The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

[steveblackledge]

must be related to our cat (now roadkill) it was terrified by tree rats as i call them, we have loads of the little swines here, they think nothing of daylight raids into the house, little grey devils arn't very good swimmers though[:-,][:-,][:-,] ha ha ha

[JimRCGMO]

QUOTE: Originally posted by grayfox1119


...<snip>...

Jim, I read in the news that you guys had a 4.5 quake yesterday, part of the New Madrid fault....did your layout survive??

...<snip>...

Bob: how did you ever guess?? The HD workers give me a big wave when I enter, I was even offered coffee too!!! And, remember, I told you guys about 4 weeks ago to go buy some HD stock....Tom ...you told them too right???

...<snip>...

Time to get back to the train room construction, today I are installing 6 drop in light fixtures for suspended ceilings.

Talk to you guys later today.

***, if we had an earthquake, I must have slept through it.[;)] But I haven't seen the news since this a.m. (around 7), so it could have happened and I hiccupped and missed it.

Actually, I figure you'll have your own coffee mug at HD pretty soon, too![}:)][:D] Ask 'em when you're vested and eligible for their profit-sharing plan...[swg]

End of the work day, so I'm out of here pretty quick.

Blessings (and healings) for all of you (not to be confused with you all, right Tom and Ryan?),

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[Noah Hofrichter]

Grayfox, I’m not in High school yet, still in eight grade, but it’s scary as we’ve already picked out our Freshmen classes for next year. I’m happy, and my teachers put me in most of the advanced classes for math and science, and I’ll be testing for the advanced English class soon. I hope to make it, but I’m not sure, as English is one of my weaker subjects. I still maintain an A in it, but it’s a low one.

Well, I got that Dance tonight that I mentioned yesterday, so I better fly. I’ll see you all later!

Noah

[Anonymous]

Got some really good news today - the tumor on my forehead was benign - as was the last one they removed in the same area sometime back. That's a load off of my mind - pun intended.

Re: the Spectrum gas electric's single powered truck - its appears to be basically the same power truck used under their older and out of production version of the GE 44 Tonner (which had two separate motors tied together thru a printed circuit board. (newer released Spectrum 44 tonners use a larger single motor and far different chassis) The Spectrum gas electric should be able to pull a couple of trailer coaches without difficulty - like the prototype did, and which were usually way underpowered with few exceptions. RRs used most anything as a trailer behind gas electrics - usually hand me down stuff like hw coaches, combines, baggage/RPOs, and even a box car or two on occasion. Some RRs did purchase new lightweight equipment as trailers, however. I've seen photos of taller hw coaches behind a gas electric, and it looks rather goofy, but it is prototypical, as most gas electric roofs like on EMC cars were slightly arched and much lower than typical pass. equipment. An exception would be some of the Brill cars which had an almost bulbous roof profile - similar in shape to MDC's and Model Power's (shorty) Harriman cars, but perhaps even more pronounced. What's interesting - at least to me - is that Brill made a sizeable number of shorty & lightweight trailers specific for the gas electric market, and they had almost flat to slightly arched roofs more like competitors' gas electric roofs.

You could use a Spectrum hw coach as a trailer, as the sides and window construction is quite similar to Spectrum's gas electric in side view. I have shortened a Spectrum hw coach to use behind a kitbashed gas electric made from a Spectrum hw combine, and one of the 44 tonner power trucks. I fab'd a similar shaped roof out of Northeastern (I think) milled wood roof material for both cars. The coach and the combine were easily shortened to approx 60' . I sub'd different 4 wheel trucks under both, utilizing the side frames from MDC Talgo 4 wheel Pullman trucks which are the same wheelbase as the 44 Tonner, and an easy adaptation to the power truck. If power were a concern, just use both motors - either in the same gas elec. or put a second one in a trailer. The trailer looks very much like some of the Brill trailers ref'd to above.

