Morning, all! Smoke is really bad in the south today. Visibility is less than a mile here in Prattville. One of our church members was involved in an accident this A.M. Someone did not see her and pulled out in front of her. Thankfully, no one hurt badly but both vehicles messed up. May get some rain this evening which will help. Smoke has affected a lot of people with respiratory problems. Dennis, not sure how you are standing it being much closer to the fires than we are!
Chief, it's a good thing I didn't plant a garden with our drought. Maybe try next year. Nothing beats home-grown vegetables! I like to plant squash, okra, pole beans, potatos and tomatoes. Been buying from a local farmer instead.
Not doing much with trains this time of year. Already into the summer train slump. Seems like this happens to me every year. Interest wanes when warm weather arrives, then interest is rekindled as we approach the fall. About all I do is read the forums and the CTT when it arrives.
Have a good Wednesday, everyone!
Dr. John wrote: lionroar88 wrote: Dr. John - I think Bear Bryant was the only coach Joe Paterno has faced that he never beat?I believe you are correct. Of course, they have seldom played each other. The most memorable for me was their meeting in the 1979 Sugar Bowl. Alabama held Penn State when they had first and goal on the one yard line. Today, that series is simply known as "The Stand." Here's an excerpt from the January 2, 1979 "The Huntsville Times" :Alabama and Penn State were playing for the national championship in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans on Jan. 1, 1979. Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions were unbeaten; Bryant's Alabama team had lost only once, a 24-14 setback in Birmingham against Southern California. With six minutes remaining and Alabama leading 14-7, Penn State faced fourth down-and-inches on the Tide goal line. As the story goes, Lyons raised up from his defensive tackle position, stared across the line of scrimmage and told Fusina, the Penn State quarterback: "You better pass.'' Instead, Fusina handed the ball to tailback Mike Guman ... and every living Alabama fan knows what happened next. Barry Krauss, No. 77 in the crimson jersey, met Guman head-on, standing him straight up at the top of a pile. Defensive back Murray Legg streaked in from the left side and helped push Guman backward. Linebacker Rich Wingo did the same from the right side. Underneath the pile, linemen David Hannah and Byron Braggs and Lyons had done their part, submarining at the point of attack and neutralizing the Penn State blockers. Guman needed only seven or eight inches to break the plane of the goal. He got nary an inch. Alabama took over, held on to win, and was proclaimed national champion by the Associated Press two days later. Aren't you glad I didn't give you a L O N G answer to your question!
lionroar88 wrote: Dr. John - I think Bear Bryant was the only coach Joe Paterno has faced that he never beat?
Dr. John - I think Bear Bryant was the only coach Joe Paterno has faced that he never beat?
I believe you are correct. Of course, they have seldom played each other. The most memorable for me was their meeting in the 1979 Sugar Bowl. Alabama held Penn State when they had first and goal on the one yard line. Today, that series is simply known as "The Stand." Here's an excerpt from the January 2, 1979 "The Huntsville Times" :
Alabama and Penn State were playing for the national championship in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans on Jan. 1, 1979. Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions were unbeaten; Bryant's Alabama team had lost only once, a 24-14 setback in Birmingham against Southern California. With six minutes remaining and Alabama leading 14-7, Penn State faced fourth down-and-inches on the Tide goal line. As the story goes, Lyons raised up from his defensive tackle position, stared across the line of scrimmage and told Fusina, the Penn State quarterback: "You better pass.'' Instead, Fusina handed the ball to tailback Mike Guman ... and every living Alabama fan knows what happened next. Barry Krauss, No. 77 in the crimson jersey, met Guman head-on, standing him straight up at the top of a pile. Defensive back Murray Legg streaked in from the left side and helped push Guman backward. Linebacker Rich Wingo did the same from the right side. Underneath the pile, linemen David Hannah and Byron Braggs and Lyons had done their part, submarining at the point of attack and neutralizing the Penn State blockers. Guman needed only seven or eight inches to break the plane of the goal. He got nary an inch. Alabama took over, held on to win, and was proclaimed national champion by the Associated Press two days later.
Aren't you glad I didn't give you a L O N G answer to your question!
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Dave: Hope all goes well for you. The worst part about Colonoscopy is the prep. Nothing nice about "Go Lightly"...yeah right!
Dr. John: It is really bad hear. Last night, while I was doing an emergency heart case, the warning system went into effect for the area "Smoke Alert". You could smell the heavy smoke in the OR, even with the filters. Ended up with a good headache. Do us a favor, when you are through with the rain, please send it this way!
