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

[csxt30]

Hey Dennis, that would be great [for you to meet us in Prattsvile].  Got to pack.  Mowed, weedeated and edged.  Weedeated the grassy bank at the pond.  Grasscarp love it.  They eat the grass clippings that go in the pond.  Go to get up a 4:30 AM to make the flight.  Got a new Trains magazine to take with me.  Always a movie on the Phoenix flights.  Later.

I always liked that movie, " Flight of the Phoenix" !!

Have a good trip, Chief !!

Thanks, John

[Blueberryhill RR]

Hey Dennis, that would be great [for you to meet us in Prattsvile].  Got to pack.  Mowed, weedeated and edged.  Weedeated the grassy bank at the pond.  Grasscarp love it.  They eat the grass clippings that go in the pond.  Go to get up a 4:30 AM to make the flight.  Got a new Trains magazine to take with me.  Always a movie on the Phoenix flights.  Later.

I always liked that movie, " Flight of the Phoenix" !!

Have a good trip, Chief !!

Thanks, John

Yes, Chief, you have a safe flight.

In your " big seat ". ( You know what I'm thinking ). LOL

Chuck

[fifedog]

Evenin' boys.  Had a looooong day, but at least it was pretty outside.  Not enough energy left to get new benchwork off the floor.  Maybe post a few pics on Sunday...

88 - Geez Louise, Brent!!!  It is a new house we're moving into?  A lotta work for a potentially short stay.  Pace yourself, brother.  I know I could put 3/4 of that stuff for at least a decade...

Fortner - glad you got your TCA membership, just the same.  Might we see you in October?

[jefelectric]

Dr. John and Chief, perhaps we can all get together.  I have to check the calander and with SWMBO, but I am sure she would like a visit to her Mom's.  A bit tired today.  Did get some work done on the layout.  Planning on getting the wiring done soon.  Then it is scenery time.  I hope to have it worth posting photos soon.

Dennis

Sounds like this has the makings of a GRITS festival!

[Brutus]

Fife - I would love to go to York this year, but it's not in the cards.  Next year I can budget my $$$ and annual leave and maybe make the 2nd one....  What airport is near the York meeting?  Maybe I can look it up and figure out what it would cost.  I need to email the Ozark division secretary and find out what's going on around here.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Did I just read that the Chief is out of here for the weekend? 

Chuck, did you realize that you are now an old timer with 2000 posts?

[ChiefEagles]

Did I just read that the Chief is out of here for the weekend? 

Chuck, did you realize that you are now an old timer with 2000 posts?

With LAPTOP with wireless.

Birds fed, squash cut, cucumbers picked, garbage ready for trip to street [helps wife], everything packed and now shower time.  Up at 4:30.  

Roy the change in the groundplain hookup was the trick. [knock on wood].  Worked a little on smoking Atlas dummy.  Had to switch the fan direction on new Lionel smoke unit [when will they learn].  Will finish when I get back. 

GOOOOD NIGHT ALL. 

[dwiemer]

Have a good safe flight Chief.  Don't let them get the best of you out there.

It would be good if we can all get together for the BPS opening.  Can you ask the folks at BPS to have a tray of Grits when they bring all that food out.  Just kidding.  I am sure we will have fun.   Wife is up for a visit to MIL's, I just need to make sure that I don't have to cover someone else's call that weekend.

Dr. John, our church just announced the title of the next movie "Firestorm".  We will begin shooting in the fall.  I have no idea what I will do in it or what my involvement will be, but I do plan to be a part of what God will do with it.  I will let you know details when I can.

HOpe everyone has a great night.  Already late here, and I need sleep. 
God Bless,

Dennis

[wrmcclellan]

Evening all!

Chief - glad the fix worked!

Dennis - GRITS

LAZ - Cab-Forward pile up School's out for you

Blueberry - 2000 posts

Buckeye falling for the old Chief's "traveling not available" trick - PRICELESS

Jim F - Closest airport to York is the Harrisburg regional airport. Closest major airport is Baltimore (BWI - what I usually fly into).

Have a great evening all!

[dougdagrump]

Warning, Warning !!!!

Surfing around on E-Bay and me think me smells something fishy, and I don't mean Jim F's & Chewey's dinner.

Read the Lionel part no. and description then look at the photo.

http://cgi.ebay.com/lionel-28057-srr-mountain-engine_W0QQitemZ220119682142QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4148QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What's the old saying, "My Momma didn't raise that Big a fool".

[Anonymous]

evening guys, been very busy on my end here...

 

 

got the saab up and running--dirty filter..thank god cuz a pump was alot.

 

sold the car today too ..and bought a pickup...didnt spent alot on one cuz i dont drive much only am allowed 2 hrs a day...

 

jim f -  didnt realize you were from missouri. i lived in saint joseph for awhile and went to the ozarks 2-4 times a yr when i was there...beautiful pplace but expensive...

