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

[dougdagrump]

Uhhhhh !

Buckeye will be the pilot....   If I were to go I would seriously consider walking.

Word must have alreadyy gotten out, I saw on the news where a flight attendant was busted for booze on the plane.

Nite All.....

[dbaker48]

Back to my normal, pleasant, friendly, self.  (Jack always seems to understand me)

Chuck, that sure is friendly, offering the OTTS private jet !   And I thought southern hospitality was suppose to be good.  You guys have that beat !

The only concern is the crew.  Buckeye got me to wondering, now has the jet actually flown? Or is it one of those modified turbine trains? 

 

 

Dave - Great job !  Its not often a company will go to battle for one of their employees.  Must have been a compeling letter you wrote, and obviously they do care.  Great news for your wife, hope it all works out.

John - Can't  believe you  FORGOT the  camera !!!

Reggie - Your story line of your layout if really great!  Keep it going!  An occasional picture of your new daughter wouldn't be bad either. 

Chief - Relax thing are under control here.  Buckeye is smoking and said he is going to be flying high,  Jim F is out laughing with the hogz, Chuck is lowering the boom, Brent has a typing tutor, Dave F has his company out buying drugs, John did leave the forum however, (he had too many posts), Fifedog has a mariachi band in his kitchen, Reggie is back, and Sir James went to the fair.   Colin and Chuck are going to refight WWII.  And finally Buckeye is sending me the Blue Comet he mistakenly sent to fifedog, he missed my birthday.  Oh yeah, John came back, he and Chewey are having a overnighter with ice cream at Jims house.

Beyond that NOTHING of importance. 

That took a lot to write, Chris and his girlfriend are here watching movies,  So have a great day all.

 

[1688torpedo]

 Hi John!    I'm having a nice time here. Good to take time off & to get away for a while. Talk to you all later. Take Care.

[csxt30]

John S - Chewy waited up for you, but you didn't make it?  Working OT again?  Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Icecream.  Do I need to say anything more?

Picked up two issues of Trains magazine the other day - John, do you get to run those CSX remote control units?  Very interesting!

Jim : I didn't stop in cause I don't know what Cookie Dough ice cream is !!  It sounds good & I was afraid Chewey would eat too much of it !!  Maybe it's called something else here !! ?  What's in the the cupboards for tonight ? !!  No, we don't even have the remote engines here but I've seen them in operation up by Spankybird's house before. You know that they are banned in some cities ? Yep, & I remeber a few years back when 2 guys were killed by them up in New York. I know they passed a law in some county in Mich. banning them. Maybe James or Kurt know, plus some other places too. Oh, no !!  Watch The Chief try to get that passed in Roseyville now !! 

Well, there sure was a lot of posts tonight while I was working, though I only got 1 hr. overtime tonight. 

Thanks, John 

OH, Hi keith !! Hope you're enjoying your vacation !! I posted almost same time as you !!

[1688torpedo]

 Hello All!    I'm now in Scranton,Pa @ 1:00am & had dinner with a cousin & his wife a few hours ago. Having a good time & using the Computer at the Clarion Hotel on I-81 to check up on the posts & my e-mails also. Was late getting into Scranton as there had been a very bad Truck Wreck on westbound I-84 about 45 miles away from Scranton & sat in traffic for over one & a half hours wondering what had happened?  Hope the Driver is living as the Truck took out a very long section of Guardrail. It is a bad place for accidents as some of the Semi's go around the curves kind of fast. I left Fairfield,CT @ 2:35 & got into Scranton after 7:30. We went to Olive Garden for dinner & visited at their Apartment afterwards. Had a nice time also. In case you're wondering, Grayson really did call me & we did indeed talk. He is who he is & no one else at all! He seems to be very nice as well & just wants to participate & contribute here also & not trying to stir up trouble. No need for anyone to leave the forum here or to get upset. If you want more details; Just PM,E-Mail or call me. & I'll talk to you about it. That's all. Don't know the next time I'll be on a computer? So, if you e-mail me, It may be a day or two depending on what plans Walt has for us to do while I'm in Jermyn,Pa.(My Father's Hometown) Take Care all.

[dbaker48]

I've got a real serious gripe !!   And this is NOT KID stuff !!

