RockIsland52 wrote: ChiefEagles wrote:Afternoon all. Grass mowed. Doug M called. That was good luck. 4 squirrels died in a row right after his call. Air rifle with .177 pellets working great today. One I hit a long ways off for an air rifle. Got walls to sand and re-paint. Off to Town Hall to give the squirrels a break. Shake and Bake, told you over and over, "Don't mess with Mother Nature or the Chief." You'll learn one day. Chief....there seems to be (have been) a disproportionate number of squirrels on your spread lately. Is it because they look at Chiefs' Chalet as nut Mecca? Or because of the squirrely atmosphere created by the "chief" proprietor? Or because they like to peek through the windows each evening to watch Rocky and Bullwinkle reruns while you are reclinerizing? Jack
ChiefEagles wrote:Afternoon all. Grass mowed. Doug M called. That was good luck. 4 squirrels died in a row right after his call. Air rifle with .177 pellets working great today. One I hit a long ways off for an air rifle. Got walls to sand and re-paint. Off to Town Hall to give the squirrels a break. Shake and Bake, told you over and over, "Don't mess with Mother Nature or the Chief." You'll learn one day.
Chief....there seems to be (have been) a disproportionate number of squirrels on your spread lately. Is it because they look at Chiefs' Chalet as nut Mecca? Or because of the squirrely atmosphere created by the "chief" proprietor? Or because they like to peek through the windows each evening to watch Rocky and Bullwinkle reruns while you are reclinerizing?
Jack
Yes, Jack, the BIG Southern Squirrel Hunter strikes again. He probably puts out feed for them and then shoots them. It's a good thing Buckeye..is meeting with several Senators from Ohio, to figure out how to keep Chiefie.from entering our GREAT STATE and find out if he has broken any " Endangered Species " laws by killing poor little squirrels. I try to picture how a " Turkey" would look shooting a squirrel.
Chuck
Hi All
Oh you guys are on a roll to day. Around here we call it "pop" if I go away I ask by name like Coke, pepsi,ect. takes the guessing out of it.
Ok the store had on sale, Lionel GP38,boxcar, and caboose, all UPS $129.00: Lionel Penn. RS11,w/smoke and horn ,cab #8620 $169.00. Got the grass cut and getting ready for a house full of people tomorrow. 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
Here we go..............Gas price update...........
Several gas stations in Cambridge, Ohio....have closed. BP and Shell have shut down because their gas pumps only go up to $3.99 a gallon and only $99.99 on the total. No word on how they will fix the problem.
I guess that means that the price will be over 4 bucks a gallon.
I think 'squirrel' is suthr'n for fish poachers. In which case it makes no never mind.
Gas @ $4.09 here this afternoon.
Kurt
Jason
B&O = Best & Only
kpolak wrote: Brutus wrote: I've got a line on a 70 mm tall diecast TARDIS for the layout, LOL! I think that would be about O gauge based on some pictures I've seen online. It looks to me like the thing is more than 8 feet tall including the little flasher on top. Oh well, pick up Nick and John? Can you send me that link? That sounds cool! John Baker said there's a Lionel show across the pond this weekend! Roadtrip! Or should the saying be 'Tar-dis!' The best thing about this is that we can always get a larger one before we gout this one! Saw some die cast 1:50 batmobiles at Toys R Us yesterday...comic book styles...Bride just doesn't understand.Kurt
Brutus wrote: I've got a line on a 70 mm tall diecast TARDIS for the layout, LOL! I think that would be about O gauge based on some pictures I've seen online. It looks to me like the thing is more than 8 feet tall including the little flasher on top. Oh well, pick up Nick and John?
I've got a line on a 70 mm tall diecast TARDIS for the layout, LOL! I think that would be about O gauge based on some pictures I've seen online. It looks to me like the thing is more than 8 feet tall including the little flasher on top. Oh well, pick up Nick and John?
