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

[TRENT B]

Thanks ATTABOY!
Good luck with the OT it can be a pain!!! NO sleeping at the wheel!! Keep it between the lines!!!![:D][(-D]
What do you model?
Trent

[TRENT B]

Hey guys,
Gotta go, need sleep after 1st week of training. The Sgt. is cool but a task master!
Later!
Trent

[JimRCGMO]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TRENT B


...<snip>...
I'M freelancing a Santa Fe route through part of Co. and have pics of my construction if someone would let me know how to post them and maybe give me some tips. My layout is 12' long by 9' wide with a 2' slot 2' from the wall. Since I'm in law enforcement I'm still building the plaster parts.(no running trains yet). I started 2yrs ago and work when Ihave time or am stressed.
I think I need decaf. please! No doughnut jokes please[:D]
Thanks Duke!

[#welcome] TrentB! Hey, we have several law enforcement people in the Shop, though they may razz you as bad as we razz the 'regulars' (now there's a different term around these parts!)[;)]. We love donuts here,(both sugar free and the regular kind, since we have some diabetics among the crew that hangs around here), cinnamon rolls, plus Zoe (mornings and day shift) and Chloe (her twin sister who works dinner and night shift) will take your beverage and food order(s) [dinner] .

What scale are you working in? We have various nicknames for 'em here (I think John (Der5997) introduced us to them:
Zimpossible, Normal (yeah, right! [;)]), Horribly Oversized (my particular flavorite), (I'm not sure on this one) Oversized, Supersize me, and Gigantuous (not sure on that one's spelling).

And what time frame? Steam/diesel/modern/transition?

Almost forgot to warn you, the policy here is whoever starts a new page has to buy the beverages for the others (virtually, that is). But we'll probably cut you some slack, with you being fairly new here. [:)]

Glad you came back. Have a cup of your favorite stuff and sit a spell, chew the fat sling the **** with the rest of us. And DO feel free to ask questions. No warranty on accuracy of the answers, but we're glad to misdirect help one another.

Oh, plenty of help with getting your pics posted here. If you don't have an account online (like Railimages.com, where some of us have our pics stored), you want to get one. Pretty easy - give 'em an email address, name and password, and you'll be ready to store pics inside of 24 hours. Ed and John are the best at directions, though, so I'll defer to their directions.

Also, if you love orange juice, Ed (from Mexico - Old Mexico, that is) has an orange orchard and had a tanker full of the OJ sent up here irregularly. Some of us like it straight, others have them made into smoothies (or if you ask Zoe/Chloe nice, she'll get out the 'mixer' that's in one of those cabinets under the counter).[:)] Mitchell (one of the folk from Down Under here) is partial to deep-fried beverages, so there's a frier in the kitchen for those, too.

You'll get the hang of things fairly quick. I'll warn ya, if you miss more than about one day, there'll be a stack of posts to wade through when you get back (or skim through). This place can get almost addictive (in a nice way).

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[JimRCGMO]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JPowell

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Paul - CW 2 - Were you, excuse me, let me rephrase that... are you a Marine?
JP

Quick save, JP! I thought that was Chief Warrant Officer, when Paul posted that. Not as familiar with Marine warrant ranks, so I'll let Paul set us both straight.

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[der5997]

Good evening all: Well, I’ve got the power source for the dcc built. I have a question. I bought a lighted rocker switch to show if it’s on. SPST 15A – 125V AC. The thing has 3 contacts at the back. A gold plated one at one of the ends. I connected one of the incoming power leads to the central contact, and the gold plated one to the transformer. The other power lead went to the transformer as well. With this arrangement the light came on with the switch in either position, and the output which was meant to be 16-18 VAC was only 11.24
So I swapped the lead from the switch to the transformer to the other end of the switch. The light does not come on at all, but I get the full 18 VAC output. Any thoughts as to what is going on, and how I can get both the full 18 VAC, and the switch to light properly? [%-)]

JP When you said that you didn’t feel too confident about how the interview had gone, I took that as a good sign. My experience of exams, etc. is that if I think I did poorly, the opposite was generally the case! [:D] Congratulations [tup]

Ken: Like the schemes. Of the two, I prefer the one with the black roof. Thanks for the paint site, I’ve got it bookmarked.
Love the new Definitions! LOL

TrolleyRob:

QUOTE: (by Fergie) If memory serves me correctly it's about a 2 hr drive between Greenwood and Dartmouth.

