just received from the UPS man my K-Line Hershey train set that I won on EBAY this is the one with the alco A&B unit had it once and sold it like a fool finally got it back after looking for 3 years I've only seen this one on ebay 3 times in the las 3 years I know it may have been up more often but I haven't seen it.
I'll get to put it on the test track tonight and see how she does.
Later all
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Thanks Jim, Chief and others who wished me luck with liver scan, happy Birthday Dennis and any one else celebrating anything. Get well soon all of you in trouble with your health, inlaws outlaws, gophers and especially beavers. Yesss!!! My test came out A1, so the shareholders of Frederick Robinson & Co can rejoice as my consumption of their excellent elixir can continue,much to the chagrin of my dear lady.
Tried to place an order with Grzyboski, got all the info on what to order, prices etc. poof!! The web site took the hump and I can't find any train sets listed. Awaiting an answer to my e-mail requesting assistance. Seems like the fates are against me joining the great fraternity!
John Baker
Attention all Forum People....
I just spoke to Mrs. Buckeye. Buckeye's lovely wife says he is still in bed with his scarlet and gray covers pulled over his head. The only sound he makes from time to time is a faint hum, to the tune of " HANG ON SNOOPY ".
Dr. Brutus Buckeye, who seldom makes house calls, is to arrive later today.
That's all folks.................................................
Good Afternoon Everyone !!
Chuck : that's just awfull, our most famous of all Buckeye forumite: BEDRIDDEN !! Perhaps if he could just see the picture of The Chief on CTT rowing the boat it might cheer him up a bit !! Hey, maybe you could tell him The Chief is off grits for a while too, that may help also !! I wish there was more we could do !!
Well, kind of cold at work today, Oh, & Kevin : I vote for Gargraves track on da shelves !! Though the other suggestions are really great, too !!
After carefully studying that cover photo, it appears the CHIEF is actually snagged on that first tree. Sure hope it wasn't a $5 lure...
Kevin,
I too used Gargraves, had an abundance, and also set up an elevated row as well. Trestles were plentiful. The additional track view added a little to the package. Nothing wrong with the shelving either.
I'm sure either will be great.
Don
John Bakeer wrote: Thanks Jim, Chief and others who wished me luck with liver scan, happy Birthday Dennis and any one else celebrating anything. Get well soon all of you in trouble with your health, inlaws outlaws, gophers and especially beavers. Yesss!!! My test came out A1, so the shareholders of Frederick Robinson & Co can rejoice as my consumption of their excellent elixir can continue,much to the chagrin of my dear lady. Tried to place an order with Grzyboski, got all the info on what to order, prices etc. poof!! The web site took the hump and I can't find any train sets listed. Awaiting an answer to my e-mail requesting assistance. Seems like the fates are against me joining the great fraternity!
Afternoon All, Nasty weather here today Environment Agency has flood warnings out for certain areas.
John B, Glad your test came back ok. Grzyboski's list train sets under the title "Starter Sets w/Fastrack" Direct link to that page is http://www.grzyboskitrains.com/category1.aspx. Remember don't get Angry ....get even
Chief, Way to go with that cover shot. Careful with the maple syrup and pancakes rather than your normal Grits for breakfast. It could be part of a Yankee plot to upset your casting techniqueLOL
All the best
Nick
ChiefEagles wrote: "Yep, there's no way The Buckeyes could go down there & play last night & win !!" Yanks can never win in the SOUTH. Dennis. All of 30 years old???Bed time. Tired of meeting.
"Yep, there's no way The Buckeyes could go down there & play last night & win !!" Yanks can never win in the SOUTH. Dennis. All of 30 years old???Bed time. Tired of meeting.
"Yep, there's no way The Buckeyes could go down there & play last night & win !!" Yanks can never win in the SOUTH.
Dennis. All of 30 years old???
Bed time. Tired of meeting.
Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts. Chief, if only it were true....it is the big 40, Kim and I started out late, so the kids are small and lately make us feel older. I guess this is real middle age....Perhaps I should buy a fire engine red corvette convertable so I can have a mid-life crisis, Nah, I will just buy some more trains
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
lionroar88 wrote:This just in from CharlesRo - C&O 0-8-0 should be on my porch as we speak! Way to go Chief!Now I have to wait 4.5 hours to leave, stop by the LHS to get the 681 and 2020 and get home!Picture list is growing!1. B&O Mikado2. C&O Super Freight3. Swift Hotbox Reefer4. B&O 1-12 Caboose5. Christmas Passenger train6. C&O 0-8-0Whew!
Dennis -
and many more.
phillyreading wrote:C50truck,There is a Greenacres city here in southern Palm Beach County, it is between Lake Worth and Wellington and near Lantana.Lee.
C50truck,
There is a Greenacres city here in southern Palm Beach County, it is between Lake Worth and Wellington and near Lantana.
Lee.
Lee,
I'll wager the Greenacres in Florida is warmer tonight than the Greenacres here in Washington. Headin downward to single digits here.
Rod
LIONROAR 88,
Great pics love those steamers.
HEY GIZ,
Ran some trains tonight and toasted a dear friend of mine, fellow teacher, drinkin buddy, car tinkerer, train guy and all around good guy. He was 66 when he passed away on Monday. Went to hospital for hernia operation, operation went ok but developed a blood clot and thats what done him in. Went to the wake tonite and I'm gonna miss him. Life is short and live every day like its your last. Toast to you JACK. See you later.
Have a good one GIZ.
laz57
Thanks Roger! I have a nice package sitting next to me, but I can't open it till the morning. I may be getting some more train stuff. One problem having my day so close to Christmas is that in years past, I would just get the second part of a Christmas present. Kinda like "hey son, here are the batteries for the robot we got you a few weeks ago". Anyway, it is special to be spending it with the family.
Laz, sorry to hear about your friend. Most people are not aware of things like that that do happen all too frequently. We do heart surgery and these days people expect it to be like having a ingrown toenail removed. It is very fine work and the littlest mistake could be disasterous. We have to be on the ball all the time, every time....the patient deserves it.
Laz, my condolences on your loss. I've lost some close friends in recent years, it is tough.
Put in 6 more catenary poles today. Just four more to complete the small loop. They are the hardest as the reach is longest on the layout. Probably won't happen for a few days as next two days are pretty well scheduled. After that I will need to pick up the additional catenary I ordered.
Can't wait to see the coverboy on CTT.
Dennis, I know what you mean. When I was 40, that seems like a long time ago, my youngest was only 4. She is 32 now, time does fly.
laz57 - Hey bud, sorry to hear about your loss. Had a similar buddy go at 46 this past year at work. Best fellow in the world. Kinda made the rest of us vow to live a lil' better, love a lil' longer, and laugh a lil' harder.
laz 57 wrote: LIONROAR 88, Great pics love those steamers. HEY GIZ, Ran some trains tonight and toasted a dear friend of mine, fellow teacher, drinkin buddy, car tinkerer, train guy and all around good guy. He was 66 when he passed away on Monday. Went to hospital for hernia operation, operation went ok but developed a blood clot and thats what done him in. Went to the wake tonite and I'm gonna miss him. Life is short and live every day like its your last. Toast to you JACK. See you later. Have a good one GIZ.laz57
LAZ.....My sympathies. Your friend was very rich in life. He had YOU for a friend !
Chuck
Laz,
I'll keep your friend in my evening prayers. I'll be looking forward to the March issue, maybe we could get it autographed!
I had track on my shelves but needed the track so I removed it and never replaced it. I think it does look better with track, but it is not worth spending a lot of $$.
I got the bookcase stained and while out today, I got some neat pics of the N&W yards in Portsmouth. Here is a sample and I'll post more Sunday. Here is a pic of some of my shelves without track, can't remember if I posted them before or not.
Back through Yankee lines without getting shot at. Good to be in the good old SOUTH. Think being shot at would be better than going through Washington Reagan and trying ot get on an US Airways Express. What a screwed up mess.
