Coffee Pot #4 APRIL 2013 TEN 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.

Feeling good this morning. Will have to have finger prints taken later today to get cleared for summer work here at Towanda seeing as to how I'm not going to be a student at Towanda in a short amount of time.

[blownout cylinder]

G'mornin'..

Gonna be a sunny and mild day here...high of 62F....

Welb..I had a wonderful day, yes't'day. Had the Oncologist happy..ever't'in' looks good, he arranged to have  full bod MRI/PET scan thing done as well, for next week. Bloodwork was done before I went to Oncologist's...and a fine appointment with the Cardiologist went well as it should....so I be here to pester you guys ...still.

[anjdevil2]

Late Evening...

DougM & CharlesB - Congas on 24....funny, If'n I stayed I'd be on 24 this year as well.....

Yesterday was a good day, today not so much....yesterday walked to my Sister's house and that was the hi-light of the day.  Did talk to my Princess LATE Saturday night, maternal issues....go figure .  We didn't solve the worlds problems, but she has her head screwed on right, just needed a bit of (fatherly influenced) focus.

I sorted out all my papers today and got them into a binder so that's done.

No word on Miss Nora's Dad and I'll take no news as good news.

If tomorrow is the same as today, I think I'll drag out all the under bed boxes and see what I have, which should be a surprise cuz I don't remember....

I have a quandary - a financial one - more answers tomorrow, and good ones, I hope....

Glad you Yorksters had a good time.  Looking forward to Brent's pictures...Maybe I'll make it in October...

Jeff - glad you are feeling better...

Off to bed

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Well, it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.

[rtraincollector]

RockIsland52

RJ.....count me among those to wish you and yours a happy 24th anniversary.  I find it strange how many of us are approachinh the quarter century mark.  DougM and you this month.  I am on 24 with #25 in the gun sights for me.   JACK

Jack I'm looking at 29 the 29th of june

[rtraincollector]

RockIsland52

rtraincollector

Okay Jim ASAP is over waiting to hear your great news

MIKE C........we are all waiting on the good news.  RT got nothing done on his layout waiting for your post and missed the mailman.  Now my wife won't talk to me because I am tying up the pc waiting.  SO WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS????   JACK.

[RockIsland52]

rtraincollector

Okay Jim ASAP is over waiting to hear your great news

MIKE C........we are all waiting on the good news.  RT got nothing done on his layout waiting for your post and missed the mailman.  Now my wife won't talk to me because I am tying up the pc waiting.  SO WHAT IS THE GOOD NEWS????  

JACK.

[RockIsland52]

ChiefEagles

Afternoon.  Trying Google Chrome as browser.  Just got upgraded to IE10 but trying this.  Seems a lot smoother and faster.  Cloudy and chilly.  Later 

HEY CHIEF.....how can your browser be cloudy and chilly?  Does that cost extra?  

[RockIsland52]

RJ.....count me among those to wish you and yours a happy 24th anniversary.  I find it strange how many of us are approachinh the quarter century mark.  DougM and you this month.  I am on 24 with #25 in the gun sights for me.   

JACK

[sir james I]

The temp is 55

Another lazy day but I will get out and going tomorrow. Groceries and some errands will start my day. The added detail to this new Williams engine is considerable but I know the volume needs to be higher if you want to hear it pull a train. We have Banilla for the guys tonight so belly up to the bar...S.J.

[AF53]

Good Evening All!

Cool temps today, feels like October.

RJ - Congrats on the anniversary! 24 years means many things, like give and take. You and your better half have persevered and lucked out.

Later

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Well the visit to the doc went off well this morning. He checked out the usual things on the general exam plus I told him about something that's happened just with the last couple of weeks. I've been having nerve pain, quite severe nerve pain developing in my right arm and going all the way to the fingertips, making them very sensitive, so much so that just touching the fingertips together is painful. It feels like needles going into them. He's put me on gabapentin which is used for treating partial epileptic seizures. My mother would have been very familiar with this drug. It's also used to treat certain types of nerve pain. I'm not liking the list of possible side effects but they're no worse that those of other meds I already take.

    allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
    worsening of mood, thoughts or actions of suicide or dying.
    constipation.
    difficulty walking or controlling muscle movements.
    nausea.
    slurred speech.
    tremors.
    weight gain.

