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Posted by fifedog on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:27 AM

88 - Mornin', B.  Just read there was a "hot" time in ol' Mt Airy over the weekend.  6 businesses, any of them the train store?

Welcome back. Get my email?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 8:19 AM
Well I'm back from a busy, very busy, Labor Day weekend.  Friday I picked up the Bimmer from the shop, dropped it off at my FiL's and borrowed his truck and hauled my roto-tiller to the house, helped Susan's cousin move his 55 gallon aquarium, got home around 10:00... Saturday we helped her other cousin move into his new house, and gave him our old gas grill so we have some room on our deck, and then headed to Susan's aunt and uncle's for dinner... b-b-q ribs and chicken! YUMMY!!!!  Then Sunday we headed North to Boyertown, PA for my cousin's son's baptism.  Was good to see some family members again... had some vibration in the Bimmer... wasn't happy about that... brought some REAL Philly cheesesteaks home for dinner... YUMMY x 2!  Then yesterday Susan and I went to see The Borne Ultimatum... WOW! What a film!  One of the best Action flicks I've ever seen.

Good to be back on the board though... missed you guys...

JimA - Sorry to hear about the two boys... sure that bothered you a bit seeing as you have two of your own.

Fife - 4 out of 5 men say that kids aren't good for your health, the fifth one is dead. Wink [;)]

Buckeye is celebrating the University of Michigan's 34 - 32 loss to Appalachian State University!  The first time in history that a Top 5 team has lost to a 1-AA school!  Couldn't have happened to a finer institution!  BTW - Notre Dame got crushed by Georgia Tech 33 - 3 for their worst opening day loss in school history.  And Florida State completed the Trifecta last night by blowing it against Clemson!  So in all a VERY good weekend of College Football for Lionroar and Buckeye! (Both our teams won!)... Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:48 AM
Yes, Jim,  I got Buckeye's memo. I figured after a couple of days, he would post again. I guess he's still "under the bridge". 
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Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:41 AM

David, I contracted it last summer. Get yourself some IvyDry or Anti-Itch Gel. Both of those are excellent at stopping the itchies. Those are brand names, not something I just made up. My rash lasted about 2 weeks. The meds stopped it cold, but did make me sleepy as well. Nothing wrong with catching up on some rest! Make sure to wash hands thoroughly before eating.

Chuck, Buckeye left after his 4000th post. Didn't you get the memo?

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Posted by fifedog on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:40 AM

Mornin' boys.  Hope all had a nice Labor Day. 4 out of 5 children kept me from enjoying my day.

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jaabat - That's so sad.  Guess I wasn't having as bad a day as I thought...

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Posted by cheapclassics on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:39 AM

Good morning all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 90s again.  I am in heaven the next three days as the high school kids have three home games in a row against beatable teams.  The only fly in the ointment is trying to avoid the traffic hassles due to the preparations for the Colts game Thursday night.  The dining car was loaded down with bran muffins this morning as it headed to "Points East".  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:36 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a clear, sunny 57 degrees. Going up to 86 today, with sunshine all day. Another hot one.

Today, I have some errands to run and a few things to do around the house. Seems like a Monday. Got all the yard work done.  Was a quiet weekend. I hope everyone enjoyed theirs. I am trying to enjoy, what's left of the summer. Slowly slipping away.

Question of the day.....Where is Buckeye ?????

Not much going on train wise. Still need to make some time for the train room. Probably needs a good cleaning again.

Well, Dining car is here and it's time for breakfast. Later.

Y'all have a great Tuesday.

Chuck

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Posted by FJ and G on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:33 AM

Anyone else ever get a good dose of poison oak or ivy?

BB the beagle got off her leash and chased some rabbits into a thicket that was so thick I had to pull out the vines and stuff to get her as she was busy trying to dig the rabbit out of its hole in the thicket.

Came down with contact dermatitus, a fancy name for rashes caused by the poison. Cream and medicine prescribed. The meds made me sleep all Labor Day weekend practically. 

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Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:50 AM

Good morning from New England where the day promises to be a warm one.

Speaking of warm, one of my diesels was smoking great last night. Only trouble is, it isn't supposed to smoke at all!!! The pick up roller was very hot as well. Will bring it in for servicing today after work. I opened the shell and saw no signs of melted wire insulation.

Wifey finally got home around 9pm last night. Two little boys were playing at a school and a big steel fence fell on them. My wife handled the cases. One didn't make it. Poor kid.  

Back to work and my regular routine. Time for tea. I hope everyone has a good day.

Jim 

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Posted by dwiemer on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 5:48 AM

Good Morning all.  Well, it is back to work.  Went out shopping with the family.  Ended up spending close to $3000.00 on a LCD-TV, home theater system and then had to get a new entertainment center.  Just think how many things that would have bought out of the new catalog!