….and we are another 13/4 hrs east from there.

GMTRacing [#welcome] JR, Know what you mean. Had the grandchildren down for March break. Gameboys and videos whenever they were indoors. Not a wheel turned on the layout. (It would have meant removing the air mattresses and sleeping bags from the floor. Too much work) ![V]

Trent: I emailed you before I had read the rest of these pages. [:I] Fergie thinks it’s 6 from Texas, but that’s only because Bob (TEFFY) talks so long on the phone it seems there are more!!!(Sorry Bob, couldn’t resist[(-D] )

Now it’s tomorrow already! Chloë that calls for a nice hot chocolate to go.
Goodnight everyone, and God Bless

[JimRCGMO]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GMTRacing

So how does this all work? I finally figured out the last page part, but most of the rest will take time. All this on a borrowed lap top as I just got back from Sebring and didn,t feel like retreiving my 'puter from work. Many of the threads seem to refer to earlier conversations/replys without any logical continuity. I definitly need more training.No donut jokes, but what I thought was this. I recently got back into my trains after a 20 year layoff and am trying to get back up to speed. I just read the book Playing With Trains.by Sam Posey and wonder what we are leaving for our kids? I do the train set to relax after a long day. Whats with the teams and re-enactments vis-a-vis prototyping? How do we interest a computer/game-boy generation with mountains of routing paperwork or have we become an ultimate expression of selfishnesh? What are we all about now? J.R.

JR, I see you've noticed that logic isn't too common on here...[swg] As some may post in reply, we have some here who are involving their kids (boys and girls) in MRRing, and you'll find out (if you've not already noticed) that some of the Coffee Shop members themselves are teens (or nearly so). There's still hope left for the hobby, and it ain't dead and gone yet, by any means! In fact, if you go to Noah's website (check the bottom of some of his posts), you'll find he's an excellent scratchbuilder (look at his transfer caboose), and Mitchell (from the land of Oz/aka Australia) does great work on computer graphics for color schemes on your engines if you need/want one done.

Just my [2c]...and [#welcome] to the Coffee Shop!

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[JimRCGMO]

Good Evening Chloe, and I'll have my OJ smoothie over at the table with JohnDer. Hi, raysaron!

Well, the survey crew got a fair chunk of the tracks laid out today - the enginehouse tracks are set, plus the track from the mainlines to it. They still have to finish figuring the curves between some of the turnout locations, and lay out the passing track/approach to the freight station siding. But (aside from their bills at Kelly's) the surveying team has been moving along fairly well. It looks like we'll have the track lines laid out and ready next week to put down roadbed.

Flip, at least you were able to save (hopefully) the cost of a second machine. Will continue to keep Deb's recovery in my prayers. You know that it's a good sign if she feels good enough to give you grief, right? [;)]

Well, need to get ready for bed and catch some shut-eye. Take care and we'll see you tomorrow.

And another [#welcome] to our newbies - have a cup on me. Chloe, put it on my tab and I'll settle up tomorrow when I get back in.

Blessings on your evening (and morning, for those earlybirds who get in before I do),

Jim in Cape Girardeau

[JimRCGMO]

[oops] Looks like I did it - Chloe, put Jack's beverage (and anyone else who comes in) on me. 'Nuther day, 'nuther TOPS tab. [;)]

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Giradeau

[Anonymous]

Hello, how many people have stomach aches due to "lousy food?" Maybe I should stay away because I might get sick! Just kidding. [We had spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread for supper.]

