Hello all,
Mrs Brutus is HOME!!!!!!!!!!! Great news
Good weekend.
Saw a couple of deer, Covered a lot of ground but saw very few sign of deer.
Finally took down the out door fall decorations on Saturday afternoon. Outdoor Christmas decorations are next weekend. Indoors will be evenings this week. Real tree will wait till Christmas Eve.
Fife, Congrats on the new off spring. What happened to the Ravens?
Roads were so-so going to the train show yesterday. picked up some vintage trucks to repace some I have that are missing or damaged.
Best get busy.
Prayers for all in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Mornin' boys. Blue Monday here in the Mid-Atlantic region. That was one hard-hitting game last night. I got a bruised eye-socket and lacerated kidney just watching it from my couch.
mitchie - You can't rush these things. I don't get goin' til the week before Christmas. Great sales, and you don't have to sort through mountains of merchandise.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a snow covered 30 degrees. About 3 inches on the ground. Going up to 40 today with some sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have a bunch of things to do. A few chores and a project. I will be busy until the official nap time.
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Morning all. Cold front has hit here. Supposed to return to warm temps by the weekend, but I hold little stock in our weather folks.
Chief, I didn't know OSU had a football team????
Glad to hear Char is on the mend. Hope and pray the progress continues.
May each of you be blessed this day.Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Hi GUYZ,
31 and blustry here little snow but nothing just flurries. Ran trains last nite for an hour NO PILE UPs.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Morning to All.
Busy weekend. Worked on decorating inside and out. Tree is up and the standard gauge set is on the track. I really need to look for a steam engine to go with that set. Maybe I'll find one at York. Put up outdoor decorations for the first time in many years. Forgot how cold it is to put them up. Got some nets of lights for the shrubs out front. Hope the weather breaks enough to get out to set them up.
Really need to start shopping for my wife's Birthday and Christmas. Have some ideas but need to make myself go out and brave the crowds and cold weather.
Take care.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Congrats to Jim/Char and Fife.
Snowhio all around us here in Central VA, Indiana, Ohio, Penn. NC, West VA, but none here. The secret is our Supper Active Deflector (SAD), more accurate than the one in SC and generations ahead. RT, for a small fee we will let you borrow it to defend off the on slot of cannon fire from that Ohio bunch.
Chief - it works against cold wind as well.
Pat
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Good morning all,
It is Snohiozoning in SE Indiana...again. At least I do not have to drive today. I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car before sending it on to "Points East". TBIL with lots of zucchini bread for Char. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good night all. I see a new visitor, aflyer, came by. He went to the train show. I opted out. Same old, same old. Unless I need parts or just want to socialize, I do not go anymore.
Rolesville had the longest and coldest Christmas parade in history. Took over an hour to pass by. Wifey, Lucy, Finn and myself were up front riding in the back of the Town Manager's pickup [Finn does not fit in a convertable]. We jumped out and walked back visiting the crowd. We got home and stood in the front yard and waved to the rest of the parade. IT WAS COLD. 40 degrees but the wind was blowing hard. Stayed in and warmed up rest of the day and night. Busy day tomorrow. County Commissioners [re-elected and newly elected get sworn in]. Now have a friendly majority. Christmas tree lighting by me at 6 and Town Board at 7. Tuesday shot as cousin from Hickory coming to go to the farm and visit new renter.
Glad Char is doing good. Keep up the good work, Jim.
Notice that Buckeye is not posting. OSU did not make the football championship bowl game.
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
JimG97P - love your video, very cool accessory
Thanks guys - we're doing pretty well considering everything. Got her cleaned up a bit today, shampoo and stuff. Watched some Ellery Queen tv shows with Jim Hutton, which she really loved. I made a big breakfast with suasage and eggs and biscuits. Then I made her favorite dinner tonight and also baked her some homemade bread from an old Frugal Gourmet book recipe. It's just a simple recipe, but always comes out great. Nice chats with RT and SJ today and tonight, too
Tardis is ready and I see a lot of beacons on the screen
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evening all
What a fast weekend. IT was fun though. Got snow on the ground. Put up some decorations. Life is good.
