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Posted by fifedog on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:31 AM

tmcc - Good news.  You'll be back playing that cello in no time.

dwiemer - If you don't track that G&A unit by April, let us know.

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Posted by laz 57 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:28 AM

HI GIZ,

  28 and little cool here.  Maybe some snow flurries later?

Ran my Lionel UP FEF last nite for 3 hrs, I will do a reveiw later with pics.  If I find my camera.

B good,

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Posted by jonadel on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:23 AM
A bright beautiful morning in the Heartlands! A bit brisk -9, don't be putting your tongue on the pump handle. Great day to stay inside and play like a kid again.

Jon

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Posted by tmcc man on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:22 AM

Good morning everyone,

Yesterday went well. My doctor tokk a picture of my knee at 120 degrees, so we now know I can do it. My whole right leg hurts from it now. He said he could hear the scar tissue snapping when he started bending.

Well, probably an hour after I got home, I came upstairs to finish Part 7 of Band of Brothers. Has anyone else seen it?

Chief, have a good day too.

Dennis you may wanto to check with a website called JusTrains...... www.justrains.com

They had a lot of Atlas stuff the last time I checked.

Well, I'm going to relax, so have a good day everyone.

(ps: good luck to anyone who is building benchwork today) 

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Posted by dwiemer on Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:21 AM

Morning all!  Took a pain pill last night and feel a whole lot better today.  Work got a bit crazy this past week and took it's toll on me.  Still on call, but if all goes well today, I will be getting some good work on the layout.  Also have to get back on the Doll House project....3 year old wants some progress!

Dog is getting more and more like one of the kids.  I had to break the news to him this morning that he is a DOG!  He woke me up wanting to be fed.  When I put his bowl outside, he backed up as if to tell me he wanted to be fed indoors today....after all, the yankee weather is here! 

I am looking for a Savannah and Atlanta GP35 high nose from Atlas.  They were made a few years ago.  I called around to a number of stores, but was not able to find one.  If anyone has one they are willing to sell or the knowledge of where I may find one, please PM or email me.

Well, I hope everyone has a good weekend. 

Dennis

PS: took family out to a new, fancy restaurant the other night.  Wife had Grouper with fried GRITS!  It was delicious.

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Posted by fifedog on Saturday, January 19, 2008 7:03 AM
Chief - Well thank you, Sir.  You do the same.
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:53 AM
Morning.  Cold rain.  Suppose to turn to snohio and accumilate. Sign - Oops [#oops]  Italian food, one of my favorites.  Now I'm hungry.  Got to get some GRITS.  Hope all you ladies, young lads and gentlemen have a great day.  You too fife.Whistling [:-^]  Later

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:36 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cold 17 degrees. Going up to 26, today with a few snow flurries. This is going to be a cold weekend.

Today is a relaxing day. A few chores to do and then down to the train room for some cleaning. Running trains will be fun. I need to finish up on the ballast job on the blue bridge. I will take pictures.

Dining car is here and it's time for the breakfast call. Later.

Y'all have a great Saturday.

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:26 AM

Morning all

Cool clear and frosty in Southern Ohio.  At work on dayshift.  Assignments passed out.  Hope to have a good day.  Chicken ladder hook I ordered came in yesterday, so on next day off I'll be ready to hit the roof (as opposed to the ground) Black Eye [B)]and finish it up. 

To get real cool tonight, single digits.  Going to do a walk around to ensure all the air makeup louvers are closed.  I don't want a repeat of the last time we had a cold snap.  Three heat exchangers froze and busted the pipes, one over top of 13.8KV/480V transformer.  That was exciting!

Check back later.  Try and have some fun with trains today for me!

May God bless

Jim

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Posted by fifedog on Saturday, January 19, 2008 5:52 AM

Mornin' boys.  Mornin'English.  Clear and 34 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Made a fresh pot for everyone.

anjdevil - Just glad you made it...

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Friday, January 18, 2008 11:28 PM

A VERY good morning all, this is the first opportunity I've had to get on.  This dial up stuf is for the birds....but it's Mom & Dad's so I don't complain.

It went from 48 to 33 in 3 hours here, went to a Trenton Devils Game (of course they lost to Reading 3-1). Fife, the flight was good up 'til North Carolina, hit some turbulance, dropped the plane a few times, realized it was the Chief, so I knew HE was ok....Whistling [:-^]...

