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COFFEE POT #6 JUNE 2010 for all to take a drink and chat. Welcome all posters. 5 yrs old and still going. Sweet ice tea too.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, June 14, 2010 3:51 PM

 Great work, Jack. Nice to encourage and invest in your friend.  Fog rolled in again and drizzle. Feels like San Francisco or a black-and-white film set. Speaking of films, they're filming something at the corner under the L. Vince Vaughn keeps coming out and going back into a store. He must be screwing up since they've done it a million times. LOL.  I think the film is to be called Cheaters...

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Posted by rtraincollector on Monday, June 14, 2010 6:34 PM

Hey jack growing up we had a 4' X 21 round above ground pool and on those hot days where water would get 80+ we would put about = to a 5lb bag of ice in the trap area and as it drew water in it would cool it thus cooling the whole pool some

Won a nice 3530 on bay of E today but got wondering did lionel do a remake of it as a post war serries car it doesn't show the any number other than 3530 on the pics supplied but looks awful good to be postwar but have seen other cars/boxes rarely thou looking this god befor so maybe it is acuall postwar. All I can find on lionels site is the christmas tree one and 2 for ringinling bros circus cars

Not much else going on today  had a day off and started it off by oversleeping haven't slept that good I would say in a good 4 years. guess getting some off time my body is finally relaxing some.

Well ready for the thingy as sj calls it or the tardis as the rest call it still day light out here but will turn on the beacon anyway

Talk to you all later 

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, June 14, 2010 6:36 PM

Good morning afternoon all.  Had to straighten house a little and pick garden before the Yanks arrived.  Planned on holding them for ransom.  Then talked to the Sausey Winch and found out she was raised "Southern" in Ohio [grits and all].  Since that finding, I let them go as whe would not leave without him in tow.  Had a great time meeting them.  Great folks and wish they had more time to stay.  Maybe on another visit to Wilmington, they can stay a few extra days and go to the lake house.  Gave them some garden goodies and wished them well.

Busy as went to Mom's [Frankie drove].  Do not think she knew who we were.  Did not talk.  Just sat and stared.

Picked garden again as growing fast with heat and water.  Almost had another T'storm that was not forecasted.  Went south of us.  Temps in the high 90's and humidity in the 90's.  Due points in the high 70's.  

Now to rest.  Later.      

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Posted by sir james I on Monday, June 14, 2010 6:58 PM

Good Evening

Stayed overcast all day but no rain,yet.

RI 52 sad but true. Never expected this much time but I'll take it. Got the grass cut and trimmed, heading to the train store tomorrow. Banilla is ready so swing on by in the thingy.

S.J.

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Posted by jonadel on Monday, June 14, 2010 7:15 PM

Greetings from the flooded Heartlands ... way behind here but life is still exceptionally good, no complaints.  We really do need the rain to stop for several weeks, we had 4" this weekend, lost part of our driveway and we have water standing in our yard to the east but the good news is we have no water in the basement (train room) Thumbs Up  We will need to bale the lawn once it get's dry enough to mow, ugh.

We were blessed to have the grandkids here this weekend, what a treat.  Updated the wireless connections today and now this laptop just flies anywhere in the house or outside, YES!

Smoked pork loin almost ready for supper, Best To Everyone!  Sure good to have to the boss home!

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Posted by Ole Timer on Monday, June 14, 2010 8:45 PM

 JACK .... sure do remember days with no AC ! I had to go to the movies to sit in it ... LOL . We had air in our car but my dad would never turn it on .... he hated it ... said it gave him a headache Sigh  The thing is seems we did'nt need air conditioning in the house until the mid to late 60's .... years before it was cool and comfortable without it at night ... I don't know what happened to weather conditions but it really was then ..... cooler .

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Monday, June 14, 2010 9:27 PM

Evening all from stormy Alexandria VA.

Long day today with trip to airport starting with me getting up at 4:30 am. Some idiot taxi driver dumped his taxi - plus hit another car - serious injuries apparently - on the freeway to the airport and it was closed except for 1-2 lanes. Almost missed my flight.

Brent - good to see you on the move. Take care!

Wes and others - congrats on the young-uns B-Days!

My parents first house in Houston did not have AC if one can imagine that. None of my schools had AC until after I graduated. We didn't know any better? All the old style schools here built with all windows down both sides of the building plus a long central hallway. Lot's of fans kept it reasonable. The biggest problem is one did not want Mom to use too much butter on the bread on your sandwich - it melted truning the bread into goo before you got to lunch.

