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COFFEE POT #1, January 2010 for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 4 yrs old and still going. Sweet ice tea too.

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Posted by 8ntruck on Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:00 AM

Sunny and high 30's today.  Lost about 3" of snow in the past 24 hours.  Supposed to be in the 30's and 40's the rest of the week.

Brutus - you don't happen to have a house trap in your sewer line do you?  For the first several years I was here, we were calling Roto-Rooter about twice a year.  They thought I might have a broken tile, because about 20' out, the cutter would snag on something.  On one call, they ran their TV camera down the pipe and discovered the house trap.  We found the clean out port and used it.  8 months later, the trap had filled up again.  I bought a 10' piece of conduit, cut about a foot and a half off the end of my snake, connected it on the end of the conduit.  Now I've got a poking stick with a flexible end to go through the trap to clean it out.  No more calls to Roto-Rooter.

Opened up my 666 last night.  Found a failed solder joint on the smoke unit, failed solder joint on the headlight, and a failed solder joint on one of the e-unit connections.  Got everything soldered back up tonight.  On the test run of the motor, found that I had fixed the smoker, but the e-unit was stuck in forward.  Disassembled (again) down to the e-unit, cleaned the innards, replaced some wiring, and next test run of the motor had the smoker and the e-unit working.  Finished assembling, but no test run, as ma was sleeping in the bedroom under the layout.  I'll find out tomorrow if the headlight works.  I now know how to take a 666 down to components.  Something I learned the hard way tonight was that the drivers cannot be assembled with the side rods 90 degrees like a real locomotive.  If you do, they will bind up the smoke unit.

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Posted by Brutus on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:53 PM

Thanks guys for prayers and good advice and info.

Rich - remember, sequence is key.  Interview first, then belly bombers Smile

Back to work today and tomorrow, then off for 4 days as wife goes in the hospital.  They now say I can be with her while she is getting her transplant through her port, so I'll try and arrange to do that. 

Kids plugged up the stack today - water came up in shower and tubs etc - ick.  Had to take kids to school and go to work today (missed all day yesterday), so we called in rotorooter.  I only have a 5 foot snake anyway.  Man - big $$$!  Need a longer snake!

Tardis is finally ready so let's get going!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:31 PM

Good night all.  Got a early prayer breakfast at neighboring Mayor's Church.  Then a meeting with Wake Co School immediately following.

Banks, good luck and prayers for the son.

Underworld, maybe more will melt.

Chuck, going up and down those steps to the train room will be good exercise for legs and heart.  Just don't over do it at first.

BTW: Direct TV just lost a customer and Dish Network gained one.  Hope I never have to talk to a Direct TV person again [except to say. "I quit and stop your lousy service."]  They blew the install yesterday.  Too long to go into.  Phone calls and promises and nothing happening.  I have had nothing but rude reps to talk too except the one the other night.  She was the reason I was staying.  This this mess yesterday and today.  Still not resolved [so they think].  Talked to the nicest folks at Dish.  No install and half price service for a year.  DVR free and only one box covers two TV's.  Yes, and both have free HD and DVR from one box.  Get more channels too.

Sleep tight.   

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Posted by submmbob on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:20 PM

 Back at the 'scope and it's a madhouse up here. 2 engineers and 2 programmers. It looks like a used car lot out front. Will be somewhat back to normal by Friday.

Brutus - thoughts and prayers for your wife, you, and the family

Banks - sorry to hear about your son's job, but a least there is a backup plan for the time being

Jim T. - that sure was a lot of smoke! Great video!

Dennis - hope you had a good birthday!

Doug M. - thanks for looking into the info and did the book arrive ok?

Got to make a call before it gets too late. Hope everyone is having a good week.

Bob

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Posted by underworld on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:46 PM

 Evening!!!

Something above freezing today....cause I saw some Snohio melt! But not too warm...supposed to be near 40 tomorrow??? I'll believe it when I feel it!!!

 

 

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:39 PM

Good evening

Sun all day and just reached 32 but no snow melt.

I will wait for brutus and the thingy with banilla ready but most of the pumpkin pie is gone.

S.J.

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Posted by Banks on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:23 PM

Hello all,

We’re a talkative bunch lately. I get almost caught up and next time I stop in I’m 6 or 8 pages behind.

