fifedog wrote: Chief - Be careful, wear some hunter's orange when you feed (Not the RUDOLPH cap that Buckeye gave you...)
Chief - Be careful, wear some hunter's orange when you feed (Not the RUDOLPH cap that Buckeye gave you...)
Fifedog - I've got the bases covered : http://www.weecanshop.com/PhotoDetails.asp?ShowDesc=N&ProductCode=happy-reindeercar&PhotoNumber=2
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
Chief
Don't have to feed deer around here, they help themselves. In the spring they'd chew on the freshly planted tomato plants & new growth on the trees in my front yard.I've put plastic mesh screen over the young trees & plants now.
Here is a picture at dusk in my back yard.
Paul
rtraincollector wrote: lionroar88 wrote:He He...So I went for my interview yesterday... showed up early... 24.25 HOURS early... yes the interview is TODAY not yesterday... LOL!!! At least I wasn't late!Hope they don't think your to eager or you can't keep dates straight they might look neg at that . But your good enough to over come that. Best of luck today on interview.
lionroar88 wrote:He He...So I went for my interview yesterday... showed up early... 24.25 HOURS early... yes the interview is TODAY not yesterday... LOL!!! At least I wasn't late!
Hope they don't think your to eager or you can't keep dates straight they might look neg at that . But your good enough to over come that.
Best of luck today on interview.
Morning All
Sunny 34/40 Much colder by end of the week. The F3 motors I used on this project seem to run good. They are new but maybe 10 years old. I did find one of the power trucks does not have magnatraction so they do not run equal. I'm running out of "put together parts" like that so may have to buy one. Brutus and others with sick friends I will remember them as requested. It seems like each sunday at church brings new illness to the flock.
I hope this finds the forum folks well, Regards, Sir james
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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Mornin' all
Hey Brent, at least they know you'll be.....early
Raining gettin' to 71 today. Nothing much to say here but....have a great day!
Rich
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
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Mornin' boys. Partly cloudy and 55 here in the Mid-Atlantic region, which may already be our high of the day. It was 63 last night at 2330 when I got home. Weird weather.
laz - 1000 "fahget-a-bout-its"(Paulie Walnuts). Glad you liked it.
Dougnottagrump - You are absolutely right on the absence of B & O blue units. I have one GP9 (#6604) that didn't make the cut. I would like to add some Atlas dummy units to my roster, but they carry a pretty hefty tag around here. Plus, I want to keep my roster mainly to 1st & 2nd generation 4-axle diesels. All the modern stuff in the mag is my boy's. Only the Chessie GP30 is actuallly Dad's. BTW, I custom painted the MTH CSX CW40-8 on page 70, so Chris was the first kid on his block to have a "DARK FUTURE" engine. Thanks.
Brutus - glad she liked it. Perhaps you can sell her on a little more real estate.
88 - Try not to look so anxious today....
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the 40s. I completely messed up on the time for "Dancing with the Stars" and only saw Helio's last dance. Nothing against Marie Osmond, but if she makes it to the final two, I will be highly disgruntled as she is nowhere near the talent level of Mel B. or Helio. Last night was busy but did not accomplish anything and the only YMCA activity was a 30 minute walk. Did get a chance to look at some of the latest Trains magazine. It was just the regular fare on the dining car this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cloudy 34 degrees. Going up to 44 today, with, maybe some sunshine, later this afternoon.
Today is a little busy. I have a few errands to run and help out around the house. Wife is slowly getting things back in order. Still has to wear the big shoe, when walking around the house. Otherwise, she is healing up fine. Maybe some train time later.
Dining car has arrived and it's ready for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Hey, Mitch - where did you hide the new coffee? This one's gone cold.
Tired and time for bed - Sir James, John left you some icecream, but I think the chips are all gone? Hope the milkbone memories are starting to fade - lol
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Thanks Dennis. Good luck on the movie!
