ChiefEagles CALIFORNIA, here I come.
CALIFORNIA, here I come.
Have a good trip there!!
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Good MorningAll kind of dull and very humid out today...currently sitting at 74F feeling like 94F...about 95% humidity...yuck...Getting a few things done chorewise and then off to the mall to meet the gang...and then train time....
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
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Aloha from a beautiful-summer Chicago. I had a good class session last night and got to ride home separately via the TARDIS with Brutus and SJ. Rich, good luck on your better opportunity. Safe travels, Chief!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
The temp is still a stuffy 79 going into the Hi 80s today.
A good chat with Doug M and some of the guys last night. But no train news from my favorite toy store.
S.J.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Brent --
Here's my take on dehumidifier's and what they can do for you. My basement is also finished and below grade and we tend to run the central AC most of the time. I typically bring out the dehumidifier in June, just for the basement, and plug it in. Because we don't have a floor drain in the train rooms I empty it every day, no big deal and there is always two gallons of water. It's difficult to keep humidity at a low enough level to prevent rust on the rails but I've been successful, it also takes the dampness out of the air and I like that, keeps it fresh.
I do know of several train hobbyist's that run their dehumidifier's in the winter, I do not. Just my
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Morning!
Well, I think were all set for the big visit. I've got all the trains secured to the shelves with safety chains and locks. Kay has taken all the silverware and other valuables over to her parents for safekeeping. The computer has been locked on to the Forum, all the keyboard keys (other than the alpha keys) have been painted over. The mouse has been disabled, so computer is definitely only available for posting here. The security system has been installed and tested, including the motion detectors and alarms, in every room. The pool service team is on 24/7 alert status for any immediate response requirements concerning water safety. The neighborhood watch captain has been alerted, and 24 hour surveillance teams have been established. I think, were A-OK, but just in case the local law enforcement is maintaining helicopter surveillance to ensure neighborhood safety. And finally a team of narcotic search dogs have been re-trained for Grits identification and are in constant patrol through out the city.
So pray for me, and I will try to keep everyone informed. IF you don't hear from me for a 36 hour period, then something is wrong. I will also take special efforts to ensure that the only aircraft he will be on that departs here will be bound for Charlotte, NC. (To protect you all.)
In the event I do not survive this, please do not dismay, for I feel it is my duty to ensure all the participants and the forum are well protected, and feel honored to meet the challenge.
Don
RockIsland52 ChiefEagles CALIFORNIA, here I come. Well, there goes the neighborhood ! Hmmmmmm........Don, Doug, Ray, Dennis, and the Chief together at the same time. California in chaos. JACK :-) Jack, We can only add to the chaos that Sacrademento has already created.
ChiefEagles CALIFORNIA, here I come. Well, there goes the neighborhood !
Jon, Say goodbye Gullwing and hello Jaguar F-Type.
The weather guessers are talking the "R" word for Thursday & Friday, we shall see. Although we could use some rain to help with a fire in the back country, provided it don't bring lightning with it.
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Don and Doug.......I got an anonymous email from someone with the initials "PE" from North Carolina who recommended calling up the national guard and homeland security. Said there would be a huge reward for detaining the Chief. PJ.
Radar has picked up a plane load of grits aimed at California. It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's the Chief!
D.Baker is standing by with the first line of defense at LAX I presume unless they are planning an airborne attack over Cerritos. Crash trucks have been alerted to spray anti grits foam on the runway.
Good morning all,
Cleaned up a little in the train room this morning and worked up a sweat even though it was not too bad today. We have some kind of cloud cover. High around 83 predicted tomorrow. I hope so.
Dougnotagrump, did you say the R word? Haven't heard about any up here. Probably just a rumor started by some guy from North Carolina.
Looking forward to getting my Honda out of the paint shop by tomorrow.
Wife went to see doctor yesterday about neck pain. Wants her to start wearing a cervical collar neck brace in addition to the excercises. Medical supply store did not have the right size. Had to order and will be in tomorrow.
#2 son has invited me to see the Red Unit version of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus here in Ontario this month. I have heard the Red unit is usually better than the blue one. Will go to remember my departed friend Ed, who was a circus performer in his younger days. He was one of the Flying Wallenda's for three years in the 50's. He and I used to go to see the circus together when it came to town. He new a lot of the people there and he usually got us a backstage visit with some of the performers and a chance to see the "back yard" of the circus where the animals are kept. He knew a lot about the big cats. Friend of his was a lion tamer. Once he let Ed and I sit right next to the cage during the performance. I can tell you, those lions were for real. I Miss Ed a lot.
Ray
SPMan
Good Evening Everyone!
Been a bit busy the last few days. Doing a lot of fishing and helping my daughter and son in law with their new house.
Chief: Safe trip! Enjoy!!!