Good night and may God bless
Jim
Hi guys,
Well somebody already posted about the snow in NC yesterday, but I'll add to the story. I leave near Charlotte and drove out to Raleigh for the TCS show/sale on Saturday morning. Great ride, me and some tunes, trains to run at the show, and a little sunshine for the trip.
I left Raleigh at about 3:00 and it was a full blown snow storm, coming down fast enough to deter visibility. A good thing no frost in the ground the roads were just wet. Of course that didn't deter the 4 or 5 cars I saw that had managed to lose control and spin out into the median, the shoulder or the guard rails, nothing real bad fortunately, just fender benders to let us know winter is coming.
The show, oh yeah that was good too, bought a few parts , and ran some trains with our club. Photos will be on the ACS Gaugers page, under Carolina's division soon.
Have a great Sunday,
Aflyer
Good Sunday Evening...2nd Sunday in Advent
In the 20's this morning and back there now. No Snohizo...yet! Harley ran pretty good, I was dressed for the weather. Bike/Toy Run was great the free buffet was nice touch just $3 for a glass of Coke was a killer!!!
Had a fire call (missed the truck) and an over turned mini van (made that one) on the NJTP. No one hurt and no children involved, thank God.
I left the FD @ 430 it was getting dark and I'm on the Harley, sold 27 trees up to that point. Christmas train layout still going strong and looking good. I've just about got everything re-organized train wise and now the task of putting them away. Still have 2 layouts to make under trees.
Helped Mom a little tonight, tomorrow outside decoration begins in earnest. Should be fun...
Nice to see Don B back and AF53...More Jersey-ites the better!!
Giants WIN, Devils...well, hockey season is already a bummer....Jeter & Mariano resign to the Yankees
RT - Good idea on the timer...maybe you could look into one of those "on demand" water heaters.
Well, thats all from NJTP Exit 8....No calls tonight..I need my sleep!
Check ya later!
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
Good evening all,
It was Snohiozoing in SE Indiana again today. This is going to get very old, very quick. Had a nice inexpensive lunch at McDonalds today thanks to some coupons. Took the Wabash Cannonball up to the museum today to put around the tree. Used the transformer with the Scout set and it runs it very well. Got some Christmas decorations up today. Wait on the tree for Lucas. I ham and biscuits on the dining car for breakfast. TBIL anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
Ray,
Which talking station did you get? I love those too. I've got the 718 mail car in green, and I'll post more videos asap.
Don,
Selling on ebay is quite easy. I've done it several times.
Good Evening!
Light rain here this evening, suppose to last through tomorrow.
Really great to hear that Char is home !!!! AND, Fife has a new addition to the family !!!! Tremendous !!! Congrats to ALL !!!
Got to share a comical tidbit......
My immediate next door neighbor, (not the dancer), is a USC alumni. So we always have the memorabilia all over the place during football season. And thats fine. As a matter of fact he is a retired Aerospace Engineer. So they have a USC flag flying from the house, the flag is mounted so that it the flag hangs vertically. (As a matter of fact it is so high he has to get an extension ladder to put the mast into the holder.) I have NO idea why he hung it so high, it is a single story house. (maybe he wanted it unfurled all the time, don't know). Anyway I was looking at it tonight and the flag is actually upside down. Meaning the bottom of the letters is closest to the house. (If the mast was vertical the flag would be upside down.)
So, he comes outside and I mention to him, I think the flag is upside down. He replied no its just which side you are standing on. So I explain my reasoning about the mast being vertical and then it would indeed be upside down. Or, was it that he was trying to express a "Distress" message for USC? About this time his wife stepped out of the house and said "No, if it was vertical the flag would be next to the pole, and you couldn't see the letters, and probably if the wind was blowing from the "other" direction then it would look right. About this time, I'm having a hard time to contain my laughter, I said "Oh I didn't think of that, I guess it makes sense then."
So anyway I just went in the house and the wife asked me what was going on, And I explained to her what was happening, that the USC grads have their own understanding of aerodynamics, physics, and gravity. Doesn't seem like a lot but it certainly was funny at the time.
Take care all,
Think I'm going to go check out about becoming a seller on E-Bay, have a bunch of office equipment want to see if I can get rid of.