Now I AM serious, this is really big, I'm so upset I'm beyond anger !!! Here's the issue:

I finished up the framework for the next section of my layout.  And I'm putting plywood top on it.  The framework came out prettty good, everything square, seems level, and measures out correctly.  (What was suppose to meausre to the inch, did. That, that was suppose to measure 1/2, did.  That, that was suppose to the measure 1/4 did.  Etc., you get the idea.  No 3/16, 7/32, 5/16 etc.)  So I  then figure out which piece to get from a sheet and how to best optimize the sheet.  As it turns out only need two sheets.  As most of you know Lowes and Home Depot will cut for you.  (Fantastic)  I have used this service in the past and its been great.

So off I go, have the first sheet cut, (3 pieces), then the second sheet cut, (4 cuts), one cut ended up with a one piece being 20" wide, andother piece 28" wide.  Now I knew one piece was going to be smaller due to the saw blade.   So  at this time the guy says "You know I have a 1/4" tolerance, and the sheet is only 48" wide?"   Ok, yeah I know.  So he cuts the last cut.  I load up, pay out, and go home.

Go to put the pieces in place, AND not a DA----ED one is cut right.  This idiot was lineing up the saw blade with the measurement on the outside of his blade. So every piece is undersized.  The scrap pieces all are 3/8" bigger than should be.  Now I just cant believe this, does it assume a lot that a dimension of 32" means 32" and NOT 31 5/8" ??   This has never happened before, and OF COURSE I cant take it back.  

I will recover and be able to overcome the issue, but it really ticks me off!  You would thing they would do some training.

As I said this is really upsetting!! I was so ticked last night I had a hard time sleeping.  And then that caused for a bad day at work,  and then came home and was too tired to work in the train room. 

Then have to read all the identity crisis issues................... 

I need a new hobby, I think I will start drinking !!!! OVER !!

And,

if you don't know who you are, and you don't like it here, then go somewhere else !!    Grayson VERY bored with your antics, this is NOT a teenage forum for kids, we treat each other with respect.  If you can't do that then LEAVE.  If anything, being 13 gets you EXTRA free passes, but you have used them all.

(Note: The post immediately preceeding this post, was significantly altered, after my post was originally posted.  Maybe for the better.  Dont want to see this thread get "locked down" or even worse deleted, as so many of the previous subject matter has.) 

(at leasst 3 times) 

[magicman710]

Well Don, I was considering going back to HO, perhaps I should hang out at the model railroading forum and the General Disscussion forum. Sadly, I have been accused of starting this. Dennis B-1 was the first to mention it, in a way intented to make it into an argument. I also find Reggie's post more childish than mine.

Now, I have respect for yall getting mad, but why? Even over this issue, I dont get mad---- I get aggravated, but not mad. I dont think I can find myself getting mad at somebody on a forum I dont even know. I think getting mad over this issue really isnt neccessary. Sure I'm tired of it, and I'm sure many other people are...But get mad? Soapbox mad? Hmm, somewhere I dont find that very "maddening"

Mixed feelings I think Don. I think your just in a bad mood, like many other people are. Your layout and all, its put you in a bad mood. Unless that comment has no relation to mood, then thats...kinda.... What happened with our chat last Friday? Your post that I'm a good person and we have all had times like this? Thats why I think your just in a bad mood right now.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Buckeye - I thank you, but it's still not my birthday.  I'm starting to think a mariachi band will come walking out of the kitchen next...

Then send back the Lionel Blue Comet that I sent you.  I'll give it to someone else.

[fifedog]

Buckeye - I thank you, but it's still not my birthday.  I'm starting to think a mariachi band will come walking out of the kitchen next...

lyingrear88 - HEY, I gave that up for Lent.

[tmcc man]

Chuck,

I had a family member in WWII that I just found out about. He was a medic. I am not sure where, but I believe it was in Europe. My dad told me about him.

WWII Atlantic is probably my favorite area during the war. I am really interested in the Ardenne. For some reason, France during this era is so interesting to me. I have a whole collection of WWII DVD's called ''WWII Battlefront." Maybe I will watch all of the Atlantic parts tonight. I also love learning about the Axis and Allied weapons, vehicles, and strategies.

What is your favorite part?

