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Posted by cheapclassics on Monday, December 19, 2016 9:44 PM

Good evening all,

Finally sunny in Hoosierland.  Brisk weather for walk.  Quiet day but busy at work.  I got started on the 6 by 12 layout.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

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Posted by KRM on Monday, December 19, 2016 4:12 PM

ChiefEagles

Special one for KEV.

 

Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts.

That face tell you something. WhistlingSurprise 

 

 Tells me it looks like it could be this person's Older Sister, maybe???

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Now, now Frank, You will sound like someone else soon if you start to rate on a scale of 1 to 10.  Zip it!

And to think I posted that picture of the 8 point buck just for you. Smile, Wink & Grin

 

 

Anyway like Doug M said still in the deep freeze so worked on the 252 crossing signals set up and posted this video on another thread.

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Posted by SPMan on Monday, December 19, 2016 2:38 PM

Well, I suppose by now Don is playing a tape of Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again" and wheeling through Arizona or New Mexico.  Doug, hope things go well for you during the holidays.  Easy does it.  One of my sons and I payed a visit to my wife at her memory care home last night.  She has a new room mate who is not used to me yet.  Shouted get out at me when I tried to put Helen to bed.  Turned the whole thing over to a regular care give and beat a hasty retreat.  I did not want this particular roomate for her in the first place because she has some issues.  They assured me that if any problems arrise, they will move her.  I think it's time to blow the whistle on her if she doesn't get along.  I don't need this.  Trying to get along over there but it's a challenge sometimes.  Haven't done much for Christmas yet except go to church services but my kids will do whatever we need to do.  Meanwhile, I am enjoying the Christmas music that two local stations are playing 24/7.  Have a good Christmas week y'all and Don, keep on truckin.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, December 19, 2016 2:36 PM

Special one for KEV.

 

Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts.

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Posted by SPMan on Monday, December 19, 2016 2:21 PM

Chief, we'll have to start calling you Parson Eagles.  BBQ sounds good.

 

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Posted by SPMan on Monday, December 19, 2016 2:16 PM

It would be quite an adventure to go with you Don and I would if I weren't already up to my waist in alligators.  Prayers for a safe trip.

 

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Posted by cnw1995 on Monday, December 19, 2016 1:49 PM

Aloha from the land of minus-temps. 9 below now although hopefully by the time DonB gets here, the temps will be more 'normal'.  What a heartwarming story, Fife! On my commute the other day, half the train was 'reserved' as the Polar Express - complete with volunteer elves, Santa and very excited kids. They just go the hour-and-a-half into the city -- don't detrain; get more hot cocoa aboard and and then back again. Brought smiles to my fellow curmudgeonly commuters.

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Posted by lion88roar on Monday, December 19, 2016 1:40 PM

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Mornin' boys.  Clearing and calm 23 along the Patterson Creek cut-off today.  Might start Christmas shopping later on (gotta ease into these things...).   Have to slide by the WM station later to drop off the threads.

It was certainly a memorable experience working on the Santa trains this weekend.  Got to see all the behind the scenes work done back at the yards (especially when the water lines freeze up), met some fine co-workers (all devoted to their railroad), and made a few friends along the way (especially the chef).  Must have visited with 500+ children and just as many adults over 6 trips (I was bumped up to the big train after first night).  Pets were high on a lot of "wish" lists (much to the surprise of parents...), including puppies, bunnies, guinea pigs, and one small chap wanted "a snake and a duck".  I learned that Santa just needs to show love, joy, and have self-control (leave cheekiness at home).  And although initially they thought Dad was "weird" for being Santa, the princesses loved reading the letters I brought home.  I guess it was my way of hearing the call.

Now grab a Kleenex.

She was the second to last child, on the last train of the season, to visit with me at the station.  I remembered greeting her (Mom was sleeping) in one of the coaches, and kidded Mom as my Sleeping Beauty.  Mom didn't speak English.  The girl said,"I'm 17 (looked younger), and I still believe in the magic of Santa".  Then she proceeds to take me on the events of the past year, in which her father had a brain tumor removed, endured kemo, and was still rather debillitated with his motor skills.  "All I want for Christmas is for my father to get his mobility back again."  I told her he had my prayers.  Then the dad in me bounced off that make-shift thrown, hugged her, and told her she had given her father the best gift for Christmas, by growing into such a beautiful, thoughtful, and selfless daughter.  Phish, et al - Santa needs some back-up Angel on this case.



Stories like this remind me why you are my father-mentor.

Now if I could just clear my eyes enough to type!

Angelprayers will definitely be lifted for this young lady's father and her faAngelmily

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Posted by phillyreading on Monday, December 19, 2016 1:36 PM

wrmcclellan

27 degrees...wind is howling....

philly - welcome back!

 

Thank you. 

Guess it is cold up north or north of Gainesville FL. Here in southeast FL it is around 82 again today. If we would get anybody to come down here for the holidays it would be Sandy Claws; a big house that is over weight at the beach, maybe Flipper could deliver stuff as well as there are canals down here too.

