Coffee Pot #3 MARCH 2013 NINE years [April 1 is Anniv.] and going strong and its for all to chat. Plenty of coffee and sweet ice tea for all. Come and join us and chat. Grits for the Yanks.

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

Good morning everyone.

Gut and throat hurt some today. Hopefully they will clear up before the day is out. Plan on doing more body work on the P-38J.

Hudson#685

Jake: Forget about working on the P-38. I would be working on Danette!

By the way, she doesn't seem like her normal self. She normally has more energy than she does right now. I don't know if it's just that's she's still tired from the trip, or if the thought of us being seniors in high school close to the end of another year (man, is it that time already?) is beginning to sink in, and it's hitting her hard.

I know that it hit me hard. More than I care to admit.

 

[laz 57]

Hi GUYZ,

  29 here and cool and windy.  Got PT done and now for 5 miler to river and back.  Today got to go and see WIFEs UNCLE and the see MOM. 

JOEY D, sounds like a blast.  I remember playing catch with my DAD growing up.  He was the first one to throw a curve ball to me.  Was cool watching that come in and to this day I can still remember it breaking for me.  Your son and you will always have those memories. Neat!

BO cool work, really like your photos!

ROY, I drive a FORD, Fix Or Repair Daily.

BANKs Continued prayers for your MOM.

Stay frosty my friends,

laz57

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....

It is a sunny 32 degrees. Going up to 36 today with some sunshine. Today is the first day of Spring ?????

Today is a busy day. I have some chores to do and a few projects to work on. I'll be busy until lunchtime. Then I can take a nice nap.

Dining car has Cheerios for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Wednesday.

Chuck

[fifedog]

Mornin' boys. Sunny & 37 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Tired of stayin' frosty...I want balmy .

Youngest Princess is "itchy" this morning from her sutures.  PT coming to house at 0930.

submmbob - I think we have a spectrum analyzer in one of our nightstands...

Demay - Be sure to let us know when you are attending YORK in advance, so that we can bathe first.

Bo - Check your swing clearance at that good looking rock outcropping.  I use a scale SD40-2, and yet I still have problems with scale steamers on some of my tight spots.  Thanks for sharing.

[lion88roar]

submmbob

BMW - Break's My Wallet

Not quite. I can afford the repairs, what drives me nuts is their crazy service codes (need a special code reader) and their cryptic descriptions. It is almost like Microsoft took a queue from them when they wrote their error code messages "If the problem continues, contact your system administrator"... well Mr Computer "I AM THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR".

Seems Matthew is enjoying Daycare . He slept through the night again last night and is very happy when he comes home. Christina on the other hand is turning into a handful. The last two nights she hasn't wanted to sleep in her bed, and there isn't enough room in our queen sized bed for two adults, a 19mo, and a cat! I really don't want to buy a king sized bed and I will NOT sleep in another bed from my wife... so a certain 19mo is going to have a talk with Daddy tonight.

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

Sunshine but....CCCOLD!!!...20F feeling like 5F out here.....

Got some runnin' 'roun' doin' stuff to do here...CYLR!!!!

[KRM]

Bright sun and 15 degrees on the North Bluff. If we are lucky it will hit the mid the 20s

Our daughter Katherine is 25 years old today. Wow.

Laz, FORD = Found On Road Dead 

The last Briggs engine item will end today on the bay. So far it has grossed $476.00 before fees.

Later all!

 

Ryan, here is pictures of Bob's Plymouth Switcher smoke unit fix. Nice work.

I use this unit to add smoke to my log cabin on the layout.

 

 

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

submmbob

Jeffrey - that VW might actually be able to get that trailer moving. They were actually rated @ 1 ton since 1963 and had some reduction boxes at the axle that really stepped the gearing down. I once moved a 1/2 ton of dirt inside my 65. We used to use my buddy's 63 at the shop to tow a two axle car trailer w/ another VW on it However you would not get that rig moving very fast and god help you if you stepped on the brakes too quickly. The Dodge is a much better choice

I'd have to say they'd have been in serious trouble trying to move that Airstream then. The bus in my photo was representative of a T1 probably made between 1955 and 1959 and cranked out around 40hp on a good day. I don't know what the gear ratio was but it couldn't have been good. One of our neighbors back in the early 70's had one in good condition and it was absolutely terrible at getting a heavy load moving. It did a lot better after they hitched two horses to the front.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning.  Sunny and cooler.  Been going since early this AM.  Fox on the run.  Have a good one.

