pcarrell wrote: 91rioja wrote: NeO6874 wrote: 91rioja wrote:Good to see you back PC! I see you got moved in and the electronics hooked up in the correct order; 1) Computer2) Stereo3) TVChriswouldn't a more appropriate set-up be:- Computer-Trains-Stereo-TV My bad. Trains should have been in there. For me, I need music to work by; be it unpacking or driving my trains around my layout.Chris The "music" is right outside the window. CSX's double track main is just across the field outside the trainroom window!
91rioja wrote: NeO6874 wrote: 91rioja wrote:Good to see you back PC! I see you got moved in and the electronics hooked up in the correct order; 1) Computer2) Stereo3) TVChriswouldn't a more appropriate set-up be:- Computer-Trains-Stereo-TV My bad. Trains should have been in there. For me, I need music to work by; be it unpacking or driving my trains around my layout.Chris
NeO6874 wrote: 91rioja wrote:Good to see you back PC! I see you got moved in and the electronics hooked up in the correct order; 1) Computer2) Stereo3) TVChriswouldn't a more appropriate set-up be:- Computer-Trains-Stereo-TV
91rioja wrote:Good to see you back PC! I see you got moved in and the electronics hooked up in the correct order; 1) Computer2) Stereo3) TVChris
1) Computer2) Stereo3) TVChris
My bad. Trains should have been in there. For me, I need music to work by; be it unpacking or driving my trains around my layout.Chris
The "music" is right outside the window. CSX's double track main is just across the field outside the trainroom window!
Hey there Ferguson! How you doin???
Have a bowl of tomato soup on me!!!
Hey Jerry, 11 grand kids and two on the way is going to make for some large family reunions...
Well, well, well..... looks like more than the soup is on me for the rest of today......
... you know the drill....
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
hey guys!!! PC I my be a bit late on welcoming you back but, WELCOME BACK!!
3 days ago while my dad and I were taking out the ac's I found 3 tie plate in one of our sheds. My dad said that some one had given them to him. VERY NICE.I have a collection of spikes in the room, and up to my Grammy's house there is a 4ft to 4 1/2ft section of 25lbs or 50lbs rail. My Grammpy at one time worked on a railroad in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.I also have a cousin that works on the RR too.I gess you can say it's in the Fimaly... lol
and I am using my mom's digital cameria to take pics of my trains. now the layout but the rolling stock and engines. so far they have come out nice.
Just a quick cup of Java for me, and some black pudding i think, don't be shy with the mustard,
Howdy everyone, hope your all well
I was thinking maybe this was why the count has been off on the pages for the last few days. I was thinking they took PC's reply to swdave's, but it was still back on page 1077? I don't know what happened to theposts this week.
Hi Guys,
This is completely unrelated to your message or this thread. I'm over here visting from the Garden Railways forum trying to find out if there is another forum or place where On30 is discussed. I tagged onto your post because I couldn't find a way to post a new message. How do you post a new subject on this forum?
Thanks
Walt
grandpopswalt wrote: Hi Guys, This is completely unrelated to your message or this thread. I'm over here visting from the Garden Railways forum trying to find out if there is another forum or place where On30 is discussed. I tagged onto your post because I couldn't find a way to post a new message. How do you post a new subject on this forum? Thanks Walt
Just click on where it says "General Discussion" and then at the top of the list it'll give you a button to post a new topic.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Afternoon all stayed home after lunch today not feeling the best picked up a cold in my upper chest and a minor sore throat. Drinking plenty of fluids and getting rest as doctor OIC inforces lol .
well hope all doing fine best wishes to all and there kin/freinds.
Hello to all that I might have missed and welcome to the coffee shop u2 PC
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Fergie, Don't worry, I'm still around, atlhough a little more infrequently now. It's just that during the school year I don't have as much time to check out the forums and such, so I may be gone for a week or two at a time before I pop back in again. Usually my only chance to check out the forums is on weekends or nights when I don't have a whole lot of homework (like tonight). Otherwise school work comes first, as much as I don't like it.....
Flip, it's good to see you back in here. You'll get used to the forum eventually, it just takes a little time. I know it took me at least a few posts to get used to how to work the thing.....
Boy, we had one heck of a storm around here at about 4 this morning. It's just about the worse storm I can remember seeing with my own eyes. It was lightning a lot, but more than that we had marble to golf ball sized hail, as well as rain that was literally coming down in sheets. It was gone in only about a half hour or less, but it was sure violent while it was here, and it dumped an absolute ton of rain.
