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

[Anonymous]

Good news guys ,another 5-10 inches of snow on the way ,[banghead]I cant believe it .Tim glad your son is okay.the worst thing about the snow is my dog , he loves to eat it .let him out starts chomping away .let him in ,has to go back out becauseof the snow he ate . what can you do i guess have a good day all

[Roger Bielen]

The temp. isn't too bad here this morning, 40, but they're talking 40 mph wind gusts.

On my "day of rest" work agenda I'm going over the daughter-in-law's and try to adjust their TV antenna, hope the wind dies down, oh well the eave is only about 10' high. I think the biggest problem with the reception is 3 microwave towers within line of site, maybe a mile away. Could also explain my interferrence at times, though they're not visible from where I am.

Tim, glad all went well with your son.

[laz 57]

TGIF GIZ,
Got some OHIO today bout 2 inches.
TIM glad to here bout your son.
SCRATCH spring is only 9 days away.
Have a good one and lets be safe out there.
laz57

[csxt30]

Good morning everyone! Glad to hear the good report on Trever! Snow here too. Glad to be still on vacation. Thanks, John

[spankybird]

Good Morning All,

NE Ohio is white with fresh snow. What a surprise. Temp at 28 with 3 to 5 inches new and another 1 to 3 more coming today.

Tim – Great to hear about your son.

Sanman – welcome aboard.

Pick of the Day

Heading into the weekend
tom

[Jim Duda]

WARNING: If you can see white stuff on the ground when you look out your window(s), DO NOT open this link!!!

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/78759?lswe=78759&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared

[1688torpedo]

Hello Turbo Tim ! Glad to hear Trevor is doing much better.Welcome to the forum Sanman. Hey CSX 30 I've been out in and around Conneaut & Ashtabula all week! and I've been getting home around 9:30 at night.The roads around there need to be torn up and fixed as the Potholes are terrible.But, Thats Ohio winters for you[:)]...........Keith

[cnw1995]

Looks nice, Jim. Better than the teens here in Chicago. Snowed yesterday but less than an inch - more due tonight. Glad to hear about Trevor. My 2 year old is driving me crazy to see the 'trains, trains, trains...' all the time. Guess I trained him too well.

[jonadel]

Doug,

You may want to consider calling the DNR about your new resident, especially if it's a she as you will soon have more new residents. We live in the country and had a possum take up residence in a small shed IN an open garbage can, she then had a litter. We also had 105# German Shepherd and he stayed away from her, UGLY animal, through my persistence she and her family moved away permanently.

Jon

[wrmcclellan]

Well for all those in snow, snow, snow, here in TX we have sun, sun, sun! [8D] Here comes the sun - do do do do dum dum - here comes the sun - do do do do dum dum - It's all right! We'll try to send some your way!

Tim - great to hear all went well with Trevor! Not many things worse than putting your kid into a hospital. One of ours had the ear problem when younger and also got the tubes. It is important to do it as they have learned that early hearing impairment can lead to lots of learning problems later. Our daughter had a terrible time with sounding out words in elementary school. She may never spell correctly.

PETim - Welcome back!

Sanman [#welcome] http://www.thortrains.net/

Have great day all!
Roy

[csxt30]

[#welcome] Sanman!! Torpedo, you can bring a train over on lunch break!! I'll email ya! Now for you guys eperiencing those Plagues of terrible weather,( Mr. Duda & Mr. McClellan) maybe you could sell some train stuff & move up here to the better weather in Ohio!!! And get some relief[:)][:)] Thanks, John

[wrmcclellan]

John,

Well at least we would get a basement (more trains [^] more trains) - and I could see my relatives in Akron.

Regards,
Roy

[Jim Duda]

...and I would feel safer in OHIO than I do in Texuss from the marauding and pillaging Chiefster and his band of Rebel Ruffians!!!

[spankybird]

Roy - The next time you are in Akron, we will have to have an OTTS (Ohio Toy Train Summit). Let us know when.

John - csxt30 - are you going to Stewarts tomorrow? If so are you going to bring your new MTH engine?

[wrmcclellan]

Spanky,

Will do. I hope to get up there sometime late this summer.

