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

[1688torpedo]

 Chief- Is that the autographed version by Bob "Grits" Keller?  Take Care.

[ChiefEagles]

Been real quite as the YANKS would try and get this out fom under me.  Choochoo Auctions gave up this one for $23.

Good night.

[Anonymous]

Good evening,

Chief, where are the pictures?

I picked up three Weaver head end cars today at the LHS.  Had them ordered for quite a while, just stopped in to visit a little and he said, got something for you, been to busy to send you and email.  The look nice, now I have to take one of my passenger trains off and put on a PRR set.

Take care,

John,

  I'd be interested to hear your opinions of the Weaver head end cars.   I have a couple of Pennsy passenger consists that are screaming for some proper head end equipment.  Reefers alone don't cut it any more.  Are they scale?

Bruce Webster

[1688torpedo]

 Buckeye- LOL Your Grits Song is very funny. You should e-mail it to Ray Stevens so that he can turn it into a comedy music video! Dennis-c'mon admit it! You're the Poor,Unfortunate fellow they are dumping the Grits on in your above photo. Maybe Bob Keller was there & took the photo of Dennis getting dumped on by G.R.I.T.S. What a "Kodak Moment"! Tom P- Glad you had a nice day for your Birthday. Have a Nice evening all.

[spankybird]

To all - thanks for the birthday wishes. We did have a good day today!

[Blueberryhill RR]

Chuck, they even have a grits song:

I'm from Warwick, Georgia
And I know what I want to eat.
I don't want no oatmeal and
I don't want no Cream of Wheat.
Give me some grits, baby.
Give me some grits, baby.
You can eat it with butter,
You can eat it with cheese,
You can eat it anytime with
Anything you please.
As long as its grits, baby.
Just give me some grits, baby!
Warwick, Georgia, Grits Capital of the World.

I never want to hear another derogatory remark about the Tomato Festival or Pumpkin Festival here in Buckeyeland. 

How could they sing for something , that isn't fit for human consumption ???

[jefelectric]

Good evening,

Chief, where are the pictures?

I picked up three Weaver head end cars today at the LHS.  Had them ordered for quite a while, just stopped in to visit a little and he said, got something for you, been to busy to send you and email.  The look nice, now I have to take one of my passenger trains off and put on a PRR set.

Take care,

[Blueberryhill RR]

Chuck, they even have a grits song:

I'm from Warwick, Georgia
And I know what I want to eat.
I don't want no oatmeal and
I don't want no Cream of Wheat.
Give me some grits, baby.
Give me some grits, baby.
You can eat it with butter,
You can eat it with cheese,
You can eat it anytime with
Anything you please.
As long as its grits, baby.
Just give me some grits, baby!
Warwick, Georgia, Grits Capital of the World.

I never want to hear another derogatory remark about the Tomato Festival or Pumpkin Festival here in Buckeyeland. 

Oh, yeah, the Famous Georgia Gritts Festival !!  Gritts is their official prepared food of the state of Geogia as proclaimed by state code 50-3-78 !!  So this ain't notin' to sneeze at !!

Boy, I sure hope they make out good on this festival, I guess there's about 430 people all total that make up this big Metropolis !!

Hope all have a good evening !!

Thanks, John 

There are more old pickup trucks than people in that town.

Then there is the Ohio Maple Syrup Festival. Great pancakes.

[Buckeye Riveter]

dwiemer - I bet the 3 gals in the background can hardly wait to be legally emancipated and hop into the first El Camino out of Warwick.

fifedog, not so fast there.   In a place like Warwick, they could be in the running for "town girl".  

[fifedog]

dwiemer - I bet the 3 gals in the background can hardly wait to be legally emancipated and hop into the first El Camino out of Warwick.

[CSXect]

I never want to hear another derogatory remark about the Tomato Festival or Pumpkin Festival here in Buckeyeland. 

You forgot the Zuccini festival(Obetz), Brauts festival(Bucyrus(you must go here)) and the Corn festival(Millersport) Ohio even has a Moonshine festival but I forgot where that is.

[csxt30]

Chuck, they even have a grits song:

I'm from Warwick, Georgia
And I know what I want to eat.
I don't want no oatmeal and
I don't want no Cream of Wheat.
Give me some grits, baby.
Give me some grits, baby.
You can eat it with butter,
You can eat it with cheese,
You can eat it anytime with
Anything you please.
As long as its grits, baby.
Just give me some grits, baby!
Warwick, Georgia, Grits Capital of the World.

I never want to hear another derogatory remark about the Tomato Festival or Pumpkin Festival here in Buckeyeland. 

Oh, yeah, the Famous Georgia Gritts Festival !!  Gritts is their official prepared food of the state of Geogia as proclaimed by state code 50-3-78 !!  So this ain't notin' to sneeze at !!

Boy, I sure hope they make out good on this festival, I guess there's about 430 people all total that make up this big Metropolis !!

Hope all have a good evening !!

Thanks, John 

[Buckeye Riveter]

Chuck, they even have a grits song:

I'm from Warwick, Georgia
And I know what I want to eat.
I don't want no oatmeal and
I don't want no Cream of Wheat.
Give me some grits, baby.
Give me some grits, baby.
You can eat it with butter,
You can eat it with cheese,
You can eat it anytime with
Anything you please.
As long as its grits, baby.
Just give me some grits, baby!
Warwick, Georgia, Grits Capital of the World.

I never want to hear another derogatory remark about the Tomato Festival or Pumpkin Festival here in Buckeyeland. 

