Good Sunday Afternoon All!
Sunny and hi 30's today. Seems like this winter is dragging it's feet a bit. Not much going on here. Took the weekend off. My #2 daughter and I stated watching "Game of Thrones" last week. Since it's 3 season's old we decided yesterday to watch 6 hours of it and we are now done with season 2. A lot of action!
Dave Barker - Prayers for your speedy recovery. Please keep us updated often.
Banks - You too. Good luck and hope all goes well.
Kevin & JoeD - Baseball season! True signs of warmer weather!
Later............
Ray
Bayville, NJ
Life is what happens to youWhile you're busy making other plans - John Lennon
Don glad you found it. My problem left me scratching my head but it just seemed odd that both were burnt out. I also figured if not it had to be a wring connection somehow.
D.Barker Prayers for you my friend. Wish you the best.
Afternoon all not much going on here today its raining and there calling for more rain tomorrow.
Sold my standard Guage set thru a dealer at the Flea market got more from him than what I would of gotten on Ebay but then again when someone can see something in person its better. Might take some other unwanted items there also and see how they do.
Hope all having a good weekend and again prayers for those in need
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good evening all,
Did very little today. Wife and I played a Lionel oriented version of Monopoly today until we decided neither of us would win. Took it easy otherwise. Saw where Mercedes power is the way to go for F-1 this season, at least in the first race. Will NASCAR ever finish a race? I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
David Barker, best wishes and prayers for your surgery tomorrow.
Pretty hot today about 91 degrees. Son helped me clean out the pool filter and it was black inside from all the ash dropped from the air by the recent brush fire in the hills above us. Been playing with chemicals to try and clear up the pool. Getting better but not there yet.
Got some hamburger (ground sirloin) to cook tonight but just will have it on buns. Too tired to cook a big dinner. We ate out last night and had steak and shrimp combo but saved the shrimp for lunch today. Noticed fresh corn on the cob in store yesterday. Nice stawberries too. Had shortcake last night.
Nice program on PBS today with Doc Watson playing guitar.
Got to church late today and had to sit near the back. They will have to mail the sermon to me. I don't have a clue what was said. I know my hearing is a little bad but not that bad. I think it was a combination of bad Public Address System and accent of the priest who is not American born. Not used to him yet.
later,
SPMan
Hello all
Another quiet night on the hill. Then tomorrow we have an outside receiver group coming in. With at least 4 more people running around the facility that always makes things interesting.
Chief - last time I was up here we had over 24" in one storm. At lot of that has melted though as it has been fairly warm. This has not been a huge winter for us. I'm guessing total snowfall for the season at less than 4 feet.
Ray - we get a lot of foreign observers on the 'scope. Talking to them on the phone can be rather interesting at times. Is the 4014 scheduled to move soon?
RT - you have given me an idea on an engine that I was thinking of selling on the bay. I may take it up to a train store in the Phoenix area and see if he is interested in trading.
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
Top of the morning to you. The day of the Irish. Actually it is night, raining and temps dropping.
Sure glad to have all of yuz nuz giz posting. [that is Yankee talk I think]
David, you are in my prayers. God bless.
Prayers for all those others here that need them.
Lazy day. Sunday School [who is that visitor ], trip to WalMart and then In-laws. Home for a nap. CVS and back for SOUTHERN fried chicken and brunswick stew. Another nap after a movie.
Early meeting and then County Commissioners. Ending the evening with Mayors' Assoc. LOOOONG day.
Hope all have a great week and you Yanks start melting.
Sleep tight.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Konbanwa and Ohayo Chuck,
I was up early this morning so I could knock out a 12-mile before heading in to work. We had computer network issues so my day was not as productive as I hoped it would be. The high read 57 and tomorrow it is supposed reach 66. The wife has a ladies function at the church tonight so the kids and I are hanging out at home.
Chuck – That is a nice location. We were stationed near Ramstein a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed our time in Germany. I hope you were able to explore the area while you were there.
Kevin – If you’re interested, I can direct you to some quality YouTube videos that show good batting drills. One thing I learned when I used FasTrack: don’t screw it into the plywood.
SJ – I’m glad the worst is behind you and that you can see the light.
8N – I hope the wife feels better soon.
Sayonara,
Joe
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Not seeing any green in the Mid-Atlantic region, just SNOhizo. Spent weekend holding my breath, as fifepup took his first solo out of state drive to Connecticut to see his girlfriend. Made it home safe, and that's all I've got to say about that.
lionroar88 -
Morning. Getting ready for a long day. Cold rain. No frozen stuff like the CBS national weather folks are saying. Some close to VA boarder but nothing major.
Sounds like fifepup is serious to drive to CT. Oh man!!!
Have a good one.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill............
