Good morning. It's 42, cloudy. High - 47. Slim chance of rain for morning - afternoon. 50% chance this evening.Eyesight still giving me problems today. Keeping spell checker busy. Hope everyone else has a good day.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Hi GUYZ,
Rainy here today. Sucked up more leaves last nite, hopefully for the last time. Got 6 bags worth.
KEV, way to go dead eye. Hope your buddy catches something.
Stay frosty,
laz57
Bob, great to see you checking in. I have gotten too accustomed to the Georgia climate, I like snow for about two hours, then I have had enough till next year. You are a good guy to help out those in need.
Kev, I did see the post, but my collection is so buried at present that if it wasn't on top of the layout while we are preparing for Christmas, I won't be seeing it till after. When I get in there, I will look for the log cars. It was a set of three I believe.
Gotta run, God bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Hello all
Clear and VERY cold on the mountain tonight, about 5 F. We got about 9" of new snohio over the weekend and a few more inches today.
Went down the road a bit earlier to help pull out some observers for the Vatican telescope that got stock. Typical situation. Rental SUV which is more glorified station wagon than anything else, street tires, no chains, etc. They don't put tow hooks on these things anymore either. Had to tie off to a frame member for the rear diff. But after chaining up the big 3/4 ton we got 'em out. At one point while we were trying to get the vehicle unstuck I noticed there was a little light of a car skidding on the dash lit up. The automatic traction was obviously freaked out. Ya think!? New vehicles are great, but there are many things about them that just plain suck for some purposes.
anj - glad to hear you are feeling better. That sounds like no fun.
8N - liking the progress on the layout!
Jeffrey - the Niagara is awesome!
Kev - how big is that smoke unit in your Plymouth switcher? Was thinking it might be the ticket to adding smoke to my 1615 (purists close your ears)
Chief - glad to hear your friend is back home.
Well due to how cold it is right now, my receiver compressors are not going to like it when I open up in the next hour. Probably will have to keep charging them w/ gas. Wish me luck!
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
I just looked out front and the rain has turned to snow. Shoot, I looked out back and it's snowing there 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
Evening all!
Temps dropped quickly today and near freezing. Will be freezing tonight and only 40 tomorrow and then colder yet tomorrow night. Got the outdoor faucets set up for the cold. Found water in my truck from all the rain. Hope it is not a bad seal. Will have to watch that. No snow here but some to the west.
anjdevil - get well soon!
Had an extremely long day so hard to catch up on all the posts. Hope all are well.
Have a great day tomorrow!
Regards, Roy
Rich and Fife - hope you guys are doing a lot better soon!
Char had a pretty good doctor appointment today, but they did give her some medicine for a little bug she picked up on the trip.
8NT - great layout man, very neat
Got a new CTT and also a new Trains to read, if I can make some time.
Doug - can you call up Lionel and get that right size traction tires?
TARDIS is ready, so let's get moving guys!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Cloudy, windy and didn't make above freezing today. Guess winter is almost here.
Working on tunnel portals tonight. Catching up on the Pot and watching Riverdance on public TV while waiting for glue to dry.
All for now.
dwiemer:
Kevin, I was going to post about the Plymouth switcher, but seems everything is OK now. I have three or four sets, can't remember how many. I also picked up some of the box car sets that came with scale couplers. I think I may even have a set of Skelton log cars that will go with them too. Fun sets to be sure.
Dennis,
If you can see if you can get me the part number of the Skelton log cars that will go with them. That would be a great match for my logging site.
Tks,
Kev
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
dwiemer Jeff, I love a tin roof when it is raining out...makes for a great sleep!
Jeff, I love a tin roof when it is raining out...makes for a great sleep!
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Watching the end of The Polar Express on the ABC Family Channel.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good evening everyone. Did my morning case, came home for lunch with my bride and then had to go in for a meeting. Got home to do my homework for tomorrow morning's bible study. Then, it will be a long day of operating. Regarding train purchases, my bride pays the bills, I rarely ever have money on me. She would certainly see the receipt if she wasn't home for the delivery. Besides, we don't hide anything from each other. Many times, she has gotten me far more than I would spend on myself. I do think that if I goto York again with the Chief, she would come along to supervise!
Rich, glad you are out. Take care of yourself!
Joe, read a story on some major accidents involving eight Ferrari sport cars in Japan. Hope you were not in one of them. They say the accident was over a million dollars in damage.
Well, better hit the sheets, four am comes early.
