Good night all. Why is it Wifeys do not listen? Finished shopping for the "drop by" and shew as saying no more than 25 folks. I kept sawing 50 or more. Her family and friends numbered more than that. Well we had more than 50. 8 PD on duty came by and friends in the shooting world, town staff and two Town Commissioners and spouces. Well, we had plenty except the wine punch ran out at the last. Wifey's special "brew" with wine combined. It was the most popular thing of the event. Trains ran well except a couple of MTH diesels which needed battery charging. They stayed in their parking places. Kitty Sissy went out and waited until the crowd left. She did not like the noise. I crashed in recliner and Lucy woke me so all could take a late pee. Now all are in bed and asleep except me.
Was thinking [smell the sawdust burning]. Where is Hudson and Howard Brown [amoung a few others missing]?
Sleep tight.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Morning.
We now have 56" of snow on the ground after we got dumped on by another 6" of the stuff...and, just to top it off another 4-6" may fall before late this afternoon...and we get to plow it out using the Dodge Powerwagon...
Next on the list is the annual go to the Diner and sit with our neighbours watching everyone else going around in a panic...AAAAAGGGHHHHH !!!
So, You all have a Great Merry Christmas and be safe out there!
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is 28 degrees. Going up to 34 today.
Today is a busy day. I have a few chores to do and some presents to wrap. We are staying home on Christmas day. No company. It should be a quiet day. Maybe I'll run trains , later today.
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y' all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Hi GUYZ,
28 here and windy. Half day for me today then Christmas vacation. Yippeee!!! Going to take BB down to Barrys Train Shop today to get it checked out, motor is a grinding. Then come home and put down other switches then run trains in afternoon. Then tonite is me and wifes Christmas dinner. King crab legs and FF. oh an OL MILs.
DOUG M and JACK, BEARS need an OL, and in a hurry they block like a sive.
BLOWNOUT, WOW 60 inches of SNO HI O! Better tell CHUCK and BUCKEYE to change coordience.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Mornin' boys. A chilly 32 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. That "pineapple express" moisture is set to land here sometime Sunday PM...we shall see. Heart goes out to those folks with mud-covered homes. I think I'm done shopping...except for provisions --->. My buddy Tom is coming over tonight for dinner, and a little "rail", of course. Finally finished my MTH operating crossing signals this week, and man are they sweet looking. But my MTH GP9 is stalling over my LIONEL switches. Gonna have to check under the hood. Middle princess is gonna be riding the Medic for the first time tonight. Fifedad went over scene safety/security with her last night, and for kicks, pulled up some old EMERGENCY! threads. Gimme some lactated ringers, RAMPART! Oooooo yeahhhhh.
SPMan - Ms Kelly would have all 5 of those Lassie-dogs laying at her feet in the living room.
Fife, just keep that KVO! Taking some meds, but can't take the really strong stuff as I am still on call. Wife is making pancakes for the dining car.
8N, you should definitely leave that work cell phone off so as not to run the battery completely down
Not much on the schedule today, so with any luck, it will be a good day to just veg...but I will have to do it at the hospital.
Chief, we don't have folks stopping over....nice part of living in the country and keeping a low profile. OF course, the whole political thing may bring lots more folks! I guess it is a consequence of being popular!
Hope each of you has a great day.Dennis
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Aloha all. Grey. A day with absolutely nothing to do - until Christmas services later. Hopefully, this means some trains-a-running.... the youngest has had a few friends over this week and I've let them run the trains ragged. What fun to hear their excitement. Only casualty so far is I can't find Jame's cab roof. Must be somewhere on the layout. And a few derailments-at-speed but nothing serious. Sad day for Chicago FD...100 years to the day yesterday they suffered highest number of fatalities up to 9/11, now lost two more.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning
Cloudy and 28, and I think thats about it.
Chief careful with that thinking stuff, you might start a forest fire. An evening out with Charlie, goinna visit a well know home layout tonight. Cereal and 1 toast for breakfast.
Merry Christmas.....S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good Mornin Ya'll From Snowy Taxachussetts,
Just got done doing snow and ice removal, down to the nub. Can't have our guests falling down tomorrow night and suing me. One of these days I must learn to remove the snow BEFORE it becomes semi-permanently affixed to the driveway by cars and foot traffic, thereby increasing the removal time and effort X 3 to get it up.
Wife continues the stress spiral as we are having family over for Christmas Eve. So what does she do? Adds to it. The latest.....she volunteered to babysit the grandchildren this afternoon, overnight, and all day tomorrow. While I am certainly glad my daughter and son-in-law can get all of their stuff done without the stress of the little ones underfoot, the term "taking one for the team" takes on new meaning.
