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

[ChiefEagles]

Lots of boiled shrimp and then steak with mashed potaotes.  FULL, GOOD NIGHT.

[Nick12DMC]

Nick, did the inspector pass everything?

Boy, Raleigh, that Orient Express engine looks fantastic - even if the photos in the MTH catalog were of an HO one.

Doug, Yes inspector passed everything

Nick 

 

[mitchelr]

Mitch, Haven't seen many terazzo floors installed in this area lately.  They are great and do last.  Cost is high and the installation is very messy, making it difficult for other contractors to continue working while they are installed.  Back in the 60s & 70s just about every school we worked on had terazzo corridor floors, sometimes other areas.

John F/jefelectric = you are correct,  the terazzo is very expensive ( an additional $100K+) but it will last forever.  The current school where my office is located has terazzo floors that are 50+ years old and look as good today as they did when new.  The old school I was in was less than 20 years old and we had replaced the original carpet with tile and then had to replace parts of that tile floor in the hallway because it wasn't installed correctly and started to crack and come up.  The new school also has a metal roof which is more expensive initially but will last at least 50 years, probably much longer than that.  The terazzo installation will take 6 or 7 weeks and you are right, it will tie up sections of the building for a while.  Contractors were hustling to get their work done in the first area where the terazzo will be installed.

Doug Murphy -  LOL - I can barely balance myself and a coffee cup on the exercise bike much less a laptop.

Have a great day.

Mitch 

 

 

[kpolak]

  Also had an Idea for an adventure game with an interface to a home made weather station that was in the probe magazine when I was in Highschool anyway the Idea is to match the weather condition in the game enviroment to the real weather outside may be beyond my skills at the moment but thought that would be kinda cool.

CSXetc:  Great news!  Conga! 

My daughter 3-yo plays 'Jump Start World'.  A learning game for pre-k schoolers thru a CD at home that's linked to an online source.  Seasons change...there's snow on everything now.  Also keeps track of her birthday.  Last week, they had Happy Birthday banners and birthday cakes out.

Still no plow trucks, snow ended Sunday afternoon.  County roads.    Good thing we have 4-wheel vehicles!

Kurt

[Blueberryhill RR]

Good Morning from Blueberryhill....

It is cold outside. 18 degrees. Going up to 44 today, with some sunshine.

Today, is a busy day. I have to run to a few stores and pick up last minute Christmas things. Getting ready for company this Saturday. Only one coming during the Holidays. No train time today.

Dining car is here and ready for breakfast. Later.

Y'all have a great Tuesday.

Chuck

[cheapclassics]

Good morning all,

It may be a partly cloudy day in SE Indiana and the temps may reach the 40s, but that is all subject to change.  I was busy last night.  I worked out at the YMCA for the first time in two weeks.  I did some Christmas shopping, and I had a pleasant surprise on the health savings account.  I went to balance it and discovered I had not recorded a deposit.  Woo-hoo!  Found money!  Now I can pay off a bill.  Just the usual fare on the dining car from "Points East".  I hope everyone has a good day.

Keep on training,

Mike C. from Indiana

[Anonymous]

Guys,
This is going to be my last post for a long time.  Don't even know if I'll read... I've grown VERY tired of the individual attacks on the board, the self-righteousness, and the petty tat for tat.  When I started on here a year ago there was a comradarie that I hadn't witnessed since my days in the US Army.  Now it is almost like a group of teenage girls hanging out in the local mall food court.

I hope all the holy rolling, I'm better than the rest of you, crowd comes back and I hope the board is a better place.  I just won't have any part of the mud slinging, name calling, self righteous BS. You have all made mistakes in your life... try a little foregiveness... it can be rather soul cleansing.

BTW - If you have any questions as to what I am referring to... See Sunday Photo Fun... Frank53 made a real nice comment regarding a forum member and when I responded about it I took the flame... nice group of guys... REALLY.

[CSXect]

A good frosty morning from south central Ohio.

Brutus, Kpolak.....figures the cool ideas have already been done.

Going shopping at a warehouse sell they have odd stuff once or twice a year never know what you mayfind.

 

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Good Morning from frosty Southern Ohio. 

A cool 20 F out.  Never worked on the garage yesterday, got tied up on a boiler pump repair. 

Chief- Blue and yellow or red and white !

CSXect-Way to go on the weigh in

I bought a Bob Ross book on landscapes to learn how to paint “Happy Trees”  It was easy.

Broke down and got another Lionel/American Flyer accessory; the Animated Track Gang.  Never would afford an original.  I’ll post pics Sunday, not sure when it will get on the layout.  

Brent-Why not stick it out and work for change from within?

Bride off also today and asking for help Got to go

May God bless

Jim

 

[ChiefEagles]

Still no plow trucks, snow ended Sunday afternoon.  County roads.    Good thing we have 4-wheel vehicles!

Kurt

You sure you don't live in the South.

