BigGRacing
Aka. Gary Russell
Jaz, the open wall larger building half way down your photo looks like a shelter f some sort, is that bldg scratch built ?
Running Bear's October 2021 Coffee Shop
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Afternoon All,
Went out to Dad's for a bit then hit 2 grocery stores and shipped a box back to Amazon. After getting home I did a small project for the boss then cleaned up in the train room, mainly putting tools away. I know this will be shocking
, but I fixed a 1" section of ballast on the mainline that I messed up cleaning weeks ago. I think I have down time tomorrow and I plan on starting to putting in static grass behind the mine I was working on.
Greg- Nice layout photos.
Sherrel- Nice photo.
Willie- Good news about Arlene. Watch out for those Canadian terrorists
Jaz- Nice layout shots.
Terry- That makes things more difficult.
TomO- Very nice scene.
I hope everyone has a good night.
Went out to Dad's for a bit then hit 2 grocery stores and shipped a box back to Amazon. After getting home I did a small project for the boss then cleaned up in the train room, mainly putting tools away. I know this will be shocking
, but I fixed a 1" section of ballast on the mainline that I messed up cleaning weeks ago. I think I have down time tomorrow and I plan on starting to putting in static grass behind the mine I was working on.Greg- Nice layout photos.
Sherrel- Nice photo.
Willie- Good news about Arlene. Watch out for those Canadian terrorists
Jaz- Nice layout shots.
Terry- That makes things more difficult.
TomO- Very nice scene.
I hope everyone has a good night.
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well, howdy there internet MRR peeps
It's Troy again
Today lets talk about arm pain and orange chips
But first: Willie: I seem to recognize some of the honkers in your photos. We call them the Canadian mafia. they take over our two drainage ponds in the neighborhood each sprint and summer. They get nasty if one invades their territory. I see now why our neighbors to the great white north are so nice and polite. They've poured all of the hate and outrage into the geese and sent them south.
Back to why my arm hurts.
Today was the day for wife and I to head to the doc's office to get our annual flu shots. Normally we go separately, but having only one car was enough to call and schedule them at the same time.
Wife got her's first. then the Med Assist asks if I have asthma
Yes.
Do I get the flublock every year?
I dunno, what did I get last year
Flublock - it's normally for age 65+ (I'm late 50s)... but, if you have asthma that's probably why your doc recommended it.
OK
So, now my arm is sore. I'll probably be feverish sometime tonight. Shouldn't be as bad as the Pfizer C-19 one, though.
Wife says I got the flublock instead of the normal, because I'm a grumpy old cuss. She might be right.
Oh, and the MA asked if I was going to get the C-19 booster.
Do I qualify?
"Age, and Asthma, yes. Call your doc if you have questions."
So, I'll get that in a few weeks.
At least I had fish-n-chips for dinner. And a friend in Black-Country England sees the pic, and asks Wot? No Orange Chips...
Not sure how widely accepted Orange Chips are in the UK, but now I want to try them.
Link to what they are here: http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/Orange_Chips.htm
It's Troy again
Today lets talk about arm pain and orange chips
But first: Willie: I seem to recognize some of the honkers in your photos. We call them the Canadian mafia. they take over our two drainage ponds in the neighborhood each sprint and summer. They get nasty if one invades their territory. I see now why our neighbors to the great white north are so nice and polite. They've poured all of the hate and outrage into the geese and sent them south.
Back to why my arm hurts.
Today was the day for wife and I to head to the doc's office to get our annual flu shots. Normally we go separately, but having only one car was enough to call and schedule them at the same time.
Wife got her's first. then the Med Assist asks if I have asthma
Yes.
Do I get the flublock every year?
I dunno, what did I get last year
Flublock - it's normally for age 65+ (I'm late 50s)... but, if you have asthma that's probably why your doc recommended it.
OK
So, now my arm is sore. I'll probably be feverish sometime tonight. Shouldn't be as bad as the Pfizer C-19 one, though.
