fifedog wrote:Mornin' boys. Muggy & 73 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Just sent the eldest 3 off to the high school bus (albeit, had some mixed emotions with the boy headin'g off this AM)... Smallest princess is dressed in Little Mermaid outfit, a full hour early. Later this morning, headed off to car dealership...getting a head start on Father-Of-the-Year honors...
Feeling a bit busy? What a great way to keep going!
Oh anjdevil2--Its called the Sun I actually did a double take at your post since I love astonomy and thought you might be refering to the bright object in the SE night skies. Anyway..that one is Jupiter.
And you folks with all the kid stuff going on! Whew! I think I'm glad mine are all grown up.
Black Diamond... Hadn't mowed the lawn in 2 wks. Reebuilding racing bicycle for 19yr old son. Finally completed and lawn is mowed. Yes church is good and I came home and grilled burgers. Well, I added my own spices with wasabi ginger sauce.
Chief..With that pic of you and the lrg. mouth bass...Did you see the pic of the guy that caught the record channel cat with a barbie rod? See, we don't have to spend alot of money on expsnsive gear!
cooltech
Kids are in bed, 4 yr old is sick, she threw up a few hours ago so now were waiting for the other two to catch up.....Thank goodness for carpet cleaners!!
Just sittin here watchin Eastwood in Fist Full of Dollars, one of my all time favs....Aim for the heart Indio..... well you know the rest..
Its nice and mild here in Indiana.
Sat threw a crap load of meetings today, can't get anything done when your sitting in meetings!!!! I didn't even have time to make out my preorder for the Lionel Vol II stuff.
Can't wait for fall though...
Dennis, if you like that one, check out Yojimbo with Toshiro Mifune (the original version). OK - TARDIS is warmed up and good to go!
Please everyone say a prayer for my Uncle who is going through a rough patch health-wise. Thanks.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Jim, Never seen the original! I'll keep an eye out for it.
Prayer for your uncle , done.
Now they have the good the bad and the ugly on.
Hey did they ever brodcast the gold medal basketball game during the daylight hours?
RAN TRAINS!!!!! Was great night. No accidents and Legacy did NOT loose communications with base [NO RED LIGHT]. Used switcher to move the grain train back into its siding at the grain elevator. Then built the piggyback/maxi-stack train. Pulled it out of the siding and on to the main line. Stored switcher and backed 3 SD40 Highnoses back and away she went. Other train then had right away and around it went. Don Baker, used all Lionel smoke fluid in the Atlas SD40's and two Legacy SD40's. Works a lot better. Also loaded up the three SD80 and the Dash 9 which have not been smoking good with that other brand. Fired them up on siding and they immediately started smoking good. Other stuff goes on the shelf.
Good night. Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.
PS: we had a sprinkle with forecast of lots more to come.
BTW: Cool, my gear is a little more expensive.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Dbaker,
Can you or someone else explain to me what the "Tardis" is? I keep reading about it...but still havent figured out what it is... I even googled it...here is the current definition from Wikipedia...
"The TARDIS[1][2] (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space)[3] is a time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who"
Sounds like something they found in Roswell New Mexico...
The current series of Dr Who can be found on <bbc.co.uk/iplayer>, just log on and root around the site, it keeps up to a months programmes on stock for downloading. The download will self destruct after four weeks. Dr Who has been around for over thirty years, the early episodes were very crude but todays stories use modern high quality graphics with much improved scripts.
It started as a childrens hour programme and has now crossed into the main stream.
John Baker
HI GIZ,
54 and nice and cool. Ran last nite on old RR bed with dog and wife for a nice easy 3 miles. Felt great! Dog jumped in creek after run, I almost did too. Creek real low we need rain.
B good or b gone,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cool and sunny 54 degrees. Going up to 80 today with mostly sunshine.
Today is a busy day. We are going to shampoo the carpets. About a 2 hour job. Have one more wall to paint in the kitchen. But, not today, It is above the cabinets. Hard to get to. Maybe some train time later.
Dining car has arrived and is well stocked. Breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Good morning, off to work in a few.
Hope to get some plywood this evening to finish up the benchwork.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Mornin Peep's,
Cloudy dreary and light rain here alll last night. I am surprised the storm didnt work its way over to cheifs neck of the woods. But anyhow I took my CTT magazine to work last night and was thumbing through it and seen a add on page 4 (Sept Issue 2008). The great Train Expo is coming to Raleigh at the State Fair Grounds!! Sept.. 13th and 14th. Thats a Saturday and a Sunday. Im going to go check this out..never been to one. Cheif are you going? I called Customer service and I didnt know you could take the rest of your remaning credit and put it on a differnt subscription, so now its changed to CTT instead of MRR. Plus in that add if u suscribe to MRR or CT or CTT you get a free pass to the show..That also includes changing your existing subscription to I guess cause I'm getting a free pass into the show....
--Black Diamond-- One thing about a train, it doesnt matter where it's going, You just have to decide to get on... Woo Wooo.....
Well I talked to IRS again today, and they said as of the 20th of August all was done with mine asnd I can expect a check in 3 to 4 weeks ( my stimulas check that is ) so almost 4 months after what I should of received mine I'm getting mine which is fine as I can spend it then just as good as I could of back in june lol.
Chief hows it been going when you taking possion of the ;ake house.
We had some very violent storms last night here a couple of times it sounded like lightning hit right above the house.
Got a call this am at 8:30 ( they gave me a heart monitor yesterday to wear) and it waas to be back at 8:50 this am (they didn't tell me there was any real s[acific time to have it back just see you tomorrow morning)
got my appointment for my difibralator to be check (30 dec) that makes it over a year scince it was checked last.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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ChiefEagles wrote:Morning All. May go to Miss Edna's and take her some cantaloupes and exchange that bad ETD.
