MikeC........continued prayers to see you through all of the arrangements for your Dad, a very emotionally trying time.
Brutus.....you have my prayers and condolences for your Aunt whom you lost.
8N......it sounds like all went well for your wife's knee surgery. Prayers continue for her complete recovery. Two down, only recovery to go.
Later, gang.
Jack.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Morning. Sunny and in the 50's [more seasonable for Feb.]. Going back to the 70's by Friday. Was to do garden and got delayed by Wifey being home to get boxes from Mom's emptied. She packed them and now she is griping. Got early morning meeting tomorrow. Then off to Concord NC [NASCAR land] to Bass Pro Shops until Sunday afternoon.
Lucky dogs going to York. Wish I could go. Got Rec Day Parade that Sat.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
wrmcclellan fifedog: Last weak she had "feature". After walking through YORK, my feature hurt. Fiferdog - If your "feature" hurt one has to wonder what you were really doing while there and I think I am glad I did not hang around you for very long.......hope Mrs. Fifedog does not find out about this? Cloudy here, 60's, rain for tomorrow, and back to partly cloudy for Friday. Brutus - Congrats on your daughter's accomplishment! Sorry about your aunt Mike C - Glad to hear the arrangements and visits went so well. Condolences to you and your family. Don B - so we will see you at York. Great! George and I will be there. Saw Mich Charlie and SJ will be there also. If Fifer shows up always keep your back to a wall. Have a great day all! BAck on Sat
fifedog: Last weak she had "feature". After walking through YORK, my feature hurt.
Fiferdog - If your "feature" hurt one has to wonder what you were really doing while there and I think I am glad I did not hang around you for very long.......hope Mrs. Fifedog does not find out about this?
Cloudy here, 60's, rain for tomorrow, and back to partly cloudy for Friday.
Brutus - Congrats on your daughter's accomplishment! Sorry about your aunt
Mike C - Glad to hear the arrangements and visits went so well. Condolences to you and your family.
Don B - so we will see you at York. Great! George and I will be there. Saw Mich Charlie and SJ will be there also. If Fifer shows up always keep your back to a wall.
Have a great day all! BAck on Sat
ROY, FIFE, DON , SJ, and MITCH,
As always me and WIFE will be there on friday.
ANYONE up for BREAKFAST at DENNY's before the meet opens on Friday?
Let me know.
laz57
Changes at York
It appears the big boys, MTH. Lionel and Atlas O are cutting back their operating layouts to have room for seminars. And they will not participate in the Wed. afternoon manufacturer presentations at the TCA Headquarters Museum in Strasburg.
Is this a good move or a bad move?
Pat
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
fifedogLast weak she had "feature". After walking through YORK, my feature hurt.
Regards, Roy
Aloha. Grey and cold in the newly-mayored Chicago. Brutus, that's too bad about the bee! They should enunciate clearly. Don, what is this 'lawn' you speak of? Maybe that's what's under all this snow. Forgot what it looks like.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning
Sunny and 14 now. A new record low of 2 was reported overnight. Brent, Charlie and I have the count down clock started, hope you can make it. Roads are clean so granny went to the boys house this morning, I kinda miss them but only just a little...lol Have a great day...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
Mornin' FellasSir James, Charlie, and DonB are coming in for York? I may have to rethink not attending... maybe head up around noon for the CTT picture on Friday... we'll see.An Office Depot opening is big news? Whodathunkit?Fife - I don't know if I should shake my head or LMAO...Brutus - sorry to hear about your Aunt... thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & Johnny U today in the Mid-Atlantic region. Last 2 nights have been fairly quiet.
Hudson - Where is this new Office Depot located? The women-folk driving down from Joisey? What else are they wanting to do? eating? shopping?
Brutus - I try and "help" my littlest princess with her spelling words, by putting the words in sentences. Last weak she had "feature". After walking through YORK, my feature hurt.
"Daddy!"
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 30 degrees. Got a light dusting of snow last night. Going up to 45 today.
Today is a busy day. I have a few errands to run and the usual chores. This afternoon, I will relax, maybe in the train room.
Dining car is here with the usual breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Hi GUYZ,
4 degrees here this morning. Gonna try and do some work on layout tonite after school?
Stay frosty,
Good Morning a chilly 22 at work today.
8n, I wish your wife a speedy recovery.
