Wes Whitmore wrote: Brent,We travel Wednesday, go to the show Thursday and possibily friday morning, and then back to Buckeye town by Friday evening. So far only thing planned is where we are staying, and breakfast Thursday before the show. I'm open to whatever everyone comes up with.Wes
Brent,
We travel Wednesday, go to the show Thursday and possibily friday morning, and then back to Buckeye town by Friday evening. So far only thing planned is where we are staying, and breakfast Thursday before the show. I'm open to whatever everyone comes up with.
Wes
WES...What are you doing?! I'm starting to tally up the amount of Chocolate Buckeyes we are going to need to bring to York and it is staggering! Fifedog will want two or three boxes and I owe a box to Susieq since 88 might show up. Luckily, I haven't heard that anybody from NC is showing up. He always needs a dozen boxes. Then he rolls them in grits. Yech!!!!
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Evenin Boys & Girls.
As of today "Hell Week" is finally over. The better half was hosting her Bunco Group last night so the honey-do list was quite extensive. All of them got done but the roughest was yesterday, started cooking at 4am and finished up just in time to have everything on the counter & ready to eat at 6pm. I swear, when I redo this kitchen #1 on the list is a double oven.
RT- Hang in there guy.
Roger- I'm gonna echo some of the other comments, Pictures Please.
Buckeye- Look on the brite side when it comes to the chocolate. Just think what a mess it would be if I came and had to bring California Avacado guacomole.
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No train news today, so just dropped in to say HOWDY. Brutus come on by, theres some banilla but I need to restock. Lots of A&W root beer though. TTFN....S.J.
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Buckeye Riveter wrote: Wes Whitmore wrote: Brent,We travel Wednesday, go to the show Thursday and possibily friday morning, and then back to Buckeye town by Friday evening. So far only thing planned is where we are staying, and breakfast Thursday before the show. I'm open to whatever everyone comes up with.WesWES...What are you doing?! I'm starting to tally up the amount of Chocolate Buckeyes we are going to need to bring to York and it is staggering! Fifedog will want two or three boxes and I owe a box to Susieq since 88 might show up. Luckily, I haven't heard that anybody from NC is showing up. He always needs a dozen boxes. Then he rolls them in grits. Yech!!!!
dougdagrump wrote: Buckeye- Look on the brite side when it comes to the chocolate. Just think what a mess it would be if I came and had to bring California Avacado guacomole.
Ewww guacomole... you can keep all that stuff over in CA... use it to fill the San Andreas Fault?
lionroar88 wrote: dougdagrump wrote: Buckeye- Look on the brite side when it comes to the chocolate. Just think what a mess it would be if I came and had to bring California Avacado guacomole. Ewww guacomole... you can keep all that stuff over in CA... use it to fill the San Andreas Fault?
When you have Mexican food you gotta have guacamole & sour cream. Do they have anything other then Taco Bell ?
Supposed to be flank steak, man! Sirloin is too dry.
70 degrees after the big storm last night. No tornados, but sirens were scary for kids. Jack, we have decided to postpone Disney another year so that we can "do it right" and not break the bank. We're finishing the basement and other stuff and do need to pay off some bills. Kurt, did you ever post any pics of the GG1?
I'm running late due to mowing the lawn after work tonight, so I'll just say good night and the Tardis will be along shortly, so turn on beacons. Sir James, I have some Pee-Can pie my wife bought me, so I'll share a little piece to make up for all that peach pie!
Woops - sorry, Roger - prayers for your back.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
cheapclassics wrote: I am in weather junkie heaven as I hooked up one of the digital TV converters last night (yes, I am still on antenna), and there are 24 hour weather stations available on digital. All weather, all the time.
I am in weather junkie heaven as I hooked up one of the digital TV converters last night (yes, I am still on antenna), and there are 24 hour weather stations available on digital. All weather, all the time.
Mike - I am with you on 24 hour weather radar. Here in N Texas it can be really handy!
