Ieek, what happened to the second car



Lutz

(12-06-2020, 08:11 AM)Schraddel Wrote: [ -> ]  Ieek, what happened to the second car



Lutz

That's a well weathered swayback. 
Charlie

50 chilly degrees and that is in the sun.  Rain coming again tonight and into tomorrow early.

Great job on the toy boxes.  Must have a lot of toys.  HUMM, Gramps gives them lots. 

Charlie B, Col would says choo choo train.   I want to run PaPA Frank's trains.  For 3 1/2, he does. 

Both of us are being lazy today. Got the birthday meal for Wifey's cousin at 2:30. Hoping restaurant will be almost empty. A little uneasy about the eating out thingy now. NC setting records and Gov. sitting on his hands. Youngsville [a town just north west of us in Franklin Co.] made national news by having their Christmas Parade and violating Gov.s rules. Nothing done to them. Make rules and don't enforce them. Means they are worthless. 

Hoping all will stay well. 

Good afternoon all. Been watching some dancing contests. No, not, "Dancing with the Stars", but an NFL game. Seems like anytime a player does something right, they now try to outdo each other with some sort of dance routine. It used to be that they'd play football, then go to the dance after the game. Now it seems like they can't wait,  tackle someone, do a dance, catch a pass, do a dance. make a touchdown, the whole team does a dance. Not on my time anymore...

Temps right now in the low 70's. Could get to 80 tomorrow, possible chance of rain later this week. I wish they'd stop tormenting us and maybe go up and seed some clouds. Either that, or maybe get a couple of those air tankers and have them drop a few loads of water over us.

Have a great week, and be careful out there.....

Greetings, gang.

A thin layer of clouds is covering the skies in the remote reaches of northern Iowa this morning. That is supposed to burn off later allowing the temperature to rise from the current 22 to a blistering 39. 50 and above tomorrow through Thursday.

Watched an F1 race yesterday that was rather boring for the first 3/4 but then some very highly paid drivers and pit crews started making some very rookie mistakes. I laughed a lot. After that I worked on cleaning up the construction areas. As I was coming up from the basement I managed to jam my toe on the stairs. V-e-r-y painful evening. Still sore this morning but not as bad. I need to run to Walmart for among other things a birthday card for a fellow train nut. I found him a nice mask with an SP logo on it. Need to get that mailed out today.

Speaking of mail, to the surprise of absolutely no one, the hinges for the toyboxes are "delayed but still on the way" according to our friends at the USPS.

Charlie - neat picture. I appreciate all the work you do to preserve this history.

Tom

Good morning everyone, headlines today, "After warmer temps, sprinkle of rain possible in the Valley later this week", they say a 36% chance of rain, if I add up the chances each day this week starting Wednesday, I get 36% total. Gee. maybe I'm starting to figure out how they get the numbers they do. I can do the job if there were any openings for TV weather guessers...

That's it for now, have a great day.... 

Good morning folks

From the cold Delaware Valley. It is 30 heading up to 39. We are clear but to the south of us in Ocean City, MD and Chincoteague, VA apparently, they are getting some light snow or flurries.

Finished the Christmas decorating this weekend while my daughter baked several batches of Christmas cookies on Saturday. On Sunday, the wife and I went to Michael’s. She wanted to get material to make a wreath for her parents’ grave. The place looked like a bomb went off. Not much left on the shelves. Their craft paint and spray sealer shelves were virtually empty.

I did not get any modeling in this weekend. To my disappointment I also missed the Zoom Philadelphia Chapter PRRT&HS meeting.

Today I have to drop off Christmas cards at the post office and grab a few groceries. I hope to do some sort of modeling tonight.

I hope everybody has a good day.

Remember Pearl Harbor.  Everyone cries out "9-11" but forgets pearl Harbor.  

42 and misty rain.  About to stop.  Rained good earlier.  No Tom's dandruff for us.  Up in VA and west.  Cold air rushing in behind this for a few days.  Natural gas usage was about 1/3 of last years for Nov. 

Not much on agenda.  Maybe Train Box as messy and cold.

Hope all are safe and well.

(12-07-2020, 09:51 AM)Chief Eagles Wrote: [ -> ]Remember Pearl Harbor.  Everyone cries out "9-11" but forgets pearl Harbor.  

42 and misty rain.  About to stop.  Rained good earlier.  No Tom's dandruff for us.  Up in VA and west.  Cold air rushing in behind this for a few days.  Natural gas usage was about 1/3 of last years for Nov. 

Not much on agenda.  Maybe Train Box as messy and cold.

Hope all are safe and well.

Yup, I'm old enough to remember when, "Remember Pearl Harbor", was the phrase of the day, but too young to know what it was all about. We were very lucky, lots of folks weren't, and now we should remember them as well.

