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Re: COFFEE POT #11 [September], for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 4 yrs old and still going.

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Posted by dwiemer on Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:00 PM

Good evening everyone.  Had a great day, though it didn't start out that way.  Woke with a headache and feeling BAAADDDD.  Eventually rolled out of bed and had breakfast.  After a little medication, felt much better.  Had daughter's party with her friends from ballet and school.  It was at a gymnastics place that allowed the kids to go nuts and have a great time.  This is the third and final birthday party for our little princes this year.  (seems we celebrate each birthday 3 times).  Getting ready for church tomorrow.  Looking forward to it as seems to give us that recharging we need to make it through another week.

When we got home today, the mailbox had a little present in it for me.  The new Fastrack book is out and upon first glance, it will be a good one.  Some nice designs and I am sure many tips to help my on my pike.  Was a gift from a friend who has several layouts featured in it.

Well, I do hope that everyone has a blessed week ahead. 
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Posted by dbaker48 on Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:19 PM

Good Evening,

Dennis, not only was your post at the top of the page, but # 300 for this edition of the "Pot", what a talkative bunch!

Worked the Orange County Swap meet today, boy my eyes are bloodshot.  (Not from alcohol or lack of sleep, things will be different I'm sure, when summer weather changes!)  Going back tomorrow!  Sure get tired of this working stuff.

Hopefully should get a day off later this week.  The weeks just seem to flip by!

Havn't been in the train room all week, the closest I've gotten is watching the remote thermoter in the Family Room.  Currently, 81 deg, & 43% RH.  And it has been closed up all day.  

Going to watch a "special" movie tonight.   "Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus"  looking forward to that!

Later

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Posted by Banks on Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:50 PM

 Hello all

9/11 was a somber day for me. Can't get those images out of my head. we afro engineered an antenna on the TV in our conference room. I've got to admit not much work was done that day 

Busy as heck lately

Today we moved my old mobile home to a better location for the Pro's to get it. Been trying to sell it for over a year. Was almost ready to scrap it.  Finally donated it to my daughters BIL. Told him if he got it out of here he could have it. He was happy to get it. He told me he had looked at some in much worse shape for 6 or 8 K. Have to admit it was harder to move than I thought it would be. Once it was under way it went much better.

My wife and my Dad canned over 40 pints of Pickled Beets today while the great trailer move was going on.

I did get some of the Anormal smoke fluid. I've got to admit in my opinion it doesn't hold a candle to Super Smoke. Super smoke has way better scent and smoke output.

One good thing about shorter days, I got a little bit o' train runnin in a couple of times.

It's past my bedtime

Hillclimb tomorrow

 

Prayers to all who need them

 

 

 

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Posted by 8ntruck on Sunday, September 13, 2009 1:13 AM

Sunny, low 80's here today.

Drove my wife to Columbia for some shopping - sewing store and Hobby Lobby.  Didn't see anything in the train selection that I 'had' to have.  Lunch at Red Lobster, then home.  Toured the home improvement stores and lumber yards in Sedalia and came up with the bits and pieces of duct work.  Ready to install them tomorrow.

We went racing tonight.  Last race of the season.  Sucessful night, though we adjusted ourselves out of the A main.  Made a change to the tighten the car up for the B main.  Too bad the track still had grip.  Driver had a hard time making the car turn. We finished fifth in the B main, but needed to finish fourth or better to transfer into the A main.  Not to  worry, tonight was more of a test session for us than serious racing.  We confirmed that the chassis set up changes made to the car this week seem to have helped.

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Posted by dwiemer on Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:43 AM

Morning all.  Time to get my backside in gear and get ready for Church.  Was funny this morning as both kids and the dog joined us in the bed for a early Sunday morn.  kids like to cut up and the dog loves being the center of attention.

Looking forward to SPF.  Hope to be able to contribute soon.  Been reading the new Fastrack book.  So far a good read.  Better run.

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:08 AM

 Hey guys,

Up early today, Princess was at a homework sleep over and you guessed it, no sleep.  So, me, being the great Dad I am got up at 7 to pick her up.  Needless to say, I got NO sleep last night as well.  Got coffee for me & d Mrs., and bagels for her and the kids.  I have croissants.  So the Princess is a-bed now, and everyone else is still sleeping.  I'll take a nap later.  Mrs. has work later and I have to clean house.

