sir james IWent to TTOS show this morning and bought a B/Williams F3 AA. CP
SJ tell me more....Did you run it yet ?
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Evening all!
Been so busy the last few weeks - no time to read or post. Hope all are well.
Doug M - my daughter just bought her prom dress today. She has had the same BF for the last year so hopefully nothing goes foul here. Sorry about the slug that ran out on your daughter. She'll get it worked out I bet.
My son has been doing great at soccer. His rec league team have won their first two games and he scored 3 of the 4 goals they have under their belt. His team needed this - something like 12 losing seasons (spring and fall) the past 6 years - with most of those years winless. Amazing his HS coach would not let him play much - and they lost all but one of their games (tie).
Good to see Jeff Gordon finally win one today and Tony Stewart is back in the mix. Now if Earnhardt and M Martin can get back up there.
Supposed to get pretty cold tonight - 30's.
Hope everyone has a nice day tomorrow!
Regards, Roy
Nice talks with Sir James, Doug and Charlie tonight. Good guys! Watching Quantum of Silence -
Sounds like a sweet engine, SJ1!
TARDIS is ready, Doug is driving and we already picked up some of the guys - beacons on and we'll pick you up Banilla!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Fifey, The Tutors are back!!!!!! Sausey olde bunch.
OK Doug M, send round trip ticket [train, airlines too messy to transport rifle] plus rental car costs, a picture ID of subject and map to subject's hangout. REB sharp shooter with one .17 to the head. All over with. No Southern Gentleman would ask a lady to the Prom and then suddenly dump her. Well, he is a Yank and that helps explain it. Still, the REBS will always stand up for a Lady's honor.
Good night.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Evenin' Ladies & Gents.
Brutus, or is it Capt Nemo, checked out their menu and no Haggis !
Doug M, Talk about somebody being a weasel.
Spent the day trying to get some yardwork done in the backyard, pruning and repotting those Sago Palms are a major pain. Even with the leather gloves I still ended up with stickers in my hands, don't know how I didn't get any in my arms since they were not covered. Day 2 tomorrow,
Yesterday was service the engines I ran friday and get the Easter train ready for this coming friday. Most of the train is ready, just a few finishing touches to do.
Have a good week all.
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Doug--what a bummer for your daughter, HOWEVER, I'm betting she will still have a fine evening with her friends and a month from now it won't matter, 5 years from now she will laugh about it. Stupid prom's, WAY over rated, three things I resolved to do when I retired: never go to another prom, never ever go to another graduation (I still have horrible flash backs about those Sunday saunas in the gym--35 of 'em) and NEVER EVER ride another yellow bus. So far so good
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Brutus Laz & Patrick - it was a little pricey, but the beer was ice cold and my sandwich was great! The scenery was very nice too Check out the website: http://www.tiltedkilt.com/
Laz & Patrick - it was a little pricey, but the beer was ice cold and my sandwich was great! The scenery was very nice too Check out the website: http://www.tiltedkilt.com/
I checked them out on the web. Looks like a fun place to be.
I have been known to be a little dense, but I still can't figure out the name, especially the "Tilted" part of Tilted Kilt. Any ideas?
Patrick
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Roy, glad you checked in. Hope things are well down in Teh Has! Are you going to York? I will actually be going this month....see what this York thing that everyone speaks of is all about.
Nice morning work wise, but the weather is another story. I was in my morning quiet time and the rain was heavy with strong winds to boot. Debris from trees all around. Hope it does not get too much worse as ground is saturated and trees are sure to fall.
I am off call this week and since the kids have spring break, we will try to do some fun things when I am done here. Planning on going to the "Fun Park" which has laser tag, bumper boats, bowling, etc. this afternoon. Later in the week, we hope to have some friends over for a BBQ. One friend is retiring from the USMC and has a young child and one in the oven, so it will be nice to have he and his wife over. Also have some planning to do for the next movie. I am looking forward to that. It will be hard to top the last one, but with God, all things are possible.
