Ohayo (Ohio Chuck),
Well, due to the government shutdown I am back in Japan three weeks early. After completing three weeks of a six week course, the school had to send us home since there was no money due to the shutdown. I am happy to be back with my family, but the three weeks of work I completed are all for nothing at this point. I doubt I will make it back to complete the course. I was impressed with Newport, RI; it is a very nice part of our country.
I hope to catch up on the posts at some point and I hope everyone is doing well.
Sayonara,
Joe
Hey all I'm still here just been hiding from the witch. And to think I use to cut her grass for her, trim her bushes etc and then she wants to be ugly and get her friends the same oh well thats there problem I don't have to associate with them.
Not to much else going on got a real idiot lets see your ebay seller name is train related and its O gauge related and you want to offer $500 for a set that books for $2200 the someone wanted me to sell them a N&W hopper in original box yet for $6 some idiots It just makes me go back in and put a minimum that I'll accept and a ceiling on best offer as in below a certain amount denied automatically.
Oh well christmas is coming and will see what happens as reducing what I don't really want/need lol I get in these spending modes then look back why did I buy that lol
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Laz you fellers got some good size fish there.
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Afternoon FellasDon - You think things are normalizing? I see you didn't see Laz's photoshopped images from his fishing expedition. Just because one (the one of his brother with his fish) was real, doesn't make up for the rest of them being fake! That pic of Chief and his buddy about got me fired!This weekend Christina located the box of Brio Thomas the Tank Engine stuff her uncle gave her... she and I spent about 4 hours on Saturday setting up, taking down, and setting up different track layouts. She informed me that she needs more track... I told her to ask Mommy when she got home... as soon as TheQ walked in the door... "MOMMY! I need more track for Thomas!" I got the look from down-under and when I told her it wasn't my idea all I got was a "Yeah, uh-huh"! BTW Christina slept with her motorized Lady and Thomas engines last night. I do need to get her Lionel Thomas setup done... may work on something for her for Christmas...
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Good Afternoon.
We had a couple of big old thunderbangers come through last night. Left more than 4" of rain and fried my laptop AC adapter and mixing board. Surge protector saved itself though.
Le Sigh.
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...
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Glad to see things "Normalizing", still concerned about RT though. Saw the post the Chief made about taking care of the "Babies", and everything was good. Hmmm some of all that makes sense to me now. He had just sent me a picture that was taken where the hunting trailer is. Said, he had a couple of the "ladies" get him and his buddy and their 6 packs, they had been working on.
Frank is on the right, with his arms up.
No wonder there is all the activity going on down there.
Don
Good morning y'all,
Went to the TTOS train meet yesterday and took a friend with me as a guest. First time I have taken a guest in years because most of the guys I know already are members of the train club. So I was surprised or embarrased when I asked for a name tag for my "guest". They said OK, that will be $5. Say what? Now I can certainly afford the five bucks but it is the principle of the thing. They let the general public walk in off the street for the same five bucks, so what the heck does my guest need me for? Just ticked me off. December is open house, then they let anybody in for free.
Laz, great looking fish you caught. Hope you took some home for the freezer. Salmon here is about 8-12 dollars a pound depending on farm raised or wild.
Took my usual walk this morning and it went OK following my fall over the week end. I have a regular doctor appointment on Wednesday and I will mention it to him. Seems like everything will be OK.
They are forcasting rain and showers for Wednesday and Thursday. I need to make some preparations to my garage door and overhang. Door needs plastic cover because it's not an exterior door. Overhang leaks somewhere. I'm leary about getting on anymore ladders. Might just let it leak.
Eyeballed a C&O Baldwin AS616 road switcher at the meet yesterday. It is MTH proto 2 and the guy wants $150. Second month he has had it there. Thought about making an offer but lost interest. Looks nice but C&O is not my road.
Cal Stewart train meet coming up next month at the Ontario, California convention center. This is the largest train show West of the Mississippi but still a lot smaller than York. I did not go last year and may not go this time either. Friend of mine wants me to help run his carpet central display layout but I can't do that anymore. If I go at all it will just be for one day. Don't want to spend the whole weekend out there.
