Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 3

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Thanks for breakfast Larry.

Bowling went well yesterday, feels like my bowling is returning to the mid 180s average wise. This year I'm down from 190 average to 161. But hey, I didn't fall off the horse and break my neck. All is good. 

I thought of two stories I need to add to the book. It continues to fill my head with more "life growing up" stuff.

Rick, enjoy the hike.

Something must be wrong, I've slept very well the past three nights.

Have a safe and healthy day everyone.

Tom

H Zane photos -



Pam and Howard - 2010

[Philip]

Good Morning!

An early wake-up today.

Pretty lady Tom!


Philip

[Jerry]

Morning everyone

Larry thanks for the coffee & breakfast.

Rick have a nice hike wit Star today.

James have a safe drive.

Morning Dave.

Curt you should have called him.

Great pictures Tom.  Glad your bowling score is back up.

Philip enjoy the day!!

Weather in South Jersey is sunny heading to 78.
Hopefully today I can start on my next project.

Everyone have a great day!! 

Jerry

[friscomike]

Good morning folks,

Larry, thanks for opening, coffee, and the yummy biscuits and gravy.  Good luck at the bench.

Rick, wishing Star and you a fantastic hike.  

James, safe travels today.

Dave, good luck at the vampires.

Curt, must have been sunspots that made your text disappear.  Good luck with the parts.

TomACL, good luck with the book.  Congrats on the bowling average change.

Philip, good morning.

Jerry, good luck starting the next project.

How is the rest of the crew?

It's an overcast morning, recovering from rain last night.  It was a good sports weekend, so I'm in good spirits.  I have several 1:1 projects to do today, but I will find time to head upstairs.

Have fun,
mike

[KentuckySouthern]

A pleasant sunny day in Michigan, the last for a few.  Heat and sun leaving overnight, up to an inch of rain is possible in the area and cooler, seasonable, weather. No where near "enough" rain, but I'm not griping.   

Lions Won in Cincy, started tiring and thinning out their roster with injuries, that made it a bit easier for the home crowd as they saw some life out of their team that was 'flat' to be nice, early in the game. 

Semi-annual HVAC check is due today, need to shovel a path to it in the basement.

I am contemplating a test print with the 3d setup today.   

KS in MI

[elwoodblues]

Good morning everyone,

Going to keep it short today as I have a very busy morning.

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Larry.

Currently 16c and sunny here in Southeastern Ontario.  After building shelves on Saturday and hauling boxed yesterday I was to sore to really do anything so I watched the F1 race and some football.  I did manage to install a frog juicer and wire it up to the frogs yesterday.

Not sure what tonight will bring, have a great day everyone.

[TomO/Tloc]

Good morning from my part of So. Central Wisconsin. Somewhere between me and the Illinois border (65 miles) is the dividing line of a beautiful high of 85 and my ok seasonal high of 64. It's 62f degrees now. We will stay in the 60's for the daily high until Friday when the WeatherChannel's guess is mid 70's. The rains are coming today with a 50/50 chance today lasting into this evening.

The SIL did not bring my Atlas O scale Sd70Ace back from his trip to the hobby shop. It wasn't the one I had put on hold for pickup and because we were at Volleyball he couldn't get ahold of me. He took the grandson and 3 friends to buy slot cars and the 3 boys and 1 girl got a heck of a deal and another sponsor for the series of slot cars racing they are trying to hold monthly. The 16th and 17th are the next races because those 2 dates are teacher service days and no school. Last night at 6pm all 4 plus the SIL were at the bench at the grandson's house. I gifted all 5 (yep SIL also) a tool kit and lube for the cars. I then showed them how to disassemble their new slot cars. Clean the gears, check the balance of tires and lightly oil the spots the instruction sheet that comes with slot cars says to oil. It's like disassembling a new locomotive and cleaning the gear box's. It should be done but not everyone does it. Later on we tested the cars. We run the races normally at 10volts to slow the cars unrealistic top speeds. But last night we put the normal 14 volts into the system. All 4 agreed the cars were too fast and I put it back to 10 volts. The cars are then not a blur at the top speeds.

The Badger Volleyball team played Michigan and early in the 1st set lost their sophomore All American setter to a shoulder injury. You could hear her scream when it occurred and the UW Fieldhouse which is a crazy loud gym went immediately deadly silent. 7000+ people and you could hear the pin drop! I immediately thought dislocation but could not see anything strange, then I thought pulled muscle. She came back out about 15 minutes later in a sling and ice pack on her shoulder to stand with her team, but I think she'll be gone awhile. The son has had 2 separated shoulders and based on the way the sling was set it could be that. The University will just announce it as an upper body injury while everyone else just guesses like I just did. While not a pretty match the freshman setter that replaced her stepped up and did a very good job. The Badgers did pull out the 1st set after being down 11-15 and won 25-22. They did win all 3 sets but with close scores.

Today's plan is to head to the grocery store for the buy 2 16.9 ounce 6 packs of Dr Pepper products at $5.00 each or $10 total and get 3 packs free. To keep tradition when going to this particular grocery store a walk into the freshly made bakery department is a must. A chocolate eau Clair filled with custard is a must buy for me. Terry will get a plate sized apple or blueberry fritter.

Train plans for the week are minimal. I cancelled out a couple weeks ago of all OPS sessions for October I had signed for.

