dwiemer I just need to get that control panel out for the final touches and then I won't care if it rains all week...I'll be happy to play trains for awhile. Besides, I have so much scenery to get to. Dennis
I just need to get that control panel out for the final touches and then I won't care if it rains all week...I'll be happy to play trains for awhile. Besides, I have so much scenery to get to.
Dennis
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Crazy day here, but it should all straighten out. Rain total for this weekend was 5" and we are expecting another 6-8" between tonight and Thursday. Doesn't sound like a lot of fun to be had with all that rain...but it could be worse. The poor folks up in Fargo.
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Afternoon all!
Chief: Still praying for your Mom.
Nice typing to Brutus, Charlie, and SJ last night!
Was able to watch the F-1 race. Whatta finish! Mike C. make sure you watch the whole thing at once. 8ntruck I must have missed your post on the race, so I wasn't clued in.
Finishing up some projects, so I was away.
Kurt
Lionroar ... that's why I always go to home depot ... their plywood here never saw the outside .... always nice and flat . I noticed our lowes here leaves it outside for days before taking it inside .... of course if someone wants hills and valleys already formed ...
Laz and RRCharlie - thanks I think the dimensions are the same so I'll see if I can cut my own template.JimT - She mentioned something about buying a trash compactor a few days ago. I think it is all in good fun, but I don't want to push my luck.DonB - LOL! Problem is the trainroom is in the basement on the other side of the house! I would have to devise a way to get the trains up to the ceiling, into the adjoining room, then up into the first floor... would be cool as heck, but I think before I got one hole drilled I would be shacking it up in the shed. I'm hoping to stop at Lowes on my way home and get the plywood - problem is going to be finding a sheet that is flat... never undersood why their plywood looks like the rolling hills of Iowa!?
Good Morning
A brite sun today,50's. Feeling better but weak. Out to the bank and barber, done. Trains today? maybe. TTFN...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
Good morning,
Some of our vinyl windows that were installed about 30 years ago are in need of repair and the guy was just here to take a look at them. Yes, the company that installed them is still in business and the repair guy just told me that they can still get the parts and he thinks they have most of what he needs in stock, amazing in this day and age.
Chief, Looks like you have your hands full there. We have had a few similar problems so know what you are going through.
On the skunk subject, we had an interesting experience about 10 years ago. At that time we had a white German Shepard, we always let her out just before bedtime through a dog door. This time she came running back in the house after being sprayed by a skunk. Very interesting situation. We finally got her cleaned up but you could smell it on her breath for several months, she must have sniffed the wrong end of the skunk.
It's a beautiful day here today, Sunny and to go to 60.
Brent;
The Lionel Hobby Shop with three operating layouts is 16" x 11.5". Corners rounded ever so slightly. Same foot print as the Frod Dealership. This is the one Lionel put out several years ago. I assume the new one has the same footprint.
Mel Hazen; Jax, FL Ride Amtrak. It's the only way to fly!!!
Brent,
I thought about storing the collection, but I don't have anywhere else to put the stuff. My closet is packed, the livingroom floor is covered with PW Lionel right now, the gameroom is stuffed with MTH and Gilbert Flyer, and I have very little space in my room due to trains, train parts, and car parts. Tell Susan abot this, and she might not think that the situation with your table is as bad as it appears. Just don't tell her where I am located, because I'd rather not have any suprises waiting for me! I might put the trains on hold until summer due to all the stress college has created. I'd sell the Sunfire, but I don't think that anyone would pay as much as I have left to pay. I always get excited when I don't see the car in the spot where I thought I parked it. Unfortunately, that has only been due to me forgetting where I parked. Then again, I don't think anyone would be dumb enough to steal a GM car!
lionroar88 Mornin' Fellas.Received a package in the mail yesterday that adds a bit to the town! Took some pictures of the town mock-up on the dinning room table last night, doesn't look too bad.Does anyone have the Lionel Operating Train Store? The one with the 3 operating layouts inside? If so, could you draw a template and send it to me? I need to get an idea of how big it is so I know how much space to leave in town for it.Don - can't use the china base because the cabinet rests on top of it. Susan was complaining about the town again last night and I told her I really need to get a sheet of plywood so I can get it cut to size and then I can finish the mockup. Once that is done I can move the town to the basement. I was informed that the plywood MUST be purchased and the town removed from the dinning room PRIOR to my parents arrival on Friday... or else... I asked what the 'else' was and she said, 'You don't want to find out.' I guess the townsfolk have outstayed their welcome. Chief - prayers up for your mother again Sir James - Big Congrats on the 50 year wedding anniversary! I kept meaning to post this over the weekend and just remembered today... JimT - Don't sell the collection. Put it in storage. You will regret selling it in about 10 - 15 years! Sell the Sunfire Not much else going on... talk later.
