2008 [PART 2] and the Coffee Pot is still on and now 4 years old. Here we gather as friends with trains. Sweet ice tea too.

[John Bakeer]

Thx for the email Chief. Those guys can ignore me and they can ignore that jerk, but they better not ignore da Chief, lol! Thanks for standing up. Apparently I forgot my login over there or it went inactive. PS - anybody makes fun of the TARDIS will never get a bowl of banilla, that's for sure!

Brutus,

Message from Doctor Who-

'You are three payments behind on the Tardis'

[mitchelr]

Morning to All

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I am still here and kickin'.  Today is the first day back for teachers.  The building is mostly ready, but we still have some little piddly items to have to be finished.  Biggest is is with some metal bookshelves that are crumbling due to poor construction. Had to pull all out of service and trying to get vendor to deal with manufacturer.  Pain in the butt. Still lots of books that need to be and distributed tobookrooms.

Have a great day.

Mitch

[kpolak]

Morning!

Good day at the Fair Saturday!  Bride and I rode the Himalaya (sp?)  I rode it as a kid, round-de-round up and down.  At top speed the operator blew a train whistle.....Boy that was loud!

Ran trains with the Motor City group Saturday evening...nice to get out with the boys for a change.  Ran the 2025 for about 2-hours...just barely getting warm! 

Church published a need for tech people...looks like I'm in it again.  Sent e-mail to get started.  Bride approved.  Will be nice to get into the audio again.  I sure miss it.

Chief:  Great Job!  Glad she likes suprises!  You'll be paid back tenfold with the legacy stuff.

Colin:  Happy belated Birthday!

Brutus:  I thought we paid for the Tardis in Banilla!    We can aways go back and make up the payments!

Kurt

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cool and sunny 53 degrees. Going up to 84 today with sunshine.

Today is a busy day. I have errands to run. Then, the usual chores around the house. Maybe I'll get some relaxing time later.

I am working on a project to hinge the steel blue bridge this winter. I have to get some parts and work out the details. This will make it easier to get to the center of the layout, without ducking under.

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

Y'all have a great Monday.

Chuck

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys.  Mornin' English.  Mornin' Mayor McPotstirrer.  Mornin' principal mitchie (Hey, clean up that piddly when you leave..)  Humid and 66 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  It was another lounging then back-to-school-shopping kinda weekend.  Did fire up the Cats last night and did some night runnin' on the layout;and NO PILE UPS.

Still ain't done painting the outside of the house.  Wish I had 88's energy. 

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Up early for me.  Got to get soaker hose out of the squash and cantalope area.  Disk it down and sow my turnips.  The meetings.  First is country ham biscuits and coffee.  I do hope all have a great and safe week.  God bless.

Fifey, can depend on a chuckle from you each morning.  88 and work do not go in the same sentence.

[anjdevil2]

Greeting from Soggy and damp No.FL.  Rain today, expecting Aunt Fay Wednesday Night/Thursday morning

Rained off & on Saturday and Sunday.  Didn't do much this weekend, cleaned the train room and layout, layed down the new parking lot at the Diner, ran the 2026 also.  Runs good!  Bought some stuff for the car project, will tackle that later.  Have to work on one of the driver's cars, thank goodness I have a 3 sided garage to work in.

Princess was so excited to get to school today, she got us up at 4:45 this am.  didn't need to be there until 7.  That'll wear off by Sept 2..... Guaranteed!!!

Catch ya on the flip!

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

  57 here this mornin.  Nice run too, did a easy 4 miles, all is well.  Today got bug exterminator coming to spray house for spiders etc.  Got to take recyclables in and the clean out turtle tank.  Later pick beans and then go for bike ride.

  BRUTUS, NO FRUIT IN THE BEER.  MAN LAW!!!!

  All have a nice day.

laz57

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Morning from beautiful Southern Ohio,

Sunny and 60, this has been my kind of August!

I am off today and bride wants to paint bedroom.  I have put this off for almost two years but I have ran out of excuses. 

