Morning all. Hope everyone is doing well considering the weather. It is a bit cool out and rainy. It is in the mid 60s and going into the upper 70s. It has been a long week and I am looking forward to getting done. Only have a few minor cases to finish up and then it's time to get the kids. I hope to have a little fun with them before it hits nap time (then they get cranky and the fun ends).
Chief, hope you do well on your excursion into hostile territory. They may be yanks, but at least they have a number of train stores up that way. Don't let them get the best of you though, they can be sly.
Dennis
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I really like the model building of the model train building. That little train going around in the window was awesome.
Wes
Chuck, I cannot believe the boys in Pennsylvania are getting their shorts all in a knot because the Chief is coming to visit. Every time he shows up in Buckeyeland, it takes months for us to put the place back to normal. Of course, since he is on his company's expense account, and I am one of their customers, you would think he would pick up the tab, but noooooooooo. If those guys in PA were smart they would tell the Chief that they are all thinking about buying a boat battery charger, I bet the expense account would take a big hit. Food and wine would flow!
Again, the South let me down. Duke you bumpkins !!!
If you haven't taken a look at Marty's video, please do so. I really like the animation video. The music was great.
Has anyone heard from Reggie?
and of course
Happy St. Patrick's Day.
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
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Good morning from a ridiculously cold Chicago where I spent yesterday afternoon fashioning a skateboard ramp for the teenage boy... boy, those model railroading skills sure come in handy. I'm trying to find someone to go to the O scale (2 rail) show this weekend in Arlington Heights. I think it's mostly vendors and models but I figure I can always learn from my 2 rail brethren - maybe there'll be traction.
Roy, that's just what I needed - a dad's eye perspective on The 300 - I think my boy is in exactly the same 'place' as yours.Bruce, I've seen Varneys referenced in old modeling mags - it would be neat to see one. Looks like you're improving it.
TomS. Great to hear from you. I sometimes get on car 'kicks' - like collecting Corgi Birneys. I've been successfully resisting them of late though.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a dark and rainy 32 degrees. Going up to only 34 today, with rain turning to snow. That makes sense. ???
Today, is another stay at home day. I want to spend some time, working on the layout and finish putting away tools. Ran trains for awhile yesterday. I have to make some adjustments on a switch. Won't trip when train wheels touch it. New CTT truck looks good on layout.
Dining Car is here from " points west ". All aboard.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
lionroar88 wrote:ATSJer,The Coast Gaurd truely is a defensive military service, their primary mission is to ensure the security of US Coasts and to ensure that our waterways remain safe and passable. Also wanted to point out that ALL our servicemen and women do their jobs everyday, even in peacetime (not sure that really has ever existed). Our military's size serves as a deterant to any country wanting to attack us and take away our freedom and liberty.Brent
Hey Lionroar, I understand all of these things, but there seems to be a difference between traing in peacetime (what the big 4 do) and what the Coasties do, which is continual patroling etc. Remember I was in the Army too, so I'm familiar with all the concepts, its just that I used to dog on the Coasties a lot, but I'm developing a new respect for them. Also, while the Coasties ensure the waterways, it seems that their job is bigger than that, i.e. drug enforcement, rescue ops, etc. Didn't want to start a debate, I just wanted to tip my hat to some servicemen and women who tend to get slighted. I don't want to lift them up higher than any others, just wanted to give them a boost so that they are at least equal.
rtraincollector wrote: fifedog wrote: rtraincollector - Sir, you go straight to the head of the class!!! Favorite line from Animal House, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!" Seeing that movie as a teenager warped me forever...Seen it to many times in fact have it on DVD think it was the best movie Jim did before his early departure from this place known as earth.Yes I'm still warped like a lot of us. LOL. In fact I rem having toga parties because of it in the navy on shore duty in the barracks lol.
fifedog wrote: rtraincollector - Sir, you go straight to the head of the class!!! Favorite line from Animal House, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!" Seeing that movie as a teenager warped me forever...
rtraincollector - Sir, you go straight to the head of the class!!! Favorite line from Animal House, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!!!" Seeing that movie as a teenager warped me forever...
Seen it to many times in fact have it on DVD think it was the best movie Jim did before his early departure from this place known as earth.
