Sorry Mike - prayers for your family and loss, but especially for your Dad and his procedure.
Joe - I would second that traintender recommendation! Good service.
Nothing much going on here - getting used to the new glasses today.
Tardis ready - we have banilla or banana flavors of icecream as well as all the usual toppings, so lets get a move on boys :)
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
fifedog Stayin' frosty boys. Fifepup still over the game. Toy-Train Question--- Can I charge 2 MTH engines (1 with older 8.4, and 1 with newer 7.2 batteries) at one time. Saw where Dbaker referenced this in the past, but just can't locate a definitive answer in a timely manner. Nothing mentioned on the MTH site.
Stayin' frosty boys. Fifepup still over the game.
Toy-Train Question--- Can I charge 2 MTH engines (1 with older 8.4, and 1 with newer 7.2 batteries) at one time. Saw where Dbaker referenced this in the past, but just can't locate a definitive answer in a timely manner. Nothing mentioned on the MTH site.
Fife,
I have the MTH charger with 2 leads, one for the "cigar" type connector, and the other with the Molex connector. I have used it but never tried charging 2 batteries at the same time. I would be surprised if it would work, I think the efficiency would be quite low. Of course if used the charger on one battery, and set the engine on the track in neutral for a period of time. Will be interesting what you find out. Sorry for posting so late, just got home.
Worked most of the weekend, it was "OK" but certainly wasn't great! Still working with my "plumbing" problem, will try again tomorrow. Then son's car has had a problem with the drivers window. Ordered a Regulator/Motor assembly, in the process of installing it the "blind" bolt stripped. So will have to see if can come up with a new plastic retention nut tomorrow. If its not one thing its another. Oh well, atleast they are minor problems.
Getting late, hope everyone has a great day!
Don
Hi GUYZ,
Well BEARS WIN!!!! Looked real good save for the last 3 minutes. Now to the Packers. Hope they have a good week at practice and the film room?
JETS beat the PATsys. JACK they didn't look goood after the first set of downs, sorry BUD. But like I say for my baseball Indians Wait til next year.
I change a little bit of my track plan to add on the Intermodal crane and I ran the trains on that set of tracks tonite to see if its ok. No Problems with it all ran good No Pile Ups!!!!
Stay frosty,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 18 degrees. Going up to 28 today with no new snow.
Today is a busy day. I have a few chores to do and then a project to work on. I will be busy for a few hours. Maybe a nap , later. No train time today.
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Off today for MLK Day. Gotta fix up my gradebook on computer then do a 3.5 miler inside on treadmill. Weights later then solder some more power drops on fasttrack on the second loop. Then of course run trains.
Aloha. Not too many on the train, the streets of the Loop or in the office. Maybe celebrating the Bears win. Should be a fun game next week. Anyway, got a great parking spot at the train station. Looks like 3-5 inches today. Have to do something with the Chinese Pres visiting Chicago Thur. Not sure what yet. Might have to squire some underlings.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning All:
Mike C - Read where IRS isn't sending out tax packets this year for 2010. Have to down load it from their web site. This forces some, mostly older folks, to get computers and internet hook up. There is an 800 number to order packet, but doubt they will have enough to send out.
Navyjack- Weather here in central VA cold but no snow. The snohio snow deflector shield is working fine.
Brutus - Happy birthday to Chewy.
Pat
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
happy martin luther king day..i am happy for all who are off today. rt can tell you, i dont think i had the day off once while i was in the navy...,maybe they served greens that day in my mess hall. if you guys buy trains faster than you do you will need a bigger house. i have been warned too. the small admiral has layed down the law. she wants a new violin, i want a mth krokodile. guess who will win. dennis what have you bought from choo choo auctions. between us on the pot, we might keep him in business. pat how have you been feeling. hope you can wind down soon. sorry john could not call you yesterday, will try again tonight. navyjack
Mornin' Fellas.Busy weekend around here. Still haven't gotten down to the train room to do any work. One of these days.I knew the guy that runs Choo Choo Auctions. Nice fellow. Met him when he had a store front in Erie, PA (Train City).
Good Morning
sun but cold. in the teens.
