HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
Good Morning all. Biscuits and suasage garvy please and Thank you. Well what happened over there?
Boy did I have a rough one last night. Went bowling at a Scotch doubles tournament at 6:30, 8:30 at a local Mexican restaraunt for supper, back to our local "lounge" to wish New Years to friends, and home by 11:00. In bed by 12:15. Don't know how I handle this wild lifestyle.
To the diner Scott. How are things this year up in "Yah hey der land". ( Friend of mine from Wisconson called it that).
Hopefully I'll get to work on the layout today. Even if it's just for a few minutes. Seems like the thing to do.
Wishiing everyone a prosperous and wonderful New Year. As we reflect on our loses of last year, let us not forget our blessings. And I realize that I am preaching to the choir here.
Phillip no one could have said it better. After what you have just gone through at the time that you went through it, Someone definately was there with you.. It gives your comments even more meaning. I am humbled by your strength and faith.
Oh and can I get a cup of coffee please Zoe or is it Chloe? I get you two mixed up. I'll get it straight someday.
Todd.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
tcwright973Howmus, Bubbly... I can't believe it. Where's your regional loyalty. Here I am in Pittsburgh and served some really nice wines from Prejean's, Torrey Ridge and Glenora over the Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities at our house. Looks like I will have to make an extra wine run late this Spring to replenish my stocks. Wishing the S.L.O.W. and all the others a very Happy New Year. Tom
Howmus,
Bubbly... I can't believe it. Where's your regional loyalty. Here I am in Pittsburgh and served some really nice wines from Prejean's, Torrey Ridge and Glenora over the Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities at our house. Looks like I will have to make an extra wine run late this Spring to replenish my stocks. Wishing the S.L.O.W. and all the others a very Happy New Year.
Tom
Oh we make "Bubbly" right here in the Finger Lakes! Not sure what I was served last night as I didn't see the bottle but I wouldn't be surprised that it was local.
Tom, you have excellent taste in wines BTW! Let me know when you come up to replenish your stocks and I will give you a tour of the SLOW.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Pittsburgh, PA
sschnablI envy you in the south with your "cold" temps of 30 degrees. Last night's low was about -5 (even less with the wind chill). I think we're expecting a heat wave this weekend, as highs are projected into the low 20's.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
blownout cylinder PC; I'm assuming your definition of warm isn't quite like a fellow's done the street from us who just took his '56 Indian out for a spin this morning--- at -10C!
PC; I'm assuming your definition of warm isn't quite like a fellow's done the street from us who just took his '56 Indian out for a spin this morning--- at -10C!
I don't usually ride below 40F, so I'll go a bit cooler then he will. I've got decent cold weather gear and a full face helmet though.
GOOOOOOOOOD MORNING!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
pcarrellSo.....2009, huh? MAN, I'm getting OLD!
Time to get up and start enjoying the new year! So I'll start with my usual dark French roast coffee in a R&GV mug Flo. PC you feel old? Hey, you still got a long way to go to warrant that title....
I spent last evening at my son's house. The celebration was pretty calm as several of the people who have traditionally been there didn't come due to the weather. My DIL's mother, her uncle and her brother and girlfriend were the only other people to show up. Three of them left before midnight to either drop in at other parties or go home to go to bed (her mom had been at work since 5:30 yesterday morning and was a bit tired). So there were just 4 of us witness the horror of Dick Clark ushering in yet another year. Before that we watched 3 hours of "Dog Whisperer" on National Geographic Channel and some other stuff that we have to pay money to have invade our homes these days. They also played a new board game for an hour or so. I did make several New Years Resolutions not to buy several products due to their ridiculous TV ads..... I will probably keep those as I have never bought any of those products anyway. We had a glass of bubbly and then I drove home and went to bed.
Hope that all your dreams for this New Year may come true (especially if they involve peace and joy for all people)!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
from the Land of Cheese.
This is my first trip to the diner, so I think I will have a Denver Omelette with a side of toast and some OJ. What a great way to start the new year.
I envy you in the south with your "cold" temps of 30 degrees. Last night's low was about -5 (even less with the wind chill). I think we're expecting a heat wave this weekend, as highs are projected into the low 20's.
Anyway, I just wanted to stop in and say hellow and wish everyone a healthy and prosperous new year. I have several projects I need to tackle today (installing a decoder, doing some coupler conversions, and tackling my trestle project.
Take care,
Scott
Happy New Year. Welcome to 2009.It's 35 here and clear. The high today will be around 60 and it will be partly cloudy.I had intended for New Years to be a quiet time at home last night but that didn't happen. Just after 9 pm a group of twenty-somethings hauled me off to their party in my niece's trailer. I'm certain she was behind it. I can assure you that I was a perfect gentleman and didn't touch anything alcoholic. I watched them as they played their drinking games and when most of them were well plowed around 10:30 I made a bold dash for the door and made my escape with my sanity intact. The rap music they had going was about to drive me crazy! I went over to my sisters place and we watched 'Journey to the center of the earth' (the new one). About this time my parents arrived for the midnight festivities and we watched the ball drop at midnight (what little they showed of it) then I had a drink of a non-alcoholic sparkling berry champagne substitute and made a big dent in the ham and cheese audurves and the Chex Mix then went home. Of the original group of a dozen twenty-somethings five were still standing and three were actually coherent. If these people survive long enough to raise families I'll be surprised. They were really putting the beer and mixed drinks away. As for me I put my new Model Power Fire Station kit together then got a couple hours of sleep.Today's Weather for:Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/1/2009Wind Chill: 37°FHumidity: 65%Dew Point: 30°FSo Far TodayHigh: 41°FLow: 34°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 8mph EToday High: 60 Partly cloudy. Highs around 60. Southeast winds around 5 mph.Tonight Low: 52 Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please & thank you.
