Okay, open Forum, off-topic, or whatever (grab a cup and sit)

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Curmudgeon

Yeah, well, I'm not too sure we want to hear about your wax job....Ian might, tho.
We'd best be shaking in our boots.
This was one of his classics from February:


iandor Posted: Today, 17:58:31
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Posts: 765
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast ; Australia
Yes well no one is more upset than me and really I don't care if I have upset anyone.
I really only care about mysef.

If anyone will own up to upsetting me, please send a can of beer in an unmarked parcel to my private address here on Kawana Island and I will certainly forgive and forget.

Further this is a great international forum and you can say what ever you want to say and in return you must accept what evrone else has to say to you and about you,

I havent mentioned it to anyone but I have recieved a few threatening emails from North American people on the fringe of this forum. I advised them when i will be in USA and offered to meet them in a park or parking lot to sort things out, no more threats.


Regards ian
--------------------
Ian J Brown.



TOC

Hi Dave,

If and when adding an extra forum/section is being discussed we could suggest a "Hall of Fame of Classic Posts". Everyone would be entitled to one post, but one post only!
And here comes the wrinkle, since it would work like a book of quotations the space beside each name would be "Fair Game", the members would decide on the frequency of rotation i.e. when their one post gets bumped, they get to bump someone else and they couldn't post to their own name. [;)][;)][:)][:)][:D][:D]

The idea is a modification of a dictionary I came across not long ago, they even added "thumbs up, thumbs down" to that one. http://www.urbandictionary.com/

[Curmudgeon]

I have more, trust me.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term he bandies about.

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Curmudgeon

I have more, trust me.
Gives a whole new meaning to the term he bandies about.

No doubt![:)][8D]

Some of his best were in relation to his chosen mode of propulsion. [:)][:)]
But as we know we are all entitled to make our choices. [8D][:)][:D]

[RhB_HJ]

Hi all,

First day of skiing this season, snow was excellent, weather was good i.e. about -5ºC (23ºF for the metrically impaired), slight cloud cover, negligible wind.
Of course we take it real easy early in the season, so 6.5km (4miles) was all we did.

[FJ and G]

Spent weekend working on the office section of my nearly 12-ft long general merchandise warehouse.

Spent entire Saturday morning trying to make windows with brass and really messed up a bunch of windows.

Ended up sledghammering my telephone and pulling out the frame around the keypad to use as one set of windows.

And, destroyed a $2000 computer (which is now obsolute) to extract more window material from the frame (see pictures).

Then, annoyed the neighbors again with the table saw ripping O scale cedar paneling for the sides and then painting with honey-colored Thompson Water Seal and glueing with waterproof wood glue to insulative sheathing, attached to framing.

The sheathing is the same stuff used to build my 1:1 house, so I figured if it's good enough for my house, then it's good enough for my miniature house.

For the office portion of the warehouse roof, I made my own roofing by laying down a coating of waterproof almond paint, sprinkling play sand on it and then sealing with waterproof glue mixture. I may add another coat of paint over it b/c I don't like the sand look.

I went out to the Virginia hinterlands yesterday photographing old warehouses on the Southern RR (now NS). Here's some pictures I'm gonna work off of for door detailing and stuff.

I'm not at all sure what doohickies belong on the roof of these old warehouses-antennas, chimneys, vents, pipes, walk-in door traps, air conditioning units, etc etc. I can't find any plans for roofs of the 40s and 50s, the time period I'm modeling and I'm unsure if the roofing stuff these days is what they had in old days.

[vsmith]

Foggy morn here in LA


Havent been able to do squat on the workbench but did manage to work on the outdoor layout yesterday, just took some time out while mowing the yard to remove the double S curves I originally put down on my layout. I put them in just to give it a slighlty more visually interesting appeal to a tiny layout, stupid idea now that I look at it. Created problems with cars uncoupling and even derailing. So instead put down a straight section of track and changing out the mining spur switch. Only took a few minutes, one of the real advantages to a small layout I guess.

Hey TOC Dave, I took out that REA 2-4-2 lokie and really let it run yesterday.. Dang thats a nice little engine.