Re: cab controls at the 'rear' - a few gas electrics had this capability but I believe it was more to fasciliate switching in a yard, etc. and were not normally run axx backward, although they may have, as I've seen photos of some w/ headlites at each end of the car body. Almost all period photos only show the 'proper' end as the front. Maybe someone out there can add to this. . .(I don't want to guess and spread iffy facts)

The definitive source of gas electric material are the three books (perhaps more) by Edmund Kielty - wonderful material that illustrates the wide diversity of equipment from 4 wheeled powered 20' cars, to powered rail trucks to all the various makers of gas electrics, lightweight trains, and even Budd RDCs, and the RRs that used them all over North America. The publisher was "Interurban Press" in Glendale, CA , and they were published 20 something years ago. I see them on eBay and at train shows occasionally, and I believe that they are not in print at this time.
BILL

[Anonymous]

Good evening all.

Nothing much today, we took advantage a a day off and did nothing. Just lazed around.

As anyone heard from lupo lately? and krump? where are you???????????????


Bob -

QUOTE: Originally posted by TEFFY

After the poet do we need a bump or a burp?

I think the rule is "bump after poet and burp before poet" [:D][:D]

Dave - [#welcome][#welcome] drop in anytime and often.

Bill - Good news indeed, I hope you'll mend quickly and that you'll not have to go through this again.

All - I got this from Fergie today.
"Warning: This is very difficult so don't be embarrassed if you encounter problems

This was developed as an age test by an R&D department at Harvard
University. Take your time and see if you can read each of the 12 lines
aloud without making a mistake.

The average person over 40 years of age can't do it!

1. This is this cat

2. This is is cat

3. This is how cat

4. This is to cat

5. This is keep cat

6. This is an cat

7. This is old cat

8. This is person cat

9. This is busy cat

10. This is for cat

11. This is forty cat

12. This is seconds cat"

any comments should be directed to him at [e-mail]

Well going back to my vegetable state.

Happy MRRing

Luc

[fec153]

Luc- Did you get any of my forwards? Sent 4 good ones or 3 good and 1 excellent
Phil [flip]

[Anonymous]

Flip - My apology my friend, in my veggie state I completely forgot to let you know that both Gloria and I enjoy those. That reminds me of a story I'll send you in a bit. I think I'm getting "old".

Glad I reviewed this before posting it for the spelling police would be on my case!!!!! I've got to find a keyboard that can spell.

Happy MRRing

Luc

[egmurphy]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers

Weather continued cool and drizzly this morning, warming up a bit in the afternoon, but still overcast. Good day to stay in and work on trains. I made a lot of progress foaming the layout today, and am close to having all the hills and contours roughed in with foam. [:)] Next comes more rough shaping with the surform tool. I’m hoping that by the end of the weekend I’ll have most of it rough shaped. We’ll see.

Okay, entries for the 10,000 Post lottery have closed. No entries were received after the last posting of the dates last night, so that’s the list we’ll go with. Personally, I think LilRob sandbagged us by waiting until the last possible minute to put in his guess. [:0] He’s got the early date, and the way we’re going now I think that’s about where we might very well wind up. We’ve made 428 posts in the last 11 days, for an average of 39/day. Extropolating that out for the 4,170 posts to go, gives us 107 days, or about the end of May. Only time will tell. But I can say that you guys who guessed July or August will have to pay your own entry fee to TrolleyRob’s museum, ‘cause you ain’t a gonna win this one. [(-D]

QUOTE: Luc: Ed I just went to the websit (link below) and clicked on the download link and just follow the simple instructions. I have to say it looks like it is faster than the Internet Explorer. I don't think that you or anyone else would have difficulties with this.

Okay, maybe I’ll screw my courage up and give it a try. [%-)]

QUOTE: Tom: I know what you mean about hurting knees. I wear knee pads faithfully, and they do help, but they can't compensate totally for years of use and abuse.

Forget the knee pads, I try not to get down on my knees. Too hard to get back up again. [;)]

QUOTE: Brian: Woo Hoo Post 101.... I got my Two Stars without even realizing it.

Congrats, that’s the best way. But don’t celebrate too much, the CIPP (Correctness in Posting Police) will flag you for enjoying it too much. [:D]

QUOTE: (northern)Phil: Ed- How was it? Did you have a great time and come back relaxed and ready to get back into the mix here? Of course you did-are! I looked up Tuxpan and it looks like Tampico is about 10 times bigger. Do they have ANY hobby shops there? Are there enough folk with "idle money" to make them a going concern?

