been a while since we have had an update on the Boysenberry saga...Rich isn't blonde... a bit dirty... but definitely not blonde! (sorry Rich - couldn't resist) Hope you kick the dizzinessDoug - that sounds like Christina! Jack - No. I have to get through TheQ's list before I get to work on anyother lists... but mine will be perking to the top soon.Rich - can't do one loop on the main layout for PW stuff. I have too may opperating cars and such, hence the desire for a small layout so people can operate them. Just running out of room to have a layout for the kids' Thomas stuff, a PW layout, and then the main. That is also why I am leaning toward building an under-the-bed layout for the kids, probably put it in Matthew's room since his room is bigger than Christina's - or I will build them each their own but in such a way that they could be mated together in the future...John - Yes - that is why I am struggling with what to do. I have so much stuff that I don't need it all, but the PW stuff I do have is in really good condition and I didn't shell out top dollar for any of it. I know I could easily turn a profit, but to what end? I will free up some room, but will I kick myself in the future for letting it go?
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Brent,
LOL at Boysenberry Saga. Lost track of that one unfortunately. Hang on to that PW. Don't sell it just to free up space or $$ for the time being. I am hunting for a 313 Bascule Bridge and Flyer 312 as soon as the $$ becomes available. Never should've let them go.
Jim
good afternoon kids
another wet SLOW day at work...... boy does that make the day drag on......
Came home to find the truck fell off the Jack Stands, guess the ground gave out with the rain today
Ohh well, having a while my three footed buddy sits beside me
Sub BOB is that they stray cat that moved in with you guys?
I will refrain from providing dating and girl advice, as i may give some of the elders on here a heart attack, with my insights and thoughts, especially on "pre-marital" "things"
KEV, my thoughts on the HazMat cabinet was that you could sell it, buy a Gun Safe and still, maybe have some cash left over. Buy you got it home now. I have moved gun safes before, and never will again. WHY does every one want them in there basement?
AF RAY, I promise i left some good stuff for YA..........
well, need a refill
c ya later
Ryan
BOC I have one done a Husqvarna 455 Rancher and one to go and one to part out. I worked 4 hours for the dealership shuffling cars from here to there and worked 1.5 hours on the saws.
Chief,, We all know your Profile. It will never change Boss Hog.
Brent hang on to the PW for later in life.
Need to clean up, I smell of two stroke fuel.
Later.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Zero Export KEV, my thoughts on the HazMat cabinet was that you could sell it, buy a Gun Safe and still, maybe have some cash left over. Buy you got it home now. I have moved gun safes before, and never will again. WHY does every one want them in there basement?
Kev, if I need my guns at 3AM, I sure dont want to run into the basement.......
Whats the wife gonna say about a HAZMAT cabinet in the den?
Just keep the guns in the corner by the bed and the ammo in the night stand like the rest of us hill billys
WOW I had to get a small fire going in the wood stove to pull the dampness out of the air. After high 80's all week, this 60 degree DAMP weather feels COLD
RockIsland52 Jake......we don't believe a word you say about "D." We heard the same stuff from JimmyT about a certain member of the female persuasion we dubbed Boysenberry.
Jake......we don't believe a word you say about "D." We heard the same stuff from JimmyT about a certain member of the female persuasion we dubbed Boysenberry.
Oh, you better start believing it because it's true. Now, if it turns into a relationship, OK, great. If it doesn't, then it doesn't.
Good prevening (if you watch Big Bang, you'll know what I'm talking about).
Working solo tonight. So far so good. Hope to get done before too late.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Evening all!
Beautiful day here today. 60s to 75. Sunny. Sweet! Might get pretty warm this weekend (85?).
LAZ - No Rain, No Rain, No Rain,.... (we are due for a nice weather Spring York. It has been years.
Lets see - Chief becomes Mayor: (1) obtains Lakehouse, (2) only works a day or two a week, (3) lots of free meals, (4) he somehow moves the city hall Pergola to his back yard, and now (5) he is writin'/signin' city checks - not hard to put 2 and 2 together and get 6 in Rosyville....
