Sunny and in the 70's today.
KRM - Put your snow shovel ayay in Apirl?!! You are tempting fate.
SPMan - hope your turn of good news keeps going.
I'm expecting some back ordered Lionel items next week. Also put a Thomas set on order for my grand nephew's birthday coming up in July.
Looking forward to the sprint car races Sunday at the State Fair Speedway. I think the prigram will be 360 sprint cars, late models, and modifieds.
All for now.
Good evening all,
Quiet day at work. Good walk at noon. Left foot hurt like h--- doing the lawn tonight. Do not understand what is going on. Will still try to do 13.1 Saturday. Just have to wrap the foot well as it does not hurt to walk in bare feet. Grimm was good tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hello there, TGIF! !!!!!! Man I wish I was at York nursing sore legs. Looks like a good time was had by all.
Mrs &I went to the 3rd annual St Pat's alumni reunion this evening. The the group was smaller than hoped but it was a good time (not as good as York).
Since the price of oil is rising I'm going to get 2 barrels of kerosene and top off my oil tank in the morning.(should almost fill it) Following that up with TEST AND TUNE at the dirt drags. Planning to rest up Sunday after a visit to local flea markets.
Scuttlebutt has it I'm in the hunt for the big project I bid the other day. I know one of the GC's I bid to was low. We shall see.
Son emptied the barn and started some field work this week.
Dozing off here.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Mornin' boys. Sunny & mild in the Mid-Atlantic region. Just a quick fly-by as we have to vacate fifedom by 1130 hrs. Could be working at the yatchett later on.
Perfect weather at YORK. It was great to see my fellow Coffee Pot friends. Roy, Bob Mitchell, Laz, John Fullerton, Hudson John and cousin Ray, John"son", sirJim, Charlie, and Brent. (Think I got everybody...? Seemed like more.) Took pic with Bob Keller, and Mary from Customer Service took our mugshot.
After touring the entire complex (Brown hall was closed), finally pulled the trigger and purchased the new Williams/Bachmann 10-wheeler, B&O #1357. Turned out to be a great purchase, as when I ran it last night, it just marches up and down my grades, with train, like it owned them. Brent, I forgot all about the 260E when I ran the 4-6-0. We made the right call.
Morning to all. Have not posted in a good while. York was great as usual. Did not spend a ton of $$$, bought a couple of sections of Gargraves multi gauge track to build my own test track and a Williams WM N5C porthole caboose.
The big news I shared with the crew at York is I'm retiring at the end of the school year. Forty years in public education. Hopefully I'll have more time to frequent the CoffeePot,
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good morning,
Sunny 55 degrees and will be in the high 70s again today. We went from winter into summer. Only plans are get grocery's.
Hope everyone gets home safe and sound from York.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
More gardening today. Truck is full of supplies so Off I need to go.
Mitch great news that just means Don and Buckeye need to work that much harder to support LAz,You,Chief, And myself.
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Glad all had a good time at York. Now safely home.
Had big parade today. Got three hugs from pretty lady reporter who rode with me.
Tilled up a new flower bed for Wifey. Late this afternoon she had already started planting in it.
New roof on Train Box yesterday.
Sleep tight.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Hello there,
glad to hear of safe returns. Wish I could have joined you.
How many prizes did you bring back?
There was a light turnout at the reunion last evening. Got sticker shock this AM shopping for clear kerosene. $3.99 a gallon still. Heating oil is $1.72. I use kerosene because it could be in the tank for 10 years and it has less solids to gell.
Test and tune went well. Got a learning curve on grandson's new machine. The other boy I help spend a lot of money on his engine and gained little. I think some jetting and gearing adjustments will bring it around ..
Considering hitting the flea markets followed by chicken barbecue tomorrow
Nite all. Prayers for those in need
Pacers won and so did Indy 11. Sato salvaged an 8th place starting spot for AJ's team. A top 5 would be nice on Sunday. Tried to walk today. Only did 7.2 miles. Left foot really blistered up. Done training for Mini. Recovery mode only now. May go to foot doctor again on Monday. I hope everyone has a good day.
A nice trip, I didn't spend much, little more than a couple of evening dinners. Ah but you can't buy friends and there were many. Especially the Coffee Pot gang. They are family now. Bob Keller was selling CTT badges(they used to hand them out)after all the years of being a Kalmbach subscriber I couldn't squeek a freebee out of him. No I didn't buy one. They owe me....
