cnw1995 wrote: Now the bride wants to move to North Carolina. . . .
CHIEF - a convert! Get the GRITS ready!
Humid and pretty warm here. I see Dr. John has some N. Texas weather this year and we have the Alabama weather here?
Colin - glad exams are over for you now. Now you can enjoy your summer.
Been herding our daughter around to get job applications at several local restaurants as a hostess. We'll see. Her enthusiasm for this is not high but we will prevail!
Nick - that pad looks like it will support a very nice train room!
Regards, Roy
Have the week off so FIL and I are making a start on the garage and future home for layout. We cleared the slab of junk today. We have to remove the concrete blocks from around the edge so the builder can replace them with engineering bricks and new damp course.
Here's some pics
Slab is 15 Meters by 5 Meters.
Boco was out and about seeing what we were up to
John B, Will try and send you the pic to prove your attendance. My better half reckons Ilkley was a excuse to go on a weekend bender to! However as she was away on Holiday soaking up the rays and taking it easy by the swimup bar.......I have decided not to comment
Have a good one
Nick
dwiemer wrote: : Laz, I think I will have to do a version of Laz Camp to get back in shape for Elk Hunting in September. I go to the gym regularly, but need to get back to running again. Have a pair of Nike Air 95s on order as my old pair fell apart. They do seem to be the best running shoes I have ever had though.
: Laz, I think I will have to do a version of Laz Camp to get back in shape for Elk Hunting in September. I go to the gym regularly, but need to get back to running again. Have a pair of Nike Air 95s on order as my old pair fell apart. They do seem to be the best running shoes I have ever had though.
DENNIS yes it will make your hunt more enjoyable, although sometimes its a pain now.
laz57
Good morning everyone,
I am finally finished my exams!!! Now, I can rest for a little. I have off tomorrow and Wednesday, and I go in Thursday until 11AM.
Well, I too, was dissapointed at the ending of the Soprano's last night. Did anyone else think that maybe Tony did get killed? When he and Paulie were on the boat, earlier in the season, Tony said "It must not be bad to get whacked. I mean, you see it, it happens, then its black." I was thinking of that when Tony looked up and then it goes black. Just a thought.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
"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! Hot and dry today - Temp to get to 100 as it did yesterday, then the hot spell is supposed to break and we'll be in the low 90's with slight chances of rain the rest of the week.
Busy Monday - staff meeting in an hour, article for newsletter, visit hospitals, study time then visit some prospects this evening. Being busy sure beats the alternative! Have a new laptop in my office - really nice! But the IT guys forgot to put my e-mail address book back on it. Found out the hard way yesterday. They are supposed to take care of that today. Chief - glad I did not plant a garden this year, it would have shriveled up by now. By the way, saw our new BPS yesterday when we ate lunch at Jim & Nick's BBQ. Looks finished on the outside. I like the big American flag flying from the roof - you can see it a good ways away.
Everybody have a blessed day!
Nick, glad Boco is doing better. We have had dog issues in the recent past and it is hard to see them ill. Just something about a dog, when you get home, you are the Hero walking through the door.
John B., Showed my bride the posting about your needing evidence of the train show visit. We are both laughing.....British Humor! Thanks.
Chief, glad you are back. I know you were watching, so I don't have to fill you in on the attacks from the other side of the MD line.
Brent, I would go to the wedding and be there for the wife. Only one example of what we are to aspire to and we all fall short of Him. The best thing to do is lead by example and not judge. She could have done something very bad and no one would Know.
I tell ya, don't stop by for a cup of joe and you can really get behind. Took me quite some time to catch up on all th posts. Glad good things happened for Zeke. Colin, good luck with the exams and the sinus infection. If the antibiotics don't turn the corner for you in a few days, contact your doc as you may need to get some steroids in as well. The infections seem to get worse and need to hit them with heavy medicine.
Hope everyone has a blessed day. Only one small case later on and then I can get home to get the lawn mowed.
God Bless,
Dennis
PS: Laz, I think I will have to do a version of Laz Camp to get back in shape for Elk Hunting in September. I go to the gym regularly, but need to get back to running again. Have a pair of Nike Air 95s on order as my old pair fell apart. They do seem to be the best running shoes I have ever had though.
TCA#09-63805
Hi GIZ,
60 and great here today to get to 82.
laz CAMP started today at 0603 hours took dog for walk 1mile, ate banana then ran 6.0 miles had coffee and Cherrios, now going to throw weights around for about 30-40 minutes.
CHEAPCLASSICS, yes I have 3 turtles, 2red eared sliders and a yellow eared. 1 female and two males. The female dropped to eggs this year and I have em burried in wet sand. They are to open about Aug. I hope? Last year she dropped 4 and not one opened. Maybe this year. They are about 13 years old and are quite large, a little dirty so I have to clean out the tank about every 2weeks. We have two filters in but still lots of clean up, if you get just one should be pretty easy, not much mess with one.
All have a good one.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 80's here in the Mid-Atlantic region today.
BLUEBERRY HILL - I think I told you before it took me 3 cans of spraypaint to cover one of those 100 Year bridges. I started by giving an all over light covering. Then I turned it upside down, coated the bottom, and angled down along each truss and top girders. Then I did each side from inside (you can get your spray can about 1/3 the way in) following each girder. Then the last coat is the finish coat, trying to put down a nice even spray, saving some paint for the floor of the bridge to cover up the "shadowing".
