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

[Train 284]

Just stopping in! I will take a pepsi please, oh wait, I alreadyhave one nevermind! Been working on my garden railroad a lot lately. Should be installing my bridge today or tomorrow.

[james saunders]

Hello all,


Haven't stopped in for a few days, Been so busy the last few days, it isn't funny. [:(]
I got a working bug on Tuesday night and I started laying the Last few pieces of track, buuuut I ran out of joiners! So This afternoon I'm taking myself to the LHS to purchase some supplies to keep me going... I might pick up a couple of freight cars too, or maybe a loco [:D]

Thats all for now, I'll let you know what I get at the LHS tomorrow some time.


-OzJim-

[SilverSpike]

Hey, were almost at 1100 pages in the CS!

Jim,
Glad to see you in these parts again!

I've been getting emails from Ed, but he needs to deliver a fresh batch of OJ to the CS soon! We might get scurvy in here or something before you know it!

[JPowell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by NESU

JP

QUOTE: furry 4-legged creature I call Chopper aka the cat, decided at some point between late thursday night and last evening to completely severe the cable for the mouse to my new computer,

my wife can relate to that. our felinefourlegger loves to take the thread off Mom's sewing machines and run with it. Some mornings you will find thread all over the house.

Neal

Neal -
What's even worse, is when you get up at zero dark 30 for a bathroom run and discover that the creature has played w/ the toilet paper and took it all off the roll. He's done that to me a few times in the past 2 weeks [:0]

JP

[Anonymous]

Now isn't that funny. [:o)]

My first time in the shop in ages and I start the page and have to buy. [B)]

The old heads will be loving that. [8D]

Ed, send OJ please, quick. [:D]

OK, drink up. [:p]

[Anonymous]

Good Morning All [:)]

Long Time No See. [;)] [B)]

I hope everyone is well. [^]


Paul, I thought I would drop by and leave you a note. Ed, in Houston, said the Chinese steam engines are no where to be seen in Houston. He thinks they snuck them out during one evening.

Funny thing is no one seems to know where they are. No one seems to have seen them. [8] [B)] [:(]

So keep a sharp eye out in the next day or two for them.

This is my Sunday, that happens when you work for a railroad, and I have tons of stuff to do. So I better get going.

Everyone Take Care

[SilverSpike]

Morning all!

Just a quickie drop in today as not much to report from this neck of the woods.

Tall cup of that strong Joe for me today! The better half has been getting up early and working late this week to catch up, so I get up too early now.....

Hey, today is the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. The days will start to get shorter now.... oh well. Sundown at 8:50 pm is kind of late huh!

Hope all is well with you and yours….

Cheers,

Ryan

[pcarrell]

Morning all!

Much better day today!

Ready for a hard day of work at the phone company!

Hi Chloe! Could I just get a cup of coffee this morning please, thatnks!

QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53

PC

QUOTE: Nawww, teach likes me! I'm a straight "A" student!

TEACHERS PET, TEACHERS PET [:D]

You bet cha! [;)]

BTW, have you ever noticed that the teachers pet usually does pretty well in life? [:0] Hmmmmmmmm.............

Maybe that's not such a bad thing!

QUOTE: Originally posted by NESU

PC

QUOTE: Nawww, teach likes me! I'm a straight "A" student!

I really thought you was to old to go to school. Well you really do learn something every day.

I thought so too, but there are people in my classes that range from just out of high school to almost 70 years old. I figure that if they can do it,............[8D]

QUOTE: I see a lot of people here use the "LOL" behind a statement. Will someone tell me what that means. I'm trying to learn something here.

Laugh Out Loud

That's it!

See, you really do learn something every day!



EDIT: HA!!!!! You all thought I was gonna hit the top of the page, didn't you?!? Well you're just going to have to wait for that one! [:D]

[Anonymous]

Morning all, just coffee please.

QUOTE: post all the G scale ya want, we all would enjoy seeing them.

Thanks INCH Can relate to the stink as we have a few of those critters here.

JP

QUOTE: furry 4-legged creature I call Chopper aka the cat, decided at some point between late thursday night and last evening to completely severe the cable for the mouse to my new computer,

my wife can relate to that. our felinefourlegger loves to take the thread off Mom's sewing machines and run with it. Some mornings you will find thread all over the house.