Thanks, it was a nice trip. Short, but a good break. Fran enjoyed it too, as she should have seeing as how it was almost pure recreational shopping! [^] Yeah, Tampico is probably at least 10 times as big as Tuxpan, if not more. It’s a real city. I lived there while working on a project in ’96-’97. In fact, Fran and I met there. But unfortunately no hobby shops. [:(] There’s some big money in Tampico, but model railroading as a hobby is really in it’s infancy down here in general.


***, sorry to hear you got dumped on again. I wish I had known about using Pam on the shovel when I used to shovel sidewalks. Of course, it hadn’t been invented back then. I think we used candle wax on the shovel blades sometimes if it was really wet and heavy.

And yes, I’m in the Tuxpan on the Gulf Coast. It’s just like the U.S., you can have cities with the same name in different states.


Paul, gas well, eh? That ought to help out the budget a bit. Didn’t know you were into oil and gas as well as cattle.


Bill M, glad to see you with enough time to drop in again. Even gladder to hear the good news on the tumor. [tup] Thanks for taking the time to write all that detailed info that you put in those posts, especially all the info about trainwatching in northern Georgia and Tennessee.

QUOTE: Noah: …my teachers put me in most of the advanced classes for math and science, and I’ll be testing for the advanced English class soon…

Excellent! Congratulations and keep up the good work.



Well, tomorrow we’re probably off to the grove for a little more orange picking. I’ve noticed the stocks getting a bit low here in the shop, not to mention at our house, so it’s time to stock up again. Keep up the good work.


Hasta mañana

Ed

[Anonymous]

Y'all talking about the two Tuxpan's reminds me of the two towns in Oklahoma. There used to be a Porter on the west half, and a Porter on the east half. It was alright until the Railroad came through, then they had to rename one of them for their timetables to be less confusing. Now we have Poerter in the east half, and Retrop (Porter spelled backwards) in the west half. There were supposedly two or three of those occurences in OK, but the others turnced to ghost towns and disappeared[alien].

[#welcome] to any new guys

Well, about time to go now,
Greg

[fec153]

Bill M. Great news. Glad you will be with us for a long while. You are a fount of information and a gentleman.

Luc No apology needed. You are both welcome. I to suffer from Senior moments.

*** - I AM on S.S. But it isn't enough to be social or secure. And I still possess a decent bass singing voice.
Flip

[fec153]

Cape Jim - Are you aware that one of the largest earthquakes, if not the largest, occured in mid America. Mo. was involved 17 or early 18 hundreds if memory is correct.

Flip

[Big_Boy_4005]

Ed, just remember what page you left the list on. I think you're right about the guys who took July and August, they won't win.

Bill, I believe you just set the coffee shop record for the longest post. I'm glad to hear that the biopsy results were negative. Now don't be such a stranger.

Ryan, where I am, 42F is considered a heatwave this time of year. That was pretty close to our high today. I was running around without a coat. I guess it all depends on your latitude.[swg]

Everyone, I spent a good part of the day yesterday exchaning emails with Mark DeShane. I brightened his day by telling him a personal story of mine, that was worse than his situation. I think everything is cool now.

[egmurphy]

QUOTE: Elliot: ... just remember what page you left the list on...

Not to worry, I've got it in Excel.

QUOTE: I spent a good part of the day yesterday exchaning emails with Mark DeShane. .... I think everything is cool now.

Good. Mark is a good poster with a lot of good stuff to add. Sometimes he takes things too much to heart for his own good. Of course there are things we don't see eye to eye on, like the need for OT threads like the Coffee Shop. But I'd sure hate to see the forum lose someone like that. I think there must have been a thread deleted or something, because I couldn't be sure what all the flap was about.

(Just trying to stay current with posts and comments this evening to lessen the load tomorrow!)

Later

Ed

[Big_Boy_4005]

Ed, both topics were deleted. In the second one he tried to apologize for the original topic, and a couple of people started ragging on him. I invited him in here, I hope he takes me up on it.

