Lucas is NOT a chip off the old block. He has secretly told me he will express ship GRITS to Roseyville. a little extra "green" helps out
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
ChiefEagles MORNING ALL. Raid in Yankeeland. Will certainly get spoils today. Mocking Bird singing out my window. It is saying that I will get LAZ in a trick before I leave. Well, getting ready for today's activities. Al, will be looking forward to meeting you and yours. John F., its been a while but hope to see you too. The finest gentleman of the North. Fifey, hurry up and come this way. Brent, don't bring Susie Q as I might win her over and she will run South with me [you know us sly old Southern Gentlemen]. I know I will find Roy. Been a long time since we shook hands too. Sure will be nice NOT to see Buckeye. Later
MORNING ALL. Raid in Yankeeland. Will certainly get spoils today. Mocking Bird singing out my window. It is saying that I will get LAZ in a trick before I leave. Well, getting ready for today's activities.
Al, will be looking forward to meeting you and yours.
John F., its been a while but hope to see you too. The finest gentleman of the North.
Fifey, hurry up and come this way.
Brent, don't bring Susie Q as I might win her over and she will run South with me [you know us sly old Southern Gentlemen].
I know I will find Roy. Been a long time since we shook hands too.
Sure will be nice NOT to see Buckeye.
Later
Mornin' boys. Mornin' Enlgish. Sunny & 48, but otherwise a gray day here in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Southern raiders slipped right by me. If they had turned east on the Beltway they would have been netted and deported. I guess I could've made a last ditch effort to get them outside of Hunt Valley, but runnin' CODE 3 for 30 minutes during rush-hour "might" have prompted some questions from communications.... Now, they're in YORK. Worst thing since Stewart back in '63...just plotting...scheming...
Buckeye - Be afraid... Be very afraid...
Laz - Better bring some butter and salt for your "medicine"...
njalb - "Cute" has my vote!
Good Morning All:
Chief - Good thinking taking the Southern Invisible Vehicle. It got you to York unmolested and will get you home as well. And some northerners think us southerners aren't clever.
Don't worry about the M&D border. I got it covered. Under cover of darkness I deployed the specially trained cow unit along the border. They can sniff out Yanks and turn them around. The South is safe until your return.
"Jon E, 154 mile in know where country is no where" means "Jon E, 154 mile in know where country is no where".
Mike C - When Lucas starts eating them grits you will see what a Southern Gentleman is all about.
To much time on my hands today - should be at York.
Patrick
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Brutus pps - where is 8ntruck today? I guess I missed it, I'm tired. PPPs - Thanks Ole Timer!
pps - where is 8ntruck today? I guess I missed it, I'm tired.
PPPs - Thanks Ole Timer!
there are many constritive obstructive lung problems all linked in a heading of COPD . Emphasema is only one of them . Your dad needs that pneumonia shot every year if he's contracted it this year ! i'm hopeing his doc has told him so . I'll edit that .... he should have it !
Good Morning
Sunny but cold, going to 60.
I am getting ready to leave for the train store. York would be fun but I have no trouble spending my money here. And no travel expenses. Enjoy you day...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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ChiefEagles MORNING ALL. Raid in Yankeeland. Will certainly get spoils today. Mocking Bird singing out my window. It is saying that I will get LAZ in a trick before I leave. Well, getting ready for today's activities.
KABOOM!!!!!! FEATHERS floating .
laz57
Morning guys, those Northerners and those that are temporary Northerners....
Up to 87 today, partly cloudy and breezy, my office door is open and it’s nice.
Miss Ellie the Enterprise Cat is napping now (as she usually does) after I came in and fed her. A can of wet, some dry and a couple of treats, half hour of playing and saying hello to the drivers and she’s tuckered out. Tough life being a cat...
Drove past a few more potential residences last night. The Princess has Dance Team tryouts and it ran late. Had soup & bread at Panera last night, checked in and off to bed. Not much else going on. Tomorrow at noon off to Universal Studios and the Magic Kingdom. Geez, I have to see if I can get in on the steam train tour.....