Sunny good but cold morning. 
Off to school right up the street.  Lady won a contest from General Mills and they are gving the school of her choice $50,000.  She chose Roseyville.  Then off to lunch with neighboring Mayor for some strategy.  Hope to get home and run Big Boy with Legacy.  Got chip loaded but did not have time to run it in new form.  Have a good one.

PS: Brent this is a copy of my reply to your last post on Sunday Photo Fun.  I just read it.

"Sorry Brent, but your advice should be to someone else on the forum.  Apologies made and that person is still is a problem. 

Now I apologise to all who may be offended.  Make up and be nice.  That goes for all of us.  After all it is CHRISTMAS.  God bless."

[kpolak]

Still no plow trucks, snow ended Sunday afternoon.  County roads.    Good thing we have 4-wheel vehicles!

Kurt

You sure you don't live in the South.

Lady won a contest from General Mills and they are gving the school of her choice $50,000.  She chose Roseyville.  Then off to lunch with neighboring Mayor for some strategy. 

Chief:  Nope...'tis Da Nawth!  Life still goes on here after a snowfall.  Great news on the school donation...Maybe now is a good time to hire a nawth'rn boy as a Shop Teacher!    Strategy???   Hmmmm  Sounds like code for a Mayoral grits raid.  To Arms To Arms!  Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their Grits!

Kurt

[cnw1995]

'Morning from a slightly warmer Crystal Lake.

Kurt, those Jump Start computer games are pretty nifty - they go up pre-school, K, grades 1, 2, etc. We've moved a bit to web-based things: My five-year-old enjoys pbskids.org

Brent, hope you stick around. Sorry it gets you down. Me too sometimes. I guess the person behind the post has to matter to look past harsh words, misunderstood joking or what-have-you.

Chief, that's great news about the donation - and from a Northern co. too.

[dbaker48]

Now I apologise to all who may be offended.  Make up and be nice.  That goes for all of us.  After all it is CHRISTMAS.  God bless."

I don't know, that's a tall order!!!  I'm still ticked off, I havn't read ANY of my posts in 2 weeks.  Don't see any reason to change.  I'm still ignoring me.

[laz 57]

Hi GIZ,

  Got to get down to LHS today to pick up Legacy.  Called last nite and he just got back, so today right after school.

  MITCH, torazzle floors are great,  Have em at our HS.  Last for ever, nice shine on em to.  I use to do that work in summertime when in HS and college.  Put alot of em in churches and schools.

  Can't wait til tonite.

Bsafe,

laz57

[cnw1995]

Laz, can't wait to hear about your experience with Legacy - the Chief's photos look good.  We have these floors too in some main buildings. They can get slippery in bad weather.

[jonadel]

Of all the schools I've been in the last 40+ years, the terazzo floors look as good today as they did when they were installed decades ago. Super easy to maintain but like Doug said they can become skating rinks if ignored. When we built our new high school the commons area was terazzo but the hallways were carpeted, what a cleaning night mare for the custodians in those hallways and once they were shampooed they became wavey and nothing could be done to remedy that situation except for new carpet.

All the Christmas trains are up and running and ready for the invasion this Friday eve. Sure looking forward to having everyone here this weekend, we love having family home.

Jon

[sir james I]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL         after reading this mornings threads thats all I can think of.

[CSXect]

Well went to warehouse sale only got a  cookbook for a Dollar and a golf perpetual calender for 50 cents thats pretty much the end of my shopping for the season.

Just got around to signing up for Napa train drawing.

I appolagize for any offensiveness on my part and will forgive any against me in both cases I do not think there was much but incase there is any there it is. Happy Holiydays.

 

[anjdevil2]

Merry Christmas to all

[ChiefEagles]

Two real men above.  Merry Chirstmas and God Bless.

[tmcc man]

Good afternoon everyone,

Its 4 days until the ACL surgery, and that is all I need on top of this week. I had an english and religion test today, I have another english test and spanish test tomorrow, and another english test and history test on Thursday.

Regarding the flaming, it's really just a waste of space on here. That's all I am going to say about that.

Have a good afternoon. Merry Christmas.

[jonadel]

Colin--

Good luck with your surgery, you'll be glad you did it at your age as the recovery time will be quicker.  Our oldest son had it done when he was 25 and it worked out well, he's still a fantastic downhill skier and has no problems, in fact the DR. said the repaired leg was better than his good leg.  Skiing did not cause his problem.   Line up several good books for the down time.

 

 

[dwiemer]

Wow!  Not sure what to say having read a few threads.  Well, I hope to get to some trains this afternoon.  Colin, on the History Channel, they have a show on the Pennsylvania RR.  Mostly in the Eastern part of the railroad's line.  Plenty of steam action.

On other fronts, have a housefull this weekend, so have to clean up the train room and get ready for the inlaws.  I hope to check back soon and hope that SPF is kept on the enjoyable side.

