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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, June 5, 2009 8:37 PM

Blueberryhill RR

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................

LOL CHUCK, thoght that Hummer was Florescent Orange?

 

LOL.

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Posted by seacoast on Friday, June 5, 2009 8:41 PM

Chief,

What is that in your pix a scud missile or I am guessing a NIKE Air to Air?

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Posted by laz 57 on Friday, June 5, 2009 8:44 PM

Sign - WelcomeBOB,  GREAT to join us here on the coffee pot.  Hope you don't like GRITs and Sweet tea, they will both rot your teeth.

Well ran trains tonite for an hour and a half, NO PILE UPs great time.  Ran a bunch of stuff and had a few OL MILs.

Stay frosty,

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Friday, June 5, 2009 10:34 PM

Evening all

Bob - Welcome!

Buckeye - I have furneral Saturday morning and while the prayers are being said I will keep you and Tom and his loved ones in my prayers

May God bless

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Posted by Brutus on Friday, June 5, 2009 10:46 PM

Gotta get up in about 6 hours, so just a fly by Laugh  Tardis is on the way - pick up Ray, then Wes and Doug, head to over to pick up RT and see if we can spot that big red Hummer, lol!  We'll get all you guys on the way and then raid that banilla.

Buckeye - prayers for Tom's family and for you too, man.

PS - Welcome Bob!

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Posted by dbaker48 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 2:41 AM
G....o...o....d      E.....v....e...n....i...n....g  !!!!!

T...heeeee    c...o...m....pputerrrrr     a.tttt    hoooome    iss...  sttlllll    veeeerryyy slooooowww !!!!!!

Tooook  4 minutttes toooo loaddd thisss papapageee.  

Condolences for Buckey and Toms family !

Chuck that's a pretty cool invasion.  Hope Buckeye has his deep waders with him !

Sign - Welcome  Bob !    Now this is really great!  The left coast contingency is really growing, at least 4 of us!  Hope you come in frequently.  (I need help cleaning out the old grinds, and shovelling all the grits out daily.)  Ray retires too early, and Doug is always out playing with Thomas or something.

Had an interesting evening tonight.  I learned the difference between HDMI compatible, and High Def TV.  Chris got a HD box and service applied to HIS room, so I tried to connect it up to see what other sets in the house could get the expanded station.  Turns out only 2, his and the one in the train room.  As I understand it HDMI compatible simply means that TV can pick up all the other stations, digitial.  And High Def is related to the resolution primarily.  All the others are just two old.  Going to have to get rid of some the older ones!

Also, talked to the guy that developed and marketing Bull Frog Snot.  Arranged to get some for a trial basis.  This stuff is suppose to eliminate traction tires.  Will see what happens.  It was originally developed for N scale.  Curious as to hoe difficult to apply, and whether it will hold up with the O Scale weight. 

 Take care and have a Great Day !

 

 

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Posted by fifedog on Saturday, June 6, 2009 6:44 AM

Mornin' boys.  Mornin' English.  Sun is making an appearance here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Lots o' princess drama in fifedom last night = boys are sooo much easier...Grumpy  Graduation party at 6, so won't be on the 'putor anymore today.

Looks like we have some "arrivals" (Sign - Welcome), as well as some "departures" (Sad).  Best regards to all.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, June 6, 2009 7:32 AM

Morning all.  Cloudy but the rain is suppose to be gone.  Got funeral at 12 so not going to the lake house until later.  Going to Miss Edna's with a load of veggies.  Went to bed right after posting and slept till 8 this morning.  See, I did not worry about Buckeye as the troops were on guard.

SEA, that is what I did in the US Army.  The Herc series also had surface to surface "plugs" and Nuc warheads.   

seacoast

Chief,

What is that in your pix a scud missile or I am guessing a NIKE Air to Air?

Buckeye, seems like we all have too many funerals with friends this week. 

Sure glad to see all the new guys posting.  Summer is usually slow on forums but we are staying busy. 

All have a great day and God bless all.

PS: don't forget, a lot of good men died on this date back in history.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:24 AM

Morning all was supose to be at work this am with OT but got to work and got sick so came home just a bug of some sort probally a southern type bug. Whistling

Will take it easy today.