Good morning all. 
To be fair to the younger folks, The Maine is no longer even mentioned. That happened in 1898. "Remember the Maine" was important to folks then. It does not diminish the importance of a date if those living did not have the living experience. Many people now living were not alive on the day John F Kennedy was murdered. That day's memory to those living at the time was also one we could never forget, but you can not expect to remember with the same intensity what you did not actually live through. My memory of the Kennedy murder  and of 9-11 are far stronger than the memory of Pearl Harbor, which happened 2 years before I was born. 

      My dad served in the Pacific but even though he enlisted in 1942 he was stationed in the States for a couple years before he was assigned to an LST that was freshly launched in Aliquippa, Pa. He sailed it down the rivers and through the Panama Canal and that was late 1944. His brother had the good fortune to serve aboard one of the few LST's that served in both theaters. One uncle on my mothers side also served aboard an LST so I have done a great deal of reading about them, nicknamed Large Slow Targets.  

      These are a few reasons I hate the re-writing of our history. The young generation needs to be made aware of the sacrifices that previous generations have made for them. 

       I was working on my Centipedes today. I finally disassembled one truck. I have to really do some serious revision to the wiper set up because it is absolutely awful. the wipers actually loose contact with the wheel which is causing the problem. I will figure it out. 

       Sunny but cold here today. I will probably just goof off the rest of the day.

        Yes, I will think of our casualties at Peral Harbor and pray we will bring all of our servicemen and women home to their families. My grandaughter (Grand sons wife) just returned from the UAE last week after a 6 month tour. She is career Air Force. 

 stay warm and safe.
Charlie

Good morning all, and thank you Charlie for making us realize that there was life and there were many wars (and "conflicts") well before we were born. Some were so long ago that they don't even show up in history books. Think about that for a minute, the more history we have, the less space is dedicated to specific events. Obviously, it's the events that happen in our lifetime that we remember the most and as we get older, even those memories fade, just not with those that fought in those wars and survived. Yet we learn nothing from the past except inventing new ways to fight and destroy...... So sad.

We have one more day of temps in the high 70's (my thermometer said it got to 84 yesterday), then we have a good chance of rain starting tomorrow. Something about a storm coming in from Oregon. Normally, our storms come in from Mexico or California, but we'll take what we can get.

Working in spurts on my layout again. Still repairing structures that got damaged in the many recent moves we had. But regardless, it's good to be able to work on it again. Got some track to clean and I might even try to run some trains.

Greetings, gang.

Very foggy at the moment with visibility down to just a few blocks. 27 right now headed for near 50.

I actually got some house cleaning done yesterday without injuring myself. Toe is pretty much done complaining. This morning I'll be heading out the door to get my new glasses. After that there will be a trip to Ames. Need to go to Lowes, Best Buy, Walmart and the bike shop. By the time I get home the hinges should be here so I can finish up the toyboxes.

All stay safe.

Tom

Good morning folks

It is still cold at 31 this bright morning. High is expected to be 39. They are calling for a frozen mix tomorrow. We will see.

Did some housework yesterday and then ran out to mail Christmas cards and hit the grocery store. I thought I was going to make to the workbench, but something always kept pulling me away and I never made it. Will try again today.

Had a rough night sleeping. Started with my knee and once I got that to calm down my shoulder started. It was near 3:30 am before I was able to fall asleep. Problem is the alarm goes off at 7. I may try to sneak a nap later. I have to run to PetSmart to grab prescription food for the dog, and then the produce store and the meat market.

I have another package lost and/or delayed at a USPS distribution center. This is the third one in the last two months. I have never seen the post office so bad. We had some troubles a few years ago with inconsistent mail delivery but that was our carrier, and that problem was corrected.

I hope everybody has a good day.

Good Morning.
        32 degrees here with a high of 36 predicted. It feels warmer than that for some reason. 
I got one of the power trucks disassembled for one of the centipedes and I am sure I can fabricate decent pick ups that will maintain contact with the wheels. It is hard to believe that with pickups on 16 wheels that you can lose power but the design of these is horrible. These are 10 years old and I think the tension has gone out of the bronze allowing the wipers to bend inward and stay there. I tried reshaping them but they won't hold the shape. I intend to try one of Wayne's methods to make pickups and I am pretty sure I can do it. 

        Tom, what did I miss about your toe? 

        Enjoy the day everyone. in only 2 weeks the days start growing longer for us here in the northern hemisphere, and my attitude will adjust accordingly. 
Charlie

(12-08-2020, 08:44 AM)tompm Wrote: [ -> ]...I have another package lost and/or delayed at a USPS distribution center. This is the third one in the last two months. I have never seen the post office so bad....

Had someone mail me a card. It took nine days to get from downtown to my house, about 20 miles. And they said they were back to normal, well, maybe this is the new normal.