Can you send me that link? That sounds cool! John Baker said there's a Lionel show across the pond this weekend! Roadtrip! Or should the saying be 'Tar-dis!' The best thing about this is that we can always get a larger one before we gout this one!
Saw some die cast 1:50 batmobiles at Toys R Us yesterday...comic book styles...Bride just doesn't understand.
Kurt - found it on ebay, search on "Die Cast Miniature TARDIS & Dalek 2-Pack" I think it's a little big at 70 mm tall, should be about 50 inches wide and 8.5 to 9 ft tall in real life according to various sites I searched last night...
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Doug, sure looks like a cool accessory!
Man Don, those pictures are incredible - glad nobody was hurt!!!
Laz, maybe pick up both Emma's Peel?
Dennis, that's a real shame about Mr. Chapman's children
Wife and kids took Amtrak to KC area today, waiting for call that they made it. Cost about $100 round trip compared to about $200 to drive due to gas. Working tomorrow - but that will pay for a new toy train! So, it's all good! Me and Chewy are full of brats and I even had a couple Sam Adams while watching Idiocracy - funny movie!
EDIT - Oh yeah, always was Bewitched by Liz! And how about that Jennie I used to Dream about?!
Brutus: Couldn't find on line...I sent you e-mail.
Ok...back to reality....Emma Peel; Diana Rigg 2006.
jmkk wrote: Chuck- Some of the smaller independant stations here had the same problem now they sell it $2.02 a half gallon.
Jason....I bet those stations at Bagley Road and I-71 don't have any problems raising their prices. I have always considered them to have the highest prices in the state.
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
Kurt, if I was 90, I bet I'd think she was smoking hot! LOL
Hey, I bought it on ebay from a store in England. it was about 15 pounds delivered. In American, that's like $30. Don't tell Mrs. F, okay? Tardis plus a dalek toy - diecast. Tardis is 70 mm tall, which is a little too big, but they are toys right?
Sounds like a bargain compared to what I sent you. Besides, we only talk sports...
I'm Thinking a gold one.
sir james I wrote:Ok we will all jump in the coffee mug and go back to get the 1960s Emma.
Tardis Coffee Mug!
Evening all. Back from driving the middle boy to his guitar-playing. I waited out in the car reading various O train mags until I ran out of light.I have dibs on that squirrel meat.Brutus, That Tardis is great! I found one that's a little bank - a bit smaller but the light on the top works. Kurt, never seen a gold one. Are we off to Blighty this evening - to see Mrs. Peel?Jack, it's not that Woodstock - still a tad rural but rapidly suburbanizing. You wouldn't recognize it. The hobby store, though charging full retail, is great!Dennis, thanks for the heads up on the Traction modeling book - they are rare! I will have to track that down. Very sad about the Chapman incident. As a dad of three adopted kids, including one 'driving-age' and a young'un the age of his daughter, I feel very sad for all of them.Roy, thanks for the reminder... Stooge-a-palooza is on this Sunday - must-see-TV!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Nerd! Hey - I loved Space 1999! How about UFO, the series that preceded it from Gerry Anderson? Of course, don't forget the puppet movies he made (and the great satire puppet movie from Parker and Stone that was a take off on those shows)! I have the complete Avengers Emma Peel Megaset, including all of the episodes that she appeared in. I've thought of adding the Tara King episodes as well. Red Green is hilarious, but my wife doesn't get it, much like Stooges (Doug is right!). Original Trek and Next Gen were great, the rest were just okay. Too bad, but I think Berman drove that show into the ground. I have high hopes for the new Trek movie though. I've heard Blakes 7 was good, but I never watched it (yet) - ditto Red Dwarf. Hitchhiker's Guide tv series and books were great though.
Got a call from my wife and they made it to in-laws' house. Amtrak from St. Louis to Lee Summit and car ride to somewhere near KC took about a total of 6 hours. Usual car trip is about 5.5 hours, so not bad. She said they were on a siding for a while waiting for the Amtrak train going the other way to get past them. Why isn't that double track from STL to KC? This seems like such an obvious move to me!