Yes I'm still warped like a lot of us. LOL. In fact I rem having toga parties because of it in the navy on shore duty in the barracks lol.
Thank you sir! May I have another?
Good morning all,
It is cooler today in SE Indiana with temps only in the low 40s for the high. I got not one, but two e-mails yesterday from my Norwegian soccer friend, and she is coming to G'burg in July for a friend's wedding. Woo-hoo! Maybe, just maybe, she will get to be on my team in a league game this summer. That really made my day yesterday. It was a different kind of evening. We went to the high school for parent teacher meetings and to pick up the report card for Lucas. Three As and a B-, B, and B+, which is pretty good for him. We ate kind of late and then Lucas and one of his friends got home late from musical rehearsal and we talked to them while they ate. It was a long day, but a good one. I have meetings all afternoon offsite so it will be a long day at work. Dining car had a regular breakfast this morning and it is headed to "Points East". Formula 1 racing starts this weekend. I hope the American driver, Scott Speed, does well. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Well, a pretty good night in the NCAA tourney. As a big UK Wildcats fan my season has been officially been made complete with a win by my now beloved Virgina Commonwealth! Duke, gone in the opening round; fewer things make me happier. The greatest thing about it, is that Virginia Commonwealth won on a Christian Latner-esque shot to put VCU up by 2 with 1.6 seconds left on the clock. Now, if UK can just find their way out of the first round without tripping over themselves and ending up in the same place as Duke.
Oh, last night I rented a movie on pay-per view, "The Guardian" with Keven Costner, and Ashton Kutcher; appart from the glaring resemblance to "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Top Gun", I thought it was excellent, and it really did begin to shift my opinion of the Coast Guard. As a former Army enlistee, I used to think that the Coasties were the bottom of the rung; now, I'm thinking that if my son starts looking at military service I think I'll be guiding him towards the Coast Guard. I'm thinking that it is easier to destroy and much more noble to save.
If there are any former Coasties reading this, please accept my apology for doubting ya'll. Wars happen every once and awhile, but you Coasties were doing your thing all the time. Thank you.
So That Others May Live
It may seem strange to say, but this seems like awfully familiar to what I read in the pages between Genesis 1:1 and Revelation 22:21
fifedog wrote: ... Seeing that movie as a teenager warped me forever...
... Seeing that movie as a teenager warped me forever...
Roger Bielen wrote: Sturgeon-Phish wrote: Still have my sliderule too, I remember a circular sliderule I had in high school, the teacher could not tell when you were just goofing off, (sorry Laz)I also have one of those. Its in a drawer around here someplace. I also have a couple of different size straight ones but nothing like the two footers the EE's used to walk around with.
Sturgeon-Phish wrote: Still have my sliderule too, I remember a circular sliderule I had in high school, the teacher could not tell when you were just goofing off, (sorry Laz)
Still have my sliderule too, I remember a circular sliderule I had in high school, the teacher could not tell when you were just goofing off, (sorry Laz)
I also have one of those. Its in a drawer around here someplace. I also have a couple of different size straight ones but nothing like the two footers the EE's used to walk around with.
ROGER, we don't have just kids goofing off we have "REAL GOOF OFFS" now.
laz57
tschmidt wrote:Evening all,Not many good games today in the NCAA but the Duke loss tonight was a pretty good upset. I am thinking of heading to the train show in Ohio this weekend. I think it's in Kirkland, just east of Cleveland. Do any of you know how to get there from I-90? I think I may head there on Saturday but I'm not sure how early it opens.Have any of you ever gotten on a kick where you look for a certain kind of train car? This winter I decided to collect the "candy" reefers from Lionel. I found the last one I was looking for tonight on an auction site. It was the Bazooka Bubble Gum Reefer. Have a good night all.TomS
Hi Tom !! The Kirtland show is just a mile south of Route 90. Get off on Route 306 & head south to the Community College on the left. If you go North, you would be going to the museum or Spankybirds house !! Let us know if you need further help !
Oh, the hours are 10 till 4 .
Thanks, John
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Looks like everyone except the Holy Roller called it a night.
Good night, Sue. That's a good dog...
Evening all!