Good Morning, Joe...... Yes, that was a nice location. I saw a lot of Germany, as we were in the "field" a lot.
It is a cloudy 34 degrees. Going up to 47 today with some sunshine.
Today is a busy day. Grocery shopping and chores will take the entire morning. Then, lunch and a nice nap..
Cheerios on the dining car for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Chief -Finding NEMO = fifepup
Shake-N-Bake, SP and all you doing okay after this am's wake up shake?
Aloha and 'tis a fine morning for testing the luck of the Irish in Chicago. Celebrate with me - my daughter got engaged - to a nice guy - last night. He even asked for my blessing... Happy birthday Brent!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
fifedogChief -Finding NEMO = fifepup
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Mornin' FellasHad a very enjoyable weekend with the family. The new garage doors were installed on Friday (look awesome), then TheQ and I headed out to do some errands without the kiddos (stopped by Lowes for a new toilet for the Master Bathroom). Got home and unloaded the car, then went to get the kiddos from daycare and pickup pizza for dinner. Saturday morning I got up and installed the toilet (Christina claims I broke it and therefore needed to replace it) , then my FiL came over so we could all go out for dinner to my favorite German Restaurant in Hagerstown, MD. Had a VERY enjoyable time. When we got home the new whole house water filter was in, but we didn't feel like running out to get the parts to install it.Yesterday we got up and headed out to Toys-R-Us so I could pick out my birthday gift... got the Lego Millennium Falcon!!! And stopped at Home Despot to pickup the shark bite connectors to install the filter. It was then off to home (or so we thought)... see Sunday Photo Fun for details (and yes I fixed the text so it looks correct). When I got home I installed the filter... NO LEAKS!Got up this morning to a lovely coating of 6 inches of snow! Drove to work only to find I am the only one here and the office is closed... not going home just yet as I'm getting some work done as I am not being interrupted every 5 minutes!
Good Morning!
Yep, survived the earthquake, only 4.4 no problem. Since morning news was on at the time, I'm sure national news will be replaying the reaction of the local newscasters during the quake. (Got to make news).
Watched the Nascar race last night, in ALL my 40-50 years watching races I've never seen or heard of a flagman accidentally leaning against a switch, turning the Yellow Lights On! And, with only three laps to go?!!! Unbelievable !!!! While they were trying to figure out why the lights came on, then it started raining, incredible ending of race!!
Congrats Doug !!!! That is fantastic!!! How's Mom taking the news?
Worked awhile on Bob's engines yesterday, got 2 of them working again. He now has a Challenger that operates intermittently. Think I will check some obvious things, (Factory Reset, Battery, Pick-up Rollers) then have him take it to a repair shop. I dont want to assume responsibility for taking it apart. (MTH unit).
(Bob, told me Friday afternoon that his 19 yr old daughter, announced that she was going to get married in two weeks, I'm rather sure it is not a joyous event. She is trying desperately to get out of their house I'm sure.)
Hope Dave Barker's procedure goes well today!
Dont have a lot of plans for the day, Kay's going to go grocery shopping, Chris is at WORK (cool), so maybe I will work on some of my kits.
So take care and stay healthy !!!
Don
Earthquake! What earthquake? When did this happen? I must have slept through the whole thing. Didn't notice any damage in train room.
Top of the mornin to all ye Irish doods out there. My wife is Irish and that makes the kids half Irish but today we are all Irish. Only green I had lately was in the swimming pool. It's clearing up now finally. Living better through chemistry as they say.
Don, good job on finding Bob's engine problems. That MTH engine I have with the stripped worm gear is now in the hands of TTOS Southwestern president and repair guru who may or may not be able to fix it in time. Anyway, I'm comfortable with that. It was no good as is.
Afternoon All.
Dave, for your hospital visit. See ya back here real soon.
DougM, Sounds like that young man is a real keeper.
Friday the DCS gremlins were out-n-about in full force, . Made for a very long and crabby day. Glad I brought along some TMCC as well. The munchkin was here Saturday nite so gramps was up early Sunday to make Bacon Waffles.
Wow the difference a day makes, Sunday afternoon my wireless thermometer was reading 97* and today it's only 82*.
Got more inventory work done this morning on the club layout. Trying to stay ahead of the folks referbing and lighting the buildings.
Blood pressure and weight have gone above what they are supposed to be for me, think I over-indulged in salty food for about five days. Back to the rabbit food.
Later all.
p.s. _ A 4.4, they ain't much more than a good foot massage.
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Doug -- you have a good attitude re: 4.4, I like it
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Happy St. Patrick's Day !!!
Happy Birthday to 88!!!
The last snow melted from the front lawn yesterday.
So they can track your cell phone, but they lost a plane.
Good luck Shake and Bake!! I hear you were shaken today.
