Good Morning All from NE Ohio
where the temp is a Brrrrr 7 deg.
We work on a switch back layout yesterday that was donate to the museum, It is On3. The track is almost 'S' gauge size.
This was a display in a local train store (Willoughby Trains) some 30 years ago
I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com
Good Morning Everyone !!
Cogratulations Doug M. on the Grandchild coming !!
RT : I agree, don't like these liters either, rather have cubic inch like we grew up with !! Nothing against our friends across the pond either !!
Well, hope everyone has a nice day !!
Thanks, John
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 4 degrees. Cloudy. Going up to only 28 today. Maybe we'll get lucky and get some sunshine.
Today, we have some chores to do and then take it easy the rest of the day. I would like to run trains, this afternoon, and relax a little. I ran the GG1 thru the new reverse loops yesterday, and out the new wall opening and thru the Atlas bridge. Just a test run. Looks good, so far. Need to hook up a couple of track power Lockons in the other room to balance out the power.
Looks like the Dining Car is ready. Breakfast is served.
Y'all have a great Sunday. Looking forward to Sunday Photos.
Chuck
Greg M congrats on becoming a grand pa in augest
My first car a 68 chevy belair then I bought my mothers 70 mustang. (it had the boss 302 in it lol)
Not much happening trying to decied to buy a 99 ford F-150 for $8000.00 or not only has 69,000 miles on it. (my 95 ranger has 201,000 on it.) The F-150 has a 5.4 Liter engine I believe thats the 302 fuel injected. but they list a 4.6 also not sure what engine is what when you come to the liter sizes why couldn't we just stay with cubic inch we grew up with lol.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Jim,
My first car and bike.
John Baker
+5C in Stockport and raining, all the snow has gone although the haggis bashers are still up to their hocksters in it.
Just seen the wackiest thing on a TV shopping channel, a wind up electric LED lantern with a phone charger attachment. Don't know if it's any good, I'm not prepared to be a guinea pig.
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Thank God for Elliott's news! Will keep praying that everything continues to go well.
First car - '72 Monte Carlo, it was a tank but had great pick up and never had trouble in snow or any weather. Was driving along one day and the front engine mounts let go - had rusted through! Engine started bouncing up and down if I drove more than about 40 MPH. Got it to my Uncle's house and he ended up selling it for me to a guy in his town in Ill.
Here is a pic I found on the internet that is a close match:
GregM wrote: One last thing, Karen bought me a Precious Moments Christmas ornament today. I know, not usually the time to buy ornaments but she wanted it because it said Grandpa on it. We found out that we will become grandparents sometime in August. Now I have to find one that says Grandma. My daughter isn't into trains at all but I think there is a Polar Express in her future.
One last thing, Karen bought me a Precious Moments Christmas ornament today. I know, not usually the time to buy ornaments but she wanted it because it said Grandpa on it. We found out that we will become grandparents sometime in August. Now I have to find one that says Grandma. My daughter isn't into trains at all but I think there is a Polar Express in her future.
Congratulations Greg!
Hey Daan - I found a Weetabix truck on ebay, but it's an old fashioned step-van, very cool!
@underworld, that's a nice car to start with!
My first car was a citroën bx, a french car with hydraulic suspention. Since I know why french cars are worn out after 8 years of normal use
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
HI GIZ,
Went to train show, really bad paid $4.00 to get in and there was about 50 tables total. Only got a K-line gondola for $8.00. In an out in about 25 minutes, there really wasn't anything there. Then went to Sportsman show and spent the next 5.5 hrs shuffling from place to place. Lots o people and lots to see. Only stuff I bought were 4 new flints for flintlock and a new duffle bag for 16 bucks. Saw lot o stuffed bucks,bears,fish,and any other animal .
Have a good nite.
laz57
stubbs Welcome to the forum!!!
daan I can ship you all the of snow that you would want!!!
My first car was a 1962 Mercedes 220 Sb, inline six, dual Zenith two barrel carbs, even though it was a four door....it could move pretty good! Bought it in 1984 for $400. It needed some work but in 1992 before it was finished....it was stolen!
underworld
Glad to hear about your test results Elliot. I'll keep you and the other intentions on my prayers. Long day in class today, now working till 7 a.m. Lots of coffee between now and then.
Saw on the weather about mid week we are to see more snow. We'll see. I'll be off and it will be a good time to stay inside and work on assignments for class. No class for the next two Saturdays .
Will check in later during the wee hours
Jim
Forgot to mention that my first car was a 1962 or 63 Pontiac Catalina. Bought it for $75.00 in 1972 from a gentleman that I worked with at my first computer job. I have been in IT since way before it was called IT. Back them we just said we worked with computers.
Amazing that today Karen and I have as much as we do considering that we started out with almost nothing.
Evening folks,
Sitting here watching the Bud Shootout. Had a good time at the OTTS meeting last night. I have two K-Line K4s engines also, too many K4's for my own good.
Checked out the Batman cars at Diecast Direct. Didn't find any Batmobiles to buy but still managed to spend over $68.00 not including the shipping charges. Bought two little 1/50 scale bulldozers, a 1/50 road grader, and a 1/50 Corgi bus.
Today was tax day here too. Getting a decent refund on federal taxes. The 10% credit for replacing the front door helped along with the $40.00 excise tax credit. Disappointed that there was no rebate for the filing fee this year. Since I live in Ohio there was no way I would buy a state return program and also pay another $15.95 filing fee. For the last couple years I have filed the state taxes using the online service provided by Ohio. Its totally free and if you owe taxes (preliminary calculations indicate a small refund will be coming from the state too) you can designate the day to pay them directly from your bank account up to April 17 for 2007.