Keeping busy lately with work. In between I've been tearing down an old Varney 2 rail O gauge Atlantic and giving it a good cleaning. These old kits are a curious combination of sheet brass, zinc castings and a very crude cast brass boiler. I intially thought about converting it to 3 rail but the old tank works so well it made sense to leave it as is. It's had a long life working on the Toronto Model Railroader Club O gauge layout until I bought it 20 years ago. As with anything this old there were a few missing and broken parts plus it was lacking some detail. I added a bunch of castings and piping that I had on hand then made up a new whistle and rear headlight. Instead of painting the added goodies, wheels and chassis I left them in their natural metal to accentuate the detail. An engineer and fireman finished off the project for the time being. I may go back and do a more exacting replica if I can find some photos of a real Atlantic that is configured like this Varney. I don't know if Varney modeled this engine from a real prototype. Take care all!
Bruce Webster
Good evening all;
Well, what a rainy, yucky day we've had today. Went and picked up a few 2x2's from Lowes and added some more cross support to my benchwork. Since I don't have the insulation board on it yet, I was seeing the panelling sagging as the locomotive travelled over the gaps on the table between the 2x4 frame-work, so I added the 2x2's to run between the main 2x4's. Now, the frame make up seven different rectangles, and now there is no noticable sag in the panelling. The insulation board might have solved this sagging problem, but I think that these cross supports will really start making their presence known when I start adding scenery and landscaping. Working on the frame also allowed me to adjust one of the 2x4's that I hadn't placed very well and was actually causing the table top to rise in one place about 1/4 of an inch; now the tabletop lays completely flat on the framework . I don't think it affected things too much but, I'm a bit anal retentive so I feel better.
In other news, I took one of my confirmation candidates to dinner tonight, and we had a nice talk at O'Charleys. It really gave me a chance to get to know him better, he actually makes Eagle Scout this summer, and he doesn't even have his driver's license yet! Great kid, and I can't wait to confirm him on Easter Sunday. I love my job!
Evening all,
Sue the dog is still getting better. Actually played ball today.
My daughter saw 300 and really liked it. Said it was very gorey and realistic. For 13, I don't know, but it is the way it was.
I won a vintage AF sawmill on the bay. Looking forward to getting it and seeing what it needs to bring it to 100%. I'll need to move some things around on the layout or take something off to make room. The change will be worth the effort because it is a cool piece to watch operate.
Cold and wet out, actually talking snow over the night, see what morning brings
as Red Skelton said,
G'night and God Bless
Regards, Roy
Doug,
The 300 is borderline. So it will depend on the maturity of your 13 year old. There is some nudity, some very suggestive scenes, but nothing explicit. Lotsa blood, but with the sepia tone of the movie - not too bad - beheadings and stuff - battle scenes like the Lord of the Rings) That said - a Victoria's Secret TV ad is only missing a bit of upper body nudity to compete with one scene. My 13-14 year old son after what he has been through in school, his buddies (with parents letting them watch graphic R rated movies at home and then we find out about it the next day) and what all handled it well. From what I hear you say about your kids, I feel we are quite similar in what we deal with from day-to-day (Now we are dealing with our 15 soon to be 16 year old daughter riding around in cars with her slightly older friends with full licenses - ARG).
BTW - it is a good action flick. Lots of classic dialogue where people insult each other without using bad language - good for a few chuckles. Not the best I have seen and by far not the worst. And unlike Lord of the Rings - a reasonable hour and 56 min in length.
