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

[csxt30]

  OH BTW: posted on OGR and got more respect from them. 

And that is good because...............?

WOW !! Did we ever get The Chief riled up !! I hope he still passes the popcorn !!

Thanks, John

[Blueberryhill RR]

  OH BTW: posted on OGR and got more respect from them. 

And that is good because...............?

Wait until they get to know ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wrmcclellan]

  OH BTW: posted on OGR and got more respect from them. 

And that is good because...............?

[ChiefEagles]

WITH SUCH A STRONG BEGGING FROM THE YANKEES AND THEIR GRITS WITHDRAWL, I AM GOING TO RETURN.   I knew they could not do without grits, sweet ice tea and ME. [see I can make a rhyme anytime so gvie me a dime] Cold in Orlando.  Went to get in the car, 2007 Impala, interior lights came on and would not go off.  Had not touched a thing except hit the door unlock button, got in and cranked the car.  Seems the dome/dash lights button was right at the threshold and the cold made it stick.  Finally got it off.  Like most Yankees [car was made up Nawth] that come South, they are really screwed up.   Time for microwave popcorn [yes I require one in my room] and a Diet Pepsi [got frig too].  Goood night.  OH BTW: posted on OGR and got more respect from them. 

[Blueberryhill RR]

The Chief is BANNED from CTT FORUM ????

     HOO  RAH !!!!!!!

By the way Lisa.......GRITS are banned in Beautiful Ohio.

Hey Chuck - Contra-ban always finds the back way in

Better wrap it good, Lisa. " Lumpy Cream of Wheat " leaks thru the paper. FYI.....GRITS has been referred to as " Lumpy Cream of Wheat " by us Nawtherns.

[CSXect]

What happend to Chief??? Did he shoot himself in the foot??????

sorry for the cheap shot

[Anonymous]

The Chief is BANNED from CTT FORUM ????

     HOO  RAH !!!!!!!

By the way Lisa.......GRITS are banned in Beautiful Ohio.

Hey Chuck - Contra-ban always finds the back way in

[spankybird]

I found a bit of news about the Chief's demise...

It seems the Chief recently appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.
"Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asked.

The Chief replied "I finally got my train layout off the floor..."

St. Peter interupts "no, no, no, please hold the grits and tell me something significant..."

"Well, I can think of one other thing," the Chief offered.

"Go on..." said St. Peter. 

"Once at the Bass Pro Shops parking lot, I came upon a gang of bikers, who were
threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked
him in his face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, "Now, back off! Or I'll sic Laz's 800 lb bear onto you guys!"

St. Peter was impressed, "When did this happen?"

"Just a couple minutes ago."

 

But really, Chief Who ????

[wrmcclellan]

I found a bit of news about the Chief's demise...

It seems the Chief recently appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.
"Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asked.

The Chief replied "I finally got my train layout off the floor..."

St. Peter interupts "no, no, no, please hold the grits and tell me something significant..."

"Well, I can think of one other thing," the Chief offered.

"Go on..." said St. Peter. 

"Once at the Bass Pro Shops parking lot, I came upon a gang of bikers, who were
threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked
him in his face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground. I yelled, "Now, back off! Or I'll sic Laz's 800 lb bear onto you guys!"

St. Peter was impressed, "When did this happen?"

"Just a couple minutes ago."

 

[Anonymous]

Don,

          It seems I have also lost my ability to post there.  I don't have the slightest idea why.  Oh well, I like it much better here!

[spankybird]

Well, there you have it !! The Chief is gone  !! We're gonna miss him ! And I thought he ran a pretty tight ship ! Oh well, wait till this news hits the airwaves !!

Thanks, John 

Chief Who ??????

[jefelectric]

Good evening all,

Jim, About your question on the MTH 10 wheeler, I think it would run on 027, but for a sure answer ask Tom (spankybird).  He is the one who recomended that engine to me over the Lionel version.  I think he runs his on 027, but I am not sure.  I run mine on my inner loop which is 031 Realtrax.

John Baker, It would be nice if you could share the Pub pictures with the rest of us, maybe do some structure models if you show the exteriors as well as interiors.  Could you post the pictures on a site such as shutterfly and give us a link?

Don Baker, Don't let it bother you, some people have no sence of humor.

It was a pretty nice, but cold day today. PennDot is in deep dodo over the inept way they handled the snow storm. The Gov. is very unhappy, we are likely to get a new Secretary of Trans, or maybe someone further down the ladder will be made the scape goat. Didn't really bother me, being retired I just stay home.    BTW the Gov. made it a free day on the PA turnpike to help get the truck traffic moving and then there was a tanker accident that blocked the eastbound lane east of Lebanon, PA so they had to detour traffic on local roads around that.  There are no decent local roads around that area even in good weather.  Most be a real mess.  The turnpike was clean and dry in the sections they showed on TV.

We are baby sitting the three granddaughters this evening, 6, 4 & 3 months. Ran trains for the two oldest awhile. 3 steamers and a lashup of two GP9s, all 5 with smoke. Cough, cough.