[cnw1995]

Aloha. Ridiculously cold for the first day of astronomical Spring, about 2 with the breeze. SJ, Belated birthday wishes to Granny Pat and prays for her back. My bride is still not 100%. Ryan, Scruffy looks like a great cat. JoeD, you run a great practice. My youngest had a LL coach who took a drill instructor approach to learning the game. Not fun. Brent, I have that same reaction to that Sysadmin error message. . When my kids were around your daughter's age, I reversed the doorknobs to their rooms so I could 'lock' them in for a little while at bedtime. Bo, we're a little north for the ACW re-enactments, but have attended a few from the Blackhawk War.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning. It's 48° with 93% humidity. The high will be 70°.


Well we got a lot of lightning, thunder and showers last night. Didn't sound like much wind though. Today I'm going to try cleaning up the layout some more. I almost have the extension cleared of clutter.

[Zero Export]

Good morning, I am late getting to work today, had to do some running around this am

Bob, Kev, thanks for the info ./ pics

looks like a typical slow wensday

Ryan

[submmbob]

Hello all

Stayed up late, or early as the case may be, working on a certain docksider.

Kev - that smoke unit looks familiar

Jeffrey - given the front turn signals (63-67) and the fact that it had wraparound rear windows (last year was 63), I'd say that's most likely a 1963 version That would make it a 1500cc w/ a whopping increase to 50HP Yes, I know more about these than I would care to admit.

Time to pack up and get out of here.

[KRM]

submmbob

 Jeffrey - given the front turn signals (63-67) and the fact that it had wraparound rear windows (last year was 63), I'd say that's most likely a 1963 version That would make it a 1500cc w/ a whopping increase to 50HP Yes, I know more about these than I would care to admit.

 

 I know a bit about those too.

 Back in 1969 two of us changed the engine in one of them in 45 min.

 That is what I call a good design. 

It takes 45 min to change a headlight on cars today.

[sir james I]

Temp is a COLD 26 degrees.

Kev Happy Birthday to your daughter.

Grocery shopping this morning, Granny's back still hurts but she went with me anyway.$$$When she comes along. I'm runnin late so have a great day..S.J.

[rtraincollector]

Wow am I lost today I thought for some reason it was Thursday, Thanks Ryan for getting me back on track lol.

Well couldn't resist Hudson John I bit the bullet and bought a Hudson last night. Good price and correct railroad on it New York Central it also is a new version with TMCC,tower coms, crew talk, smoke, ect,ect,ect.

Should have it sometime next week which will be nice. Been wanting a Steam to add to my collection as basicly I'm modling late 50's early 60's. 

Hope all have been having a good day. Talk to you all later 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

KRM

submmbob

 Jeffrey - given the front turn signals (63-67) and the fact that it had wraparound rear windows (last year was 63), I'd say that's most likely a 1963 version That would make it a 1500cc w/ a whopping increase to 50HP Yes, I know more about these than I would care to admit.

 

 I know a bit about those too.

 Back in 1969 two of us changed the engine in one of them in 45 min.

 That is what I call a good design. 

It takes 45 min to change a headlight on cars today.

I bow to your superior knowledge. I was going on what little I know of them. Kev: I know what you mean on the headlight thing. On my last car changing the high beam lights meant pushing the top of the radiator back or getting a severely cramped wrist. Changing the front turn signal bulbs was a PITA even if you knew how to do it. There was a spring catch you had to pull out from the rear. A hooked piece of clothes hanger wire was great for this. Gettin g the spring catch to turn loose was easy. Getting it back where it needed to go, not so easy. I like my old van much better. Take out some screws to remove the front trim and everything is right there. Four screws per headlight. Take out four screws to drop the turn signal assembly and it all went back together just as easily. All the front lights could be changed out within an hour and that includes the time to remove and put back everything. Now changing out ONE headlight bulb on my mothers G6, that was fun! NOT!! That involves getting into a lot of small spaces.

[Banks]

Hello all,

Chuck got us again on Monday. 6 inches of heavy wet Snohio. Most of it was gone by last evening. Today is sunny, windy in the mid 30’s

Thanks for all the prayers for Mom. She seems back to normal.

Bo………..there are several of us who post only once or twice a week, some even less.

RE VW Buses............ My uncle had one for years. He made at least two trips from New Mexico to central PA in it. He often bragged "If you get close enough to the back of an 18 wheeler you can take your foot off the gas" To hear him tell it he'd travel for hours like that.

Best get back to the SS Fund

 

Prayers for those in need

[Zero Export]

HAHAHA  head lights....  heres MY story

on my 06 GMC 2500, it looks impossible to relamp them.   Looks like you have to tear down half the engine to do it., In fact I was ready to tear into it....  thank goodness it was a rainey day, or I would have had the whole front end taken apart.

