I spent most of the morning starting to remove the fence, 3 rail 2X6's, out front of the house. After the first 20' hit a nail and had to sharpen the chain saw. Got 100' done, only 500' to go.
Humid, cloudy and threatning rain, should rain this afternoon/evening. Think I'll take a shower, have lunch and spend a couple hours running trains.
Its nice not having a regular job again, though I work harder at home.
Good morning all,
It is rainy and mild (for now) in SE Indiana where the temps are in the high 40s but are supposed to drop to the 20s today with some light snow. Chuck was right as I slept in this morning. Tomorrow "Points West" will be early. I may run some trains today and I have to get the oil change on the PT Cruiser. It is a quiet day and I am enjoying it. I hope the exam for the Chief goes well, and I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good morning from wet and soggy Central Ohio. Thanks be to God, there is no ice!
I thought I should share this quote with you:
"There's nothing that cleans your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you." Woody Hayes
Needless to say my soul is very clean.
See ya down the tracks,
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
Been real hectic here at the "AutoWorld", Someone lost keys to a car that needed to leave here and I spent 2 hours trying to find 'em. Salesperson had 'em in their desk. GO figure.....
Over the weekend, I cleaned out some of the garage and installed my 4X8 layout. Had to combine the Christmas with the regular stuff, so.....
I actually finished cleaning up after Christmas, so I'm up to putting 2 more bins in the attic then Christmas is officially over. I'll have no time to get the new layout started. Hopefully I can design something on my trip to NJ.
Warm & partly sunny today up to 80F. This just ain't January......!
Have a great day...I'm working....SOMEONE has to keep this economy rolling!!!
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
Good morning from a slushy Chicago where I am one of the few at work today. I had to puzzle out how to turn on the main lights and the phones as the morning receptionists are all 'sick' today - so I was answering phones when the boss came in - that probably got me a brownie point for what it's worth.
Good Bears game yesterday - I can't believe they won. I was not impressed at the defense and Rex Grossman's untimely fumbles and interceptions even if he had almost 300 yds passing. Should be fun though welcoming the Saints to a frigid Soldier Field.Had a lot of train running yesterday with the youngest. Unlike Laz, had a few side-swipes on curves where the tracks are too close. Have some minor maintenance to do to move them around. I also noticed the tape holding all my hills to the hanging backdrop is unsticking. I think I will re-cut the hills to be lower. Maybe that'll work.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Trying to update my avatar since 2020
MartyE and Kodi the Husky Dog! ( 3/31/90-9/28/04 ) www.MartyE.com My O Gauge Web Page and Home of Kodiak Junction!
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,
Happy Martin Luther King DAY!!!
Off from school today, going down to Lancaster Pa. to the pet store and then to the train shops in the area. Need to pick up more lights.
Wife is going to accompany me, then go for lunch somewhere in Harrisburg. Also will hit BPS at the Mall to see whats new in the gun room.
Have a good one, tell you what I bought later.
laz57
Winter has finally arrived in Iowa with freezing rain and snow. I was judging jazz bands in NE IA from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and then drove home through 3 1/2 hours of freezing rain. Fortunately for me it was just the start of it and didn't see many cars/trucks in the ditches, if I had waited another hour it would have been much worse. It began snowing here yesterday about noon and today we have about 4", not bad at all. It's funny how relaxing and hanging out in the basement yesterday afternoon seemed compared to the day before. Good to be home.
Just getting enough light now so it's time to fire up the ATV with the blade and do about 100 yards of driveway. It's a balmy 14 degrees so this ought to be fun.
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is another rainy, day. 59 degrees and dropping later to 51. Suppose to turn to snow this evening. Flooding in lower areas. Ground is like a sponge.
Today, is a chore day around the house. Boys don't want to go out in the rain. Can't blame them. I worked on the layout for about 3 hours yesterday. Got a few things done, that needed to be completed. Later this afternoon, I may work some more on it.