Regards,
Roy

[TurboOne]

Good morning all, Trevor says thank you for all the well wishers. We are off to Legoland for my birthday today. We are going to see the new freedom tower in New Your part of Legoland. Should be awesome.

Buckeye, you are right on. Trains are cool, no matter what the size. But the 3 rail guys at the train museum are the most fun, and they love to play. Way Cool.

Take care all snowbirds.

Tim

[csxt30]

Tom, Yes, just have to be at airport by 2:30. If meeting at Stuarts, same time? Roy, Tom will refill the oil can!![:)]

[spankybird]

John - the morning will be good, just like last week. I have a family thing in the afternoon.

[Anonymous]

Good News on Trevor!!

Welcome SanMan!!

QUOTE: but much better than armadillo.

The good Lord made the armadillo so that folks could have possum on the half shell!!

[FJ and G]

Roy,

Are you up in the Panhandle area like near Amarillo. I love that area. Lots of wide open spaces, cattle and stuff and you can see storms coming from miles away. I went Santa Fe watching there back in 70s.

[Roger Bielen]

An interesting piece of data just struck my eye as I was clicking onto this topic, it gets approx. 10 look sees for every post.

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by wrmcclellan

Spanky,

Will do. I hope to get up there sometime late this summer.

Regards,
Roy

Roy, I was just in Akron yesterday for a meeting on the south side. Akron has become one the economic wonders of our time. Have you ever been to the hotel built in the grain silos near the Amtrak station?

[csxt30]

Buckeye, I heard that was the old Quaker Oats place & that they had a big HO display there. I never got to se it though, but heard it was nice. Thanks, John

[Buckeye Riveter]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxt30

Buckeye, I heard that was the old Quaker Oats place & that they had a big HO display there. I never got to se it though, but heard it was nice. Thanks, John

I've been there three times. There are several railroading displays but I have never seen an HO layout anywhere in the building. There are some G Scale trains on the shelf, but they were not operating.

Staying in one of the round silo rooms is very interesting to say the least. Your depth perception get confused.

Roy, do you know about Glen's Trains in Akron? Tom is a regular customer.

[GregM]

Many years ago there was a large O Gauge layout on the second floor of the building with the restaurant in it at Quaker Square. It may have been an express building at one time but I don't know that for sure. Later the O Gauge layout was replaced with an G layout. Last time I saw the G layout my daughter was maybe eighteen months old. Today she's 29. Karen (wife) said we have some pictures around here somewhere. It was either 1972 or 1973 when one of the Cleveland TV stations ran a program called "Gandy Dancer in O-Gauge" which I believe was about this layout and the man responsible for building it. Wonder if it would be possible to get the program on tape or dvd?

[Buckeye Riveter]

Greg, when I was about 10 year old, (44 years ago) we were visiting an uncle and aunt near the Portage Lakes and they took us to a model railroad exhibit in a building somewhere near Akron. It had a great circus tent on the layout. Do you know what ever happened to that layout?

BTW, after a long week on the road, it is good to be home tonight in Buckeye Land [:)]where it is snowing. [:(] Obviously, my sins are many to have the white death decend upon me again and I don't even live in Cleveland. [:0]

[GregM]

Karen and I both remember that the O Gauge layout at Quaker square had a large section devoted to circus displays. We visited the O gauge layout only once or twice and that was in the early 1970's. When we went back and they had converted to the G guage layout, pieces of the original layout were mounted to the walls on the first floor. Haven't been to Quaker Square in years so I don't know if any of either layout is still there. Next time we go to Glen's might just go see what is still at Quaker Square.

[spankybird]

The last time I was to Quaker Square was about 8 years ago. The O gauge layout was long gone. I meet one person who had part of it and was using it in his layout. There was an old passenger car next to the station what had part of a HO layout in it, but not complete and not open. There was also a restaurant there that had a lot of G scale trains on the wall and parts of dinning cars in the restaurant. I understand that is also gone.

[csxt30]

I know!! [:)] We'll maybe meet Greg & Roy there for lunch!!

[Anonymous]

Beautiful here and 55 today. Haven't seen Idasnow in months. Forgot what color it is , White???

Turbo Tim.. Glad your son is OK... Send me your address so I can ship these 2 large boxes I have here for you.

Had some moose grazing in the back yard this morning. I took some pics and will post them tonight.

Later...Tim