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Too Many Videos!

Do you know what happens when you embed close to a hundred and fifty True HD 1080p videos on the Multimedia page of your web site?  It refuses to load properly when someone tries to view it in a browser … Continue reading

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A New Look

The blog has a new look!  Turns out that when WordPress upgraded to a new version, the old default theme stopped working properly, so I took the opportunity to apply a new theme and spruce things up a bit.  For … Continue reading

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It’s Summertime!

::sigh:: I'm getting way too old for this! Temperature this afternoon: 101 degrees F Feels like: 112 degrees F What more can I say?

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A Personal Note

Today marks five years since I "got retired" (how appropriate it's Pearl Harbor Day) and I have to say that I've really been enjoying my retirement.  The trains play a large part in that.

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Taking a Break

Since getting the HD camcorder six months ago, I've been averaging 16 True HD 1080p videos a month (yes, there are now 96 of them).  While it's been great fun getting out all the trains and running them again, some … Continue reading

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The Finishing Touch

The sliding glass doors arrived and have been installed.  It's the finishing touch that will keep the trains (mostly) free of dust and just adds a finished look to the case.

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… And Finished

Here's the display case, coated with polyurethane and mounted on the wall.  The trains have moved into their new home and all that remains is to get the sliding glass doors.

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Display Case — Completed

Well, almost!     All of the machining is done, almost all of the sanding, it's glued-up and the back panel has been cut to size and attached.  All that needs to be done is final touch-up sanding by hand (to … Continue reading

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Display Case

Following my own directions for Display Case Construction, I'm building another small display case that will go on the wall and will hold some of my passenger cars.  This will enable me to move locomotives that have just been sitting … Continue reading

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A New Video And A New Beginning

Well, I got the new camcorder today and then ran to the camera store to get another battery and charger.  I forgot just how much I hate waiting for batteries to charge!    When I opened the box and found … Continue reading

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When It Rains …

… it pours, or so the old expression goes.  I've come to think that it's not nearly strong enough.  It should be: "When it rains, you get a category 5 hurricane", or at least it seems to me of late.  … Continue reading

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An Update

After PSE&G cut up the tree enough to free the lines at 3 AM (chainsaws at 3AM, what a wonderful sound!), at 10 AM their crews arrived in bucket trucks to reconnect the line to the house up near the … Continue reading

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