The economy caught up to my family. My son went to work Thursday night (he works night shift) and was told he no longer has a job. Semi-permanent layoff. The good thing is he will be able to make his payments on his un-employment check. He has applied for a lesser paying job with the same company.
I think he will be OK. He was 6 or 7 years old before I worked a full year without a layoff. He remembers how things were done.

Brutus Congratulations on progress and  continued prayers.

Ray condolences on the loss of your brother-in-law

8n, First time in years I’ve heard about the Magic Smoke

Condolences on the loss of your friend, Sir J.

HAPPY  Belated BIRTHDAY Dennis!

Welcome back Jack, missed your cliff notes.

Well I'm going to join my MRS in bed. 5:00AM comes to soon.

 

Prayers to all who may need them

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:21 PM

ChiefEagles
Buckeye, I know where you live [I've been there].  Also Rogers Conrner as there is a photo of me handing you a bag of GRITS under the silo [taken by your wife].

WHAT DID I do NOW!!!! I have been so good as of late. Banged Head

Brutus...Prayers for your wife and your family as I know this is a very stressful time.

BTW, received my CTT today.

Meetings all this weekend. I know, I know somebody has got to do it.  Anybody know what the weather is like in Fort Lauderdale?

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

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:07 PM

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Good Evening from Blueberryhill....

Today was a good day. I had my follow-up appt. with my Doctor and everything checked out good. I have to stay on some meds for awhile, but that's it. Also, lots of physical therapy. Especially my right leg.  Things are looking up.

I hope y'all are having a great evening.

Chuck

 

Great new Chuck. I think Dennis would agree, follow the Doc's orders (and get down into the train room daily)! Thumbs Up

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:36 PM

Good Evening from Blueberryhill....

Today was a good day. I had my follow-up appt. with my Doctor and everything checked out good. I have to stay on some meds for awhile, but that's it. Also, lots of physical therapy. Especially my right leg.  Things are looking up.

I hope y'all are having a great evening.

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Posted by laz 57 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:37 PM

HI GUYZ,

  RAY and DENNIS, I am in pain everyday I see deer 200 yrds from house and all I can do is throw snowballs at them.  Today saw 5 and hit one with snowball.  Scares the heck out of em.

  CHIEF, about the dirt floor, you gotta point there, its just the sharp rocks I can't stand on.

Later,

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:22 PM

Afternoon all.  Back from lake house.

Buckeye, I know where you live [I've been there].  Also Rogers Conrner as there is a photo of me handing you a bag of GRITS under the silo [taken by your wife].

Jim T, I don't have your phone number or I would call.

Jack, been in your backyard several times when I was in Manchester NH [drove down interstate and everyone going north in the evening gets off at Darby {sp}].

LAZ, easier to keep a dirt floor clean.

PAT, watch those Yanks, they will try to "suck" you in.

Ignore Chuck as he is high on "nitro". 

Sorry Fifey, lots of salons and two barber shops in Roseyville.

Later.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:17 PM

SJ,

      Both of my cars do the same thing with Best Buy.Wink  That can be a bit rough on the wallet.

I talked with PhillyDuke this mornoing concerning his 2020, and now I am in the process of cleaning the game room.  After leaving Best Buy on Monday, I went to Dunham's in search of replacement pucks for the air hockey table.  While I was there, I noticed that they had a great deal on a Sportcraft Medford foosball table, so I need to make some space for it now.Big Smile  The game room has been a mess since the basement floor was torn up last March, but until now I haven't had the motivation to clean it up.

 

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Posted by SPMan on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:10 PM

Good morning all,

Prayers for Mrs. Brutus

Laz, I don't get any late night calls from Chief.  Maybe I should'nt complain. P.S. All the deer are at Dennis' house.

Went to TTOS train meet last Sunday.  Not much action, at least for me.

Got just enough rain this morning to wet the ground.  At least I won't have to water the lawn today.

Got swine flu shot yesterday.  Now I guess it is safe to eat all the pork bar-b-que I want.

Later, Ray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:57 AM

Monday at 0930 - It's a holiday so the traffic won't be so bad.

Might have to make a White Castle stop on the way backSmile,Wink, & Grin

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:46 AM
Rich, when is your interview?

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:44 AM

mmmmmmmmm...White Castles........

 

Morning!

 

Angel – Mrs Brutus...

