Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Morning all. Cloudy and rainy Yankeeland. Chuck, meeting is not until tomorrow at 1 PM. The Rebel forces are once again against larger numbers but I bet they will not win. Wait and see. Really enjoyed visiting with John. Funny, the guy at Barry's did not know John nor LAZ [George]. Not very talkative. Later.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good morning all,
It is a rainy and mild day in SE Indiana with temps in the 60s. I went to the YMCA last night and did the treadmill while watching "Jeopardy". Granddaughter is supposed to spend all day Saturday and Saturday night with us while daughter and son-in-law have evening to themselves before the next grandchild gets here. Sounds like it was a nice gathering yesterday with the Chief. The IRL starts Saturday night at Homestead. The dining car is now headed out to "Points East". All aboard! I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a light rainy, 57 degrees. Going up to only 60. Looks like a rain will be here all day. Ground is getting soggy.
Today, I have an errand to run and then I will be busy in the train room for a while. Wife is painting the kitchen wall. New carpeting is coming on Monday. She is doing a good job. When she is finished, I will put up the top border. Should look really nice.
I guess the PA meeting went well with Chief. Hope all you guys got plenty to eat.
Well, Dining Car is here and it's breakfast now.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Good morning from New England!
Had myself a busy day here at work yesterday. But I have a lot to look forward to this weekend. Big train show both days in Wilmington, MA. And Saturday night, my wife and I are going to a benefit dinner dance. We get to dress up and have a good time. No kids either! They are spending the night with their grandparents! So as an added bonus, I'll get to sleep in on Sunday morning for a change.
Have a great day, everyone.
Jim
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Cooled down some with rain today. They have nearly finished the ramp to the new bus/train depot they are building behind our building. Bad news, because now I can't see the tains from work when I go out on break with my bud (he's a smoker) at all. They are working on the overpass too and today the grinder was making this high pitched ululating sound - EXACTLY like the sound the ants make in THEM!, the old 50's radioactive giant ant movie. Pretty cool, except it hurt the ears a bit.
John Baker, you hang in there man. We have our share of taxes over here, but nothing to compare to yours. Locally, they are pushing the smokers out of the restaurants, ball parks, and stuff. I don't smoke, but Jeff does and he is Not happy.
Last day of OT this week, so tomorrow will be very nice getting off work on time! Scouts Saturday - hiking around Jefferson Barracks with a guide to tell the kids about historical stuff.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
HI GIZ,
Been laying low cause of the RASCAL from the SOUTH trying to spy in on our homeland.
JELECTRIC, who was at BARRYs, when the CHIEF came in , MIKE, or CHARLIE? Hope they strong armed him into spending some of that Confederate money? If not I'll be telling them that a Southerner has been spilling GRITS all over the store?
Hope YUZ GIZ had fun?
See YUZ GIZ on Saturday.
laz57
Good evening all,
Busy day here. Had a nice visit from the Chief & later another friend stopped in to see the layout. Smoke got pretty heavy as 3 if the 4 trains running were smokers.
I stated putting some people in my Crusader passenger cars, not the easiest cars to take apart, but at least they come with instructions.
Evening Y'all,
Chief, be carefull up that way. Don't let a smooth talking yankee get the best of you! I wish I could join the crew for lunch, but we have to stay in ready reserve to cover your 6. Ask John about the "Cool Trains" store, good guy and good prices.
Oh, Fortran and Basic, I think I can remember those days!. All I have to say, it was a sad day when one actually got thrilled at the purchase of those Commodore Vic 20...... I still have mine, along with the tape cassett for programs, and plenty of other assorted boat anchors. The fortran cards, oh what a joy when they fell and scattered
Had a good evening. We went to dinner with a few folks who also have adopted kids from China. We went for a traditional meal of Catfish, Hushpuppies, Cheese Grits, Pulled Pork Barbeque, and of course, Sweet Tea! Came home to find the latest OGR (holds me over till the next CTT arrives). We are now watching "Mary Poppins" with the kids. Good old movie, that the kids enjoy....It just needs some Lionel trains running (but I would accept Hornby considering it takes place in London).
John Bakeer, Glad to see you here. Missed you ol' buddy. Hope you are on the mend from your sticker shock on the pint tax. The polititians love them taxes. They pay for their pet projects with our money and tell you how much better your life is with them in office. Kinda like the old addage about peeing down my back and telling me its raining.
