Evening all!
Lots o' posts today. Too tired to catch up.
Welcome back Navyjack. Nice present with the new PC for you!
Got a little rain today and temps in 80's. A bit more rain tomorrow. Got enough today to learn the gutters on rear of house plugged. So got out the ladder and a hose and cleaned it out. Downspout goes underground to clear a sidewalk and then comes up on the driveway. Of course the underground part was choked with leaves. It has to rain hard to flush them out so today they just jammed up. Got it all cleared after about an hour of cleaning and pushing a hose through it.
A busy but hopefully an easy day tomorrow.
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
Mid 80's and sunny today.
NavyJack - good to see you back. You have a lot of reading to do to catch up.
Crusing around on e-bay tonight looking for the second 200 series Alco for the project I've got in mind. Noted a couple of possibilites that I'll watch over the next couple of days.
Laz - The kids really appreciate special awards like that. When my boys were in Cub Scouts, we'd make up special awards for the Pinewood Derby. Plaster animal casts painted gold and glued to oak bases. The eagle was for most aerodynamic, the turtle for best brakes ( I think we had a special run off for this one), lion for most awesome, etc. They went over well.
All for now.
Howdy guys - storms again today, but it's clear right now. Read some about some early trains this evening - mostly The Rocket and The Planet.
DJ - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Laz - I remember you talked about these awards last year and maybe for the past few years and I always think the same thing - SUPER COOL! I wish I had something like that from a teacher, I'll bet that really makes a kid smile for years to come - you da MAN!
Welcome home, Navy - hope this one works out better. My Dad isn't too keen on Windows 7 so far, but he's not very computer-literate.
Mike - you can drive all you want, broheim, you know that - always!
So many posts - prayers for us all and our intentions
Nice chat with RT. Waiting for Tardis Control to clear the flight plan. We have multigrain chips and low-fat peanut butter, or RT made some chocolate pie for us. I suspect there will be banilla and Butter PEE-KAHN icecream too
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
anjdevil2 Nice puppy, Chief. Cats are better...and smarter . Rich M.
Got one. We named him Ned. He adopted us. Had a colar on but took it off. Been fixed and all. Big orange guy. Gets along with Lucy and Finn. Not Burg. Lives under garage over Pam's vehicle on an old rug. Stays under the shelter a lot during the day. Visits when Burg is not out. As I said, he adopted us. Bought him a big "auto" feeder. Load it up and he has plenty while we are gone to lake house.
Finn and Burg are doing better. Burg still not too happy being around him. Pam says he was the same way with Lucy until one day, they were playing together. Lttle rascal can bark loud for 8 weeks old. That is good. Want him to rattle the windows if a stranger comes up.
No rain [was forecasted]. Will soaker hose garden tomorrow AM as going to be real hot for a few. Ground is moist but this will be a little icing on the cake. Got to mow. Bet I have to mow twice when I get to the lake.
Tired. Resting. Hope to sleep late tomorrow AM.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
anjdevil2 OldTimer, Hey, you take MY place here in He**, I mean Florida. I think I’m moving back north soon.... Rich M.
Seriously though ... we used to go to DeBary alot ... quite a few times a year ... fell in love with the area .... 25 minutes from Daytona Beach .... 35 minutes from Orlando .... quiet peaceful beautiful friendly town and folks .... I made alot of fabulous great friends there ... was going to go ahead and buy a condo way back then there ... spanish style with the red tile roof .... double car garage at super low price .... but dumb me let my wife talk me into waiting until we were ready to move permantly ... prices probably skyrocketed now . I felt 20 years younger and better there than here .... you'll see ... the aches and pains from the conditions up here will change your mind .... and the crime rate here in the north has escalated beyond belief .... and the people are alot more nasty and not 1/10 as friendly as almost any florida resident . Not to even mention the lousey half ripe fruit and veggies we have to buy here ... and oh man do I miss all that fresh seafood there .... and the beautiful ocean and lakes there .... nothing like a breakfast snack or lunch watching the dolphins in the morning with pelicans flying overhead at New Symerna Beach ... fresh clean nonpolluted ocean breezes ... oh did I forget to mention metal detecting on the beaches and picnics on them ... although it was a pain haveing to wade through all those women in bikinis to get in the water and walking down the streets of daytona and miami ... yea right .... Disney World and Universal Studios 50 minutes away at super low resident admission . Daytona races anytime you feel like it ... at a discount . You gung ho nascar fans would probably want to come drop in on ole old timer alot .... meet the drivers and get bucu autographs . Lower than heck priced cruises and boats to be bought at give away prices compared to here .... deep sea fishing .... I'd better stop .... LOL . To me Florida is HEAVEN
sir james Ibut yea I do miss her
I'm telling
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good Evening
Sunny and 80.