Talk to you later

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Posted by sir james I on Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:35 AM

Good Morning

Sun is shining and I think we are going into the 70s today.

Dining car rolled in with eggs,ham,fried taters and toast. It sure feels good to be me again. It appears my innards had a virus, probably a spinoff from the broncitis. I shall sashshay outdoors today and plant some more flowers. Have a great weekend all.

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Posted by laz 57 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:41 AM

HI GYZ,

  Rained just about every day here this week.  Grass is high!  Gotta sharpen blades then cut and bag it today.  Usually I don't bag the clippings but this stuff is high enogh for hay.

Hope the PENs win tonite?

Stay Frosty,

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Posted by jefelectric on Saturday, June 6, 2009 10:10 AM

Trying to catch up after missing a few days.

AGHR Bob, Welcome to the coffee pot.  Your club has a great layout, I had the pleasure of seeing it in 2007 at the invitation of Don Baker.

 Buckeye, Condolances on the loss of your friend.  And congratulations on the arrival of the grandchild.

And now I am struggling to remember what else I might have forgotten, darn old age.

RT, Take care of the "bug", hope it is not the new one going around.

All have a great weekend.

 

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Saturday, June 6, 2009 10:20 AM

 Beautiful day here in central Virginia. Haven't seen the sun in six days.

RT - Do I once again have to say the G---- word? You are in the South and I keep saying it is a cure-all for all your problems.Whistling

SJ - sashshay outdoors today? Would that be with or without the tootoo?

LAZ - Want to borrow the hay making equipment?

The wise farmer says: When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. Remind you of any goings on on another forum?

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Posted by Ole Timer on Saturday, June 6, 2009 11:26 AM

 Laz ... you look too darn young to retire ... man I must have trashed myself ... LOL .

Bob ... welcome to the pot .... join some of we other old geezers ... as the youngins call us ... they forget we're like fine aged wine ... Smile,Wink, & Grin

Buckeye sorry for the loss buddy ... it tears me up everytime I lose another friend/buddy .... Sigh

Wife gave me her darn cold ... felt lousey for 4 days now ...

Pat ,,, the SUN .... I almost forgot what it looks like ... dark ... rainy and damp here about 6 out of 7 days

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Posted by dougdagrump on Saturday, June 6, 2009 11:54 AM

Howwdeee !

Started out brite blue skies and nothing but sun, now the clouds seem to be rolling in and a tad soggy. Oh well, if we get some rain it would be really nice.

It's alive !!!!!

The Galloping Goose is alive and well and should be back early next week. A great reccommendation from Don on a good repair shop for PS-1 and a much less than anticipated cost make me a Happy Camper

Great day at the museum yesterday, and good news for sunday. Others signed up to run so my services will not be required.Big Smile

Need to bug Lionel and find out what is up with my parts order. Grumpy

Looking for some info on a K-Line car. There are some K-Line flats on E-Bay, UP 691-2111, and the seller's description is less than good shall we say plus no respose to my questions. I wasn't able to find any info on the K-Line Legacy site so does anyone here know these cars? They look like the scale one's that were made for a single container carrier.

Thanks for any info.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, June 6, 2009 1:31 PM

Back from funeral home and visiting the family.  Taking our time to get going to the lake house.  Don't know if Pam's family is coming or not.  Sister and her teenage daughter are having Mom and Daughter disagreement today.

SJ, glad you are feeling better.  Was really worried about you.

Pat, its like: "If you lie down with dogs, you come up with fleas."

Later. 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 4:09 PM

Afternoon all. Welcome Bob, I'd sure love to see your club someday!

