Happy Memorial Day GUYZ!
Thank you VETRANS past and present for all you did for us and what you are doing today.
Getting HOT HOT HOT today. Got up at 7 but I'm just going out for a 4 miler now. I hope I can get r done and the heat doesn't zap me. Later gotta run sweeper inside and do laundry.
Stay frosty and watch your topknot,
laz57
Happy Memorial Day boys! Gonna be a hot one today. Gonna be a hot week. Ok by me. Off to the pyull later on. Wifey and I did have a nice time in Annapolis. Picked up a set of 4 dock lines at a flea market (almost half of what WM would sell for). Nice dinner at Pusser's, then some trinket shopping. Sour note; Annapolis wants you to park at the stadium and take the shuttle, so we did. Then they left us stranded on Main St for a full hour. We gave up and walked back, only to have the shuttle pass us as we neared the parking lot. Lesson learned.
AF53 - Perhaps we can make her an offer she can't refuse...
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a beautiful 74 degrees. Going up to 86 today with sunshine.
Today, we will remember our Veterans, for giving so much for our freedom. Many of them lost their lives for us.
Today is an easy day. I plan on watching the ballgame from the train room. Maybe spend some time outside.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Memorial Day.
Chuck
Morning all I have the pleasure today to be working serving meals to our nations finest employees our veterans Being one myself also brings meaning to me and want to thank my fellow vets for there service as well
Well time to get started you all have a blessed day and a safe one
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good morning on this beautiful Memorial Day. Today we remember and reflect on those who gave their lives on battlefields near and far.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the high 80s. It was a great day at the track as TEAM RED was soundly defeated and a small team (Bryan Herta Autosports) won on the last turn on the last lap. As great as their joy, the pain for Panther Racing in yet another second place was tremendous. As for more important matters, the Foyt team had a terrible day as a possible top 10 went down the drain with a horrible set of pitstops. Ed Carpenter led for 3 laps and was in contention for a top 10 but it went away toward the end. Swiss Miss tagged the wall early and dropped out. At least "Chippie and Roger" did not win and for that I am grateful. My daughter and I bonded before and during the race as we shared memories of my dad. Came home and watched the race again. It was a long day, but a good day. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Evening.
The Charlotte NASCAR race proved to be a good one. Jr almost won - needed another 1/2 gallon of fuel.
RT - definitely will be insuring it. I did not like the way they put it to me and packing this thing up for no damage in transit will be a real pain.
Regards, Roy
Howdy guys - sunny and warm in Saint Louis today. I put in a few hours on my plumbing project. All done except for one detail - one of the previously placed elbows was turned just a bit off plumb and so I couldn't get it to connect to an additional run of pipe I tried to remove the old elbow, but that didn't go too well, so I stepped back and cut off a length of the pipe that was previously installed and made a new filler piece & etc. Of course, then I was out of flux, so I called it a day We had some lovely BBQ, which I did not cook, and now we are watching the 3rd Pirate movie. We too hope to go see the new "prequel" movie tomorrow - it's actually based on a book I read like 25 years ago, which was the inspiration for the movie series.
TARDIS is ready and we have beacons on the scope, so the spinning blue thingie (as SJ calls it) will be along shortly
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evening guys,
Ran a few trains today, first time in a week or so. Having some trouble with my PRR T1, it doesn't want to start out in TMCC???
The HOT weather has finally arrived and I think it is here to stay for a while.
Off to the Daughter's for a cookout tomorrow.
Have a great Holiday and week ahead.
Good evening
Big news of the day was the large storm that moved across the state this afternoon. The local stations told of its coming for 2 hours. I'm happy to say that when it reached here it had broken up and went north and south of us. Banilla is waiting for Brutus and the thingy crew. Oh heck I'll toss in some A & W too..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
Buckeye Riveter SPMan...It wasn't bland, it was boring and then the Cheif decided I was a fictional character. The phone call went something like this" Buckeye, "Hello." Chief, "Is this the Buckeye Riveter?" Buckeye, "Who wants to know and why?" Chief, "Well we see you on the forum and nobody knows who you are and nobody knows where Rogers Corners, Ohio is at and we think you are a fake and a trouble making Yankee from Ohio and I'm coming to Ohio to check you out." The next thing I knew, the Chief is on my doorstep.
SPMan...It wasn't bland, it was boring and then the Cheif decided I was a fictional character. The phone call went something like this"
Buckeye, "Hello."
Chief, "Is this the Buckeye Riveter?"
Buckeye, "Who wants to know and why?"