PC

QUOTE: Nawww, teach likes me! I'm a straight "A" student!

I really thought you was to old to go to school. Well you really do learn something every day.

I see a lot of people here use the "LOL" behind a statement. Will someone tell me what that means. I'm trying to learn something here.


Hard to tell but it's a 1:32 REA baggage cart. from Arkansas.

PAUL Hope your poison ivy is doing well.
Well got to run still doing some remodeling.
Neal

[inch53]

Morning all, Coffee and a couple sweet rolls please Zoe,
Another hot n sticky one here today, it’s also the first day of summer, could have fooled me, I thought it started already.

Neal , post all the G scale ya want, we all would enjoy seeing them. I posted a bunch of G pics last summer from Rockome gardens. After we were there, Mother said I could build a G layout, till she seen the prices, now it’s on hold till we hit the lottery.

RT , thanks for the tick info. I always hated those 12 an 14-hour days when I was farming, leaves little time for much else.

Paul , I found, when one of the kids were getting married,, it was best to find a good hiding spot out of the way.
Mother n and one grandson gets poison ivy easy [Jussy the worst], The docs gave Mother sometriamcinolone acetonide cream for her’s, cleared it up in a couple days.

PC

QUOTE: Nawww, teach likes me! I'm a straight "A" student!

TEACHERS PET, TEACHERS PET [:D]

Just had some thing interesting happen here. Heard a noise out side, looked and there was 3 coon pups under our mulberry tree and one skunk.
Coons thought they were going to run the skunk off, one of them got real brave and wanted to fight, which didn’t last to long.
I’ll just say it stinks outside know and the coons are gone and the skunks enjoying his meal.
Well got a bunch of chores to do today and best get at them. Thoughts n prayers for all in need.
inch

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,
Regular to go please Zoe. Not much to say just now. Worked on the HO display at the museum last night, mostly in the yard area. Off to Toronto via Amtraks' Maple Leaf this morning so we leave for the station shortly. I'll try to check in on Tues am when I return. Still trying to sort out the new railimages stuff - now I can't log on. Should I just start with photo bucket? CUL [:D] J.R.

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning from Indiana ! [:D]

6-21-06 [:o)]

[Anonymous]

PAUL I think it usually takes poison ivy about 14 days to run it's coarse. Count back to when you got it and then count foward for the 14th day and that should tell you when the itch should stop. If the itch continues past the 14th day then that means I was probibly wrong.

Thanks RT I do like G-Scale as well as HO. But I don't like the Garden Railroad Forum. So I don't post there.

But I really do think you guys are super. Hopefully someday I will get to know you better.

Well I'm out of here for now.
Neal

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53

QUOTE:
I see you've all managed to pay your own tabs while I was gone! You know, I might just have to see how long "y'all" (that was for you inch) can keep that up!

Just for that PC. I hope the teacher gives you extra homework.

Nawww, teach likes me! I'm a straight "A" student! [:D]

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang: I'm on my wayto the bathroom to try some new stuff I got for the poison ivey so this will be kind of short.

Inch and All: The wedding is my sons. I'm not really excited about it but everyone else is. Mary Ann is trying to get things together and I'm just trying to stay out of her way. Our daughter and the grandkids get in tomorrow. We have to pick them up at the airport in Dallas. That will mean we get up and get going about 6am. It is really bad when it takes longer to get to the airport than the flight takes.

I'm going to get on with the program with this poison ivey stuff. I'll see you all tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Good evening all!

Coffee and a cookie, please.

I'll be back in net silence for the rest of my trip. You all have fun and be safe.

[rtraincollector]

NESU They let me post o gauge so I guess you can post G lol

Hey all this was sent to me in an email figure it might help some of you.

