Geezer's Lounge (Rev 1) - Volume 5

[deemery]

Dave, can you please unpin the previous lounges and pin this new one.
Thanks.

Done, thanks for the reminder.  It's not obvious (to me at least) where you do this, so I always have to hunt for the mechanism.

Sunny but cool, 48 up from 37 this morning, heading to 60.  NO complaints from me.  I have a PT appointment this afternoon to 'pound out' my hip (massage gun works well on it), seems that's routine body maintenance for me these days...  Otherwise, I'll plan out the LED lighting while waiting for the connectors.  I need to remember where the 12v power supply is, but I can test with my benchtop power. 

dave

[Philip]

Good Morning,

A brisk 45 now. Jerry, We are doing some planting today. Corn and Butternut.
On deck are a hundred or so tomato plants and peppers. They are finally hardened off. We grow everything from seed.
We also made several raised beds this year as the garden keeps evolving. They contain more peppers. Maybe a foot tall. Super cool this year compared to last years washout and damaging wind.

The kale is doing great this year. We have been eating it for a couple months!

Have a great day!
Philip

 

[Jerry]

Morning everyone

Rick thanks for the coffee & breakfast.
Nice picture of Star.
Glad your covered for the windshield.

Great picture Curt.

Larry sounds like you have a full card today.

Karl good luck with the blood draw.

Morning Dave.

Philip  thanks for info.  That must be a hell of a garden to take care of.

Weather in South Jersey sunny/54.  Later on 64.
Maybe it will be a nice day for a change.
I did get an hour in yesterday doing the bottom part of the walls.

Everyone have a great day!! 

Jerry

[elwoodblues]

Good morning everyone,

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Rick,

So, we are already on volume 5   where is the time going?

Current temperature is 9c (49f) and cloudy.  Spent the last couple of days working on the DCC-EX system.  Sunday I finished printing the 3D case and assembling the components, and last night I worked on the programming.  Ran into an issue as only one set of the the track leads show power (the main) while the other set (programming) does not.  I might swap out the motor shield to see if that is the problem.  This is turning out to be a fun project.  Tonight is dinner with the Mrs as it is her birthday today.

Have a great day everyone. 

[Jerry]

Ron Happy Birthday to the Mrs.

Jerry

[deemery]

Good morning everyone,

Thanks for the coffee and breakfast Rick,

So, we are already on volume 5  where is the time going?

Current temperature is 9c (49f) and cloudy.  Spent the last couple of days working on the DCC-EX system.  Sunday I finished printing the 3D case and assembling the components, and last night I worked on the programming.  Ran into an issue as only one set of the the track leads show power (the main) while the other set (programming) does not.  I might swap out the motor shield to see if that is the problem.  This is turning out to be a fun project.  Tonight is dinner with the Mrs as it is her birthday today.

Have a great day everyone.

Ron, first thing I'd suggest is to swap the connections from the DCC-EX.  Run the programming track from the other channel, reset the channel assignments (I forget the DCC-EX name for that, hopefully you know what I mean.)  I'm guessing it's just some command you haven't entered into the DCC-EX system.  (What are you using as a throttle?)

dave

[Rick]

Good morning everyone.

Sunny and 77 later here in Sioux Falls today.

Coffee, sodas and OJ are ready.
Breakfast burritos filled with scrambled eggs, cheddar and your choice of chorizo, bacon or sausage, or all three.

Ron, happy birthday to your wife and hope she's feeling 100% again.

Jerry, was it a nice day yesterday?

Philip, that's a lot of tomatoes.
Do you can them all?

Dave, hope the PT helped the hip.

Karl, did the layout possibility pan out?

Larry, hope you have more me time today.

Curt, thanks for the photo and please keep them coming?

How's everyone else doing?

Didn't get the windshield chip fixed yesterday.
I didn't notice the app scheduled the appointment for the shop in Rapid City which is over 4 hours away.
Went to the local shop and they'll do the fix this morning.
Maybe the gym afterward or talk a long walk with Star on one of the paved trails here.

This is part of Falls Park in downtown Sioux Falls.



Have a great day everyone.

