Good morning All...Its sunny and cooler her this morning weather guesser says we might get some frost tonite...Just coffee for me please...thank You..Just got up from a big Breakfast that Sallie and Tootie made....Mosie and Tootie spent the night and were gonna take them home this afternoon...Mosie says she only come to see us to watch cable LOL!!...Here is Tootie at the trottle this morning
Lee...Good luck at the train show!....
Thanks for all the kind feed back on my turntable...like I said don't know what I'll do with it if I ever get it done...I do have a round house kit I picked up of Ebay thats posta be missing a few pieces to go with it..
You all have a good one.....Jerry
I should check where I land. Looks like I have been paying since last evening. I am afraid that we polished off the pie, Philip, but how about breakfast. If we line up for the buffet, we can all have our favorites. Where is Ryan? He usually has good suggestions on breakfast. You all are probably starting to think about brunch.
grayfox1119 wrote: SUE: " White Cascade" ????????????
SUE: " White Cascade" ????????????
Dick, I may wait for it to come out on audio. After I finish all my dental hygiene journals, I don't have much time to just sit and read. I listen to lots of books in the car or while doing something else.
Jim, I will stop by for a RBF this afternoon.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Good morning, cloudy day today and we got "some" relief for the extreme fire danger, a whopping 0.02" of rain overnight, that's correct, two-hundreths of an inch! By the time that Cape Gerardeau LOW got here and banged up against the Nova Scotia humongeous HIGH pressure system with it's extreme dry sinking air, the water vapor just vanished. Tomorrow may be a different story however, because the RH is now up to 85%, so the air is becoming saturated, so when the next LOW arrives tomorrow afternoon, we cpuld get up to 3" of badly needed rain.
I see that CMT ( via intermountain) is taking reservations on FP9's!!! How many of you guys have FP9's in your fleet??
HOOPLE: Hey, all I know is, RT said he made a Chocolate Cream pie, and no one had even taken a bite out of it in the frig. Then I go to get a piece and it is nearly gone, and the only person sitting near the Frig was Mark. Now if your covering for someone who raided the frig, better let RT know. How was the train show ? Did you buy any equipment?
I see that CSX had another accident, not their fault, a semi decided to do battle with a freight, what a mess, cars everywhere and RR personnel injured. The Semi driver was not injured, but he will be charged with reckless driving at the very least.
TIFN
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Good morning all,
Heading to Toledo for the big train show, meeting my mother and my brother there for a day of exercise, LOL. Then it's off to Warren, MI to see my kids and attend the open house for my daughter's induction to Phi Theta Kappa at her collage.
Rob, tonight I'll get off my bottom and send you some plans to look over.
I'll be stopping in later tonight to be showing ye swabs me bounty from yen train show, arg!
Lee
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
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Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hoople wrote: grayfox1119 wrote: HOWEVER...the pie was 95% eaten!!! OK, was that Hoople again ?? How many more times...I DON'T LIKE PIE!!!Mark
grayfox1119 wrote: HOWEVER...the pie was 95% eaten!!! OK, was that Hoople again ??
How many more times...
I DON'T LIKE PIE!!!
Mark
I like pie. Sounds good after a day of working on fence outside. Gotta have sunshine.
How was the train show, Mark? We just couldn't face driving up to Puyallup.
No train activities today, but maybe tomorrow.
Evening Gang:
RT that's great news. A train room with a house attached. I hope now the VA comes through for you.
Fergie That may be why the oceans levels are rising. On the lakes though the levels have been very down for the last couple of years. There have been a couple of very interesting wrecks uncovered because of that.
Lee it seems to me that if my ship had lost a 16 ton rudder I'd have let someone know. Of course it may have been so long ago that no one remembers.
The meet was a hugh success. We had very few derailments and they were minor. The track ran smooth. Everyone had a great time and the dinner was really good. Becayse of the storms predicted for tonight starting around midnight most of the folks loaded up early.usually we leave everything out and load in the morning. John ran my locomotive and train this afternoon when things slowed down. Baby Lara got her first train ride. She was wide awake when it left the station but was fast asleep shortly there after. John also gave Diane her first lesson in running the locomotive. Tomorrow I'll have to go back over and clean uo the locomotive and maybe fire up before that. I haven't run it since last October. I hope that I haven't forgotten how.
Well I'm going to head for bed.
Good Night All
Good evening guys, another beauty of a day here, but I fear it will be the last for a while. Cloudy and showers tomorrow, and heavier rain on Monday into Tuesday morning, but we sure need it, many brush fires still rage here in New England.
JIM: Yup, your storm will hit us somewhat Sunday and heavier rains on Monday. I see Cape Gerardeau quite a bit on the Weather Channel lately, they like the Cape I guess. So what are buying at Staples these days?
RT: That is great news on el rancho grande!! And as for the CC pie, you had better look again, I made a beeline for the Frig before Fergie could even get out of his booth. HOWEVER...the pie was 95% eaten!!! OK, was that Hoople again ?? Or maybe Sue?