Well my [4ft by 8ft] layout is about 40% done. I have to fini***he town and train yard areas. I have some of the buildings done. It's my first one and I learned a lot and have a lot to learn. I really like the Forum Clinics done by Joe Fugate. It's a good way to learn how to model a layout. One Forum Clinic I would like to see would be on weathering locomotives, rolling stock, and maybe in the same thread, weathering buildings. Wouldn't that kinda on the same page (use chalks on both). I have not used chalks to much but when ever I used them, I always like the outcome. The one bad thing about chalks are that there are expensive. Chalked up locomotives are pretty things when weathered correctly.

How do you do two or more quotes in a post?

I went to my JH end-of-the-season wrestling tournament today. I'm in 7th grade. I guess many people here never knew I'm a wrestler. Wrestling is all about technique, technique, and more technique. It's my second year so I have a lot to work on. All the wrestlers that I wrestle at some clubs are surprised that I'm only in my second year. Maybe, if I work hard at it, I could place at state when I'm in high school(WA).

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by GMTRacing
... I recently got back into my trains after a 20 year layoff and am trying to get back up to speed. I just read the book Playing With Trains.by Sam Posey and wonder what we are leaving for our kids?...

JR,
[#welcome]! I read Sam Posey's book too, and I loved it! Except I think he overgeneralized about some things, such as the so-called 'rivalry' between the scenery guys and the operation guys.

QUOTE: (continued...) I do the train set to relax after a long day. Whats with the teams and re-enactments vis-a-vis prototyping? How do we interest a computer/game-boy generation with mountains of routing paperwork or have we become an ultimate expression of selfishness?

I know guys who go to all those 'prototype' conventions and stuff, yet their home layouts are very 'casual' -IF you know what I mean![;)] Most of the MRR guys I know are definitely NOT anal-retentive or selfish, but like the general population, you'll find all personality types in this hobby - bad as well as good.
As for generating interest among the Gameboy generation, there's quite a few who participate here (Coffee Shop) and in the main Forum - I try to be as helpful as possible with these kids, without being condescending. That's one way to keep this great hobby going - even if they are NOT any of my own kids[sigh]...

Again, welcome aboard!

[trolleyboy]

Good evening everybody.First off [3welcome] back trent and [#welcome] to JR and BNSF glad to have you guys aboard the more the merrier. Der & Fergie Thanks for the advice for the directionally challenged.I actually admit when I'm lost,tho since I got married it doesn't happen as oftem cause Heather's a good navigator. fergie i forgot all about mapquest[D)][banghead][#wstupid] It won't be this year that we'll make it to the right coast but I would love to meet up with all of you so hopefully our trip won't coincide with Fergie being out on the pond.BTW I love the orange hoppers they look good with the Mess's logo. trent Glad you came back,my dad'sa retired blueshirt up here in the land of ice and snow so I have to say thank you to all the good work you guy's do.it's not the eastiest or most loved job out there.I'm glad you guys are there though. BNSF You're right properly done chalk weathered locos are a thing of beauty,but the chalk even if properly sealed won't take to much handling.I have found that the Bragdon weathering chalks are the best "new" thing out there.It goes on like chalk but the powder has an adhesive built in so it stays put and you can skip the overcoating steps.It works great on locos , bridges,cars or buildings.Worth a look.My best sugestion for weathering buildings is the slop and wipe method.A nice super thinned wash of white or (black if you want dirty) slopped on the finished building then a quick wipe off of the exess and voila motor lines in the brick and a nice lived in look.Best of all if you don't like the finish it's easy enough to fix with a new coat of your base brick colour.Just my humble opinion but it has served myself well for several years.It's nice to just get out and experiment sometimes. flip and Tim Glad to see your sickbays are on the upside of the healing processes.Of coarse wre still offering our continued thoughts and prayers. Well it's late and tomorrow is my one Sunday a month to work so I'm signing orr for now. Later all Rob

[Grubby]

Evening all..... I need a large glass of Coke, plenty of ice after reading the four pages it took me to catch up...... Thanks for noticing my absence Paul... I have been hard at work on the layout all weekend and the kids have been doing assignments on the computer.... and I have been gaming so there has been little chance to get on read... and wasn't that a lot to catch up on.