Devils against the Carolina Hurricane, we’ll see if we can’t downgrade them to a tropical storm tonight...
See ya inna bit....
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
lionroar88 This is going to be the longest day of the year so far! I so do not want to be in the office today - beautiful weather, Sun, 65, no rain... At least today is Friday!
Should we tell him it's only Thurday? Nah.
Morning all!
Sunny, but cold today! Shopping done. Need to get to yard work.
Kurt
kpolak lionroar88 This is going to be the longest day of the year so far! I so do not want to be in the office today - beautiful weather, Sun, 65, no rain... At least today is Friday! Should we tell him it's only Thurday? Nah. Morning all! Sunny, but cold today! Shopping done. Need to get to yard work. Kurt
I noticed that but figured he was refering that today was his friday as he took tomorrow off but then again you never know with those computor geeks
Wow just noticed I hit 3500 post with this post boy do I have a big mouth lol
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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rtraincollector kpolak lionroar88 This is going to be the longest day of the year so far! I so do not want to be in the office today - beautiful weather, Sun, 65, no rain... At least today is Friday! Should we tell him it's only Thurday? Nah. Morning all! Sunny, but cold today! Shopping done. Need to get to yard work. Kurt I noticed that but figured he was refering that today was his friday as he took tomorrow off but then again you never know with those computor geeks Wow just noticed I hit 3500 post with this post boy do I have a big mouth lol
Boy just what i needed was another person agreeing I have a big mouth even if he said the chief had a bigger one we knew that as hes a politian so no one has that big a mouth in here
Good Mornin', Ya'll, From Sunny Taxachussetts,
FINALLY sunny but cool 50s for today, 70 tomorrow, then 80s through the weekend. The rain has greened everything up and the perennials are in full bloom. Like Brutus, the lawn mower must be awakened from a long Winter's nap for another season and before the yard becomes a jungle. BTW, even with the rain we have been having up my way we are having some scary brush fires locally that have officials worried because temporary burning permits were just issued.
FIL back to the Docs yesterday to follow up on his pain issues. Was supposed to have the results of another battery of tests and more lab work. My wife decided we should not call him last night for an update and to leave him alone. MIL worried. Frustrating that nothing can be pinpointed to explain all of his pain symptoms. At 87 years old it probably may be a little bit of a lot of things. Prophylactic and precautionary broad spectrum antibiotics on day 5, don't seem to be helping. Please keep him in your prayers.
Brutus....glad to hear that your Dad's heart test results are coming back with encouraging news. Continued prayers that the Docs get the pulmonary issues under control in short order. How on earth has lawn mowing become an extreme sport for you and is causing injuries? Worries me. ADVICE: take two beers and chug them before starting. Fill cup holder. Then begin.
SirJames......prayers your better half has shaken her cold and is feeling better.
Buckeye.....thanks for the video. Watched it right before bedtime and it made me feel all was right with the world.
MikeC has made a valiant attempt to pilot the Tardis without the use of his thumbs but has done a credible job. No wrecks. Kurt's performance as bombadier wasn't as good......he missed the Chief's hotel and took out a liquor store next door.
Chief......I think your wife must be on cloud 9 and out shopping her brains out while you are away at YORK. Hope she is feeling better. Prayers continue.
Dennis.....did they have to close down your hospital yet in your absence? Did the duck tape work on the Chief?
Ray.......after all of that heat out in Sunifornia, are you up to piloting the Tardis? Got your bifocal glasses ready?
MikeC.....how on earth did Lucas score a Summer job? That was great news.
Laz......did you have to press your bail bondsman into service yet to help out the early YORK arrivals?
Brent......today is THURSDAY. In all of your excitement about YORK you are jumping the gun. Hope you checked SusieQ's auto a/c this time around before it gets too warm out. Same advice to the rest of us.
Chuck......hope your legs are feeling better today.
DougM......how are things going around the Chicago White House.
Rich.....great news on the HD.......bet you can't wait. T-minus 96 hours and counting. You would have thought that something as elementary as an ignition problem would have been discovered months ago. No matter now, with the loss of a little green you are good to go.