The thiefs here are so desparate they are now stealing the brass numbers and brass mailbox plates from homes...a while back the City of Dallas had to go stamp "CoD" on all the bridge railings (particularly the AL ones) as they were being stolen for scrap so I guess they are having to go for easier stuff.
Have a great evening all!
Regards, Roy
wrmcclellan Lets see - Chief becomes Mayor: (1) obtains Lakehouse, (2) only works a day or two a week, (3) lots of free meals, (4) he somehow moves the city hall Pergola to his back yard, and now (5) he is writin'/signin' city checks - not hard to put 2 and 2 together and get 6 in Rosyville....
You'd think Roseyville was in NJ or CA.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Nah, not Jersey....you don't wear leisure suits or sweat clothes......not enough gold "neck" jewelry either.
More than likely Cali....
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
WRM, as a scrap yard owner, in PA, its a FELONY for the yard owner to buy with out a letter from the city or other governing authority:
Rail Road scrap (spikes, tie plates, rail, rail clips, empty spike buckets, etc,
Sprinkler heads and fire dept connections
Man hole covers and sewer grates
guard railings
Water meters
Electric Meters
Grave yard placards (especially the veterans grave markers, supplied by the DOD)
Catalytic converters, unless its from a dealer or repair garage
Street lamp fixtures and traffic control devices
and it goes on and on.....
I understand it's illegal for scrap dealers to buy a lot of stuff, yet the crooks still steal it. I suspect there are enough unscrupulous dealers out there that buy it at lower than going prices if they suspect it is stolen. They are selling it somewhere.
JEFELECTRIC, your correct. one of my competitors, is doing 10 years in the pokey for just that.
I TRY to run a clean and legal business. some things do slip through, but at the hands of the seller.
In other news, contrary to whats been happening on the home front in the last week, She calmly advised me that she is refi-ing house so SHE can afford it on her own, and my 90 days to vacate have been restarted, as un -till the refi is done, she cant afford it with out me...... and cause I am a smart ass Itold her i would leave all my stuff here and just buy it all back at the Sheriffs Sale..... OK that was mean....
and since i was recently accused of DUI (not convicted, trial awaits ) I am guessing I will be shelling out at least 8K dollars on that mess. PA state is right, YOU CANT AFFORD IT
so my what was a deposit on a new pad..... is well, now my attorneys and the states
This Month can be over at any time
Yeah, mistakes have been made, but i have learned.... and old guy once told me, mistakes ain't worth making, if you don't learn from them
I know you guys are sick of hearing about my trials and tribulations, but I really don't have any where else to discuss / vent stuff. I have family around, but i was always an out cast, the black sheep, the guy that wouldn't take a "professional job" and I really am not up to hear there "I TOLD YOU SO" etc etc etc etc etc etc
between all this and the employee theft issue in February, I am stressed out. I am not too upset about the home front issue, though....
any whoo.
chat later
Hudson#685 Brutus, RJ, BOC: Be careful with the storm. Storms done for now. More rain on the way and still closing roads due to flooding. RJ: I know what you are going thru with your co-worker. Been there. I worked 40 years for an Electric and Gas Co. Make the best of it. I plan to hang in there. No real choice jobs are to scarce to quit. RJ: York is the "Eastern Division - TCA York Meet". It is held in April and October at the York Fairgrounds, York, Pa. It is one of the best train shows if not the largest. You can get more info @ www.easterntca.org and tcamembers.org . People come from all over the country to attend. Sounds like a great time.
Brutus, RJ, BOC: Be careful with the storm.
Storms done for now. More rain on the way and still closing roads due to flooding.
RJ: I know what you are going thru with your co-worker. Been there. I worked 40 years for an Electric and Gas Co. Make the best of it.
I plan to hang in there. No real choice jobs are to scarce to quit.