Since we live in a literal forest, we have
> tons of ticks, I tried this way this morning and it
> works!!! So glad to find a nicer way than plucking
> them with tweezers!
>
> So with tick season here and in full run, I
> thought I would share this info.
>
>
> School Nurse has written the info below --
> good enough to share --
>
> I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes
> is the best way to remove
> A tick. This is great, because it works in
> those places where it's
> Sometimes difficult to get to with
> Tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a
> head full of dark hair, etc.
>
> Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball.
> Cover the tick with the
> Soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it for a few
> seconds (15-20); the tick
> Will come out on it's own and be stuck to the
> cotton ball when you lift
> It away.
>
> This technique has worked every time I've used
> it (and in KY, that was
> Frequently), and it's much less traumatic for
> the patient and easier for
> Me. Unless someone is allergic to soap, I
> can't see that this would be
> Damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's
> wife call me for advice
> Because she had one stuck to her back and she
> couldn't reach it with
> Tweezers. She used this method and
> immediately called me back to say,
> "It worked!"


Not much happening went to work yesterday at 8 am got home at 9PM today was a little better 8 to 8

[Anonymous]

It is G-Scale INCH. Hope it's OK to post G-Scale here. This was scratch built by a guy up in Arkansas. He does really good work.
Latrer
Neal

[inch53]

Afternoon all, i'll have a strawberry shake Cleo,
Well back from the docs OK, every thing checkout alright except my salts still low, and they don't know why, so now i'll have a trip too Danville hospital to see the docs there.
Got back in time to get insulted I see

QUOTE:
I see you've all managed to pay your own tabs while I was gone! You know, I might just have to see how long "y'all" (that was for you inch) can keep that up!

Just for that PC. I hope the teacher gives you extra homework.

Got 2 ball games tonight , so it'll be a quick supper, then to town we go. Hope ya'll have a good evening
inch

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Gumby4

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

I see you've all managed to pay your own tabs while I was gone! You know, I might just have to see how long "y'all" (that was for you inch) can keep that up!

Ahhhh.....No. We'll be getting you back to form quickly.[:p][;)]

No No, it's OK,....really![:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

I see you've all managed to pay your own tabs while I was gone! You know, I might just have to see how long "y'all" (that was for you inch) can keep that up!

Ahhhh.....No. We'll be getting you back to form quickly.[:p][;)]

[pcarrell]

Afternoon all,

Things are getting back to normal. Funeral is over and wife is at home. She and the kids are going to the houseboat tomorrow for a long weekend. I'll be right here though. I have school to go to.

Thanks for all the prayers and such. It helps!

I see you've all managed to pay your own tabs while I was gone! You know, I might just have to see how long "y'all" (that was for you inch) can keep that up!

Well, gotta run! I'll check in later.

Bye!

[inch53]

Lunch time, ham salad sandwich and a bottle of coke please Zoe.
Cleaned up n waiting on the DIL, so thought I’d stop n for quickie. The doc visit is just my twice a year check up, no biggy usually.

Ryan , yea yea, don’t rub it in, I though maybe they’d pull it out in the 3’rd period, looked good at the start. I’m use to it, I’m a cub fan also.

Neal , that gandy dancer, looks like G scale, looks good.

JP

QUOTE: Edit -
Drink up. I don't have alot of $$$ this time around as I forgot to mention that the furry 4-legged creature I call Chopper aka the cat, decided at some point between late thursday night and last evening to completely severe the cable for the mouse to my new computer, which means off I go to buy a new one this week.

Guess he thought he had that mouse’s tall

Jerry , kept forgetting to ask you where the detector was over there, thought it might make an interesting photo.
I’m not much for those blood n guts spook movies either. Still remember going over o the East Side Drive-in and watching all-night 50’s spook movies there. So much better back then.

Spent part of the morning listening to THE SHADOW KNOWS cassette tapes a friend of mine loaned me for a few days. I love those old radio shows. NO I didn’t hear all of them live, not that old, but did hear reruns. Time fur DIL, stop back in laters.
inch

[Anonymous]

Good afternoon all!

Told you I might get the chance to check in. [:p]

The Chef's Salad and a coffee please.

Looks like everyone survived Father's Day weekend. Hope you didn't have to work too hard.[;)]

I passed through Orlando and Memphis yesterday. Hard to believe but it was less humid in Orlando than Memphis (Or as we call it: MELvis [swg] ).

Well I need to run. Got to study for annual checkride.