I'll just have to wait and see if it makes things better or worse. It may not work for me at all. The worsening of mood could be a real attention grabber! I'm not sure my native American temper can get any worse. It's gotten me in plenty of trouble in the past and has been known to clear out more than a few bars in my younger days.

No layout work today as I've been busy with some other things. Be back later.

[rtraincollector]

Okay Jim ASAP is over waiting to hear your great news

[charliebrown]

Good Afternoon everybody.

John,Banks,SJ,and Kev Thanks for the anniversary well wishes.

Congrats Doug M on your 24th. We were married in Oklahoma and the one thing I remember is it was super windy!

I kinda got lucky on the gift deal. I bought her a Kindle not to long ago so she counted that and my purchase of ryobi tools over the weekend was mine.

I want to work on the platform tonight but I think the wife has other ideas! I don't mind the time this is going to take to construct but I'm going to need to set up a small temporary layout to at least run something.

[8ntruck]

Sunny and about 70 here today.  It is starting to cloud up and the bottom is supposed to fall out of the temperature for the next couple of days.

 

88 - I wonder how well the cleaning pads for the track cleaning cars you are looking at would work on an old postwar Lionel unit?  I'll do some measuring to look for possibilities.  The price is certainly low enough for an experiment. 

V8 -  are those Alcos you are bidding on 210's or 211's?  I keep half an eye out for a good bargain on these and occasionally bid - not real successfully, though.

Had to take the SS into the dealer today.  Driving back to the office after lunch the check engine light came on, and the message center told me that the engine was on reduced power.  I'll say it was reduced - the car couldn't stay out of it's own way!  The computer seems to limit the intake pressure to 10" of vacuum in this mode.  All I can do is to wait to see what the dealer finds.  It was headed into the dealer pretty soon for normal maintenance anyhow..... 

All for now. 

[rtraincollector]

Evening all just read Richie Havens passed away today. Another great artist from the original Woodstock in fact he was the first to perform with the song Freedom. 

Well been waiting for the mail man so I could mail a couple of packages 6:50 P.M. no mail man yet will just mail it in the morning myself  I guess.

Guess I will start working on the layout some more tonight tired of waiting for the mailman and once I get on the table thats it. not going to kill myself getting off to give him the packages.

Well I'm off the next 7 days so time to get a lot done the floor in the laundry room like I did the train room seeing I have plenty left over from that lol hope to paint my office so can put some shelves up there also to put some of these trains on.

[RedfireS197]

ChiefEagles

Afternoon.  Trying Google Chrome as browser.  Just got upgraded to IE10 but trying this.  Seems a lot smoother and faster.  Cloudy and chilly.  Later 

Chief,

         Be careful with Chrome.  Google likes to track things.  I've been running Firefox and IE10.

Jake,

           Your post brought back memories of football and dodgeball during high school.  They wouldn't let our class play dodgeball after a while though.  Nothing like running for your life in phys ed.

Brent,

           As if rubbing in York wasn't enough, you've got me hunting for a 671 now.

Got some very good news after work today.  More on that asap.

[ChiefEagles]

Afternoon.  Trying Google Chrome as browser.  Just got upgraded to IE10 but trying this.  Seems a lot smoother and faster.  Cloudy and chilly.  Later 

[RockIsland52]

John.....    "in range" is good, even if low in range.  Check with your vet and ask her/him if you should buy dog food/kibble with a higher carbohydrate content for Mack.  That might increase the amount of sugar intake/production in his diet.....may help elevate the daily sugar levels.  

Remember what the diabetics say.  Carbs turn into sugars that a diabetic's pancreas has a tough time countering with adequate natural insulin production.  So Mack is kind of the reverse of a diabetic with an overproductive pancreas and too much natural insulin?