Been getting reports that the Union Pacific Steam Team is still hard at work at the L.A. County fair grounds getting the #4014 big boy ready to move later this month. They are going to tow it back to Cheyenne, Wyoming for restoration and operation eventually. The steam team was there all month even during the fair taking off rods and pistons etc. I hope to get some pictures of the move at some point. Yea, me and about a thousand other guys. I'm sure somebody will make a video of it.
Don B., glad to see you keeping tabs on everybody. Enjoy reading your post.
later,
Ray
SPMan
Hi GUYZ,
Well TRIBE lost and are out and my BEARS STINK!!!! Oh well just another grind. Had a great trip in Pulaski NY Tuesday through Friday. Weather was great and the fishing was almost as good as last year. Me and BRO caught and released a bunch. Had alot on and had a great time with a few GUYZ who were fishing near us that were retired from NS as rail inspectors. We hit it off real well. Heres some pics of some of the fish we caught.
laz57
Morning. Pouring rain. Got in 2 miles before I mowed. Mowed in sprinkles. Finished cleaning mower in rain. Got inside as the "bottom fell out". County Commissioners this afternoon. No Town Board meeting tonight.
Actually, I was home "baby sitting" while the ladies were at the lake house. Did leave for 8 hours to go to the farms and back. No accidents for the "babies" while I was gone.
Have a great week.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Aloha. Grey and fall-ish. Sure seems like DonB needs to hurry up and get out of his sickbed Had a pleasant weekend. Saw the new movie Gravity in 3D. I recommend it as quite a thriller.Ray, hope you are feeling better today from your fall.
8n and V8, our benighted state gave my daughter's car a plate number for a semi-truck so it racked up some enormous 'unpaid' toll fines because it didn't jibe with the vehicle. Took a while to figure that out. Lately, they mis-spelled my first name on the title of another car as Dpuoglas. Quite the typo. That continued through several registration cycles. I just had to laugh...Mike C, what does it take to ref youth soccer in IN? I'm curious because the regs with our local association are all over the place.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill...............
It is a dark and cloudy 54 degrees. Rained last night. Going up to 78 today with sunshine.
Today is a busy day. I have a few chores and the wife is running errands. Then, I have a project to work on. Lunch and a nap, later.
We are having an omlet on the dining car for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Good Evening!
I don't know but I may not be able to continue posting on this site. I can't believe how far this has all gone, my gosh where did everyone get the kool-aid everyone is drinking! If you don't know what I'm talking about just look back at the posts.....
Start off with RT most likely in jail! We haven't heard anything from him in two days, and Chief is trying to start up a collection for bail money. And RT actually admitted guilt so he is most likely history anyway.
Now John (Hudson) is doing well, he is primarily watching out for his Mom, and daughter. So he hasn't been affected YET. But he IS looking favorably at the Chiefs trailer, and Ray's outrageous hunting stories.
Even right here in my back yard, Dennis is peddling vehicles without taking care of the documentation. I may need to go up and talk to him, and explain that because you get a parking ticket then selling the car doesn't get rid of the ticket.
Good ole 8ntruck, has his spin on the issue Dennis is trying to get out from under, he is messing with the license plates feel. (Now that is new and novel, but effective?)
Mike C, seems OK, but I'm suspicious, I think he's working on a diversion. (I mean he is into Soccer and Indy cars, NOT Football and Nascar). What the heck is a PK?
Chuck, Is just plain hording to many Cheerios! That has been going on for years what's up with that? Got to be subversive!
Chief just going crazy with this new place of his!! I mean == New stand in thinned area of woods. Get spot laid out for camper and parking area for vehicles.
Good thing Buckeye is investigating all this. (BTW, I believe Buckeye is a secret government agent. That's how he gets to do this travel in and out of the south. I also have some concerns about Roy. He does a lot of highly classified and secretive stuff. He doesn't even have time to get sick.)
SPRay, must have really ticked someone off, or knows to much. It appears that someone must be trying to "give" him a message with the bruising.
