KRMYesterday afternoon I found out something I did not know about the new Silverado. I went up to the mailbox to take it off of the post so I could fix the door hinge. Anyway I pulled off to the side of the street, put on the 4 way flashers, shut off the truck, left the keys in the ignition and walked to the mailbox. (NEVER DO THIS) I was taking the screws out that hold the mailbox to the post and the truck horn honks once??? What?? I walk over to the truck and it has locked itself. Well as some of you know our driveway is ½ mile long. It is cold and I don’t have my heavy winter gear on. Well anyway I got a nice one-mile walk in that I had not planned on by the time I got back to the house for the extra set of keys. BTW I did braze a flat washer to the mailbox door and got it fixed.
KEV........there are so many function settings the owner can choose on newer vehicles, accessed through the DIC (driver's information control) menus, or even disable them if desired. Explains why the owners' manuals on cars are now the size of phone books.
My SRX has a separate manual just to cover the dvd/navigation/surround sound systems!!!! So don't feel bad.
I probably don't know half of the features that are on my vehicle. I have hands-free voice command controls on some of the car's functions that I have not yet started to play with!!!!
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
lion88roar.......Christina will be 19months old tomorrow... wow time has really flown by!This is what SHE chose to wear to daycare todayYES, she is a girl!
.........yes she is!!!!! Why are you posting to this forum when you should be off to your second or third job to fund Christina's wardrobe?
RockIsland52 KRMLAZ, you only take your empty beer cans in ONCE a year??? LAZ.........I didn't believe that part either. Jack
KRMLAZ, you only take your empty beer cans in ONCE a year???
LAZ.........I didn't believe that part either.
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
lion88roar..........Next one won't be a BMW because I need an SUV, thinking either Toyota Highlander, Lincoln MKX, Nissan Pathfinder, or Dodge Durango. Kinda leaning toward the Dodge or Lincoln right now - like the size of the Durango, but like the styling and FWD of the MKX...
Brent......go for the Lincoln MKT, not the MKZ. The MKT is larger and will accomodate 4-5 adults (or 2 car seats) plus a lot more luggage capacity (plus strollers, diaper bags, toys, coolers, etc.). If you need the additional passenger capacity, the MKT comes with a deployable (or fold flat) third row seat (will seat 7 and still have room for luggage). Of course, it has AWD. And since you might be feeling sorry for yourself moving to a more "family friendly" vehicle, the MKT comes with a 3.5L twin turbocharged V6 that develops somewhere in the vicinity of 350 horsepower and a like figure for torque.....perfect for towing the boat and the camper you will be buying and/or keeping pace with the Beemers out on the road..
Phish,
Are you still buying American Flyer, or have you switched to Marx completely? The AF bug is a tough thing to get rid of in my experience.
Fired up the desktop last night and heard a series of long repeating beeps. Turns out, it failed POST due to a RAM issue. Several reboots confirmed what I was thinking. Removed and reinstalled both RAM sticks, and all is well.
Any thoughts on that Brent?
BTW, I don't think I'll be able to make it to York in April.
Jim
Banks - finally remembered to renew my TCA Membership and order by York badge after TheQ reminded me about it! Got that done last week, still waiting for new Membership and Badge... last year I renewed and ordered the badge on the same day (like this year) and the Badge arrived first... we'll see if it happens again!Got the IT'S A BOY car ordered on Monday, arrived today. Now have to find appropriate pics of Christina (for her car) and Matthew (for his car) and get them finished.Christina will be 19months old tomorrow... wow time has really flown by!This is what SHE chose to wear to daycare todayYES she is a girl!
https://brentsandsusanspicutures.shutterfly.com/
Kev - scroll about 2/3 down this page (look for the post from user jivy99) and you have your answer - it can be done, but you have to take the truck to the dealer... also - you maybe satisfied with one of the other DIC settings. http://chevroletforum.com/forum/silverado-fullsize-pick-ups-21/disable-auto-door-locks-2006-silverado-2445/
This is one reason I like my BMWs, there are so many customizable features. I just wish my door lock actuator hadn't failed on the driver's front door and I could figure out how to pop the panel and replace it... oh well... I'm not paying over $300 to have it fixed and will just deal with it till I trade the car in. Next one won't be a BMW because I need an SUV, thinking either Toyota Highlander, Lincoln MKX, Nissan Pathfinder, or Dodge Durango. Kinda leaning toward the Dodge or Lincoln right now - like the size of the Durango, but like the styling and FWD of the MKX...