Jack

[Hudson#685]

Good Afternoon:

Mack did good at the vet today. His new blood test showed his blood glucose in the normal spectrum but on the lower side. We have to keep an eye on him.

Happy Anniversary to Doug M and Charlie Brown and their wives. A gift tip: Pandora Bracelet and when you can not think of something just add to it.

Brent:  I checked out the track cleaner after you mentioned it at York. It is on my list too.

Doray said to tell you guys that her sister Linda makes the ice cream and both of them are glad that you guys like it.

Jake: A "Brain" and a "Jock", what a combo.

Off to school.

John

 

 

[Lehigh Valley 2089]

Good afternoon.

VERY hungry now. Don't have to work, so I get to go home and GORGE myself!

Also, something happened in gym today. We were playing flag football, at least until this happened for a second. One person was rushing down the field with the ball at a fast pace. I just happened to be in front...........................and WHAM! He falls to the ground and I am barely phased. Took him a little bit to get up, but thankfully, he wasn't hurt. Should also mention that it wasn't intentional......................................

..............................or was it?

[lion88roar]

Kev - the car operates more 'effeciently' in TMCC, but not 'better'. You would just have to run it more frequently in conventional mode vs TMCC.

I honestly cannot wait to get this car. When I was talking to TheQ about it her first response was 'You don't already have one?' No - because most of them require the use of a cleaning solution and some of those aren't great for your track. Other dry cleaning cars are based off a 'roller' concept or a 'one strip per rail' concept, both reduce the effectiveness of the pad, and rely on gravity to keep the roller in contact with the rails.

The MNP car has spring loaded mounts, and the disc holders are a dense, pliable material, so with the downward spring pressure the holder keeps the pad firmly against the rails.

I have never cleaned my track since I started building the layout some 5+ years ago, so I would imagine the rails are pretty dirty by now (from the moderate operation and construction).

[KRM]

lion88roar

KRM

Brent, Nice looking track cleaning car. Will they work on conventional operation? 

Yes. The cars pickup power from the track and supply that to the motors. The advantage that TMCC operation gives you is the track power is always 18 - 20volts, the motor speed is then controlled as the engine speed of the assigned engine number. In conventional the voltage is whatever you are sending to the engine.

So in TMCC you can run your MOW train at a slow speed around the track and have the discs spinning at a higher RPM.

In conventional if you are running the train at slow speed the discs will spin slowly as well.

Thanks Brent. That make the TMCC operation a lot better for the car. 

[Banks]

Hello all,

Clear & verrry cool 27 this AM

  for those still suffering the effects of Boston and Waco. ‘nuff said about that

Made it back from York Saturday night.

Congas to Doug & CB on 24 years of marital bliss

Mrs & I had a great time with the POT gang. 1^st Breakfast then later shooting the S**t and posing for photos. Better yet………… the ICE CREAM. On a side note, did any body catch the looks we were getting as we all trooped through the grounds to Hudson’s truck?

I even bought a couple of things while there.

Due to the storms Mrs & I made our dinner of Mountain Pies over a burner on the stove inside the camper. Saturday morning was lazy as we packed up to leave. Then a trip to the QVC outlet at Lancaster with a stop at the Strasburg Train Shop in the same complex,(there I found some HO Thomas stuff at a good price) and a couple of other stores. We capped that off with a visit to KFC before heading west.

Sunday PM found me replacing some rotten fence posts. It’s time to let the cows out (finally)

 

 

Prayers for those in need

[jeffrey-wimberly]

ChiefEagles

Problem is, they will probably remove the dam instead of the owner.  Also, beavers have built a lodge in the dam of the pond.  Unless you remove the beavers, they will rebuild faster than you can destroy it. 

Down here a few well placed dynamite charges accomplishes both goals at the same time. The beavers can't rebuild if they ain't kicking.

[lion88roar]

KRM

Brent, Nice looking track cleaning car. Will they work on conventional operation? 

Yes. The cars pickup power from the track and supply that to the motors. The advantage that TMCC operation gives you is the track power is always 18 - 20volts, the motor speed is then controlled as the engine speed of the assigned engine number. In conventional the voltage is whatever you are sending to the engine.