Y'all have a great day.....and to quote Laz, Happy Friday Eve.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Raid at the Fullerton Farm is over. Big red two story barn, cows, goats, horse, lab and cat. Great place in the country. Love that part of PA. Big farms and rolling land. Got photos of John's great two room layout. Yes, hole in the wall and goes into another room. Great guy. Could sit and talk all night. Not hard to get to if you listen to directions. Could now go back with eyes closed. After I left, went into town [Elizabethtown] and to Barry's Train Shop. Neat town too. Off to the room. Have a good one.
BTW:should know it. Started raining.
Doug,
You certainly have my empathy! Removing wall paper, painting WITH cats, dogs, and kids. I'm impressed!! Just think how good it will be when your done. Just a matter of days? Good Luck!!
Brent, Nice pictures, great looking truck!!
Buckeye, Then of course there was the little program written in basic, that would display the following message on the monitor, succeded with a series of growing "...........................>"
THE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATE FORMATTING OF THE HARD DRIVE, PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE .................................................................................................>
Don
wrmcclellan wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: Roy, do you remember the green CRT screens? Pen plotters? Sneaker networks? Boy, has it changed.....for the better. Buckeye - for the better? Used to be when the data center was down we all went home and it was another guys problem to fix. Now we get to fix it ourselves Do you remember or did you ever use the IBM punch card "verifier." You had to run your punch card deck through it if you had duplicated cards (you know - the ones the card reader ate) on the IBM "duplicator" as the "duplicator" did not annotate the new cards - ARGH!Hey and who can forget those high speed "chain" printers. One mistake and if you printed one line per page hundreds of pages of "watermelon paper" (alternating green and white striped tractor paper) ran out onto the floor. Always loved the look from the data center guy when he handed me a few reams of paper with one line per page. Those were the days!
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Roy, do you remember the green CRT screens? Pen plotters? Sneaker networks? Boy, has it changed.....for the better.
Roy, do you remember the green CRT screens? Pen plotters? Sneaker networks? Boy, has it changed.....for the better.
Buckeye - for the better? Used to be when the data center was down we all went home and it was another guys problem to fix. Now we get to fix it ourselves
Do you remember or did you ever use the IBM punch card "verifier." You had to run your punch card deck through it if you had duplicated cards (you know - the ones the card reader ate) on the IBM "duplicator" as the "duplicator" did not annotate the new cards - ARGH!
Hey and who can forget those high speed "chain" printers. One mistake and if you printed one line per page hundreds of pages of "watermelon paper" (alternating green and white striped tractor paper) ran out onto the floor. Always loved the look from the data center guy when he handed me a few reams of paper with one line per page. Those were the days!
Yes, I remember the verifiers, but the high speed chain printers were the start of my hacking career. There was always some loud obnoxious guys that nobody cared much for. We would make up do-loops that told the printer to just spit the paper out. We would then put the do-loops in their deck when they were not looking. When they went to pick up their output, all they would find is a note to report to the CS administrator.
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
Hip Hip Hooray!! Hip Hip Hooray!!
Just announced on local TV here in Lexington:
Tubby Smith boards Minnesota Gophers private plane!
here's the full article:
None to soon IMO
Mike,
I think Locke got hit in a flashback during the first season. This season is so much better than the second season. I once again look forward to Wednesday!
Dr. John,
Here are the pictures.
Jimtrumpie,
Glad to see another "Lostie" on the pot. I do not remember when Locke was hit by a car. The aspect that puzzles me is when Ben said the communication shack blew up, it cut off all communication with the outside world. That can't be right because they surely did not need to communicate when they got the airdropped supplies. Also, when they took Walt and Michael off the island, they used the little boat to the rendevouz (sp?) point and not the submarine. Of course whatever Ben says has to be taken with a grain of salt.
There are three extra cars. There is a combine, diner, and a coach. Here is a link to the current MTH catalogs, the cars are on the first page of the steam set section in the 2007 RTR catalog: http://www.railking1gauge.com/catalog/current2.asp
I will try to take pictures of the set today, and I'll post them here.
Dr. John wrote: Morning, all!I hear things are going well for the Rebel raiders who are are taking the fight back to the northern aggressors! Armed with Grits and sweet tea, our boys will see that the South shall rise again!Speaking of the south, it's getting warm down here. Supposed to be up to 85 degrees on Saturday. Nice weather, but we need rain pretty badly.In train news, I broke down and ordered a Railking set with a Pennsy 2-8-0 w/ PS 2 and three Madison cars. I was lured by the sound and smoke! Anyone have one of these and want to share their opinion?