All have a great day and may God bless

Jim

[sir james I]

GOOD  MORNING ALL

Phish-looks like your luck has run out, might as well face the music,sorry. We have another beautiful summer day so I guess the grass will get a haircut. I need one too but I also need help holding the mower over my head. Kids DON"T try that..Chief, good job last nite, you made us all proud. My wife got an unexpected day off but we can't go anywhere for the day as I have the cable guy coming..Phone and internet disconnect without any reason known to me. no bad weather. Maybe loose connection. So grass it will be, and some kind of train stuff here at home...S.J.

[cnw1995]

Morning all. Beautiful day here again. I am in the office for the first time since Tues. so much catching up to do. 

Sir James, I am impressed your grass is still growing. Mine looks like straw. And the dirt is now as hard as concrete. The youngest and I tried unsuccessfully to plant some watermelon and cucumber seeds he had saved (his idea).

Hope I don't have to replace the roof anytime soon - like anytime during the next ten years when the kids start going to college. LOL.

Brutus, I don't mind the taste of Michelob Ultra. It has a definitely strong taste. I second Laz' Man Law.  Why are we behind in payments on the Tardis? Maybe the bill is still going to the Doctor and you know how he is. Let's see -- I have a dime, a piece of string, a washer, and half-a-stick of gum in my pocket. You can have the dime for this month's payment.

Mitch, good luck with the upcoming opening of the school. Our youngest meets his kindergarten teacher for a brief interview today- who knows what he'll say to her...

Kurt, I am always impressed with the audio boards at church. Too many dials and buttons. I'll stick with video - even with four cameras and a few other video imputs, it seems simpler.

Reading a book about the wreck of the airship Shenandoah in Nobles County, Ohio...

[kpolak]

Kurt, I am always impressed with the audio boards at church. Too many dials and buttons. I'll stick with video - even with four cameras and a few other video imputs, it seems simpler. 

Doug:  LOL!  I'm right at home with the audio...even with a 52 channel board, with 10 outs!  The video and lighting controls, especially lighting looks like greek!

[dbaker48]

Morning All!!  Been awhile since I last posted.  Been busy with either work, or train club Operating session.

Lots of activities and happenings recently on the forums.  IMO each forum has its own personality, and if you don't like it don't go there.  Personally I enjoy this one the most.

On the train side have had a lot of activity, received a upgrade board for the ZW (new version) to fix a Legacy related problem.   Going to wait a hile before installing to make sure there are no other problems or variables involved before I introduce more.  GOOD NEWS is I got my Lionel BB BACK on Friday!  Havn't taken it out of the box yet, maybe tonight.  Since I initially received it in January, it has spent between 3 and 4 months either at Lionel or in transit back and forth.  MAYBE its home for good.

The BAD news is my RK Big Boy decided to go down Thursday night.  It just decided to die.  Will not run in conventional or do anything!  I can hear a faint click when power is povided but that is it.  All the other DCS engines run fine, checked the battery, recharged, and even swapped, no affect.  Can't do a engine reset or nothing.  Think I will have to send it to Colorado.

An update on the tunnel at the club....  Ironic that since I opened the topic up a week ago, all of a sudden activity has been bumped up a couple of notches. Here are a couple of pictures.

The white paper is where the tunnel is going to be.  Currently there are two main line tracks in parallel that run inside.  The exposed side of the tunnel is going to be scenic with cliff facings.  The whole objective is to provide a base for a On30 track on the upper level.

On the far right side is the facing and bridge leading into the tunnel.  The 2 cars in front of the white paper and cars sitting on the top surface are standard size O scale cars.  (perspective)

All the framing from the water tower forward suddenly was completed within 3 days of my initial concern being voiced.  (The white board in the foreground with the rust stains, is a scenic view of the LA River Channel,  as viewed from across the room, really!)

Thought I would throw in a picture of the last Operating System.  The one on the LEFT is Chris (son), he had defined a switching problem that Chuck was trying to resolve.

