GOOD MORNING TO ALL, Another damp 49 start, but sunny and warmer this week.
Folks should not get upset by what shows up on one of these forums, just say your piece, step back and let it go. I skipped cutting the grass on sat. so I could watch football, now I am waiting for it to dry this AM so I can do that little chore today.
I have no train plans today but it's probably time to check the "M" engine batteries again. As soon as I get settled with the bills from that storm I am getting the rest of the BCR's and be done with it. Pots running slow this morning guess everyones at work trying to wake up.
Lisa-n, page 544 has the short version of my email Sir James
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 46 degrees. Going up to 80 today with all sunshine. The nights are getting colder.
Today is a usual , running errands day. I have about 5 stops to make. Then, I will be working around the house for a few hours. I don't think I will have time for trains. Wish I did.
I heard a rumor that Buckeye was escaping from Alabama, today. He has eluded the 'Bama Gang, and will hop a fast freight North.
Less than 3 weeks left before the Berea train show.
Dining Car is here and well stocked. Time for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 40s rising to the low 80s today. While it is nice today, it is supposed to get hot again this week. There were bran muffins on the dining car as it headed to "Points East" this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
0830BST in a blustery, showery Stockport, 13C and a frost forecast for tonight. Brrrr!
Ah Dennis, Your ears must have been burning yesterday, I was in the Armoury when it was announced that another regular had popped off and the funeral is today, he was a well known photographer. this raised the point about the photo's I had done for you and had your friend completed his English style pub? I/We would like some illustrations of the finished job.
Taking a friend to Stalybridge this morning to have some work done on her dinner grinders, I go to Glossop Thursday for the man to have a fertle with mine.
Work on Lionel once again on hold due to posssible move to the land of the wild Haggis.
Ho-hum!
John Baker
PEW!!!! Buckeye must have passed through NC on the way home. [remember, Lisa saw him yesterday, little fellow with the white stripe down his back ]
Ran trains this evening. Put the used ZW core in my ailing ZW. Worked. Not hard at all.
Busy day tomorrow. Got lunch with newspaper reporter, County Commissioners' meeting and then Mended Hearts.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
csxt30 wrote: RT : those pictures came out good of your trains !! You have some beauties !! Is that Elsie The Cow back there ? One of my brother-in-laws has a couple of those he showed me years ago & said back then that they were worth a lot. I think they even do stuff but I forgot what he said now !! He used to pick up milk at farms with a big rig. Hope everyone had a nice weekend !!Thanks, John
RT : those pictures came out good of your trains !! You have some beauties !! Is that Elsie The Cow back there ? One of my brother-in-laws has a couple of those he showed me years ago & said back then that they were worth a lot. I think they even do stuff but I forgot what he said now !! He used to pick up milk at farms with a big rig.
Hope everyone had a nice weekend !!
Thanks, John
Not sure if its a elsie the cow or not but I do know it has rubber utters
The 2359 in there needs to have the dynamic brake painted blue but its a good ole engine actually My first lionel engine was a 2359 like a fool sold it and thr rest of the trains I had back in 87 when I got out of the navya nd didn't have room for them.
I hope to soon put shelves up in my room/office and display wahat I can of my trains right now there all packed away in a closet that isn't big enough for them lol the closet is starting to overflo.
whats real bad is I don't really have hardley any track lol.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
Quick stop by. Had a late ending to night church. Was great stuff, glad I went. I read Laz's post about Frank meeting Jim Barrett. Glad they were able to get together. I think both make great contributions to the hobby.
Gotta run start off dark early with a few cases.
God Bless,
dennis
TCA#09-63805
Good evening everyone,
Bit chilly today here in Philly. Nothing much to say. Work is kinda slow. Training new guy only a week out of the academy.
Little guy gave me a nice head cold that he caught from the munchkin next door. Feels like I got hit with a wiffle ball bat in the nose. Hope it's only a 24hr thing. Well gonna get some Tea and lay down. Everyone be safe.
