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RE:COFFEE POT #11 November 2011 for all to take a drink and chat. 6+ years and going. Plenty of coffee and sweet ice tea to drink. Plenty of GRITS, oatmeal and Cheerios for the heart.

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Posted by sir james I on Thursday, November 24, 2011 9:20 AM

Happy Thanksgiving

It's cloudy in the 30s.

Dinner with #1 son

S.J.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Thursday, November 24, 2011 8:38 AM

Aloha and Happy Thankful Day as they say in Hong Kong.  I am thankful for all of you and the chance to 'visit' each day. This was one of the few days of the year I can sleep in. Looks like it is grey but warm here, so I will bring the football. My inlaws catered the entire big meal this year - should be interesting.  Like Roy, I too am bringing a chocolate pie. Ran trains last night with the daughter's NotBoyfriend.He was impressed.

Ray, if you still feel discomfort, call your doc! Even today.

 

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Posted by laz 57 on Thursday, November 24, 2011 7:56 AM

HAPPY THANKSGIVING GUYZ,

  Hope all YUZ GUYZ have a great day and don't forget to take a walk after YUZ eat.  Helps with the digestion and also makes room for more.

JACK, took MINNIE for her walk this morning and all she did was play with the neighbors dog then chased rabbits.  She's getting better on sneaking up on them.

DEER HUNTING MONDAY.  Up at MOMs all weekend so no internet for me, yeah!!!!

Stay frosty,

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, November 24, 2011 7:34 AM

Good morning. It's 47° with clouds and some sun. The high will be 68° and it will be sunny.

Happy Thanksgiving

No layout work today though I may get a little work done on a hopper later. Couplers are too high.

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Thursday, November 24, 2011 7:13 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

Happy Thanksgiving to All....

It is a cold and frosty 30 degrees. Going up to 48 today with sunshine.

Today is an easy day. The usual chores to do and then we will enjoy a turkey dinner. I know there will be a lot of leftovers. I think I will watch the Macy's parade on TV.

Dining car is here with all kinds of pastries and Cheerios for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Thanksgiving.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, November 24, 2011 7:10 AM

Happy Thanksgiving from Rogers Corners, OHIO!!!

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

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Posted by fifedog on Thursday, November 24, 2011 5:51 AM

Gobble-gobble boys!  Fifedom smells like pie.  Dinner at sister in-law's at 3, then I'm gonna drop off my boys at M&T to watch some brotherly love.  Gonna miss my mom's oyster dressing this year.

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, November 24, 2011 12:50 AM

Evenin' All.

Busy day today starting with getting what seemed like a quart blood drawn for lab works, had to fast for it so I almost forgot the morning pills. Maybe that's why I had to crash for a bit this afternoon.

Da Bird be taking his spritz in the fridge, using the maple brine as usual but I did reduce the salt a bit. Bread started and in the fridge til morning, trying to help the better half this evening with house prep for tomorrow but I am running out of gas. Will be a very small group here this year, only 8 of us.

May all have a Happy Thanksgiving !

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Posted by 8ntruck on Thursday, November 24, 2011 12:06 AM

Sunny and about 60 here today.

SPman - Using distilled water in your steam engine will reduce the amount of buid up inside the boiler.  A clean boiler is also a more efficient boiler, as the scale does not transfer heat very well.  An excercise inone of my thermodynamic classes was to calculate the efficiency of the school's power plant.  That excercise started with a tour of the power plant, where they made the comment that the water going into the boilers was cleaner than the tap water on campus.

Took a vacation day today.  Sorry Chief, your SS check will be a little light this time around. 

Got the bench work done for my PE layout today.  It has to be reasonably portable, so I ended up making three 3x6 sections.  Got the track laid out, except for the custom cut sections.  The elevation work and completing my track cutting jig will continue through the weekend.

All for now.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 9:26 PM

Time for me to call it a night. I don't know if I'll be on tomorrow or not. I might be pretty busy. See y'all later.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:56 PM

Happy Thanksgiving Eve all!

Cool day today. Had meetings all morning and then worked until about 3 and knocked off as I worked last night until midnight preping for the morning meetings.

This year for Thanksgiving we are going to myy wife's sister's house so we do not have full cooking duties. Wife made a broccoli casserole and I made  a chocolate pie. My wife has 3 sisters and the other two (and husbands) are coming in this year from Alaska and Arizona. My son and daughter will have their respective girl and boy friends, so with all the other family it is going to be a big turnout.

My wife and kids have iPhones and they started crashing today after an Apple software upgrade. My wife was able to get Apple on the phone (about 2 hours to resolve), my son got an appointment at the local Apple store at 6 (have not seen him back yet), and my daughter is avoiding the upgrade. The Apple tech apologized to my wife and said it was Apple's fault (nice - just before a big holiday - that should sell some product this weekend). After the upgrades the phones lost everything and it requires a complete restore to bring it back. Luckily everyone here has been backing their iPhones up on their PCs.

Looking forward to a relaxing weekend and some turkey, dressing, and pie tomorrow Dinner

Have a great evening all!

