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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, May 7, 2009 7:04 PM

Howdy from the lake.  Had to mow the hay.  Remind me NOT to fertilize this lawn up here next year.  Was sunny, hot and humid.  Now dark clouds and wind picking up with dropping temps.  Probably more storms.   Had big ones up here last night.  Water standing everywhere.  Big FLW tournament this week end.  I am in Ranger bassboat heaven.  Been to the Olde Place for dinner.  Shrimp and flounder.  Lucy is up here with me.  She is a happy girl.  BTW: she was 1 year old yesterday.  She has been on 5 golf cart rides this PM when I took breaks from mowing.  1.1 acres is a lot to mow when it is HIGH.  Going to the house to rest now.  Later.

PS: Robin my sidekick, my arch enemy the Penquin [Buckeye] can do some great videos with great music.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, May 7, 2009 7:02 PM

RT ....It is G outside by the deck.

OT.....After turning the fan around, the hot box puts out more smoke than anything on the layout.  It is the most obnoxious sounding car I believe Lionel ever made.  I have had people leave the room with the smoke and the screech.

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Posted by Ole Timer on Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:58 PM

 Buckeye ... yes I did ... clear and crisp with excellent sound quality .... loved that song on the amtrack video .... first hotbox in action I've seen ... she puts out the smoke does'nt she ?

 Have to rush over to Ebay ... if I miss another auction end I'm gonna kick myself .... Banged Head

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Posted by rtraincollector on Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:42 PM

Buckeye the vidios looked great. Kinda laugh thou the one witht he hotbox car it kinda sounded like a cat meowing when it went by at first. the pic on the bottom of the steamer in snow is that a g auge out on your front porch or is it On30 ?

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:01 PM

Ole Timer

Buckeye .... finally took the time to look over every area of your site . Great tunnel portals on your layout .... and that dining car on the napa valley trip you took sure is beyond beautiful . If one wanted to duplicate that ... sure would be fabulous ... but alot of mini woodworking .... but worth it .  Thumbs Up

Thanks Ole Timer.  The tunnel portals are the stuff you buy from Scenic Express with some weathering added.  I've got four more K-Line portals ready to add.

The dinning car was very nice with great woodworking.   It was riding in the cab of the Napa Valley Wine Train that was unbelievable. 

BTW, did you check out the new video section?  I have a flat screen and have been wondering what the videos look like on other people's screens.

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Posted by Ole Timer on Thursday, May 7, 2009 5:02 PM

Buckeye .... finally took the time to look over every area of your site . Great tunnel portals on your layout .... and that dining car on the napa valley trip you took sure is beyond beautiful . If one wanted to duplicate that ... sure would be fabulous ... but alot of mini woodworking .... but worth it .  Thumbs Up

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, May 7, 2009 4:29 PM

Phish ---  Were there boxes on your doorstep?  How did you like how I repainted the car from California and Iowa? 

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Posted by kpolak on Thursday, May 7, 2009 3:01 PM

Ole Timer:  Received your PM!  Been there!  Great site!  Thanks.

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, May 7, 2009 2:36 PM

Evenin' boys.  Evenin' English.  Sun is peeking out (first time in a week) and 71 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Thursday, May 7, 2009 2:16 PM

sir james I

Patrick, I read your thread but I don't want all those e-mails so I actually have no idea how to get them. One of these forums sent me mail when I first signed on and I was glad to get rid of them.

 

You are right, there are a lot of emails, especially on the Coffee Pot thread. The reason I like them is I usually respond to several threads and it is easier to read the emails than to call up each thread to see if I need to answer.

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:56 PM

Patrick, I read your thread but I don't want all those e-mails so I actually have no idea how to get them. One of these forums sent me mail when I first signed on and I was glad to get rid of them.

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:14 PM

Ole Timer, we have beautiful warm sun here today. If I had a way to ship you some......Sigh

Anyone have experience putting together O scale kits by Bar Mills? Frank53 posts on this and "the other" forum and thinks highly of their kits. He has postings of How To put some of them together. I want to try one, but wanted to ask the Coffee Pot your thoughts.

I started a thread on why I am not getting notified with email post notices. The only response was others noticing the same thing. Has that service been discontinued?Confused

Edit: My email options are all set to "Yes" and the email Subscription is set to "Enabled".

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Posted by Ole Timer on Thursday, May 7, 2009 10:16 AM

 Rain ... damp .... chilly ... let's my old buddy Arthur Ritis take over ... my son said I walk around like the hunchback of Notre Dame sometimes when I get up out of the chair .... Dead ... where's that beautiful .. warm SUN ? 

 Kpolak .... PM'ed you with the site of my membership ...

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Posted by jonadel on Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:11 AM

Dennis--hang in there with the practicing, everyday, it will happen.  Remember how to get to Carnegie Hall?  Practice, practice practice.

Kurt--we did the ribs & beans two weeks ago, fabulous----now I'm getting hungry and it's only 9:10 AM !

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:02 AM

Morning all. Rained overnight.Everything turning green. Nice and sunny. Prepping the daughter and bride for their trip to Ohio tomorrow. Adding to my list of things to get done in their absence with the boys. Nice chatting with Sir J and Brutus last eve.

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Posted by kpolak on Thursday, May 7, 2009 9:01 AM

Morning all!

After I waxed the car, and all...still no rain...strange.

Bride hijacked the office again last night...so no computer for me....she barely was able to eat dinner as the crackberry rang.  I'll catch up to the chats again soon.  I hope.

Ribs on the menu for tomorrow.  Apple wood chips are ready.  Rub prepped...Will massage the ribs tonight, and get the beans ready for the smoker.