So I took it to the dealer, and wallllla,   two pins pull out and the WHOLE headlamp assembly drops out the FRONT... dont even need any TOOLS!!!!!........   a 155.00 dollar lesson in head lamp replacement...    and, BTW a pack of two head lamp bulbs is 6.55 

Ryan

[jefelectric]

Good afternoon guys,

Hope everyone it doing well.  Had a few minutes here at the Toy Train Museum Library so thought I'd check in and see what's happening.

Weather here is pretty good today, may not last through tomorrow however, we'll see.

Keep on training.

[cheapclassics]

Good afternoon all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the low 30s.  Quiet day at work.  Finished calculating taxes last night.  Refunds on both state and federal, but not much.  Better than paying.  Wife and I were both so tired we fell asleep before the second MASH was over with at 8 PM.  TBIL and I can drive.  I hope everybody has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

Good afternoon.

Throat still hurts, and don't have a whole load of homework to do.

But for some reason, I have been wanting a US Navy SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber..... ..........odd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiJhcKgg4eE

[LawsonFarmsRR]

cheapclassics

Good afternoon all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the low 30s.  Quiet day at work.  Finished calculating taxes last night.  Refunds on both state and federal, but not much.  Better than paying.  Wife and I were both so tired we fell asleep before the second MASH was over with at 8 PM.  TBIL and I can drive.  I hope everybody has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

I know I will be stepping in "IT" with you and others, but I just wanted to give my opinion. I don't be leave in paying taxes in advance. The government get to use your money and pays you nothing!

I think it should hurt  when tax time comes so you realize just how much money you are paying. To often I hear "I get money back" as if they didn't pay any tax. Just my

Pat

[Blueberryhill RR]

Watching an Indians Spring Training game on TV.  Good to see baseball again.

Here's a trivia baseball question for you baseball fans............

When and where was the last game played between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves ??

Chuck

[jeffrey-wimberly]

LawsonFarmsRR

I know I will be stepping in "IT" with you and others, but I just wanted to give my opinion. I don't be leave in paying taxes in advance. The government get to use your money and pays you nothing!

Taxes? What taxes? I haven't paid any in years. Of course I haven't had any taxable income in years either. That could have something to do with it.

[RedfireS197]

lion88roar

submmbob

BMW - Break's My Wallet

Not quite. I can afford the repairs, what drives me nuts is their crazy service codes (need a special code reader) and their cryptic descriptions. It is almost like Microsoft took a queue from them when they wrote their error code messages "If the problem continues, contact your system administrator"... well Mr Computer "I AM THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR".

Brent,

            At least BMW didn't implement Microsoft's User Account Control as it was in Vista.  That would trigger a dialog box when you insert the key asking if you're sure you want to insert the key.

[rtraincollector]

Well a box came today from boxcar bill so I put tmcc and railsounds into the Weaver SD-40-2 today and added coil couplers to one of my GP-9 NYC's that didn't have them so that was how I spent the afternoon seeing Every time I wanted to check something out had to go up on ladder to get to the shelf layout as its only thing working right now.

Now wife wants me to do a little spackling so she can paint this week end mine isn't going to happen this weekend need to much clearing and spackling to get there

[KRM]

Nice Hudson RT. Now I want one.

I spent most of the day going to Menards and getting elect supplies to pull power to the north table transformer shelf from the south side. I want everything to work off of one on-off switch. Well $46.00 later I got it done.It took 46' of 14-2 with ground to get it there but now Lexi has total control of Thomas.

I sold the last of the FH parts and still have one drag D&*k that has not paid from a sale 3 days ago..

 I got a shot of the 1615 running as I was working on the wiring today. It ran for 2 hours without a glitch. A lot better than the Dockside ever did. 

Bob, Make me an offer I can't refuse.

Prayers for all in need!

 Have a good night guys and gals.

 

 

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

 Well I am proud of myself right now. Actually got some major body work done on my P-38J Lightning. Still plenty to do yet however.

[anjdevil2]

Blueberryhill RR

Here's a trivia baseball question for you baseball fans............

When and where was the last game played between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves ??

@ Brooklyn, Sept. 28, 1952, Boston...lost

Hey guys, howareya?

to Granny and Kev's Daughter

for Alexis

Probe/Jim - Congas on the 200K, I'm up to 187K now (currently it runs like crap, Rock Auto sending parts)

Jack - You getting snowed in?

Just trying to keep up wit youse giz....