Morning all. Slept late [us retirees ]. Think I will call Jim A's cell and see if all those folks have driven him "more" nuts. He's probably looking a public library as he can not stand to miss what we might say about him.
Hey, weatherpersons are saying big chance of showers all week and maybe into the weekend. Think I will go spray garden, grape vines and fruit tree. That should make it rain.
Have a good one and God bless. [remember, my platform is more GRITS and SWEET ICE TEA in every home no matter what the price of gas goes too]
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Hey GIZ,
Just saw this on the OGR forum, Polar Express set and PA Flyer set real cheap check it out....
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laz57
Good Morning from Iowa,
Where has the summer gone? It's hard to believe that today is July 16, it just seems like a few day's ago that it was Memorial Day.
I've been busy riding with the Patriot Guard with welcome home events, deployment events and of course, funerals. It's an honor every time I participate. Also have found some time to sneak down to the basement and dust off the layout and run trains. I sometimes forget how much enjoyment I get from running the trains, especially in the summer.
We just returned from a wonderful 10 day vacation at the lake. Our beautiful 14 month grand daughter and her parents were with us, along with our bachelor son. One of the highlights for me was every morning I would grab a big mug of coffee and the little one and I would go for a walk early while everyone else showered and got breakfast ready, what a great time. I miss her dearly this morning.
I also enjoyed talking trains yesterday at a big family reunion picnic. I have two brother in-laws who are always interested in the layout and what's happening with it. One is considering York this fall, when I mentioned 7 buildings of trains his eyes just danced with excitement. We had not put York in our fall plans but it sure is tempting, we enjoyed our trip last year immensely.
August will find the bachelor son and me heading out on the bikes and doing the circle ride around Lake Superior, leaving from his home in St. Paul. Buckeye has been a big help with excellent suggestions, THANK YOU. We will do the ride (about 1300+ miles) in 5-6 days so the pace should be very enjoyable.
Take care & stay safe.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
88 - WATCH THE BACK! I'm peeling.
laz57 - You may be right. I got baked pretty good Monday. Hope there's no long-term damage...
Chief - It's hard to get real Southern-style sweet tea in these parts. Most restaurants serve it unsweetened. They do serve raspberry tea, and I've been enjoying that.
Well, gotta pack for my post family vacation VACATION. 3 days in WEST BY GOD VIRGINIA fishing and railfanning CSX!!!
HI GIZ,
Nice day here started laz CAMP at 530 this morning. Temp was 63, ran a nice 5.5 miler and ate breakfast, now a little weight workout, then take the puppies for a walk.
Going to grade spot in yard for a shed. I think its going to be 10X 24.
FIFE, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? You DOG. GRITS? Musta got too much sun?
All have a good one.
Good morning all!
We had our first dry weekend in N. Texas in a couple of months. But rain supposed to be back in the forecast starting Tuesday. Gonna be 93 today and partly sunny.
Mike C. - Yes I hear you. Our 13 year old son has discovered girls and we are now having a repeat of the crud our daughter put us through when she was 13 except we have the reverse angle view. Arhg!
Ah! The smell of GRITS in the morning! It does a heart well!
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
kpolak wrote: csxt30 wrote: Good Morning Everyone !! Yep, I'm up Chuck !!Not what you want to hear just before breakfast. Also, be careful of how you greet your friend Jack on an airplane.Kurt
csxt30 wrote: Good Morning Everyone !! Yep, I'm up Chuck !!
Good Morning Everyone !! Yep, I'm up Chuck !!
Not what you want to hear just before breakfast.
Also, be careful of how you greet your friend Jack on an airplane.
Kurt
How about after breakfeast ?? !! I never would have noticed that !!
Thanks, John
sir james I wrote:"Grits are delicious"? the chiefs not in office yet and they are already trying to get appointments.
Ah...Secretary of toy train operation. (SOTTO)
Oh HAPPY Day; Looked out the back window this morning and I see a tomato turning red.I can smell the bacon already.
Jim F. I used my boys when I did elecrtic work too. had them grab the wires so I knew which ones were still hot. Probably why grandsons have that funny expression on their faces all the time.
I haven't planned my day yet but trains could be part of it. Still waiting for rain we are told it's coming but never gets here. At least not in the past four weeks. Regards to all.
