Good one Don! Colin, I think I read those troops were already in Europe (Germany)? Probably they are worried about all those 1000's of UPS and FEDEX deliveries to a certain location in Roseyville. I've heard he's shipping the "altered" CTT's back with a protective layer of grits in the boxes! The authorities might be getting worried!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Evening all
Off for the next few days. Have class in Columbus Saturday. One of these days we need to get together Buckeye! Finished the 644 this evening and repaired a couple of boxcars that were in the project box. Here is the 644
That AF Sawmill is on my want list, the one you have looks nice. Glad to know I won't be bidding against you.
Till tomorrow
Jim
Jim Fortner wrote: Good one Don! Colin, I think I read those troops were already in Europe (Germany)? Probably they are worried about all those 1000's of UPS and FEDEX deliveries to a certain location in Roseyville. I've heard he's shipping the "altered" CTT's back with a protective layer of grits in the boxes! The authorities might be getting worried!
Jim, you know what this means? We all need tanks and other vehicles at our houses to protect us from this horrible substance.
tmcc man wrote: Jim Fortner wrote: Good one Don! Colin, I think I read those troops were already in Europe (Germany)? Probably they are worried about all those 1000's of UPS and FEDEX deliveries to a certain location in Roseyville. I've heard he's shipping the "altered" CTT's back with a protective layer of grits in the boxes! The authorities might be getting worried!Jim, you know what this means? We all need tanks and other vehicles at our houses to protect us from this horrible substance.
Been a traffic jam and my right arm is so tired. I need one of those signing machines.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Hey Yanks in NJ and near there in PA.
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey has warned squirrel hunters near a toxic waste dump about consuming the critters because they could be contaminated with lead.
It is the first time the state has cautioned Ringwood residents - many who are members of the Ramapough Mountain Indian tribe who hunt and fish in the area - about their squirrel intake, said Tom Slater, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Senior Services.
A lead-contaminated squirrel was found in the area two months ago, prompting the agency, along with the state Department of Environmental Protection, to send out letters advising that adults eat squirrel no more than twice a week and even less for children and pregnant women.
Lead, which is harmful in small amounts, can damage the nervous system, red blood cell production and the kidneys.
"We've known for a long time something was wrong here, we just didn't know what it was," resident Myrtle Van Dunk said.
Residents and many environmental activists believe the lead comes from toxic waste, including paint sludge, dumped in the area by the Ford Motor Co. during the 1960s and early 1970s, from its now-closed car manufacturing plant in Mahwah.
Ford is removing thousands of tons of waste from a 500-acre former mining property in the Ringwood area. The site was recently relisted on the federal Superfund list, a ranking of the country's worst environmental dump sites, after multiple cleanups failed to remove all the sludge.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Sounds like NJ folks are close to their kin in Ohizo.
ChiefEagles wrote: tmcc man wrote: Jim Fortner wrote: Good one Don! Colin, I think I read those troops were already in Europe (Germany)? Probably they are worried about all those 1000's of UPS and FEDEX deliveries to a certain location in Roseyville. I've heard he's shipping the "altered" CTT's back with a protective layer of grits in the boxes! The authorities might be getting worried!Jim, you know what this means? We all need tanks and other vehicles at our houses to protect us from this horrible substance. Been a traffic jam and my right arm is so tired. I need one of those signing machines.
Good one Chief.
Are you buying NS out so you can ship the packages without question? And the military too? This is not good at all.
rtraincollector wrote: Here you guys go right from K-Line catalog heres the car you all need
Here you guys go right from K-Line catalog heres the car you all need
i plan to get at least 2 maybe even three just because.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: From deep in the heart of the South, (another mission behind the lines for old Buckeye),
From deep in the heart of the South, (another mission behind the lines for old Buckeye),
Chuck, as I sit from my concealed vantage point, many miles south of our beloved Ohio River, I wanted to let you know we have had a very successful day directing the F-15s over the Grits Capital of World, Roseyville, NC
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
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: From deep in the heart of the South, (another mission behind the lines for old Buckeye), Chuck, as I sit from my concealed vantage point, many miles south of our beloved Ohio River, I wanted to let you know we have had a very successful day directing the F-15s over the Grits Capital of World, Roseyville, NC
Just as I thought !!! I got a coded message from Wright-Patterson, today and they wanted directions to Roseyville, NC. Seems that it's not on the map. They said they flew over some swamp areas, and saw a lot of junk cars and old bath tubs. I told them that they found it.
Kurt To your little one and congratulations to you and your wife!!!
