Mornin' boys. Damp and 41 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Supposed to be good football weather tomorrow when the Brownies come to town.
dwiemer - Congrats...you have beat Kmart this year.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Up early since I stayed up til 1:30 reading CTT and watching MI3. Wife took over laptop, something about bills and other poor excuses. Need another laptop that's at least good enough for internet and email.... Gotta get motivating for cub scouts (yeah). Doug, next time we go to Disney World we are doing a full week and all the parks, plus MGM etc. Last time we were in Orlando for a week, but only at Disney the last 2 days, so had like 1.5 days in the park.
Howdy everybody! Roy, sounds like a really cool class, wish they had that stuff when I was a kid!
Oh yeah, got my K-Line by Lionel barn and chicken coop - came in a bag instead of a box. Haven't opened it yet, so hope the instructions are in there -- I can't see them!? Maybe go to LHS later. Wife wants furniture - need a new set of recliners or something. Chewy chewed up our current recliner/loveseat as a puppy and now the mechanisms are going. Looked underneath and it's all pretty cheap pressboard etc. So much for quality furniture. Now I know what not to buy.
TTFN
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Hi GIZ,
First off a BIG goes out to the UNITED STATES MARINE CORP. Thanks GIZ for a job well done for all these I think 232 years.
38 and cold here today going to try for pheasants again today with my BROTHER.
DON B. as ROGER stated above try the reprogramming of the engine as in the book also as DA CHIEF said go under the hatches of the tender and check to see if switches are in the right position. Also make sure volume is all the way up.
JELECTRIC, JOHN your more of a man then me to sit through a HS football game in that weather last night. BRRRRRRR! I hate it during deer season.
All B safe.
laz57
KURT,
Our shops here are still traditional woodworking shops. In the MS I teach very basic stuff on jig saws sanders, drill press, miter saw, and lathe. Kids run routers and design and make a sign, then design and make a coin bank. In 8th grade design and make a bigger piece of furniture using basic dado and rabbet joints, learned on the radial arm saw and I teach em the jointer, band saw. . When I go up to HS in afternoon, I teach the basic wood class there where I teach em how to use all the machines including a CNC router where we make a nice jewelry box and route the top. Also we make a laminated cutting board using 4 or five different woods glued together. And final project is a picture frame where we teach em how to cut glass and etch the glass. More girls then boys taking shop in HS.
Brutus wrote: CSXect - how is the diet coming, man? I need to get started on my new one, but put it off until after my birthday....
CSXect - how is the diet coming, man? I need to get started on my new one, but put it off until after my birthday....
First week I lost 9.2 pounds the second week lost 6 pounds weigh in on mondays I started at 379 and my scales this morning says 346(of course did not have shoes or jeans on which I do have on when I got to Central Ohio nutrition center) I try not to obsess with weighing myself between meetings/classes. The hard part is avoiding temptations we are not having a thanksgiving dinner this year(well not me anyways, everybody is going to church for the potluck/t-day dinner while I stay at home with my optifast drinks hope to be able to try the optifast soups for a little variaty soon.) I am losing a little here and there, need to get an regular exercise routine going to speed the process and build muscle as well.
Wes I have noticed a decress in food quality in a lot of resturants lately. Steak & Shake food is good but the service is lapsadaisical at best, Sonic is a neat concept but footlong coneys are no better than what you could get at DQ.
CSXECT,
Conga on the weight loss. Remember go slow and steady. Try and get into a habit of going for a walk once a day for 30 minutes if you can? If not whatever you can get or do. After a while it will be second habit. Then try and go twice a day. After a while try a little jog if you can, it is difficult but with perserverance you can do it. Do not say I can't have that or this. Reward yourself on good days in moderation. Then work a little harder the next day. Its all in that little bit of grey matter between the ears. Good luck and keep us posted. Remember pace yourself its like a marathon slow and steady baby.
MORNING ALL
I read a few post before coming here this AM and sadly I see some of the bickering from that other forum has spilled over onto here. Too bad as this has been a much saner forum.
Brutus glad you enjoyed the ice cream, I made a special trip to Krogers for you and the grandsons.
The sun is out, first time in a week....Kurt did we get any sun last sunday? if not it's been over a week. Not sure about today yet I need to run the mower over the leaves but there are still some trees that aren't done yet. I guess it doesn't matter all that much when the wind blows. Well run some trains and I'll check back later.......Sir james
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
Charter Member- Tardis Train Crew (TTC) - Detroit3railers- Detroit Historical society Glancy Modular trains- Charter member BTTS
Hi all, Hope everone is OK. Had a Busy week with work. The gamesroom and garage are now plastered! Here's a few pics.
