Hi all, 20:30hrs here in Peterborough.
Jim F, That Hogwarts set looks great. Got one on the way over the pond for my sons Xmas present.
We just got mains power on to the Garage and Gamesroom. Fixed up the outside lights this afternoon. Power sockets are now live in the Garage. Internal lights and gamesroom sockets to be done after plasterer has been next week. Big thank you to my neighbour who is a electrician for doing the final connections. He checked out the FIL and my wiring and it seams we have everything right (so far ).
Its Miller time, help yourselfs to a cold one.
Nick
Brutus,
I have the Xbox 360 Pro, but I wish I had the Elite. The Pro has the 20 GB HDD, while the Elite has the 120GB HDD. The 20 GB fills up quickly. I also think the black Elite looks better than the plain white 360s. Email me...
Morning All
Brutus-JT's mega steam works very well but be warned, IF you have an allergy to candle scents then stay away from Mega-steam. It makes my nose run and my eyes water just like candles.I can't go near one of those candle shops.
We had frost and 32 this morning, low 50s with sun for the day.
later,,,,,,,,,,,Sir James
"IT's GOOD TO BE THE KING",by Mel Brooks
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God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
The pizza was very good, Doug. But I'm sure you have had some outstanding pizza in your day. Chicago is pizza Mecca as far as I'm concerned!
Hey, here's a link to a sign that made me LOL!
Funny Sign
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
88 - get the matching boots! Don't feel too bad, I was supposed to have the basement done last year!
Mike C - The Bob and Tom show ROCKS! I'm seriously thinking of getting a subscription so I could download and listen to the entire show each day. I've been a listener for about 11 years I guess. Congrats to Lucas! Just one thing, at work "IU" means "Individual Unemployability"!
Colin - I was looking at the various configurations of the XBox360. I like the Arcade version since it is cheaper, but as I understand it the backwards compatibility to play old XBox games is actually a software emulation and requires a harddrive? I don't intend to download movies or tv shows or anything like that, so I think the 20G HD will be enough - what do you think?
Doug M - The HWE is VERY cool, you need one for your British Rail project! Now my daughter wants to get out all our Harry Potter Lego sets and make that the scenery?! We'll see....
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Morning from a sunny and cold Chicago where our scoot in this morning was massively late due to 'freight train interference' according to the robo-loudspeaker in the passenger car. Actually, one of the rare overnight freights on this line died blocking the cross-over, and we actually had to run inbound on the right, not on the left like the normal Chicago and North Western. How scary. CNW - there ARE similar threads in the other Trains.com forums... This one's the best though... Now to catch up to work.
Jim, how was yesterday's pizza?Brutus, that HWX looks wonderful. Congratulations to Lucas!
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
cheapclassics wrote: I have great news (except for Buckeye). Lucas has been accepted to attend IU!!! He got his letter yesterday. He was so excited and relieved. (For those who do not know, IU's colors are red and white).Mike C. from Indiana
I have great news (except for Buckeye). Lucas has been accepted to attend IU!!! He got his letter yesterday. He was so excited and relieved. (For those who do not know, IU's colors are red and white).
Mike C. from Indiana
That is so sad. I guess he will grow up to be just like Bobby Knight.
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
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lionroar88 wrote:2 hours to install a door bell? WOW! That would be a record for me! I was supposed to have this master bathroom done two weeks ago... going on week 6 now and won't be done till next weekend (end of week 7)... Susan told me last week that she is going to start managing my projects. Guess that means she wants one of those leather devices for Christmas...
2 hours to install a door bell? WOW! That would be a record for me! I was supposed to have this master bathroom done two weeks ago... going on week 6 now and won't be done till next weekend (end of week 7)... Susan told me last week that she is going to start managing my projects. Guess that means she wants one of those leather devices for Christmas...
Yeah Bay-bay!
Pennvalley wrote: PhilaKnight wrote: So I came home from work today and tried to fix the door bell and the 15minute job turned into 2 hours and replacing the door frame. I should stick to being a cop. Completely normal & if working on cars, throw in another couple of hours!
PhilaKnight wrote: So I came home from work today and tried to fix the door bell and the 15minute job turned into 2 hours and replacing the door frame. I should stick to being a cop.
So I came home from work today and tried to fix the door bell and the 15minute job turned into 2 hours and replacing the door frame. I should stick to being a cop.
Completely normal & if working on cars, throw in another couple of hours!
Paul
Mornin' boys. Mornin' English. Sunny & 49 here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Had to quickly read thru the last several pages, so here are some quickie synopsisisis...
kpolak - Bend over (insert sound of rubber glove snapping onto fingers) or MiL...tough choice...
tmcc - Wow, a laptop from two nurses...you're a legend.
cheapclassics - Nice job, DAD.
Blueberry - Best regards to the Waitress. Tip her well.
88 - was that 90 degrees to the right, or 90 degrees to the left...?
Good morning all,
IIABSDISEI with temps in the low 60s. Tmcc man, good to hear from you. You know what they say about nurses on the "Bob and Tom" show, "They're hot and ready to party". Chuck, hope your waitress/wife's surgery goes well. Philaknight, I have some ideas as to get the labor started, but I can't say them on this family oriented forum. All I can say is that when you have certain problems, sometimes the best solution is to repeat the steps that lead to the problem :-) (Wink,wink, nod, nod)
He also found out he got an A in Earth Science instead of a B+, which means he made the honor roll as well. So, yesterday was a very good day.