AND THEN the Chief just keeps on reliving his "adventures", Buckeye how much information is necessary ? "Back home and unloaded. Tired. Now to cook dinner. Wifey and girlfriends at lake house. No frappe (sounds exotic) on the way home. Was a HOT day in and out of the woods. (WOW)
Then Really surprised with Dougdagroup, sound like he is using his wife to run drugs for him !!!!!
I'm impressed with Buckeye though, I think he has it all figured out. But I think you better be careful ROY, I think he is on to you regarding Nascar and Kyle.
This just goes on and on and on.......
Brutus advising Chief on Harems?
It just doesn't end!!!! I wouldn't be surprised if the Chief wouldn't get so carried away, he might require a new title, like "don Chief" but "Slick" is much more fitting.
Will have to watch and see how this works out, hopefully it will redeem itself.
Good evening all,
Bad day at the race track. Sato was headed for a top 10 for AJ when a last lap crash collected him. Championship game was postponed due to too much rain standing in the fields. Goalie boxes were under water. Had a nice visit with oldest daughter's family. Watched Once Upon a Time. May be done with it after this season. Whole episode did little to advance the story line.
Mike C. from Indiana
Aloha. I hope you all had a pleasant weekend. Seems like the Chief certainly did. Fall has fallen again. It is cold. It is model train weather. Fortunately we've received some well-needed moisture too - which helped encourage me to play in the basement with Ivor. I'm setting him up for Halloween. Also watched the Bears lose.
Lazy day. Sunday School and then Olive Garden for soup and salad. Dennis, first time I have tried your soup. Outstanding. Then home for snoozing in front of TV. God Father on AMC all afternoon. Did do a couple of miles right at dark. No dinner as over ate at OG. Will do some popcorn now.
laz 57 Buckeye Riveter ChiefEagles Wifey and girlfriends at lake house. Chief, I didn't know your position as the Honorable Mayor of Roseyville included "girlfriends". WOW! How many? If you are the Mayor of Raleigh, do you get more girlfriends than Roseyville? Inquiring minds want to to know!!! Wow I thought the CHIEF lived in North Carolina not Utah? Any prospective brides in that Harem? laz57
Buckeye Riveter ChiefEagles Wifey and girlfriends at lake house. Chief, I didn't know your position as the Honorable Mayor of Roseyville included "girlfriends". WOW! How many? If you are the Mayor of Raleigh, do you get more girlfriends than Roseyville? Inquiring minds want to to know!!! Wow I thought the CHIEF lived in North Carolina not Utah? Any prospective brides in that Harem? laz57
ChiefEagles Wifey and girlfriends at lake house.
Wifey and girlfriends at lake house.
Why do you think we got 21 foot camper trailer for the farm? Hunting cabin????
Later [Oh, got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale. also ocean front property in Arizona ]
Woke up to mostly cloudy and 48 degrees. Last Friday it was about 80.
Mowed the lawn, ran the string trimmer & blower. Just as I was putting everything away, it the sun came out and my wife came out to work in the flower beds, which means that I also worked in the flower beds.
Picked oregano and dried it. Have tyme in the oven drying now. Also blanched habinairos and got them in the freezer today. Note to self: work the habinairos outside on the grill's side burner next time - the steam off of the peppers made the air in the kitchen kind of thick!
not much on the train front this weekend.
All for now.
Jon....It didn't take much investigating. The old guy put it on the internet and we know everything on the internet is true. (See State Farm commercial concerning French model.)
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
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Chief's new screen name will be "Slick", Holy Cow -- what a guy!!!! Thanks Buckeye for the excellent investigative report
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good morning all,
Just time for a quick post on my way to a train meet with widower friend as my guest. I'm still sore from my fall yesterday. Took a couple of Tylenol this morning. Put cold pack in freezer and will use that this afternoon if needed.
Chief, Good Lord, what is the world coming to. What's all this talk about ladies in the woods and hot times etc.etc.
Got to run,
So.............that answers the question of "Why does Chief spend SO much time at the lake house"? Mayor duties has it's benefits.
Mornin' boys. Foggy in the Mid-Atlantic region. Hope it lifts, as I would like to get to the yatchet today. NOAA sight is shut down. Certainly think that Congressional/Presidential staff could be sent home first.