Hi Trent, welcome to the Coffee Shop, the guys here are really cool, but definately high maintenance [:P] You'd think some of these guys had been here for years, but I suspect that they are just very friendly and get on well....I know I feel very comfortable here.

Big weekend of work on the layout, installing risers and foam and working out the track from the scribbled trackplan.... should be on "track" to get some basic mainline down this week and get to running some trains even if it is in one of the smaller loops.

My mother gave Jack (6 year old) and I money for our respective birthdays and it will be enough to grab the GP7 on the next trip to JJ's.. Jack is really looking forward to running some trains over Easter ( it is his first school holidays) and has spent half the day running rolling stock backwards and forwards by hand through the main line switches. Hopefully we can run the GP7 on its maiden voyage by the end of the Easter break.

Off to bed for now.... enjoy your Sunday as you read this, cause mine is over. [:D]

[fec153]

Good morning all. Coffee and toasted bagel, please .
Cape Jim- Our cost for the ice machine was covered in our deductable. Good insurance. Hospital stay was $250.

bnsf- You've been here before. Best of luck in H.S.. If its worth doing, do it right. Work, study or play. Enjoy your "training".

TTFN,
Flip

[Fergmiester]

Just a quick one as I'm about togo for my bike ride. Welcome BNSF!

Trolley Boy: A simple rule of thumb in my house hold and my kids will quote you on it.

"I am a Navigator. I do NOT get lost! I just get misplaced!"

Eventually you'll fetch up on a rock.

Phil: just a point of interest. I got back into the hobby 10 years ago and basically putted around for the first 9. It's only been this past year or so that things have gone into high gear as I've been able to clear the decks so to speak and free up some time. Career before play and the last several years were killers between courses, papers and competitions (promotion boards). I suspect I'll be looking at more within the next couple of years.

Later Gents
Fergie

[Anonymous]

Hi Fergie, you're up early this Sunday morning! Have an OJ on me...

Lotta newbies came onboard last night, had to go to bed because I could barely see the keyboard, let alone keep up with all the new posts. I agree with your observation that it's easy to miss posts because of how fast new pages fill up. Maybe another 'satellite' coffee shop should be opened south of the [Canadian] border to handle to overflow?[:D]

[fec153]

Good morning Ken and Bob and all. Tried to reply to Al's cemetary scene but the 3
buttons were not there. Weird. His scenery is impressive. Does darn nice work.

Have a cuppa on my tab. Later,
ttfn
Flip

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153

...Tried to reply to Al's cemetary scene but the 3
buttons were not there. Weird....

Flip,
I think I know what happened: Did you try the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the page? One of the responders (pavariangoo I think?) put a LONG string of smileys in his response, that caused the whole page to get wider. Scroll all the way to the right-hand side of the page and you'll find the 'reply' buttons.

[grayfox1119]

Good morning everybody..welcome to all the new guys [#welcome]..the coffee shop family is growing, that is a great thing for sure, great coffee, great Oj from Ed in Olde Mexico, clam chowda from *** (me) in New England, and the best scallops in the world from Digby, Nova Scotia ( Fergie, Luc, Der John......oh, and we can't forget crayfish from Ryan in NO, and Catfish from Jim in MO....Possum from Ga Tom, Smoothies from Tim in SD, and Squirrel from Duke.

Another beautiful day here, 8th day straight after a very tough winter here, over 112" of snow. Clouding up now with a little rain due late today, no big deal, but next Wednesday may be more snoah.Ohhhhhh no, just as the ground was starting to show.

Still working on plan for layout, I don't want to start the benchwork until I know which plan I will use. This brings out a question for you guys......do any of you use a "lift out section" or a "swing up" section, like a bridge, in your layouts. I am going to use one or the other, but I would like to hear the PROS and CONS from any of you guys who have used them, what to watch out for etc.