Mike C, Continued Prayers for your Dad.
Everyone have a great day,
John
dbaker48 Yea, do plan on going to York this April, (assuming it has thawed out), Got flight, hotel arrangements made, and EVEN tickets for the Tony Lash and MTH tour.
Yea, do plan on going to York this April, (assuming it has thawed out), Got flight, hotel arrangements made, and EVEN tickets for the Tony Lash and MTH tour.
Lucky dog.
Good night. Might get below freezing. 26 degrees difference in temps from last night.
Sleep tight.
We were lucky this week in that we had rain instead of the snow that those north and east of me got.
Brutus, Mike C - condolances for your losses.
Brutus - congrats on your daughter's spelling bee.
Spent the day at the hospital today 'overseeing' my wife's knew knee installation. They got her settled in her room about 4:30 this afternoon. So far, so good. The real work starts tomorrow when they get her up and walking around a bit.
All for now.
Good Evening All !
Had a great day, the track laying went very well. Got a complete loop of 054 Ross, and Ross Bed down. Its all tacked in place, going to connect the wiring probably Thursday. (Taking tomorrow off as a play day.)
Glad I got the lawn mowed yesterday, we have some more rain in the forecast, and it IS still cool here! I think it got up to 62 today.
Ray, You may want to give Chuck a call at Mizells if Richard can't get it resolved. I've done some stuff with them and the turn around is always quick, and prices very good also. And Denver is a lot closer than MD. (And this isn't the best time to send anything back East, too dang cold ! The engine could come back with a case of Perma-Frost, or something.)
Looking forward to seeing everyone again!
Prayers for all suffering through family losses, its never easy, losing a loved one, but there always seems to be the right time for everything, even though we may not initially understand it..
Take care
Don
Good evening all,
I don't have much to report here. We had a low key evening/night at home. After dinner I played with the baby and ran trains with him and the 7y/o son. I let the older son do most of the operations and he did very well - no pile ups. After I read with the kids and squared them away in bed, I did some Bible study prep. I just finished that and now it is time for bed.
Brutus - Congratulations to your daughter. When I was in about 6th grade I represented my school in an area spelling bee. I did okay but somehow brain farted and misspelled finance. I think it's even funnier now since I have a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance .
S.J. - I had some of the wife's homemade chocolate tonight.
Good night,
Joe
NJ - it's my understanding that racoon tastes really bad unless it is prepared carefully using a pressure cooker, multiple cleanings, and then lots of bbq sauce. I"ve had squirrel, another animal that makes dams, and some other creatures at a local charity event.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
TARDIS is ready guys. I was at a spelling Bee with my daughter tonight. She did really well until she hit 'Mal-yuh-bull' as it was pronounced by the reader. This person also asked a student to spell 'Luh-vi-thun'. What the heck? I was proud of her for going to district and she placed in the top 5, so she did really well.
Thursday after work I'll go to the wake in McClean IL, and then the funeral is on Friday. Then I come back in time to take Char and the kids to the hair salon for haircuts. I should be ready for the Tardis after all that!
It is cloudy in SE Indiana. Had a lot of visitors at the viewing tonight. Two of "my" soccer girls showed up with a card signed by the rest of the team. For the newcomers here, I will have to explain about "my" soccer girls at another time. Also, some of the people from work showed up, which surprised me since they had to drive from Indy. I had regular fare for breakfast plus a donut. Lucas' car is back in operation as well. TBIL anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
l never had coon pat is it good...jack also had several big grass carp and he gave them and the coons to a fellow named errol who lives on the other side of the lake. navyjack
Good Evening
Sunny all day but 20s was it. 8 overnite.
I got my York pass, going with Michigan Charlie, room reserved.
Banilla is ready, going to bed early is no problem we just reverse the Tardis...S.J.
Good Evening from the Jersey Shore,
Temps are dropping into the teens. Almost all of the "blizzard" is gone.
Fife, My niece, Meghan has to shoot, I mean photograph, (some of the folks here may get the wrong impression) the grand Opening of the New Office Depot on March 3. My wife and her are staying overnight. She is taking your suggestion and checking out the Courtyard/Marriot. Thanks again.
Navy Jack, Congrats on the E-Bay win. Your grandson is turning into quite the sportsman. It is good that all of the damage is found and repaired now.
