Elliot's Trackside Diner V, at the diamonds

[Cederstrand]

 in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you!

***Lee, that GG-1 show was pretty cool. (I'll never tire of the UP shows though)

One more time: Picked up a couple old LIMA circus cars for the wife's train. How do I change out the couplers, or will I need to replace the entire trucks, so that these vintage cars will hook up to her Bachmann 2-8-0 loco? Thanks for any help with this. 

Have a great day, all.

Rob

[GMTRacing]

Greetings from Salinas,

     Fog again this morning same as every other day we've been here. We have a day to wander so the plan is to head up to Santa Cruz and Roaring Camp to ride the logging road there.

Lee - We will have pics eventually, but I haven't tried loading to my Photobucket account for a while and I'm not sure how it'll work with the laptop and wireless. We should have some once we return to the shop.

Inch - the way things are going, that might have had some basis in fact. Is it possible that the folks from Monty Python have taken over the world?

It would be nice if some of the rain would even out and end up where it's needed more but I guess that's just not the way it works.    Catch y'all later,  J.R.

[inch53]

Mornin, just a to a go cup Zoe. I had to post this one

Be sure to canel your credit cards [Only in Ireland] !!!!
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die! This is so
priceless And so easy to see happening - customer service, being what it
is today!
A lady died this past January, and MBNA bank billed her for February and
March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and Then
added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance that had been
£0.00, now is somewhere around £60.00.
A family member placed a call to the MBNA Bank:
Family Member:
'I am calling to tell you that she died in January.'
MBNA:
'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still
apply.'
Family Member:
'Maybe, you should turn it over to collections.'
MBNA:
'Since it is two months past due, it already has been.'
Family Member:
So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?'
MBNA:
'Either report her account to the frauds division or report her to The
credit bureau, maybe both!'
Family Member:
'Do you think God will be mad at her?'
MBNA:
'Excuse me?'
Family Member:
'Did you just get what I was telling you . . . The part about her Being
dead?'
MBNA:
'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.'
Supervisor gets on the phone:
Family Member:
'I'm calling to tell you, she died in January.'
MBNA:
'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still
apply.'
Family Member:
'You mean you want to collect from her estate?'
MBNA:
(Stammer) 'Are you her lawyer?'
Family Member:
'No, I'm her great nephew.'
(Lawyer info given)
MBNA:
'Could you fax us a certificate of death?'
Family Member:
'Sure.'
( fax number is given )
After they get the fax:
MBNA:
'Our system just isn't set up for death. I don't know what more I Can do
to help.'
Family Member:
'Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing
Her. I don't think she will care.'
MBNA:
'Well, the late fees and charges do still apply.'
Family Member:
'Would you like her new billing address?'
MBNA:
'That might help.'
Family Member:
' Glasnevin Cemetry, Finglas Road , Dublin 11, Ireland , Plot Number
1049.'
MBNA:
'Sir, that's a cemetery!'
Family Member:
'Well, what the **** do you do with dead people on your planet?'

[jeffrey-wimberly]

In the news for central Louisiana,

IT BE RAINING HERE!

We've gotten half an inch so far this morning and it's still coming down.

[Fergmiester]

So Packer's No1 Who's this "Flavour of the Week" guy your talking about... never heard of him.  Must be on the senior circuit.

Dick: Jays won last night watch yer self!

GREETINGs to the "NEw Guy". No, there's no secret brotherhood here, no sacrifices, just lots of coffee and mayhem. Now that Galaxy has made his self known I guess he's buyiny! Al you ave to do is tell us a little something about yourself.

JP: Good Hunting with the GF. Personally I hate house hunting and hope never to do it again! Basement eh... Well that will be a  good start for future endeavours.

Terry: Some people need a shot in the back of the head. If they can't give you time of day well to heck with them. Friendship is not based on "words per minute" but rather "Good memories per life time"

As for my CV 2-10-4 looking C&O well sorry I have news for ya she's all CN. They were real big on Elescos, Vestibul cabs, over sized Ash pans and the "V" number boards under the Feed waters. I'm looking forward to painting her as wel the Southern "Cresent Limited".

