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COFFEE POT #7 July 1, 2011 for all to take a drink and chat. 6+ years and going. Plenty of fresh coffee and unsweet ice tea to drink. Plenty of FARINA for the REBs.

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Posted by laz 57 on Monday, July 18, 2011 7:47 AM

Hi GUYZ,

  Up at 0500 and took dog for a mile walk then did a nice 6 miler in pretty good time.  Gotta get the run in before this heat comes this afternoon.  To get to mid 90s all week long.  Gonna be hot in the LOKIE tomorrow.  Hope it fires ok, or else its gonna be a long hot day on the engine.

Happy B-Day BUCKEYE!  I didn't say that in a few weeks.

Stay frosty bouz,

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Monday, July 18, 2011 6:29 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is very humid. 74 degrees. Looks like rain any minute. Going up to 90 today.

Today is a very busy day. I have several errands to run and the usual chores. Then, a project to work on this afternoon. Maybe I can sneak a nap in there someplace.

Dining car arrived from "Points West". Cheerios on the menu for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Monday.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Monday, July 18, 2011 6:11 AM

Off to work so Chief can have a nice retirement income and it is going to be HOT!

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Posted by cheapclassics on Monday, July 18, 2011 4:47 AM

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 90s again.  Went for a nice walk with the wife last night after it cooled down some.  I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast before sending it on to "Points East".  TBIL.  I hope everyone has a good day and I that finally get the CTT.  Despite the loss, soccer still rules in my heart.  Only Indycar comes before that in the sporting world. 

Keep on training,

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Posted by Demay on Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:19 PM

Good evening all,

It was a very relaxing Sunday for us: Church, games, and relaxing.  I grilled some rib eye steaks for dinner and made a chimichurri sauce to go with them.  We had baked potatoes and spinach salad on the side.  It was a delicious meal followed up with a root beer float.  The Yankees won again; the Sox were in extra innings.

SP Ray - I received it and replied.

Dennis - Our Hobby Lobby's train items are limited now as well.  There are only a few sets left.  They still have plenty of scenery items Woodland Scenics.  The 40% off coupon makes them good deals.

Good night all,

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Posted by cheapclassics on Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:42 PM

Good evening all,

Dennis W., I did not see any of the interviews either before or after the game.  One of the attractions of soccer is there are no "givens".  Truly almost any team can beat any other team, especially at this level.  Soccer, by its very nature, is a very humbling sport.  I have seen games where one team has clearly outplayed the other and lose by a large margin.  Sometimes it only takes one play to define a game.  Today there were several.  My team has not lost a game all season and yet I worry about even our first game in the tourney against a team that has only one win.

Keep on training,

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Posted by dwiemer on Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:07 PM

Good evening everyone.  Getting ready for bed.  Two great services today at church.  Watched the final of the World Cup in the media room before start of the evening service.  Didn't like the outcome, but to be honest, the interviews between the players and the news folks seem to make like it was a given that the US was going to win.  A bit of humility would go a long way.

Joe, I guess someone got to our Hobby Lobby...they have no "O" gauge at all.  Perhaps it will be something they will have around Christmas.  Even the HO items were scarce.  I may get some of those items for "forced perspective" on the layout.

Well, hope the week ahead is a great one for each of you and your families.
God Bless,
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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:46 PM

Good Evening

Was 94, it's 88 right now. So it was an indoor day. Watch part of soccer, part of Tigers baseball ( they won), and part of 2 golf games. Daughter stopped by with the boys and some tater salad left from yesterday. Banilla is waiting..S.J.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:37 PM

cheapclassics

Good evening all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 90s.  Bad day for the USA in World Cup.  Plenty of chances to win in regulation and in overtime, and should have won in PKs, but they did not take advantage of the opportunities presented to them.  The Japanese did and they won. Officiating was a non factor and the one bad call helped the US so it will be four more years until the US can win again.  Mike C. from Indiana

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Posted by cheapclassics on Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:48 PM

Good evening all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 90s.  Bad day for the USA in World Cup.  Plenty of chances to win in regulation and in overtime, and should have won in PKs, but they did not take advantage of the opportunities presented to them.  The Japanese did and they won. Officiating was a non factor and the one bad call helped the US so it will be four more years until the US can win again.  Took it easy today.  I had bran muffins on the dining car for breakfast.  A busy week ahead.  TBIL and I can drive.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by traindood on Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:46 PM

