HI GUYZ,
Well I did some work on the layout today put in the last of the power drops. I souldered up 4 drops to the fasttrack and tried them out all ok no problems. I then went to church and out to dinner with the WIFE and BRO. Came home and took PUP for a walk then ran trains for 3 hrs. NO PILE UPs!!!! PUP loved em and had afew sips o beer from my cup. She waited til I put the cup down then just took it. Gotta be more vigilant on where I put my cup? Was snowing real good after dinner.
BUCKEYE and PAT, YUZ GUYZ are telling tales of OH. and VA. about snow I guess I'll just stay here in the middle right here in PA. Thank you.
laz57
PAt, RT, and Buckeye - Good ones.
Well in just about 6 hours all roads went from icy/snowy/slushy to clear. Nice!
Went to the boat show with a friend as we were all suffering cabin fever. Spent a couple of hours at the show and then went to a little restaurant we had never been to before but had heard about. It was good. Had beef brisket enchilada's over rice - sweet!
Oogled the new boat models. Some nice features coming out - particularly liked the wakeboarding tower that electrically raises and lowers. Also liked the wakeboard/wakesurfboard/ski electric winch rope system - with length controls built into the handle to allow the wakeboarder//skier control the length theirself - but at $3,000 I will stick to "how long would you like the rope to be and I will set it for you" system already in place.
Still 50 out - almost all the ice dams on my roof have meilted!
Regards, Roy
Good Evening All
26 degrees, and we were blessed with another 4 1/2 inches of snow this afternoon. It's sure a payback from last years mild winter. Lazy as usual today, spent a lot of time playing PS2 golf. Banilla and cherry pie are waiting for the Tardis gang..S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good evening all,
It is another cloudy snowy day in SE Indiana. Work was busy Friday. Wanted to go some place out to eat Friday but all the places were packed. Finally went to Arby's and got a fish combo with onion rings. Yum! Took it easy today. Sister came down to take dad to her place for the weekend. I hate to say this, but that is a relief. Went to the library and got some books. Can't find printed instructions for 1040 anywhere. Stupid policy to "save" money, just makes it harder to do so. I had bacon and biscuits on the dining car for breakfast this morning. TBIL anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Buckeye Riveter It's winter in Ohio VirginiaAnd the gentle breezes blowSeventy Five miles an hour At twenty-five below. And that's real slowOh, how I love Ohio Virginia When the snow's up to your butt there's not a soundYou take a breath of winterAnd your nose gets frozen shut. the sweet smells abound.Yes, the weather here is wonderfulSo I guess I'll hang aroundI could never leave live in Ohio'Cause I'm I'd be frozen to the ground!!
It's winter in Ohio VirginiaAnd the gentle breezes blowSeventy Five miles an hour At twenty-five below. And that's real slowOh, how I love Ohio Virginia When the snow's up to your butt there's not a soundYou take a breath of winterAnd your nose gets frozen shut. the sweet smells abound.Yes, the weather here is wonderfulSo I guess I'll hang aroundI could never leave live in Ohio'Cause I'm I'd be frozen to the ground!!
Pat
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'Evening Guys!!
Sitting here watching Steam in Winter. Bought 2 boxed sets of DVD 11 hours all steam. $15 at Target. Then bought a DVD player $24.....I'm getting solvent again.....
3 fire calls today, 2 false and one dump truck vs econo box....truck was at fault, driver of car was ok, sent to the hospital anyway
Ice storm last week, alledgedly next storm on Tuesday...
Been in the teens, was in the 40's Wednesday for like 5 minutes....continues to be in the 30's to teens most of the week. Fortunately my shop is heated. Drving TO the shop is another matter...my little neon is heat challenged. But, hey, it's at 23 MPG and its not THAT bad... .
Purchased a Sunoco tank car for $10 in the junk box at the LHS...nice for $10,,,,will go back next Sunday,,..
Work is ok, long days there and I'm whipped after dinner. But it's proffitable.
Definitly a NY Giants Fan...but I'll be at the Super Bowl Party at the FD tomorrow...who cares who wins?
Have ICS 200 class next Friday and Saturday (Incident Command) 6-1030 then 830 to 430...no late sleeping next week!