PBS here running an entire evening of Great Scenic Railway Journeys with all NA steam action. Have learned about a bunch of steam RR operations I had no idea existed. The Tennessee Valley RR is impressive. Will have to go there this summer when we are up at the TN River for 4th July trip NE of Chattanooga. Big operation and big shop. I had seen the signes but was under the impression it was just a simple tourist trap train.

Chief - the wife and I are jealous of that 3 side open/screened porch you have at your lake house. That is the right way to build a porch for hot summer climates. Prayers for improvement of your Mom's condition.

Ray - wish I could offer more on your Z-4000 issue. The problem is the more complicated the electronics the higher the probability of a failure.

Have a great evening and even better day tomorrow!

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Posted by Brutus on Monday, June 14, 2010 10:07 PM

Happy birthdays to the kiddos Smile  Sounds like Mike and the SW had a great visit with Chief Smile  My mother-in-law has one bedroom that has a beach/island theme with the bamboo blinds and etc.  She has a nice painting of a parrot in there that she made as well - she's a great artist Thumbs Up  Jack - nice dog!

Chewy got into a stash of bubble gum today - she's done it before without lasting problems, but it won't be pretty tomorrow.  Kids need to learn to put this stuff up where she can't get to it.

Off tomorrow - dropped the van off for a service and will take the truck in tomorrow.  I'll wait for the truck, and then hopefully the van will be done and we can go get it.  Char's doctor told her to get UV/Tinting on the front windows and windshield, so we will find out more about that tomorrow and hopefully get that done as well, although it sounds now as if we will have to do it another day?  We'll see.

Tardis is ready and I think it's RT's turn to drive, so let's get going!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 14, 2010 10:14 PM

RT,

       Lionel reissued the 3530 in 1996-97. 

SJ,

       Happy Birthday.

I tried running the 350 today, but it is totally dead.  Part of that was caused by the seller being one of those "just fold it in half without disconnecting the wires from the tender and shove it in a box" people.Banged Head.  Some previous owner also lubricated the reversing unit contacts, so that is another issue.  It doesn't really matter though since the reversing unit will be eliminated during the chasis swap anyway.

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Monday, June 14, 2010 10:40 PM

Just a quick splash and go,

Chief.....prayers for your Mom.  Hope Fin and Burg are getting better acquainted.  Glad to hear MikeC was released and sent packing.......your vegetables.  Did you get to watch some World Cup soccer together?  Whistling

Jon.....I was glad to hear you were spared any water damage during the recent rains. 

Roy.....that cab driver was probably from Taxachusetts.  It is so discouraging up this way to see how poorly people drive.  I was driving up to NH last Saturday morning at about 70 in the center lane and I could not see the headlights on the car behind me, that's how close he was tailgating.  If I had to just tap the brakes for any reason he would have impaled himself on my rear bumper, or worse.  Others don't know how to enter a highway.....they cut off the right hand lane traffic and then take 1/2 mile to get up to the speed limit.  Add in some rain and the demolition derby starts.  Houston in the summer and no a/c in the house must have toughened you up!       

OleTimer....... we were kids and didn't know any better.  I can remember nights when my father would put the window fans on exhaust on one side of the house and open the windows on the other side for a crossdraft.  That worked quite well, right up until that point in the night when the city of Chicago mosquito abatement trucks would drive up and down the streets fogging with DDT.

RaySP, DougDG, and Don......game 6 of the NBA Finals is tomorrow night in LA.  Celtics are staying in Beverly Hills.  I don't see the Lakers going quietly into the night.  What a classic rivalry.

DougM......Blackhawk players with the Stanley Cup are on Leno right now.

Later, gang.

Jack

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Posted by 8ntruck on Monday, June 14, 2010 10:48 PM

Mostly cloudy and muggy 80's here today.  Probably some more rain tonight.

I took the weekend away from the Pot and got 6 pages behind. So, from memory:

Charlie, SJ - great looking modular layout.

Glad to hear that chores (espically those involving ladders) were done without accident over the weekend.

Pat - I believe it was the Andrew's Sisters who sang  'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree'.  Didn't get 'Newtonized' while you were sitting under your apple tree did you?