I did end up with a very successful day of railfanning on Sunday as well. Not a lot of trains, but the weather was perfect, and the few trains we did see came out great. The colors we out, and even though they were in more muted tones, they still looked pretty good. For the shots, take a look at these two albums of my photos. The first Album is of one specific train that we chased a good ways down the Mississippi River in Minnesota and Iowa, and the other is some shots from the BNSF in Wisconsin along the River as well. My favorite shots are probably the last two in the BNSF album as well as the last three in the first album. To see larger versions of the thumbnails, just click on the photo:
http://wsor3807.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=16214
http://wsor3807.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=16244
Well I suppose I better be going, as I've still got a lot of stuff to do tonight yet. I'll see you guys around.
Noah
grayfox1119 wrote: Ya, I kind of mispelled NewFoundland. That happens late at night when I can't see the keyboard in the dark.
Well you just mispelled it again, so it's not just the light. It's Newfoundland, all one word, no capitalization of the F.
But we Newfies are a pretty forgiving bunch, so don't worry about it.
Ed
Fergie: Best wishes for your father. I know what Lisa is going through with physical therapy. It'll hurt at first, but it'll get better, trust me on this. Been there with a broke knee and two shattered ankles.
Pc: Nice to see you back on. I guess now the real work begins with the unpacking. Been there and done that many, many times. When you're a military brat, you move a lot. I've been around the world twice in my 46 years. Most of it was good, some of it, I don't care to think about.
I had to go to Alexandria today to get the caluses peeled off the bottoms of my feet, so they're going to hurt for a couple of days. I stopped off at the LHS and picked up a new #6 RH turnout and a 50' FDC plugdoor boxcar from MDC (Roundhouse products)
I may stop back in later. Evening all.
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
Howdy Fellers,
Fergie- Hoping your dad continues to get better, glad the cast is off and speaking of that type of injury tell her to take it slow and listen to the DR. YOU NEED the down time w/the layout. Will continue to lift you and yours up, please rest in the Lord.
Been busy as usual but gotta go trouble on the home front.
Trent
Trent: I hope the trouble is not serious.
I got my new boxcar put together. I'll give it a dusting of matte-finish in the near future, then treat it to some rust and some black dye/alcohol wash.
Evening Gang:
PC: Welcome back. The easy part is over with now you have to unpack and get everything put away. Of course getting the new train room squared away is the fun part. Have you got a track plan going yet?
Fergie: Still thnking about your dad. It will take some time. I'm sure Lisa is going to enjoy the phiso. Yea right. I kind of enjoyed mine when I had my right rotater cuff repaired. Of course I was doing it on company time since it was a job injury. I made sure the phiso was at a place close to home so I left work early and just went home after. That drove my super nuts but there wasn't a thing he could do about it.
Walt: Welcome in. It's going tobe nice having a On30 modeler here. I've looked at the stuff from Bachman and really like the critters and industrial type cars. The dump cars are really nice. I have to say my mantra. I don't need another scale, I don't need another scale. I'm doing HO, 1.5in and 4in 7.5in gauge.
Time for bed so I'll say Good Night. I've got an appointment with the dentist tomorrow morning for a crown. Oh Joy.
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Quiet as usual down here. A cool front blew in today and the temperature never got much above 90º. Plus it rained off and on during the afternoon, and stayed overcast, so it was actually bearable. Of course, the rain gave us a bit of trouble as we had gone out to the orange grove for some routine maintenance work. We got most of what we wanted done, but got cut short a bit. I have to say that the crop is looking good. The mandarin oranges are just starting to get some color. I'm still picking some of the reina, a bit ahead of time, but they are good enough for juice for me. Hope the girls in The Coffee Shop are adulterating the stuff they are serving to you guys with enough sugar to make it palatable. Another couple of weeks and they won't need to add anything.
Jeff, nice new car. Always nice to see new additions. What are you going to cover all that mud with? A layer of latex paint first? What are you planning for ground cover?
Don't know if I've posted this link before, but it's an interesting blog from an old guy who is in the process of making a long series of train trips. He often goes several months between posting, but he recently posted a couple of new entries. Since it's a blog type site, you need to start at the bottom, and read the first entry, then work your way up. He apparently spent some time in his youth as a hobo, and he makes some interesting posts regarding his past.
http://johnhedge.livejournal.com/
Getting ready to hit the sack. Catch you guys tomorrow.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good morning ! from Indiana.
10-05-06
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll have 2 eggs, sunny side up, sausage, bacon and some toast. Some coffee with that, please.
Well, I'm just getting ready for another day of making training bombs for the government. Working on RPG's today. Doesn't that sound like fun? Just a plastic tube with sand in it and a plastic cap on either end. It's exactly 24 inches long and weighs six and a quarter pounds. Don't know how many, but it'll be a lot.
Here's the credit card, enjoy. Oh, and the fire extinguisher to put it out with.
God Morning All,
Another late start for me today, my mom is down from Nova Scotia and between visiting and pinocle games the time slips away.Just can't jump in here at o dark thirty that way.