I had chipotle cheese-steak pasta for lunch. I added some of my special hot sauce to it and man was that good! Good and hot! I'm still sweating. I did some clean-up work on the layout this morning. I can see more of it now. There's still quite a ways to go though.Contractors are at my nieces new home (formerly my parents house) starting the tear-out on the west wing (my father lives in the newer east wing). All the ceiling tile, paneling and floor covering in the west wing has to go. After that the wiring will be brought up to code (currently pre-1970). That means grounded three prong outlets! Before today the only room in the west wing that had them was my fathers office and that was only on one wall. We had put down an eight foot grounding rod outside and run a heavy copper wire inside to ground those three receptacles. That put an end to fried electronics from lightning, in that room at least. The entire west wing is to be remodeled. No more paneling. Sheetrock will be going up. Two full bathrooms will be combined to make one large bathroom. Part of the wall between a large den and what was my fathers office will be removed so it's one very large room. That's all I know for now.
Hello all.
Cloudy low 30's here.
A quick post to welcome back Phish. I missed you and your inspiration. Glad all is well.
Got my YORK badge in the mail yesterday. I'm looking forward to a few days away and a visit with some of you.
Best keep on moving.
Prayers for those in need.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Temp is 35, but a colder weekend is coming.
I couldn't wait till tomorrow, changed the calenders to March 1st this morning. Starting tomorrow no more complaints about winter from me. Granny fixed me eggs, hash browns and 1 toast for breakfast. We gotta keep that other forum informed of what we eat as they do seemed interested in that. A nice chat with some of the guys last night..S.J.
EDIT: RT we may need you to put on some fresh coffee at midnight, you know how all that popcorn puts the chief to sleep.
"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
Aloha. Grey and hopefully warmer. Speaking of warmer, that's what's happening to the inside of our two-year old fridge. There's nothing really to check too on these sealed units. Ah well. Gotta call someone. Nice to check in with the TARDIS crew last night, whilst trying to figure out Minecraft mods. Kev, I am always fearful of that happening in my wife's car. It is full of magic bells and whistles that seem to work by themselves. One time I set off some kind of alarm by dropping the key fob. Of course, I couldn't figure out how to turn it off. I'm always opening the windows instead of the door locks. JimFish, that's a nice Fifth Wheel. They really have you jumping as a Deacon Looking forward to hearing good news about your project.
Ray, congrats on your future grand!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
LAZ I do alot of business with tristate. Paul and Dave are top notch people.
Good morning. It's 39° with 65% humidity. It'll be sunny with a high of 58°.The plan for today is to clean up the layout. Whether or not that happens remains to be seen. I hope to get out later today when it's warmer. There's some light outdoor work that needs to be done and I need to do general preventive maintenance on my van.
32 degrees with light snow. Maybe picked up an inch more on the North Bluff.
This story should bring the Chief much Joy!!
Yesterday afternoon I found out something I did not know about the new Silverado. I went up to the mailbox to take it off of the post so I could fix the door hinge. Anyway I pulled off to the side of the street, put on the 4 way flashers, shut off the truck, left the keys in the ignition and walked to the mailbox. (NEVER DO THIS) I was taking the screws out that hold the mailbox to the post and the truck horn honks once??? What?? I walk over to the truck and it has locked itself. Well as some of you know our driveway is ½ mile long. It is cold and I don’t have my heavy winter gear on. Well anyway I got a nice one-mile walk in that I had not planned on by the time I got back to the house for the extra set of keys. BTW I did braze a flat washer to the mailbox door and got it fixed.
LAZ, you only take your empty beer cans in ONCE a year???
Nice to meet you Jim Pish.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
RYAN,
No I take the scrap to Tri State Recyclers on 7th Street. Seem to get a better price there.
laz57
Sturgeon-PhishEvening all, Good to see a lot of the names from when I was regular reader, and your greetings really made me feel good. Still have custody of the Grandkids aand they are a true blessing. They help me stay young. Bride is as wonderful as ever. I did finish the bedroom addition. We moved in last fourth of July. We bought a different truck and camper. The truck is a '03 GMC 3500 duramax diesel crew dually, it is really nice, and the camper is an '05 Wildcat 31QBH fifth wheel. I'm putting an EGT and boost gauge on it now. Super busy at work with a multi-million dollar project to upgrade the support systems for the final test before DOE authorization for full deployment of the project I've been working on since '05. Man, it how time flys. Seems like yesterday I was in Oak Ridge Tn. Church work has stepped up a notch or two, wher I was assigned to two parishes, I'm now assigned to four and rotate to different parishes for different Masses. Never a dull moment. The latest train related stuff is Marx tin plate. They are neat and I don't think you could break them. Got a bid on ebay for a set tonight. You can generally pick up a nice set for under $100. Good night and may God bless Jim
Good to see a lot of the names from when I was regular reader, and your greetings really made me feel good.