Morning, all!
I hear things are going well for the Rebel raiders who are are taking the fight back to the northern aggressors! Armed with Grits and sweet tea, our boys will see that the South shall rise again!
Speaking of the south, it's getting warm down here. Supposed to be up to 85 degrees on Saturday. Nice weather, but we need rain pretty badly.
In train news, I broke down and ordered a Railking set with a Pennsy 2-8-0 w/ PS 2 and three Madison cars. I was lured by the sound and smoke! Anyone have one of these and want to share their opinion?
Dr. John : I have that engine in a P&LE logo !! I got it new at a train show 2 or 3 years ago & it has performed flawlessly !! I took it to Spankybird's & he programmed it to a 4 chuff rate cause I only have TMCC & recently got A tpc-300, which now lets me open the knukle on the tender. The TPC will also give you very slow speed & some other features ! It smokes like you wouldn't believe !! It's timed to the wheels & at just a crawl it puffs a big blast of smoke 4 times in all, in 1 revolution of the drivers !! I have been very happy with this engine !! Oh, the bell is really nice but the whistle isn't bad ! Also, I mix Lionel & JTs megae steam smoke oil together for a nice Christmass pine smell !! urn the exhaust fan on when you get her goin " !!
Thanks, John
I have that Pennsy 2-8-0 set, it is a great set. Did you get the extra cars? If it is 2005 production, run it as much as you can while it is under warranty. Some of the 2-8-0s built in 2005 develop a short in the tender. MTH took care of the problem and it has ran great ever since. I don't want to worry you, just thought I'd give you some heads-up. I will try to take some pictures of the set on the layout later today.
Mike C.,
I watched Lost last night, and I was a bit confused (so what else is new). I thought that Locke was paralyzed when he was hit by a car in a store parking lot. Now, they showed his father pushing him out of that window. Guess we will have to wait until next Wednesday.
My kids and I were watching Davey & Goliath last night. One of the episodes had Davey getting locked in a Reefer car. The trains were Lionel. The engine pulling the train was a 2035. Some of the cars were re-painted for the show. Davey's reefer was an orange New Haven re-lettered NB instead of NH.
The Lionels were set up on a 2 rail track but appeared to run due to stop motion animation.
Remember these things well!
"Paper Tape" Anyone remember "Add Punches?" Also remember the IBM machine that converted the paper tape into punch cards.
"Punch Cards" First place I worked had a special conveyor to get the boxes of punch cards into the basement. Wasn't fun when real cold or hot.
IBM 360/20 with a Multifunction Card Machine. We called it something else. Can't say what , family forum and all. Compiling programs with the "card compiler."
Removable Disk Packs. First ones I worked with were an amazing 10 Megabyte capacity.
"Eight inch diskettes"
Another thing about removable disk packs. Anyone else every remove a 3640 pack from a drive that was still spinning? That was loads of fun - NOT.
First modems were either 300 or 600 baud. Remember when we graduated to 1200 baud, Man that was "cooking with gas!'"
Almost forgot to mention. Wasn't it fun when the cover would lift up on the 1403 printers because it had run out of paper. Had to remember to not set anything on the printer that might spill.
Ah! the good old days!
Funny thing is, tell someone about this stuff today and all they can think of is dinosaur. What I think about is that it was how I earned a paycheck and provided for my family.
Afternoon all
Balmy warm and overcast in Southern Ohio. Got to bed about 8:30 a.m. took a nap so I can function, but still get my sleep schedule turned around. Gotta love night shift
ATSJer, good luck on the tests. I'll keep you in my prayers. We have a formation weekend this weekend, then the last final. Already turned in Church History final and an audio tape project. Not looking forward the the final in The Gospel of John.
Jim, you vidio is great. The PE is a great Loco, it tempts me to stray from AF.
Going to work on the layout. Check back later
Good Morning from the Bluegrass
It is 63 degrees, clear and breezy with a SW wind at 24 mph! I got home last night from the campus library just before midnight! I sat on the couch wanting to unwind, and I guess I unwound faster than anticipated, because my wife came out at about 5am and asked if I was coming to bed. ugh! Then I had to get up at 7 and take my son to school; my wife is working today until noon, and my son has T-ball this evening, plus my Hebrew mid-term is at 9:30am. Let's just say the next 24 hours will be interesting to say the least.
Oh, my brother and his family are coming over this weekend, and he's bringing his Lionel Union Pacific Steam Super Freight Set, it should be fun to run the sets together this weekend; pics will be made available.
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