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 70s. We had a baptism in Indy for the newest grandson, and a nice luncheon afterward. Got back at 6 PM and the wife and I took the dog for a walk. There were bran muffins on the dining car from "Points East" this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Well I made basicly a 4'X5' loop in the living room this eveing and ran trains fopr about an hour and a half till the wife had a news program she wanted to hear (O.J. thing)
will run some more tomorrow basicly just running engines want to get rest out and run them too want to see if I can run all of them for a few minutes any way took some picks but didn't come out that great will take more tomorrow but heres a couple any way and will post the rest tomorrow on sunday photo fun. You really can't see it very well if at all but in first photo on the left side towards the back is my 671RR I just got the other day.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
HI GIZ,
Just for your information, I was just on the O gauger forum perusing and came across FRANK53 post of having JIM BARRET over to check out his layout. PRETTY COOL FRANK53!!!! Way to go.
Check it out here....
http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/57660482/m/7251096844
laz57
Beautiful of a day here got up to 67. Took my dog and me for a nice 4 miler today on the old railroad bed here in Millersburg. Nice change o pace running on black dirt otherwise known as coal dust. A bit dirty but great to be there. In the summer filled with horse flies and deer flies and when they bite they hurt, so only run there in early spring and fall.
BEARS WIN, but I lost bet with BRO, gave him 10 pts. on KC his team. Now I got to bring beer to the fireplace after first day o phesant season.
Just got done running trains for an hour, NO PILE UPS.
All is good with the world.
Nice day today, a little overcast and cool, but not too humid. I got all frames primed and only a little on the windows. I'll scrape it off tomorrow. The primer was brown - didn't remember getting brown. It looks fine with the siding, so I guess I knew what I was doing. Have to paint this week. I've got the leftovers and rags outside. I've seen a couple news stories where folks were painting and that night the rags spontaneously combusted and burned down their house! Went to buy a gift certificate for my nephew and then went to Michaels and checked out the Halloween stuff for this year - a couple really cool animated buildings! I guess I need to start thinking about the Halloween layout for this year. Wish the basement was done already. TTFN!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
That sounds like a plan. I'm reserving the gondala (outside car) trip at 8:15am, which is the early trip, and then taking the bus back.
edit- They just added a premium gondola with free mug since last night. No price given for the return home trip via bus. The seats sure look a lot more comfortable!
Thanks for the tip,Wes
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good Afternoon. Had a great day so far. Morning church with a Refresh conference. Our usual is Mexican food after Sunday school. Wife and daughter are sleeping, son and I have Star Wars, episode I on. I thumbed through the programs over the next few days. One program on one of the history channels is called "what the victorians gave us" and this episode has a section on the Great Western Railway.
Spoke to my mother this afternoon, her cousin from across the pond is coming to visit. He hails from Sussex, England. They usually spend the better part of a month. Perhaps I should load him up with some Lionel sets for our friends across the pond.
Well, time to get ready for evening church. Hope everyone has a great week ahead.
Dennis
Lisa-n-NC wrote: Was doing some yard work around noon today when this big old skunk came running through my yard and went under the storage building. Waited quite a while before I went down there to get the gas can to fill up the mower. Didn't see it again - hope it kept on going down the hill!! Gee - the Chief has beavers and I have skunks! What next??? Oh yeah - Buckeye is south of the Mason-Dixon - that was probably him!! Lisa
Was doing some yard work around noon today when this big old skunk came running through my yard and went under the storage building. Waited quite a while before I went down there to get the gas can to fill up the mower. Didn't see it again - hope it kept on going down the hill!! Gee - the Chief has beavers and I have skunks! What next??? Oh yeah - Buckeye is south of the Mason-Dixon - that was probably him!!
Lisa
You found him. Glad you got the rascal.
Afternoon. Went to Sunday School and watched Church on TV. Chinese for lunch. Resting up from pastr week's work. Maybe a little trains later. Later.
Brutus wrote: Morning Chuck, Marty, RT, Fifedog, John F, Mitch, Sir James, and Laz (Also any LURKERS - Come on in the water is fine!). Hmmm - good coffee!Had a short stack of pancakes for breakfast. Laz - a growing boy has to keep up his stength, right? Keep trying to get back on the diet, but then a birthday comes up or something. Always have a ready excuse! Hey, you're a runner -- maybe you know what this is. I hurt the back of my heels, really above the heel toward the ankle, somehow? I guess it was about the 10th time I jumped off my truck one day - shoveling rocks. Anyway, it just was not getting any better all Summer. I finally bought some of those little heel cup/lifters for my shoes and it seems to be helping. Is this a tendon thing? Should I go to the doc or am I already treating it right?Weather is finally cooperating and cold seems to have passed, so I'll prime those window frames today and maybe take off work a couple hours early on Tuesday so I can get them painted - that will give everything a good long time to dry before the next cold snap and rain. Also need to mow the lawn after last week with all the rain we had. TTFN!