Runs smoooooooooooooooth and slooooooooooooooow
[:D]

[Tom The Brat]

David, this is the off-topic topic. You're off-topic talking about layout buildings here[:-,]

[tangerine-jack]

QUOTE: Originally posted by RhB_HJ

Hi all,

First day of skiing this season, snow was excellent, weather was good i.e. about -5ºC (23ºF for the metrically impaired), slight cloud cover, negligible wind.
Of course we take it real easy early in the season, so 6.5km (4miles) was all we did.

This is Virginia snow, not so good for skiing, but makes great underwear![8D]




[oX)]

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Torby

"Good morning. This is God. I'll be handling your problems today. I don't need your help."

Torby,

Is there a special number to call??

After spending since Midnight trying to track down a long lost parcel through FedEx, their German feeder system and the shipper in Germany, I could do with a little help.
SNAFU is only the start!

Watch for a really b*i*t*c*h*y rant ( this will be "way better" than the standard HJ rant [}:)][}:)][B)][}:)]) in the next few days!

PS the word police at work

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tangerine-jack

QUOTE: Originally posted by RhB_HJ

Hi all,

First day of skiing this season, snow was excellent, weather was good i.e. about -5ºC (23ºF for the metrically impaired), slight cloud cover, negligible wind.
Of course we take it real easy early in the season, so 6.5km (4miles) was all we did.

This is Virginia snow, not so good for skiing, but makes great underwear![8D]


[oX)]

Sooo, that's what the "old cotton fields at home" look like!

[tangerine-jack]

U betcha! Cotton is still King in the South. Hey man, they gotta grow it somewhere! It's harvest season for the crop, I took that photo this morning.



[oX)]

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tangerine-jack

QUOTE: Originally posted by RhB_HJ

Hi all,

First day of skiing this season, snow was excellent, weather was good i.e. about -5ºC (23ºF for the metrically impaired), slight cloud cover, negligible wind.
Of course we take it real easy early in the season, so 6.5km (4miles) was all we did.

This is Virginia snow, not so good for skiing, but makes great underwear![8D]


[oX)]

Its pretty lousy for snowmobileing too[;)]

[tangerine-jack]

Doesn't stop us from trying, Vic! Hee hee. What's the last thing a Southerner is likely to say? "Hey y'all, watch this!"

On the up side, when you have a spectacular wreck, you are already surrounded by cotton balls. Just bring your own antiseptic. Which incidently is why the Confederacy had a much lower battlefield infection rate than the Union. No shiznit! That's true, the Union army used linnen bandages, the Confederates cotton balls. Hmm, let's see, what do we use in hospitals today....................


[oX)]

[RhB_HJ]

Hey Vic,

Yeah that too!
And it depresses the world cotton market since it is heavily subsidised, but we won't get into that![:)][:)]

[Rastun]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tangerine-jack

Doesn't stop us from trying, Vic! Hee hee. What's the last thing a Southerner is likely to say? "Hey y'all, watch this!"
[oX)]

And here I always thought the last thing Southerners where likely to say was, "Hold my beer I'm gonna try sumthin"

[:D]

[tangerine-jack]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Rastun

QUOTE: Originally posted by tangerine-jack

Doesn't stop us from trying, Vic! Hee hee. What's the last thing a Southerner is likely to say? "Hey y'all, watch this!"
[oX)]

And here I always thought the last thing Southerners where likely to say was, "Hold my beer I'm gonna try sumthin"

[:D]

That depends on if it's NASCAR race day or not........................


[oX)]

[vsmith]

The West Coast translation is "Yo Dude, Check this out!..."

[Capt Bob Johnson]

I thought YO was a South Philly colloquilism!

[ttrigg]

Capt. Bob

Sorry, but YO, originated in the 1850's-70's with the US Cavalry, it died out in the 1890's-1900's, and was resurrected out here in greater SoCal.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

The West Coast translation is "Yo Dude, Check this out!..."

Us rednecks say it like this. "Hey hold my beer and watch this!"

Terry

[vsmith]

Well guys I dam near got thrown out of the house last night.

Not to fear, i was watching South Park late at night, and laughed soooo hard I startled the wife who was not pleased...but Oh that was the funniest thing I've seen in months!