Now let me explain this: Got off the plane, no directions. All of us that had to find gate 35 through 36 had to go on a shuttle [not like Philly that has signs and directions]. All of us finally find a small sign. We had to go out a gate on the jetway ramp [meeting folks getting off of a plane] and when we got to the plane, go right down the stairs to the concrete. Now we got in this tiny bus and went all of 200 feet. Got out of the bus, went up the steps to another jetway ramp while folks were boarding the plane that was there [traffic jam gelore]. You end up in this hall with some gate attendants at a long desk. They tell everyone to wait they will announce the flights. Mass confusion. Finally they call RDU and give a different gate number than listed on sign and screen. We go down escalator. At the bottom there are ladies with US Airways shouting at folks and giving orders. Hey, I'm back in the Army in 1968-69. We load of a bus, we wait, gate attendant calls a guys name, double booked seats, gets this fixed [we are still sitting crammed on a bus], we wait [begin to wonder if it is WWII and the N a z i s are running the airline and we are going to be gassed][had to spread that word out as software put in *], finally a lady and two small children get on confused as all get out, then we finally move. During all of this, everyone getting on keeps asking the ones that got on earlier, "Is this the bus to the RDU flight?" We ride out to the middle of the airport taxi way and get off. Board a plane [the crew saying, "It's about time."] that was suppose to be gone minutes ago. Well, as we get ready to taxi, the flight attendant asks all of us sitting up front, "Would two people from rows 1 thru 5 got back behind row 9. " WHAT!!!! I have over 45,000 miles with US airways and some more with AA and Delta. Never heard of such. Bet the weight distribution was wrong on the plane. Why? The Co-pilot was this big blonde Amazon that weighed about 300 lbs. How she got in the cockpit, I do not know. After all of this we left, 45 minutes late and got to RDU on time. ???? Think I will write a book.
Had a great day. Jim A and I went to Mountian Trains and then Charles Ro. Had a big meal and he took me back to the airport. He is always a great guy to visit. Wish we lived closer to each other. May be back up there the end of this month [to visit him, good; to train new reps, not so good]. Time for Popcorn.
Had to read pages since this AM. Since I'm now senior citizen, can't remember all the comments to all of you guys I had planned. A few I remember:
Laz, sorrry man.
Over 420 posts in 10 days.
Lots of new guys on the "Pot" which is great.
My picture in the bass boats was OK. Thought Mr. Keller really had one over on me and had fixed me up good.
Mountain Trains, lady is really nice [I'm sure her husband owns it] and helpful. You get a good feeling visiting there.
Charles Ro is BIG. Nice place and lots of stuff [including MTH now]. Sorry the 0880 didn't get there. Will try harder the next time.
Maple Syrup sure is good.
Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Laz - very sorry to hear of your loss. He is in a better place, although I know you will miss him. God bless you and his family and friends.
John Baker - glad to hear you can continue to Party On DUDE!
The Norton debacle continues! 2 days ago got a word from my computer the Norton was up - need to renew or upgrade. Decided to upgrade via a download of the software. Did it. Some error occurred. Followed their directions - no good. Ran their utility that uninstalled all Norton. Reinstalled everthing. Tried again yesterday - no good. Internet Security is working but not systemworks. It wont configure/activate itself. Sooo - I get home tonight and try again, no good. Call support. Talk to David in Iran (or someplace). He forwards me to tech - talk to Joe (yeah, right). He talks to me for a while, then forwards me to Ralph (again, right). I'm still in Iran, I think. Ralph has me do this and that for about 1/2 hour. Then he has me run some dang thing and he takes over my computer - mouse pointer clicking here and there, updated IE, etc. Reboots - no good. So he tells me to run the uninstall program. Then run three update patchs for the registry. Then reinstall systemworks first. Then run liveupdate and configure/activate. Then install Internet Security last - don't I know that is the correct order? Uh, nope. So I did it. Guess what? No good - Internet Security updates and activates and it's all good, but systemworks remains broke.