Kind of quiet around here this morning. Sleeping late ?
Time for the Dining Car. Breakfast. Talk more later.
Y'all have a great Monday.
Chuck
Cool and damp here in Stockport, painter grafting away, should be finished tomorrow night.
Fifedog, Our Jackdaws wear a black a feathery outfit that seems to be made to measure. Now the Sharks are a different breed their jerseys are XXXL and they don't wear armour like your Jessies do. These lads will only leave the field if something is broken or the 5ft tall ref. sends them off for being naughty.
Roger, The Google spellcheck defaults to the US and I am not aware of a UK version. I rather prefer their toolbar, and I am trying to teach it Queens (and I don't mean YMCA) English.
Chief, sorry about the illness in your house, I hope all is well soon.
John Baker
Evening all, last night shift, get off in the morning and off till Friday dayshift. Going to have to work on the truck tomorrow, alternator went out, $140 to replace, will look at a rebuild. Won a 644 crane on the bay. Happy with the price, needs a few parts, but that is how I buy them then fix them! Maybe run trains while I'm off between reading and studying. I want to take a picture of each of the accesories on the layout, if I get it done, that may be what I post nest week for photo fun. All take care and be safe
Jim
Ran trains tonight for about an hour, no pile ups all ran good. Going to BARRYs tomorrow to pick up more lites. Hope to stop by COOL TRAINS also?
Lisa-n-NC wrote: Laz - got plenty of deer meat in the freezer -(hubby put 4 in there this year). We keep the tenderloin and sweet meat and have the rest ground up. I use it for everything you would normally use hamburger for: meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, chili beans etc. Burgers on the grill are great. Ever use Allegro seasoning for wild game? Will need to make more jerky soon - it's been going fast. Would send you some but I guess the Chief would intercept it again. Like the Chief said - been warm and sunny here - record high temps today, 71 in January - Wierd! Supposed to change Tues. afternoon - Supposed to have a high of 51 that day - in the am with temps falling to the mid-20's overnight and low 40's on Wed.Laz, weren't you the one recommending The LIttle Choo-Choo Shop? Finished my chores early Sat. and decided to ride to Spencer - only about 1 -1/4 hrs. from me - and wanted to see the Transportation Museum. Really nice shop with a nice layout. Still trying to figure out how I want to expand my 4x8 layout. Might have a plan - working it out on some large pcs. of cardboard I pilfered from a local furniture store.Frank53 - did you get my email with the pic of the hobo campfire? Anyone watch "24"???Later.....Lisa
Laz - got plenty of deer meat in the freezer -(hubby put 4 in there this year). We keep the tenderloin and sweet meat and have the rest ground up. I use it for everything you would normally use hamburger for: meatloaf, spaghetti sauce, chili beans etc. Burgers on the grill are great. Ever use Allegro seasoning for wild game? Will need to make more jerky soon - it's been going fast. Would send you some but I guess the Chief would intercept it again.
Like the Chief said - been warm and sunny here - record high temps today, 71 in January - Wierd! Supposed to change Tues. afternoon - Supposed to have a high of 51 that day - in the am with temps falling to the mid-20's overnight and low 40's on Wed.
Laz, weren't you the one recommending The LIttle Choo-Choo Shop? Finished my chores early Sat. and decided to ride to Spencer - only about 1 -1/4 hrs. from me - and wanted to see the Transportation Museum. Really nice shop with a nice layout. Still trying to figure out how I want to expand my 4x8 layout. Might have a plan - working it out on some large pcs. of cardboard I pilfered from a local furniture store.
Frank53 - did you get my email with the pic of the hobo campfire?
Anyone watch "24"???
Later.....