Anyway, wife is happy, and I think this lifts train restriction a littleWhistling [:-^] 

An early morning as have a few cases to take care of.  Hope everyone didn't get too lazy and can't return to the grind.

Have a good day.

Dennis

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Posted by dbaker48 on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 12:14 AM

Hope everyone had a GREAT weekend!!

It sure has been HOT here, 108 on the patio.  Worked in train room most of the weekend.  Did get the TRACK DOWN !  All of it!!!

So now the fun part, wiring!  I enjoy that part the most.

Btw, in todays paper a couple of interesting facts about the race in Fopmona yesterday.

Attendance  72,000, lower than normal.

Approximately 1,000 people treated for heat related issues.

OVER 500,000 bottles of water sold at $5.00 each.  Doesn't count all the ones given away at the Hospitality Suites.

Who knows how much beer and soda.  

This is the first race out there I've missed in probably 6 years, but just WAY to hot to sit out there in the sun! 

Don

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Posted by PhilaKnight on Monday, September 3, 2007 11:35 PM

Chief,

I know it's one of those things I keep putting off. While restoring the bike I negleted the battery and let it die once or twice. Can only blame myself. Been riding back and forth to work so it's staying charged. If I let it sit for a couple of days it goes low. Anyway it's 3 years old time for a new one. Last one lasted me about 4or 5 years but I rode the crap out of the bike. Was a Interstate Battery

Anyway quiet today at work. Nothing good happened. Except saw what looked like a SD-40 still in Con-Rail colors. Looked pretty clean. They must of kept her in the garage.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, September 3, 2007 10:19 PM
 PhilaKnight wrote:

Well this morning had to pull the battery out of the Harley it keeps going dead. Check the acid level it was low so hopefuly thats the problem. Don't feel like buying a new one. 

Go to your local battery store and get a Battery Tender.  Install it and keep it plugged in to your battery while your bike is not being ridden.  Will solve your porblem.  You've probably abused the battery already. Disapprove [V]  Also get one for your riding lawnmower and etc.

 Jaabat wrote:

Me and the kids had a nice day.

Thought all those New England Yankees used GOOD English.  Well, guess us poor Southerners are not he only ones to mess it up. Sign - Oops [#oops]

Worked on the backroom layout all afternoon and some this evening.  Watched the Closer [two of them] and Saving Grace with the wife.  Now off to bed.  BTW John: ate all the popcorn again.  BUCKEYE who? Question [?]Laugh [(-D]  Also heard a loud bang explosion about Ohizo way.  Shock [:O]

Goooood night.

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Posted by csxt30 on Monday, September 3, 2007 9:02 PM
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Everybody made it back from KC a-ok!  Went out to eat at Culvers Dinner [dinner]  There was a family sitting outside with their Parrot!  They were feeding it chicken nuggets Shock [:O]  There was also a family with two Shih Tzu dogs that were eating frozen custard!

Still have some Brownies left!  John???

Glad the family is back Jim !! I'm on my way to take care of the BROWNIES !! Laugh [(-D]

Thanks, John

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Posted by Brutus on Monday, September 3, 2007 8:52 PM

Everybody made it back from KC a-ok!  Went out to eat at Culvers Dinner [dinner]  There was a family sitting outside with their Parrot!  They were feeding it chicken nuggets Shock [:O]  There was also a family with two Shih Tzu dogs that were eating frozen custard!

Still have some Brownies left!  John???

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by csxt30 on Monday, September 3, 2007 8:12 PM

Good Evening Everyone !!  Hope eveyone's Labor Day was good !!

Doug : I hope your son's friend heels fast too.

RT : I got an email similar to yours that I didn't open also about Paypal. Sent it right to the Spoof Dept. !! Been about 6 months since I made a purchase on E-bay, so I knew it had to be a fake.

Gosh !! I looked all around the airshow for Buckeye today, no Buckeye !!  I saw The Chief's favorite Continental airliner there & searched it to see if he had Buckeye tied up in there, but I didn't see him or The Chief !! Laugh [(-D]

Buckeye : send up some smoke signals & we'll come & rescue you !! Laugh [(-D]

Well, actually the airshow wasn't anything like past ones I've attended years ago. A lot less planes thought the few there were good performers including The Thunderbirds. We were 2 hours getting out of the parking lot. Sigh [sigh]

Thanks, John

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Posted by sir james I on Monday, September 3, 2007 7:17 PM

Good Evening to all,

NO train runs today, no work,just potato salad, steak(small) beans, and tomatoes.that was early afternoon, just got back from one of those stand at the window ice cream places, no room for popcorn.Sounds like everyone enjoyed their day.  be back before bedtime.  Sir James

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Posted by Jumijo on Monday, September 3, 2007 6:05 PM

Good evening all.

