The pot of coffee is always on [even after 2 years have passed]. Come on in. Sweet ice tea too.

[ChiefEagles]

He poped in a couple of times after he moved but nothing in a long time. Didn't he say it would be a while before he could get his trains going again???? Sure miss him.[:(]

[dougdagrump]

Buckeye, For the price that Trainworld has them I couldn't resist any longer. About half the cost of a Hudson or a Berkshire, now I gotta find me a C&O caboose.
I won't comment on the weather, just to say I need to find my sunscreen. [swg]

[spankybird]

Good Morning All,

NE Ohio is cold at 18 deg with overnight snow of 1 to 3” in the area and 1 to 3” more today. Isn’t Spring coming soon [?]

Dave – good news on you TUI ! ! !

Laz – we will send some of the strong COLD wind south to the Chief.

CSXT30 – John, your pics look great.

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all be safe
tom

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dougdagrump

Buckeye, For the price that Trainworld has them I couldn't resist any longer. About half the cost of a Hudson or a Berkshire, now I gotta find me a C&O caboose.
I won't comment on the weather, just to say I need to find my sunscreen. [swg]

Doug, I have a set of four C&O passenger cars and a REA box car following my Mikado around the track the majority of the time.

What's sunscreen? Is that something you put in your window of your house to get more sun in the room?[:D][:D]

Everyone have a good day and to all of my Buckeye friends, keep warm it is almost spring where the temperature will be a balmy 35 degrees.

[csxt30]

Good morning everyone! Kind of cold here, 40 miles or so from Toms' house. Sure like this picture posting, thanks again, Tom. I'll try another one![8D]

[Anonymous]

Good morning everyone ,Like Tom said I thought spring was here .10 inches for me again ,snow drifts up 2-3 feet wind chill -10to20 below .No roofing for me today.I've had enough. ineed some warm weather

[laz 57]

MORNING GIZ,
Cold and still windy17 degrees. BRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
CHIEF ya never know with all that hot air you have down south and sending it up here nawth it just could happen[;)].
All have a good one and lets be safe out there.
laz57

[FJ and G]

Tom,

Yes, MTH was very nice, polite, and even tho out of warranty they repaired it for free. Too tired to open the box last night and post more pictures.

John (CSX),

Pretty exciting posting pictures, thanks to Tom's instructions.

Al,

Be careful roofing in -20 f temps; stick near the chimney where it's warmer.

Laz,

Don't get chief started; enough hot air coming out of NC for a heat wave

[csxt30]

[#wstupid] Dave, can't wait till you post a pic. of that TIU, cause I can't figure out what is!! [banghead]

[laz 57]

TOM and DAVE the CHIEF probably won't have time to plant his onion set till next week sometime with the big chill coming down.
JOHN cool view of your bridge.
SCRATCH spring is just 11 days away.
laz57

[csxt30]

Thanks, Laz! Scratch, I work outside too everyday, so glad to see your off today! Though I'm on vacation now, boy, same thing every winter, it drags on. Thanks, John

[cnw1995]

A balmy 19 degrees here - supposed to be below freezing the rest of the week - Jeez, glad I don't work outside. Just a reminder, I figure Trevor is going into surgery soon.

[1688torpedo]

Hello Turbo Tim ! Hope all is well with Trevor and he gets better soon.Hey Dave it pays to have a Beagle like BB around. Maybe MTH saw a picture of BB and Thought "Uh Oh! We Better get this TIU fixed or else BB the Beagle will be after us"[:)][;)][^] Have a nice day everyone.......................Keith

[Anonymous]

Went for a ride to the beach , thought I would share some pictures

[ChiefEagles]

Morning gang [late]. Got to dry out here before any planting. Seeds are coming up in greenhouse [now wife thinks we need to add on to it, been telling her that for three years]. Get two weeks off. Tired of airplanes. Get to drive to Hampton VA tomorrow. Prayers for Trevor. Jimbo, they moved the Grand Opening of Cablea's in Ft Worth to July 14. That is the same Grand Opening date for the one in Buda [Austin] so I will not get to worry you for a few days. [:(] They also canceled the Wheeling WV event so now Buckeye is safe for a while. [;)] Got lots to do today and need to run to "Miss Edna's" before leaving town. God bless all.

[laz 57]

SCRATCH nice white sand(wink).
Prayers for TREVOR.
laz57

[Anonymous]

wish it was white sand like the traps at my favorite golf course

[wrmcclellan]

Morning all!

Laz - if we fnd that boxcar - the goal is to do it in 8.5 years (1 case a day!). Obviously we want it to be a refrigerated boxcar with a good supply of fuel!

Sunny (finally) and 60's today.

John - nice work!