Jon.....read with interest your post on the first long ride of the season. Actually, 154 miles doesn't qualify as a ride. It's a freakin' trip! My nephew in Chicago is set to go out Sunday. He and a group of friends head West to get away from the traffic and to find some roads that don't look like they have the victim of carpet bombing.
RT......hope you have some fun built into your vacation.....like progress on the train room. Hope you have taken DougM's lead and have something special planned for your upcoming Silver wedding anniversary. End of June will be upon you before you know it. And the wives take this stuff quite seriously.
njalb......great pictures!!!!! Have to totally concur with Fife, Bella is quite the cutie!!!!
Patrick.......are these undercover cows? How do they operate their two way radios and cell phones with hooves? Re the reasons our wives have hung in their with us for decades.....I looked down and couldn't see my shoes. Pam must like my six barrel abs. Same with Laura and yours I suspect.
Fife......what good are all of your hours at the shooting range doing the Northern boys if you were not able to cut the Chief off at the pass on the way to YORK?
GregM.....you should have reposted some of your pictures of your handywork from last year to incent the rest of us to get it in gear. Brent needs no encouragement along these lines because he has Susan there to remind him each day. His "honey do" list gets worse by the minute.
OleTimer......from the sound of things, turning you loose at YORK would be a financial disaster for your family. And there would be nothing left for the rest of the TCA members to buy.
Ray, Don, and DougDG.....is it pool time yet?
Have not heard from Northwoods on the POT for a few. Must still be out shovelling snow in Wisconsin.
Chops on the grill tonight. Later gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Intelligence report has REB forces travelling west from Columbia, PA, where they attempted to pull up rail and burn bridges. Bring up all the reserves and post them along Harrisburg Pike.
fifedogIntelligence report has REB forces travelling west from Columbia, PA, where they attempted to pull up rail and burn bridges. Bring up all the reserves and post them along Harrisburg Pike.
Attempted?? Be careful while patrolling. That's not an invisible bridge ahead! And that train is throwing around the ties because the rails are GONE!
RockIsland52Have not heard from Northwoods on the POT for a few. Must still be out shovelling snow in Wisconsin
I can assure you that there are days that I am shoveling, but it isn't snow.
With all of the surprises that melted out of the snow banks on the Blue Board Central I decided that I needed to purchase one of these. Of course at 1/43 scale its going to take a while. I've often thought that Jim Phish ought to have one of these for the farm on his layout, with all those cows in the farm yard and the cattle loader. But of course he needs it in 1/64.
I'm envious of all the folks at York and headed there. I'm just working on sending in my application to TCA. One of these years when the mortgage is paid and college tuitions are paid, and the car is paid off, etc, etc. then maybe I will get there.
Thanks for thinking of me Jack.
Enjoying the Worlds Greatest Hobby
Northwoods Flyer
The Northwoods Flyer Collection
of
American Flyer Trains
"The Toy For the Boy"
With all of the ongoing complaints stated about the Forum speeds (or lack thereof).....has anyone tried that website Brent suggested that checks your upload and download speeds? Good stuff except stupid me lost the web address. Anyone stll have it?
Anyway, I did jot down my download and upload speeds:
Downloads: 19.4 KBPS
Uploads: 6.0 KBPS
This is with Comcast cable without the optional high speed speed upgrade......unless I have a temporary upgrade due to a promotion I am unaware of.
Hello all
Improving weather here, they're predicting high 70's for Saturday
NORTHWOODS what is that tag of of?
Have a great time at york everybody, wish I could join you.
Prayers for all who need them
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
RockIsland52Patrick.......are these undercover cows? How do they operate their two way radios and cell phones with hooves? Re the reasons our wives have hung in their with us for decades.....I looked down and couldn't see my shoes. Pam must like my six barrel abs. Same with Laura and yours I suspect.Jack
These specially trained cows are so under cover they can't be seen by the human eye. Their radios and cell phones have been implanted and are controlled by eye movement. Picture a cow blinking in code!
You must be psychic. How did you know about my barrel size just from my head shot signature? O, you did say "I suspect".
