COFFEE POT #8, for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 4 yrs old and still going.

[anjdevil2]

‘Morning!

 

Brutus – for your wife

for those I’ve missed and anyone who needs it!!

 

Congas, Roy!!

 

Up to 90 today and cloudy. no rain in sight.  90 tomorrow, too.

Found someone liquidating her uncles’ trains, bought 4 boxes for $121.  Lots of Marx stuff, transformers and Lionel/MPC cars.  A couple of 8040’s as well.  Her husband works for a local tire shop, so I may send him some business. 

 

Princess comes home Saturday, one day home then off to Dance Cap for a week.  It’ll be great when she’s home.

 

I’ll have to bomb the house during the week, we’ve have almost 14” of rain, and it seems to have driven the critters into the house.  I’ll put the cats on the screen porch with food, water and litter.  That should take care of ‘em.

 

Not up yet, but still at work.  Had coffee and egg o’muffins for breakfast (one of the few time I’ve had breakfast).  I’ll probably be up by 10 AM.

 

See ya inna while!

 

[cnw1995]

 Morning all. Grey and rainy. Got a Sox game tonight with friends who are also bringing down my middle boy, then I have another game just with him (birthday gift)  tomorrow. Hope we get them in with this weather. Cold lousy June so far... Prayers for Mrs. Brutus. Great catching up with Brutus last eve. Class over for now so didn't have a ride to catch with Sir J. 

Kurt, I always love great road trips like yours to AZ. I hope you are enjoying the sunshine.

Rich, I'm jealous of your Marx haul! Glad I don't seem to have such scary critters up here. Maybe they're just well-hidden.

[laz 57]

HI GYZ,

  Good foggy morning here.  Did laz Camp today a nice 6 miler running and anpther 6 on the bike.  Felt great with the fog.  Had lots o t Storms last nite got another inch o rain.  Got a call from a retired contractor yesterday, he's giving me a truck load of FREE lumber.  Gotta go see it.

ROY, BIG CONGA on the daughters GRAD G ATION!!!!!!  WOOHOOO!!!!!

SEACOAST, thanks for the encouragment, some days are harder then others, but something I've been doing for quite some time, since college football days.

BRUTUS, Prayers for YOU and DA WIFE.  Maybe she should have a few OL MILs in DA TARDIS?

MITCH, I just gotta full dump truck load, if I some leftover I'll bring it down.

Stay frosty,

laz57

[Steve W.]

Good Morning: Muggy and damp here this am. Off to a "job fair" today, never thought i'd have this much trouble finding employment. Daughter wants to be home schooled her last two years, I'm against it but with no money for tuition I might have to agree,(public schools are not an option). Well gotta get ready to go be humiliated some more. chat later....Steve

[sir james I]

Good Morning

Sun but showers expected.

Just had a "chat" with Brutus, I can tell his heart is heavy.

Kurt good to hear from you. Like missing a son without you.

I am heading to Kroger when I finish this. I actually feel hungry again, not sure if that is good, I think my weight will  return.

Enjoy your day...S.J.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning.  Wow, slept till 8:15 [Lucy and Burg too].  Been on phone ever since.  Selling a lot down east to long time friend's son.  She has been calling me back and forth to be sure the surveyor is laying it out right.  Selling the lot at 1/3 the value as they are good people and the young man needs a "start". 

Got meetings later.  Need a cup of coffee and some cream horns [wife bought at gro].  We got 4 tenths of an inch of rain and no hail nor wind damage.  Corn is jumping taller and taller. 

Banks, you live at a great place to view my NS.  Greatest railroad in the world.

Brutus, prayers this AM during Bible reading time.  We are here for you.

Later. 

[dougdagrump]

Mornin' Y'all from Suthern Californey !

Brutus,

Hang tough, all are here for you and the family. Anyway that we can help just holler. I've been registered as a donor with the marrow bank for a long time, need so many more to sign-up.

Only one word to describe our weather so far this month, BLAH. June Gloom is very strong this year. 

 

[LawsonFarmsRR]

ChiefEagles

Thank you Jim.  Now keep us updated.  We walked through it with Lucus on a daily basis.  Mike C use to keep us informed.  We are here for you and the wife.   No one will tire of hearing.  We all love you.  God bless.  

 

I can't say it any better than the rest of the gang, and that includes Bob K. I agree 100% with the above!

Took Laura to BWI Air Port in Baltimore this morning. On her way for a weeks reunion out in Shack and Bakes area. Of course we had to go during "Rush Hour". Turned out to be a 6 hour round trip. A few chores and then relax.