God Bless,Dennis
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Mornin' Fellas.Busy weekend at the abode. Mom and Dad came down for a visit to the Cherry Blossom Festival. We went to Gladchuck Brother's in Frederick, MD for dinner on Friday - excellent food, incredibly huge portions for the price, etc. If you live in the area, or are visiting and looking for good food this is one of the best in the area! Saturday we were up at 6:30 and in D.C. @ 9:30. Took the Red Line from Shady Grove to Metro Center, stood in line to get on the Blue/Orange Line for @ 20 minutes then caught a cab to the Washington Monument. 60+ MPH winds made for a very interesting day. Headed back to Mt Airy @ 12:30. Then had lunch at a deli in Germantown (it is a long MD 118 south of 270), another highly recommended place for a large lunch on a budget. Then home to rest, watched 'A Bridge Too Far' kind of makes you wonder how we won WWII with all the miscommunication with the Brits, and also highlights why, during War, you don't always follow your orders to a 'T'. Then dinner at Mrs K's Tollhouse in Silver Spring... had dinner in their wine cellar at a large table (big enough for at least 14 and still have elbow room) and again another highly recommended dinning experience in the area - although not for those on a budget 5 people, 3 bottles of wine, = $450 after tip! Kind of a shocker there!Spent Sunday realigning the track around the town. I have added 6 inches of depth for the town but am thinking of reducing that to 3 - if I can. Also thinking of adding a bumpout to the layout of about 12 inches and realigning the lower level tracks. See on the lower level you only see trains for a 25 inches on one side of the layout and about 6 feet on the other. I would say approx 85 - 90% of the track isn't viewable. If I add the 12 inch bumpout infront of the town I can reduce that from 85 - 90 to about 55%, just have to see if it is viable/doable and still have enough room to comfortably view the town.Also realigned the Atlas Double Track Truss Bridge... for those that have seen the layout or pictures, you may recall that on the left side there was a 3 inch overhang that did not appear 'natural', well I found a way to remove that 3 inch overhang and the bridge now rests on top of the tunnel portal coming up from the first level. Personnally I think it turned out OK, now thinking about buying the roller bearings from Scenic Express to make it complete... will post pictures later to illustrate what I did and why.Fife - sounds like a nice haul at the train show. I don't think I would have gone, if I could, because I'm trying to save my $$$ for York.DougM - Sucks about your daughter. Just illustrates how poorly kids are raised today... very low class what he did. As for Proms being overrated, they are for guys but for young ladies they have pretty much replaced the old 'debutant balls' of the past.
Morning all. T'storms and rain. Errands and meetings all day and tonight. Got to get traveling car shipped to 88. Hope everyone has a great week. Later
ChiefEagles Morning all. T'storms and rain. Errands and meetings all day and tonight. Got to get traveling car shipped to 88. Hope everyone has a great week. Later
JimT - Forgot to reply to you over the weekend.No trash compactor... the buildings were still on the dinning room table when my parents arrived on Friday... Dad walks into the dinning room, "Hey Brent, are you trying to become a statistic?" Gotta love my Dad! .As for the Firehouse - nope Kurt sent me a link to an eBay auction, did a 'buy it now' and when I was at the LTS on Friday they had one that just came in through an estate buy... could have gotten it from him, along with the Hard Rock Cafe, for less than what I paid for the Firehouse! Oh well... I just keep saying that I'm doing my part to help the economy recover.
Good morning all,
It is SNOWING is SE Indiana this morning (either that or some stray grits from NC). Roy, good to hear your son is doing well at soccer. Dennis, if you do your next movie with a soccer theme to it, I will be happy to serve as a technical "consulant" :-) I even have some ideas/concepts/lines you could use. Something along the approach that life and heaven is like a soccer game. In life, your "goal" is to get to heaven. In soccer, your "goal" is the back of the net. You either get to heaven or you don't. You either get the ball in the back of the net or you don't. Maybe I should leave the theology to some of the others on the pot. I think I overdid with the thumb this weekend. I had bran muffins on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning all. Grey and cold here, after snowing all night, it's almost magically gone. Maybe half-an-inch on the ground this am. Must be above freezing. Though only in Chicago would Opening Day be cancelled (Sox) because of the weather. But Good news for the princess - after a weekend of heartache, (and almost calling in the Chief), a boy heard about her situation and asked her to the prom last night. She feels 'redeemed'. Mike C and Kurt, where do you watch the F1 race on TV? Speaking of boxcars, LNE on way to you, Kurt.Dennis, your boy sure is smart! My youngest and I spent a long time putting together one of the smaller Star Wars Lego spaceships. Glad for Brent's nice weekend!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
GREAT NEWS Doug !!! That's wonderful!!!! (We have a jilted one here too! Chris and girlfriend broke up after 2 years, he is devistated. Trying to council him, but not real effective. Really down in the dumps, and LOTS of free time on his hands. I'm sure this too will pass.)