That's all from Exit 8 (NJTP - New Jersey Turnpike) I'll check back tomorrow
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
AF53 Roy - Thanks for that! Almost sounds like you're a Giants Steelers Fan! Navy Jack - Ditto on everyones feelings about the deck issue. Snow load can be surprising. Dennis - Like you I have no dog in the fight but I'll probably be rooting for the Packers. I really don't care as long as I win at least one pool I'm in! Everyone enjoy the game, Ray
Roy - Thanks for that! Almost sounds like you're a Giants Steelers Fan!
Navy Jack - Ditto on everyones feelings about the deck issue. Snow load can be surprising.
Dennis - Like you I have no dog in the fight but I'll probably be rooting for the Packers. I really don't care as long as I win at least one pool I'm in!
Everyone enjoy the game,
Ray
Sorry couldn't resist knowing how cowboy fans normally feel about steelers they can put up with a giants fan but not a steelers
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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It's winter in OhioAnd the gentle breezes blowSeventy miles an hour At twenty-five below.Oh, how I love Ohio When the snow's up to your buttYou take a breath of winterAnd your nose gets frozen shut.Yes, the weather here is wonderfulSo I guess I'll hang aroundI could never leave Ohio'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!!
Drove up to the Lake House to check on everything. The alarm system called us on Tuesday night and politely told us that the power had gone off. The power was off for about 15 hours and the weather station indicated that the temperature in the house fell to 39 degrees from the 55 set on the thermostat. Everything okay, but there was still ice on everything.
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Roy - Thanks for that! Almost sounds like you're a Giants fan!
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
44 degrees and the snow is melting almost as fast as the Dallas Cowboys last season.
Jack, the neighbor knows where he can place at least one of the collies with a friend of his in the fire department. I don't know about the others. Too bad he did not check out the city ordinance on number of animals before moving in. I would think that would be the first thing to check with several dogs. Of course hindsight is 20/20. He has had the voices altered on at least some of the dogs so the bark is not that loud but I'm not crazy about that approach either. Just my opinion. Seems unfair to the dog. As far as the whistle blower goes, at least the dog owner knows it was not me and I live next door. None of the neighbors nearby complained. It was someone further away.
Regarding bundling of services, we signed up for FIOS once but it did not work out and we had to cancell. They were going to have to do some things to the house I didn't like and wouldn't guarantee that no damage would occur or be liable for it. Had a devil of a time putting back everything the way it was. Finally had to go to the PUC to get my old phone number back. The way it is now is not as cost effective but it all works. I wound up with Verizon phone and internet and Time Warner TV cable.
Navy, sorry to hear about your deck. Glad no one was hurt.
later,
SPMan
Mornin' Y'all.
Great day at the museum yesterday, started out funky with a de-railing issue but that was remedied quickly. Seems the p/u roller on my Atlas GP9 didn't like the turnout, reversed direction and problem solved. Ran only TMCC for the day, wide assortment of motive power some of which got a lot of smiles from the guests.
Spent a good while chatting with a visitor from Jersey, great accent, not Joisey but British. He and his family are vacationing in the States going from the west coast and eventually ending up in D.C. Lots of driving and some rail travel as well, sounds as though they have a great itinerary planned. He's a member of a club on the Island of Jersey and they only get to set up twice a year, for three days each.
Munchkin will be here shortly so grampa has to get some things together.
Later all.
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Morning all. Wife and kids are currently on their way to the local skate park as a friend of my son's is having a birthday there. I am staying home to make our plans for visiting the Grand Canyon in the summer as well as to work on the layout. As I am visiting the forum, they have a special on the Military Channel on the Gettysburg Address. Some very interesting back story as well as a tough look at one of the nation's darkest days.
Navyjack, sorry about your deck. Glad it didn't happen with a bunch of people on it to get hurt. Hope dealings with the insurance company go well.
Roy, hope things improve tomorrow for the game. I am sure it will be maddening to get around there.
Don't have a dog in the fight tomorrow, but I hope it is a good game. May try to gather the family and head out to Applebee's to see some of the game.
God BLess,Dennis
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Good morning all,
I was too busy to check in yesterday. I had to drive to OKC to pick up a subordinate at the airport. I was glad to go as it gave me time to visit the LHS. I picked up an O gauge trackside shed built by Buildings Unlimited. The owner just wanted to get rid of it and he only charged me $7 which seemed fair to me. The only downside is the instructions in the kit were for a different building. Oh well, it is a simple kit and I should be able to manage.