Pat

 

[SPMan]

 Jim, sending more prayers for your dear wife.  I had no idea it was so serious.  Guess I have'nt paid enough attention to your post.  All of us here on the Forum are concerned and will keep you both in our prayers.  I know I speak for a lot of us anyway.  God bless,

Ray

[ChiefEagles]

Three killed and several burned bad in Garner NC explosion.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5319912/

Company says it will pay the employees while plant is down and being repaired.  Now that is a good company.

[dwiemer]

wrmcclellan

Vacation over and back to w**k tomorrow.

Roy, how dare you use such four letter words!  Just kidding, hope you had a great vacation and that work doesn't hit you too hard on your return.  Told wife of your daughter's intentions.  She said "great, all graduates should either go to nursing school or the military". 

Brutus, prayers been said and will continue to do so.  The news I expected from what you had been saying.  One suggestion:  Get plenty of the waterless hand sanitizer.  Have some by the front door when folks come in to the house, have a small bottle in each family members pocket to wash hands after touching things at work/school, and other people.  Also, don't touch your face until cleaning your hands.  That way, you can greatly reduce the illness of the rest of the family so they don't bring it home.  They have come a long way with treatment, but unfortunately, the side affects, like reducing white cells and ability to fight illness are a necessary thing.  Glad that you and the family are able to be so supportive...helps so much.

This is yet another demonstration of the quality folks we have around here.  We rally around the needs of others in prayer and support.  "The Prayers of a righteous man availeth much". 

God Bless,
Dennis

 

[MichRR714]

Brutus-  My continued prayers for your wife and you too!

[Steve W.]

Well the job  fair was a bust. Ad in the paper was misleading but at least they were truthfull when you walked in so they didn't waste more of your time. Did a cold call on a company on my way home since I was dressed for an interview and had a resume in my pocket and they actually had two openings, so I applied there. Hopeully something will come  of that.

Brutus: for you and your wife.                 Steve

[rtraincollector]

Brutus the nightly prayers are always including you all. The good lord has a reason for everything even thou we don't see it. in the end I'm sure all will be manageble and things will work out. Hang in there guy.

Not to much going on today. just a drop in to say hi. Lets see now where did I put that grits converter. need to convert somemore of Patricks grits to something like Farina or oatmeal.

Leave chiefs alone for now anyway

[Buckeye Riveter]

Jim....My thoughts are with you and your wife as you rise to meet this challenge in life.  May God bless you and keep you.

[sir james I]

Good Evening

It was a nice sunny day. Did some shopping this Morn, ran some trains this afternoon. Annual checkup with urologist tomorrow, my PSA is right where it should be so things should just be routine. Fresh supply of banilla and some butterpecan too. Brutus fire up the thingy and lets get going.  S.J.

[8ntruck]

Brutus - prayers for your wife and family.  My sister had chemo/radiation treatments in her fight with a type of bone marrow cancer.  Extra cleanliness with just about everything was necessary during her recovery.  She even had to be careful with what she ate.  She was limited on some of the fresh fruits and vegetables because of the germs that rode on them.

Enjoyng the thunderstorms tonight.  Won't have to water the veggie patch now. The real heavy weather passed south and east of us.

Kpolak - did you wave at Sedalia when you went passed, about 1 1/2 hours east of KC?

Last night was another Lost evening.  We've finished up season 2 now.

RT - Thanks for the heads up on ttender.  I'll give them a call.

[ChiefEagles]

Legislative reception was good [food anyway].  Great news!!!!  TWC has signed an agreement with RFD-TV.  Do not know when it will hit the programing here but it has been signed. 

8, good luck with the veggie garden and the showers.  Sure helped mine.

Steve, a prayer for you to find a good job.

Brutus, told you that you had friends and great support.

Good night to all.  God bless. 

[wrmcclellan]

Evening all!

Brutus -   prayers for you and your wife God bless.

Dennis - I hope she sticks with the nursing program. School counselor really helped here. Told my daughter that nursing will always provide a job for her, even in tough times.

Hope everyone else is doing OK. Steve - good luck with the job search!

T-Storms here. Need the rain always!

[dbaker48]

Good Evening,

Spent the night getting Chris' laptop connected to the system.   What a hassle, especially that I knew what was wrong just not how to get to it.  The WEP key needed to be reinstalled.  But finding it !!!!!  Took me a week, and finally through a "on line" chat.  The problem was I was entering the wrong number to access the router set up page to find the codes.  Once got that done, everything just rolled out fine.