Bob, Safe trip
Sj, Time for some banilla. Early turn in tonight.
Thoughts and Prayers for all in need.
Well, just about the end of the week long shift for us. We will be headed home in about an hour. Got some decent weather today, so we even got some time in on the high frequency receiver.
NavyJack - sounds like your grandson got quite the haul.
Brutus - sorry to hear about your aunt.
I'll check back in from Tucson. Hope everyone has a good evening.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Don - Are you sure you can get away for York? Anyone who has to mow their lawn in Feb. may be in the middle of harvesting there garden at York time. And then there is the poll twerling neighbor's spring wardrobe to check out!
Your going to york got me to thinking. I need to try to plan spring on the farm so I can make it this year. I haven't met any of the form folks in person.
Navyjack - You didn't have Gigi fix a coon dinner?
lionroar88 JT - You could have one of them if you ramp up your stalking efforts regarding Ms Boysenberry!
JT - You could have one of them if you ramp up your stalking efforts regarding Ms Boysenberry!
Brent,
I am working on that, but the snow made it impossible for me to go anywhere today.
Finally got the 2500 series cars listed. Hopefully they'll sell so they aren't in my way any longer. I will probably be listing more as this stuff is starting to overflow into my daily space and I'd like to get rid of the impulse buys anyway.
hello guys, found a leak in the garage in the roof which was only five years old. more snow load damage. called insurance company added it to claim. i hate to say it but it will probably have cost the insurance company 45k. i dont care much as ins co has cashed in plenty of our premiums through the years. won walthers laredo depot on ebay. same color as signal tower, handcar shed and crossing shed i won previously. they are cool buildings for being ready made. too bad walthers quit making o scale buildings. if you need a well detailed small station the walthers one is great and if you hold out you can get one for around 20 bucks. grandson caught 5 walleyes and 2 big northerns sunday. he also got two coons with my henry 30/30. he said grampa can you let me have it someday. guess what i told him. gigi is making a big fish dinner friday. the walleyes went 18 to 26 inches long and the northerns were 30 and 32 inches long. lots of good fish. we will enjoy them with corn relish and hush puppies. navyjack
D.Baker, did I hear looking forward to York, meaning you are going? Wish I could go with you but I have health issues. I used to go once a year and sometimes twice. Great experience. When I was going, they didn't have those things like meetings in the grandstand or Thursday at Friday's get together with forum members. I haven't been since they added the extra day at York. That sort of killed the bandit meets although a few survive but nothing like it used to be. I liked the bandits as much as the TCA show. Still fooling around with my bad order MTH E6 units ( bad board I think). RAK is going to look at it and if all else fails, I might send it to J&W Electronics for repair. Not happy with local place.
Ray
SPMan
Lunch Time,
Not a bad morning. So far everything is going smooth. I am sure that it will change soon.
Laz, When you have a delayed opening because of snow, I get an "Advaced Start".
Traindood, You got hit with the snow over the weekend, I got a few inches last night. I work 50 miles North of where I live and we have nothing here.
Don, Mowing grass in February, at least that is 1 chore that I do not miss in the winter. Snow removal and firewood took it's place.
Arkady, That 65 degree weather was a real tease. Beware of March.
Back to work, Enjoy the day,
Another six inches of snow here in Pennsylvania. The snow blower is getting a real workout this year. After the 65 degree weather we had last week, seeing the lawn and driveway covered in the white stuff again is depressing. And more is predicted as the week progresses.
Dead monitor on one of the computers, which means a $150 trip to Wang-Mart for a new one. In the meantime, I can at least still VNC into it from one of the other machines. And my 2026 seems to have decided to join in the fun, with a bad E-unit drum. Looks like another order to the Train Tender is on the way.
Well, I'm too happy with the things I've got to get too upset over the little things that go wrong.
Good Morning All
Nothing much going on here. Had a good day yesterday, got the computers all loaded with correct software, MOWED THE LAWN, and did some maintenance on various train engines. I have these labels I put on each piece as to when the maintence is down, surprised that a number of them was last done 3 years ago. Need to watch that.
Going to lay track today, so hopefully that will go down good. Chris is working 12 hour days at the Academy, only 1 week left.
Sad about those hostages being killed, but they sure didn't belong there!
Hope everyone has a great day!
Looking Forward to York !!!!
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