CLOSED////////The Coffee Pot is still on and over 3 years. Here we gather as friends with trains.

[1688torpedo]

 John-  Do you know how many Southerners it takes to pop a pot of Popcorn?.........It takes exactly three of them to do this task. One to hold the Pot & the other two to shake the Stove.  Another Southerner was taking flying lessons for a Helicopter & while up in the Air with his Instructor the Helicoptor crashed. The Instructor yelled at the Southerner. "What Happened & what did you do"?  The Southerner replied  "It was getting cold up here. So I shut off the overhead Fan"!  Take Care all.

[Blueberryhill RR]

So Yanks, shut your traps.

Chief : does that mean you're mad at us and aren't going to make the popcorn tonight !!

Thanks, John

The Mouth of the South, has spoken !!!!!!!!

[csxt30]

So Yanks, shut your traps.

Chief : does that mean you're mad at us and aren't going to make the popcorn tonight !!

Thanks, John

[MartyE]

Hey all.  Been a while.  All is wet here in Houston tonite.  Heading to Dallas tomorrow early for another game tomorrow nite.  Scored the Lionel hourly drawing I guess and it showed up at my door today.  My wife emailed me a pic...

Stay safe everyone! 

[ChiefEagles]

I don't have to fly across the USA to get to LA [Lower Alabama ]

Being from the South means when you say, "You All."  It means all your family, aunts, uncles and cousins are welcome.

If it is summer time in the South, it means you are going to be fed SWEET ICE TEA and TOMATO SANDWICHS [with lots of mayo and black pepper].  

So Yanks, shut your traps.

Got my 3 new Atlas NS highnose SD40's today.  Been busy.  Going to program them now and smoke up the train room.

See, I'm gone for a few hours and you all get out of line.  Will put all of you in "time out".

Later.

[1688torpedo]

 Hello All!    Brent- I hope that you do not quit the forum due to a misunderstanding on someone elses part. At least keep in touch via e-mail if you do. Don B- Chevys are a good car to have. Same with 1688s. Nothing else like them. Take Care.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Good afternoon y'all - Hee-Hee!!  Them Yanks think they can learn the "lingo" and pass themselves off as suthners

Lisa

The real question here is..............WHY would anybody want to pass themselves off as Suthners ??????????  To talk the " lingo ", all you have to do is put 10 marbles in your mouth. Done.

Chuck, on my frequent visits to the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Ontario, I have been asked many times if I am from Georgia because of my "Suthern" accent.  After LOL for about ten minutes, I tell them I am from Ohio.  I was told that many of the national news broadcasters hail from Ohio because everyone can understand what we are saying. 

 

[dwiemer]

LOL!  Gotta love people who try to enter an debate fully unprepared... Southerners... 'Here's your sign.'... NEXT!


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Brent, I thought this was a fun, tongue-N-cheek friendly back at ya discussion.  I certainly was not taking any of this seriously.  If I have offended thee, I am sorry.  I too drive a "machine", but haven't mentioned the brand.  I agree that these do make for a "driving experience".  I can appologize for my self, but I also believe that no one on this thread has meant any ill thoughts.  Sometimes, we just take things a bit far. 

Bob, thanks for keeping us on the rails!  I am sure at times, it is no fun.

As for the fires, they are mostly a bit south and east of us, but we do get some of the smoke drift this way.  Smells like the forest up the street is burning down.  Some of our patients are from the affected areas.

Lucky, the dog, has had it rough.  I went to visit today and the vet says that she is getting a little better, but she has a long road ahead, if she makes it that far.  She can stand and walk for a few steps, but then just collapses again.  She also has gone blind.  We are not sure if this is as a effect of the neuro toxins, or a advancement of the disease state.  She otherwise is a healthy dog, so we will see if she will pull through this one....Thanks for the prayers folks.

Dennis

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good afternoon y'all - Hee-Hee!!  Them Yanks think they can learn the "lingo" and pass themselves off as suthners

Lisa

The real question here is..............WHY would anybody want to pass themselves off as Suthners ??????????  To talk the " lingo ", all you have to do is put 10 marbles in your mouth. Done.