dwiemer wrote: dbaker48 wrote: Dennis - You would be proud of us. Chris and I had a consoltation regarding the degree of amputation that would be required for our guests, who have ventured out on our UP excursion. As it turned out we did not have to amputate the femur, just the feet. So were on the way. (We are adding ramps to the passenger loading areas so as to be in compliance and provide assistance for our passengers.) And there were only 8 passengers that had to go thru this ordeal. Unbelievably they were all lined up waiting, fortunately the recovery time was immediate, and they were the first ones to board the train. Seems like a small benefit, given the price they had to pay for riding in the Observation Deck. Unfortunatly the only antsthisia that was available was some JD and Coke. (Chris had the Coke, I had the JD to help steady the Dremel tool - We didn't have a scaple.) Sounds like you have a future in surgery If Hillary gets elected, I will personally request that either you, or Jack Kevorkian gets White House physician.Actually, a little know fact is that the fastest recorded amputation by a physician was during the civil war. It was 13 seconds and the Doctor amputated a leg above the knee and 6 fingers of his assistant. Yes, he was a yankee. Dennis
dbaker48 wrote: Dennis - You would be proud of us. Chris and I had a consoltation regarding the degree of amputation that would be required for our guests, who have ventured out on our UP excursion. As it turned out we did not have to amputate the femur, just the feet. So were on the way. (We are adding ramps to the passenger loading areas so as to be in compliance and provide assistance for our passengers.) And there were only 8 passengers that had to go thru this ordeal. Unbelievably they were all lined up waiting, fortunately the recovery time was immediate, and they were the first ones to board the train. Seems like a small benefit, given the price they had to pay for riding in the Observation Deck. Unfortunatly the only antsthisia that was available was some JD and Coke. (Chris had the Coke, I had the JD to help steady the Dremel tool - We didn't have a scaple.)
Dennis - You would be proud of us. Chris and I had a consoltation regarding the degree of amputation that would be required for our guests, who have ventured out on our UP excursion. As it turned out we did not have to amputate the femur, just the feet. So were on the way. (We are adding ramps to the passenger loading areas so as to be in compliance and provide assistance for our passengers.) And there were only 8 passengers that had to go thru this ordeal. Unbelievably they were all lined up waiting, fortunately the recovery time was immediate, and they were the first ones to board the train. Seems like a small benefit, given the price they had to pay for riding in the Observation Deck. Unfortunatly the only antsthisia that was available was some JD and Coke. (Chris had the Coke, I had the JD to help steady the Dremel tool - We didn't have a scaple.)
Sounds like you have a future in surgery If Hillary gets elected, I will personally request that either you, or Jack Kevorkian gets White House physician.
Actually, a little know fact is that the fastest recorded amputation by a physician was during the civil war. It was 13 seconds and the Doctor amputated a leg above the knee and 6 fingers of his assistant. Yes, he was a yankee.
And the assistant was a southern
dbaker48 wrote: Dennis - You would be proud of us. Chris and I had a consoltation regarding the degree of amputation that would be required for our guests, who have ventured out on our UP excursion. As it turned out we did not have to amputate the femur, just the feet. So were on the way. (We are adding ramps to the passenger loading areas so as to be in compliance and provide assistance for our passengers.) And there were only 8 passengers that had to go thru this ordeal. Unbelievably they were all lined up waiting, fortunately the recovery time was immediate, and they were the first ones to board the train. Seems like a small benefit, given the price they had to pay for riding in the Observation Deck. Unfortunatly the only antsthisia that was available was some JD and Coke. (Chris had the Coke, I had the JD to help steady the Dremel tool - We didn't have a scaple.) Surprisingly enough the other passengers don't realize the fantastic deal they got. A lifetime pass on our UP, (Just like the RR employees used to have.) It seems that someone had spilt a considerable amount of Super Glue in the seats. One poor lad didn't realize the dasterdly deed that had been performed, and had sat down on the toilet in one of the suites, and HE left the door open. And, he is visable from the platform. For now we are not going to take any action to address the situation, but wait and see if any complaints materialize.
Surprisingly enough the other passengers don't realize the fantastic deal they got. A lifetime pass on our UP, (Just like the RR employees used to have.) It seems that someone had spilt a considerable amount of Super Glue in the seats. One poor lad didn't realize the dasterdly deed that had been performed, and had sat down on the toilet in one of the suites, and HE left the door open. And, he is visable from the platform. For now we are not going to take any action to address the situation, but wait and see if any complaints materialize.
Getting ready to have a nice bowl of cookies and cream ice creamall this surgery talk makes me hungry. I am exhausted! Tomorrow should not be too bad and I plan on doing some train work when I get home.
Fifedog if there going to kick us out there going to kick us out for somethin dumb so we might as well have fun getting kicked out I say
TOGA !!!!!!!
Evening all today was just a calm day nothin much time to go work on room somemore talk to you all later
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