Temp is 31, we got some snow melt today but very little sun to help do the whole job. A long ride south on I-75 would sure do me a lot of good, but granny won't budge. Nothing exciting today, I did see the big wreck a couple times on the news. Where did whats her name finish? Banilla will be waiting for the thingy chat so climb aboard and we lite the fuse...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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SJ...."What's her name" blew an engine early in the race. Maybe she'll do better tomorrow.
Chuck
Good evening. Made an unexpected trip to Elmira. Unfortunately, Lantz's wasn't open today, so I went to Hobby Lobby. Got my foot in the door as far as WW2 aircraft models with the purchase of an O scale P-38J Lightning. In case you don't know what one looks like, here is a picture from Fine Art America.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Thanks Chuck
This morning I said I would probably get a phone call before I could do much of anything and that's what happened. My father called wanting me to come help him work on a push lawn mower that hadn't been started in four years. The spark plug was dirty, the magneto was rusty, the carb had water in it, the flywheel brake was locked up and the throttle cable was rusty. It took close to three hours work but we got it running like a champ. After that I just wanted to rest for a while. I came back home and squeezed a Life-Like motor into the Atlas GP40. It now runs a lot better than it did yesterday. No cleanup work on the layout today.It's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.Tonight's photo taken with the Nippon CardCam 300 VGA camera.
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
Well we just got back from the SEX party. The new grandchild will be a BOY!
have a good night.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Off to bed. Went to sleep watching TV. Sleep tight.
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,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 30s. It was a very good day as we went to watch grandson play basketball. He could not throw it in the ocean today, but was ripping down almost every rebound to be had. Rest of the team took up the scoring slack and scored a 26-14 victory. Took grandson and daughter out to eat (Son-in-law had some National Guard stuff to do) and then went a Half Price Book Outlet and then Sam's Club and then to daughter's place. She is moving and looking better, but still has a ways to go. Stopped off at Barnes and Noble and got a new book on Calvin Coolidge. On the way home, stopped at a JC Penney to spend a $10 gift card. Came home and finished the puzzle we started last night. It was a good day.
As far as Danica and Indycar and NASCAR are concerned, Danica was very popular when she first came to Indy. The roar when she took the lead at Indy was an event I will never forget. Something happened along the way. She threw her team under the bus on more than one occasion, and her behavior on several occasions was highly inappropriate. Also, her performance was less than stellar for the equipment she had. I have nothing against women driving in races. Any one who has read my comments over the years knows I am a huge fan for Sarah Fisher and Simona de Silvestro. What IndyCar failed to do was develop other "stars" besides Danica. They let all the attention focus on her and when she left, there is no one else who commands the attention of the media, and they have not developed many American names for people to follow. When IndyCar was big, there were several stars with rivalries to boot: Foyt, Unser, Andretti, Rutherford, Johncock were all big names. The biggest mistake IndyCar ever made was separating the Dirt tracks from the rest of the series. That allowed all the rear engine drivers (mostly overseas) to take over the series. Then IndyCar split in 1996, giving NASCAR the opening it needed to expand nationwide. NASCAR has overexpanded and the economy tanked. Now both series are hurting. It will be most interesting to see how the next few years turn out.
TBIL. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Morning. Slept very good. Fell asleep watching TV, woke up, posted good night and went right to bed. This time, got room temp a lot lower which helped me sleep.
Shower and pack up. Go to the store around 10 [opens late on Sundays]. Stay until about 4 unless things are dragging.
Foggy outside per TV weather peson. 43 degrees.
Have a great week.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 28 degrees. Going up to 38 today with cloudy skies.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then, relax. I plan on watching the Daytona 500 and have a nice supper.
Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Mornin' boys. Clearing skies and 43 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Laundry, grocery shopping, and NASCAR racing today. Saw the nasty wreck yesterday while Wifey and I were dining at the Cheesecake Factory. Then went home and watched SKYFALL on-demand. Woke up and watched it again.
KRM - Congrats on grandson.
cheapclassics - Was the boy like Dekimbe Motumbo...?
Good Sunday morning to everyone, from the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore, the green old flowing mountains to the south down by the moor.
As I sit here on a Sunday morning looking at CT's forum, I started to wonder about those icons at the top of the posting. You know the ones I'm talking about. One of them looks like an lifesaving ring, another an anchor. There is of course the smiley face. How many of us use the the horizontal rule or the Edit HTML source? I never have and I have been on this forum since 2004. Here is what I got when I used insert a new table. (I added the fours so you could see it.)
What good is this to me? I sure would like to know how others use these icons and inserts. I know how to use bold, italics, underline, cross out highlight, bullets, numbers, etc, but some of these seem icons seem to be rather useless.
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
I didn't have time to have coffee yesterday. I had an on-line go to board meeting in the morning, and a 1st birtrhday party for my grandson in the afternoon, however,...........I also bought something yesterday. The older I get the more stretched out the biding-your-time can get. Now it has been almost 30 years since I bought my 2343's and I planned to get the B unit (2343C) someday. Well, someday was yesterday. The price and condition was right and now I have the complete real deal, and a bunch of speedliner 2500's that I have rebuilt from parts over the last couple of years.
A classic will run again.
Even though it won't arrive for a few days, I may take the rest of the set out to the mall for the photo shoot(I gott take something along, ya' know).
We'll see.
Good morning. It's 44° with 88% humidity. The high will be 65°.I may get some layout cleaning in today but the first order of business is laundry. That should keep me busy the rest of the morning.
DANICAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!
HOPE SHE WINS!!!!!!!!!!
YOU GO GIRL.
Hi GUYZ,
Went to Allentown Train Meet yesterday with BRO and friend. Had a great time. Saw Lionels New Cennipede and its BIG!!! Bought three four bay hoppers by Weaver to add to my READING and NORTHERN Coal train!!!! Great deal all are true O scale and have metal trucks and the Weaver loads in them. Also needed MTH controllers for the Z750 bricks and Justtrains had them brand new for 15 bucks each so I scobbed them and bbought 2. Went out to a good nearby bar (De Marco's) and had a wonderful meal there. Came home and ran trains for two hours NO PILE UPs.
Today gotta do laundry and make soup also take my gals for a long 5 mile walk to the river and back.
Stay frosty my friends,
laz57
KRMWell we just got back from the SEX party. The new grandchild will be a BOY!
Kevin..........Congratulations!!!!!!!! Let the train buying begin!!!!
While a healthy grandchild of course is the most important thing, a grandson would be nice. Childbirth is nothing to be taken for granted as our family learned the hardest way five years ago next month. I will pray that all goes smoothly for your daughter and the family and that the stork delivers a hale and hearty grandson!
I have two granddaughters, but that factory is now closed. Now it would be up to my son to deliver.......but Las Vegas won't be giving any odds on that. First, he would have to find a woman who would be, let us say, "in tune" with his ways......meaning, she would have to overlook a lot of faults. And he didn't get them from me. I'll take the easy way out, plead the fifth, and blame the wife.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Temp is 27, hi for the day will be in the 30s.
There is not much going on around here this weekend but next one will be busy. I don't watch the auto races but do kinda watch the results and the last 5 laps if the TV is on. A good chat with the guys last night..S.J.
19 Degrees with BRIGHT SUN.
Late night last night by the time we got home and cleaned up and ready for bed.
Watching the big race today is what is on the plate. What a wreck yesterday. I hope those fans will be okay. You just can't plan for everything. Part of the draw of the sport.
MikeC, "As far as Danica and Indycar and NASCAR are concerned," I think you nailed it . Well put. I like watching the races from the 80s better than todays. When racing was racing.
Laz, Today gotta do laundry and make soup also take my gals for a long 5 mile walk to the river and back. Yes, the retired life! Cook and clean.
With that I have to make breakfast.
Have a good day.
Aloha. Sunny and cold. today. I'll be heading downtown to celebrate 'Tardy Christmas' with my brother and his family after church. What a horrific crash in the Nationwide race. I was impressed the driver was able to step out of his car though. Hope the fans recover. Glad there was not too many folks watching the race. I thought the whole point about the drivers in NASCAR was what kind of high tech and high money support you had - something Janet Guthrie lacked. Danica has never lacked that sort of system. It should make for an interesting race anyway. Go Junior!Banks, I think it is so cool to have a coal-fired furnace.
Congrats on the impending grandboy, Kev! I was roped into making this video for my bride's cooking club last night.... it's an extension off one of those viral phenomenas where everyone is dancing... http://youtu.be/evgRwgR0XiM
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Mornin' Y'all From Rainy Cape Ann Taxachusetts,
Had the family over last night to belatedly celebrate my wife's 29th birthday. After dinner and dessert, we played Scrabble, girls against the boys. The boys took it on the chin when, at the very end, they came up with the word q-a-i-d-s. Yes, that was the spelling. We challenged of course. A major controversy ensued. The women insisted that my Miriam Webster dictionary could not be used as the authoritative source for words of the Englich language and found some nonsense on the internet that supported their claim.
The misforecasters strike again. The ton of snow has not arrived and it looks like instead of the 8"-12" originally forecast has been reduced to 2"-4" beginning later this morning when the rain switches over to the white stuff. The moisture arrived last night from Roseyville and ponts South but not the colder temperatures anticipated from the front coming from points West and North got delayed somewhere.
These meteorologists should find another line of work.
RockIsland52 Good Mornin' Y'all From Rainy Cape Ann Taxachusetts, Had the family over last night to belatedly celebrate my wife's 29th birthday. After dinner and dessert, we played Scrabble, girls against the boys. The boys took it on the chin when, at the very end, they came up with the word q-a-i-d-s. Yes, that was the spelling. We challenged of course. A major controversy ensued. The women insisted that my Miriam Webster dictionary could not be used as the authoritative source for words of the Englich language and found some nonsense on the internet that supported their claim. Jack hate to agree with the women but check this link out its to the scrabble dictionary website http://www.anagrammer.com/scrabble/qaids The misforecasters strike again. The ton of snow has not arrived and it looks like instead of the 8"-12" originally forecast has been reduced to 2"-4" beginning later this morning when the rain switches over to the white stuff. The moisture arrived last night from Roseyville and points South but not the colder temperatures anticipated from the front coming from points West and North got delayed somewhere. These meteorologists should find another line of work. Jack
Had the family over last night to belatedly celebrate my wife's 29th birthday. After dinner and dessert, we played Scrabble, girls against the boys. The boys took it on the chin when, at the very end, they came up with the word q-a-i-d-s. Yes, that was the spelling. We challenged of course. A major controversy ensued. The women insisted that my Miriam Webster dictionary could not be used as the authoritative source for words of the Englich language and found some nonsense on the internet that supported their claim. Jack hate to agree with the women but check this link out its to the scrabble dictionary website http://www.anagrammer.com/scrabble/qaids
The misforecasters strike again. The ton of snow has not arrived and it looks like instead of the 8"-12" originally forecast has been reduced to 2"-4" beginning later this morning when the rain switches over to the white stuff. The moisture arrived last night from Roseyville and points South but not the colder temperatures anticipated from the front coming from points West and North got delayed somewhere.
Morning all almost noon anyway decided to stay home today as my back was still sore from twisting wrong yesterday and couldn't see myself pushing them carts or twisting and bending working the line.
Well cleaned up the train room some or should say layout table as there probably going to have to stand on it to install the vents for the room.
trying to work on ( in my mind ( how ever small it is ) to make a mold for when I start putting down the gravel in the track and along side it. I'm thinking of trying to basically hide my middle rail if I can will see how it looks when I get done doing it.
Hope all having a good day
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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It is 51 and Sunny at Bayville, NJ.
We had a great time at the Ralph's 80th birthday party last night. He was speechless when he walked in.
Well my Yahoo Messenger is finally working like it should. Had a great ride on the Tardis last night.
Today, I did my Church thing and ushered, took the dynamic duo for their walk, surprisingly it was quiet and they both behaved. Now it is clean the turtle tank and continue with my train inventory and of course run them.
Prairetype, Congrats on the 2343C.
Mike: Prayers for your daughter.
Laz: Sounds like you had a Great Day Yesterday.
RT: Good luck with the gravel. I am interested to see how it comes out.
Kev: Congrats on the news on the upcoming Grandson. May everthing work out well.
Everyone Enjoy the Day!
John
Is there a race on today? Oh, yeah, the NHRA race from Firebird Raceway in Phoenix.....where there are REAL racecars and DRIVERS
IndyCar, USAC and all that lost me when the idiots (Tony George, et al) went from stock blocks to exotic. Trust me, I'm a BIG fan of Offy turbos and innovations like the INFAMOUS Turbine car. They killed it. and NASCAR DIED when they went to "spec" cars and Dodge left (TWICE now). It used to be a HUGE deal to watch Daytona in my house, even the ex left me alone, took the kids and left for the day. The surround sound was UP and the wide screen was a workin'......no more...especially with that moron Waltrip (ok, yeah, BOTH of them). NASCAR has and always will be anit-Mopar...they BARELY let Ford win. It's a pro Chevy/Earnhart series and I just don't care about it....
Off to finish the divorce paperwork and see how I can get distracted....no trains today, maybe a roadrunner sighting later today!
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
anjdevil2 ......no more...especially with that moron Waltrip (ok, yeah, BOTH of them).
......no more...especially with that moron Waltrip (ok, yeah, BOTH of them).
Rich,
#29 and 14
rtraincollectorRockIsland52Good Mornin' Y'all From Rainy Cape Ann Taxachusetts, Had the family over last night to belatedly celebrate my wife's 29th birthday. After dinner and dessert, we played Scrabble, girls against the boys. The boys took it on the chin when, at the very end, they came up with the word q-a-i-d-s. Yes, that was the spelling. We challenged of course. A major controversy ensued. The women insisted that my Miriam Webster dictionary could not be used as the authoritative source for words of the Englich language and found some nonsense on the internet that supported their claim. Jack hate to agree with the women but check this link out its to the scrabble dictionary website http://www.anagrammer.com/scrabble/qaids Jack
RockIsland52Good Mornin' Y'all From Rainy Cape Ann Taxachusetts, Had the family over last night to belatedly celebrate my wife's 29th birthday. After dinner and dessert, we played Scrabble, girls against the boys. The boys took it on the chin when, at the very end, they came up with the word q-a-i-d-s. Yes, that was the spelling. We challenged of course. A major controversy ensued. The women insisted that my Miriam Webster dictionary could not be used as the authoritative source for words of the Englich language and found some nonsense on the internet that supported their claim. Jack hate to agree with the women but check this link out its to the scrabble dictionary website http://www.anagrammer.com/scrabble/qaids Jack
RT.........never let the truth interrupt a perfectly good story.
Lehigh Valley 2089Good evening. Made an unexpected trip to Elmira. Unfortunately, Lantz's wasn't open today, so I went to Hobby Lobby. Got my foot in the door as far as WW2 aircraft models with the purchase of an O scale P-38J Lightning. In case you don't know what one looks like, here is a picture from Fine Art America.
Jake........I had a model of this same P38 aircraft 57 years ago!!!!! One of my all time favorites from WWII. Once the engineers got some of the stability bugs worked out, this was one of the most feared of the U.S "fighters" and arguably one of the fastest!!! It didn't turn too well but made up for it with raw speed and armament. My Dad (RIP) had the model hanging from my bedroom ceiling, chasing a WWI Fokker triplane in a mock dogfight. He loved the irony of such mix and matches.
Hmmmmmmmm........Ms. Patrick in 5th position at Daytona with 12 laps to go. Even my wife is watching. It must be the car.
RockIsland52Hmmmmmmmm........Ms. Patrick in 5th position at Daytona with 12 laps to go. Even my wife is watching. It must be the car. Jack
Well, boys, you may not like her or how she does what she does but she took on the big boys and put on a good show. NASCAR needs it.
What a joke.
Can someone please help me find those last 4 hours of my life. I'd like them back. There were 42 other drivers, but FOX would have you think otherwise. Gonna have to find something else to do on Sundays 'til September.
BTW, Johnson in the #48 won.
RockIsland52 Lehigh Valley 2089Good evening. Made an unexpected trip to Elmira. Unfortunately, Lantz's wasn't open today, so I went to Hobby Lobby. Got my foot in the door as far as WW2 aircraft models with the purchase of an O scale P-38J Lightning. In case you don't know what one looks like, here is a picture from Fine Art America. Jake........I had a model of this same P38 aircraft 57 years ago!!!!! One of my all time favorites from WWII. Once the engineers got some of the stability bugs worked out, this was one of the most feared of the U.S "fighters" and arguably one of the fastest!!! It didn't turn too well but made up for it with raw speed and armament. My Dad (RIP) had the model hanging from my bedroom ceiling, chasing a WWI Fokker triplane in a mock dogfight. He loved the irony of such mix and matches. Jack
There's a reason the Germans called them the "fork-tailed-devils". Wonder how they would have done against the Me262A Jet.
Painted mine aluminum, also putting 8 Japanese flags for an 8 kill Pacific Theatre Ace.
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