Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 3

[Rick]

Good morning everyone.

La Pine weather: 36 now and a high of 48, cloudy and a chance of rain late in the afternoon.

Curt, thanks for the coffee and breakfast and have fun with the details.

ACLTom, have fun with Bill and I'm enjoying the pictures.

Philip, hope you make good progress in the basement.

Bernd, thanks for stopping in and have fun with the quarry line.

James, hope the heat is back on soon.

Mike, I was thinking about all the kits I still have in NJ and I think I have the oil derrick kit.

Dave, hope glueing the framing worked.

Jerry, I'm slowly making my way to AZ to spend the holidays with the kids and should get there right before Thanksgiving.

Ron, enjoy your days off.

How's everyone else doing?

Got my grocery shopping and gym visit done yesterday.
Also went to Best Buy and bought a MacBook Air.
It takes up a lot less space on my already small countertop and uses less power.
It's also easier to get set up and take down than my Studio and monitor.
I might do a hike with Star today if it doesn't rain.

Mount Adams while hiking up Zigzag Mountain.



Have a great day everyone.

[friscomike]

Good morning folks,

Curt, thanks for opening, coffee, and breakfast.  Safe travels to your wife. 

Philip, congrats on the cable drag completion.  There is nothing like a hard-wired connection. 

TomACL, wishing you a fun day running trains and kibitzing.

Rick, thanks for the amazing photo of Mt. Adams. Good luck setting up the new computer.

Bernd, good luck with the dust collector.

James, good luck with the heating system.

How goes the rest of the crew?

It's a bright morning with a high forecast of 76°F.  I'm bleary-eyed from watching extra innings of baseball last night. My hands aren't sore this morning after all the work distressing wood.  I am grateful for that.  Oklahoma football is on tap this afternoon.  I may make it to the bench this morning. 

Have fun,
mike

[elwoodblues]

Good morning Curt, Philip, ACLTom, Rick, Mike and the rest of the crew that drops in later.

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Curt, have fun with the detail painting.

Philip, hope you get a lot accomplished with the organization.

ACLTom, enjoy running trains with Bill.

Rick, that is an awesome photo, have fun with the new laptop.

Mike, have fun at the bench (if you make it there) and enjoy the football game.

Currently 8c (46f) and the sun is out.  Made it to the bench yesterday and got the supports for the backdrop installed as well as installing the second frog juicer.  Today's plan is installing the backdrop after walking Gracie and making a run to home depot to get some sky blue paint and paining supplies.

Have a great day everyone.

[deemery]

I got a MB Air as a 2nd laptop a couple months ago.  It's a very nice machine.  I did buy a USB-C to HDMI adapter, so i could use it to give my clinics at the NMRA NER convention.  

Right now it's sunny and seasonally cool, 54 up from 35. Scotch Club is scheduled for late afternoon, before then I'll hit the exercise machine (ugh) and then 'populate' the remaining shelf units.  I also need to build a lot more smaller crates, and look for other stuff (small kegs?) to fill out the storage room part of the machine shop.  I also need to plan and execute the 2nd story lighting.  When all that's done, it'll be back to the basic kit, assembling the walls.

dave

[Jerry]

Morning everyone

Curt thanks for the coffee & breakfast.
Have fun painting details.

Philip one chore done!!

Tom have fun with Bill today.

Rick great picture.

Yes Mike that was a long game, one more to decide who goes to the next round of 7!!

Ron I saw what you did nice work as usual.

Weather in South Jersey is misty/63.  Later more of the same but 65.
With the weather the way it is maybe I'll get to sit at the bench later today!!

Everyone have a great day!! 

Jerry

[Larry C]

Good Morning,

Curt thanks for the coffee and breakfast. Have fun painting details.

Philip good luck in the basement; hope all goes well.

Tom enjoy running trains.

Rick at least AZ will be considerable warmer and not a bad place to "winter". I almost bought a MacBook Air before I purchased my Mini, those things are sweet and should be great for you and your space constraints.