One of the things I mentioned to him was that, if one really stops to look at things, 80%to 90% of all topics here are train related. Some days it just seems worse. That isn't really that bad of a "track" record. (pun intended)[swg]

[fec153]

Ed- I agree with you. Don't agree with Mark on some things but he to is a wealth of info.
Has more to share and knowlege than many modelers. Would like him to stick around.
Flip

[der5997]

Just dropped by for a hot chocolate before bed. (We both had one at about 2:30 last night as the wind was keeping us awake a bit. sure helped, so a repeat as a preventative should be good[yum])
Steve

QUOTE: it was terrified by tree rats as i call them,

Read somewhere that a squirrel is a rat with good PR[(-D]
Bill:

QUOTE: by Luc-Bill - Good news indeed, I hope you'll mend quickly and that you'll not have to go through this again.

[#ditto]
Luc: Thanks for passing on Fergie's Read Aloud thing. I was engarde, as I'd seen something like that before. Still, glad to say (pun intended) that I made it through. Forewarned is fourarmed![:-,] I think I'll copy it off and use it for our late cat's wake on Sunday evening[:D]

Happy to report progress on the East Tunnel portal and associated rock work now includes a highway cut into the base of the cliff, with transition to a lower lying area. Pics tomorrow maybe.
Time for bed, Goodnight all, and God Bless.
Posted and checked, and saw that Ed was in. I see also I'm at the top of the page, so Ed, your order is on me, Enjoy Virtually anything![(-D]

[egmurphy]

I think he might be a good addition to the Coffee Shop, but I'm not sure he'd care to join in since we tend to be pretty off topic and he tends to express a preference towards reducing/eliminating off-topicism (iirc). Did he give you any indication of whether he would consider it?

QUOTE: One of the things I mentioned to him was that, if one really stops to look at things, 80%to 90% of all topics here are train related.

I'm not sure whether you're referring to the Coffee Shop thread specifically (in which case I think your estimate may be high) or the forum in general (in which case I think your estimate is conservative). But as you know, I'm pretty accepting of off topic posts out on the main forum, while I know that a lot of people, even some of the Coffee Shop patrons, would prefer to see less OT threads.

I'd just like people to post in a civil manner and stay away from flame wars and personal attacks.

Regards

Ed (who's starting to yawn, this could be it for tonight)

[Anonymous]

Just my [2c].

If you notice the coffee shop goes the way of the interest just like a normal conversation. I don't begrudge Paul and some of the others talking about helos but I don't know anything about them so I talk to someone else about something else. When the conversation gets around to something I know then I chime in. Their are enough people in here that you can pretty well talk about just about anything and someone will respond.
And look at what we've learned and the best part is, if John didn't do a good job of explaining it we can ask questions. Talking about John's layout - I really think that ya'll would enjoy a tour of his train room, it's a shame that he lives almost up their with Santa Clause.

On our visit, when I left his place it was DARK, and I got lost so I decided to call him and see if he could figure out where I was but the cell phone wouldn't work for the first three times. All I could tell him was I'd run out of road and was looking at a LAKE. The next night at Fergies they were laughing at me because that wasn't a lake it was the Atlantic Ocean. They wouldn't buy it was TEXAS defanition.

We just got in from our first Mediation class and it was very enjoyable and informative.

Snoah:
CONGRADULATIONS!!!

Ed:
I got both e-mails - I don't know why. March 28 sounds good to me. You do realize that we're only 1 1/2 hours from Cleveland down the back roads. When it gets closer to time I'll call the offspring and let them tell you how to get here. You may remember some of the roads and they can refresh your memory.

Bill:
CONGRADULATIONS ALSO I bet that's a load off your mind.

Tom:
I'm glad that Mr. Crapper's invention is working OK. Like I said, the first two that I re-installed I didn't take the tank off and they were heavy. I'm a slow learner. The rest were a lot easier 'cause then I'd learned to remove the tank.

Ya'll have a short night as I've got class again tomorrow.

Bob

[Paul W. Beverung]

Greg; I know how it is in the winter. We’ve had a wet winter here, couple that with the cold and the cold seems to go right through to your bones. Mary Ann was down at the corral yesterday feeding a couple of old cows that were going to be sold when she saw a set of small hooves in the hay, seems that one of the cows had a baby. The calf is very small; only about 30 lbs and the mother is a big cow maybe around 1000 lbs. I guess that the cow will be with us for a while. We’re members of the TSCRA. They do a great job and will keep on a case when the sheriffs department doesn’t have the time to.