[Anonymous]

Reggie....  The moderators should be able to tell from the IP address of the poster.  Maybe we should email overlord and have him look into this - maybe one of the computer guys (Don?  Roy?  ???) could figure it out.  I know on another website a person posted 3 positive reviews of a book within a few minutes of each other posing as different posters and the moderator was able to comment next to the posts that they came from the same IP.

Great Idea Jim!!!! I was about to post another photo of myself changing the the personal settings on magicmans account, but I wont because it would stir up to much trouble. Though if you do want to see it I would be perfectly happy to do so.

It is not always that simple.  I will leave it at that.

Need to get some train time in... see ya'll later!

[Blueberryhill RR]

Ok, I just needed to cool down. I'm going to let it go completely. Anyway, my dad walked into the house this afternoon with a new book for me called "Marine Sniper." It's a very good book so far. I also just joined a World War 1 and 2 history forum.

I appreciate all of you guys.

Colin, WW ll is my favorite subject. After trains. Let's talk.

Chuck

[fifedog]

anjdevil2 - I actually had you ranked 9th...  Pass the sugar over,please.

Chief - I tried to keep things light in your absence...

[tmcc man]

jef/john, The word from the reps is it's on the way. One thing for us to keep in mind is the engines with legacy can be run with our TMCC just won't get all the new dodas to work.They .brought two controllers and passed them around for us to try,you can make lashups of engines facing different directions and once programed you run them as a single train.Marker lites change color according to direction, whistle horns AND bell can change tones,you can preset the train speed like a cruise control and when it reaches that speed it stays there.Just some of the  things I remember. I hope that helps tell a little of whats in legacy.                    Sir James

Sir James,

Thank you very much for the info regarding Legacy. This whole setup sounds very interesting. I better start saving up now.

Ok, I just needed to cool down. I'm going to let it go completely. Anyway, my dad walked into the house this afternoon with a new book for me called "Marine Sniper." It's a very good book so far. I also just joined a World War 1 and 2 history forum.

I appreciate all of you guys.

[magicman710]

Reggie....  The moderators should be able to tell from the IP address of the poster.  Maybe we should email overlord and have him look into this - maybe one of the computer guys (Don?  Roy?  ???) could figure it out.  I know on another website a person posted 3 positive reviews of a book within a few minutes of each other posing as different posters and the moderator was able to comment next to the posts that they came from the same IP.

Great Idea Jim!!!! I was about to post another photo of myself changing the the personal settings on magicmans account, but I wont because it would stir up to much trouble. Though if you do want to see it I would be perfectly happy to do so.

[Blueberryhill RR]

Dave, good luck with the meds for the wife.   Deputy is a real person.  Got off on the wrong foot with me but since then, he is OK.  The rest is, I'm not sure and I just do not discuss.   In fact, while I was out to dinner and touring Miami Beach, you all got out of hand!!!!!!!!!!  Stop arguing over who is who.

Frank53 is a great guy.  He will take his stuff and go home if someone gives him too much grief.  Can't say I blame him.  Better than staying and fighting with someone.

Headache and sleepy.  Got to get up at 4 AM to make that early flight.  Gooood night.

Chief....I agree with you 100%. ( that hurts to admit ). But, I am totally serious. I think this stuff has gone on long enough. I will avoid all people who try to disrupt this Forum.

You have a safe flight.

Chuck

[Brutus]

Dave - good news!  Hope things work out now and your wife gets the care and medicine she needs.  I run into this a lot at work, that people lock in the little stuff and overlook the big picture.  I'll bet the cost for hospital ER care was like 3 times the cost of the meds to you, but like 30 times for the insurance people - they don't pay that same price for the medicine!

Reggie....  The moderators should be able to tell from the IP address of the poster.  Maybe we should email overlord and have him look into this - maybe one of the computer guys (Don?  Roy?  ???) could figure it out.  I know on another website a person posted 3 positive reviews of a book within a few minutes of each other posing as different posters and the moderator was able to comment next to the posts that they came from the same IP.

[anjdevil2]

Hey Dave, that's good news.  A lot of leg work but good news just the same.

Reggie, nice to see you again.