It was the "Brown Note" episode where Cartman learns to play a special musical note on his recorder flute....If you've seen it you know what I'm talking about.
[(-D][(-D][(-D]

[Capt Bob Johnson]

ttrigg,
Yo gotta get yourself a Toyota pickemup, and paint out the to-ta on the tailgate and you'll have yourself a YO mobile! See a lot of that around here!

[ttrigg]

Naw man! got me a chebby!

[Tom The Brat]

hehe A YO mobile!

Had to trade my Toyota for an old Chebby Beretta. Seemed better than letting a reposessor have it[xx(] I notice it's fancy nameplate on the dash says BERETT. It doesn't look like an A is broken off[^]

[RhB_HJ]

Update:

Elevation: 410m ( 1382ft), IT IS SNOWING!!!!!

First snow of the season at the house, but not enough to get out the shovel. [:)][:)][:)][:)][:D][:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

H J
JUST KEEP THAT SNOW UP THEIR, we don't want it here in penna. fuel oil , prices to high, I live out in the country ,and when the wind blows ,the furnace runs all the time i
use over 1200 gallons a year . the [censored] oil companys are ripping us off.[:(!] I PUT A SMALL WOOD BURNER IN THE BASEMENT , to help out ,i cut two nice size trees down last year , it's ready to use . ben[:)] maybe i'll use less oil this year.

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BennysRR

H J
JUST KEEP THAT SNOW UP THEIR, we don't want it here in penna. fuel oil , prices to high, I live out in the country ,and when the wind blows ,the furnace runs all the time ...........................................

Hey Benny,

I used to live out in the country for 18 years, heated mostly with wood, oil was only as a back up. I used to say: Wood is the most efficient fuel it keeps you warm three times
1) when you cut the wood
2) when you split the wood
3) when you finally burn it

Moving West meant looking for excellent comm lines, municipal water and sewer, natural gas heating. All this because the rest I've been there done that and didn't want a T-shirt.

Yes if it's up to me we'll keep all the snow North of the Border, [;)][:D][}:)][}:)] it is extremely good for the XC skiing area, we get visitors galore from the USA.
MA to WA, they all show up! Which is a very good thing!![;)][:D][:D]

[TurboOne]

Hey boys and girls, how are you all doing? [?]

Kinda quiet on the western front, and the eastern, and central as well. It looks as if the international front is totally quiet.

Got a new job, the old boss stole a lot of money so it was a take the best offer thing. Fun, but 55 hours a week. Made manager in two weeks, not bad, and won the sales contest for the district my first two months.

Vic, Matt, TJ, Ben, Hans, Capt. Bob, Torby and all, how have you been?

Lets get the coffee shop brewin' again...ok the open forum OPEN again...

All I want for Christmas is a G scale cab forward...

Think Santa will bring it?

Probably not, but someday....

Happy Thanksgiving guys...[tup]

TurboOne [:)][:)]

[Curmudgeon]

toYOta and chebbies, huh?

Well, my Timex Watch, 1950 F-1 with a flatmotor V-8 just keeps on "trucking" along.....

When yer chebbies and toyopets get as old as my Ugly Truckling, then we'll have a chat.


You didn't know the first introduction of Toyota was a Toyopet?
Didn't sell real well. Nobody wanted a "pet" for a car, eye guess.

"The new exciting Toypet
has features galore!
A hundred seventy six of them,
Who could ask for more!

So for the most in driving pleasure
You'll be so relaxed.
In a Toyopet, the newest
Imported Family Car.

I can just imagine what the marketing wizard that came up with that little ditty went on to do in later years....

Of course, the Datsun wasn't called Nissan at first for very good reason.
Too many folks alive who remembered Pearl Harbor.
Took a lot of years until their marketing geniuses figured it was safe to go back to Nissan....

And then there's suBARu, as first released, in the early to mid 60's.
Two stroke, ugly little slope-hood things and "vans" smaller than a Daihatsu....

50 MPH downhill with a tailwind....

Pulled off the market, re-engineered, re-released as a SUbaru.
Same name, emphasis on a different syllable.....

Ah, technology.

Only Fords in my driveway.
3 of them Flatheads.

[toenailridgesl]

F O R D....
Fortuitously Only Rarely Driveable