LV2089,
Sent you a PM.
Well, missed out on cyber Monday. Wifey and I did purchase 10 acres in Hampshire County, WV. Now, I need to start considering selling a 13x13 winter layout with a 55 year old cape cod covering it.
fifedog Well, missed out on cyber Monday. Wifey and I did purchase 10 acres in Hampshire County, WV. Now, I need to start considering selling a 13x13 winter layout with a 55 year old cape cod covering it.
WOW Cool Fifedog, Take it from me acres are neat but a lot of work and we only have 8.2. We shopped for it for over 7 years. A lifetime dream come true. You can move anything. It took me longer to move the garage stuff than all of the house.
It is fun doing the build. We plan to down size when wifey is ready to retire. I know I will not be able to keep up with all that this land requires in another ten years.
Neat, enjoy your dream. I know where you are coming from. Building a dream is what life should be all about. A great place for the Grand Kids to play and grow. Ours love it out here, as for their folks, well it may be something else. For us, Sandra and I have been blessed and had the chance to build something for our family from scratch twice. Many never get the chance.
I think Roy is working on something the same too.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Long day at the hunt. Deerr but still no shooters.
From camera of my deep woods stand. Two different bucks with big antlers. Left beam on one is non-typical.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Fife - Congratulations on getting started on your retirement. That is awesome news!!!
Chief - for your friend.
Got some news that my company donated $1K to my fire dept. I'm very excited...the check comes tomorrow!! NEAT!!
Off to bed, no trees sold tonight
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
congrats bud! don't be a stranger!!
Looks like I'll have the a/c on tonight. Low of 55 and a 70% chance of rain. Maybe it'll wash some of the dust off my van.Well, I'm still not feeling all that great. I'm calling it a night a bit early. I just can't keep me head up any longer. See y'all tomorrow.
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
Hello all
Another quiet evening on the mountain. A brisk 35 deg F out there tonight.
Landlord thanked me for sending the pics of the cleaned house and my new mailing address (hopefully where she will be sending the rest of my deposit soon). Looks like this all may be coming to an end finally.
Ray - Happy 53rd!
Chief - those pictures kinda look like the painting in my bedroom, but please don't set up another stand in there... Fair winds and following seas for your friend
JimT - nice find!
Spent some time last night cleaning and repairing these little battery operated Thomas the Tank engine jobs, which are somewhere between HO and S scale in size. My friend's aforementioned 6yr old likes to play w/ them in the dirt and water, which tends to gum up the gears. I repaired one recently and then got a whole bagful of dead ones. Lots of little gears and parts, but fairly easily repairable. Just takes some patience. Plus I have a few donor engines if necessary.
CAUTION: Thomas fans may find the following images somewhat disturbing!
The current 'dead' line:
The parts yard:
And the ready line:
I think I will be able to get 7 operating ones out of the bag of 10 I got. At $12 - 14 apiece this will save my friend about $100. It's kind of like working on a real railroad too, at least shopwise. Early on I had to keep telling myself not to get too crazy on these things. Just get 'em back out on the line as fast as possible since more will be coming into the shop soon!
I also found a pretty good deal on a Marx 999 last night. Was even a better deal since I forgot about some shipping funds I had on account (Thanks JimT!) I promised my friend's kids that I would set up a train around the tree this year and I figure one of these is tough enough to take the abuse. I'll have it drag around the cars remaining from the late Marx windup. Plus, I've always wanted one of these and can have in on display at the new place.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
jeffrey-wimberly70% chance of rain. Maybe it'll wash some of the dust off my van.
Did someone write wash me on it yet? Seeing that all the time in Towanda.
Then again, we take school off for deer season, so I'm not surprised.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Chief,
Sorry to hear about your friend.
Fife,
Congrats. Any plans for a future layout?
Bob,
Thanks. Speaking of that 302, I'll post a video once I get home tomorrow. It's done minus the coupler.
88,
Did you see the photo of my potential next project on FB?
Been playing with the 751 and 717 dump car. Gilbert definitely had Lionel beat in the log loader department. The 751 is much more fun than Lionel's 164 or 364.
The 322AC is nice, but is DOA. Probably just a bad harness, but I won't know for sure until I open it..
green97probe Did you see the photo of my potential next project on FB?
Hmmmm...........
Now what do you mean by FB? Sorry, I'm just not familiar with that.
green97probeBeen playing with the 751 and 717 dump car. Gilbert definitely had Lionel beat in the log loader department. The 751 is much more fun than Lionel's 164 or 364.
Don't blame you. However, Lionel was definitely in the right state of mind with the Automatic Milk Cars.
green97probeThe 322AC is nice, but is DOA.
Lovin' my 2020. Had problems with E-unit, quick cleaning freed it up.
Chief - sorry to hear about your friend.
Jim - nice. That's something I've been looking at lately. How about some pics on the operation on the 322ac?
Brent - nice pics. The little ones always brighten up a day.
Kev -I've been reading some of your posts on some of the other theads. Careful. Lol.
Ray - congrats on your anniversary! 1959 was a long time ago. That's the year my bride was born.
Speaking of my wife, we have been in the er for the past 4 hours. Seems the sonogram shows gallstones. So ill spend a few more hours here until she gets admitted. Gonna be a long night its almost 2:00 now.
HudsonJohn - t-minus 4 days? Can't wait!
Later. I
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Lehigh Valley 2089 jeffrey-wimberly70% chance of rain. Maybe it'll wash some of the dust off my van. Did someone write wash me on it yet? Seeing that all the time in Towanda.
Lehigh Valley 2089Then again, we take school off for deer season, so I'm not surprised.