Laz - I think I was last posting while you were and didn't read yours before wife took laptop. Better luck next time, man!
Chief, do you think those deer would like popcorn?
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
lionroar88 wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: BTW, I didn't know the Pilgrims had macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving. Not only do those people in the South eat grits, but they think mac and cheese is a delicacy and they serve it on Thanksgiving Day. Buckeye... Macaroni and Cheese IS a delicacy... IF I make it!I prefer to have macaroni noodles with my cheese sauce, not cheese sauce with my macaroni.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: BTW, I didn't know the Pilgrims had macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving. Not only do those people in the South eat grits, but they think mac and cheese is a delicacy and they serve it on Thanksgiving Day.
BTW, I didn't know the Pilgrims had macaroni and cheese for Thanksgiving. Not only do those people in the South eat grits, but they think mac and cheese is a delicacy and they serve it on Thanksgiving Day.
Brent, Try making it some time with a couple of hot italian sausages,casings removed and browned, stirred into the cheese sauce made with the Sargento pre-shreded italian cheese blend. Sometimes I'll even toss in some additional oregano and basil.
Went by Wally World today and picked up some little ornaments to help decorate my Christmas freight cars. They are miniature clothesline spring clips with decorations attached. I think they will be able to serve two functions: #1 clip on to add decorations to sides of hoppers and gondolas, #2 with up-right clips use them to string some of the Lemax type battery powered Christmas lights.
Anybody in the market for a C&O steamer check out Gryzboski's, I believe it was the F-19(?) for $599. Memory ain't worth a hoot.
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End of a long day. Got another one tomorrow and then off till next Tuesday. I have some packing to do as once we start filming the fire scene Wed., I will be very busy till I leave for Texas on Friday.
Jim, I too was worried with a lot of things needing prayer lately, some may think I was in line with mister Z. But, as the good book says, pray for everything. It does work. We will keep your folks in our prayers too.
Went to Michaels tonight. I got some lights that are partial goose-necks on poles that will be great for some yard/freight shed work on the layout. For those whose layout is still in progress, go to Michaels and check out the accessories for the Lemax sets, I am sure you could find items that will look great.
God Bless,
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Fife - I was showing my wife your layout and she loved it - "Beautiful!" And that is high praise sir!
88- Good luck! Keep us posted.
Buckeye, good luck to your friend - I pray that the spot is nothing.
Good news - a friend of mine from work found a Wii for us, so will have that tomorrow or the next day and my son's Christmas will be saved.
Sad news - Please pray for my friend Fran Mueggenburg's husband Gary. He had a stent put in last week just before Thanksgiving and had to go back yesterday due to blood clots. Also please pray for Cathy Pugh to get over cancer. Thanks so much. Don't want to sound like the Z man, but these folks need some praying.
Had a great time running trains yesterday and definite plans for the Christmas layout. Won a MTH WARR canon car on ebay from trainz. Also "buy it now"d two Arrista figures of a fireman and engineer for the BFOC. They are made of pewter and should help add weight to the locomotive.
Do you think it will be okay to put them on with those glue dots? Will they harm the paint on the locomotive?
HI GIZ,
Well lots o rain here in PA. today first day o deer season. Got out at 7:30 to rainy and pea soup fog earlier. Then at 800 AM the heavens unloaded on me. got soaked. Still stayed out there in 38 degrees for another hour, had a mom doe and to youngens at about 15 yards from me, NO horns NO shoot. Then on way out saw another doe. Got SOAKED. Ate lunch dried out, rained rest o day went back home earlier. Saw 5 turkeys about 10 yards from me. They were on a mission, not much shootin. Have to wait til this weekend.
FIFEDOG,1000 pardons, did not see that beautiful mug behind the mail box? GREAT LAYOUT! Boy you really had the youngster abiding to that crack of the whip on that layout building.
Good job,
laz57
But did you serve it to your lovely wife, Susan for Thanksgiving?
