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Hello there,
not much goin on here lately. Everybody more to Facebook? ?
Scratched around the basement trying to come up with a spreading tool to work on my 259E. Nothing yet.
Studied my lathe some too. No easy solution. I think I'm going to put it back together. Leave a bit of slop between the carriage and bed and run it. Pap had it adjusted so tight it took a fair amount of effort to crank it. If the gear strips again I'll come up with a way to lower the rack.
Trick or Treating is rescheduled to tomorrow evening here. Last evening was hard rain and high winds.
Best go before I crash.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Evening folks!
Sunny, day started below freezing but warmed up nicely. Made it to 50. 60 tomorrow and then another front Sat and back to the 50's.
Spent day tidying up our AT&T accounts with duplicate services due to the new fiber installation. We will save around $130 per month and the new internet is twice the speed of the old. AT&T tried to upsell me from the new fiber 50 MB/s that is only $40 per month to 100 a 300 MB/s at much higher prices. The joke was on them, the old fiber only provided (at best) 15-20 MB/s - cost $50+ per month - and everything worked fine, inc son using online gaming stuff. So 50 MB/s (their base speed) is perfect and cheap.
Also got an older printer operational and on the home network.
Congrats to the Nats - Astros had nothing for them after their 3 runs. Pitching flat and as Joe Buck commented, and in my words, stop making the at bats a home run derby attempt and play some baseball, wh is "hit em where they ain't". Advance runners around the bases. That's was the Nats did with great skill last night.
Regards, Roy
sir james I I wasn't gonna post today but then I read Kevins weather report. Darn. 30 degrees and snow. We have 45 degrees and rain. S.J.
I wasn't gonna post today but then I read Kevins weather report. Darn. 30 degrees and snow. We have 45 degrees and rain.
S.J.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN SJ.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Morning. Warm, breezy and cloudy.
Shooting the deer was easy. Dragging him out was the chore. 1/2 mile in. Did get pickup backed in part of the way. Lifting him in was not easy but had two extra helpers by then.
Errands today.
Hope all OK.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Well they called off Halloween where our daughter lives because of the weather??? New one to me?? Woke up to 30 and snow. Will snow all day with 30mph winds. Temps droping to 19 tonight. They say the kids can trick or treat Friday afternoon.
Fife, good question! After all it is grits. Bet your bear has gone to sleep for the winter.
Got to get some stuff for chili.
HAPPY HALLOWEENCongrats to the 'Nats - Pitchers and catchers report in 4 months - Yankees vs Pirates Spring Training Feb 24th.....Devils fall to the Lightning 7-6 in overtime.
Chief - Nice buck!Raining here in Jersey - 70s today and should let up in time for trick or treating. I'll have to get all the decorations up afterwards as there will be up to 50 MPH winds and I don't need to be chasing foam tombstones and plastic jack o'lanterns all night - End of Month today and expect to be busy, so far just 2 and they are done. Might have to jump on the internet for work, and I hate that.....Dressed up for the occasion as a mechanic....yeah, I left my actual costume at the other house. So, I'm at least comfortable in ripped jeans a mechanic shirt and the appropriate hat on backwards.Jenni seems to have come down with something......she's at her parents house, so not sure how the rest of the week and weekend are going to go. Regardless, heading to Philadelphia on the 3rd for the Toy Run barring my falling ill. Which I'm not interested in.OK, off to work, let's see what else is gonna happen today
Prayers for all in need.....
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Boo Y'all! Still doing the month-long RR grind. Spent my only day off painting my parents' sun room. May have a buyer on the yatchett.
KRM - Is that plate before dinner, or after...?
Chief - We haven't seen our bear for over a month. Perhaps he headed for Roleysburg.
Well it is winter here guys, woke up to 2" of snow with about 1" of rain on top. Had to go to Farm & Fleet and get some waterproof high top shoes. I put the plow on the Rusty Ranger yesterday and tested it out. All worked as it should. They say tomorrow we will get maybe 4" more. Will be a bad night for the trick or treaters.
Don, thanks for the pictures of Ray.
Chief, nice buck! Deer sausage and venison grits and grillades on the way.
Ray - May God have mercy on your soul.
Don- Thank for following up on Ray.
I will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for Ray
May God bless you and your families
Jim
Raining.
