Buckeye Riveter Fife -- Please inform your colleagues that I will be visiting your city.
Fife -- Please inform your colleagues that I will be visiting your city.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
ChiefEaglesY'all kin say whut y'all want 'bout the South, but y'all never heard o' nobody retirin' an' movin' up North!!!
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Did anyone understand the Chief's lame jokes?
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
English training for Yankees.
Florida
A Florida senior Citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the Dealership. Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down I-95, pushing the pedal even more.Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a Florida State Trooper, blue lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this!" and pulled over to await the Trooper's arrival.Pulling in behind him, the Trooper got out of his vehicle and walked up to the Corvette. He looked at his watch, then said, "Sir, my shift ends in 10 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a new reason for speeding - a reason I've never before heard before - I'll let you go!"The old Gentleman paused then said: "Three years ago my wife ran off with a Florida State Trooper. I thought you were bringing her back! "Have a good day, sir," replied the Trooper!!!
Georgia
The owner of a Golf Course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help.
He called her into his office and said, "Y'all graduated from the University of Georgia and I need some help. If I wuz to give yew $20,000 minus 14%, how much would you take off?"
The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, "Everthang but my earrings!"
Louisiana
A senior citizen in Louisiana was overheard saying, "When the end of the world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana."
When asked why, he replied, "I'd rather be in Louisiana 'cause everythang happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the world!"
Mississippi
The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to his buddy, "Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!"
Bubba replied, "Did y'all see who it was?"
The young man answered, "I couldn't tell, but I got the license number!"
North Carolina
A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait.
A passerby studied the scene as he drove by, and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.
The man replied, "I got a flat tahr."
The passerby asked, "But what's with the flowers?"
The man responded, "When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back. I never did understand it neither!"
Tennessee
A Tennessee State Trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65. The trooper asked, "Got any ID?"
The driver replied, "Bout whut?"
Texas
The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage from his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, "Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don't you see that sign right over your head?"
"Yep," he replied. "That's why I'm dumpin' it here, 'cause it says: 'Fine For Dumping Garbage!' "
Y'all kin say whut y'all want 'bout the South, but y'all never heard o' nobody retirin' an' movin' up North!!!
ChiefEagles Home from the lake house. Quick skim over the Pot shows we have another YANKEE named Kevin. One is bad enough. Jack, posting from a smart phone to CTT SUCKS!!!! Want to know how I realy think???? They would band me for my language. I can't even log-in from mine...let alone type anything...grrrrrr... One good thing I see is Buckeye now loves GRITS. Buckeye Riveter Kiss MY GRITS!!!! Got some things I have to get done in a few so will chat later.
Home from the lake house. Quick skim over the Pot shows we have another YANKEE named Kevin. One is bad enough. Jack, posting from a smart phone to CTT SUCKS!!!! Want to know how I realy think???? They would band me for my language.
I can't even log-in from mine...let alone type anything...grrrrrr...
One good thing I see is Buckeye now loves GRITS.
Buckeye Riveter Kiss MY GRITS!!!!
Kiss MY GRITS!!!!
Good Evening...
Well...it was a wonderful dull day here...nothing but gloom here...and our high got all the way to...33F...sigh...
Spent the afternoon at the mall with friends and got some stuff for the good friday buffet at our church ....then went home to a lively little Spring....
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/
Hi guys, We just got back from our visit with my friend Herman. He is black as coal and 9 years older than me and I am white as snow but I have no better friend that I have ever worked with than him. We had a great time today and so did the wifes. I feel good. And I was way off,,, he has been retired 15 years not 10? Whare does the time go??? The guy just don't age?? Oh the stories!!
No other news but that is okay with me today.
Ryan, you are right to look at something and say I did that and it is a part of me is neat.
I will check in later.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Good Afternoon Guys,
Taking a little break from working downstairs on some scenery work and thought I would catch up on the posts.