Wife says I got the flublock instead of the normal, because I'm a grumpy old cuss. She might be right.
Oh, and the MA asked if I was going to get the C-19 booster.
Do I qualify?
"Age, and Asthma, yes. Call your doc if you have questions."
So, I'll get that in a few weeks.
At least I had fish-n-chips for dinner. And a friend in Black-Country England sees the pic, and asks Wot? No Orange Chips...
Not sure how widely accepted Orange Chips are in the UK, but now I want to try them.
Link to what they are here: http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/Orange_Chips.htm
Alcomotive
Grandson of an ALCO Builder
Willie I am still looking for Clyde! and Olympia beer! Everywhich way but loose! and the Black Widows bike gang!
kjd
Go make something!
Just stopped by and had to comment on the used car situation a few pages back. I have a Subaru I've been half-heartedly trying to sell. I've had at least a dozen serious inquiries, at least until they find out it's a manual. In one case, she liked it but her boyfriend couldn't drive it. Several others had never driven stick. One guy was pretty excited about the anti-theft properties of the third pedal but in the end got an automatic for when his family comes to visit since none of them know how to drive a manual.
Boris
Beach Bum
Curt: Except, it doesn't apply to petitioners in the State of New Jersey. They don't get a break, ever...
Boris
Beach Bum
I'm late today, and it's past bedtime, so I'll be quick.
Wife had a pow wow with lead counsel, and got things straightened out. We also have a new and workable plan for the financing of the MIL's care.
Meanwhile, she had a conference with MIL's Social Worker, and also reached an understanding. The two Assisted Living facilities that are in the running will evaluate the old gal this week, and by next week, she may be relocated. Both are nice so which ever one works best on price gets the prize. maybe, we will soon have time to help ourselves.
This weathering project did not go well. Plan to wash powder off, and do it over. Also had problems with OEM trucks not getting along with Intermountain wheel sets, which is a first for Accurail. Ended up using OEM plastic wheels until I resolve problem. They can't all go well...
Wife had a pow wow with lead counsel, and got things straightened out. We also have a new and workable plan for the financing of the MIL's care.
Meanwhile, she had a conference with MIL's Social Worker, and also reached an understanding. The two Assisted Living facilities that are in the running will evaluate the old gal this week, and by next week, she may be relocated. Both are nice so which ever one works best on price gets the prize
. maybe, we will soon have time to help ourselves.This weathering project did not go well. Plan to wash powder off, and do it over. Also had problems with OEM trucks not getting along with Intermountain wheel sets, which is a first for Accurail. Ended up using OEM plastic wheels until I resolve problem. They can't all go well...
Jaz avalley
Station cat
Yeah when you do nothing to interconnect with them but Alexa or Siri talk out of turn regards what you are doing it gets really creepy they are banned from bedrooms, big sister is still big brother, unfortunately turning on and off lights answering quick math questions etc make them useful, and at the moment I cannot walk outside with the hubby to chat, paranoid moi? Oh yeah, but then I have a sticker over my camera on my Mac, and if you have a phone - where the bars are and you see a green or orange dot your camera or microphone is in use by your phone likely an app, I also use duck duck go to reduce my loss of privacy and avoid most social media, Facebook gone - well sort of I closed it, deleted it, then I accidentally pressed to see something in Facebook and it offered to rejoin me and I searched and found my stuff is still out there, despite requesting a delete…yeah we are not alone.
There is an anti-FB tracking app I use on my computer called Facebook Container. I think it only works on Firefox, and doesn’t work on my tablet or phone, but at least when I’m on the laptop or desktop, Zuck has a harder time seeing what I’m doing.
I think FB would argue that to delete all of the posts/comments you have made would render some threads difficult to make sense of. It's like something we've said to someone else speaking wise. What has been said can never be retracted if another person heard it.
Patrick
Alien Attitude.