Jon: I swear by my dehumidifier in my basement. I run it all year long. Never a rust problem and I live in a damp area.
SJ: Lemon Ice Cream for the Tardis tonight!
Have a Greeat Evening!
John
RockIsland52 ChiefEagles CALIFORNIA, here I come. Hmmmmmm........Don, Doug, Ray, Dennis, and the Chief together at the same time. California in chaos. JACK :-)
Remember that old theory about California sliding into the sea? Well I predict the time is near.
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
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Buckeye Riveter wrmcclellan Had a nice chat with Buckeye this afternoon until I figured out he was pumping me for information regarding the Chief's trip out west. Rest assured Chief I shut that down quickly. Had a great talk with Roy yesterday. Found out all the details of the Chief's trip and now I will be able to let the California Highway Patrol in on the information in order to keep the state safe and pollution free of grits. I sure hope those surfer dudes are aware that there will be some big waves hitting the beach as the hot air increases during the Chief's visit.
wrmcclellan Had a nice chat with Buckeye this afternoon until I figured out he was pumping me for information regarding the Chief's trip out west. Rest assured Chief I shut that down quickly.
Had a nice chat with Buckeye this afternoon until I figured out he was pumping me for information regarding the Chief's trip out west. Rest assured Chief I shut that down quickly.
Had a great talk with Roy yesterday. Found out all the details of the Chief's trip and now I will be able to let the California Highway Patrol in on the information in order to keep the state safe and pollution free of grits. I sure hope those surfer dudes are aware that there will be some big waves hitting the beach as the hot air increases during the Chief's visit.
Chief - all lies. Buckeye thinks you are going to Canada. Have a safe trip!
DonB - have a great time entertaining the Chief. Looking forward to the daily activity report.
Ray - nice remembrances of your friend. That is how they live on.
Getting more rain here - ugh. Doug M wish we had your weather.
Regards, Roy
Good Evening All!
Like everyone else it seems that we can hardly go two days without rain. They said that June was a record for rainfall and July can't be too far behind.
Banks - Prayers for your DIL's father. Just keep giving her your support.
SP Ray - Sounds like things with you sister are getting a bit better. Hope she starts feeling better soon.
Chief - Good luck on the trip. Too bad you weren't going later this month when the Yankees play the Dodgers.
Now for some good news. Carrie had a doctor's visit today and they said that this baby is very large and he is ready. So tomorrow night at 7:30pm she goes in to be induced for labor. So maybe by Friday night I might post some pics.
Later.....
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Good evening all,
Muggy in SE Indiana. Work was ok. Played a soccer game tonight. We only had 8 players. We did well to lose only 3 to 1. I had many good touches. I hope everyone (including travelers and expectant parents) has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
High 80's and high humidity here today.
I've been putting off mowing the grass, thinking that if I leave it long going into the dry season, it won't 'burn up' so bad. Anyhow, when I was coming home from work tonight, the only thing I could see of the young rabbit that was its ears. After dinner, I hauled the lawnmower out, set it on its highest setting and mowed. Then for fun, my wife and I did some wall painting in one of the spare bedrooms. Now we are ready to haul the new elliptical machine that has been riding around in the van since Friday upstairs and get it set up.
All for now.
Time for me to hit the pillow but not before a prayer for Tyler and Carrie. Maybe squeeze one in for their Dads as well. I'd say one for the California boys; but there are four of them. They should be able to contain the invader from North Carolina. :-) JACK.
This ani't Don. Its the REB raider. Sitting fancy in LA. Guess what. Landed in LA in clouds and it rained. SUNNY CA?????? Kay, the only good Baker, took me by the train club layout. Big. Then to Ruby's for dinner. The old man is running the train at his work. 10:00 their time which = 1:00 my time. Going to try and stay up until Shake and Bake gets home. Waiting for the ground to start trembling and a big fire coming down the mountains.
Buckeye, read the article [in flight] in the new Trains magazine about WV railroads. Especially about NS's big project to be able to run double stacks from Ohizo to Roanoke. You must have done a good job engineering that project.
Jack, take more than four CA boys to keep a REB in line.
Later
Konbanwa,
No change in the weather out here: hot and humid. It was a pretty easy going day at work, followed a relaxing evening at home. I don’t have much else to report, which can be a good thing.
Sayonara,
Joe
dbaker48 This ani't Don. Its the REB raider. Sitting fancy in LA. Guess what. Landed in LA in clouds and it rained. SUNNY CA?????? Kay, the only good Baker, took me by the train club layout. Big. Then to Ruby's for dinner. The old man is running the train at his work.
This ani't Don. Its the REB raider. Sitting fancy in LA. Guess what. Landed in LA in clouds and it rained. SUNNY CA?????? Kay, the only good Baker, took me by the train club layout. Big. Then to Ruby's for dinner. The old man is running the train at his work.
