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

[Hoople]

Hi guys,

I don't have money, Due to purchasing scenery yesterday.

I have plenty of time to chat, So I'll be here awhile.

 

I came back from my LHS yesterday with 4% grade pack and 2% grade pack made by WS, Scenic cement, and a timber tunnel portal. I need more foam now... I painted the tunnel portal with some acrylic paint, then drybrushed some other browns and a dumptruck load of black on the top for smoke from the passing trains. I'll try to get a picture up a little later of it. My grade that I asked about is now a 6% ( I didn't want to do calculations, plus it's just 1/4" higher and It makes life easier for the hill!) and my layout is still in annoying shape. I can't wait to babysit more Or to go to my grandma's house. She pays me $8 an hour, $5 to wash one car(which I like to do!). Lucky WS foam is cheap for a 1" sheet.

 

 

Mark

[HEdward]

Hi guys,

I don't have money, Due to purchasing scenery yesterday.

I have plenty of time to chat, So I'll be here awhile.

[Hoople]

Hmmm....

 

The fact that I'll live on the WEST COAST as stated earlier.

 

 

PS. I'm stayin and you can't throw me out.

 

 

Mark

[SOU Fan]

I'll take a coke please Zoe.....thanks

Haven't been in a while so i'de thought I would check in.

How's every one doing?

gotta go,
dekruif

 

[Guilford Guy]

Ill have a Donut and a Ginger ale chloe
so while I was away what Locomotives rolled by the shop
I hope nothing interesting
I'm going out to get a Sub so Ill see ya guys later

[HEdward]

Hmmm....

 

The fact that I'll live on the WEST COAST as stated earlier.

 

 

PS. I'm stayin and you can't throw me out.

 

 

Mark

I'm only reading the house rules.  I'm not the enforcer.  As for where you are, well, I'm just taking any excuse to pick on New Fairfield Ct for the totally corrupt means of doing business and most blatantly, the way they stole the Ball Pond Water District and just gave it to some company that we never had a chance to choose on our own.  How can you tell if the house belongs to a town official?  Their car is washed and their lawn is green.  "Brane ded paulitishuns"

BTW-Your layout is further along than mine, sorta.  The O scale loop at 32" for the Dept 56 diorama runs nicely.

[Hoople]

So thats what that ment...

 

Well I got nuthin to talk about now.

 

Mark

[Guilford Guy]

THE CHESHIRE VALLEY IS GONE ( my G scale)
I got tired of the CHV, so after our short period of debt we were reorganized as the Assabet Valley Railroad <img src="/trccs/emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif" alt="Big Smile [:D]" /> <img src="/trccs/emoticons/icon_smile_cool.gif" alt="Cool [8D]" />
Have fun everyone

[Cox 47]

Afternoon all...Cloudy with some light rain but getin some sunshine now.....I'll have a Root beer float and onion rings please put that on HEdward's please.....Dullcoated caboose this afternoon and started putting wheels on jeep gota make a windsheild for it.....

RT...Hope you are feeling better...Your diet sounds pretty good but I'll bet giving up the Coke has been hard are you allowed any diet pop?

Inch....Still  chuckling over the "outhouse" story....Reminds me of Ben Colder and Ode to the Little Brown Shack out Back....

Dick.....I'm 58 and I remeber listning to Sargent Preston on the radio...

Well the weather guy just said its gonna get warmer and maybe some more rain..They say we had the second hottest July on record 1936 being the hottest...I understand it was so hot that they dumped Ice in some swimming pools so water would be cool enough for folks to get into in pm..Also many drownings in rivers and strip pits as people tried to cool off...My mother said they slept on cots in the yard...Sure glad for a/c....

You all have a good one....Jerry

[rtraincollector]

Given up the cokes accually wasn't hard at all think what really did it was the scare when all this started . When I went for a every day stress test and ended up in the hospital overnight. It was a wake up call that I'm listening to.

Everything today was fine he said it was probally a mixture of sun medication and not enough fluids intake.

Well we'll see as time goes on from here.

[HEdward]

$62.50?  Was the UP donut really that much more than a plain one?  That's what I get for running a tab instead of paying as I go.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: Not much to talk about tonight. Our son John is having a yard sale so we're getting some stuff together to sell. He's done pretty well for the first day.

I'm happy to hear that it wasn't something serious RT. I'll pass on what the guys here have told me. Drink plenty of water and stay cool.

Well I'm going to head for bed. Good Night All

[cheese3]

Paul...yup its an army surplus store.

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

08-10-06

[Anonymous]

I could use a large tankard of coffee this morning and give Mark whatever he wants (some one has to take care of the younger set around here), Just call me Mom.

What a busy week this has been, Mon. I helped out my neighbor with some yard work, Tue. I helped out my Mom and yesterday took my Mom-in-law out shopping. That was fun but also lot of work as she's in a wheel chair(advanced bone cancer). Needless to say I've had no time to work on my layout. I don't think I'll be able to work on it today either(my back is out-again) Oh well nothing new.

