Busy weekend. Mix of sun and clouds, with temperatures in the high 50's and low 60's. Most of the leaves are down, so I raqn the mower and bagged them. One more round and that job will be done.
I made a couple more shelves for onr of the book cases I'm using for train storage, Almost have enough room now. With that done, I picked up the track on the Ping Pong Plains division of the KATY Central. Gave the now empty table a good cleaning and now I'm ready to work out my vatiation on the 3 times around the tree layout for the PE display to go into the depot museum soon.
All of you who are hunting - be safe out there.
All for now.
Good evening all,
Windy and warm in SE Indiana. Good day at work. Regular fare on the dining car. TBIL anytime. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.Tomorrow is another day. Make it SAFE.
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Kev sounds like you have been a busy boy.
45 and we had some rain this afternoon that has gone east now. I messed with the settings on here today and looks like I gotta find the print size thingy. Banilla will be waiting...S.J.
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Good evening everyone. Got to stop over for a quick stop. Ray, don't worry about it. I would tell him next time that you even eat without your wife from time to time... While we all have some favorite people we like to have a meal with, there is something to be said for just enjoying a private dinner with your spouse, or other friends.
Been helping the bride with her blog. We are trying to chronical things as we progress through the adoption process and ultimately when we return with the kids. I may even post some items on the trains there, but SWMBO might want me to keep that here.
Got to talk to some old friends tonight. One of the firefighters up in Jersey needed a cardiologist for his mother. Fortunately, I still have connections in the cardiology/CV surgery front up there and was able to get him hooked up.
Watched a neat show on Snipers today. Was on the History Channel and showed all the calculations that go into some of the kills that they made. One guy during Vietnam went to aid his platoon that was being ambushed. He was running through the jungle and came across six VC pointing rifles at him. He ended up using two pistols and charged them, killing three and scaring the others off. Took quite a bit for these guys to do what they did.
Better get some sleep.God Bless,Dennis
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sir james I It must be nice weather somewhere as this forum, not just the pot has had few hits over the weekend. Maybe cold weather will liven things up some.
It must be nice weather somewhere as this forum, not just the pot has had few hits over the weekend. Maybe cold weather will liven things up some.
Yes sir, SJ weather keep me outside yesterday. The wind was not too bad in the wood so I did a lot of stuff in the yard and stacked wood. Still need to split more but I like to do that when it is cooler.
11 hours in the truck today and looks like it will be the same for the rest of the week if there is no rain.
Got to take a bath and do it over.
By guys,
Kev.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Had to go to town today to get prescriptions filled and to get some things from Wal-Mart. While I was waiting at the pharmacy I chanced to meet up with the chief of the New Llano fire dept. He was telling me there's this set of old blueprints at the New Llano Town Hall that I simply must see. They were for a huge shopping mall that was to be built where a couple of small hotels and a Waffle House now sit along with some other smaller properties. They had no idea where these blueprints came from or who had them drawn up. He started telling me how the mall would have laid out and I just started laughing. The more he talked about it the more I laughed. He asked me what was so funny and I told him my father designed that back in the early 70's. He was the one who filed the blueprints there. There was a whole set. Floor plan, schematics, electrical components required (all above code), materials to be used, load bearing strengths, everything. Obviously it was never built, for several reasons. The company fronting the money went bankrupt and then the owner of the company died. So there was no money coming from the company and his personal funds couldn't be touched. A contract was being drawn up with the government then the worst thing that could happen happened. All government funding was frozen. Watergate was in full swing. So the plans ended up being abandoned and that's why it's in the Town Hall with no name to match it to. They had been wondering for many years where that came from. Even the former mayors that were still alive didn't know. Today the mystery was solved. Now one funny little thing, every time someone argued that a mall had never been planned for the area they trot out those old blueprints. Argument snubbed!I got all but one of my meds refilled. That one isn't too important, just the one for my prostate condition. Got a call from my father that he needed to be picked at the local auto shop so I went and took care of that. He's still having trouble with the brakes on his RV an d he told them to find the problem and fix it. I stayed at my parents place afterward and found that my free gifts for being selected a Life Member for the History Channel Club had come in. There's quite a pile of 'em too. A credentials portfolio, an LCD travel alarm clock, key chain tag, a guide to historic America, a nice little display book to keep my American history collector's coins in, a nice little reading light that shorts out as soon as it's clipped to a book. I'll figure out how to fix that eventually. A pack of History Channel Club Life Member playing cards, the US constitution and the Bill of Rights in handy pamphlet form, A nice looking walnut trimmed pen and a nice magnifying glass that does a better job than the one I've been using. There's also a Civil War Officers sword letter opener. Last on the list is a magazine holder that when turned around looks like a three volume set of books. It's made to hold History Channel magazines but Walthers catalog will fit in it just as well.I stayed around for dinner, which I cooked. My cooking skills are still top notch. Pork chops, home fries, green beans, cream corn and for dessert blueberry pie.I did get the new pieces of track cleaned and GLEAMed and I got the trash packed out.