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Posted by cheapclassics on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:44 PM

Good evening all,

Cloudy in SE Indiana.  Great day at work.  Everything went about as well as I could hope and even better.  Got the January CTT with a lot of good articles in it.  Looking forward to four good days away from work.  Will be running trains tomorrow for grandkids.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by dwiemer on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:32 PM

Good evening everyone.  Sorry Rich, didn't see your leaving your old job.  Glad you left on good terms and hope another is around the corner soon. 

Had a interesting evening.  After violin practice with the kids, we went to our local zoo that has a train.  They have a special tonight in which they have a Festival of Lights along with Santa and the train all for free.  Well, the train derailed twice, so we decided to do that on another day.  Then we went to our local Chinese food place for a traditional pre-Thanksgiving meal. 

Found a nice article on some scenic train rides, thought I would share:
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-40869541

I hope each of you has a great Thanksgiving and enjoy a wonderful time with family and friends.

God Bless,
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Posted by RockIsland52 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:12 PM

ChiefEagles

 fifedog:

Evenin' boys. Chilly and somewhat blustery in the Mid-Atlantic region. Potential m-i-l trouble for oldest princess and baby Bang Head. The woman is a nightmare. 

REB sniper for hire at reasonable rate. SurpriseWhistling

Chief and Fife.........just don't bring LAZ along with MINNIE or you won't get within 1,000 yards of your quarry.  Wink 

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:33 PM

Good Evening

43 now 52 with sun today.

RT: Most G scale motors need a larger DC transformer than the usual HO ones. That's why Lionel made one the same size as their AC set transformers. There are DC transformers made especially for G Gauge. I had a quiet day with granny gone so had a nice couch nap this afternoon. Banilla is ready...S.J.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:52 PM

RockIsland52

 ChiefEagles:

I repreat, do NOT do business with WELLS FARGO.  Been trying to get this resolved.  Keep being sent in circles back and forth to the same depts.  

 

Even better advice.......get your money out of there first!!!!!!!!!!  THEN stop doing business with them.  Laugh

Jack

I would never put money in that bank!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have a small mortgage with them that they bought several years ago from a great company.  Everyone I talked to today said, "Thank you Mr. Eagles for being such a valued customer."  Well, treat me like that.  I went in circles over and over until finally I told a guy, this is the third time I have been transferred back to your department.  Now I am going to cuss.  He finally got some lady on the phone who appologized.  She called my agent and a check will be cut Friday.  Now get this.  The "upgrade" to my policy was dated 8-18-11.  This is November. Angry I will send an email to customer service and tell them about this but also how nice the lady was [got her full name].

Measured "the box".  Outside is 14 feet by 30 feet.  This would make a nice "train house".  Has new heat pump [little "joker" but not a lot to heat or cool].

RT, nice thigh joke. Laugh

The Buckeyes are having boiled turkey bone soup.  This is due to the poor performance of their football team [seems basketball too]. Whistling

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Evenin' boys. Chilly and somewhat blustery in the Mid-Atlantic region. Potential m-i-l trouble for oldest princess and baby Bang Head. The woman is a nightmare.

REB sniper for hire at reasonable rate. SurpriseWhistling

Have a great Thanksgiving.

BTW: this software is horrible but free, four edits before it would locate things where I typed them.

 

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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:28 PM

yesterday got the first suposely 0100 Lionel Transformer this one in box well it was a box for a 0100 transformer HO by Lionel but it had a 1033 transformer in it. Bang Head how hard is it to read whats on the transformer when you have it out for picBang Head and yes the pic was blurry so I really couldn't tell for sure but it looked like a 0100 as had one when I was a kid with the HO's we had.

Today got second HO 0100 transformer in but don't think its giving the full 14 volts its supose to as it will run my G gauge by Bachmann train but at full throttle is a low medium speed which is fine actually for what I want as I want it just to run around the christmas tree so that should be good.

Not alot happening today have to work tomorrow but thats fine you all have a good Thanksgiving

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Posted by fifedog on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 4:28 PM

Evenin' boys.  Chilly and somewhat blustery in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Potential m-i-l trouble for oldest princess and baby Bang Head.   The woman is a nightmare.

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Posted by RockIsland52 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:54 PM

ChiefEagles

I repreat, do NOT do business with WELLS FARGO.  Been trying to get this resolved.  Keep being sent in circles back and forth to the same depts.  

Even better advice.......get your money out of there first!!!!!!!!!!  THEN stop doing business with them.  Laugh

Jack

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:25 PM

I repreat, do NOT do business with WELLS FARGO.  Been trying to get this resolved.  Keep being sent in circles back and forth to the same depts.  

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Posted by anjdevil2 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:06 PM

Hey Guys!

Happy Thanksgiving....early!

Just got back form fire call #400...a first for this dept.  Never had 400 in a year, and only 5 of us were there.  I was one of 3 that made the truck (Ladder 41).

Jeff...Angel for your recovery...saw a fire house you posted....liked that.  If you have more on that, I'd like to see 'em...Smile, Wink & Grin.

