Aloha. Happy Monday from a hot downtown Chicago - just the way I like it. Unlike Kev, we didn't get much rain as the weekend storms passed by. Glad you're OK, Kev, after your tumble. Highlight of my weekend was sorting and selling 41 pounds of the youngest's Legos.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
fifedogv KRM - You remind of Super Dave Osborne...
KRM - You remind of Super Dave Osborne...
Fife, I had no idea who you’re talking about so I had to look this guy up. I see what you’re saying. Only trouble is I am not a stuntman and this stuff is all too real. I was more afraid that if I shared all the stuff going on with me someone would think I was trying to be the new RB.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Oldest princess won me a Sugarland Station (out of production Sugar n Spice series) off da bay. Been trying to score one for 2 years, and it realy will look sweet (pun intended) on the North Pole layout.
v8Vega - I find myself getting too worked up with the 24-hour news cycle these days. I fully intend to disconnect after November (no matter who wins). I'm leaving a place I've lived for 50 years for a greener pasture, where I don't get taxed to death and my vote might actually count. Perhaps you might too...
KRM - I loved Super Dave's schtick. Solid advice, thank you sir.
fifedog KRM - I loved Super Dave's schtick. Solid advice, thank you sir.
Yeah Fife,
Good evening all,
Good day, quiet day at work. Weather was comfortable for walk. Did very little at home tonight. Did score a couple of Indy Indians (AAA) tickets from library reading program. All in all, it was a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning all. Not much going on here, just a quick stop by to say hi and prayers for all. Talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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fifedogBecky - Best o' luck with the family.
Thanks! They're going to try to fly to Germany tonite.
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
Busy day at work. Warm at noon. Only 6 of my team showed for game tonight which we had to forfeit. They played a pickup game, but I left and scrimmaged with "my" soccer girls instead. I did get Windows 10 installed. Will take some getting used to. I hope everyone has a good day.
Good Morning from beautiful Southern Ohio,
It’s a cool 68°F this morning but it’s to get up to the 90’s today.
Football conditioning was hot last night. You can quickly tell which boys have been active and those who sit around. Our granddaughter Felicity went to the ER last night in severe pain. She has a kidney stone and it is moving around. Been fighting it all summer. I hope it settles out. The kids are going on vacation with the other grandparents later this week and I would not want the stone to flare up with them overseeing the kids. They are really good people, but with my bride as a nurse she is better equipped to handle stuff like kidney stones.
Dennis – Glad you got the A/C going. Be cool, and be careful on the roof!
Mike – Sounds like you soccer kids have stuff going on. The numbers of boys at practice right now varies because of vacations, other sports and for some like our kids 4-H is ramping up.
Penny – Glad to hear your family is getting out of harm’s way. Got to be a relief off your mind.
Kev – How you feeling?
Good day, and may God bless
Jim
Hi guys,
My friend Mark and I got the patch in the wall but still need to mud and tape it.
Jim, The leg bruise is much larger now from my belt line to my knee.
Back feels better but the head and leg are making up for it. 1st PT today at 3:00 I am sure that will suck.
SS payday so got some bills to get out of the way.
Hello all
Happy 47th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon!
(I know the Chief is in tune w/ this:)
Kev - glad you are doing better, even if the grass lanes are a bit wavy...:)
JimS - gave my buddy the zip so he could estimate shipping
Did a fairly good clean out of the motorhome last night and got familiar w/ the plumbing. Very little needed to test the fresh water system. Need to install a couple more lights as it is still kinda dark in there.
A friend has an air condtioner unit that will fit in the window, so all I will need for appliances will be the fridge.
Time to get moving
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good morning all, what's up with the forum when everytime I want to make a reply, I have to log on?
V8 Dennis, glad you got the A/C going. Looks like just in time. I still have my old evaporator cooler but mine is installed on the side of the house. I have A/C for some time and I have taken the old cooler out of service. I think it would still work but needs new pads. When I had the house painted last year, they painted the outside of the cooler as well which was OK with me so I'm sure the pads are saturated with paint. I would sooner just remove it but it is up high and I have no help at home. I would have to hire somebody to remove it and then a carpenter to close the opening it made. I'm just praying my A/C will not break down in the summer. Seems like it gets hotter every summer. Don't know if it's global warming or old age. My grass is dying and shrubs are suffering with the drought. I water some but don't go wild with it. The city tells us to conserve water but then tells us not to let our lawns look bad. Duh!