Hudson#685 - If my wife pointed to the ZW-L and suggested thinking about upgrading, I would run, not walk to my nearest LHS to pick one up! All kidding aside, I really like the new ZW-L, it is a beautiful thing! I know it is expensive, but so is are the locomotives I operate. I had no complaints with my old ZW's, but to me it just made sense to purchase the new ZW-L to power my railroad. I only run modern equipment using command control (TMCC), so I can't really speak to the ZW-L's performance with conventional equipment. Both CTT and the other popular 3-rail publication have both included reviews of the ZW-L in their latest issues.
fifedog - Go to Google and type in Civil War Railroad Images and you'll see some interesting photos and I think there are several good sites there. There are books that focus on the railroads during the War Between the States/Civil War. Amazon.com carries a good number of them. Hope this helps. If not, let me know and I'll see what else I can find.
KEVINK22 - Thanks for the kind words about the website. I am overdue on an update video. I am thinking after I finish the current scenery project it would be a good time to do a short video. Thanks again! Oh and by-the -way, when you get a chance, sit down at the table and enjoy some good tasting grits. I think, if nothing else, it will make the Chief feel good!
Zero Expert - Very sorry about what you are having to go through. On the lighter side, I really like the trackside view out the window in the photo you shared. I think I could easily get use to all those trains going by! I hope things work out for the best.
Well, back to the scenery project. Have a good evening and take care. Bo
You can visit my website Bo's Trains at http://www.bostrains.com Thanks!
Hi. Work tonight, so that messes up my plans a little bit, but the more you plan, the more that can go wrong I guess.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
8ntruckOops - that was my wife's grandfather's 100th birthday. I distinctly remember fiddling with the spelling of 'grandfather' in my last post. Must be that I fiddled it ight out of the post!
YOW!!!! 100 !!! to your wife's grandfather, 8N. I'd hate to be the one that has to put all of those candles on the cake and then light them all.
Jack
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
fifedog LawsonFarms - Hamlin out for 6 weeks for spine injury.
LawsonFarms - Hamlin out for 6 weeks for spine injury.
I remember the same thing happened to the 3 car. It killed him. We have come a long way in safety since then, but there is always the possibility of a problem.
Was this round 2 of the Hamlin/Lagano saga? It did allow the M&M car to win! Hurray!
Pat
RFD-TV --- Rural America's most important network!
good afternoon
Kevin22, never fails every season at least once around here there an article in the paper about little league parrents getting so out of hand that the police have to be summoned. shame
KEV isn't neat to go by a piece of equiptment and say, yep, that was MY idea.
slow day at work.
We had one of the four yearly "Unannouced" visits from my freinds at the Department of Environmental Protection. Always a warming experiance
they said everything looked good. We'll see how that conflicts with the report that is issued next week
Always fun.
Ryan
Belated WELCOME, KEVINK !!!!! Hope your little one is feeling better.
Re little league parents......give them some time to show their true colors and I can assure you at least a couple of them will "act out" like two year olds, throwing a tantrum over the play of the team or their little one. And screaming criticisms like this simple learning experience means more to them than life itself. And rest assured they will not be happy that the coach and the managers are not too interested in the score.
With regard to these POT guys and their New York Yankees, don't pay them any mind. They are twisted, the whole lot of them. Some of the NYY players are older and slower than I am, or at least it seems that way!!!
Good Afternoon All,
Had to take an unexpected day off today due to my youngest son had a fever last night. All seems to be well though today. Fever still a little high 101 range at least but; at least he has been sleeping now for 2 and a half hours so I am pleases with that. Did some wiring on the layout for the main line, next will tackle the inner loop, and from there the switches.
railhead53- Thanks for the warm welcome. I like your website. Layout looks great. Any new update videos coming?
Demay- I live in Ambler. Where did you grow up?
Hudson#685- It's all in good fun. I can take a ribbing now and than. Besides not to sure how the Phil's are going to do this year. Just have to hope that all key players stay healthy.
AF53- Ya T-Ball has been great, and as for the parents, haven't had any issues. Everybody seems to be good about remembering that they are only 5-6, and it's just a game.
Have a good day all. Talk to you soon!!
-Kevin
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps near 40. Finally had a near normal drive to work today. Worked on taxes last night. Watched "The New Normal". Very sad episode last night. AJ might have a young American driver for his second car at Indy this year. Not much else going on. TBIL and I can drive after Arrow tonight. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning, (just barely ) From the Toy Train Museum in Sunny Strasburg, PA. Back at my photograph cataloging job. Needed a break, so checking into the pot. The PA weather has been very un-spring like. Sunny now but cold and windy. It seems it is either cold and windy or raining. On thing for sure it will get better.