Chief: Hope all is well with Pam's car. I have one of our cars at the dealer for a AC issue. It needs a regulator ($800.00) for the part alone, with labor, almost $1200.00. They get ya.
I really hope this forum returns to the civility that keeps me coming back. It is alright to correct spelling of a child's schoolwork, or even be critical of an applicant's grammer, but to do it on a forum who's purpose is to join Toy Train enthusiasts is just RUDE!
May Y'all be blessed today,
Dennis
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dwiemer wrote:Dr. John: It is really bad hear. Last night, while I was doing an emergency heart case, the warning system went into effect for the area "Smoke Alert". You could smell the heavy smoke in the OR, even with the filters. Ended up with a good headache. Do us a favor, when you are through with the rain, please send it this way!Dennis
Dennis, yeah, I've got one of those headaches myself. Not too bad in the house or in my office, but outside - Wow! My eyes are burning and sinus drainage is on overtime.
IF we get rain, I'll try to forward it to you. Hang in there and keep praying for rain!
Is Alabama on fire? What's going on down there?
I don't understand why Alabama/Florida havn't gotton the Super Scooper from the National Forest Service. California typically rents them during the fire season. That fire has been going on for weeks, why are they just letting it burn?
Don
DR JOHN,
That was the last time I rooted for STATE PENN. As I recall they had the ball on the 5 yrd . line and went 4 times up the middle on dive plays. Was very upset with them, then thought that any team that can hold them on four downs inside the five well I take my hat off to them. They won me over that day and now I always check to see if they won. As for STATE PENN, I always root against em.
laz57
Jon
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jaabat wrote:No colonoscopy for me. I'm afraid they'll find a brain tumor!!!
There you go again. I have you scheduled for a colonoscopy the next time the Chief is in the neighborhood. He will bring his own hose.
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jaabat wrote: Is Alabama on fire? What's going on down there?
There are two huge fires, one in south Georgia and another in the Florida panhandle. The smoke pretty much covers the southeast U.S. because of a lingering high pressure system. Plus no rain to wash the smoke out of the air (or help put out the fires.)
Don, I don't know what's being done to fight the fires or what equipment has been brought in. Maybe Dennis knows.
Laz, yeah, I remember that game very well. I was on my feet in front of the TV that series. It was a special game as it was also the Bear's last national championship. He retired in January 1983 and died less than a month later.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: jaabat wrote:No colonoscopy for me. I'm afraid they'll find a brain tumor!!!There you go again. I have you scheduled for a colonoscopy the next time the Chief is in the neighborhood. He will bring his own hose.
Dr. Ben Dover, paging Dr. Ben Dover . . .
It's going to be hard to do a colonoscopy on me. I'm so full of ! It's a wonder my eyes aren't brown!
I'm not going to comment on the Chief's hose...
Dr. John wrote: jaabat wrote: Is Alabama on fire? What's going on down there? There are two huge fires, one in south Georgia and another in the Florida panhandle. The smoke pretty much covers the southeast U.S. because of a lingering high pressure system. Plus no rain to wash the smoke out of the air (or help put out the fires.)
I'd know that if I didn't have to watch kiddie tv shows every day. I hope it rains for all of you down South!
Lionroar,As Nick said 00 is strictly a UK scale of 4mm=foot, H0 is the main scale across western europe as in US, there is a good deal of 3mm=foot in the east of europe (the old soviet satalites) and there is a small following in UK. To further complicate scale matters N scale is 2mm=foot all over the world but in UK it's 2.1mm=foot, so UK stuff looks like it's on 3'-6" gauge track.
Black Currants grow on low bushes and are generally cultivated, the fruit is a blue/black colour quite shiny skinned and about 3mm/1/8" dia. It is widely used in jam making.
Brett, Stockport is roughly 65 miles NNW of Nottingham. You are welcome to come and try a pint or ten of Robinsons Exellent Elixir, It's the only thing we have worth bothering about.
Damn-Blast-Thud and Blunder!! Cheif!! What have you done? Your Gremlin/Grits has/have got into my ERNI. Ive lost all my task bars, no smiley, no nothing.
I know why it's called an ENDoscope, OOOOHHH!!!-painful!
John Baker
Jon, great suggestion; I had also just made reservations at Rhapsody for 615 pm. Wow, that's quite a blaze. Nothing like that here in Chicago - we burned the town down once already.
John, I love browsing British outline websites to see the work done in 2 rail that is the equivalent of our O gauge.
