Dang - wondered where that thing go to! Glad you found it RT, be sure to make SJ clean it up as he is the one who made that mess!
SJ - sounds like a great find my man, and what a great dinner! Sounds like you guys are having a great time!
Finished online web-based live meeting training today for the quality job (I already have had for about a year and a half). Next week I go to Nashville and I'll be there for 2 weeks working with the quality guys at that office. Man - I really don't want to go on this trip, it's bad timing for me with all the stuff we are doing at work right now and to get some of my other stuff done. Oh well - they get what they get if they send us off to training. Gotta go check out that new Lionel catalog!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Home from the lake house.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Hello all
Looks I'll be on my way to NM later this month. Will be working my week ons taking this new telescope apart for shipping to AZ. Should be interesting.
Got a plant for the yard at the house. We are having a competition w/ the guys next door.
Also got a new kickstand for the bicycle, made in USA. Go figure.
Corvair got another bath as well.
Continued Daewoo assembly tomorrow. Hopefully we are on the home stretch. We got the the water outlet and inlet gaskets. One looks like Illinois and the other like Ohio
Was riding behind someone on the busiest part of campus, and she was trying to ride a bike and use her cell phone There should be an inertial device that keeps the phone from working if you are moving.
RT - love the 'smartboat'
Save travels to all those going to york.
Prayers for those in Texas and the family of the MIT officer.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Konnichiwa,
Yesterday was a busy day here. I was on the firing range all day for work as it was time for me to qualify with my M4 and M11. I did not have any time to relax after work as the baseball team had its second practice last night. I have identified three kids who are capable of pitching, but no one besides my son has volunteered to be the catcher. My son will be able to do it but I would to have at least two kids playing that position. My son is also one of the kids who will pitch so we need another catcher. Unfortunately, out of 14 kids, I have about 6 whose arm strength limits them to only playing 2B. I can’t hide the weaker kids in the OF at this level as many balls will now be hit there. We only have two more practices before our first game next Saturday so I have much work to do with them. The wife went to Tokyo for the night with two of her friends; they are celebrating a birthday for one of them. I think the kids and I will survive the night on our own.
SJ – Thanks for checking in. How do the updated sounds on your new WBB loco sound?
Ryan/Jeffrey – I don’t think it is a $64 million question, but it is certainly one of economics. Lionel does not produce as many of its US-made Armed Forces cars as it does all its other foreign-made items. If Lionel chose to produce significantly more or all its items here in the US, the cost of production would rise. This would lead to a rise in the cost of labor and ultimately a rise in the price to consumer (retail price). The prices for new items are high now (in my opinion), and Lionel probably calculates that its customers (market) will not pay more. While many of us clamor for “Made in the USA” products, we’re not truly ready to pay made in the USA prices. The simple fact is labor in the US costs more than labor in China and many other places. I’m not going to get political or cause any ruckus as to why US labor costs are so much higher, but it’s just the way it is.
AF Ray – I’m glad you saw a winning game. I guess DJ is out until after the All Star break.
Sayonara,
Joe
Good morning.
Same plans as usual. Some work this evening, so there's a little bit more in my pocket.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill RR....
It is a cloudy 68 degrees. Going up to 76 today with some rain coming.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will relax. I have some reading I want to do and a small train project to work on. Lunch and a nap, this afternoon.
Buckeye & LAZ......TGIF
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Mornin' boys. Overcast and 63 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Waiting 'til after rush hour to head north. "General" funds in my pocket. It will be nice to see the gang at 1300.
Wild night in Boston. Officer dead. Bombing suspect dead, other on the run. Apparently Chechnya ties (think 3 Days in September). I can't believe they went on with memorial service with these two on the loose....
Stay vigilant.
Good morning. It's 41° with a wind chill of 36°. Humidity is 83%. Wind NNW 15mph gusting to 28mph. The high will be 65°.Sunny today but cooler. I'm going to see if I can get some of the mess on the layout cleaned up before I get interrupted for some reason or other. Four of the FP7's are getting a good run this morning. L&A 626, RI 405, L&A 1514B and L&A 1523C. Quite a mix of motors there. Whatever brand Roco used in the 70's, Mashima, Athearn and PPW.