9/11 was a better day for me, but you have move on...the pain is still there.  You who saw the video link understand, I cannot watch the whole thing without breaking down.  Still tough.  Those that saw it, I thank you for taking time to view it.  It means a lot to me, those that perished and those that will always remember that day.  343 of our firefighter brothers died that day doing what we were trained to do, save lives.

I have a LNE car here and I will be getting pictures of the reformed layout and John's car on later today (after I wake up..)

It's been raining the last 2 days, very humid and warm about 88.  Went to HD yesterday, may be trading up to a 100th Anniversary (2003) Sportster with a 2 year warranty.  It was sitting on the lot and it started right up without the choke, so that may be promising...of course another $55 a month Banged Head.   Enjoy your day, will see ya in a while!

Cheers!

Rich

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Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:27 AM

HI GYZ,

  Nice here today sunny and getting to 80.  Going to do bike ride today again, give my knees a break.  Went to gun show yesterday, didn't get anything but BRO and BUDDIES did.  NICE STUFF!!!

BUCKEYE, sorry for the loss against USC.  That QB from Pa. needs alot more work.  Dumb plays at the end.

ANJDEVIL, yes everyday I think of those fine people who lost their lives.  Never forget.

DENNIS, a glass to your friend, my he rest in peace.

Stay frosty,

GO BEARs!!!!!

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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:54 AM

Good Morning

We have another nice day arising, 70s and sun.

A rare occurance last nite, slept through to 530 must have been all that outdoors and food. Haven't made plans for today so it's wait and see time. Good chat with Brutus and Charlie last night..S.J.

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Posted by fifedog on Sunday, September 13, 2009 9:11 AM

Mornin' boys.  Mornin' English.  Sunny & 68 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Too many steamed crabs, and far too many longnecks last night...anyone catch the number on that bus...?Dead  Boy was happy; got money, Madden 10, and #27 jersey.

Even though I'm not 100% yet, I managed to trudge out to the garage this AM and pull out the 8ft inflatible RAVEN football player.  I'm gonna go out on the perverbial limb with my prediction for today's game...RAVENS 56 chefs -3 Oh, and Joe Flacco will pass for 553 yards, Hon.

Chief - Pic kinda looks like laz and his lokie.

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Sunday, September 13, 2009 9:15 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a beautiful day. 68 and sunny. Going up to 80 today, with lots of sunshine.

Today is an easy day. Relaxing and enjoying the weather. I may spend some time in the train room later.  Nice supper planned.

SPF looks good today.

Dining car was here and we had the usual plus a big blueberry muffin for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Sunday.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, September 13, 2009 9:29 AM

Morning all.  Lazy day.  Pam and I both are getting around slowly.  Too much work for the old man.  Putting my drill press together in a few.  Giving Frankie my bench top one.  

Fifey, does look like LAZ [poor guy]. 

Hope all have a great week.  Later    

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Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:59 AM

CHIEF, I do resemble that pic.

SF

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Posted by laz 57 on Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:02 AM

My PA Steamer.

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Posted by SPMan on Sunday, September 13, 2009 11:41 AM

Good morning all, getting ready to go to the TTOS Southwestern meet this morning in Arcadia, Calif.  Will give a report when I get back.  Dbaker, sorry you have to work so hard today.  Before I retired, at least I had something I liked doing working on the railroad.  My worst day on the railroad was better than any other place I ever worked.

Been running the layout a little each morning lately before it gets too hot.  I really need to do some more wiring on the pike.  Too many voltage drops.  Need more feeders.  It's OK running DCS because you are running high voltage anyway but in conventional with actual voltage to the trains, it really shows up.

Chief, I like that gas grill that looks like a locomotive.  That's neat.  I need one a little smaller than that though.  That one looks like industrial strength.

Have a good day y'all.

Ray

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Posted by dwiemer on Sunday, September 13, 2009 1:51 PM

Next thing you know, Laz will try cooking up a few Brats in the smoke box when he goes running the loco!