So in TMCC you can run your MOW train at a slow speed around the track and have the discs spinning at a higher RPM.

In conventional if you are running the train at slow speed the discs will spin slowly as well.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all.  Been up early.  Friend Fred came and went to Hardees for a pork chop and gravy biscuit.  Downloaded a big update from Microsoft.  Suddenly have spell check on here.   Been running it a different way.

Got down to 38 this AM but big breeze.  High today will be 60.  Clouds have moved in.  Warmer this week but not the usual late April temps.  Yanks will not give up.

Fred and I did a stealth operation into the pond area.  As I had been telling everyone, dammed up the spillway and water has flooded the sewer line in the main path.  They have dammed up the creek and made another pond.  The dam is probably five feet high and 30+ feet long.  Then down the creek in a narrow spot, another small dam.  I think it goes like this: "Busy as a beaver."  City of Raleigh Public Utilities big pickup was met on School Street headed to the pond.  Wonder how they knew????   Will take a lot of work to remove the spillway dam as mud and grass with some big sticks.   Problem is, they will probably remove the dam instead of the owner.  Also, beavers have built a lodge in the dam of the pond.  Unless you remove the beavers, they will rebuild faster than you can destroy it. 

Have a good week.  Thanks to all of you hard workers for paying my SS.

Kev, this software will eat my posts too.

Later.

Here is a good one my son sent me.  Play the dash camera video.

http://www.policeone.com/Officer-Safety/articles/6194812-One-cops-Not-Today-attitude-ends-a-gunmans-multi-state-shooting-spree/?source=newsletter&nlid=6198334 

[KRM]

Take two,
Thanks Jeffery, seems like a lot of trouble but better than having it just flash and be gone.
Bright and sunny, going to maybe hit 70 today. I will mow grass this afternoon.
MikeC, When I was a kid I followed AJ and always liked the way he told it the way it is. I did not watch the Kansas race yesterday and don’t yet know who won. If you want to know anything about racing you won’t find out from Chicago TV. It gets little to NO coverage. 
Jack, 8N is right a lot of water grief around here. I was in Ottawa on Saturday morning and that is where the fox runs into the Illinois river. The Fox was so high that the water level was above the bottom of the Rock Island / now CSX bridge that crosses the Fox and so the water was blowing around the bridge. A mess 
Chief, It is good to know that your Siliverado is going strong. That 350 was always a good engine. Mine has the newer 5.3 that would be 323CI and it is also a proven engine. Rust is the deciding factor around here on the life of a car or truck. 
Sounds like all of you guys had a good time and scored some nice stuff.
Fife. I would like to see pictures of that general. I have wanted one for a long time but don’t hear anything good about the new ones from Lionel.
Bob, Good luck with the SantaFe Dockside.
DougM, Congrats on the 24th wedding anniversary today also.
John, good luck at the vet I hope they figure something out for Mack. 
Brent, Nice looking track cleaning car. Will they work on conventional operation? 

Chief Next CBS will want us to get a background check to buy a pressure cooker. 
Later.

[sir james I]

The temp is 41 with bright sun.

Congrats to Doug M. and RJ, both having 24th anniversaries today.

Brent glad you found something for Christina.

I gave the new WBB GP30 a quick test run this morning before posting, It sounds good for what it is but needs to be a little louder. It has a volume control on the sound board but I'm nowhere near that point yet. i didn't look at what it takes to open eer up. I keep a good supply of banilla on hand so there was still some left when I got home..S.J.

[Hudson#685]

Good Morning, 46, sunny and windy. It dropped into the 30's last night. Wood stove was going in April.

Doray and I are glad that everyone enjoyed the ice cream. There will be more for October.

Jack: Mack goes back to the vet at 1pm. I will let you know the outcome. The good sign is that he has been his normal playful self. The vet is hoping that it was a flawed test.

Chief: Prayers for Joe and his wife.

Jeffrey: It is a shame about your Mom's doll house. I can see that a lot of work went into it. Too bad that a family member could not have finished and preserved it.

Enjoy the Day!

John