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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 10:52 PM

Hello ....... 

Paul asks: "Garry: Have you been watching too many Loony Toons. You're beginning to sound like Elmer Fudd. ( evwery?? )." Actually, I donnt tipe vwery gud.  

Fergie ...... I enjoyed the photos.....

NJ Bob .. I hope I didn't sound like I was being judgemental or anything..... Sounds like you've had your struggles trying to kick the habit. As was stated, we're here to be your friends. Where I'm coming from as I've mentioned is I just saw (Sept. '07) my sister-in-law die of COPD, and it an awful way to go. I'd hate to see anyone else go thru that. Furthermore, it's really tough on surviving famly members. My wife, Shelley, is still deeply grieving loss of her sister.  If you wish to quit and want a cheerin section, we're ready. Ditto for Mrs. NJ Bob, too.

While talking of lungs, are all you people protecting yours while you are working on your models? Spray paint can damge those lungs, too.

I've been reading that Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway has taken advantage of low stock prices to increase its ownership of Burlington Northern Santa Fe to 18%. On a much smaller scale (microscopic in comparison), I just bought some shares of Canadian National yesterday. I was buying BNSF before Warren Buffet and got some a few years back for less than $30/share. It's been in the nineties larely but now is less than $80.00. I think RR's will continue to do well indefinately because of fuel prices.

Today, I took a break from layout construction to take care of other stuff.  This evening, I operated the layout some.

I can ahrdly wait until morning so I may have Ed's Mandarin OJ with breakfast. Mmmmmmmmmm.

Happy Model Railroading.

 

GARRY

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Posted by egmurphy on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:01 PM

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,

Another beautiful day down here in Paradise.  Cool [8D]  Low 80's, partly sunny.  Borderline needing to run the a/c.

Went out to the orange grove today and did some routine maintenance, plus cut some fruit, and my in-laws squeezed 5 gallons of fresh Mandarin orange juice there in the field.

No nap.  Shock [:O]  Almost ruined my day.  Tomorrow could be another tough nap day.  We're planning on dusting the golf clubs off (after a 10 month absence from the game) and heading over to the club to play nine holes.  This is the best time of year to play, because it's still not too hot.  We walk the course when we play, so playing in the middle of summer is pretty much a death march.

Northern Phil:  It was Capt. L.E.G. Oates, of the Scott Antartic Expedition, who knew that, due to his frostbite injuries, he was slowing his team members down, and cutting their chances for survival.
They don't make people like that anymore.

NJ Bob:  To tell you all the truth I probably should never have left.I tend to over react.
That's alright.  We have a short memory here in the Diner.

Dick:  Be careful crossing the river in your truck to get to the OJ grove !!!!!
It's not like we're fording the river, we cross on that old cable operated car ferry.  Now granted, it probably wouldn't pass muster for acceptable public transport anywhere north of the Rio Bravo.  But if one is going to live down here and not be in a constant state of tension, one has to let go of a lot of the expectations regarding how things should be done that are ingrained in most people up north.

Johnboy:  "You're da Man".  We all should be so blessed to have a life like yours.  Even afternoon siestas. Warm weather, beautiful señoritas, endless OJ. Copper Canyon train rides, It just doesn't get any better does it ?
Hey, I take my retirement seriously.  Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]  I studied the manual while I was a ORFIT, and siestas were a key part of the plan.  Yeah, the warm weather is fine now, and some of you wish you were here.  But it will be different come July, with 100º temps and 95% humidity. 

Fergie - thanks for the photos from St Johns.  That diesel and the mail car weren't there when we were there two years ago, and I didn't notice them if they were there this year.  Must have been moved there from Pippy Park.  Looks like all three have been recently repainted.  btw, my sister said they had another 15cm of snow last night.

PC - ouch.  Glad your daughter wasn't seriously hurt.  She'll learn from that one, hopefully.

Well, this could be it for now.  I'm pretty tuckered after that orange grove run.