Downloaded photos from camera. Here are a few interesting ones.
Feeder across from the stand I hunt most [which I shot deer from]. This is the deer I shot.
On my shooting lane near stand.
At the end of that shooting lane.
Later.
Morning folks!
Temps headed to near freezing tonight. Pouring rain and big noisy t storms starting last night. Really big set hit at 5:30 this am. Hitting again as I type this. Weather 'pundits' stated a week ago (like last year and then we had wettest year on record) we were headed into a long dry spell. Been raining for 2 days so far. ..yard is a swamp...
DonB - nice tribute to Ray! Thank you! Glad the fires are away from you left coasters.
Had fun discussing 259 and lathe ideas with Banks!
Argh - Astros fell flat again last night...home field curse? Nats looking tough, peaking at right time (wrong time for me)....
Good Morning,
Dennis, You can turn that email notification off, IF you go into the settings, located at the top left of the sign in page. It took me awhile to figure it out, but there is a "box" you need to uncheck. Also, hope you are not affected by the power outages, and smoke, much less the fire. Will be good when the next couple of days pass!
I remember the visit at Ray's with Dennis, Chief, and myself, but thought many of you probably have not met Ray. So I thought it would be fitting to post a couple of pictures of him and his layout. He was quite involved with the Disneyland Dixie Land band, (incl Ward Kimbal). In the center of the layout (behind Ray in the below pic, he had a picnic table.) he and his friends would meet weekly, socialize and run trains. To acess that area he had two "duck-unders", since the guys were getting on in years, I offered to convert them to bridges. He really appreciated that. (Ended up with 1 bridge, and 1 lift out section, he didn't want me to change any track configuration. Ray also had quite a collection of one of a kind Disney memorabilia. RIP in Ray!
Below image is his pass station, the detail is really fantastic! Out of view on left side is an Elevator and Gantry Bridges. Both operational.RT, a belated Happy Birthday wish, sorry to hear about the early pick-up, hope ADT is able to accommodate you.
Chief, Looks like a celebration is in order, nice days work.Today maybe an exciting day, suppose to be getting 70 to 80 mph Santa Ana winds! I don't think my area will be affected, but they are headed through the burn areas of course, and the northern side of the LA Basin. Currently the NEWS is reporting 50 mph and it isn't even daylight yet. Bad day to be out driving around! Not to mention thousands have had their power shut off during the night. LOTS of frustrated people.Oh yeah, another crazy new thing! At Chris' apartment house in Seal Beach, they announced a new service available. Instead of using Lyft or Uber, you can now rent a car 24/7, car comes with insurance, gas, and everything. Pick it up nearby and return it to same location when finished. Cost is ONLY $45/mile, AND $135/month membership fee!!!! Unbelievable.
Take care all and be safe!
Don
Blitzen
Dasher?!
Saden by Ray's passing. Gone to be with his wife.
Big 6 I let walk last year, was a big 6 this year. Never grew to 8. Recognized him right off.
Later
Hello there
RIP Ray.........
Been so busy doin nuttin I haven't taken the time to post. Mrs and I did put out a few Halloween decorations (better late than never) today. I feel fine, it's hard to remember no lifting over 10lb. Been reading a lot. Finally dug out the 259E purchased a couple of years ago. I bought parts from Jeff Kane shortly after I got it and never got to it til now. The collector plate needs replaced. I found I need a tool to spread the frame to remove it. Called Roy yesterday looking for advice on that and repairs to my lathe that's been disassembled for a year or so. We got 2 1/2 inches of needed rain overnight Saturday most of it between 6 and 7AM. Getting ready for Mass Sunday something didn't sound right. Found water running profusely out of the light fixture in one of the empty bedrooms. By the time I got several garbage cans and buckets in place in the attic the rain was over. I knew the roof needed some attention but it's way worse than I thought. It's a metal roof that was old when Dad bought the place in '56. It was painted a couple of times with Agway aluminized roof coating, most recently in the 90s.