Morning all,
Not much going on this morning. Gas prices went up 20 cents overnight. I had been expecting it though as one local station has been over $3.00 for the week. 4 stations in town and everyone is filling up at the higher priced station, and they sell the same ethanol blend as nearly everyone else.
I'm all by myself for the next week as everyone else in the department is on quarantine due to covid. The new boss is vaccinated too recently to be immune (2nd shot last week), hangs out with the former part-time assistant whose wife tested positive, so they are both out. The new IT Tech shares the office with the assistant, so she's under quarantine. The assistant made no bones about vaccines are for idiots, so he'll probably test positive soon enough. Sadly both the new boss and the assistant spent several weeks over the past year under quarantine for being close contacts with someone who tested positive.
Troy: Orange chips sound interesting. Thanks for the recipe link.
Not much going on this morning. Gas prices went up 20 cents overnight. I had been expecting it though as one local station has been over $3.00 for the week. 4 stations in town and everyone is filling up at the higher priced station, and they sell the same ethanol blend as nearly everyone else.
I'm all by myself for the next week as everyone else in the department is on quarantine due to covid. The new boss is vaccinated too recently to be immune (2nd shot last week), hangs out with the former part-time assistant whose wife tested positive, so they are both out. The new IT Tech shares the office with the assistant, so she's under quarantine. The assistant made no bones about vaccines are for idiots, so he'll probably test positive soon enough. Sadly both the new boss and the assistant spent several weeks over the past year under quarantine for being close contacts with someone who tested positive.
Troy: Orange chips sound interesting. Thanks for the recipe link.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. It's clear and 58° around here. Back into the 90's today through Saturday, then a possibility of rain and lower temperatures for a week or so, at least that's what the NWS is predicting right now.
Somewhat return to normalcy today, the weekly grocery/beer trek will be this morning. I still haven't gotten any time for much other than household tasks, yesterday I did laundry. Health care takes priority right now. That will taper off a little in the coming days though. Yesterday, I ordered a really fancy recliner from Amazon for my wife to use. It's just her style with two pockets for remotes, two cup holders, a USB recharging port, heater, massager, and a remote to eject the user, slowly. It's already shipped and I should see it around the 15th.
On the wife recovery front, everything is going well, pain is minimal to tolerable depending on when she takes the Hydrocodone and Tramadol. We had our first visit from the home health care specialist yesterday, a pleasant looking young lady about 40 yo. Seems very qualified and my wife likes her. She spent a bit over an hour explaining and demonstrating how to do the antibiotic infusions, changed the dressing out on my wife's leg and was generally comforting to her. Today around noon, we get the first visit from the physical therapist, and at three it's what's called an occupational therapist. Physical therapists work on the lower body while occupational therapists work on the upper body. I think that they are both scheduled to visit once a week each, while the nurse is scheduled to visit twice a week for six weeks and then once a week for another four weeks. That's subject to extension as needed. We will take care of most infusions and dressing changes ourselves. Lots to learn here. Infusion company courier delivered two weeks of infusions yesterday, instead of coming every day like we had originally believed. They have to be kept refrigerated until an hour before use; I will have to use the Styrofoam cooler and ice packs that they came in since the fridge is usually full of food and drinks.
Hey there Flo, I'll take a couple of large spicy burritos this morning. Make them sausage, egg and cheese, no potatoes today. Salsa and sugar-free A&W Root Beer to go with them.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding yesterday's pictures of LaBosky's and our visitors from the north; Jaz, Tom O, Patrick, Ken, Hughie, Gary, Curt, Louis, Garry, Rick, Troy, James, Joe.
No time for the train shed yesterday, as I was learning with the nurse. Most likely the same today with my mostly already full schedule. So back to the archives for a few photos today.
Here's a laser-cut wood structure from American Model Builders called Nine Mile House.
It's not currently in place anywhere on the layout. It's temporarily stashed in an unfinished part of Graham next to the large area that I just completed. I may move it to the upper level where it will be more visible.
