Coffee Pot #6 JUNE 2012 SIX years [April 1 is Anniv.] and going strong and its for all to chat. Plenty of coffee and sweet ice tea for all. Come and join us and chat. GRITS for the Yankees

[ChiefEagles]

Light fixtures installed in the Box.  T'storms around.  Rain off and on with sunshine poping in and out.

LAZ, RED SOLO CUP!

Glad to see the retired over the hill horn blower back and posting.  Great photos Jon.  As you saw in CTT, has great layout. 

Got three train related boxes this week and two more today.  Three Lionel Scale NS 60' box cars and two K-Line scale NS coil cars [from ChooChoo].  Had to get my own birthday presents as Buckeye did not send me one.  

Off to the lake house for meeting tomorrow morning.

Later.

[Stourbridge Lion]

What retirement will look for me someday (if I make it that long...)

[dougdagrump]

Mornin'/Afternoon All.

SJ, , great news !

Shorttimer, aka Laz, Almost there.

Buckeye, one for each month.                                      

Jon, Great video !

Been a crazy week, last fri and sat at the museum, day and nite sunday working on kitchen cabinets, monday at the museum, tuesday day and nite on cabinets, wednesday the water heater springs a leak so the day is shot getting that taken care of(too tired to do it myself so hired a contractor at the boss's request), thursday was eye doc day which brings us to today which is the better half's doctor & minor surgery day. I get to see my primary care doc and cardiologist on monday.  

Being a budget operator is why I have ended up with a fairly diverse roster of roadnames, sometimes you just get tired of waiting for the one item you are looking for and settle for something else. In the end I think it has worked out well for me.

Well time to get ready to head into town for SWMBO's appointments.

for all our friends and family members in need.

Later all. 

[Hudson#685]

Lunch Time:

RT: thanks for starting the Pot, or should I say Stirring the Pot.

Laz: Heading for the Home Stretch

SJ: Glad all is going well.

Buckeye

Joe: I prefer going with a theme rather then buying bargains.

Enjoy the Day!

John

[Stourbridge Lion]

TGIF CTTFans!

It's 57F and heading quickly into the 80's today.  Started to do some Layout Concepts for my "N Scale" train room from different perspectives as the MOH and I have yet to 100% agree of easement limits.  As for the "HO Scale" project it's still just a dream without walls but the MOH is coming around that the easement limits for it are way to small and "maybe" I might get another or expanded  location in a few years. Well, back to work...

[sir james I]

52 and finally, some rain.

Laz you have a lot to be thankful for this morning. Congrats.

I'm doing OK and granny is fixing fried taters for breakfast. Something soft so I don't bite my swollen lip...LOL Well it's wet and we have the shopping done for now so I'm just going to Laz today. Maybe some CTT reading. Chat last night with a good group of guys...S.J.

[laz 57]

JON,

  TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!  Where did yo get da QUART?  I haven't seen one of them quarts in years.  TANKs!

LOL, stay frosty,

laz57

[KRM]

That is great Jon

[jonadel]

Laz -- they were so happy to celebrate your retirement they hoisted your Old Mil to the top of the local bank, what a party.  Enjoy!

[KRM]

Hi guys,

Finally got some rain but could more,

Still working on the rust on the truck. That will be today’s project. Will be running to Aurora with the guy next door to help him pick up some stuff he got.

Right now I am in the same boat as Jeffery, Doing bills.

RT You   you!

LAZ enjoy 

Prayers to all in need.

 

[jonadel]

Lazz -- as you can see I had the brass quintet on the Schlitz car welcoming your scale model beer, the town is very happy and the thought is that this bottle might last the summer

 

[jonadel]

Laz -- Happy June 1 and HAPPY RETIREMENT!!!  I know how much you are going to miss inservice meetings, faculty meetings, lesson plans and parents.  Try and contain your grief this fall when school begins without you, it will be difficult but be strong -- you can do it

 

We had a celebration here in Adel in your honor, I thought you might enjoy a short video of the party -- it sure was FUN!  More pics will follow, stay tuned.

http://youtu.be/5bgyO3ITYQE

[ChiefEagles]

rtraincollector

You complain when I forget to remind you, you complain when I help you lol Last month you forgot so didn't want to hear you say we didn't remind you at least I left it basically the way you had it

Was so tempted to add a Yankee flare to it but said naw.

Jerking your CARPETBAGGER chain.

Raining.  Get track lighting for Box.  Then go to lake house for big meeting.

Go LAZ, go.

Later. 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 67° and sunny. The high will be 85° and it'll be mostly sunny.

Well it's that time of the month again and I must venture forth in an endeavor to keep the wolves away from the door. In other words, go pay bills. I also need to get my drivers license renewed. Still got a month to go but why wait? Earlier this morning I added the GP35 onto the duo of GP7's as they run at near-identical speeds. The GP9's and U25C are a bit too fast for it and the F unit trio make it look like it's moving in slow motion.

See y'all later.

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It is rainy and cool in SE Indiana with temps in the 60s.  As I noted in the last page of the May pot, we won the first game of the season 4-1.  We had all 15 people there and so we had a lot of subs.  I got to play as much as wanted.   My few touches did not result in loss of possession and so I did not hurt the team too much.  Last night I had to hustle to get the yard mowed before the rain moved in.  I was really pushing it, but I got finished as the first drops were falling.  I did very little the rest of the evening.  Indycar is at Detroit this weekend on ABC so I will be able to watch as it happens.  Hopefully AJ's and Sarah's teams can rebound from the disaster at Indy.  I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....

It is raining and 62 degrees. Going up to 74 today with more rain.

Today is a busy day. I have to run a few errands, early, in the rain. Great.  Then, some chores to do. Maybe I can relax after that. Baseball today if it isn't rained out.

Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.

