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

[Brutus]

John, looks like we posted over each other - yes, my daughter was the top seller, called all the aunts and cousins etc.  Plus, I just ate like half a pound of mixed nuts.  I didn't even share with Chewy!!!

Sir James, sorry I wasn't there with my buddy Jeff - he has every screwball tool known to man.  Any project he is on, he buys a new tool!  I'll bet he has some little offset doohicky that would have helped save your knuckles.  I usually lubricate new plumbing with generous clots of my blood   Plus, my children have learned a lot of bad language from me when attempting to work on plumbing!  We have to tell them not to use the Daddy Words, then know better....  How pathetic am I?

[sir james I]

yea Brutus all the old one needed was a new cartridge but I bent the nut trying to get it off. it was froze tight. so replaced the whole thing and of course the new one had goofy mounting.It used a bolt washer & nut for mounting but the faucet pipes were in the way of the washer and a tiny nut no tool could reach. gadzukes.

[jefelectric]

fife,

My appologies, when my CTT came, I glanced through it and promptly mislaid it.  Just found it this evening and finally read your article.  Great pictures and writing.  A fine layout.  I have a Sand Patch video that I bought at a show, Awesome area.

[Brutus]

Hmmm banilla!  Sorry to hear that faucet gave you fits - I need to replace the O ring on our kitchen faucet, one of these days....

[jefelectric]

TMCCMAN - hope you start feeling better and also your grandma and sister.

CSXect - hang in there man.

Sir James - we got girlscout nut orders in tonight - my wife is a troop leader.  They switched suppliers though and not as good as last year.  I'll be by later with Chewy when we go for our walk, so leave the porch light on!  Do any more work and P&D?

Nice videos Buckeye and nice comedy routine Fife, Buckeye and Chief - where's Anne Margaret though?

 Brutus, Boy do I remember those Girls Scout days.  Our living room used to be half full of girl scout cookies.  Our eldest was a super salesgirl, she used to visit all the older farmers in the area that the other girls thought were old crabs, actually they were soft touches and she sold to them like crazy.

 

[sir james I]

HELLO TO ALL,

The mailman finally finished reading my CTT and I got to read pages 70-75,Congrats. very nice layout.

Brutus got ice cream today; banilla,chocolate, & for you butter p-can. I got butter p-kahn. I don't work at P & D anymore as my legs and lower back were hurting to much.so I decided enough. I do go to a great train store all three rail except for some Lionel Am Flyer. Called Wild Bills. He has a table, swizzle chairs, tv, train dvds,coffee cookies & cataloges. Help out when they get busy I've done pretty well selling as a none employee. The favors are returned when I want or need something.

I got the faucet put in but oh boy no fun doing those things anymore. A simple job never goes well.  A good evening to all,   Sir James

[kblester]

I had a stop to make today that was way out in the country. Nice area, large horse farms, big estates, a lot of woods,etc. At dusk I came across a herd of deer (no bucks) with young ones eating along the side of the lane I was on. I pulled over next to them to watch, and was amazed they did not move away. A few stared at me, but most did not stop eating. Some were only 10-15 feet from the car, and I was able to watch them up close. I see why someone would enjoy being able to do this. Well...... I only know one special whistle besides the one I call the cat with, and since I started a stampede of epic proportions, I think that the "wolf whistle" was a poor choice on my part. It's just a thought, but you may want to try something else. Have a good evening.  Ken

[Brutus]

TMCCMAN - hope you start feeling better and also your grandma and sister.

CSXect - hang in there man.

Sir James - we got girlscout nut orders in tonight - my wife is a troop leader.  They switched suppliers though and not as good as last year.  I'll be by later with Chewy when we go for our walk, so leave the porch light on!  Do any more work and P&D?

Nice videos Buckeye and nice comedy routine Fife, Buckeye and Chief - where's Anne Margaret though?

[ChiefEagles]

Clerk at Town Hall was there sick as a dog yesterday.  Could not talk or hardly breath.  Sent her to Dr. and now she is home sick.  Guess who is getting hoarse and now getting it? 

Colin, go to the Dr.  If its a muscle, he can give you a shot and kill the pain.  If it is a vertebra, you need something else like a Chiropractor.   Get fixed up or you will be sorry.  Prayers for your Grandmother. 

Later

[Locomotive681]

Afternoon Everyone!

Been a good day so far, except one tiney thing.... MY LIONEL 1950 CATALOG DIDNT COME IN! Well, I live in two houses, one near Savannah, and the other about 60 miles west of it, out in the county part of GA. We bought a piece of property at my new house about 6 years ago, and it had a small house that we stayed in once in a while. Well, we found a good Private Chrisitian School for me to go to, so I stopped going in my old town and started going up here. Well, my daddy owns a gas company down in Savannah, so I had my catalog delivered there, since he was coming up here today. He waited at the office till 2, but my catalog didnt come... However the tracking says out for delivery, so, it must be running late with all the Christmas delivieries.

