QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 I understand completely Tony. I've been sidetracked, if not totally derailed most of the summer. There's a bit of a chill in the air here, and my mind is starting to come back onto it's ONE TRACK. [swg]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005 QUOTE: Originally posted by vitabile DCS=No one's trains but Mikes will work TMCC=Works with DCS Williams=We doan need no steenking computers in our trains Tony Ain't that the truth!!! Congrats in advance on the 3 stars. Actually I thought you would have gone over the top already today. You and Bob Nelson (Lionelsoni) were neck and neck last time I looked. [;)] He made it a little while ago. Elliot: I've been concentrating on other things. The topics here lately (and on OGR, for that matter) haven't been things I've felt I needed to post on. I've been spending more time on the WoodNET woodworking forums. Different bunch of guys, and I'm learning alot I didn't know about wood & tools. Tony Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 9:12 PM Here are a few of my own: Three-railer = "You know, I go out to the train tracks, and for some reason they run with just two rails Two-railer = "Three-rail scale means nothing around here" G-scaler = "Those gosh-darn rivet counting three-railers!" Z-scaler = "Let's see here--what'd I do with that coupler spring...." Kid-with-the-pull-around-train-er = "Those grownups think theyre so smart...but I never have to clean my track!" See you around the forums, Daniel Reply Edit Big_Boy_4005 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: St Paul, MN 6,218 posts Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 6:32 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by vitabile DCS=No one's trains but Mikes will work TMCC=Works with DCS Williams=We doan need no steenking computers in our trains Tony Ain't that the truth!!! Congrats in advance on the 3 stars. Actually I thought you would have gone over the top already today. You and Bob Nelson (Lionelsoni) were neck and neck last time I looked. [;)] He made it a little while ago. I'm back! Follow the progress: http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/displayForumTopic/content/12129987972340381/page/1 Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:07 PM QUOTE: Lionel=I dig the name MTH=I dig the guru K-Line=I dig affordability 3rdRail=I dig limited availability Williams=I dig reliving the postwar days of my youth DCS=No one's trains but Mikes will work TMCC=Works with DCS Williams=We doan need no steenking computers in our trains Tony Reply Edit spankybird Member sinceApril 2003 From: Willoughby, Ohio 5,231 posts Posted by spankybird on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:58 PM This is part of next weeks Sunday Photo Fun BTW I thought of this before this topic was started. I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com Reply FJ and G Member sinceAugust 2003 6,434 posts Posted by FJ and G on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:46 PM To make them fly a bit fast, like greased lightning, you'd also need to grease da cows. Reply dougdagrump Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Sandy Eggo 5,608 posts Posted by dougdagrump on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:33 PM Dave, If the planes are made of coke or beer cans you would need the appropriate rolling stock for whichever plane is over the layout at any given time. If you run a lot of the milk cars you HAVE to get one of those battery powered flying cows. [(-D] Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future. www.sd3r.org Proud New Member Of The NRA Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:16 AM new marx= they are american!? free beer= happy forumers diecast= automatic price hightener Reply Edit brianel027 Member sinceNovember 2003 From: The ROMAN Empire State 2,047 posts Posted by brianel027 on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:03 AM Those gave me a laugh too Dave! Very good. Sometimes we take ourselves so seriously with our trains... I know, I have too. So it's good to have a lighthearted laugh, even if there isn't any free beer! brianel, Agent 027 "Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need." Reply FJ and G Member sinceAugust 2003 6,434 posts Posted by FJ and G on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:38 AM Brian, Got some chuckles reading your list. Extruded aluminum makes me think of beer or coke cans. There's a novelty store down the street that sells bi-planes made entirely of coke cans. The propellers spin with the slightest breeze and can be hung from the ceiling. Air conditioner makes props spin. ALways thought it would look cool above a toy train layout like Spanky's. Reg. Railking Scale, and other arbitrary "scale" labels, you need to be a lawyer to figure out what size trains you are getting. This may not be too humorous to some but I'll give it a shot: DCS=Apple computer (small following) TMCC=PC computer (large following) Conventional=Typewriter (largest following) Lionel=I dig the name MTH=I dig the guru K-Line=I