This is Paul's Pizzeria, a built up from Woodland Scenics. This was a Christmas gift from my daughter. As many of you know, I normally only purchase kits myself.
Everything on the right side was either from the details box or in the case of the tables/benches, scratchbuilt.
And finally just a random trackside view of a freight waiting on the siding in south Vernon.
To the left is a siding headed to the Red River Valley Seed & Grain elevator. It is one of only a small handful of industrial sidings that come off the main on my layout. It is an actual short siding with a spur to the elevator.
Jaz - I like your approach to layout planning. It's sort of like mine. I may rearrange structures/elements in a town a dozen times before I get what I like. Even then, I may go back and change things. Always fluid.
Tom O - I am missing Guy as well. His train and nature pictures are topnotch.
Chad - While you're absolutely correct regarding the non-paying patients at hospitals, all three of the ones in Denton TX are for-profit ones. Since there is no longer a taxpayer funded county hospital here, they and four other for profits in the southern part of the county, share the non-payers which the county picks up the bill for. That's one reason why the property tax rate on property a mile south of me is nearly twice what mine is. I live north of their county line by that much.
Paul - Every car that I ever bought for myself has been a standard. They began to become harder to find after 1992 or so. I now drive an automatic since we downsized to one car after I retired. Even my wife drove a standard until the early 2000's.
Joe - Seems like the MIL lodging situation is getting closer to resolution. Now to convince her that it's better for her.
I generally use Kadee metal wheels in my Accurail freight cars without any issues in over 120 of them.
Comment: I have always thought that Alexa and Siri (and any others) were quite creepy. Someone is spying on you 24/7. My wife and kids love Alexa, but I know how to flip a light switch, look at an analog clock or play music myself. While we don't have anything external hooked into ours, thankfully, Alexa will be the first thing to go if my wife predeceases me. I hate the damn thing. My son even has his connected to his iPhone so he can control his appliances from afar, like the totally automatic-feed wood pellet grill or the swimming pool heater!
Everybody have an awesome day. Stay safe and drink responsibly.
Somewhat return to normalcy today, the weekly grocery/beer trek will be this morning. I still haven't gotten any time for much other than household tasks, yesterday I did laundry. Health care takes priority right now. That will taper off a little in the coming days though. Yesterday, I ordered a really fancy recliner from Amazon for my wife to use. It's just her style with two pockets for remotes, two cup holders, a USB recharging port, heater, massager, and a remote to eject the user, slowly. It's already shipped and I should see it around the 15th.
On the wife recovery front, everything is going well, pain is minimal to tolerable depending on when she takes the Hydrocodone and Tramadol. We had our first visit from the home health care specialist yesterday, a pleasant looking young lady about 40 yo. Seems very qualified and my wife likes her. She spent a bit over an hour explaining and demonstrating how to do the antibiotic infusions, changed the dressing out on my wife's leg and was generally comforting to her. Today around noon, we get the first visit from the physical therapist, and at three it's what's called an occupational therapist. Physical therapists work on the lower body while occupational therapists work on the upper body. I think that they are both scheduled to visit once a week each, while the nurse is scheduled to visit twice a week for six weeks and then once a week for another four weeks. That's subject to extension as needed. We will take care of most infusions and dressing changes ourselves. Lots to learn here. Infusion company courier delivered two weeks of infusions yesterday, instead of coming every day like we had originally believed. They have to be kept refrigerated until an hour before use; I will have to use the Styrofoam cooler and ice packs that they came in since the fridge is usually full of food and drinks.
Hey there Flo, I'll take a couple of large spicy burritos this morning. Make them sausage, egg and cheese, no potatoes today. Salsa and sugar-free A&W Root Beer to go with them.
Thanks for the likes and comments regarding yesterday's pictures of LaBosky's and our visitors from the north; Jaz, Tom O, Patrick, Ken, Hughie, Gary, Curt, Louis, Garry, Rick, Troy, James, Joe.
