this billing cycle, that information is no longer provided. I have to log in to each account separately and check any amount due, and due date. I can only assume that is so I don't notice when something is due when I check, in the hope I'll forget and incur late fees.
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