Hasta mañana,

Ed

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:48 PM

Evening Gang: I saw my friend Tony today. He really looked good and was talking much better. I'm not thinking that he has licked the cancer but I'm glad that he's living better. The VA folks are really taking good care of him. That civi hospital almost killed him. I took the train to Dallas. Except for missing the 12:15 and having to wait for the 1:33 the trip was good. I got off the train in Dallas and only had to wait 5 minutes for the light rail to the VA. ( For us old coddgers that's a street car. ) On the way back I got off the light rail and right on to the train. Talk about good connections.

NJBob: We are all here to help if you want. Please try again and get your wife to try also. We really care about you.

Colby: Good luck on the exams but don't depend on luck depend on study. I know that you will hit the books.

Garry: Have you been watching too many Loony Toons. You're beginning to sound like Elmer Fudd. ( evwery?? ).

Fergie welcome back to dry land. How was the trip?

Johnboy: I'm a grand pappy. At 65 I wouldn't mind being a pappy again but I don't think that Mary Ann would go for it.

Well I think that I'll head for bed.

Good Night All

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Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:10 PM

School... meh. Is it the weekend yet?

Just checking in... Not much new over here.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:41 PM

Fergie-How did you do it? Cold turkey?I have been smoking for the better part of 40 years and have tried many times to quit.Either I haven't found a method that works or I don't want to quit.It seems like when I do try to quit I find an excuse to start again.Sounds lame doesn't it?I know it's not doing me any good and I can be saving a lot of money.

So how about a challenge? You've been off smokes for 13 years-how about helping me kick the habit?I know I can use the help.My wife smokes so she's no help.NJ Bob

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:36 PM

Man!  I've been out of the loop for a few days.  Between people at work getting silly and making up goofy new rules (like I can't cruise the internet while I'm doing other things that are work related because appearently some folks can't multitask and so if they can't do it, no one can......but I'm not upset! Angry [:(!] ) and my daughter turning her car into a pretzel I've got so catch up reading to do!

Yeah, you read right....My little girl had her first accident.  She's fine and so is the other guy, but the car is history.  She slid on some ice ended up running her front end down the side of some guys pickup truck.  I'm quite sure she wasn't speeding as where she lost control and where the car ended up weren't that far apart and it's a 45mph area.  It was just one of those deals where it was an icy spot where the road comes up over a knoll and curves at the same time, and she just misjudged it.  It's a pretty easy mistake to make right there for anyone, but she's still a rookie.  She's been driving for just over a year. I'm just glad everyone was OK.  She's got a couple of bruises and some sore muscles, but I think her ego took the biggest beating.

Yeah, the world will forever be deprived of this masterpiece on wheels!

Oh well, I'm going to go back a few pages and catch up on whatever it is I've been missing!

Sorry to hear the bad news Phil.  We just lost one of our 4 legged friends the day after Christmas, so I really can sympathize!

Foulrift, I quit after twenty years, cold turkey.  It was tough, but I wouldn't go back for anything!  More power to ya!

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Posted by Fergmiester on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:21 PM
 egmurphy wrote:

They just got another 10" (25cm) of snow.  It was -19ºC there this morning with a wind chill of -31ºC.  Yeah, they were happy for me when I told them how the weather was here.  Wink [;)]  I wonder if Fergie is still in St Johns, or whether he's already on his way back to N.S.?

 

Yes Ed I made it home! Came home a day early as I figured the weather was going to be bad. I guess there were all kinds of delays this morning due to blowing snow.

The temps were -10c with a -27c windchill Dead [xx(]

Foul Rift: Not an easy venture. I use to smoke a pack and a half a day but have been smoke free for 13 years. Took me several attempts to free my self. Now the smell makes me want to gag. 

Later All

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:07 PM
Garry-I can't tell you that I quit.When you have been smoking for as long as I have it's not easy.As I have heard many times nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs there is and one of the hardest to kick.For some people it's not that hard,for others like me it's an uphill battle and I've got the scars on my butt from all the times I have slide downhill.NJ Bob
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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:36 PM

refill, but in a AT&SF mug, (because I don't trust Garry after his comment). Mischief [:-,] Thanks!