Had dinner at the Italian restaurant last night, went in and it was snowin' came out and it was a rainin'. 

Saw my Aunt today, her husband, my Uncle/Godfather passed away 2 years today, still miss him bad.  Great guy, had the Big Casino and it was very quick...

Dad is going to let me unearth the Lionels later today.  Last seen by me in 1969, no joke.  Mom knows where they are. I'm going to take inventory and pictures and bring one home to see how bad to get it up and running again. 

Did a little house hunting, visited the High School to check the curiculum for my daughter, so when I get back I can make a presentation to the Wife.  Her idea, I just need to make sure the plans are made correct and executed properly, if it happens at allWhistling [:-^].  Most homes have >>>GASP<<< a BASEMENT!!! A place for me n my stuff!!!

Tonight is the Firemens Dinner, should have a blast I'm just no going to get blasted like last year.  That hangover stuff just sucks...Banged Head [banghead]

Behave youse giz....I'll check up on youze later!

WOW!! Just noticed I opened up on page 41!!! MY FIRE STATION NUMBER!! How cool is that???

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Posted by Brutus on Friday, January 18, 2008 11:05 PM

OH man, my Nana used to make fried cornmeal mush for me - yummy!  A little salty, crunchy, creamy in the middle and covered in butter and syrup!  Man, I really miss that.  Just had a sensory flashback!

Had a little dusting of snow as we left the mall.  Wife wanted to go and find a card shuffle machine with a rubber belt instead of little gears or plastic belt.  Found 2 at 1/2 price on clearance at Spencers so bought both.

Sir James - I think they've got you right where they want you!  Don't let go, either.  Wink [;)]  Sorry, Chewy can't come over.  She's spending the night at a doggy hotel and getting a full spa treatment tomorrow including ears trimmed and nails done.  We all miss her.  Busy busy tomorrow, but will probably be online early in the morning.  Maybe get to run trains Sunday or Monday - 3 day weekend!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by edw on Friday, January 18, 2008 10:45 PM

 Manamanah wrote:
Grits
Cook a minute longer. Poor into a bowl greased with olive oil. Turn out after it sets, slice, and add a little alt and pepper and you have polenta, fine Italian dish. Grits in the morning, then after it sets, fried polenta for dinner, the best of both worlds! Yum!

I love those Italian hush puppies. Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, January 18, 2008 9:30 PM

HI GIZ,

  Well went down to BARRYs and got my BDAY presents.  Yes, a LIONEL UP FEF BLACK, great runner with Legacy.  And (don't tell CHIEF) a NS SD40 with Legacy.  Only ran the FEF tonite for 3 hrs great will do a review for YUZ GIZ and take some pics.  The NS SD40 will go on tracks tomorrow.  To much fun for one nite got to break it up into two. 

  STAY AWAY TROUBLE MAKER.

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, January 18, 2008 9:17 PM
Yes Mike you know the routine,also bought 2 thomas sets soon as they came in for the younger ones.My three kids have two boys each and gramps got them trains.

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Posted by Manamanah on Friday, January 18, 2008 9:09 PM
Grits
Cook a minute longer. Poor into a bowl greased with olive oil. Turn out after it sets, slice, and add a little alt and pepper and you have polenta, fine Italian dish. Grits in the morning, then after it sets, fried polenta for dinner, the best of both worlds! Yum!

Sir james I: I bet those grandsons had grandpas arm-twisted way behind his back. Bet there wasn’t much flim flamen, going on either Ya big softie!
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Posted by CSXect on Friday, January 18, 2008 9:01 PM

The willard marshes is a wildlife perserve and folks around it sometimes go deer hunting there which seems kinda silly to me as you can sink up to your armpits.

Sorry for Bogging down the coffe pot with talk of swamps and marshesDunce [D)]Clown [:o)]

As for trouble I have been nothing but in trouble all day sent home from work because customers are not sending in purchase orders therefore no need to let us work for nothing, went to bank and cashed my check but asked for 10s and 20s teller looked like I was making her work harder than she wanted to......ect ect.

