In Charlotte in hotel. Got signed onto internet. Now to Hooters [one block away] for some breaded wings for dinner. Bring them back to room and prop up feet, eat and watch TV. Rained off and on. Big crowd at Bass Pro. Sold chargers no longer than I was in the store.
Hungry, chat later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good evening all,
Weather was junk today with ice and stuff all over the roads so I stayed home today. Spent some time looking at new Lionel catalog. This is a definite winner. Many new sets and lots to choose from. Really like the Canadian grain train and the BNSF double stack sets. The PRR General set looks nice too. Good to see a new Scout set and a new low price Santa Fe set. Lots of Thomas sets are there as well with the "correct" type cars. Interesting change on the Polar Express set. Some nice new Christmas sets as well. Took "Saucy Wench" to an exclusive showing of "Beautiful Creatures". That was nice as well. TBIL and I can drive, hopefully better than Danica. Glad she is in NASCAR so she can suck the air out of that series instead of Indycar. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
cheapclassics Good evening all, TBIL and I can drive, hopefully better than Danica. Glad she is in NASCAR so she can suck the air out of that series instead of Indycar. I hope everyone has a good day. Keep on training, Mike C. from Indiana
TBIL and I can drive, hopefully better than Danica. Glad she is in NASCAR so she can suck the air out of that series instead of Indycar. I hope everyone has a good day.
Mike if you have not noticed the last 15 years, Indycar is pretty much dead already and has been. Why do you think she moved? All of the stands at NASCAR are empty too. It is not as much fun as it used to be. NASCAR is also almost dead to me. The average person can't afford to go let alone order a .
Thanks to the owners.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Temp is 33, looks like we got about 3 inches of snow this morning.
Didn't feel good, didn't feel real bad so I just couched a lot of the afternoon. Of course the fresh snow made it easy to stay in. I have a new OGR but just got into a little of it. Some popcorn instead of banilla tonight but the thingy guys can have some..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
Ended up with only 4.5" of snow, a bit disappointed. However, Monday's forecast calls for more precip
Dannica -- "if she didn't have the looks she wouldn't have the ride", not my words but I do believe it.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
V8VegaJeffery or anybody why are some web sites real slow? Two Honda sites are so slow I read CTT while I'm waiting for it to move. I'm done with them now anyway. I was out of the hobby for years and have a bunch of CTT and MR bought on eBay that I haven't read yet. There is a lot of sellers on eBay selling CTT and MR individual issues for ridiculous prices with no bids and they keep on week after week Why? I only buy full years and am almost caught up.
There are many reasons a website could run slow. There have been times this one crawled like molasses on a hillside in Maine in the middle of winter.
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
jonadel Dannica -- "if she didn't have the looks she wouldn't have the ride", not my words but I do believe it.
Jon,
It is like my dad used to tell me, (RIP) Kevin it don’t matter what they look like if you can’t have any and anyone can have a ugly chick. Pick your pleasure., you got forever.
I got the GP40 back together and took it for a test run. No derailments, no hops. The repaired truck is working fine. I did have a couple of hairy minutes earlier when the glue tried to stick the side of the truck to the frame. The only noise I heard during the test was the squealing and growling of the old motor. Maybe someday I'll shoehorn an Athearn motor into it.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Plastic intakes seem to be a fact of life now.The 97 Crown Vic I used to own blew the crossover driving home from work one night.200 in parts later it was back on the road.Old cruiser too bad the frame let go.
Not sure what all that means....... but Dannica has buried extensive PR wherever she has been .... even in Iowa. Go Cart Queens are a dime a dozen. I'd be surprised if she finishes the race, but that's OK, she made payroll without a problem.
Hello All
Back from frying fish. 640 was the count tonight, Pretty good considering the weather which was sleet and freezing rain. Any untreated surface was a sheet of ice. Had a soak in the hot tub and now savoring a glass of wine before joining Mrs in bed
Chief...... You need some fried pickles to go with the wings
Demay.....good luck in the marathon.
Jeffry..........good work
Laz & Fife........stop in more often
Who is Danica?????