One contractor showed up yesterday. Had an estimate already prepared. Seems they measure the roof via Google Earth images. I'm a bit skeptical of his 10K quote. A neighbor had a much smaller 20 foot lower roof without the dormers and gables this house has plus they put the metal over shingles with no tear off at a cost of 6.8K. I questioned him about his statement of putting roofing felt then 2x4 purlins over the existing joists with lath every 8 inches and he said let me talk to my installer. A young Amish man stopped this afternoon. By the questions he asked he seemed a lot more knowledgeable than the 1st one. Promised a quote this week. Another guy coming tomorrow. Kinda surprised by the response I've gotten. The rain brought most of the leaves down. A lot less this year due to losing my ash trees. Yesterday son came and put the leaf sucker on the Gravely. I got the bulk of them in the trailer and Mrs dug them out of the trailer in the garden. Round 2 when the rest come down. Best get to bed. Prayers for those in need
Very sad to hear of the passing of SP Ray. Thank you Don for posting this news.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Good afternoon all,
Prayers for all concerned. Sorry to hear about SP Ray. Every time I check here, there is more bad news. I think I need to stay away longer until some good news arrives. I hope everyone has a good day....soon.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
SP RAY RIP
Sun and 60 today but a whole heap of rain headed this way for Wed. & Thur.
Rainy here and same for tomorrow. May delay the ins adjuster appt scheduled for tomorrow morning.
RIP Ray - you will be missed, not forgotten!
So sad to hear about SPRay. He seemed to be such a nice man. RIP Ray.
Calling fo 1" to 2" of white stuff tonight. We will see.
Sad news about SP-Ray......very sad. He lived his dream and that is wonderful!
Status quo on Dad, I think he is suffering from radiation poisoning, sees the radiaologist today, new meds arrive about 10 EDT, Oncologist tomorrow, Chemo Thursday.
Picked up my "Blue Comet" repro body and some rods for my 259E last night, very nice people. She is moving some of ther Dad's Lionel pieces as he is downsizing and looking to move some stuff. There may be other perchases in the offing, just need to see what he has. Now if I can find some Pacific running gear.....
Rain and 55 today so far, took the Princess to work, this ordeal was 2.5 hours from home to Philly to my job, so I was on time, by my watch I was 40 minutes late. Usually it's an hour 10. People loose there minds when it rains.
Off to work.............
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 41 in Slackerville.
Sad to hear of SPMan's passing. Hopefully he's in a better place, with familiar faces.
Final week of Fall Foliage train trips, then a momentary breather to get geared up for the Polar Express. I'll be behind the scenes, but not in red.
Rest in peace Ray, you surely will be missed
Evening,I am very sad to pass on information of the passing of "Council Raymond Sugg III".
Since Ray has not posted on any of the forums recently, I thought I would try to give him a call, there was no pick-up. Then this evening I was thinking more about it and knew his health wasn't great and thought maybe I should pursue. I did a Google search on his name and found the following; Ray Sugg (Obituary posted by his son.)Sorry to be the bearer of such news. Ray was the epitome of a TRUE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN! He will certainly be missed!Rest In Peace, RAY
Roy, State Farm will never get even with us. They were one of the best after the tornado here, Paid up for everything but they all take time. You wanted to get screwed,,, Alstate was the place. Just hang in there and at the end of the day ask your neighbors and you will know who is good and who is bad for your area. Then maybe make a change , but State Farm has been good to us. We have them for everything. But they are from here so I don't know how they work in other states?? If anyone , bragges they got paid their full amount of their INS,,,,they were under insured.
We were luckey we had a video of Katie's 2nd birthday 3 months before to watch because they knocked down our house two weeks after the tornado. Sandra went through the video and spent about a month and a half. You can't beleve the things you forget you have when it is all gone. She made 56 pages of stuff in the house to claim and it got us a extra $57,000 in the claim, so the thing is always have records and pictures of what you have and doing the work pays off.
Gray and drizzly today...70's. They are claiming a big temp drop mid week...we'll see.
Daughter, wife, and I heard to the adult beverages store to pick up the wine and beer for the wedding. A quick calculation says adding $10 to each guest's cover charge will cover it....
Lost another 2 hours of my life on phone with AT&T on a 'simple' activation...
Dennis - so glad the fires are not affecting our west coast friends. Agree with Chief - wish we had some news re Ray.
Kev - continued prayers for Sandra!
Had a nice talk with Banks today re his metal lathe and some things he is trying to work on.
Neighbor behind us is already getting his roof replaced....me....still Waitin on State Farm adjuster...tried to dump them years ago but it is not possible with the discount structures all the ins cos have in place....
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