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

[ChiefEagles]

Coffee is hot and steaming this AM. About like the weather. Think it is now here [summer]. Hot with heavy dew. Getting ready to fly out to Yankeeland [packing a jacket]. Leaving Dr. John and Roger to fight off the Yanks. First meal will be at an Italian place in shopping center across from the hotel. They have real pizza [made by real Italians] and outstanding [hot] wings [second meal]. Then it is all down hill as Yankees do not know how to cook. Have a good one and God bless all.

[spankybird]

Good Morning all,

NE Ohio is cool and cloudy at 48 deg and a high of only 56 deg. They knew the Chief was coming.

I believe that Buckeye has a party planned as the Chief leaves town. Can’t wait to read it.

[b]Pick of the Day

Chief BBQ Cook Out



all be safe
tom

[spankybird]

Also note Chief swimming pool ! ! !

[laz 57]

Morning GIZ,
59 and breezy today, to get to 68.
CHIEF don't know if I will get to see you this weekend with funeral and wake but if I get a chance I will probably see you at the store on Saturday.
Golf tonight, maybe try and beat my brother for the fourth time?
All have a good one.
laz57

[Buckeye Riveter]

Why is it so cold here in Ohio today? Did the Chief start working on his benchwork?

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

[Dr. John]

Good morning everyone!

Got Big Blue back from the shop yesterday with a new radiator and new spark plug wires. She's running really sweet again! I'll drive her up to Nashville, TN on Monday for a golf tournament. Think I'll give her a wash and wax over the weekend.

Graduate recognition at church Sunday, so I have to wear a robe (Baptist preachers usually don't). The things are HOT! After Memorial Day we (the church staff) will ditch the coats and ties for the summer and do the "dress casual" look for the summer. With temperatures in the 90s and humidity levels at over 90% most of the time, it helps!

Have a great day, everyone!

[cnw1995]

Just a quick hello - it's freezing here - grey and windy - I shivered through a LL baseball game yesterday afternoo and it was 26 degrees with the wind chill. Oh well, summer will be here soon maybe. Can't wait to open or rather re-open my Santa Fe steam passenger set and the K-Line Pennsy battery-powered set on my birthday this Sat.

[Dr. John]

Wow, Doug, that's COLD for baseball! Happy Birthday on Saturday!

[wrmcclellan]

Hey Doug!

LL baseball - is that Lionel Lines baseball???[^]

Cloudy and very humid here.

Buckeye - LOL - I can only guess at what's coming next...[}:)]

Have a great day all!
Roy

[Anonymous]

Hey Guys,

As me and Ben are working on our Turbo smoke system, im starting to go into my "summer work(train)time" .

Im proud to announce that im working on my 4' by 8' benchwork to lay my plywood on. Looking for good deals as usual, Im in shop class so I got a discount on wood. Im building the bench work with 3/4 inch pine stock for only $14!! As an added bonus, Im assembling it right in the woodshop, with all the tools that I need.

The table will be set in a different corner, and I will be getting a dehumidifier also for the humid Wisconsin summers. I chose the 4x8 spacing so if we do go into the big gillet street house, I can use the bench work for building my dream 1957 catalog layout, or if we dont, Ill still have something!

I will take some pictures with my film camera of the progress.

[spankybird]

Good Morning from NE Ohio.

This morning is cool and cloudy at 42 and only going up to mid 50’s. Chief must be on the war path.

Jerry – I will bet that you will have your bench work done before Chief

Doug – Happy birthday a day early [bday]
Pick of the day


TGIF – time to leave for the weekend.

All be safe
tom

[cnw1995]

Thanks, Dr. John and Tom! "Lionel Lines" Baseball, Roy? LOL - I can just see the kid's uniforms colors in my mind's eye.

[wrmcclellan]

Hey Doug, let me also say [bday]

Packing today for a Scout campout up in Oklahoma this weekend near Broken Bow area. We leave at 6:30 and arrive about 10:30 pm, ugh, long trip for the boys.

Cloudy and some possibility of rain tonight. Hope it misses us!

