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by Railwaymodeler
Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:47
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Been a bit slow here recently. Maria and I have been busy. We spend most of the day at a nearby hobby shop. A friend of ours, Bob, used to have a hobby shop in Waukegan. He moved his shop to Kenosha a couple years ago. We are maybe 3 blocks away from him. I spend the day working on projects with him...
by Railwaymodeler
Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:14
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: SimCity 3000 Ulimited Game Crash
Replies: 2
Views: 8681

Re: SimCity 3000 Ulimited Game Crash

Found the solution. Turns out SC3K and SimCity 4 both do not properly run on dual (Or more) core processor computers. When the game starts, press CTRL+ALT+DEL, go to running processes, find the .exe file for the game. Right click it, select 'Set Affinity' and uncheck all but one CPU. Works fine then.
by Railwaymodeler
Thu Jan 02, 2014 17:42
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

CTA in Chicago offers rides for a penny. One of the beer companies sponsors this and makes up the difference in fares. Kenosha Transit has an electric streetcar line, most of the cars are PCC types (early 1950s production) bought from Toronto Transit Commission. They are painted in historic liveries...
by Railwaymodeler
Fri Dec 27, 2013 16:37
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: Interesting pictures, videos and flash animations
Replies: 358
Views: 307608

Re: Interesting pictures, videos and flash animations

Don't think I ever posted this, but here's a song called 'RTA' (Parody of TNT) by Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl. It's about the 1983 budget meltdown of the RTA, who ran all suburban bus and rail service. Because of this meltdown, the RTA was split into Metra Rail and Pace Suburban Bus. 30 yea...
by Railwaymodeler
Sat Dec 21, 2013 23:35
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Santa Claus was on the streetcar today. A newspaper reporter was aboard, got a picture of me and Santa. Might be in tomorrow's newspaper. Went home, Maria and I took Skoda to see Santa. By that time the reporter had left. But Skoda got to see Santa on the streetcar today.
by Railwaymodeler
Sun Dec 15, 2013 16:47
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Tormuse, Pager, Mr. Ford sounds a lot like Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry.
by Railwaymodeler
Fri Nov 29, 2013 2:37
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Thanksgiving today in the USA. With the Pace saga finally over, with Maria and Skoda, lots to be thankful for.
by Railwaymodeler
Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:09
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: It's the middle of the night
Replies: 197
Views: 205259

Re: It's the middle of the night

More of them apparently.

I've become no stranger to being up at night. Worsening pain problems keep me awake. Even after a cortizone injection to my back, it is still a problem.
by Railwaymodeler
Wed Nov 20, 2013 23:25
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Most cyclists do share the sidewalks. I've never had a problem with cyclists myself. They usually do indicate when they are behind you, which is not a problem. There are some who run down pedestrians, and that minority of cyclists are probably why the ordinance exists.
by Railwaymodeler
Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:10
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

The question I have is, how does the law as it is actually implemented, compare to the law as it is on the books. Some laws made sense when passed, and when they are outdated, sometimes they never get formally repealed or updated for some reason. Waukegan has a city ordinance against riding a bicycl...
by Railwaymodeler
Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:09
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

As per the "rules" a driver is never allowed to use their own phone to call 9-1-1. They must call dispatch, who will then make the call. She could have let the passengers do it, but then she'd be in trouble for not calling dispatch in an emergency. The rulebook seems to be written by a tho...
by Railwaymodeler
Sun Nov 17, 2013 22:39
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Someone sent me this link today. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/09/flash-mob-steps-up-in-support-of-fired-walmart-workers-video/ Seems these sorts of protests are gaining traction in America. They are effective, I'll say that. Walmart, and Pace, are reasons why unionized labor is still crucial...
by Railwaymodeler
Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:36
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

I'm happy to report to everyone, that the dramatic saga with Pace has finally ended. Went back to Waukegan on the train Wednesday, had a friend to see who needed some help with his computer. Got to the Waukegan station, have a 10 minute wait for the bus I need. Another guy was at the station, panhan...
by Railwaymodeler
Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:06
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

That brings up another serious problem with America's welfare system. The system is designed to keep you on it. Years ago, I had to be on Social Security, because my seizure meds were thousands of dollars a month, and with a newly developed back problem, I was unable to work or afford insurance. The...
by Railwaymodeler
Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:17
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Yeah, Pager, the mentality of kids now really sickens me. I expect in another decade or so it will be much worse too. Technically, I am disabled too Jay. Between my seizure condition, and all sorts of ailments with my back, knee, and right shoulder, there's days that doing much of anything is painfu...
by Railwaymodeler
Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:25
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Have Internet at home now, and things have been very peaceful lately. Maria and Skoda are much happier here in Wisconsin, as am I. We're settling in quite nicely. I spend much of the day at the hobby shop helping Bob, the owner, with customers, and I have part of his shop for my computer work too no...
by Railwaymodeler
Sun Oct 27, 2013 19:32
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: SimCity 3000 Ulimited Game Crash
Replies: 2
Views: 8681

SimCity 3000 Ulimited Game Crash

Has anyone else experienced SimCity 3000 Unlimited quitting to the desktop by itself? Been playing SC3KU quite a bit lately and several times now, the game closes out completely with no warning at all. Very frustrating, at the least. My laptop is an AMD Turion X2 2Ghz CPU, 2 GB RAM (DDR2 800 MHz, Du...
by Railwaymodeler
Mon Oct 14, 2013 23:41
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Have not been online much recently. Home phone is set up at the new place, but internet won't be until the 21st. Phone company said there was a 3+ week backlog in Wisconsin and parts of Ohio. Wisconsin probably being from the exodus of people from Illinois. They were able to move up setting up the h...
by Railwaymodeler
Thu Sep 26, 2013 18:36
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Been busy getting out of Illinois the past few days. The work has paid off. Illinois is now in the past. Now we can have a nice, normal, peaceful life.
by Railwaymodeler
Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:15
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: The little Inn by the wayside
Replies: 3746
Views: 2409761

Re: The little Inn by the wayside

Chroelle, In some ways, if were to have grown up without a known disability, childhood and formative years may have been better. But then, adulthood would not have worked out so well. After being labeled as "Autistic" in 1990 (Aspergers was not recognized in the USA at that time), I found ...