Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Hey Chief, what was the newswoman's name? Kim or Shirley? Was she a hottie?
http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/about/bios.html
"This just in from Roseyville..."
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
jaabat wrote: njalb1 wrote: jaabat Jim ! Look here: Batman http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romboy/romboysup/index.cfm?bnrid=3501566&cm_ven=Email&cm_cat=Super%20Hero&cm_pla=DTC%20&cm_ite=Shop%20super%20hero%20room&flash=on Yeah, I have the king sized versions on my bed as we speak. All joking aside, my wife had a black car, and as a joke, I pasted a big orange bat logo like on the tv show Batmobile to her passenger car door. She drove all over the place before she knew it! She told me people were giving her the thumbs up sign, honking, laughing...
njalb1 wrote: jaabat Jim ! Look here: Batman http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romboy/romboysup/index.cfm?bnrid=3501566&cm_ven=Email&cm_cat=Super%20Hero&cm_pla=DTC%20&cm_ite=Shop%20super%20hero%20room&flash=on
jaabat Jim !
Look here: Batman
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romboy/romboysup/index.cfm?bnrid=3501566&cm_ven=Email&cm_cat=Super%20Hero&cm_pla=DTC%20&cm_ite=Shop%20super%20hero%20room&flash=on
Yeah, I have the king sized versions on my bed as we speak.
All joking aside, my wife had a black car, and as a joke, I pasted a big orange bat logo like on the tv show Batmobile to her passenger car door. She drove all over the place before she knew it! She told me people were giving her the thumbs up sign, honking, laughing...
njalb1 wrote:jaabat Jim ! Look here: Batman http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romboy/romboysup/index.cfm?bnrid=3501566&cm_ven=Email&cm_cat=Super%20Hero&cm_pla=DTC%20&cm_ite=Shop%20super%20hero%20room&flash=on
Good Morning Everyone !! Looks like another hot one today !
Colin !! I hope your hat comes today too !! Then the real Ferrari may show up !!
Hope The Chief's surgery goes well again .
Hope everyone has a nice day !!
Thanks, John
Morning all!
Happy Birthday Colin!
Off to Baltimore tomorrow evening - ugh - the Chicago delay cost me a day at home before leaving again.
I have a leaking lawn sprinkler valve I need to find and fix. Grass grows over the valve boxes and makes them hard to find.
Hail to the Chief? or is it GRITS to the Chief!
Mickey - good to see you drop in!
Hope all yuz giz have a great day!
Regards, Roy
Good morning from a sunny and hot Chicago where I am glad Roy and his family got home safely - too bad he had to turn right around and travel again for work.
Another year older, Colin? I almost overlooked the big day... Love the billboards, guys. Great job, John!
Don, the L is just as loud and scary as ever - especially when underneath it.Finally figured out what was wrong with my main line... and boy, do I feel foolish. After carefully examining the tracks again last evening for any 'unjoined' pieces or some other reason for a short, I finally noticed the transformer for some reason was unplugged from the power strip. Bingo. The trolley on the main line sounded like the starship Enterprise powering up and we were in business again... Just goes to show you ... something.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good morning everyone,
Thank's Don and Chief! Today, I'm a year older. I don't feel any different, though. I'll be alone for most of the day, but I have family coming over for dinner tonight. I'm still waiting for my Ferrari hat and shirt to come. It's been almost 3 weeks since I ordered it. I hope it comes today.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Good morning all [now all can sit down to hear the finish of Hail To The Chief]
dbaker48 wrote: Colin
Colin
SAME FROM ME
dbaker48 wrote: I too forgot all the other things I was to comment on. Oh well, anyway it lot more enjoyable reading all the posts than writing.Think I will get the day off today, have LOTS of things to do, mostly train room. So I will enjoy the day, hope everyone else has a good one also.
I too forgot all the other things I was to comment on. Oh well, anyway it lot more enjoyable reading all the posts than writing.
Think I will get the day off today, have LOTS of things to do, mostly train room. So I will enjoy the day, hope everyone else has a good one also.
Knew all that shaking out in CA would soon cause brain damage. See, he can not remember if he has a day off or not.
Well, some folks are under flash flood advisory while we only got 1/10 of an inch of rain. Not only are we going to stop paying the Preacher, going to fire him. Coffee and then soundboard work. Got Dr's apt this PM. Have a great day.