Chief, "Well we see you on the forum and nobody knows who you are and nobody knows where Rogers Corners, Ohio is at and we think you are a fake and a trouble making Yankee from Ohio and I'm coming to Ohio to check you out."
The next thing I knew, the Chief is on my doorstep.
You know SPMAN I have this funny feeling when the chief gets back from the lake theres going to be a complete different story how the coffee pot was started.
roy heck send it insured that way if damaged in shipping your in a win win situation other than you need to pay for it to be shipped. but make sure you insure it for full new value.
Evening all not a lot going on here. Just relaxing some. hope all been having a good weekend.
Talk to you all later
traindood Hey Laz; Watch your'n!
TRAINDOOD from one of thebestest movies of all time JERIMIAH JOHNSON!!!
Rockon,
Good afternoon all,
Had next door neighbor kids over to see trains yesterday along with thier parents. i think the Mom and Dad had more fun than the kids but it was fun for all. Had a couple of near misses but no wrecks. Kids were the most well behaved 6 and 7 year olds I have seen. The mom does musical theatre and when she saw the Santa Fe 4-8-4 running she started singing and doing the bit from "Harvey Girls" where Judy Garland sings "The Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe".
D.Baker, hope you don't take any flack about the logos to heart.
Brutus, Don't have the Tardis logo but I don't have a problem with it either. I will be happy to hitch a ride on it once in a while like I have in the past.
Buckeye, thanks for the Forum history lesson. I think I was around four years ago but I don't think I was posting much. From what I have heard, Chief did a lot to get things going on an otherwise bland website at the time.
Have a great weekend all,
Ray
SPMan
Afternoon all!
Sunny and windy as previously reported. Son mowed lawn yesterday without being asked.
Indy 500 shaping up to be an interesting one although I do not understand their restarts. They start racing well before the start/finish line (started before turn 3 after the 4th caution and were passing each other) where NASCAR have a line painted on the apron (usually at the end of the last turn before the start/finish) that they have to hold formation before they can speed up and then no one is allowed to pass until after they cross the start/finish. Maybe Mike C knows the answer.
Will be firing up the grill tonight - NASCAR on tap.
.
Think good thoughts, do good deeds!
Good afternoon everyone. Just back from church and lunch with the family. Tonight's service is out at the sports park. Since I am on call, I will have to stay home. Phone service is limited and if I get a call, it may take too long to get back.
Church was good, as usual. We had a nice tribute to the vets before the service. With a Marine Base located here, we have a significant number of active duty as well as retired guys in the church.
Hoping to get to some trains this afternoon. I have been a bit slack on that lately. Have some scenery lately and it is turning out well, but it is a long process.
God BlessDennis
TCA#09-63805
John - Great idea, I wish I thought of that first!!!! But I'm thinking that we could both do better with $200?????
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Good Afternoon,
AF53, Ray, Idea if I give you $100 towards the new grill and you give me $100 towards the purchase of the engine, we can tell the wives that we each contributed to the purchases. We should work for the Federal Government as financial advisors.
John
Good Sunday morning to you all!
Nice day today as number one daughter arrives soon to spend the day, as usual. Number two daughter arrives later as the three kids and I are doing a "Dinner and a Movie" tonight. Don't know if my SIL or the others will be joining us. Number two daughter will be preparing dinner. Movie of choice is mine and it's "The Godfather". Surprisingly the two girls never saw it before. Wifey wants no part if it (except dinner) and will spend time in another room watching something else.
Got most of my chores done yesterday but did not finish the grill. After cleaning it out I noticed the burners need to be replaced, four burners will cost about $100 and we are contemplating just buying a new grill. The humid air just eats away at those burners, although they are about seven years old.
Enjoy the day,
Good Morning
64/80 today, storms expected later as usual. OTTS has been on here forever and no new members have ever been accepted that I know of. So OTTS is grandfathered. But if the pot is going to start others that say you can, but you can't, I hope the pot does not self destruct...S.J.
Aloha everyone. Weirdly dank weekend - dark, coolish, and damp. Keeps me from doing outdoor chores which is great! Very foggy this am. Isn't it about time Buckeye had another birthday? I sure enjoy the teasing and kidding on this thread. And invite everyone to join in. Speaking of which, I never got an OTTS membership certificate, just one for ITTS. I'm seemingly the only member.I'd like to enjoy the paper, races and ball-games on TV today ... but since we'll be having another couple over for supper, I'm sure I'll be put to work. Thanks to all of you on this forum thread who serve or served in the military. I salute you and the rest of the nation does too.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
HI GUYZ,
Nice and cool here but had rain again at about 7 AM, just a sprinkle but it is still wet. Cut grass and played with push mower. Couldn't start it and tried everything new plug, changed gas cleaned air cleaner, cleaned jets in carberator, all to no avail. Then I looked at choke cable and found there was lots o play in cable. Tightened it up and pulled it, VIOLA, it started right up. Oh well now my mower is set for all summer cleaned and anew.
