Good Evening
Well the temp shot up to 21 this afternoon. Lot's of sun but too cold for melting. Jack: We don't go to Detroit, have to drive through it some time but thats it. Of course thousands of people do every day. Nothing there but miles of empty lots burned out houses and tumbleweeds. They have spent millions on the river front while the neighborhoods rotted. I got banilla for anyone warm enough to eat it...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
Fife and Jack, you are both so right about putting that little incident in perspective. Boy, the Bears got shellacked. Bride is out cheering up a friend and I'm heading downstairs to run trains once the youngest is abed.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good evening everyone. Been a long few days as we are busy and short handed, so it makes for longer schedules. My bride is busy too and we have her side of the family coming in this weekend....knew we should have gotten a small house! Anyway, new curtains need to be hung, and of course, they are the long, thick ones that I needed to reinforce the area the rods are to be mounted on. Ended up using some white oak that I routed the edge to make it look nice. Has to hold up a fair amount of weight.
Glad I caught Jack's "cliff notes" on the pot as I missed several pages. Doug, I am sure I will be there before too long and hope that any such incidences are minor. Brutus, so happy that Char is home. Will continue prayers and hope that she is out of the hospital for good. Bob, sounds like you must have some good folks to work with and I know they are happy to have such a friend as you to lend your truck that way. I guess being on the mountain with the same folks on a frequent basis builds such relationships.
Laz, one of the guys I sometimes work with got a buck last week. It is a 12 point, with a 23 inch inside spread. He is real happy about it and is having it mounted, this is in spite of the fact that he got it by hitting it with his truck and causing $3500.00 worth of damage! He was on his way to hunt with his son.
It has been quite cold here. At night, the temps have gone down to the high teens. During the day, it is in the mid to upper 40s. I just hope my fruit trees survive.
Hope it is a blessed week for everyone here.Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Cloudy and low 20's here today. Having some fun with my new boss who just moved up from SaoPalo, Brazil. I've been explaining to him how it is not really cold yet.
SumBob - "Make it so."
Pat - thanks for sharing the 'In the Pines' clip. I enjoyed it. I've got a version by Boxcar Willie, but the instrumentation is not an intricate.
All for now.
Good morning all,
It is still frigid in America's heartland. The Scout Expansion set arrived yesterday. I never thought I would ever see Scout style rolling stock ever made again, but there they were. In a way the hobby has come full circle for me. I started off with O-27 stuff and now I am back in the game. "Saucy Wench" and I spent the evening doing some Christmas shopping and more decorating. It was a good evening. I had bran muffins on the dining car before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Hi a GUYZ,
17 here again this morning. BRRRR!!!!!
DENNIS WOW, nice deer but OUCH on the truck. At least he didn't have to freeze.
JACK, remember that season very well,'85 BEARS, DITKA, SB SHUFFLE, MCMANN. Was fun.
FIFE, RAVs AND STILLERS, YES!!! A real slobberknocker!!!!
CHUCK, with the felt does it clean up easy, vacumm the dust up?
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is 19 degrees. No new snow. Going up to 30 today with cloudy skies.
Today is a busy day. I have a few errands to run and the usualo chores. Maybe I'll have time for a nap, later. No train time today.
Dining car is here from "Points West". The usual Cheerios is for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
LAZ.... The felt shows the dust easily. It looks more realistic, if you leave it dusty. I have a small vacuum with a soft brush attachment that nicely sweeps it up , when I want to clean it.
Aloha all. Still a tad brisk at 4 degrees. Spent a delightful evening running trains. watch?v=PsczdV5lzqI
Good Morning
Sun 15 this morning, 25 is it but no new snow.
Doug M. always fun to watch your trains.
S.J.
DOUG M.,
Looks like you had NO PILE UPs, GOOD JOB!!!!
Morning all not a lot happening today. sitting here watching the boob tube ( shows from the 50's and 60's. )
Well had pancakes and sausage for breakfast.