Mike distressing wood can make your hands stiff; glad yours aren't. It just adds so much more interest to the finished model. Enjoy the football.

Ron good luck with the backdrop; is it going to look like Kyle's?

Dave sounds like a busy modeling day; enjoy.

Jerry hope the bench happens today; I doubt this is beach weather.

What's the rest of you up to.

It's a sunny 52 with a high of 68 in New York. Busy morning so far and maybe I'l make it to the bench as yesterday was a wash. The details from Brett are due to arrive today so I can finish the Prtable Sawmill over the next few days.

Have a great Fall day!! Be well.

[KentuckySouthern]

Late night loser eyes here, too.

I haven't watched any baseball in years, but last night the Doll came across the Detroit Tigers ALCS game, vs Seattle, after watching a movie.  It was in 7th or 8th inning and tied.  After doing my evening PT bs and not up to restarting anything else I plopped down on the couch, reclined a bit and settled in to watch Inning 9..10..11..12..13..14.15..until well after midnight, close to 0100hrs until suddenly, it's golf season for the multimillionaires and their gold chains and stuff... I remember why I don't watch it...losers, such a slow games, loud annoying noisemakers err..announcers, and blather almost as boring as golf...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSXMS8ABAAU (rated R)

RE: $$$ belt for mower, not a fun expense but over my years, I've found out there just isn't an aftermarket belt that will last for me.  Too much work to figure out how to replace the darn thing to jump into doing it earlier than at all needed.  Struggling with mine in getting the routing and a spring loaded idler pulley to play well with others.  I may have brought some nefarious bs into my desk top, I was looking at IMAGES on search for routing belt and clicked to enlarge a photo and suddenly I had a 32" monitor screen full of....more beaver than the whole eastern UP        even tho I exited that in less than 5 seconds...I have several Mozilla Firefox boxes off to the rh corner of the screen to renew Anti Virus that won't go away.      need to get my Geek Squad over and look into it.  RE-Start didn't help.  Otherwise all is working OK, maybe Microsoft trying to coerce my change to W-11, but I hate having that in my history if anything...

Resin 3d might get another go today, learning curve is like missing a curve on one of those country roads in W. Virginny that John Denver(?) sang about....all seems well then, right off the edge, backwards. 

The Doll is out to a hair repair shoppe' with her daughter.  Sure hope she can find something that can help her answer the question with no right answer...."What do YOU think of my hair....?, I just can't....holds up a phone full of 40 somethings with stylize hair...what do you think of these..."  Oh the unfairness of that...        

Well, off to other thoughts, everyone have a great day, enjoy.  ACLTom and crew enjoy the Purple trains!

That's it. 

KSwandering through the debris of the day.

[elwoodblues]

Ron good luck with the backdrop; is it going to look like Kyle's?

Only if Kyle paints it for me. 

[PRR Modeler]

Good Morning All,

Breakfast today is the usual coffee, cereal, bagels, english muffins, yogurt, OJ, and soda.

Started out the day with a walk at a glorious 64F and low humidity. Yesterday I spent hours painting details until my mind was mush and I had a sore upper back.

Today after chores I'll head to the train room. I think next up is gluing together the pattern shop walls.

That's it for me today.

I hope everyone has a good day.

[Larry C]

Morning Gents,

The coffee pot's on along with your other morning beverages, Breakfast is cheesy scrambled eggs, hash browns, crispy bacon and/or pan sausages; enjoy.

Curt looks like we were "beating the keys" at the same time so we have breakfast #2.Have fun with the Kit.

What's your plans for the day?

It's 52 and still dark @ 06:30 with a high of 68 forecasted. I think this is going to be a lazy day ahead with some bench time thrown in for good measure.

Have a great Fall day!!! Be well.

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Thanks for the double breakfast Curt and Larry. No need for me to offer more.

WooHoo, a nice 62 here this morning.

Reading Bob and Greg both made surprise visits to the A&S RR yesterday. Bob brought down his FOS model of the Lava Gun Shop and it was better in the 1:1 world than the forum photos. High quality build.