Finished up redoing the master bath last night. The shower curtain pole in the kid's bathroom collapsed with a crash at 330 this morn. Sure woke me up and couldn't figure out what happened where. LOL. Just finished fixing it.  Sports day with the youngest - last soccer game of the season; a nice pizza party with the team, then waited on the bleachers in a downpour before his baseball game was called - he was covered in baseball field mud. LOL. Thinking of working on the layout but will probably grade papers and take a nap ;)

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Posted by cheapclassics on Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:21 PM

Good evening all,

IIABSDISEI.  TMWUMNSFGH.  IRL on Versus tonight at Texas.  Sarah and IV are running. Team Red is starting in the first four positions.  Did a Chief today.  Mowed the yard (most of it, left the open spaces for Lucas), reffed two games, and did weights at the YMCA.  Went to see "Angels and Demons" last night with the "saucy wench" (she likes Tom Hanks).  I had waffles and sausages on the dining car for breakfast this morning.  Beacon is lit for after the race.  I hope everyone (especially Sarah and IV) have a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by sir james I on Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:23 PM

Good evening

Sun was out and then disappeared. Temp drop to low 60s. No rain yet.

As for a totoo I only have a pink one and the two sons won't let me wear it anymore so I just go natural. Got the laundry done and some flowers planted today, then I couched. Laundry is no big deal, there is just the two of us and she has to do the sorting, I'm not taking the rap for wrong things washed together.

I still have some banilla so bring on the Tardis...S.J.

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Posted by laz 57 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 9:29 PM

HI GYZ,

  Well cut grass, twice but didn't have to bag.  So NO PATRICK don't need da baler, thank you.  I sharpened blades all went well with cutting.  Went and got my churchen in then ate at Golf course with wife and BRO.

Came home took dog for walk then watched my PENs get killed, while running trains for an hour and a half.

at least NO PILE UPs.

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Posted by dbaker48 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 9:38 PM

Evening All,

Not much improvement with the computer, if I keep everyone else off system, and minimize images seems to work a little better.

Went to the "Big All Gauge Trainshow", drove 40 miles one way, avoided the $10 parking, paid $12 each to get in.  About 4 aisles of vendors, MAYBE 5 or 6 O-scale, and they primarily had running stock, best was 20% off MSRP.  Three quarters of room was with running layouts.  Was NOT one O gauge layout in the building.  (Almost none, one person had a O-27 Thomas train on a 4x8 sheet, no accessories.  And would let kids run it for 5 min. each, for a $1 donation.)  There was 1 HO, 2 Z, and all the rest were either N, or G scales.  Spent 1 hr 15 minutes there, extremely disappointed!  Talked with one person regarding a Helix, intention is for the train club.  

Got home and the Bull Frog Snot is here, will try that tomorrow afternoon see what happens.

Since have tomorrow off work, and train meet going on in Arcadia tomorrow.  Plan on going up to it and hopefully will See Ray (SPMan).

Think I will take the camera, and maybe post some pictures from there.

Take care !!

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Posted by Banks on Saturday, June 6, 2009 10:21 PM

 Hello all,

Sign - Welcome Bob

Just a quick check in here. Grandkids safely returned to their parents. Did get a little train runnin' in after we returned from the amusement park. Rode the train there a lot

Well I best get t bed.  Going to the hillclimb tomorrow

Prayers for all who may need them

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Posted by Brutus on Saturday, June 6, 2009 10:24 PM

Good evening folks!  Another day done and I am beat, Pete.  Got about 5 hours of sleep due to company last night, then worked today from 6 until noon.  Stopped at Home Depot on the way home as per agreement with my wife to check out a grill they had on sale.  I ended up buying the next one up in size for about $30 more - Brinkman 4 burner with side burner.  Must have been a good sale, because I could not get anyone there to sell me one.  Finally found a manager who told a guy to grab one off the shelf.  By now I was pretty hot and just wanted to get it and go, plus I figured I would do a better job putting it together than they would.  Well, took a couple hours total to get it all together and hooked up.  My son helped a lot and it was fun to watch him use the old craftsman drill/driver to crawl around underneath and tighten the screws Smile  He did a good job, too.  My wife and Mother-in-Law brought home some groceries, so we had burgers and dogs on the fire tonight.  I hoisted a Sam Adams, too.  It's tradition, you know Wink  I like having the burners arranged this way, because I could easily isolate one side of the grill for warming and one for grilling etc.  Good deal for the Jimster.  Not what I wanted for Father's Day actually, but it was a good idea to get it for the family.

Tardis is ready and some new beacons are on the scope along with the rest of the guys too Smile  Here we go!

