RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
HI GIZ,
Got done with 40 wheel barrows o mulch, then went trout fishin and caught 5 brother caught 2 all relased. Came back had fire and dogs and burgers with beer. Came in ran trains for 30 min. no pile ups. All is good with the world.
Hope all had a nice day?
laz57
Evening. Queen came to the South [VA and KY] for a good bowl of GRITS.
Train meet was as usual. Not much to it. Finished my wiring project in the back trainroom. Added a ground plain and then outlets under the back benchwork. Fun working breaker pannel hot behind part of the benchwork.
Finally getting some rain. Went by Miss Edna's today. Everything from MTH is on backorder. HUMMMM
Army, what I did in 68 and 69.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
lionroar88 wrote:It was June 8th, 1989, Ft. Sill, OK for me! King of Battle... Field Artillery... was a 15E Pershing Missle Crewmember/Nuclear Weapons Specialist - Our motto was - 'The LAST arguement of Kings'...Lots a Army fellas on the board... good to see.Marines - First In - Last OutArmy - Has to go in and clean up the Marines mess and drag 'em out kickin' and screamin' LOL!
Lol thats pretty good! And true...no offense
Good evening all,
It has been a busy day and weekend so far. Went to Lucas' show last night, "Suessical", which was actually pretty good. The retiring music director, who usually built a show around one of her "pets", for once picked a show that allowed several kids to shine, and most of them did a credible job. We got home and watched taped versions of "Close to Home" and "Numb3rs". Went to bed at 1 AM and got up at nine as I thought we were going to Spiderman 3 at noon and I had to get the yard mowed. Turned out I was wrong about the movie, but I did get the yard mowed and the house swept before 3PM so we could go to a graduation reception and then to a mass for my mom at 4 PM. My dad is not Catholic and never went to church with mom, but everytime there is a mass for her, he goes. Got some food to go from Chilis tonight and then went back to the high school to see the art exhibit. Then the wife wanted to go Goodwill and she got some shirts for Lucas. Was going to watch the NASCAR race, but it was rained out. Tomorrow the track opens for practice for the "Greatest Race in the World". I had the usual fare for breakfast this morning, but I may have bacon on the dining car for "Points East" tomorrow. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
I was in Fort Sill, OK in the summer of 1961. Field Artillery. Surveyor. Went to Germany with the 82nd FA. ......280 mm. Cannons.
Blueberryhill RR wrote: jefelectric wrote: Zeke, . I too was Army, reported to Fort Knox 46 years ago today, the Kentucky Derby was run that day, don't know what date it was.Now, that is ironic. 46 years ago ( Feb. 9th ), I reported to Fort Knox, also. Army. Then went to Fort Dix, N.J. for basic. Chuck
jefelectric wrote: Zeke, . I too was Army, reported to Fort Knox 46 years ago today, the Kentucky Derby was run that day, don't know what date it was.
Zeke, . I too was Army, reported to Fort Knox 46 years ago today, the Kentucky Derby was run that day, don't know what date it was.
Now, that is ironic. 46 years ago ( Feb. 9th ), I reported to Fort Knox, also. Army. Then went to Fort Dix, N.J. for basic.
Chuck
well 13 yrs ago this month is when i went in.... never been to know..always wanted to check it out but never happened...i spent my whole career in Ft. Benning ga.....go infantry!
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Wow, It was almost 48 hours since I last loged in and it took me forever to read all the posts. Yesterday was shopping day so I followed Jean around most of the day. Took a break and sat on a bench for a while reading (outside in the sun) and sunburned the bald head. Now bright red and hurting! Guess old age doesn't make one smarter, just older.
Today was spent outside pressure washing the vinyl picket fence and the siding.
Mitch, Hope you make out OK with the interview.
John Baker, Are you not anxious for the Queen to come back home?
I might actually run some trains for a while after I finish this post.
Take care,
Good afternoon! Hot and dry today - no rain, unfortunately.
CityFest was fun today. Our church gave out several hundred bottles of water and pre-registered a bunch of kids for Vacation Bible School in June. Lots of arts & crafts displays, food, vintage cars, etc. Chief - Bass Pro Shops had a tent this year. Talked to a lady there who said they were on schedule to open later this summer. One vendor had a bunch of die-cast cars. Some nice ones, but most much larger than O scale.
Took the family to Jim & Nicks BBQ. Had ribs, beans and potato salad. Love their cheese biscuits!