Haven't gotten all my stuff together for the train layout just yet.  Squabbles about location of the event etc., but I'll get on it today for sure

Rain..3 inches the last 2 days.  No local flooding (yet), and don't need anymore of that.

Thanks for the prayers, guys....something will break soon.  I have no problems just yet.  I'm only upset it will delay my home purchase another 3 months.Sigh

Rich

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:56 PM

Afternoon.  After Dr's visit, I win.  On Lipitor.  $4 per month.  Fair and real windy ~~~~~~.  All the leaves are off of the trees here.  Last night's rain and now the high winds are getting it done.  That means one more clean up and its over.  Pecan leaves are late as late freeze.

Got to call Wells Fargo [remember the time I had with them earlier.  Now they havenot paid the increase in my home owners due to remodeling and etc. Angry

Going to measure "the box" [my new train layout house].  Trying to get that going.  Wifey's family is messy.  She evens admitts it.

Later.

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Posted by SPMan on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:05 PM

Good morning all,

Had a not so peaceful sleep last night.  Woke up around 2:30 with slight chest pain.  Went away after a while but worrisome.  Probably something I ate.  We went out and I had a small sirloin steak with home fried potatoes with oinions and peppers.  Maybe that was talking back to me.

Doug in Sandy Eggo, looking forward to pictures of your lift up bridge.  The more ideas, the better.

Chuck, you were right about getting old not being for sissys.  However, you seem to be doing great considering how far you have come back from your low point.  Keep up the good recovery.

Chief, glad to hear that your friend is doing better.

Getting ready for turkey day tomorrow.  My frozen bird is thawing nicely and should be ready on time.

Jeffrey in La. Glad to see you back on line after power failure.  Sorry to hear that doctors haven't been able to help you enough.  Hope you find the right one.  Weathering is not my thing with model trains.  However, I appreciate the fact that it pleases you.  You know what they say.  Whatever floats your boat or different strokes for different folks. Doing what makes you happy is the main thing.

I did the vinegar treatment on my toy stationary live steam engine yesterday and it worked.  Cleared up the water deposits in the sight glass so I can read it now.  Fired it up and ran for a while.  It has a little peep whistle.  Wish that was better but it is what it is.  Anyway, had fun with it.

later,

Ray

 

 

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:20 AM

Good morning

37/50 today

The rain has gone east. I had a nice chat with Charlie and Brutus last night, threw in a few loop-D-loops just for fun. Granny's BBsitting and I'm thinking turkey dinner right now so it must be time to do battle with the toaster for breakfast...lol..Enjoy your Friday this Wednesday( for some of you)...S.J.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 8:15 AM

Aloha from a sunny and cold -- and quiet Chicago - where I'm the one turning on the lights today. Sent rain off to points east. Daughter and NotBoyfriend arrived late last night. Just gave me enough time to clean the kids' bathroom. Happy Pre-Thanksgiving and safe travels!

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Posted by laz 57 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:42 AM

DON,

  Cool bridge!!!!  I want to do that too on my layout, beats the ol duck under and crawl.

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Posted by laz 57 on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 7:37 AM

Hi GUYZ,

  Another rainy day here today.  Ran trains last nite, NO PILE UPs, all ran gooood!  I needed that train fix.  No school til next tuesday.

JACK, did my final leaf collecting last Saturday.  All done and don't forget to add some Stabil to the gas tank.  I usually add about 2 onces to  be on the safe side.

CHUCK, keep up the work on the exercises.  The trains are a calling.

Stay frosty,

laz57

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 6:46 AM

Good morning. It's 52° and cloudy. The high will be 68° and it will be partly cloudy.

The morning storm yesterday dropped two and three quarter inches of rain on us in just a couple of hours. The winds were significant. I wouldn't have liked to be out on the roads at the time. Lightning and thunder weren't too bad. I've seen much worse but it hit in the wrong places yesterday and took out the power and cable during the first few minutes of the storms crossing of this area. The power was back on after only a couple of minutes but the cable was out until very late in the day. well, enough about that. David was right in what he said about me not doing as well as I let on. I just look at it in the sense that if the docs can't do anything about it there's little reason to make a hash of it.

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 6:24 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a cold and damp 36 degrees. Going up to 48 today with no rain. I saw a few snow flurries this morning.

Today is a busy day. Wife has an errand to run and I have a few chores to do. Maybe a nap this afternoon. A couple more weeks before I tackle the steps to the train room.

Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Wednesday.

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Posted by Brutus on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:31 PM

Rainy and cold in Saint Louis today.  Can't wait for our little vacation that's coming up - we'll be in Florida for a few days of fun in the sun and all that Disney stuff we can take.  It's our gift to Charlene to celebrate her recovery.

Mike - i thought you were driving?  Hmmmm - might explain the loop-de-loops!  SJ!?!?!  You got some 'splaining to do!

Prayers for recovery and good health, for adoptions, babies, knees, shoulders, backs, friends, loved ones, and jobs.

Chewy is doing well without the cone and not bothering her healed/healing incisions.  She is on a special diet for life now though. 

OKAY - Tardis is ready, so Mike, take it away!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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