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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, June 5, 2009 5:54 PM

We did it.  We made a devious and cunning plot around the Chief's Birthday to move Buckeye south to Atlanta , GA. He has just landed at Atlanta airport and plans to infiltrate to the Carolinas. He will be hard to detect as he has rented a candy apple red Hummer and is driving at a high rate of speed. He plans on " toilet-papering " Chief's house in Roseyville, as Chief is at his Lake house. Buckeye has a huge sign reading "CSX Headquarters" which he will install in Chief's front yard.

More information to come................

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, June 5, 2009 5:45 PM

njalb1, thanks.  Best to you, Wife and Granddaughter. 

AGHR Bob

Hi - I'm new to this forum.   My name is Bob and I am, a member of the Angles Gate Hi-Railers Club in Southern California.  I've been model railroading since I was 7 and now I'm 73 and still very enthusiastic about this terrific hobby.  Since AGHR is a RAILROAD club, I got railroaded into being an officer and have served for the past 5 years.

We are open to the public every Saturday from 10 to 4 p.m. ..and likely later, as well as Wednesday afternoons and eveings... also whenever the door is open. 

The club is located in San Pedro, just off South Gaffey Street in Angeles Gate Park...upper area in Bldg 848.  

 

 

OH MY, another left banker.  Hope he is not a Shake and Bake. Whistling

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Posted by Steve W. on Friday, June 5, 2009 5:11 PM

Buckeye: so sorry for your loss,  hang in there buddy.         Steve

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Posted by AGHR Bob on Friday, June 5, 2009 5:01 PM

Hi - I'm new to this forum.   My name is Bob and I am, a member of the Angles Gate Hi-Railers Club in Southern California.  I've been model railroading since I was 7 and now I'm 73 and still very enthusiastic about this terrific hobby.  Since AGHR is a RAILROAD club, I got railroaded into being an officer and have served for the past 5 years.

We are open to the public every Saturday from 10 to 4 p.m. ..and likely later, as well as Wednesday afternoons and eveings... also whenever the door is open. 

The club is located in San Pedro, just off South Gaffey Street in Angeles Gate Park...upper area in Bldg 848.  

 

 

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, June 5, 2009 4:51 PM

Buckeye....Sorry to hear about your friend Tom passing away.

Our prayers are out to Tom's family and you and your family.

Chuck

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Posted by jonadel on Friday, June 5, 2009 4:06 PM
Buckeye-- Thoughts and prayers for you and Tom's family, never easy to say goodbye to a friend.  Makes the daily dilemmas seem petty.  Take Care and get some rest, that little Buckeye is going to need some TLC from Grandpa Smile

Jon

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Posted by njalb1 on Friday, June 5, 2009 4:03 PM

Happy Birthday Frank !

 

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, June 5, 2009 3:51 PM

BUCKEYE condolances for you, and prayers for TOM.

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, June 5, 2009 3:49 PM

OLE TIMER,

  End of school year for me. had to get the kidos done with their wood projects.  When you have 60 kids time flies.  And thats just the 8th graders, then another 60 for 7th and then another 30 in HS.  Don't have much time.  But its over for another year!  3 more years then I'm going to retire.

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Posted by D&H 702 on Friday, June 5, 2009 3:16 PM

 Buckeye.....My condolances to you and also to Tom's Family.  It is really sad to loose a Great Friend.

Prayers will  be said for you and for Tom.  Have a safe trip down South and watch out for the Grits.

Best of Luck always.

 

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Posted by strogey on Friday, June 5, 2009 2:59 PM

Buckeye.....My condolances to the family and yourself. Tom is in a better place where he is no longer suffering. There is a new country song out that has the following words in it..."God calls us all home ....." Be there to support Tom's family and remember he is no longer in any pain!

Prayers to the family and you to help guide you through the next few days.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Friday, June 5, 2009 2:40 PM

Tom, my friend of 24 years, a veteran, a husband and father has passed away.  Again thank you for your prayers and kind words these last few days. 

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by SPMan on Friday, June 5, 2009 2:28 PM

Morning all,

Don, you were right!  We had some pretty heavy rain last night or actually early this morning around 5:00AM for about 30 minutes.  It was good for the lawn and we can use it.

Don't plan on going to the show in Ontario tomorrow but may go to the TTOS Southwestern meet in Arcadia on Sunday.

Great job on the greeting for the Chief and thanks also to Buckeye. 

