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Posted by laz 57 on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 2:03 PM
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Laz,

You're gonna give your wife crabs for her birthday???? Shock [:O]Laugh [(-D]

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LOL!!!!!  HA HA, Yea, real big ones.

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Posted by magicman710 on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 3:39 PM
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Mornin all from Georgia's georgeous coast. Light rain this mornin with highs getting in the mid 80s today. Dennis your lucky you got rain, hail, and whatever you said. Savannah area has been tricked and tricked with them afternoon showers. Nothing but red coming our direction, then the next time you look at the radar, its all gone. Hope everybody else gets plenty of rain.

 

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Grayson, from your post I'm assuming you live in Savannah? The Jr. High Choir from our church is heading there tomorrow for a few days on their summer tour.

Good to have another southerner on the Coffee Pot! Smile [:)]

Not as hot today in Prattville, cloudy and may get to 90 today. Much better than last two days over 100 (before the heat index!). Fair chance of rain for the next few days.

Everyone have a good day! 

 

No, I live in the Savannah area, I actually live in a pretty good sized suburb around 10 -15 miles south of Savannah. I say I live on the coast, but I really dont, the reason I say that is that about 3-4 miles from my house you hit marsh, and 10mi after that its the open ocean. yes, It is good to have another southerner on the coffee pot, everbody I see on these forums is in The heart of yankee land.

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:46 PM

good afternoon everyone

crabs....hmmmmm that sounds real good.

 

its 102 in the shade right now, i want to do things but its to dang hot. this is why i am a night owl i can be outside or in the garage and not suffocate from heat. down fall well its dark,lol

 

got some really neat rolling stock off ebay in the mail today, other then tah just chilling inside getting ready to wathc star wars....i have never seen any of these movies but i got all that ar eout and gonna start watching them....later

 

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Posted by sir james I on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:42 PM
Good evening,afternoon for zeke. Boring day on the net no hot debates nothing on ebay that I had to have. Went to the localest mall checking on new eyeglass and found they must be owned by the oil co's. Six stores in there all the prices were within  $5/6.00 of each other on lenses. NO trains ran today just didn't do it. two grandsons watched them yesterday not sure if it's the trains or running after them that they like. 88 today, no rain even expected before Sat. nite.  whatever your doing tonite enjoy the suummer eve.  Mi. Jim

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Posted by rtraincollector on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:05 PM

Just got done cutting the grass not that big of area so I just do it with a push mower. It normally thou puts me into a full sweat. Do ours tonight and neighbors tommorow night. Both lots are about 50' X 85' so like I said not to bad. mine has a 14' X 66' home and neighbors about 12' X 48' home.

Hope to get some train work done this weekend need to get some paint and a few more of those wooden brackets I'm using figure like 4 more of those and a few more of the metal ones in the middle I use.

Not sure but thinking of putting my 3 rail HO (Marklin) on the shelf layout also put it out side of my O Gauge layout.

 

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Posted by 1688torpedo on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:12 PM
  Hello All!    Don B!    I've tried calling. You're hard to get. Must be those plans you were working on for the Chief's Certain Ethnic Reading Room That you posted on another thread.Wink [;)]Wink [;)]Tongue [:P]Clown [:o)] No need for anything now as you sent a Shipping Label with your 1688E for the return trip to Cerritos. Take Care.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:34 PM
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What a comedian! Why don't you fly up too, Dennis? Then the 3 of us could raid those Yankee train stores together. We plan on going to Charles Ro, Northeast Trains, Mountain Trains, Treasured Toys, Modeler's Junction, and that's just before lunch. Many many train stores up here. Bring your charge card, because you're buying!!Wink [;)]

Jim 

Jim, that is what I hear...about all the train stores, not about me buying.  Even though I have purchased a lot lately, I am still on "Train Restriction".  It is not a question of finances, more a question of space.  I have just about completely taken over my son's closet, a hall closet, besides having a large train room, all full of orange boxes.  My wife says I am more into collecting and not into running the trains.  I plan to make that change soon.....see thread on Chief's scenery.