No time for the train shed yesterday, as I was learning with the nurse. Most likely the same today with my mostly already full schedule. So back to the archives for a few photos today.
Here's a laser-cut wood structure from American Model Builders called Nine Mile House.
It's not currently in place anywhere on the layout. It's temporarily stashed in an unfinished part of Graham next to the large area that I just completed. I may move it to the upper level where it will be more visible.
This is Paul's Pizzeria, a built up from Woodland Scenics. This was a Christmas gift from my daughter. As many of you know, I normally only purchase kits myself.
Everything on the right side was either from the details box or in the case of the tables/benches, scratchbuilt.
And finally just a random trackside view of a freight waiting on the siding in south Vernon.
To the left is a siding headed to the Red River Valley Seed & Grain elevator. It is one of only a small handful of industrial sidings that come off the main on my layout. It is an actual short siding with a spur to the elevator.
Jaz - I like your approach to layout planning. It's sort of like mine. I may rearrange structures/elements in a town a dozen times before I get what I like. Even then, I may go back and change things. Always fluid.
Tom O - I am missing Guy as well. His train and nature pictures are topnotch.
Chad - While you're absolutely correct regarding the non-paying patients at hospitals, all three of the ones in Denton TX are for-profit ones. Since there is no longer a taxpayer funded county hospital here, they and four other for profits in the southern part of the county, share the non-payers which the county picks up the bill for. That's one reason why the property tax rate on property a mile south of me is nearly twice what mine is. I live north of their county line by that much.
Paul - Every car that I ever bought for myself has been a standard. They began to become harder to find after 1992 or so. I now drive an automatic since we downsized to one car after I retired. Even my wife drove a standard until the early 2000's.
Joe - Seems like the MIL lodging situation is getting closer to resolution. Now to convince her that it's better for her.
I generally use Kadee metal wheels in my Accurail freight cars without any issues in over 120 of them.
Comment: I have always thought that Alexa and Siri (and any others) were quite creepy. Someone is spying on you 24/7. My wife and kids love Alexa, but I know how to flip a light switch, look at an analog clock or play music myself. While we don't have anything external hooked into ours, thankfully, Alexa will be the first thing to go if my wife predeceases me. I hate the damn thing. My son even has his connected to his iPhone so he can control his appliances from afar, like the totally automatic-feed wood pellet grill or the swimming pool heater!
Everybody have an awesome day. Stay safe and drink responsibly.
PNKFLOYD
Mikey
Willie- this is a beautiful model. I especially like the angled doors. You could actually have two businesses in the building.
OBTC 1909
Well-Known Member
Good morning all! Cloudy and 64 here, heading up to 76 with rain later. I got to sleep in today! 7 am is a lot nicer than 4. Today is day 1 of my 4 day weekend and I have much to accomplish. The place I work has a terrible schedule and therefore I'm pretty tired all the time, so I get nothing done on my regular day off. These 4 days should help me actually accomplish something. Hoping to have time for a little fun too. Gonna go visit my parents tomorrow. Haven't seen them in a long time, too long. The work schedule just makes it so hard to do things I want to do. Looking for a different job, but no good options so far.
Finally got our new furniture yesterday after almost a 10 month wait. We're super happy with it, so can't complain too much about the wait now. With the new furniture and the new flooring, the house is sure looking a lot different.
I'm so impressed with the modeling abilities you guys have. Your pictures are just incredible. I've never been good a building models, but will probably give it another try one of these days. Right now, I'd be happy with a layout that's functional, but a beautiful one like you guys have built is a long way off.
Some modeling things I want to learn include:
1. Using an airbrush to paint rail cars. I have an airbrush set a friend loaned me and I want to give it a try when I have time. Gotta find a good tutorial on that.
2. Soldering. I am terrible at soldering. Probably because I'm impatient and also because I really need to invest in a new tip for my soldering iron.