 

Up to 58F today and SUN...70 on Friday....oops, won’t be here for that...too bad.Smile,Wink, & Grin

 

Everything is a go right now, work is crazy, daughter was feeling up last night, like her old self.  It was good to see. 

 

My 8300 2-4-0 came in and didn’t look at it yet, maybe today.  I have to box up 3 items to send off on the e-bay thing.  Looks like I’ll have some stuff for the Jacksonville show next month.  It’ll be sell off time!!!

 

Not much else, check back later !!!

 

Rich

 

 

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:40 AM

I know Doug it's the craziest thing, the truck just can't get past that driveway without going in.

Enjoyed the ride home with you last nite.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:32 AM
That truck is sure amazing.

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:58 AM

Good Morning

A little overcast but sun is expected. Above 32 for the day time highs, maybe next six days. Thats great BUT it ain't over by a long shot. I'll take it though.

Just home from the doc. office, everything he checked today is A-OK. I think home is where I will spend the rest of today though.  As usual when I come home from there the truck turns right into the White Castle drive through. Have a good Hump day...S.J.

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Posted by dwiemer on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:20 AM

Morning all.  Getting ready to go in.  Two hearts on and the second just got on the table.  I am on call, so that kind of ruins any plans, just have to do what I can, when I can.  Got a interesting book in from Amazon on "Special Effects" in the movies.  Have to use some information for the next project.  Gets exciting to be a part of these events.

Laz, dog was going nuts about an hour ago.  Went to front window and a bunch of deer were just standing there.  Thought about you and how safe those deer would be.....I mean how you would surely tag one or two of them if given the chance.

Gotta run, but hope to check back later. 

Dennis
PS: Doug-Not-A-Grump, saw that item went for $153.00  I wouldn't have gone that high, at least when I don't really need it.  Someday.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:26 AM
Aloha. Sunny but 15 still - 9 with the 'breeze' - supposed to warm up but who knows - good 'ride' home after class with Sir J, Charlie, Brutus and RT late last eve. I appreciated this morn's commute around that long curve with the skyline in the background outside the Northwestern station - so many passenger trains have 'posed' on that same curve over the years. Miss the semaphores that used to be there. Prayers for Mrs. Brutus!

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Posted by cheapclassics on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:52 AM

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI with temps finally getting above freezing.  Brutus, intense prayers headed out your way for you, your wife, and your family from "Points East".  Dennis W. has good observations on the C-word.  Worked on the 8E and 10E last night on my "test" layout.  I have a small standard gauge layout that I use to try out ideas and improvements.  TBIL after soccer scrimmage with high school kids.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by laz 57 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:07 AM

Hi GUYZ,

  19 and DIRT floor had a little frost on it this morning.  To break the freezing mark today?

BRUTUS, prayers to you and DA WIFE on her full recovery.

Stay frosty,

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Posted by 8ntruck on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:03 PM

11 degrees and foggy this morning.  While I was walking from my truck into the plant, I noticed that the fog was actually ice crystals.  A friend of mine was stationed in Alaska talked about ice fog.  I hadn't seen any until today.

Wow - I've not looked at the pot for three days, and I find I'm 6 pages behind.

Dennis - happy birthday.

Brutus - I'll keep the TCA show in mind, and wait until we are closer to that weekend before planning a trip.  Also, my sister had a similar chemo/marrow transplant.  Cleanliness will be very important - this even extended to food of her.  Fresh fruits and vegetables were forbidden, on the off chancce that some germ or bacteria would be eaten with the food.  We'll keep you guys in our prayers.

My Marx 666 E-bay refugee arrived yesterday.  Good paint, fairly clean, runs quietly, but no smoke or headlight.  Also might have some e-unit problems, as it runs OK by itself, but heats up and gets flakey when pulling three 40 ton stock cars, a reefer, a box car and a caboose.  While I've got it open for the headlight and smoke unit, I'll check the e-unit and get a good visual inspection fo the armiture and field windings.

About all for now.

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Posted by dwiemer on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:58 PM

Good evening everyone.  Quick stop over as I have to get to bed early.  Had a long day with cases and then, one of the guys I was operating with today had to pick his wife up from Same Day Surgery after we finished the case and bring her home.  I told him I'd make some stuffed shells with the old firehouse recipe for him and the kids to eat on for the next few days while his wife recovered.  They heat and eat well.  Took care of making that, and of course, my bride wanted me to make some for our house too.  They are always better the second day, so that will be tomorrow's dinner.