[PRR Modeler]

Good Morning All,

Thanks for opening and breakfast Rick. At least the repair will happen today. Pretty picture.

Started out slow here. Just got done feeding the animals. Speaking of, Joker went to his forever home yesterday. I went to clean the pool filter yesterday and discovered the motor running but no water moving. C**p. Talked to SIL (used to do pool and spa maintenance) and he's coming over on Thursday to figure out what's going on and help me fix a couple of pool enclosure screen panels.

On the subject of Dad. The hearing test showed that his hearing in the right ear was pretty bad and the left is very bad. He also has very bad wax build up in both ears so Friday he gets that taken care of at the urgent care. It was also discovered that his left aid is barely working.

Probably another non-modeling day since I have floors today before Dad's appointment (not related to hearing).

Ron Happy Birthday to your wife.

Here's a couple of photos of Ti making herself at home in my chair. Note, she made me sit in a different chair.



Just one because the other is too large.

I hope everyone has a good day.

[Larry C]

Morning Gents,

Rick thanks for the coffee and breakfast this morning. That's quite the sight being in a downtown area. Enjoy your walk with your buddy and hope the window repair goes smoothly.

Ron belated Happy Birthday to the Mrs; hope she's back to normal.

Curt hope all goes well with your Dad. Looks like Ti likes sleeping on his head.

What's on your to do list.

It's a rainy, all day event so they say, 46 with a high of 64. Maybe some bench time later? Ellie needs some dental work done so we're meeting with thee Dentist in a week for a consultation; last time that happened my wallet took a huge hit; so we'll see. Not much else going on here.

Have a great and safe day!! Be well.

[jbvb]

Good morning, Rick, Curt, Larry and later arrivals.  The coast of the Gulf of Maine is overcast with some showers forecast mid-day.

I'm still going to Seashore, as me and the other engineer present need to decide how to make the switch frog we've been working on fit the existing rails better than our predecessors.  It appears they used too-small bolts so they could skew the rail ends a bit.  Ugh.  Probably some pictures tonight or tomorrow, when I'm rained out.

[ACL1504]

Morning all,

Rick, thanks for breakfast, much appreciated. 

TomO mentioned he cut back on spending time on the net. Sounded good to me.

I took the day off yesterday and did absolutely nothing net wise or modeling. I just read and rested. Took Pam to our Saturday watering hole for late lunch and early dinner. Got home changed, watch some TV and read more. 

Hope to get an update on my build later this afternoon.

Have a safe and happy day everyone.

Tom

[KentuckySouthern]

Cold and windy in Michigan. 

[friscomike]

Good morning,

Rick, thanks for opening, coffee, and breakfast.  Good luck with the windshield repair.

Curt, good luck with your Dad's hearing.  Had the same happen when my Mom lived with us.

Larry, hope the dental work goes well with Ellie.

James, good luck at Seashore.

TomACL, sounds like a relaxation day is what you needed.

How is the rest of the crew?

It's a hazy morning, warming to 80°F this afternoon.  Yesterday morning, I relaxed with Sharon, catching up on her trip. I finished decaling both boxcars yesterday. Now it's the final assembly of the Mount Blue boxcar and weathering both cars.

Have fun,
mike

[deemery]

As James said, it's overcast in SE NH, and still on the cool side.  I didn't get much done yesterday, a mid day PT appt (bad hip, again) kinda blew a hole in the day.  I have to go to the grocery store today, but hopefully build up some steam afterwards.  Amazon fumbled one of the two parts for the lighting projects, should arrive today.

dave

[Jerry]

Morning everyone

Rick thanks for the coffee & breakfast.
Nice picture this morning.
Your pictures it's like seeing the US and not having to drive anywhere.

Curt Ti looks comfortable enough!!

Larry hope you make it to the bench.

James looking forward to the pictures.

Tom a break is always a good thing.

Morning Karl.

Mike be looking for the update.

Dave try to save some money for modeling.

Weather in South Jersey is sunny/67.  Later on 73.
But the wind is at about 35 mph.
Nothing got done at the bench yesterday.
Grocery shopping and weed pulling instead.
But I will try to get there today.

Everyone have a wonderful day!! 

Jerry