Doug is right about Vegas, it didn't take them long to figure out that Vegas is not a family orientated destination, they dropped that mind set several years ago. There are certainly times to avoid Vegas if possible: Super Bowl week, Adult Film star awards week and Spring break. We were there for a long weekend in December and had a great time even though it was the National Championship Rodeo Finals, YEE HAW, got real tired of country music blaring through the casino speakers.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Sir J, I understand from our event people that Vegas has officially rescinded its family-friendly atmosphere - didn't make enough money compared to from the adults - though in the past few quarters, they're suffering big-time from a lack of big-spenders. They'll welcome you back.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning. Nope virus. The tool took it out. Disked the garden and neighbors too. Wet but with this soil, you can disk it and dry it out. Nice breeze blowing but it is warm. Got to hit the road to County Commissioners as the biggest item is one of our ETJ request. County Planning does not recommend approval but County Atty ruled in my favor. Will be fun. Don't worry about grits. They are getting around. Have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
RT- don't worry, there is no way they can hide grits in anything thats edible..
"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
Good Morning,
Sunny but cold,30. We are all waiting for more hot air to blow this way from the S.E.
Love Vegas, use to go up to three times a year but the airport hassle and the fact they started wanting families to go there took most of the fun away. It was the one place you could go and not be bothered by kids. An adult place. Just turned down an invite to go. I like kids but that was not the place for them.
Not much going on today for me anyway, my wife has a date with the dentist to replace an old filling but tomorrow and thursday is my turn to see doctors. Enjoy your Monday where ever you are...S.J.
Good morning all:
Well, the plumber is on his way back out today. Last week he replaced the storage tank. Today he will pull the pump. Have low water pressure. Probably the pump, or hopefully only the sediment screen. Should have had him do it last week.
Ray - It is unfortunate that those anti-grit scrapple lovers don't know what parts of the hog go into scrapple. Grits are made from corn, period.
RT - I didn't realize what a sheltered life you have had. The next time you stop by we will fix you a special dish of grits. However, I will call it something else, like South Carolina Stew. You will be impressed.
RT - Thank you for the confidence in letting me drive the Tardis. I won't fly upside down, only do roll overs, but fast enough that no beer gets spilled.
The plumber is at the door. Talk to all later.
Patrick
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
Morning all. Grey, spitting rain, dark, typical Chicago Monday. Glad your hand is feeling better, Brent! Buckeye, I so agree about the Indiana high school basketball tourney - back in my South Bend days, it was great 'theatre' at a time of year when nothing else was happening - the ACC (gym) was packed for games (8,000+) - seems the same folk ruined the Illinois tourney too - 'classes' proliferate - our local high school has switched three times.Roy, I echo your Vegas experience - it's impossible to get to the airport. But I still enjoy strolling around seeing the weird hotel / casinos / people and you can't beat the weather (compared to Chicago) most of the year.Ran trains briefly last eve. The LNE car is getting a work-out.
Mike C....Like I said the Indiana High School Basketball people are idiots. They had the best high school tourney in the country and blew it. The gyms used to be full to the rafters.
I see the Chief has a virus, so I ran my Northen Tools Virus Scanner and of course I'm clean, but with the Roseyville Ruenation Virus on the loose you can't be too careful.
Busy week with morning meetings and night meetings.
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
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 32 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Still on night work, so I can keep workin' on the railroad during the day.
Ole Timer - If you tried to PM me it just didn't take. Go ahead here.
Lawson Farms - Congrats on the victory.
Roy - Did you spot ELVIS...? "Vivaaaaa Las Vegas..."