 

well good night all im bushed

[John Bakeer]

Nearest airport to York (the original 2,000yo) Humberside. Nearest port Hull (400yo).

 

Most of your towns and cities take their names from a much older one over here.

[mitchelr]

Morning All.

Brewed a fresh pot, and ate a little something. Weather is beautiful again today. Need to get the grass cut tonight.  The boy says he's going to do it....we'll see...

No train time last night as I did not get home until almost 7:00, we had dinner and then I sat down to work the crossword.  Next thing I knew, the Mrs. was hollerin' at me to get up and come to bed. Guess I am just an old fogey, to bed at sunset and then up before the chickens.

Have a great day.

Mitch 

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 68 degrees. Going up to 92 today. Wow. It's gonna be a hot day.

Up earlier than usual today. Wife has to be ready to go by 8:00. She is being picked up by niece, to go to Columbus Zoo. Little 4 year old should enjoy it. I am staying home to mow front yard this morning and sit in the shade this afternoon. Should be a quiet day.

Chief....Have a safe flight.

2000 posts.

Well, the Dining Car is here early and ready for breakfast. Then, it is off to " points west ". Talk more later.

Y'all have a great Thursday.

Chuck

[Jumijo]

I'm talking to the Chief as I type this. He's on the way to the airport. Sooooo, let's get some shots in at him! We have the whole weekend!

Last night was a train night! After a five star dinner at McDonalds with the kids, we went to the local train store for OGR 222. The boys talked me into buying some IHC undecorated HO streamliners for their Santa Fes. $9.00 each! Then we came across a junk box filled with old HO cars. We found one with a speaker in it. $3.00. Took it home and put a battery in it. It makes chuffing noises when the car rolls!

Once home, I decaled my K-Line Pacific's tender for Boston and Maine. Then as a final touch, I added a real coal load over the molded in coal. Yeah baby!!! This has turned into a replica of B&M loco 3713, which is now being restored at Steamtown in PA.  It's gonna pull some freight tonight!

Chief just hung up to board his plane. I wonder what he was talking about!

Jim 

[Anonymous]

Fife - the lighting I can get done in 1 day - those are easy projects.  Well except maybe the foyer light... I can even get the kitchen faucet done on the same day.  Garage door openers won't be much of a chore either as there is already one in the garage (old chain drive, noisy as a mama robin protecting her nest), and I can use the existing setup to mirror the new opener - one more day).  That takes care of everything on the top portion of the list.  The Masterbath is at least a two weekend job.  And the basement is a 3 weekend job.

I am looking at tankless water heaters now.  The water tank is huge, probably 50 - 60 gallons, and takes up alot of realestate.  If I can get a tankless heater that can supply the whole house for under $1,000 I'll do it because the utility closet won't need to be a large!  I'll probably also get a small tankless heater to run either the dishwasher or the clothes washer, probably clothes washer since that room is larger, and I'll have more room to work with.

I can be very handy if the job I'm doing is something I am confident in my abilities to complete.

Jim - The closest major airport to York is Baltimore.  Depending on your schedule I'm sure I could have a room for you!  I only live 1 hour from York!   And by October 2008 I should have a functioning layout!

John - got your email and responded.  Definitely interested.

Well got some bad news last night.  Was packing the house and came across my Canon Fish eye lens for my EOSxt Digital Camera... picked up the case and all I heard was broken glass and rattling! Opened it up and the lens was in 3 pieces and the glass was shattered.  Appears to have either been dropped or something.  Probably damaged in the move from Pittsburgh to Baltimore two years ago (yes this was the first I had handled it in two years).  So looks like it unrepairable and a new one is going to cost a pretty penny... not sure it is worth it to shell out the money for a new one! I do have a 'hack job' version that I picked up off EBay (.5 focal length inverter) that attaches to the end of my other two lens, so not a total loss... just frustrating more than anything.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Chief just hung up to board his plane. I wonder what he was talking about!

Jim 

Jim, you have that problem, too?  I never know what he is talking about!!  Of course this makes him all the better politician and mayoral candidate for Roseyville.   BTW, just because he carries that laptop, doesn't mean anything.  He is just passing it off as the boat charger of the future. 

Good morning from beautiful Ohio where we are going to see 90 degrees today.  I better water the flowers in the Garden RR.

Heading east today to Granville, OHIO.  Quaint little town that reminds one of the small towns of New England.

The Ducks won the cup.  For us hockey fans, it was sad to see the Senators lose in only five games. 

Tomorrow is the last day with kids for Mrs. Buckeye.  Mitch and Laz, how are you doing at your respective zoos?  

See ya down the tracks,

[laz 57]

HI GIZ,

   Another great day here at 50 to get to80.

GOLF tonite against BRO, last day o spring training for us, means we both get to use our "foot wedge".

MITCH. I have to go for today and tomorrow for bogus non training just show up and restact my lumber and take off all my circular saw blades, 4, to get sharpened.