CSXect, I wonder why?

 

Well, I SMELL not spell spagehtii cooking, so I better get off to it!

Hey Guys and Grayson

So it take it your doin a little Christmas from 1950 boy I would love to buy the Lionel for 15.00 a set.Ya I dont know what i really want yet.

Mike

[tmcc man]

Good evening everyone,

My back pain has gotten worse. The left side is killing whenever I breath in. I don't know if it has something to do with the hepititis A shot, and hopefully it doesn't.

I have no update on my grandmom, but I know that my sister is feeling better.

Have a good evening everyone.

[magicman710]

Grayson, looks like you got caught in the old CTT software lockup and then double post.  Happens all the time with me.  No one has ever fixed it.  No wonder you al have some $$$$.  Your Dad owns a gas compay.  Later.   

Has happened to me a couple times too. Saw one time awhile back were there was a thread that also had a douple thread.

Oh well,,,,,,, um,,,,,, I have a little money...... The blessing for me is that I'm a little better off than some and is able to enjoy the train world a little more....

 

[ChiefEagles]

Grayson, looks like you got caught in the old CTT software lockup and then double post.  Happens all the time with me.  No one has ever fixed it.  No wonder you al have some $$$$.  Your Dad owns a gas compay.  Later.   

[magicman710]

Afternoon Everyone!

Been a good day so far, except one tiney thing.... MY LIONEL 1950 CATALOG DIDNT COME IN! Well, I live in two houses, one near Savannah, and the other about 60 miles west of it, out in the county part of GA. We bought a piece of property at my new house about 6 years ago, and it had a small house that we stayed in once in a while. Well, we found a good Private Chrisitian School for me to go to, so I stopped going in my old town and started going up here. Well, my daddy owns a gas company down in Savannah, so I had my catalog delivered there, since he was coming up here today. He waited at the office till 2, but my catalog didnt come... However the tracking says out for delivery, so, it must be running late with all the Christmas delivieries.

CSXect, I wonder why?

 

Well, I spell spagehtii cooking, so I better get off to it!

[magicman710]

Afternoon Everyone!

Been a good day so far, except one tiney thing.... MY LIONEL 1950 CATALOG DIDNT COME IN! Well, I live in two houses, one near Savannah, and the other about 60 miles west of it, out in the county part of GA. We bought a piece of property at my new house about 6 years ago, and it had a small house that we stayed in once in a while. Well, we found a good Private Chrisitian School for me to go to, so I stopped going in my old town and started going up here. Well, my daddy owns a gas company down in Savannah, so I had my catalog delivered there, since he was coming up here today. He waited at the office till 2, but my catalog didnt come... However the tracking says out for delivery, so, it must be running late with all the Christmas delivieries.

CSXect, I wonder why?

Well, I spell spagehtii cooking, so I better get off to it!

[CSXect]

Being of German decent we have pork and *** on new years.

why is this food item censored???? how about sourkraut?

[CSXect]

Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving.  I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing.

Never heard of that.  I think there are a lot of Yankees living in the Asheville area [we call 'em Carpetbaggers] and must have come from them.  Turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, greens, butterbeans, cranberry sause and mashed potatoes [added due to SIL and his family].  My family always had eastern NC pork bar-be-que and slaw for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.  No Mac and Cheese.  Now I have learned some yoyo's [way up Nawth] eat Chinese for New Years.  

 

Well we(everyone but me) had chillie and cornbread, and greenbeans with potatos I had 6 stinken diet shakes

Normal Thanksgiving here consistist of a Turkey(sometimes deep fried) regular home made stuffing(Dads recipe)in turkey, a pan of cornbreadstuffing, a broccoli casorole cranberry sauce sweetpotatos(some times pie) and pumpkin pie and eggnog.

As for northerners eating chinese that is an anytime snack

There is a pizza buffet place called cicis and they have a mac&cheese pizza looks and sounds stupid but is very goodn how ever their spinach alfredo pizza is the best.

Being of German decent we have pork and *** on new years.

[ChiefEagles]

Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving.  I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing.

Never heard of that.  I think there are a lot of Yankees living in the Asheville area [we call 'em Carpetbaggers] and must have come from them.  Turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, greens, butterbeans, cranberry sause and mashed potatoes [added due to SIL and his family].  My family always had eastern NC pork bar-be-que and slaw for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.  No Mac and Cheese.  Now I have learned some yoyo's [way up Nawth] eat Chinese for New Years.  