Sir James
"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
fifedog wrote: 88 - Does that train room spell comfort or what...? Now I have more incentive to finish mine; so I can come play trains in yours. Blueberry & csxt30 - Congrats on your win! 2 weeks til BRICKYARD.Well wishes to Dewey T and doug.Good luck to rt.Chief - Amusing little antedote to share: I think it was Tuesday morning, my wife, 4 kids and I were having breakfast at our hotel's dining room. The middle daughter (14) was looking over the buffet and spotted (you guessed it)--->GRITS. EEEEEEEEEWWWWWW!!! Then the oldest daughter (16) chimed in EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!! Then the youngest daughter (6) felt obligated EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!! The boy (12) must have saw the glint in his old man's eye, for he just looked down. Well, Poppa-Sahn strolled over to that bin, got himself a heapin' laddle full, plopped it in the middle of his plate, sat down amongst his brood, and proudly consumed those grits amongst the astonished and mortified masses. Just thought you should know.
88 - Does that train room spell comfort or what...? Now I have more incentive to finish mine; so I can come play trains in yours.
Blueberry & csxt30 - Congrats on your win! 2 weeks til BRICKYARD.
Well wishes to Dewey T and doug.
Good luck to rt.
Chief - Amusing little antedote to share: I think it was Tuesday morning, my wife, 4 kids and I were having breakfast at our hotel's dining room. The middle daughter (14) was looking over the buffet and spotted (you guessed it)--->GRITS. EEEEEEEEEWWWWWW!!! Then the oldest daughter (16) chimed in EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!! Then the youngest daughter (6) felt obligated EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!! The boy (12) must have saw the glint in his old man's eye, for he just looked down. Well, Poppa-Sahn strolled over to that bin, got himself a heapin' laddle full, plopped it in the middle of his plate, sat down amongst his brood, and proudly consumed those grits amongst the astonished and mortified masses. Just thought you should know.
Good Morning Everyone !! Yep, I'm up Chuck !! Tried to sleep in a little later but guess if I get tired at work tonight, I'll take a nap !! I was planning on catching up on my CTT at work & the other one !!
Gosh, what time will the dining car get here today ? !! Hope they have that friendly waitress today !!
Well, hope everyone has a nice day today !!
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s and a chance for rain tonight. Lucas came home from an evening with his new girl friend. He said it went ok except for when they went to church group where his old girlfriend was, who proceeded to hassle both of them. I am so glad I no longer have to go that kind of environment. Doug and Roy and any others with teenagers, this is part of the "fun". Onto more pleasant thoughts in that there is soccer practice tonight and I did not have to drive today. I see where the dining car arrived from "Points East" already. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 62 degrees. Going up to 82 today, with sunshine. Got a quick rainshower, yesterday, lasted about an hour.
Today, I have a lot of errands to run. Need to fill the gas tank. Yuk. I will be in Cambridge, picking up some groceries. No train time in sight.
Nascar race , yesterday, was great. # 20 Won. Finally.
John ( csxt30 ).......Are you up yet ?? Good luck with new hours.
Buckeye.....Still under the bridge ???
Well, Dining Car is here and it is time for breakfast. Later.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
John, thanks, got the email. I will let you know if I find local, otherwise, giving them a call.
John Bakeer, thanks, I need to download the photos, but will do. He says "thanks" also for your photos and help.
Chief as Commander in CHIEF, now that does have a ring to it. One thing for sure, his first year in, the Thanksgiving Turkey does NOT get pardoned. It will be quite the spectical with all those news folk out in the Rose Garden and out comes the Chief, hatchet in hand I would switch parties to get him in!
Dewey, great to hear from you. Sorry for the issues you and the bride are contending with. Will keep you both in our prayers.
Lisa, hope everything is progressing well with Hubby's recovery. Also, hope your job hunt goes well and you end up where you need to be.
Well, got a case I have to get into, then to the office and start some tests. Hope Y'all have a great day.
God Bless,
dennis
TCA#09-63805
Dennis,
Glad your friends pub is done, looking forward to the pic's. Jim e-mailed some corkers!
Chuck,
My layout (still not powered up) is the 'Ashlar & Spen Valley RR' named after the area where I lived most of my life in Yorkshire. I did have an extensive N gauge system of the same name, but a move of home to smaller premises, old age and general decrepitude meant I had to quit.