God bless,
It's 46 here with still a shower coming through now and then. The low is looking like 40 so it's likely the heater will be on low tonight. I'm having eyesight problems again and it's getting hard to focus, even with my glasses on. That seems to happen every three or four months. Looks like I'll have to call a halt to the extensive reading for a while. That's a shame as I like reading the posts here and on other forums. I'm using the MS text to speech program to listen to posts but it's not the same. This is generally as bad as it gets so it should start clearing in a few days, maybe a week or two. I'll still be here, just won't be posting quite as much.
jeffrey-wimberly rtraincollector: time to see what other mischief I can cause here at the house already in dog house as told wife we really should wait till after Christmas to get anything as it will be so much cheaper and she agreed and about 1 1/2 hrs later ding dong its FedEx with a giant box for me and yes she knows what comes in big boxes. Oh well I tried So are you relegated to the dog house or will the wife let you have the couch?
rtraincollector: time to see what other mischief I can cause here at the house already in dog house as told wife we really should wait till after Christmas to get anything as it will be so much cheaper and she agreed and about 1 1/2 hrs later ding dong its FedEx with a giant box for me and yes she knows what comes in big boxes. Oh well I tried
I was trying for the dog house real bad a little while ago but figured better cool it while I'm ahead. I was looking at 2 engines by atlas O that had tmcc in them for like $140 each but figured better put the ropes on it while I was ahead. Man they were pretty looking in LV paintings and all oh well I can't buy it all although at times I sure do try lol
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Good Evening
34 degrees now, we had lite rain mixed with a few snow flakes this afternoon. Grounds too warm for snow to stick. That's the way it should be. I got a hair(s) cut this morning, picked up a script for granny. and that's my day. banilla is waiting..S.J.
rtraincollectortime to see what other mischief I can cause here at the house already in dog house as told wife we really should wait till after Christmas to get anything as it will be so much cheaper and she agreed and about 1 1/2 hrs later ding dong its FedEx with a giant box for me and yes she knows what comes in big boxes. Oh well I tried
Attended the Springfield, Ohio train show yesterday. It is a great show and always has Marx and S-Scale. People from Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Toledo and Dayton all seem to show up to buy or sell. The place was a bee hive of activitity.
The kidney stones have either passed or calmed down. I haven't burned inside since last Thursday.
Loved the photo of Fife and Brent. They get better looking all the time.
I wonder what the Chief is getting me for Christmas.
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
Glad your back just take it easy and get better first.
Good Evening, guys, a quick post.
Was admitted to Princeton Medical Thursday after drill...thought I had started the flu, turns out I had a prostate infection. Gee, no fun..... Meds, IV's and such, I'm ok, just have more meds to take a drink MORE fluids....like the stones were bad enough....Got out yesterday afternoon, been in and out of bed and bathroom since.
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers guys....should be back on track during the week. Just real tired.
Catchya later....
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Train set arrived safe and sound and it is a great set even if it don't have TMCC or RAILSOUNDS. Oh well now on to my next adventures lol time to see what other mischief I can cause here at the house already in dog house as told wife we really should wait till after Christmas to get anything as it will be so much cheaper and she agreed and about 1 1/2 hrs later ding dong its FedEx with a giant box for me and yes she knows what comes in big boxes. Oh well I tried
Afternoon All.
Back from runnin' around picking up stuff for the BetterHalf's soiree tonite.Still need to go get some good cheddar for the Bacon Cheddar Deviled Eggs, thank goodness they are wine drinkers and not beer drinkers.
Pat, Here's a good way to keep your herd together: http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lXKDu6cdXLI?rel=0 .
Gotta get back to da kitchen.
Will be by later.
Dennis watch out for Temptation .
Remember the Veterans. Past, present and future.
www.sd3r.org
Proud New Member Of The NRA
green97probe RT, If you strip that 1033, I am interested in a good original cord.
RT,
If you strip that 1033, I am interested in a good original cord.
Actually worst scenario I will keep it to run some accessories if I can't sell it for what I have listed. As I have finally figured it out and it seems to be okay now that I understand the Pulmor engine probably pulls more from the transformer than the can motor type do so it takes a little more than this is willing to give up lol. I did get the horn working in conventional mode and the bell all depending which way I have it wire either A-U or U-A I'm sure you understand that Jim.
Waiting for Fedex yeah impatient as have nothing else to really do already opened up putor and got 3 years of dust out of it and for some strange reason it seems to work better guess all that dust off the micro switches let them work better
talk to you all later
RockIsland52 KEV.....let me first say I am adamantly opposed to letting my grandchildren play out on the highway. But the problem around my house today with my grandchildren is overkill with overprotection and over-childproofing. Like putting those plastic outlet covers on the electrical outlets. Putting the foam padding on the sharper edges of the furniture and on the edge of the fireplace hearth brick. Now I can understand we don't want the kiddies taking a tumble down a flight of stairs, getting into some chemicals under a sink or in a low lying cabinet, pulling an entertainment center down on themselves, letting themselvles out of the house undetected, leaving them unsupervised with a dog, jumping into the fireplace and becoming toast, or burning themselves on a stove burner. But at some point the child has to learn from what they are told and from experience, the hard way. Otherwise, they just tune out everything Mom and Dad (or the grandparents) advise, and every warning or admonition takes on the same level of meaning or importance for them. I think a parent or a grandparent has to pick their poisons, the less lethal ones. Letting go is so difficult, letting our children or grandchildren make their own way and their own mistakes......letting them learn without getting too harmed in the process. We have to pick our poisons when they are young, the non-lethal ones. Getting concensus with this approach with my wife? Not so easy.
KEV.....let me first say I am adamantly opposed to letting my grandchildren play out on the highway.
But the problem around my house today with my grandchildren is overkill with overprotection and over-childproofing. Like putting those plastic outlet covers on the electrical outlets. Putting the foam padding on the sharper edges of the furniture and on the edge of the fireplace hearth brick.