HI GIZ,
65 and not that humid today. laz CAMP at 517 this morning, still dark but nice did a 6 miler, slow, just enjoyed the run.
Went and hauled homesote for friend then cut it for him. Got the whole top of layout done. Now have to wait till next week to get into school to rip underside of layout, supports. Going to build underside with 1 x 3s every 16 inches oc. Then use 2 x 4s for legs, he only wants it to be 24 inches off floor, so he can see it from his chair while watching tv.
To get HOT rest of the week, stay cool.
laz57
Chuck & John - Congradulations on your Super Dupper Secret Project !!! You guys pulled it off flawlessly, no casultys ! Complete Success !!
Doug - Glad the eye is better, good luck on the second one. Hope it is not as severe. (What have you been looking at anyway? Must be glare from all the snow)
Roy - Sounds like the family had a good time in the Windy City. Those L trains used to really scare me. When I was a kid had some cousins living right under the tracks, hated visiting them. Lots of bad memories from there. You need a chance to rest, right off to Baltimore???
Don
Good morning to all. The weather here is much like most of you, 90s till fri.no rain of course. I might get out early and run the trimmer around the edges but the hay, I mean grass has not grown at all. When does the next mag. come out? It's still early I'll see what the day brings.
SirJames
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps and humidity in the 80s, pushing 90. I came home, ate supper, and fell asleep in the chair. Did wake up long enough to do some tree trimming, and listen to how Lucas will be "just friends" to the latest girl. He is "on the prowl" again. Ahhh, the teenage years. Thank God I will never have to go thru those again!!!!
Bran muffins are on the dining car for "Points East". Congrats to the chief for his mayoralty. Nice to hear Doug and Roy got to meet. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 65 degrees. Going up to 90, today, with sunshine all day. It's gonna be a hot day.
Today, I am taking it easy. Cut grass last night after supper. Finally got it all finished. Need to do a little trimming today, but not in the afternoon. I may spend some time in the train room, later, taking some new pictures Need to put some time into scenery.
Wife is doing well. One more follow-up doctor's appointment. Looks like everything is healing good.
Dining Car is here and ready for breakfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Good morning, everyone. Ran trains last night. Our 2055 was pulling a loooooong freight! I saw a wonderfully restored 2055 in the new CTT photo album, but it had a 2065 boiler front. Anyone else notice that?
The boys were in rare form last night. By 7:00 I had had enough and sent them to bed. That'l learn 'em....yeah, right!
Six, two, and even. Over and out.
Jim
Ahhhhhhhhh - we finally made it home! Got stuck in Chicago as Doug said. Doug and I had been trying to meet all last week and kept missing each other. So what a stroke of luck when we were able to get together for lunch today! We had lunch at an old Al Capone hangout just around the corner from where Doug works. Doug is a real gentleman and it was an honor to finally meet him.
As Doug states - he can look out his office window and watch the "L" trains rumble by. We had a great time riding the "L". The downtown portion runs on girders over 100 years old. It is like stepping back in time. We did a special tour on the "L" last week where we were on a special tour train that circles the downtown loop 3 times. The trackwork is just like in the old photos you have probably seen. The Loop Quincy station has been restored to late 1800's appearance. Very classic.
To compete with Cleveland - there are over 50 lift bridges (mostly for automobiles) over the Chicago river and most of them still operate. There are quite a few double deckers! They have left one RR bascule bridge in place permanently open (tracks on each side are long gone) for historical purposes.
BTW Doug - thanks for the gift and thanks again for being able to meet! Hope to do it again sometime.
We had a great time at the LCCA convention and I won some good prizes at the banquet and got to challenge my checkbook for the auction stuff I won.
I will try to post some photos later but I am off to Baltimore this week for business.
Got zero done on soundboard. Spent most of AM of phone with RR. Trying to get some email issues solved. The State's network and CA [RR Anti-virus] do not speak the same language. They finally figured it out. Then the CA guy got on the phone [a three way] to solve some minor settings issues. Could not hear me. "I'll call you right back." Never has yet. Email to RR supervisor, he called back, he was going to get CA to call and still no call. Tomorrow, Time Warner headquarters will hear from the Chief. One thing, RR uses folks in Toronto and they speak ENGLISH. Afternoon was spent on Town business [planned for only one hour and ended up into the evening between RR calls]. Try to work on layout tomorrow AM. Dr's apt in afternoon. Somemore spots to get cut out on arm and leg [ouch].
