GOOD EVENING
Rains coming they say, but not yet. It was 50ish today 46 now. My wife did some cleaning and I did my part by staying out of the way. Ran some trains listened to Les Paul & Mary Ford. Been awhile since I heard those songs, still sound good. It was in my CD player(holds 60) and it just came on. Played it Twice. Oh well for most of you thats old stuff. For me thats a memory.
Brutus and the gang leave your snow shoes at home and come on over. Better check on Kurk,I remember reading he didn't feel good. Otherwise TTFN,,,S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Evening All ---
Past two days have been a real roller coaster.
Yesterday started pretty good, however noticed my email account wasn't working. Typically get 150-200 a day mostly spam. Since the email server is the same location as our website, checked that out and downloaded a couple of orders, everything seemed OK. Then in the PM the email still wasn't back, briefly for awhile received about 20 msgs, but could ship none. Website seemed OK, but no additional orders, which was odd.
In pm went to Train club, got around to the Operations activity, and to date had received indication of interest from about 14-16 people, but only 3 people had previously responded with a prefferred time. So told everyone we would have 2 sessions next Tuesday, 1 in the afternoon, 1 in the evening. Described what I planned, and asked how many thought they would attend. Got an overwhelming response of about 8-10 people for each session. And you couldn't believe the enthusiasum! So I've got a lot of planning to do for that!!!
Today, go into office, email still down, now the website is down too. Took all Day but its finally back this evening. Really ironic how they always manage to get fixed at the end of the shift. Our server was located in SC, now it is located in WA. Frustrating day trying to work around that!
Good news is have a new email address, and now have a couple additional layers of redundacy.
Think I will go back and catch up on all the posts for the last couple of days.
Don
Evenin' Folks.
Kinda quiet tonite, at home as well as in the pot, coffee pot that is. Watched a program on the flowers blooming out in Death Valley, classified it as a 100 year bloom as a result of some decent rains this year. Absolutely gorgeous.
All tubs packed and in the truck for trip to the museum tomorrow morning. Man I love this truck, 4 doors makes it SO MUCH easier to load this up than the King cab was.
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Good morning all. Got a early case and then I get to go home to company. Hope everyone is doing well. My thumb hurts, but I hardly need it on this keyboard. Now, when it comes to actually operating...that is a different story. I think some meds are in order.
Chief, glad that engine runs well. You are amassing quite a fleet. Any word on any of the manufacturers going to make the NS #4610 that was painted in traditional "Southern" paint scheme? I would like to get one of those. It'd go well with that "Savannah and Atlanta" engine that Doug clued me into.
Well, Hope y'all have a great weekend.
God Bless,
dennis
TCA#09-63805
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Mornin' Fellas.Finally have the rest of the second level mocked up. Looks really nice. Have to replace 1 straight section with a switch for the coal siding, then pickup another switch and I'll be done with the second level. Eventually I need to get some more track for the point to point coal mine track, but that doesn't need to be done for a while.Fife - when at York I'll need to track down that guy who sells the auto-reverse system for the coal mine line.
jonadel wrote:Fife--WHY would you ruin good Bourbon with OJ? We need to talk.........
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a rainy 50 degrees. Going up to 60, with rain all day. Need some sunshine.
Today is a busy day. Wife got home about 8 pm, and was tired from driving. We have lot of chores to do around the house. Catch up. I don't think I will get any train time today. Maybe tomorrow.
Dining car is here and it's time for breakfast. Usual fare.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Good morning everyone, it is FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!! some how when you are not working friday does not have the same magic to it
Everyone have a good week end
It doesn't help that it's raining in Columbus either...buy hey, OSU is NIT champs in men's basketball! It's great to win something...anything...
HI GIZ,
Rain here this morning. NO GOLF yesterday still a little cold, only got to 49.
FIFE, sounds like we can dub you the name SIR MIX ALOT.
BRUTUS, I'm about a half bubble off.
BRENT hope back is better?
TGIF, EVERYONE.
B GOOD or B GONE,
laz57
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
GOOD MORNING ALL
Soapbox time: This mornings paper said farmers were planning to grow LESS corn than last year at a time when we need MORE.Why?. The only thing I can think of , is to drive the price even higher than it already is. Which in turn drives up the price of feed,livestock,chicken and eggs,and then of course ethenol. OK DONE
Cloudy and forty, we had rain overnite but no storm. The g/sons have 1/2 day of school so my wife will be gone from 12 to 4. I guess I can goof off just like when shes home. No news from the train store except some of the guys are going to York, guess I'll be helping out there while they are gone. Enjoy the weekend...S.J.
laz 57 wrote: BRENT hope back is better?
cnw1995 wrote:I am experimenting with some fixes for Thomas' and his pals awful 'horn/whistles'. Do you think I would break anything if I try to unscrew his shell from the frame?