Have a couple of items for sale on the bay but looks like they will go for peanuts. Trying to thin out my collection of stuff I will never run on my layout. Need some shelf space.
Well need to get back to work.
46 and SUNNY at the Jersey Shore.
Had a nice long walk with the Dynamic Duo this morning. Now Mack is across the street playing with my daughter's 2 dogs as Chester is teasing them by walking across the top of the fence.
Kev: Coincidence: My best friend from work, Art, called me and we are doing lunch next week. He is 14 years older than me, but we hit it off and we were teamed up on night shift back in the 70's. He eventually became the Supervisor and I was the Chief. When he retired I took over his spot. A lot of stories to be told.
Rich: We meet at Wildflowers II. When the weather gets nicer we will meet for a BBQ at members houses, businesses and our Firehouse. An upcoming event that you might be interested in is the Toy Trains in Motion - Rods & Rail Show @ Commercial Door Systems in Bensalem, Pa. on Sunday, April 14. Guests are always welcomed at the meetings. You don't have to own a truck to be in the club.
8n: Congrats to your Wife's Grandfather.
Ryan: You can always have fun on a 4x8 layout
Jeffrey: Take care of yourself and get well.
RT: Wheeling and Dealing! Cool!
SJ: I am feeling the same about global warmimg!
Time to make some noise and look busy outside! Decided on going for a 22W x 24L x 13H Extreme Duty Peak Style Garage from Shelter Logic. This will buy me some time on storing my "toys" until I can build the "Dream Garage" and not settle for this is ok. This year it is the conversion from oil to natural gas and the generator and finishing the Craft/Train Room above the attached garage.
Have a Great Day.
John
RockIsland52 So much for my first failed attempt using my smart phone to post to the POT. Sorry, Jake. I will try afain later. Jeffrey.......stop waiting to see if your eye improves by itself and get it checked out and fixed. You might lose your eyesight at the rate you are going. Get your Dad to drive you to the Doc's. JACK.
So much for my first failed attempt using my smart phone to post to the POT. Sorry, Jake. I will try afain later. Jeffrey.......stop waiting to see if your eye improves by itself and get it checked out and fixed. You might lose your eyesight at the rate you are going. Get your Dad to drive you to the Doc's. JACK.
That's alright. And Jeff, I agree with RI52, get that eye checked out.
Same plans as always for today, but there's an early dissmisal, so that's more time for me unless I have work.
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Sunny & 41 (also 10 below normal) here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Fifey got to mix-it-up a little at work last night.
V8Vega/Jeffrey - Hope you guys can "kick" what ales ya.
rt - I think I'd be wise to contract you to do my fleebay purchasing. You certainly rebounded nicely over the past 5 years.
CWFY...
Gray cold again.
Going out to brunch with the wife and good old friend from work who retired 10 years ago. Will be good to see him. We were assemblers together for 20 years.
8N, I don't have a problem with most engineers because I worked in engineering for 9 years at the Cat. But there are some that tend to think only in the my way or the highway style. I have worked with many and like you say "we end up with a better product, or process, or implementation when everybody puts their 2 cents worth in." And to do that you just got to get out there and get into the product. One guy I worked with from India, Raj found out that ProE gets you close but you have a better chance using a tape on the real deal. A lot of times we would just get some hose and run it down the boom and stick to get the right fit. We did Hyd lines groups for Cat excavators used in forestry. I would pick out the materials I wanted to use and suggest the style of the design and the engineers would put it on the prints. I enjoyed helping with designs. All Cat log loaders still use the lines groups Raj and I did to this day. They put most of the new engineers with me for at least one project it seemed.
Enough about that, Well I had better go.
Okay SJ I will look for somekind of spring. My hope was you had a suggestion of one in mind.
Temp is 32, 40s today.
Kevin K-Line never made a spring for the power truck. It's a trial and error thing getting a round soft spring to hold the truck on the rails. Got some things to do today, I might even miss my nap. Sigh. Today is hump day for the working folk so hump toward the weekend already...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
Lehigh Valley 2089 Good afternoon. Not a lot of activity today apparently. Day is going pretty good. Plan on getting the nose of the P-38J done and getting it ready for the canopy. Will paint the metal details before adding it, and will then repaint the body from all of the body work done on it. Then it's decal and detail paint time!