Drove alongside a long trailertrain/auto cars today. Never did catch up to the locos though.

Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:02 PM

Hello ...

I'll have the GM&O Steak and rings please. The NP apple pie ala mode for dessert. Thanks.

Ryan ... I bet you are a ware that the specialty of the house in the NP diners were their jumbo baked Idaho potatoes.

Jeff ... good news abou the foot. Glad to hear about that. Sorry, however, to learn that you need more insulin. Best wishes.

Paul .. Gald to hear about little Lara's progress. Sounds vwery good!

Colby ... I bet you will study hard for those mid terms and get some A's.

Rob ... If you continue specifying union Pacifc mugs for your coffee, it will be "U.P." for sure ...er...uh..oh, never mind...  never mind.

NJ Bob ... Please stay away from smoking if you have COPD.  I can tell you for sure, you don't want that condition to get worse. Tell us you have quit in your next post, please. Good luck with the passenger cars.

Happy Model Railroading

 

GARRY

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 1:12 PM
JohnBoy- As an example -when I did my avatar I did it in MS Publisher. I then copied it to the clipboard and pasted it into my editing program-IrfanView.I then converted it to a jpeg and uploaded it to Photobucket and then to my profile.It works the same for posting photos.If you can't make it work,send it to me and I'll see what I can do-NJ Bob
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:45 PM

Red Horse: Welcome to the diner. I like your idea having a dedicated trailer as your layout room. I have my layout in the front room of my trailer. That gives me a space 7' 8" wide, 10' long on the right side and 6' 5" on the left side. I had to leave space for the kitchen and entry door. I live in the back room and the bathroom and closet are in between.

Good morning.

Went to see the foot doctor yesterday afternoon. He says my foot is looking good and to keep up what I'm doing. This morning I had an appointment with my primary care provider who said basically the same thing about my overall health. He did increase my insulin dosage a little bit though. It was 90 units. Now it's 100 units (1 cc).

Today's Weather for:     
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      1/23/2008

Wind Chill:  44°F
Humidity:  91%
Dew Point:  45°F

So Far Today
High:  48°F
Low:  45°F
Rain:  0.10"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/hGust:  9mph NNE

Now through 02:00 PM CST January 23, 2008
      
Through 2 PM...light to sometimes moderate showers will continue to push east across most of south-central...central and southwest Louisiana. Additional rainfall amounts will average a tenth of an inch.   
 
Today    High: 48    Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Cooler. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds around 10 mph.   
 
Tonight    Low: 35    Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain. Colder. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.




 

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:39 PM
Just stopped in for a cup of coffee...Cox 47
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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:28 PM

in an a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you!

Hope everyone is doing well. Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:16 PM

Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]

Good afternoon Fellas & Gals,

Chloe, I'm not going to wait for supper, bring on that "Blue Plate Special"  sounds great and a large 7-up or Dr. P. for a swish.

RYAN: Chef [C=:-)]Great work on those menus. Don't think I'll be going any where else to eat anymore. Wonderful staff you have here as well.. Who is cooking these days ?? and that Chloe and her sister Zoe are just knockouts.

DICK:    If you get a chance, I would go and get yourself some more firewood, I don't think it is over for awhile yet.  TOday all over western Canada it is close to the -20c.   Edmonton & Grand Prairie are -19c,  Calgary is -17c. Here in Regina it is -19c Even in Spokane Washington it is -13c.  So it looks like it will take the better part of the week to shake this off. Second pair of socks weather for sure.

Ed:  Cool [8D]"Youre da Man".  We all should be so blessed to have a life like yours. Wow!! [wow] Even afternoon siestas. Warm weather, beautiful senioritas, endless OJ. Copper Canyon train rides, It just doesn't get any better does it ?????

Paul:  Very gald to hear that "Little Lara" is growing strong and doing well. Bet you are a proud "Papa"

NJBob:  I have been trying my darndest to copy and paste a picture that I wanted to share here about the light at the end of the tunnel. But I haven't got it figured out yet. Maybe I have to put it in a Word Doc. first and then move it.  I'll keep trying. Glad you changed your mind.

