This is my 5,000 post on the CTT Forum, and looking back I've had the time of my life.
Yes, Chuck there is a place called "Roger's Corners, Ohio". Why do you ask?
The first OTTS meeting.
Famous in our own minds.
I learned everything I know from Buckeye.
Neat!
The most beautiful model train and it actually runs.
Tom, he knows how to shovel snow.
The Chief sells a battery charger to another gullible customer.
Remember when........
we told the rookies to oil their controllers?
Greg and his son visit Buckeye.
Don't laugh, it works!!
Chuck...one of our best forum members.
Berea Train Show Lunch Meeting
Tom visits Buckeye.
Wes visits Buckeye.
Laz and John agree, "A darn site better than those grits from the Chief."
York 2008 with Roy and 88
"You're so cute, Buckeye!"
Woof-woof. Mr. Fifedog and Wes. Yes, Wes did all of York on the crutches.
The Gang at York 2008.
Yes, I know how to run this thing, I have little ones at home that I run all the time.
The OTTS Great Eastern Ohio Train Store Tour of 2007
So simple even the Cat can run the trains.
A simple oval, a Marx Train, an adoring Grandpa.......This is where is started on the top of my Grandmother's freezer in a little town in western Indiana.
Thanks again, you guys. It has been great meeting so many wonderful people who love the world of Toy Trains.
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
Where is the picture of you and I standing in front of Rogers Corner and I am handing you a big bag of GRITS? All my in-laws are here. Great Niece came to see Santa in the park. Had public hearing at Town Hall from 4 to 7. Came home to all of that. Lucy going wild chasing the kid and Burg trying not to be left out. Now to clean up and get Burg and Lucy settled down. Cold and raining. Did take Great Niece upstairs and run trains. She 2 1/2 blew the Big Boy whistle and diesel horns.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Great post, Buckeye!
Well, just won a 1668E on ebay, but looks like the wrong tender. Got it for $51 and looks like it neads to be cleaned and lubed - said it runs forward and reverse but squeeks. Now I'll need some cars to go with it, of course....
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
I can do 4 or 5 more and have 9K. Now do I show my albums of visits with CTT folks. Forum would overload and be pages after pages long. Got them all stored in my aux harddrive. Great to look back on.
Good evening: Many thanks RT on your help for my GrandPa friend. He's found what he's after, and the gear should arrive in tim e for him to be running that train for Christmas.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Woo hoo! Congratulations, Buckeye - what a ride! Nice pick-up, Brutus. Can the Tardis find me in all this snow?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Great show Buckeye. You are better organized than I. It would take me forever to collect my pics together to do something like that.
Congraats to Buckeye, a lot of wind or just likes to type?:)
Charlie I hope you are feeling better, get well B 4 christmas
Brutus fresh banilla today so fire up the thingy. 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
Buckeye - You are the Grand Poo-bah of the Coffee Pot!
...all together We're not worthy We're not worthy...
dwiemer - Big CONGA on 3K.
dbaker - Mannn, we could have some awesome popsicle stick canoe races behind your joint.
kpolak - I'll check that out. thanks.
rt - I stared and stared into that cherry cheescake...
...and I still can't see a dolphin!
Charlie - I also hope you get better! Take the antibiotics until they all run out man. I had this and took two go-rounds with strong stuff to fix me up.
Guys, I've got some plans for brownies with cheesecake and cherries, topped with banilla. Had a few Old Mills with Laz and we will be over to get you guys and that cake in a minute or two! No problems with the snow, the Tardis has cable!
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Here's my new toy:
WOW 5000!! Congas Buckeye!!
Charlie - for your friend
Was up to 80 today nice day but work got in the way.
Harley is on it's way back, nobody can do anything, so they are sending it back to me on Thursday. Looks like a trade in before Bike Week.......
I'm looking forward to the next 2 weeks off. Work is been really difficult lately, but soon, some one else can worry 'bout it!
See ya later!
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Tom S, glad to hear from you. Don't shovel too much of that white stuff. Reclinerized too long. Lucy woke me up but Mom is still asleep on the couch. Good night. Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite. God bless all.
Congrats Buckeye on 5000 and Chief your next one is 9000 what a blabber mouth we all are here as I went over 3000 2 post ago (didn't even notice till this am lol. ) knew it was coming real soon but thought this blabber mouth had a couple more to go lol.
Morning all
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Morning all!
Buckeye: Congratulations on the 5k! Looks like your memory is still there too...Like John, I would never remember where I put all those photos.
Brutus: WooHoo! Great haul! I think that might be the right tender...It should have a hook on the back since it's pre-war.
Great Pre-School Christmas show last night! Yes, my daughter was one of the loudest, and did manage to untuck her shirt, and show her belly...I'm so proud. At least we could hear her.
Kurt
Glad everyone is enjoying some of the old photos. I don't think I do anything special to keep track of them. I try to date my folders using this system: 2008-12-17 Photo Group Name. Then all of my train related photos and folders are stored in a master folder named: TRAINS.
Tom.....just call off school today.
BIG CONGA, BUCKEYE!!!! U DA MAN!!! On your 5000th, wish you another 5000+!
HI GYZ,
32 and icy here today. We are on a 2hr. delay, yea for ME!!!!