So it will be interesting to see what happens regarding the tunnel.  I am taking a very passive role in its determination.  As some of you may remember the old adage, Lead, Follow or Get Out of The Way!  After voicing my concerns, I think I will adopt the latter.  (Have my own layout to be concerned about.)

So I need to make some adjustments for the Big Boy that I got back, and need to send the Little Boy in for some attention.

Off to work!!!  Hope everyone has a great Day !!!!

[Black Diamond]

 

          Good Morning to Everyone,

       I am new to this forum, I dont quite know everyone, but from reading the last few post one can kind of familiarize themselves with the current chit-chat....(you notice I didnt say gossip, that would not be good, a bunch of men gathering together to gossip over coffee uhmm...in Brutus's case "Fruit in his Beer" Sorry Brutus, I couldnt resist). But anyway...The Morning Report from Burlington, Nc is Sunny Skies, the Temp currently is 76 degrees. Giving the the grass its weekly trim, is done I did that Saturday. We also drug out the grill and grilled out last night for dinner thats always fun. Gonna have to do it again next Sunday, Johnsonville Brats and Bush Brothers Baked Beans Country Style, Corn on the Cob...(sorry got carried away)  As far as train stuff goes...I am still in the planning mode of my new and first layout...so as far as building it, its still on paper. I want to purchaes that RRTrack Designer software to play with it a little bit. I enjoy sitting outside or even going in the building, and thinking of how its going to look when its all done...thats a good motivator for me.

But anyhow I just wanted to jump in and say hello to everyone, also, I hope the coffee in the pot is not four years old. I drink Starbucks Breakfast Blend that is good but later in the day, I would rather have a Venti Mocha Frappuccino....

       All Aboard... Departing on Track #9 From Burlington, NC

                                          Destination : Infinity and Beyond..  (Toy Story)  

 

[John Bakeer]

Morning!

Good day at the Fair Saturday!  Bride and I rode the Himalaya (sp?)  I rode it as a kid, round-de-round up and down.  At top speed the operator blew a train whistle.....Boy that was loud!

Ran trains with the Motor City group Saturday evening...nice to get out with the boys for a change.  Ran the 2025 for about 2-hours...just barely getting warm! 

Church published a need for tech people...looks like I'm in it again.  Sent e-mail to get started.  Bride approved.  Will be nice to get into the audio again.  I sure miss it.

Chief:  Great Job!  Glad she likes suprises!  You'll be paid back tenfold with the legacy stuff.

Colin:  Happy belated Birthday!

Brutus:  I thought we paid for the Tardis in Banilla!    We can aways go back and make up the payments!

Kurt

We may accept late payments if only we new what banilla is, it sounds revolting!

[laz 57]

BLACK DIAMOND, 

  First off welcome to DA FORUM .

  Second us NARTHERNERS won't hold it against you that you are from NC.

  Have fun and good luck with your layout.

laz57

 

[kpolak]

We may accept late payments if only we new what banilla is, it sounds revolting!

'Banilla came from Sir James' grandson asking for Vanilla Ice Cream.

Kurt

[dbaker48]

First of ALL, Black Diamond WELCOME to the forum!!  Sounds like you fit right in!  The planning stage is fun, and the software is Really great!  I've spent a lot of time with it planning mine.  And still using it for modification purposes. 

Now there is ONLY one thing I'm confused on.......

  I would rather have a Venti Mocha Frappuccino....    

Now that is a whoody who and what????  And Your from the South ????

WAIT TILL THE CHIEF SEE'S THIS !!!  BUT THE REST OF US WILL PROTECT YOU...... I CAN SEND THE CHIEF SOME TOFU, I THINK THERE ARE EVEN FLAVORS AVAILABLE

Buttered Tofu and Red Gravy, BBQ Tofu and crackers and might even be some Spicy Varmit flavors

(Days of Sweet Ice Tea and Grits ------  Gone !!!!)