Have a great day, Y'all.
Rob
LSWrrJeff that would be cool, BTW did the package come back to you yet?
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
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Well Good Morning Everyone!
So.....2009, huh? MAN, I'm getting OLD!
Oh, and Johnboy......it's all good!
Think I'm going to spend today working on my bike. Had a fuse blow, twice, the other day on the turn signals, so I must have a short. Probably just a wire rubbed raw and touching something. Tomorrow might be warm enough for a ride, so I'd best get it fixed today, ya know?
Prayers for all those in need, and for a good year for everyone here!
Well it s NEW YEAR!!!!
Seems like the same to me .
Well I went to bed at 11:00pm. Man do I suck, and I'm only 29 .
The wife and I plan on taking down the tree today. It was a real tree so I am going to hack it up and use some of its limbs. Like for cut down trees, stumps, pulp wood cars, etc. Kinda makes me wanna do a small lumber yard. I might look into it.
Other than not, not much going on today.
Well I hope everybody new year is a good one. I will pop in and out today.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
HAVE A GOOD AND HEALTHY ONE!!!
Our normal noisy, rousing entry into the new year was a tad muted this year---I didn't have enough pots for the people in here to bang et cetera.....
Tom; I think REMI will get over the shots easier with you doing them but still---eergh
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Jeff that would be cool, BTW did the package come back to you yet?
I’m going to try to get the LHS today and order some stuff out of the Walthers sale catalog.
RT, is the Jeff Gordon car the Coast Guard car????
Phillip – It’s hard to believe my Grandpa has been gone for 17 years; he passed away 3 weeks before my son was born, his second great grandchild. When I was a kid my grandpa and I would “re-work” my train layout while watching the parades and football games every January 1st.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
HAPPY NEW YEARS!
Morning all hope its a good one for everyone !
Well its been since before Christmas I've been in here so heres my Christmas booty lol I got a Lionel Cascade train set that comes with a 0-6-0 Dockside switcher and 3 log cars and a caboose, I also got (coming in tomorrow) 3 NASCAR expansion packs which each have 3 cars and 3 sections of fast track by Lionel the car vary from set to set but the each have a race car on a flat and trailer ( no tractor) on a flat then one set has VAT car, one has a spot light car and the last has flat car with crates on it the 3 packs I got were for race teams Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart.
Well time to get ready for work talks to you all ater hope you all have a good one.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Good Morning from Tipton IN !
2009
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
LSWrrJeff, That is the same station I have, ATLAS has been making the same kits for as long as I can remember and they never go out of style! Nice Firehouse you picked up, I was hoping the fire trucks were on sale this month, but no just the fire chief cars are, oh well maybe next month. The volunteer department I was on maintained a 1950 ford chassis with an American LaFrance pumper unit on it for in town service, since I work mids at the time that was “my” truck, I hope to find one for the layout. The only reason my FD bought a new truck was to keep the insurance company happy. At the time if your department’s newest truck was more than 25 years old your insurance rates doubled.
Cederstrand***Jeffrey, please tell me your layout already has a Fire Station and this new model will be a second one!?!?
Jim, I make my coal loads out of painted florist foam. I cut a block to fit in the car, shape it with coarse files and sandpaper (I perfer grits between 200-220 for sandpaper), then paint it black with acrylic paints using a stiff brush (a kiddie brush with plastic bristles works fine). I like to stick steel weights on the back of the load so I can pull it out with a magnet if I want to run empties, but this also brings the weight up to where it's supposed to be.
Well I stayed up for the new years, so I'm going to hit the hay. Big day of train running later today (in the morning).
Edit, looks like I'm the picking up the first tab of the year....
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
2 more hours to go. We are listening to the local rock station's 999 countdown of most popular rock sounds. I can't believe how many old ones are up there. Listeners vote. Lots of Pink Floyd this year.
After running errands this afternoon, we made a trip to Cabella's. You can get lost in there.
You guys are sure getting rowdy.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Happy new year (almost.
3 pages in one day – WOW we chatter a bunch!
We have about 4” of snow here and some flurries as the Alberta clipper moves off to Maine or the Finger Lakes (you guys enjoy it). They had to close parts of the main highways to re-salt the roads.
Dorothy is on her way over and I have Chinese dinner waiting and a bottle of M&R Asti Spumoni chilling in the fridge (I got the last bottle from the Base Exchange).
Walthers sale catalog came today: HO-Scale vehicles are almost 50% off this month!