Later
Don
Good Evening
29 most of the day, no snow here.
Well thanks to the Lions, I enjoyed a nice nap this afternoon. However like the last Bears game it was decided by a questionable call. Banilla is waiting...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
Good afternoon all, just home from TTOS Southwestern Div. Christmas meet. Picked up an mth premeir line El Capitan tank car but that was all. Talked with friends and departed after three hours with no cake, ice cream, candy cane, cup cake, coffee or anything. Nada, zip, zero. However, there was a Santa Claus for the little ones thankfully and a few people got a bag of M&Ms. It was a good meet though considering the date. Next week we plan a dinner at the TCA Western Div. where club provides sandwiches and members bring salads and deserts. There is usually plenty of food.
Sorry about the snohio Chief. BTW, good for you if you say Merry Christmas instead of happy holidays at the parade. That's what it is after all.
Fife, congratulations on the new grandpup.
Best wishes to Char for continued improvement at home.
RT, hope everything turns out OK on the water tank and the leak.
Ray
SPMan
BIG CONGAS to BRUTUS and FIFEDOG WAY TO GO GUYZ!!!!!!! BIG CONGAS!!!! Just like the OL MIL commercial says, "IT DON'T GET any BETTER then THIS!!!!
DOUGM, BEARS WIN!!!!
We just got back from MOMs from deer hunting on Saturday, saw my first deer of the year. A buck and a doe but were running full speed and couldn't tell if the buck was legal or not. We have antler restrictions here and got to have 3 points on one side. COLD and SNOWY just the way we like it here. SPEAKING of which,
Another BIG CONGA to CHUCK on ripping that SNOW HI O CANNON down to NC. GOOD JOB CHUCK.
Another BIG CONGA to the NJDEVIL for selling all those CHRISTMAS TREES!!!! $! GOOD JOB.
I'm CONGAd out,
Fife congrats grandad
Well will try this again did it once then deleted it by mistake by going to another web page on wrong opened page. anyway not a lot going on today but looks like i need to replace my water heater its 10+ years old and have replaces the relief valve twice in the 2 1/2 years here. I was talking to Brutus last night and was thinking like him that it might be I have to high of pressure here but I don't it comes out at a steady rate but not forceful rate. Also want to hook up a timer to it as there is just me and wife and we really don't need the tank on from 9PM till about 11a - 12p so I can keep it off most of the time and it will still give us plenty of water unless she might want to do a few loads of wash then if needed I can turn it on manually. Looked at it good today its from 1999 and who ever hooked it up did it half *&^%@ as the wire was short and instead of mounting a box and adding a connection there they just added about 6" with no ground to make it fit so I need to correct that anyway also. So adding the timer will be a good place to to take the correct length of wire from to the new water heater. may even run conduit to it also to make it look right and good. not that hard to do. Then discovered a leak in the ceiling of the utility room is basically where the roof ended and the roof over utility room continued so think where the den that was built on connects to roof is where I'm seeing a problem think if i get up on roof and put some of that pitch in there it will seal it and it will be fine. At least I hope so can't afford to have a roofer come redo that are right now. If its not one thing its another.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good morning gang,
Jack said it all so I'm just going to ditto his post:
Brutus' Char is home. Fife is a GrandFife. Santa and the Princess are coming to Rich's town. Dennis has become cultured. A direct hit was scored on Chief. DougM scores the first snowman of the season.
Fife, you know I was just funning with you on the hoppers. Didn't know Atlas labeled the hoppers wrong. Always depended on them doing it right.
A few snow flurries about 10:00 AM this morning, but nothing on the ground, hope it stays that way. It is real cold with high winds. Actual temp 34, but feels like 22 per the weather channel.
Nice to see Don B. is back!
Have a great Sunday and enjoy your week.
Of all the accessories I think that was my favorite growing up. I didn't have a talking station then, just bought one, but the mail pick-up was the best.
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Morning all. REB army brought in its SUN cannon. Yank snow dying fast. Trees are back and ground coming insight. From what I hear, from the Great Lakes east, the snow cannon is backfiring.