An update on our local dancer; she is out for a couple of days.  The house is tented for extermination.  Either they are selling, or might have an invasion of some small critters.  Wonder how that could happen!

Question for your retired folks;

If you own a business, and you retire and draw SS., and the wife is younger can't she still operate the business?  (Of course)  But does that mean you file seperate tax returns?   If filed jointly wouldn't that put your income in excess of SS?    Not looking for professional advice here, just general discussion.

Getting late!

Prayers for all in need, Brutus, Lionroar, and their wives.  Steve's job search, and others as necessary!

[submmbob]

 Back on the hill for our last week of observations before summer shutdown. Weather is fairly good, even though we are still seeing the too-soons in the afternoon.

doug - I did get your email about the Magma RS-3. I didn't bid on it as I'm waiting to finish up a couple of other projects but thanks for the info. I'd also kind of like to see how seayakbill's turns out

seayakbill - you had me lol when I read about vacuuming out the train track marks in the carpet

kurt - those carbs on the gas blowers are funny little things w/o floats so you can turn them on their side. They work off of atmo pressure and if the holes to the diaphram get covered up that can cause problems. Usually this means they don't idle or run at all, but it could be a cracked diaphram. It's fairly easy to get out to look at as I remember and you should be able to get a kit if that's the case

chief - I can't say as to whether I have ever had sweet tea of the proper sort. I think I missed that when exposed to some southern cuisine in Gulfport for the Navy (not necessarily great cuisine either). I did sample okra for the first time though. And the 1st class petty officer in charge of our class?  We were sure he had a crawfish tank between the seats of his van.

brutus - prayers for you and your wife

steve - good luck on the job search

Well not too much else going on. I'm going to price out the parts I think I'll need for the Corvair. Thinking of doing a fairly basic rebuild on the stock 80 HP as some day I may decide to upgrade. Be nice to have it running though. Ever tried to get a 4 X 8 piece of plywood in a jeep? Forget it. This summers big hurdle will be to get the MG fired off. Got the micromark catalog in the mail today, been a while since I had seen one, some neat stuff in there. Got to book the Amtrak trip to La Junta from Flagstaff this week and then the 'Hound from the Ol' Pueblo to Flag. Looking forward to the trip over Raton Pass.

For those who were recently travelling in the Great Plains states, BNSF has some awesome coal drags thru Nebraska. We follow the north-south lines for a ways on our trip from CO to the rez in South Dakota.  Bridgeport is also a great place, where old farm equipment goes to rest. There are two major salvage yards that have stuff almost as far as the eye can see. I'm, of course, always drawn to the re d group of IHC stuff. Now I have a real image when I read Roger Welsh's books.

Hope everyone is having a good week

Bob

[rtraincollector]

8ntruck

RT - Thanks for the heads up on ttender.  I'll give them a call.

If he doesn't, I have an extra one that has a small hole in the top but have the piece maybe you can glue back . It had a small piece sticking down that went into one of the small cirvle vents on top and I miss alligned and it broke out. I need to locate it and I might of glued it back in myself don't remember but I got one from Jeff and thats on my nyc gp-9 now. so the other one you could have.

 

 

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It is rainy again in SE Indiana.  OMWUMNSFGH.  Well, there was a "window over Terre Haute" (and Columbus, IN as well) last night, but the 'powers that be" decided the fields were too wet to play on.  What a bunch of wimps!   So we went home and I practice with "my " soccer girls for the first time outside (where the water was standing in some spots!).  I made one nice shot for a goal that I think surprised a few people.  Practice does pay off.  After that I went to the YMCA to do weights.  Dog was growling at a opossum last night.  This is twice in the last week.  Next time I will catch it and transfer it to the country.  Brutus, the advice Dennis gives about the hand sanitizer is true.  We did it for Lucas and it worked pretty well.  His last comment is equally valid.  Hang in there.

dwiemer

wrmcclellan

Vacation over and back to w**k tomorrow.

Roy, how dare you use such four letter words!  Just kidding, hope you had a great vacation and that work doesn't hit you too hard on your return.  Told wife of your daughter's intentions.  She said "great, all graduates should either go to nursing school or the military". 

Brutus, prayers been said and will continue to do so.  The news I expected from what you had been saying.  One suggestion:  Get plenty of the waterless hand sanitizer.  Have some by the front door when folks come in to the house, have a small bottle in each family members pocket to wash hands after touching things at work/school, and other people.  Also, don't touch your face until cleaning your hands.  That way, you can greatly reduce the illness of the rest of the family so they don't bring it home.  They have come a long way with treatment, but unfortunately, the side affects, like reducing white cells and ability to fight illness are a necessary thing.  Glad that you and the family are able to be so supportive...helps so much.

