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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 8:42 AM

Morning all

Beautiful in Southern Ohio!

Great shots Zeke, is it a Park?

Had lots of fun with the grandkids yesterday, we wore ourselves out playing and planting outside.  It was fun.  Going to cut grass for a friend and car clean-up, then there is always study.  Got the papers done for this week so just reading now.

Take care all

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Posted by dwiemer on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 8:42 AM

A quick good morning to Y'all,

     Cool here this morning, down to upper 40s, and high 70s later.  That will be good for the firefighters on the line here in South Georgia.  The winds from the past few days have had their toll on the guys and caused some spreading of the blaze.  The timber companies have lost a lot of trees, so for those getting ready to build benchwork, the price of timber will certainly go up.

     Hope Y'all have a great day.

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Posted by sir james I on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 8:19 AM
Good morning to all. Maybe  81 today, but the wind is still blowing.In my teens, my grandfather and I use to fish near the Ky. dam as we have family near Benton & Murray, fond memories. I've tried to do the same with my grandsons,hope they remember...I hope the loss of pets has past,seems so sad. A good day to all.    Mich. Jim

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Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 7:22 AM
 Buckeye Riveter wrote:

Municipal mayoral election today.  Is the Chief running today for the mayor of Roseyville? 

See ya down the tracks,

No. He wants to be mayor of Munchkinland! Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 7:17 AM

Good morning from beautiful OHIO. Gorgeous day.  Not hot, sticky and stinky like the weather in NC.  Big Smile [:D]

The Ohio economy is going to take a big hit.  Ford has announced the closing of plants near Cleveland. 

88 - Too busy fishing to take photos, plus we put on the rain-suits several times.  When the boat is going 40 MPH and it is raining you find out quickly the quality of your rain-suit.

Municipal mayoral election today.  Is the Chief running today for the mayor of Roseyville? 

See ya down the tracks,

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 7:01 AM

Mornin' fellas.

Tired here... up late working on my school paper... Zzz [zzz]

Don, love the pics of the Elevated track!  The all-door box cars are awesome too, and again thanks for the info and pics of the cleaning cars!

Mitch - have safe trips to WVU!  And I hope you get the job!

Laz - Careful of those ticks.  Saw a new report that Lime Disease can take up to a year to be diagnosed and if it takes that long it is typically fatal?

Buckeye - Glad to see you make it back from Kentucky in one piece.  Notice you have no photographic evidence that you were fishing, and caught something, so till then you were just lazying around on a lake in a boat drinkin some beers. Wink [;)]

Chief - You sound like my mother's 'retired' cousin.  Until he had a heartattack he was working 40 hour weeks after he retired.  Before that he worked 60 hour weeks.  He was a chicken farmer for most of his life.  If you are looking for a good BBQ chicken recipe try this:

1 egg (wisked)
1 cup vegetable oil - add after wisking egg
2 cups red cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons Poultry Seasoning
2 teaspoons Black Pepper
1 teaspoon Sale

This was the recipe that his father developed when he was doing BBQs for large gatherings back in the 30's and 40's.  It is a blend of The Pennsylvania State University and Cornell University BBQ Chicken Sauces.  It takes great, but tastes better if you do half chickens over a large pit using charcoal and hickory.  Just make sure you watch your chicken because flare-ups are common with this sauce!

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 6:42 AM

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is a sunny 44 degrees. Going up to 82 today, with sun all day.

Today we are driving up to Cambridge, to do some shopping and pick up a few things. Wife has to stop at Art studio and get her art picture, from her classes. And groceries, which is a bummer. Maybe , later I will be able to relax in train room. I will need it after shopping. Gas prices are still on the rise. Over 3 bucks a gallon now. This is nuts.

Dining Car has rolled in and is ready. Time for breakfast.

Y'all have a great Tuesday.

Chuck

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Posted by laz 57 on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 6:17 AM

HI GIZ,

  Beatiful here today at 44 going to get to 72.

