Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 3

[Philip]

Morning all,

I was thinking a good spot to store a motor home at first glance. Looks like the long supports are lap jointed?

Same here Tom. not paying for AI.

Praying you find relief Dave! You too Mike!

Karl, I'm trying to print a concrete footer in resin. So far it has failed, always an uphill battle.

Curt, thanks for the usual coffee!

Dave....women in my skivvies was a new experience for me....Oh noooooooo! lol

Out, Philip

ps..... an AI photo: Not Jimmi Walkers
 

[deemery]

Philip, there was a point where women wearing men's boxer shorts to bed was A Fashion Thing...  

dave

[Jerry]

Morning everyone

Curt thanks for the coffee 7 breakfast.
Looking forward to the update.

Tom thanks for the pictures.
Hope to see something new from you shortly.

Rick your picture get better everyday.
Have a nice hike with Star today.

Mike do you have an update ready for us?

TomO I hope Terry goes well with the physical.
And your lunch is one to remember.

Karl that's a nice looking tractor it's so clean have you ever used it?? 

Morning Dave.  Glad you didn't have any problems with the girls!!

Weather in South Jersey is sunny/51.  Later on 55.
Not sure what the day will bring.
I did get a couple of hours at the bench yesterday and hope for the same today.
It takes me longer todo these small parts must have to do with the age!!

Everyone have a great day!! 

Jerry

[Larry C]

Good Afternoon, Curt thanks for the coffee since it's afternoon. Have fun at the bench.

Tom looking forward to your next project.

Rick great to here you made Vegas safely and enjoy your walk with Star.

Tom O. Terry sounds like me in the am BEFORE my cup of java. Good luck with AI; I wouldn't pay that a month either.

Karl nice photo of the Loco. Nice tractor; what year is it.

Dave getting older has a way of killing any modesty you may have once had; part of growing old I guess.

Philip keep at the printing and you'll succeed.

Jerry I think you're correct about small parts and getting older; they can be a challenge but keep at it.

It's sunny @ 43 so that's the high for today. High winds last night BUT not as nearly bad as predicted, thankfully. Didn't want to loose power considering the temps. Well the new bathroom faucet  and drain assembly are all installed. Took me about 2.5 hours, including taking care of a small leak, so that's finished. Added gas stabilizer to the tractor and push mower so they're all set to sit until spring. Cleaned off the sn*w blower, checked the oil, and started it which was "music to my ears" hearing it start on the 2nd try. Also grabbed the sn*w shovel for the back porch.They're threatening the white crap for Monday & Tuesday next week; hope they're wrong as it's TOO soon for that nonsense. Probably no bench time today; I'm pooped.

Have great rest of your day!! Be well.

[KentuckySouthern]

The old Ford 661 is either '57 or '58.  I have used it a few times, not so much these days.  It starts great and runs well.  It has a real different type of transmission.  This cute little girl 'splains it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PU3YT2u_rAY

I used to have a 1940 Ford 9n tractor that I used to put in all of our lawn and  worked up our gardens for several years.  THAT was a tough old bird.  The generator on it was out when I bought it, I put an 8v battery in it to keep the spark hot and put it on the charger every few weeks to keep it ready to go.  It would turn over and start in -20⁰ cold with no problem.  Those old beasts are indeed beasts.

KSin Ford Country...

[PRR Modeler]

Good Morning All,

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

Woke fairly early this morning. I have a 11 am haircut appointment. Yesterday I discovered that I was missing a couple of white metal thin smoke stacks. I called Brett and I was surprised that he answered on the second ring. I explained the issue and he said he would send them out today! Great customer service.

Brett also said he's moving away from white metal and wants to do all details in 3-D printing and if the directions say white metal look in the printed detail bag.

Now for the f*****g mouse we have in the house for weeks now despite our efforts to trap it with glue and snap traps. Yesterday I found this on top of my layout.



The mouse took probably 50 or 60 trees that I made, chewed them off at their base and then made a tent of them.    

I hope everyone has a good day.

[TomO/Tloc]

Good morning Crew. It's 46f degrees heading to 59. Heavy frost yesterday, nice today and the WGFA are very possible Saturday and Sunday.

Terry had her full physical yesterday and is having trouble with the eyes again. Today at 1 she has a MRI for the sinus and a similar MRI type of scan for both her eyes. Usually 3-4 months out, she got the appointment right after it was cancelled for the eyes. They always can find a normal MRI machine so around 1:30 the same tech and her will just move together to an available machine for the sinus scan. The other tests though are out a couple weeks. Thankfully no trouble with the Trigeminal Neuralgia which devastated her from Thanksgiving into June last year.

Heading to the friend I designed the paper mill for. Setting mock ups in place. He finally worked on the track plan and sent over a AnyRail drawing. I noted the measurement scale to be easily decipher and took a picture for a ChatGPT review. I did 1st review it and on a copy of the plan noted some things I noticed but I'm not a track planner. Then I asked the Ai to review the picture of the plan. The question I asked was, interpret this switching plan for the 1965 era PNW paper mill project we are working on. There were some good comments and MANY suggestions to improve the plan. This will be an interesting sit down with the friend at 9am but I am not giving him the Ai review though I will offer some of its suggestions

Enjoy the day
TomO

[Rick]

Good morning everyone.

Mohave Valley, AZ weather: 56 now. Sunny and 88 later.

Curt, thanks for the coffee and breakfast.
OMG, that's terrible.
And right in front of the trap too.
Hope you catch the little bugger soon.

Karl, good looking tractor and congratulations getting it running again.