 

[fifedog]

Black Diamond - First off ---->.

                         Secondly - Venti Mocha Frapwhatever = Fruit in Beer.

[John Bakeer]

We may accept late payments if only we new what banilla is, it sounds revolting!

'Banilla came from Sir James' grandson asking for Vanilla Ice Cream.

Kurt

'Vaniila ice cream'! You're talking my language. There's a wonderful firm in Macclesfield about seven miles away called 'Granellis'. I'd kill for their banilla.

Charter a refrigerated ship Brutus, you'll make a bomb.

[Anonymous]

Had a few minutes to drop by and say Hi.  Now I know what Mitch/Roy/et al have been going through lately!

New job = more work. Then I get sidelined with a cold for 2 weeks! OUCH!

Fife - my energy... you'll be twice your size in two weeks!

Chief - depends on what type of work it is.

John Deere bit the dust AGAIN (second time in two months) so I had to PUSH mow 1.3 acres yesterday - yes while fighting a cold. I was NOT happy. Did get the master bedroom steam cleaned... boy did it need it. Think I'll have to put that on a more frequent 'To-Do-List'.

Doc put me on some new meds yesterday... result... I've been up since 9:30am yesterday and I STILL do not feel tired.

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Welcome Black Diamond

Bedroom paint job in progress.  Break time for lunch.  We have the wallpaper stripped.  Now time for patching and washing down the walls.  Now I know why I've been putting this off!

God bless

Jim

[CSXect]

  Black Diamond, I take it that you like Coal hauling and maybe steamers as well? If I had the room I would make a layout that would have a mine or two an locomotive servicing facility and a destination for loaded hoppers but I do not so I am building a loosely based lionel display layout.

[fifedog]

PHISH - in reference to your request, here are some photos of the LEMAX Silver Fox lounge...

And the LEMAX post office.

And a shot of the Baltimore Street "mock" up.

I told you guys I had Michael's doing something for me,and here it is...finally.

I gotta admit, I'm just as proud of them beauties to my right.  $5.49 from a RITE AID in Burlington, VT.   EATCHERHEARTOUT Phish ol' buddy.

[ed11670]

Well, I haven't been on here for a long time. I think I was spending too much time on that other forum, and since I am a Lionel collector and operator, and have had a subscription to CTT since the first issue, it's about time I get back. TCa77-11670 Ed

[anjdevil2]

Black Diamond

Back, Ed

Geez, Fife, nice!!  And the buildings are nice, too!  I planning something yule (pun intended) like for Christmas!

I'll have to run over to Michaels later...it's anniversary eve, and so far, I'm empty handed...(so far...)

Time for a card and mmmmmm, CASH!!!!  Plus dinner tomorrow night at the Japanese Steak House....

(19 L-O-N-G Years, a date which will live in infamy...)

[kpolak]

...but later in the day, I would rather have a Venti Mocha Frappuccino.... 

This is a shot and a beer joint.  Coffee or sweet tea...Fru Fru drinks...just say no....

But glad to have you around!  Hey Brutus... pass the fruit to this fine Gent!

Kurt

[fifedog]

anjdevil - Happy Anniversary, Rich!  I've discovered that CITGO has the best selection in cards on the way home!  

[dougdagrump]

anjdevil - Happy Anniversary, Rich!  I've discovered that CITGO has the best selection in cards on the way home!  

What ! No Dollar General Stores in your area ?

But if you go we wil deny any complicity in your purchase.

Fife, Will those guys be flying south come winter or will we see them up to there necks in snow ?

[Brutus]

Fife   Cool framed article too!

Hi Brent, hope things even out soon and you beat this cold too!

Laz - Hey, it was FREE!  My cheapness overcame my guy-ness, I guess?  OH well, a regular beer quickly washed my mouth clean

BD and Ed!

North Pole Egg Nog vat car arrived - nice colors and a solid, good car for me!

PS - paid off the good Doctor with a bag of Jelly Babies