Dennis



Dennis, your wife and mine need to stop secretly talking to one another... I was put on 'space induced train restriction' as well!  But I'll show her!  I got my WLLC Radio Station today... Smile [:)]
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Posted by dwiemer on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:02 PM

Hey Brent, I have two box cars on the way.  Would have been here today, but UPS has rescheduled for tomorrow.

Sad day, one of the guys I was on the FD with passed away today.  He had been the union rep for many years and I believe he was the NJ rep to the IAFF.  Good guy, if he liked you, you know it, if he didn't, well, you know that too.

On a brighter note, one of the scrub techs at the hospital brought in photos of her dad's layout in NJ.....all I can say is WOW!  shelves all around the basement loaded with PW classics and a large basement layout with the sides of the layout down to the floor shelves of PW accessories.  Had two Z4000 running the show.  He lives near where I will be on vacation, so may have to see about a visit.  I highly recommended that she get her son a train set and begin the process.  Supposedly, he gets all the trains, so he should learn to use them now.

Anyway, I hope that all have peace this night.

God Bless,

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:21 PM
Grayson, several REBS on this forum.  Coffee Pot with Sweet Ice Tea was started over 3 years ago when I was at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Savannah.  I was working my first event at Bass Pro Shops there.  Our mote is: the War of Northern Aggression is not over until Yankees eat GRITS and drink SWEET ICE TEA. Wink [;)]  Did a little thing in the trainroom.  About 10 minutes worth of work.  Then had to go out and run soaker hoses.  rain showers all around but none here.Sad [:(]  Later.

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Posted by Brutus on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:37 PM

Hello to Grayson and welcome to a really great forum and an even better thread!  Cheese grits are good and Sweet Ice tea is good with Splenda - Chief clued me onto that one.  Nothing going on here - need to work on track plans.  I want to start building my new table this weekend (Father's Day!).  Brent, sent you an email, sir.  I won a contoller for my operating O gauge track that came without one in a box of track from ebay.  Lost out on some 022 switches, but will keep looking for good prices.  No rain in Arnold, again.  I took a pic of the STL Metrolink today, but have to figure out how to download to computer.  I'm pretty sure my phone power jack is actually a USB port (small version).  Need to find the manuals.  My wife is out buying a shower present for my youngest sister, who is finally getting hitched this August.  Cheapest thing was a pillow for $20???  Next cheapest was a pillow CASE for $25?  We went for some stemware for this shower - 3 more to go, plus wedding present, plus rental on tuxes, plus bridesmaid dresses.  This is cutting into my trains, tools and dvd money!

Zeke - how is your train club going?  I still need to contact my local TCA folks and see what's going on around here.  Maybe you could contact your local division of TCA and see what they have to offer?

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:40 PM

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Our mote is: the War of Northern Aggression is not over until Yankees eat GRITS and drink SWEET ICE TEA. Wink [;)] 

That'll be a cold day.............. Never happen.

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:46 PM

Evening all

Welcome to the forum Grayson. Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

Chief, maybe it is due to my Kentucky West Virginia roots, but I do like sweet tea and grits.

I see an avantage already to being on straight dayshift.  An eight hour day!  Shift is twelve hours and I live 45 minutes from work so the days you work, that is about all you have time for.  Eight hours seems to fly by!  Hauled off some grapevines and cut some grass and still had time for a few chapters of study.

Zeke- so many years on rotating shift does mess with your sleep habits.  Generally not too many interuptions at 4 a.m., just need to watch the noise. 

Got some control buttons off ebay.  Now that I have these I'm trying to figure where I want to add the 583A crane, the 770 loader and the 752A Coaler to the layout.  Runnin out of roomShock [:O]

 Got to go.  Still working on memorizing definations

Godd night and may God bless

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Posted by csxt30 on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:47 PM
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:

 ChiefEagles wrote:
Our mote is: the War of Northern Aggression is not over until Yankees eat GRITS and drink SWEET ICE TEA. Wink [;)] 

That'll be a cold day.............. Never happen.

Sign - Ditto [#ditto] How about this one Chuck : Do pigs fly ? !! Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by Brutus on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:10 PM
No grits...  Okay, how about fried cornmeal mush with butter and syrup?  Dinner [dinner]

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Posted by sir james I on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:25 PM
After reading tonites posts, all I can say is : IT'S GOING TO BE A LOOONG WAR. grits???why not sand? same thing.