Granny's bbsitting today as schools here are closed for the fed. holiday. I did manage to fry an egg and ham for a sandwich. Think I'll toss the pan away before she gets home...lol...no not really. Snow/freezing rain/to rain overnite and tomorrow. Have a great monday...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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hello:about 4degrees here overnite. brr! jets won; pats looked confused,so did Robert Kraft. tv didn't show him so much; hmm? had a house full,mostly behaved themselves. left around 9 ish. took a deep breath and cleaned up. wifey watched foreign press awards, yuk! bright side though, got some time to work on my train mural.can't do too much, grandkids like to help. hey laz, bet Pittsburgh will give the Jets what for this weekend; gonna be a great game. good thing i have all week to recover and stock up. hope everyone is enjoying playoffs. kinda tired of the same commercials, thank goodness for the mute button!
Think good thoughts, do good deeds!
Good morning all, Got to get ready for colonoscopy this week starting prep on Thursday. Will enjoy first three days this week before going on clear liquids Thursday. Yuk!
Weather here is nice lately with temps in th mid 70's to 80 in some places. No rain in sight so maybe the folks in snohio will get less as time goes on..
Five, count em, five collie dogs next door bark everytime somebody walks past their house next door. Some of the dogs have had their voices altered by a vet to lower volumn but I can still hear them. It's starting to get old. I don't like the idea of "fixing the voices" like that though. I think it is cruel. Problem is, just too many dogs or not enough training. Only good thing is that we will get plenty of warning if strangers are in the neighborhood.
Have a good week,
Ray
SPMan
Ray- Collies are great watch dogs and great protectors! That's thier good points, the bad is yes they are loud and they shed worse than my Siberian Husky. And they have 5???!!!!
Ray (AF53)
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Good afternoon all,
A bad day yesterday got worse today. Dad is looking at cancer now. Talk about a blindside. Prayers needed. Procedure today was a biopsy on the liver. Will know results by Thursday or Friday. Procedure on Thursday is striclty for evalutaion purposes only, no fixes involved then. Only good thing is that sister will be here to discuss options. Thanks in advance for all the support. Got to run. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Got my 3.5 miler on the treadmill done and hooked up VCR on Tv downstairs for wife to watch her videos on speech pathology for school. After she's done going to hook up power drops. Tried to do school work on school laptop, dumb thing won't let me on internet? Go figure?
MIKE C, Prayers for your DAD.
TRAINDOOD, I'm a BEARS FAN first then a STILLERS fan second. Would be nice to see that on SB. I too gotta get restocked for this weekend. Tanks for the heads up.
PS, Me and the wife just were approved to adopt a 12 week old black lab mix. Going to arrange to pick her (MINNIE) up this Saturday.
Mike C ditto on the prayers man for your Dad and your Family.
Laz Congrats on becoming a Daddy again
not much happening today went and did the normal work thingy lol.
Just relaxing now just finished eating pizza
Hope all having a good night
Missed out on another PA-1 last night will keep trying want another so I can see what the actual part I need looks like to see if I can fabricate two for my present PA-1
Well all take care talk to you later
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Home. Raining now. Weapons to clean. Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good Evening
20s today.
Laz congrats on the new baby, sleepless nites, wet papers to change. Ah parent hood...Banilla is ready and the beacon is humming so come on Brutus...S.J.
ChiefEagles Home. Raining now. Weapons to clean. Later
Chief,
If you would keep the weapons INSIDE, you wouldn't have to clean them every time it rains !
Evening All !
Had kinda/sorta productive day. Took Chris' car to a window shop, and as I expected have to get a new window. The nylon clip that secures the window to the scissor assembly is stripped, and can't really replace it, because it clamps right onto the glass. Surprising the window isn't that expensive. Also door need a new rubber guide, so he will put it all together tomorrow. Problem solved. Got yard mowed, it actually looks like someone lives here now. Then did some work on a 4 truck MTH Shay, upgraded it from a PS1 to a PS1. Works great and sounds a LOT better!! Boy will it ever smoke you out of the room. Tried to order some things but half the businesses are closed and those that are open won't ship till Tuesday. Did some cleaning in the train room. And, tonight going to work on a Control Panel layout.
Mike prayers for your Dad, hope it is caught early enough that the treatments are effective.
Laz, you should have talked to Ray (SP), I'm sure he could work an arrangement on some Collies real cheap!
Another train show coming up this weekend in Anahiem, not sure whether or not I'm going to go, parking is really expensive and there are not any places near by where you can get around it. Probably wouldn't buy anything anyway, going to save the $ for later on.
Take care, and warmer weather is on the way! We have just had the 4th day of near 80 degrees, so it should be back there soon.
Evening all
Charlie – Is that a corner office with a view? Glad you did not get hurt. How is the lady?
Mike - special prayers for your Dad and for all of you.