Garry drive safe, I’m guessing you will be hitting I-75 through Toledo to the Ohio River.
Jim, I hope to work on it this weekend. The prototype REA building in downtown Cleveland is still standing, but it is so big that the delivery trucks actually parked inside the building, my version is for a smaller outlaying town so the linen mil was the perfect fit. I used .020 V-Grove to make sliding cargo doors. I’ll have pictures to share….
Jeff, That is the same station I have, ATLAS has been making the same kits for as long as I can remember and they never go out of style! Nice Firehouse you picked up, I was hoping the fire trucks were on sale this month, but no just the fire chief cars are, oh well maybe next month. The volunteer department I was on maintained a 1950 ford chassis with an American LaFrance pumper unit on it for in town service, since I work mids at the time that was “my” truck, I hope to find one for the layout. The only reason my FD bought a new truck was to keep the insurance company happy. At the time if your department’s newest truck was more than 25 years old your insurance rates doubled.
Ok, well it’s already 2009, desert is on me!
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so there------
Hi Gang, Just stopped in before bed. I'm like Rob, I won't be waiting up for the new year as I have to work all day tomorrow. But I didn't want to miss wishing all the good people here, that I indeed call my friends, a very Happy and Blessed New Year. My hope for each of you is that 2009 will be far superior to what 2008 has been.
There has been alot of very blue times for our crew here with health problems and home (HOUSE) problems, but with a wonderful spirit and good friends to support us and uplift us we have managed to over come, and that my friends is SUCCESS, and what friendship is all about.
I borrowed the image below from Philip as I thought it was darn cute. Hope you don't mind Philip.
See you all back here in 2009. Sweet Dreams and sleep well good Buddies.
Johnboy out............................. May the Rails never be silent.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Eggnog, please & thanks.
***Jeffrey, please tell me your layout already has a Fire Station and this new model will be a second one!?!?
***Jim, mailed the contractor a check last Friday and have heard nothing back from him. His move, but he has a lot at stake (including his license) if he tries pushing the issue. No need to go into details here.
When wife went to pick up her folks, she met her mom at the door starting to collapse. Thought her mom was having a stroke, but after a few minutes she came around. Unsettling. No idea what it was, but at least it passed and both are fine here tonight.
Picked up a couple Greenmax Factory accessory sets, to work into my Soylent Green Plant (when the time comes to begin that project).
It will be in the 20's here in the wee hours, so tonight I hand carried some hay & alfalfa to the front pasture to get them through until morning. Good thing I checked, as they had run out.
Hope to be sleeping when the new year arrives. HAPPY NEW YEAR, friends.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Well, just finished off setting off the fireworks with my sister (she had some from July 4th). We are not celebrating 2009 as much because we (me&parents) leave at 4 a.m. tomorrow to drive to New York City. The sisters go to grandma's in Sarasota. The dog is also on edge and is trying to calm herself.
We took down all things Christmas today. Since I haven't had the chance, I'll mention some of the stuff I got. The movies Get Smart and 300. Madden '09 for Wii; Indian arrowheads (courtesy grandma) an AMC card (also grandma), some books, gift cards to book stores,and a Gregorian chant CD (among other things.
For my little sister I bought the new Harry Potter storybook and for my older little sister I bought some shirts. I gave my mom an Otis Redding CD and my dad a book by Dexter Filkins called The Forever War.
Jim: I'm used to hurricanes by now. I've been through a few and usually come out intact. I can't say the same for the neighbors tree though. In 2004 it crashed and blocked the street. Due to the storm I missed two weeks of school. Last time Tampa was directly hit by hurricane: 1921. Which is somewhat relieving...
Rob: Yeah, I could stand to watch Saving Private Ryan again, but I saw Kelly's Heroes instead.
Pc: Lol, Chloe is ex marines. In the words of Jack Sparrow "Hide the rum!"
I'm going to hold my dad to it to bring out my layout for about a month...
Who knows how to add a photo in that picture to the left; the one below your screen name.
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!
CHLOE!!!!!!!
Inch won't stop swinging from the light fixture, and if Rob keeps that up he's gonna fall out the window like he did at last years party!
Make 'em knock it off! (I know she'll whip 'em back in line!)
hey guys, I love the horn in the first part of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzEeq3S-eYg
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
Hi Jim- Yeah I sneak in now and then. And NO, I will not be at the party tonight. I don't want anyone to be able to say, It Was Flip who pinched her. lol.
With me just getting over a BAD cold, didn't work for two weeks, and Deb having her problems, it will be a very quiet night.
Wish all a better New Year. And a BIG thankyou for the friendship .Flip.
Philip- Very touching. I am sorry about your loss. I'm not being flippant. My grampa passed on my birthday in 1964. I can still see him in my mind and hold dear his memory.
Thankyou for your many postings and your friendship.
May this New Year bring you and your family Health and Happiness.
Flip
JimRCGMOIf you didn't locate that song I told you about, I'll email you the lyrics until you can get a listen to it.
Would you? That would be awesome! To tell the truth, in all that was going on I forgot to look it up, but I meant to.