Enjoyed seeing the queen on TV yesterday. She's the same age as my mother, so I kind of have soft spot for her, even if I'm not one of her subjects. No offense, Nick & John B. but I don't care much for Prince Charles. Is there any chance Andrew could be king after Queen Elizabeth?
jimtrumpie wrote: Mike, I just had a chance to watch Lost. It gets better every week. Does anyone have a MTH Rail King 4-6-0? I ordered the 4-6-0 christmas set w/ PS2, and I was wondered how people like the 4-6-0. I'll check in later, have to wax the car this afternoon.
Mike,
I just had a chance to watch Lost. It gets better every week.
Does anyone have a MTH Rail King 4-6-0? I ordered the 4-6-0 christmas set w/ PS2, and I was wondered how people like the 4-6-0. I'll check in later, have to wax the car this afternoon.
Jim, I have that engine in PRR. It runs great, has nice sounds and whistle. Smokes like crazy. It is on the layout right now as it is most of the time as my 4 & 6 year old granddaughters love to run it.
Bakeer - we have a Cambridge on the Maryland Eastern Shore, but not sure there's a brewery there...probably a micro-brew or two.
I believe your "elderlies" are being shunted around in style behind NORFOLK SOUTHERN's newly rebuilt F9's (4270).
Afternoon all!
Another busy week passed. Lots o' meetings - UGH!
Cloudy here. We have had lots of rain and I think most of the lakes have refilled finally. It has rained so much the holes around my house they dug for the foundation piers are full of water and the ground is so saturated it is not being absorbed. The foundation company comes on Monday to jack up the house and set the blocks to hold it there.
Finally uppacked all my York purchases. I got a lot of stuff this year.
Picked up a mint/unopened modern Bascule Bridge for $250.
Got several O gauge prewar freight cars - Shell tank car, couple of box cars, hopper - all for about $20-25 each.
Picked up a nice Pre-war 1941 Freight set for $275 with a 224E loco and all operating cars.
Got a new MTH Dispatch board for $35.
Bag of 3 plasticville signal bridges for $5
Weaver war emergency gondola for $25
Couple of MTH prewar repros (box cars) for $60 each
Lot of other stuff for repairs and some Williams powered chassis to build some custom track cleaning cars for the Lionel layouts in NY for next holiday season.
Regards, Roy
Batemans is a brewery near Cambridge.
Pike is an aggressive freshwater shark.
Only a person whom is a knight of the realm can prefix his name with 'Sir' and that title is either inherited or bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen.
Two of our elderlies have gone missing, last heard of at the Kentucky Derby (and Joan club). Give 'em a wave from we in TOGdom, tell them not hurry back.
Hope every one has a good weekend, we are on a bank holiday, which means that the fine weather we have enjoyed for the last few days will probably turn to rain.
HO-HUM!!
John Baker
Hi GIZ,
Another beauty of a day here, going to mulch and work on tan.
Then go for trout after 4, then another fire with burgers and dogs, and beer of course.
Rock on,
fifedog wrote:mitchelr - Bob, took him to Bateman's first time, and he didn't write home.... BTW, you'll have to join us next time around.
Fife and Brent - Sounds like a plan. There's also a place in Gettysburg called The PIKE which is on Baltimore Street (Rt 97) a couple miles north of the outlets on the left that has decent wings too.
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Morning. Off to train meet. Wings??? The best I've had was in St. Cloud [St. Louis]. In shopping center where Bass Pro Shops is located. Wings and sports bar. HOT!!! and good.
Cloudy but no real rain. Hope for some tonight.
Train cars with possible toxic chemicals overturned in KS from tornado. Prayers for the people and town damaged.
Later
Finally had a couple of thunder storms roll through the last two nights, we needed the rain bad. Its the first rains to reach us in, probably, more than a month. Since I covered the store Thurs. and Fri. I'm off today. But that doesn't mean no work, we're doing some painting and the stairway to the 2nd floor is today's task. It took a while to figure out how I was going to reach to the ceiling. Ended up buying a 16' ext. ladder, adding leg levelers, and making up a stand to bring up one step, leg levelers were 12" needed 16" since the ladder is 24" wide. Hopefully this gets done this morning and I can run some trains this afternoon.
Recently the only trains I get time to run is the display at work. (Who said you have more time for yourself after retirement?) When its slow I change engines and the consists around. Suprisingly the kids, 5 yrs. +/-, that routinely come in for their weekly train fix with mom or dad do notice the changes.
Looks like more rain, yea!, unless the clouds break up
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 58 degrees. Going up to only 68 today. Good chance of rain showers later. I hope not.