dig affordability 3rdRail=I dig limited availability Fasttrack owner=see, I can even walk on it Atlas track owner=get your cotten-pickin feet off my track Lionel tubular owner=you can hear the train coming if you put your ear up to the holes in the rail. Reply brianel027 Member sinceNovember 2003 From: The ROMAN Empire State 2,047 posts Humor inspired by FJ&G's "tricky terms" list Posted by brianel027 on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:11 AM Under Dave's posting on "Alumimum and die-cast differences" he had a serious listing of some tricky terms as relating to the post topic. Well, I couldn't resist the urge for a little humor on his little read post. Maybe if he had titled it "Free Beer: Alumimum and die-cast differences" there might have been a little more action. And being things are a little slow here - and sometimes on the serious side - I thought a little humor was inorder and worth repeating. Bear in mind folks, my own life has been less than a picnic this past year and it is my faith in God, my ability to appreciate what little I do have and my will to find a laugh in the smallest of things that has kept me going. So take this in the light hearted way I intend it... why's there's even a jab at myself - being an 027 guy, I'm quite familiar with the 027 jabs... Postwar Lionel = American made quality Current Lionel = Chinese made quality Quality = As long as it is profitable Profitable = Full retail Full retail = "You gotta be kidding! Are they outta their minds??" "I just bought that new engine" = "It's now at a 50% blowout price!!" Bachmann HO snap track = Lionel FasTrack FasTrack = Super "O" Lionel ®™ Corporation LLC = Union Pacfic Railroad ®™ Orange and blue ® = Yellow, red and gray ® A sucker is born everyday = Greendale Train Set @ $600 027 = Bleech! Kid's trains... arrrgh! Old Railking = Semi scale New Railking = Full scale TMCC = The Union Army DCS = The Confederate Army YORK = Gettysburg Two yearly catalogs = Far too many trains being made One yearly catalog = That company must be having serious money troubles MARX tooling = Older K-Line 027 stuff Older K-Line 027 stuff = New K-Line "S" scale Early K-Line product = No respect from the scale crowd Recent K-Line product = No respect from the toy train crowd Happy customer = "Wow, it worked as it was suppose to right out of the box!" Unhappy customer = "I returned the loco months ago and now you don't know where it is?" Lawsuits = Appeals Appeals = Happy lawyers Happy lawyers = Happy travel agents booking overseas resort vacations Victorious lawyers = "Hmmmm, this can't be too darn good for the rest of us!" None of this makes any sense = "That's a great idea - why didn't I think of that?" A good laugh = Finding humor in the sad but painful truth. brianel, Agent 027 "Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need." Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER Get the Classic Toy Trains newsletter delivered to your inbox twice a month SIGN UP More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by vitabile DCS=No one's trains but Mikes will work TMCC=Works with DCS Williams=We doan need no steenking computers in our trains Tony Ain't that the truth!!! Congrats in advance on the 3 stars. Actually I thought you would have gone over the top already today. You and Bob Nelson (Lionelsoni) were neck and neck last time I looked. [;)] He made it a little while ago.
DCS=No one's trains but Mikes will work TMCC=Works with DCS Williams=We doan need no steenking computers in our trains Tony
QUOTE: Originally posted by vitabile DCS=No one's trains but Mikes will work TMCC=Works with DCS Williams=We doan need no steenking computers in our trains Tony Ain't that the truth!!! Congrats in advance on the 3 stars. Actually I thought you would have gone over the top already today. You and Bob Nelson (Lionelsoni) were neck and neck last time I looked. [;)] He made it a little while ago. I'm back! Follow the progress: http://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/displayForumTopic/content/12129987972340381/page/1 Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:07 PM QUOTE: Lionel=I dig the name MTH=I dig the guru K-Line=I dig affordability 3rdRail=I dig limited availability Williams=I dig reliving the postwar days of my youth DCS=No one's trains but Mikes will work TMCC=Works with DCS Williams=We doan need no steenking computers in our trains Tony Reply Edit spankybird Member sinceApril 2003 From: Willoughby, Ohio 5,231 posts Posted by spankybird on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:58 PM This is part of next weeks Sunday Photo Fun BTW I thought of this before this topic was started. I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com Reply FJ and G Member sinceAugust 2003 6,434 posts Posted by FJ and G on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:46 PM To make them fly a bit fast, like greased lightning, you'd also need to grease da cows. Reply dougdagrump Member sinceNovember 2003 From: Sandy Eggo 5,608 posts Posted by dougdagrump on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:33 PM Dave, If