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Posted by wrmcclellan on Sunday, November 15, 2015 4:42 PM

Evening all!

SJ - thanks for update on Brutus' wife Char. She has had a tough time the last few years. Angel

Fifer - C'Boys working hard for a high draft pick also.

Dennis - sorry about your car.

JEFelec - John Happy B-Day

Lazy day somewhat. Cleaned gutters today. Amazing how many bushels of leaves can pack into a 4" x 3" gutter :(

Not sure why they are trying to run NASCAR in Phoenix tonight. They must not be looking at the radar.

Have a great evening all!

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Posted by dougdagrump on Sunday, November 15, 2015 5:07 PM

G'day all !

Sorry to disappoint you guys but with their first round pick the San Diego Chargers select the City of Carson. Laugh  

Roy, The clouds that were rolling thru here earlier made it look like it was night time, no real rain yet, very light, but that and the wind is supposed to hit late this afternoon. What's blowing thru here don't take to long to get to Phoenix.

Tomorrow we start decorating for Christmas at the museum, want to make sure everything is ready for the first weekend of December. The first weekend is what was originally called "Christmas On The Prado" now it's called "December Nights", whatever the heck that means. I know, we must be P.C. Ick! We open late in the afternoon and close late in the evening with all the museums being free and all kinds of Christmas activities taking place in the park. 

Later all.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Sunday, November 15, 2015 5:09 PM

Good evening all,

Supposed to be an easy day turned out to be a long one.   Leaf mulching took far longer than I thought it would and hanging one set of icicle lights outside took much much longer than it should have.  I think from now on I will get a new set each year and pitch the old ones.  Save time and stress.   Weather was nice, warm and dry today.  Going to turn to junk the rest of the year.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by sir james I on Monday, November 16, 2015 8:43 AM

Sun and 60s today.

Our club host has postponed the Nov. meet till the 28th so no video till then. But the Dec. meet is scheduled for the 12th so there will be 2 close together.

S.J.

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Posted by tinplatacis on Monday, November 16, 2015 8:51 AM

That is better than none, James. Here, there's 1 I can get to, but it's in the summer, when I have no time to attend. Figures, doesn't it? Best part is, mostly con men and HO

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Posted by KRM on Monday, November 16, 2015 9:36 AM

Good morning,

Well yesterday was it for good weather here.

49 and cloudy here and the is the best it will be. Rain the next three days and cold.

 Wife is off work today for two Dr apts then a trip to Krogers is the plan.

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Posted by SPMan on Monday, November 16, 2015 11:16 AM

Good morning all,

Waiting for nurse to show up this morning to change bandage on wife's skin cancer.  Don't know how to act with all these people showing up the last week to give medical and related care.

Sitting in my recliner yesterday and something broke inside.  Looks like a bolt was sheared off.  Come on now!  I'm not that heavy.  It was the type of bolt that screws into wood on the opposite end but has a bolt head on it.  Have to figure out how to get the sheared off part out of the wood.  I wonder if anybody repairs things like this chair?  I will see what I can find on the net.  My son has a recliner that he will give me but I have to see how the color will go with our stuff.

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Ray

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Posted by cheapclassics on Monday, November 16, 2015 9:15 PM

Good evening all,

Long day, eventually good day at work.  Raining when I got home.  Did nothing tonight except watch Supergirl and Jane the Virgin.   I hope everyone has a good day. 

Keep on training,

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 5:33 AM
Yesterday was my first day back to work after 7 weeks on disability.  After I entered my office, I realized everything was just how I left it in September except for an exceptional high stack of mail.  The calendar was still on September and the clock was still on summer time. It took the computer about an hour to adjust to new items on the internal network, especially Lynx, our video conferencing software.  I called my boss in SC to catch up.  He is a really nice guy, unlike those Mayor’s from NC that send the police dogs after you. Whistling
 
Another problem MTH RealTrax switch.Bang Head  On my layout there are switches that are used heavy as they are on the mainline.  In this case the point has started to “float” and is setting too low such that the pilot wheels ride over the point.  Did a little bending and now it is working again.  For the newbies, I don’t recommend MTH RealTrax.  Type Buckeye and RealTrax into the CTT search engine to see some of the documentation about problem switches for the last ten years.
 
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Posted by rtraincollector on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 7:15 AM

Yeah Buckeye is back to work my SS check is safe. It will keep coming in now there was a chance it was going to get smaller there for a while but they heard he was going back to work and said all would be fine. Chief will be happy also as it was about to affect his also. 

Morning all did some running around yesterday had to go north about 20 miles just toget done there to turn around and end up south of here about 20 miles ( and to get there had to go right by the house )and then today I'm heading about 60 miles away to Agusta, GA. Boy am I running around.

Not a lot new on the train front at present. Hope all have a good day talk to you all later

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Posted by KRM on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:22 AM

Hi there,

 Windy, rain and cold here on the North Bluff.

George the cat, is in.

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Posted by sir james I on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:28 AM

Sun and 60s today.

By evening everything begins to change. Granny is prepping the house for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I stay out of the way unless called upon.

S.J.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 6:06 PM

Evening all!

Got some good soaking rain yesterday/last night and sending it east. This 

V8 - interesting about young folks moving eng and trannies to Civics. Drift cars I assume?