I'll just weigh in quickly on this deal.....knock it off, drop it move on, whatever.  I'm not donating giving or puting any money, credence or materials to this BS.  Like Brent said, go to your corner, iron it out and move on.  I and I think WE all have enough on our plate(s) in reality and come here for some common brother/sisterhood in toy/model trains and a small break.  I may not be a #1 all around popular guy here, but I enjoy my Northern Brothers and their humor and the endless banter with their foil the Sutherners.  It's all good here and I'm just really tired of 1 or 2 DA's screwing this up.  I like it here and think I have found a "home".  No other board compares in my opinion.

THAT said, I will no longer speak of this subject or any other relating to it.  If that's not acceptable to some, then TS.   

Until my next raid, I remain Rich the NJ Devil2 

[kpolak]

Dave:  Great news.  It's pretty amazing what one squeeky wheel can accomplish!  I'm still praying that she'll be off the meds all together.

Kurt

[ChiefEagles]

Dave, good luck with the meds for the wife.   Deputy is a real person.  Got off on the wrong foot with me but since then, he is OK.  The rest is, I'm not sure and I just do not discuss.   In fact, while I was out to dinner and touring Miami Beach, you all got out of hand!!!!!!!!!!  Stop arguing over who is who.

Frank53 is a great guy.  He will take his stuff and go home if someone gives him too much grief.  Can't say I blame him.  Better than staying and fighting with someone.

Headache and sleepy.  Got to get up at 4 AM to make that early flight.  Gooood night.

[sir james I]

jef/john, The word from the reps is it's on the way. One thing for us to keep in mind is the engines with legacy can be run with our TMCC just won't get all the new dodas to work.They .brought two controllers and passed them around for us to try,you can make lashups of engines facing different directions and once programed you run them as a single train.Marker lites change color according to direction, whistle horns AND bell can change tones,you can preset the train speed like a cruise control and when it reaches that speed it stays there.Just some of the  things I remember. I hope that helps tell a little of whats in legacy.                    Sir James

[Dave Farquhar]

If memory serves me correctly, the doctors are the ones that are trained and the insurance carriers higher people with what a G.E.D.?

Brent, you're not far off. I actually looked into it once. A GED is OK, but you do have to have an associate's degree. But the degree doesn't have to be in biology or anything else relevant to health care. You just have to have one. Since I have a 4-year degree I'm probably overqualified, even if that degree is in journalism. Journalism has nothing to do with health care, but a journalist would ask the doctor some questions and we can't have that.

[thatboy37]

Everyone here on the forum,

I am sorry to say this, but for some reason, I am feeling that I have been talking to Deputy (before he became nice again) I think I may take a leave from posting.

Have a nice few days, weeks, months?!?! Whatever, I will be back when this finally goes away completely.

 

1st and foremost: to all who need prayers for family members, and pets mine go out to you guys.

i know i have not posted on the pot in a while but i just have to get this off my chest about a certian member who is causing alot of people on this forum grief. i'm not the one to judge but something should be said about it. i am no bigger or better than anyone person on this forum. i think we are all equal in gods eyes by all means.

 

tmcc man: i have noticed the same thing from the get go about deputy/zeke/grayson. i think, well let me say i know that these 3 people are the same people, because they all act alike and are doing the same thing as to the way they are telling these stories about someone dying, getting hurt in accidents and all. it just sounds to familiar.1st it started out as deputy then he died off. then came along zeke who scamed alot of you guys who atarted to feel sorry for him that had a condition/heart failure then got out of the hospital the next day after triple heart bypass surgery. then comes along magicman/grayson who says he and zeke are real close friends, and he knows zeke real well. then his brother gets in a near fatal accident, and 2 days later he's out of the hospital walking around and up stairs with a broken femur as he said. just my opinion doesnt this sound to familiar. if i'm not mistaking dbaker started a post about wy i'm dont i get treated fairly. the chief commented on something and there he was to lash out and say are you talking about me. then the cheif comes back with a comment the problem has just been solved. if you put 2 and 2 together these 3 are the same person.  i dont know if you know but he tried to/ well he did make a comment on my post that i have with my layout about the quality pics that are on my post of my layout to get me to lash out at him. i just kept my cool and didnt respond as i didnt want it to get nasty between him and i and get my post deleted as i enjoy posting for you guys and letting you guys see my work. from me to you if the quality isn't great/good enough for you then dont look at it.its guys like this that ruin it for everybody. i dont blame you for doing what you said you are going to do and that is not post for a while. the forum moderators should have picked up on this already, but i see they havn't. they are going to let this person whomever he is make alot of folks leave the forum because of his childishness. hope all is well with you and please keep posting,because by you not posting is making him think that he has won and he has something over you. if we keep posting and pointing him out mybe they will get the picture and boot him from this forum. until then please stay on track for the sake of all the guys who really like talking about, and playing with trains. you are one of the great contributors to this forum and to lose a guy that has alot of knowledge about trains that can help a guy like me out if i have problem that i need help with. man thats just the start of the rest of these great guys taking their knowledge elsewhere. if i'm not mistaking frank53 has already taken his knowledge elsewhere and is not posting as much here as he use to. i belong to this forum and the ogr forum. i go to ogr to look at the progress the frank53 has made as he doesn't post alot of his work here anymore. just from the looks of his layout he's another great guy who has alot of great knowledge with trains who has moved on because of this certian person. not to dis the other forum or down them there is alot more knowledge here than there just my opinion.  how many more will we have to lose before the forum moderators get the picture.