Chief - having been fighting fire ants for many years - those granules do not kill them in a day - they just move to another area. I found running a stream of water to flood the mound does the same thing.
Brent - York - dinner - Starlite Diner just east of 30 & Carlisle Ave.
Doug & Jack - my kids never remember at 9 pm they have a test the next day - more like 11 pm...
Fifer - nothing like a toy train nut telling the real RRs how to park a train - did you show them where the fiber pin was in the outside rail?
DougdaG - looks like for some here guacamole is the other Grits!
Rained most of the day here - it's all good!
Have a great day tomorrow all!
Regards, Roy
Saw this on the idiot box tonite, passing it on.
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Makes me wish I could still fly.
lionroar88 wrote:Wes - let's try for something on Thursday. SusieQ said we couldn't be there till around 8 or so IF she tags along, so if no other significant others will be attending I think I'll leave her alone in the woods that night! She'll have to wait till Buckeye makes to MD again to meet Spanky.
Look forward to it. SusieQ is more than welcome to come. My wife will be home watching the kid and wrecking trains while I am gone...
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cool 49 degrees. Foggy. Sun is trying to break thru. Going up to 75 today with sunshine. Looks like a nice day.
Today is the day that I drive up to Cambridge to do the weekly shopping. Gas prices have stayed about $3.49. Food prices have continued to go up. But, coffee dropped 2 dollars a can. Hmmm.....
No time for trains today. This weekend will be train time.
Dining car has arrived and it's breakfast time. Later.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Hi GIZ,
52 here to get to 72. Going to run another 3 miler tonite after school. Then have the dreaded open house from 7-9. Yuk! Oh well.
Have a good one,
laz57
Wes Whitmore wrote: lionroar88 wrote:Wes - let's try for something on Thursday. SusieQ said we couldn't be there till around 8 or so IF she tags along, so if no other significant others will be attending I think I'll leave her alone in the woods that night! She'll have to wait till Buckeye makes to MD again to meet Spanky. Look forward to it. SusieQ is more than welcome to come. My wife will be home watching the kid and wrecking trains while I am gone...
Morning all!
York sounds like it's shaping up to be great fun!
Rock: I expect to do some work on these old girls. And you're right...I do find the work relaxing. This one just had me stumped. Something new every day. With each project I am always amazed at the engineering that went into these. Very simple solutions, and built solid.
RT:
Brutus: No photos posted yet...the GG-1 is in about a dozen pieces, including the e-unit in pieces. Made a parts list yesterday. Need to call today and order the parts. Looks like the lamp holders are supposed to be part of the sheet metal assembly, and not available seperate, so I'm leaning toward building LEDs. Starting over with the wiring. What would you like to see?
Time out with the kids today!
Kurt
Good morning all,
It is clear and cool in SE Indiana with temps near 70 today. "My" soccer girls got pounded again 3-0. There are times I wish my job was closer and I got off work earlier so I could coach the team. We are 0-5-1 and we should have won at least three games by now with the talent we have. I go to the practices and help where I can. I know the coaches work hard and the girls work hard, but the results are just not there. I ran the 318E last night for a half hour with NO pileups. I picked up sticks in the yard and the wife and I went for a walk. I did a little Second Life. Work was great yesterday and I got an e-mail from my Norwegian soccer friend, which is always a bright spot to my day. I switched back to the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast this morning. I did not have to drive today so I got some extra shuteye on the way to work. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Roger Bielen wrote:While in the dining car this morning I was watching "Good Morning America" and see that they will be starting a series that will be broadcast from Amtrak. I think it's title is "50 States in 50 Days", didn't know Amtrak did all 50, especially Alaska and Hawaii. From what I gather it has to do with the political campaign, or is it camPAIN.
Roger....If you live in Buckeyeland it is camPAIN. A DVR is a must for every citizen of Ohio so we don't need to watch every 15 second campaign ad.