Bill; Good to hear from you. Great news on that biopsy. I agree that is a weight off your mind in two ways. Have you tried to get clear white pine lately? It isn’t easy to find and when you do find it hold onto your wallet. By the way, don’t bother looking for it at HD. I’m using white pine for all the trim in the house. We stain it and really like the way it looks, real nice grain. When I started building the house white pine was around a buck a foot.

Ed; Of course. Were a couple of real Texas typhoons.

Well I’m going to say good night. You all have a good one and I’ll see you tomorrow.

Paul

The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern

“ The Superior Route “

[Big_Boy_4005]

Ed, the 80 to 90% was outside the coffee shop. Inside the coffee shop it may be more like 50-50. We do still talk trains in here, just not all the time.

I was very surprised, but pleased, to see Mark Brunton in here the other day. It would be nice if both Marks would become regulars in here, and take the time to get to know the gang. From what I can tell, they both have similar personalities, and are very good modelers with a lot to offer the forum. The warmth in here would poli***heir rough edges. [;)]

[Anonymous]

Many thanks to everyone for the kind good wishes and congrats. Thought about asking the Doc for the biopsy tissue so I could create an HO scale memorial park for it, and then decided against it, for he most likely would have yanked me back into an operating room to examine my brain for another possible 'problem'. LOL

It's been cold but crystal clear around here except for some early morning fog. Winter has finely arrived in Georgia, although it's supposed to be in the 50s and 60s in a few days, which is good, because next week Tom and I are going to be retracing segments of the Southern's Murphy Branch and the L&N's Hook & Eye Line in and around Murphy, NC where they interchanged. Should be fun.
BILL

[SilverSpike]

Good Evening Coffee Clubbers!

Just catching up on the days postings! Looking forward to a great weekend, more tile on the floor tomorrow and Sunday. Monique and I are going to a Valentine Chocolate Fantasy fund raiser for the local PBS TV station on Sunday afternoon with my parents, chocolate everything, should be fun!

QUOTE: TEFFY
Ryan:
Be sure and get Lynn Westcotts book on benchworh BEFORE you buy lumber. You want it strong not heavy and he has some very good ideas

We just got in from our first Mediation class and it was very enjoyable and informative.

Bob,
I have the book and will probably go with a combination of wall bracket mounted supports for the around the room sections, and L-Girders with 1X4 risers and joists. It is also a two level layout, so considerations for that are in the plans too.

About Mediation class, what form are they teaching in the class? I have used various forms of relaxation meditation, centering meditation for physical endurance training, and have also experienced chanting meditation with Buddhist Monks. I find the individual forms to be a very relaxing and a spiritually lifting experience.

QUOTE: grayfox1119
Ryan, gee 42F degrees in NO ??? WOW..it is 29F here at noontime, but a bright sun makes it very nice. Be carefull carrying the supplies for the floor, you can throw your back out real fast if you happen to "twist" while carrying a heavy load, especially on stairs.

***,
I know 42 F is not that cold, but here in NO the temp extremes can vary by 30 degrees in one day. It makes for a clothing nightmare, and the sinuses are so confused. You are so right about the floor supplies, a case of tile must weight about 50 lbs., and mixing the mortar is quite a challenge. I remember those in-service classes from years ago, “bend from the knees”, and don’t bend up from the back. My knees feel like jelly after a three hour session of tile laying.

QUOTE: bill mathewson
I've been working on a custom built-in entertainment bar for a client and it's turned into quite a long drawn out job, as they keep changing the specs, the hardware…

Got some really good news today - the tumor on my forehead was benign - as was the last one they removed in the same area sometime back. That's a load off of my mind - pun intended.

Bill,
First of all, congratulations on the news, that must really be a load off your mind!
Now, onto your built-in project. Sounds like my DIY project I’m working on now. It started out with pulling up the carpet and vinyl tile to replace with ceramic tile. Then it turned into completely gutting out the ½ bath to replace the sink, toilet, mirror, and vanity. Then the walls had to be repainted first, then the baseboards had to come out, now I am finally back on track with getting the original project in focus with the tile. It’s funny how those projects end up growing larger and larger.