This is yet another demonstration of the quality folks we have around here.  We rally around the needs of others in prayer and support.  "The Prayers of a righteous man availeth much". 

God Bless,
Dennis

 

 

I had a nice surprise for breakfast.  The "saucy wench" was having trouble sleeping so she got up early and made bacon and biscuits for breakfast on the dining car.  Sorry I was late for the Tardis pickup last night.  Having the game cancelled completely threw off my schedule.  I am supposed to practice with the high school boys' team, but we got even more rain last night.  Field will probably be flooded :-(  Beacon will be lit again.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[laz 57]

HI GYZ,

  Muggy at the start of the day.  Ran just a 3 miler and NO BIKE today, got GOLF dis afternoon against BRO?  Got half the load of mulch down yesterday.  Gotts move about 7 tons of stone for back access road, this morning.  Slept great last nite.

Read in paper,  a guy in our area has a large O gauge collection for sale, might have to give him a call?

Stay frosty,

laz57

[ChiefEagles]

Morning.  Suppose to be hot and humid [what's new].  Good chace of TStorms this afternoon.  Finally going to my B'day dinner.  Big crew is meeting us at Shuckers Oyster and Seafood Bar.  New place [old business moved to new bigger building] two miles from house.

submmbob

 Back on the hill for our last week of observations before summer shutdown. Weather is fairly good, even though we are still seeing the too-soons in the afternoon.

Bob

Did I mess something?  What in the world are you doing?  You not working a fire tower in the Rockies are you?  Sounds interesting. 

About time for Jack's Granddaughter to "appear".  Prayers there.

Almost time for good news [we hope and pray] from Brent [88]. 

Brutus, just said one for the wife.

Roy, nursing is a great job and in great demand.  Hope she will continue.  They are all angles  helping the sick.

Mike C., I will have to ship the "saucy winch" a big bag of grits so you can have a decent breakfast.

Hope all have a great day.  God bless all.

[cnw1995]

Morning all. Cool and grey today. Dodged the rain for last night's Sox game. Going to leave in a few with the middle boy for today's game. Looks like it's raining there now.  Hope it dries up. Doug is right - miserable, cool, wet June so far. And I can see December on the horizon. Ack!  Rain on its way to Mike C and Sir J.

Did a dad thing burying another hamster early this morn, and cleaning out the cage. Chief, Bob has the coolest job - at a telescope atop an AZ mountain! Bob, what do you do during summer shut-down - maintenance? Roy, tried to interest daughter in nursing - it's certainly served my bride well. She's not interested of course. ;)

[jonadel]

For the first time since we've lived in this house (19 years) we have water in the sump pump pit, could not believe it, glad it works.  I gave up on wearing shorts last week, still wearing jeans today.  This weather is more like April/May---sure hope it warms up soon and stops raining.

Brutus--hang in there my friend, prayers sent.  Better days are just ahead.

Lots to do before we head out for the weekend, will have traveled several thousand miles before July gets here, loving every minute of it this month.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a rainy 66 degrees. This has been a wet summer. Going up to 74 today with rain all day.

Not much doing today. I have some paperwork to do and then I may run trains later. Need to do some dusting on the layout.

Dining car was here for the usual breakfast.

Y'all have a great Thursday.

Chuck

[LawsonFarmsRR]

ChiefEagles

Great news!!!!  TWC has signed an agreement with RFD-TV.  Do not know when it will hit the programing here but it has been signed. 

 

That is great news. As you know, RFD-TV is my favorite station. For $30 a year you can get a bi-monthly program guide (and a free denim hat), or a free weekly program e-newsletter.  Their programing includes several train shows, lots of old and new country/bluegrass shows, Tractor pulls, Etc.

Did anyone, especially those who went to York, see the picture at the end of Bob Keller's recent email newsletter video?

Today's Wise Farmer Saying is: Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

Pat

[Anonymous]

Brutus,

             Prayers for you and your wife.

Chief,

            

I meant to post sooner, but I have had a busy week.  My friend has had some type of situation arise, but I haven't heard from him since last week.  He was living with his sister, and he moved out after they had an arguement.  I am concerned.  The weather here has been less than spectacular this week.  It was fairly nice Tuesday, so I uncovered the Probe and let it idle for about an hour.  It is amazing what a difference new upstream O2 sensors and a new PCV valve can make.