Hudson - funny plumbing story!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
JOHN!!!!!
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
AF53 JOHN!!!!!
Uhoh, sounds like someone is in Deep Kimchi. Evenin' All.
Uhoh, sounds like someone is in Deep Kimchi.
Evenin' All.
Good day at the museum, no pile-ups or TMCC problems. The Challenger and the C-420 both did yeomans work with nary a glitch or gotcha.
Came home and rough-housed with the munchkin for a bit before mommy came and picked him up. Grampa is pooped.
I'm sure that Chief can rustle-up some photos of the "Great Grits Caper", well planned and executed attack.
It's not really funny but had to chuckle about the boom truck accident. Just a couple months ago where Caltrans is doing some expansion & upgrades to I-15 a double bottom dump truck went under an "under construction bridge" with one of the beds in a partially raised position. Needless to say he didn't make it to far after encountering a rather long and stout steel I beam.
Nite all, eyes are gettin' a bit fuzzy.
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Hi GUYZ,
Went down to BARRY's TRAIN SHOP after school just to jaw abit with BARRY, and pay my bill that I owed him. Lots a good fun. Came home ate then ran trains for 2 hrs., NO PILE UPs, even with MINIE at the controls. All is good with the world. OFF Monday cause of comp day. I'll take it. No problemo here, gonna work on layout.
laz57
All this talk about the GREAT GRITS CAPER is a LIE!!! Just as FIFE?
traindood Hey Pat: Just a P.S. to my adventures in plumbing and heating: Licensed pro's came during the week and took one look at my saran wrap and howled with laughter. They also said it would never pass code! Jr's all fixed up and the world (my world) can turn again. Been taking your advice and spending some time on my covered porch with the doggies and alcholic beverages. Ain't so bad after all; especially when I am "comfortably numb". later.
Now you got it! A covered porch is even better. Relax in any weather.
Plumbers will laugh at our temporary repairs, but I say it shows your ingenuity. A while back out water heater in the utility room started leaking. Rather than keep moping, I drilled a hole in the floor to let the water drip into the crawl space. Ever notice how leaky pipes, gas furnaces, the AC, Etc go out on the weekends?
Pat
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DJSpanky Just a quick pop in to say hello. Celebrated Tyler's 8th birthday yesterday - he got a couple of cars to go with everything he has. Christmas trains stayed up until two weeks ago, haven't set up anything yet in the interim. I'm out to Tulsa for a week of training come Monday, so maybe after that I'll set up a track for me and the little ones to play with.
Just a quick pop in to say hello. Celebrated Tyler's 8th birthday yesterday - he got a couple of cars to go with everything he has. Christmas trains stayed up until two weeks ago, haven't set up anything yet in the interim. I'm out to Tulsa for a week of training come Monday, so maybe after that I'll set up a track for me and the little ones to play with.
HELLO SPANK!
I don't think you have posted since Tyler's 7th birthday.
Where are you these days, Virginia?
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 54 degrees. Looks like rain any minute. Going up to 58 today.
This is a good day to stay inside and work on the layout. I have a few chores to do and then I will watch the Nascar race from the train room.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
Hudson#685 Mitch, Try not to let work get to you. I know about pressure and I try to leave it at the door. I have a sign in my office that reads, Life is too short to give your employer all of your time. Nobody on their death bed says, "Gee, I wish that I'd put in just a few more hours of overtime". That also refers to taking work home and letting it get to you.
Mitch, Try not to let work get to you. I know about pressure and I try to leave it at the door. I have a sign in my office that reads, Life is too short to give your employer all of your time. Nobody on their death bed says, "Gee, I wish that I'd put in just a few more hours of overtime". That also refers to taking work home and letting it get to you.
Morning to All.
John - I agree totally and I'm usually pretty good at leaving work at work, of course the hours are sometimes longer than I'd like. I'm not one who brings lots of work home or who goes in on weekends etc. March is usually a very busy month at schools. State testing gets staff in a tizzy, kids are wound up because they've been cooped up for several month, etc. This year is even worse with all of the snow days and the fact that the Easter/Spring break is not until the end of April.
Should be a great weekend going to celebrate our son's 26th birthday. Going to have a light lunch, and then try to get to some of the museums at the Smithsonian and have a nice dinner out in DC. Hopefully the rain will hold off.
Looking forward to next weekend. I am going to head to the Keystone Division TCA Meet over toward Lancaster on Saturday. I'll try to report back.
Take Care,
Mitch.
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Buckeye Riveter The day we changed all of our avatars to the Chief's photo will never be forgetten.
The day we changed all of our avatars to the Chief's photo will never be forgetten.
Neither will the great newspaper birthday ad caper or our Great Grits Smackdown in Harrisburg.