Mornin' Fellas.Received a package in the mail yesterday that adds a bit to the town! Took some pictures of the town mock-up on the dinning room table last night, doesn't look too bad.Does anyone have the Lionel Operating Train Store? The one with the 3 operating layouts inside? If so, could you draw a template and send it to me? I need to get an idea of how big it is so I know how much space to leave in town for it.Don - can't use the china base because the cabinet rests on top of it. Susan was complaining about the town again last night and I told her I really need to get a sheet of plywood so I can get it cut to size and then I can finish the mockup. Once that is done I can move the town to the basement. I was informed that the plywood MUST be purchased and the town removed from the dinning room PRIOR to my parents arrival on Friday... or else... I asked what the 'else' was and she said, 'You don't want to find out.' I guess the townsfolk have outstayed their welcome. Chief - prayers up for your mother again
Sir James - Big Congrats on the 50 year wedding anniversary! I kept meaning to post this over the weekend and just remembered today... JimT - Don't sell the collection. Put it in storage. You will regret selling it in about 10 - 15 years! Sell the Sunfire Not much else going on... talk later.
BRENT,
I have the Operating Store. It totally cool. Crossbucks are flashing,lots o lites, three layouts running, 11 people in the store, trains on the wall.....
The footprint is 11.5 x 16. Very easy to hook up. I got mine from BARRY new in box for $250. He bought out a widow who's husband had a very large collection, most stuff was never out of the box. It is one of the nicest things Lionel came out with.
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a beautiful day. Sunny and going up to 70.
Today, I will spend some time outside. I have a few errands to run and the usual chores. I will be mowing grass pretty soon. Mower needs an oil change. Here comes summer.
I have been thinking about making some changes to my layout. I will take out the blue bridge and modify it to hinge. Need to figure out the wiring. I want to glue the track to it, instead of screwing it down. I will take my time.
Dining car was here and we had the usual for breakfast. Cheerios.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Good morning !
Just noticed, Patrick has a face ! Nice picture and avatar.
Wife feeling better, her, son, mil, fil, are all going to the Morengo Reservation today. (18 yr old gambling permitted, got to train them young.)
Going to have to get to work, Ugh, have a great day!
Work on the program, defined one routing, wrote a script and doing a time analysis, to see about the timing for multiple routings, will keep posted. (boring !!!!)
Jon, Chief's car is heading east, DO NOT OPEN IF IT IS RAINING OR WET OUTSIDE. IT COULD MAKE A MESS.
LATER !!!
EDIT:
Brent, Sounds like you did pretty good, now lets not push our luck here! The Strategy is your winning on the small field, so lets retreat now, let the dust settle, and the entire situation mellow out a little. (Especially now she will feel victorious.) Then, just before it is completly from memory you need to reassert territorial claim. To do this, move the table no more than 2 maybe 3 feet toward the adjoining room. This will create the necessary diversion of room space, and encroachment. And the table occupancy will not even be a concern, which is the primary objective. This second occupation will help create the sense of normallacy regarding the table, especially sense it had been previously dominated. Your doing great.
Don
Morning all. Sunny and warm below the M&D. Great day. Out to put lime on garden and more fertilizer on the lawn. Mowed th lawn yesterday. Really needed it. Might try disking garden later. Low end is a little wet. Would really love to get it dry enough to turn over with bottom plow.
Checked with caregiver and Mom is behaving today. Thanks for all the prayers there.
Have a great day.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Morning all, still having issues with the home computor. I have the info off the Router to hopefully figure things out with the company, but we shall see. It is almost as if the router doesn't exist on the system?