tmcc man  please keep chugging along like the little engine that could, and enjoy this great hobby of ours. keep posting as for the rest of us. i'm asking you to.

 

 

[Buckeye Riveter]

Gee, I'm going to hit 3 thousand posts soon & like our good buddy Jim, I think that will be it for me here !!  

Thanks, John

Don't let the door hit you in the butt. 

Dave, glad the insurance company did the right thing.  Aren't they a pain in the butt. 

fifedoggy.....  Don't drink too much and fall on your butt. again.

Had the boat out cruising on Monday with Mrs. Buckeye on our famous Buckeye Lake. (Look at a map of Ohio.)  Beautiful weather with a slight breeze.  Of course at 40 MPH down the lake you get quite a good breeze. 

Smoke unit surgery on my Lionmaster SD 80  was a rounding success.  This is the third or forth smoke unit I have repaired and this was a complete replacement. 

Chuck, is it my turn again to fly the OTTS jet?  If so, I better get out the instruction manual and study up.

[magicman710]

Colin,

Grayson and Dennis - if you can't get along, then don't responde to each other... Or we'll have to sit each of you in seperate corners like my grandmother used to do to me and my cousin!

Can the corner have a coke machine, tv, and snack bar? (I hope!)  As long as Dennis is in the unswept, undusted coner, I'm fine!

Daddy, its all Denny's fault!!! Wah Wah!!!

[Dave Farquhar]

Evening all. My wife got home from the hospital yesterday. I spent a lot of the day trying to figure out what I'd do next. I even looked into what the drug costs in Canada. It's about $100 less for a month's supply, but still over $300, and the exchange rate doesn't help much anymore.

This morning I wrote a letter to my boss, and it quickly went up the corporate ladder. Then the HR director got in touch with the insurance rep. Soon the insurance company called the doctor, and now she can have the medicine she needs. I thought I made a pretty convincing case, once I laid all the facts out. I guess I was right. My boss thought it was ridiculous, his boss agreed, and HIS boss went so far as to call it a crisis.

Thanks for your concern and prayers.

[Anonymous]

Colin,
Don't leave, or stop posting because of something someone else does.  The only reason to stop posting is if YOU get banned (which I just can't see happening).

On another board that I frequent, we have a standing, unwritten policy... if you don't like someone then don't responde to them.

YOU are a quality contributor here on the boards, and I would hate to see you not post (and if you aren't posting how do I know when you are going to be in the area so I can join you and your father at the B&O Museum?)

----
Grayson and Dennis - if you can't get along, then don't responde to each other... Or we'll have to sit each of you in seperate corners like my grandmother used to do to me and my cousin!

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So Susan is watching my posts now and telling me when I make a typo!  She's worse than Fife!

[Brutus]

Jim A - still laughing at your posts yesterday!

[Brutus]

Hey guys - hot hot hot in St Louis!  105 today with index up to 115 - ouch!  Rain just missed us to the south.  Thank God for air conditioning.

John S - Chewy waited up for you, but you didn't make it?  Working OT again?  Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Icecream.  Do I need to say anything more?

Picked up two issues of Trains magazine the other day - John, do you get to run those CSX remote control units?  Very interesting!

Watching Wild Hogz and can't type any more for a while - too funny!

[Jumijo]

Hi, John. How are you this evening?

Jim