V8, will look for you Sunday. I am 75 with thinning hair. I am 5 ft. 8" tall and weigh too much. (220) I wear glasses but don't know what clothes I will wear yet. I might wear a TTOS red hat from years past but will let you know for sure. Maybe we will see D. Baker from the forum also. I'm pretty sure that he will be ther too.
Ray
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V8 a lot of the time you can goto the store and ask them here. I usually if at work can get just about any size but been off this week. I will get some next. I did use a couple to make a box today and got it out.
Not much else going on today wife wants to goto the auction house tomorrow night so will see how that goes.
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Good morning all,
Went to church yesterday and got chewed out by close friend for not inviting him and his wife out to dinner whenever we go. He usually calls us because his wife is handicapped and the schedule has to be left up to her. Also, one of our son's eats out with us most of the time when we go and he gets home from work late. Our friends wife likes to go early. On top of that, I was out of town last week but my friend did not know it. He asked me if we did not like them anymore? I will chalk the whole thing up to my friend being under stress from caregiving for his wife which he has done now for a long long time. The whole thing bothered me because I don't have a mean bone in my body and don't like being accused this way. From now on, I will call them every time we go out wheather they can go or not. Sorry for the rant.
Dennis, I don't think I would shoot a deer either unless I planned on eating it.
Chief, ditto on picture of your buck.
Back still bothering me. Went to bed early last night and slept for about 9 hours. Very unusual for me.
Got another invitation to run trains at Cal Stewart without being part of set up crew but still don't know if I can. Might just go down on Sunday for a little while.
V8, I will try to find you if I'm there on Sunday. Check with guys at carpet central floor layout. I may be there or they might know what I am wearing if you look for me.
Have a good week y'all,
Good morning all. Trying to catch up on some paperwork before heading out. One case this morning and then I go home to work on the honey do list. I am planning on getting the trains running with legacy today. Have to be quick as I will be picking up the kids after school. We have to do some extended violin practice in preparation for the recital next month.
Chief, look forward to some photos of your buck when you can. I will be trying to take Ricky out to shoot either a 7mm08, 223, or 22-250 to take his first deer. We shall see. Right now, he doesn't want to kill an animal, because he won't eat venison, but if he changes his mind, I want him to be prepared. If he doesn't, I will just bring a camera and "shoot" any animal so he enjoys the great outdoors.
Gotta run, God bless
Dennis
Good morning
50 and cloudy now. 60 today.
It must be nice weather somewhere as this forum, not just the pot has had few hits over the weekend. Maybe cold weather will liven things up some. Granny fixed a big breakfast so I will be skipping lunch. Oh what did I have ? eggs, hash browns, 2 bacon, 1 toast. And Monday it is so it all starts over again..S.J.
Aloha. Working at home for the next two days. Chewey seems on the mend. Boy, the Bears really walloped the Lions but Stafford's finger was broken, Bet that had something to do with the four INTs. Did 3 loads of laundry and general clean up. Now schooling with the boy; library later. Wasn't that fake engine at Disney something?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning. It's 64° with some clouds and fog. The high will be 79° and it will be mostly cloudy. There's a 10% chance of rain.Sometime today I'll be cleaning the newly installed and ballasted pieces of track on the east side of the layout. Afterward I'll GLEAM them and that area will be done. Other than that all that needs to be done is packing out the trash.
Hello all,
Quick cup this AM.