Air conditioning - we didn't get an air conditioned car until we got a used 1968 Impala about 1970 or '71.  Everything before that had the 4-70 system - all four windows open at 70mph.  My parents did not install air conditioning in the house until the late 80's.  Previous system was the fan in the window at the top of the stairs and open windows.

My Harry Potter expansion set came in at the LHS this week.  Picked it up Saturday.  The e-bay refugee #225 C&O Alco also arrived on Saturday.  Runs rough as a cobb in reverse only.  Looks like the e-unit is not all there and somebody hard wired it.  No big deal, as the two position e-unit will not be used in this project. Good news it that it has two axle magnetraction.  A good cleaning will smooth it out.

Swept and washed the front porch Saturday - in the rain.  Ran the string trimmer on Sunday - in the rain.  Watched the F1 race and NASCAR on Sunday.  The F1 actually had some real racing, not just follow the leader.  The infield at MIS looks like it has been improved since I visited there in the early 80's.

All for now.

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Posted by submmbob on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:28 AM

 A busy but good day here in the Ol' Pueblo. Just packing up and then it's "wheels up" @ 0500. Off to clean out the basecamp container and then another week on the hill. A friend took a video of the 2 trains running today. Hopefully I'll have it later in the week to post.

Talk to y'all from the hill.

Bob

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:21 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cloudy and humid 72 degrees. Going up to 84 today and humid. Rained last night.

Today is a busy day.. I have several errands to run and the usual chores to do. Maybe, later, this afternoon, I will be able to take a nap. Bad thunderstorms last night night kept the whole house up, several times.  No time for trains today.

Dining car is here with the usual for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Tuesday.

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:13 AM

Morning all

Thinkin' and prayin' for ya.

MAy God bless

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Posted by Papadiesel on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:12 AM

Good Morning,

SirJames: HAPPY BIRTHDAY  AND MANY MORE !

Met with a group at church last night to discuss our first TRAIN AND CRAFT SHOW Dec. 5.

Prayers for all in need especially those "IN HARMS WAY"

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:43 AM

Morning all.  Hope Mike C and SW are traveling their last "leg" home OK.  Great to meet them.  Hot and humid.  Out to mow and mow.  Later will meet pond specialist at pond for a review of things.  Then go to Chamber Expo for evening thing. 

Only way Mom can get better is to go see Jesus.  She is in that bad of shape.  Mind is going fast and so his her health.  Not eating much at all.  Loosing weight fast.  Has to wear "pullups".  Just sits in chair and stares.  Wants to sleep a lot.

Just finished watching Trains and Locomotives DVR'd from RFD-TV.  Was on the Ohio Central.  Great vidoes of engines and interview of owner.

Later

PS: Sir J has a birthday?  Wow.  Thought when you got that old, you stopped having them. Whistling   Happy B-Day Happy B-Day 

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:05 AM

S.J......Happy Birthday

Happy B-DayHappy B-DayHappy B-DayHappy B-Day

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Posted by Ole Timer on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:07 AM

 

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:31 AM

Yes, but we should be "practicing" our adult beverage toasts until then......Big Smile

So SJ, what train-related gift hints have you been leaving around for Granny to find?  

Jack.

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Posted by fifedog on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:10 AM

sirjames ---> Happy B-Day

*Kindly remove teeth before blowing out candles.  Remember that little episode last year...

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:31 AM

MichRR714

 SJ thank you for coming early with Andy to help me setup.  Could not have done it without you.

Also a special thanks to you for making it a special day for Bella with the Williams Girls GG1.

"Now Bella, my name is James.  I've got a crisp, new $5 bill for you if you tell my wife what to get me for my birthday."  Wink

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:35 AM

 

Special prayers for your mom Chief
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Posted by rtraincollector on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:37 AM

Happy B-Day SJ yeah with that many candles we need to get started even earlier so yu can get them all blown outBig Smile heck we may even need to go to a larger type for you seeing how old your getting Whistling

Hey all not a lot going on came home early left leg still giving me trouble and to the point couldn't really walk on it today too sore

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Posted by rtraincollector on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 10:52 AM

Green Probe yes I found out after posting it was made in 1996 but still its like mint so still a good deal I feel so not that disapointed other than I feel these guys do this intentional to hope get a sale instead of giving the correct stock number 6-19825 which is on the box I'm sure

Oh well all is fine It will be a great addition.