Morning all. Wife was home. Getting ready to drive to Wilmington and take Youngest and Cart back. She will cook Cart's first birthday cake. I will ride with SIL and Second Wife [remember the lady who used my parking pass at airport for Christmas] . I will drive back with First Wife and Second Wife. That should get Fife going. Yes the HBO series Big Love. Also, the Tutors is back with a new series. First Wife and Second Wife are driving to Jacksonville FL the weekend of the 26th for wedding that Cart is going to be in. They did not ask me to go. I was going to go and visit Rich. I have to stay home and baby sit Burg.
Saw a powerpoint this AM. Had a good saying, "Be fishers of men, you catch them, he'll clean them."
Have a great day.
Morning all!
Big storms passed over early this morning - disrupting my beauty sleep - oh well, the beauty sleep wasn't working anyway...50's this morning and cloudy.
I have layout duty at the Thomas event this evening. It will be fun and I get to run a couple of my trains!
Also have the district Robotics competition all day tomorrow - and then back to Thomas for an all day staffing of the layout and then teardown. Long weekend ahead!
Doug - I heard those "coupons" are only good for a limited time? I poked around Target and Walmart last week and did not see any converters there. Where have you found them? I figure if they ain't in Walmart and Target - they ain't ready for prime time!
Regards, Roy
Good afternoon all.
I set a record this year for extending the 4' x 8' Christmas layout on plywood in the living room. Since I don't have a permanent one, I've always been fairly successful extending the Christmas spirit, so to speak. Easter was hosted elsewhere this year, so I actually got a reprieve past the previous record of St. Patrick's Day. Sadly, wife wants her room back, so yesterday I began the unpleasant task of dismantling and packing the train stuff away.
Brutus, great idea with the upc scanner to inventory the DVDs and their whereabouts. I did something similar in January to include VHS with an Excel spreadsheet when I decided chaos was expensive. When the smoke cleared, we then tried to recall where the MIA DVDs were that we knew we had at one time or another. Also, we found we had too many movies duplicated or worse: VHS taped, VHS purchased, formats....DVD 4:3, DVD 16:9, DVD both....recorded and purchased, digitally remastered. With the advent of HD and now the BlueRay victory, I wanted to start tracking movies by every iteration so wife would not want to go out and buy version #3 or 4, or worse. In short, the replication was horrendous and the MIAs were extensive. Daughter and SIL were sheepish when it was revealed they had half our (for granddaughter) Disney collection, among others. "What's this?" "Our movie collection." "Cool, what does red mean?" "DVD and VHS whereabouts" "What do these letters mean?" "Initials of the perpetrator, I mean borrower, not yet returned." Silence.
Laz, that gizmo you created for hanging upside down is no joke. Sorry John didn't know about this a month ago. Some minor bulging back disc and alignment issues can be alleviated in this way, though my doctor wanted to put me in the hospital in traction as a (hospital) revenue-generating alternative. Did you also build an upside down beer holder with plastic tubing and a tv/train remote holder as well? Enough Fife concoctions and the upside down picture won't matter.
Dennis, I feel your pain, dislocated thumb. Wife wanted to rearrange family room furniture. The third couch and love seat placement made me snap, dislocated 3 fingers, jamming hand while angrily reaching and not looking. The self-performed digit relocation was not pleasant but it did get wife and daughter to run screaming from the room.
Brent, "Go to your (train) room and clean it up!" Works for me. Your wife must love you very much to impose such strict discipline, knowing full well the consequences.....Brent obediently disappears for 6 hours. "Brent, that doesn't sound like a vacuum cleaner!"
Chief, that car ride you're taking with dangerous passengers.......watch some Godfather movies before you go, sit by door in back seat.
Fife, are you just reading or are you practicing with your Bar Manual? Practice makes perfect. Use wife as test subject.
Snow gone for good. Rain has taken over. Excuse for not cleaning up the yard and fertilizing gone.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
RockIsland52 wrote: Good afternoon all.I set a record this year for extending the 4' x 8' Christmas layout on plywood in the living room. Since I don't have a permanent one, I've always been fairly successful extending the Christmas spirit, so to speak. Easter was hosted elsewhere this year, so I actually got a reprieve past the previous record of St. Patrick's Day. Sadly, wife wants her room back, so yesterday I began the unpleasant task of dismantling and packing the train stuff away.
