Chief is actually building benchwork! This has been verified. This is terrible! Lionelville has been plunged into a deep freeze!
Someone please make him stop! Rescue us! Our GRITS are freezing!
Look out! Ice on the bridge (over the bird path)!
Who will help us?
Regards, Roy
Howdy....Is this for real??
Nice touch.
Roy....Do you have pictures of Chief actually building his benchwork
Last I heard, he was watching TV, about Elk hunting and eating Hot Dogs.
Blueberry - of course the Chief is watching Elk shows and eating hot dogs - didn't Nero fiddle while Rome burned....
Look - Dallas drivers ballet on ice! This way, everyone behind these guys do not have to worry about wrecking their cars - nor do they need to worry about getting home anytime soon!
Where the blazes are our soap operas?
CHIEF! You'll pay for this!
When will it stop?
Good job Roy, you just made my day
I have a former student teaching in Mission TX and he says the funniest thing in the world is watching TX drivers on the snow & ice, sadly that's also true here in snow country.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Lionel collector, stuck in an N scaler's modelling space.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!!!
Legs [used 2X4's as cheaper and I did not want to rip. I really have some challenges. 1940's house, plaster and now 1" thick baseboards and 3/4 inch wide shoe molding at the carpet. Funny, the subflooring particle board I'm using as sub-top is 49 inches wide. 8 foot long but crazy width. Well, will work OK as legs are inside 1X6 [free lumber] and 1X4's [moves them in 3/4"] and the extra 1" over hang with make the legs hit the shoe molding just right. Here is what I'm using to level the top.
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ChiefEagles wrote: LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!!!Legs [used 2X4's as cheaper and I did not want to rip. I really have some challenges. 1940's house, plaster and now 1" thick baseboards and 3/4 inch wide shoe molding at the carpet. Funny, the subflooring particle board I'm using as sub-top is 49 inches wide. 8 foot long but crazy width. Well, will work OK as legs are inside 1X6 [free lumber] and 1X4's [moves them in 3/4"] and the extra 1" over hang with make the legs hit the shoe molding just right. Here is what I'm using to level the top.
WOW....what a start!!!!!!! Where's the track?????
Meanwhile, back in Rosyville...
The Chief as you can see from his post above is steadily working away. Raw materials are arriving by RAIL!
Chief! Please STOP!
EVEN SANTA CLAUS IS HELPING!
Oh the inhumanity!!!!....
ChiefEagles wrote: LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!!!
jeez - what next - plague of locusts?
Armaggeddon?
What did we do? What shall we do? Sawdust is flying!
Man! It's really piling up!
How does he do it? Does he not care?
Fellow Grits lovers have been totally abandoned - oh woe!
wrmcclellan wrote: What did we do? What shall we do? Sawdust is flying!Man! It's really piling up!How does he do it? Does he not care?Fellow Grits lovers have been totally abandoned - oh woe!
So that's how they make GRITS.
Nice work Roy, glad to hear Texan's is getting a chance to work on their driving skills. Up here it is cold and the roads get stable making the driving easy. Seldom have the pile ups like you just experienced! Yikes! As the Chief keeps building the Texan's keep sliding.
About 25 years ago Dallas had a big snow storm and shut the city down, maybe 6" - 8" of snow. Anyway the front page of the Dallas paper had a picture of a friend of mine x-country skiing to work down the middle of deserted downtown Dallas streets. She worked at one the local hospitals as a nurse. At the time I lived in Grand Marais MN and we got a real kick out of seeing her skiing in the southland.
Keep your feet off the brake, slow down and triple your stopping distance and get that saw and square out of Chiefs hands.
Kevin T.
He's like the Energizer Bunny - he just keeps going...
...and going...
He even brought his tractor...
Where does this go from here?
Hmmmm. Today's high temperature - 78.
Tomorrow's high temperature - 48!
Yep. Chief is making progress on the benchwork.
wrmcclellan wrote: He's like the Energizer Bunny - he just keeps going...He even brought his tractor...Where does this go from here?
Next will be getting a snow plow on the tractor if he keeps this up !!
Thanks, John
Dr. John, we were hoping for some words of hope from you and we get a weather report...?
But wait! What's happening? Someone or something is emerging from the sawdust quagmire...what could it be?
Maybe Dr. John has guided us to some rays of hope? The news - the snow is abatting - the sleet has stopped!
What's going on? What could be happening that provides us respite from this freak disaster of nature thrust upon us by the Chief?
He emerges from the pile, victorious - is it benchwork?
Is it an L-girder masterpiece?
A tribute to model railroading tabletop cookie-cutter design?
What could have caused the torturous elements of nature's cold furry to cease?
He emerges and he is holding a giant TOOTHPICK!
It wasn't benchwork after all! The news - high's tomorrow near 50 degrees!
WE ARE SAVED! YeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Well, got some together. The 1X4's are so sft I ahd to drill the holes before screwing them to the 2X4's. You will notice that there are a lot of screws on one end. They wanted to split the wood. 1X6's, no problem. Just drive them up. I had to really set that chuck ratchet way back. 19.2 V Craftsman drove the first one right on through to the floor before I could stop it. Got is set on LO speed now. Since its raining so, stopping for the night. Time to eat too.
OH, thought you all would enjoy the newest addition waiting to go in service.
More tomorow. OH, any volunteers to help me take those big heavy sheets of subflooring up the steps??? Go to go up three, trun left on a landing and then about 10 steep steps up, turn left without hitting the glass curio right in front of the steps.
Later
ChiefEagles wrote: Well, got some together. The 1X4's are so sft I ahd to drill the holes before screwing them to the 2X4's. You will notice that there are a lot of screws on one end. They wanted to split the wood. 1X6's, no problem. Just drive them up. I had to really set that chuck ratchet way back. 19.2 V Craftsman drove the first one right on through to the floor before I could stop it. Got is set on LO speed now. Since its raining so, stopping for the night. Time to eat too. OH, thought you all would enjoy the newest addition waiting to go in service. More tomorow. OH, any volunteers to help me take those big heavy sheets of subflooring up the steps??? Go to go up three, trun left on a landing and then about 10 steep steps up, turn left without hitting the glass curio right in front of the steps. Later
Gee, Chief, I'd love to drive down and help you. But, my appointment book is filled for the next 4 years. By that time, you will be done. Hey, are those legs anchored to the baseboards???
ChiefEagles wrote:
I never thought I would see the day. . .
That makes about a million of us... Who'd have believed it would really happen Are we sure it for real and not another hoax...
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Ahh - the sun is shining bright and temps are quickly rising.
Apparently the Chief cannot get the sub-flooring up the stairs and with all of the rest of you snowed in he can't get any help!
Ahhhhh! - Soaps are back on today!
mitchelr wrote: That makes about a million of us... Who'd have believed it would really happen Are we sure it for real and not another hoax... Mitch
And they say BIG FOOT is real.......
laz57
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