Still have custody of the Grandkids aand they are a true blessing. They help me stay young. Bride is as wonderful as ever. I did finish the bedroom addition. We moved in last fourth of July. We bought a different truck and camper. The truck is a '03 GMC 3500 duramax diesel crew dually, it is really nice, and the camper is an '05 Wildcat 31QBH fifth wheel. I'm putting an EGT and boost gauge on it now.
Super busy at work with a multi-million dollar project to upgrade the support systems for the final test before DOE authorization for full deployment of the project I've been working on since '05. Man, it how time flys. Seems like yesterday I was in Oak Ridge Tn.
Church work has stepped up a notch or two, wher I was assigned to two parishes, I'm now assigned to four and rotate to different parishes for different Masses. Never a dull moment.
The latest train related stuff is Marx tin plate. They are neat and I don't think you could break them. Got a bid on ebay for a set tonight. You can generally pick up a nice set for under $100.
Good night and may God bless
Phish........does it look anything like this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24uHOrWx9c
I am glad to hear all is well with you and your family. My only concern is how you are going to fit all of us in your camper.
AF53 Well, we had the sex party tonight and my daughter decorated the cake with the center icing answering the question "boy or girl". And here's the verdict!
Well, we had the sex party tonight and my daughter decorated the cake with the center icing answering the question "boy or girl". And here's the verdict!
Ray........you and your family have my sincerest congrats on your upcoming grandparenthood. As you aptly noted some time back, h-e-a-l-t-h-y is all that really matters.
I notice from the photo that you and John removed all evidemce of the celebratory before you took the photo. I assume that is because the two of you are the ultimate schemers and planners (train purchase strategy) and have expanded your attention to the minutest incrimminating detail into other aspects of your lives.
Good morning all,
It is snowy in SE Indiana. Took my time and still made it ontime to work. Last night I came home, slept until 6:30, ate leftovers, watched two episodes of MASH, watched "Arrow", checked emails on PC, went to bed. Could be an interesting day at work. TBIL anytime tonight and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning. Have some things I dont want to do today.
LAZ, where do you go? CSR?
Have a good day
Ryan
AFRAY, CONGAS GRANDAD!!!!!
KEV, I still do my share of the recycling, beer can, aluminum, copper,. Take em once a year down to junk yard and cash em in then start all over again.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 32 degrees. Going up to 38 today with a chance of rain.
Today is a busy day. Wife is doing some grocery shopping and I am taking care of some chores. Busy until lunch and then a nice nap.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Hi GUYZ,
38 here and nice got the PT done and now gonna take my gal for her 5 mile walk to the river and back. Today got to take wife Kia in for her first oil change. Then come back and work some on the layout.
JOE D, WIFE is from Mahanoy City and ran the COALCRACKER 10k and I think won her age bracket, a few years ago. I don't know if they allow dogs to run? But, MINNIE and I ran a trail run last fall here in Millersburg, The NED SMITH Conservation Run. Just a 5k and I started us out dead last. Letting all the other dogs and runners get at least a 150 yard lead, fore I didn't know how she would react to the other dogs. When we finally started she tore out like shot in the butt. Before long we were passing everyone going back and forth along the road till we hit the trails. Had to stop for a dump,not me but MINNIE, then around a few trees, stopped for a drink in the creek, then onward to the finish. We finished second out of 30 dogs and runners. Coulda won but I didn't know how she would do with the other dogs. Oh well not to bad for the day maybe this year we'll start in the front of the pack?
Stay frosty my friends,
Konnichiwa,
I’m about to go to work; I am going in late today since the wife had a Japanese-American culture club event this morning. I spent the morning ensuring the kids did all their schoolwork; the older two are at piano lessons now and the youngest just went down for a nap. It is sunny outside and not too cool. I will be busy when I get to the office as I have many tasks to complete today.
Laz – Running on Antarctica would be pretty amazing. I’m hoping when I’m home this June that I will be able to run the Coal Cracker 10K in Shenandoah. I’ve never done it before and it seems only right to run it since it’s in my hometown. I think you and Minnie should run it too.
Doug – Yes, McDonald’s is extremely good at uniformity across its restaurants. They have strict franchise rules – it clearly works.
Congratulations to those expecting grandsons!
Sayonara,
Joe
Evening all,
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
AF53Well, we had the sex party tonight and my daughter decorated the cake with the center icing answering the question "boy or girl". And here's the verdict!
AF53 Well, we had the sex party tonight and my daughter decorated the cake with the center icing answering the question "boy or girl". And here's the verdict! Hey Ray,,,,,,,,,,, !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regular 6119 has LIONEL printed on the black frame where this has built by LIONEL heatstamped on the red cab. The latest I have ( which are older books) is good $175. ex $250 ( I paid $81 for the whole set including the shipping as he had it listed free shipping) A lot of times if I see a set for sale or bunch of cars I will look carefully at them and break out the books to see if maybe its a rare version in there that there not aware of.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
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