[Cox 47]

Howdy all....Another hot and humid day here...I'll have a double root beer float and a cheese burger with onion rings Thanks JP......Spent the morning watching a spookie movie the cargiver brought in something called Wrong Turn just a little to much blood for my taste...Give me a classic on Turner Classic movies any day....Mike I havn't been listning to scanner much but I am still picking up some stuff including the hot box detector at Dupont on the old Con rail frik....Got 2/3 of roof on Merchants Row building...Where is everbody? Must be vacation time....You all have a good one...Jerry

[JPowell]

Afternoon all -
Hope this finds everyone in good spirits. I got to do some railfanning yesterday on my way home. Still have to do some research so I know what I was watching for power, but it was a EB mixed freight on the CSX Main just leaving a siding in the DeWitt Yard. Had what looked like to be 2 SD40's, but like I said, since they were 'leased' units, I'll have to go to the web and see what I can find on them to report it correctly.

Fergie -
Congrats on the 25 yrs. I just hit my 10 yr mark back in January.

Luc -
All I can say is that I hope your daughter is happy w/ the guy she's with and that mother and father approve. Or, does dad have the 'shotgun' ready for moments use? Very beautiful too, BTW. [:D][tup]

Jim CG -
What's the chance I'll see more items that I requested from you any time soon?

Ok guys, lunch is over and I have some work to get done before I can relax again.
Take care!
JP

Edit -
Drink up. I don't have alot of $$$ this time around as I forgot to mention that the furry 4-legged creature I call Chopper aka the cat, decided at some point between late thursday night and last evening to completely severe the cable for the mouse to my new computer, which means off I go to buy a new one this week.
JP

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,
Just taking a break from loading for Mosport. Glad Duke made it home ok and didn't get too water logged. Wish you luck at the docs Inch. Paul, hope the wedding goes all right - always lots of tension, no? Nice work Neal [8D]! Time to get back after it - trying to beat the afternoon rains. CUL, J.R.

[Anonymous]

Morning All.
Nothing to report.
Later
Neal


Gandy Dancer Hand Car.

[SilverSpike]

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Carolina Hurricanes 3 Edmonton Oilers 1

[wow] WOW!!! Hurricanes Win the Stanley Cup!! WOW!!! [wow]

If you saw the game last night you know it was exciting! Game 7 in Raleigh and the crowd was on their feet the whole game. It doesn’t get any better than this! A few of our co-workers will not be in today due to losing their voice and finding their youthful exuberance.

QUOTE: Originally posted by luct


Here is another photo of my oldest daughter...

Yes, she is spoken for....

Luct, She must be getting her good looks from you I bet! [tup]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bjdukert

Ryan The Cane's are looking much better tonight

Duke

Duke, Yep! Someone lit the fire under their skates last night, quite a change from the slumbering show they gave on Saturday!

Glad to hear you made it back safe and sound, another adventure under your belt though huh!

QUOTE: Originally posted by inch53


Ryan should be happy this morning, the CANES WON the Stanley Cup, I’m an Oilers fans darn it.

Oh yea! It is nice to be a part of a community with a winning team!

[:-^][:-^] It is uncharacteristically quiet in the office this morning! [:-^][:-^]

And good luck with the doc appt today!

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409

Work all weekend due to Father's Day. Happy belated Father's Day to all the dad's out there in train world.

TrainFreak,
Thanks for the Father’s Day greeting! Glad to hear the job is still going well for you!


Cheers,

Ryan

[inch53]

Mornin all, coffee, short stack, and OJ please Zoe,
Hot and humid here again today, with a chance of severe thunderstorms this evening.
Ryan should be happy this morning, the CANES WON the Stanley Cup, I’m an Oilers fans darn it.

Jerry , the campgrounds just east a short piece behind the neighbors in the same woods as ours. It’s a close walk for me when I just want away from home a bit
I got the scanner freq for CSX here 161.070; I also got the yard freq 160.800, but I can’t pickup anything on it, guess I’m to far away for it.

Luct , you have a good-looking daughter, got her looks from mom I bet.

Duke , glad you two made it home OK, and ya had a good trip

Paul , is this the wedding for your son, I was thinking you said he was getting married this summer.

Got a doc appointment today at the Effingham VA, doubt if I get any pics though, DIL’s taking me, and she complains when I holler to stop for some. She’s dingy, I call her a red headed blond. Time fur chores, thoughts n prayers for all in need.
inch