Love my days off as like eating my breakfast late not 6am lol more like 9am
Well wife is up now so there goes my day lol no she not up to doing much today either but I'am going to go make some chocolate chip cookies I think.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
SPMan
hello guys received the new mth catalog and wish i had a million bucks, they got pretty trains. doug i liked seeing pictures of your layout. thanks. sensors mounted around my property showed the attempted entry of a 210 lb intruder. i let the dobermans loose and the intruder disappeared. rt i hope that you enjoy your vacation. anyone know who might be missing? ha..ha.. jack with the two female dobies, i dont even need a second line of defense. see heidi and emma do not have the kind disposition that yours does. a henry 30/30 is always ready though. ha..ha..anyway merry christmas guys. navyjack
DougM.....how do you manage to concentrate, run trains, hold the martooni glass steady, and film....all at the same time? Or was your better half helping out by doing one of those?
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good evening
sun and 25, for awhile this afternoon I could see pavement at the middle of the street. I guess everyone was too cold for banilla last nite so there is still plenty plus A & W.
Brutus the beacon is humming...S.J.
RockIsland52 DougM.....how do you manage to concentrate, run trains, hold the martooni glass steady, and film....all at the same time? Or was your better half helping out by doing one of those? Jack.
Hello all,
Quick sip on the way to bed.
Got an unexpected trip to Millville New Jersey on Friday to look at a job I'm bidding. My question of all you Jerseyites is what's the best way to get around Philly?
Best get to bed
Prayers for all in need.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Banks . My question of all you Jerseyites is what's the best way to get around Philly?
. My question of all you Jerseyites is what's the best way to get around Philly?
Avoid it at all cost! I used to think Philly was the dirtiest city I have ever been to....until I went to New Orleans! It has been a very long time since I was there last. I think you can take a spur off the Pennsy Pike that brings you north of the city, towards Chester I believe. Fife or one of the current locals should have a better idea.
Turned out to be a long day. I had traded times with a guy I work with so he could make a eye appointment. As they say, "Never let a good deed go un-punished!" Had a pseudo emergency that I had to take care of and it kept me there late. Other guy is on call, but with his eyes dilated, I will cover for some time.
On the train front, I recently got some new buys in and have noticed a few deals to be had on line. Seems a lot of "new old stock" items are coming up. On another train related note, I tried to get onto the Justrains web site today, but I got a message saying that the site was no longer available. Hope it was just a computer glitch as opposed to them going out of business. We shall see. I will try again later.
God Bless,Dennis
Cloudy, 20's today. Walked out of work to find a little bit of freezing rain - oh goody, goody!
Banks - lots of neat stuff to see in Philly if you have time. I don't know if it runs in the winter time, but there are busses running between historical sites downtown. Buy one ticket and spend as much time as you want hoping the busses from site to site. When I was visiting the mint, a person in front of me in the gift shop paid for their purchase with a large bill. The checkout clerk asked if they had anything smaller, as she did not have change. I'm standing there thinking 'but we are in a factory that makes change - what do you mean you don't have change?!'
Driving in Philly - yuck! Probably double or triple yuck if it is snowing.
Home from the lake. Came home for a meeting that has been canceled. Seems we are to get snohio until mid morning and then turn to rain. Since the temps have been below freezing, it may stick on the highways. All the roads have been sprayed with brine. Schools delayed two hours and that gives them time to cancel if if dows stick. Blew leaves to dict at lake house. burned them. Three times the big piles I blew still on the ground. Neighbor with zero turn and big vacum on back usually gets them up. Pay back for me mowing his yard off and on during the summer. Seems he bought a fifth wheel camper and pulled it to CA to visit his son. He's back but I bet he does not come up. His yard looks like carp as tall grass [I did not mow as I thought he was coming up and "mowing" leaves] and lots of leaves [to blow in my yard]. Think I will take bagger up and put on my mower, suck them up, dump them in ditch and burn them [everyone blows theirs to the ditches and burns them]. Pam does not need them for flower beds as we got plenty last year. Stayed below freezing all day yesterday [well, now it is two days ago, Tuesday] with high winds. Went to shooting range to shoot in lake house .22 [one I won on Gun Brokers and put scope on]. Took .22-250 and shoot two rounds. Center perfect bullseye at 50 yds and at 100 yds. Did not shoot anymore as too cold. My lake buddy and I went to McDonalds [fanciest thing in Clarksville VA] and got big carmel mocas to warm up. Came back to lake house and stayed in. watched hunting on TV and slept. Lucy and Finn did the same. Thing is Finn will stay out with no problems due to his thick coat.