So until Christmas is behind us, I will make the following survival observation: A plan ill conceived but violently executed will nonetheless succeed!
Later, gang.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Morning all. Was warm this AM and now windy. I think it smells like a Yankee's breath. Turning cold. BTW: the ugly S word is in the Christmas Eve and Christmas day forecast. Will be the first time in YEARS had white stuff on Christmas. Now according to the forecaster, not amount to much as temps above freezing during the day light. Off to take hot wings to Town Hall for Christmas meal. They are off tomorrow and Monday. Checks to sign too.
Probably do some minor shopping until later. Fred is worrying me to death to fox hunt this afternoon. BTW: 870 Express I won on Gun Brokers came in. Its new!!!! Man I stole that one.
Later.
Chief.....it's about time you finally celebrate a traditional American white Christmas with some snow. You should be thankful we Nawtheners thought of you and sent you some, gratis.
BTW.....do you have one of those white military grade camouflage snowsuits to sneak up on the vandals? Or will the scope on your heat make that unnecessary.
Later, Jack
The small door on the lhs concealed a hand set connected to the local nick for use by the public in an emergency.
There was a brick one near where I live here in Stockport UK.
John Baker
Good morning all, Yippeee! no rain for the first day in a week. The sun never looked so good. Got a dentist appointment today for cleaning. After that, 1 and 1/2 shopping days left. Humbug! Just plan on getting everything dried out for the next couple of days.
We have completed all our Christmas party obligations for the year so there is nothing left to do but run trains. Sounds good to me.
Have a good day y'all,
Ray
SPMan
Hello all,
Busy week. planned to be of for two weeks but that didn't happen. Getting ready to head for home now. Be back the 3rd. Trains will definitely be run.
Been lurking this week. I'll wish all a MERRY CHRISTMAS now as I won't have a chance to get on till Sunday. May it be Blessed and safe for all of you.
OFF to buy a tree and get it put up.
Younz on the west coast watch out for mud slides
Chief, Hope you get your WHITE CHRISTMAS
Brutus, I'm praying your journey that started about this time last year has a happy ending soon.
Prayers for all in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
If these squirrels keep attacking the bird feeders, I need an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! With a compass in the stock. And this thing that tells time.
hello guys, i got my north pole passenger cars today and they are really nice. also the thunder valley dockside is a great looking little switcher. i highly recommend them and lionel should geet a lot of credit for making affordable good looking engines. merry christmas lionel, you hve made one for me. navyjack
Hey,
Man is that sunlight ever bright! As reported it seems the rain has passed, we have had a total of 8 1/2" on my patio. (According to rain gauge.) I've never seen that much here before in that short of time. There still plenty of big clouds floating around, and we're suppose to get more on Sunday, then again next Wednesday. But, this will give people a chance to clear drains, mud piles, etc..
Chris' gf, has got the two of them tickets to go to Catalina this Sunday. I've suggested they cancel the tickets and do something else instead, he's for it, if he can convince her. The trip over wouldn't be a whole lot of fun, and wouldn't be a whole lot for them to do once they got there. And I KNOW Mom, won't be keen on the idea of them making the trip when its raining, on the ocean. So we will see.
Got most of the Christmas shopping done, need to pick up one more item. Even have Kay's primary packages wrapped !
I think today is going to be a baking day, not sure though. I'm going to see about spending some time in the train room. Want to see if I can get an AF water tower working correctly. I think the coil has a broken wire.
Speaking of trains, a friend of mine has a MTH PS1 4 truck shay, (catalog '97), the owners book says it will work on O-42, I have some doubt of that. He put it on the track it got 1/2 through a curve and stopped dead it it's tracks. Ended up breaking a drive shaft. I tried looking up more detail and not much luck. (20-3023-1), I was able to find 3 truck Shays in 2005. And that's real interesting! Catalog says it will do O-44. The reality is, (when you read the fine detail), that the O-44 is for 2-rail only, 3-rail requires O-72. I thought it was somewhat misleading. So going to try and find a drive shaft for one of the newer ones and see if it will work in the older unit.
Really looking forward to Christmas this year, we almost lost my FIL, but he is really doing good. The rest of the family are all enjoying good health, everyone's "want list" exceeds availability. But all the essential are covered. And that is what is important. (Like not having any storm damage, etc.)
In the event I don't get back here before, Hope the Chief gets that White Christmas, the Snow Canon doesn't explode in the midwest somewhere, and ALL your families have a great holiday.
Don
Hi Guys
Charlie will be here in about an hour, so in case I miss the thingy tonite Brutus knows where the banilla and rootbeer are kept. Don't wake up granny....S.J.
cnw1995 If these squirrels keep attacking the bird feeders, I need an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle! With a compass in the stock. And this thing that tells time.