Good Morning America will have a difficult time riding AMTRAK through South Dakota and of course Amtrak misses Columbus, the largest city in the Western Hemisphere without rail service.
88 - Does Susieq like yellow or red roses?
When you guys decide on Thursday night, please let Wes or I know the address of the place.
Chuck....Gas is at $ 3.69 in the big city due to the impending doom and gloom forcasted for the Texas coast. I'm telling ya, those rigs in the Gulf are designed for big storms. When was the last time you heard of one disappearing off the face of the earth due to a hurricane?
Big fund raiser today. It is sorta like the ones the Chief attends, but we wear shoes.
See ya,
GOOD MORNING,
Sunny and cool but going into the 70s. Going to do some shopping this morning.Finished CTT but no train plans at the moment. BRUTUS- I will eat your p-can pie but I prefer p-con pie. Thanks it was good.......S.J.
Good morning coffee pot
RT, are you still looking for a good diet plan? Weight loss improves overall health, heart problems, high blood presure and circulatory problems run in my family and was a factor in my decision to get serious about losing the excess pounds.
88 - We may meet at Tom's (Timonium) before heading Nawth. Not sure how he wants to go yet, since he will be toting choo-choos. I personally want to be there when the halls open at 9. Not "needing" anything either, but it's a long way 'til April... Fall colors should be nice along the Susguehanna by that time. May the sun shine. (fingers crossed)
Roy - Funny how we give no consideration to the cars,trucks,schoolbusses that wait perenially on our layouts...Plasticville people tend to be a pretty patient lot.
Another recent RR incident...never "trip" on PCP and walk "into the light"...it may be an oncoming DASH9-CW44!!!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
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Good morning,
A little overcast, still feeling some far reaching effects of hurricane Ike. According to the weather channel no other storms out in the Atlantic ocean or in the tropics right now.
Cut the grass while it was windy yesterday, did not have to get as sweaty as usual.
Got Historic Rails catalog the other day and may order some stuff from there. Also signed up for Dearfield Beach FL train show in October, no membership fees.
Waiting to see what holiday pay actually is in paycheck this friday.
Lee F.
Good Mornin', ya'll,
Nearly got wacked in my car twice yesterday. In the first incident, during rush hour crawl, a guy going the opposite way rear ended stopped traffic, and both vehicles wound up in my lane....margin of error, 3 feet. In the second, while I was coasting to a red light at 1 AM with scant traffic, a guy elected to borrow my lane versus slamming into the one and only car stopped for the light.....margin of error 3 feet. Sometimes I wish I was a state trooper or a police officer so I could dish out some justice to brain dead folks driving 3,500 pound weapons oblivious to the lives of others.
Re the guacamole discussion, those comparing avocados and guacamole to grits suffer from what we have here in MA.....a dearth of decent Mexican restaurants.
RT......does that link you provided yesterday suggest I should be drinking more beer or less?
Chief....how are the doggies getting along?
Read DougM ($4.09 IL) and Chuck's ($3.49 OH) comments about the gas prices. Lowest major brand prices here for 87 @ $3.50. Ever notice how the pricing between the grades of fuel fluctuate so radically? Price gap here between 87 and 89 runs about $.20 per gallon but only $.10 between 89 and a premium grade? What's with that?
Brent..... on Suzieq's good news.
DougDG....my first (tiny) house had a galley kitchen, but the wall mounted double ovens came in handy constantly. If I ever remodel my kitchen here, a double oven will be the first thing in. Second will be countertops made out of granite or similar material. They may cost 3-4 times as much, but they look new 20 years later or when selling if maintained properly. Granite is expensive here even though I live within 25 miles of the Granite State (NH).
Brutus.....good move with the Disney delay. My (former) budget has been blown out of the water this year due to an "excessive" number of family vacations. Disney in May. NH White Mountains last month. And we are planning on "driving" Chicago for Thanksgiving (5 people and 1,100 miles each way) in SIL's 7 passenger Nissan Quest.