BUCKEYE a nice cornacoppia of pics there. And YES those BUCKEYE candies are DA BEST. Better then the sneak attack DA CHIEF pulled on us, with dat SPACKLE PASTE. I still have nightmares.
STAY FROSTY,
laz57
Great Pics Buckeye!
Boy you can tell I haven't been around much when you have more post than I do!
I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com
Morning all. Wow, such milestones - 9K for the Chief! 3K for RT coming up. Just shows who has a lot to say. Cold here - not much snow after all - maybe 5 inches or so. Very fine - easy to blow. Off to take the youngest to school. A good day to be here rather than commuting to Chicago. Going to hunt around the house looking for something I could fashion for the 'bag' at the end of a water column.
Good Morning from snowy Southern Ohio,
Snow is melting and the roads are clearing. Last night the roads were terrible with black ice.
RT – you are quite the chef!
Buckeye – Congrats on the 5K, really neat pictures. It is nice to be able to put faces to the folks we chat with.
Jim – Good EBay buy. There are still bargains to be found.
Chief – Congrats on the 9K! (In 1 more post) WOW
Fife – No dolphins, it is a flamingo
May God bless
Jim
Buckeye: Time flies these days, that picture was taken quite a while ago. I have to do a lot of posting if I am ever going to get to 5000 posts.
All: Read that Microsoft is releasing a critical patch for the Intenet Explorer flaw that lets PC's be infected just by visiting compromised web sites.
Just saw that my previous post is number 499. That would make this my five hundredth post. Now if I only had something significant to post. Oh well, maybe by the time I get to number 1000. lol
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That was interesting, I edited my previous post and my post count went up. Wonder if it will happen again?
GOOD MORNING
I just finished shoveling the snow, about 3 inchs. Ran a train early this morning but just because there was something on the tender I wanted to check on. Yep its a newer one with two pins, ordered a BCR2. OK thats it, I'll see what today brings.
TTFN....S.J.
Morning all. Saved the 9K for the "Pot" posting this AM. Congrats to ALL who post here. Great family. Been snoozing and watching back "issues" of Extreme Trains [DVR'd]. Now to get going for some visits and a retirement reception out in the Triangle. Cloudy, warm and foggy. Have a good one and God bless. [Yanks, so glad you have to shovel that white stuff ]
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 36 degrees. Got some freezing rain this morning. Now, it is melting. No sunshine today.
Today is a busy day. This morning. Later, I'll relax and take a nap. Not much new here. Leg was nasty, but feels better now. Meds work good.
Buckeye.... Congratulations on 5K posts. Love your pictures.
Dining car was here and we had the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Sure have been a LOT of milestones in the past few days, GLAD I DID MY PAULTRY 2K, BEFORE ALL YOU OLD GUYS GOT YOURS IN. And, to think at one time I thought the higher your post count the more you knew...
Seriously, Buckeye that was really a terrific post, I would nominate that one for the "Post of the Year"
2nd wave of our week long storm blew in this morning, we have cold temps, rain, and WIND. There will probably be some damage today lot of the nasty stuff is headed toward the burnt area of Yorba Linda.
Did get the train around the tree last night. Actually 2 track, Polar Express, and a Santa hand-car on a small dedicated oval.
Got to get going, CONGRATS TO ALL !!!! (9,000 ? now thats a lotta smoke, definetly politician qualification!)
Don
A happy Wednesday Morining from a foggy and hazy Jax, FL
T-4 days and counting.....lift off to Joisey!!
Up to 80F today, very cloudy and a promise for sun later today...sure, whatever....
Looking for a little snow whence I return to the land of taxation without representation, but will be great to spend time with the family for Christmas. No trains last night, sans Extreme Trains. Seems the host is a little more toined down, but at least it's interesting.
RT - Congas on 3k (RT3K!)
Chief - Congas on the 9K
Stay well, I'm still fighting the crud...yuk!
Later!
Quackity Quack !
That's duck lingo for Mornin' All, it has been raining all night. Fortunately most of it has been moderate so shouldn't be any major issues, hopefully. Glad I don't need to drive this morning.
Been up for awhile, couldn't sleep, so I have been putting the finishing touches on the Christmas train for the friday run at the museum. Got most of it packed and ready to go, tomorrow will be really busy with the munchkin spending tomorrow afternoon and the nite with us. Will be taking him with us to the club's Christmas dinner, we'll see how that goes.
Wow 5,000, all those posts and not even retired yet. Kinda makes you wonder about some of those engineering projects.
Gotta go refill the coffee mug!
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Well Buckeye, I thought about closing the school today but the highway crews did a great job again getting the roads ready. Even with over a 100 inches of snow so far we still have not closed schools. I am amazed at how well the plows get things done around this area. We don't use delayed openings either since it messes families up more than closings.
We had our HS Christmas program last night. It was great and I got to read The Night Before Christmas while the band played different parts after every couple lines. It was a lot of fun.
Chief, congratulations on those 9000 posts! I think when someone gets to 10,000 that they should get a specially made train car.
Tom, he just has to send his red crushed-velour smoking jacket to Buckeye to get a star sewed on the sleeve. I think it's a stripe for every 1,000 and a star for every 5,000. School didn't close here either. It has to be an enormous storm for that to happen... may get one tomorrow night.
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