Phil:   So sorry to hear about Runt, Those are always sad times. Over the years we have lost (due to old age) to many wonderful companions. So tough you always think I won't do that again, but, they have lived their life span and I think have had a good life especially if they were fortunate enough to be part of a family who really loved and appreciated them, and there is always a little guy or gal needing a good place to live out their lives as well. so we just move on and fill that void with a new bundle of fur, and enjoy their own personality.

Red Horse.  I have always thought it would be great to have a caboose. What a great get-away it would be. But you have put a whole new twist on the matter.  Great idea and I'll be waiting for spring to watch your progress on it.  Lots of luck.

CNCharlie, I think you know this but anyway, That "Odorless Garlic" is just what it says. It is odorless and no after taste.  I take it regularily, it helps to keep the imune system strong. Now to change the subject, could you please tell me when CN stopped running to Churchill and if this new "Yankee" outfit runs right out of Winnipeg or do they interline with CN up there somewhere like Thompson ???

Well the Postman just arrived with my order from Micro-Mark, so I guess you know what I'll be doing for awhile.   Fairly large package and it took two weeks to get here.  I guess that is not too bad coming through customs and all.  I bought a NWSL. Chopper, and magnetic building jig,those rubber mixing bowls, truck tuner and a right clamp and a couple of other small items.They all look pretty good. kind of anxious to get to use them now.

Have a great Day and evening all,  prayers and blessings to all in need.

Johnboy out.................

The "Wobbly" is close to having a new tunnel to run through.

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:12 AM

Afternoon everyone and thanks for the welcome back.Top of the page-Guess I'm buying today.

Mitch-I hope everything goes well for your mother.My doctor told me back in June that I had COPD.It kills me just to do the simple things. He gave me a RX for pills to help to quit smoking and they worked .I quit for 3 months until ins. co wouldn't pay for them anymore.Because of that and other stresses at the time I went back to smoking.Not a smart thing to do.Anyway goo luck.

Ryan-I'll have a bowl of soup and the Blue Plate Special.Thanks

I can't wait to get the passenger cars from Lee so I can make a diner (Elliotts Trackside naturally). Should make for an interesting project. NJ Bob

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:03 AM
Good Morning All....Its sunny and cold here again today...I'll have the GM&O Blue plate special,NP Apple pie with 3 scoops of ice cream and a diet coke please...Thank you..

I cleaned up work area a little and then ran train for a while last nite...hadn't run any thing on the mine tracks since before Christmas..Got track cleaned and running...

Lee... Saw your post about the 70's AHM prices...I remeber that in the 60's and early 70's they ran one of the AHM engines for 19.95 every Christmas including cab Forward and the big boy...My first HO steamer was a Nickle Plate berk Sallie got me for my birthday for 19.95...You could buy them at Woolworth and the old Woolco's....The FM's. E 8's and BL's could be found for 7.95...Now you know why some of us old timers choke on the price of these engines today...Funny story on the Berk..I was new to Model Railroading I bought a tube of oil to oil the berk with not seeing that it was not for plastic about 6 months later I put it on the track cranked trottle open nothing just a high pitched whine...The oil had soften the gear tower....I cryed big tears...

RT....Hope things go OK with Insurance...

Ryan...Thanks for the Tree clinic...

Red Horse....Great idea Trains in a trailer that looks like a Caboose..What scale will layout be?..Can't wait to see more photos...

You all have a good one...Jerry
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Posted by rtraincollector on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:56 AM

Morning all Hey zoe I'll have 4 pancakes with lots of that fresh maple syrup on the side plate 2 eggs over meed with 4 slices of toast , hash browns and bacon and a large glass of eds OJ .

 

Not to much happening here today as I'm off today. well Its time to eat so will talk later you all have fun.

Oh yeah have to call the insurance company and see whats up with my settlement for there guy running into my porch xmas eve. I still have to fix that.