Good afternoon. Not a lot of activity today apparently.
Day is going pretty good. Plan on getting the nose of the P-38J done and getting it ready for the canopy. Will paint the metal details before adding it, and will then repaint the body from all of the body work done on it. Then it's decal and detail paint time!
Good Morning
Weather here kinda dull...again....33F currently getting to 36F later this afternoon...yay....
Getting a few things done later on today...hopefully can do this and not get sidetracked into other details..like I did a couple of days ago...
AND....we didst do an operating session yesterday and NO incidents, accidents, Broake & Howe people showed up!! YES!!!
Jeff: Better get that looked after...that does not sound good!!!
So, on that note I'll say....have a good day, people!!!
Hi GUYZ,
37 here and getting up to 47. All PT done now for walk with dog and then go grocery shopping. Sent back ERR drive board yesterday.
JOEY D, I just do the short runs now too. Once I get outside again gonna start to increse distances. For noe supplementing with long walks.
Stya frosty my friends,
laz57
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 36 degrees. Going up to 44 today with cloudy skies.
Today is a busy day. I have some chores to do and some paperwork to do. Then, it will be lunchtime and I will take a nap this afternoon.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Wednesday.
Chuck
Good morning. It's 33° with 88% humidity. The high will be 65°.I started typing this post at 5am. I'm usually a fairly fast typist but lately I've been having a hard time. I woke up about 3am feeling like crap and still feel like crap now. My vision isn't any better rather quite the opposite. I have the text on my screen set to something like 18 point so I can read it without straining my eyes too much. Both eyes are effected now. It feels like the aftermath of a visit to the vision clinic multiplied several times. The last time they were this bad was in the late 90's and I had a job then that required me to drive two hundred miles a day. I didn't have much choice in the matter. Most of that was in the early morning hours and on dirt roads mostly. It was a boring job but it had it's moments. One morning I found that I had a stowaway. There was a five foot snake in the car and it was right between my feet! I proved conclusively that you can still drive while tap dancing on a snake and running up the backrest of the drivers seat on the cheeks of your butt while cussing a blue streak all at the same time.Well enough about that. It's taken me over an hour to put together this little bit and I have other things I need to do. I don't know if I'll do any layout work today.
good morning
An article in yesterdays paper says that Mondays snow should be the last and were to start seeing more "Spring Like" weather. We'll see
In looking at the new "Apartment" , so to speak, its looking like I will have to shelf the O gauge stuff for a while. Although I have been looking at some of those plans for the "Dealer" layouts and am tempted. Won't be able to run the big stuff, but at least something will be running. I am hoping its no more than a 5 year thing. I figure what I have been paying on a morgage, I can bank, and with some cash deals I have been known to do, I should be able to pay out right for a house in 5 or so years. Not to mention I have what was suposed to pay for my garage, which puts me off to a great start.
Even though it will be a tad on the rough side, I have lived in much worse. But as I stated above the positives out weigh the negatives, such as the company will cover the utilities, etc.
we shall see what this wonderful Wensday holds
Konbanwa,
I wish we would have had all this cold weather when it was actually winter. It’s been raining most of the day as well. I had a quick two-mile run this morning before work and the rain. I’m back to shorter running distances now that the marathon training is over. I might run a half-marathon in May and will run a 10-K in June. The workday flew by and we have no big plans for the evening.
Fife – That’s great news about the princess.
8N – Thanks for the clarification; typos happen to the best of us.
I’ll pray for all of us in need.
Sayonara,
Joe
Sunny and mid 40's today. Sunday's snow cannon deposit is rapidly fading away.
Oops - that was my wife's grandfather's 100th birthday. I distinctly remember fiddling with the spelling of 'grandfather' in my last post. Must be that I fiddled it ight out of the post!
KEV - I am an engineer. I always bounce my ideas off of my skilled trade guys and operators before implementing them. I've found that we end up with a better product, or process, or implememtation when everybody puts their 2 cents worth in.
All for now.
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