Morning all. Grey and a bit warmer. Looks like rain. Great time for the IOC to visit Chicago about the Olympics. Maybe I can sneak into their calvacade to get all that free stuff. Fixed a few lights on the layout. Can't believe I have yet to photograph the LNE visitor and it's almost time to send it on. Have to try that later tonight.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Laz ... they do allow souvenier stands outside near Camden Yards ... and food stands on carts ... but not for .50 ... LOL . I wish someone would ! They'd probably pass an ordinance to run them off . The yanks are going to be there April 6-9 but won't be able to make it . I've still got an invitation to Lionroars for legacy action to take care of first ... if the docs at the VA ever get my meds straightened out . Can't wait for that ... am very anxious to see them in action ... man I thought railsounds 4 and tmcc was about all there was to be had in effects ... can't imagine more but good ole lionel outdid themselves again ... ya gotta love em ...
RRCharlie ... an hour in the dentist's chair ! Man I'd of been sweating ball bearings . Plus some alcohol to settle my nerves afterward ... dang I hate those guys ... they hurt ya and don't care .
Spring break this week. Spent an hour in the dentist chair yesterday. Felt sort of punked out most of the day. Talked to Lionel Tech Support last week about the light assemblies in the GP-7's. They told me it was part of the cab assembly but they were removeable. Took the bull by the horns yesterday, got the assemblies out of the Pennsy 8512 and after many attempts finally seated in the NYC 5629. Was giving all a test run and everything slammed to a stop at the Bascule Bridge. Got things pulled back and the front hand rail on5629 was partially ripped off the side. The culprit? The loading chutes for the cattle car ramp. It is on the main line but obviously needs to go on a siding somewhere. Yardwork and laundry today. Supposed to get bunches of rain rest of the week but the weather has sure been nice of late.
Good morning all,
It is wet and mild in SE Indiana. Busy day at work. Got not one but two e-mails from my Norwegian soccer friend. Busy evening at home. Did weights and some light soccer practice at the YMCA (no left foot action!). Had a soccer meeting to go to. Have two games to ref Staturday. Trash night. Watched some "Dancing with the Stars". Did some Second Life. Will watch F-1 tape tonight. Chief, continued prayers for family. Dweimer, I concur about pro athletes, except for racers and soccer players. Beacon is lit for tonight. I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning All
8N all you need is a good file, not to coarse. the stationary blade is the one that does the cutting. Make sure it has a good square face. On the better ones you can adjust the reel and or the blade. They should be as close as possible without touching.
Chief, best of luck with your Mom. You're in my prayers. I can relate to this. My parents are 87 and 88 and not in the best health. Thankfully they live next door to me. It's easy to check up on them
I'm not into pro sports of any kind. they're all a bunch of over paid cry babies, Nascar included. I do have a tendancy to follow PENN STATE football and local high school basketball.
Prayers to all who need them.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
HI GYZ,
31 here to get to 61 today. Going to take dog for run on rails to trails today for a nice 4 miler after school.
JIM, I think PA. Fishing license with trout stamp is still 31 bucks. They were suppose to put it up this year but don't know if it passed the house?
JONADEL, I here your rant. GREED is the biggest disappointment with these so called atheletes. Gee they're just spoiled brats that can throw a little ball.
OL TIMER, it would be great to set up a dog stand outside the ball parks and sell em for 50cents, just to get thr reaction from the people.
Stay frosty,
Morning to all,
Have been really busy. Spent Saturday on a bus trip to NYC, saw a show, walked around, etc. Didn't get home until 1:00 AM. UP early Sunday to Northern Va for confirmation for niece then dinner didn't get home util after 9:00 PM. Last night came home from work had some crab soup and a sandwich for dinner and then promptly feel asleep in chair. Slept until 9:30 and then watch TV until 11:00 went to bed but I tossed and turned most of the night. Two late nights at work this week, tonight and Wednesday. Gets old after a while. Probably spend this weekend resting up from all of the late nights and running around last weekend.
Really want to get out to the train closet and clean up the layout a bit if it ever warms up. Been cold at night still.
Well, I have to get going, have a 7:30 meeting at school.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
8N "Anybody know how to sharpen an old fasion reel type mower?" You may want to head to Home Depot or Lowe's and get a Dremel Lawn Mower sharpening set. It just attaches to your Dremel. Has a grinding wheel and a plastic shroud that sets the angle for sharpening the blades. From there, it should be self explanitory. Just make sure you wear gloves to protect yourself from the already sharpened blades!