Roy - On one of the replays, you could see Kyle's gloves move right on the steering wheel...
rt - Do you look good in orange...?
Good Morning from Blueberryhill.............
It is a humid and cloudy 70 degrees. Going up to 86 today with a chance of rain later.
Today is an easy day. I have a few chores to do and then I will spend a few hours in the train room, running trains. Good day for it.
Dining car is here with the usual for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Sunday.
Evenin' All.
Good day at the museum yesterday, no pileups. Took the halloween trains in to run, get them loosened up for later in the month. Kinda slow crowd wise but I guess with all the kiddos back in school it will impact on visitation.
Weather here today, warm & dry Santa Ana, brought back memories of the Witch Creek fire back in Oct 07. There was one at Camp Pendelton today, caused some evacuations and power outages.
BOC, I would say don't forget those pills, but someone who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones. The BetterHalf has had to make a few trips to the museum when I've forgotten my morning pills.
Gettin' late and I'm runnin' out of gas.
Nite All !
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Temps here dropped 30 degrees in the last 24 hours. 55 right now and got a little rain,
Jim/Brutus - the House passed a bill tonight to insure federal workers furloughed will get their back pay
Working on some shelves for the storage shed. Working through this stupid virus which celebrated its two week anniversary Thursday of making me feel lousy. Had accomplished nothing on the home front the last 2 weeks so made a decision to fight back.
NASCAR tomorrow. Watched some of the Nationwide race today. Kesolowsky has renewed his love for K Bush.
Regards, Roy
Back home and unloaded. Tired. Now to cook dinner. Wifey and girlfriends at lake house. No frappe on the way home. Was a HOT day in and out of the woods.
Later.
Rainy in SE Indiana. Saw some good soccer today. "My" soccer girls lost 3-0 today against the team they face in the sectional. I still think we can win Tuesday. Reffed 2 youth tourney games. One was 3-0, but the other was a 0-0 tie that went to a shootout. Local team won 3-1 on PKs. Some of the other team was upset on how the PKs went, but I explained how the calls were made. One person was semi-satisfied, but the other would not give me a chance to explain. I do the best that I can and so does the rest of the crew. AJ's team sat on the pole for the first Indy car race at Houston today but finished 17th. Simona got her first podium finish in Indycar and Sarah's driver had a top 5.
Good afternoon all,
Had a scare earlier today out in the garage/train room. I was standing on a foot high stool putting an engine on a shelf when suddenly the stool slipped out from under me. I fell and luckily a low cabinet with drawers in it for train storage broke my fall. I landed on the edge of that thing and scrapped my leg on something else. My hip is pretty sore but I don't think I broke anything. Don't even see any bruise marks yet.
Would like to go to a TTOS train meet tomorrow if I can.
V8, sorry you had so much trouble with that car you sold. Sounds like you are just about clear on it now.
Very Windy last night and this morning. Santa Ana wind conditions and extreme fire danger. Lots of dirt blown in the pool and on the cars. It also broke a branch off of the Yucca tree in the front yard.
Hudson John, yes that hunting story was a killer. My friend first told it to us on a train trip we took from L.A. to Santa Barbara. He spent almost the whole trip telling us the story. As I said before he rode in a pick up truck all the way from Southern California to West Virginia. I forgot to mention that his hunting buddy also brought his wife and two kids. In order to make good time they took turns driving day and night and to save money ate every meal on the way at Mc Donalds. I don't know if they even stopped anywhere overnight. His buddy had a relative in West Virginia who owned the so called hunting lodge which was an old box car next to his house. He was the local game warden and his wife cooked their meals while they were there but regarded them with a jaundiced eye. They only had an out house for facilites at the "lodge". They spent several days there and did not see any deer. Game warden gave them some confiscated venison from his freezer to take home when they left. It probably spoiled somewhere on the way back when the ice ran out. They also had car troubles on the return trip and his buddy wanted to dun him for repairs too. Whole thing was a trip to hell and back. I think I would give up hunting after that.
Morning all. Sunny and summer temps [but low humidity]. Off to the farms down east. New stand in thinned area of woods. Get spot laid out for camper and parking area for vehicles.
Baking a pie with a file in it for RT.
Have a good one.
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