Didn't catch up on the weekend yet. Skipped work on Friday and I'm three days behind. Decided to skip the Greenberg show in Monroeville. Wanted to take advantage of the beautiful weather to do some yard work.
Son got his soybean combined. Harvest was lower than hoped. He said he will be lucky to break even on planting costs.
Farming for us is a hobby that hopefully breaks even on cost.
SS fund calls . I'll catch up on the weekend later.
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is 62 degrees. Just started to lightly rain. Going up to 68 today with more rain coming.
Today is a busy day. Grocery shopping for the wife and a few chores for me. I have some paperwork to do and a few phone calls to make. Then, I can relax.
Dining car is here with the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Morning all not a lot going on this morning, need to goto post office and FedEx today to ship a few items and find a box for some track as I have to ship six 36" length of standard gauge track pieces. Might as well look for 2 as I have another 6 listed on ebay to sell. Well about time to stop the dinning car and get some breakfast.
Howdy guys - it was a nice warm day in Saint Louis today. Welcome back, Doug! That looks really neat Picked up some stuff at Best Buy today and got a late birthday gift from my son. Also, we picked up an expansion tank for the plumbing and some fittings. I'll try one of those sharkbite T fittings and see how I like it. Chewy is doing pretty well - a lot more energy today. We're considering removing the cone, because she's not been messing around with the incisions. But - is that because of the cone? Think, think, think....
TARDIS is ready, so let's get going guys - SJ is here with banilla
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good evening all
Warm and windy in SE Indiana with temps in the 60s. Mulched leaves today. Had good day yesterday. Got an old wooden train set that matched what I had when I was a kid. Got some more figures for the standard gauge at Train Express and picked up the Showroom layout book at Barnes and Noble. It was a good day. Saw Tower Heist Friday night with wife. Had waffles and bacon for breakfast. TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
The glue on the turnout has dried enough that I was able to vacuum up the loose ballast. In the photo the ballast looks uneven but in actuality the embankment is somewhat steep and the ground near the track is rough and rises up here and there. Sometime tomorrow I'll get back in there IF my back isn't hurting too badly and clean the track the GLEAM it.Well my back is hurting bad right between the shoulder blades so I'm going to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Good evening
63 and clear tonight.
Well the Bears ate the Lions today. Wow the Lions looked bad. I stayed in today, missed the little TTOS show but had a show last Sunday and the club meet last night so I am trained for awhile. Finished CTT, now got OGR and TCA to do.Banilla is ready for the thingy crew, lets go...S.J.
Evening all!
DougnottaG - CW-80 chopped since wave controllers do not play well with DCS. Even with no load the CW-80 leaks a large signal to the track that could interfere with the DCS signal.
Jeffrey - glad the ballasting went OK with no mishaps.
LAZ - Minnie is actually working for the pheasants. Bears who?
DougM - Disney - conference - REALLY? REALLY?
Ray - it is worth the trip to see the 844. Very impressive. The last time it was here in Denison TX they tried to keep everyone back as it was in the rear of a small railyard and they finally gave up, ceased normal operations, and let everyone get up close. Everyone was surprisingly respectful of those taking photos and would quickly step back after getting their pic taken in front of the loco.
Chief - big conga on the buck.
Brutus - glad Chewey is better!
Had a pleasent afternoon working with friends on the Ronald McDonald House holiday layout "Trains at Northpark" display. Had some rewiring to do as a result of some minor adjustments made in the layout. Had to work on my back with the soldering iron and an air powered stapler. Neck did OK.
Grilled steaks tonight - came out excellent
79 degrees tonight and humid. Same tomorrow.
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
Evenin' All.
Nice sunny day today, but a little cooler than I expected.
Stuffed peppers in the oven for dinner, I would have preferred Fried Chicken but SWMBO dropped some hints yesterday and friday.
Wow, what's with da Bears !!!!!!
Discovered something kinda funky with my ceiling track in the trainroom. In tearing down the halloween layout I added a CW-80 to the ceiling track so I can run the "modern" conventional engines w/o having to use a bell/whistle button with a postwar TW transformer that is also connected to the ceiling track. When the CW is connected to the track, even if not powered up, and the TW is powered up to use a DCS Remote commander it don't work. If I disconnect the CW from the track the Remote Commander works fine. I know CW's don't work with some Proto-1 and no Proto-2 but just hooked to the track and not powered-up. Any ideas
Gotta go check on dinner, check in later.