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fifedog Wild night in Boston. Officer dead. Bombing suspect dead, other on the run. Apparently Chechnya ties (think 3 Days in September). I can't believe they went on with memorial service with these two on the loose.... Stay vigilant.
FIFE and all........We have four or 5 towns North of Boston on lockdown along with the transit system and taxi service as authorities continue to search for the second bombing suspect. Residents told to stay in their homes. Businesses asked to remain closed. 1,000,000+ folks on hold.
Suspects: two Russian brothers (not citizens) living in Cambridge and/or Watertown, 26 and 19 years old, not currently students but the younger one had been in high school in Cambridge (wrestler and 2011 scholarship winner), both been here possibly as long as 10 years (at least since 2001). Parents still live in Russia. An uncle lives here too (in Md), he is stunned, ashamed, and clueless but was not particularly close with them. Why the brothers remained here here, unknown. "Friends" describe them as nice guys, nothing suspicious about them, even up to the day of the bombings.
After the pictures of the two suspects were plastered all over the media yesterday afternoon around 5:30pm, things started happening. About 10:30PM last night an M.I.T. police officer in Cambridge spotted and confronted the two and was killed. Possibly interrupted by the MIT police officer planting another bomb?
An hour later the suspects carjacked a car (with owner), released that person 30 minutes later. News reports said they then were spotted and chased by law enforcement, using explosives while being chased. Later were located overnight nearby in Watertown just North of Boston where another huge gun battle ensued. A 33 year old MBTA transit officer was wounded in the Watertown firefight and is in surgery.
One suspect dead from the firefight (older one, 26 y.o.) but the other younger brother got away.
MASSIVE manhunt underway. It's like a war zone here. My prayers today not only go out for the victims of the Marathon blasts but also for the police officers who have put themselves in harms way and have paid a horrible price, one the ultimate price.
Jack
UPDATE 8:50AM: remaining suspect may be holed up in Watertown house, surrounded. Massive law enforcement presence. 2.5 mile perimeter set up.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Good morning all,
It is chilly in SE Indiana. Glee was awful last night. May be last season I watch it. Quiet day at work finally. Did see a GP40 in MTH catalog with markings that look like engine that runs thru hometown (Indiana and Ohio). Pretty cool. Pretty expensive and no cars with road name to go with it. TBIL. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Boston and surrounding area. Unbelievable. Would happen under Jack's watch. Think LE is doing a great job shutting everything down and making folks stay inside. Protects those who might get caught in a shoot out, explosion or kidnapped as a hostage.
Off to town to do my dangerous dog(s) hearing. Cloudy and real warm. Storms tonight.
Later.
Good Morning...
Weather here is kinda dull and rainy...current temperature is our high of 60F going down to...guess...the temperature of 28F with a chance of...snow.......back to winter...
Yesterday I got to mow our hayfield..I mean lawn and clean thatch from our border/perennial gardens and clean some remaining trash from the trees that fell...next on list is to replace tile on kitchen floor...sigh....
What is going on in Boston is way too weird for words...speechless here...
Have a good'un!!
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/
Just a sip.
Bad day for Marseilles IL. 9 barges broke loose on the Il. river and 3 hit the dam. massive flooding in town close to the river. middle school is sitting in a lake.
Prayers for these people. and the mess that started a MIT last night.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/19585653-418/1000-evacuated-in-marseilles-after-barge-hits-levee.html
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
KRM Bad day for Marseilles IL. 9 barges broke loose on the Il. river and 3 hit the dam. massive flooding in town close to the river. middle school is sitting in a lake. Prayers for these people. and the mess that started a MIT last night. http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/19585653-418/1000-evacuated-in-marseilles-after-barge-hits-levee.html
Prayers for the folks in your town, KEV, and for the folks in Texas in the aftermath of the huge explosion there. And for our safety forces laying it on the line here in Metro Boston. Man, what is going on?
RockIsland52 KRM Prayers for the folks in your town, KEV, and for the folks in Texas in the aftermath of the huge explosion there. And for our safety forces laying it on the line here in Metro Boston. Man, what is going on? Jack
KRM
Thanks Jack. Sandra and I know first hand what being flooded is about. All you can do is watch it come up and wait for it to go down.