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Posted by laz 57 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 10:31 PM

BRUTUS, should have been an OLD MIL.Big Smile

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Posted by Ole Timer on Saturday, June 6, 2009 11:24 PM

 Oh well ... saturday trip ruined ... had to make a pit stop at the VA hospitol .. was thinking 1 hour .. ended up 4 1/2 ... Grumpy ... shot that whole idea of a ride . Came home took the meds ... darn things knocked me out like a sledge hammer ... missed the tardis even Sigh ... Don it's a shame your visit to the show was such a letdown also ... sometimes we just can't win for losing ... can we ?

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Posted by AGHR Bob on Saturday, June 6, 2009 11:55 PM

Saturday -  rained during the night but briefly....then cloudly skies in the morning as I set out to spend a daty at Angels Gate running trains.  It warmed up to the mid-70's by mid-morning and ....WOW! two new mebers joined our hobby club...AND ONE IS A WOMAN!

 Kinda shook some of us when she turned to her husband and said, "Honey, will you buy me a new engine!"  Now that's a switch!

'Spent the entire day running my ATSF Hudson with heavyweight passenger cars!

 

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Sunday, June 7, 2009 6:47 AM

AGHR Bob

Saturday -  rained during the night but briefly....then cloudly skies in the morning as I set out to spend a daty at Angels Gate running trains.  It warmed up to the mid-70's by mid-morning and ....WOW! two new mebers joined our hobby club...AND ONE IS A WOMAN!

 Kinda shook some of us when she turned to her husband and said, "Honey, will you buy me a new engine!"  Now that's a switch!

'Spent the entire day running my ATSF Hudson with heavyweight passenger cars!

 

 

We all know we need to interest the young people in our hobby to keep it going, but just imagine if the wife's became interested!

EDIT: Would that be a good thing or a bad thing? Confused

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Posted by mitchelr on Sunday, June 7, 2009 7:12 AM

jonadel

Mitch -- hang in there man!  One of my best friends was the high school principal, after a horrible day he would tell me "I spend 98% of my time with 2% of the kids/parents" --  guess which 2%?  Better days are ahead for you, keep the faith.

 

Thanks Jon.  I also use the 98% on 2%  analogy. Some days the 2% seems like 200%. On Monday, I have yet another meeting with parents that don't know what they want for their child, but know that everything we do is wrong.  Argh...Banged Head  The last meeting went 4.5 hours. I am setting a time limit of an hour for this one.

Stopped by the local train shop yesterday and eureka he was open.  Had stopped two other Saturdays and he was closed.  Found a Chessie tank car for $20.00 which wasn't a bad price.  He did not have the Gargraves standard gauge curved track I wanted in stock.  He said he would order it, but 12 pieces to make a circle at his catalog price of $11+ dollars per piece plus shipping is too rich for my blood. I will have to keep looking at different shops and shows.  I had seen it somewhere and thought it was at this place.  It will give me a good excuse to hit some other train shops.

Prayers to Buckeye, Chief and others who have lost friends and loved ones.  Tis never easy. One of my oldest friends from high school is battling *** cancer now.  I just hate to see her suffering but she has such a good attitude.

Well, only 5 more days to go and two of those are half days for kids.  I know I can do it, been there and done that 34 times now, and no end in sight. 

Take care,

Mitch

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Posted by Seayakbill on Sunday, June 7, 2009 7:50 AM

In between graduations and graduations parties the last two days I did get a chance to put a consist of 6464 boxcars together and give em a run on the layout. Started out with a Postwar diesel, to much slippage so I switched to a 4 motor set of MTH F units. No problem with those guys pulling the Postwar rolling stock. Heck of a difference between tugging 15 Postwar rolling stock and 15 modern era rolling stock.

 The weather finally has been great in Central Ohio not too hot and crisp mornings. Need to get up to Marion next week and do some railfanning at the diamonds.

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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, June 7, 2009 8:41 AM

Good Morning

Some rain overnite, suppose to be out of here by afternoon.

Still early and I have no plans at this time, maybe granny knows what my plans will be :). Have a great sunday...S.J.

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