Kev.....both soft and hard coal are still in use here in central PA. Although a small piece of the pie. There are mines less than an hour from here and several coal yards within 20 minutes. My hand fired boiler was bought new by me in 1981. I had about $2,500 in buying it and installation (all labor by me including 1000 bricks for the flu) I bought hand fired as opposed to stoker because work was unsteady for me then. I reasoned that if I couldn't afford coal ($30.00 per ton then) I could always cut wood which the stoker wouldn't accept. My $110.00 ton of coal I bought last evening will last me 4 to 5 weeks and save me about 150 or 200 gallons of $3.89 per gallon oil. My oil boiler is still in place and will automatically maintain the heat when the fire is low. Since 1981 I've used +/- 400 gallons of oil. I am considering a switch to an outdoor boiler which could also heat the garage/workshop.
HEYYYYYYYYYyy has any body heard from Wes???????????
I'm getting tuckered out and head'n t bed
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
good evening,
I had a great night running trains and working in the shop. I got out my new to me MTH Pennsylvania FM Trainmaster I Traded for last weekend. I really like it and want another or three
I also smoked out the entire basement. Good stuff
We had a three and a half legged cat show up at the house tonight. It was all beat up and was starving looking. So like a sucker, I fed it. I was almost able to pet it.
He / she was at one time a large cat as its head is huge.
bed time is a calling , I might run down and run a few more loops real quick,
ryan
High 20's today. Even saw a little bit of sun.
My youngest drove here from Ky. yesterday. Got here about 1am. Not bad for driving through that storm. He said that he saw a car off the road about every 5 miles - some of them he recognized as ones that had passed him.
He shoveled our walks and most of the neighbors walks today. Said that he kind of missed the snow.
Funny thing is, the city has not run a plow down our road yet, but somebody has run one doen the alley behind my house.
All fon now.
Nice chat with SJ and Charlie tonight. The new Lionel catalog looks good - love all the remote control stuff! Just a lazy day - had a late start at work anyway and Char couldn't get out to go, so just took the day off. Ice ice Baby! TARDIS is ready and we have the Banilla!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 39 degrees. Going up to 44 today with cloudy skies.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will work on a small train project. Should not take too long. Lunch and a nap are on order.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
Good Morning from Fogville.....
...wherein we can has all kindsa fog and dullness for our viewing pleasure
Lots of stuff to do today..better get to work on them...
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. It's 43° with 1`00% humidity. The high will be 65°.Started off this morning with a blood sugar reading of 57. Not the best for sure. I had to get that up before I did anything else. So chili for breakfast! That's right. Chili. While it's low in sugar it's about 25 grams of fat and around 10 grams of protein. It brings my blood sugar up in a hurry, way faster than glucose tabs. I'm back up in a 'normal' range now and feeling much better.Plans for today, clean up on the layout I guess. It was already a disaster area and working on the FP7 and GP40 didn't improve it any. Of course that's assuming I get a chance to do more than pick up a few items before the confounded phone rings!Well now it's time to take my morning meds. Hope everyone has a better day than I've been having so far.
Morning all. Rainy and chilly. Off to the store. Have a good one.
Good morning,
Cloudy and in the high 20s.
This afternoon the wife and I are going to a sex party………..NO not the kind of sex party you perverts are thinking about. This is a party where everyone will be told what sex the daughter’s new baby will be.
Banks it sounds like coal is a good deal for you. I remember the huge hopper and auger set up we had in the basement when I was a kid. I loved to play in the coal bin. The folks did not like it.
Jon, you got to have known my dad.
Have a great day!
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Damp and 37 here in the Mid-Atlantic region, with gloom-und-doom pending from the banks of the Potomac, where I can swear I see Nero fiddling...
Banks - We see those outside boilers all over the Potomac Highlands. Wifey won't have one.
jonadel - More like, if it weren't for Go Daddy she wouldn't have a ride.
LawsonFarms - Danica understands Daytona, so if she is on the lead lad, I wouldn't be surprised with a top 5 finish. After Las Vegas (Race #3), it will be Danica Who?
My ; nothing more.
Gonna have to check out this new PRR General. Saw the Lincoln Train by LIONEL. $,$$$.$$=that's not happening here.
