Thought I would start Feb,2021,
Glad all of the weather is moving to the east, Joe,, you want some,,,take all you want.
Wife and I did about 1/2 hour ride all over the woods and the lane with the Gator and the snow is deep and fun to try to get around. Almost got stuck twice but the Gator 590i pulled out in 4x4 lock. We love winter and the things it can bring, at times. Other times,, not so much, but today was fun.
Fire is cooking and all is good on The North Bluff,,,
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Well that's not too bad, looks about like what we got.
Good evening all,
Thanks, Kevin, for starting the February thread. Watched the end of the Daytona 24. Five cars on the lead lap at the end. Who would've thunk it? Snowy, rainy day here with not much going on. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Mornin' boys. We got about 8" of snohizo along the Patterson Creek cut-off, with a few more inches on the way, perhaps. Got most of it cleared by dinner, which was a nice relaxed affair. Ms Kelly made spaghetti, as we looked out at the white laced trees, listening to some Johnny Mathis. Wonderful wonderful.
It looks like the first "domino" to fall in the MTH transition, is their HO and S gauge lines being acquired by Scaletrains.com.
Aloha and Happy Monday - cold and sunny. Got a couple more inches overnight which is annoying to me as I tried to keep everything clear. Why doesn't the weather gods cooperate with my need to make everything neat and tidy during daylight ;) We probably got about a foot of snow since Saturday night. Looks like my relatives in Conn. and NY will get their snow from Spanky's maps.Happy birthday to RT! My condlences to you, Spanky. That's a nice engine, Fife. Thanks for the reference to YouTube for the America's Cup.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning, from a cold North Bluff.
Yep Flintlock not near as bad as Doug got only about 65 miles or so north of us. Sounds like he got more than twice as much as we did.
Looks like the real cold stuff will be end of this week and next. So what we have will be around for some.
Pension payday so off for supplies.
Happy birthday RT!
35 and just stopped raining. Got a Dr.'s appointment this afternoon.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Yeah, could have been a lot worse here. Cleaned the cars off and shoveled the driveway yesterday since if the stuff froze overnight it would have been a nightmare dealing with it this morning. Driveway's clear, cars are clean, main roads are good, I've already been for a hairscut and back. Time for some "Cinnamon Toast Crunch" and some coffee!
This poor girl has been around for about two weeks. I doubt she can survive the winter missing her ankle and hoof. Best I can guess is she got into a trap or something, Sad.
Happy February 1st! Tomorrow is the big day.
Happy Birthday to RT! Have a good day.
Fife...I believe it is a step in the right direction for MTH O gauge. Time will tell.
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
TCA 09-64284
Buckeye Riveter.I believe it is a step in the right direction for MTH O gauge. Time will tell.
Yes, I'd hope someone's in the wings to pick up the O gauge line. The question is, who? Kind of scratching my head over that one.
The S gauge people will probably be happy about Scaletrains picking up the MTH S line. The HO? I don't look in on the "Model Railroader" Forum all that often but from what I've seen the HO crowd wasn't too crazy about MTH's HO products, Scaletrains might do some improvements.
Afternoon folks!
Happy Feb! Been under it the last few days. Improving incrementally each day but it is a very slow slog!
The '84 El Cam reproduction dashboard assembly showed up - was originally scheduled for Nov of last year - then jumped out to August of this year. It looks great and as advertised, molded like the original. Been studying YT videos and the manuals on dash removal/replacement.
Regards, Roy
Happy birthday, RT.
And...happy birthday Buckeye.
Happy Birthday RT and Buckeye! We had a dusting of snow with nothing sticking to the ground but they still closed schools.
Aloha. Happy Towel Tuesday, when I wash all the towels in the house and collect the garbage for pickup. Looks like a full day of Zoom meetings too - but I can see the sun rise so that's a good omen for a blue sky day with all the snow on the ground. Hope points east is doing OK with this storm.
Good Lord, Spank!
Reminds me of the snowfalls we'd get when we lived up in Sussex County!
On the other hand, there's few things prettier than garbage cans with a HUGE snow cap on 'em, kind of like a Hostess Snowball on steroids!
34 and mostly cloudy. Suppose to have sun and big wind-chill. Staying in. Wifey off to the shop.Mobile groomer [our little buddy originally from Long Island] is here.Tell us folks down here thanks for the record snow fall up North. Menards factory front coming today for layout. Install and light it up. Nice heat in the Train Box.State shorted Wake Co. about 6,500 Doses this week. Giving them to smaller counties.Stay well and safe.
V8VegaI used to read the MR forum and I always thought many HO guys were predgedioused against MTH because they were a toy train manufacturar.
I don't think that was so much the case as MTH's DCS control system wasn't compatable with the DCC system most HO operators use. From what I've gathered that annoyed them greatly.
Also, there were some fine details missing on some MTH products that weren't missing on other HO models. As toy train fans we learned years ago not to let such things bother us but HO people typically don't see it that way.
That's some of the things I've seen on the "MR" Forum, but as I said I don't look in there all that often. A lot of those folks get bent out of shape over things that would have us toy train fans scratching out heads. "Huh? What? Lighten up man, it's a toy!"