0900BST in a sunny (for a change) warm Stockport, if it gets really warm the roads will begin to melt and we will see GRIT(ter)S around.
My XP programme is up the creek. The spell check has defaulted to French (cough spit!), the fonts keep changing size for no apparent reason and the damn thing refuses to install Microsoft updates. All I get from their web site is complete gobbledygook.
You guys moaning about gas prices should count yourselves lucky. How does (£4.40) $8.95 a gallon grab you? And the tax on it is going to be hiked again in October. We should be rioting in the streets.
John Baker
Hi Guys - well, let there be LIGHT! Yes, all the lights and outlets worked. I did have to make an emergency run to Home Depot for a new breaker. One of my breakers was broken on the side and that's not good My son helped right up until the end, mostly holding the flashlight on this job.
Went to La Pachanga (local Mex food) and had grilled chicken with rice and beans. I should be keeping the dog amused all night!
Dave F, you were right. Microsoft emailed me and I downloaded an unistall utility and the reinstalled + a service pack + the last update and now it finally worked. What a mess. I should send them a bill for $80 for my time they wasted.
Wiring took about 5 hours so didn't get anything else done for the entire day except eating out and fixing computer. I'll take some pics of my new train cars and track and post in the next couple of day. In the mean time, TTFN!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
OUTSTANDING!!! A convert. Now sweet ice tea.
Jimmyt, just checked through EBay [not my favorite site]. Found ZW core at a good price. Put a watch on it. Might be the answer. Rest of my ZW in great shape.
Bed time [finished more chicken, corn pudding and potatoes. Then popcorn]
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 80s. My wife, Lucas, and I went to an African-American church service in inner-city Indianapolis today. A friend where I used to work invited us. It was a little different than the Catholic services we usually attend. Listened to the end of the IRL race that Scott Dixon won. Manning was ninth for AJ and Danica was third and Sarah was 15th. Watched USA beat Norway 1-0 last night. A belated get well to Doug (cnw1995) and I hope the eye gets better. We had the usual fare on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
laz 57 wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote: dougdagrump wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote: jefelectric wrote: sir james I wrote: I went to the TTOS train show today but saw the same sellers with the same overpriced stuff. My friend bought a couple of cars as he is trying to put some of the "sets" together were everything was sold seperate. next summers show may not happen as the biggest booster of this show past away several months ago. he already had this one set up to go.My meeting with Kurt is for the MNRA convention held in Dertoit at the end of the month.Kurt. I won't know until sometime that week what day we will go.and finally; if the chief makes it to the white house we better not get a new flag with grits printed on it. Sir JamesIf the Chief gets elected to the White House, it will have a Confederate flag flying over it. True.......and every year they will have their annual Grits Hunt.But will it still be the "White House" or will it be changed to "The Wafflehouse" ?The GRITS Palace. HA LOL CHUCK, he'd have ta paint it in GRITS though, because they ain't pure white.GIZ, Just won a Lionel FT AA set from 2000 for $229.50.Later, going to watch ICE ROAD TRUCKERS on History Ch.laz57
Blueberryhill RR wrote: dougdagrump wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote: jefelectric wrote: sir james I wrote: I went to the TTOS train show today but saw the same sellers with the same overpriced stuff. My friend bought a couple of cars as he is trying to put some of the "sets" together were everything was sold seperate. next summers show may not happen as the biggest booster of this show past away several months ago. he already had this one set up to go.My meeting with Kurt is for the MNRA convention held in Dertoit at the end of the month.Kurt. I won't know until sometime that week what day we will go.and finally; if the chief makes it to the white house we better not get a new flag with grits printed on it. Sir JamesIf the Chief gets elected to the White House, it will have a Confederate flag flying over it. True.......and every year they will have their annual Grits Hunt.But will it still be the "White House" or will it be changed to "The Wafflehouse" ?The GRITS Palace.
dougdagrump wrote: Blueberryhill RR wrote: jefelectric wrote: sir james I wrote: I went to the TTOS train show today but saw the same sellers with the same overpriced stuff. My friend bought a couple of cars as he is trying to put some of the "sets" together were everything was sold seperate. next summers show may not happen as the biggest booster of this show past away several months ago. he already had this one set up to go.My meeting with Kurt is for the MNRA convention held in Dertoit at the end of the month.Kurt. I won't know until sometime that week what day we will go.and finally; if the chief makes it to the white house we better not get a new flag with grits printed on it. Sir JamesIf the Chief gets elected to the White House, it will have a Confederate flag flying over it. True.......and every year they will have their annual Grits Hunt.But will it still be the "White House" or will it be changed to "The Wafflehouse" ?