RJ: York is the "Eastern Division - TCA York Meet". It is held in April and October at the York Fairgrounds, York, Pa. It is one of the best train shows if not the largest. You can get more info @ www.easterntca.org and tcamembers.org . People come from all over the country to attend.
Sounds like a great time.
Zero Export JEFELECTRIC, your correct. one of my competitors, is doing 10 years in the pokey for just that. I TRY to run a clean and legal business. some things do slip through, but at the hands of the seller. In other news, contrary to whats been happening on the home front in the last week, She calmly advised me that she is refi-ing house so SHE can afford it on her own, and my 90 days to vacate have been restarted, as un -till the refi is done, she cant afford it with out me...... and cause I am a smart ass Itold her i would leave all my stuff here and just buy it all back at the Sheriffs Sale..... OK that was mean.... and since i was recently accused of DUI (not convicted, trial awaits ) I am guessing I will be shelling out at least 8K dollars on that mess. PA state is right, YOU CANT AFFORD IT so my what was a deposit on a new pad..... is well, now my attorneys and the states This Month can be over at any time Yeah, mistakes have been made, but i have learned.... and old guy once told me, mistakes ain't worth making, if you don't learn from them I know you guys are sick of hearing about my trials and tribulations, but I really don't have any where else to discuss / vent stuff. I have family around, but i was always an out cast, the black sheep, the guy that wouldn't take a "professional job" and I really am not up to hear there "I TOLD YOU SO" etc etc etc etc etc etc between all this and the employee theft issue in February, I am stressed out. I am not too upset about the home front issue, though.... any whoo. chat later
From what I've seen on here since I joined is there are tons of caring people on here. The rest can ignore the post if they have trouble with it. As for me you have my prayers that things turn around .
jeffrey-wimberly charliebrownJeffrey-Wimberly are those pics you include in your postings your personal layout? If so they look great - would like to see on of most of the layout in one shot.Yep, those are all of my layout. Getting an inclusive or mostly inclusive shot is quite an order. It's nearly eight feet wide and close to eleven feet long on one side and almost seven feet long on the other side. Here are some photos I took of it some time ago.
charliebrownJeffrey-Wimberly are those pics you include in your postings your personal layout? If so they look great - would like to see on of most of the layout in one shot.
Zero Export Kev, if I need my guns at 3AM, I sure dont want to run into the basement....... Not all will be locked up! I just want to keep some of them dry and safe from the grandkids. Whats the wife gonna say about a HAZMAT cabinet in the den? Nothing.......... it is MY Den! The up side of going through three wifes. DFWM Just keep the guns in the corner by the bed and the ammo in the night stand like the rest of us hill billys WOW I had to get a small fire going in the wood stove to pull the dampness out of the air. After high 80's all week, this 60 degree DAMP weather feels COLD Ryan
Kev, if I need my guns at 3AM, I sure dont want to run into the basement....... Not all will be locked up! I just want to keep some of them dry and safe from the grandkids.
Whats the wife gonna say about a HAZMAT cabinet in the den? Nothing.......... it is MY Den! The up side of going through three wifes. DFWM
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Demay RJ – We lived in Enid before moving here to Japan. My wife has plenty of family in Tulsa, Broken Arrow, OKC, and Muskogee. If you need to stand on your layout then follow RT’s advice. If you do not plan to stand on it then ½” will be sufficient, or if the bracing is extremely solid then maybe even ¼” will work. Even though you may not need to stand on it, you want to make sure it doesn’t sag in any places. I’m pretty sure I used ¼” when I built tabletop benchwork for our layout in OK, but my framing/bracing was spaced pretty close together so I had no sag issues and I did not have to stand on it. If your layout is not very deep then you shouldn’t have to stand on it. I used 1” blue foam on top of my plywood as that’s all my local Lowe’s had. It worked well and made doing scenery easier.