Went to see wife yesterday at the facility and was glad they found her glasses after missing them for 3 days. I was already making arrangements with the eye doctor to get a new prescription. I thought of going over there again today but it is too hot and I'm too stressed to deal with it two days in a row.
I have to take care of myself too or I won't be any help to her either.
Chief, prayers for your MIL.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Jim (Stur fish), I was out there again tonight for a while with "my" soccer girls. I came home and my wife asked what hurt on me. I said my heart. I see some of the kids, out there day after day, practicing their hearts out and I know there are other kids who show up for the 10 days of mandatory practice only. My heart hurts for the ones who do all the effort and are let down by the ones who only do the minimum. I do not know...... Life creates a vacuum sometimes.
Work was busy and my walk was not too bad. Weather is hot and will get hotter. I hope everyone has a good day.
Good Morning from sunny warm and getting hot Southern Ohio,
Kids will find out the results from their 4-H showing this afternoon. Gabriel has his last summer legue basketball game tonight.
Kev – I bet the bruise is taking on a rainbow of colors! How is the head? Nothing quite like an injury to take your mind off the back pain. The adversity of this accident may turn into a blessing if the now reduced activity will allow your back to heal as the rest of your body heals.
Bob – Thank you! On your camper plumbing if I may suggest, the shark fittings work will to repair the original plastic plumbing for the supply lines. I keep a few couplings, tees, and a valve handy for quick repairs.
Ray – Last month when I was in Hollywood visiting my daughter, I put a 5 gal bucket under the AC condensate drain and at night took the collected water and watered selected shrubs and flowers.
Mike – I know what you mean about “heart”. I saw “heart” last night at practice. After warm ups, we had the kids on “the hill”, a series of terraces with a total elevation rise of probably 40 feet with rise of 10 feet and run of 20 feet on each terrace. It is a pretty steep rate of rise. We paired off the guys as equally as possible and had them sprinting up the hill coming down then back up. As they went through the repeated sprints up the hill on most of the guys, the determination, the grit and heart I saw was inspiring. These are the same guys I’ve been coaching now for 5 years. A finer bunch you would be hard pressed to find. There are a few “floaters”, but hopefully leadership and peer pressure will bring them up too.
Stay cool, drink water, and may God bless
Phish, You are right, many colors now and more every day.
I did not get out of the recliner till 11:00am
Feel bad, Bruise is even bigger today on the leg, and now have a full pledge headache from hitting the wall. Now I have a bruies on the side of my face where it hit the wall and three on my arm.
PT is 3 times a week Yesterday was the set the baseline and the real deal starts tomorrow.
No train news but I do have a question. Have any of you bought one of those repo Lionel boxes off the bay? I am thinking about getting one for that #53 snowplow I got in the package deal but I am not sure.
Morning all
Kevin the repo boxes are good there not going to add value persay but they are nice. will send you a email on them.
Not a lot going on here won an interesting auction last night.
The trolley has been kit-bashed and has a A.F. prewar motor in it ( 3 rails ) the other piece I think is a repo and I need to find a key for it as it is key-wind
nice looking pieces and interesting to say the least about the big one. I also won some post war boxes one was a set box for a 1503W set which I have with all it's boxes except the set box also got a 2046W tender box with insert and a 2056 engine box no insert but thats fine I can actually use all 3 boxes.
Hope all are doing okay ( yes Kevin I know but I think your on the healing end right now. and stop trying to out do what Brent did a few years back)
Talk to you all later
The story here is heat! We're getting triple digets for the next few days. Heat has just about shut down my garage layout for the summer. Can only get out there in the early morning but I have been sleeping too late. After 9:00 AM it's too hot.
Had a good visit with Helen today. Laying low now and trying to decide where or what for dinner.
Yep! They made it! And from what I've been hearing not a moment too soon.
rtraincollectorThe trolley has been kit-bashed and has a A.F. prewar motor in it ( 3 rails ) the other piece I think is a repo and I need to find a key for it as it is key-wind nice looking pieces and interesting to say the least about the big one.
The small one looks to be a recent repro of a Paya prewar piece. I think it was supposed to represent a baggage motor. Herer's a little piece on how to tell Paya repros from originals: https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Reissues-of-classic-tin-toys-by-Paya. And here's a great place for these kind of toys: http://www.tintoyarcade.com/. I have a pair of repro Paya trolleys:
They look great, but the motors are way too wide for the carbodies. Unless you bend them way, way out of shape you can't make them work. But more importantly, if the baggage motor you bought was made by the same company, it should use a square key like Schylling makes.