I'm just going to wait a week and see if they don't distribute a fix via liveupdate. I know that it activated 2 days ago but not yesterday and there were updates from Windows both nights, so I suspect that Microsoft bottom blew their program. I'll bet a dollar (or a dinar or whatever) that they distribute a liveupdate fix for this i nthe near future.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
0700GMT in a very windy Stockport, 80 MPH gusts over night, trans pennine routes closed, trucks on their sides all over the place, bits dropping off buildings. One good thing about being a TOG, I don't have to go out in this.
Nick, Ta for info.!! Grzyboski's site is still crap, it demands that I put a US state in my address slot, What RUBBISH!!
I am 68 and every time I got to one of my clubs (which I only visit about 4 times PA) there is another gap in the lines of my contemporaries. 2 popped off over Christmas, 56 & 58. I live in a sheltered housing complex for the over 55s, we lose almost one a month. It is still sad when someone has to give up the struggle. I just have one ambition that is; To live 'till I'm 103, and I get shot by a jealous husband' What I say to any one bereaved is " don't lose your sense of humour and remember the good times"
I too had a load of hassle with norton , just use their internet protection backed up by Firefox and Windows Gaurdian.
Morning all, Blowing a gale here to.
John B, When you check out on Grzboski's site click on the "State" box and you will see a option for "None/Other" thats the one to use.
Nick,
Ta, I really am losing it!
Didn't sleep well due to wind, took a Rennie, but wind outside even worse.
Windy here in UK. They've had to switch the wind generators off because it's too windy, They don't work in still air, so what is their purpose?
The Greenies will be the death of us all!!
Dr John,
We were in a chippy in Bakewell on New Years Day and on the menu were battered deep fried Jammy Dodgers, Mars bars, Creme eggs, Kit Kats, Jaffa cakes etc. YUUUKKKK!!!
Jim Fortner wrote:The Norton debacle continues! 2 days ago got a word from my computer the Norton was up - need to renew or upgrade. Decided to upgrade via a download of the software. Did it. Some error occurred. Followed their directions - no good. Ran their utility that uninstalled all Norton. Reinstalled everthing. Tried again yesterday - no good. Internet Security is working but not systemworks. It wont configure/activate itself. Sooo - I get home tonight and try again, no good. Call support. Talk to David in Iran (or someplace). He forwards me to tech - talk to Joe (yeah, right). He talks to me for a while, then forwards me to Ralph (again, right). I'm still in Iran, I think. Ralph has me do this and that for about 1/2 hour. Then he has me run some dang thing and he takes over my computer - mouse pointer clicking here and there, updated IE, etc. Reboots - no good. So he tells me to run the uninstall program. Then run three update patchs for the registry. Then reinstall systemworks first. Then run liveupdate and configure/activate. Then install Internet Security last - don't I know that is the correct order? Uh, nope. So I did it. Guess what? No good - Internet Security updates and activates and it's all good, but systemworks remains broke. I'm just going to wait a week and see if they don't distribute a fix via liveupdate. I know that it activated 2 days ago but not yesterday and there were updates from Windows both nights, so I suspect that Microsoft bottom blew their program. I'll bet a dollar (or a dinar or whatever) that they distribute a liveupdate fix for this i nthe near future.
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Good morning everyone.
I had the distinct pleasure of spending yesterday with the Chief. We toured New England train shops from the relative comfort of my old Chevy. The Chief seemed to enjoy the stores we visited, and filled his travel bags with MTH products (no accounting for taste). But he failed to mention the great bargain I got at Mountain Trains - a Weaver NH State of Maine car for $24.99! All the others were marked $48.00! Looooooooved it!!! I always seem to do well in that store . . . He also failed to mention the harrowing ride to Charles Ro. We had to dodge a huge box that magically appeared in the middle of Rt. 93! Only by the grace of God and my incredible driving skills did we not flip over and crash, avoiding that thing! I slowed the car down to 85 mph for the rest of the ride. Ooooh, I think that's our exit, Chief! Holdon!!