Life's hard, even harder if your stupid  John Wayne

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Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:38 AM

Good Morning All,

    I'll have a regular and a glazed donut to go please Zoe. Lots to do and a late start besides so I gotta run. I'll try to check in later.

Welcome back NJBob and welcome to our two new folks. The idea for using a trailer for a layout  room is great. We used to have a character about here who had his layout around the upper part of his motor home which was his permanent residence. Catch y'all later, J.R.

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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:28 AM

Morning folks!

The low was 39° F this morning, a regular warm front, but the Artic Express is coming again tomorrow....sigh...Sigh [sigh]

Glad that the mini tree clinic was of use for some folks, and thanks for those who made positive comments on the layout progress! Cool [8D]

Sign - Welcome [#welcome] Welcome back Avenger and NJBob! Though, NJ, I never really thought that you left us!

 Heartland Division CBandQ wrote:

Ryan asked: "Hey, is "Blackhawk" inspired by the namesake city found in the Colorado Rockies?"... No, Ryan. I've been to Blackhawk, CO a few times, but that's not it. CB&Q had a business car (heavyweight observation) with that name. The Blackhawks were a native American tribe in northern Illinois area served by the "Q". A hockey team has the name also. My "Blackhawk" is my junction to the steel mill branch as well as the home for some of my industries.

 Another fictional town is "Prairie View" which is the name of an Empire Builder Great Dome car that traveled on the Burlington from Chicago to its Great Northern connection in St Paul.

My next fictional town will not be named after a passenger car. It will be a suburb of my planned city of "Heartland". My layout expansion is just about there now. The suburb is be be named "Valley Heights", an incongruous name intended to be a bit on the whimsical side.

BTW, Ryan.....  I like your thread about trees. It's helpful. now, anybody desiring to have trees will not be "stumped".

 

Garry, I like your naming convention for the layout; I still need to hammer out the names of areas on my layout. I like your humor too! Laugh [(-D]

 egmurphy wrote:

It's amazing how little I can do and still fill up a day.  Although we were tired after yesterday, we got up early and did our morning constitutional, then did the big weekly grocery shopping.  In the afternoon I went to play some pool  Eight Ball [8]  with my F-I-L.  Oh yeah, and managed to fit a nap Zzz [zzz]  in there between all

Another rough day eh Ed! LOL Whistling [:-^] Confused [%-)]

Phil, it is amazing how attached we can become to our pets, and they each have their own personalities and such.

 grayfox1119 wrote:

BTW, how come that cell phone can't run our trains on DCC?

Dick, going to have to talk to the manufacturer about that one, they sure did drop the ball didn't they!

Colby, good luck on the mid-terms!

And now.....


Today's Lunch and Dinner Specials

Soup du Jour ~

c $2.95 b. $3.95

Southern RR ~ Chicken and Rice Soup

From the Grill

$6.95

D&RGW ~ Rocky Mountain Trout Meuniere

Diner Special ~

$5.95

Seaboard Coast Line ~ Turkey a la King en Casserole

Blue Plate Special ~

$4.95

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio ~ Broiled Sirlon Steak w Fried Onion Rings

Dessert ~

$2.95

Northern Pacific ~ Apple Pie a la Mode


And now.....a railroad dining tasty morsel in history....
This was found in the NP North Coast Ltd Menu dated 1969:


For Your Protection

Excellent performance in Sanitation has been rewarding to the Northern Pacific , we now have Nine special citations from the United States Public Health Service for contributing to Public Health.

WE ARE PROUD OF THIS RECORD

 

Cheers,

Ryan

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Posted by avenger on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:40 AM
 Flashwave wrote:
 avenger wrote:

Hey all, hav'ent been in for a while.

Been a traitor. Went to a differant diner here in sunny Stewart/Jensen Beach. The place is called Frankenstiens. Cold beer and warm buns. Right on the edge of the tracks (F.E.C)

Heard a train rollin, and was suprised to see a yellow SD ??Only saw the dark blue SD40s????