Mitch
Good Morning
50 with all night rain, lot's of ponding as the ground is froze. A turkey dinner here today with # 1 son and family, it's the only way we get him to come and visit us. They live a whole mile from here. It's not a family thing, he's just to lazy to come over. I did a little train running yesterday, no pile ups. Egg sandwich for breakfast...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 Morning from the Jersey Shore,
Beautiful day today. Sunny, 50 going to 58 with a little wind. Yard work after I help my wife and her sister at the ice cream shop. They defrosted and cleaned the freezers last night and the ice cream has to go back from the walk in shock box to the display freezers.
Today is my wife's birthday. Too much going on for her and my son so we may have to postpone going out until tomorrow. In between the yard work, I will have to run my trains today.
It looks like a lot of us have pressure from work. Try to leave it there and use the trains as therapy. Works for me.
Almost time to start getting the boats ready.
SJ, What time is dinner. I heard that we are all invited over. I will bring the banilla. AF53, Do you want me to pick you up or do you want to drive? We will have to swing over and pick up Rich and the rest of the Jersey Gang.
Thoughts and Prayers for all in need.
Have a Great Day,
John
Beautiful day today. Sunny, 50 going to 58 with a little wind.
OOOOPS! sorry, you just heard that. But the temps would be the same just a mile away wouldn't it?
Dougdagrump - I'm glad you said that first not being funny but had to chuckle with John's guys accident because I was right there with you. As a matter of fact that probably fit right in with Don's video.
John - You can pick me up and I'll pay for the some of the gas (ouch).
Sir James I - I find that most sons are guilty of not visiting thier parents often enough (not true with daughters) I myself included. And we usually regret it. BTW I'll have a drumstick!
Later
45 and misty here. Going to try and work on layout later today. Got walk in and had a great breakfast.
JOHN, to your WIFE. Pamper her today, she deserves it.
DJ SPANK, to TYLER, hope YUZ GUYZ run some trains today?
MITCH is that meet at ST. Phillips Church in Millersville any good? I was wondering.
Stay frosty,
Well the best took the better of me today and I finally broke out my PRR GP-9's from 1973-75 (yeah there between 36 and 38 years old) and never were run till today well at this point the dummy still hasn't but sure it will get run before the day is out. The A unit ran good but plan to open it up tonight and oil and lube where it should be just ran it for about 2 minutes 3 times around the track at a very moderate speed will take some pics later when run it again but with the Dummy unit with it guess these will be next to get converted to TMCC as I really like these I like GP's Plan to add lights and power pickups to the B unit so i can also add Coil couplers to it.
Kinda makes me feel old as these were made about the time I graduated from high school and there actually now considered antiques its hard for me to consider stuff that was made while I have been around antique lol
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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RT - You're not alone. You're right as I see evidence of it every day, you just have to get use to it. Some of us see more examples of it than others, right Hudson#685?
Keeping the sunny side up!
Good afternoon Y'all! Bit cloudy today...had plenty of rain and more is expected. Am about to head to the train room and then some shopping later. Got a phone call this morning about a long time friend who had MS. He died today. Bit on the sad side, but know that he is finally healed and in a much better place.
RT, having those stations is one thing, just make sure you use them! Get back to full health.
John, did you know Jack Kalman? I am friends with his sons. Knew him for many years...had a different outlook on life, but a smart guy to boot. Funny, his sons both ended up as deputy chiefs in the department I used to work for, also, Mr. Weiss, the guy from the other incident was a deputy chief in Newark FD.
Hope everyone has a great day...and Laz, we saw the evidence....under that look of disgust, we saw that smile of approval!
God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
rtraincollector Kinda makes me feel old as these were made about the time I graduated from high school and there actually now considered antiques its hard for me to consider stuff that was made while I have been around antique lol
rt and AF53,
There is only one way to deal with this. Collect more pre-war equipment. I feel so much better knowing that part of my collection is so much older than I am. And it makes me feel good knowing that it still works and looks good.
Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby
Northwoods Flyer
The Northwoods Flyer Collection
of
American Flyer Trains
"The Toy For the Boy"
Northwoods - I'm trying, I'm trying! But someone keeps outbidding me!
I promise it isn't me
BTW, what have you been bidding on?
Northwoods
Morning/afternoon all!
Cloudy and cool today - maybe 48 for a high and possible showers? Warms up again next week.
Lot of chores today - have a bathroom being refurbished by a contractor - he sanded all trim, fixed some sheetrock, repainting everything, and new light fixtures. I ordered a new countertop. It is 8 feet long and I helped to carry the old one out (cast resign design - two sinks - weighs 7,000 lbs) - I could barely lift it - but we got it onto a dolly and then moseyed it out of the house. Need to bust it up and put out for bulk trash when I get back from my trip next week. So today I get to do some cleaning in there so my daughter can at least use the shower and toilet while we are wating on the new countertop/sinks.
Also need to find some new faucets, some cabinet handles, etc., for the contractor so he can reinstall the cabinets next week.
Hope everyone has a great day today!