We saw a beautiful sight last night about dusk. The sun had just set over the hill out back, and 5 deer where walking along the crest of the hill. with the backdrop of the darkening pink sunset behind the deer, it was really spectacular sight. We were so intent on watching the deer that we didn't think to get the 35mm until it was too late.[sigh]

[TurboOne]

Good morning all, thought I would say hello before church.

It is a beautiful day outside so far, I see blue sky, and its up to 59 so far.

Take care, will talk more after church.

Tim

[Anonymous]

Hello all. Zoe/chloe, I'll have a cold pepsi.

Trent B, [#welcome]. I apologize for ignoring you. With so many in here it's easy to miss someone. Where about in Texas do you live?[?] I'm in East Texas, north of Beaumont, near the Louisiana border. TEFFY and I live about 50-60 miles from one another. Trent, the beverage of your choice, my tab.

[#welcome] to any and all newbies.

see y'all later

[Anonymous]

Good Morning All:

Yesterday was a good day. I went to the San Jac show and was supposed to meet cwclark but he never showed. Did a little buying but not much struck my fancy.

I felt like casterating some guy, he was crticizing some nomeclature on a Nearly Invisable diesel (?) loco. Heck regular people couldn't even see the loco let along the wording - but he had a magnifing glass.

In this corner we have Fergie and in the other corner we have Flip

Paul:
Their was a guy on eBay that had three Warbonnets for sale and when I talked to him and found out he was a live steamer and ask him about you, he knew you and you him. It was several months ago. He had a double set and the lone loco as a group. I'm interested in the lone loco - Genesis warbonnet #304

Ken:
Remember, you have to paint and mask those locos. Most shortlines don't have AC in the cabs for the engineers

Jim:
You're going to find out that Flip has a very good way with words and slogans

QUOTE:
Paul:

QUOTE: : I did get my tractor with the front end loader to stack the brush You still have an exhaust stack don’t you??

If I remember right the last time you got close to some limbs you came up missing something

toochey (my spelling is terriable today)

Trent:
Where are you I live just south of Beaumont. I was out the San Jac show yesterday and it was a good and enjoyable show.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Ted D. Kramer

TRENT B, not to worry, It is clear that some close personal relationships have developed on The Coffee Shop thread, which is only natural. The sure way to get attention to a response is exactly in the manner you have elected. There is usually no shortage of sarcasm, especially for folks "outside" an established clique. Model Railroaders are ordinarily a friendly bunch but like any other group, established "coffee clutches" tend to be selective. I'm sure there is no intentional "snub" involved. Patience is always a virtue and perhaps "hanging in there" is best road for now.

I sure hope that we aren't cliqueish as that's not the way I want to be. I respond to post that attract my attention - I'm not snubbing the other guys. Your right some good friendships have developed in here, I've meet several of the guys and we're going to have one as a house guest this weekend and some more over the next day.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Ted D. Kramer

...until you finallycome up with the perfect name for your railroad only to find when you've lettered your first car: "South Halifax and Indian Territory" ...

VERY nice name - good idea

John:
Get your multi-meter out and see what the connections are in both positions. It sounds to me like the third contact may be for the second feeder to the light. If the light on when the switch is closed, if so, you will need the second wire to go to the light on the third tab.

Well I've got to get ready for church - ya'll have a blessed day and remember SANTA FE ALL THE WAY
Bob

[fec153]

Good morning again,Clubbers.
***- Nothing better than God and Mother Nature teaming up.
In Miami, I used a lift-out section for my double track around the wall. Never had a problem,{Till Andrew}.[:(].

Ken- Thanks for the tip. Went back and it worked.

Fergie- Hope you enjoyed the ride. Bet your heart and body did. BTW-We are never lost. Always know where I am. Place going to seems to have moved. lol.

Flip [(-D].

[der5997]

Just popped in before lunch is called. Beautiful sunny first day of Spring here on the Eastern Shore.

bnsf6733

QUOTE: How do you do two or more quotes in a post?