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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sir james I A nice trip, I didn't spend much, little more than a couple of evening dinners. Ah but you can't buy friends and there were many. Especially the Coffee Pot gang. They are family now. Bob Keller was selling CTT badges(they used to hand them out)after all the years of being a Kalmbach subscriber I couldn't squeek a freebee out of him. No I didn't buy one. They owe me.... S.J.
Sad. Guess times are hard in the magazine business. Online stuff becoming more and more popular. Running the "presses" out of business. Sad.
73 degrees and sunny.
All have a great week ahead.
Afternoon all. well the above ground garden is done basically 15' x 4' x 1'H Now I'm beat from the past two days. Day of rest from this point on. May take some pictures of some trains I want to sell but thats about it.
Done a few trips running back and forth to Hd since I got the truck. Need to get a drill bit a little bigger before I do the next above ground garden as it will make it a lot easier putting the giant nails in 1/4" was not big enough to make the job easier. think I may need 1/2" but 3/8" may be what I really need. Also need to see how big of a bit I need to feed my dsl line thru walls the end piece. Then around it with puddy.
Good afternoon, Was a busy morning, SIL came by with the Daughter's car and we did rear brakes. They were metal on metal. Wife's car said low tire two days ago and I looked and could not see anything in it so I aired it up figuring it had leaked around the bead Well yesterday it said it again so today I took it off and found tread seperation down to the cords. Firestone , these only have 53K on them and have been rotated and both fronts look like this on the inside. Wife has a Pontiac Torrent and our daughter has the Chevy Equinox They are the same cars and have the same tires and driveline so I looked at her tires today and they have the same inside wear pattern. Don't know if it is a tire problem or a geometry issue. Either way looks like I will be getting a new set tomorrow. Tire wear on the rear is fine??
Glad to hear the Yorkies are back and doing fine.
Aloha. Sunny and gorgeous - mid-June weather! Yard is sprouting dandelions - they grow so well and I hate to deprive the neighbors of their beautiful seeds. Glad to hear about York and look forward to seeing the photo. Congrats to Mitch on his planned retirement. Quiet weekend - bride started an online class for work and is really worried about it so that took / will take a fair amount of our time for the next five weeks. I don't mind being her go-to technologist and sounding board. Glad you are feeling better, Chief. Fife, I have seen those engines and they are real runners - a great buy! Washington County, Maryland, circa 1905. "Buena Vista Springs station at Pen-Mar."
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning. Sunny and 75 degrees.
Brag a little.
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Mornin' boys. Sunny & 71 in the Mid-Atlantic region. Roy may need me to send the yatchett for trips to the Piggly-Wiggly... The weather has been rather dry; actually too dry for applying bottom paint. Gotta get back down to the marina, for a 3rd time, to finish up the gallon. Apply the boot stripe, then splash.
cnw1995 - W by B got it right with this mechanism. Their demonstrator ran for 3 years before needing servicing. They even numbered the B&O correctly under Class B8 (Built in 1891). Similar 10-wheelers ran on my South Branch Valley (nee Hampshire Southern). The headlamp on this model is the best of all my engines, and as I said, it handles grades smoother and slower than any other steamers I've seen.
dougnotta - Passed that CD collection on to Brent. Thanks.
Congrats Chief!
Now, hopefully success won't lead to what happened to Eagle Rock, IA...
fifedog Congrats Chief! Now, hopefully success won't lead to what happened to Eagle Rock, IA...
Yes. Along with growth comes problems.
Congratulations Chief, I'm surprised Los Angeles made the list. Most people I know are leaving here as fast as they can. The new arrivals must be all immigrants from other countries. Rolesville sounds like a good place. Wish I was there or somewhere like it but I'm nailed down taking care of the Mrs. these days as you know. She is currently in a convelescent hospital and we are looking for a long term care facility. Got an appointment with a good one tomorrow not far from where we live.
Ray
SPMan
Chief, may God be with you,,,,,,,,,,,. I lived in a Boom town once. It was never that as I grew up but when it came it was something to run like He)) from.
I hate going there today. Plainfield IL. I spent 50 years of my life,,,,,1,300 when I was a kid to 45,000, yeah that ain't good. If you add up the area around it it is well over 100,000.
$294.81 latter wife is driving again. She never cleans her car so as long as it was beached in the shed and it is 85 degrees and the floor was dirty anyhow I hand washed the thing. Still looks good under all that road muck she picked up this winter. Last time it was washed is when I did it over Xmas break. Dan the some-day-maybe SIL called and said the the assessment on the house they were going to buy came in 10K less than the price they had agreed to so they called the seller and told them it was all off because FHA won't loan on anymore than the apprised price and by going with FHA they get a 7K grant. I told them to go conventional but they wanted to try for the grant money. Lots of loop holes attached but I think it will work out. So things were tense but it seems the selled is already tied to a new place so they caved in and agreed to the apprised price and everything is a go for May 16th close. Only thing is now they may get stuck with the closing cost that the sellers was going to pay for before. I will just be glad they are not paying rent anymore.