CNCharlie: Will Spring ever come up there for you? How much snow is still on the ground?
OK, time to hit the sackaroo, see you g uys at breakfast..
You guys running a temp? I'm buying and I put a chocolate cream pie in the fridge and no one evens sticks a finger in it!
Oh well just more for me.
Hello everyone.
I like Jerry's turntable. Almost as good as key lime pie.
I'm glad to see RT's news.
CN Charlies has a really nice consolidation evidently.
I like Jeff's gas station photo.
Also, good to see the bottle car photos, Lee.
My thanks to Gav, Jim, and Lee for their comments. My operation will be Thursday, and all should be okay with that.
I've completed the station I showed a few days ago, and it's looking better now. I am working on the layout so I may place teh sation on it.
Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
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Hi,gang.
RT: forgot to give you the on the house sale!
CN CHARLIE/CAPEJIM: We're actually in NW Wisconsin, about an hour southeast of Duluth/Superior.Yes ,it is STILL snowing and really blowing. Gusts to 30mph!
Well, almost time for the green flag on the Nationwide race. see you later!
Terry
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Good Mornin', Janie - I'll have a burger and Dr. Pepper, thanks!Jerry, that is awesome work on that turntable. Any way you could add a small engine terminal on another section/sheet of plywood and fit it on there? While back, one MR article on building your own turntable also mentioned using a phone jack for the pivot! So you are every bit as smart as the MR writers. SilverSpike wrote:PC and Jim are gonna miss all those pies and desserts we used to make from that pie pan Jerry!
SilverSpike wrote:PC and Jim are gonna miss all those pies and desserts we used to make from that pie pan Jerry!
PC and Jim are gonna miss all those pies and desserts we used to make from that pie pan Jerry!
Hey, Ryan - PC doesn't have to worry about the pies. Chloe said she still has several HO and O scale pans in the kitchen!
Cederstrand wrote:Now Jerry, if you could turn them out quick enough, the Diner could supply you with plenty of "parts". Awe heck, just toss it all in a box and sell it as a kit! And a very tasty line of turntables that could be, Rob!
Cederstrand wrote:Now Jerry, if you could turn them out quick enough, the Diner could supply you with plenty of "parts". Awe heck, just toss it all in a box and sell it as a kit!
Jerry, was that a pie crust turntable lining, or the start of a cherry one? Gav, you'd better not let your 'angels' know about the lightning conductor, or they'll come up with some way to play around with it and burn the place down...Hey Colby, just find you some cool frames to go with your glasses - they'll make you look smart for the gals.
On the glasses and exercising one's eyes, I'd love it if that helped my glaucoma... I used to have 20/15 vision when I was a kid - for whatever reason we used the terms reversed in Missouri. On my 20/15, I could read stuff at 20' that most people had to come in to 15' to see. Ah, to be young again (well, maybe not...).
Had a thunderstorm go through our area around suppertime last night. Bunch of rain for a while, and some noisy lightning strikes while I was in our Staples store. Their computers and lights flickered, so it took a bit for the 'puters to get started back up. Then apparently their connection to the financial network wasn't back up, as it didn't get past asking me if I wanted any extra cash from my debit card I was paying with; just sat there until it said on the signin terminal screen "Please try alternative payment method" (I didn't have extra cash on me at the time). Maybe there'll be enough rain left over by the time it gets to your neck of the woods, Dick. These were some dark, black clouds...
Oh, I went back by Staples this morning, but now I wish I'd've had the cash last night. Last night when the clerk pulled up the price on the boxes I was going to buy, it was $4.something for three of them (12X12X18"), but today the computer said they were $8 and a half or so. Shoot!
Lee, those steel mill cars are something else! Thanks for posting those.
So RT, I'm guessing you are reserving the biggest bedroom for the layout, right? At least, I'd think along the lines of Rob's suggestion. Congratulations on getting the house signed up (and prayers that it goes through soon and smoothly for you)! Let us know when the housewreckingwarming will be, okay?
Fergie, whatever it was, that sure did some damage on the ship's propellor! Hope you get things lined out for your Dad's estate and all. Good that you're having decent weather up there.
Terry, what is it with your area's weather? Snow? In mid-April? I could see it if you lived by CN Charlie or Johnboy, but shouldn't Minnesota be starting to think about warming a little bit.....???
And I see Hoople's heading out for another train show excursion, so I think I'll go visit our LHS. I got brownies baked for our singles dinner tonight (after the volleyball in late afternoon). The dinner will be at my buddy Mark's house - fish fry, and we bring the side dishes. Yum!
I'd best get going for now. Probably may not be back in until tomorrow. Then again, our MRR club's meeting at one of the member's place to run trains in the afternoon, so it might be late tomorrow afternoon...
Blessings on your Saturday,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Large coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
***RT, CONGRATS on the new house. Let's see, the smallest room for the office, then the Master bedroom, leaving the largest for your train room.