Lisa
LISA,
Sounds lik eyour eaten it up down there. Me and the wife had our deer stew tonight, couldn't get enough of it. Hope we have enough for Tuesday. Great STUFF. Glad you liked the shop.
jakeoregano wrote: laz 57 wrote: DA BEARS WIN, Next week NEW ORLEANS at CHICAGO. GO BEARS!!!!!! JELECTRIC, AND KIETH, MILLERSBURG BEAR only on lone til super bowl is over. Made a pot of deer stew with the last of my deer meat that I had frozen. Now got to beg for some from my friends. LISA do ya got any left or did ja give it all to the CHIEF. Got to go watch the CHARGERS now. Sister lives in ESCONDIDO so I'll root for them. I helped build their house out there in '86.laz57I'm still smartin' over the Ravens loss to them Colts. Now I have to route for NE to beat Indy (9-0 at home) at Indy. Tough one. Could be a Colt Chicago SB. Go figure.
laz 57 wrote: DA BEARS WIN, Next week NEW ORLEANS at CHICAGO. GO BEARS!!!!!! JELECTRIC, AND KIETH, MILLERSBURG BEAR only on lone til super bowl is over. Made a pot of deer stew with the last of my deer meat that I had frozen. Now got to beg for some from my friends. LISA do ya got any left or did ja give it all to the CHIEF. Got to go watch the CHARGERS now. Sister lives in ESCONDIDO so I'll root for them. I helped build their house out there in '86.laz57
DA BEARS WIN,
Next week NEW ORLEANS at CHICAGO.
GO BEARS!!!!!!
JELECTRIC, AND KIETH, MILLERSBURG BEAR only on lone til super bowl is over.
Made a pot of deer stew with the last of my deer meat that I had frozen. Now got to beg for some from my friends. LISA do ya got any left or did ja give it all to the CHIEF.
Got to go watch the CHARGERS now. Sister lives in ESCONDIDO so I'll root for them. I helped build their house out there in '86.
I'm still smartin' over the Ravens loss to them Colts. Now I have to route for NE to beat Indy (9-0 at home) at Indy. Tough one. Could be a Colt Chicago SB. Go figure.
Hope so?
GO BEARS!!!!!
Buckeye Riveter wrote: Congratulations to LAZ's Bears! Laz, Does your 800 lb. Bear get to home between games?
Congratulations to LAZ's Bears!
Laz, Does your 800 lb. Bear get to home between games?
Only on Mon thru Fri. I still need him for FRIDAY NITE EVE. Keep the holigans away.
Evening all. Was a busy day with church and all. The movie that our church did is coming out on DVD the end of this month. I pre ordered 11 copies to send with a friend who is heading to Iraq next month with the Chaplain's group. We are getting some more goodies together for them to bring.
Chief, picked up a book called "Steam Steel & Stars" with the photos of O.Winston Link. Even with the primative equipment he had, he sure took some fantastic shots.
No work on the layout....again this week. Too many honey dos and we have even more visitors coming this weekend. I would be happy to spend a few days of just working on the layout.
Well, have a great day
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Interesting weekend. Was hoping to get to the OTTS meeting Friday night but by the time we finished eating at a local buffet restaurant it was too late to make the drive. Also it was raining all day and was not easy to see driving around.
Spent time yesterday morning hanging wood shades in the family room. Three adjoining windows that had curtains for over nine years. Quite a difference in the looks of the room. Spent the afternoon at two different flea markets. Amazing sights one sees at these places. There were Hawaiian performers at the Hartville flea market, as usual the music was way too loud if you were around the stage area. Spent a grand total of 1.00 at one flea market and $10.00 at the other. Then last evening we went to Kohls (hot date) and picked up a few things. Had to spend a few more $ to reach MVC status for another year. Karen got new tennis shoes that may come in handy next weekend, see below.
Today Karen and I went through clothes and things, put lots of them in bags to take to Goodwill. Still have one closet to go through before making the trip.
Faced with a train show dilemma. Was thinking about going to the Worlds Greatest Hobby show in Monroeville next weekend but now there is also a Great Train Expo in Columbus. Since I don't need to buy anything I really shouldn't go to either. However, it is fun to walk around a good size show just looking at the trains.