It is a beautiful, sunny 72 degrees. Going up to 84 today with sunshine all day.
Today is an easy day. There is baseball, Nascar Coca-Cola 600, and Indy 500 to watch on TV. I also would like to spend some time outside enjoying the weather.
I hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day weekend. Remember the Vets.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 71 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. S'posed to head to Nap-town for a nautical flea market and waterfront dining. Had big birthday bash for niece's 1-yr old twins yesterday. Still tired. Still sore.
Big day for race fans.
NFL sides better do something soon.
It's been a busy but nice Saturday. The wife and kids spent last night at the wife's parents so I slept in until 0800. I went for a run and then knocked out my chores: mowing and cleaning the grill. I also jumpstarted the laundry for the wife - and I didn't ruin anything. The wife and boys arrived home about 1600 and then we went to dinner. Our daughter is staying with the grandparents for a few days. After dinner, the 7y/o son and I went to a baseball. The Junior College World Series is in town now. These are fun games to attend and these young men play some very good baseball.
Thanks for the well wishes for our daughter. She is doing better every day so I believe she is healing fine.
It's late now so I'll catch up on some of your comments tomorrow after church.
Good night,
Joe
traindood Evenin' fellas and gals: Hey Don: Anyone with half a wit would know these postings by you guys are lots of fun. Keep up the good work!
Decided I would keep those efforts to email, and outside of the public forums.
Don
Evening all!
Strange weather here. Some areas hit 100. Wind is howling. 30 mph today and local weather issued small crafts advisory so looks like any chance of boating is out this Memorial Day weekend - a first for me in the past 30+ years. Temps drop back to low 90's tomorrow but the howling wind stays. Trees look like we are in a hurricane area - bent over. Wind is constant with some really nasty gusts.
As Don B and Brutus said - all the ribbing, jokes, puns, etc., are same for a group for folks who have known each other, short or long term, and who meet daily at the local Coffee Shop to shoot the breeze. Sincerely wish for no one to take offense, but should join in the good natured humor/ribbing.
So went to the mall today. Intent was to see the new "Pirates", but it was sold out except the 3D version. With my poor eyesight and corrective lenses - I cannot see a 3D movie as the red/blue, or polarized, "glasses" they give you do not work with my glasses. All I see is blurry stuff or the red/blue outline as a blur. Very rarely can I catch the 3D effect. Movies cost too much to attend to not be able to enjoy it without a blurry picture..
Talking about TV, a 3 month and one week old Westinghouse LED 26 inch TV we bought at Target just burned out. The way Target presented their 3 yr extended warranty was they would take care of it. Wrong. I have to ship the TV to one of two Westinghouse repair centers. No local repair. Westinghouse informed me that all shipping is my responsibility (box is huge) and that if it arrives damaged they will not repair it. Guess what. I kept the box it came in and the box is not good enough to ship it without repacking into 2nd box. I will learn that the next thing I buy of this magnitude will have local service or no sale.
Have a great evening all!
IIABSDISEI with hopefully another such day tomorrow. All this concern about which is better, North or South, grits or cereal, and other minor issues can be settle by remembering the Hoosier Land is the best because the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" takes place in Indiana. Nuff said. LOL! Speaking of which, to answer Dennis W.' comment concerning a certain Princess, when she first came along, I think everyone wanted her to succeed and she certainly has captured the imagination of the fans. However as time has gone by, I think her ego has exceeded her talent and her achievements. I think there is at least one female driver who is more than equal to her ability and at least two or three more who could be, and I often wonder what Sarah Fisher could have done with an equally talented team. While Danica going to NASCAR would not help INDYCAR, it would not be the devastating blow it would have been 2 or 3 years ago. Moreover it would be extremely dumb for her to go to NASCAR now. She can have almost any ride in INDYCAR for as long as she wants, but if she does not succeed in NASCAR in a couple of years, she is done.
Now for my race predictions. More than likely Team Red will win again, but it will not be easy. The best Penske is 5th and only one Target car is in the first two rows. Team Schmidt has 3 cars in the top 6 and one is a former winner. SFR has a proven oval driver and AJ's team has been strong all month long. KV has some good drivers as well. Could be very interesting.
I hope everyone has a good day. Go Vitor, "Special Ed", Swiss Miss, Pippa and Bia. Special shout out to John Andretti as well. I will give a full race report tomorrow night.
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