Evenin' fellas and gals:     Hot, hot, hot!  Really hot here!   Had to spend the afternoon in Jr.'s ! 16x32 foot heated in the ground pool.  I'm so deprived! He wasn't home to serve me free drinks!  Spent the weekend in the Hamptons with his in-laws!  ( actually i was house sitting)  What a swell gig!   Please give more of these unbearable chores!   Cool    rt;   that was a good one! Thumbs Up  Ray; i some how remember Yogi playing left field and looking up with such a forlorn look on his face!  Kinda odd him playing left but that's how i remember it. Sad   SP man: Did the missing chair act the as you a few years ago, back ain't been right since. Surprise   Joe;   Wild salmon is one of my favoites. Wouldn't eat farm raised for all the tea in China! Ick!   Buckeye;    The Panera place in my town is one of wifey's favoite's, however i could take it or leave it, no biggie, not impressed.  Thumbs Down   Chief;   I have saved the best for last.  Maybe it's just me but, has anyone ever noticed when there's an unoppsed election, makes you wonder.   Does anyone really want to be the mayor?   It's like people in Mayberry N.C. saying: It's o.k. you can have it  Andy, especially since you got such a swell deputy to back you up !  I can't wait to see all the atta boys your gonna get!    What a guy!     Laugh                  later.

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, July 17, 2011 4:27 PM

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Charlie.....Don't try to hog in on my Birthday scam.  Smile, Wink & Grin

 

BTW....PAT, my birthday in this week, so make sure you get everything ordered such as the cake, ice cream, pork barbecue, potato salad and icy cold beverages.

 

Buckeye -Since you have a birthday every week, I have a standing order with Chuckie Cheese to let you and 100 of your closest friends in once a week for cake, ice cream, pork barbecue, potato salad and icy cold beverages (my not be the beverage you had in mind).

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Pat you forgot to tell him its from 1:30 to 3:30 every Saturday and they must stay the whole 2 hours ( after about 2 weeks he'll never asked again or mention it again thats the busiest time for birthday parties and all those screaming kids)

Hey all not a lot going on here just relaxing.

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Posted by LawsonFarmsRR on Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:35 PM

Buckeye Riveter

Charlie.....Don't try to hog in on my Birthday scam.  Smile, Wink & Grin

 

BTW....PAT, my birthday in this week, so make sure you get everything ordered such as the cake, ice cream, pork barbecue, potato salad and icy cold beverages.

Buckeye -Since you have a birthday every week, I have a standing order with Chuckie Cheese to let you and 100 of your closest friends in once a week for cake, ice cream, pork barbecue, potato salad and icy cold beverages (my not be the beverage you had in mind).

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:34 PM

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Charlie.....Don't try to hog in on my Birthday scam.  Smile, Wink & Grin

 

BTW....PAT, my birthday in this week, so make sure you get everything ordered such as the cake, ice cream, GRITS, pork barbecue, potato salad and icy cold beverages.

Laugh

Yankee invasion.  Was looking in the gro for a tube of hot dog chilli.  Suddenly I saw a package with Scrapple on the cover. Ick!

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, July 17, 2011 3:02 PM

Charlie.....Don't try to hog in on my Birthday scam.  Smile, Wink & Grin

 

BTW....PAT, my birthday in this week, so make sure you get everything ordered such as the cake, ice cream, pork barbecue, potato salad and icy cold beverages.

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by SPMan on Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:39 AM

Joe, I sent you a personal message.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:30 AM

sir james I

 Still waiting for CTT, guess mines at the bottom of the PO pile....S.J.

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Warm and breezing.  Wifey and I are going to mall.  Have a good one.

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Posted by MichRR714 on Sunday, July 17, 2011 10:57 AM

Demay

Charlie - How many days are you going to stretch out this birthday thing? Cake

Its not me its them stretching it out :) lol

1 walleye in the box this morning and 5 gills. (for the Chief gills = bream)

At least the skunk is out of the box.

 

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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:35 AM

Good Morning

77/90 for today

We spent yesterday afternoon and evening with our little family. Burgers, hot dog kind of meal with birthday cookie for Jesse. His arm is doing fine, typical for a 9 year old. Still waiting for CTT, guess mines at the bottom of the PO pile. Enjoy this beautiful summer day...S.J.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:54 AM

Good morning from Roger's Corners, OHIO.

A few isolated thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Hot. High 91F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

Ran trains this am with smoke turned on.  The whole house smells like good old fashioned train smoke.  Minor repair to the old Marx 400 locomotive.  It is only 55 years old, so one repair isn't bad, but if I have to repair it again, I'm taking it back!!! LaughSmile, Wink & Grin

Heading to Walmart today. 

Going to Panera's for breakfast and a newspaper.

 

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Sunday, July 17, 2011 6:26 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cloudy 72 degrees. Going up to 84 today with a chance of rain.

Today is an easy day. The usual chores and then relax. Nascar race and ballgame. Maybe I'll run trains later.

Dining car is here with the usual for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Sunday.