Larry, good news on the no storm damage and getting those 1:1's done.

Jerry, glad you're getting some bench time.

Philip, any layout progress?

Dave, you could take the "nothing worrying seen" a comment a couple of different ways but I know what you meant.   

TomO, hope Terry's physical went well and how was the brunch?

Mike, the derrick is looking good.

ACLTom, you working on those small projects.

Ron, I guess you're still very busy with work.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Star and I did 10.5 miles yesterday.
I wanted to do more but she was acting like she wanted to go back.
Went to Costco afterwards.
Since I was only an hour and a half away from the kids I bit the bullet and drove there.
Had a great time eating pizza and playing with the grandkids.
They all loved Star and wore her out.
As soon as we got back in the van she laid down and was out for the night.
The whole is going camping tonight.
Should be an amazing night.

Another from the Panorama Trail in Yosemite.'



Have a great day everyone.

[TomO/Tloc]

Good Morning All,

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

Woke fairly early this morning. I have a 11 am haircut appointment. Yesterday I discovered that I was missing a couple of white metal thin smoke stacks. I called Brett and I was surprised that he answered on the second ring. I explained the issue and he said he would send them out today! Great customer service.

Brett also said he's moving away from white metal and wants to do all details in 3-D printing and if the directions say white metal look in the printed detail bag.

Now for the f*****g mouse we have in the house for weeks now despite our efforts to trap it with glue and snap traps. Yesterday I found this on top of my layout.



The mouse took probably 50 or 60 trees that I made, chewed them off at their basement and then made a tent of them.    

I hope everyone has a good day.

Mice and model trees are not a good mix. At least he's well fed! Call in FEMA regarding disaster aid! Time for some peanut butter and honey on the snap traps. Best to u on the hunt

TomO

[Larry C]

Good Morning,

Curt thanks for the coffee and breakfast this am. Sorry to hear about your "mouse mishap"and hope you catch the little varmint soon. Try putting peanut butter on the snap trap, maybe a few around & on the layout. I've always have had good luck using this method; hope it helps.

For those of you following my Trek blog I added another chapter last night; spoiler alert: roots.

Rick nice you get to spend time with family and I'm sure Star loved all the extra attention. Enjoy your time there.

Tom O. nice to see I'm not the only one that uses PB to lure mice; never thought of using honey with it. Hope Terry gets to the bottom of her physical stuff soon.

How's the rest of the Crew doing?

It's a cloudy 36 with a high of 55 in New York. Sitting at the keyboard I can hear a train at the crossing about 5 minutes from my house; that's when you know the weather is changing. Errands soon then maybe some bench time after that.

Have a great day!! Be well.

[friscomike]

Good morning folks,

Curt, thanks for opening, coffee, and breakfast.  Critters can destroy a layout.  Good luck catching the mouse.

Can't believe it is Friday already. Will work on the derrick today.

Have fun,
mike

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Thanks for breakfast Curt. If you had water on the layout, I'd say the beavers were busy. Is the mouse building a next on the layout?

I was going to work on some small projects yesterday and got involved with doing a video of the structures on the A&S RR.

I'll work on the video some, clean my workbench and maybe decide to do some of the small stuff. I really need to clean the layout top level.

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom

[KentuckySouthern]

Morning rain and improving weather thru the day, snow in the forecast for the weekend. Mid 40s going to mid 50s today. 

Went to PT yesterday, good progress per the head terrorist, signed me up for another round.  Guess my insurance is accepting their continued attention... I've made considerable progress and at my age realize that 100% isn't there any more.  TomO good to hear the Trigeminal Neuralgia has eased up on your girl, my younger brother had to have surgery for that several years ago as he had vision issues in addition to the indescribable pain.  He's much improved save for the hearing in one ear. 

TomO. An Amish fellow is building a shelter for the old NYC caboose at the NYC Museum in Elkhart opposite the web cam on the depot


He may be using your engine house plans.

Made a little progress with my 3d printing adventures, still a long way to go.  But so far, going in the right direction.

It may be about time to install the snow blower to the Deere.    I remember the Fall of '66 as a freshman at Michigan State, we had 80⁰ and sun one day and 4" of wet sloppy snow the next, right about the single digit days of November. '72 when married the first time on the 4th in sun we had miserable wet rainy mess the following Mon and Tues heading back from Niagara Falls to get home in time to vote for Tricky Dick... both events strongly regretted in the aftermaths...

No big plans today, yet.  Got some fresh eggs from a roadside fellow, he was out when I stopped so went out  and picked them while I was at the store.  One seller in my area sells..."Organic Butt Nuggets" according to their sign.  Paid $3/dozen. 

Enjoy the day all, keep at it.  Persist. 

KSinSoggyMI

[Vietnam Seabee]

Tom...there's always Horwood Bros waiting patiently on the to-do list
terry

[Jerry]

Morning everyone

Thanks for the coffee & breakfast Curt.
Like everyone said peanut butter usually leads them to the trap!!

TomO I hope Terry is feeling better.
I hope the friend likes the Mill.

Rick another great picture.
Enjoy the grandkids they sound like a lot of fun.

Larry hope the errrands don't take up to much time!

Mike the derrick is looking great.

Tom looking forward to the video your making of the buildings.

Karl glad to hear the PT is working out for you.
Goodness don't talk that white stuff so early.

Morning Terry.

Weather in South Jersey P. sunny/55.  Later on 63.
Fall days have been nice so far this year.
A little time will be spent at the bench today.
Then out to dinner with friends later on.

Everyone have a wonderful day!! 

Jerry