Me and the kids had a nice day. They wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese, so I took them. Then we headed to the book store, back home for a quick shower, then off to a cookout. We just got back, I got the kids bathed, and now we are all relaxing, waiting for wifey to come home from work.

The book store had a copy of D. Doyle's pre war book. It was calling me to buy it, but the kids got books instead. I also passed up Yaz' new book...

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. Back to work tomorrow!

Jim

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Posted by Brutus on Monday, September 3, 2007 5:05 PM

Oh yea, Happy Labor Day!

Ran a load of stuff up to Goodwill.  Then, replaced the light switch in the garage with an automatic one - motion activated - and set it for 15 minutes.  Works great!  Then finished cleaning the window frames and scrubbed down the bed of the truck (Linex Liner) with Simple Green.  Got everything nice and clean - good stuff.  While that was drying, I caulked some concrete cracks in the walkway, killed a tube and quit cause my back was getting sore bent over so much.  Checked and the frames are still wet - finally figured it out that some water is draining back out from around the windows and from behind the frames.  Checked inside and no water except one little drip - no big deal and expected with the caulk removed and spraying a hose right at it.  So, no priming today I guess. I sprayed the bedliner with STP version of Armor All which was recomended by the Linex guy.  Guess I'll put the Rustoleum primer on tomorrow night after work.  Should only take a couple hours.  Gonna go out to eat with the wife and kids shortly - I am starvin', Marvin!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by cheapclassics on Monday, September 3, 2007 4:22 PM

Good afternoon all,

IIABSDISEI with temps in the 90s.  Spent the day Sunday raiding the northern Kentucky border with the family and some friends from the Chicago area.  After a successful incursion, we made our way safely home to watch the IRL race on tape.  Saw where Danica was 2nd and Darren Manning was fourth.  Sarah got punted by an impatient Sam Hornish and the Penske boys made it two for two when Helio wacked Scheckter.  Took it easy today and caught up on some eBay dealings.  The dining car has had a lot of variety lately with bran muffins yesterday and bacon and biscuits today.  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

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Posted by FJ and G on Monday, September 3, 2007 3:38 PM

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Posted by rtraincollector on Monday, September 3, 2007 3:20 PM

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Posted by jefelectric on Monday, September 3, 2007 3:14 PM

PhilaKnight, sounds like you had a busy night.

A Happy Labor Day to everyone.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Monday, September 3, 2007 12:45 PM

Happy Labor Day all!

Might rain again here today. High is about 90. Supposed to rain some all next week.

Have a great day all. Have a few chores to do today.

 

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Posted by PhilaKnight on Monday, September 3, 2007 10:50 AM

Hello and good afternoon,

Slept late today. Busy last night. Handled a stabbing, arson, and last job was a shooting. Don't you love the holidays. Nobody was drunk ether.

Well this morning had to pull the battery out of the Harley it keeps going dead. Check the acid level it was low so hopefuly thats the problem. Don't feel like buying a new one. 

Hope everyone has a good Labor Day

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Posted by Brutus on Monday, September 3, 2007 10:37 AM

Yeah, I'd love to have that Flying Yankee too - looks way cool.

Finished Heroes.  Cried a little.  Great series, can't wait for the next one!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by mitchelr on Monday, September 3, 2007 10:03 AM

Morning Folks.  Thought I'd check in before I get busy with yard work, etc.  Been away for a few days. Went to our annual Labor Day weekend reunion with friends from High School.  Plenty of good food and time with friends.

Still trying to decide whether to pre-order the Flying Yankee. Would probably eat up my train budget for the year.  I would really like to see one and see it run before I decide, but that will not be possible since they will be gone before I get a chance to see it.

Well lots to do.  I'll stop by later.

Mitch 

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Posted by Brutus on Monday, September 3, 2007 9:53 AM

Morning folks.  Doug M, sorry to hear about the little boy, hope he heals fast!  Lucky he's not paralyzed or worse though.  Hope your child feels better soon too.

Only slept in until 8:30.  Watching the last 2 ep's of Heroes, then to wash the windows and truck.  later I'll prime the windows.  That's about it for today.  Wife and kids should be back later - missed them a lot!

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, September 3, 2007 8:58 AM

Morning.  From the Godfather:

You keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Wink [;)]

Train room work today.  Got to get at it.  Slept late.  Have a good one.

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Posted by sir james I on Monday, September 3, 2007 8:21 AM

Good morning,  TO THOSE WHO STILL LABOR: ENJOY YOUR DAY

                                            Sir James

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