Have a great weekend all!
Roy

[1688torpedo]

[bday] To Doug. Maybe you can get Lionel to sponser your sons team and provide real LL uniforms for his teamates to wear[8D]. Looks like Buckeye is planning something good for this weekend, We'll see[;)] He'll have to behave or else more cold weather maybe coming our way and I like the sunny skies and warmer temps better.Take care everyone....................Keith

[laz 57]

Mornin GIZ,
38 and cool today only to get to 70.
JERRY great job wish you were in my shop class. We could have made a train layout and house it in the display case outside my shop. Keep up the good work and let us know how things are going. I have some good students but none have the desire to run trains, wi***hey did cause I'd love to make a train display for the school.
Beat my brother in golf again shot a 44 on the front nine he shot a pitiful 51. So far me 4 brother 1.
Have agood one and TGIF everybody.
laz57

[laz 57]

DOUG, [bday][bday][bday].
Wish you a great one with gifts with flanged wheels.
laz57

[wrmcclellan]

Laz, I shot a 44 in golf once. Then we went to the second hole. I just couldn't get past that darn windmill. [:D]

[FJ and G]

Happy birthday, Doug!

----------------

[laz 57]

ROY
I m glad they don't have them windmills on the course would be murder.
laz57

[Roger Bielen]

Happy birthday Doug.

At noon its 84F with 58% humidity. The sun feels intense and hotter when standing out in it, though a few clouds are moving in, chance of thunder showers later. Turned on the AC unit in the train room last night and just turned it on in the house when I got home from work at 1, time to watch the electric bills start to climb.

[csxt30]

[bday] Doug ! Was gonna wait till tomorrow, maybe you can get your presents early!! [:D]

[Anonymous]

[bday] Happy birthday Doug!

[tschmidt]

I haven't posted much here lately but I thought I throw one in to try and pu***his towards 300 pages. We are looking forward to graduating our 4th child from college at Geneseo State U in western NY. After this only 1 left in undergrad school out there in Ohio land at Kent State. I'll be glad when next year at this time gets here.

Here in Southwest NY it turned out to be a nice day, temps in the 70's and sunshine. Have a great evening.

Tom

[spankybird]

This morning the temp started at 42 deg and was only going into the mid 50 and now its up to 83 deg and big T-Storms on the door steps. Well, it's better than snow.

[FJ and G]

Still cool in N. Va. In 50s where I live.

I've been here now 8 years (incl a previous residence here while in Marines) and this is by far the coldest late April and early May we've ever had. Usually, it's pushing summer weather by now.

Anyway, I love the weather as I have to do a lot of running around in the woods to keep up with the hound. She ran rabbits for 2 hours this evening, rousting up all the neighbors with her rabbit howls. One guy came over to complain.

BB rousted up a rabbit and the rabbit nearly ran into me. It's pretty wild when the hound is loose. Everyone knows it.

Well, hope to do some more layout work this weekend. Got all the track layed but having to add the wire in the center. Will take some soldering. Not in any rush.

Keeping entertained by all your posts.

[FJ and G]

BTW, my website I manage, www.army.mil, is offering a neat free game this weekend.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Live from Roger's Corners Ohio, It’s Saturday Morning!!!

Today is Doug's Birthday...Happy Birthday Doug!!!
I'm been listening to all of this talk about how great southern cooking is down in NC, so I decided to visit Rosyville's most famous restaurant, and guess who is doing the cooking!

The Chief's Famous Rosyville Roadkill Southern Cooking Cafe
Rosyville, NC

======== Welcome . . . to the adventure in dining, ========
======== delights that's as old as America's ========
======== love affair with the automobile!!! ========
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're pleased you could join us ...
and we're always especially appreciative
of your contributions to our menu, either
on your way here, or on your way home.
===========================================
Since there is a limit to how far we can go
to do our...uh "Shopping," you might
consider asking the manager about opening
your own franchise outlet.
===========================================

MENU - ROADKILL CAFE (You Kill It ... We Grill It!)
"Featuring Some Of North Carolina's Finest!"
_______________________________________________________________
( Eating food is more fun, when you know it was hit on the run. )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
APPETIZERS: ====== $ 2.95 ========

* The Chicken That Didn't Quite Cross the Road ..
( Tastes Twice as Great When
It's Slapped On Your Plate. )
It's Fresh from the Street. )
* Cool Koala Nuggets
( A tasty Treat! )
* Sunny Side Weasels
( An early sneak preview!)
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
ENTREES, A TASTE OF THE WILD SIDE:
(It's Gotta Be Tried While It's Still In It's Hide.)

