CLOSED////////The Coffee Pot is still on and over 3 years. Here we gather as friends with trains.

[Brutus]

Fife, you misplaced a paintbrush...?    Chief, glad to hear you are getting those deer fatted up for Laz's big hunting trip!  Sir James, unfortunately the hair doesn't grow where you might like it to.  You'll see

[ChiefEagles]

Notice Buckeye has NOT posted since he went to work.  Got sent immediately to detention.  Probably not out yet.  [actually he went to the local pub to celebrate, finally had some spending money ]

Town Board over.  16 deer right near my back fence eating soybeans.  Same ones eating up my corn at the pond.

Popcorn time.  Good night.

[sir james I]

Evening All,  Well thank goodness my hair will grow, I was afraid it was going to fall out. Chewy was into all the cups eh. We had a beautful 80 today but i spent most of it on the couch,I did play a little golf with Tiger Woods,he's tough to beat but I did it, then took a nap. See you all in the morn.         Sir James

[fifedog]

Evenin' boys.  Hey Brutus.  Has anyone seen my 3 inch sash paintbrush?  I had it soaking in a WOLVERINES coffee mug, and someone must have picked it up...oh,well.

KURT.MARTY - best regards on the ladies.

RRcharlie - I have that Lionel rotary coal dump.  The BEST accessory ever!

[Brutus]

God bless you and your wife, Kurt.  Hang in there.  My wife had this done and it was fine.  Pizza

God bless Buckeye in his new job, too!

Chewy is all cleaned up guys.  I bathed her really good Saturday and then my wife and I cut her hair.  OTOH, I know now the dreadful truth about her recent bouts of Chewyrhea!  SOUR CREAM!!!  Well, I suspected something of the sort and already got my revenge!  Yes, you all drank out of Chewy's cup - I let Chewy drink out of all the cups and bowls - bwahahah bwahaha-haha-haha!  The symptoms begin like a common cold, but then the hair starts to grow when the moon is full!

Thanks Jim, yes peanut butter works good - used on carpet once!

As if the LEMAX stuff wasn't enough, I've gotten a bunch of emails recently about the new Dept 56 Halloween stuff and sales etc.  Man - Do these guys think I'm made of Money!?

88 - I primed the frames on 4 basement windows - there were cheap contractor style basement windows and not galvanized.  I replaced the actual window units with vinyl windows a couple years ago, but left their frames in place - finally got around to this last part of the job.  Wife wants a say in the final color   Bet she won't help paint, though!

RRCHarlie, I'm really looking into a multilevel layout too.  Are you going to put wiring in the wall or how will you disguise it between levels?

Doug M - that is a long commute!  At least on a train, you can read and stuff.  You need a Nintendo DS and SimCity DS.  I've wasted about 5 hours on it this week alone!

DougNotaGrump - need to go clear the snakes out of your outside the house train set! 

No Laz of Fife today?  Chuck, hope you and that nice waitress had a good trip today.  Gas is still hovering around $2.50 here, but that's way too high!

Hey, Chief - any word from Bigboy or his wife?  PS - Happy BDAY to your Mom!

Howdy to all who I missed or didn't post today, including Lisa, Nick, John Baker, the other Jim's, etc.

PS - I think my friend Ron at work is doing a lot better from his heart cath/stents.  He went out and bought a '78 (?) Corvette to play with.

[kpolak]

Sorry haven't been keeping up with the pot...Busy busy busy.

Daughter went to Doc today...Eye swelled-up yesterday after nap.  Doc says it is an infected insect bite.  Gave her a double shot (on in each leg) and pennicillan (sp?) 2-times daily.

Please pray for betrothed tomorrow am, gall bladder operation scheduled for 7:30am, need to be at hospital at 6:30am.  Full staff in OR just in case she needs full surgery.

Hope everyone else is doing well!  Looks like Buckeye made it out of the hen house!  Gotta love them sly Yankees.

Tonight:  Double pepperoni pizza:  2-YO shot reward, with hot wings for me.

Kurt

[dougdagrump]

Afternoon All !

What a great weekend, trainrunnin on friday and saturday, unofficial tourguide on sunday. It don't get much better than that, even if one of my loco's went loco. Oh well, stuff happens.

Rich, Better keep your water wings handy, you guys ever gonna stop gettin the heavy rains.

We aren't even breaking 80* here, guess I no longer have any excuses for not restarting my yard projects. Dang....

[ChiefEagles]

RR Charlie, looks like you are getting there.  Took my over 2 years to get started.

Ready to go to Town Board.  No trains.  Frankie's B'day tomorrow.  Taking him to lunch and then regional transportation meeting.  Probably go to Mom's Thursday as her B'day was today [91].  Cathy [oldest] went to Mom's today.

Later.   