Yeah what is going on here in Marseilles is an act of God. Texas, most likely corporate greed with lack of safety enforcement.
And Metro Boston Nut cases,,,again.
Finally got a minute of free time. I have the genset running that I was fixing for a friend. Funny they just won't run on water. I also order the parts I needed to finish up Chainsaw #2 and going to scrap out Chainsaw #3. The Wife wants to go to town and get some pork-chops and see the flood damage so we will be doing that this afternoon. I have been told our old house in Plainfield is sitting in the Dupage river,,,,,,,,again. Boy I don't miss that.
Well I had better catch up on the posts here so I will check in later.
TV is nuts with the Boston bomber chase. I hope they get him.
Aloha. So cooooooold and windy, with snow 'pellets' flying everywhere. Took an unexpected 3 hours out of my morning to pick up the college boy who's sick. Prayers for Boston.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Afternoon all hows it going. Waiting for the mail to run of coarse today would be his late day. I ordered some super O 1/2 track and waiting for them as they should be here today. Holding me up on getting it right to see how I can get all these loops on.
Where I will add switches. ect.
Off today work the weekend and monday then off a week. May try and do the laundry room floor. ( the left over flooring from the den.) Who knows but sounds good that way I get that out from under the train table lol.
Talked to Charlie and SJ last night on the tardis. Sounds like there having fun there in york.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good afternoon everybody! tgif
Prayers for Boston,Texas,and Illinois
I got sent out early this morning on a down microwave link. I got it back up and running. When i was leaving the site I noticed the wind kicked up to 40mph gust and the temp dropped about 5*. I also noticed the guy wires shaking from the wind and decided it would be best for me to get my behind out of there.
The boss gave me the ok to leave early today so I can get home and rest up to be back on later!
Flooding all over my area. They have 11 roads shut down at this time for water across the roads.
From the chilly thumb of Mi
Good afternoon.
Man. Three events in a matter of days. A bombing in Boston, explosion at a plant in Texas, and a dam break on the Il. River. Wow are we unlucky right now............prayers for those that need them.
Anyway, some good news on my end. Really good news. Got called down to the office at school today, with 9 other kids, all of them were ones that wouldn't get into trouble (ususally anyway). Turns out, we are in the Top 10 of our 139 kid class! Was really happy to hear that.
good even every one
what a mess this country is in right now.
Kev, bet your glad to be on high ground......
Rain and bad storms and Tornado warnings here. Major power outage in town, has traffic lights out and traffic all backed up.
Had a GREAT time at breakfast this am with the "Crew" It was really nice to meet everyone face to face, good turn out too.
Hopefully I will be able to attend the show this Fall.
Prayers for all in need of them
Ryan
Zero Export Kev, bet your glad to be on high ground......
Ryan You bet I am. Someday I hope to meet the guys face to face. A bit of a drive from North Central ILL.
Jake the dam did not break but the barges that hit it stopped the water from flowing over it and cause the back up of water into town. What a mess Marseilles is today. Most of the south side of town is under water and the town is locked down to all traffic. BTW, Congrats on the top ten. I was one of those kids that would,,,,,,,,,, get into trouble.
You all have a good night.
P.S. Here is a picture our daughter took of our old place in Plainfield. Bad but about 4' shy of the flood of 1996. In 1996 that lot line fence was under water. Sure am glad we are not there anymore. I am tooooo old for that stuff. I did love living on the river in Plainfield IL. Most of the time.
Kev, I forgot .... about your HAZ-MAT cabinet
Thats too bad its not gonna work. That would have been cool to have that in the den full of guns.......
On a serious note, you should see what the second hand market is like on them. You may be able to sell it and buy a gun cabinet. And take it from me, pay the 50.00 to where ever you buy the gun safe from to have them deliver it and put it where you want it. Then all you have to do is stand there and drink a cold one and point.........