[Anonymous]

Good afternoon y'all - Hee-Hee!!  Them Yanks think they can learn the "lingo" and pass themselves off as suthners

Dr John - SCORE TWO for you!!!!

Ok, now that I've got it under control...a ? for you computer guys.  Occasionally when I start to shut down my computer,  I'll get a pop-up that says "New Program Installed"  when I haven't installed or updated anything.  Running Windows XP and have Norton Internet Security.  Can never find anything new that has been installed.  Anyone else with this experience? 

BRENT - Hey - we need you here - even if you are from MD!!  If you don't show up, I'll have to start thinking about missing you.

anjdevil2 - Hope you are doing OK -

Dennis - Yeah - Been wondering about all that fire in Ga. We've been getting kinda dry around here and had a few fires in the mountains.  Hope Lucky is improving.

Lisa

[anjdevil2]

Hello boys (n girl..)

Sorry 's been a while, had a week off in the ol' hospital.  Totally unforeseen.  Haven't seen my bed for a week. time for a nice unmolested nap.  Sorry I seen to have missed the BEEMER flap.  Just as well, make mine Mopar.

Hope to stay in touch, hope all are well, if no, prayers to all who need 'em.  Now if the smoke would just clear out....Dennis.. you're west of that mess arn't you?

Rich 

[rtraincollector]

Evening all doing better this eveing had the flu yesterday and today but feel much better today hopefully I can goto work tomorrow.

  not to much going on.

hope all have a good evening talk to you all later

[fifedog]

jaabat - Good to see you, Sir.  Let the perculatin' resume!!!

[tmcc man]

Afternoon everyone,

Was a good weekend here, I did some crazy stuff yesterday, involving a bike and a creek. Lets just say I got soaked!

I am going to leave the scuffle alone. I don't like to get involved with that stuff. I hope Brent didn't really mean what he said about leaving the board for a little. I enjoy talking to him when I can.

Anyway, I see people from York were happy. I was too when I came home from the Large Scale Show.

Talk to everyone later.

[Jumijo]

Evenin' boys.  Sooooo, miss anything...?

Hey, Fifey, I've been a good boy all day. It wasn't me!

Jim 

[fifedog]

Evenin' boys.  Sooooo, miss anything...?

[Jumijo]

Don,

My Cheby is 10 years old. 152,000 miles on it. 

Jim 

[dbaker48]

Hurray for me!! I didn't even get in that last little scuffle, pays off to keep my mouth shut if I don't know what I'm talking about.   Or, maybe its because I drive a Cheby. 

[sir james I]

I'm waiting to see what they do with the little boxcab,like the old 520.It might have the same motor as the docksider.

[Jumijo]

I'm waiting on the new scale F3 A and B units in SF colors. Due next month I think. The A unit has a smoker in it!

Jim 

[sir james I]

Wow all that fuss about a car. Anyway got  the grass cut, came in to browse, all I could think of today was the Blue Ridge.Thanks alot folks.Oh if your intrested,Lionel is shipping a whole heap of Rolling stock plus Porters & Plymouths.

                                           Mich Jim

[jefelectric]

Good afternoon all,

In an effort to defuse the BMW wars for a moment I will change the subject.

Spent the morning at the fitness center in an effort to get back on schedule after missing two weeks over York.  Need to shed a few unwanted pounds as well.

Typing this on the laptop as I was about half way through reading the posts on the pot and pfit, the ole computer shut down with no warning.  Probably a power supply, not sure and not in the mood for trouble shooting right now.  A good thing I back things up to my home server on a regular basis, shouldn't loose much if it is totally gone and I can't recover the data.

John Baker, Now that you are back on the pot again, I will have to relearn English.

While checking the pot I have been watching an interesting show on tobacco on the History Channel.  Now I have a craving for a cigar, which I haven't smoked in years.

As for a Southern accent, I was told that I had a dandy when we returned to PA after spending three years in Charlotte, NC between the ages of 3 & 6.  That was a long time ago, but I find myself backsliding when I spend time in the South, sorta like Hilary.  So maybe I can pass when we go South.