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:31 PM
 csxt30 wrote:
 Blueberryhill RR wrote:

 ChiefEagles wrote:
Our mote is: the War of Northern Aggression is not over until Yankees eat GRITS and drink SWEET ICE TEA. Wink [;)] 

That'll be a cold day.............. Never happen.

Sign - Ditto [#ditto] How about this one Chuck : Do pigs fly ? !! Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by magicman710 on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 9:51 PM

 ChiefEagles wrote:
Our mote is: the War of Northern Aggression is not over until Yankees eat GRITS and drink SWEET ICE TEA. Wink [;)] 

 

 

It still amazes me how geography can make peoples appetites change! Big Smile [:D] Thanks for the welcomes, and I hope I'll stay in these forums, yall seem like your pretty nice people.

Long live sweet tea and grits!!!!!!!!

And to all the yankees, I guess the only grits you've ever tasted was some walmart brand instant with no butter, cheese or anything. As long as they're good quality, with plenty of butter and cheese, they're better than anything. And I'm a firm believer in not putting splenda in sweet tea, sugar is the only way to go.

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Posted by CSXect on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:08 PM
 magicman710 wrote:

 ChiefEagles wrote:
Our mote is: the War of Northern Aggression is not over until Yankees eat GRITS and drink SWEET ICE TEA. Wink [;)] 

 

 

 

In the North the backword pepole(Amish) eat a form of grits called mushLaugh [(-D]

Ohio is an Odd place as most of the people are from the Appalahcian area or are decendants of that area the rest of us are BUCKEYES. In the store the other day I saw a hugh bucket of chitderlingsDinner [dinner]

 

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Posted by CSXect on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:16 PM

Zeke you have never seen starwars????? I hope you mean the new ones and not the classic onesAlien [alien]

I have the special addition on VHS and the last 3 on DVD Blindfold [X-)]

In case you have not seen the lord of the rings movies try reading the book first(nerd alert)Laugh [(-D]

A good old movie to watch is the Warriors lots of subway actionMy 2 cents [2c] also a nother interesting movie is the 4 Duces (mob/gangster movie)

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Posted by dougdagrump on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:59 PM

MMMmmmmm, Grits with butter &/or Cheese....Dinner [dinner]

If you, perchance, have a little Paizan heritage, Polenta w/Hot sausage...Dinner [dinner]

Oh, almost forgot, Corn Tortillas....Black Eye [B)]

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Posted by Brutus on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:08 PM

Okay, how about Deep Fried Corn on the Cob?  Dennis will probably kill her, but my wife LOVES that!  BTW - She lived in Atlanta GA for several years and found that the one thing she really hated was boiled peanuts.

Grayson, you better lay off that anti-Splenda talk!  Chief will set you straight.  He told me my learning was just beginning, but I guess I'm pretty slow.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:16 AM
 CSXect wrote:

Zeke you have never seen starwars????? I hope you mean the new ones and not the classic onesAlien [alien]

I have the special addition on VHS and the last 3 on DVD Blindfold [X-)]

In case you have not seen the lord of the rings movies try reading the book first(nerd alert)Laugh [(-D]

A good old movie to watch is the Warriors lots of subway actionMy 2 cents [2c] also a nother interesting movie is the 4 Duces (mob/gangster movie)

 

nope havent seen anyof them, wasnt a tv watcher when i was young or old i guess, except for the dukes of hazzard, i never missed them

 

jim f- the train club is not really a club there are three other members and all they want to do is get drunk and talk bad about their wives, not much fun thier, did it twice, once cuz i didnt know the second just to give them another shot. Looks like i will be riding the rails solo around here. unless i go over to charles house but hes 85 doesnt move to well and i would love to run trains but i can see he is in pain when he walks. Dont want to have fun at his expense.

 

took the beagle and went to the lake, threw his butt in, swimms pretty good, had a heck of a time getting him out of the water, cant blame him it was 102 today...

 

well im out to the train room, its only 80 out right now......

