2008 and the Coffee Pot is still on and over 3 years. Here we gather as friends with trains. Sweet ice tea too.

[anjdevil2]

Flames...Hmmmm...You know I could DO that, but then my boss might get a tad UPSET!!

http://api.cdmdata.m7z.net/ftproot/DealerFiles/6129/Photos/1ZVFT80N475272752-0.jpg

 

[sir james I]

Doug Murphy, you could be right off course but I got the forum back 10 minutes after I renewed. I was going to, I just thought I had another month.(march 08).and it was the only site not working. No snow yet but  getting overcasterer.yes I said that on purpose. S.J.

As a young teen I built some wooden car kits,some wood kits of early steam locos and cars,and Revel plastic car kits. A little older Sir James built those plastic ships that came in those long boxes.mostly navy ships but one sail that took a year(rigging)I also made a wood model of the Queen Mary(apx 30 inches long)

[tmcc man]

I hardly think some of the teachers appreciate us, especially by how some of the teachers act. There are some I enjoy having, and then there are those which I cannot stand at all.

Anyway here are the basement pics.

If you look up at the wall, the square is where the duct work is. I checked from the unfinished part of my basement and there is about 4-5 inches of room between the wall and duct work. I think if I put a small shelf with a cut out in the wall, the projector would fit.

[jefelectric]

Good afternoon,

Trying out what will be my new computer.  Using  Firefox at the moment.  Not sure if I will stay with it or not.  Some features I like and some I don't.  We'll see.

Colin, You need to stay away from the exercise equipment, till that knee heals up.

Take care, 

[CSXect]

I have not renewed any of the magazines yet so I don't think that was it, anyway it is fixed whatever it was

 

Have to call work tomarrow to see when I get to come back to work next week.

Diet is still going as planed.

nnext month there is going to be a train show here in Columbus hope to attend it.

[CSXect]

Looked at my trains for a few moments but that was about it today.

lots of snow supposed to be on the way hope we do not lose power again our area was without power for a few hours the otherday.

 

[phillyreading]

Good afternoon,

Tried to find out about the Stuart FL train show and it seems that nobody wants to do anything with it so I am looking for other train shows.

I will try to make the next train show in April at Deerfield Beach Model Railroad club. Been to a train auction they had a couple years ago and liked it so I may go with the Deerfield Beach FL train show.

Had two DZ1000 switch motors die on me, both were on the upper level track. I see no way for electric to go thru the switch from the track as the track is supplied from a differant transformer, also have the switch motors hooked up to an MTH AIU on my DCS. Is it possible that the DCS is putting out some extra voltage to the switch motors? Any thoughts before I kill another switch machine?

Jeff E.  Have you tried down loading the newest version of internet explorer? My problem a few weeks ago was I had an older version of internet explorer and it wasn't letting my computer do everything right.

Lee F.

[wrmcclellan]

Afternoon all!

Windy here.Temps been dropping steady since the high at midnight. 41 right now.

One does not need a CTT subscription to participate in the forum. However - the system will automatically log you out (if you do not log out on your own) every few weeks and you have to reenter your user name and PW to get back onto the forum and be able to post.

One does need a subscription to access the CTT content stuff like reviews and videos etc.

Doug - I think I built every ship, aircraft, race car, and military vehicle kit Revell and others produced (remember the Big "T" and the invisble V8). I never did the people kits - too creepy. I had shelves stuffed with this stuff and then like Brent - we blew 'em up, etc. July 4th in our neighborhood was a reverent event and you could still shoot the stuff off in your front yard and buy more just down the road. Heck, we used to have Roman Candle wars - (kind of like early light sabers?) - wear heavy shirts, gloves, and shoot at each other. How's that OSHA! The best event was firecrackers in figs. For some reason everyone had a fig tree in their yard in the 60's. If you stick a Black Cat in a nice ripe fig, it can go off in your hand and the only outcome was you were covered from head to toe in fig goo (very sticky - I bet they make super glue out of fig juice). We used them as grenades. Ah - those were the days!

Train club meeting tonight!

Have a great evening all!

[cnw1995]

Roy and Brent, oh man, that brings back memories. We had a stream flowing through our backyard; we'd sail a model and shoot at it, throw firecrackers, rocks, etc. We'd burn bullet holes in aircraft models with magnifying glasses on sunny days. We'd siphon gas from the mower - I remember using styrophone cups once - bad idea but cool effect when it melted in my hand - and burn them. But then again, it seemed all summer we played 'army' in the nearby woods or with those full-size GI Joes. LOL.