3. If/when I build my switching layout, I'd like possible have a main line the train exits to the sidings. I've never noticed how people transition from the cork roadbed down to a "ground" level track.
So, hoping I can sneak out to the garage while I'm off and do some experimenting with at least some of that stuff.
Willie: Hope your wife continues getting better and the pain subsides
Hoping you all have a great day!
Ken
Finally got our new furniture yesterday after almost a 10 month wait. We're super happy with it, so can't complain too much about the wait now. With the new furniture and the new flooring, the house is sure looking a lot different.
I'm so impressed with the modeling abilities you guys have. Your pictures are just incredible. I've never been good a building models, but will probably give it another try one of these days. Right now, I'd be happy with a layout that's functional, but a beautiful one like you guys have built is a long way off.
Some modeling things I want to learn include:
1. Using an airbrush to paint rail cars. I have an airbrush set a friend loaned me and I want to give it a try when I have time. Gotta find a good tutorial on that.
2. Soldering. I am terrible at soldering. Probably because I'm impatient and also because I really need to invest in a new tip for my soldering iron.
3. If/when I build my switching layout, I'd like possible have a main line the train exits to the sidings. I've never noticed how people transition from the cork roadbed down to a "ground" level track.
So, hoping I can sneak out to the garage while I'm off and do some experimenting with at least some of that stuff.
Willie: Hope your wife continues getting better and the pain subsides
Hoping you all have a great day!
Ken
MilwRoader_Steve
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
Been really tired. The new dog is settling in. He is officially ours now, signed the adoption papers yesterday.
Monday's golf outing landed me poison ivy on my left forearm <sigh>. Not a major complain, but rather uncomfortable. That has not helped the sleeping quality. Tuesday I donated blood through the VFW and Am Red Cross - always good to do. Celebrated with a whisky on the back deck, and then another. Amazing how being short a pint can affect your tolerance! A glass of wine with my dinner salad was not a good idea - but the proverbial train had left the station, so to speak. Took the greyhounds for a nice long 5K step walk Wednesday evening. Ran into a young couple who also had two greyhounds. We have a brindle and a black - they have a brindle and a black! WHat are the odds?
No train work. Meeting this evening until 7:30 - 8:00, so maybe not tonight either. Wifeykins birthday is Saturday. Having the daughters over Friday night and I am hoping to make Sole Meuniere (Christian? Spelling?) Where is Christian, anyway - I miss our daily dose of French-ness! That is of course, if I can get the Sole. Otherwise it will be Steak au Poivre, one of our family favorites and a recipe I am pretty good at fixing.
With the cooler weather of fall, it is time to get outside chores done. We bought one of those Yakima storage boxes for atop the SUbaru Outback. But where to store those monstrosities when not on the car? Really can't just leave it on, because the car will not go under the raised garage door. So I bought a hoist system to raise it up to the garage rafters. I may try to get that done this weekend. There was NO WAY I was going to try it in the heat of summer. I just can't handle hot weather anymore. Too many hot Texas summers working atop a steam test drum.
Now that the days are getting shorter, I also need to replace the driveway motion sensor light. Remember, both my daughters are totally night blind, so all the light I can pour on the drive helps. I'll try to get that done this weekend.
So mostly just rambling, and avoiding going in to the office; but it is that time. Or was like an hour ago!
Loving the great pics. Miss our NW Canadian friend MacLeod. My "Low-CN" alarm is going off!! Blessings and cheers to all - - - Steve J
Been really tired. The new dog is settling in. He is officially ours now, signed the adoption papers yesterday.
Monday's golf outing landed me poison ivy on my left forearm <sigh>. Not a major complain, but rather uncomfortable. That has not helped the sleeping quality. Tuesday I donated blood through the VFW and Am Red Cross - always good to do. Celebrated with a whisky on the back deck, and then another. Amazing how being short a pint can affect your tolerance! A glass of wine with my dinner salad was not a good idea - but the proverbial train had left the station, so to speak. Took the greyhounds for a nice long 5K step walk Wednesday evening. Ran into a young couple who also had two greyhounds. We have a brindle and a black - they have a brindle and a black! WHat are the odds?