Jim, that was a great video.  I still have the original smoke unit in my Dad's 2020.  Puts out rings of smoke, but nothing like yours.  It used to put out a lot of smoke when I would spray WD40 down the stack, but I have since learned that was a foolish thing to do....hey, what did I know, I was a teenager.

Brutus, prayers for the bride.  Just make sure you get the kids to do a complete scrubbing down of the house for when she gets home.  Everyone gets hand sanitizer and keep a big bottle of it at the front entrance.  With her white cell count down, she will not be able to fight off anything.

Papa, my wife used to work at the *** Center at the hospital.  They would get a male in every few months who would be diagnosed with CA.  So, you are correct.  Another thing is testicular cancer.  We don't like to think about it, but something we should be on the watch for.  Also, black men face a much higher incidence of prostate cancer, and also folks with cancer in their families.  One reason to get a thorough check up with a MD each year.

Regarding nothing good coming from a late night phone call...got one this morning at 0320.  It was the hospital wanting to know if my wife would like to work today.  She already worked her day this month!  She will occasionally go in, but mostly when scheduled.  The hospitals try to run with very few extra personnel so as to keep costs down.  It will sometimes come back to bite them, but in this day, every penny counts.

Hope it is a good night for each of you.
God Bless,
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Posted by Papadiesel on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:24 PM

Brutus,

My families prayers for the Mrs. I am a 6yr *** cancer survivor. Even with the chemo and radiation it sounds like a breeze than what she  will be going through. Yes guys, check your breasts. My right nipple was becoming an inny (concave). Now I can blame my crazyness and train impulse purchasing on the chemo.

Prayers for all in need !

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Posted by Brutus on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:08 PM

Sounds good to me, Jim!

Great video Jim!

Mrs. Brutus goes in on Friday (not sure of the time) and will be in for about a week prior to the transplant.  Chemo will kill off her bone marrow and suppress her immune system.  Her sister is coming Sunday with their Dad and they will stay at the Hope House near the hospital while the sister gets her medicine to increase bone marrow production.  Then, after the transplant (day zero), my wife will be in the hospital for about another 2 to 3 weeks if there are no complications or infections.  After that, she will be back home, regaining her strength.  Since a lot of her bone marrow has been replaced by scar tissue already, it will take a good long while for her body to overcome that - the doctors said that she might be back to "normal" in a year?  She will be transfusion dependent for some time still.  We hope she is back to her current level of functioning in about a month - does that sound right?

Today I took her to the hospital for lab work and we sat around for a couple hours waiting for her to be called.  Then we went to the bank to get our new wills notarized so that they would be "self proving" in court.  Bank said they can't do wills, but recommended another notary.  We put in a call for that person and in the meantime checked around for another notary.  We found some, but they couldn't help us - they only do limited work.  The one at the hospital will only notarize medical stuff and durable powers of attorney.  We finally got it done - all witnessed and signed and notarized this evening, around 5:30 at the UPS store, believe it or not.  A friend had to meet us to be our 2nd witness.  Just glad today is all over.  We had some chinese food for dinner - it was very good, but spicy!

Still no Lion on the doorstep, but it will get here eventually I'm sure. 

TARDIS is ready and I can see all my friends are ready for another great trip!  Let's hit it guys!

You guys are too funny!  I once called Chief at what was probably 11 PM his , time.  I wasn't paying attention to the clock and there is a time difference.  I found a piece he wanted on ebay and was afraid he would not get it.  I think he did though?  Good talk, too :)

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Posted by sir james I on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:14 PM

Good Evening

A bright sunny day at 26 degrees. no snow melt except on pavement. That is clear.

My friend died of P-moan-ya sh$$ I can't spell it. Where is Doug M. when I need him. Anyway I'm guessing his immune system was weak from the cancer treatment and december weather done him in. Not much else today, granny had a stress test this morning, no results for a few days  but the doc watching her said she was doing good. Banilla is ready and a pumpkin pie is in the oven so Brutus swing on by in the thingy...S.J.

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Posted by hscsltb on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:35 PM

Dennis happy belated birthday!!!   Brutus I will keep your wife in my prayers. I will also pray for those who have been harrased by the chief.

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