Now I can understand we don't want the kiddies taking a tumble down a flight of stairs, getting into some chemicals under a sink or in a low lying cabinet, pulling an entertainment center down on themselves, letting themselvles out of the house undetected, leaving them unsupervised with a dog, jumping into the fireplace and becoming toast, or burning themselves on a stove burner.
But at some point the child has to learn from what they are told and from experience, the hard way. Otherwise, they just tune out everything Mom and Dad (or the grandparents) advise, and every warning or admonition takes on the same level of meaning or importance for them. I think a parent or a grandparent has to pick their poisons, the less lethal ones.
Letting go is so difficult, letting our children or grandchildren make their own way and their own mistakes......letting them learn without getting too harmed in the process. We have to pick our poisons when they are young, the non-lethal ones. Getting concensus with this approach with my wife? Not so easy.
Jack,
the problem is the overprotection at times. The incident where my granddaughter got burnt on the fireplace doors was bad but she learned the lesson. My son and his wife on the other hand went into a rage with me because I seemed not to care. Well it was not that I did not care, it was because the damage was done. Move on all ready!. Anyway they did not talk to me for six months after that. Go figure!.
So just last month my other granddaughter the one that is now 15 months old burnt her hand on the wood burning stove at her dad’s folks, not bad but made her scream some and cooked the fingertips a little. Well my daughter got all torqued off at her dad and his parents for letting it happen. Well I set her down and kind of told her the same thing you wrote in the post….. Long story short the granddaughter got over it before her mother but her mother has a little better understanding now to. Sometimes no matter how hard it is you just have to let them go.
Sometimes no matter how hard it is you just have to let them go.
Oh yeah I don’t let my grandchildren play on I80 at lease that I know of.
Kev.
Afternoon FellasFife - LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jack - Reading your post about your nephew made me think back to when my niece was younger (she is 16 almost 17 now). I have always had a great relationship with her and she asks for my advice more and more. I would tell her to or not to do something and let it go. 9 times out of 10 she would do as instructed, now with other family members it was closer to 1 out of 10 times. Christina has had a couple close calls and I do try to keep a VERY close eye on her, but at some point she will learn to walk, talk, and question. I will do my very best to raise her to THINK, not be a robot. With proper guidance I think she'll do just fine.
That's how it goes with everything. If I don't have any money or just sunk $2K+ into a 21 year old money pit, that's when the better deals appear.
JimSP,
back.
Fife,
I should probably charge my Christmas present too since it's been sitting unrun since new.
Need to get started on the Christmas layout asap. I spent time on the aforementioned money pit trying to remove the fuel pump/sender. I found a working unit from a 90LX partout, and I just had one last screw to remove when the head stripped out.
S.J. and Doug Da, didn't catch the original post about the Stattler Brothers but I liked them too. I have a couple of their albums that I sitll enjoy playing now and then. "Do you remember these" was one of my favorites on the album. Just seems to fit people who are in my age group. That song "The Class of 57" is another special one for me.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Hello all.
Quick post at lunch
KRM Nobody sells coal out here so that is not an option. As far as the work goes you are right, it is a lot of work but good work at that. Keeps me moving and is at least some form of exercise. Everyone, have a good day, Kev
Nobody sells coal out here so that is not an option.
As far as the work goes you are right, it is a lot of work but good work at that. Keeps me moving and is at least some form of exercise.
Everyone, have a good day,
With all the coal in southern Illinois I'm surprised no on sells house coal there
Busy weekend is over. Spent all day Saturday hunting. Managed to get a small doe near home.
Sunday went to Train Show near Johnstown. It was a nice small show packed with dealers and customers. Picked up several small scenery items.
Never did get to decorating. Guess I'll do it when it gets cold this weekend. (as usual)
SS Fund calls Can't wait till I can start collecting. At least six years
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Just checked and FedEx has it on truck out for delivery today it was reading since sent for tomorrow I'll take it a day early Well the saga with the 1033 goes on but think I got it finally figured out.
Made pancakes and bacon this am didn't use a mix did the pancakes from scratch came out good. Been along time since I've done them that way normally use bisquick or something like that.
Good Morning!
Nearly finish putting up our X-Mas decorations this weekend but with the recent Snow/Cold weather I decided not to get the ladder out and do the gutter lights yet and risk falling. Going with a simple N Scale X-Mas tree setup inside and using our two small trees with RR and Firetruck ornaments so it's a RR X-Mas this year! Maybe next year we will get the large tree up again and put the O Scale around it again
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Afternoon all,
The blank post over the weekend was a blunder with my internet connection. After posting whwat I thought was a reply and I could not get back in to edit.
We will see if this one goes through.
Kids having fun with the layout under the tree. The Marx 666 started to stall, I believe there is a binding somewhere. Maybe try and fix it tonight.
Dennis - I agree, the best buys are when I have depleted the train fund, already recently got ripped for another train, or the promise. Saying it is for the kids only works some of the time.
Hope are are doing well
May God bless
Jim
Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Get the Classic Toy Trains newsletter delivered to your inbox twice a month