Brutus I thought you were driving a Hoyt-Clagwell tractor? Did you finally replace it? (see if anyone gets that one)
I thought you were driving a Hoyt-Clagwell tractor? Did you finally replace it? (see if anyone gets that one)
The Green Acres Tractor was a Hoyt-Clagwell. Do I get an extra turn driving the Tardis?
Don - As I said before, you are never to old to learn. I guess we did lead a sheltered life. Checked out google on the Corn Boil. Besides the Sugar Grove IL one, I also found one in Clinton IA. Maybe we will have a Corn Boil for the family gathering this weekend, only set a canning pot on one of the grills.
Patrick (Pat)
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Steve ... no the MG-TD did'nt have a wooden frame ... she did have a straight pipe for the exhaust ... could'nt find a muffler and tailpipe for it back then . The local police let me slide on all the noise ... LOL . Of course you have to remember funds also were few and far between for me then too . Have you seen the value on them ? Lord I could retire in france for what they're worth now ... way beyond that $ 450.00 I sold her for ..... . My kids can't believe what low to nothing prices cars sold for back then . And NO before the wise cracks start from some of you .... Henry Ford did not have the only dealership for Ford as my sons tease me asking . lol .
Good Morning
Sunny and 80s today, no A/C yet. I just want to soak up the warm. Plus it may not be good for my bronchitis. 70s tomorrow so that will be grass haircut day. Prayers for Brutus' wife and any other unspoken ills.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Chief,
Do you realize how lucky you are to have a pond? I am very jealous. I have been working a stream at a local park for the past few weeks. I found another park that has a 258 acre fishing lake, so I'll probably check it out this weekend.
Spank,
Are you going to paint the masonite?
Haven't had many chances to post lately. Between my job, fishing, and the postwar layout, I have been busy. I went a little overboard on accessories though! I also bought another 3656 cattle car on Sunday.
On the car front, if it didn't come out of Ford's plant in Flat Rock, MI, I don't want it. I made the mistake of buying a Sunfire, and I wil never, ever buy a gm product again. It already has a rod knock at only 76,744 miles. Total garbage IMHO.
Morning. Off to run errands and then lake house. Wifey went to worky. Then Dr. and home to pack for lake house. She was still having some problems.
Pond fertilizer is 20-20-5 [some are stronger but you use less volume]. Causes alge bloom. Trick is, you do not want too much bloom at one time. Then it dies and eats up the desolved O2. Fish kill. Want it to turn slowly and makes water dark. I usually start before now. So much rain, water is now clear. Clear water causes grass to grow. I do have grass carp to eat it but need to darken it. The alge then feeds the tiny things that the little fish live off of and the little fish feed the bigger fish that feed the big fish.
Spitfire had grease fittings at the rear axle bearing and they went one time.
DSpanky, looking good on the arches.
Thanks for the prayers.
Hope all have a great day and coming holiday. Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning from the Soggy State....day 4 and I’m pretty sure the drought here is over...we’ve had 5.62” of rain since Monday night. I’m sure I’ve had enough here. The customer appreciation days at the HD dealership have been cancelled due to the rain, so it looks like my weekend has cleared up, no free lunch/dinner or bike show and if it continues to rain, I’ll be home bound. Guess I’ll work on the train room......
Had baked ham steaks with scalloped potatoes for dinner last night and had to run out to Target and CVS with the wife for some stuff. Of course, we made the obligatory stop at Wally World, so I didn’t get to be until after 11 PM – so I’m really tired reveille is at 0500 during school days.....0630 when it isn’t. I’m looking forward to summer vacation and riding the HD into work every morning...until the blistering weather comes.
As for the weather, about 70 now and pouring. The wind has died down a bit. Work has slowed to a crawl, for a nice breather.
On the cars, I’m Mopar or no car, so you know. My ’70 roadrunner convertible is on hiatus in NJ. I just had an offer from a Chevy guy. I told him a fair price would be $90K, or 3 of his ‘70’s era big block Corvettes and 2 of his ’68-69 Camaros. And even then I’d be giving him my car. I don’t think he thought I was funny (and I was serious...!). I’m just trying to get the energy to build my ’73 Satellite (360/727/8.25), so if any of you want give me a try after it is done....
Back to trains....if the weekend is a washout, I’ll probably build shelves for the rolling stock...and I have plenty right now.
