Morning all, coffee an couple of Jim's cinnamon rolls Janie.
A partly to mostly cloudy day, with a high in the 50's, SSE wind. Trip to Paris was ok last night, till it came time to eat. We were going to have mexincan, but it was standing room only, so was the chininess, and itailain, so ended up with pizza, not one of my favorites.
Paul,,,, sorry to hear bout your dad, we''ll put in an extra thought for him and a specail for one you. I know things work out for the best. When the stress gets to bad for me , I head for the woods and find a nice leening tree and talk alone, to who ever might be be there. Never really hear an anserwe , but I know the helps still here to leen on.
Jeff,,, that be a nice dream to ride the Orient Express. A PBS travel had an hour on that train this summer, it sure would be nice.
Heading down to Flat Rock this morning and getting some wood pellets, and hoping to slip back through Palistine and checking out the rail yards there. They tore down the round house a good while back, and I talked to a freind and he thughthe car barn was gone now to. Hope some of the other buiding are still there. The last time I was there was bout 20 years ago, sure wish I had a camera then now.
catch ya'll laters, time fur chores
inch
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Good morning, just wanted to say a quick Hi to let you know I'm still kicking around out here.
Mornin' all!
I could sure go for some of that coffee and a cinnamon roll! Thanks Chloe!
So how's everyong doing? I see a lot of the regulars have shon up this morning. Hi guys! I see we also had a long lost one show up. Hi Lisa!
Well, I've got to head out in a few. I'm giving a car away today. Giving a buddy of mine who's in need a car I've been tinkering with. It's an '89 Toyota Celica. Runs real good and only has 60,000 miles on it, so as Toyota's go, it's just breaking in.
So what are you guys up to?
Fergie, sorry to hear about dad. I'll be praying for him.
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Good Morning All,
Already took the CFO to breakfast so just the coffee for me please Chloe.
Fergie - our prayers are with you and your dad. I know it's tough when all you can do is wait and pray. Glad the house thing got settled ok (despite the lawyers). Hang in there, we're pulling for you.
Inch - that must be some van you've got there - drove it all the way to Paris did you? Hopefully you've got some time for railroad stuff this weekend. Good luck with the layout acquisition if you get the chance to see it.
Lisa - how goes it? Hope things are holding up ok on the home front.
Dick - the clouds here are just fine thank you and the tax rate for viewing them is much lower than where you reside. For what it's worth, it's a beautiful clear mild day here today and I hope to get to the trainyard a little later.
All for now the trains will have to wait as #1 son just called and we have to go rescue his car in New Milford - another broken radiator hose. Maybe now he'll change the rest of them as his old gray bearded dad suggested. Time to hook up the tag trailer and warm up the dually. CUL,J.R.
Good morning all....Cloudy but a little warmer here....I'll have one of those good looking sweet rolls and coffee please.....Didn't make it in yesterday it was our monthly stock up shopping day....Checked Walmart out couldn't find anything I could use in N scale but Wow they had a lot of HO scale cars and trucks you HOers can pick up some neat at great prices....I went to get ink carts for my printer but they were like 27.00 and they had a printer on sale for 19.95 so I just bought another printer I just can't get use to this buy-use-throw away thing.....
Jeff.....Have a good trip today try not to buy the shop out...I think its graet that you are taking your young friend with you he is starting a hobby that he can enjoy the rest of his life....
Fergie.....Sorry to hear of your fathers condition..He will be in my prayers...
Mike....Hope you get some good pictures down in Palestine I havn't been able to rail fan down there for over 30 years...Palestine must have been quite a rail road town at one time..
Well I gota go help Sallie trim her hair she may have to a wig! You all have a good Saturday...Jerry
JimRCGMO wrote:Good Morning, Janie - I'd like a cup of coffee since Luc's buying, and I brought some cinnamon rolls if any of you would like one. Janie, you might want to hide a few in the back, so the later risers get a chance at 'em.
Hoople wrote: Why thanks. Either you live on the east coast, or you wake up at 4 AM, cause your post time says: Today at 4:52 AM.
Some people got nothing better to do with their time except exercise loose morales.
Hello all, we're back from Alexandria. I picked up a new E7 and David got a MRC Tech 280 just like mine.
Well, I would love to stay and chat, but we gotta get on the road again. This is David's day so we're going to DeRidder next and then Lake Charles. We'll probably be back sometime this evening.
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Good evening all, we finally got back a little while ago. The trip to Lake Charles was called off becuase the place we were going to there would have been closed by the time we got there, so that's on the list for another day.
I did get this though:
New acquisition. Proto 2000 Southern Pacific E7. If you like SP look now, because it's on it's way to the paint shop.
Well thanks for buying Jeffery I'll have a large order of fish, with green beans and a large diet sprite.