I loaded the tax software on my Dell 5150 this year (using my Thinkpad to type this) I had forgot that the Dell doesn't have a parallel port for my laser printer. Went out this afternoon to look for a USB printer, ended up buying a cheap Lexmark color printer at Wally World. It is actually a printer/scanner. Has some photo software included too. Not bad for $40.00 Oh, did I mention the new stove we bought earlier in the afternoon? We have been talking about getting a new stove for a little while and went to the local store where we usually buy our appliances to "look around." The stove was considerably more than the printer. Oh well! Easy come easy go I guess.
Getting tired of typing, but before I go;
Great news about Elliott and glad to hear that Chief's mom is better.
Finally got the last few stragglers out of the house following my son's 2nd birthday party. 30 people in the house eating my food and drinking my booze! At least my son got some good gifts from everyone so he is happy. Plan to run some trains tonight, and post some pictures of the layout tomorrow on Sunday Photo Fun. Have a good night everyone.
SK
Kieth, good to see ya checking in. I forgot to get into the motorhead discussion on the Pot. While my first car that I owned was a 75 Pinto Wagon with the 4speed on the floor....a regular street rocket My dad had a 64 Chevelle with a 327 shortblock and a hurst shift. Had positraction and he even had a switch on the dash that would shut the lights out in the back for when the flashing lights would appear. That was a cool car and won many races. It was a sad day when he sold it, but it did have about 250K miles on it. A funny story about when they were kids, if they needed a transmission, they would go to the movie theaters, when some guy would take his date into the movie, they would lift the car, drop the transmission and then lower the car. Guy would come out and have plenty of power in his engine, without the ability to move. Not the most ethical way to obtain car parts. Fortunately, they outgrew that type of behavior before marriage and kids.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Good afternoon all,
It is sunny and in the 20s today in SE Indiana, which is much better than it has been. Welcome to the "coffeepot", StubbsO, and thank you for doing the job you are doing! I have two nephews who are in the Army Reserve, and one may be called to active duty soon. That is good news to hear about Big Boy as well.
My first car was 1974 Pinto two door with a four speed and AM radio. I raced it for two years in SCCA Showroom Stock (not too successfully). One of the tracks I raced at was near Beloit, Wisconsin on the Illinois side of the line. It was called Blackhawk Farms and I turned the Pinto upside down there. That was an interesting day.
We watched "Close to Home" and "Numb3rs" last night. I did housework today, went to the YMCA and took an afternoon nap. We had bran muffins this morning when the dining car rolled in from "Points East". I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Stubbs, Welcome to the POT. We all look up to the military folks here. I believe, most of us are of some service or another.
Thoughts are with Elliot and Big Girl, also with the folks in NY. Was a bit chilly this morning but right now it is about the mid 60's. Saw that Jim Duda visited earlier.....Hey Jim, they need you and your snow blower in NY.
Did a little layout work this morning. Got the last of the foamboard held down with Liquid Nails. Rough story getting the Liquid Nails at Home Depot. Went through the new "Self Checkout" lane. My bride wanted to go along and buy some plants. If you remove the plants from the bagging tray, as there is not enough room, the machine barks at you and won't proceed. Then the girl comes over and tries to figure it out. I tell her forget it, I will go to a manned lane, she insists on keeping at it. run more items through this "fast" checkout and then the next plant...same thing. If I didn't have the family with me, I would have just left the stuff there and told them to figure it out.. I won't be using that again.
I did actually get some wiring done on the layout. I will have a powered loop and hopefully more this week.
Editing this post as I write, I am watching Elliot on the "Building a O Gauge Layout" video. He has done a lot to further the hobby. Thanks Big Boy!
Hi guys,
Just thought I would mention that train manufacturers are not the only ones to miss shipping dates. Back in early 2006, don't remember the exact date, I ordered a Corgi Sherman Tank M4A3E8 which was to be shipped May of 2006. It just arrived in today's mail from Diecast Direct. Only 9 months late! Just like MTH & Lionel.
Mitch, Electronic items don't like to be washed. Dove into the pool one time with my hearing aid on, didn't work to well after that.
Hi Folks,
Lazy Day around here. The Mrs. is off visiting her girlfriend. The dog and I are holding down the fort. Watched WV beat UCLA, great game for the Mountaineers, then took a little snooze. Going to get ready and go out for a while. The Mrs. washed her cell phone in her jeans pocket and now it will not charge, so probably need to get her a new one. I'll look at what they have at Wal-Mart, probably pick up a sammich' or a bowl of chili for dinner.
Take care,
Mitch
Bob Mitchell Gettysburg, PA TCA # 98-47956 LCCA# RM22839
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Good afternoon,
Spent the morning in the greenhouse seeding watering, etc. Ran a few trains and took some pics for Sunday Photo Fun. Now to work on a few train projects on the bench.
Laz, I didn't get to the Sportsmens show this year. Son & grandsons are going to a trapshot tomorrow, but I begged off, to cold for me.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Lisa-n-NC wrote: OK OK. SOORRRY! Didn't know Hicksville was such a special place. But if that's the case, how come no one offered to meet him there and share a treat on the patio - like maybe some snohizo snow-cream??? Lisa
OK OK. SOORRRY! Didn't know Hicksville was such a special place. But if that's the case, how come no one offered to meet him there and share a treat on the patio - like maybe some snohizo snow-cream???
Lisa
It's a date! We will schedule an OTTS Meeting at Hicksville, OH so you can meet the Ohio gang.
Great news about Elliot.
First Car = 1965 Ford Mustang Hardtop I know you all are in . It was five years old when I bought it, but it was so cool!!!!
New computer to be delivered this week. Maybe now I can do some better video.
See ya down the tracks, maybe in Hicksville, Ohio.
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
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