QUOTE: Railroading Brit
Well, now watching The Truman Show on DVD - interesting idea, seen it a few times before but still well worth watching. Bye for now!

Matt,
I enjoyed that movie too, it is an interesting theme, and Jim Carey is really good in it too! I would like to see it again.

QUOTE: bjdukert
Zoe nothing for me,it's Friday,and that is when I go out to eat with the wife,then HD(have to help the others)to see if I can find some straight 1x3.

Duke,
What was for dinner tonight? It is amazing how much lumber you have to sort through at the local HD or Lowe’s to find some straight pieces. What are these people doing with all this crooked lumber? I still want to know!

QUOTE: der5997
Ryan:
QUOTE: Jim,Yep, you got it! Ceramic tile is solder proof! I only hope it is hammer proof too when the benchwork begins, don’t want any cracking.
How about a rubber mallet? Come to think of it a rubber any-sort-of-loco would be an advantage if they fall on the floor Seriously, do you nail your benchwork, or was that hammer remark just for effect? I ask because I've always used screws except for very small finishing nail jobs, and was wondering if you were happy with nails.

Jim,
You got me! I build my benchwork with screws too, the ones used for sheetrock. I was only thinking of my hammer because right now it is sitting on top of my tool box right next to a freshly mortared row of ceramic tiles. Just paranoid I guess!

QUOTE: JimRCGMO
Blessings (and healings) for all of you (not to be confused with you all, right Tom and Ryan?)

Right!

QUOTE: [i]egmurphy[i]

But I can say that you guys who guessed July or August will have to pay your own entry fee to TrolleyRob’s museum, ‘cause you ain’t a gonna win this one.

Ed,
Ok, I am new at this so maybe it is gonna hit 10,000 in May! Hey, are you going to have the “20,000th Post Contest” after this milestone is set?

QUOTE: Big_Boy_4005[i/]
Ryan, where I am, 42F is considered a heatwave this time of year. That was pretty close to our high today. I was running around without a coat. I guess it all depends on your latitude.

Elliot,
Hey, we cringe when it gets below 50F around these parts! By the time November or December rolls around we are still chomping at the bit getting a chance at putting on a sweater. For some reason I find that with the high humidity here 42F feels colder here than in the north. I remember visiting my sister in New York and it was 35F but that did not feel as cold to me as 35F in New Orleans.


Well, it’s time to hit the sack for now!

Good night all!

Have a great weekend!

Ryan

[trolleyboy]

Good evening everyone just poping in for a quick bedtime tea.The trip to my folks went late as we spent a good deal of time in the real coffee shop catching up with some modeling friends we hadn't seen for a while.As for the 10000th winner if it's may the museum is just openning for the season so it would have to be a weekend or holiday.Mind you if enough of you come up at once we do charters so everyone can get the extra personal touch,so let me know.As for the 20000 put me in for nov 1st lol nite all Rob

[fec153]

Good Morning all. The coffee is ready . Hot and black. Outside temp. is about 37f. I think I'll wait to get the paper.

Paul- re your reply to Ed- Does that mean you're wet and windy?
[?]
Flip

[fec153]

It is beautiful out side. Clear but chilly at near 50f.
I am going to get some shots [pictures] of an SCL caboose in front of the old RR station that is now the Umatilla library. On way up and back shoot the CSX cars. Only a very few have grafetti onthem.
P.S. Bump up to page 1.
Flip

[JimRCGMO]

Good morning, Everybody! Zoe, I'll have a cinnamon raisin bagel with my coffee today, please. Thanks!

[#welcome] Dave! Just give your hot beverage and food requests to our waitress/server Zoe. And as you’ve probably noticed, we have assorted ‘specials’ in the Coffee Shop (usually when someone brings some tasty bit of food in).

Bill M, good to hear your news on the medical front. [:D]

Luc, it’s good that we have someone like you to clarify those rules of grammar (keeps the forum police from coming in here)...[;)] And you have me curious - I thought Canada had provinces instead of states, but you said you’re going back (home?) to your vegetable state?? Which one is that? [swg]

QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy

QUOTE: Brian: Woo Hoo Post 101.... I got my Two Stars without even realizing it.