Blueberryhill RR wrote: jefelectric wrote: sir james I wrote: I went to the TTOS train show today but saw the same sellers with the same overpriced stuff. My friend bought a couple of cars as he is trying to put some of the "sets" together were everything was sold seperate. next summers show may not happen as the biggest booster of this show past away several months ago. he already had this one set up to go.My meeting with Kurt is for the MNRA convention held in Dertoit at the end of the month.Kurt. I won't know until sometime that week what day we will go.and finally; if the chief makes it to the white house we better not get a new flag with grits printed on it. Sir JamesIf the Chief gets elected to the White House, it will have a Confederate flag flying over it. True.......and every year they will have their annual Grits Hunt.
jefelectric wrote: sir james I wrote: I went to the TTOS train show today but saw the same sellers with the same overpriced stuff. My friend bought a couple of cars as he is trying to put some of the "sets" together were everything was sold seperate. next summers show may not happen as the biggest booster of this show past away several months ago. he already had this one set up to go.My meeting with Kurt is for the MNRA convention held in Dertoit at the end of the month.Kurt. I won't know until sometime that week what day we will go.and finally; if the chief makes it to the white house we better not get a new flag with grits printed on it. Sir JamesIf the Chief gets elected to the White House, it will have a Confederate flag flying over it.
sir james I wrote: I went to the TTOS train show today but saw the same sellers with the same overpriced stuff. My friend bought a couple of cars as he is trying to put some of the "sets" together were everything was sold seperate. next summers show may not happen as the biggest booster of this show past away several months ago. he already had this one set up to go.My meeting with Kurt is for the MNRA convention held in Dertoit at the end of the month.Kurt. I won't know until sometime that week what day we will go.and finally; if the chief makes it to the white house we better not get a new flag with grits printed on it. Sir James
I went to the TTOS train show today but saw the same sellers with the same overpriced stuff. My friend bought a couple of cars as he is trying to put some of the "sets" together were everything was sold seperate. next summers show may not happen as the biggest booster of this show past away several months ago. he already had this one set up to go.
My meeting with Kurt is for the MNRA convention held in Dertoit at the end of the month.
Kurt. I won't know until sometime that week what day we will go.
and finally; if the chief makes it to the white house we better not get a new flag with grits printed on it. Sir James
If the Chief gets elected to the White House, it will have a Confederate flag flying over it.
True.......and every year they will have their annual Grits Hunt.
But will it still be the "White House" or will it be changed to "The Wafflehouse" ?
The GRITS Palace.
HA LOL CHUCK, he'd have ta paint it in GRITS though, because they ain't pure white.
GIZ, Just won a Lionel FT AA set from 2000 for $229.50.
Later, going to watch ICE ROAD TRUCKERS on History Ch.
MMMMMMM Grits are delicious!!! Right Chief!!!!
Grayson
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dougdagrump wrote: csxt30 wrote: Chuck : our ship finally came again !! # 20 Yahoo !! Thanks, John Does that mean we won't get to hear him whine this week ?
csxt30 wrote: Chuck : our ship finally came again !! # 20 Yahoo !! Thanks, John
Chuck : our ship finally came again !! # 20 Yahoo !!
Does that mean we won't get to hear him whine this week ?
Doug ; he has a few days off now to enjoy his boat !! We probably won't hear him wine now !!
prriscool wrote: csxt30 wrote: Chuck : our ship finally came again !! # 20 Yahoo !! Nice for Dale to show up again! Woo Hoo #44 !!
csxt30 wrote: Chuck : our ship finally came again !! # 20 Yahoo !!
Nice for Dale to show up again! Woo Hoo #44 !!
He's going to have tired arms tonight !!
sir james I wrote:Confederate flags ok, but NO GRITS
Yeah, & The Chief will want to decorate the annual Christmas tree with grits too !! Plus he'll put CSX out of business !!
Welcome back Fife !!
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