[RRCharlie]

Greetings from a not as wet as yesterday Jacksonville but probably going to be as bad tomorrow and Thursday. Finally got INTO the trainroom today and moved some stuff around and almost out the door! The room is 8 1/2 by 9 feet so there is not much maneuvering room to get pictures. I took three pictures that should appear below.

The first is of the South East corner of the room.

Thie second is of the North wall.

The third is of the North East Wall

The room has 4 levels on top of each other with a Lionel Standard gauge loop suspended from the ceiling. I have been rewiring and moving track and accessories around for a couple of years and trying to get back in and get at least some of it "finished". 

Mel Hazen

Jacksonville, FL

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Afternoon all

Jim F-I've used peanut butter to remove bubblegum from lots of stuff, kids, furniture, dogs but the oil will stain so you make the decision.  It's wierd, the bubblegum kind of dissolves.

John-Night shift does have some advantages.  For the almost 31 years I've been at the plant where I work (27 miles; 45 minutes commute) less than 10 has been on straight days.  I'm on a rotating 12 hour day/night rotation.  I'm on nights (7 p.m. to 7 a.m.) now and if you need to go to the bank or BMV or places that don't work beyond a 9 to 5 world it is great.  The seceret is sleep, ear plugs, room darking shades and curtains, white noise, and figuring what eating pattern works for you.  The rotation does include weekends and holidays which can be a bummer at times, or a blessing when you have to miss a "family" event when it is the brides family.  Man, did I get the cream of the crop, or maybe she was adopted???  Weird gene pool there.

Buckeye-Congrats!!!! What will you be doing?  Travelling to Southen Ohio any?  If so you've got a bed in the train room.  The commute is a good decompression time.  After a rough shift I can usually be in a good mood by the time I get home.

Need to go and find a new heating element for the dryer.  

May God bless

Jim 

 

[ChiefEagles]

Afternoon.  Mowed the grass for the first time in 6 weeks.  Got the widow lady's and neighbor's grass too.  Now to grill burgers.  Buckeye must be behaving been monitoring the Columbus OH area animal control radio.  No skunk removal has been requested.   Later

[Anonymous]

john- I did see a cup with Chewy's name on it ,but I thought it was for when the cream went sour.

Oh, I didn't know that !! Chewy should be pretty clean now, that's if Jim F. got the bubble gum out of her, that you somehow stuck on her !!

Well, hope you feel better & I'll check back in after work tonight to see how Yer' doin !!

Thanks, John 

OH that is just lovely!  Bubble gum stuck to Chewy's fur!  Now she'll need a hair cut, dye job, and some pretty new bows!

Hope Sir James feels better... never good to be under the weather...

[csxt30]

john- I did see a cup with Chewy's name on it ,but I thought it was for when the cream went sour.

Oh, I didn't know that !! Chewy should be pretty clean now, that's if Jim F. got the bubble gum out of her, that you somehow stuck on her !!

Well, hope you feel better & I'll check back in after work tonight to see how Yer' doin !!

Thanks, John 

[anjdevil2]

'morning all

Hey Buckeye///good luck on the new employ!!

COOL and rainy here....just checking in seein' whats going on.

My new Hot Wheels G Machines fit pretty good on the layout (1:50), wish I could find more....

Hope you feel better there Sir James..

Later

Rich

 

[sir james I]

john- I did see a cup with Chewy's name on it ,but I thought it was for when the cream went sour.

[csxt30]

John- I might have, been yearning for a milk bone.

Well, if they end up taking you to the Vet, we'll know something for sure !!

Thanks, John

[sir james I]

John- I might have, been yearning for a milk bone.

[csxt30]

Good morning all,   sunny and low 80s for the week.   One of you sick guys must have used my coffee mug as I feel awful today. can't remember the  last time I was actually sick, so guess I cannot complain.  Where did I put that box of puffs and asprin, got to look, stop by later.           Sir James

James : you didn't use Chewy's cup, did you ? !!

Hope this helps !!

Thanks, John

[dbaker48]

Chief,

Read the article, IF we had a few more CITIZENS ans your self it sure would be a better place.  Maybe ? the real estate firm will make a significant contribution to the school district??  The meeting on friday should be interesting.  Good Luck

 Off, to work, need to review the revised layout plans.

have a great day everyone !! 

[sir james I]

Good morning all,   sunny and low 80s for the week.   One of you sick guys must have used my coffee mug as I feel awful today. can't remember the  last time I was actually sick, so guess I cannot complain. My train friend saw the Hogwarts x at the store and said he was not too impressed, I'll wait till I can see it myself to judge. I'm interested because we have no british engines except the few expensive ones. Where did I put that box of puffs and asprin, got to look, stop by later.           Sir James

[ChiefEagles]

Starting new job today, so my time on the forum will be decreasing.  For the first time in 20 years, I have a 1/2 hour commute to work.  I have in the past worked so close to home that I could ride a bike, which I did on Saturdays.