Good night.
sir james I wrote: Evening all, only one vote for the chief counted, all the rest had grits on them and could not be read for the count. Someone poured grits in the ballet box
Evening all, only one vote for the chief counted, all the rest had grits on them and could not be read for the count. Someone poured grits in the ballet box
I think that was Chad!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Just got home from Bandana's, a local BBQ joint. BBQ Pork, Sausage, Baked Tater, and Green Beans. I asked, but no Grits are served - Chuck, you might like this place! They have Ice tea, but no Sweet Tea, so I had a Diet Pepsi. It was the worst service we ever had there - my buddy Dave finally went to get more sodas for the kids from the MANAGER. They kicked into gear after that, but I only tipped $5 (about 15 percent). Usually will go 20 percent. Other buddy, John, stiffed her for the tip and walked - only paid the bill. We were still eating (wife showed up late), so she ate fast and we got out - the waitress was really ticked off. Oh well, maybe next time she'll actually wait on the customers!
John, we are running low on M&M's, but still have mini-Hershey Bars and Popcorn, pick your poison!
88 - What kind of foundation on your shed? Just gravel, or did you pour cement or brick???
Nick - I like hot tea with a little milk! My grandma used to drink that all the time.
All is well.
Kurt, two of my grandsons were at the toledo zoo on sat. . they had a good time
After Dr. appointment went to train store today,with the conv. in town I forgot to tell y'all that the UP SD90 set arrived last friday. along with some flat cars.
Have a good evenig.... Sir James
Congratulations Chief! When's the party? Don't tell me you spent all of your donations on campaigning? I believe trains can be considered campaign expenses if you officially ask someone in the train shop to vote for you. I guess you're the boss now, and you can make the rules, so it doesn't really matter.
So how many votes did you get?
Found a Stihl professional gas line trimmer at a garage sale this weekend...$5. No trains. Came home and told my wife I bought a gas trimmer (oldest daughter and I went to the Depot for a few things). She said OK. That's all... Ok??..... Talk about taking the wind out of your sails.
Wife is still hanging in there, nothing new on the health front.
Diego was a big success at the zoo. We bought our 2-yo a Fischer-Price camera a few weeks ago, she brought it to the lunch, and they let her take all the photos of Diego she wanted. (Fischer-Price sponsered the event)
Kurt
fifedog wrote: Evenin' boys. Good to see some of the vocal-locals are back in town. (so to speak) 88 worked my butt off yesterday until the skies opened up. Then he served up Yuengling and beef . You guys have no idea the projects he has ahead (BTW, stop by GNC and get the bottle of vitamin E, B.). And a finished "train room" to die for.I'm pretty sure I've got Mrs. fifedog on board for the TCA Convention in Burlington next summer. She looked at the itinerary,checked some websites, and gave .cnw1995 - Roy is much skinnier in person. I enjoyed meeting him at YORK.dwiemer - all the more reason to get to the LHS. Like everthing else though, it's up to the shop owner to get the message out. The product just doesn't sell itself...Chief - Congrats on the victory. The citizens of Roseyville have spoken. I think you now have a mandate to place stiff tariffs on any Nawthen Railroads.Still trying to figure out where that one (1) vote came from...Peeks didn't get sufferage in NC, did they?
Evenin' boys. Good to see some of the vocal-locals are back in town. (so to speak) 88 worked my butt off yesterday until the skies opened up. Then he served up Yuengling and beef . You guys have no idea the projects he has ahead (BTW, stop by GNC and get the bottle of vitamin E, B.). And a finished "train room" to die for.
I'm pretty sure I've got Mrs. fifedog on board for the TCA Convention in Burlington next summer. She looked at the itinerary,checked some websites, and gave .
cnw1995 - Roy is much skinnier in person. I enjoyed meeting him at YORK.
dwiemer - all the more reason to get to the LHS. Like everthing else though, it's up to the shop owner to get the message out. The product just doesn't sell itself...
Chief - Congrats on the victory. The citizens of Roseyville have spoken. I think you now have a mandate to place stiff tariffs on any Nawthen Railroads.
Still trying to figure out where that one (1) vote came from...Peeks didn't get sufferage in NC, did they?
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