Nice run in the woods yesterday 4 miles with dog.  Deer ticks are going to be bad this year already picked off 2 on me and 3 on the dog.

MITCH, hope you get the job.

BUCKEYE what was your biggest fish?  Was the CHIEF doing the rowing when you was trolling?

Have a good one.

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Posted by John Bakeer on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:54 AM

Jim,

ERNI is a derisive corruption of a piece of equipment used in the selection of 'premium bond prizes' ERNIE=Electronic Random Number Indicating Equipment. My machine is an Electronic Ranting Nerd Infuriator.

 

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Posted by Jumijo on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:43 AM

Good morning from New England!

Another T-riffic day on tap here. Temps in the low 80s and plenty of sun. Will mow the lawn and try to clean out the train room tonight.

A visit to Dr. Tinker might also be in the cards.

And lest I forget, how about a great big Happy Birthday to Melissa Gilbert today?! She is 43 and is most remembered as the little girl (Laura) on Little House on the Prairie. Do a Google image seach of her now. She's done some serious growing up!!! 

Jim 

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Posted by mitchelr on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 5:39 AM

Morning folks.  Been up and brewed a fresh pot at 4:30 AM.  Couldn't sleep any more as the Mrs. was Zzz [zzz] pretty loud.  She arrived home yesterday after the non-wedding - wedding party in FL.  She had a great time with her brothers and sisters.  Today is moving day... going to Morgantown to move the Boy back home for the summer.  Dread making the round trip and the clean-up mess in one day.  Then we are back to Morgantown Saturday for graduation on Sunday.

Found out yesterday that the job I interviewed for last week is not being announced tomorrowBanged Head [banghead].  Seems that they will now announce it on May 23rd.  The wait is dreadful. At this point i just want to know... I guess two more weeks won't kill me.

Have a great day.

Mitch 

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Posted by dbaker48 on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 2:30 AM

Zeke, Really great pictures are they in Shasta County?

John (csxt30) Glad you like the Sony classes, I've been trying to get tuition assistance from the VA but havn't had any success.  I have enjoyed all the classes from there, I've done some on video, audio, home entertainment, computers, etc..  They have all been worth the time.

I was too late to post on Photo Sunday, so I put up a deliquent post with some pictures.  Got home tonight got my G Scale track cleaning car couplers changed and it is now running, also put a chuff sound in the LGB Mogul I have, doesn't whistle yet but it smokes, and chuffs.  Tomorrow work on the lights on the passenger cars.

Great pictures Zeke !! 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 1:28 AM

well had a lovely day today went up in the mts...smelled the pines, fed som deer and took some great photos of the falls... here is a cpl ...if i did it right...lol

 

burney falls

 

and a cpl deer that were along the path that i fed after i took a this pic...

 

such beautiful coutry side..god bless the U.S.A.

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Posted by ChiefEagles on Monday, May 7, 2007 11:06 PM
Evening.  Long day.  County Commissioner meeting lasted past 6PM.  rushed back to Roseyville for Town Board [7 PM start time but was 7:15 before we all got to meeting hall].  Got to eat when I got home.  Ate my microwave popcorn while watching Westerns Channel.  Now having desert [Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate with Almonds nuggets].  I'll get back to trains one day.  Everyone wants some of my time.  Later.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 7, 2007 10:28 PM

BRENT - those adhesive hangers Dennis was talking about are called COMMAND.  They really do work well but are not low profile and may protrude too far from the wall.  Maybe John had used other types that are just basically a very sticky tape - those will pull the paint and sheet rock off. 

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Posted by rtraincollector on Monday, May 7, 2007 8:26 PM
evening all sorry for your loses of your pets I sure now the feeling. Not much going on today just stopped in to say howdy.