[#welcome] back!
Any quote has to have the forum code [ quote] in front, and [/ quote] to close it. I’ve put a space after the [ in each case so as to be able to write it here, but don’t leave any spaces when you do it. Just keep a track of the opening [ quote] things, and be sure there is a [ /quote] to match each one. Nothing more complicated than that really.

***:

QUOTE: Still working on plan for layout, I don't want to start the benchwork until I know which plan I will use. This brings out a question for you guys......do any of you use a "lift out section" or a "swing up" section, like a bridge, in your layouts. I am going to use one or the other, but I would like to hear the PROS and CONS from any of you guys who have used them, what to watch out for etc.

Used both a swing up and a roll away. The swing up wasn’t fully sceniced, and so the (raised) hinges it needed weren’t covered. It was a bridge supported by a length of that U channel for book shelves. I’ll see if I’ve got a pic. The roll away is on my present layout, and can be seen at www.railimages.com/gallery/johnwood Advantage of the roll away for me is that I can get a larger scene on it than a swing up affords. My[2c]

Better be moving on
TTFN

[fec153]

Lupo- Good evening. See you are looking in. Hope you and Tommy are well.
Flip

[Anonymous]

Good morning all.

Surveying in Gloetown is almost complete. We should have the foam boards glued in place soon.

Oops! CFO wants to do something, must go and find out.

Welcome to all new comers, drop in often and have fun with all of us.

Happy MRRing

[twhite]

Morning, gents--cloudy out here in SunnyCal, we're going to have rain all Spring Break (or Easter Vacation to you non-PC's like me), which used to be typical out here, but hasn't been for a while. Just got another dumping of snow in the Sierra--hey, it might turn out to be a Winter, after all! Had a soggy Palm Parade last night at Vespers, everyone crowded to the back of the church instead of across the street at Sutter's Fort, it looked like a funnel ready to burst for a minute or two. Got back home just in time for a real WHACKER of a T-storm, thought I was in the Midwest for a while. Lightning all over the place, power went out twice, but it settled down about 11:00.
Looks like another stormy day--have to play Noon Mass, then off to Brew R'Us (or something like that) for some premature End Of Lent brewskies with a couple of Monks(!) Yah, really--Monks! Seems this place has the best micro-brew Porter this side of Merrie Olde, so it should be an interesting afternoon.

Welcome to the newbies (as I was once, about three weeks ago)[#welcome][#welcome], it's a neat place.

Trent, did you say you were into ATSF? I'm a Rio Grande-SP person myself, but I have a soft spot in my heart for those wonderfully noisy Santa Fe 3800 2-10-2's--they had the sharpest exhaust of any steamer I ever heard--in the California Tehachapi's you could hear them for miles before you ever saw them.

Well, nothing much new on the MR front--Spooky's shredded so MUCH furnace-filter material that I told her to quit, I'd run out of places to plant trees. She gave me a LOOK and muttered, "And your POINT, stupid?" I think she plans on going into business for herself, the little critter.

Grubby: The Empire building sounds cool. How about some progress photos? You said 'risers and foam' , are you using the WS foam risers? Just curious. They really worked for me on the Yuba Sub--nice smooth grades.

Have you guys checked out Al's cemetery? It's really neat--think I'll get one, if I can find a place to put it among all the TREES Spooky insists I plant.

Well, gotta go--get ready for Passion Sunday Mass. Don't know how many others of you are heading out for Palm Sunday services, but that's one LOOOONNNNNNNGGGG Gospel Reading to get through, today! Hopefully I'll get started on that long-delayed Viaduct either this evening or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow, if those Porters at that brewery are like Brother Kurt says they are. Anyway, have a great day, all.

Cat Tom [:P][:P][:P]

[bjdukert]

Afternoon all,sure was a lot going on here last night after I left

TrentB[#welcome]back and I am glad you gave it another try[tup][^][:)]as it has been said I don’t think we are cliqueish it is that we don’t respond to every post and it really can’t be expected.Ok enough of that and as others have asked,how about some details. As for me I am strictly freelance and my railroad will be The Michigan Lost Line in Horribly Oversized. I am in the process of getting the benchwork built of which I am close to having done it has just taken a little time and after all it is a hobby.