Not much else going on here besides work and Lime Rock this weekend. Hope those in need of prayer are recovering all right. CUL, J.R.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Good morning all!
Supposed to rain today and might be here for a few days, we will see how the forecaster’s predictions pan out.
Thanks for breakfast again Jeff, Chloe set me up with the same.
Duke should be on his way to Apex now, supposed to arrive sometime tomorrow, and we will attempt to meet up with him on Saturday.
I am planning to head to Train Buddy train shop tomorrow on my flex Friday off, pick up a 3-way turnout and some tunnel portals I ordered. Also going to review my slow motion switch requirements, wiring etc with Kim the shop owner, he is quite knowledgeable.
After that I am going on a dirt collection expedition, get some samples around the CSX tracks, some area fields, and dirt roads in the area. Then I am going to try to get some earth tone paint to match the colors of the dirt for the layout.
Oh, and I will be putting on a batch of corned beef and cabbage in the crock pot first thing Friday AM.
ModelTrainLover - that was a nice surprise to find those tie plates, looks like a good start to the spike collection.
Inch - what kind of flowers are you planting this time of year?
RT - good luck with the cold. Have a bowl of tomato soup on me, the heat and steam emitting from he soup helps clear the passages.
Noah - very nice pics, I especially like that coil car and the ones you took of the colorful consist past the river bluff, great shots!
Dick - speaking of Vista OS, Microsoft announced even stricter security for beating out piracy attempts on this version. I agree with you, it will take a few years before we see any proliferation of the Vista OS overtaking XP or the Longhorn server overtaking Windows 2000 or 2003 server. I know some companies that are still on the Windows NT 4.0 environment, which is just about 10 years old now.
Ed, the juice has been just fine… hick-up…as a matter of fact…. hick…. the girls might even be adding a shot or two of cactus juice to that last batch of OJ…...oops….
And thanks for the hobo link, going to have to read that one later…
James, while it might seem like a lot of work, your move to local prototype modeling will probably be for the best in the long run. And probably easier to model since you are closer to the prototype, making trips to the states for prototype research could have gotten expensive.
J.R. my parents and grandparents used to play pinochle til the wee hours of the night, us kids would sit around and watch. I never learned how to play, but I enjoy Canasta.
Cheers,
JR wrote: ...my mom is down from Nova Scotia and between visiting and pinocle games the time slips away...
...my mom is down from Nova Scotia and between visiting and pinocle games the time slips away...
SilverSpike wrote: Oh, and I will be putting on a batch of corned beef and cabbage in the crock pot first thing Friday AM.
Darn, corned beef is virtually impossible to find down here. I usually smuggle back a couple of packages when I make a border run. I really miss it.
Well, you know that the FCVN ships only pure (virtually) orange juice, with no preservatives added. If that tank car gets delayed arriving at The Coffee Shop the juice just might be starting to ferment on its own....... Not that there's anything wrong with adding a little cactus juice, just to, as Dr Hook would say, "to purify the brain".
... my parents and grandparents used to play pinochle til the wee hours of the night, us kids would sit around and watch. I never learned how to play, but I enjoy Canasta.
Played a bit of canasta too. But I've forgotten about everything I knew about playing cards.
Later
A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and tapped him on the shoulder.
The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb, snapped-off a fire hydrant and stopped just inches from a large plate glass window.
For a few moments, everything was silent in the cab, and then the still shaking driver said, "I'm sorry but you scared the HELL out of me."
The frightened passenger apologized to the driver and said he didn't realize a mere tap on the shoulder could frighten him so much.
The driver replied, "No, no, I'm sorry, it's entirely my fault. Today is my first day driving a cab. I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years."
Ed,
Here is a recipe for "How to Corn Beef" to make your own corned beef. It is an old recipe I found and you can "corn" just about any cut of beef. I can remember years ago one of the local restaurant meat purveyors in New Orleans used to sell a whole corned steamship round of beef, which is the whole hind leg of a beef animal, usually weighing about 50 - 75 lbs with the bone in.
"Corn" your own beef
1 beef brisket1/4 tsp salt peter1/4 C warm water2 T sugar2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tsp paprika1 T mixed pickling spices3/4 C salt2 quarts waterPlace the meat in a large crock. Dissolve the salt peter in the warm water. Add the nextfour ingredients. Dissolve the salt in the 2 quarts of water. Mix everything together and pour over the meat. Be sure the meat is beneath the surface of the liquid. Refrigerate for three weeks, turning the meat once or twice per week. Prepare according to any standard recipe for corned beef.
Salt peter is commonly used in veterinary medicine. Some drugstores carry it. King Soopers pharmacy will special order it on request.
By the way, I read the live journal and that guy has quite a story to tell. I bet he could get someone to write a screenplay and it would make a great movie highlighting the odyssey he had years ago.