God Bless,

Dennis

[phillyreading]

sir james, thank you about the CW-80, have been playing with two at a friend's house in WPB FL and some new Lionel trains. The CW-80's work very good and I found out my Willaims S-2 steam locomotive,# 671, has both bell & whistle in the tender along with smoke in the engine.  He has a UPS steam loco set with two boxcars and a flat car with a UPS van on it and the UPS caboose, the locomotive has whistle feature in the tender. We are using 031 tubular & 027 track to set up his layout but not combining the two track sizes, has been a real chore to clean up that much track with a dremel tool, would have been worse with sandpaper!

Now about the weatther here in south Florida, about 54 overnight and near 74 in the daytime, feels a little cool. Hopefully we get some more rain!!  We won't get snow for the big day, maybe rain.  My air conditioner gets to take a break now! Have central heat but have only used it two years ago to try it and then burn out the thermostat, replaced the thermostat and it works great.

Hey Jim(the N.E. Yankee) when are you coming down here to West Palm Beach? I can show you the MTH layout in north Miami at Aventura Mall. The layout is very nice and has five levels of trains, I think there are six trains that run around the layout and even has a bridge that opens and the train stops before the bridge.

Been to Target in Lake Worth FL and they are almost out of Lionel Train sets, just two left and that was at 1:00 PM est 12-18-07, no track expansion sets left.  I don't go to Macy's as that is out of the way for me.

Lee F.

[cnw1995]

Boy, Lee, that temp sure sounds good. The Aventura Mall layout looked marvelous in the magazine.

I'm overhearing the youngest as he watches Curious George on PBS - he's playing and dispatching his toy trains - go George go!

Spent a delightful afternoon building Mt Seaman higher, re-working lights, putting down a few roads, vastly expanding a station at the front of the layout, beginning the prelims to putting in an airport in the middle of Fortner Yard, tripling the size of Apitz Forest and lastly, expanding Eagles Ridge Electric Park.

[Jumijo]

  

Hey Jim(the N.E. Yankee) when are you coming down here to West Palm Beach? I can show you the MTH layout in north Miami at Aventura Mall. The layout is very nice and has five levels of trains, I think there are six trains that run around the layout and even has a bridge that opens and the train stops before the bridge.

Lee F.

I wish I was there now, Lee! My driveway is a sheet of ice. I'm waiting for the furnace repair man to show up. More white death predicted for Thursday and the weekend...

Do me a favor? Stop talking about the great weather you're having down there? It makes me crazy...

Good luck with your new job!

Jim

[csxt30]

Guys,
This is going to be my last post for a long time.  Don't even know if I'll read... I've grown VERY tired of the individual attacks on the board, the self-righteousness, and the petty tat for tat.  When I started on here a year ago there was a comradarie that I hadn't witnessed since my days in the US Army.  Now it is almost like a group of teenage girls hanging out in the local mall food court.

I hope all the holy rolling, I'm better than the rest of you, crowd comes back and I hope the board is a better place.  I just won't have any part of the mud slinging, name calling, self righteous BS. You have all made mistakes in your life... try a little foregiveness... it can be rather soul cleansing.

BTW - If you have any questions as to what I am referring to... See Sunday Photo Fun... Frank53 made a real nice comment regarding a forum member and when I responded about it I took the flame... nice group of guys... REALLY.

 

Ok, I misread & misunderstood your statement below, which is why I wrote what I did. For that I will apologize for, publicly here . I thought you ( meaning Brent ) wrote the part on lip service, thereby attacking 53. Thanks that someone straightened me out on this. 

John   

Frank,
Your post would have been just fine without the off-handed instead of just publicizing it with disingenuous lip service comment.

I have nothing against any of the forum members, but it sure would be nice if personal feelings could be left to private conversations... " border="0" width="30" height="20" /> It grows tiresome after a while.

[Frank53]

wow - just reread my post in question. Funny, I found me paying a compliment to one guy, yet we have guy saying I attacked someone.

Not sure where that came from  . . .

[ChiefEagles]

Jumijo, welcome back to the coffee pot.  You've got mail at work waiting for you.  Don't slide down the hill into the neighbor's house.   Anxious to see your layout photos in the new CTT.  Warmed up here some.  Well, dinner time.  Deer fed.  only two waiting tonight.  Later

[CSXect]

Possable snow flurries for the drive to work in the morning but 51 later this week sounds like benchwork weather to me

anyone get some Ready made toys hoppers? If so what is lowdown on them?

Still have not got a pic of new floor yet will do so later this week with 3 loops running at the moment will have to add some straights to the ends so loops clear each other.

Have not heard from Chef I hope we have not scared him off

Mom was fixen Hillbilly leftovers(cooked up a big zuccinni and an onion with some italian seasonings smelled good)

Next spring I am going to try to grow some okra grew it twice before in Ohio but it seems to be a picky plant but once it gets established it produces and produces lots of pods and you have to pick them pretty often or the pods turn wood like. They are good deepfried or as filler for stir fry.