Rt, I pray  that all will go well for you,my Dr gave me the wakeup call last year by putting me on the Southbeach diet ( high blood colesterol, elevated blood sugar), I've been able to mantain without meds but that depends on how well I stick to diet. My prayers go up to the Great Physician for your healing.

See you all later, I may stop in for lunch, If your hungry Mark put it on my tab.

[pcarrell]

Good to hear that you're OK RT!

[trolleyboy]

Good morning folks,just checking in before I head out for another round of mayhiem ( work ).

RT - Hey I'm glad that you are doing a bit better , the 35 lbs off is nothing to sneeze at and it's likley good that yiou are loosing it slowley ( it's more apt to stay off that way ) I've mamaged to drop 20 in the last two and a half month's, very similar diet to yours actually, accept for the liquid eggs, can't stand them, mind you I ate very few regular eggs come to think of it anyway. Still it sounds like a good diet plan. BTW loved the photo's you posted from the weekend. it's nice to see some old baggage wagons and the like still in such good shape.

Inch -Loved the outhouse story, I'm still laughing.I can almost believe that similar things did happen, methane can be an explosive thing ! LOL

To Mark. Hope that your layout grade doesn't end up being to large for the locomotives.Sounds like your tunnel scenery will turn out quite well.

Catch everyone later

Rob

 

[SilverSpike]

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Went to the Y again last night, speed walked for 2 miles in 45 minutes, then played 1 hour of racquet ball, then spent about 30 minutes on the Cybex weight machines. Wow, what a work out! I am so pumped now, and my energy level has just increased about 10 fold in just the last week.

Monique went to the orthodontist for the follow-up visit yesterday about the possible growth that was found under two of her back teeth. Turns out to be an impacted tooth that somehow was never removed and is trying to push up from below the exposed teeth, and appears that one of the roots is decaying. Now she has to make a third dentist appointment with and endodontist, and possibly an extraction or a root canal will have to scheduled. We are blessed that it is not the "worst case" cancer or a tumor that we thought it might me.

On model railroading, I am staring a test diorama for scenery applications. I want to get a feel for using the same materials that will be used on the layout but on a smaller scale. That way I can experiment and play with different techniques and get more comfortable before I go to the “real deal.”

RT, that is a great diet plan you got there, looks like you are on the right track. Buy just eliminating the Coke from your diet you have cut out nearly 1000 calories per day, and about 250 grams of sugar. Good luck with the docs too!

Inch, neat story and photos once again!

Hey Dick , Fergie, and Der John, looks like an early “cool” front heading your way this weekend. I heard that temps might get into the low 40’s at night in the north east.

Mark, let us know how the 6% grade plays with the trains!

Hello, dekruif, glad to see you could make it in the CS!

Cheers,

Ryan

[Hoople]

Thanks Lisap. I'm fine right now tho.

 

My 6% is doing fine. My Bachmann daylight pulls 3 50 foot boxcars up it without slipping.(thats all my 50'ers, so I'll see how much I really can pull later.) There's only 21" of track past the industry siding, So there's only one thing goin' up there. A Bachmann 0-6-0T and two two bay gravel hoppers.

[Cox 47]

Evening all....not much happ'in around here...Been rainy all pm with some thunder and lightning but looks like the worst of it went south of I 70.....Got the wheels on my jeep still havn't got the windsheild puzzled out...gave up on the idea of a N scale steering wheel don't turn me into the detail police...Spent some time just window shopping on Ebay...Seems like somebody wants the same things I do only more....I got DPB dvd today but havn't watched it yet any body took a look at it ??...well as I said not much to talk about bout time for National News on the TV You all have a good'in....Jerry

[rtraincollector]

Lisa P.  You weren't with us yet when I got my wake up call in breif failed a stress test 4+ minutes into it and now I sport my very own Implantable defibirillator in my chest. Doing fine now still getting use to having it and react real fast to things in past would not of even thought about.

Hi all had rain almost all day so worked in one of the barns today basicly on the farm trucks and tractors. Supose to tomorrow also so will see.

Hope to get some more work on this room saturday. So soon maybe I can start working on my layout.

 

Well you all have a good evening.

[grayfox1119]

Good evening everyone, more humid today and hot in the sun, so we stayed out of the yard work/garden, and went shopping and out to lunch with my wife's cousin and husband. When the wife heads to her "brush and comb woman's stuff store, I am happy because there is a very nice LHS just down the street and that is whre I spent 1 hour. Bought some cars, some Woodland Scenic stuff, artist brushes for detailing, and a couple of building...a successful day I would say.

RYAN: Yes, we have a front passing through right now, and we could see record LOWS by Saturday night.....that air is so energizing!!!

PAUL: Some nice Border Collies up here for sale, they are looking for a nice farm to work.

RT: That is certainly good news RT, and it makes sense that you probably needed fluids and to take it easy in all that heat and humidity. Our bodies send us signals all the time, we just have to turn on the receiver.