Oh by the way nice looking engine.
Fergie a diesel ??????????????????? whats this world coming to.
Sorry to hear about your dad hope all turns out fine. You have our prayers.
Not too much going on normal crazy things here my heart started racing the other day then I felt some tight ness called my doc and he sceduled me for a stress-echo test for tuesday (his office did ) and to come see him the 13th. So cfo is kinda upset.
I'm not sure how to feel worried or not kinda mixed up at the moment think I'm a little nervous but trying to put on a strong front for her.
Oh well you all take care will talk to you all later
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PA Belt wrote:hey all!Fergie:sorry to hear bout your dad, hope he feels better soonJeff:nice engine, i got an F3 or 7 A-B set from life like, if ya want it, ill sell it to you for say 20 bucks or so + shipping? im goin to horseshoe curve the day after thanksgiving, any good railfan spots you all should tell me about?
Gotta go now. I'm tired from all the driving today. David was well rested when we got back and why not! He zonked out at Singer and was dead to the world all the way home, about 50 miles, most of it at 70 mph.
I'll be back tomorrow.
james saunders wrote:Hey Hoople, If I lived closer to you, (not 16,000kms away) I would offer you one or two of my locos for a reasonable price, as I'm changing prototypes But alas, I live in Australia and you live up over...Oz
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Mornin all, just some coffee for now Janie,
Mostly cloudy, high in the mid 50's, SSE wind, with a chance of rain for tonight. Arthritis index suppose to be low, but you couldn't prove it by me hurten a bunch this morning
Seen the 30 day forecast this morning, above normal temps, but also above normal rain. Hope they're right on the temp part anyway.
The rail fanning in Palistine wasn't very good, lot of cars, but no engines. but did find this 200 tonner,
Also got some pics of the yard office there and of a caboose downtown, to post later.
GMTRacing wrote: Inch - that must be some van you've got there - drove it all the way to Paris did you? Hopefully you've got some time for railroad stuff this weekend. Good luck with the layout acquisition if you get the chance to see it.
Yep, took the land route all the way there n back. Decide not to go look at that layout today. Don't really have the money and don't know what I'd do with it anyway.
Jerry ,,, Walmart in Paris had the N scale box and hopper cars, think they were $2.69. They don't look to bad either.
Jeff,,, nice looking engine you picked up there. What's it going to be after the paint shop?
RT,, you best be taking things easy for a spell. Hope the doc's come up with something before long to help.
OZ,,, thanks for the pics from down under. Nice looking steam you folks have down there.
Nothin planned for the day, but normal Sunday stuff and taking things easy. Need to rest my back some, before anything major. Catch ya'll laters, hope ya has a gooden
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll have the bacon and eggs this morning.
Inch: MKT
The weather for the Leesville area today is as follows:Wind Chill: 56°F Humidity: 77% Dew Point: 51°F So Far TodayHigh: 58°FLow: 57°FRain: N/A"Rain Rate: N/A"/hGust: 10mph ESE High: 75 °FLow: 58 °F
Now: High: 75 Through 9 AM...isolated patches of drizzle or very light rain will continue to drift east across lower southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana...especially from Interstate 10 southward. These showers will also impact the near shore coastal waters within 10 nautical miles. Mainly trace rainfall amounts can be expected with this activity. Over the coastal waters...isolated mainly light showers will continue from 60 nautical miles south of Sabine Pass to 40 nautical miles south of High Island.
Today: High: 75 Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds up to 10 mph.
Tonight: Low: 58 Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds becoming southeast around 10 mph after midnight.
Now, how is your day going?
Mornin all!
I know some of us are trying to eat a bit lighter, though the bacon and eggs look tempting, so I brought some fruit.
Hey, are you ready for this? My teenage daughter came to me and asked me if I'd like to go to one of her concerts with her and her friends! And she didn't need a ride! She just wanted to hang out! You could've knocked me over with a feather! I must be doing something right. She's a good girl, but I thought at that age all parents were uncool? Anyways, I'll be going to a concert tonight, a Christian hard rock concert. Cool!
The rest of the day is all my time to get the new train room ready and maybe even start some benchwork! (maybe)
Hey inch, nice find! The crane is an often overlooked piece of equipment, but no self respecting RR would go without one.
And OZ James, you've got the find of the day there! Nice pics, thanks for sharing!
Well good morning Jeff! And how are you doing today? All rested up from your big adventure yesterday? David stop in yet, or is he still crashed?
Well, I'm off for a while. I'll stop in later though.
Bye
PC: Seems like some father/daughter bonding taking place there. Enjoy these times, for they will never come again.
As for yesterday, I still ache in places I didn't know I had! David is bouncing around the neighborhood as always. He slept most of the way back yesterday so he was well rested when I dropped him at his home.