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Posted by Brutus on Saturday, July 16, 2011 11:19 PM

Hey guys.  Ran around last night until late, but did get to sleep in a bt this morning.  Today, I finished a little plumbing and insulation in the basement bathroom and put up a little drywall.  I still have a bit to do, along with some wiring for the fan.  Maybe I'll do some tomorrow afternoon?  Char is going to check out a new church tomorrow as we are between churches at the moment.  Our old one had some problems when the prior pastor retired and they sold the building etc.  Hopefully this one will turn out to be a good fit.

Catching up on our Only in America episodes on the DVR - Larry is hilarious!

TARDIS is ready and we have famous Banilla plus Hudson promised us Lemon and Oreo Icecream.  Let's go!

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Posted by Demay on Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:59 PM

Good evening all,

We had a pretty uneventful Saturday.  The 1y/o son and I were up early and went for a walk to pick up the paper.  We spent the morning lazing around but then knocked out a bunch of errands and chores in the afternoon.  I smoked some wild salmon for dinner and we finished the night with a game of Bananagrams which is like Scrabble.  The Yankees won tonight. 

San Fernando Valley Dennis - As previously mentioned, you may post photos of your layout updates and any other train-related topics.  If you search the forum for "How to post photos?" you should find some help on how to post your photos.  If you are not successful send me a PM (start a conversation) and I will help you.

Dennis - The one set our Hobby Lobby has is a Santa Fe set.

Charlie - How many days are you going to stretch out this birthday thing? Cake

Good night,

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:53 PM

Nephew's birthday party still going on.  We had beef tenderloin and ribs.  Outstanding.  Plop Plop, Fiz Fiz and off to bed.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:45 PM

Good evening all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s again.  Friday was a good day, a very good day.  I had mentioned earlier that we thought Lucas had lost some scholarship money due to his grades.  I kept after him to double-check for a variety of reasons, one of which entailed going back two years to a year where he was entitled to one but no funding was available.  He kept putting it off and making excuses for reasons that elude me.  Finally Friday I contacted them and they said he was eligible for thre first semester only, but that if he improved his grades he could get it for the entire year.  That was fabulous news!!!  Perhaps I should not have done so, but I cannot see letting all that money go away just due to some unexplained issues.  Only catch is that I will not tell him about the money until it shows up on his school statement....heh-heh-heh.  Also, state employees got a little bonus due to the good balance sheet with the finances.  Today Lucas mowed and I trimmed trees and washed two of the vehicles.  Still no CTT yet.  Biggest game of the year is tomorrow as US takes on Japan on ESPN and ESPN3.com.   I had the regular fare on the dining car for breakfast.  TBIL and I can drive.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by MichRR714 on Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:44 PM

sir james I

Nobody home tonight.

Oh well banilla is ready...S.J.

Sorry I missed you SJ.  Toni did cake and ice cream for me tonight with my Mom and Dad and rest of the family. 

Sure was a beautiful day here in the north country.  Tomorrow we hit the lake in search of some walleyes for dinner.

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Posted by sir james I on Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:57 PM

Nobody home tonight.

Oh well banilla is ready...S.J.

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Posted by SPMan on Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:23 PM

V8Vega, are you referring to the Nethercut auto museum in Sylmar?  I have been there twice.  It is a great place and is free with just a reservation required.  Hope you see the private rail car once owned by Lucky Baldwin's daughter they keep out back along with a Canadian Pacific steam engine.  Huel Howser did a program once about that rail car.  It is a beaufiful rail car.

Regarding the freeway closure, my son works on the West Side but is not too worried about it.  On the news they are calling it carmagedon.

I pulled a dumb stunt this morning and had a fall while trying to sit down in my chair at the computer.  Some how the chair on rollers got pushed back so when I sat down nothing was there.  I fell on the floor on my right side but nothing is broken as far as I can tell and nothing hurts.  I went for a 30 minute walk later so I guess I'm OK.

Temp going up for the next week to the mid 80's they say but it might be in the 90's here in the San Gabriel Valley.

Just saw some photos of all the activities at the TCA National Convention in Sacramento.  Looks like it was a good one.  Lots of side trips were part of the deal, including trips to Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, Yosemite National Park, two railroad museums among other things and lots of layout tours.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, July 16, 2011 10:54 AM

Morning.  Watering garden.  Was begining to dry up.  Hair cut this AM [got more hair than dome of yuz giz Whistling].  Going to run some errands and then try to go my Miss Edna's if time permits.  Need to take her some tomatoes.

Fife, I got the ribbing. Angry

Where is Shake and Bake????

Later.

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Posted by sir james I on Saturday, July 16, 2011 9:11 AM

Good Morning

73/90 today

Post any train related item on the forum, Post anything you want here that's within the guidelines set by CTT. They have been kind enough to give us the "pot" to goof off in. Indians won, Tigers lost yesterday and so the second half has begun. Birthday party this afternoon but no other plans for the day...S.J.

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