LISA: Diabetes has run in my father's side of the family for three or more generations. So far, I have been the first of the line to keep it away from my doorstep. I had the same Primary doctor as my father had, and at age 67, my Glucose level stays around 94. My secret is Cheerios with fruit and skim milk for breakfast ( and Ed's OJ of course )Fruit flavored Fat free yogurt for lunch with any fruit that we happen to have, and lots of fish, chicken and "some" lean meat for supper meals. No regular ice cream, just low fat or Sherbet, no cookies or all the crap, and it works!!! I cheat when I go out for dinner though, or at friend's houses.

Time to check the forum, see you guys later,

[HEdward]

Was at a different coffee shop today.  There had been a tornado nearby a few weeks back and the area looked crazy to me.  The trees down revealed the abandoned rail line along the Saw Mill Parkway.  On TV is one thing, seeing this stuff for real is just making me feel weird.  On the way back, I was run over by two CSX locos and a mixed freight(I-287 under the old conrail overpass) and got to actually see a box car for the first time in about a year.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: It's still over the 100 mark here. It will get down to 85 tonight, maybe. No MRR ing today. It's just too hot to do much of anything. At least the humidity is low. About 24%.

I am going to head out and go to bed. Dick, I'll let you off tonight, but tomorrow maybe another story.

[Anonymous]

Good evening all!

Just got home.  I don't know which organization I despise the most: al-Qaida or the TSA.  One is evil the other incompetent.  Wish I could go into more detail.  As least somebody smacked some sense into the TSA this morning. 

I hope all of you are well.   I'm off to bed, good night.

[CNW 6000]

There had been a tornado nearby a few weeks back and the area looked crazy to me...On TV is one thing, seeing this stuff for real is just making me feel weird.

Tornados do have a way of doing that to you.  I felt that way especially through my first dozen or so.  Many more later it still feels surreal.

I haven't stopped by for a while, thought I'd grab a Mt. Dew and a bag of chips for the ride home...long day today and longer tomorrow.  I'll be back!

[inch53]

Mornin all, coffee n a short stack Zoe,

Another foggy mornin here, and still have a chance of rain. No outside work, so I guess I'll have to play with the layout some more.

JERRY, I remember the Ben Colter, just can't remember the words. I misss the old stuff, was you were still on the air.

RT, good too hear you be doin alright, keep it up.

RYAN, how bout some photos of your progress on on the new project. 

Thought I'd post some odds n end pics. Seen Tony Stewarts car hauler over in Effingham the Sun. before the brick yard for you Nascar fans

And this is the G scale they had over to the Altamont show

Worked on the layout some plan on some more today. Mother's got a jewlery party tonight in Paris, so she won't  be round. She also has to be at the fair grounds tomorrow to do checks for the mud bog there, so our week end shot again. Hope ya'll have a good day

inch

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

08-11-06

[Anonymous]

Good evening all!

Just got home.  I don't know which organization I despise the most: al-Qaida or the TSA.  One is evil the other incompetent.  Wish I could go into more detail.  As least somebody smacked some sense into the TSA this morning. 

Gumby hit the nail on the head...but instead of doing anything about it (the stupidity part), we accept it to a large extent as necessary for security.  It is not.

Words have been put into frequent media use to make common sense a negative attribute.  If terrorists are trying put explosives on aircraft, then instead of TSA using limited resources searching every single person and their carry on bags for their potential explosives, and causing such tremendous waste in innocent products going to a landfill, why wouldn't the TSA concentrate more on identifying the terrorists and eliminating them from the plane?

Does the word "profiling" come across as negative?  Sure it does, because it's usually tied to the word "racial" and that's just a trigger that nobody wants to touch with a twenty foot pole.

But the fact of the matter is, terrorists for the most part fit a profile.  Innocent people who fit this profile can be screened with dignity and allowed to proceed with minimum changes.  Procedures can be established that will allow security to focus on the most probable suspects.

Too much politics.  Too much political correctness.  Not enough common sense.

No matter what you do, it cannot be set in stone, and the procedures must be constantly changing to prohibit the bad guys from circumventing security.

There is no silver bullet.  But TSA can exercise more common sense in this instance, stop hassling low-probability and innocent people (the great majority), and focus on identifying the bad guys and their tactics.

What we do today in US society is called "shotgunning".  We shoot into the crowd to get the few bad guys...and everyone is wounded in the process.  We do it every day when we create laws and rules meant to stop poor behavior or performance by the few, rules that by design target the innnocent many...instead of confronting the individual who is causing the problem.

We have evolved into a non-confrontational society.  Does the almost-a-word "wussie" sound familiar?

Bad people prey on wussies.

[pcarrell]

Good morning everyone!

How's everybody doing this morning?

Hi Zoe, just some coffee for me this morning please.  Thanks!

Well, I've finally got most of my schoolwork done.  Just a little more and I'm there. 

Went out to the new house yesterday.  It rained most of the day but they managed to get tar paper up on the roof before it hit.  In the evening the rains cleared out some and there was a great senset that I got a few pics of from the master bedroom windows.  Check it out.....

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/House/Captured2006-8-1000002.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/House/Captured2006-8-1000003.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/House/Captured2006-8-1000001.jpg

Well, I best make like I work somewhere........

Later!