QUOTE: PS Duke this ones on me as I'm feeling mighty generous tonight!

Thanks Fergie,I’ll catch you next time around

QUOTE: Guys I went back several times today looking for a certain quote and it amazed me how much I missed the first oe second time through.

Sure is amazing isn’t it,I did the same thing looking for the picture with Ken and the building behind him

JP

QUOTE: Duke - Yeah - kinda in the AF. More like the Air National Guard.

I will date myself a little here but I was regular A.F. and got out after 4 in Dec of 70 so things have changed quite a bit since then. My memory tries not to go back that far but we had to take a series of tests as well as OJT and then one final test and if you passed that then you were eligible for promotion. Yeah the military is good for using you as a guinea pig,sometimes good sometimes bad.

Ted-

QUOTE: Hey Duke, you have chosen the right hobby for stress relief.

Trent has already answered this and take a look at my response to him to see where I am at and yes it does relive stress

[#welcome]GMTRacing

QUOTE: How do we interest a computer/game-boy generation with mountains of routing paperwork or have we become an ultimate expression of selfishnesh? What are we all about now?

JR,I am into R/C sailplanes and it is the samething there as far as getting the younger generation into something other then just sitting and playing games.It sounds like you are close to my generation when we were told to go outside and play which meant using your imagnation and now that is taken care of with the video games but I will say this I went to a train show last weekend and there were a lot of kids at it so not all is lost.

Paul

QUOTE: Duke; that was Mary Ann’s tractor that I knocked the stack off of. You don’t think that I’d do that to mine, do you?

[:O]How about if I take the fifth on that one[?][?]

JimGC

QUOTE: Well, the survey crew got a fair chunk of the tracks laid out today - the enginehouse tracks are set, plus the track from the mainlines to it.

See Jim you’re not as slow as some of us others.

[#welcome]bnsf6733 If you have been in before sorry I missed you but come on in and join the others of the younger generation that we have in here but stay away from the hard stuff that has been in here from time to time. Ed’s OJ is great!! It sounds like you have a real good start on your layout just remember school and keeping the grades up are all important.

Grubby

QUOTE: but definately high maintenance

Who’s high maintenance[?][:D][;)][%-)][:-^]

***

QUOTE: This brings out a question for you guys......do any of you use a "lift out section" or a "swing up" section, like a bridge, in your layouts.

I had mentioned to Ryan that I am going to use one of the mech. stools to sit on and then duck a little and give a push,just a thought.
Sometimes that kind of scene is best kept in the memory so you really didn’t lose it.

Tim-How are things going with grandma,I bet she is pretty sore right now and I hope everyone else is starting to feel better as well[angel][angel] Did you get the Cabforward???

CatTom-Could you put the site up one more time for those trees,please

That’s about it,if I missed any newbies because we did get a few [#welcome]
Talk to you later

Duke






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[Anonymous]

Hi y’all, I just got back from Church – gotta make this quick, the out-laws are coming for dinner. The kids are all shouting at each other and I can hardly hear myself think…

First of all, [#welcome] to any newbies who came aboard after midnight last night. I noticed a few of you ‘veteran’ clubbers even said Hi to me for the first time (JP I know you were one of them, can’t recall the others), so if you are reading this, feel free to ask Chloe or Zoe for a drink and put it on my tab!

“Dictionary John” (der5997),
Glad you found the Railroad Paint Shop link useful. Their copyright notice requires people to include it whenever they post a Paintshop source image online – a little free advertising in exchange for the privilege, I can live with that.

Flip, glad to hear you got thru to reply to Big Al’s graveyard topic.

Teffy-Bob:

QUOTE: Originally posted by TEFFY
Remember, you have to paint and mask those locos. Most shortlines don't have AC in the cabs for the engineers

Gotta admit you’re right. Guess I have to use some more reflective color on the cab roof – pink perhaps? Otherwise I’ll have to contend with some angry engineers/crewmen in those hot days of summer….hey wait a minute….! I’m 87 times bigger than all of them… what are they gonna do about it? [}:)] To paraphrase Colin Raye, That’s my [cab color] and I’m stickin’ to it! BTW: I do have a plan for doing those diagonal hood stripes, I’ll show you all once I’ve done it…

. . .
Mexico Ed – hello, I see you’re back after a few days absence. Let me buy you drink!