Life's hard, even harder if your stupid  John Wayne

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Posted by Brutus on Monday, May 7, 2007 8:18 PM
Back to work this morning only to find that the AC broke in our building and the 4th floor has no air exchange or cooling!  Of course, this is where I work.  After a few folks took off sick, they opened the stairwell and hooked up a giant fan that sounds like the Hindenberg is trying to land on our roof!  It was about 87 out today and I think about 82 at my desk.  Hopefully it will be fixed - they said in a couple days.  Until then, they are running the fan.  The 2nd floor is getting all the air, so it is like 50 degrees down there.  So much for government efficiency.  What a mess.  Jim, sorry to hear about your dog - she was sure a nice looking dog and I'll bet she was a great comfort.  Chewy is only a little over 2 years old - hope she makes it to 17 like Chief's peke (?).  Sorry, can't go back and look while I'm typing.  Great joke, Don.  Buckeye, the pick I had posted, that won't show up on my computer now, was a frogman beating the Creature from the Black Lagoon with a rifle - I thought you would like it (it was supposed to be you on your fishing expedition, after you poisoned the lake with grits).  I guess if you have to explain it, it ain't funny.  No trains today, but my new locomotive should be here tomorrow thanks to the great folks at Fedex, and also expecting some cars I won on ebay, some o gauge cows, and my pirates aquarium car - I expect the kids will love that one!  Hey, John Baker - what is ERNI anyway?  Is that you internet provider or your PC?

RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.

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Posted by 1688torpedo on Monday, May 7, 2007 7:26 PM
 Hello All!   Jim & Doug - Sorry about your losses. Keep your Chins up.   Don B- I didn't know you took your Pet Fish for a Walk. Do they stay away from Trees & Fire Hydrants?Wink [;)]Tongue [:P]Clown [:o)]Clown [:o)] Take Care all.
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Posted by c50truck on Monday, May 7, 2007 7:12 PM

Greetings everyone.

Jim, I understand your loss. Buried our faithful under the trees last fall. She is surely missed.

Don, Great joke.

Bad day at the office so to speak. The corn and pumpkins seedlings needed irrigating today. Set about turning on the  irrigation water for the first time this year,  only to have the 3" irrigation valve break off. Lots of fun trying to use the key to turn off the stop and waste valve under a 3" shower. Glad it was 70 today.

Here's to a better tomorrow. 

 

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 7, 2007 7:06 PM
It was 72 and sunny here today with a nice cool breeze... it was awesome because we could be warm and drive with the windows down!

I almost forgot... wife purchased the first item for the new train room... a Lionel Wall Clock!  I wasn't supposed to know about it yet, but when we were loading the car at the mall it fell out when she put the bag in the car... she was so mad.  So I'm not alloud to have till our aniversary... two days after we move in...
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 7, 2007 6:19 PM
 dwiemer wrote:

Zeke,  The Greenberg's Manual is on its way.  It should arrive UPS on Monday.

dennis

 

thanks alot! cant wait to get it...

 

went to burney falls today have a great time..its 90 in redding and only 78 up there...nice to climb the mtns to cool down....

 

well i clean two pieces throughly and the 1060 is alive...thats great news...as for the rest of the track well slowly i am gonna try and clean it...it takes almost an hr to clean on sigle  piece but im dedicated...

 

you know turning 30 wasnt as bad as i though ..i feel no differant....well hope everyone is haveing a great afternoon....

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Posted by csxt30 on Monday, May 7, 2007 6:13 PM
 jefelectric wrote:

John, Which of the many courses they offer are you taking?

 

John : I started with the basic digital camera course !!  It's very easy so far & I actually knew most of what they were teaching so far. Oh, I had to wait quite a while for it. I applied when Don first mentioned it !!

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Posted by jefelectric on Monday, May 7, 2007 6:08 PM

John, Which of the many courses they offer are you taking?

 

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Posted by csxt30 on Monday, May 7, 2007 3:46 PM

Afternoon Everyone !!  Very nice here today !! Great working weather !!