Today, I am taking it easy. Did a lot of work, outside, the last few days. Looks good. We are having company, this afternoon. Wife's niece and son. I will run trains this afternoon. Four year old has about 10 minutes of interest, then wants to go play. I need some relaxing time.
NASCAR race from Richmond on tonite.
Time for the Dining Car. Breakfast.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
lionroar88 wrote:Or some REAL Buffalo wings... you would think with all the migrants from Pittsburgh down here in Bal'more SOMEONE would have figured out how to make some tasty wings by now...
Brent - Try Bill Bateman's - There are a few of them around. There's a Bateman's in the southern end of Hanover Pa (just north of Manchester) and another in Reisterstown, and Severna Park too. I think the original Bateman's is in Towson or Cockeysville area. I love their wings. I think one night a week they have an all you can eat special too. They just opened one at BWI too.
http://www.billbateman.com/
Happy eatin'
fifedog wrote: Mornin' boys. Mornin' Zeke; you're a bit of a night-owl, eh?
Mornin' boys. Mornin' Zeke; you're a bit of a night-owl, eh?
well being disabled i live in my time..i cant work so i just do what i want when i want..i still only sleep like 4 hrs a day...dang military done that to me....
well i was in my train room/old extra garage constructing my table for my layout...and i am done building my table and pleased with my work...its only two sheets of 3/4 plywood right now...and i have them set like a T up against a wall...temporarily till i get some more stuff moved out...nice and sturdy and level...thats important....and i got some lighting setup so i can see what i am doing...now..my next step........
Mornin' boys. Mornin' Zeke; you're a bit of a night-owl, eh? Fair today in the Mid-Atlantic region; calling for sprinkles tonight.
anjdevil - That orange slushi-thing-a-mabob sounds good.
88 - there is a Hooters around the corner from me. Perhaps a recon mission for wings is in order after next operating session.
Laz57 - break up those INDIANS! Mrs fifedog and I also had steak last night, but no fire...
kblester - congratulations on your daughter's good news......
wrmclellan - speaking of daughters; Roy, know of any good girl's prep military schools in North Texas. There's a bunch in Virginia---but they're toooooo close.
dwiemer wrote: Zeke, lived up by Ft. Benning for 8 years, lots of inf. up that way. Also, Pathfinders, sniper, and lots of other schooling up there too. One friend is a Lt. Col., at Ft. Hood. He was at Lewis with Stryker. One friend is Task 21, rotates every 2 months Iraq/Afgan./Home, back. Greatest group one could know.Got plenty to do tonight, FIL is making a visit in the morning.Dennis
Zeke, lived up by Ft. Benning for 8 years, lots of inf. up that way. Also, Pathfinders, sniper, and lots of other schooling up there too. One friend is a Lt. Col., at Ft. Hood. He was at Lewis with Stryker. One friend is Task 21, rotates every 2 months Iraq/Afgan./Home, back. Greatest group one could know.
Got plenty to do tonight, FIL is making a visit in the morning.
Dennis
thats interesting..i was stationed at benning and lived in columbus ...thats some beautiful country right there.....i was stationed there my whole 11 years...made e-5 twice..sergent was all i ever wanted...i dont mind being in charge of a few things but i am not leader ...i am a grunt! always will be...
i was up on kelly hill...1st ID
Late night. Watching a movie. Did some more wiring and running trains before I came down and fixed dinner [late].
Dennis and Zeke, Ft. Hood!!! Some of my fishing buddies live in Temple and Copperas Cove. Been fishing in big lake there [can't remeber the name right now] where there is a peacan grove surmurged.
Got train meet tomorrow AM. Later
Anybody remember the Mad Magazine take-off on batman? That was hilarious and I esp loved the ending - I'm a vampire Bat Boy, snip snip slurrrrp! What, me worry?
Picked up a new train book at Borders tonight: The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World. Lots of cool pics and info. My son's fieldtrip was cancelled due to all the rain, so I went in to work, but did take off 2 hours early intending to meet the family at the mall. That didn't work out, though, as my wife was watching our friends' son until about 6. Had chinese food and guess what, I'm hungry!
Worked all day in the yarden, cut grasss, did edging on the flower bed, took out 12 wheel barrows of grass and dirt. Got mulch, gonna start tomorrow? Then go fishin.
Had a great fire with wife tonite and ate steaks on fire place, then ran trains for an hour all ran good, no pile ups.
All have a good nite.
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