I enjoyed a quiet day with granny gone but yea I do miss her. Had to find my own eatin. lol
Got banilla and root beer. Some come on by...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Who is this NAVYJACK fellow? With "J-A-C-K" in his name he must be ok. Welcome back, NAVYJACK!
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good afternoon all,
Dbaker, thanks for the Pawn Shop and Vegas pictures. Was that Shumlee behind the counter? Is he just an employee or is he Big Hoss's son? Now I can see where all those guys got so many tatoos with that place next door. Did you see anymore of the guys on the show? Those two younger ones need some wide load signs.
Chief, sounds like your place has gone to the dogs.
Pat and old timer, Don't know why the squirrels are eyeballing me. I would get the booby prize in a beauty contest. You're right about the racoons, they like to wash things in the water.
One more day of school for the grandson. He is with us today after we picked him up from school. Says he went to Disneyland a while back with kids from school. Hope they got a discount. I think it's around $83 now for adult admission. I doubt that Walt would have approved of that.
Navyjack, Welcome back!
later,
Ray
SPMan
navyjackhello guys, i am back. kids bought me a new laptop with windows7. i have to learn how to use it now. will have lots of reading to catch up to. hope everyone is ok. navyjack
hello guys, i am back. kids bought me a new laptop with windows7. i have to learn how to use it now. will have lots of reading to catch up to. hope everyone is ok. navyjack
welcome back navyjack!!!!
Pat
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
anjdevil2 Happy Wednesday Afternoon.... Nice puppy, Chief. Cats are better...and smarter . (Ditto on that) Mike C, if you need to retreat to a northern safe house, stop on by...no rebs here.( again Ditto on that) OldTimer, Hey, you take MY place here in He**, I mean Florida. I think I’m moving back north soon....(Enough said I'll second it) Rich M.
old timer FL. nice to visit but can think of better places to get out of the cold. It not to bad here maybe a month in the winter and close to a lot of things. (water 2 hours to coast lakes a lot closer maybe 30 minutes) Mountains maybe again 2 hrs) Big model railroad club here all scales n-G. train museum has a lot to desire but its a good start or I just happened to see part of it not sure yet as haven't really been to it other than by it one day by mistake.
Not a lot going on today did try to do my breaks last night but realized real quick I didn't have at least one tool that was needed couldn't get calipers off had allen wrenches both metric and standard but just didn't seem to fit right. and figured by time I got all what I needed it would be cheaper to let someone else to do it. will buy some tools little by little so next time I have correct tools including impact wrench/drill so can take wheels off and put back on easier I do have a compressor so might as well it will help for other items also.
Didn't do any real train items today other than mailed a check for some parts and look at some trains for sale but didn't bid on any lol
hope all have a good evening
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Happy Wednesday Afternoon....
Fife, you are evil...my kinda guy..!
89 today, low(er) humidity, day 2 on the HD. Cool in the AM, blazin’ in the afternoon. NOT my type of weather...
Jack, you ask why a new(er) Harley? They say, bigger is better..I’m looking at a 2004 98 ci Wide Glide...and its better road manners will be a blessing...It’s tough on a Sportster, if I were to stay around town, that’s one thing, but I plan on doing a couple of trips this year and want to enjoy the trip, the Sporty is too high revving for that.
Nice puppy, Chief. Cats are better...and smarter .
Mike C, if you need to retreat to a northern safe house, stop on by...no rebs here.
OldTimer, Hey, you take MY place here in He**, I mean Florida. I think I’m moving back north soon....
