Toy train operating and collecting

MIKE C.

  BOB and TOM, I only get to listen to them for 10 minutes going to school in the morning.  But in that time they make me laugh so hard sometimes.  Great show, warped sense of humor.

laz57

 Good morning all, Low 50's and raining this morning. Low 60's is the predicted high. Nice for the weekend.

Things went well with the grandkids last night. Ran the trains for a short while. we're taking them to High School Graduation this evening. My niece is doing much better(thanks for your prayers) and graduates tonight. Along with one of my nephews. Saturday we're taking them to the Amusement Park while their parents attend a wedding

CNW, I forgot to answer your question. A feeder is a beef. I usually finish them (Butcher shop)at around 24 months. I usually try to buy mine at 12 months. I can buy them for less than it costs me to feed a cow for a year to get one and then feed the calf for a year. Not to mention all the extra manure to fork. (been there done that)

Prayers for all who need them.

Morning guys,

Sunny with clouds today up to 85.  Lots of rain last night with thunder.  The princess left at 5:50 last night and arrive in New Jersey at 8:15, just as I was bringing home calzones for dinner.  Miss her already, but I know she’ll have a great time there.

Nice to see the Chief surprised, sorry I couldn’t be on line to see it....work was busy yesterday.

I have a 3PM appointment to go look at a bunch of train stuff.  I’m trying to build a layout for a friend of mine and this may end up being the rolling stock I need to make it happen.  I’ll let youze giz know if there are any leftovers!!

fife – I was in Garden Ridge and they have a sale on pink flamingoes.  I immediately though of you (2 for $13 – such a deal!)

See ya inna bit...

Phish - Knew that was coming.

anjdevil - Still too high.  Wait 'til they're 2 for $5, then pull that trigger.

Fifey, wifey took two to the lake house and put them in a garden.  

Morning all!

Beautiful day here. Both kids completed school yesterday, but band camp started for my son. Band camp runs through end of next week.

Chief - glad you enjoyed your surprise yesterday.

Buckeye - congrats on the new addition!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Good Morning,

Been getting some good amounts of rain like anjdevil, maybe not as much. Temp expected to go to 90 today, and near the 90's for the rest of the summer or hurricane season.

Insurance going up again, the govenor of Florida just signed a bill the other week that lets the stae run insurance company raise rates by 10% every year!

Got most of my Laser Art kit built, what a nightmere for such a small building! I will stick with Plasticville or MTH buildings in plastic, no major work or detailing to do.

Expecting more layoffs at work as summer is here, less people(commutors & teachers) traveling on turnpike.

Lee F.

Ole Timer:

Doug ... DL'd a bunch of them a year ago ... forget where I got that specific one ... have some really funny ones ... not obsene or anything but was afraid to post one ... sometimes lil things get taken wrong by the admins ...

OT: I had a couple I thought about posting, but certain people would have gotten their panties in a bunch about 'em.

Good Afternoon from Blueberryhill....

It is a cloudy 66 degrees. No rain in the forecast.Going up to 78 today with a little sunshine.

Today is busy. Just ran a bunch of errands. Now I am taking  it easy. I have to plant some flowers in the deck boxes later.

Buckeye...TGIF

Dining car was here for the usual breakfast.

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck

tgif............now off to Atlanta, Georgia for a conference. ... I'm tired.

Good Morning,

Looking forward to a great weekend!  Plan on going to "Big Train Show" in Ontario tomorrow.  All gauges, really have interesting stuff.  Considering some of that Bullfrog Snot, anyone have any experience?

Still fighting the DSL at home.  Called again yesterday and complained it was taking 40 minutes to load MS Hot Mail front page.  So they tested the line, and confirmed it was way to slow.  Sending a tech out next Monday !  Get home last night, and totally unaccessible!  Family not to pleased!  Then this morning it was barely on again.  So try to get some stuff up today I'm delinquent on.

I think SPMan is going to get rained on today!  I can see the black clouds rolling in quickly from the coast, headed right toward the foothills.

Thanks, for the compliments WE ALL did good.  Lots and lots of support from everyone.  When I receive the hard copy from Wake Weekly I will scan and email copy of the page to everyone so you can see the relative location of the ad.  (Unless the Chief can do that, he probably has 600 copies laying around.  On second thought he would probably try to remove the Cream of Wheat.)

If you see a update on the last SPF, it is Jim's car, it really needed to be in that edition.  Really sorry for the delay.  The car left here today for Iowa.

Later

 Morning all. Beautiful day here. Redoing a bathroom today - mostly painting - after spending all Thur. taking down wallpaper = ugh. Have lots of projects it seems according to the bride. But a boxcar arrived on the interchange track from Iowa today! So eventually we eat a beef. Never saw one up close.  Only wrapped nicely in the supermarket.

Good Afternoon All 

As I was going through some boxes underneath the layout last night, opened up a box that contained a bunch of 6464 boxcars. I hadn't seen these guys in a month of blue moons. Fun stuff, to look at trains that you played with 50 years ago. Well anyways, have to take em apart to clean up the shells and to lube the wheels, axels, and truck pins. These are boxcars that were purchased new when I was a kid and they have the scars from crashing through many Lincoln Log forts and into other trains. This weekend they will be on the rails bringing back memories of the fifties and sixties.

Don,

I was wondering if the Bullfrog Snot could be used as a replacement for traction tires when they wear out.

If you get some it would be good to have a report.

Buckeye Riveter:

tgif............now off to Atlanta, Georgia for a conference. ... I'm tired.

Get some well deserved rest buddy ... you need and deserve it ....

Don .... what alot of problems with speed are  internet service providers are selling bucu subscriptions / adding folks and not upgradeing or expanding their equipt.  .... thus we suffer ... I think they call that greed on their part .... and if most could check .... at peak hours it slows down to a walk or crawl . My wonderful cable company here likes to break down about every friday night ... .... or saturday morning and take their phones off the hook !  ....   

LAZ ..... man have'nt seen you here for a bit ... good to seeya !

 Did fifedog say he was going to fasten one of those pink flamingos to the bow for an ornament like the old time sailing ships have ? I may have been mistaken ...  .