Don
HI GYZ,
55 and rainy here. Good for my newly planted grass seed, bad for our swollen trout stream. Oh well, ran trains last nite for two hrs. Watched drag racing before running trains, then caught the last half of movie Saving PVT. RYAN. Went to bed at 12 got up at 430 to do my workout. Tired,but best part is we have a 3 day week.
DOUG, glad daughter found a date. Big time here too,these proms. When I went to school only the rich kids went. We had a class of 636 and only about 200 attended the Sr. Prom. We couldn't afford it. Oh well, I survived.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning All,
Charlie of course I ran it, Gave it a few volts and off it went, just like a Williams, no battery, just did what I told it to do.
NC basketball fans here for tonites game got a bonus this morning. Wet snow on the ground and roof tops, but pavement is clear. Still snowing but 36 degrees where I live.
Small breakfast of eggs,bacon,hash browns and toast.
To all you working souls, Have a good monday but don't wish it was friday, us old guys are running out of time as it is.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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GYZ,
My type of driving range,
laz 57GYZ, My type of driving range, Redneck driving range http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MApJnyk1PV8 laz57
The best 1 1/2 minutes of laughter I have had in a long time! I am still chuckling!
Good Day All,
On lunch break and actually not needing to work on something so I can have a lunchbreak.
DougM – The comments by others is correct, but for your daughter it still hurts. Too bad. Proms are vary over rated.
Rich – I mailed out DougM’s car Saturday
Brent – Get the firehouse and the Hard Rock, keep the best fire house and re-sell the lesser one.
MikeC – In theology we were told that all analogies ultimately fall short, but are useful as a learning aid or to make a point.
May God bless
Jim
Good Morning,
I have been extremly busy the past week with the wife having off from work, couldn't get time to get on here.
Went to train show on saturday in Pompano FL, not much to tell except that somebody had a live model steam engine running in G gauge, very interesting to see. The guy had another live steam engine and this one used alcohol to burn.
I might go to Miami FL later in the week for some track switches in GarGraves.
Ezak, sorry but I can't help you to upgrade your DCS unit, I still have 3.2 in DCS.
Lee F.
LAZ .... Great one ... keep em coming !
Hey guyz ... that new 80w lionel power supply with the looks to be 80w brick .... will my 180w powerhouse plug into the controller instead or is the plug different ?
cnw1995 But Good news for the princess - after a weekend of heartache, (and almost calling in the Chief), a boy heard about her situation and asked her to the prom last night. She feels 'redeemed'. Glad for Brent's nice weekend!
But Good news for the princess - after a weekend of heartache, (and almost calling in the Chief), a boy heard about her situation and asked her to the prom last night. She feels 'redeemed'. Glad for Brent's nice weekend!
Sturgeon-Phish Brent – Get the firehouse and the Hard Rock, keep the best fire house and re-sell the lesser one.
Morning all!
Busy weekend. Cleaned part of the garage, and installed gutters Saturday. Boy do we have a lot of junk. Sunday was ribs in the smoker...I think I ended up with too much smoke if that's possible. I still can't do pork in that thing. My Brisket is the best, but I just can't seem to do pork of any kind.
Spent some time doing a cardboard model of a new station project. I'll post photos when I get a little further along.