Sorry to for your too losses Jim & Doug

Buckeye : glad you left those Kentuckians some fish !!  Laugh [(-D]

Chuck : there should be a good supply of cupcakes saved up for the next train show !!  Well, that's if the Indians don't get in a big slump or something !! Laugh [(-D]

Don Baker : been taking the Soni 101 digital camera course on line like you suggested !! Big Smile [:D] Could be a big problem down the road with it though ! !  My pictures may be so good on Sunday Photo Fun that no one else will want to post any !! Then I can say it was Don's fault !! ( just kidding again !!) Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D] Here's the link to it again & it's free !! Just hope I don't flunk !! Laugh [(-D]

 http://www.sony101.com/

Hope everyone has a nice evening !!

Thanks, John

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Posted by Blueberryhill RR on Monday, May 7, 2007 3:24 PM

Beautiful day in downtown, rural Ohio.

Cut the back grass. Again. Grass is growing at a fast rate....................... Spent time playing with Woo. ( Rocky's brother )

Doug.. ( dagrump )  Sorry about your loss of your Step Mom.

Jim..... Sorry about your dog. We miss Rocky badly.

Indians won ball game 10 to 1.  Wife is baking cupcakes.

Talk to ya later.

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Posted by jefelectric on Monday, May 7, 2007 3:05 PM

Good afternoon,

Jim, My condolences on your loss.

Brent, My experence with the stick on hangers is that they are worse than small nails.  The ones I tried tended to tear off the dry wall paper when you tried to remove them.  That made a bigger mess than a small nail hole.

Went to the fitness center this morning and after lunch painted two porch chairs.  Glad that's done.

Might get a chance to run trains one of these days.

Take care,

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Monday, May 7, 2007 2:41 PM

Fortunately for many fisherman, I left many fish for them to catch in Kentucky Lake.  Big Smile [:D]

WHAT A LAKE!!!!  Kentucky Lake is 160,000 acres.  Much of the shoreline is undeveloped.  We fished Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Unfortunately, we did not place in the top three, so as to be awarded trophies.  The tournament was sponsored by a website, BASS Boat Central.  My buddy and I ran the lake in his new BASS CAT Bass Boat. 

My heart goes out to those people in Kansas.  Ohio has had its share of big twisters.  Do we have anyone on the forum from Kansas?

Doug, sorry to hear about your family's loss. 

Jim, sorry about the dog. 

Busy, busy, busy.....

See ya down the tracks,

Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Monday, May 7, 2007 2:18 PM

Thanks guys for the condolences.  I appreciate it.  She will be missed.

Don - Love the fish jokeBig Smile [:D] 

It is beautiful in Southern Ohio!! Perfect temp and humidity.  My prayers to any folks who were impacted by the storms.   Grandkids are coming up for me to watch while my daughter has night class.  This is usually a fun time.  With the weather so nice we'll be outside.  They usually get dirty when playing with PapaWhistling [:-^]  We may sow Zennia seeds.  Need to run to the store before they get here.

May God bless you all 

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Posted by dwiemer on Monday, May 7, 2007 2:05 PM

Zeke,  The Greenberg's Manual is on its way.  It should arrive UPS on Monday.

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Posted by dbaker48 on Monday, May 7, 2007 12:37 PM

<>Heard that during Buckeye's fishing trip he had a run in with the game marshall in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan ----  As reported by CNN

An Upper Michigan man was stopped by a game warden in the UP
recently with two ice chests full of live fish in water, leaving a river well
known for its fishing. 
The game warden asked the man, "Do you have a license to catch those
fish?"
"Naw, my friend, I ain't got no license.  These here are my pet fish."
 "Pet fish?"
 "Yep.  Every night I take these fish down to the river and let 'em
swim' round for a while.  Then I whistle and they jump right back into this ice chest and I take 'em home."
 "That's a bunch of BS!  Fish can't do that!"
 The man looked at the game warden for a moment and then said, It's the truth.  I'll show you.  It really works."
 "Okay, I've GOT to see this!"
 The man poured the fish into the river and stood and waited.  After
 several minutes, the game warden turned to him and said, "Well?"
 "Well, what?" said the man.
 "When are you going to call them back?"
 "Call who back?"
 "The FISH!"
 "What fish?"

Don

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