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I got the ballasting done and I'm aching in several separate and very distinct places. Now I need to let the glue dry. Sometime tomorrow I'll go back in and clean those two track sections then GLEAM them then I'll be done with it. Oh yeah, I didn't smash, damage or knock over anything. I did however hit my head on a beam but not hard enough to do anything other than get my full undivided attention.
Aloha from a blustery Crystal Lake. Miss me? I was at Disney since Tues night at a conference. Kelly and the boys came along and did the parks while I went to sessions. I did join them yesterday for the Animal park and Thur. night for dinner at Epcot. .... a nice and expensive place. My favorite was riding the 'steam train' in darkest Africa. Got home in time to run over help the father in law move a few heavy things. Now Kelly leaves immediately on a retreat and I'm home two days with the boys. Hope Chewy continues to heal. Glad Granny Pat is well too. A belated happy Veterans Day to those of you who served! Laz: Bears!
Well I hunted through the closet and gathered together everything I'll need for the ballasting of the turnout and the straight track it connects to. Now I just need the energy to do it. For anyone else it would be no problem to ballast a twenty inch long section of track. my problem is getting under the layout, removing the drop-out section then coming to a standing position on one leg and that leg has a tricky knee. Hopefully I won't end up wrecking something or getting hurt in the process. I try to keep details, structures and such close to the access hole to a minimum. However there are three bill boards, a fence, a couple of small buildings and a water tower nearby. The buildings are old and not worth much but the bill boards are a different matter. Those were a special gift and I would like to have them around as long as possible. They're incorporated into the scenery and would be difficult to move. So here's hoping I don't end up flattening them.
Afternoon all. Rode down east with Fred to look for a doe he thought he shot at dark. No blood. Helped him reposition his stand on the tree and clear more bushes and trees for him to shoot. Just got back. Stiff and tired. Cloudy and windy.
Later.
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Lots of wind but warm in the mid to high 60s. I will take it.
Had a great time last few days with my old pal from Denton TX . Good to see old friends.
Had the 14-month-old granddaughter over yesterday evening and built a large pile of leaves for her to play in, lots of fun. Then into the basement to run the trains. She loves the bell and whistle buttons. We all had carry out Chinese for dinner.
I think the leaves have all fallen for the most part with this wind. I don’t have enough to sweep so I glad that that is over for the year.
Chief: Congrats on the buck.
Jon, I watched the Nam series too. I got to give it to those guys for their service in such a hostile place. I am glad I had a good lottery number back then. Most of the guys I know that went have scars be it physical or mental. God bless them!!!
SJ: Sounds like your mom loves you a lot. Good job!
LAZ: Your MINNIE DOG sounds like she will get there. Is she still young? Maybe she will calm down with age and more field experience.
Chuck: I am with you Go SMOKE!!!!!!!
Later,
Chief, congratulations on getting your deer this time. Looks like you are in for some venison meals in the near future.
Still trying to get back to normal after my quick excursion to the East Coast. I need to get active. I have been sitting around too much trying to baby my back. Too much of that is not good. Called a few friends since I got back but that's about all.
Cal Stewart Train meet is next weekend. I will not be working the display layout this time so I might just go over on Sunday. I don't really need much and should be selling instead of buying.
We are getting a visit next weekend also from Union Pacific steam engine number 844 here in Southern California. It wil be on display on the 18th I think and will run over Cajon Pass on the way out of town on the 19th. Might try to go see it. Wouldn't cross the street to see a diesel though.
Looking forward to church today since we were on the road last Sunday.
Have a good day all,
Hi GUYZ,
Very nice day here this morning. Went for Pheasants yesterday. My MINNIE DOG put up 3 birds! Problem was she was putting them up too far ahead of us at 50 yards. I shot anyway just to see if she had a reaction to the shotgun. No problems with the gun fire but she just has too much energy. She worked real good in the up corn going back and forth between the both of us but when she sees something its lets chase it. Oh well maybe next weekend?
Had a nice fire with burgers and sausage last nite all good here.
DOUG M, GO BEARs!!!!
stay frosty,
laz57
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