Doug: Date No. 0 (pronounced 'zero'), better be in the hospital to break off prom. Glad she found a date! So you're Bride will be giving up a kidney to pay off the Prom garb? You thought they were just going out for a dress... I think they softened you up with the week to yourself. F-1 is on the Speed Channel. Good race this week, except for the rain. Funny, most teams seem to have disconnected or are not using the kinetic boost device.
LAZ: Skeet and Golf is a great idea!
Tilted Kilt?! Looks like a fun place. Do women wear Kilts? Are the skirts they wear called Kilts? We have a place in Detroit called the Old Shelaileigh. No girls playing dress-up, but live irish music, and you sit at old wood picnic tables!
Kurt
I love those irish dancers and the girls playing the fiddle ! I got lucky and my oldest son took me and the wife to the original RIVERDANCE show for our anniversary . We were both goin nutsy with the girls in the show edging us on . Best time I've had in years ... our wives kept giving us the evil eye ... but who cared ... LOL . All the men loved it ... those girls make that show a wild fun time ... believe me ... and the more the crowd goes bezerk .... the wilder the performers got ... I did'nt know a woman could get into some of the positions they did while playing a fiddle or dancing ... WOW !
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Hello All,
Had a great weekend. Wife and I had the privilege of baby sitting the grandkids Saturday evening. They were content to watch the trains for at least half an hour. Usually they last about 10 minutes
That was about the limit of train time. I spent most of Saturday replacing the rear rims on my Oliver Super 55. They were severely rusted from the calcium that escaped during leaky tires over the years.
Sunday was a lazy day. Wife & I went to an Easter Party with daughter and grandkids. Then I dug Easter Decorations out of attic and helped wife decorate.
8N, how’d you make out with your mower
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Ole Timer LAZ .... Great one ... keep em coming ! Hey guyz ... that new 80w lionel power supply with the looks to be 80w brick .... will my 180w powerhouse plug into the controller instead or is the plug different ?
Ole Timer - By chance are talking about a BW80? The BW80 came before the CW80 and was the controller and a brick. Since manufacturers don't build things any beefier than necessary I'd be hesitant to use any brick other than the one that came with it.
Kurt--
How are you doing your ribs? Temp/time? I think I've got that one down in our smoker along with stuffed pork loin with home made chirazo and the brisket. I'm anxious to get serious again now that winter is over, I may do that turkey in the smoker that I sent you the recipe this Sunday. And yes, you can get too much smoke of the ribs, especially if you are using hickory chunks.
If was good to see the skyline of Roger's Corners after a fast trip to D.C., but somewhere I have picked up a head cold.
While in D.C. visited the new WWII memorial. Very impressive. The cherry blossoms were out around the tidal pond. We ate lunch in the Smithsonian. Drove to Baltimore. The B&O Museum needs more money and more land. Absolutely the best collection but need to improve the display. (See California RR Museum.) The California collection is good, but the B&O has the most historical pieces.
Driving in Maryland is an experience. They let you drive at a shade under 60 MPH and that is on the city streets. On the interstate, the throttle was wide open as we roared through the mountains. Saw a few of fife's friends sitting in the median admiring the drainage. I waved at them as we roared past.
As always, I paid a visit to the Baltimore National Cemetery out near Frederick. I don't know when I first visited the cemetery, but I was under five years old. Everytime I'm near Baltimore, I stop to see how my Dad, Grandfather and Grandmother are doing.
Tunnel portals arrived and the layout is going to get more scenery. I am adding at least six new portals. I found these on ebay. They are the new K-Line.
BTW, has the Chief been behaving?
I first visited the cemetery when I was I think I read that there are 44,000 vets buried there. The O'Hare family takes up three of the plots.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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jonadelKurt-- How are you doing your ribs? Temp/time? I think I've got that one down in our smoker along with stuffed pork loin with home made chirazo and the brisket. I'm anxious to get serious again now that winter is over, I may do that turkey in the smoker that I sent you the recipe this Sunday. And yes, you can get too much smoke of the ribs, especially if you are using hickory chunks.
Jon: The smoker is a Meco? electric torpedo smoker...just a little one...Air temperature was about 35-degrees.
The ribs cooked correctly...the meat was receeding from the ends of the bones, just too smokey.
How much wood do you add?
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