No train work. Meeting this evening until 7:30 - 8:00, so maybe not tonight either. Wifeykins birthday is Saturday. Having the daughters over Friday night and I am hoping to make Sole Meuniere (Christian? Spelling?) Where is Christian, anyway - I miss our daily dose of French-ness! That is of course, if I can get the Sole. Otherwise it will be Steak au Poivre, one of our family favorites and a recipe I am pretty good at fixing.
With the cooler weather of fall, it is time to get outside chores done. We bought one of those Yakima storage boxes for atop the SUbaru Outback. But where to store those monstrosities when not on the car? Really can't just leave it on, because the car will not go under the raised garage door. So I bought a hoist system to raise it up to the garage rafters. I may try to get that done this weekend. There was NO WAY I was going to try it in the heat of summer. I just can't handle hot weather anymore. Too many hot Texas summers working atop a steam test drum.
Now that the days are getting shorter, I also need to replace the driveway motion sensor light. Remember, both my daughters are totally night blind, so all the light I can pour on the drive helps. I'll try to get that done this weekend.
So mostly just rambling, and avoiding going in to the office; but it is that time. Or was like an hour ago!
Loving the great pics. Miss our NW Canadian friend MacLeod. My "Low-CN" alarm is going off!! Blessings and cheers to all - - - Steve J
chadbag
Well-Known Member
Willie -- interesting to see how it works elsewhere. I bet, however, that the non-payers and government-program users are still not being reimbursed for by the County at a level that actually pays for the care. This is a universal problem of government underpayment for services shifting costs to those who pay* (or their insurance companies, which fight tooth and nail to underpay themselves). I'll forego commenting on possible solutions to avoid the political...
* a similar phenomenon happens in pharmaceuticals. The same thing nationally (ie, government underpays which raises costs at pharmacy for the rest of us), but also internationally. Many (most) other countries have a formulary that lists the drugs that are allowed to be prescribed, and the maximum that that country will pay for that drug. Most of these prices they are willing to pay are really low, based on manufacturing costs only (plus small margin). The price these other countries pay don't usually take into consideration other costs, like R&D, drug trials, (and all the costs of failed drugs that still cost a ton of money to develop) -- all stuff that is normally considered when pricing a product. So, these countries with cheap medical care and cheap drugs, with their price controls, basically just force the US (and the few other countries that don't price control) to pay for all that. In other words, other countries underpay the true cost of their drugs, basically only paying manufacturing costs and a small profit margin on that, and the US gets to pay for all the other costs associated with the drugs since the US doesn't price control.
chadbag
Well-Known Member
I won'y put Alexa or Google in my house. I do use Siri a small amount as we have HomePod and I use HomeKit for automation. On many devices, Siri does the voice recognition on-device and the Apple cloud servers never see any of it. Some devices have to pass it on. I mainly use Siri just to control opening or closing the garage door and some lights, and my kids tell the HomePod Siri to play music. It comes down to "I trust Apple enough" where I don't trust Amazon or Google. Apple wants my trust so I buy their devices where they make their money. Amazon and Google make their money on me myself, my data.
Our new house we are working on will have more HomeKit automation in it but I will not have doors from the outside into the house have only a single automated point of entrance. I don't trust it enough. Either two separate ones (automated) using different systems (for example a garage door and then the door from the garage into the house by 2 separate devices/company's automation) or an automated and a purely manually locked door (front door into the entryway is automated -- door from entryway into the house is manual).
TLOC
Well-Known Member
Good morning global modelers. A very needed wet day in So. Central Wisconsin. Started raining around 3 per the computer and hasn’t stopped. We should get a 5-6 hour gap when the rain stops at noon. We shall see.
Ken, if you have issues with soldering head to you tube and do some searching. Yes, get some new tips especially since that is in your head. It’s easy to say it’s not hard but learning and feeling comfortable takes practice.