BRUTUS,
MIght have to rename this the TARDIS COFFEE POT? Sounds good! With sounds whenever you log on?
laz57
Ok here goes. Bird feeders full of black oil sunflower seeds. Now several feeder chewed up to get more seeds at the time. Also three pecan trees [no pecans until early fall. they start cutting them when in green hulls]. No one in town has killed any in years [except getting run over crossing streets which we see all the time]. You see them coming across the ground and through the trees from way down the block. Now that they are being shot, when I come out, they run for several houses down the street. Now we are being invaded by groundhogs. I've killed one. Now a visitor is eating off my cucumber plants' runners. Since the Town has grown so much in the past few years, shooting with rifle is restricted to on the ground and on your property. Actually shooting in town is illegal but police understand.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 50 degrees. Going up to 72 with sunshine all day.
Today is another busy day. I have to finish up the mowing, in the back yard and do all the trimming. Good day for it. Then, I have some yard work to do. Work in the garden. Put flowers in the planters. So, it will be an outside day.
Tomorrow is the Indianapolis 500 and the Nascar Pepsi 600.
Dining car has rolled in and is ready for breaalfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Good Morning -
Just checkin in, nothing new with Chris, he saw the Dr yesterday. Still reluctant to remove the tubes. Going to do another xray on Monday, then make a decision. I hope its favorable but have a feeling the surgery is imminent. I'm not worried about the surgery, but unfortunate for Chris his band of buddies are home for a 10 day leave, and of course they had made all kinds of plans. None of which included much "quiet" time. And, Monday is his birthday as well.
Me with this dang cold doesn't help, I'm avoiding Chris, but don't really feel much like working in the train room. And I had a lot planned to do today, havn't even been in there for 10 days, I'm sufferin withdrawals as well.
Got the new CTT, pictures are real good, so are the articles I've read. Need to go pull out the March issue, read they had an article on rewiring the 450 signal bridge. I have one needs work maybe that will answer some questions I had on it.
Probably spend some time with train videos today, right now don't feel like much else. Better days coming.
OH, the weather was relatively calm yesterday nothing like what was predicted.
Take care all !!
Don
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 61 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.
2 GM hub assemblies + labor = 2 MTH PREMIER diesels...
...felt like a hand on my shoulder yesterday noon...
...ouch...
Brutus - I was not in class that day...what is TARDIS?
HI GIZ,
Well went down BARRYs yesterday and picked up engine. Then went to visit principle for 2hrs., his kids were having a ball. Nice visit, got home at 730. Wife had chicken ready for the outdoor fireplace. She even started DA FIRE. Ate and had a few cold ones then went it ran trains for about 2 hrs, went to bed.
Today getting 8 tons o top soil for flower bed going to spread that. Then cut neighbor ladies grass, then go TROUT fishin.
Later have another fire with BRO. Dogs and burgers tonite, and OL MIL.
PENGIUNS start tonite hope they win?
BRUTUS, so DA TARDIS could be called DA WAY BACK MACHINE? It can go back in time and pick up EMMA PEEL, SCHWING!!!!! Great machine!!!!
B GOOD or B GONE,
GOOD MORNING
Bright sun this morning going to 70,78 Sun. & Mon.
Brutus hope your family misses those KC storms.
Wife is driving me crazy as we are having a family gathering here today. And of course I haven't done or suggested anything right, so I might just as well leave until everyone shows up. I'm sure all husbands know what I'm talking about. I like to keep up with the post so I'll be looking in till family arrives this PM. Stay Safe, S.J.
Oh fifedog I was at P&D yesterday and you got his last 48-86, so be gentle.
sir james - I had no idea how rare this set is. I shall immediately place them on ebay and start the bidding at $100.
Just kidding. They're in good hands. Hope to have them on the shell by next Sunday.
Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Get the Classic Toy Trains newsletter delivered to your inbox twice a month