Til 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
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s. Played soccer twice last night. Once at the YMCA with the Brazilian and another kid, and later on with "my" soccer girls. Some of the "alums" came back and played as well. I was tired. Slept well. I had the regular fare on the dining car this morning before it was off to "Points East". I have to mow the yard tonight. Beacon is lit. I hope everyone has a good day. Brutus and Chief, prayers going out for the better halfs.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning folks. Beautiful day here again in northeastern Illinois. Welcome Lew from Enola! A great place. There are still corn boils here, like Don said, more west of us in a slightly more rural part of the state, usually combined with a fish fry. The bride made it into Chicago after 2 and 1/2 hours in the car yesterday - took us an hour to get home. Funny how after parking and dinner, our symphony experience was up around $90. That's the city for you. No plans for today -bride sleeping in whilst I get the kids off to school. Oh, there's work of course.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
8ntruckit was Jay Lenno who said that the old muscle cars are neat, fun to drive, make all the right sounds, but you will probably get beaten by the kid with the whizbang, turbo'd, nitro'd, compact with the drive wheels on the wrong end.
Aint it the cold hard truth!!
Morning all; Wife and daughter are both sick, and daughter has a band concert tonight. Both are still in bed so I guess the next half hour will tell if work/school/concert happen at all.
Everyone have a good day.....Steve
Chief: Almost forgot, What is pond fertilizer? and why is it used?
Good Morning from Beautiful Southern Ohio
It was beautiful out today. Sunny and with a nice breeze. I swaped from days to nights to cover for another supervisor who needed a couple days off. IT has been busy tonight.
Don - Youngest daughter was in LA adn felt your latest earthquake, her first experience with earthquakes.
Jim F & Chief - continued prayers for your brides
Wes - the advantage of moving is being forced into another layout, and not making the same mistakes you did on the previous ones.
Well, back to work.
May God bless
Jim
Chief, Brutus - prayers for your wives.
I'm suprised at the amount of combined experience this group has with Brit. cars. They are fun playthings. I always carried a spare set of points with me in my Spitfire. I remember one road ralley I drove it in that the other competitors helped me get it started a couple of times when it stalled in the wet. Ended up in second or third place on that one. Surprised me - and the people who had helped me out! U joints in the swing axle were a weak point. I got pretty good at changing them out. And the endearing tailing throttle oversteer that rear suspension would produce........
LS1 vs (name your favorite 60's engine here). Modern technonogy does wonders. Reasonably quick cars that get reasonable gas milage too. I think it was Jay Lenno who said that the old muscle cars are neat, fun to drive, make all the right sounds, but you will probably get beaten by the kid with the whizbang, turbo'd, nitro'd, compact with the drive wheels on the wrong end.
Prayers your wife Brutus and yours too Chief
Looking forward to a nice weekend up north at the cabin for the holiday. Sounds like most of my family will be following me :) Its a good thing.
Turned the AC on for the first time tonight. Was a little warm for sleeping so I flipped the switch.
All else is as it should be.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good night all. Agenda. Run errands I did not get to yesterday [as after midnight]. Then hit the road to lake house. Do hope Wifey can make it. She was good and then worse again. That has gone on all day. She says she will go to wirk tomorrow, Dr. at 11:30 and then to lake house. Hope her plan works. Did get pond fertilizer [and dropped off squash for Miss Edna as I passed by] and get two bags in pond. Water is really clear and needs some color and darkning. Went to sleep during the first hour of Criminal Minds and slept through the second hour. Sure did not feel that tired. Off to bed.
Glad to see all those posting and new guys too. As I said earlier, summer is usually slower as everyone is outside. Especially the Yanks as the snow finally melts.
Brutus, the bone marrow thing does not sound good. Prayers for her and her future. Keep us posted.
Off to bed. God bless all.
Don't want to belabor the thing, but my curiosity was on overdrive, so......
Site for Corn Boil..........
http://www.sugargrovecornboil.org/
There are more also, not many have websites though. If you were to google and look at the images you will see lots of them.
Doug M, Need your help here, you are familiar with them, yes?? Really, surprised Jon wasn't !
(Wood fire under the water trough)
Don
Chief, prayers for your wife. I thought you were driving a Hoyt-Clagwell tractor? Did you finally replace it? (see if anyone gets that one)
Doug, good luck on the move man - I hate moving desks, but this sounds like 100 times worse, lol! Better you than me!
Neat telescope!
Brad nailer - I have a Porter-Cable and I mailed off and got the replacement safety trigger. Now you have to engage the head and then pull the trigger. Makes it easier to not accidently shoot too many brads, or shoot them where you don't want them!
Ray, follow the doctor's orders! Mike, you can drive and we'll pick up Patrick first, then hit all the other beacons. Banilla is ready and I think Jim is asleep, can hear him snoring?
Some good news and some bad news. My wife is out of the hospital. She has been diagnosed with a bone marrow condition and could take a while to get this stabilized. 2nd opinion on pathology should be in next week. She's in good shape overall and so we are hopeful.