Buckeye & LAZ.....TGIF

Y'all have a great Friday.

Chuck

[laz 57]

SJ,

  Glad to here you are cancer free.  4 years ago wife made doctor appoinment for me and they found a malignant mole, melinoma, on my back.  They cut a 2 x 4 inch and half inch deep section out of my back.  Wife actullay saved my life.

laz57

[blownout cylinder]

 

Good Morning

Raining and cool ..54F right now going to a high of 64F later on. Lotsa wind though....

Having a break from doctor appointments is a good thing..have to go though to the office and check out how the reports are coming along. And pick up paystub....

Here we are now getting the cottonwoods doing their thing..plus everything else...so the rain will help keep it down somewhat....

Buck!!!!

Have a good day all!!

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Happy birthday Buckeye.

[laz 57]

HI GUYZ,

  HAPPY JUNE!!!!!!  BESTEST MONTH O the YEAR for me.

I have 2 dayz to go.  I have Monday and final day on Tuesday.  I consider today done because I am here and made it to work so essentually its over.

CHUCK & BUCKEYE, TGIF!!!!!!

BUCKEYE!!!!

Red solo cup is getting a workout this weekend!

Stay frosty,

laz57

[rtraincollector]

You complain when I forget to remind you, you complain when I help you lol Last month you forgot so didn't want to hear you say we didn't remind you at least I left it basically the way you had it

Was so tempted to add a Yankee flare to it but said naw.

Morning all June is here. Hope all have a good Friday.

T.G.I.F.

Wow Laz only has today and Monday then hes retarded also. Whoo hoo LAZ way to go. I think I'm about 8 years away maybe 13 if I go-to 70 we will see.

Well Time for some breakfast talk to you later.

[Demay]

Konnichiwa,

We returned home from the cabin not too long ago.  We had a great time out there and it was most enjoyable.  Unfortunately, the kids were too young to go horseback riding, but we were still able to enjoy some miniature golf, archery, and other outdoor fun.  On Thursday I was able to take my son out for a round of real golf as well.  He did very well for his first time.  The cabin had Wi-Fi so I was able to check in on the Pot; however, posting with the iPad is not too easy for me so I opted to wait until my return.  It was nice to receive my digital version of CTT today.  I really enjoy reading it on the iPad.

Chief – The Japanese are just returning this trash to its rightful owners.

V8 – I have to be careful about buying train items just because they are a good deal as well.  I sometimes need to stay away from eBay and Choo Choo for a while to ensure I’m not buying something because it’s a good price.  I read an article in the other magazine about collecting or building a layout based upon a certain theme.  I may pursue that route soon to prevent myself from “bargain buying.”

SJ – I’m glad the removal went well.  I hope you heal quickly.

Sayonara,

Joe

[8ntruck]

Woo Hoo!  On page one this month.

Catching up on e-mail Tuesday, I discovered that I had won an Ebay auction for a group of flat cars - several weeks back!  Fortunately, the seller was still willing to accept payment.  They should be showing up soon.  I have a special train in mind that will be mostly flat cars, each with an unusual load.

[ChiefEagles]

RT, guess you can't wait!!!!!    Watching a movie.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Duplicate post from previous thread

 

Time for me to call it a night. Thunderstorm came through about 10 this morning and knocked out the power. It came back on after a few minutes then was knocked out again about twenty minutes later. That time it stayed off for about ten minutes. Power stayed on after that. The cable however was another story. It went out when the power went down the first time and stayed out until about 8:30 tonight. I don't get what the problem with the cable service is. Lately (last several months) whenever the power goes down if only even for a few seconds the danged cable stays out all frikkin day! For me that's no internet and no phone. For my parents it's no TV, no internet, no phone, no emergency service, no medic response, etc. I have a cell phone but it's for EMERGENCY USE only, not for conversation. It only has sixty some odd minutes a month on the free service. My father uses his for work only and my mother has never bothered learning how to use hers. Trying to teach an old dog new tricks comes to mind there. I've shown her time and again how to use it but even just ten minutes later it's still a mystery to her. It's rather like trying to teach a cat basic computer programming though I think I could get farther on it with my parents cat than I have with my father. He's doing good to turn the thing on without crashing the hard drive. So you see the dilemma here. Short of going down there to check on them I have next to no way of contacting them when the cable is down for whatever reason and as I said just a very brief power outage will knock it out for most of the day. I'll be in town paying bills tomorrow and I'll be making a stop by the cable office (my bill is paid automatically so I don't have to go there) to lodge a complaint about the lousy service.

On the layout front, I pulled the Bachmann light board decoder out of the Rivarossi/Athearn U25C and replaced it with a Digitrax DZ125 salvaged from on e of the FP45's I retired yesterday. The FP45's are both tucked away in the closet now. They'll have to be rewired before they're ever run again but I don't see that happening as they're too big for my layout and it's likely the last layout I build from the floor up. They just could negotiate the 18" radius curves and that's the only size curves I have. There's no room for anything larger. Even going from 18" to 22" isn't possible. Certain sections like the extension can't go any bigger than 18" radius. So the biggest loco I can run is the Trainmaster and it has to have the U30EM645 on behind so the first car doesn't get derailed. The geeps and F units are right at home and the SD27J manages quite well. The SW's love tight curves but I rarely run them. Nor do I use the E units anymore. I pulled the decoders out of them some time back for use in some smaller units and the E's now just hold down display tracks on the shelf, those that I haven't parted out for their motors, shafts and wires. One of the F units has an E unit motor in it as it's a virtual drop-in replacement for an Athearn motor. The motor in the U25C also came from an E unit and the flywheels came from an SD40-2.

Well, see y'all tomorrow.

[rtraincollector]

Since i think the chief is asleep on the train again tonight I figured I would start this for him.

New month is on us