Will wrap this up as its time to call it a day. Tomorrow will be a long day. Have a meeting late in the day that will drag on and on. One good thing is we will find out the basis for our 2006 "gainsharing" bonus. No, can't spend it on trains this year, have other higher priority uses for it.
Goodnight all in the Pot.
dougdagrump wrote: Hope her hands aren't to cold for the prostate exam !!!!!! Go CHARGERS !!!!!!!!!!
Hope her hands aren't to cold for the prostate exam !!!!!!
Go CHARGERS !!!!!!!!!!
Better hers than a his.
Ran the big SD80's lashed up with the Dash 8 dummy in the middle. Nice long line of hopper cars. Got them going real fast. 072 curves are great. Have a good one.
1688torpedo I didn't know flies were considered endangered down south. In East Toledo they are considered birds!!!!!
underworld
Good evening all,
It is rainy and mild in SE Indiana with temps in the 40s today. Went to the Y for a workout and the missus and I went to Rocky Balboa. It was a good movie. Glad I watched that instead seeing the Chargers blow the playoff game. Got the houseword done today so I can run trains tomorrow on my day off. Blueberry Hill, I slept in today after working yesterday. I am glad the dining car arrived early for you. Congrats to all the Bear fans on the forum. The Colts fans were saying they wanted NE to win so the game would be at home. After seeing them play in SD, I am not so sure that was a wise request. Time for Desperate Housewives. I hope everyone has a good day.
I think I finally finished the conversion of the Lionel NYC Mikado to an SAL. I can't think of anything else the client could want changed. I moved the bell to the front of the smokebox, had to hand make the mounting bracket; patched the original hole, painted all areas that were graphite gray, removed and relettered it. I spent about an hour running the engine on my layout to give it a proper break in and to make sure everything works before I return it.
The next project is to add/make a Worthington water heater and add it to another NYC Mikado; paint and reletter. The third project will be relettering some heavy weight pullmans. The fourth, if he finds another MIkado, is to attempt to make a compressor setup for the front end.
He's trying to get as many things as he remembers being run on the GA division of the SAL that he saw as a child growing up in Athens. I wish Lionel made more SAL. Oh well, keeps me busy and the money ain't bad.
Roger Bielen wrote: Buckeye Riveter wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: Roger Bielen wrote: spankybird wrote: Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!Not this Roger. Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome. I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.Love to see that. Yanks would be tared and feathered and riden out of town on a rail. These Sutherners are a interesting lot. First they invite you to supper then they threaten you if you show up. Welcome to my web said the spider to the fly.
Buckeye Riveter wrote: ChiefEagles wrote: Roger Bielen wrote: spankybird wrote: Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!Not this Roger. Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome. I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.Love to see that. Yanks would be tared and feathered and riden out of town on a rail. These Sutherners are a interesting lot. First they invite you to supper then they threaten you if you show up.
ChiefEagles wrote: Roger Bielen wrote: spankybird wrote: Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!Not this Roger. Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome. I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.Love to see that. Yanks would be tared and feathered and riden out of town on a rail.
Roger Bielen wrote: spankybird wrote: Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!Not this Roger. Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome. I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.
spankybird wrote: Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!
Our last OTTS meeting was at Roger's house and he has a 2 rail scale 'O' gauge layout. What a great layout!
Not this Roger. Y'all would have had a pretty expensive trip to GA for a meeting, not that you wouldn't be welcome. I'd have to whip up some so'thn cookin for y'all, especially grits.
Love to see that. Yanks would be tared and feathered and riden out of town on a rail.
These Sutherners are a interesting lot. First they invite you to supper then they threaten you if you show up.
Welcome to my web said the spider to the fly.
Not only do they serve soggy GRITS, but they have a lot of FLIES down South. YUK.
Hi Rog,
Enebriatrion caused by large quantitiees of Robinsomns, Pleas elosd Google task bar as your thingummyjig, it has a spell check wottsit.
Gunnite.
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