Asheville was a nice town, but a little too poor for most Northern tastes.  We are more used to rich cities, such as Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo and Gary.  I only saw one house in Asheville that I would consider living in, if I had to live in the South. 

BTW, you are again wrong about the Chinese for New Years.  No one eats Chinese for New Years, we eat it on Christmas Eve.  Watch the movie again!!!

Oh yes some YoYos do.  The dogs don't get their Christmas as in the Movie.  They do it on purpose.

BTW: you can not have my summer cottage, Biltmore.

[anjdevil2]

Nice save AGAIN, Buckeye!  Ralphie would be soooo PROUD!!!

[Blueberryhill RR]

Yes, Buckeye, those videos were great. Some nice trains.

Did you mention " Road Trip " ??

Let the Adventures begin !!!!!!!!

[dbaker48]

Buckeye - Thanks for posting the videos they are great !!!!!

[Buckeye Riveter]

Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving.  I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing.

Never heard of that.  I think there are a lot of Yankees living in the Asheville area [we call 'em Carpetbaggers] and must have come from them.  Turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, greens, butterbeans, cranberry sause and mashed potatoes [added due to SIL and his family].  My family always had eastern NC pork bar-be-que and slaw for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.  No Mac and Cheese.  Now I have learned some yoyo's [way up Nawth] eat Chinese for New Years.  

Asheville was a nice town, but a little too poor for most Northern tastes.  We are more used to rich cities, such as Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo and Gary.  I only saw one house in Asheville that I would consider living in, if I had to live in the South. 

BTW, you are again wrong about the Chinese for New Years.  No one eats Chinese for New Years, we eat it on Christmas Eve.  Watch the movie again!!!

[ChiefEagles]

Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving.  I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing.

Never heard of that.  I think there are a lot of Yankees living in the Asheville area [we call 'em Carpetbaggers] and must have come from them.  Turkey, stuffing, gravy, ham, greens, butterbeans, cranberry sause and mashed potatoes [added due to SIL and his family].  My family always had eastern NC pork bar-be-que and slaw for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.  No Mac and Cheese.  Now I have learned some yoyo's [way up Nawth] eat Chinese for New Years.  

[dougdagrump]

I located the CD, by Dave Larsen, that was used in the video at CD Baby. Giving serious consideration to ordering it, when I first heard it I thought it was an old Johnny Cash tune.

[Buckeye Riveter]

fifedog and et. al. - I guess we now know why we should be recording our trains on video and digital because fifty years from now they might be saying, WOW! 

This one has something for everyone, including our fans of the Erie and UP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnrHMCyRUQY&feature=user

Notice the stainless steel behind the steamer. 

 

[fifedog]

All I can say is, "WOW!"  That's what I'm talking about folks.  Thanks for the heads-up, Buckeye.

[Buckeye Riveter]

Doug - The station with the tower is the Mount Royal Station in Baltimore, where I as a kid arrived to see my grandparents.  Notice the depressed parking lot and the train shed.  That big E unit diesel is what I remember as a kid.  Is the green steamer in the movie the George Washington?  I thought it was a Southern, but look at the name on the tender. 

Fifedog - You need to take a look at this video because much of it might be the places that you photograph.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyoOTgqM76Q 

 

[fifedog]

Buckeye - Right on cue.  (...and the next "GRITS" raid, someone's rent-a wreck may have a peculiar odor in it...)  Thank's for the back-up, my B&O wingman.

[dougdagrump]

Buckeye, That youtube link was awesome. Did you happen to notice, guess it was maybe 2/3's or 3/4 thru it, what appeared to be an EM-1 with a coal drag ? Just seeing all those F series with what appeared to be quite new paint, some of those shots must have been of relatively new equipment. I never saw anything on the division where I worked that looked anywhere near that nice in the mid 60's.

Thanks

[Buckeye Riveter]

I'm not gonna get all involved in who or whys of who is whozits whatzis....If someone gives me a reason to mistrust/dislike 'em then I ignore 'em.  (Chief, didn't you tell me that???)

Mornin' boys.  Mornin' grumpy old men.  

PUTZ!!!!!!

Oh, good morning to you too Chief.

I see you did not see Grumpy Old Men.  You were suppose to respond MORON.  Walter and Jack did that every time they saw each other. 

This is where I can help fifedog out.

MORON !!

Chief - You still haven't explained to me the need for Southerners to serve Mac and Cheese on Thanksgiving.  I have asked several Northerners and all them start laughing.

TMCC - Sorry to hear about your Grandmother. 

Doug - Those home movies on UTube are great!!  I hope more are added.

Chuck - Road trip?