And youse guys, with the missing wives: When MY wife comes home, it’s CLEANER than she left...that’s cuz I’m the one that CLEANS!!
Mrs. is working 2 days a week and going to school for CNA. There is hope after all...thank you God!
Welcome Back NavyJack!
That’s all from the pits...check ya later.
Rich M.
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Evenin' boys. Evenin' English (thanks for the "day planner" ). A soggy 66 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Sometimes it's just fun to sit back and watch from the safety of my barstool .
laz - If I were to send you an old rusty circular saw blade, could you paint it gold and whip something up...?
cheapclassics Good morning all, Day three deep in the heart of the South land at an undisclosed location. Trainng goes well as it mostly rehash from last year. Food is good and we are eating well. Saucy wench is enjoying life of leisure. Did some shopping last night and some more tonight. Did watch "Glee". Interesting ending. World Cup starts soon. Go USA! (sorry John Bakeer). Good food on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL anytime with secret homing device, and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day. Keep on training, Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning all,
Day three deep in the heart of the South land at an undisclosed location. Trainng goes well as it mostly rehash from last year. Food is good and we are eating well. Saucy wench is enjoying life of leisure. Did some shopping last night and some more tonight. Did watch "Glee". Interesting ending. World Cup starts soon. Go USA! (sorry John Bakeer). Good food on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL anytime with secret homing device, and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Southern cooking and sweet ice tea.
Country ham with grits and redeye gravy.
Middle School promotion over, errands finished and trying to do lunch but keep getting calls. Puppy is settled and into everything. Burg goes to front door and looks out [as usualy]. Lucy retreats to our bed [Finn can't get up there]. Taking him out to garden with me after lucnh. Later.
laz 57 HI GUYZ, Last day o school,half day. Giving out my GOLDEN HAMMER AWARDs ,2 for 7th grade and 2 for 8th grade. Kidos really like them. Its a Golden hammer on a red oak board and their name and year received. Hit of the awards assembly. Been giving them out for 26 years............ Stay frosty, laz57
HI GUYZ,
Last day o school,half day. Giving out my GOLDEN HAMMER AWARDs ,2 for 7th grade and 2 for 8th grade. Kidos really like them. Its a Golden hammer on a red oak board and their name and year received. Hit of the awards assembly. Been giving them out for 26 years............
Stay frosty,
laz57
Personally, I love traditions. And this one is obviously a true keeper. Good for you, Laz! BTW......are there any Ole Mil crests on the Golden Hammer Awards?
Another day of cold chilly rain here ... hate it ! I'll run out of pain pills for my arthritis ... and I hardly needed them the whole winter . Wife's retirement can't come soon enough so we can move to Florida .... 3 1/2 more years ... sad to say . Starting the Scrap Yard with a steam engine and it looks great laying here .... forgot to get an earthen bumper for the end I want to use ... last minute addon idea . Oh well .. off to ebay for the best deal . Got side tracked with installing a new wireless router and modem here .... after I setup everything I decided to go all new ... go figger ... Going with the new D-Link gamer router ... you can set a priority for the games so other functions don't steal or hog the bandwidth .... great idea and sesign !
Good Morning
Rain overnite is moving out. Granny is waiting for her sister to P/U going to Battlecreek to visit their brother. Im guessing shes been in the bathroom about every seven minutes. Me heck I'm gonna do what I always do, goof off. Happy hump day...S.J.
Aloha all from a sunny and warm Chicago. The rain is on its way east. Congratulations on another year, Laz. A nice evening running trains and watching Top Gear re-runs whilst the bride was out. Nice pick-up, Banks!Leafblowers? Garbage cans? The dogs usually eat anything edible off the floor. The rest is just 'atmosphere'
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
ChiefEagles wrmcclellan Buckeye Riveter I normally drag one of the garbage cans into the house and start dumping the un-eaten pizza, empty chip bags, beer cans and newspapers as fast as I can. You had to drag a can INTO the house? Yes Roy. Yankee thing. Us Southerners keep our houses real clean and eat while our wives are away.................... Good night.
wrmcclellan Buckeye Riveter I normally drag one of the garbage cans into the house and start dumping the un-eaten pizza, empty chip bags, beer cans and newspapers as fast as I can. You had to drag a can INTO the house?
