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Good Morning All: I'm on my third cup of TEA. The body wont change time for another month so I'm awake at 5:00 instead of 6:00. I painted my Walthers roundhouse before going to church and started building it after lunch. By 5:00 PM it was all done and if I must say so myself it does look good. I couldn't believe how easy it was. This one went together a lot better then the Heljan that I built for a club member. The engine facility is comming right along, now to find that Alexander coaling station that I built 40 million years ago. I dug out the Durango Press water tower yesterday and started reading the instructions last night. Looks like about three times through and I'll be ready to start. Ed: This is not the time to ask but did you sand the top of the cork roadbed before laying the track? I wrap a sheetrock sanding screen from Lowes around a 2x4 about 13" long, it makes the cork smooooooooth and gives me level track. This stuff is 150 grit but it looks just like screen wire for the window but a lot more durable. By using a 13" long 2 x 4 it takes the hills out of the cork. I don't worry about the occassional (SP) low spot - I don't pu***he track down into it. I well remember the painted on ballast but later I went with the canary bird seed as it was easier to use (where do we get "the good old days?"). But then that was before Woodland Scenics. The three layouts that I mentioned are all within a 20 mile radius of the house. I thought when you came up we'd see how many you could see. We also have one of the guys in the club in "N" so I thought we'd stop by and see his layout. Since you've put off your trip I haven't gone out in the garage and cleaned off my "N" scale layout. (I think it's still there.) JP: My halfhimmers has kicked in again, what scale are you in, please don't tell us Normal. Krump: I liked your description of the snow. We lived in Philadelphia until 1948 and I called my mother yesterday to read her your description and I thought she was going to p*** in her pants she was laughing so hard. She was the one to shovel the snow as dad worked for Baldwin Loco Works and was an on the road troubleshooter. It's not our fault that you are only 40 years old. Your mother should have met your father earlier like mine and Fla/Phil's parents did. Fla/Phil: Do you need some more milled roadbed? I've got bocoos of it - I considered using it on my current layout and then at the last minute decided to go with code 83 because of the (track) switch selection, so that necessitated using cork and flex-track. This is the first (out of four) layout that I've used flex-track and I sure like the flexability in where to lay it. John: What about the Blizzard of '96 that shut down the whole east coast. I was on a charter with three busses and 95 kids on the way to washington DC. They closed the roads at Tuskaloosa Alabama, the lead bus (me) was the second in line. We had to fall back to Meridian Miss (90 miles) to find rooms for all of the students. I hope the prediction that you gave us about the Redskins game showing the out come of the presidential election doesn't work this year. Kerry scares me. No new taxes - Cut the defficate (SP) in half - give more money to the middle class - increase social security - and (did I say it before?) no new taxes, but HE has a plan, he just wont share it with us until after the election. I know that I dream but I don't remember them. is that normal? Jim: When are you going to tell us about the "Pudgy Goat"? What happened to the slogans, I enjoyed reading them. Tom: What really got to me was the way the ground shook when the steam engines went past, it's awsome. I don't remember who told us about opening two Coffee Shops so we could read and answer at one time but THANKS it makes it so easy and I don't have to write all of those notes. Ya'll have a blessed day and remember SANTA FE ALL THE WAY Bob
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