Philly, never drove there. When I was traveling the USA to Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's, I avoided Philly airport if at all possible. "Worst" [Southern for BAD] airport in the USA. Always delayed getting in and always delayed getting out. Horrible terminal. If you wanted to experience the bad Yankee attitude , you found it there.
Why did the CA guy get coal for his Christmas present. He is always bragging about his warm temps. I will add Santa Anna winds to those warm temps and a "Spark" and let him brag while the ground trembles.
Off to bed. Will sleep late and drink coffee while folks struggle to get to work in Raleigh tomorrow morning.
Good night and sleep tight.
PS: I said Char would get to stay home. Tell her I said, "Good girl."
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Evening All !
Got the Christmas tree up, was able to revive it after all the wilting due to the heat. (Used some artificial tree freshner, worked great!)
Speaking of heat, who ever is setting at the gun sight SURE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING! Our weather has taken a bad turn!!! (Bob, its going to be coming your way, probably see it Thur night). Weather forecast is:
Today (12/15) 30% rain, Thurs 10%, Fri 30%, Sat 60%, Sun 60%, Mon 30%, Tue 30%, Wed 30%, Thur (12/23) 60%, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE !!! Enough with this winter stuff! I'm ready for spring and summer! Temps are going down too! The next week to 10 days is 50's to low 70's. I'm really worried about Christmas Day, we plan on doing some visiting, and I don't really want to go buy a jacket for those few hours. Enough with that, it is really depressing.
Got the Beep all modified and working for the friend of mine, he was really happy with it! Spent some time today with another friend helping him hook up some Ross switches. Possibly will see a new California guy on the pot. Hope so, he is really cool.
Helped wife with SECOND Christmas tree in the family room. It gets the trains around it, put up the Polar Express, and a Santa handcar. I think Santa developed a bad case of arthritis, he is not doing his share of the pumping. Opened it up and a small plastic piece of linkage is broke, going to be a real challenge to fix! Maybe a couple of toothpick splints?
Glad to hear Char is doing well, hope it continues!
Getting late here, so calling it a day. BTW, saw "Burlesque" with Cher, it was pretty good.
Later
Don
Thanks for the birthday wishes guys.
We normally only see that white stuff on Christmas cards. As a rule by the time your weather systems get across the pond, it has turned to rain. I think this lot must be Russian.
We were driving on the left long before there was a USA. I think you folks just took the wrong side to upset King George.
By the way, What are CHRISTAMS cookies?
John Baker
Hia GUYZ,
17 and cold here. Got tree last nite and put in water, going to decorate friday nite. Then run trains. Gotta make a B double E double R UN tonite.
CHIEF, nice shootin DEADEYE!
RIP,BOB FELLER.
It is a cold 15 degrees. Going up to 30 today with cloudy skies.
Today is a busy day. grocery shopping. I have the usual chores to do and a few things to leep busy. No time for trains today.
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Wha...? Bob Keller died...? I didn't even know he was sick. He looked pretty healthy in BTB33...
On a related note, we are getting some of that "sunshine state of Wisconsin" weather today.
Feller - Keller. Uh oh, that's how rumors get started. Aloha to you all. Very warm 18 this morn. Going to get the youngest his dinosaur um lizard today and then try to hide it until Christmas. This should be hilarious. Not. My. Idea. Never been to Philadelphia - sounds like a song title - except once in the bowels of their train station on Amtrak to Wash. Nice, if too brief, chat with SJ and Brutus last eve. Ran trains. No pile-ups. Just musing I need a layout project - everything is working fine. Now that I've said it, something will break.
SNOHIO Morning to you all. Schools closed. Slicky slidy. South Main Street covered except for the frozen tracks. Has changd to rain here which means a nice coat of ICE over the snow and wheel tracks. Just sitting and watching TV with my cup of coffee. Kitty is on her bed on top of the washing machine in the mud room and the "gang" just looks and shrugs their shoulders. Wifey is sitting on the couch with a never ending phone call doing what she does best. TALK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! While she does that, I am in and out with the gang in the snow and freezing rain. Suppose to be all washed away by noon as temps turn warmer.
Wasn't Bob Feller a baseball player years ago????
Yes, Chief, Bob Feller was a Cleveland Indians pitcher. I watched him play , when I was a kid in the '50's. He threw a 107 mph fastball . They have a statue of him outside Cleveland Stadium.
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