Nice outside today. Got into the mid 40’s. I replaced the O2 sensor on the Toyota. Rented the removal tool from AutoZone. Made the job go real easy. It was hard to get to but long arms are an advantage. Would of been great to have an eye at the end of my finger!
Good night and God bless
Jim
Mike - Prayers to you and your family. I'm sure all will turn out well for everyone.
Don - Just how much are they charging to park? Seems to me that between parking and door admission sometimes it's best to buy through trusted friends you dealt with before or though EBay. I understand all there is at shows but.....
Laz - Good luck with the pup, they ARE man's best friend!
Sturgeon-Phish Charlie – Is that a corner office with a view? Glad you did not get hurt. How is the lady?
She was fine.
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Good evening all,
It's been a nice couple of days weather-wise. Yesterday, I cleaned and oiled some PW coal hoppers that were in need of some TLC. I also made some inserts for them out of foam board I sprayed with some black textured paint. Now I will not have to use as much coal to fill them. I was able to enjoy the football games while I was working on the cars.
I was off today for the holiday and somehow I managed to sleep in until 1040. My wife was feeling very kind this morning and got up with the three kids so I could sleep in. We went out for lunch and some quick shopping, and then I completed a bridge I made out of wood, mostly balsa. It is nothing special, but now I need to decide if I want to stain it, or somehow try to make it look like steel using paint. After dinner, I ran the trains for about 30 minutes.
Mike C. - More prayers for your father.
I think I will go read for a bit and then get some sleep even though I have not been awake for 12 hours yet.
Joe
Mike - prayers for your dad, your family and especially for you. God bless, bro.
Laz - good deal, sounds like a real sweetheart
Took wife to doctor appt today. We didn't hear her liver numbers, but regular blood counts were all normal now This coming Friday is her 1 year anniversary of when we began the treatment. They changed some meds and Monday she will have a biopsy to see how well her bone marrow is doing. Doctor said he'll fax in something for me for an excuse from jury duty - otherwise I would have jury duty on Monday. Sure hope they let me off, as my Mom is busy taking care of my Dad and her Mom doesn't want to travel with Winter weather.
Tardis is ready, so let's hit the road!
PS - Pat! Chewy says BARK! (Thanks!)
rtraincollector ChiefEagles: rtraincollector: Well the Yankee's have kicked the Reb's out of the super bowl . Guess they were just to much for them. Where do you think all those big African-American guys came from? Their SOUTHERN momma
ChiefEagles: rtraincollector: Well the Yankee's have kicked the Reb's out of the super bowl . Guess they were just to much for them. Where do you think all those big African-American guys came from?
rtraincollector: Well the Yankee's have kicked the Reb's out of the super bowl . Guess they were just to much for them.
Well the Yankee's have kicked the Reb's out of the super bowl . Guess they were just to much for them.
Where do you think all those big African-American guys came from?
Their SOUTHERN momma
dbaker48 ChiefEagles: Home. Raining now. Weapons to clean. Later Chief, If you would keep the weapons INSIDE, you wouldn't have to clean them every time it rains !
ChiefEagles: Home. Raining now. Weapons to clean. Later
Only a person from CA would think I was playing in the rain with my weapons.
Still a little rainy. Off to bed. Meetings this week.
Mike C., prayers for your Dad.
LAZ, congrats on the new baby.
Sleep tight.
2hr delay for me!!! I'll take it. Got my workout in and shoveled 2 inches of SnO HI O off driveway. It's sleeting now. Suppose to get more on friday? CHUCK hope you have those coordinance right?
Yesterday soldered 7 drops on the fasttrack and hooked em up ran trains for an hour all good, NO PILE UPs.
Thanks for the CONGAs on the new pup. Looking forward to taking my 3 walks a day with her.
It is a warmer 34 degrees. Going up to 43 today. Snow is melting.
Today is a busy day. Errands to run and the usual chores to do. Maybe a nap, later.
LAZ.... Have fun with your running buddy.
Dining car is here with the usual Cheerios breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Just got da call, school is cancelled today. Yea for me and the kidos. I gets to work and play on the layout.
CHUCK, I will start running with her in the spring. I am looking forward to the new antics I'm sure this lil gal is gonna give us. Gonna start her off on the rails to trails land where I use to run our JANEDOG.
35 and rain
We have too much snow to see any melting. By tomorrow morning the temp will be 20 again. I have a doc appointment at 10, routine maintainence. Enjoy your day..S.J.
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