RJ – We lived in Enid before moving here to Japan. My wife has plenty of family in Tulsa, Broken Arrow, OKC, and Muskogee. If you need to stand on your layout then follow RT’s advice. If you do not plan to stand on it then ½” will be sufficient, or if the bracing is extremely solid then maybe even ¼” will work. Even though you may not need to stand on it, you want to make sure it doesn’t sag in any places. I’m pretty sure I used ¼” when I built tabletop benchwork for our layout in OK, but my framing/bracing was spaced pretty close together so I had no sag issues and I did not have to stand on it. If your layout is not very deep then you shouldn’t have to stand on it. I used 1” blue foam on top of my plywood as that’s all my local Lowe’s had. It worked well and made doing scenery easier.
Who knows maybe we'll be in Ok at the same time one day.
Thanks for the layout info. I'm thinking I will probably end up with that same foam. They don't carry much for specialty stuff around here.
charliebrownI like the weathering on some of the items. Did you do them or did they come prepainted that way?
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charliebrown Zero Export JEFELECTRIC, your correct. one of my competitors, is doing 10 years in the pokey for just that. I TRY to run a clean and legal business. some things do slip through, but at the hands of the seller. In other news, contrary to whats been happening on the home front in the last week, She calmly advised me that she is refi-ing house so SHE can afford it on her own, and my 90 days to vacate have been restarted, as un -till the refi is done, she cant afford it with out me...... and cause I am a smart ass Itold her i would leave all my stuff here and just buy it all back at the Sheriffs Sale..... OK that was mean.... and since i was recently accused of DUI (not convicted, trial awaits ) I am guessing I will be shelling out at least 8K dollars on that mess. PA state is right, YOU CANT AFFORD IT so my what was a deposit on a new pad..... is well, now my attorneys and the states This Month can be over at any time Yeah, mistakes have been made, but i have learned.... and old guy once told me, mistakes ain't worth making, if you don't learn from them I know you guys are sick of hearing about my trials and tribulations, but I really don't have any where else to discuss / vent stuff. I have family around, but i was always an out cast, the black sheep, the guy that wouldn't take a "professional job" and I really am not up to hear there "I TOLD YOU SO" etc etc etc etc etc etc between all this and the employee theft issue in February, I am stressed out. I am not too upset about the home front issue, though.... any whoo. chat later From what I've seen on here since I joined is there are tons of caring people on here. The rest can ignore the post if they have trouble with it. As for me you have my prayers that things turn around .
You got my prayer for you as well...if you need to vent you can also PM me..
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Well...we managed to clear the tops of the poplar trees off the garage...there are a number of holes poked through and, of course, his van took a hit...the trees were standing in about 12" of water at my other neighbours house...guess what happened...over-saturated ground/ice build up/wind....poof down she went...took the other poplar down with it. Took portable sawmill to work on them....now we got ~230 board feet of poplar wood to muck around with....
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/
Hello all
Long, overcast day. We have an observer on site as well. Decided to come up yesterday w/o telling anyone Fortunately, we were able to get in touch w/ him before he actually got here.
Juggling a schedule trying to work in the two operators from our telescope on Kitt Peak. Looks like my buddy John and I from here will be going to help disassemble the new one in New Mexico. So far things look like they are coming together, but as always things are 'subject to change'.
RJ - Jeffrey is the weathering master. Nothing escapes the pastel chalks for long on his layout!
Jeffrey - cool photos of the layout. Now I have a good idea of its configuration. Keep those photos coming. There great!
Rich - hope they get some stuff figured out for ya
Ryan - yup, that's the cat that decided to move in w/ us. First time I've ever lived w/ a cat and I like it. And this is a good place to come for experience, strength, and hope. I recently changed my living arrangement due to personal issues so I understand a bit of what you're going through. The beauty of this group is that collectively we've seen just about everything, and together we've weathered the storm.
BOC - glad the trees didn't end up on you.
Kev - we used Husky saws in the lumberyard. They are good units. My buddy who I worked w/ from Alaska to whom I'd entrust my life around a chain saw preferred Stihls though, but I've never used one.