Only exercised my trains once or twice this week.  Need to run more often.  I need to build a freight storage yard bad.  I've run out of room for stuff on the layout and I hate to start packing stuff away.  If you can't see it, what's the use of having it.  I used to sell stuff off when it got too crowded but now you have to give stuff away to sell it so I'm hanging on to it until the market improves a little.

Beacon on for Tardis pick up tonight.  Need to go see what the Chief is up to at the lake.

Tried out the new KFC grilled chicken last night.  It was very good and healthier than the original receipe stuff.  They had a chicken *** and wing, cole slaw, mashed potatoes and a buttermilk bisquit all for $3.99.  Could have eaten two orders but glad I did'nt.  Have to watch my triglycerides.

Have a good day y'all

Ray

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Posted by John Bakeer on Friday, June 5, 2009 2:08 PM

Not posted for a while, but some stirring on another forum has awakened me.

Sorry chaps. I nearly blew it yesterday when I phoned the Chief and wished him happy b'day.

Don, I spoke to a nice lady at 'The Wake Weekly News' and she is sending me a copy of the complete newspaper. Which I shall treasure.

The other forum that is spitting a lot of vitriol into the ether should grow up, they would not have brought me into the Lionel fold, with their atitude I would have likely taken up with knitted dolls.

LONG LIVE THE CHIEF!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE.

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Posted by Ole Timer on Friday, June 5, 2009 1:45 PM

Buckeye Riveter

tgif............now off to Atlanta, Georgia for a conference. ... I'm tired.

Get some well deserved rest buddy ... you need and deserve it .... Zzz

Don .... what alot of problems with speed are  internet service providers are selling bucu subscriptions / adding folks and not upgradeing or expanding their equipt.  .... thus we suffer ... I think they call that greed on their part .... and if most could check .... at peak hours it slows down to a walk or crawl . My wonderful cable company here likes to break down about every friday night ... Angry .... or saturday morning and take their phones off the hook !  .... SoapBox  

LAZ ..... man have'nt seen you here for a bit ... good to seeya !

 Did fifedog say he was going to fasten one of those pink flamingos to the bow for an ornament like the old time sailing ships have ? I may have been mistaken ... Laugh .

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Friday, June 5, 2009 1:09 PM

Don,

I was wondering if the Bullfrog Snot could be used as a replacement for traction tires when they wear out.

If you get some it would be good to have a report.

 

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Posted by Seayakbill on Friday, June 5, 2009 1:01 PM

Good Afternoon All 

As I was going through some boxes underneath the layout last night, opened up a box that contained a bunch of 6464 boxcars. I hadn't seen these guys in a month of blue moons. Fun stuff, to look at trains that you played with 50 years ago. Well anyways, have to take em apart to clean up the shells and to lube the wheels, axels, and truck pins. These are boxcars that were purchased new when I was a kid and they have the scars from crashing through many Lincoln Log forts and into other trains. This weekend they will be on the rails bringing back memories of the fifties and sixties.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Friday, June 5, 2009 12:19 PM

 Morning all. Beautiful day here. Redoing a bathroom today - mostly painting - after spending all Thur. taking down wallpaper = ugh. Have lots of projects it seems according to the bride. But a boxcar arrived on the interchange track from Iowa today! So eventually we eat a beef. Never saw one up close.  Only wrapped nicely in the supermarket. Smile

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Posted by dbaker48 on Friday, June 5, 2009 12:14 PM

Good Morning,

Looking forward to a great weekend!  Plan on going to "Big Train Show" in Ontario tomorrow.  All gauges, really have interesting stuff.  Considering some of that Bullfrog Snot, anyone have any experience?

Still fighting the DSL at home.  Called again yesterday and complained it was taking 40 minutes to load MS Hot Mail front page.  So they tested the line, and confirmed it was way to slow.  Sending a tech out next Monday !  Get home last night, and totally unaccessible!  Family not to pleased!  Then this morning it was barely on again.  So try to get some stuff up today I'm delinquent on.

I think SPMan is going to get rained on today!  I can see the black clouds rolling in quickly from the coast, headed right toward the foothills.

Thanks, for the compliments WE ALL did good.  Lots and lots of support from everyone.  When I receive the hard copy from Wake Weekly I will scan and email copy of the page to everyone so you can see the relative location of the ad.  (Unless the Chief can do that, he probably has 600 copies laying around.  On second thought he would probably try to remove the Cream of Wheat.)