WHAT A GREAT TRAIN STORE!!! You take melons and you get trains. The question begs; do you get more with watermelon or cantalopes?
Ogauge...It is always nice in God's country along the Wabash in famed Hoosierland.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Got TMCC up and running again got another powermaster in today guess I'll be looking for a couple more down the road as I want to be able to run my conventional trains on my layout when I finally get it built right now just have a 2 1/2 ' by 5' ( aprox size) oval on the floor just so I can run some trains guess I need to put my 681 and PA passenger cars on it and check it out might even expand to 5' by 8' to get a feeling for it
RTrainCollector,
Dont feel like the Lone Ranger...I am still in the designing stages of building my layout....so little time..(not enough trains)! But good luck with your layout, I dont even have any set up so all the train stuff as far as running is put on hold...
Afternoon all!
OOooo...I've been bad......I have a 1947 GG1 a commin'....a bit of a fixer upper, but paid half of what I thought it would go for....2-zucchini, 3-turnips, and 2-melons....Jim Trumpie, been reading your plights of the GG1...Now how did they ever stamp those stripes on????? Anyone have a stripe stamp they're not using???
Watched World Class Trains....5-hours...of Big $$$$$ trains throughout the world. All 5-star everything...Eastern & Orient railroad, Flying Scottsman....a bit of a combination of trains, and site seeing tour. Nice to see the other countries.
Kurt
kpolak wrote:Afternoon all!Watched World Class Trains....5-hours...of Big $$$$$ trains throughout the world. All 5-star everything...Eastern & Orient railroad, Flying Scottsman....a bit of a combination of trains, and site seeing tour. Nice to see the other countries.Kurt
I recorded Great railway adventures a few years back from PBS cool trains from around the world especialy liked the trains in India and the railroad in Ireland was great as well.
CSXect wrote: I recorded Great railway adventures a few years back from PBS cool trains from around the world especialy liked the trains in India and the railroad in Ireland was great as well.
I couldn't remember the name of the train that ran thu India. Palace on wheels??? Beautiful architecture.
kpolak wrote: Afternoon all!OOooo...I've been bad......I have a 1947 GG1 a commin'....a bit of a fixer upper, but paid half of what I thought it would go for....2-zucchini, 3-turnips, and 2-melons....Jim Trumpie, been reading your plights of the GG1...Now how did they ever stamp those stripes on????? Anyone have a stripe stamp they're not using???Watched World Class Trains....5-hours...of Big $$$$$ trains throughout the world. All 5-star everything...Eastern & Orient railroad, Flying Scottsman....a bit of a combination of trains, and site seeing tour. Nice to see the other countries.Kurt
Kurt,
Len Carparelli wrote an excellent article for CTT in 2000, and he explained the striping process. The stripes were applied by an inked metal block that had the stripes raised above the surface. Reproduction stripe and lettering decals are available in adhesive or water slide varieties. While your working on cosmetics, replace the headlight lenses and buff the paint. The original lenses in mine were yellowed badly, and the new lenses make the GG1 look much better. I used a soft, clean rag to buff the paint, and it really brought the gloss back. You won't regret your purchase. I bought my 2332 for $268 plus $31 for parts. It was worth every penny. If you have any questions, I am more than happy to help any way I can.
Another beautiful day here, but what we need is rain. Probably show up for Friday nights HS football opener.
Spent most of the day on my doll house project. Experimenting with printing out some stone paper to wrap the chimneys, using Model Builder Software.
Tomorrow is TCA Museum day.
Got MR and Trains today, checked them both out, but did not read in detail.
Talking about fancy trains, I read somewhere that they are going to put Saddam Hussein personal train back in service as a passenger train.
Here is the short article:
Hello again, Just had to put post #2000 on the Coffee Pot.
The other coffee pot that some of us visit from time to time is down again for repair. Hope they soon get it up and running.
Good night.
GOOD EVENING
Sir james is here, head in hand, more meds trying to fight sinus infection meds making me feel light headed. Doc says last chance to beat this, if not off to specialist. Doc appointment was early morning so my friend and I went to Wild Bills for awhile but lucky for me no new items have arrived since my last visit. Nap and couch all afternoon. been up since five pm news though. I'm ready for the Tardis but no loop-d-loops tonite. Banilla ready come on by..S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Sir J - hope you feel better soon!
Hey, big congrats John on 2000 posts! How many stars is that?
I was just upstairs running my Lionel Dockside locomotive in convential mode before I rip out its guts and put in TAS TMCC and Whistle Controler. So just to see what it could do, I hooked it up to a mix of boxcars and tank cars, twelve(12) cars in all. It moved the consist very easily so then I started it up my 2 percent grade. Cranked up the power and it pulled it easily up the grade!! I was astonished!!! Lionel Dockside for a engine less than $100 seems to be a great buy. Maybe I'll change my mind after I run it two or three years.
I've got 4 docksiders all together - great little engines! TARDIS is ready and I see a couple beacons are on, so I'll wish you all a good night. God bless us all.
IT RAINED!!!!! Big time here. Most did not get what we got. Red on the radar right over Rosyville. Just finished watching a great movie and funny too. Dan In Real Life on Starz. Had several replies but slipped the old mind. Buckeye, had planned to install and Electric RR TMCC unit in a Plymouth switcher. Hope that works too. Had a busy day. Phone calls all morning and then getting office in new building arranged and pictures on the wall. Last minute errand to Lowes to get bird feed and etc. Now to bed.
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