Well, if this will be my last full week up here before we go to NM, I've got a few projects to finish up.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Good evening.
Just got home a little while ago. Watching click right now.
Guess what? Got an application in the mail for a $40,000 scholarship from C&N Bank today! That's full tuition! Will definitely apply for it.
Lehigh Valley 2089 Good evening. Just got home a little while ago. Watching click right now. Guess what? Got an application in the mail for a $40,000 scholarship from C&N Bank today! That's full tuition! Will definitely apply for it.
U go Jake !!!!! Great news.
Hey Ryan....
Dude, we are ALL here for each other, trust me the people here with NO problems are the ones we gotta be suspicious of.
Just got back from dinner with my sister and BIL. Had a sausage sandwich and cheese bread at the local pizza place (owned by my next door neighbor).
Got the divorce paperwork back today, left out 1 address, so that will go back to Trenton tomorrow.
Not much better...but bed time looming soon and I forced myself to stay up. Can't make it to the NJ Hi-Railers tomorrow, I'm so bummed.
Hey one last thing...my ex girlfriends Dad is in the hospital. He has CHF and has lost a lot of weight. I really would like some prayers for him. I appreciate all the help I can get guys!!
See ya tomorrow!
Anjdevil2: We got you covered as well....
Temp is 41.
I am still enjoying the almond chicken I had for dinner. Nothing like a meal that last a long time. Talked to charlie tonight he is hot to trot for York. TCA & ogr mags are read and filed. Some banilla with chocolate pudding on top sounds good for tonight...S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Zero Export - if you can't come here and vent then where else are you going to go? Trust me we have all been through something or other, and we have all been here for each other. Somethings aren't going to change and that is one of them!I have been fortunate to have found a woman who doesn't think or act like one. She knows how to communicate - and at times she has to put me in place so I start listening and not reacting - and every effectively at that. We don't ride each other about every little hick-up. My ex used to nit-pick about everything and was a hypocrit beyond words. TheQ and I often say that our previous marriages taught us what we DID NOT want in a mate, it is learning that which makes finding a suitable (note I did not say perfect) mate possible.All you young guys out there - pay attention. Just because a girl is 'fun', or a 'friend' does not mean she will make a good mate.
anjdevil2Hey one last thing...my ex girlfriends Dad is in the hospital. He has CHF and has lost a lot of weight. I really would like some prayers for him. I appreciate all the help I can get guys!!
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Got a little cleanup done on the layout today. There's a few cables, some wire and a computer part added to a box in the closet now. I gave four of the FP7's a good run this afternoon.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evening.
Watching something on the Luftwaffe's last ditch effort to regain air superiority over Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_nAjPLlCKk
Night everyone.
Hello all,
I'll add a for Rich's request.
Ryan, we're here for ya
Missed my usual post this AM. Not a good day. Had to have Buddy our 7 year old Doberman put down. Vet said It was Heart/Lung issues. He has been slowing down even more than usual the last while. The heat earlier this week really bothered him and last night it hit him hard. Coughing, panting and he could barely walk. I got him to the vet today but he said there wasn't much we could do. (My guess is he had a heart attack) Mrs & I are kicking around the idea of another Dobe.(Buddy was our 4th) If we get one I'd like it to be mid June so it is well acclimated before Mrs goes back to school. Danny the Toy Poodle seems lost. It's only been 13 months since we lost Lucy.
Lots o' rain here today. We needed it
Hopefully, next week at this time I'll be nursing sore legs at York.
Kev.........glad you got your loco fixed. I'm guessing either a poor connection at the factory that failed or the heat from running it all gummed up was enough to head and cool the connection and cause a "cold joint". I wonder how many armatures are thrown out that could be repaired so easily.
Best head t bed. We've got a whole beef to wrap and freeze tomorrow. I also have to place Buddy with his predessors under the pear tree up on the hill. (too much rain & mud today)
Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
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