Oh no he has taken one CA. boys out and holding his wife as prisoner the rest of you guys watch out be prepared he snuck in on Kay and took the place over for a southern fort how else would he get access to a CA. computer and all. West coast is doomed it will be full of grits very soon I see it coming little by little he will work it east he's a sneaky ole REB. and I mean OLD.
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dbaker48 This ani't Don. Its the REB raider. Sitting fancy in LA. Guess what. Landed in LA in clouds and it rained. SUNNY CA?????? Kay, the only good Baker, took me by the train club layout. Big. Then to Ruby's for dinner. The old man is running the train at his work. 10:00 their time which = 1:00 my time. Going to try and stay up until Shake and Bake gets home. Waiting for the ground to start trembling and a big fire coming down the mountains. Buckeye, read the article [in flight] in the new Trains magazine about WV railroads. Especially about NS's big project to be able to run double stacks from Ohizo to Roanoke. You must have done a good job engineering that project. Jack, take more than four CA boys to keep a REB in line. Later
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 68 degrees. Going up to 78 today with no rain .
Today is an easy day. I have the usual chores to do and then I can relax. I want to do some reading and relaxing. Lunch and a nap, later.
Dining car is here with Cheerios for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
Mornin' FellasI hope Chief took enough grits with him to CA to fill the San Adreas, that is probably the only thing that could stabilize the fault line! Hoping one of you electrical experts can answer my layout wiring question. I can do whole house wiring, but I don't know enough about transformers and the like to know what the best way to wire my layout is. Do I need the rotary switches and the toggle switches? If not how do I cut the power to the transition tracks when they are not in use? Can I run the whole layout using one output on the ZW?UGH!!!!!!
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Good MorningMuch cooler out this morning then it has been for the past several days...or was it weeks...mmmmm...right now we are at 62F...going for a high of 72F......the rain we had over the past three days tripled the amount the amount we had all summer last year...Today I actually might get a chance to get the hay..I mean grass cut...then off to the mall to meet the gang and see what types of things happened...
Sunny CA???? Cloudy and scattered showers. Baker and Sugg conspiracy. Thought I would be staying in a house with grafiety on it. Really nice palace with pool. Shake and Bake has been fooling us. He is really one of those CA guys with $$$$.
He did insist that I sign in under my name. Said everyone would think it was him claiming to be me.
Well, planning REB raid north of him. Hollywood and then Sugg's [capture Dennis as he comes to the trap].
Good morning! A rainy day down the Jersey Shore.
Yesterday was Mom's Birthday and she had something planned with friends so today I will take her to dinner and stay overnight.
Have a Great Day!
We have a sunny 70 this morning.
A hair(s) cut and some errands, the rest of today is mine.
No train news from the store yesterday.
I guess Dougnotagrump was right about the R word. We did get a few sprinkles this morning. However my lawn is dry as a bone and I'm trying to catch up on the watering Had it checked a couple of days ago and it was also treated for fungus and cut worms. I don't see how anything could live in there with the recent hot days we have had.
Glad to hear that our buddy from the Old North State has safely arrived although he says it was in a rainstorm. That was arranged by D. Baker to try and dilute the grits on board. It is staying overcast so far today so should be comfortable at my layout tonight I hope. I'm trying to run down these two juvenile delinquents to find out what time dinner is tonight. Suppose to link up with them then. I'm assuming 6:00PM unless I hear otherwise. V8 Vega is suppose to join us at 8:15 at my place.
Got to run some errands. More later.
Dennis, I should be back at my house by 8:15 I think. If I'm a few minutes late. Don't panic. I will be there. Might get in a long winded discussion with you know who at dinner. You know, I was raised in the South myself and we all like to talk a lot.
Aloha. Beauty of a day in Chicago. Thought I heard someone singing 'California Here I Come!' at the top of their lungs from a C-47 that roared over the house heading west. Today was a busy and productive day. I finished cleaning the van before it was picked up -- aloha old buddy. Then I cut the grass until the mower died - I had plugged it in wrong. Then cut back all sorts of weeds and overgrown bushes. Finally painted all the trim in sight. Tomorrow I will continue painting the garage door. It was perfect weather for all this except for the skeeters.Ray, hope you enjoy the circus. That is a neat story about your friend being one of the WallendasBrent, there are many guys here who know far more about electrics when it comes to wiring a layout - presuming you are not running TMCC or DCS - my layout is just wired with a transformer connected to each huge loop of separated tracks - physically separated from each other- and each running only one train - usually Ivor or his minions. I wanted the simplest approach possible - use manual switches too.Prayers for Tyler and Carrie's new baby. Hey, the White Sox took two of three from the Tigers!
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