Went to foot doctor to get blisters taken care of. Feel better already, but have to stay off feet this week. I hope everyone has a good day.
Aloha. More seasonal today. White Sox have lost three straight. Going to Town Council tonight to chat about their budget - if they let me. Buying a home is never fun, Kev. Hope it works out for them. Atlanta GA terminal.
After three days of seventy eight it's chilly this morning. Hi of 60 for the day. I talked to Bob K while at York about the shrinking size of CTT. He says advertizing is down. Wont be long before a dozen of anything goes from twelve to ten.
Good morning, Same here SJ, and Doug.
Looks like yesterday was the last 80 degree day for awhile. 58 right now, Mid 70s today then lower the rest of the week. I tested the house AC yesterday just to be sure it is all good. Heat is on now. I got four of the five areas cut before today's rain and I don't need to do around the house yet. For some reason it never grows well. It has to be something with the forest clay. Only thing the seems to do good is moss. Wife went to work and the cat just came from running in the woods all night.
Have a good one.
Morning all. Not much planned for today. Bought a electric Chainsaw to cut some small to medium size limbs as I can't use a Gas power one because of the location of the spark-plug as I have a difibrillator and possible chance of shock could effect it.
I'm waiting for 2 packages coming in today one from Menards and one from Trainz the one from trainz is my set of Brown post war passenger cars. Mennards is two of the Grampa's house to give me a couple of houses when I start building I also ordered from menards but coming in tomorrow is the Gas Station and the barn. my reaction now this may be the wife's reaction before the week is over as I do have a box of trains coming in that is getting shipped today I think from CA. so it could be early next week even lol.
Good Morning! Didn't mean not to post for a week, but had some priorities get in the way. But all is well.
Kev, Been working on some pictures of the Dr's layout to post, have the pics but GEEZ I've never had so much of an issue getting them posted. Don't give up on me will get it done.
Lots of Congrats in order, and more, but late as usual. Got to go get blood work done, then off to the Doc's.
Later,
Best of all to everyone!!
Don
V8Vega Tue. 87 Wed. 85 KRM you can let your cat out at night in the woods? A coyote would get it right away here even in the city if your on the outskirts.
Tue. 87 Wed. 85
KRM you can let your cat out at night in the woods? A coyote would get it right away here even in the city if your on the outskirts.
Dennis, He must have it figured out he is 8 years old and not dead yet. He has all of his claws so he can fight and climb trees. He pretty much does as he wants. He has no cat box and stays in when he wants and stays out when he wants. We have just had some warm nights and moon is close to full so he decided he would be out the last two nights. He is sleeping on the couch now. Run all night sleep all day. The coyotes seem to stay back of the woods in the fields but we can hear them at night. We had a deer down in the back woods behind the house this winter and they had it gone in a few days.
Will be glad to see the pictures when you can post them Don!
Mornin' Y'all.
Fife, on passing on the indoctronation Thomas videos.
Chief, Not sure if that publicity is good or bad. Especially when you look at some of the other cities in the top 10.
After I got the train set-up at Relay For Life the BetterHalf said it ran almost all day and all night, only a few short periods of down time. Took it apart yesterday and and cleaned and regreased the gears, it sounds better but not good. Any of you Yorkies see any Beeps at a good price ?
Will be a long week+, the BetterHalf will be staying with a friend while she recovers from Knee replacement surgery and I will be Doggy Daycare for her MaltiPoo who is a 24hr bundle of energy. But she is a good walking partner.
Don, I haven't been able to post any photos for quite a while. Since nobody is supporting Vista /IE-9 anymore I tried using Google Chrome and the first thing it did was totally screw up Java and haven't been able to correct it since. Still debating on either upgrading to W-7 or a new computer /W-10.
Tried W-8 on my desk top , tried the BetterHalf's laptop W-8.1 , W-10 . Guess it's difficult to teach an old dog new tricks.
Later all.
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Afternoon fellasBeen under the weather since late Sunday and I can't shake this for whatnot.Doug - If your computer is old enough for Vista, then definitely go with a new computer with Win10 built-in. I've upgraded all the home machines to 10 and we love it, 1,000,000x better than 8!Still looking for a site to host my photos from. The one I was using is no longer free... Any recommendations?
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