John Bakeer wrote: Lionroar,As Nick said 00 is strictly a UK scale of 4mm=foot, H0 is the main scale across western europe as in US, there is a good deal of 3mm=foot in the east of europe (the old soviet satalites) and there is a small following in UK. To further complicate scale matters N scale is 2mm=foot all over the world but in UK it's 2.1mm=foot, so UK stuff looks like it's on 3'-6" gauge track.Black Currants grow on low bushes and are generally cultivated, the fruit is a blue/black colour quite shiny skinned and about 3mm/1/8" dia. It is widely used in jam making.Brett, Stockport is roughly 65 miles NNW of Nottingham. You are welcome to come and try a pint or ten of Robinsons Exellent Elixir, It's the only thing we have worth bothering about.Damn-Blast-Thud and Blunder!! Cheif!! What have you done? Your Gremlin/Grits has/have got into my ERNI. Ive lost all my task bars, no smiley, no nothing.I know why it's called an ENDoscope, OOOOHHH!!!-painful!
cnw1995 wrote:Wow, that's quite a blaze. Nothing like that here in Chicago - we burned the town down once already.
We had a molasses flood in Boston once. No kidding. The whole city was feet deep in the stuff. That's why we are so sweet today! Look it up!
Jim
about 19 more hours until I can eat solids. There's some salty fluids I need to consume; the things I must do for a simple exam!
I hope you get rain down in Deep South. I hear the alligators are drying out.
Dave, After drinking that "clensing" solution there are three things to be VERY careful of, no coughing, no laughing and absolutely DO NOT sneeze !!!!! Unless of course you are sitting on an appropriate receptacle.
I finally found two of the three items I have been looking for. I found the 4 car set and the coach so the only item left would be the diner/sleeper cars. I haven't placed the order yet, I wanted to run the name of the place past y'all to check for feedback. Anybody ever done business with Amherst Depot in Florida ?
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Dr. John wrote: Don, I don't know what's being done to fight the fires or what equipment has been brought in. Maybe Dennis knows.
Don and Dr. John, the majority of the fires near any population are under control. The big problem are the ones burning in the Okeefanokee swamp. No way to get to them. Perhaps air drops would be usefull, but my guess is that because they are so far from any population, they don't want to pay for the planes. The peat boggs and cypress trees really give off a lot of smoke, and like Dr. John has stated, the high pressure and no rain has kept this going.
dennis
Doug,
I ordered from them several years ago, and I was very satisfied with the deal.
OK, I am going to see if I can make this work. I have a photo of some of my neighbor's engines. This is off the Central of Georgia's Historical Society web site. This is a test, this is only.....well, you get the picture. Anyway, these are F9s that he has. He also has some GP38s and several others. They operate over 327 miles of track in Alabama and Georgia.
Hi all,
Brent, Beer could also be available.... That reminds me my emergency stash of Anchor Steam has run out. I will have to pay a visit to King Lynn and Beers of Europe (nearest source of supply) for a case.
I have been playing around with RR Track. Have to say it was well worth getting a copy. Very nice to use. Might try planning my Ilkley show layout. 3 days and counting till us UK guys and gals get our yearly Toy Train Show fix.
John B, Looking forward to meeting you on Saturday. My layout will be upstairs, which will be convenient as the bar is located on the same floor. Which I think will be a exellent location for the CTT UK forum meet. Don't forget to bring your docksider for a run.
Builder is coming tommorow night to finalise details for gamesroom/garage constuction. He reckons build time of 3 weeks complete. When we get started I will post some pics.
Have a good afternoon/evening
Nick
jaabat wrote: rtraincollector wrote:So you don't have to go to the libary on weekends and holidays to get on line.I do that to get away from my wife!
rtraincollector wrote:So you don't have to go to the libary on weekends and holidays to get on line.
I do that to get away from my wife!
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fifedog wrote:dwiemer - I hope I read it wrong recently, but isn't that outfit shutting down in the near future? They are beautiful engines, and in black & white pics they look just like B & O F's!
Fife, no, they are not shutting down. They did stop passenger traffic due to a recent contract with NS. The potential for lawsuits was too great. Also, they had to stop using the F units for pilot position, but can be in the consist.
John and Nick, when you get together for the UK CTT gathering, don't forget to get a photo to post here. I think this tradition is taking off. Eventually, they will have to get the CTT forum T-shirts for everyone in the photos.
Oh, and Fife, they are nice looking engines and I have thought about doing a custom job and making a set.
Seeing as how this is page 318;
and (6 x 53) = 318
I am compelled to post in this thread.
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