RockIsland52 wrote: Brutus, great idea with the upc scanner to inventory the DVDs and their whereabouts. I did something similar in January to include VHS with an Excel spreadsheet when I decided chaos was expensive. When the smoke cleared, we then tried to recall where the MIA DVDs were that we knew we had at one time or another. Also, we found we had too many movies duplicated or worse: VHS taped, VHS purchased, formats....DVD 4:3, DVD 16:9, DVD both....recorded and purchased. With the advent of HD and now the BlueRay victory, I wanted to start tracking movies by every iteration so wife would not want to go out and buy version #3 or 4. In short, the replication was horrendous and the MIAs were extensive. Daughter and SIL were sheepish when it was revealed they had half our (for granddaughter) Disney collection, among others. "What's this?" "Our movie collection." "Cool, what does red mean?" "DVD and VHS whereabouts" "What do these letters mean?" "Initials of the perpetrator, I mean borrower, not yet returned." Silence.
Brutus, great idea with the upc scanner to inventory the DVDs and their whereabouts. I did something similar in January to include VHS with an Excel spreadsheet when I decided chaos was expensive. When the smoke cleared, we then tried to recall where the MIA DVDs were that we knew we had at one time or another. Also, we found we had too many movies duplicated or worse: VHS taped, VHS purchased, formats....DVD 4:3, DVD 16:9, DVD both....recorded and purchased. With the advent of HD and now the BlueRay victory, I wanted to start tracking movies by every iteration so wife would not want to go out and buy version #3 or 4. In short, the replication was horrendous and the MIAs were extensive. Daughter and SIL were sheepish when it was revealed they had half our (for granddaughter) Disney collection, among others. "What's this?" "Our movie collection." "Cool, what does red mean?" "DVD and VHS whereabouts" "What do these letters mean?" "Initials of the perpetrator, I mean borrower, not yet returned." Silence.
RockIsland52 wrote: Laz, that gizmo you created for hanging upside down is no joke. Sorry John didn't know about this a month ago. Some minor bulging back disc and alignment issues can be alleviated in this way, though my doctor wanted to put me in the hospital in traction as a (hospital) revenue-generating alternative. Did you also build an upside down beer holder with plastic tubing and a tv/train remote holder as well? Enough Fife concoctions and the upside down picture won't matter.
RockIsland52 wrote: Dennis, I feel your pain, dislocated thumb. Wife wanted to rearrange family room furniture. The third couch and love seat placement made me snap, dislocated 3 fingers, jamming hand while angrily reaching and not looking. The self-performed relocation was not pleasant but it did get wife and daughter to run screaming from the room.
Dennis, I feel your pain, dislocated thumb. Wife wanted to rearrange family room furniture. The third couch and love seat placement made me snap, dislocated 3 fingers, jamming hand while angrily reaching and not looking. The self-performed relocation was not pleasant but it did get wife and daughter to run screaming from the room.
RockIsland52 wrote: Brent, "Go to your (train) room and clean it up!" Works for me. Your wife must love you very much to impose such strict discipline, knowing full well the consequences.....Brent obediently disappears for 6 hours. "Brent, that doesn't sound like a vacuum cleaner!"
RockIsland52 wrote: Fife, are you just reading or are you practicing with your Bar Manual? Practice makes perfect. Use wife as test subject.
Brent, what a lot of folks on this Forum may not fully realize is that there are so many viewers/posters like me who live vicariosly through those who have the good fortune and foresight to have a layout, space, or both.
Hence all of my repetitive (ad nauseam) thanks and kudos for all the pictures and info others have generously and enthusiastically given that will one day be employed in a layout of my own, albeit much more modest. And there is a great comfort to me in knowing that I don't have to know how to do everything when the nonjudgemental answer(s) is just a few keystrokes away.
And initially using the 50-60 year old iron that I have, and fixing versus purchasing. I've never built a layout, my father did, and ultimately most of my stuff has sat in storage for over 3 decades, with a select few pieces used at Christmas. And having read the Forum for the past couple of months I feel more comfortable that my stuff doesn't have to be rare or a C7++ for others to appreciate the simplicity, functionality, the timelessness, or the memories and pleasure, past and present, that any train can provide to me and my family.
That is why polite acceptance of different points of view (razzing perfectly acceptable, encouraging, and entertaining) on the Forum is important to me.
Got to go and try some of Fife's recipes.
Good afternoon guys,
Went to Miami to Ready To Roll Trains and got a few parts this morning for my H.O. trains. Looked like rain but I went anyway, never know if it will rain or not around here, only got a breif sprinkle near Ft. Lauderdale on I-95.
Asked about the update for the MTH DCS 3.1 to 4.0 and was told that unless you have the newest MTH trains there really is no need to update, the Coors Silver Bullet train is about the only one that really needs the 4.0 programming to do everything. The owner of MTH comes down there at least twice a year and these guys know more about the DCS system than any other hobby shop in my area.