Or just keep it and use it in our workshop for paints and stuff..... or maybe an auxillery ammo cabinet? LOL
AF RAY, I missed ya leaving breakfast this AM, did you get in touch with Tyke at the show?
gotta run
Evening all,
First trip to York a success. SO much to see. The Orange Hall by far was my favorite. Nice that the weather co-operated as well. Can't wait till next year. And now to sit back relax look at all the catalogs I got today at the meet, and enjoy the beginning of a three day weekend. Have a good weekend everybody!!!!
KEVINK22 Evening all, First trip to York a success. SO much to see. The Orange Hall by far was my favorite. Nice that the weather co-operated as well. Can't wait till next year. And now to sit back relax look at all the catalogs I got today at the meet, and enjoy the beginning of a three day weekend. Have a good weekend everybody!!!!
We want pics of all the hauls you guys did. You all need to do a seperate thread with pics of the hauls you got.
Not much else going on here talk to you all later
Amen he's in custody YEAH!! now the freakin' turkey has to deal with system.
The day started early with breakfast at 7 am. John, John Jr, Ray, Laz, jefelectric & wife, Roy and Ryan. 1pm we met for pictures. The entire breakfast crew plus Brent, Fife, Banks & wife also joined us. Brent took our photo. After that we had a tailgate gathering at John's vehicle for some ice cream. Homemade NJ Ice cream, YUM! Lemon was fantastic!!
Capped off the day with a filling diner at a local diner with my Michigan crew, John, John Jr and Ray.
Has been a great York. From all my friends here on the forum to Norm Charbonneau, Todd Wagner a former Lionel employee and others I have not mentioned, spending time wandering the halls and chatting has been fun.
It was a deliteful no grits day. Besides Lemon, John also brought Banilla and several other flavors that were vere good...Joe I can't run the new GP30 until we get home but I have heard them and they sound good for an engine that sells for about $200....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
rtraincollector Amen he's in custody YEAH!! now the freakin' turkey has to deal with system.
Now how to pay the bill for all of the over the top to catch one dumb kid??? Open your wallet RT too bad we can't make the media pay with some of the money they got from the commercialism on slot they forced on us today. They should of saved us the money and killed the dumb kid, he will be on the tax payers dime till way past the end of me. . The waste of people and resources was the worst I have ever seen in my 61 years. WTF? Now we will need to thank all of the guys that got OT and had Donuts today on the Gov dime. Come ON!!!! what is wrong here????? I wish I was out there today and wanted to commit a crime. It would of been a cake walk. Shame on us all. Law and Order is out of control. One dumb kid stops the world???????????????
Now don't get me wrong here,,, I have the highest regard for these men and woman who put their lives on the line but I think that their management is out of control. It is driven by the political a$$holes who put these men and woman out there in stupid numbers as working for the people when they just want to stay in office and be re-elected.
One dumb kid stops the world???????????????
Just your opinion KEV. Sorry I totally disagree with you. The answer is WHY.
WHY did he do it/
What made him do it?
Who brainwashed him and his brother?
Lots o questions and with a dead lifeless body NO answers.
Food for thought.
laz57
SIRJAMES,
BINELLA.
LEMON!!!!!
HUDSONJOHN,
Tell WIFEY, YUUUUUMMMMMMYYYYYY!!!! TANKS!!!!!!, Cant wait til OCTOBER.
laz 57 One dumb kid stops the world??????????????? Just your opinion KEV. Sorry I totally disagree with you. The answer is WHY. WHY did he do it/ What made him do it? Who brainwashed him and his brother? Lots o questions and with a dead lifeless body NO answers. Food for thought. laz57 Yep, Just My opinion LAZ and mine is as good to me as yours to you. Why I love this place I call home, USA. We don't have to agree,, do we?? And right. WHY did he do it? What made him do it? Who brainwashed him and his brother? Lots o questions and with a dead lifeless body NO answers. More than One dead lifeless body! Find out and send him home to his dad in a body bag.
Yep, Just My opinion LAZ and mine is as good to me as yours to you. Why I love this place I call home, USA. We don't have to agree,, do we??
And right.
WHY did he do it?
Lots o questions and with a dead lifeless body NO answers. More than One dead lifeless body! Find out and send him home to his dad in a body bag.
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