Turned on the news last night after coming home friend a friend's house and saw that Zsa Zsa Gabor died. I liked her younger sister Eva better, she is the one who played in Greenacres sitcom as Lisa.

Any way I am trying to work on my layout some more when I have time. Installing another shelf for displaying my O gauge trains. Just finished wiring lights in the houses on the upper level. When finished I should be able to run 7 trains at one time.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, December 19, 2016 9:29 AM

Morning.  34 degrees and wet.  Hope no ice tonight.  Got Mayor's Assoc. party tonight.  If it wasn't for wasting the Town's money, I'd stay home.  I'm sure others feel the same.

Prayers Fify. 

Hope Don Baker makes Chicago OK.  Will cell phone him later to see how its going.

Have a great week ahead.

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Posted by KRM on Monday, December 19, 2016 8:41 AM

Fife, Great job on your part and even better on the girl's part. Prayers for her dad.

Maybe Sandra will get dressed today, got to see how her foot and leg are. They look way better.

-3 with full sun 17 for the high today and temps will rise all week up to high 30s by Christmas. That is about it.

Oh one good thing about the cold. Only 9 people got shot in Chicago this weekend. That is way down from the norm. Hmm

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Posted by rtraincollector on Monday, December 19, 2016 8:29 AM

Fife Prayers for her father. What a wonderful Daughter he has. Thanks for sharing. She sounds like some with internal beauty.

Morning all. No plans for today. 44* going to 54* today. Hope all stay warm and have a good day. 

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Posted by cheapclassics on Monday, December 19, 2016 8:17 AM

Good morning all,

A rare morning post to compliment you, Fife, on a job well and tenderly done!  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Monday, December 19, 2016 7:26 AM

Fife - Done and will continue prayers for this kind girl, and her dad.  Fife, you're a good man.

May God bless

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Posted by fifedog on Monday, December 19, 2016 5:28 AM

Mornin' boys.  Clearing and calm 23 along the Patterson Creek cut-off today.  Might start Christmas shopping later on (gotta ease into these things...).   Have to slide by the WM station later to drop off the threads.

It was certainly a memorable experience working on the Santa trains this weekend.  Got to see all the behind the scenes work done back at the yards (especially when the water lines freeze up), met some fine co-workers (all devoted to their railroad), and made a few friends along the way (especially the chef).  Must have visited with 500+ children and just as many adults over 6 trips (I was bumped up to the big train after first night).  Pets were high on a lot of "wish" lists (much to the surprise of parents...), including puppies, bunnies, guinea pigs, and one small chap wanted "a snake and a duck".  I learned that Santa just needs to show love, joy, and have self-control (leave cheekiness at home).  And although initially they thought Dad was "weird" for being Santa, the princesses loved reading the letters I brought home.  I guess it was my way of hearing the call.

Now grab a Kleenex.

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Posted by cnw1995 on Sunday, December 18, 2016 9:47 PM

Aloha. 8 below in air temp. right now. Whew! Unfortunately the snow blower died. this am. The motor runs but the rotor doesn't move. I'll take it apart tomorrow. Hope DonB has a smooth drive. We live about an hour from his aunt in Rockford. We've gotten a lot of snow each weekend and bitter cold. But it looks to break warmer soon. We had a nice jaunt into Chicago for the symphony Christmas concert last night. The dire forecase for snow only ended up to be 4-5 inches...Bears lost again. Sigh.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Sunday, December 18, 2016 8:09 PM

Good evening all,

Did not go for a run today.  Instead, stayed in and put together the Mianne benchwork for the 4 by 8 table (future O layout).  Only took one day.  For the constructionally challenged such as myself, it is wonderful.  No cutting, no measuring, just some assembly required.   Only one left to do is the 6 by 12 for the standard gauge and hopefully I will have that one done by Christmas.  No scenery as of yet but will have track down and trains running.  I plan to have 2 standard gauge loops with trains on both so there will be thundering rails in the Hoosierland.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

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Posted by 8ntruck on Sunday, December 18, 2016 7:40 PM

Great weather here today.  Single digit temperatures, calm winds, and a sparkling clear blue sky.  The dog and I took a walk somewhere between 1.5 and 2 miles.  When we were walking with the light wind, the sun was providing enough radiant heat that I almost felt like I wearing too many layers.

Nothing on the train front, other than I don't currently have any tracks set up.  I really wanted to run some trains yesterday.  Must be the time of year....  I've realized that I have all of the Polar Express add on cars.  I wonder if the P.E. Berkshire can pull all of them.  Will have to set up an oval long enough to try in the near future.

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Sunday, December 18, 2016 5:27 PM

Good Evening from 30°F Southern Ohio,

The trip with a bunch of kids from the Parish youth group to the Columbus Zoo to see the Christmas lights and animals was beautiful.  It was a breezy 17 °F and was fun, there is a great bunch of kids.  The trip home saw rain turn to sleet and freezing rain.  We left maybe 15 minutes before the others and went straight out of town and that little bit of lead kept us out of the bad driving conditions.  We had no issues but the others had really slick roads.  No one had a mishap praise be to God.  The crazy weather was then up to 62°F on Saturday.