Buckeye Riveter I normally drag one of the garbage cans into the house and start dumping the un-eaten pizza, empty chip bags, beer cans and newspapers as fast as I can.
I normally drag one of the garbage cans into the house and start dumping the un-eaten pizza, empty chip bags, beer cans and newspapers as fast as I can.
You had to drag a can INTO the house?
Yes Roy. Yankee thing. Us Southerners keep our houses real clean and eat while our wives are away....................
Good night.
Chief.......Fantasyland is in the Magic Kingdom, not Roseyville. And the growth of, and use of, medical marijuana is not legal in North Carolina.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a rainy 68 degrees. I am getting tired of rain. Going up to 78 today with more rain to come.
Today is a busy day. I have errands to run and then to the Fitness Center, this afternoon for a workout. This is the way to keep the therapy working. I think I need to stat drinking more water. So, I am told.
Dining car is here and it's a Cheerios breakfast. Getting past due for a nice omlet.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Last day o school,half day. Giving out my GOLDEN HAMMER AWARDs ,2 for 7th grade and 2 for 8th grade. Kidos really like them. Its a Golden hammer on a red oak board and their name and year received. Hit of the awards assembly. Been giving them out for 26 years.
MITCH, CONGA to you too for another year in ADMIN. KEEP up the good work.
Another fairly quiet night collecting photons. Did spent some more time going up and down the stairs trying to help sleuth a receiver problem.
Learned a bit more about 1122 switches last night. The 2 wheel pilots seem to like at least one length of straight track going into the switch. Going to have to scrap my original track plan and go a foot larger to get two complete loops. The pre-war 2224W tenders do not like the switches, and I had heard this. I got both by default w/ a loco, the 1664 and the 2026. I can pull the steps of the metal one. The plastic body already has a couple broken off. The trucks on the metal one have been altered and short out at the switches. I think I can combine the two to get one that works w/ the switches.
Well time to finish up the shift here and find a pillow.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Morning to All,
LAZ - congrats on another year in the books.
Chief - Finn is so cute. Our little dog will be 14 next month. She really rules the roost. Friends kept her while we were in NOLA for a family reunion and she came home with a 'tude' - would not eat much for a few days. Yesterday her appetite came back with a vengance, she wolfed down her dinner and was begging for more.
Jonadel - know you are glad the Mrs. is home. When my sweet wife is away I usually need a forklift and a rollback to clear the debris
88 - Hope therapy gets a little easier as it goes along. Repeat after me... "Power tools and ladders are not my friends!"
Have a great day,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Yes Roy. Yankee thing. Us Southerners keep our houses real clean and eat while our wives are away.
Off to bed. Lucy and Finn are peed and ready. Burg is not doing good with new brother. Maybe male/male thing. Told Pam that girls fit better. Finn was just barking at Burg and wanting him to play. Burg was looking the other way. I sat down and rubbed Burg and talked to him. Finn came up and I was rubbing him too. Got close to Burg's face and Finn got a reprimand. Burg seems not to bite him but lets him know he is not happy with him. If Finn is in the mudroom, Burg will not come out past him. Will work on that. Lucy and Finn play hard when they are outside. Burg just just lays around and watches.
Got early Middle School graduation thing. Short speach and smile.
More rain in the forecast and thunder is rumbling off in the distance. No complaints here though.
Busy weekend ahead.. couple of parties, including Lucas' 6th birthday.
Hello all,
88 Thanks for the tip on links. I was trying to figure out how to make it clickable.
Regarding the 1045 Flagman, I won it for $15.50 including shipping. Before I bid I did a little quick research on completed auctions. I think I did OK. I found it by accident, it showed up n a search for Lionel HO. I think it will be a nice addition to Dad's Christmas layout. It may be his birthday gift.
Bed is calling. Mainly got on computer to see how auction turned out.
Prayers for all who may need them
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
80's and partly cloudy today. Degenerated into the current thunderstorms.
Buckeye - Pitchfork? You go to a lot of work in your cleanup. I just fire up the leaf blower and heard the floatsam and jetsam out the open door.
After a while crocodiles.
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