Shower room/toilet now with wall tiles and shower installed.
Doug- We really enjoyed our stay at Disney in 2005. Stayed at the Hilton over Christmas. It was great. Infact thats where Charlie and I were hooked on Lionel Trains. Charlie got a set for that christmas. We ran Lionel trains for the first time in the hotel lobby on Christmas day. Great memories. No going back to Hornby OO once you have run a Lionel.
Have a good afternoon people
Nick
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
Cloudy and cold today. Busy. Wife is doing better. I have a lot of chores to do. No time for trains, again.
Nascar race today and tomorrow. One more weekend after this one.
Breakfast was self serve on the Dining car.
Y'all have a great Saturday.
Chuck
GIZ,
Here are a few pics......
Lionmaster BB on left full scale LIONEL BB on right....
More tomorrow.
Chuck, I would suggest you fire your cook. Obviously, your cook is not doing you an adaquate job. The maid should also be told to hit the road. I hear the house is becoming a trash dump.
Laz, neat photos that show the comparison between BB.
It has been 32 years. http://www.ssefo.com/
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
Roger - Thank you, you are my hero!!! It all works. I've read the book, can't believe I didn't check that switch. I was already to adjust the Chuff rate thinking is was set too low.
Got to get back to work.
Thanks !!!
Don
Laz, I hope you mean right and left from behind [or do yanks not know their right from their left ] Thye sure are a backward bunch in CT. They walk into a Cabela's and stop, stare and gape. Haven't yuz giz seen a store before? Dunkin Donuts has not heard of a vanilla cream filled. Bet they would go crazy if Krispy Kreame came here. Dunkin Donuts does have the best coffee. I buy it at one location. 2 lbs for $11 or 1 lb for $8. I always buy 2 lbs. [Yanks would just buy one lb.] Buy whole beans and grind it for a week at the time with my electric coffee grinder. Store it in a sealed coffee jar. Good stuff to wake up to in the morning.
Marine section of the store is slooooooow. Well, its winter up here [not fall]. Boats winterized. Now in clothing, hunting and etc., different story. Left store for lunch [reminds me of another thing] and the police had blocked off the main entrance and was diverting traffic to the UCON football parking area. Floods of people coming to the store. I'll go back later this afternoon and hope it has calmed down some. Now for the rest of the story. New England Yanks eat some bad stuff. Had a poor job of a sloppy joe for lunch yesterday [they feed us]. Today, some type of soft taco with some big chunks of chicken and cooked peppers and oinons, rice and some strange chips. I left the store. Do these people ever eat real food? Fried chicken, country fried chicken steak with millhouse gravy, fried beef steak with gravy, mashed potatoes with gravy and so on. No wonder they walk around so ill and short tempered. Its like visiting another country. Bet they are still having witch trials. Enough kidding for one post.
Later
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Laz - great pics, thanks! Buckey, great link - can't believe it's been so long. Don B, glad your chuff is working now.
CSXect - On weightwatchers, you only check your weight once a week, it's a rule. Do it at the same time on the same day each week to see the real results. Our weight fluctuates. Also, I always tried to go to the bathroom first! How are your blood sugars doing?
I'm ill and short tempered because I CAN'T eat all that stuff. This diet and exercise stuff is not much fun.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
Hello all! I just thought I would drop in and see how everyone is doing.
"Lionel trains are the standard of the world" - Jousha Lionel Cowen
Busy day so far. Basketball practice, grocery shopping, gas fill up, lunch, polished out the paint on the wife's car trunk, waxed it, vaccummed, and washed all the floors. Now off to church to pray for my poor, misguided soul and then home for hamburgers and french fries and maybe a movie.
Glad to see that Chuck's wife is feeling better.
Brutus wrote: Laz - great pics, thanks! Buckey, great link - can't believe it's been so long. Don B, glad your chuff is working now.CSXect - On weightwatchers, you only check your weight once a week, it's a rule. Do it at the same time on the same day each week to see the real results. Our weight fluctuates. Also, I always tried to go to the bathroom first! How are your blood sugars doing?
b.s. is slowly dropping but still in the "healhty range" may drop dosage of meds down the road.
OSU game today is a good match up both teams are trying hard and 3 injurys so far
The buckeyes better settle down and get the job done.
7PM- that didn't go well. Hope they do better next week.