Hello there, Roy.....continued Prayers Kev.......that deer could go a long time. Son got a doe. several years ago that was missing it's front leg below the "elbow". To see it run it looked fine. The stub looked like the pads on a dogs foot. Judging by the teeth it was 3 years old. Got about 9 inches of snohio Sunday into today, originally predicted 12 to 24. Breezy high 20s today with occasional squalls. Looking like it's gonna be winter for a while. Chicken fajitas were this evenings meal. Got the plaster all repaired and a couple of electrical mods almost done in the kitchen, paint next. Now a shower, hot tub and a glass of wine Prayers for those in need and the end of this pandemic.
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Aloha. Boy, was it cold this morning at 11 degrees. I guess that's warmer than it's supposed to be this weekend with highs below 0. Ugh. I have a number of HO friends who liked the MTS stuff but as others had noted, never bought their engines because they weren't compatible with HO's de facto DCC standard. Too bad we didn't have such a standard in O - instead of TMCC and DCS.
DJSpankyReporter for the NYT defends her decision to not call out the Chinese government in early January when she saw them stifling news of this on social media and removing terms such as Wuhan SARS from search results.
Ever hear the New York Times headline joke?
"World Ends Tomorrow, Women and Minorities Most Affected!"
I suppose that NYT reporter felt the Wuhan story didn't fit that criterion, huh?
Our local PBS station didn't run that "Frontline," but I wouldn't assign any agenda to that. I'm sure they'll show it eventually.
Good morning. Off to the Vet and waited. Only impatient was Lucy. Finn laid on the backseat as usual. Then to BoJ's and waited in line forever. That was strange. Then got to window and saw their swipey thingy was not working.
Now get shave and shower. Go to Tractor Supply and load up bags of deer feed pellets. Headed east tomorrow. Refill feeders for rest of winter, spring and summer. Rebuild two feeder timers and motors [very old]. Parts cheaper than buying new ones.
Wait for Vet to call. Go pickup Lucy and Finn. Bet they will get to them in a hurry. Lucy will bark all the time.
Vaccine distribution a mess in NC. Wake Co. the largest in NC is ranking 99 in getting vaccine doses. State announced they increased doses to Wake Co. Well, they took WakeMed's doses and gave to the County. No increase at all.
Have a good one.
Cold here too Doug but hold on!!
Thanks Banks, I hope that deer makes it. I think it may be a young buck, it comes by with three other bucks every day? I also noticed that the bottom of the wound has fur on it now.
Going to split the wood in the back of the Gator today and then fill it with dry split wood for later in the week.
Best get.
Up and down recovery-wise. Found a local auto glass place less than 2 mi away that will replace the El Cam windshield for a competitive price. Hooray! The bigger guys (Binswager? - Safelite) do not want to mess with it. Forcing myself to get off my duff and do a few things. Got a cheap tool from Bezos that allowed me to remove the molding. Bezos also sending reproduction molding clips (plastic) since half of mine broke on the removal, even the metal ones. I only slightly deformed one piece and was able to straighten it - but the rubber gaskets that go against the glass to prevent scratching are shot. Looks like no rust in the channel/pinchwelds! Found when I pulled the steering wheel the turn signal cancel cam pawl is cracked - which is also the receiver/lock for the horn wire assembly/sliding shoe (Now I know why it was erratic). Went back to Bezos' place and found a cam and a cheap tool for the steering lock plate removal.
Happy Wednesday all! I hope everyone has a great rest of the week.
Much better day than yesterday. Hopefully Thursday will be quiet. Monday got Model Railroader, Tuesday got Lionel catalog, and nothing today. Still waiting on Trains and CTT. Usually CTT is first and MR and Trains arrive on the same day a few days later. Crazy postal service. Supposed to be wet tomorrow and dry for wife's eye appointment on Friday. All this talk about MTH makes me wonder if anyone will pick up the Tinplate Line. I doubt it. I hope everyone has a good day.
Temp?. Weather station was working late night. Not this AM. New batteries. Really old so maybe needs replacing.Out the door to the farms east. Fill and rebuild two feeders. Recharged batteries in all.Enjoy your day and stay well.
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 26 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Should be milder (40's) after noon. Got pellet stove running in the meantime. Need to spend time in train room, and get started on lower level bathroom remod. Wifey may want to go shopping today as well.
New grandson coming home Monday. We can't wait to meet him. Apparently, he's a party animal and a ladies man. Reports from the nursery is when all the other newborns are asleep at night, he's putting on a leisure suit...
Drove up mountain to visit folks yesterday. It's cold in Fifedom, but the top of the mountain makes our abode feel down right tropical in comparison. The hospice nurses got run off the road by some teenage girl, and had to be winched out of a ditch. FifeMom enjoys seeing fresh images of her new great grandson.
Morning all.
Great news on Grandson coming home.
Not so good news on hospice nurse getting run off the road.
And I got some sad news yesterday, A good friend and my handyman, Died Tuesday. From what the wife said the symptoms to me sounded kinda like corvid-19 but she never brought that up, and I didn't want to ask. Figured she would have said so if it was and she knew it was.
Waiting for some ERR products to finish two engines. ( need that run/program switch for one ) Yes, I know how to go around it but rather just wait for it. and the other needs the AC commander board.
Otherwise not much going on here.
Morning All
Hope everyone is doing well. Good news having the grandson come home! Glad to see Roy getting around. Hope the good days are starting to out weigh the bad.
Not in the running for the vaccine yet (well technically I am) but there are folks who need it a lot more than I do.
Been working on the layout here and there. Been reintroduced to iCab from a thread on another forum so I've been playing with it a bit. Still a remote guy at heart though.
Everyone stay warm and healthy!
Trying to update my avatar since 2020
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