Found some aprox O scale Johndeer constuction equipment at Walmart but did not want to pay $9.00 each they were in the clearance section 0ther stuff was marked down such as some fancy lightbulbs was 10.22 now 10.00  for 2 pack. Stoped buying Model railroader from them as they not only not take their 10% off coverprice which they are supposed to do on magizines but even actually charged more than the coverprice this happend twice and got tired of going to the service desk to get the addvertized priceSoapBox [soapbox]

 

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, January 18, 2008 7:33 PM

 sir james I wrote:
Hey Chuck I resemble that remark. Mich has swamps too, I think.At least we are away from those grits. Its getting cold,just came in, expecting heartburn first class had supper at the local coney island. we stopped to see oldest son and family the boys have a little train blood as they flim flamed me out of that target blowout set. Brutus we still have ice cream, you know where it is.help yourself.    Sir James

You guys are right, it's the Grits that we need to stay away from.

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, January 18, 2008 6:52 PM
Hey Chuck I resemble that remark. Mich has swamps too, I think.At least we are away from those grits. Its getting cold,just came in, expecting heartburn first class had supper at the local coney island. we stopped to see oldest son and family the boys have a little train blood as they flim flamed me out of that target blowout set. Brutus we still have ice cream, you know where it is.help yourself.    Sir James

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, January 18, 2008 6:19 PM
I see Mr. Trouble is back in town. Disapprove [V]Banged Head [banghead]Thumbs Down [tdn]

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Posted by CSXect on Friday, January 18, 2008 6:06 PM
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:

 

OHIO.....We have no swamps. AND the people are nicer.

That is not true entirely in northern Ohio there are marshes such as the willard marshes.Big Smile [:D] as for nicer people depends on where you are at.

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, January 18, 2008 4:57 PM
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 ChiefEagles wrote:
Same with me.  NC State Employee Retirement System is rich.  Gasoline prices are eating up my monthly retirement.  When I retired, we paid about $100 per month for gasoline.  Now almost $400.  The Legislature regulates the retirement cost of living increase.  They only gave us 2% for two years and 2.5% last year.  Gasoline has gone up more than that.  Time for me to run for Legislature. Laugh [(-D]  Actually, my House member votes the way I would and did not vote for the budget due to poor increases for State Employees and Retirees.  As she says, everyone is more interested in funding their pet projects than paying employees. SoapBox [soapbox]   

Chief - Can't you just hop in with SHERIFF ROSCOE and have him drive you around...?

88 - Actually would rather be in OHIO or NC.  They're killin' me here in Marty-land.Dead [xx(]

Blueberry -  Now hold on a moment, ya'll don't have too much love for those folks above TOLEDO...

There is nobody above Toledo. Except for Michigan.

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Posted by fifedog on Friday, January 18, 2008 3:23 PM

 ChiefEagles wrote:
Same with me.  NC State Employee Retirement System is rich.  Gasoline prices are eating up my monthly retirement.  When I retired, we paid about $100 per month for gasoline.  Now almost $400.  The Legislature regulates the retirement cost of living increase.  They only gave us 2% for two years and 2.5% last year.  Gasoline has gone up more than that.  Time for me to run for Legislature. Laugh [(-D]  Actually, my House member votes the way I would and did not vote for the budget due to poor increases for State Employees and Retirees.  As she says, everyone is more interested in funding their pet projects than paying employees. SoapBox [soapbox]   

Chief - Can't you just hop in with SHERIFF ROSCOE and have him drive you around...?

88 - Actually would rather be in OHIO or NC.  They're killin' me here in Marty-land.Dead [xx(]

Blueberry -  Now hold on a moment, ya'll don't have too much love for those folks above TOLEDO...

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, January 18, 2008 2:39 PM
 lionroar88 wrote:
 edw wrote:
 dbaker48 wrote:

edw - Does your company have any branches in Calif.?  Or even party time?

Right now, I'm debating whether to move to Ohio or North Carolina. Anybody have any suggestions as to which state is better? Whistling [:-^]



NC has Chief... he could probably get you a good deal on realestate in Roseyville. Ms Lisa, Raleightrainfan, and Dewey are there too... maybe someothers as well.

OH has Buckeye, Sturgeon, Chuck, one of the Johns, Wes, GregM, and some others and they have the OTTS... I'm planning a trip to OH to get together with the fellas sometime this Spring or Summer... leaning more toward Summer so I can get a ride on Buckeye's boat through the Muskegum River Locks around Zanesville...