If you see a update on the last SPF, it is Jim's car, it really needed to be in that edition.  Really sorry for the delay.  The car left here today for Iowa.

Later

 

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Friday, June 5, 2009 11:37 AM

tgif............now off to Atlanta, Georgia for a conference. ... I'm tired.

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Friday, June 5, 2009 11:14 AM

Good Afternoon from Blueberryhill....

It is a cloudy 66 degrees. No rain in the forecast.Going up to 78 today with a little sunshine.

Today is busy. Just ran a bunch of errands. Now I am taking  it easy. I have to plant some flowers in the deck boxes later.

Buckeye...TGIF

Dining car was here for the usual breakfast.

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck

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Posted by phillyreading on Friday, June 5, 2009 10:24 AM

Good Morning,

Been getting some good amounts of rain like anjdevil, maybe not as much. Temp expected to go to 90 today, and near the 90's for the rest of the summer or hurricane season.

Insurance going up again, the govenor of Florida just signed a bill the other week that lets the stae run insurance company raise rates by 10% every year!

Got most of my Laser Art kit built, what a nightmere for such a small building! I will stick with Plasticville or MTH buildings in plastic, no major work or detailing to do.

Expecting more layoffs at work as summer is here, less people(commutors & teachers) traveling on turnpike.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Friday, June 5, 2009 9:12 AM

Morning all!

Beautiful day here. Both kids completed school yesterday, but band camp started for my son. Band camp runs through end of next week.

Chief - glad you enjoyed your surprise yesterday.

Buckeye - congrats on the new addition!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Regards, Roy

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, June 5, 2009 8:15 AM

Fifey, wifey took two to the lake house and put them in a garden. Black Eye 

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Posted by fifedog on Friday, June 5, 2009 8:09 AM

Phish - Knew that was coming. Laugh

anjdevil - Still too high.  Wait 'til they're 2 for $5, then pull that trigger.

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Friday, June 5, 2009 7:37 AM

Morning guys,

 

Sunny with clouds today up to 85.  Lots of rain last night with thunder.  The princess left at 5:50 last night and arrive in New Jersey at 8:15, just as I was bringing home calzones for dinner.  Miss her already, but I know she’ll have a great time there.Sigh

 

Nice to see the Chief surprised, sorry I couldn’t be on line to see it....work was busy yesterday.

 

I have a 3PM appointment to go look at a bunch of train stuff.  I’m trying to build a layout for a friend of mine and this may end up being the rolling stock I need to make it happen.  I’ll let youze giz know if there are any leftovers!!

 

fife – I was in Garden Ridge and they have a sale on pink flamingoes.  I immediately though of you (2 for $13 – such a deal!)

 

See ya inna bit...

 

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Posted by Banks on Friday, June 5, 2009 7:33 AM

 Good morning all, Low 50's and raining this morning. Low 60's is the predicted high. Nice for the weekend.

Chief  Belated Happy B-Day

Things went well with the grandkids last night. Ran the trains for a short while. we're taking them to High School Graduation this evening. My niece is doing much better(thanks for your prayers) and graduates tonight. Along with one of my nephews. Saturday we're taking them to the Amusement Park while their parents attend a wedding

CNW, I forgot to answer your question. A feeder is a beef. I usually finish them (Butcher shop)at around 24 months. I usually try to buy mine at 12 months. I can buy them for less than it costs me to feed a cow for a year to get one and then feed the calf for a year. Not to mention all the extra manure to fork. (been there done that)

Prayers for all who need them.

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, June 5, 2009 7:31 AM

MIKE C.

  BOB and TOM, I only get to listen to them for 10 minutes going to school in the morning.  But in that time they make me laugh so hard sometimes.  Great show, warped sense of humor.

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Posted by sir james I on Friday, June 5, 2009 7:30 AM

Good Morning

Sunny and going to 70s. We will be leaving shortly to start an hours drive to my cousins' wife funeral. I expect this to be a tiring day for me but at least I am feeling better. Everyone enjoy this day we will only have today once...S.J.

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Friday, June 5, 2009 7:07 AM

Morning all from beautiful Southern Ohio

Mid 50's and a beautiful morning.

Buckeye - TGIF!!!

Chief - You said it right, the folks make the pot it is but you are a core member

Fife - Took some pics of your car last night with some feathered friends

Got to go

May God bless

Jim

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