Regards, Roy
Northwoods Flyer rtraincollector: Kinda makes me feel old as these were made about the time I graduated from high school and there actually now considered antiques its hard for me to consider stuff that was made while I have been around antique lol rt and AF53, There is only one way to deal with this. Collect more pre-war equipment. I feel so much better knowing that part of my collection is so much older than I am. And it makes me feel good knowing that it still works and looks good. Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby Northwoods Flyer
rtraincollector: Kinda makes me feel old as these were made about the time I graduated from high school and there actually now considered antiques its hard for me to consider stuff that was made while I have been around antique lol
well I do have my standard gauge set from 1931 so at least its 24 years older than me so I do feel good about that
Northwoods Flyer I promise it isn't me BTW, what have you been bidding on? Northwoods Oh just a few passenger cars, circa 1915+/- Ray
Oh just a few passenger cars, circa 1915+/-
Aloha all. It's cold and snowing, but not sticking thank goodness. Made it to Chicago's West Side last night in time to see brother-in-law profess final vows to become a Jesuit - funny, I'd thought he'd been 'official' all these years. Today there were the usual chores, then an interview-lunch with a young couple, one of whom is being considered to lead the kids ministry at our church. Nice to see the enthusiasm of youth. RT and Northwoods, I think of that all the time when running my dad's pre-war Lionels. I love how something from the 1920s just runs and runs.
Glad you're 'essential', Brutus
It's been just about 3 years to the day that a young son of a friend training with ComEd was killed when he made a mistake with live high-voltage wires up on a bucket truck It was especially sad because he was so new. They honored him at the funeral with a line up of work trucks with their booms raised all the way up.
Bride is going on a retreat so I'll be Mr. Mom Sun through Tue morn.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
A quiet, but productive day here on the hill. May be closed part of tomorrow and Monday due to wind and weather though.
I cleaned the e-unit on the 2026. It was pretty dirty. I went ahead and cleaned and lubed it again while it was apart. Runs great now and is an amazing smoker. Will put it on an oval w/ the tender and caboose tonight.
Dennis - sorry to hear about your friend. I used to work w/ a guy with MS and saw a bit of how tough it was for him. He never gave up though.
NavyJack - How ya doin'? Heard anything from your son in boot camp? How is he enjoying Great Mistakes or Great Lakes Training Center?
Been watching the weather back east on my weather maps. Hope you all are staying dry and warm back there.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good Evening from the Jersey Shore,
Northwoods Flyer, Ray is trying to collect ALL OF THE PRE WAR AF. Believe me, he has it shipped to my house.
Dennis, I did not know him. I believe that he worked out of Hackensack. I was in the Coal Street Garage in Newark.
Dougdagrump, we hit bridges too. The best one had to be a substation guy who had a van for years. They wanted a van with an aerial lift on it. The first week out he took the unit off on a low railroad tunnel. He said the other van fit.
Doug, Sorry to hear about your friend's son. Sadly, this happens a lot.
SJ, I am sitting down forr some banilla. I hope that your family enjoyed dinner.
Laz, We are going to celebrate her birthday on another day. They are busy at the ice cream shop today. I passed on your birthday wishes and she said to tell you Thank You.
Thoughts and Prayers for Everyone in Need.
Hudson tell her HB from me too. Spanky tell him HB also.
Dennis I use the stations faithfully plus gloves. I'm also off till Thursday so still have a few days to go feeling a lot better now but still taking meds and taking it easy besides I see my doc on Tuesday and need a release to go back to work seeing I was sick 3 days in a row.
Well I put the electronics for lights and coil couplers control in the 8358 (dummy unit) GP-9 PRR tonight and got the worst of the wiring done. Ordered front and rear double pickup sets for the B-unit and Front for the power unit this way I have 4 pick-ups on each engine no chance of losing a signal on these. figure will go with railsound and tmcc in power unit. ordered light sockets and lights for the B-Unit also. Down the road will order the AC Commander and railsound.
Good Evening
Granny made a great dinner as always. They brought a movie called Run Away I think. Anyway it was a good train movie with a few that would never happen in it. You guys are right the wives and daughter come over way more often the the 2 sons. I'm full but banilla,brownies and pumpkin pie are ready for tonites thingy ride...S.J.
John and Doug, back when I was on the FD, they had a video of a Fire Department Tower Ladder that hit the high line with two men in the bucket. The officer had a whole lot happen to him, rather graphic to describe here, but sufice to say...it was real bad. He lived, but really messed up. Very dangerous. Even for guys with experience, never mind a guy who is new.
Bob, thanks for the kind thoughts. He lived for quite a long time since being diagnosed. One thing they are finding with MS, if diagnosed early, they can keep the symptoms at bay for quite some time, if it happens later in life, the progression is more rapid and debilitating. '
Today was pretty much a veg-out day, did service and put away yesterday's loco's and rolling stock followed by a few minor repairs to those in the bullpen on the shelf.
Did watch NASCAR from Vegas, really enjoyed seeing the "old guy" win.
I guess we'll have to wait for Chief to get back w/the evidence.
Later !
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