Transions from mains to sidings. I use the cedar shims from HB or I build up scrap styrene pieces.
Airbrushing, personally I love air brushing but truly dislike the constant cleanup. Now when I weather it is with a brush, acrylic paints, lots of homemade washes, AV Interactive weathering pencils and Pan pastel powders and patience (still learning that part). Again, practice, practice!
Willie, glad the better 1/2 is gaining back the health. Those are some heavy hitting drugs, wow! Alexa and Siri and now Shaq we’re not allowed in what used to be our house. The daughter when they moved in yesterday installed Alexa. Their Alexa understands the sometimes garbled talk of our 10 year old granddaughter. She has D/S and loves music so it makes it easier for her. The son and my brother both have Alexa controlling everything but neither do Facebook. We have never used Siri on our devices.
SteveJ, Being a pint low is what I feel like anytime I hoist an adult beverage. I have always been a light weight. Good on the dogs for you. I love dogs but Terry is terrified. Therefore none in our house, ever. The daughter and SIL had Brewer who had to be put down this Spring, Terry was fine with him. He knew though not to push her too much. He was very protective of both grandkids but especially the g/d.
The other dog that tolerated Terry being scared to death of dogs was our son’s Ruckus. What an absolute joy to have that dog around. They think he was about a year old when he wondered up on stage in Tucson Arizona and sat next to the son playing an electric piano. they were the closest of buddies for 13 years when he passed in his sleep.
This day and everyday are to be enjoyed, do so.
TomO
Ken, if you have issues with soldering head to you tube and do some searching. Yes, get some new tips especially since that is in your head. It’s easy to say it’s not hard but learning and feeling comfortable takes practice.
Transions from mains to sidings. I use the cedar shims from HB or I build up scrap styrene pieces.
Airbrushing, personally I love air brushing but truly dislike the constant cleanup. Now when I weather it is with a brush, acrylic paints, lots of homemade washes, AV Interactive weathering pencils and Pan pastel powders and patience (still learning that part). Again, practice, practice!
Willie, glad the better 1/2 is gaining back the health. Those are some heavy hitting drugs, wow! Alexa and Siri and now Shaq we’re not allowed in what used to be our house. The daughter when they moved in yesterday installed Alexa. Their Alexa understands the sometimes garbled talk of our 10 year old granddaughter. She has D/S and loves music so it makes it easier for her. The son and my brother both have Alexa controlling everything but neither do Facebook. We have never used Siri on our devices.
SteveJ, Being a pint low is what I feel like anytime I hoist an adult beverage. I have always been a light weight. Good on the dogs for you. I love dogs but Terry is terrified. Therefore none in our house, ever. The daughter and SIL had Brewer who had to be put down this Spring, Terry was fine with him. He knew though not to push her too much. He was very protective of both grandkids but especially the g/d.
The other dog that tolerated Terry being scared to death of dogs was our son’s Ruckus. What an absolute joy to have that dog around. They think he was about a year old when he wondered up on stage in Tucson Arizona and sat next to the son playing an electric piano. they were the closest of buddies for 13 years when he passed in his sleep.
This day and everyday are to be enjoyed, do so.
TomO
OBTC 1909
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I'm a computer geek from way back, but I have zero interest in putting any kind of listening device in my home. Nothing controversial going on here, but don't really care to have something constantly listening. Just too creepy for me.
OBTC 1909
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Thanks Tom. I've done soldering before, but just never did it enough to get good at it. I've got a pretty decent Weller soldering station I got back in the 80's and just need to get a good tip. I'm a Ham radio guy and was in the Army MARS program. They sent out those soldering stations to anyone requesting one and I've still got it.
I work at a Lowe's, so I can definitely come up with some shims or something similar. The styrene idea is good too.
I've never actually tried the airbrush. I've got some old Athearn blue box cars that would be great to practice on though.
Ken
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