Regarding pro sports...I tired of them when they went on strike. Ever since, the only games I take my family to are the AA and AAA games in the area. The players are a lot more fun and are not all full of themselves. Have little regard for the majors. It is not like the days of old. At one time, I dated a girl who's father pitched for the Red Sox. He left to fight in a little talked about war in Korea. You'ld be hard pressed to find a sports star or actor give up what they have to fight for this country.....kind of what made the Pat Tillman saga such a tragedy.
Well, it's late, I am going home to join the family. God Bless,Dennis
Chief- Prayers for your Mom
RT- Thanks for checking on that 736 for me
Kurt, SJ & Brutus-Thanks for chat...
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
laz 57 Ole Timer That skunk story reminds me of the time my one bro-inlaw got sprayed by one . He became very unpopular for a couple days ... and NO tomato juice does'nt work very well . laz ... tell me about the hot dogs ... at camden yards they're lousey too ... and about 3 sips of beer in those cups . You'd think for the prices you'd get Nathan hot dogs ... huh uh ... all fatty and water soaked . OLE TIMER, your right on with that. Buddy of mine went to Yankee Stadium last June to see a game there because last year was the last one for the ol stadium. He's the one that told me 12 bucks, what a rip off. Wonder how much a dog and a beer will be in this new stadium in NY? laz57
Ole Timer That skunk story reminds me of the time my one bro-inlaw got sprayed by one . He became very unpopular for a couple days ... and NO tomato juice does'nt work very well . laz ... tell me about the hot dogs ... at camden yards they're lousey too ... and about 3 sips of beer in those cups . You'd think for the prices you'd get Nathan hot dogs ... huh uh ... all fatty and water soaked .
That skunk story reminds me of the time my one bro-inlaw got sprayed by one . He became very unpopular for a couple days ... and NO tomato juice does'nt work very well .
laz ... tell me about the hot dogs ... at camden yards they're lousey too ... and about 3 sips of beer in those cups . You'd think for the prices you'd get Nathan hot dogs ... huh uh ... all fatty and water soaked .
OLE TIMER, your right on with that. Buddy of mine went to Yankee Stadium last June to see a game there because last year was the last one for the ol stadium. He's the one that told me 12 bucks, what a rip off. Wonder how much a dog and a beer will be in this new stadium in NY?
Laz
Probably alot more than you or I want to pay ! They've darn near priced the regular guy with a couple kids right out of the ballpark . It's a shame ... they even had a special on tv about the prices of tickets - food - souveniers being ridiculous . They said in another couple years the regular guy won't be able to go with the kids to them . Especially now with the economy and job losses .
Good evening
A sun filled chilly day, or it might be age. 47 for the hi.
No breaking news at all for today, I did run one train as I wanted a car that I could not get at. Got Brutus,Charlie,and Kurt on a chat line right now. They are talking about the grain elevater Kurt fixed up for Charlie so I tippy toed away for a few minutes. But banilla is ready whenever they want to come by.
TTFN....S.J.
Chief - prayers again for your Mom.
8ntruck - What is "Hamlet"? The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Tardis is ready, see you guys soon!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Chief, glad you don't have to put your mom in a nursing home. Hope this arrangement continues to work out. I can't offer any advice on 92 year olds. Unfortunately my folks all checked out early. I suppose all you can do is be kind but firm. More prayers for both of you.
Ray
SPMan
Chief,
I hope things get better for you.
Laz,
I didn't realize that trout season was so close. Any idea how much the license is this year?
SJ,
Congratulations on the anniversary.
I've been busy tearing the layout down, but it is finally done. I don't know if I am going to rebuild at this point. I got my tax refund, and I am planning on all of it going into the Probe instead of a new layout. I've spent so much on trains, and I really can't see continuing at the present. Part of me wants to dump all of the collection and put the money into locating a first generation Probe. On a brighter note, after twelve years of searching, I have finally found Jet Moto and Twisted Metal 2 for the PC. I still have some bugs to work out though.
Thanks for all the prayers. Exactly what I thought of when the Dr. agreed with me. The "gang" has been praying. IT works. Been on the phone on Town business. Now to relax.
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