It's a little warmer today with the high being in the mid-40s. I plan to print off some stone or brick paper to use on the tunnel portals of the layout. I need to get something over the painted foam I used to make them look a little better. I have nothing else planned but I need to make sure all my chores are finished prior to tomorrow.
Navyjack - I'm sorry about your deck. I hope its repair doesn't set you back too much.
John Bakeer - You have a great attitude about wanting someone else to enjoy the trains. Hopefully as RT pointed out you could find a club or someone else who will run them and still allow you to as well.
S.J. - You must be a very busy man. I usually finish all my train magazines within three days of receiving them. Then I find myself rereading them until a new one arrives.
Have a great day,
Joe
RI Jack I'll pass on the ride to Don's as its going to be in the 50's today and tomorrow and low 60's Monday so our thaw is here I hope.
Morning all not a lot going on. wow Navy jack thats a bummer on the deck man. Let them give you an estimate and get a couple form a few companies then contact a few buddies and have them rebuild it for you and Buy the material and give them some for doing it and keep the rest. When my deck out side my front door got hit by a car when I lived in TN I rebuilt it myself and made out big time they gave me like $900 I believe and the material was only like $200 - $300 and that included a floor jack so I could put a 4x4 on it to lift the roof so I could put a new 4x4 in place. I use to have picks some where but think I deleted them as Donna hated them as it just reminded her of it every time she saw it and as screen saver I have my putor set up so it does a slide show of all my pics randomly.
John In England you might want to find a club or maybe an senior center where you could donate your trains and be able to go and run your trains that would benefit both of you they get trains and you get to go there to run them off and on.
Not a lot going on today will talk to you all later
Well the good news is the sun is out finally - but cloudy and some rain predicted tomorrow...
So what is new? Ice dams on my roof. This is a first. Buckeye and the Chief are the obvious cause
Massive sheets of ice are avalanching off of Jerry's Palace here adding to the "NFL Experience" around the stadium. To put a positive spin on this, the message is this simulates what it is like to be hit by an NFL Linebacker! Bring a hard hat!
NavyJack - so sorry about the deck.
Have a great day all! Stay toasty!
Hi GUYZ,
29 here and freezing rain. Took me 3 minutes to walk down,slide, down driveway to get paper, all ice. Oh well just have to wait til it thaws.
NAVYJACK, OUCH on the deck collapsing. Thats alot o snow. Tell CHUCK to aim that snow cannon farther south.
Stay frosty,
Good Morning
14 degrees and snow in todays forecast.
Eggs and corn beef hash for breakfast so maybe no lunch today. I am still way behind in my toy train mag reading. Everyone have a great weekend...S.J.
Mornin' boys. Drizzle and 33 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Watching morning news with my first cup of , and saw that Packers Nation has brought The Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field to the Lone Star State. Perhaps there was a good reason for hosting the Super Bowl in Miami...Tampa...Sandy Eggo... Can't imagine being on one of the 300 flights cancelled. Local news here also had a reporter up at the train show in Timonium; I will be there at 10. Can't wait.
RockIsland - Nope, not ready--->. came to us by fate.
navyjack - ouch.
dbaker - Remember...pace yourself...
Forgot to mention, taught myself how to play VOLCANO (in honor of JB) on the ukulele. Pretty easy: F, Bb, F, C7.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is 28 degrees. Going up to 34 today.
Today is a busy day. Usual chores and some work on the computer. Not much else new.
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
Don........cleaned your pool filter?!? I won't see LAWN for two months. Am packing up the dog, some extra underwear, and a bathing suit. It should take me a day and a half to get there. Do I need to bring sunscreen and a favorite engine? Who wants me to stop off and pick you up on the way?
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Veery Late, and Early Morning....
Lots done today.....
Cleaned POOL filters, made show arrangements, AND played trains for about 3 hours !!
Later.
Don
we had about four feet of snow which had a glaze of ice on it on our deck and gigi could not shovel it off, so our deck colapsed last night. made a terrible noise, the back section is about 14 by 35. will not let sons go on rest of deck till insurance adjuster approves. 1000 deductable so it will be a while till i do any new trains, navyjack
Excellent Laz - glad the puppy loves the trains too Crappy day at work telling my buddy about some stuff that was going on in his office. Hope he can deal with it easily and things will blow over soon. Working on ideas for layout and talking with RT. Nice talk earlier with SJ, Charlie and RT also
Doug - I'll bring the TARDIS over and see if we can figure out the confusion and delay problems! On the way!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Stopped in to catch up on the Pot and get in a smile and a chuckle before I hit the sack. Got more than that!