Bill and I shot several videos and I'm in the process of putting them all together. I'll have the YouTube version out later this afternoon. The four of us BS'ed between takes.

We had lunch at our favorite watering hole, Del Dios, and certainly did our share of BSing. It was a fun day.

Pam and I have some errands to run today so the I'll finish it after 1PM this afternoon.

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom

[friscomike]

Good morning folks,

Curt, thanks for opening, coffee, and breakfast.  It's funny that we need physical therapy after painting details. 

Larry, thanks for the coffee and snack.  Wishing you a relaxing day.

TomACL, congrats on the fun gathering.  Incredible models in the photo.

Karl, good luck with the resin wonders today.

Ron, good luck with the backdrop.

Dave, the shelving looks terrific. Good luck with the crates.

Jerry, hope the bench visit went well

How is the rets of the crew?

It's another bright morning, with temperatures rising from 52°F to 79°F this afternoon.  Yesterday was a bad day on the gridiron. I did get the Post Office designed for the laser.  I need to add tabs, slots, and roof panels, but otherwise, it's ready for the cutter.  I ordered wood for the structure, which should arrive tomorrow.

The Boys play at 1 pm, so I probably won't make it upstairs. 

Have fun,
mike

[Rick]

Good morning everyone.

It's currently 36 here in Silver Lake and temps will go all the way to 46 and it will be cloudy.

Curt, thanks for the coffee and Larry, thanks for the breakfast.

Curt, hope the walls go together well.

Larry, enjoy your lazy day.

ACLTom, glad you had a good day BS'ing and look forward to the video.

Mike, I'd like to wish your team good luck today, but .....     

Karl, "hair repair shoppe"     

Jerry, with Marty's arrival here I'm hoping he gets you motivated to get some modeling done.

Ron, have fun with the backdrop painting.

How's everyone doing?

I did an amazing hike yesterday.
Star and I hiked up Hager Mountain. (7.66 miles and a bit over 1,900' of EG)
No s@#$ at the trailhead but by the time we got to the top there was about 3" of it.
It stuck well to the trees and looked beautiful.
Unfortunately when we got to the top we were in a cloud and there were no views.
Fortunately on the way down it cleared up and I got some good pics.
Nothing planned for today just driving a bit further south.

Phone picture from yesterday's hike.



Have a great day everyone.

[TomO/Tloc]

Morning all,

Thanks for the double breakfast Curt and Larry. No need for me to offer more.

WooHoo, a nice 62 here this morning.

Reading Bob and Greg both made surprise visits to the A&S RR yesterday. Bob brought down his FOS model of the Lava Gun Shop and it was better in the 1:1 world than the forum photos. High quality build.

Bill and I shot several videos and I'm in the process of putting them all together. I'll have the YouTube version out later this afternoon. The four of us BS'ed between takes.

We had lunch at our favorite watering hole, Del Dios, and certainly did our share of BSing. It was a fun day.

Pam and I have some errands to run today so the I'll finish it after 1PM this afternoon.

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom

That is beautiful! Wow...

[TomO/Tloc]

Good morning. 48f degrees heading to 70. The WeatherChannel app says it's clear and sunny. They need to step outside and check out the heavy cloud cover and lack of sunshine.

Hockey on campus yesterday went beyond thrilling. Exciting from puck drop to the final whistle. I wouldn't call it a miracle but the heart of the championship Badgers was on display yesterday. Tough game as they put 51 shots on either the #1 or 2 ranked goalie in the nation  and only got 4 goals. The Badger goalie also ranked either 1 or 2 in the country faced 24 shots and gave up 3 and didn't look comfortable all game! The Badger ladies down 3-2 tied the game with 38 seconds left and then won it with 8 seconds left. The Badgers play Minnesota Duluth again today at 1.

The grandson 's soccer is playing in the championship tournament game at 9am. They won both games yesterday. They are a good team

I watched only the final 3 outs of the Brewer/Cub game.

Enjoy your day
TomO