Good morning all,
It is another beautiful sunny day in SE Indiana with temps in the 80s. Laz, you have turtles?!?! What kind and how many? I would love to have one, but the wife is absolutely opposed to cold-bloods in the house (except for our beta fish, which is about as low maintenance as you can get). Welcome back, Chief! This is another long day for me as I have class tonight from 6 to 8 and I get in about 9 PM. At least the Friday off makes it worthwhile. Bran muffins were on the dining car this morning as it headed to "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a sunny 55 degrees. Going up to 85 today, with sunshine all day. It looks like this will be a sunny week.
Today, I have some chores to do and then I have to run a few errands and visit some local stores. It was a quiet weekend. Had a lot of time to relax. Didn't get any train time in. I will start the painting process for the bridge, later in the week. Need to figure out how to paint the insides of the supports. May use a brush. I'm open for ideas.
Dining Car is rolling in. Looks well stocked. Time for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Good morning from New England!
I built a large wall shelf unit this weekend for our rolling stock. Ran trains quite a bit. Lost an auction. Tore up carpet. Hurt my back and knee.
The sopranos...hated it! What a disappointment!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Morning all 0800GMT in another sunny,warm Stockport. Weather totty says we are in for four days of heavy storms, so I expect it might drizzle a bit.
Nick, Glad Fido's better, hows the little woman too? I crave a boon, is there a chance of e-mailing a copy of the pic. you posted with the young geezer and the TOG please. SWMBO has demanded evidence of my attendance at Ilkley, she thinks it more likely that I went on a bender with a load of lap dancers.
On trains I am now a member of the UK Chapter of the Milwaukee Road Historical Association. My first N Gauge loco was a MLW GP38 and I was hooked. Well, that's not strictly true, for my 10th Birthday I got a copy of the 1948 Modern World Book of Railways with a painting of a 2-8-8-4 starting a 150 car train-it was then I was hooked!
John Baker
evening everyone...just got done fixing the neighbors car, saved thenm about 1400 bucks.. goot love that. i got me a big fat porterhouse and a 6 pack for doing so......living large in cali...
havent even looed at my trains yet....will tonight maybe, kinda tired...
catch you all later
Oh, I'm glad he's back !! I was wanting some popcorn anyway !! Oh, Chief, please put the butter on it & not too heavy on the salt this time !!
Thanks, John
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
Buckeye Riveter......... OTTS Charter Member, a Roseyville Raider and a member of the CTT Forum since 2004..
Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
TCA 09-64284
FIFE, I'll watch it on demand tomorrow in slo mo.
FIFE at least they could have given us more BUDA BING?
HI GIZ,
Watched the last SOPRANOs and what a let down for the finale. I say a big BOO HISS for HBO.
Oh well cleaned out turtle tank today and wife clipped all dead tulip growth, then took a truck load of clippings to compost area.
laz CAMP starts tomorrow at 0600 with walk of dog a mile then 5 mile run, breakfast then hit weights and abs for 40 minutes. Can't wait.
Well, we watched Pirates 2 Dead Man's Chest on dvd, then got the idea to try and see part 3. We tore across town and got there just in time for the movie, but they were sold out! Oh well, went to Noodles for dinner and then came home and watched Johnny Kapahala (sp?) on tivo. Pretty good disney movie. We all put together the plasticville coal tower - had to use paper tape on the inside to hold it together. I guess I'll end up gluing it in the future, but I want to detail it some and maybe add some stuff first. Printed out the diagrams on my locomotive, but never opened it yet. Hope everyone has a pleasant evening and night - we got rain again all through the day so it's really cool here now.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Good evening all,
It was another beautiful day in SE Indiana with temps in the 80s. It has been an interesting weekend that turned out ok. I was trimming the trees outside on Saturday, and wound up meeting the new neighbor on the corner. I noticed he had a screen door laying outside the house and asked what he was planning to do with it. He asked me if I could use it (which I could ) and he gave it to me. I have been wanting to replace an old door on the lean-to so some light could get it, and this worked perfectly. I installed it that day and it looks nice. We went up to a relative's birthday party on the wife's side of the family today. I stayed up Saturday night to watch the IRL race. It was a wild event and Danica almost won. Sarah Fisher hung on for a 10th place finish. I watched the Canadian F1 race today and it was a wild one too. Hopefully Scott Speed will have a better day in the USGP next week. Lewis Hamilton got his first win. Bagels and bacon were on the dining car this morning, but bran muffins will be shipping out to "Points East" tomorrow. I hope everyone has a good day.
fifedog wrote:mitchelr - any more ideas how to tie in local railroading at your new digs?
mitchelr - any more ideas how to tie in local railroading at your new digs?
Fifedog - been trying to find more information on the Bachman Valley Railroad. Met a man last night at the retirement party who had a brother that worked on removing up some of the track from the BVRR. He said that it had to have been over 50 years ago. He did not have much detail and his brother has passed away. Have to hit the local historical society and get some more history. I will try to share stories of the area's history with the students as we begin the process of selecting school mascot and colors.
Went to Harrisburg Senators game today with my son. They were winning 11 to 1 when we left after 6 or 7 innings. Got turned around leaving City Island and had to take the turnpike back to Gettysburg Pike. Still not sure how I managed that. After we got home the NASCAR race came on and watched Jeff Gordon sneak away with a victory. Makes up for the one he had won up at Pocono a few years ago but lost when he missed a shift on the restart with a few laps to go.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
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