I think they are offering OT on Saturday? I was also going to help a friend out with a patio fix - the one we built a couple years ago has some problems due to rain run-off. Rain is predicted for Monday and I want to take the kids fishing too.... Hmmmm, too little time to do all the things I want to do. Sounds like a normal weekend to me. TTFN
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Lew,
Thanks for the offer but I was able to find a link on the net that I have been using to lashdown the various pieces of equipment. By the time I make some slight changes for fit it definitely wouldn't pass muster but it works for me. Unfortunately I'm still working on them, but will definitely be done by Jul 4th.
http://www.tpub.com/content/railroad/TM-55-2200-001-12/index.htm
Pretty cool site but for an amateur it is heck to read.
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
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Proud New Member Of The NRA
jonadel Jon........I bet it was hard to vote using those rotary dial phones in Iowa. Buckeye--it was difficult but we persevered What surprises me is that you have internet access in ohio but still use tin cans and string to make calls---what's up with that? I thought for sure that you were ahead of Roseyville with phone connections
Jon........I bet it was hard to vote using those rotary dial phones in Iowa.
Buckeye--it was difficult but we persevered What surprises me is that you have internet access in ohio but still use tin cans and string to make calls---what's up with that? I thought for sure that you were ahead of Roseyville with phone connections
Boy those guys in Arkansas put it to the Californians tonight. I suppose with the Shaken they have been taken, the the surfer boys had other things on their mind. Of course, after their vote yesterday, maybe they turned off all the phones today.
Those tin cans conventiently camouflage our satellite phones that we use to call ET. You can get one of the phones over at Wright Patterson where the bodies of the Martians are stored. Oops, I wasn't supposed to talk about that.
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
Doug: I have not been up to speed on the forum for a while and read your post about Tiedowns for Military equipment, I have spent the best part of my youth in the Military and have collected many items over the years and I have a small book called Tiedown Handbook for Rail Movements and shows all Tiedown points for Military equipment. If you would like it I will send it to you Free of Charge.
Big Brown stoped at my House on Tuesday with my new Atlas GE U-23B, It sure is a nice unit even in the TrainMaster price point. Have not had a chance to test it out. I will report back when I run it through some tests.
Hope all is well and prayers for all who need them.
Lew from Enola.
Ole Timer---I remember the TD's they are even harder to find than the A's now. I don't know about the 1954 but some years had wood frames made of ash, and ya had to be carefful to make sure ya wern't buying one that had a rotten frame cause there was no way to fix that and it wasn't worth the powder to blow it to @#@#%..I got to ride in one once, they were fun little cars...Steve
Good Evening
A beautiful day it was 84 at 7 PM. Got some windows cleaned, went for a walk, sat on the porch, oh yea rested on the couch and ran two trains. Banilla is ready for Brutus and the Tardis.
I have'nt seen an MG for years . not even at the local car shows . Brings back fond memories of the 60's when MG's and triumphs were everywhere . When I was 17 ... I bought a 1954 MG - TD .... I don't know if any of you guys remember or know what they looked like . To me it looked like an old mini duesenburg .... forgive the spelling ... I finally sold it for $450.00 back then because it had the emergency brake handle in the middle and the girls could'nt get up tight ... like they did back then . Worse mistake I ever made . Always wanted an Austin Healy ... left one go like a dummy and never found one again . The best deal was at Ken Byrd's auto exchange in Hagerstown ... XKE roadster ... red ... mint ... $2,900.00 .... I'll never forget the dealer or price ... nightmare of not buying it will never leave my mind .... yea I'm old ... they were cheap compared to today's prices . of course new mustangs were $1,500.00 showroom for the basic lil model ... LOL .
Jon, no way I would fall asleep listening to stories about western Iowa.
Bullheads - I haven't heard catfish called that in quite a while. Brings back memories of fishing in farmers ponds. If fact, Laura and my first date was a picknick by a farmers pond loaded with bulheads. In those days I did all of the baiting of the hook (night crawlers) for her and taking the fish off the hook, and very little fishing myself. I wander how it would go today?
Have you heard of fishing with home made dough balls? My FIL made great ones.
I've never heard it called a corn boil but let me go down two more roads, try not to fall asleep. The first year I taught ('68) I was in a very small school district in NW Iowa -- some of the best farm land in the world. One of our fund raisers (I kid you not) was a fish fry using bullheads from the then Coservation Commission (now the DNR), two 50 gallon barrels of fish was donated to the band and I thought this will never work, it was a gigantic success, kinda sad.
Second diversion. Adel (where I taught until I retired) came up with this zanny idea of "let's have a sweet corn festival and it'll be free" and of course the band will lead the parade, 2nd Saturday of August. You know how hard it is to get a band together in August? Fast forward 28 years and it's still a huge success -- it's a BIG deal. Huge custom made sweet corn cookers prepare tons and tons of sweet corn and it's all free, the beer garden and live band later in the evening pay for it. Literally thousands of free loaders show up for the parade and free sweet corn, I hated that festival as I was expected to be there with the marching band and it was rare when someone (besides parents) would say thank you. We had to postpone our 25th anniversary weekend celebration because of that %$#! parade I think we've been back twice since I retired, great to see the kids who graduated and actually have fond memories of that parade, not me!