A word of caution about using DCS or TMCC with smoking cabooses, make sure it says on the box that your caboose is DCS or TMCC compatible to use the smoke unit or you will burn a hole in the top of your caboose after many hours of use. Just want to pass this on.
Going to train show in the morning in Deerfield Beach, small suburb north of Ft. Lauderdale or south of West Palm Beach FL. Getting ready for train show, packing things up that I want to sell.
Monday going to Orlando for the night.
Lee F.
Good afternoon all,
It is cloudy and rainy in SE Indiana with temps in the 50s. The dental visit went well (no cavities!), but the eye doctor was eye-popping (so to speak) in terms of needing new lenses. Another hit to the train budget. I did get some housework done and watched my soap operas. The weather is supposed to be nice for the weekend so I may be washing cars and running trains. Right now I am currently on hold waiting to talk to Verizon about a feature on my phone. Customer service is obviously not their strong point. I had the regular fare on the dining car this morning albeit a little later than normal. Manning was eighth quick in the early practice for the IRL race. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
JACK as quarky as this sounds it seems to work for me. Maybe I got to see if you can drink a beer while hanging upside down? LOL.
Evenin' boys. Raining & 55 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Expecting that storm front to pass through sometime before morning. Just finished changing my car's oil and filters (grooming my boy to do this too). All set to tour central Maryland and part with some green tomorrow.
Chief - Just too much bull for one heffer....
dwiemer - MTH is producing an A-B-A set of the NS executive F's as part of their Dealer Appreciation Program...lofty price tag for Premier diesels. I'll wait for a RailKing version.
Rockisland - simply get something/anything started so that you can run your collection. I started with a simple circle of O-54 track around the tree. Perhaps a humble 4x6 just to get you rambling along...?
EVENING ALL
The wife and I meandered some this afternoon,stopped at a BBQ placed called Rib City,food was good but skimpy on the meat. Went to Circuit City and Best Buy but employees to busy standing at the store computers to help us so we went to a smaller store a little father away where people were willing to wait on us. It looked like they had more employees than the big stores.
I see it's Friday nite dead here but I put some fresh coffee on just in case. TTFN,,S.J.
Bump, ouch, slam, errr, stumble, ouch...
Who turned off the lights?<stub toe>What's this on the floor??? Must be Chief... losts of snoring...Oh... here it is...<flip light switch>That's better.
Good evening everyone been surf'n the net aimlessly.
packed up the Buckeye express set to clear some room on kitchen table
Doing one thing always leads to another and another. Finished painting the bathroom, and of course that made the walk in closet look real bad so it had to be painted too. First step was to take everything out of the closet, (amazing how much stuff accumulates) and put in other closets. That was a pain, because the other closets have their own "stuff." One good thing is there are a few bags of items that will go to Goodwill.
There are wood shelves in the center of one wall that had to be moved out so the wall behind the shelves could be painted. Since these are custom I had to pull up the carpet to be able to move them a few inches from the wall. Now we are looking at replacing the carpet. Found a remnant that should work at a local Lowes. The ceiling and walls are painted but the shelves still need to be done.
Karen decided to take the old truck to cardiac rehab earlier this week. Just a few minutes after she left, she was back. "The truck started making a noise, so I brought it back." Turns out it needs a new exhaust system, including catalytic converter. Repair bill is running about $600 at this point. When it rains, it pours.
Ran trains tonite. NO PILE UPs again. KUDOS for me. Ran them for about 1.5 hrs all good. Ran NPR Lionel Berkshire Big O scale and the NPR WEAVER Hudson with ephalant ears. Ran GREAT also looked cool side by side. Also on the tracks were the BA Lionel 0-8-0 switcher looking powerful and to round it out the CN SD40 running SMOOOOTH as ever. GREAT NITE at the YARD!!!!!
Hope all had a solid one?
Greg, that's too bad about the car man. God bless and hang in there.
No trains today - thought I better get on here and say howdy before all were snug in their beds (except the Californians!) again. Sir James, I left out some candy and chips the kids picked up at Wally World. Had to stop and buy a new compass for the boy for tomorrow - scout orienteering!
Went out to eat with family and picked up a couple books/magazines -- again, they didn't have that other magazine for me to check out for free. Maybe they aren't selling too well?
Jack & Brent - here is a link to the database program we downloaded. It automatically gathers all the data based just on the UPC, once you set it up.
Doug - how are you going to change the whistle once you open the trains?
Sounds like a great time to me Laz - if feet are still good Sunday, I'll get downstairs and clean off some cobwebs. Need to get out the new model kit I bought and start fitting it together, too! Trains! Bwahahahaha!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
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