Not only that, it was a SD60/SD70/SD80?sd90

last not possible, but realistic idea.

Yellow/Blue paint.

THEN i saw a BoBo GP???(38,40) F.e.C in UP colors. The paint around the logo and number was fresh yellow.

Odd?

 

( OH NO!! Bad Timing!!) Load em up boys, it;s on me (a firsrt)

I though BoBo was electric???

Thanks on the Shay Roatary. Actually, I have a Spec Shay that'll get the Soundtraxx treatment.

I'll get a pic later. But today was lemming day for the swim team. Also called Senior Night. at the end of our humiliating defeat, EVERYONE gets thrown/pushed/jump in the pool. We started by singing Happy Birthday to the Dive Coach's daughter and pushing her in. Then we pushed in the semi pregnent Girl's coach (double points!!), then yours truly and the Girl's manager. Then everyone was in. Avon got in the act, and shoved 2 girls in. Then I swam about and helped with the lane lines. My head hurts...

I'll take a warm pasta ladies, keep the change.

 EDIT: on point, a yellow/orange engine http://www.fecrwy.com/

Sorry, I meant 4 axels... BoBo means 2, 2

 andthe o,o ??

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:28 AM

Hey Guys

I've been "studying" for  midterms. I've been working on my layout and It's comming along great. BTW I'll have a RBF2G

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Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:51 AM

good morning all

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:25 AM

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:05 PM

Good evening gents, just stopped in for a cold root beer, been steam cleaning the carpets for the CFO, one of the HD jar projects that I have been putting off for three years.....what a job, the actual cleaning was easy, moving all the furniture...well...at age 69 ( Friday ), Sigh [sigh]  that is another matter all together, the mind is 20 + but the body says the truth.

RED HORSE: Welcome to the Diner Sign - Welcome [#welcome] , I have been through your town several times, we go to Attitash Mountain every Feb and Oct, and been all through that area, route 12, 16, 302, 153, Chocorua, etc.. Maybe you can go to CSRR and get a set of trucks and some old rail to place under the trailer. I live about 2.5 hour drive SW of you, just outside the city of Worcester, Ma.

CN CHARLIE, KEVIN, JOHNBOY:  Blizzard conditions up there, -22F, is that what we can expect in new England in a couple of days? This has been some winter, I am now on my third row of fire wood, ( 3 of 3 ) and hope it holds out until the snow melts so that I can get up back and bring in more wood from the covered pile in the west 40.

ED: Be careful crossing the river in your truck to get to the OJ grove !!!!!

RYAN: Great method on making trees, very cost effective. BTW, how come that cell phone can't run our trains on DCC?

Ok, time to hit the sack, see you guys for breakfast...JEFF, your up for morning coffee duties Cloe told me to tell you, and BTW, better fix that roof damaged by Rita before next season hits, only 4 months away mon ami,

Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:41 PM
Paul-Ed-thanks for the welcome back. To tell you all the truth I probably should never have left.I tend to over react.But it feel good to be back.NJ Bob
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Posted by philnrunt on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:29 PM

   Well let's see. Tried to log in to my favorite Forum last night, and kept getting an "invalid e-mail or password" message. This was after trying to log in to my second favorite RR forum, and the site not recognizing the fact that I logged in. So I left, tail tucked between my legs, thinking Stoooopid computer.

  When I woke up, it dawned on me that if I had put the RIGHT password in, maybe I could have been in here last night. The other problem has been taken care of also. Tonight all is well with the puter world.

   And it is much warmer in the PD, so I can explain that the quote the other night should have been " I'm just going outside, and may be sometime". It was Capt. L.E.G. Oates, of the Scott Antartic Expedition, who knew that, due to his frostbite injuries, he was slowing his team members down, and cutting their chances for survival. Even with his sacrifice, all perished. Still, I've always admired him. And Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen, Peary, etc, etc. Tougher men than I. So there you go, JIMRC and Ed. Sorry I didn't get it right the first time, but my mind was numbed by the cold that night!