Thanks to one and all for their words of support this last four months of unemployment. 

See ya down the tracks,

Good luck with the new job.  Keep your tail down and son't spry the boss when you get upset [note Lisa's post on seeing Buckeye in her yard ].  I could ride a bike to my office too.  Wife gets upset and the boys [dogs] don't like me riding in the house.

Morning all.  Cooler.  Nothing but Town Board tonight.  Been on phone with County Commissioner as he was elated over the News & Observer article this AM. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/707550.html  School officials are now wanting to meet with me Friday PM to "talk".  Should have done that earlier.  Still upset that their Real-Estate broker will still get his share [$$$$] for land sites he could not find.  "Its in the contract," per Wake County Schools.

Now for trains.  Working on shelving under layout for storage of rolling stock.  Have a good one.

[csxt30]

Good Morning Everyone !!  Been extremely busy lately !!  I even dug out the snow shovels so they would be handy when the time comes !!

Glad Buckeye is back to work !!  I can't stand working when others are home working on their trains !!   Just kidding, hope we hear how your first day went !!

Now, I may be going on 3rd. trick. YUK !! Oh well, at least it's an easy job. Less than 2 yrs' to go now !!

Well, my boy also got his first real job !! I didn't dare give him any tips on work, since I sort of forgot what real work is now !! He's starting at the top right off the bat !!  Yep, he may flip some burgers after he learns how to mop the floors & clean the bathrooms !!

Can't wait for the train show Oct. 6th. !!  I just wish my new Atlas steamer would show up before then, but it looks like November, maybe . Well, that's my last preorder !! I can't take the stress !!

Hope everyone has a nice day !!

Thanks, John 

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

I knew I forgot something earlier.  Good luck, Buckeye, on the new job.  I know what it is like to start over again.  I used to have a short commute (5 minutes) and now a long one (about an hour).  Fortunately, I do carpool and that does help.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C.

[Anonymous]

Brent - your shed is like a soap opera - I am gone for the better part of the last few weeks and the same story is still going on!

LOL!  It would have been done a week ago but I got sick... Now if this goes on for a year... we have a problem! LOL!

[cnw1995]

Good morning from a sunny and warm Chicago where I have a long day of meetings and class tonight.

I took apart the Rail Zepp last evening. Took out the wind-up motor - it is so cool looking, I have to put it somewhere. Cut off the gear to the prop. Now I'm musing on cuts to make in the undercarriage to pop in the new motor.

Good luck, Buckeye, on the new job. I'll bet I win for the longest commute - in time-spent that is. It's about 50 miles and about an hour and a half each way. Hmm, if I count all the time from when I leave the house to enter the office and vice versa, it's even longer. Good thing it's mostly on a train.

[wrmcclellan]

Good morning all from sunny N Texas. Gonna be 92 today - absolutely balmy.

Another very busy day today so not much time to read up on posts.

Buckeye - good luck on the new job. 30 min commute ain't bad in today's world. It will give you more time to think up snappy responses to the Chief!

Brent - your shed is like a soap opera - I am gone for the better part of the last few weeks and the same story is still going on!

Hope all are doing well and have a great day all!

[jonadel]

Buckeye--
Best wishes on the new job, hope that it's a good one.

My commute for the last 24 years was 5 minutes if THE light was red, 4 if green :) And that's living 1 1/2 miles from work.

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI with temps reaching into the 80s today.  My wife and I went to the YMCA last.  I did weights and some trackwork.  I sure hope I start losing weight soon as I am tired of all this exercise and not dropping pounds.  At least my track speeds are slowly improving.  I went upstairs to run trains last night, but I ran out of time.  Lucas had a bad day at school and work.  Maybe today will be better for him. 

I recently re-subscribed to Trains again and I have been enjoying the articles in there as well.  I like reading about short lines that serve out of the way places. 

I have been running a little behind today, and there was the usual fare on the dining car this morning.  The boys are at home and the girls are on the road in high school soccer tonight.  Both games could get really ugly.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

 

[Wes Whitmore]

I have never had less than a 1/2 hour commute...

You will still find time to post!

 

Good luck with the new job though. That's awesome news.

Wes

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 48 degrees. Going up to a sunny 82, today. This weather could stay like this.

Today, is a relaxing day. I got a lot of errands run, yesterday. Need to do a few things, outside, later. Wife has an appointment in Marietta, this afternoon, so it will be a quiet, shade tree , few hours. I may as well enjoy it while I can.

I may run trains later. Feel the need for traintime.

Buckeye....Good luck with the new job !!!

Indians beat Detroit last night. Playoffs looking better.

Well, Dining car is here and ready. Time for breakfast. Later.

Y'all have a great Tuesday.

Chuck