Also thrue a dumb bid ( $15.99) on a train set and won it so geese figured that would of got a little better than that said box a little rough and no track ( gee that may be hard to find O-27 track) but rest is in like new condition bridge still in original plastic wrapping. 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:06 PM

 Aloha all. Still fuzzy here in Chicago. Foggy and cool. No need for a/c although of course, it's on. Nice meeting with the pastor last night about church biz. Happy Pre-Birthday, SJJack, I'm so over the Hawks. So used to champions I guess.  They can parade the Cup past me and I won't notice. Wink

Now it's on to the real event, the World Cup. Neat to be able to watch the games live online.

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:10 PM

 

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 JACK .... sure do remember days with no AC ! I had to go to the movies to sit in it ... LOL . We had air in our car but my dad would never turn it on .... he hated it ... said it gave him a headache Sigh  The thing is seems we did'nt need air conditioning in the house until the mid to late 60's .... years before it was cool and comfortable without it at night ... I don't know what happened to weather conditions but it really was then ..... cooler .

You just made Al G---'s day!

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Posted by SPMan on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:15 PM

wrmcclellan

Ray - wish I could offer more on your Z-4000 issue. The problem is the more complicated the electronics the higher the probability of a failure.  Roy, you are so right.  Guess I have been lucky up until now with few electronic problems in a long time.  However the transformer is the last thing I figured would be a problem.  Still waiting for return authorization from MTH.

Ray

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Posted by sir james I on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:16 PM

Cloudy start,  sun now.

You guys are great, full of fun, thats why I get angry  when trouble drops in. They just don't get it. I spent the morning with my friend Andy, and off to the store we went. Got out with my money still in the pocket. Sometimes thats a tough call. Everyone have a great afternoon.

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Posted by SPMan on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:32 PM

Happy birthday SJ.  Have a great day! Happy B-Day

Chief, your mom is in the Lord's hands.  Prayers sent for you and her.

Re no air conditioning, I went to school also with no a/c. in Virginia.  Got pretty sticky in there in may and early June.  We had no a/c at home either in those days.  Nobody did.  We had a big floor fan that sat in the middle of the living room and blew out in all directions.  Us kids liked to poke things in it an watch the fan eat it up.  Lucky we weren't hurt.  Used to swim in the river a lot to cool off in the summer.  When a/c movies came along that was great.

Pat, if I ever took up drinking again, those frosty mugs would be the way to go.  I've been a teatotaler for a long time.  I guess you could do the same thing with N/A beer.  Still fooling around trying to make sweet tea.  Got the receipe from my sister in Virginia but I think I messed up the tea bags by stiring them too much.  Got a lot of loose tea dregs on the bottom.  Sister says some people use something similar to a Mr. Coffee machine these days with filters for the tea grounds.  Nobody in my family cares if they have iced tea or not.  I'm the only Southerner here.

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:33 PM

8ntruck

Mostly cloudy and muggy 80's here today.  Probably some more rain tonight.

I took the weekend away from the Pot and got 6 pages behind. So, from memory:

Charlie, SJ - great looking modular layout.

Glad to hear that chores (espically those involving ladders) were done without accident over the weekend.

Pat - I believe it was the Andrew's Sisters who sang  'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree'.  Didn't get 'Newtonized' while you were sitting under your apple tree did you?

Air conditioning - we didn't get an air conditioned car until we got a used 1968 Impala about 1970 or '71.  Everything before that had the 4-70 system - all four windows open at 70mph.  My parents did not install air conditioning in the house until the late 80's.  Previous system was the fan in the window at the top of the stairs and open windows.

My Harry Potter expansion set came in at the LHS this week.  Picked it up Saturday.  The e-bay refugee #225 C&O Alco also arrived on Saturday.  Runs rough as a cobb in reverse only.  Looks like the e-unit is not all there and somebody hard wired it.  No big deal, as the two position e-unit will not be used in this project. Good news it that it has two axle magnetraction.  A good cleaning will smooth it out.

Swept and washed the front porch Saturday - in the rain.  Ran the string trimmer on Sunday - in the rain.  Watched the F1 race and NASCAR on Sunday.  The F1 actually had some real racing, not just follow the leader.  The infield at MIS looks like it has been improved since I visited there in the early 80's.

All for now.

 

I think I was "Newtonized". This happened:

But I can't remember for sure.Sigh

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