Church was awesome this morning.  Pastor was right on, and it was just one of those services that lights a fire.  After Sunday School, we went to our favorite Mexican place and had some good grub.  Came home and we had a few chores to take care of.  One of them had me in a closet in a spare bedroom.  Found a painting my bride had been looking for and a Swarovski spotting scope that I have been looking for.  We changed the bed spread and duvet cover and put the old ones in "space bags" which really lessened the room needed for storage.

Going to take a little nap and then get ready for evening services.  I am on camera again, so want to rest the back and neck.

God Bless,
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Posted by SPMan on Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:55 PM

Good Afternoon all,

Dennis, our priest had a good sermon this week too.  One of those fish or cut bait scriptures.

Went to TTOS Southwestern today and we had a good size turnout.  Lots of table sales and 10 sellers in the auction.  Post war operating cars even in good shape were going for peanuts.  Auto log dump, milk car, merchandise car all for under 20 bucks.  Milk car even had the platform.  Kind of tells me what my left over post war stuff is worth.  Not good.  I remember paying $40 for that early side dump log car from the 40's.  Baby Standard Gauge State set went for $400 in very good condition.  The buy of the day was 10 Ross used number 6 switches with no motors and not prewired for $50.  They needed a little work but still a super buy.

I bought some books.  First one was "Steam Steel and Limiteds" by Kratville.  I have had this book but it got water damaged from a yard sprinkler through a window.  This one is to replace that.  Also picked up "Santa Fe Steel Rails Through California" to replace copy I had with missing pages.  I picked up some lighted Lionel Lockons to go with my wiring new track feeders project.

Turned out to be a good meet.  Only problem was that there were too many items to sell in the auction with the late start they got.  Meeting opened at 10:00 AM and auction didn't start until after 1:00PM.  I gave up after 2:00PM and went home.  I hadn't planned on an all day meet.  Too much time spent selling low price items and not enough good stuff going through when I was there.  I suppose we're lucky to have an auctioneer.  It's kind of a thankless job and no one else has stepped up to the plate for it.  We were spoiled some years ago by two of the best auctioneers ever.  They were both professionals.  That's a tough act to follow.

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Posted by jefelectric on Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:09 PM

 Good evening,

Condolences to Buckeye,  Why Oh Why did they throw passes on two of the three plays in that last series.  They could have run the clock down to a few seconds with running plays and possibly won the game.  It's always easy to second guess the coach.  Laugh

Rich, I spotted the box car with the fried egg on the side in your SPF post.  Thanks.  Thumbs Up

Not a lot of train action here.  I did get two cars on the exchange, but haven't had time to take photos yet.  One is now on the layout so maybe next week on SPF.

Thomas week started on Saturday this past week and runs to next Sunday on the Strasburg RR.  Should be an interesting day on Tuesday at the PA RR Museum across the street.  Will probably have a lot of preschool kids & grandparents.  That's fine, I like it when we are busy.  Meet a lot of interesting people and quite a few old railroaders.

 

 

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Posted by dwiemer on Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:57 PM

Ray, ours was on  "You have left your first love".  We are getting ready for a Refresh conference next week.  The main thing is to prepare peoples hearts for the Holy Spirit to work in us.  Many toes were stepped on and I think we were all humbled.

Didn't work camera tonight, instead, I was on faders, working the iris for all the cameras coming into the control room.  This is only my second time working in that position.  First time, I started turning off cameras and drove the director nuts.  Hey, we had a good laugh and somehow got through it all.

Right now, my wife is testing our son on his schoolwork.  Amazing how much they know at seven.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:03 PM

Good evening all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the high 70s.  Wife drove to Bloomington.  Bridge at Nashville back to two lanes.  Got Steak n Shake to go and ate with kids at daughter's place.  Took stored stuff back to sister-in-law's and met up with Lucas again at IU foundation for a meeting there.  Home by 7:00 PM.  Day better than expected.  Bran muffins on dining car.  TBIL.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:06 PM

Evening all

Hope everyone had a great weekend.  IT was very busy around here as usual.  We had a visiting missionary priest from Haiti.  The folks were very generous.