LEE: I agree full heartedly regarding the Flat Land concept. That's why I like it here. Nice rolling and ever changing.

Well it's raining so I'm off to the basement

Fergie 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Lee's buying!

I'll have the bacon and eggs.

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind between 6 and 8 mph. Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South wind around 9 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind at 6 mph becoming south. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

The GG-1 show (last night) on RFD-TV was awesome showing the locomotive from concept to retirement. I was getting tired of the UP episodes; we from the flat water level route get bored after a while with "foreign" motive power. No offense to the west of the Mississippi / Missouri River rail roads.  

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's currently 81 and cloudy with occasional drizzle. The high will be in the mid 80's and there's a good chance of a thunderstorm or two coming through.

Yesterday was irritating, to put it mildly. Constant power failures in the morning followed by constant cable problems in the afternoon. Hopefully today won't be a repeat.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      8/12/2008

Heat Index:  89°F
Humidity:  85%
Dew Point:  76°F

So Far Today
High:  82°F
Low:  81°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  7mph SSW

Now through 07:00 AM CDT August 12, 2008
 
Through 7 AM...isolated showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible across southern Louisiana. Rainfall from these showers will be mostly light...but heavier showers can be expected from southern portions of Lafayette to New Iberia. This isolated activity is occurring ahead of an area of light to moderate rain located across northern Tyler...Jasper and Newton counties into Vernon Parish. Rainfall amounts of up to one quarter of an inch are possible.

Today  High: 88    Rain likely and scattered thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent in the morning decreasing to 70 percent in the afternoon.

Tonight  Low: 72    Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent in the evening decreasing to 20 percent after midnight.

[wetidlerjr]

 

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! 

[Train 284]

I think Packers1 blew a gasket or something.

Anyway just hanging out tonight, going to work at 6:30 tomorrow I should get some rest soon. hehe. I am waiting for my next paycheck so I can begin the benchwork on my layout. Everything else is ready to go. But in the meantime I am having fun using the new weathering powders I bought. 

[TrainsRMe1]

Packers #1, hey man are you OK?, I understand what your sayin' but don't pop an aorta! They should have gave him a chance, but the Packers wanted to move on, I bet Thompson looses his job over this.

      Hey All, what is up?? Flo errr Zoe, ummm oh Chiole! Okay okay, they are Triplets We gotta get these lights in here fixed! AHHHH just jivin' I will take a turk--- oh wait a minute I will take the Surf and Turf also!!!! Did A little work on the tunnel, but all came to an quick stop, because I was playin' wit my grandson, he's goin' to be my assistant engineer, someday, Anyway, I gotta get to sleep,because tomorrow is another work day. See ya guys later. 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Packers#1: You sure you've got that off your chest now? That was almost like reading the local sports page.

[grayfox1119]

Good evening, more rains today, we are closing in fast on the 10th place for wettest Summer on record and we have 20 days to go yet!! Bad flooding in RI and New Bedford, Ma area today. It seems like a different area gets clobbered each day with downpours of 4 to 6 inches.

RT: Congrats!! That was quite a nice TV news video!! Now we have a celeb in the Diner !!!

RYAN: I spell good but my typing sucks...( rib rip snorting TS ). I see you have anice crop od herbs this year, and they are not under water either!! I have the best cucumber crop that we have had in years with all this rain.

COLBY: You must have had a slow Summer at Life guard, Maine has had so much rains up your way. My son just spent a week at Bar Harbor camping, it rained all week.

Later,

[Packers#1]

Quote other user: He's coming into a new system, with new receivers he's not played with, in a new town (NY no less) and all of this at age 38.
My response: 

Okay, 1 name for you:
BUBBA FRANKS
history w/ favre- Packers TE from 2000-2007. Favre now has a guy to translate the Jets system, and an old teammate to work w/. Also, there is a run game. The jets QBs weren't the best last year, so teams could shut down Thomas Jones (who, if I remember correctly, was good in Chicago). W/ Favre and Lavernius Coles and the other WR, Favre can stretch the field. And bubba can still play. So now, Jones has some room to run. And remember Favre's last season. He can still play, and this ain't about the money or fame, or anything. Those Packers are thick-headed donkeys, but I'll still pull for them. But I'll tell you 1 thing, they made the biggest mistake in franchise history when they let go of favre.