I have retired, at least for the time being, from mowing the lawn, the grandson is quite anxious to earn some money and he does a good job.  So we are both happy.

Take care,

[bfskinner]

Brent,

Just woke up. Sorry that mom got your knickers in a twist. I guess I'll have to change my password, but when the old gal strings 6 or 7 fairly obvious language gags in a row she figures that somebody will catch on. Maybe if she'd posted this a month earlier....

She would apologize personally but I won't let her near the keyboard. You are one of the good guys on this forum.

[Anonymous]

Bob,
I honestly do not think I over reacted at all.

I was responding to a VERY uninformed person who was taking making very derrogatory comments about myself and my wife.

Since we are not permitted to defend ourselves and our loved ones here... I have decided to depart from the boards for a bit...

Good-bye.

[A&Y Ry]

Absolutely Bob, heh, heh, and then get a Lexus!

[Bob Keller]

I really hate having to police this stuff, but this is from the BMW Car Club of British Columbia's website regarding beemer or bimmer.

"The answer in part lies in knowing some BMW history and what came first.

All real BMW enthusiasts know that BMW got a big start on two wheels, what many call the real BMWs.

In those days, BMW motorcycles were quite active in racing, and one of their competitors at the track was often the BSA bikes.

Well as things would have it, a track slang developed, and the BMWs were usually referred to as 'beemers' and the BSAs were referred to as 'beesers'.

So, of course for any true enthusiast, there is no way that a BMW car could be called a 'beemer', so they were called 'bimmers'.

Unfortunately, in the US and Canada, and perhaps other countries, there was a time (kind of still is) where for various reasons, a BMW owner was considered an upwardly mobile person, and of course due to the fun in driving their BMWs most all of them had big grins on their faces.

Hence it is little surprise that the non enthusiast types out there incorrectly labeled BMW cars and their owners as 'beamers' or 'beemers'."

Perhaps people should take a step back and chill a bit.

[dwiemer]

Jim, I have family up that way (Oak Ridge, TN).  My cousin is the safety officer for the Nuke site.  As you say, it is pretty there.  I try to get up that way from time to time.  My grandmother lives in Tellico, TN as well. 

As for Flyer trains, gave a bunch away, I like the 3 rails.

Dennis

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Morning all,

A little overcast but nice temps in Southern Ohio.  Off for the next few days and got lots of stuff "planned" to do, but that may change!  Going to church to knock out a few maintenance issues then hopfully some yard work.  Watching grandkids in late afternoon.  We may just sit and read CTT mags!  They enjoy the pictures and can identify the different types of cars.  A few days ago the boy asked, why do some trains need three tracks (rails)?  At that point I knew he was a died in the wool American Flyer fan.

 

For a little over a year I was working out of Oak Ridge Tn, and I fell in love with the area.  I can easily see retiring to the NC, Tn, area.  Always did like the Smokies, but living there sold me on the region.  BTW, I like grits, .  My heiratage is West Virginia and Kentucky.  Where my folks on my mom's side are from is way off the beaten path.  Still 5 miles of gravel road, no utilities except electric still.  

Started working on the loader and car.  Got them working now to decide if a total re-do or just a clean-up. 

Got to go 

God bless

Jim 

 

[cnw1995]

 Good morning from a sunny and cool Chicago where it was cooler than I thought this morning for a 'shirt-sleeves' walk to work... I tried experimenting with a home-made transfer table last evening - and what I was trying wasn't working.

Haven't tried to mow the lawn yet either, Jim. One of the  highlights of my vacation later next month will be the drive south: Chicago > Indy > Louisville > Lexington > Knoxville > Columbia > HHI.  The country between Louisville and the South Carolina border is beautiful even from an interstate.

[sir james I]

Well I'm a yankee but my mother was from Ky. and I love the Blue Ridge Mts. but I can't stand that sandy stuff called grits.I keep looking out at the grass and know what I have to do but I don't want to.Ya all have a good day.

                                                  Mich Jim