Buckeye - welcome back to SS support!

Our aging pup is still hanging in there. Just when you think "it's time" she surprises us.

 

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Posted by cheapclassics on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 6:19 PM

Good evening all,

Very good day at work.   Would have been a good night at home except I tried to do something like try to make the wife happy.  Big mistake!   I got the lights on the outside landscaping with little difficulty.   Her request was to change out the screen for the window we have in the foundation during the winter.  First I could not find the window and then I could not get it to attach to the brackets that hold it in place.   Finally got those connected and then it would not close completely due to the new siding.  Did get it to close, but wasted a half hour of time and spoiled the rest of the evening.   Good thing Flash and Izombie are on tonight.   I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by fifedog on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 5:41 AM

Mornin' boys.  Cloudy and 61 here in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Took cheapclassics lead and hung the icicle lights yesterday, while it's mild.  Worked a little on the North Pole layout, but once I've cooked and ate dinner, no energy.  Hanging out with middle princess today.

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Posted by KRM on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:15 AM

Morning,

We had rain off and on most of the night with very strong winds but mild temps. Nothing must of fell on the drive because the wife never came back once she left for work. Yes

The temps are to fall today and they have the S word in for Friday night and Saturday.  Crying

My issues with the MPC General seem to be corrected. It was a small amount of corrosion caused by sitting 35+ years in the box.  Go figure. Bang Head

Got my SS payment so time to pay some bills. The truck is on empty so I will fixt that first. Gas is at $1.98 in town.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:28 AM

Aloha. Looks like snow is on the way for the weekend. It's been a nice run. That reminds me to get out the snowblower tomorrow... SJ, you are wise to stay out of the way of house-set-up-for-holiday plans. Fife, what do you have planned for the north pole layout? 

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Posted by fifedog on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:38 AM

Wellll, Wifey has amassed more "stuff", so I need to add another level (with another train of course), which will roughly make it 43" x 6ft, and approx 2 ft high.  Gonna add some pushbutton features as well.  I will take lots o' pics along the way.

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 8:53 AM

A little sun this morning but wind and rain headed our way from the west. Yep some s### expected here for the weekend. We have an MPC Lionel Large Scale Christmas train(track powered) I use LGB track for under the tree but I miss having the 027s under there.

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Posted by tinplatacis on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:23 AM

What 027 did you used to run?

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:57 AM

027 varied I would swap them out during the Christmas season. Some postwar or the MPC Lionel Amtrac always looked nice and colorful.

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Posted by tinplatacis on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 10:02 AM

I've never had the chance to run the MPC Amtrak.

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Posted by sir james I on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 11:50 AM

Well it's 64 degrees but rain and wind is not too far away...Sad

I must be a little crazy, Bought a yellow DT&I set car for 5 and then added diecast sprung trucks and a molded coal load.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:02 PM

Asked if I could go on SS.  They told me they had given me all my money when I lived in NC and TX.  Bang Head

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Posted by KRM on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:23 PM

Buckeye Riveter

Asked if I could go on SS.  They told me they had given me all my money when I lived in NC and TX.  Bang Head

 

Pretty sure Chief will be willing to share his with you Buckeye. Laugh

Still warm and windy. The bucks are moving in the rut today. Almost hit one 6 pointer on the way out of the drive this morning going to get gas, then saw one 5 pointer small guy right out the back door sniffing and walking through the yard at lunch time.. Wife and I were saying Monday how we had not seen any turkeys in a long time and the same day she spotted a flock of over 25 walking through the yard by the shed when she was pulling out of the drive. So she called me so I could see them. Winter is a comming. 

 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 2:58 PM

Highs supposed to only be in the 20s by Sat, Kev...

Tinplate, I love 027 - that's the only track (and curves) I've ever had.

Fife, sounds like quite a layout! BTW, I found some light reading that made me think of you.

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Posted by tinplatacis on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 4:51 PM

I use exclusively 027.

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Posted by KRM on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 5:03 PM

tinplatacis

I use exclusively 027.

 

tinplatacis,

Our layout is O27 profile track on the main table and Kids side loops nothing less than O34” Marx radius curve. Smallest turnout is O42" Lionel.  Most track is O42”, O54” and K-Line O72” curves that let me run some of the bigger stuff. I would not do it this way if I were to do it over. I like the low profile of the O27 track and turnouts but would go with Gargraves on track if I were to do something new but not sure what turnouts I would use.  On the logging site loop I do have O27 curves and turnouts..

The O34" 1/2 curve keeps me in check when looking at things I can use,,,,,saves me money that way. Right Doug?   Wink

 

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Posted by cheapclassics on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 6:30 PM

Good evening all,

Good day, but long day at work.  Basically all caught up now.  Nice relaxing evening at home for once.   Talked to Lucas for a little bit as well.  Arrow is on tonight.  Rainy, windy and still warm.  Supposed to get posterior freezing cold this weekend, but warm up for Thanksgiving.   I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Banks on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:39 PM

Hello there,

Been mia for a while. busy at work and home. Need to winterize camper, clean gutters, finish  leaves and secure carport better. WE shall see.........

Took Christmas platform downstairs today. about a month early but I need to make some repairs.

Buckeye..............somethings fishy with that story.  Bet Chief is getting your share..

Fife..........house update

88............job update

off t bed

 

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