Buckeye How are things south of the river??? Did you have to exchange your money?????
dbaker48 The Euro English thing is a riot!!! Sounds like my uncle Ivan and uncle Karl!!!
underworld
dbaker48 wrote: Thor and John Baker,Recently ran across the following; European EnglishThe European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas. If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl
Thor and John Baker,
Recently ran across the following;
European English
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl
Don't put it past the EU to make this law of course the UK would be the only country in the EU to inforce said law LOL
Nick
Nick,
Ever used mobile text?
John Baker
Good morning from a verrrryyyyyyy cold area. It is only 8 degrees out right now. Not the kind of weather that I enjoy. I have my last exam today, and then comes the weekend for some long awaited rest time. I will be finished at 8:35, but will be home around 10:00 because everyone else has 2 exams and the buses come at around 9:45.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Good morning from a frigid New England. The temp was 0 on the ride in to work today, but the windchill is -20! So what do I see as I pass a gas station today? Some idiot pumping gas in a t-shirt and shorts!
The wife was home last night, so not a lot of train running happened. We watched This Old House and Gray's Anatomy. UGLY Betty was on but we didn't catch it. I'll bet I know someone who did . . .
F-15s over Roseyville? Must be looking for a new target area. I hope that new layout in Chief's attic can withstand a Stinger missile!
Doug M. - David's article was on scratchbuilding a switch stand/target. A five star piece!
Hope to pick up the Lionel and K-Line cats this weekend!!!!!!!
Off to find breakfast and trouble. Have a great day all!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
dwiemer wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: Are we at war? I've got F15's constantly flying in what is commercial air space. Been coming over for an hour or so now. We have a military air corridor over Roslesville but ehse are flying slow in what the commercial airliners use. HUMMMChief, we have had a lot of activity as well. Mostly heavy military Choppers and the local NS yard has had a number of military trains coming up from the Marine base. You may be on to something.Dennis
ChiefEagles wrote: Are we at war? I've got F15's constantly flying in what is commercial air space. Been coming over for an hour or so now. We have a military air corridor over Roslesville but ehse are flying slow in what the commercial airliners use. HUMMM
Are we at war? I've got F15's constantly flying in what is commercial air space. Been coming over for an hour or so now. We have a military air corridor over Roslesville but ehse are flying slow in what the commercial airliners use. HUMMM
Chief, we have had a lot of activity as well. Mostly heavy military Choppers and the local NS yard has had a number of military trains coming up from the Marine base. You may be on to something.
Dennis
Thats PA National Gaurd looking for the GUY, who keeps on dropping GRITS BOMBS while flying over our STATE.
laz57
HI GIZ,
Real cold here,8 degrees above zero. We got about 1 inch of snow last nite and roads are slippery so they gave us a 2 hr delay. YEAH!!! ME!!!. Nice way to end the work week.
DID YUZ GIZ see DAVE VERGUNs article in ORG this month? Did a nice job making a switch throw out of copper. Well done DAVE!
Going to run trains tonite. Wife is gonna pick me up some of that Lizard litter for balast. Going to take to school and paint it light grey then put it down. Let YUZ GIZ know how it turns out.
TGIF!
Got ya beat Laz... 5 degree according to the bimmer temp and the weather station in the kitchen!Started the car this morning and it told me to go back inside and come back when it warms up!Supposed to get to a high around 25 today, 45 tomorrow chance of flurries tomorrow night...
Finished the TAS EOB upgrade to the berk last night, put the engine on the track and it responded like I hadn't done a thing! Lovely! So I took the shell off (I know the railings are the antenae), and everything was responding like the TAS instructions, except the engine still took off like a rocket! So I fiddled with it a bit and nothing worked, the TMCC didn't even respond to the codes the instructions said to enter, reset the engine to factory settings and tried again, same results. After 2 hours I took the EOB upgrade out and am now back to a standard TMCC install... Well there is $109.00 out the door!Oh well... maybe I'll have better luck with an ERR board.Also I did some testing on the 0-8-0's sounds last night - I suspect I have a blown speaker. I am going to call the LHS today and see if there is a way to test this or if I should just bring it in for warranty service...Stopped by the LHS yesterday, still no Lionel or K-Line Catalogs. But I did pick up a few cars! Bought a Lionel C&O Quad Hopper (scale so it looks nice behind the 0-8-0 but it is about the same size as the Berk! , MTH C&O woodsided hopper, will look nice behind the berk, a Patapsco River and something or other barrel car by Williams - talk about BRIGHT ORANGE need to wear when it is out of the box. And a scale MTH Western Maryland Boxcar, again will look nice behind the 0-8-0, also have a Chevy Double Door boxcar and a UP Double Door Boxcar so that should make a nice start to a scale consist for the 0-8-0.