The new LIONEL R-T-R catalog was kinda fun to page through.
Wifey is gonna want the Gingerbread train, and the Silver Bells gondola.
The PRR General set is handsome, and I like the profile of the coaches.
The Lone Ranger General is ok, but I really wished they hadn't "boogered" the engine up with the masks, and the tender trucks have modern roller-bearing sideframes. Kills it for me.
Good morning. Going to be working on a project with some friends this evening for our video editing class. Hope the weather stays good.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
We have 31 degrees. It was a sunny morning but the clouds have returned, again. Without football Feb. sure is boring. Yawn...S.J.
fifedog The new LIONEL R-T-R catalog was kinda fun to page through. Wifey is gonna want the Gingerbread train, and the Silver Bells gondola. The PRR General set is handsome, and I like the profile of the coaches. The Lone Ranger General is ok, but I really wished they hadn't "boogered" the engine up with the masks, and the tender trucks have modern roller-bearing sideframes. Kills it for me.
Fife,
It was fun to look at. I liked the BNSF Maxi Stack set the best, The MLB Subway set is nice. I liked the New Haven breakman car, and the Freight platform 6-37167.
45 and raining in Beautiful Bayville, NJ.
A nice easy day today. Doray is at the Ice Cream Shop, so it is doing Boxcar inventory and run the trains.
Won a 3472 Operating Milk Car w/platform for opening bid on Ebay. I am going to use it on the layout that I am building at Mom's. I call it the "Amboy Line". I spend Thursday with her, doing upkeep and keeping her company, and I stay over. I bring over trains and components that need servicing/repairs and I do them there. It brings a smile to her and we remenice. I keep teasing her about the Christmas present 59 years ago that started all of this.
Joey D: Good luck with the Marathon and Class.
Jack: Congrats to Pam and Maximus.
Kev: Looks like you may have lucked out with Wifey's car.
SPMan, Ray, Prayers for your friends. Long term health ins. is a tough decision. We are doing that now.
Ryan: The trick to installing wallpaper and keep your sanity and your relationship with your wife. HIRE SOMEBODY!!!! It was worth every penny.
Chief: Enjoy the wings and Bass Pro.
AF53, Ray, The package is here.
Enjoy the day!
John
Good afternoon everyone. Been keeping busy, but caught a bit of the crud, so mandatory slow down here. We have gotten several inches of rain these last couple of days, fruit trees love it, but kids are stir crazy.
joe, good luck with the marathon. Even In my best day, never had the endurance.
hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable weekend.
dennis
TCA#09-63805
Greetings:
Spent the afternoon lubing and cataloging Box Cars. I put a dent inrto it and I ran them for a test making large consists behind my 736 Berkshire and my 6250, Seaboard NW Diesel Switcher.
Time to get ready and go to an 80th Birthday Party for a real good friend, Ralph.
Have a Great Evening!
Well my new (to me) Atlas FP7 hasn't come yet. The delivery estimate said between the 19th and 27th. With my luck it'll come on the 28th. Oh well, I have enough to keep me busy.
In the room. Do not stand there all day and night like I use too. Getting too old. Rest a while and then may go to Ruby Tuesdays [25% discount coupon came with room, I got $5 off wings last night by showing key card] and eat salad bar.
See the news saying big wreck at Daytona and 17 fans hurt. Saw video sevearl times. Hard to believe that cars can be torn apart and drivers not hurt. Speaks well for NASCAR and the car builders.
Bought two leaf suits and the turkey hunting vest with drop down padded waterproof seat. Use both varmit hunting too. Other suit is for Frankie as he crawls around in the woods doing drug survailence.
All those in the path of the snow storms, stay dry and warm.
Later.
John, wall papering isn't that bad, this wall paper we choose was a log look, so you had to hang it horizontally It looks great, got one side done (were only doing the exterior walls) gonna do another tomorrow, then that's it until the other 3 rolls show up. I'll get a pic later
Kev, you had me there for a second....... guess I'm one of the sick minded people.... LOL
Haven't seen the three and half legged cat yet today.
gonna head back to the basement for some more run time in a bit
Ryan
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