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Posted by dbaker48 on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:29 AM

Welcome Grayson,  (The southern guys need all the help they can get)   Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

Been busy today, talked with John and Keith today.  Nice to talk to friends regarding trains.  Poor Keith been trying to call and didn't have the right phone number, so got that all straight.  The 1688 he is having done for me sure sounds good.  Will get some pictures of it up when I get it.

Got about 1/3 of the framing done for my benchwork.  Then went to Home Depot and got a couple of sheets of plywood.  sure makes it easier to have them cut the pieces right there!  Normally I prefer Lowes, but HD was closer and I was concerned about time.  Brought the pieces home and they all fit perfectally.   All that needs to be done is nail 'em down.

Probably won't get the next section done for 2 weeks,  Graduation partys coming up.  So will just get things straightened  out for the party, and maybe do some minor scenery.

Did have a couple of issues, having to double check everything.  (Can you believe with all the planning I have done, I've lost 3", which is critical!)  Didn't allow for the thickness of the mini-blinds!  Then realized that the portable work table that I built  will end up "land locked" if I'm not real careful.  SURE WILL BE GLAD WHEN I'VE GOT THE TRACK ALL DOWN, KNOWING IT ALL FITS.

Will put up some pictures when I've got something worth showing.  Right now just a few boards screwed together.

Doug - How are you doing on the G scale track? 

 

Hope you all have a great day. 

 

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Posted by John Bakeer on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:56 AM

Zeke, We use Gentian Violet for crabs, clears them off in a couple of days.

Grayson, Welcome. The pot has a small dedicated following this side of the pond, only difference is we like it hot (tea as it was intended to be. it's impossible to brew it with cold water), as for grits, the word says it all, like chewing a door mat. Yeeuukkk!!! 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:03 AM
thanks for the tip
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Posted by mitchelr on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:52 AM

Morning All,

Fresh pot is on, nice and strong.  I take my java plain, none of the girley stuff like cream or sugar.  Today we have an early dismissal, so kids leave at 1:15.

SoapBox [soapbox]Went to a construction meeting on my new school building yesterday.  Some stupid criminal/hoodlum types broke in over the weekend and were ripping out 2 inch copper pipe from the walls.  I guess they were trying to steal it to sell it for scrap. (Scrap copper is bringing $3.00 a pound)  They had no tools and were just grabbing pipes and bending them until they broke.  Did about $5K worth of damage.  Left the pile of pieces in the floor.  They must have run off before they could load it up. Stupid fools should get a job. They are begging for laborers and workers everywhere around here.SoapBox [soapbox]

I'll post a construction pic of the school when I get a chance.

Have a great day.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:57 AM

hey mitch can i get a cup of that with a doughnut.

 

sorry to hear about the vandalism. I see it around here all the time. Now with school out might see it more. Thats why i garage and lock everything up. I remeber growing up and leaving the front door unlocked all the time....them times are almost gone i think.

 

hope your day is a good one....

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Posted by mitchelr on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 5:32 AM
 zeke wrote:

hey mitch can i get a cup of that with a doughnut.

 

sorry to hear about the vandalism. I see it around here all the time. Now with school out might see it more. Thats why i garage and lock everything up. I remeber growing up and leaving the front door unlocked all the time....them times are almost gone i think.

 

hope your day is a good one....

Zeke,

Get a second cup , it's on me.  We are installing motion detector cameras at the gate and around the building. It's sad, but a fact of life.

Enjoy your day.

Mitch 

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Posted by Jumijo on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:14 AM

I painted some more Ballast last night. Sometimes it goes fast, other times I don't get much done.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:28 AM

Grayson - Sign - Welcome [#welcome] - even if you are a Southerner! Wink [;)]

Csxt - I'll try not to let my feathers be ruffled by your Amish comment... My Grandparents were the last of our family to have been raised in the Faith.  Wink [;)]  I've many times wondered about scrapping 'modernism' and returning to the Faith... I'm not completely sold on the fact that all these devices are really necessary...

Jim - Got it and responded.  They are on the way!

Zeke - I'll be sending you an email... the saga gets stranger...

Grits? I thought we've beaten this dead horse already?  Why would anyone want to eat something that you have to add flavoring to to make it edible?  Just doesn't make sense.  Grits are like sandy Tofu...

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