Good morning all,
It is sunny and cold in SE Indiana, but the temps are supposed to rise to the high 30s today. Tmcc man, I have not played any indoor soccer yet, but I hope to be doing so soon. I have been kicking the ball around when I go to the YMCA, but I have yet to get into any pickup games. Regarding the F-15s in North Carolina, those are from the Indiana National Guard patroling the flight path for the Colts going down to Miami for the Super Bowl :-). Time for the dining car to head for "Points East". We have to keep our "spotter" well nourished so he can guide our planes over NC. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
lionroar88 wrote: ....................... After 2 hours I took the EOB upgrade out and am now back to a standard TMCC install... Well there is $109.00 out the door!Oh well... maybe I'll have better luck with an ERR board.
....................... After 2 hours I took the EOB upgrade out and am now back to a standard TMCC install... Well there is $109.00 out the door!Oh well... maybe I'll have better luck with an ERR board.
CALL Phil at TAS. He knows EOB. They will make it work. BTW, you didn't say you reprogrammed the engine after the EOB was installed, mmmmm.........................
Thanks everyone!
Congratulations Reggie! I didn't know you guys were expecting! Does that make 2 for you too?
The 'It's a Girl' car looks great..I think I can swing that..the whole Williams set might be a problem. We now have 2 in diapers.
Here's Patricia (Trish) Mary, named after my mother, and myself. I think she has my hairline...
Hopefully she'll grow out of that.
Morning guys(and Gals-want to include Lisa in this),
A little brisk this morning.. Took the trash out in my shorts, I don't think I want to be out there too long. I hope I will be getting one of the Watchman's Shanty(s) on the bay this morning. The guy has 6 and 2 others have bid on them also. I am glad that Lionel is selling them, but the bright yellow paint looks a bit loud. If I don't get one of these, I will get the Lionel job and paint it.
Chief, don't worry about the fighter jets, it is just our government protecting the most valuable areas of the country.
TCA#09-63805
kpolak wrote: Thanks everyone!Congratulations Reggie! I didn't know you guys were expecting! Does that make 2 for you too?The 'It's a Girl' car looks great..I think I can swing that..the whole Williams set might be a problem. We now have 2 in diapers.Here's Patricia (Trish) Mary, named after my mother, and myself. I think she has my hairline...Hopefully she'll grow out of that.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 16 degrees outside. No new snow. Going up to only 32 today. We are not suppose to get any more snow for the next two days. Looks good for trip North, tomorrow.
Today is a " keep warm " day. Have a few things to do around the house and then, later, will run trains. Still working on new section. That's bigger than I expected. Need a lot of room for two large bridges. Have to make a section for passenger station. Should come out good.
Well, the Dining Car has arrived. Looks like some folks " points west" have already eaten. Plenty left for breakfast. Be back later.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
The new Kline catalogue looks great! 'It's a Girl'; metal wheels and trucks, operating couplers $25?, that's a no brainer!
This really confuses the Christmas list I just made up..Lionel has a LOT of really great stuff!
I was perfectly content to find inexpensive good condition PW pieces, until I met you guys.
Kurt
dwiemer wrote: Chief, don't worry about the fighter jets, it is just our government protecting the most valuable areas of the country. Dennis
There's probably a missile silo under the Rosyville watertower, I think the president has seen your posts on the new layout, and has stepped up protection. There's a lot of freight going through there.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: lionroar88 wrote: ....................... After 2 hours I took the EOB upgrade out and am now back to a standard TMCC install... Well there is $109.00 out the door!Oh well... maybe I'll have better luck with an ERR board.CALL Phil at TAS. He knows EOB. They will make it work. BTW, you didn't say you reprogrammed the engine after the EOB was installed, mmmmm.........................
Good Morning Everyone !! First dAY off & pretty cold !! Only got a light dusting of snow last night. Running around a little today, going to hobby shop tomorrow in Cleveland & hope the weather is good !!
Kirt : nice picture of the newborn !! They grow fast !!
Well, the dining car should be pulling up here any minute !!
Got to keep taking pictures of my new Batmobile till I get a good one up close figured out !!
All have a good day !!
Thanks, John
Mornin' b - WHOOOOAAAA what is that smell?!!! Oh, awwww, she's a cutie.
dbaker - you really wanted to be Ziegfried on GET SMART, didn't you?
jhcomet - come on in, the water's fine...
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