After a great meal, it was back to the airport, and our adventures had come to an end much too soon. I had a great time traipsing around 2 New England states with the Chief! Thank you!!!
Happy Birthday, Dennis!
Sorry for your loss, Laz.
Have a nice day, all!
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Jim, thanks for the kind thoughts. It sounds like the Chief got to do some more flying up that way better be carefull, or you will both be doing some flying. I am glad you both got to enjoy the time. Chief is a good guy, and I would guess that I could get in a LOT of trouble if he and I were to visit the train shops.
mitchelr wrote: Jim Fortner wrote: The Norton debacle continues! 2 days ago got a word from my computer the Norton was up - need to renew or upgrade. Decided to upgrade via a download of the software. Did it. Some error occurred. Followed their directions - no good. Ran their utility that uninstalled all Norton. Reinstalled everthing. Tried again yesterday - no good. Internet Security is working but not systemworks. It wont configure/activate itself. Sooo - I get home tonight and try again, no good. Call support. Talk to David in Iran (or someplace). He forwards me to tech - talk to Joe (yeah, right). He talks to me for a while, then forwards me to Ralph (again, right). I'm still in Iran, I think. Ralph has me do this and that for about 1/2 hour. Then he has me run some dang thing and he takes over my computer - mouse pointer clicking here and there, updated IE, etc. Reboots - no good. So he tells me to run the uninstall program. Then run three update patchs for the registry. Then reinstall systemworks first. Then run liveupdate and configure/activate. Then install Internet Security last - don't I know that is the correct order? Uh, nope. So I did it. Guess what? No good - Internet Security updates and activates and it's all good, but systemworks remains broke. I'm just going to wait a week and see if they don't distribute a fix via liveupdate. I know that it activated 2 days ago but not yesterday and there were updates from Windows both nights, so I suspect that Microsoft bottom blew their program. I'll bet a dollar (or a dinar or whatever) that they distribute a liveupdate fix for this i nthe near future. Jim - I too hate Norton... Every tome I tried it it was more trouble than it was worth. Did you ever think of getting a Mac, we have none of that junk in Mac OS X.Mitch
Jim Fortner wrote: The Norton debacle continues! 2 days ago got a word from my computer the Norton was up - need to renew or upgrade. Decided to upgrade via a download of the software. Did it. Some error occurred. Followed their directions - no good. Ran their utility that uninstalled all Norton. Reinstalled everthing. Tried again yesterday - no good. Internet Security is working but not systemworks. It wont configure/activate itself. Sooo - I get home tonight and try again, no good. Call support. Talk to David in Iran (or someplace). He forwards me to tech - talk to Joe (yeah, right). He talks to me for a while, then forwards me to Ralph (again, right). I'm still in Iran, I think. Ralph has me do this and that for about 1/2 hour. Then he has me run some dang thing and he takes over my computer - mouse pointer clicking here and there, updated IE, etc. Reboots - no good. So he tells me to run the uninstall program. Then run three update patchs for the registry. Then reinstall systemworks first. Then run liveupdate and configure/activate. Then install Internet Security last - don't I know that is the correct order? Uh, nope. So I did it. Guess what? No good - Internet Security updates and activates and it's all good, but systemworks remains broke. I'm just going to wait a week and see if they don't distribute a fix via liveupdate. I know that it activated 2 days ago but not yesterday and there were updates from Windows both nights, so I suspect that Microsoft bottom blew their program. I'll bet a dollar (or a dinar or whatever) that they distribute a liveupdate fix for this i nthe near future.
Laz sorry to hear of your loss I lost a great freind would have taken as a brother anyday about 3 yearsago he was only 46 at the time to a blod clot after a sinus opperation he lived in PA. also (West Chester. )
Not much happening this am getting ready to head to work
Glad you made it back safe and sound Chief. But the true maple syrup comes from Vermont not Conn. lol
Talk to you all later
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