JIM F., as ROY said,fly into Harrisburg International Airport, might get cheaper rate?  Anyway we'd have a blast if you showed up. 

CHUCK, Big CONGA on the 2000+ post way to go.

And one more thing.....

 HAPPY FRIDAY EVE!!!!!!

laz57

[Jumijo]

 

Congratulations on 2000 posts, Chuck!

The quietest guy on the forum and he has over 2000 posts. Go figure! 

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It is another hot day in SE Indiana with temps reaching to the 90s.  Fortunately it will cool off for the weekend, and it was nice last night with our team winning 6-2.  We are 3-0 and in first place in our league.  The only downside is that we have only played teams who have not won a game yet.  Next week may be a better test for us.  I see where the dining car arrived from "Points East" fairly early this morning.  Congrats, Chuck, on 2000 posts!  I have class tonight, and so it will be a long day, but I have tomorrow off as compensation.  Woo-hoo!  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[sir james I]

Morning all; Looks like most of us yanks will be hot today. Received a copy of the MTH club letter and it has 21/2 pages of corrections for their Vol 2 catalog. Makes me wonder what is going on there. Got an old "new in box"Lionel  frt. car from ebay last nite. I thought someone would bid last minute but no, so now it's mine. It's a nice car, good price but I did not need it,you know how that goes, just had to bid.  Mi. Jim

[wrmcclellan]

Morning all!

Gonna be hot today, and humid - 93 with clouds.

To help yuz giz talk to the Chief:

Redneck medical terms:

Artery......................... The study of paintings.
Bacteria....................... Back door to cafeteria.
Barium........................ What doctors do when patients die.
Caesarean Section............... A neighborhood in Rome.
Cat scan........................ Searching for Kitty.
Cauterize........... Made eye contact with her.
Colic.......................... A sheep dog.
Coma........................... A punctuation mark.
D&C....................... Where the president lives.
Dilate......................... To live long.
Enema.......................... Not a friend.
Fester......................... Quicker than someone else.
Fibula......................... A small lie.
G.I. Series.................... World Series of military baseball.
Hangnail....................... What you hang your coat on.
Impotent....................... Distinguished, well known.
Labor Pain..................... Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff.................. A Doctor's cane.
Morbid......................... A higher offer.
Nitrates....................... Cheaper than day rates.
Node........................... I knew it.
Outpatient..................... A person who has fainted.
Pap Smear...................... A fatherhood test.
Pelvis......................... Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative................. A letter carrier.
Recovery Room.................. Place to do upholstery.
Rectum......................... Pretty near killed him.
Secretion...................... Hiding something.
Seizure........................ Roman emperor.
Tablet......................... A small table.
Terminal Illness............... Getting sick at the airport.
Tumor.......................... One plus one more.
Urine.......................... Opposite of you're out.
Varicose....................... Near by/close by.

Have a great day all!

[Jumijo]

 

Ah hah! Now I understand why the Chief is always bragging about being the most impotent man in town! Thank you for this redneck to normal translation, Roy!

Jim 

[CSXect]

Here in Ohio we have A London and a Dublin a New Rome there is a Frankfort Kentucky there is more than one Columbus(the one in OHIO is the best) Here in theUSA and Cannada alot of rivers and area names are adapted native names as well. there are also some place names that are kinda funny like Cut and Shoot Texas, Hemp patch Kentucky then there are the wierd pronouced places like newerk often times called nerk or lancaster called lane caster or lan ca ster 

 

[Jumijo]

We have a city named Worchester here. We pronounce it whustah.

[cheapclassics]

To all,

In Indiana, we have French Lick and Gnaw Bone.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Jumijo]

To all,

In Indiana, we have French Lick and Gnaw Bone.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

There was a hick from French Lick who used to play for the Celtics up here. What was his name...?

[phillyreading]

Getting some much needed rain here in south Florida and I didn't have to send jaabat anything to get the rain either, sorry no money Jimbo!  Just hope that I can stay dry!   Also we might get a let-up in water restrictions usage if we get enuff rain, currently can only water my lawn once a week on sunday from 4:00 AM to 8:00 AM, also outdoor burning ban lifted yesterday-which means no outdoor trash burning!

CSXect you are talking about a city & cownty next to where I grew up in Pennsylvania, only we pronounce it a little differant than you do, Lancaster-Lanc cast ster, the Berks Cownty PA pronounciation.

A lot of American city names came from Europe or Russia or are Indian names, maybe not all but a lot are that way.

Lee F.

[Jumijo]

Enjoy your rain Philly. I did a naked hurricane dance last weekend for you, you cheapskate! A NAKED HURRICANE DANCE! Can you picture that? I'd hate to be you  Philly!

[phillyreading]

Thank you Jaabat, anyway the local tribes of Seminal & Tequasta Indians have not heard of a naked rain dance or hurricane dance. Is that a northern Indian Tribal dance?  P.S. You are the Jive Turkey that asked for a bribe or to be paid!!

Lee F.