[Brutus]

Doug wrote:  We'd burn bullet holes in aircraft models with magnifying glasses on sunny days. We'd siphon gas from the mower - I remember using styrophone cups once - bad idea but cool effect when it melted in my hand - and burn them. But then again, it seemed all summer we played 'army' in the nearby woods or with those full-size GI Joes. LOL.

Man, that was me too, great times!  I lit a glider I made on fire and it flew over the driveway and crashed against the brick wall of the house.  It fell behind the trash can and I figured, oh well, nothing there but brick and driveway.  Well - the driveway was covered in asphalt and tar back there and it literally caught fire.  Man, I got a whipping I still remember to this day!

Spent my lunch hour today talking to a nice young lady about The Lord of the Rings -- books versus movies.  Oh, it was out by the pool again.  Remind me to try to get refresher TPSS TC training next year, LOL!

I hear Chief sent Snohio to MO and my wife and kids are at the airport right now trying to get a flight out.  I hope they aren't delayed too much.  Really do miss my family when I'm away.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Roy and Brent, oh man, that brings back memories. We had a stream flowing through our backyard; we'd sail a model and shoot at it, throw firecrackers, rocks, etc. We'd burn bullet holes in aircraft models with magnifying glasses on sunny days. We'd siphon gas from the mower - I remember using styrophone cups once - bad idea but cool effect when it melted in my hand - and burn them. But then again, it seemed all summer we played 'army' in the nearby woods or with those full-size GI Joes. LOL.

Doug....Do you remember " Cap Pistols " ?? We used to have wars with them that lasted for days.

[dbaker48]

As well, I was into race cars also, for some reason my Mom really got upset when she cam in the kitchen and I had one of my model cars that I put together over the burner on the stove.  I was only melting the front fender to represent a few collisions.  The only fireworks we were allowed were the sparklers.  Don't know if it was law, or parents choice.  Didn't matter.

[ogauge]

I learned that kitchen burner = dented fender trick from my dad.. Taught me on some Athearn hp stuff...  It made a great train wreck!

[CSXect]

Doug I liked the old lindberg kits where  you had extra parts to build hotrods one of three ways cool stuff also had been a part of the mpc??? model of the month club way back when.

[Roger Bielen]

Anyone, other than me and the fools I grew up with, ever make a bazooka?  We used a shower curtain rod, with mounting brackets as handles with our ammo being empty CO2 cartridges stuffed with paper match heads.  It'd leave a 1" dent in a solid oak door, the high school field house's.  All was well till we had a misfire and it bannana'd to bazooka just behind the shooter's head.  Luckily no injuries, we switched to mortars after that.  Today you'd be considered a terrorist and locked up forever for the stunts we pulled with "explosives".

[mitchelr]

Hi Folks,

Eventful day and night around here.   Last night the Mrs. wasn't feeling well (stomach bug - dehydrated) and she fell coming back to bed at about 11:45 PM.  She must have kicked the wall or door frame as she fell and put a gash between her toes that needed to be sutured and she broke all four little toes on her left foot. We did not get home from the ER until 2:45 AM or so. Took the day to play Nurse. She is feeling better, no more vomiting, etc. this evening.

Take care,

Mitch 

[Blueberryhill RR]

Hi Folks,

Eventful day and night around here.   Last night the Mrs. wasn't feeling well (stomach bug - dehydrated) and she fell coming back to bed at about 11:45 PM.  She must have kicked the wall or door frame as she fell and put a gash between her toes that needed to be sutured and she broke all four little toes on her left foot. We did not get home from the ER until 2:45 AM or so. Took the day to play Nurse. She is feeling better, no more vomiting, etc. this evening.

Take care,

Mitch 

Mitch.... Prayers for your wife. That sounds like a nasty accident. I hope she heals fast. Be a good nurse.

Chuck

[rtraincollector]

Anyone, other than me and the fools I grew up with, ever make a bazooka?  We used a shower curtain rod, with mounting brackets as handles with our ammo being empty CO2 cartridges stuffed with paper match heads.  It'd leave a 1" dent in a solid oak door, the high school field house's.  All was well till we had a misfire and it bannana'd to bazooka just behind the shooter's head.  Luckily no injuries, we switched to mortars after that.  Today you'd be considered a terrorist and locked up forever for the stunts we pulled with "explosives".

We use to get 1" pipe and put a silver salute in the bottom (something like a m-80) and put small gravel down the pipe and lite the silver salute and hold the pipe about 1/2 way up (pipe was about 2'-3' long and have wars that way in the back yard till dad came home and whipped our tails for all the rocks in the yard. lol

[cnw1995]

Oh Mitch, that's got to hurt! Prayers for you both.