Good morning all,
It is partly cloudy and mild in SE Indiana with temps in the 60s. Welcome, 8ntruck, to the forum and the pot! You will find a great (if mildly eccentric) bunch of people here. Buckeye, the answer to your question is yes. Next weekend, not only is Indy having the Sweet 16 round of the NCAAs, but also the state finals. Guess which stories will dominate the headlines? (One hint: not the high school kids). Miss a day, miss a lot on the pot. Four pages since my last posting. Sunday took Lucas back to school. His girlfriend came with us. While I let them have some smooch time, I visited one of my daughters and the grandson. Got back in time to go to the YMCA, where I overdid with my toe. It hurts like thunder again :-( Did watch "Housewives". I had a little extra on the dining car this morning before sending to "Points West". Beacon is lit, but some one else will have to drive. IHEHAGD.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Rich,Sounds good. I mentioned this to the LTS guy and he said if you have a list to bring it in. There are some guys looking for stuff that is getting harder and harder to track down. Could maybe help you out, and who knows I may find a thing or a 100! ---Mornin' Fellas.Hand is feeling much better today, so more than likely no ligament damage. Must have been the hand slamming on the prybar to get the old base from the old mailbox off the post. At least I can type without pain today. Really need to go back and read all the posts from the last 5 days... just don't have the time. So hopefully everyone is in good health and still alive. I see The Don and The Chief are trying to launder CC and DC?
"Mornin'
Cloudy and RAIN/drizzle today about 70. OK, I'll take it. just dropped off the princess to school, she's off on Friday and then all next week. I guess I'll be able to sleep until 7 or so........
Brent - I'm working on the sheet with prices and such. The LGB stuff is a killer, need to get the going prices and I have a couple of "rare" items I need to redo. The MTH/Lionel stuff is priced, so I should be able to e-mail it to you today sometime. I think I'm going to part out the Western Maryland Fireball set only because I can't sell it as a set. But it does make shipping easier....!
My Devils lost the Bruins yesterday and it was a very poor showing....I wasn't pleased with the effort and with 10 games in the season.....
Made roast beef with mashed potatoes & corn with cresent rolls for dinner and everyone loved it. I think I got the roast beef times down now!!
Gotta run to pick up a car, so I'll catch up 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
HI GYZ,
24 and cold here, to get to 44? Ran trains last nite for 2 hrs NO PILE UPs! Also won a book on NYC Steam Power by ALVIN STAUFER. Looks like a great book. ALVIN is the guy I bought the Steam engine prints from. This is an autographed book of 223 pages. CHIEF, it even has pictures in it.
Stay Frosty,
laz57
ChiefEagles Ran a deep virus/trojan scan a few minutes ago [takes over an hour]. Something "poped" up and it was not popcorn. I had just been on YouTube. Makes me wonder. What really gets me is CA [Time Warners great virus and spyware] did not catch it.
Chief: We're running spybot, and I have heard good things about Viper (free trial).
Kurt
Chief, I applogize ! I didn't mean to creat so much concern with you about the credit and debit cards. When you mentioned on the phone you were going to send them all to me for safe keeping, I thought you were just kidding. I know they are good for buying trains and such. But I think you better hold on to them.
Thanks anyway ! Just keep'm in your pants and you should be OK.
Don
Headin to bed.Rich - do you have a list of the inventory? If so, could you email it to me?Rough weekend here. Spent yesterday and today doing some minor home repairs and I think I messed up some ligaments in my right hand/thumb... really hurting now. You guys will be impressed... I'm just about done with the Master Bathroom! Still haven't been in the trainroom... definitely getting down there at least twice this week! Gotta get this bridge done so I can get onto bigger and more complex scenery... LOL!
Evening all!
Back from all my travels. No bones broken skiing and Las Vegas lost out on me again. Not a single cent of ol' WR's money was wagered. You guys should have seen the lines for the NCAA tournament wagering windows. LV is a real pain to travel to anymore. The hotels are so large it is near impossible to walk anywhere and they have prevented street level pedestian access in a couple of areas on Paradise street - so you have to meander through these stupid elevated walkways and tunnels through buildings (and not well marked either). A real pain. To take a taxi anywhere is usually $10 min. Traffic is horrid. What used to be a 15 min trip from the airport in a taxi for $15 is now a 20-30 min wait in a taxi line followed by a 20-30 min cab ride for $40.
Hope all are well.
Regards, Roy
Kurt, notice I did not say all Yankees. Just two states of them. The guy in CA called Shake and Bake, he has always been a "goner". Ran a deep virus/trojan scan a few minutes ago [takes over an hour]. Something "poped" up and it was not popcorn. I had just been on YouTube. Makes me wonder. What really gets me is CA [Time Warners great virus and spyware] did not catch it. Off to bed.
Rich - Sounds like a tough day - you are really doing God's work helping out.