BUCKEYES FALL [if NCSU can't win, then the Buckeyes need too {I say that so maybe someone mail me some cholocate/peanutputter Buckeyes }]
Back from the crowded store. Food time and TV time. Later
sir james I wrote: The buckeyes better settle down and get the job done.7PM- that didn't go well. Hope they do better next week.
Well no victory lap for the Buckeye express
as a friend from the evil red X corp would have said "the suckeyes lost"
Still a proud Buckeye fan but dissapointed. Anyone notice the sportmanship ads we shall see if they do any good.....hope no one riots we have a bad rep for that sort of thing from fans
ChiefEagles wrote: BUCKEYES FALL [if NCSU can't win, then the Buckeyes need too {I say that so maybe someone mail me some cholocate/peanutputter Buckeyes }]Back from the crowded store. Food time and TV time. Later
I will not send food through the mail but could e-mail recipe if you want to try to make some for your self
jimtrumpie wrote:I went to the show at the Monroeville Expo Mart today. Met Keith (1688torpedo). He is the first member I have met in person, and he is a great person. We need more people in the hobby like Keith. We walked around to most of the tables. There were alot of people selling postwar Lionel and Flyer. I bought some parts and got a great deal on a boxed 128 Newsstand.
He is a great person. I know him well too.
Evening all
Laz-What do you think of those Sturgeons, big ugly prehistoric fish
Chuck- Glad bride is doing better.
CSX keep at the diet! Laz is right about the excercise. Just keep at it.
Doug- Glad you're having a good time in mickey world.
Just had the last day of class for the quarter. A two page brief and I'm done till January. I do have a formation weekend in Columbus next week but that won't be too bad at all. Hope to start framing Monday. We'll see, a few things going on already.
The Buckeyes lost a heart breaker. I am glad I got out of town before the game wasw over. There may be some upset fans.
All take care and may God bless
Jim
Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Had to take oldest child (5) to a birthday party. He and two other boys were all, the rest were girls and moms. One father was there, but he spent the first 45 minutes on his cell phone, didn't bother to try to talk to him. We did all the necessary things, then when the cake was over, we headed home to put the buildings out for the Christmas layout.
Got some emails from some old friends from the military and got to catch up with them. Good to hold onto friends.....lot of that here too. I am tired, so heading to bed and hope to get a good night's sleep to be wide awake for Church in the morning.
God Bless,Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Hello All!
Like Jim Trumpie mentioned above, we met each other at the Greenburg Show in Pittsburgh & we had a nice time as well. Jim's Parents attended the show as well & they are very nice folks too. Glad to have met them & Jim. Hope to do so again next year in the summer or winter show? or maybe Jim & his folks can come to a Cleveland area show sometime? I hope so. Jim's Mom mentioned to me that Jim really enjoys his trains & has done so since he was much younger. She said: "Jim eats,Breathes, & Lives Trains." I said that it was a good thing as she & her husband know what Jim is doing & other parents probably wish that their kids had a hobby to enjoy as well as Jim does. There was lots of Postwar Flyer in "S" Gauge & quite a bit was mint in the box. Some complete sets, Locomotives, Diesel Engines, & Lights & Signals too. Sturgeon-Phish would have had fun at this show. I bet he would have bought some of the Flyer we saw there. Some of the Flyer was expensive. However, keep in mind that the expensive items were mint in the box & with the original papers also! Jim is a great person too & He'll have to come up this way so that he can meet some of the other OTTS Members & see the museum in Mentor also. Had a nice time with you Jim & we'll have to do it again. Take Care all.
Laz, Great comparison photos of the Big Boys.
Don, Glad to hear you got your problems resolved.
I hope everyone read the article about Chancellor Merkel's visit to the Bush ranch. The menu was in the morning paper.
"and a homey dinner of arugula salad, beef tenderloin, sauteed mushrooms, asparagus and cheese grits, topped off with pecan pie and ice cream".
The Chief must do his menu planing.
Good evening all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 50s. I had tremendous luck at the local TCA meet. A person was selling stuff out of his father's collection for his mom. I bought several Tinplate Tradition accessories at very good prices. He was basically interested in just getting rid of "stuff". He did not have prices listed and so not many people were buying, but I asked the prices and was quite pleased. I also stopped at Train Express to get a few items, and then my wife and I went to Indy Museum of Art to see an exhibit of Roman sculptures and other items on loan from the Louvre. Having studied Latin for four years in high school, it was nice to see some things I had read about. We were tired when we got home, but it was a good day. Watched "Moonlight" and "Numb3rs" Friday night. It was the usual fare on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
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