Roger....take care of that back. You've only got 1.
Chuck.....the coffee price wars have been in full swing here for about a month. Wonder what that is all about?
Roy.....we Nawtheners have been taught that everything in Texas is bigger. Does that apply to fire ants? You should never have buried those contractors in your back yard. You disrupted the fire ants' turf.
Laz....if you run your 3 miler after school today and don't shower before the ("yuk") open house, you might not be invited back in the future, getting you off the hook permanently. To be sure, eat a half jar of minced garlic before the event.
Kurt.....your GG-1 repairs and all of the Christmas layout discussion that has started up reminds me of the train repairs I never got to this year. Got to get moving on some minor engine repairs.
MikeC....it's tough keeping the soccer kids motivated when their W-L-T record doesn't match their potential. Are they leaving it all on the field, or are they playing not to lose? I learned that in a bad way in HS (losing), and later in a good way in college (winning) when my team came to realize that potential doesn't get it done.
CSXect....good advice for RT and the rest of us, and your progress shows it can be done!
Buckeye.....if you guys are showering Suzieq with chocolate and roses, where does that leave Brent? He'll come out of this looking like an unromantic insensitive slug even though he insists he is not.
DougM....re IL gas prices, yesterday I chatted with my FIL just South of you and he also can't figure out why prices are still so high in your neck of the woods. Il taxes? With the Mississippi so close to you, one would think transport directly from the refineries in the Gulf would be cheap.
Fife....how do you plan to keep in line all of the Yorkies from the POT during the big train event?
Today's prayers for all of you guys with kids .
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
RockIsland52 wrote: MikeC....it's tough keeping the soccer kids motivated when their W-L-T record doesn't match their potential. Are they leaving it all on the field, or are they playing not to lose? I learned that in a bad way in HS (losing), and later in a good way in college (winning) when my team came to realize that potential doesn't get it done. Jack
Jack,
I am not quite sure what it is. The passes are not sharp, they can't finish a shot, and they don't charge the net on a shot. The defense is fairly good but one or two lapses are killers when the offense does not generate any scores. 18 to 18 they can play with anybody, but in the "area" is where they get hurt. Thanks for the comments.
fifedog wrote:, and really let my hair down.
You wished..........
Afternoon All:
Beautiful late summer day here on the east end, and for that matter even more beautiful since it is AFTER Labor Day. My daily commute of 2 short ferry rides each way is also easier post Labor Day, it's interesting, we still have tons of tourists around, but they are a less annoying, and smarter bunch than what we have during the "peak" of the season. I say smarter, as it seems to throw people through a loop that they have to take a ferry to get to and through Shelter Island. There is no bridge people just deal with it!
That said, I had some train time yesterday, and finally gave my new-to-me Railking Chessie System A-A set some track time. Nice smooth runner and the battery did not have to be charged (yeah) ! Then I started to feel ambitious and planned to install and wire another new-to-me purchase, a K-Line (marx) double track signal bridge. With that plan in mind, I reached for my trusty Craftsman Power Drill, took the battery out of the charger, plugged it into the base, and yes, NO POWER. It seems that the charger died on the vine, and the drill can not be plugged in to operate. I hope that Sears sells replacement chargers, or this drill is destined for the landfill.
For now the search is one for a manual drill that I have somewhere.
Ken
wrmcclellan wrote: Brent - York - dinner - Starlite Diner just east of 30 & Carlisle Ave.
This is a "Must Do" per Karen if we ever get back to York.
Gas went from $3.49 to $3.79 overnight in my neck of the woods. Can you imagine if something actually does happen?
After Fifey posted his "######WMBO" comment, I wasn't surprised by the "Top Heavy" comment. Maybe Wifey should post a comment on Fifey's ..... um, nevermind. lol
RE: "######WMBO", You will have to look it up yourself, I'm not that brave to repost it.
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