Center Line Bovine ................ $6.95
"Tastes real good, straight from the hood"
Chunk Of Skunk .................... $3.95
"A real stinker of a meal!"
Road Toad Ala Mode ................ $5.65
"Croaked for the last Time!"
Outta Luck Duck ................... $7.95
"Served with Quackers of course.."
Swirl Of Squirrel ................. $5.55
"Chip n' Dale never looked so good!"
Beep Beep Sheep ................... $7.95
"You'll be Back for seconds!"
Narrow Sparrow .................... $2.55
"A light snack for those on the run!"
Rigor Mortis Tortise .............. $6.75
"Breaking the shell was never so fun!"
Goose Still a bit Loose ........... $4.55
Cow Le Pow ........................ $6.59
"For those who wonder, where's the Beef?"
Pig Fig ........................... $2.75
"Special for Dieters."
Lamb Bam Wham ..................... $4.69
"Hit on the Run."
Coarse Horse ...................... $5.70
"Rough but Ready!"
Crow in a Bowl .................... $3.60
"Tones your Bones!"
Pheasant under Car ................ $4.60
"Oiled to perfection!"
Ram n' Ham ........................ $5.80
"A Merge to Splurge!"
Side Swipe Pork ................... $6.20
"Sides to catter to all appetites!"

-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
LATE NIGHT DELIGHTS: Served fresh each night after dark.

Rack Of Racoon .................... $3.95
Smear Of Deer ..................... $4.95
"Served French Fried Right After Dark"
Awesome Possum .................... $1.95
Later Gator ....................... $4.80
"Midnight Snack Attack"
Rhine - o - Wine .................. $9.60
"Bubbly of a different sort."
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
CANINE CUISINE: You'll eat like a hog...when you taste our dog!

Slab Of Lab ....................... $3.95
Poodles 'N Noodles ................ $5.95
Snippet Of Whippet ................ $4.50
German Shepherd Pie ............... $3.95
Round Of Hound .................... $4.25
Bam Bam Pomeranian ................ $4.85
Great Dane on a Lane .............. $6.85
Cuts of Mutts ..................... $5.80
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
DESSERT ENTREE's: These take the cake.

- Chocolate Moose ........................... $ 3.90
"A special Variation of a French Dessert"
- Jell-O Worm ................................ $ 2.50
"Watch em' Jiggle and Wiggle."
- Bat-A Pastries ............................ $ 3.60
"Winging on a delight."
- Angel Dove Cake ........................... $ 4.60
"Heavenly delight."
- Gopher Puffs .............................. $ 3.80
"FUR-fectly delicious cream puffs."
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
MEET OUR CHEF: "Wheels" Chief Eaglets.
Bon Appetit!...
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-
Remember our Motto:
"When You Drive With Your Brights...
You'll Dine Better Tonight... "

Well another week is in the books.

Doug is older and wiser, we hope.

Tom has learned never to mess around with Big Jim’s kin folk.

The Chief is telling us that he has started his benchwork.

LAZ you were the winner of the go fishing with Buckeye contest. Please send me $1,000 so I can mail you your prize.

Pigseye Tim, did it really snow up your way this week?

Sack, re-read Spanky’s and Roy’s advice ten times. You better be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

Poor Dr. John, the Chief told him to make me behave today. Guess that didn’t work to well.

Doug, as always I’m jealous. Just once I wish I could run my trains on that Balboa Park layout.

I agree with Tom, Jerry will have his bench work done before the Chief.

Jamestown Tom, how are the fish biting at Lake Chautauqua?

BB, I think you need to run faster and farther so the Dave gets a better workout.

Jon, do you give retirement lessons? I think I need some.

Have a good weekend and oh, yea, Chief, where ever you are be good.

[Anonymous]

I was just thinking, I have to get this layout up and running (not done, a layout is never done) for the traveling boxcar.

[Kooljock1]

Good Morning Buckeye! Thanks for listening the other morning. I just wi***he computer feed sounded as good as the real thing! It's delayed, un-processed, the commercial breaks are all replaced with other stuff....

Between the announcer unions and out chief engineer I could scream.

So why do we stream audio? Because the boss who doesn't even own a computer thought it would be a good idea...

Jon [8D]

[spankybird]

Good Morning from NE Ohio

Big T-Storms last night. Had to pull the plug early. Today we have cloudy skies with temp at 60 and going into the 70’s and a possibility of more T-Storms.

[bday]Happy Birthday Dough[bday]

Buckeye – Now I am so hungry, I have to go out and hit some breakfast. [dinner]

Jerry – It is a must that you have your trains running on a table before Chief does. [(-D] We can help if you wish. [:-,]

Pick of the day


Heading into the weekend

All be safe
tom