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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Congrats to Doug M on daughter's engagement. When I walked each of the girls down the aisle, I asked them if they really wanted to do this as they could still back out at that point. They both said yes. Quiet day at work. Watched "Dancing with the Stars". Had to see Winnie (Danica McKellar). She did a good job as did Drew Carey. Some others were good, but I think Billy Dee Williams was a bit out of his league. Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I hope everyone has a good day.
Good night all. Got some frozen stuff on the trees. Nothing on highways. Had to drive home from western Wake Co. and all AOK.
Was a long day. Going to bed.
Buckeye Riveter So they can track your cell phone, but they lost a plane.
For once, Buckeye has made a very good comment.
It was another warm day today and it definitely topped out in the mid-60s. I went to work early this morning so I skipped out on the morning workout. The wife and took a brief walk before dinner so that was nice. It’s time to relax now. I’m glad our California crew survived the earthquake.
Chuck – The “field” probably was not the parts of Germany you wanted to see so much of.
Doug M. – Congratulations on your daughter’s engagement!
Kevin – I had no issues with FasTrack as I screwed it into the foam. If you glue the Homasote to the plywood and screw the track only to the Homasote you will be fine. When you screw track all the way into the plywood it causes the track noise to transfer all the way through making it much louder. Brent also can comment on this. I like FasTrack but it was too noisy for me (even screwed into the pink foam) so I am slowly changing it out. Here are three hitting videos to get you started. The fence drill is great because your son can do it on his own and it really helps develop bat speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVavJlOWUo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuuIgh9VJ-g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Rj-f1xN04
Happy Birthday Brent!
good morning all My computer has failed. I am using my wife's. It is not opening up the forum properly. All is well otherwise. You guys have a great Tuesday, Chuck
Mornin' FellasCongrats to DougM's Daughter! That makes it two weddings for Pot Members in a month!Joe & Kevin - There is a lot that comes into play with noise levels: flooring, wall material, ceiling material, how is the layout framing done, do you using plywood (thickness), do you use a sound deadening material, how is it finished, etc, etc, etc.My train room is carpeted, but has drywall ceiling and walls. The layout is 1x4 pine mortised into 4x4 posts, over that is 1/2 inch plywood and on top of that is 1/2 inch ceiling tiles. During design I had a bunch of FasTrack and when I put the track down on the plywood (no screws) and ran trains it was quite loud (I have no means of measuring decibels other than my ears), when I out the track on ceiling tiles the noise was noticeably softer. Screwing the track do the ceiling tile lessened the noise level - but not much. One thing I thought of is the plastic roadbed is hollow there-by creating a 'drum effect' as the train rolled across the rails. I cut sections of carpet padding down to fit inside the 'void', this softened the noise even more...Now for the interesting test...I ran just an engine (no sound on) and there was hardly any track noise. I then added a few boxcars and the noise got louder. Replaced the boxcars with gondolas and open hoppers - not as much noise. Replaced the gondolas and open hoppers with passenger cars - noise was louder than with boxcars. And it doesn't matter if you use FasTrack, Atlas, Gargraves, MTH, or tubular. The majority of the noise you hear is the car wheels and the vibration INSIDE the car - not the track! The heavier the car, the lower the noise, the smaller the 'void' inside the car, the lower the noise.
I have run numerous tests on the main layout that now uses Atlas 21st Century Track on top of Woodland Scenic foam roadbed on top of the ceiling tiles. It gets noisy running 4 trains.At Christmas time I have been putting a small circular layout under our tree in our sunroom (with tile floor). Engines only and the noise is not bad... and ANY cars to the consist and the noise is insane! This is made of 1 x 4 and 1 x 6 pine and 1/2 inch plywood - no ceiling tiles. FasTrack screwed directly to the plywood. I will be redoing the layout this year so I can add a loop of O72 for my NPC Zephyr. That will done with 1 x 4 pine and 1/2 inch plywood and I will be putting ceiling tiles down then the track. I am also thinking of getting some Styrofoam to fill the void under the plywood. I'm not confident that I will be able to lower the noise that much.
I think I have it now. Compatibility
Aloha. Sunnier day today but still not spring. Don, the MOB (mother of the bride) is very excited. I hope to lie low and just sign checks. Great job on Bob's engine. Not so good news about his daughter. I hope that works out. MikeC, I will remember to ask my daughter if she's sure she wants to go through with it Brent, that Lego Millenium Falcom is a keeper! Those are some interesting experiments. I also would add as speed increases, so does the noise - I personally enjoy the roar.
Morning all. Icy. They missed the forecast. Slick bridges have cause problems. Roads OK. Schools were delayed and now canceled. Warming.
Being lazy this AM.
Ray, I pay extra [quarterly] what you are paying and heave extra taken out of retirement and SS. I think retirees are supporting the nation.
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