[Blueberryhill RR]

Those people in the back of the pickup truck, at Dairy Freeze, probably just finished up the annual " GRITS PARADE ".

[Buckeye Riveter]

Congratulations, Grandpa Chief. 

Tom, again Happy Birthday.    What's it like to shovel snow on your birthday?

A Grits Festival?  When you have people who think that sitting in back of a pick up truck at the Dairy Freeze on a Saturday night is a big event, I guess a Grits Festival rates right up there with the state fair. 

[Anonymous]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!!!!  ...And many, many more!

A great big WELCOME to the new addition to the Chief family.  I bet 7 pounds something on a grits diet turns into 70 pounds something in 3 months

Gonna have to miss the grits festival this weekend...what a shame!

I'm sure some of you in the midwest are already experiencing a storm.  The prediction here is for 3-4" of snow by Thursday morning...exactly when I have to start hauling cars to the auction.  Sounds like my Friday will be spent recleaning all my winters hard work.  If it wasn't for bad luck.....

Looking forward to some R & R in 2 weeks.  Wish I was spending the time around the house though.  I'd like to get a start on finishing the attic.

Y'all have a good evening!

Bruce Webster

[dwiemer]

Dennis, that pic doesn't do anything for me...let me know when the gals step up...

Here are some of the Grits Ladies.....from the Grits Pag

eant.

Anyway, I just wanted y'all to know this is a real thing.  We actually have  a Grits Festival. 

In train related news, Tomorrow, on History International, they have a program called "Voyages" which will be from Trains Unlimited- Model trains.  It is on a few different times so try to catch one. 

The tractor has a broken strut, so I have one ordered.  Could weld it, but for the price, it is better to just order one and get the tractor work done later.  Besides, it allows me more time to spend on trains. 

Colin, hope your dad gets better soon. 

RRTraincollector, hope you get good results with your stress test.

Oh! I almost forgot, when I returned home today, had a nice little tax return check from Uncle Sam.  Handed it to my bride and told her I circled the items in the Lionel catalog I am interested in .  She says I am still on restriction.

Dennis

 

[ChiefEagles]

Afternoon all.  Back from Wilmington.  Got to holdthe little guy for over 30 minutes.  Had to rush back for Dr's apt. [my favorite train loving Dr.] 

TOM.

Colin, hope your Dad gets better.

Whoever??? good luck at the heart Dr.  Can't remember all the posts and can not review them unless you open two windows.

Hope there are some trains in the future for tonight.  Only had four hours sleep last night and got up so early to make the drive and leave before noon.  BTW,  I need to eat as I missed the lunch meal.

Later

[rtraincollector]

Well they just called and they have changed it from a nuc stress test to a type where I run on the tread mill and then they take x rays of my heart to see if its still beating lol.

[laz 57]

Hey everyone, get ready, the National Grits Festival is this weekend in Warwick, GA, about a half hour east of me. 

This is a photo from the web site.  Hope to see y'all there.

Dennis

Bet the GUY with the bucket above his head is DA CHIEF, in his younger days. 

Heard him say in HARRISBURG, " he could eat a bucket full as long as he had lots o butter on em".

laz57

[rtraincollector]

But that looks like a good use for it as its not eatable

[fifedog]

Dennis, that pic doesn't do anything for me...let me know when the gals step up...

[dwiemer]

Hey everyone, get ready, the National Grits Festival is this weekend in Warwick, GA, about a half hour east of me. 

This is a photo from the web site.  Hope to see y'all there.

Dennis

[Anonymous]

Bill,
My take on your situation is it isn't THAT bad because if it were you would have been sent the ER... BTW - it was fife who got on ya for now going for 4 days!

Chief is definitely from the South... no one can fake a Southern accent that good!  He is a nice fellow, but Carey Grant he is not!

Fife - I'm stopping at the LHS today to see if I can talk them into letting me have my engine...

Brent 

[rtraincollector]

Do have one question for my northern fellows are we sure chief isn't just a southern want a be as you know he does live in NORTH Carolina not South Carolina?

I think he must of moved there and liked it like me I like the south but I know I'm from the north. But I have my job here keeping an eye on these southern boys and gals (boy do I ever love watching the southern belle's )  

[rtraincollector]

88 it was quickest I could be seen was sat which I took then the cardiolgist was today soonest available

Now they want me to go next thursday for a nuclear stress test (are they going to nuc me?)

And then I go back froday for some other pics and all time will tell in the mean time I guess just go about normal .

[MartyE]

Heading out to LA this evening.  Still no BIG CHAIR!  Hopefully at the airport.  Last regular season game before the playoffs.  Looking forward to the days at York to forget about all that is work.  Hope everyone is doing OK.  If not sorr and feel better.  It's just too hard to go back more than a page to see what I missed.

 

Hope the grandson is OK Chief! 

[fifedog]

88 - You're not going to make it 'til YORK...already twitchy as a racehorse heading into the starting gate.

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys...

John, I have tried warm milk and it helps, I like the red wine option a bit more... but I have strange dreams when I go that route!  The ENT put me on Ambien for 1 week to help establish a better sleep schedule, and that seems to have helped the most.  Been off it for one week now and I am feeling much better and sleeping deeper as well.  I think the weight of buying the new house and selling the old house being gone has helped the most... I don't feel as stressed as I had been...

I'm telling ya though... more trains would really help matters!  or more smoke...

Brent

[jonadel]

Doug--

Walt's trolley's are just the best.  I have one and I'm thinking I'd like to have at least one more.  Our layout has a nice trolley section but the next one will be much bigger, folks really enjoy the look and very relaxing.

Jon