The electric locomotive looks like it was made by Modern Toys of Japan in the 1960's. It most likely had a battery operated motor and would have had a bump-and-go action. I have a Silver Mountain and a Puff Puff loco made by them.
Nice weather for walk. Picked up truck (for sale by the way) and visited with the new Junior High Soccer coach (she is one of the kids I coached when Lucas played youth ball). Good day at work. Went to see "Central Intelligence" tonight. Good flick. Got September CTT today. Good issue. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 79 already in the Mid-Atlantic region, where it's s'posed to get steamy the next few days. No being on yatchett when it's >95. Watered plants outside from the fish/frog pond, now trickling fresh water back into pond. Grandson and I are arguing over the proper placement of the gatlin gun on the cobra helicopter I just built him out of legos. The crew is doomed with the cannon mounted under the rear stabilizer. The boy has an in-bred warrior mentality, which will undoubtedly lead to long meetings at school. How do you convince folks that the world needs "sheep-dogs" too...?
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Penny Trains rtraincollector The trolley has been kit-bashed and has a A.F. prewar motor in it ( 3 rails ) the other piece I think is a repo and I need to find a key for it as it is key-wind nice looking pieces and interesting to say the least about the big one. The small one looks to be a recent repro of a Paya prewar piece. I think it was supposed to represent a baggage motor. Herer's a little piece on how to tell Paya repros from originals: https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Reissues-of-classic-tin-toys-by-Paya. And here's a great place for these kind of toys: http://www.tintoyarcade.com/. I have a pair of repro Paya trolleys: They look great, but the motors are way too wide for the carbodies. Unless you bend them way, way out of shape you can't make them work. But more importantly, if the baggage motor you bought was made by the same company, it should use a square key like Schylling makes. The electric locomotive looks like it was made by Modern Toys of Japan in the 1960's. It most likely had a battery operated motor and would have had a bump-and-go action. I have a Silver Mountain and a Puff Puff loco made by them.
rtraincollector The trolley has been kit-bashed and has a A.F. prewar motor in it ( 3 rails ) the other piece I think is a repo and I need to find a key for it as it is key-wind nice looking pieces and interesting to say the least about the big one.
Penny although the motor/winding mechanism looks new the bottom of the frame looks old and I don't see any numbers as stated new would have. I'm suppose to recieve it today so will take better pics of it and post them. I'm thinking at worst I have a remotored one and the body/frame are original the more I look at the pics on the auction site I got this from.
Thanks for the links I feel they will really help me.
Hi guys, just got home from PT sore now and if that ain't enough my new Lenovo PC won't fire up and now I have to haul it 48 miles away tomorrow morning to Best Buy to have it looked at. It has code 0162. Looked it up with the laptop I am on now and it seems the maker knows about it and it will take a mother board replacement to fix it,
Who was it saaid they just got a new Lenovo all in one? SPRay?? mine is only 70 some days old and dead.
Hot as he!! out there with heat index in the 100s
UGH!
Penny starting new post labled PAYO train Truck
TGIF
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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KRMHi guys, just got home from PT sore now and if that ain't enough my new Lenovo PC won't fire up and now I have to haul it 48 miles away tomorrow morning to Best Buy to have it looked at. It has code 0162. Looked it up with the laptop I am on now and it seems the maker knows about it and it will take a mother board replacement to fix it,Bang Head Who was it saaid they just got a new Lenovo all in one? SPRay?? mine is only 70 some days old and dead. Dead
Good to know, I've been considering them. Does yours have an AMD or an Intel processor? The only PC I ever had trouble with had an AMD (Athlon) processor. Also, is it an all-in-one or a tower? I prefer towers because there's more room for ventilation.
Penny, It is not a all in one it is a stand alone tower. I won't go there, one thing goes it all goes.
It has a Intel Core i3
Tomorrow I will drop it off and see what they have to say.
Quiet day at work. Went to a wonderful show this evening. Oldest granddaughter had a ballet recital in downtown Indy. Her school put on a one hour show that was marvelous. We were able to sit close enough to see all the footwork and muscle control that goes into a program like that. Really most enjoyable. What made it more special was seeing the look of utter joy and concentration combined on granddaughter's face. Truly memorable. One of those days that makes you glad to be alive. Wife and I had a nice dinner afterward and then some good retail therapy. As AJ would say, "All in all, it was a good day." I hope everyone has a good day.
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