Completed the catenary on the shelf layout. Now have about 24 feet more to go. Next week is going to be pretty busy, unless I get another snow day, so it wont get any work until at least next Saturday.

Have a nice weekend,

[Blueberryhill RR]

The Chief is BANNED from CTT FORUM ????

     HOO  RAH !!!!!!!

By the way Lisa.......GRITS are banned in Beautiful Ohio.

[Anonymous]

Well, there you have it !! The Chief is gone  !! We're gonna miss him ! And I thought he ran a pretty tight ship ! Oh well, wait till this news hits the airwaves !!

Thanks, John 

Thanks for the confirmation.  I knew you would know what was going on.  

So Chief, now that you're banned from the CTT forum, what are you gonna do next?

" I'M GOING TO DISNEYWORLD! "

Bruce Webster

[Buckeye Riveter]

Well, there you have it !! The Chief is gone  !! We're gonna miss him ! And I thought he ran a pretty tight ship ! Oh well, wait till this news hits the airwaves !!

Thanks, John 

Thanks for the confirmation.  I knew you would know what was going on.  

[csxt30]

Well, there you have it !! The Chief is gone  !! We're gonna miss him ! And I thought he ran a pretty tight ship ! Oh well, wait till this news hits the airwaves !!

Thanks, John 

[Anonymous]

Watch out Buckeye - we could send you several helpings of grits and sweet tea! 

Lisa

[dwiemer]

I can ban myself and stop posting here ......  I'm sure several others feel the same way.

Finally my prayers have been answered.   No more grits!  No more sweet tea!  No more Yankee jokes!  It is truly a great day!   The Chief has been banned from CTT.

Hello Buckeye, don't worry, if the Chief is somehow held back, we can take up right where he left off.  Y'all need a good helping of Grits to ward off that cold weather up that way.  Had some Cheese Grits and Sweet Tea last night.  We won't have it tonight as we are celebrating Chinese New Year a few days early.  While the Chinese don't have Grits, they do have some items that are close.  Anyway, I think Don was banned over on the Other forum and I don't think he has any problems over here.  I rarely go to the other side as too many flames are thrown about.  I do go for specific questions that I know they have whole sections devoted to.  But, once I get what I need, I come back here to the friendly forum.

Y'all have a good weekend.

dennis

[Buckeye Riveter]

I can ban myself and stop posting here ......  I'm sure several others feel the same way.

Finally my prayers have been answered.   No more grits!  No more sweet tea!  No more Yankee jokes!  It is truly a great day!   The Chief has been banned from CTT.

Just returned from a class on LRFD.  Everyone needs a course in LRFD. 

Hockey game tonight.....probably another lackluster performance by the 27th team in the NHL.  (Total teams = 30.)

Mother-in-law left today after two week visit.  

LAZ, how did your bear stop all that traffic? It sounds like someone in Pennsylvania just graduated with a degree in Incompetence.  Heads should roll for that stunt on I-78.

See ya down the tracks,

[Jumijo]

Looking forward to a nice 3 day weekend. I have to put a crib together and then hang some curtain rods for my wife's sister tomorrow. Her husband thinks you glue curtain rods to the wall!

Tonight I'm going to spend the evening "camping" with the kids in the living room. They are looking forward to it! Should be fun.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Jim 

[anjdevil2]

Dennis, Good deal. Let me know times you'll be there.  My marital manager will be up north, as her friend is in a hospice(cancer...), so I'll out and about.  The little one may do a sleep over at a friends house, Saturday should be wide open.

Rich

PS You must listen to Boortz....

[ChiefEagles]

Morning [almost afternoon]  Had to a 8 AM vender meeting.  Usually don't attend as they are all the same [for the last three years].  Forgot my picture Bass Pro ID and had to get a temp one.  Had my Cabela's ID but don't think that would go over very well.

Don B, hope you are joking about the banning.  If you are not, let us really know.  If it is true, I can ban myself and stop posting here for your thread was OK.  I'm sure several others feel the same way.

Marty, hope you got big seats.  I flew Southtrash as direct flight and half the cost.  Had window seat as I had an A,.  Line started before the plane ever landed at RDU.  STUPID!!!!  Anyway a youg lady ended up sitting next to me.  Got more rubbing than I've gotten from the wife in a week.   Wasn't becasue she liked me, it was becasue she was so big.   Need special seats for those folks or require isle seats for them.

Well sunny Florida is windy and cold.  Freeze warning for tonight.  Well, back to the floor.  One good thing about us being cold, the Yanks are colder.

Have a good one.

[MartyE]

And then to top that off, I went to one of the other forums to see what was happenning.  And found out I couldn't even log on.  I've been banned. 

So I think I will take full advantage of the opportunity to keep my shut. 