the planes are made of coke or beer cans you would need the appropriate rolling stock for whichever plane is over the layout at any given time. If you run a lot of the milk cars you HAVE to get one of those battery powered flying cows. [(-D] Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future. www.sd3r.org Proud New Member Of The NRA Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:16 AM new marx= they are american!? free beer= happy forumers diecast= automatic price hightener Reply Edit brianel027 Member sinceNovember 2003 From: The ROMAN Empire State 2,047 posts Posted by brianel027 on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 11:03 AM Those gave me a laugh too Dave! Very good. Sometimes we take ourselves so seriously with our trains... I know, I have too. So it's good to have a lighthearted laugh, even if there isn't any free beer! brianel, Agent 027 "Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need." Reply FJ and G Member sinceAugust 2003 6,434 posts Posted by FJ and G on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:38 AM Brian, Got some chuckles reading your list. Extruded aluminum makes me think of beer or coke cans. There's a novelty store down the street that sells bi-planes made entirely of coke cans. The propellers spin with the slightest breeze and can be hung from the ceiling. Air conditioner makes props spin. ALways thought it would look cool above a toy train layout like Spanky's. Reg. Railking Scale, and other arbitrary "scale" labels, you need to be a lawyer to figure out what size trains you are getting. This may not be too humorous to some but I'll give it a shot: DCS=Apple computer (small following) TMCC=PC computer (large following) Conventional=Typewriter (largest following) Lionel=I dig the name MTH=I dig the guru K-Line=I dig affordability 3rdRail=I dig limited availability Fasttrack owner=see, I can even walk on it Atlas track owner=get your cotten-pickin feet off my track Lionel tubular owner=you can hear the train coming if you put your ear up to the holes in the rail. Reply brianel027 Member sinceNovember 2003 From: The ROMAN Empire State 2,047 posts Humor inspired by FJ&G's "tricky terms" list Posted by brianel027 on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:11 AM Under Dave's posting on "Alumimum and die-cast differences" he had a serious listing of some tricky terms as relating to the post topic. Well, I couldn't resist the urge for a little humor on his little read post. Maybe if he had titled it "Free Beer: Alumimum and die-cast differences" there might have been a little more action. And being things are a little slow here - and sometimes on the serious side - I thought a little humor was inorder and worth repeating. Bear in mind folks, my own life has been less than a picnic this past year and it is my faith in God, my ability to appreciate what little I do have and my will to find a laugh in the smallest of things that has kept me going. So take this in the light hearted way I intend it... why's there's even a jab at myself - being an 027 guy, I'm quite familiar with the 027 jabs... Postwar Lionel = American made quality Current Lionel = Chinese made quality Quality = As long as it is profitable Profitable = Full retail Full retail = "You gotta be kidding! Are they outta their minds??" "I just bought that new engine" = "It's now at a 50% blowout price!!" Bachmann HO snap track = Lionel FasTrack FasTrack = Super "O" Lionel ®™ Corporation LLC = Union Pacfic Railroad ®™ Orange and blue ® = Yellow, red and gray ® A sucker is born everyday = Greendale Train Set @ $600 027 = Bleech! Kid's trains... arrrgh! Old Railking = Semi scale New Railking = Full scale TMCC = The Union Army DCS = The Confederate Army YORK = Gettysburg Two yearly catalogs = Far too many trains being made One yearly catalog = That company must be having serious money troubles MARX tooling = Older K-Line 027 stuff Older K-Line 027 stuff = New K-Line "S" scale Early K-Line product = No respect from the scale crowd Recent K-Line product = No respect from the toy train crowd Happy customer = "Wow, it worked as it was suppose to right out of the box!" Unhappy customer = "I returned the loco months ago and now you don't know where it is?" Lawsuits = Appeals Appeals = Happy lawyers Happy lawyers = Happy travel agents booking overseas resort vacations Victorious lawyers = "Hmmmm, this can't be too darn good for the rest of us!" None of this makes any sense = "That's a great idea - why didn't I think of that?" A good laugh = Finding humor in the sad but painful truth. brianel, Agent 027 "Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need." Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER Get the Classic Toy Trains newsletter delivered to your inbox twice a month SIGN UP More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Lionel=I dig the name MTH=I dig the guru K-Line=I dig affordability 3rdRail=I dig limited availability
I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
www.sd3r.org
Proud New Member Of The NRA
brianel, Agent 027
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