Doug Good to talk anyway, lol! Thanks for the advice on the mud, I walked away! I can sand it some more tomorrow night, lol! Unless it's another kid night with school or girlscouts or something.
Kurt - Kein Problem, but you have to drive, RT isn't legal to drive on those pain pills!
Okay, SJ said that supplies were running, low, so we better get moving - be by to get ya soon!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Well, I'm back...Spent the day doing e-bay/choochoo & Craigs List. Man there is a lot of stuff.
Wish it would all get sold, though. The Acelas didn't even get an offer, man I'm bumed. I thought for sure it'd been gone by now. Had to clean up the room and bring some of the customers stuff home in case they lock the doors Wed.
I'm trying to get that Wanderer running, but it's an MTH so the aggravation factor is a 12 on a 10 scale
OK almost time to hit the hay....I'm taking a time out in front of the telly, then to bed...been a looong day.
kpolakOne wants to roadtrip to see the Michigan train stations.
That sure sounds like fun.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
SJ: I know what you mean about the news. I listened to c-span on XM, hearings with the gov't appointed CEO of AIG.
RT: Is Chief taking your meds?
Chief: Maybe you better take a bag of popcorn, recline, and call Dennis in the am.
Brutus: Sorry I couldn't talk tonight. Beacon is on. I'll catch up in the Tardis.
Watching a bit if Bond. Good day at Church. Went for a walk, and talked to the neighbors. Everyone is finally out of hibernation. One wants to roadtrip to see the Michigan train stations. Ended up at Olive Garden (4-yo choice) for dinner.
LawsonFarmsRRObviously the grits dust is from sand paper not that Delicious hot breakfast food
Patrick, You obviously know a good thing when you see it. Don't know where these fellas got the idea that grits were'nt good to eat. They just need something on them like butter etc. Go great with fried eggs. I suppose these Ohizo and Pennsylvania guys eat something called scrapple. Now there is something that sounds like it might not be too healthy. I'll take the grits, they can have the scrapple.
Ray
SPMan
Good Evening everyone! Had a great day. Started at church...good service and then everyone went out to the sports park for a good 'ol Southern Picnic. Did some fishing with the kids and wife did the sandbox thing with them afterwards. Came home and played Wii for a little while, made home made Pizza and watched "Trains and Locomotives" episode on the 4-4-0- American. Time for bed.
Don, my father had a business dealing with towns on many occasions. Anyway, many of these towns changed to using credit cards for their method of payment. Not sure of the reasoning, but that was how they did it. He didn't like having the expense of the CC company/equipment, etc.
I get off call in the morning. My back hurts, but will wait till after tomorrow's cases to take anything good that will work. Hope everyone has a blessed week.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
You're always a help, Brutus - you told me to stop fooling around with grain 'o wheat bulbs and go get a real LED. So I walked down the block and did. . Listening to the World Baseball Classic and doing a few chores...before running trains. The WBC sounds like a home game for Japan - LOL
sir james - We watch the news to feel better about ourselves, you know,"At least I din't die in an avalanche today while snowmobiling...". Unless somehting big local happened (where I might have got on a coptercam shot), I check out BBC-America. I think the Brits are ready to revoke our Independence...
Shhhhh! Don't tell them about that german chocolate cake you made me, RT!
Well, it will take another coat of mud on 2 walls. I know I'm just too picky, but I want it to look right when it is done. Guess I'm a little like that Monk character on tv
Had a surprise call from Doug Murphy while helping unload groceries this afternoon - I don't think I was much help though, lol!
I hate to give the controlls to a rebal especially a farmer but maybe you better let patrick drive tonight as if I get behind the controlls we might be flying upsidedown as this medication I'm on might not make for a good trip for any of us. and I hate to have to clean up spilt beer tomorrow I can't stand the smell of stale beer.
By the way where is brutus?
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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You know, the more I am around folks from OH and PA on this forum, the more I realize that there is a big community of brain dead mentaly ill folks.
Good evening
Wow if we skip the quotes there are about four post. Still cool here, made it to the 50s. #2 son spent the afternoon as he could not see mom on her birthday. It's nice to see the kids now and then. He left I watched the news,why do old people watch the news anyway? No trains today.
Banilla is waiting but not much left of the cupcakes or lemon cake. RT it's up to you...S.J.
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