You'll shoot your I out DOUG. How about a football?
Evening all not a lot going on right now. hope all have a good weekend and Christmas. I'm off Christmas and Sunday woo hoo but have to work new years but thats okay I also off new years eve but normally don't stay up for the new year anyway. Not to much going on hoping my train set that I won from Choochoo makes it here tomorrow I'm not that far from him and it says picked up today estimate delivery 12/24 but normally it takes another day in there but we'll see. unless they upgraded the shipping to overnight as I did pay for it back on Monday and normally if I do that it gets shipped Tuesday and it gets here Thursday. I think lol maybe its wednesday I don't remember lol anyway supose to be here tomorrow woopie. Its a Lionel service station set from 1987 unopened in original box even thou the box looks a little rough. ( shelf/storage wear I would say.) Talk to you all later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Hello Banks. Merry Christmas to you. How is the farm? Cold and frozen, I bet. Glad to see you post. Had "senior moment" last night and could not come up with name but all I could think of was farmer in PA.
COLD and windy. 38 and wind chill in the low 20's. Went fox hunting about dark. Took .22 with iron sights that stays in the back of pickup. Shot at one and then saw several. Fred had been there since 3 PM but was in ground blind and out of the wind. Shot one as he was exiting the blind to quit. Had to have been close to see it in the dusk.
Staying warm and watching TV. Meatball sub [meatballs left over from last night]. Cherry pie for desert.
Good evening all,
It was cloudy in SE Indiana with temps above freezing, but more Snohio due in tomorrow. "Saucy Wench" was baking up a storm today. She made cranberry muffins, snicker doodles, and pixies. Yum! Went out to see my old boss from the factory. I have considered working for him again, but I am not sure I want the headaches. I did some Christmas wrapping as well. I had bran muffins for breakfast on the dining car. TBIL anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Laz,
Football? What's a football?
Not much going on tonight. Work has been crazy these past few days. Still need to fix the 30B and make the gaskets for the 314AW. I have also found out what is inside the original control box, and I'll have to play with that.
Hiya guys! Well, my internet problems are temporarily fixed by hooking my computer straight to the modem. No wireless and no xbox connections tonight anyway. Charter guy got the modem working anyway. Apparently they have a wireless modem/router we can upgrade to so I might do that as this is the 2nd wireless router I've purchased and I am not feeling the value at this moment. I need to get this done tomorrow I guess after the snow stops or my son will go crazy without his online games.
Nice chat with Doug tonight anyway!
I'm really grateful for all of you guys here and I pray for us all and for our families and loved ones. I know we are very grateful here to have my wife at home for Christmas. We bought the kids a bunch of stuff, but we just upgraded our phones and called it good - after we get our rebates, lol! Oh, I did get her an ornament she doesn't know about.
DId shopping tonight and got the food for the feast on Saturday - sure hope the family from KC is able to come visit or we'll be eating ham for a month, no joke! It freezes well though.
Tardis is ready and I can drive tonight - just have to add the reindeer decorations to the front :)
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
It's 33 at exit 77!
Well it's 1:14am and we just got back from watching A Christmas Carol on stage at McCarter Theatre in Princeton which we do every year, great production, followed by a trip to a local diner. And being that it's now Christmas Eve, I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and if you are travelling be safe and arrive home safe!
Enjoy the day
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Brutus sorry we missed you and Doug tonight. SJ and I were at a Christmas train party at Super O Bob's house.
Merry Christmas guys!!
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Sunny and about 40 again today. Won't last though. The temp is falling, and that low pressure system that dumped so much rain on the west coast is headed east. Weather map has it just clearing the Rockies tonight. Will be here for Christmas.
Slept in today, then putzed. Got some clean up and winterizing done out on the deck and some odd jobs done inside.
The log dump car I scored on e-bay showed up today. It is well used, but it also looks like somebody has been through it doing some maintenance recently. I'll try it out tomorrow.
All for now.
Well fedex changed my delievery date over night from the 24 to the 27 so surprise I didn't think it was really going to get here next day.
Fedex should be renamed fedups...
I've had issues with them before, but my nemesis right now is DHL who can't seem to find my address at all, even though we are on a main road here....
We are expecting a few days of blagh weather, dull dull dull with little bits of dribble snow or frizzle...yay
Anyhoooooo---Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and have a good safe holiday!
It is a cloudy 32 degrees. Going up to 40 today with a chance of sunshine.
Today is a busy day. A few chores to do and then I have an errand to run. Maybe, later, I can run trains for awhile. Need to dust layout too.
Buckeye & LAZ.... TGIF
Y'all have a great Christmas Eve.
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