Congrats, that’s the best way. But don’t celebrate too much, the CIPP (Correctness in Posting Police) will flag you for enjoying it too much. [:D]

But Ed, Brian might be able to get the decision on the instant replay afterward (little leftover SuperBowl joke...)(*very* little...) [}:)][#oops][;)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153

Cape Jim - Are you aware that one of the largest earthquakes, if not the largest, occured in mid America. Mo. was involved 17 or early 18 hundreds if memory is correct.

Flip

Yep, (looked up the details) it was from Dec. 16, 1811 to the biggest quake on Feb. 7, 1812 (but I wasn’t around then [:)]). One site said it was probably a 8.0 on the Richter scale (not yet invented at that time). I’ve been to Reelfoot Lake (in Tennessee) which is a leftover part of the Mississippi waters that got cut off when the earthquake played havoc with the river - made the river run backwards for a short time
(Above material suitable for our next geography trivia bowl here in the shop). [}:)]

John:

QUOTE: Originally posted by der5997



Happy to report progress on the East Tunnel portal and associated rock work now includes a highway cut into the base of the cliff, with transition to a lower lying area. Pics tomorrow maybe.

And "film at 11"? [}:)] (okay, 10 for those of us in Central time zone)? [;)]

Noah, [tup]great work on the school stuff! Congrats, and may you do as well in your freshman year.[:)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TEFFY


Like I said, the first two that I re-installed I didn't take the tank off and they were heavy. I'm a slow learner. The rest were a lot easier 'cause then I'd learned to remove the tank.

Bob, I’ve only had to do that routine once. I might be a quicker learner (or else I asked someone for directions and they told me about taking it apart). Anyway, the hard part was getting the last bit of water out of the bottom, even after cutting off the water and flushing it a couple of times. Handy to have rags, mops or whatever around.
Like finishing the train room (back on topic here), it’s so much better when you get that job done and over with.[:)]

Ryan:

QUOTE: Originally posted by SilverSpike


About Mediation class, what form are they teaching in the class? I have used various forms of relaxation meditation, centering meditation for physical endurance training, and have also experienced chanting meditation with Buddhist Monks. I find the individual forms to be a very relaxing and a spiritually lifting experience.

Hey, Ryan, we’re talking about Teffy here - that’s mediation/negotiation, not that heavy stuff like meditation/relaxation/breathing/etc. You’re gonna give poor Bob a headache if you try to get him to meditate! [}:)] [(-D]

Oh, it was John that suggested a rubber mallet (or is that rubber Mallet?)...

Well, I need to scan some articles in and make a library run today, so I'd better get going. Hope everyone gets some quality time in with your MRR stuff today - and your CFO's (don't want to get in trouble with them!)[;)]

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau (37 F., with some light clouds and mostly sunny)

[JimRCGMO]

Just back in the shop for a question that came to mind (mine). I read about page 1 and page 2, but my pages appear only as one continuous page (have to scroll down to read the further down stuff, but...). So are you guys seeing something different here than I am?

Inquiring mind wants to know,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[der5997]

Good morning all: That coffee smells really good this morning Zoe, I think I'll have one of krump's refills[:D]
Bob

QUOTE: I really think that ya'll would enjoy a tour of his train room, it's a shame that he lives almost up their with Santa Clause.

Actually were are a few miles south of halfway to the reputed dwelling of the Jolly Old Elf. The 45th. paralell goes through between Moser River and Ecum Secum, east of us, and the way the coast line slopes, we are about 6 miles south of that line. When we were on the west coast at Campbell River on Vancouver Island the 45th was about 50 miles south of us at Ladysmith. TrolleyRob and krump may be a bit closer, and our new Montreal connection is closer yet! Luc and Fergie are further south than me. (Was that a good enough job of explaining it?[(-D])
Bill:

Thought about asking the Doc for the biopsy tissue so I could create an HO scale memorial park for it, ...LOL [/qoute] I litterally did, laugh out loud, that is! So did Kris when I told her. Great load off your mind, we're sure.[^]
Paul[#welcome] to your new arrival. Sounds like there will be some TLC required for a day or two.

It's colder today, with more wind than we had expected. I thought I might wa***he van, but now am not so sure. Anyhow, we're off to the Harbour again this aft., so I had better see what I can do on the layout before then.
TTFN

"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.