I'll keep ya'll updated.

[Packers#1]

post on another forum about Brett favre being a diva sparked this rant. I'm so freakin' tired of people calling THE best QB in NFL history (period, no exceptions) is a diva. He wanted to play, and the Packers were too prideful to relize that Favre is still better than Rodgers. I wish Favre had taken that open competion. Don't get me wrong, I like Rodgers, he'll do ok, but Favre is still my favorite player. Enjoy!

(WARNING: A VERY BIG AND LONG RANT THAT I'VE NEEDED TO HAVE FOR A WHILE. I DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE!!!!)
Uh, compared to Chad Johnson, Pacman Jones, TO (in the past), Micheal Vick, etc., Brett ain't a diva. I absolutly HATE it when people call him that. Would a diva play w/ a seperated shoulder? Would a diva go to the sideline coughing up blood, and after the next play, come in a nd throw a td? and my personal favorite, would a diva play a football game 26 hours after his father died? Would a diva start 253 (w/o counting playoffs[and still counting) consecutive games? I'm still a Packers fan, but I've still got 4 other teams I root for: Saints, Chargers, and the Jets. And yes, I'll be getting a Brett the Jet jersey (after football tryouts next Monday) if I work out w/ my dad this whole week. Favre is a legend. this is his 18th year in the league. He gave so much to the Packers, they shoulda let him go where he pleased. He's given so much to the Packers (I sited some examples) that he should be allowed to play, and the Packers made him look like a Diva because, not realizing that they are a zillion times better w/ favre, they said "Stay retired" THe wimps even offered him 20 million to stay retired. THey know he'll beat them, period, and they're scared of him, so they sent him to the AFC. The one thing the Packers have going for them is that in late March, they were ready to take him back, but he changed his mind. he's not a diva, but yeah, he laft them hanging a few times. Still, they shoulda taken him back, or let him play in the division, like he wanted.

And lord, I just opened the super sized barrel of worms.

[Packers#1]

droppin' in. Phelps got another gold, make it 3 for 3 now. Hoope he gets all 8, lol. Green bay is down a Touchdown w/ about 12 mins. left. Go Pac Go (and saints, chargers, and Jets).

EDIT: Cincinatti kicked a field goal, make it 20-10.

[Flashwave]

Hi guys.

I usually don't frequent places such as this, but I thought I'd check it out.

Is this some kind of secret brotherhood?

I rather favor my own home cookin' (mother made sure I knew how- "a boy's gotta eat, right?")

But I could let someone else cook for me tonight....

It's only secret because the guys selling the prddy button up the back jackets don't really want us moving about... "brotherhood," kinda.

Talk to Chef. He's probab;y willing enough to hand you a pot for yuorself, just don't burn his kitchen. We lose more patrons that way.

PC: Figures. One of these days we'll bump in and I can put a voice to the face and name. We were busy today though. Must be the weather.

[Tjsingle]

Hey guys,

I'll have Chocolate Milkshake,

 

 

 

So whats new?

Tjsingle

[galaxy]

Hi guys.

I usually don't frequent places such as this, but I thought I'd check it out.

Is this some kind of secret brotherhood?

I rather favor my own home cookin' (mother made sure I knew how- "a boy's gotta eat, right?")

But I could let someone else cook for me tonight....

[JPowell]

Evening Gang!

  Well, I hope that by this time tomorrow, I will know if I can buy any one of the 10+ houses I've looked at over the last 4 days. On Sat, the g/f and I did 'drive-bys' on 4, did 4 open houses yesterday, and today, I alone, drove by another 9. I've narrowed mysearch down, and if asked, I'm sure I could come up with my top 3 choices. Tomorrow afternoon, the realtor and I are going to look at several of the houses, and I hope that by then, the mortgage rep will have told me what I pre qual for. Knowing that, will help me out even more than I can imagine right now. Who knows, maybe by the end of the month I could be closing on it! I have made it a point for the houses to all be 3-4 bdrm, 1+ bath w/ BASEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Most of them have a garage as well!!!!!!