Going to try and get another AF Scenic panel off Ebay tonight.  It is part of my plan for an All Aboard Layout that will be easy to set up and transport.  Hopefully by next fall I’ll have the pieces.

Kev - That is a very healthy buck!

Lee - Welcome back

Roy - May God have mercy on your cousin’s soul

DougDG - Glad you’re feeling better

Don - Safe travels

Bob - I’m glad the truck fire went out without too much damage

Got to go

May God bless

Jim



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Posted by KRM on Sunday, December 18, 2016 12:05 PM

- 2 degrees,
SJ, when I was 16 to 18 and working for Lants Bros Garage and people’s cars would not start we would slide a pan of burning charcoal under the oil pan and put a blanket over the hood for about 10 to 20 minutes then fire up the car for the customer.  And there was always some apricot brandy in the tow truck glove box to warm you up. Makes me feel old.
Edit, So cold tonight we will do a oven selfclean cycle. Clean the oven and heat the house.
Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by rtraincollector on Sunday, December 18, 2016 11:40 AM

About to go cut grass for the last time this year. Actually go and mulch the leaves by running lawnmower over them. They cover the whole yard so might as do the whole yard. 

Hope all having a good day

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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, December 18, 2016 11:34 AM

On very cold nights, the father of a long ago girlfriend use to put a work light with a 100 watt bulb under his car.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Sunday, December 18, 2016 9:31 AM

15 this morning. If it is going to be this cold we should have snow.

Glad I am mostly retired and what work I do is from home.

Kev - thanks and glad it still works - you could go to the same place you got the first thermostat and get different temperature versions so you could switch in higher temps. I use 15W light bulbs under covers to keep outdoor water stand pipes from freezing. Also have a small light bulb arranged in a safe way in a garage wall with a north side wall faucet to keep that pipe from freezing. I could not find short heat tapes to use and winding heat tape is too hot. Builders here are very stupid (as well as housing codes) when it comes to building a home where pipes cannot easily freeze. The same idiots that came up with the codes for failing foundations in this crappy soil.

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Posted by KRM on Sunday, December 18, 2016 9:22 AM

WOW It is cold out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0 here heading to -16 by midnight, Full sun,

 Had to get out side and clean up some before it gets any colder. That John Deere can be a cold place. We ended up with less than 3" of snow and it is light and blowing so I still had to clear the drifts.

Want to watch people freezing?????,,,See the Bears packers game today. Surprise Laugh

Chief, Yeah I saw that to. Never thought the other group ever was a majority there.  Smile, Wink & Grin

Just looked out the front and here is a perfect 8 point.

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Posted by sir james I on Sunday, December 18, 2016 8:42 AM

Sun and a high of 20 today. 10 will be tomorrows high.

No snow in the current forecast and a little warmer by Wednesday.

S.J.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Saturday, December 17, 2016 11:50 PM

KEV, most of it is put out by the ulta left wing TV station.  Doing the samething the other group did when they were the majority.  Jealous.

Wedding went great.  Meal great.

53 degrees and climbing.  Was 51 degrees 30 minutes ago.  Hit mid 70's later today.

Sleep tight.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Saturday, December 17, 2016 11:44 PM

Good evening all,

Interesting day.  Lucas had some issues going home Friday night and long story short he and wife are ok and car has some dings, but we did not hear from them for several hours and were quite concerned.   Stayed with grandkids so parents could see daughter perform.   We left as soon as they got home so we could beat the next round of bad weather.   Younger daughter had some travel issues as well but she too is safe and sound.  Strange weather.   I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

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Posted by KRM on Saturday, December 17, 2016 9:54 PM

wrmcclellan

27 degrees...wind is howling....

philly - welcome back!

 

Roy, you and my friend Wacko in Denton are light weights…. Temps are at 19 and heading no place but down till Monday and snowing. Was out in the shed this afternoon working on some electrical issues I got from overloading one circuit that runs a small milk house heater to keep the condensate pipes from freezing when we go -0.  I have had the place on freeze protection using the set up that you helped me make, what is now years ago, It still works fine. BTW thanks Roy!!! Now that we are going into big sub 0 temps I change it up and run the heat at a much higher rate. For the shed I will keep it at 45 and in the house I open up the spare bedroom, open the heat vents in the basement as well as the cabinet doors under the sinks. Just seems better to do it this way and not let anything freeze. They did back off from -16 tomorrow night to -14. Smile, Wink & Grin Chief would not make a day in this weather. Laugh WOW his home state sure is getting a lot of press these days. Confused
 It will pass.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Saturday, December 17, 2016 9:09 PM

27 degrees...wind is howling....

philly - welcome back!

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Posted by sir james I on Saturday, December 17, 2016 7:49 PM

Yep I watch Hogans Heros and Columbo. I also like Carol Burnet if Mrs Wiggins has a skit.

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