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
dbaker48LawsonFarmsRRDon B - CORN BOILS? Now that is a new one to me! Patrick, Corn Boils have been a long standing community tradition in the upper midwest. I remember them as a child, typically a farmer would be the sponsor and it would be held at their farm. It was usually a fund raising event for a local organization or charity. (VFW,Moose, etc.). Not uncommon for it to include a fish fry as well. However most made a meal just from the corn, of course beer was available as well. Entertainment was also common, bands, kiddie rides, and sometimes a craft show was on hand. The ones I attended always had a collection of various antique tractors and farm equipment on display. The cost of attending was riduculosly low. The corn was usually preparred in an old Watering Through seemed to me was around 6 or 8 foot long, and the corn was a boilin'.I would think that some of the guys in that area may be aware of them as well. Really was a fun event. (Maybe some listed on google.)
LawsonFarmsRRDon B - CORN BOILS? Now that is a new one to me!
Don B - CORN BOILS? Now that is a new one to me!
Patrick,
Corn Boils have been a long standing community tradition in the upper midwest. I remember them as a child, typically a farmer would be the sponsor and it would be held at their farm. It was usually a fund raising event for a local organization or charity. (VFW,Moose, etc.). Not uncommon for it to include a fish fry as well. However most made a meal just from the corn, of course beer was available as well. Entertainment was also common, bands, kiddie rides, and sometimes a craft show was on hand. The ones I attended always had a collection of various antique tractors and farm equipment on display. The cost of attending was riduculosly low. The corn was usually preparred in an old Watering Through seemed to me was around 6 or 8 foot long, and the corn was a boilin'.
I would think that some of the guys in that area may be aware of them as well. Really was a fun event. (Maybe some listed on google.)
Hi Don:
Laura and I were born and raised in western Iowa, Council Bluffs, and went to Collage in Omaha Neb. before moving to Virginia in 1957. One of two things must have happened. Ether we lived a sheltered life back then, or western Iowa is not part of the upper midwest. Anyway, Laura and I have not heard of Corn Boils. Could these events have started after we left Iowa? They do sound like fun and sorry we missed them.
We both had relatives that were farmers. I remember county fairs having steamed corn on the cob with the shucks on, and boiling corn on the cob in pots, but using a watering trough is new to us.
How do you boil water in a watering trough?
Jon do you have corn Boils in your area in Adel Iowa?
Even at my age, I still learn something new most every day. Thanks Don.
Steve W., I'm kinda late getting on here today but want to add my welcome to you for getting on the coffee pot. These folks are a pretty good bunch when you figure out what they are talking about. I have some kind of ZW with only 250 Watts as opposed to 275 but it's still called a ZW, not VW. I have another older transformer called a V type. It has 150 watts but puts out 25 volts to the rails and has four reostats (throttle knobs). A lot of guys like to use them with standard gauge because of the added track voltage.
Don and Doug, sounds like you got some after shocks. Still quiet over here.
Just when I thought I had enough problems, the doctor layed another one on me today. He said my triglycerides were way too high and is telling me to cut out all fats and sweets before I get diabetes or worse. I gave up smoking about a year and a half ago and I have ballooned up by eating the wrong stuff to compensate, I guess. The deal is, if it taste good, forget it!
Chief, I'll be shedding tears when you tell about all the stuff you're eating but I can still have all those good vegetables like you grow. I have been exercising though and walk close to two miles each day. That was the only positive thing the doctor liked. He put me on some more pills to help bring my cholesterol down too.
Prayers for all those in need of them today. Best wishes to Chief's better half and continued improvement.
Steve W, I like grits too but I'm from the South. You can put lots of different things on them and they are very versatel. Don't believe that stuff about patching pot holes.
Have a good day y'all
Ray
SPMan
If you go in to grab a couple more clamps, I prefer various sizes of bar clamps, could be a good excuse to invest in a good brad nailer if you don't already have one.
Chief.....Youre my hero!! 5 ZW's? Thats heaven to me. I'm still waiting to get my first. I have a KW and some small 1930's transformers I use for lights and acc. Steve
Good morning to all:
Beautiful day. heading out to bush hog, cut the yard, spray weeds. Looking forward to it.
I so agree with "don't pay attention to all the gossip from the other forums. We're not missing anything." I hope Spanky returns from "there" soon.
Bob - Great story about your Mailman. I have found there are a lot of toy train people out there, most keep to themselves, no clubs, no forums, no organizations. I used to be that way, but now--------.
Jon - You are right about Nebraska speeds. There are parts of Iowa that could use increased speed limits as well.
Brutus - I am Tardis ready!
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