Good afternoon everyone,
All this talk about boot camp brings back some memories. I remember that my parents threatened me with Valley Forge Military Academy if I hadn't shaped up my act. And as soon as I heard that, everything turned around. Now, funny as it seems, I would glady enlist into the Marine Corps. Can you say "Scout-Sniper"? I would love to do it, but since I have a bad knee, it probably won't happen now, and also since the war is still going on. (Only high classified secret operations for me.)
Anyway, since that probably won't happen I have settled between two things to go to college for: business (own either a Ferrari dealership, or own a performance shop for Ferraris, Porsches, and Audi's : ie engine upgrades, exhaust upgrades, sport suspension, etc) or sports medicine (if this is what I do, I plan to move England after college and be a therapist for one of the soccer teams there.) Then I will move back stateside after a few years.
Well, it was a calm day at school. Not many people came, which wasn't a real suprise.
Have a good afternoon and evening everyone.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Doug, Roy, Fifedog, and Chief,
Can I get in on this kid exchange as well? Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how the hormones rage), my child is a 17 year old boy. I am not sure how that would mix with three teenage girls, but it might be more than even the Chief could handle (although I do like his approach to boot camp). I have been thru the teenage daughter phase (twice!), and now the teenage son, and I do not think I will miss that stage of my life at all. At least we have good people to commiserate with.
Yes Chief! we are getting rain. We all prayed for it, but we didn't stippulate that we wanted it at night on the days we were not shooting the movie. Anyway, it is great.
dougdagrump wrote: Mornin' Ladies & Gents,Finally had a chance to look at newest CTT. Seems like the usual blah blah blah, but wait what did my two weary eyes see pages 70~75 . . Chessie is OK but more B&O Blue would really look good. Now as for that other individual who somehow managed to get a letter published, dare say bribery or blackmail, Congrats. Who said CTT doesn't pay attention to letters written with a crayon, must have used B&O blue.
Mornin' Ladies & Gents,
Finally had a chance to look at newest CTT. Seems like the usual blah blah blah, but wait what did my two weary eyes see pages 70~75 . . Chessie is OK but more B&O Blue would really look good.
Now as for that other individual who somehow managed to get a letter published, dare say bribery or blackmail, Congrats. Who said CTT doesn't pay attention to letters written with a crayon, must have used B&O blue.
I used my new pencil and my lined paper that my kindergarten teacher gave me!! Those crayons are for you little kids.
Welcome to the second part of the Chief and Buckeye Show.... Of course the second part is always better than the first.
fifedog wrote: Buckeye - rocker bearings = little triangle shaped pieces of wood. I "cheated" on the girder sections though. Because the layout was being moved up and down a flight of steps twice yearly, I screwed the deck plates directly into the pylons for stability.
Buckeye - rocker bearings = little triangle shaped pieces of wood. I "cheated" on the girder sections though. Because the layout was being moved up and down a flight of steps twice yearly, I screwed the deck plates directly into the pylons for stability.
Fifedog - Good, we are thinking alike on the rocker bearings. Did you fix one end and let the other end of the bridge move? With the extreme temperatures on your winter layout, I would assume your bridge expands significantly. On your curved girder bridge, did you do a 3-D FEA model to determine the torsional stresses that would occur under the Cooper's E-80 loading or did you do a WAG? You must have done all these things or CTT would have not published you in the magazine or do they just take electricty seriously.
Gentlemen with daughters, here is the answer: The U.S. Marine Corps.
88 - Good luck on the job interview. Remember to polish your shoes and not dress like a geek with a pocket protector and white socks.
Just had a good friend call me. For the last year and one-half he has undergone all the treatments for colon cancer. They did a CAT scan this morning to check on hernia problem and found a spot on his liver. They will be doing a biopsy later this week. He is really down.
Supposed to snow later today. Need to take the car to body shop for estimate.
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