Morning Chuck, Marty, RT, Fifedog, John F, Mitch, Sir James, and Laz (Also any LURKERS - Come on in the water is fine!). Hmmm - good coffee!
Had a short stack of pancakes for breakfast. Laz - a growing boy has to keep up his stength, right? Keep trying to get back on the diet, but then a birthday comes up or something. Always have a ready excuse! Hey, you're a runner -- maybe you know what this is. I hurt the back of my heels, really above the heel toward the ankle, somehow? I guess it was about the 10th time I jumped off my truck one day - shoveling rocks. Anyway, it just was not getting any better all Summer. I finally bought some of those little heel cup/lifters for my shoes and it seems to be helping. Is this a tendon thing? Should I go to the doc or am I already treating it right?
Weather is finally cooperating and cold seems to have passed, so I'll prime those window frames today and maybe take off work a couple hours early on Tuesday so I can get them painted - that will give everything a good long time to dry before the next cold snap and rain. Also need to mow the lawn after last week with all the rain we had. TTFN!
JIM,EL BRUTO, Sounds like it could be a Sciatic nerve problem? That nerve runs all the way down and wraps around the heel of the foot, I had that problem last year and took about a month to get rid of it. Or it could be a Achillies tendon too? Thats really a tough one to mend. The heel cups worked for me, I use em from time to time also the Dr SCHOLLS insert works for the whole foot. Good luck and keep eating those healthy strawberries, with a little whipped cream.
fifedog wrote: Mitchie - Skip that little train museum. I've skipped Harper's Ferry all together since the National Park Service has taken over. It used to ba a cool day trip---now it's all about squeezing every dime out of you. Funny, hasn't EAST BROAD TOP went steadily down hill since the Park Service stepped in as well...? REBUTTAL ANYONE...?
Mitchie - Skip that little train museum. I've skipped Harper's Ferry all together since the National Park Service has taken over. It used to ba a cool day trip---now it's all about squeezing every dime out of you. Funny, hasn't EAST BROAD TOP went steadily down hill since the Park Service stepped in as well...? REBUTTAL ANYONE...?
Morning all,
Fife, One nice thing that has happened at Harper's Ferry is the renovations to the Passenger Station. Don't know if the NPS had anything to do with it but it is now very nice. Except for the underpass to the West bound tracks which was not renovated. That may have something to do with handicap access, not sure.
Take care,
You may as much as you hate to is shut the door on the cats ( we had to when I had my difibalator put in) for a couple of days. then you can let the cats back in It was rough on us and them but all is fine now.
Tell the wife hope all goes well . and take it easy
Good morning all. I did some more painting on the tunnel last evening. Wife slept good in her own bed, I slept like crap. Too worried about hitting the surgery and keeping the cats from it as well. Nothing on the agenda today so I may work more on the tunnel.
Hope everyone has a safe Sunday.
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GOOD MORNING ALL, Cool and damp turned furnace on a little while as these old bones ohh, house was 65. we are going to 80 during the week so this is just a test run for later. I forgot yesterday was youngest sons birthday(36) so we had them over for moms cooking. roast beef and mashed taters, good. Got to get the boys over to help me move the boat to the back patio for the winter.I can't do it alone as we have to pull/push across the yard around to the back and onto the patio.
Lisa n-My email was about using gargraves track connectors. they work just fine or the old marx connector with the two blades also works good. Just spread the ties and push the connector into the rails. I have two loops of track around a 25 by 25 room and two wires to each track. One by the transformer and another at the far end with NO voltage loss. I do solder the wires to hide them but that is NOT necessary.
Enough for now, Sir James
Well its a cool 55 this morning here only supose to get up to 78 today. Not bad. Going to put up a rug layout today as I'm off today and tomorrow . May take some pics. Don't have a lot of track (or room either) so probally be small oval but at least I'll be able run some trains been a long time scince i've been able to do that.
Boy am I sore in the legs not use to being up on my feet so long. Been a long time scince I've been on my feet like I'am at this job. I'll get use to it thou. I already enjoy it. Glad to be able to get back to work
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