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Posted by dwiemer on Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:56 AM

Morning all.  Was a long evening as when I got home, I had but 20 minutes to get changed and head to violin lesson.  Played a little Mozart....not well, but did play.  I can play a note that sounds great....it is just a matter of putting notes together to make a song.  That is where I run into trouble.

Waiting to start my case.  The first one for the other team will take some time and I am helping out as needed.  Probably will get going in the next few minutes though.  New guy is coming along, but it is tough sometimes because we tend to judge a person through our own years of experience.  A guy with 2 years just doesn't have what a guy with 20 years of experience has.

Just hoping to get some tractor work done this week prior to the weekend as daughter has her recital and I have some train layout to get to.

Take care and God Bless,
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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:46 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 54 degrees. Rained last night. Going up to 73 today with a chance of rain later. We need more sunshine.

Today is busy. I have a couple of errands to run and the usual chores around the house. Maybe some train time later.

Dining car was here and we had the usual for breakfast. Cheerios.

Y'all have a great Thursday.

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:05 AM

Good morning

Overcast and going to 70s. Maybe some showers today.

No plans except a few things I want to do on the layout.

S.J.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:46 AM

Good morning all,

It is foggy in SE Indiana with temps near 70.  Feeling better.  Lucas is home from school for summer. At work.  No Tardis tonight.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Thursday, May 7, 2009 6:36 AM

Morning all.  Cloudy.  Had some rain.  Now to get ready to go to the lake house. 8nTruck might not be with us today.  He tells wifey that train box was her Mother's Day and then he goes to sleep.  Shock  Mike C, hope you are feeling better.  Get well.   Time for girts and coffee.  Later

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Posted by 8ntruck on Thursday, May 7, 2009 1:05 AM

Brown box on the front porch today.  It contained the Missile Launch locomotive I ordered last week.  That is one of the few pieces that my wife has expressed interest in at the last couple of train shows she has gone to with me. 

Just for grins, I told her that it was her mother's day present.  That did not go over very well. She didn't see the humor.

Anyhow, it is the new version with TMCC.  Set it on the track, programmed a new engine I.D. number into the Legacy hand held and was operating in no time.

Wonder if the bat will show up again.  I could take pot shots if he makes a low enough pass over the layout.

The sun was actually out for more than a few minutes at a time today.  Temperature around 70.  Quite plesant.  Seeing the sun might help cheer people up.  Everybody seems to be in a bit of a funk lately.

Later, all.

 

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Posted by Brutus on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:12 PM

Mike, hope you are feeling better soon my friend! 

Kurt - too funny!  You are evil, sir!

Sir James, I am on the way - no train stuff per se today, but did talk with SJ and Doug on messenger, which is always a lot of fun!  Tardis is ready and I think we need to take some of the Pink Stuff to Mike.  Sounds like he doesn't want any icecream though!

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Posted by cheapclassics on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 9:18 PM

Good evening all,

It was rainy in SE Indiana, but I did not know the difference as I stayed in bed all day.  My innards were acting up again Tuesday and made death look like a pleasant option.  I did nothing today.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 9:14 PM

Big moon out but under tornado watch until 4AM.  Big storms bouncing around.  Did not go to the lake house as big storm up that way.  Going tomorrow AM.  Think I will turn in early.  Mowed grass front and back [again], mowed widow lady's, mowed pond path and bank, mowed school street shoulder [street to pond] adn trimmed all of my yard and up the street.  Sprayed Roundup this AM.  Sprayed fruit trees, roses, grape vines and all of garden.  Hour and half later it rained.  Can still smell the spray so I think it had dried in enough.  Then went and elected a new State Senator.  Home for Criminal Minds.  Later. 

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Posted by jonadel on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 8:47 PM

Just had a very big spritz here with fireworks.  We were sitting in the new sun room enjoy leftovers and an adult beverage (Chardonay) and enjoying life.  I'm thinking this new add on might be even more enjoyable than the train room ................

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 8:25 PM

Evening all. Spritzing a bit. Bride at the movies with a girlfriend, so I'm posting a few photos I just took of SusieQ ready for pickup on the interchange track and a few other things down in Sunday Photo Phun. Now to run trains a bit before packing Susie up for Kurt. 

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 8:15 PM

Good Evening

Day is done here in the east, at least the sun is.

Got banilla for the Tardis ride so Brutus swing on by.

No train running today...S.J.

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Posted by Ole Timer on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 6:23 PM

Wow ... that beat the 60 year mark ... 75 years old ! Thumbs Up ... GREAT ...

 Man it's dumping buckets here in Maryland ... I have to setup and level some riflescopes on about 5 rifles .... may as well do it while it's pouring outside . Then lasersyte them in for some guys at the local firing range . I have to take 2 of my own down for finalizing but this rain about everyday puts the damper on that . Heard on the weather channel a bit ago possible tornadoes again in Carolina .... hope not .

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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 3:34 PM

Ole Timer the more I think about it the more I like the postwar/prewar trains. I have a standard Gauge set from 1934 runs like a champ then I have my 671RR and 681 engines that both run like a champ also and then theres my NYC GP-9 tmcc engine from 1996 that the command board needs replacing but the pul-mor engine still runs like a champ. If I run it in conventional mode it runs great if i goto command mode after about 20 minutes to 30 minutes it will either come to a complete stop and need to shut down power to track to get it going again or it goes to conventional mode and since theres 18 volts to track it goes like a bat out of well you know what I mean. thats why I'm thinking of selling my tmcc stuff and engines other than nyc engine and going back to the conventional engines 1969 and before.

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