I finally bundled my "services" with Comcast. I added their local, local long distance, and long distance in addition to the internet and cable TV I had with them. Same 'too many features" set up. Same total domestic coverage, unlimited, but they include PR, Guam, and other US interests. If the numbers including fees, taxes, etc., work out as explained, I'll be saving $80 per month for the first year with a $15 price cap on the following year. The phone quality via cable? Just as good as it was hard wired with Verizon. I didn't have to change a thing in the house. They just added a modem (with battery backup) near the hardwired phone and cable inputs in the basement and I was good to go. Total conversion and installation cost $30, refundable if I cancel in 30 days, and they will (allegedly)put things back the way they were with the other dropped carriers (ATT and Verizon). Made all of the switches for me. verizon had a better financial offer, but my daughter and son-in-law have been having problems with their FIOS, so I went with Comcast. Gave me 7 HBO and 5 Starz channels in the process as part of the package, and the internet speed has been boosted from 12 mbs to 20.
I've had Verizon cellular for 15 years, won't switch because I have never had any of the problems my friends and families have had. Coverage was the best amongst the herd way back then. Some caught up. Arguably not the cheapest cell service, but it is reliable and dependable with no service or reception issues, here about town or out in th boonies or camping in Vermot. It just works, for me.
Fife........you need a dog. Why wait? Lassie would want you to continue her legacy. And it isn't as if the new dog won't fit right in to your new digs, wherever you wind up, where you are or points West.
Brutus.......I'd be afraid of losing Chewy in the snow, until at least Chewy adequately alters the color of the snow with a yellow and brown caste. Then Chewy's white coloring will stand out.
LAZ........sounds like your Minnie has settled right in and has already brought along some smiles and comeraderie.
Chief.....has the new pup pup a dent in your midsection, sleeping on your lap in the reclinerizer? Or have to many official state dinners derailed that progress?
DougM......saw the pics of your pup, first ones I have ever seen Looks like you cleared some space amongst the drifts for canine potty stops. Did you do that on your own, or did the wifey just lock you out of the house until you got er done?
RaySP......that was some sad news about your neighbor's dogs. I don't know how I could bring myself to get rid of a dog. Town ordinances about the number you can keep on your property abound out my way too, think the number is 3. Hope he can rehome a couple of them where he feels comfortable doing so. He's new, didn't check out the town ordinances before he moved in. And someone dropping a dime about the number of dogs he had? That piece of info. didn't sit well with me. Heartless and discourteous approach. The excessive barking can be mitigated greatly, have seen it time and again with countless folks up at our dog trainer's center. If only someone had been up front about things, he might not be in the terrible position he is in.
Later, gang.
Ran trains tonite with PUP for 2.5 hrs., NO PILE UPS!!!!!! All is good, PUP liked it.
Good evening everyone. Been a Loooonnngg Day. Lots of work to do and we were a man down, so I had to pick up some extra cases. I picked up some BBQ from our new favorite place of such fare. On the way there, I was delayed by a train that runs right down the middle of the street in town. It had been delayed because some young fool who was driving did not hear, nor see the train. Guess who won?
Have a day of it tomorrow that my bride has told me will be spent on the layout!....I married well! Have to run...hope everyone has a blessed day.
Dennis
Chief, that sounds like a typical Southern meal, at least it used to. I don't think my relatives in the South eat like that much anymore. Can't beat it for taste though. My sister used to tell me if someone was having a big problem in their family, you would take them some fried chicken and potato salad. If it was real bad you included a banana pudding. I still eat fried stuff once in a while when I can get away with it. Rest of family all have acid problems with it. I will still eat bar-b-que though even if it kills me. We're having baby back ribs tonight on sale at super market for super bowl weekend. Bon apetite!
Cold rain. Buckeye was right. Town retreat meal was fried shrimp, fried fish, fried chicken and fried porkchops. Plenty of Southern cooked veggies. Sweet ice tea to top it off and followed by fresh banana pudding. I'm about to die!!!!!! Plop plop, fiz fiz.
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Good Evening
bright sun and 28 today
I don't see any snow melt. Roads are clean and dry through. We had our friday meal out, fish and chips for me, pasta for granny. That kinda annoys me as we can fix that at home but oh well. The beacon will be humming and banilla at the ready...S.J.
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