May God bless you all

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Posted by cnw1995 on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:30 PM

Aloha all. We call that position 'shading' Dennis, working the irises at the camera control units - it's challenging given lighting changes. Watching the Bears game and tearing out what little hair I have left. Middle boy came back from his 'yachting' weekend and reported a B on a math test - his highest grade ever. So there's hope. First weekend of three services at church - now serving from 630 am to 330 pm when I work as video director - like a real job. LOL. Helped with the teen ministry kick-off where my bride is serving.  It was such a spectacular day, spent most outside with the youngest.

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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:30 PM

 Watched the Lions till there was no hope left. Then took a short nap. Banilla is ready for the thingy ride so fire it up...S.J.

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Posted by Brutus on Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:58 PM

Tardis is ready so let's get going!  We have burgers, hot dogs, chips, some cake from RT and of course Banilla.  We had company invited to dinner, but they couldn't make it at the last minute, so plenty of food left over.   Worked OT yesterday, then mowed and took it easy.  Had some nice chats last night and tonight too.  Today, I worked on the basement - found out some plumbing I thought was done was not soldered - I knew my buddy that helped me left some undone here and there so I could adjust when I finished the walls.  Glad I found it now while I can still get to it on one side of the wall and no insulation to get wet!  I'll go over it, cap and turn it all on before I do the drywall on that side, just in case!  Note to 8nTruck - Don't do this either Laugh

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Posted by 8ntruck on Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:02 PM

Cloudy and high 70's here.

BBQ pork for lunch, grocery shipping at WalMart (ugh), then home to watch the F1 race.  Force India on the front row of the grid?  Sure has been an interesting season.  Got my duct work finished up.  Yes Brutus, I've already had my copper water pipes under pressure while I can still get to them.

About the only train stuff today was the e-bay auction item that somebody else wanted more than I did.

Back to work tomorrow.  I owe, I owe, so off to work I go......

 

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Posted by laz 57 on Monday, September 14, 2009 6:11 AM

HI GYZ,

  58 here and not a cloud in the sky, to get to 79.  Going for nice run after school today with my dog.  Then cut grass.

BEARS looked bad last nite.  Only watch first quarter and they gotta get some recievers.

Stay frosty.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Monday, September 14, 2009 6:45 AM

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 70s.  Finished main part of LEGO building last night.  Need to add "landscaping" pieces.  I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast before sending it to "Points East".  TBIL, and I can drive after soccer practice and the YMCA workout.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by fifedog on Monday, September 14, 2009 7:00 AM

Mornin' boys.  Mornin' English.  Sunny & 63 (s'posed to get to 85) here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Looks like Roy may be treading water in the Lone Star state.  Still on night work.  8ft inflatible is still outside this morning so the kids on the school bus can see how big RAVENS fans the fifelings are...Laugh

sir james Sad - Given that your beloved Lions scored 27 points on the Saints, signs look good for a few victories this year.  Your rookie QB is not gonna put up 3 INT's every game.  Looking at their schedule, they may be able to win 5. Probably not on WEEK 14 though...

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Posted by dwiemer on Monday, September 14, 2009 7:26 AM

Morning everyone.  Morning 53, glad you could stop by.  Had a morning prayer breakfast at 06:30.  Came home just in time to turn around and bring son to school.  Daughter heads off in about 15 minutes.  Nothing on the schedule today, so I'll have to handle some more evaluations and and paperwork. 

Hope is to do a little work on the layout this afternoon, then get ready for some other activities with the family.  Right now, it is looking like a absolutely beautiful day outside.  May be in the low 90s.  Just have to hope no emergencies come up.  Also have to give a guy a hand at installing a dishwasher.  Should be easy.

God Bless,
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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, September 14, 2009 8:14 AM
Aloha. Beautiful day for a Monday - no moisture though now for quite a while. Bears were awful. Nice Tardis ride with Charlie, Brutus and Sir J. Patriots on tonight, but I realize I have something going on every evening this week. Yuck.

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Posted by sir james I on Monday, September 14, 2009 8:35 AM

Good Morning

A nice chat last nite with those listed above. Interesting how many subjects can arise from just a little chat. Granny fixed a big breakfast so a walk and no lunch are on the list. She is out already so I will go it alone Oh yea we also had long lost Kurt and RT.

Enjoy your Monday....S.J.

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