Of course the BEST state is MD... that is where Fife and I live! Thumbs Up [tup] And JohnF, Laz, and Mitch are close by in PA... AnjDevil will be close too when he gets back to NJ...

 

OHIO.....We have no swamps. AND the people are nicer.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 18, 2008 1:39 PM
 edw wrote:
 dbaker48 wrote:

edw - Does your company have any branches in Calif.?  Or even party time?

Right now, I'm debating whether to move to Ohio or North Carolina. Anybody have any suggestions as to which state is better? Whistling [:-^]



NC has Chief... he could probably get you a good deal on realestate in Roseyville. Ms Lisa, Raleightrainfan, and Dewey are there too... maybe someothers as well.

OH has Buckeye, Sturgeon, Chuck, one of the Johns, Wes, GregM, and some others and they have the OTTS... I'm planning a trip to OH to get together with the fellas sometime this Spring or Summer... leaning more toward Summer so I can get a ride on Buckeye's boat through the Muskegum River Locks around Zanesville...

Of course the BEST state is MD... that is where Fife and I live! Thumbs Up [tup] And JohnF, Laz, and Mitch are close by in PA... AnjDevil will be close too when he gets back to NJ...
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Posted by edw on Friday, January 18, 2008 1:34 PM
 dbaker48 wrote:

edw - Does your company have any branches in Calif.?  Or even party time?

Don, there was some talk awhile back about the Patent and Trademark Office opening up a west coast branch. I'm not sure what the current plans are. They are also discussing expanding our "telework" program to allow part timers to participate. However, as I mentioned earlier, currently you don't get to work at home until after you've been at the PTO for a couple of years. If they ever add a west coast branch, presumably you would be able to put your first couple of years in out there, instead of at the main headquarters in Virginia.

The nice thing about our "telework" program is that ultimately patent examiners will be able to live anywhere in the country and do their job. At present they still want us to come in to the office 1 hour each week, although that requirement is likely to change down the road.

Right now, I'm debating whether to move to Ohio or North Carolina. Anybody have any suggestions as to which state is better? Whistling [:-^]

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, January 18, 2008 11:13 AM

Morning all. Refreshing the pot. Back from eye surgeon check-in - still seeing, though not as well - thinks I need new glasses. I'll take that over other things it could be. Getting a mite cold, as Jon noted - supposed to be 20 below tonight and into weekend. At least I am working from home today - now that the eye stuff has worn off.

Colin, hang in there. Praying for your knee and PT.

Brent, I'll look for the call. And I get Schraders catalog too! Thanks.

Lots of other things going on, I see. May you all stay warm - even Southerners - and be well.

Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 18, 2008 10:15 AM

I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!

DougM, and those asking where Susan found the B&O EM-1 Print... it is from Schraders's Railroad Catalog: http://traincatalog.com/index.html

I didn't forget, just been looking for it since Susan couldn't remember! Banged Head [banghead]

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Posted by jonadel on Friday, January 18, 2008 9:57 AM
Last financial thought -- if anyone is working with a broker, do your homework thoroughly. Be sure and ask them what % they are going to get on your money the day you give it to them, I would doubt that you will get an honest answer. There are honest Certified Financial Planners out there, just move cautiously and thoroughly or you won't be buying any more trains and that would be sad (:

We are really paying for having gentle winters for the last few years, it's horrible here right now with big winds and dropping temps, sorry Doug--it's going to be UGLY in the midwest for the next several days. Where's Al Gore?

Jon

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Friday, January 18, 2008 9:55 AM

Late Morning all

On dayshift and busy.  Got this to send you

This Yankee from Massachusetts was hiking through the mountains
of northern Georgia when he came upon the tiniest cabin he had
ever seen in his life. Intrigued, he went up and knocked on the door.

"Anybody home?" he asked. 

Yep," came a kid's voice through the door. 
"Is your father there?" asked the tourist.

"Pa? Nope, he left afore Ma come in," said the kid. 

"Well, is your mother there?" persisted the tourist.

"Ma? Nope, she left just afore I got here," said the kid.
"But," protested the Yankee, "are you never together as a family?"

"Sure, but not here," said the kid thru the door.

"This is the outhouse!."

May God bless

Jim

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