  Well, time for me to shoot off another email to the realtor wiht the house #'s that I'd like to get in to look at tomorrow.

  Take care !

 

[Fergmiester]

Has anyone built and used the rotary car dump from Walther's? I'm thinking about using my hoppers to carry live loads.  Load at the coal mine, dump at the coal docks and the power plant.  Anyone have some advice?

Lee

High speed turns normally does it for me, btw checked out your new photos this weekend and it all looks very good there Lee.

RT: Good on ya!! Saw the story this morning, good luck with starting a club I think it would be a great thing for you to start.

Anyway looks like a possible rain day tomorrow so I might get some work done on the MESS.

Have a good Night everyone

Fergie 

[pcarrell]

Well, in that case PC, I'll have the Surf n Turf special tonight!

What the heck....sign me up for that too!  My credit card is already smoking!

 

Morgan, I hung around for a bit but I had to cruise if I was going to grab some lunch on my lunch hour.  I was at the Castleton 82nd street crossing when you guys rolled through there though.  I'd grabbed a burger at Rallys! 

I have a few pics I took today, including a couple of the business car, but I'm too beat to upload them now.  I'll have them up tomorrow, OK?

[SilverSpike]

Well, in that case PC, I'll have the Surf n Turf special tonight!

Just got back from our 1 hour walk around the neighborhood, this eveing was just spectacular. Cool breeze and a beautiful sunset to boot!

Just going to sit here in the booth and wait for my SnT special!

 

[Cederstrand]

...and I'll have what Mark is having. (sorry PC)

Builders will not be back for a couple days. 50% chance of showers tomorrow. Hope it all misses us this time, as the roof is only partly on right now. Oh, new sidewalk was poured and looks great. It is wheel-chair accessible from the old carport.

Picked up a couple old LIMA circus cars for the wife's train. So these old cars can be used with her Bachmann 2-8-0 loco, how do I change out the couplers, or will I need to replace the entire trucks?

Rob

[Hoople]

PC IS BUYING! 

YES, finally. I'll have 2 of everything.

Enjoy.

Mark

[Flashwave]

Morgan, I was there at 1pm today, but I couldn't find you.  Car 7 was an lder guy with a white bard.  I was pretty sure that wasn't you.

 

 

 

Yeah, yeah, I'm buying!  Bring it on!  What cha got?

yeah, he caught me as we were packing up and said "some guy was looking for you. he was on the platform." But you were already gone. I was one car forward and looking out the vestabule as we wheeled in. But "Guy with Camera" Is like trying to find a single piece of hay in a haystack.  I love being first in line and not getting assigned on the first-come first-serve. This mornign they were puillinmg cars off. Cause "No one will be going on a Monday"... We were shoving them into the salon car second run.

I got tacoes.

[pcarrell]

Morgan, I was there at 1pm today, but I couldn't find you.  Car 7 was an lder guy with a white bard.  I was pretty sure that wasn't you.

 

 

 

Yeah, yeah, I'm buying!  Bring it on!  What cha got?

[TrainsRMe1]

Hi All!!

  How are things here in the diner?? Zoe, I... That is Zoe right?? Hey Guys I never knew Zoe and Flo are twins?! Ahh, anyway, I will  take the lemon chicken on a bed of rice please, and a cold old fashion rootbeer. The weather here in Portland today is sunny and nice, there slight chance of a thunderstrom in the mountains again, but by midweek it will be HOT 95 to 100. After I relax a bit I'm goin' to work on the layout, I have three different things to do, but I have time, so I think I'll work on Pokahuantis yard, It's named after one of our cats that we lost a year ago. Anywho I'll be back to night!!!!

                                  smooth sidings---

                                                    Trainsrme1

[Cederstrand]

RIGHT NOW on RFDTV...Trains & Locomotives "The Magnificent GG-1"

[rtraincollector]

Garry its room at the moment the set I took in I have onabout 27" by 42" to keep it small. Untill they move into the building being remodeled I won't know if there going to have any room for it or how much.