   Silverspike and CN Charlie- Thanks for the good wishes for Runtzpunkin, she has become such a huge part of my life that just the thought of her not being around can choke me up. For someone who never really liked pets, I sure have changed. Never liked kids either, and now both of 'em are incredibly important to me. How the once mighty have fallen.

   Rob- Sure do hate to hear about the nanny goat. Nature sure can be unforgiving at times.

    BlueHillsCPR and Redhorse- Welcome, hope to see you in here alot.

   Looks like the temps are gonna tank again, it was 10F when I came in to w**k, and I think the high tomorrow will be in the teens. Great. I was really worried that it might not get stoopid stinkin' cold again. Glad to know I was concerned for no reason!

   Take care all, now that I remember my password, maybe we will see y'all tomorrow.

  

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Posted by Cederstrand on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:44 PM

Tall cool glass of water is all for me tonight. Thanks!

RED HORSE, great idea turning the train room/trailer into a caboose. Look forward to seeing pics of it down the road...or should I say "tracks". 

Have a good night all. Cowboy [C):-)] Rob

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Posted by egmurphy on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:21 PM

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,

Another truly beautiful day down here in Paradise.  Cool [8D]  Climbed up to just around 80º, blue sky, light breeze.  I'm trying to enjoy this weather while we have it.  By March or April this will be just a faded memory, and being outside won't be nearly as comfortable.

Talked to my brother and sister up in Newfoundland this morning.  They just got another 10" (25cm) of snow.  It was -19ºC there this morning with a wind chill of -31ºC.  Yeah, they were happy for me when I told them how the weather was here.  Wink [;)]  I wonder if Fergie is still in St Johns, or whether he's already on his way back to N.S.?

It's amazing how little I can do and still fill up a day.  Although we were tired after yesterday, we got up early and did our morning constitutional, then did the big weekly grocery shopping.  In the afternoon I went to play some pool  Eight Ball [8]  with my F-I-L.  Oh yeah, and managed to fit a nap Zzz [zzz]  in there between all that stuff.

Tomorrow we plan to head back out to the orange grove to do some routine maintenance and cut some more fruit.

Mitch - hope things work out for your Mom.  Working at the library until she was 78?  That's some accomplishment.

Ryan - layout continues to come along nicely.

CG Jim:  Were your magazines MR, Trains, and the like?
Definitely.  The recent special edition of Classic Trains Magazine, and the December issue of Railroad Model Craftsman.

Kevin / Blue Hills CPR - Welcome to the Diner.  Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

NJ Bob - nice to see you back in here.

Red Horse - Wow, a dedicated trainroom trailer, to be decorated as a caboose no less!  That should be nice when you have it done.  And I'll say welcome because I don't remember seeing you in here before.  Sign - Welcome [#welcome]

That's about it for this evening.  Catch up with you tomorrow.

Hasta mañana,

Ed

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:20 PM

Evening Gang:

Mitch: I'm happy to hear that your mom is doing a bit better and in a place that she likes. That's important to help her get better.

Ah, NJBob is back so things are getting back to normal. I'm glad that you are back, Welcome.

Welcome Red Horse. Sign - Welcome [#welcome] That is a neat idea to make the trailer into a caboose.Will it stil be movable? What type of a layout will it be and in what scale?

Not much here. I did get a copy of Model Railroad Planning 2008. I haven't really looked at it yet but it looks good at first glance. We went to the hospital today. Lara is in a crib and was all tucked in with a blanket. She looked so cute, like a little peanut. by the time we got back from the hospital and a stop at Wally World the day was pretty much shot. I went over to the creek and did some more dirt hauling. I think a couple of more hours and it will all be over on the north side of the creek. It is cold here today. I haven't checked the temp. Ignorance is bliss.

Lee the Mc Mylar would be interesting. A friend of mine built a loader from an article in MR and it was really nice. One person was kept busy running it.

Welcome Kevin. Have a cup of your choice of beverage on me.

Well I guess I'll head for bed.

Good Night All

Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU

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