 

You're kidding right?  They have taken away your posting privilidges because of posts on this forum?  I mean other than bashing their forum, which I don't think you did, what grounds do they have?  Geez as long as you follow the rules for their forum on their forum and don't bash them on another...  I hope that it's just a log in issue other wise someone is just getting wacky.

 Have a great day folks!

[stubbsO]

Hey Everybody, made it home from the desert, blew my back out on monday [sciatic] and got me on some good drugs. No Purple Heart though, lol. Peracets, valums, and heavy duty motrins. I think its time to go drive a train,. Just hope I don't have to do a golden flow! Time for more!!!

[Anonymous]

Morning all!

John B - excellent report this morning! I believe the best way to manage the alchohol element of cooking a Cornish Hen is to have the cook do all the evaporating! It is the green thing to do and insures we do not release any harmful fumes into the atmosphere!

Suffering through a Windows Vista upgrade required so my PC will hook into the coporate network. Major disappointment. Caused me to loose my legitimate copy of MS Office Prof and MS says I have to buy a new copy (full boat $500). I hate MS. Had to get online help to do the upgrade and it took over an hour plus the 1 hour wait for the help. Apparently this is not going well for anybody. My advice - nothing worthwhile in Vista to do the upgrade unless you absolutely are forced into it (and I am sure they will figure out how to make that happen).

Cold here (20 so far) but warming to 40 today and maybe 60 tomorrow! Bright and sunny.

Well off to computer hades!

Roy,
You should be able to call MS and not have to buy another copy of Office Pro.  They are aware of the Vista Upgrade problems and are working to correct them... alblight slowly.  You are correct in a way about them forcing upgrades.  XP is now 5 years old and coming off the support life cycle, so within 1 - 2 years you will no longer see security patches or upgrades to XP.

For those of us in the industry we are pretty much forced to upgrade as soon as the new versions are released.  Which ticks me off.  There are goods and bads to upgrading, I just don't think you should be forced to do it... in many cases people are finding they have to buy new systems due to the incompatibility issues with Vista.

I just built a new PC last year and when I ran the compatibility test I found I have to replace much of my system... 1 year old and I have to replace my components?  That is BS... So I am waiting until next year and I'll built a new PC and install Vista on that one... have to do it before I finish school though... grrrr...

Brent

[wrmcclellan]

Morning all!

John B - excellent report this morning! I believe the best way to manage the alchohol element of cooking a Cornish Hen is to have the cook do all the evaporating! It is the green thing to do and insures we do not release any harmful fumes into the atmosphere!

Suffering through a Windows Vista upgrade required so my PC will hook into the coporate network. Major disappointment. Caused me to loose my legitimate copy of MS Office Prof and MS says I have to buy a new copy (full boat $500). I hate MS. Had to get online help to do the upgrade and it took over an hour plus the 1 hour wait for the help. Apparently this is not going well for anybody. My advice - nothing worthwhile in Vista to do the upgrade unless you absolutely are forced into it (and I am sure they will figure out how to make that happen).

Cold here (20 so far) but warming to 40 today and maybe 60 tomorrow! Bright and sunny.

Well off to computer hades!

[dwiemer]

John, I do look forward to the photos.  I have told my friend with the Pub about them and he is waiting with bated breath.

Hope you have found your task a most rewarding one.  Keep up the good work.

Dennis

[dwiemer]

Rich, I just spoke with "She Who Must Obeyed" and I may be able to make it.  I will have to see once we figure out the rest of the plans.  Jacksonville is not too far from Valdosta, GA.  If you are going to be there, it would be nice to catch up... besides being on this forum, I am also an exiled FF from NJ.

Regards,

Dennis

[John Bakeer]

Dennis, Due to an attack of high powered inertia, I've not got anything done apart from adding captions to the first set of Pub photo's, I will forward them by e-mail soon.

    

Just done a set of questions for the pub quiz. There's one clever blighter who wins most times, I'm hoping I can stitch him up with the qualifier question, "What are GRITS"?  

Cornish hens, are they some special breed? The stuffing mixture sounds real tasty, pity the alcohol is evaporated by the cooking process. Or do you add the brandy as you serve? Could lead to an interesting bit of research.    

Just got round to watching the video that came with Lionel, the track oval can be hung on a nail and doesn't have to be dismantled after a running session, solves one problem!

   

Just had 24hrs heavy rain here in Stockport, I guess it's the tail end of New York/Snohio storm you had a few days ago.
    

[csxt30]

HI GIZ,

   10 and cold again.  Today was a built in day off from school and Monday is the dreaded Parent Teacher conferences.  Looks like the educational process takes a back seat to the snow and ice.  Oh well maybe the students will be well rested and ready to learn next week?

  CSXJOHN, wonder if Sunday foto fun will have the Batmobile?

  TGIF

laz57

 

Laz : You can probably bet you last bottom dollar it will probably be Batmobile oriented !! You could say I'm having too much fun !!

Thanks, John

You sure are, John! I love it!!

Jim 

Thanks Jim !! I'm getting good at getting OFF TOPIC !!