***Philip, "kick back".(your choice of meanings)
***Fergie, my heart goes out to you. That can be a very lengthy and taxing ordeal, full of tough decisions.
***CN Charlie, we aquired some excellent vacuum cleaners when I moved the Inlaws household for them (they only had close to a dozen...crazy). I will e-mail you with the brands later. There is a huge difference between brands & models.
High of 77 w/ 70% chance of thunderstorms. Hope it pours.
Have a good day, all. Rob
Good Morning!
This must be a first as I never come in during the morning. It seems a good place to be as it is blowing and cold outside here. I think Terry mus'nt be too far away given his weather report. Northern Minnesota isn't it? I'd much rather be down there in Jeff's neck of the woods right now.
Great news RT on your new house. I do like the idea of a house warming though. Perhaps we can get Ryan to do up some of his great cooking for the festivities.
Weather or not, I have to go out as we are on round 2 of the new vacuum cleaner quest. There is a new one sitting in the box not 5 feet from where I'm sitting now but the internet reports were mixed on it so we're going to look at another make.
Bye for now,
CN Charlie
Fergie, glad to see you in the diner again. Thanks, the outer 2 mains are modeled after the Chicago Line running from Buffalo, NY to Chicago, IL. The inner main is the local track for Fox creek and Major city. I have 3FT laid for the Pittsburg Line running from the docks to new Haven, PA. The Pittsburg line will be a single main 21' point to point main.
Good Morning All!
Still here, just been busy in the garden and garage and hallway and...
The weather has been very good for these parts this past week with temps in the 50-60 range, which for here this time of year is very good and has allowed me to do work in the garden.
grayfox1119 wrote:HAS ANYONE HEARD FROM OUR NOVA SCOTIANS ?????? Just because someone (un-named) ate all Fergie's butterscotch cream pie is no reason to shun the Diner.
HAS ANYONE HEARD FROM OUR NOVA SCOTIANS ?????? Just because someone (un-named) ate all Fergie's butterscotch cream pie is no reason to shun the Diner.
I think Jerry has some explaining to do as the pie plate he absconded with was full before it's transition BTW Jerry Kudos to you and your inovation as I never thought to have used a pie pan for my pit... would have saved me a lot of grief, saying that you still owe me a Pie!!!
As to the whereabouts of John and Luc I cannot answer that. I get the occassional joke via e-mail from Luc but nothing else. I've just been too busy this past while to do anything on the MR Believe it or not I'm still dealing with Dad's estate and personal effects and it's a steep incline. I still have boxes with momentos I have no idea what to do with...
RT: Concongrats on the house as I hope it works out for you as I'm sure it will. If you have a house warming make sure the Chandeliers are put away as we know what certain individuals can do to them!
Lee: Checked out your site some very interesting pics, thanks for sharing! LOve the triple man line makes me green with envy!
Paul: One of our Coast Guard ships recently did an engine trial at dockside and sucked "something" though one of the props... Half a $million later she's working fine again. No one has any idea what lies below the waters surface as it's the worlds largest dumpster... could be why the Ocean's levels are rising
Anyway I've said my fill for the morning
Later
Fergie
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Morning,all!
I finally got both bikes tuned and ready for the first ABATE fund-raising ride of the year today.But it's 30f and snowing.1" on the ground,more on the way.I hate winter.
JEFF: you sound just like Robyn!I can't even stand the SMELL of it and she puts it on everything.Eggs,chips, pizza,pasta,toast, everything. If I was smart I'd by stock!!
Morning all!
Haven't been around a lot lately. This new set of duties at my job is kicking my butt!
I see RT got a new place! Congrats!
Congratulations RT,
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 51 by 2pm. South wind around 16 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind between 8 and 13 mph.
Tomorrow morning I'll be headed west to Toledo for the train show, then north to visit my kids. Then a 3 hour drive back home.
congratulations
on the house and good luck with the VA.
Gav
okay girls looks like I'm buying today . Enjoy guys as its going to be the last for a long time .
Bought a house yesterday or should I say made an offer and it has been aproved. for a 1300 sq foot house 3 bed room 1 bath. has a den with a fireplace added to it. (was to tired to report last night)
I figure 1 bedroom wife and me, one beroom office/ storage and the last bedroom will be train room!!!
Now just need the va to finally get my finger prints in.
***Lee, cool pics. So, did you touch one? Love that tribute loco, very cool. Interesting that in the last pic of those towers/silos, there is prominent horizontal banding. What exactly causes that?
Rob, it had been raining all morning, and I took the pictures of the silos shortly after the rain ended. If you look hard in the steel plant pictures you might notice I was using my hard hat to protect the camera from the rain. No touching, LOL I noticed the car right against the locomotive was empty on both trips acting as a spacer car. I asked about slag cars and they don't use them. Good thing you caught the tender swap, the IHS might have thought you were pulling some trick.
Paul, there are no salvage rights on the Great Lakes, so unless the owner wants it back it often sits on the bottom. I imagine with the loss of water from the GL you'll see more things getting hit. There are whispers of smaller freighters or barges coming.