Have a great day all!
Roy

[ChiefEagles]

Wife is in for a good beating. [you believe that don't you????]. Came in Monday afternoon [gets home at 4:30 PM] and wanted to know why I had not cooked dinner for her. She knew I had Dr's apt and etc all day and I had just gotten in too. Sat and whined all evening as I also had Town Board. Call and get her voice mail today. Told her I had steaks and potatos and would have them ready when she got home. Broke my neck and rushed to be sure I got it ready. She calls at 5PM and says that she is still at the office. Told her I had left her a voice mail. "OH, I had not gotten it off the phone." %^*@~)($%^ is the exact words I said. "Well, if you are going to talk like that, I not coming home." ~^*()@# was my answer. She is on the way home in a hurry. Food will be cold when she finally gets here. WOMEN!!!!! [:(!] She whined all weekend by phone as I had been gone too many weekends in a row. She went to a Tupperwear party last night and I did not say a word. She will go to the mall all weekend if I am home. [banghead][banghead] Now I have two new John Deere cars [flat with trailer and one flat with two tractors and two NS beeps to get even [;)]]

[Anonymous]

Cheif: It's the same north of the border but as I have said before after twenty two years you mihgt as well stick with the devil you know. At least we can dissappear to our local hobby shop or take refuge in the basement or garage. Hope all goes well in Rolesville. Kind Regards Steve

[Roger Bielen]

Just finished adding two sets of switches into the grandaughters' carpet dogbone so that they can reverse direction of running and hopefully increase the play value. So far only three derailments.

Now if only Grandma believes this reasoning.[swg]

[ChiefEagles]

Redhawk, all is well in Roseyville. Forgive and forget. Roger, I'm not believing. [;)] Just keep up the good work for the Granddaughter. [:D]

[GregM]

Chief,

You are awfully busy for someone who is retired. [:D]

[FJ and G]

roger,

That's pretty cool.

BB the beagle couldn't find rabbits today so she tried for 2 hours digging them out of their burrows.

Man oh man is she persistent rabbit crazzy dog!

[ChiefEagles]

Yep. Stay busy. After this weekend, I have two off [which includes Easter]. Hope to get Christmas trees in pond, more work on pond spillway, grass carp in, fertilizer in pond, garden prepared, rows and beds done, yard cleaned, some little trees cut and all limbs and trees ground. OH, neighbor's yard swept for pine straw for wife's flowers and shrubs. Not much going on I guess. Somewhere, get started on train tables for layout. Use to do all of this and do a full day's work for the Gov't. Now I get to SLEEP later. [:D] Off to bed as got headache and cough. I do want to reflect back. Since Dan Rather is retiring as Anchor [but still reporting]. I reflect back and remember him most as a reporter on the front line in Viet Nam. Sometimes I did not agree with him and CBS on their reporting [they have always been anti-tobacco and anti-gun]. I do have to say he leaves with the words every man wants to hear. "You did a good job." Here, a little over a year ago, we started the "Coffee Pot". It has grown due to all of you. Some have gone other ways but as far as I know, we have not "lost" a single person due to going to the "promise land". We have laughed and teased each other, helped each other [trains and personal], hurt inside for each other, prayed for each other and become a "family" of our own. Thanks to this "Coffee Pot", I have great friends I would have never had the privilege of ever knowing. God has blessed me through travels, major surgery and everday life. I am glad to be able to share it with all of you, my friends. So as Dan Rather said in closing. "Courage" I agree and as I always say, "Good night and God bless all."

[cnw1995]

Greetings from the public computer at the local library where I am killing time reading the latest Model Railroader before picking up the moody daughter ($90 for dance shoes! What!) at her dance shoes. Got to admire how you handle it all, Chief. I came home tonight to find the kids running amok and the wife exhausted on the couch. I let her go take a long bath - while we ate, cleaned up and put the baby the bed. Now she's spiritely again and watching some chick flick while I run the family errands. Not that I don't enjoy doing it for her - too bad the hobby store just closed! Have a good night.

[FJ and G]

Chief,

Agree about Rather. Good going away.

My alltime favorite was Walter Cronkite. He shook my hand when I was a Marine.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Chief, you got me all choked up. [:I][:I]

Now when are you gone again so I can tell some more suthern jokes? [:D][:D]

BTW, the Coffee Pot was started on April 15, 2004 at 12:17:06, just seven days before I returned to work from surgery.

[Anonymous]

Good morning gentlemen of to work early today .Hope to do some roofing ,will see when I get there,High of 30 today ,it's like summer. Started my day yesterday shoveling snow ,had to jump start my Blazer Z ,then the my windsheild crack across the bottom do to the temp inside &outside . But I got do some work on some stuctures[:D] Have a good day [8D]

[spankybird]

Good Morning All,

NE Ohio is still cold, temp 16 deg with another couple of inches of snow over night. When is Spring [?]

If Chief doesn’t behave and treat his wife nice, we will have to send him some more cold weather.

Turbo-Tim – How is your son doing [?] Our payers are with him.

Hey Chief, Cleveland is having a big Outdoor & Camping show, are you going [?]




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All be safe
tom