Good Morning
Weatherguessers have us being dull and cold today as well...we might, though, see few incidents of that weird yellow orb showing up....
I have a dang meeting to get to this morning then it i off to the mall to get some walking/snooping done...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good Morning!
3 Days to go! Just a quick post. Too much traffic in and out of my office.
AF53, Ray, what is up with Cathy. Must have been the cooking with "Old Spice". It won't make your farts smell better.
Kev: Nice Layout
Brent: She is a cutey
Fife: Congrats on the property.
SubmmBob: Good luck with the landlord
SP Ray: Happy anniversary
Rich: Good Luck with the tree sales.
Chief: 3 more days and I will be RETARDED. Can't wait though.
Have a Great Day
John
Good morning. It's 50° with 100% humidity. It's supposed to be mostly cloudy with a high of 58°. There's a small chance of rain in the morning.I'm feeling much better this morning. Still have some minor balance issues. I suspect this cold I have is responsible for that. We had rain last night so it's already very muggy this morning. Start doing anything outside and it's not long before you're soaked.I have no idea what this day has in store for me. Plans for my future that I don't know about worry me. My father is supposed to be having a couple of Hospice people come today. We'll see what comes of that. He'll also be placing an ad in the local paper for a live-in nurse to care for my mother on a 24/7 basis. Something has to be done as she can't take care of herself any longer.I may be able to get some work done on the layout today. I just don't know.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 34 degrees. Snow flurries. Going up to 46 with some sunshine later.
Today is a busy day. I have chores to do and a phone call to make. Busy morning. Lunch and a nap will be nice.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Morning. Partly cloudy. Had a sprinkle earlier. Getting ready to drive to funeral down in the "sandhills" part of the State.
Chat later.
Mornin' FellasProbe - Yes I saw the pic, and if you take that on you are crazy... Chief - Sorry for your loss Had to mow the leaves last night in the dark since it is to rain today. Don't like doing that because it is very dangerous (can't see sticks and rocks that blew into the yard due to high winds in Sunday). But got er done wihtout any injuries.Have to get working on setting up the Christmas decorations tonight. Hope to get that done tonight and tomorrow, then be able to rest Thursday and Friday. Saturday there is a show in Timmonium (Fife?) that I hope to make. May take the munchkin if TheQ is proctoring exams again.
Only time for a sip. Got to take George back to the vet. He is not doing as well as I had thought he would by now.
Lehigh, FB=FaceBook
John, 3 days to go.
Prayers for Chief's friend's family and AFRay's wife.
Later, have a good day
Aloha. Sunny and cold today. Posted some photos of my work to date on Ivor's layout in a separate thread. Tell me what you think. Praying for your friend's family, Chief. Ray, happy belated anniversary. Hope your wife is doing better. Fife, congrats on the purchase. WV is one of those states I haven't had the pleasure of visiting. Photos of the county are beautiful! Bob, great work on those Thomas engines!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
KRMLehigh, FB=FaceBook
Thank you.
greenprobe
Sorry, don't have an account, and when I tried to access a page one time, it said that I needed to have one.
A bright sunny 26 this morning. middle 30s for the day.
A good group on the Tardis last night. just misc. chit-chat. I got both toy train mags yesterday, can't tell tell you their names though, might be accused of trying to sell subscriptions. They look like I have some good reading ahead. John hang in there stay safe and get out. A small portion of hash browns, egg and 1 toast this morning. I will make it till Looney Tunes comes on at noon..Oh I might watch the news too it's kinda funny....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
Forgot to mention, it is snowing outside today here in Towanda! Good news for the deer hunters out there.
Lehigh Valley 2089 Forgot to mention, it is snowing outside today here in Towanda! Good news for the deer hunters out there.
Lehigh
I take it you are in Towanda, Pennsylvania not Towanda, Illinois then.
Ray "
Kev -I've been reading some of your posts on some of the other theads. Careful. Lol."
You talking about the comment on contacting Dean and Jeff? I thought about it to but I think they both take out ads in the mag so I figured it would be ok, It is a shame you have to think about what and how you answer someone who is asking for help.
Geoege the cat is back from the vet and as I thought he has not recovered as he should of by now. So she scraped the ulcer on his eye to open up the edges so the medication can get into the wound. Hope this works. He goes back in a week. He was not a happy camper in the office and they were wondering why I had on leather gloves. Good news was they only charged $15.00 for todays visit so I have some beer money now.
KRM Lehigh Valley 2089 Forgot to mention, it is snowing outside today here in Towanda! Good news for the deer hunters out there. Lehigh I take it you are in Towanda, Pennsylvania not Towanda, Illinois then.
That is correct. I do live in PA.
I also heard that there was a Towanda, Kansas.
Lehigh Valley 2089 That is correct. I do live in PA. I also heard that there was a Towanda, Kansas.
Towanda Kansas 67144Towanda Pennsylvania 18848Towanda Illinois 61776
KRM Kev -I've been reading some of your posts on some of the other theads. Careful. Lol." You talking about the comment on contacting Dean and Jeff? I thought about it to but I think they both take out ads in the mag so I figured it would be ok, It is a shame you have to think about what and how you answer someone who is asking for help.
Brent - yea. I get it that they have to protect thier advertisers. They probably have no problem with us advertising older items rather than something that's brand new.
Update on wifes status. Surgery later today to remove her gallbladder. All is ok so far.
Late.
Lunchtime:
Ray: Prayers for Cathy. I will call Doray.
Chief: Prayers for your friend. God bless him.
It just started snowing in Edison, NJ. Time for the weather panic.
Laz: 2 1/2 days and a wake up to go!
Have a Great Day!!!!
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