Cat-Tom, I hear ya about that Palm Sunday Mass – it’s a long one for sure! Was there an “intention” (during the Prayer of the Faithul) offered for better weather in SoCal?

. . .
Wow, I really gotta go now, wife keeps asking how much longer am I gonna be on here, gotta make sure my Honey Dues stay paid in full. If I missed anybody, I’ll try to catch up with you later. Have a great Sunday!

[egmurphy]

Good Afternoon Coffee Clubbers,

Wow, seems like I’ve been gone for ages. You have no idea of how many pages of posts I had to slog through to get back here. [:0] Phone system and ISP crashed on Thursday morning. We didn’t finally get service back until late this morning. It’s a long, sad story, don’t ask. So if you’ll allow, I’ll just hit some highlight responses. I’ll apologize in advance if I missed something that anyone has asked me. [:)]


Trent B – looks like you’re getting up to speed. But it’s easy to miss responses here if you don’t read every day. In fact, after you posted your introductory post back in February, I posted this response to you on Feb 25th. I can’t tell you exactly what page it is on (although it should be back around page 315), but I found it through the forum search function.

QUOTE: Trent, missed your post yesterday as you posted it just seconds ahead of the post I was working on. Welcome to the forum. In what part of the great state of Texas do you live? As someone else mentioned, we already have one other law enforcement type, Phil, who’s on vacation right now. But come to think of it, we also have a Youth Probation Officer (Krump) who hasn’t been in here lately. What scale do you model in? Teffy is our resident Santa Fe aficionado, so he’ll also be happy to have some company.

So you weren’t being ignored, more likely that you just tuned in too late to see the responses. iirc, my welcome wasn’t the only one, so if you page back through enough pages to get to Feb 25 +/- you should find the original greetings.



[#welcome] Welcome to J.R. (GMT Racing)

QUOTE: So how does this all work? I finally figured out the last page part, but most of the rest will take time. …. Many of the threads seem to refer to earlier conversations/replys without any logical continuity. I definitly need more training.No donut jokes, but what I thought was this. I recently got back into my trains after a 20 year layoff and am trying to get back up to speed.

Returning to the hobby after a long layoff is rather common. Feel right at home.

The only way to figure out what’s going on is to keep reading (or go back) through a number of pages of posts. Most of the comments are in response to something someone has said within the past day or so. There are a few standing jokes that go back quite a while (like pink trains, or my orange juice) but mostly it’s like a group of model train club members sitting around after an operating session and talking among themselves. There are a number of different threads, and the only way to figure out who’s on first is to read until it starts making sense (under the assumption that any of this makes sense). [;)]



(CG)Jim: wow, I’m gone a couple of days and you not only have you benchwork cut but track down. Fast work there, buddy. Congrats. How is the car search coming?

QUOTE: Teffy: I felt like castrating some guy, he was criticizing some nomenclature on a Nearly Invisible diesel (?) loco. Heck regular people couldn't even see the loco let along the wording - but he had a magnifying glass.

Oh no!! The dreaded “Rivet Counter”, also known as the PPP (Prototype Practice Police). I prefer the 3-foot rule. [swg]



Okay, for me this is a record short post. But I’m worn out from the marathon catching up session. Biggest plan for the next day and a half is to get everything rounded up and packed for our trip NOB. We’ll be on the road starting Tuesday morning, so after that I’ll be awol from the forum for a week and a half except for when I can find a random computer to log in on.

Later,

Ed

[steveblackledge]

TOM O THREE CATS , you got to check this out http://www.railimages.com/gallery/album38

it look like the cats are taking over the world, there is a picture of a cat with a BN switcher, the cat's winning the battle by the looks of it[:O]