Banks,
Its an original price tag that American Flyer used in its Wide Gauge set. I have one boxed set of Wide Gauge trains and when I unpacked it, it was laying in the bottom.
Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby
Greg - That spreader is really neat. I sure could use one with all the cows
and pigs
and birds
and . . .
Jim
Rockisland52 ..... noooo .... it's just I sold off about 20 + years of HO trains I had and banked it . Am fairly new to O scale and need to catch up .... . I got a bit smarter now ... more selective and need to start all over on detailing and kit bashing . I'm more cars and a few engines more than layouts .
That pic brought back memories of hauling a manure spreader with that wonderful smelling stuff flying into the air ... LOL . It was pulled by a 1933 Oliver tractor ... believe it or not I miss those days .... worked until I could hardly walk and loved every second of it . I'd sneak it out and ride it all over when my dad and mom went to town for groceries or shopping .... we were'nt allowed to go .... had to run the farm .
Ole Timer I can relate with you after spending a day on a tractor I was beat but I would go back to it in a heart beat if i could. I drove 3 different tractors the big one was a MF 7010 then a 285 and the small was a 261( yes all were MF's boss swore by them said only difference in them and a JD was color and price) I loved riding a tractor did it for about 5 years. Acually wished he had more tractor work durning the year that we could do. tried to get him to let us acually plow the fields but he wouldn't we would disk and then field cultivate if we even did that.
Evening all starting to feel a little better but still have to watch it. This been a brute of a virus or food poisoning I got . (think it may have been food posioning as I remember eating at bojangles for breakfast and the ham,egg and cheese just didn't taste right. )
Jim- Enjoyed the farm pictures. I am developing a farm on my layout. I also now know where Chief gets his Flamingos!
Watched "I Love Toy Trains" this PM on RFD-TV. DVD from TM Books & Video on Lionel production of Hudson 5340 and rolling stock. Very informative. Showed how Lionel molds, paints, letters and hand assembles them. Showed Disneyland car getting 14 separate paint stampings, and the Hudson engine hand assembling of external parts - rails, pipes, drivers, Etc. Each engine must climb 30 degree ramp to pass final inspection.
rtraincollectorOle Timer I can relate with you after spending a day on a tractor I was beat but I would go back to it in a heart beat if i could. I drove 3 different tractors the big one was a MF 7010 then a 285 and the small was a 261( yes all were MF's boss swore by them said only difference in them and a JD was color and price) I loved riding a tractor did it for about 5 years. Acually wished he had more tractor work durning the year that we could do. tried to get him to let us acually plow the fields but he wouldn't we would disk and then field cultivate if we even did that. Evening all starting to feel a little better but still have to watch it. This been a brute of a virus or food poisoning I got . (think it may have been food posioning as I remember eating at bojangles for breakfast and the ham,egg and cheese just didn't taste right. )
The most tractor work I do now is bush hogging the fields 3-4 times a year after each rotation. Enjoy every minute of it. Hard work, but I miss not haying. Buy the hay now and rotational graze the fields.
RL- You must try to work into grits for breakfast. You will feel much better. Seriously, I hope you feel better soon. No way to spend your free time. Sorry RT, I made you a RL.
RT .... man i got food poisoning twice in my life from restaurants . Once a meat ball sub and another a salad of all things . I'm so darn careful now .... no matter how hungry I am if it does'nt seem right ... it does'nt get past the first taste . You have to watch .... a huge swap meet at Hershey Penn. had a stand selling drinks ... seems the drink machines were found out later to have been full of BLACK SLIMEY MOLD ! Almost 100 people got very sick . They never cleaned them I guess .... I only buy from local church stands now .... if I have to at all ..... those little grannies are very clean .... never those traveling wagons/trailers .
Packing up to take a trip to Michigan. There is a reunion of people that I worked with whin I started out. Haven't seen most in a couple of years and some in a couple of decades. Will be a good time.
I'll be going right by the I Love Toy Trains shop in Buffalo Michigan. Hopefully, they will be open when I'm there.
Later. I'll be out of touch until Sunday late.
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