Layout work sessions that had been normally on Thursdays in 2024 and 2025 became Wednesday's in July then August. It now looks like the 2 layout owners want to keep the Wednesday's. So a session this week for sure. They alternate sessions but the one this Wednesday has a layout tour this month and he'd like to have most of the facade mock ups for his paper mill buildings installed. So I'll be over there a few times this month skipping the other layout. I've got a space 2' wide x 32' long and 22" high to the next level to work with. I have the Digestor and support building framework done. The brick work and metal siding will be installed after the fitting, trimming and owner approval happens. The machine building (where the paper is made) is 8' (real length) long and 4 stories or 60' high (HO Scale). Originally it was to be 2 4' sections of styrene cladded to 1/2" plywood and window openings cut out. Now it's 18" long sections with window sections laser cut. The supporting frame work will be 1/2 x 1/2" birch plywood. I'll do pictures when I add the buildings to the layout. This is by far the biggest paper mill complex I have designed and built. It's abut 7' longer than my own and almost 20' longer then what I normally have designed. The finish details (when $$$ permit) on this complex when completed over the next couple years should be outstanding

Enjoy the day
TomO

[PRR Modeler]

Good Morning All,

Today for breakfast is coffee, cereal, bagels, english muffins, yogurt, OJ, and soda.

Started the day with a walk at 75F and high humidity, but there was a clear harvest moon. Yesterday after chores I headed to the workbench and read the next couple of steps several times and understand much better the assembly and mounting of the sliding doors. No response from Brett yesterday.

Today after chores I'm probably heading to the LHS to get "U" channel (think I beam) styrene. Hopefully they will have it. Fingers crossed.

That's it from my part of FL.

I hope everyone has a good day.

[friscomike]

Good morning folks,

Curt, thanks for opening, coffee, and breakfast.  Good luck with the trip to the LHS.

Karl, good luck with the test print.

Ron, congrats on the frog juicer install.  Hope your soreness has gone.

TomO, walking through the pastry department is dangerous.  There be dragons!

How is the rest of the crew?

Sharon's home from her trip. I hope to go upstairs today.  

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Good Morning,

Curt thanks for the coffee and breakfast. I've had to reread instructions several times before I understood what the manufacture had in mind. Hope you get the styrene you need.

Mike hope up make it upstairs some time today.

What's on your plate today.

It's a cloudy 66 with a high of 75 with rain in the forecast then a cool down for the rest of the week. Ground up more leaves yesterday since the rain will probably knock more off the trees. Some bench time soon then hope to do a diorama update some time today. That's all I got.

Have a great day!! Be well.

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Thanks for breakfast Curt, I'll have a muffin and OJ. I hope the LHS has what you need.

Mike, Sharon made it back safely and I hope to make it to the upstairs.

Larry, hope you make it to the bench.

Philip, thank you, yes, she is.

We have bowling at noon and then late lunch.

Have a safe day everyone.

Tom

[KentuckySouthern]

Rain and Grey in Michigan this morning.

The furnace guy came and checked the system out, we're all set for winter . 

3d printing,    obviously I'm still learning.  Going backwards it seems. 

No plans for today besides getting an estimate for a whole house generator.  I need to clean up some in the layout area as my electrical box is in the far corner. 

KSinMI

[Rick]

Good morning everyone.

Redmond, OR weather: Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 75.

Curt, thanks for the coffee and breakfast and hope the LHS has what you need.

Karl, hope you get a good deal on the generator.

ACLTom, good luck bowling and enjoy your lunch.
I'm enjoying seeing your pictures.

Larry, I'll be on the lookout for your update.

Mike, glad Sharon made it home safely and have fun upstairs.

TomO, that sounds like a very impressive paper mill you're building.

Ron, hope the soreness has gone away and more layout progress can be made.

Jerry, any news from the bench?

Dave, James, Philip, Greg and anyone else looking in, how are you?

Star and I hiked to the top of ZigZag Mountain.
10.3 miles and 2,267' of EG.
Started the hike before sunrise and the first three miles were done in total darkness.
Yes, I do have a headlamp.
Got to the top just after sunrise.
No clouds and had a nice view of Hood Mountain.
Driving to Redmond in a bit to hit the gym there.
Taking it easy the rest of the day.

Wakens Falls in Oregon:




Have a great day everyone.

[TomO/Tloc]

Good morning from damp, chilly and dreary looking So. Central Wisconsin. Definitely more seasonable today. 51f degrees now heading to 63. Almost 1/4" of water in the rain gauge from overnight. That's it for the next 5 days. I believe today will be long jeans instead of shorts as Mother Nature has finally decided it's Autumn in Wisconsin. Frost warnings for Wednesday morning

The friend's layout work session for me on Wednesday has changed to 2pm this afternoon. Terry's best friend and maid of honor has tickets to the Cubs/Brewer game at Wrigley and needs a ride! The SIL's best friend and best man at the wedding lives 2 blocks from Wrigley Field and has an underground parking spot we can use. We will then walk the 2 blocks to the ball park!

The NHL season starts this afternoon in Florida with the Chicago BlackHawks and the Florida Panthers! AT 4pm Central time! It's on ESPN. Looks like I'll be at the work session...

Enjoy the day
TomO

[deemery]

Today might be the last day of summer    High of 81 (still 19 degrees above average), but a cold front coming through will get us to seasonal temps (and hopefully rain!) tomorrow.

Yesterday I fought computers a bit, trying to draw some stuff to put on the shelves for the machine shop.  I might just give up, or just put misc junk there.  

But first, some time on the exercise machine...

dave