I had cap pistols - part of my 'western wear' as a real cowboy. I also had a cool cap machine gun that would take a whole roll of them. No orange covers on the muzzles of those weapons. It didn't occur to us to make something like a bazooka or mortar because we were also into model rocketry - I made a contraption to fire them horizontally. Also tried to make the 'biggest' model rocket ever by using a huge cardboard tube we found at a construction site and oh I think about a 2=dozen EE rocket motors - Of course they didn't light off simulatenously.  It flew crazily around the yard and blew up with a roar making a big hole in the ground.

Think I'll go out and shovel snow whilst everyone watches Lost on TV.

[jefelectric]

Evening guys,

Mitch, Sorry to hear of your wife's accident, hope she has a fast recovery.

You guys sound like a bunch of bad boys.  Most exciting thing I can remember is when a buddy and I converted his 22 into full auto.  Only problem was we didn't get it quite right.  One pull of the trigger and the whole magazine emptied, releasing the trigger didn't stop it.  It was very EXCITING the first time.   Keep in mind this was over 50 years ago so I think the evidence has long disapeared.

[Brutus]

Prayers for your wife, Mitch - hope she is better soon.  Family landed okay in Orlando, running about an hour late I think.  She's getting the rental car and will call when they are on the way.  Finished watching the Great Layouts shows.  Never get to watch them at home and finished just in time, I guess?!  I had cap guns, but I was always low on ammo...

My friend Jeff used to fix up model cars and fill them with little cups of gasoline and other stuff and roll them lit off the roof so they'd blow up in mid-air!  Until one EXPLODED and sprayed burning plastic all over their picture window while his dad was looking outside   That ended that!

[Brutus]

It didn't occur to us to make something like a bazooka or mortar because we were also into model rocketry - I made a contraption to fire them horizontally. Also tried to make the 'biggest' model rocket ever by using a huge cardboard tube we found at a construction site and oh I think about a 2=dozen EE rocket motors - Of course they didn't light off simulatenously.  It flew crazily around the yard and blew up with a roar making a big hole in the ground.

You sound like Jason on Foxtrot

[ogauge]

You guys just ain't right!

[Buckeye Riveter]

Mitch...Glad to see you wife is okay.  That sounds like she was in a great deal of pain.

In several of the arenas throughout the country they fly the miniature derrigibles over the crowd.  I am waiting for the day when someone sneaks into the arena a helicopter with rockets.

[Anonymous]

OMG!!!

Guys THIS is why I love this board so much! I keep telling Susieq that if I got caught doing 1/2 what I did growing up I would either be dead or in jail. Potatoe bazookas... oh yeah... there was also the time we dug foxholes in the back yard to play WWII with cap guns and B-B rifles... I seriously can not believe no one was seriously hurt... B-Bs hurt when they hit you!

Used to play paintball with some friends back in PA... that was fun too... especially in winter when the paintballs would freeze...

[rtraincollector]

I remember my freind growing up took a car he had it was metal and looked like a roasterd and he fasten a rocket engine to the back and lit it about that time his dad came down the road and about wrecked the family car as this thing was flying towards him and he had no idea what it was all he could say I figured you two were involed with that rocket from H@## .

[Anonymous]

Mitch,
Forgot to mention... prayers for you and your wife... that sounds really nasty.

[ChiefEagles]

I'm getting tired of this carppy software.  Just ate another posts.    Mitch, you all are not haveing the good luck lately.  Best to wife.  Guess what???  Ran trains this afternoon before going to Dr.  All ran good.  Got room ready for painting.  Will paint tomorrow AM early.  Lunch meeting and then one at 2PM.  Got another at 4 PM.  Tes 4 PM in Raleigh.  Only the DA Mayor of Raleigh would schedule a meeting at 4 PM and Friday.  Well, what do you expect from a lawyer?   BTW: Raleigh is now the 49th largest city in the USA.  Bypassed Minneapolis MN.  All the Yankees moving down here.  Good night all.

[dbaker48]

Doug - Had an evening similiar to yours, fighting electronics and computers.  But I think I finally prevailed.  Just lucky !   Oh yeah, just remembered speaking of those other years, some of you may have heard of Signal Hill.  It was a major oil town for many years.  Hundreds of oil wells located in this area.  It is in the Center of Long Beach.  Anyway after a HS party, a couple of us were celebrating a little too much.  Climbed up on one of the pumps and was riding it like a bucking bronco.  Seemed funny then.

 

 

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a damp 36 degrees. No rain right now. Going up to 38 today with colder weather and snow coming.

Today is a busy day. We will go into Caldwell, on business, and then stay at home, the rest of the day. Weather isn't looking good for travel. This afternoon, I plan on spending some time in the train room. Need to run the trains for some relaxing time.

Dining car has arrived and breakfast is served. Later.

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck