RT - I think your e-mail has been hacked.....I just got some spam form you....
Quick run through...no, I'm not watching the "game".
Picked up that other "O" gauge magazine tonight....and Mopar Action for some reading.
Taxes filed, laundry done. Next on the docket is divorce papers...next weekend. I need to see what cash is left from this months bills. If I can swing it, have it done and delivered to Florida a week from Thursday..... (you can guess what date that is....)
Jeff - nice that your grand nephew is interested in that....from that small ember...
Fife - I feel your pain. Went through that with my Princess. If you need to talk/text/e-mail.....
Good luck on the "Bowl" with your Birds...
Off to relax and catch up on more reading. Beed soon as this is my LONG week...Have to work Saturday, regular drill on Thursday (which may be a half day), County meeting on Tuesday.
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
Currently watching Super Bowl. Watching for commercials. So far so good.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Temp is 24
I got a call from Tenn. this afternoon, it was my cousin heading south till the end of March, sigh. Watching THEE game, pretty good so far. I will wait for the thingy and maybe have some Banilla while I wait...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
Jeff, dampers and draft controls are fine, its just been COLD!!! And I am out i the cold most of the day, and just can't seem to get warm this time of year.
At least in the summer time, I can put a fan on the coffee table and sit on the sofa in my birthday suit and cool off with a few
This stupid flue thing has went from my head to my stomach to my rear bowel area. hope thats gonna be the end of it
KEV Holly CRAP!! never saw that before. we have peckers here but they just make 4" oval holes maybe 2" deep here and there or just "peck patches" , nothing like you have there
you think that tree will come back? unfortianatly, those cherries are not good wood stove materials
I cut one down last year, it turned into this powdered dust before it even seasoned
later
Ryan
Good evening.
Very tired right now. Didn't get chance to get on until now.
KRM, guess Woody paid you a visit.
Didn't get to work on the layout today, kept busy all day long. Not feeling great.
KRM here is why you don’t want Pleated Woodpeckers around. The largest woodpecker. Length 16.5" Wingspan 29" Crow sized species found in mature forest, where it searches for it’s favorite food-carpenter ants-by excavating large rectangular holes within hours.
here is why you don’t want Pleated Woodpeckers around.
The largest woodpecker. Length 16.5" Wingspan 29" Crow sized species found in mature forest, where it searches for it’s favorite food-carpenter ants-by excavating large rectangular holes within hours.
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Bo, here is why you don’t want Pleated Woodpeckers around.
Pleated Woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers. Length 16.5" Wingspan 29" Crow sized species found in mature forest, where it searches for it’s favorite food-carpenter ants-by excavating large rectangular holes within hours. This Choke Cherry tree is a goner.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Got the breakfast thing taken care of this morning. Had a crowd of eight. I showed my great nephew another one of my locos. An FP7. He was absolutely nuts about it. From there I went grocery shopping. Now I'm home feeling a bit worse for the wear.
RT: That's a good one. What I'd say to my wife if I had one. Sounds better than 'wash your hair so your scalp will look good on the wall'.
Good morning all,
Buckeye, glad you were not injured in your car adventure. I pulled a stunt once up in New Hampshire when we were there on vacation. While driving at night, I had to make a right hand turn on some dark road. I saw something I thought was the road but it turned out to be just a place for highway materials to be parked. Fortunately, I was able to stop before I hit the side of a cut in the hill.
Chief, I had the same problem with getting my grandson a layout. His mother did not want an O gauge layout due to small space available so they finally settled on an HO layout. The O gauge stuff I gave him gets run now at Christmas around the tree if at all. "You can lead a horse to water etc" . Like the idea of your new floor mats. Good place to put wiring to get from one table to another. BTW, I see you are a fan of diet ginger ale. I like it too since I discovered some around Christmas.
V8. what rain? We did not get any over here on the East side of L.A. unless it was in the mountains. Maybe it evaporated before it hit the ground.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Temp is 15, 10 when we got up this morning. I would love to let Joe have this weather instead of me. Super Bowl Sunday, more hype than game but of course we will watch it won't we. . . S.J.
Morning. Actually cloudy early with a few snow flurries but temps above freezing so it looked like it had sprinkled. Sunny now. Warming. Good week ahead.
Always blame the REBS for Yankee inability. Glad he is OK.
Fifey, know it is sad when the birdies fly the next. They always come back for a morsel or two. That is the way the family grows as he will start a new one just like you did.
Kev, listen to Brent. Just don't follow in his footsteps. Saw a leg and arm off while falling from a tall ladder.
Wifey wants to go do errands later. The "Boys" ["adopted Grandboys"] may come and play trains today. They finally got all their track and switches I gave them for Christmas out. Put together a "layout" on the bonus room floor. Dad, a finish carpenter, still has not built them a table like he promises. Guess "Granddad" will have to go over there and build it for them.
Guess the old man in Ioway is frozen in as no posts lately.
Have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Tim finally decided to tie the knot with his long-time girlfriend. One evening, after the honeymoon, he was assembling some loads for an upcoming hunt. His wife was standing there at the bench watching him. After a long period of silence she finally speaks. "Honey, I've been thinking, now that we are married I think it's time you quit hunting, shooting, hand loading, fishing and those trains will be great for children. Isn't it time you sell your guns and boat?" " and pack up those trains till we have children Tim gets this horrified look on his face. She says, "Darling, what's wrong?" "There, for a minute, you sounded like my ex-wife." "Ex-wife!", she screams, "I didn't know you were married before!" "I wasn't "
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Morning guys, 20 degrees with a very light snow falling. Pretty out there. There are two of those large Pleated Woodpeckers working over the same tree the one was on a week or so back. The wife got out of bed early to watch them. They are cool. At the rate they chip away the tree may be felled soon.
I am thinking of cutting some risers today off of the advice I got from Brent. ¾" per 1’ and play with raised track.
Fife, I know how much it hurts to see a child leave the nest but most times these days they will return a few times before they leave for good. Although my BIL is 57 and has never left the nest. Or had a job for that matter.
You know Buckeye if you would of came down here you wouldn't of seen ice at all yesterday. We don't have that here in South Carolina. Morning all just a quick stop by. Time to get going breakfast first thou. Will check in later.
wrconstructionBurning an absurd amount of fire wood as of late
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cold 20 degrees. Going up to 23 today(big deal). We got about an inch of snow last night. More today.
Today is an easy day. Grocery shopping was expensive yesterday. Prices keep going up. Gas is back up to almost 4 bucks a gallon. It gets better all the time. A few chores today and then relax. Superbowl tonite. Pregame is 6 hours and game is 4 hours. Sounds like a real circus.
Buckeye... Looks like the REBS rented you a real lemon. Glad you are ok.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Chuck
good morning
we got a light coating of snow last night. COLD
Burning an absurd amount of fire wood as of late
8N I had a tire like that on my truck before. it would go weeks with no issues then wham.... flat for no reason, some times it was only a day or two. sometimes it was gradual, other times only a few hours.
come to find out the was a screw in it, and I guess it depended on where the screw was in relation to the tire tire when i parked.
ohh well went on for three months like that then finally a 8.00 plug job
gonna try to get some painting done today
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. A little more snohizo and 23 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Good thing for global warming....might really be cold otherwise...
Been waiting for 12 years to watch RAVENS in another Super Bowl. Now it doesn't matter to me, Fifepup is moving away.
Good morning. It's 47°F with 80% humidity. The high will be 68°F with some clouds.I'll be going to my fathers place in a few hours to help prepare breakfast for the family. So that'll be me, my father, my younger sister and her other half, my older niece and her son and whatever other family members show up.Not surprisingly no layout work was done yesterday. Maybe I'll have time to do some today. But I wouldn't bet on it.And if the photo below is any indication the Nikon seems to have survived it's recent trip to the concrete.
TARDIS is ready. Jeffrey - that was a very nice tribute to your Mom. Prayers for you and your family.
I did my taxes today, then picked up some snacks and goodies at Walmart. Nice chat with Charlie, RT and SJ tonight. We watched Hotel Transylvania, which is really fun - loved it!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Konnichiwa,
We don’t have much going on today. Due to an ailing wife and youngest child, we did not go to Sunday school or church this morning. The wife has a little bit of a bug and the youngest has a cough. It’s nothing serious but there’s no sense to be around others and it’s best to remain in bed. I have spent most of the day watching the UFC fights. There have been a couple of entertaining fights and the main event is coming on now. After this fight I’ll spend some time reading.
SJ – I’ll gladly take your cold weather.
Buckeye – I’m glad you’re okay. That sounds like Rebel sabotage to me , or simply their inability to take care of their roads down there.
Sayonara,
Joe
Sunny and about 40 today.
Well, my flat tire at work appears to be related to the recent drop in the temperature. I filled the tire with air yesterday and it is still holding.
The county historical society is starting to plan a train show here this fall. One of the people organizing it stopped by the deopt and asked my wife if we'd be able to set up a layout at the proposed show. Sounds like fun. I think I'll come up with something to feature my operating cars and accessories.
All for now.
Good evening all,
Flurries in SE Indiana off and on today. Great news about Tyler! Chief, glad to hear you go to those "Foreign sport" games. Let me know when you go to a soccer game!!! Stayed up with the "saucy wench" until 2 this morning doing a jigsaw puzzle. Skipped the Kokomo show due to the weather. Was looking forward to it, but just did not want to risk being on the road if it got slippery. We watched "Ironman" after Mass tonight. Got the latest issue of Trains today. Good ad on the inside of the front cover. TBIL and I can drive. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Nothing to report today. Will probably work on the layout tomorrow.
Good night.
Buckeye Riveter This afternoon, I had the fun of riding along with the car downhill sideways, across the right shoulder and hitting a rock cliff head on.
This afternoon, I had the fun of riding along with the car downhill sideways, across the right shoulder and hitting a rock cliff head on.
Buckeye has just created a new theme park ride.
Busy afternoon. Went by Harbor Freight where they had the snap together foam rubber floor pads like you put at your work bench. Bought a lot with a special coupon. Came home and started putting down flooring down the isles in the Box. Had to go to niece's birthday party at Monkey Joes [heaven help us all]. Came back by Harbor Freight with another coupon and bought another batch. Now when you enter the Box, you walk on the foam flooring. Also, all the isles are now floored with the padding. Looks good and walks good. Also can run wires under it from bench work to bench work. Still had enough to pad the area at the workbench.
Doug M., well its, "Nothing can stop a Trane." and "Nothing runs like a Deere." Surprised the KEV or Jon didn't squeel. They are John Deere fans like me. I do agree, nothing seems to run like this Trane heat pump. Variable speed fan in the outside unit and same for the wall mount unit. Very efficient and quite. Set it on the temps for heating and cooling. Then set it on auto. Calls for heat, it heats. If the temps go up like last week, A/C comes on and it cools.
KEV, going to arrest you for operating a Gator under the influence.
Time for some diet ginger ale.
PS: this just came up on the local news web site.
http://www.wral.com/train-overturns-in-bladenboro-hazmat-team-responds/12058951/
BTW: we are having a few tiny snow flurries.
Take it your okay. You all need to be careful up there.
You need to stop scaring us like that and of coarse you didn't have the camera with you so we could see all the fun you where having.
You didn't say so have to ask if your fine I bet your going to be sore thou tomorrow morning.
Take care and bet a hot bath wouldn't hurt tonight either thou.
WOW Buckeye, thank God your okay?? How about the car Were Chief's patrol cars in pursuit at the time???
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
wrconstruction I was thinking back on the boy scouts discussion today. My scout troop was in a carriage house type structure next to the church. the scout masters would sit and chain smoke cigarettes during the whole meeting, ashing in an old Offering Plate from the church. Scout Camp? hahahahah never went to a BSA camp, we were towed out to one the leaders farms and ran rampant while the leaders drank beer, and talked about who they were cheating on there wives with that month. so heres what I learned at scouts: How to Curse Well drinking beer looks like fun since the scout master did it, cheating on your wife sounds like fun, must be ok too how to be racist Smoking cigarettes is cool And a whole slew of other things the 13 year boys shouldnt know about. I think all the kids that went to that troop, ended up dumber in the end
I was thinking back on the boy scouts discussion today. My scout troop was in a carriage house type structure next to the church. the scout masters would sit and chain smoke cigarettes during the whole meeting, ashing in an old Offering Plate from the church. Scout Camp? hahahahah never went to a BSA camp, we were towed out to one the leaders farms and ran rampant while the leaders drank beer, and talked about who they were cheating on there wives with that month.
so heres what I learned at scouts:
How to Curse Well
drinking beer looks like fun
since the scout master did it, cheating on your wife sounds like fun, must be ok too
how to be racist
Smoking cigarettes is cool
And a whole slew of other things the 13 year boys shouldnt know about.
I think all the kids that went to that troop, ended up dumber in the end
Ryan, I had to laugh at that one. When we were poor white kids growing up in north eastern Ill. Our parents told us we were too broke for Boy Scouts,, I guess you had to pay for stuff like uniforms and the like so we never even got close. Now after reading your post it sounds like it could have been fun. We did have a neighbor lady that took pity on our poor souls and talked our parents into letting her drag us to some Baptist church thing called Awanas. All I found out there is that the Baptist girls were just as interesting as the Catholic ones. So much for clubs. So then I joined the choir.
Have a good night guys.
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