Now to get ready to ride in the cold in the parade. Got to wave and say, "Merry Chirstmas" [and not happy holidays]. Went to elementary school to talk to kids about reading. Teachers had on Santa hats with Happy Holidays on them. Disgusting.
Have a great week.
Good morning
20s and overcast
No snow here but Canada to the east is suppose to get a good dumping. Brutus nothing to fix on the snow cannon, it's aimed just right. Guess i'll have a couple frozen waffles till the roast beef is warmed for dinner...S.J.
Good Mornin Ya'll From Chilly, Breezy, and Overcast Taxachussetts,
There is nothing more traditional during the Christmas season than for folks to wait to put up their outdoor decorations until AFTER the temperatures fall to the high 20s. Add in some double digit wind, and after a couple of hours you find yourself unintentionally cryogenically frozen.
Daughter called....."TJ (son-in-law) needs help." "I already know that." "Would you mind helping him freeze to death put up the outdoor Christmas decorations and lights this morning?" "Sure, no problem. Should I bring my own casket, or will you be providing them?"
Don't our kids know that we older folks are not immune to pneumonia and frostbite, and we don't perform these types of insane activities like we used to, under anesthesia (the influence of several beers)? Time to layer up.
Wife left last night on a red eye for the UK (just North of London) and business, but she will be visiting her relatives today. She's ready to tease them to death about their total panic this past week over the recent snow/ice events that closed down roads and left motorists stranded. We'd call it a dusting. I thought they had tires on their cars like we do.
Let's see.....dirigibles dropping firebombs (WWI); the onslaught of bombers and rockets, sea blockades, shortages of everything, impending invasion (WWII); 6 inches of snow (12/10).
John Baker watch out, stay out of the public eye! Or my wife will hunt you down and make you take her to some malls.
Later, gang.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good morning everyone. Has been a decent night and morning. Bride made pancakes for the family....YUM! Getting the gang ready to head north of here two hours. Pretty drive up to FIL's and plan on taking some photos along the way.
Jack, me culture...say it ain't so! Actually, I have had quite a life with many different experiences. I have been to some of the greatest classical music scenes as well as some of the classic rock scenes. Have been to Europe, Africa, and Asia. And enjoyed several career moves from automotive electric to construction, fire dept, and now CV Surgery. I say all this with the knowledge that I am most comfortable at home with my family and wouldn't trade it for anything this world has to offer. I suspect many folks here are the same way.
Chuck, glad your aim was a few states north of here. While our kids now have the hankering to see snow this year, I have had enough in my life time and would much rather take a trip to see it than have it land on our house!
Chief, Sorry for the white Ohio download! Hope it melts quickly and gets turned back north soon. But....better thee than meee!
Hope everyone has a great day,Dennis
It is a cold 26 degrees. No snow on the ground. It all went to NC. Going up to 36 today with a chance of snow.
Today is an easy day. I plan on relaxing and running trains , later.
Cannon has hit the mark. Lots of snow for Chief. He will have a white Christmas.
Dining car is here for the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Mornin' boys. SNOHIZO this AM, but just a little dust on the roofs and cars. I'm thinking OleTimer and Banks got the worst of it. Lots to do today. Laundry, try and fix vacuum cleaner, matinee Disney, paint project layout, hangs some icicle lights out front, and then RAVENS/STEELERS.
Thanks for the kudos. Guess I'm getting old.
@$&#!!! Chuck, Direct hit. We got Snohio. Really pretty. Ground and trees covered. Highways will have some slick spots by morning as temp drops. Really pretty to drive past Christmas tree lots. All the trees covered in white. Finn had his first snow experience. Jump and played as if chasing a ball or something. Funny. Christmas Parade at 2 will be chilly.
Congrats Fifey. A new train buddy for Fifey Pop.
Took a while to read all the emails. Actually got in at dark 30. Had to run to the gro for spaghetti noodles. Wifey had fixed sause and no noodles. Ate a nice bowl of spaghetti and watched a Halmark movie with her. Then reclinerized until an hour ago.
Now to bed.
BTW: great to chat with Char. Told her to eat well so she would regain her strength.
Congrats Fife.. perhaps a new train buddy?
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
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