I spent about an hour last night running both the 8E and the 10E, and both ran well. I also went to the YMCA for a 30 minute jog/run. I was 10 seconds shy of another 5 MPH average, which is not bad for twice in one week, and my weight is finally starting to go down.
The dining car was a little heavy with the toast this morning. I hope everyone has a good day.
Keep on training,
Pink as a baby's bottom!
Jumijo wrote: Brent,One motor is supposed to have a mark on it designating it as the lead motor. Put that in the REAR of the dummy A unit. Not the front. It might also just need to be rotated 180 degrees.Hey, your tender shell came out nice and Pink this time! Jim
Brent,
One motor is supposed to have a mark on it designating it as the lead motor. Put that in the REAR of the dummy A unit. Not the front. It might also just need to be rotated 180 degrees.
Hey, your tender shell came out nice and Pink this time!
Jim
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 28 degrees. Sun is trying to come up. Going up to 60 today, with sunshine.
Today, I am taking it easy. I have one errand to run and then I will relax. It has been a busy week. I will run trains this afternoon. Need to do some serious dusting in train room. All else is normal.
Dining Car is here and it has some extras on it. Breakfast.
Y'all have a great Friday.
Chuck
Hey, your tender shell came out nice this time!
Top of the morning to Y'all!
A little time before patient comes to the room. We have a production meeting this afternoon and get back to filming next week. The train part will be the week after. It is a lot of work, but is also a lot of fun and in the end, we hope to glorify God.
All this talk of the HWE being delivered has started the bug in me. I can hardly wait to get it, perhaps this afternoon. Anyway, hope all is well.
Dennis
TCA#09-63805
Good morning from New England. Cool and windy here today. Rain tomorrow from some hurricane.
Ran trains last night after finishing up Brent's tender. That Cheapie NYC diesel sure runs nice.
Brownies this afternoon and my brother is coming for a visit later. Should be fun.
John Bakeer wrote: Kpolak,Why don't you join up with your neighbour in the leaf war? It's the same problem for you both. I bet your attitude would be different if she were 40yrs younger. Another fine example of ageism at work.
Kpolak,
Why don't you join up with your neighbour in the leaf war? It's the same problem for you both. I bet your attitude would be different if she were 40yrs younger. Another fine example of ageism at work.
I may have misled, easy to do reading my last post.
The neighbor lady is a good friend of ours. I maintain, her tractor, and she lets me borrow it, and I snow blow her driveway in the winter. This is only because she really won't let me cut her grass too...I have volunteered many times.
I usually take care of cleaning her drive, and her side of the lot. She tries to beat me to the cleaning. We were both doing the same area between our houses at the same time. She started blowing leaves at me, and laughing histerically! So I returned the favor! We both had a great laugh together, and finished pushing all the leaves to the street! We both have 10+ mature oaks and hickories on 1/3 acre of land so we do leaves every week for 4-5 weeks. So this was all in fun..
I grew up with a viscious neighbor, I know how miserable this can be. I make a point to go the extra mile, and take care of those around us.
Kurt
You guys buying game boxes etc. surprise me. Why don't you do what I've done? Get a few Gig's of Train Simulator. I have Microsoft Train Simulator, Trainz and RailDriver. As I am short of space I find it a fitting substitute for a layout.
Dennis,
Looking foreward to the photo's of the American Pub The Landlady of the Armoury might even treat me to a pint of wallop!
A dull mild day in Stockport 16degC normal 11degC. No I don't buy the global warming crap, nor do a lot of others when I count the increasing numbers of gas guzzling (@$9.00 a gallon) tractors (SUV's) on our narrow crowded roads.
Hope every one has a good weekend. May all the sick get well and all the fit stay that way.
LOL.
John Baker
Morning! Yep, I'm up ...youngest doesn't feel like sleeping...Fresh pot 'o coffee! Chuck, Pilsbury Cinnamon roles in the oven, sending them your way...Careful they're hot.
Brutus: I'll have to jaw that one over...but it's funny!
Doctor says I need to come in for a physical today. Bride believes that I will be out all day doing 'tests', to avoid MiL. Hhhmmmmm.
Sir James - thanks for the Banilla! Actually, the kids don't like the smell of Lionel smoke and I didn't get around to buying any scented, so we had that turned off. I'll try and get to the LHS tomorrow or this weekend and get some scented smoke and try it out. Also still need to test my new smokey halloween freight car - same reason!
Are there any particular brands of scented smoke that are NOT safe for Lionel trains?
I'll take pics of it smoking too.
Philaknight Feel for you man Grew up outside philly know it can be rough. Have my point a view about crime also but this sin't the place to relay it. You and the rest of your fellow brothers are in our prayers as always I include our arm forces and peace officers every time as with out them it would be complete nuts
Well folks, got the Hogwarts Express delivered while we were out for an hour at parent-teacher meetings at the school! Very nice, very loud, runs great - see Hopper's thread since he already reviewed it better than I could.
More pics on the other thread. Ran for 3/4 hour until wife told us it was time for Survivor - no Pile Ups!
Kurt - How did they know that girl who died at the beginning of Jaws had dandruff? They found her Head and Shoulders on the beach!
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