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

[fec153]

Noah- God Bless You.[angel].
Phil

[Noah Hofrichter]

Chris, nope, live in the middle of a city of about 10,000, but the feilds are only a mile or two from me. I suppose it could be.

Ed, I let out a little celebration too, but the problem is that the Y****** (this word will be censord from now on) keep winning!!! The don't know the meaning of the word lose!!

roadtrp:

QUOTE: I'm up late running my trains. It puts me in a better mood.

You must have one fo those working layouts-the one's that give you some enjoyment. Mine just drives me crazy after the car comes off the track and the engine stalls for the 15th time. I never operate the layout after 8:00pm, otherwise I don't sleep.

Jim/Ed, Saw that thread too. Very well, shall we say-no, that's not a good word to say on here- well you know, I don't have to say it again!

Good news good news bad news.

Good News: It's a beautiful day here in WI, about the right temps and everything.[^]

Good News: Sore throught gone![:P]

Bad News: Still got a stuffy nose and I'm hacking up hair balls, so I can't go out and enjoy the weather!

As I write My own personal tissue box is sitting in my lap, with my own personal garbage can next to me. Waiting for my Dad to bring home luch from Damon's, gonna have some good ribs![dinner] I figure it's better to rest today so I can go to the meet tommarrow in Madison, rather than going out to lunch and infecting a few waitrises (sp?). 'Scuse me, I have to go blow my nose agai- a--a---choo!! ew boy- now Iz all stubbed ub again. Butter go-bye-bye.[B)]

Noa--a--a--choo!! (oh boy)

[Fergmiester]

Tom: Bob has been holding off in contacting you as he is unsure of his ETA. Once he gets a better idea he'll be in touch. Baltimore was a boom or bust deal depending on the Museum being open or not. Unfortunately according to their website they are still undergoing repairs and are not open to the public. Bob was going to try anyway as he was hoping to see the layout.

Glad I'm not a YANK-EEEEEEEEE fan youze guyze are hostile! Some day the Blue Jays will be back and in the running, They're just sharing the wealth right now.

Well no rail work today as I'm in the garden doing my fall cleanup and winterization.

Nice work and progress there Ed. when your finished come on up and give me a hand would ya? I'm always looking for someone to do my dirty work!!

[tomwatkins]

Good Mornin Everybody,
It's a beautiful, cool crisp day in the mountains. The leaves are really starting to change now and the color is coming on strong. It may not be a banner year for foliage but it will still be beautiful. The coffee is wonderful this morning and I'm on my umpteenth cup so far. We've got a lot on the schedule today so I don't know how much railroading I'll get done, but that's OK.

Willy6, how are you coming on the scenery. That's a truly fun part of building a model railroading. The 2 structures I'm building, rather slowly, are mounted on bases which will be set into the layout. I'm doing the ground cover and stuff around them now and it really makes them look good.

Der, the PBS idea for the Fawlty Towers shows is a good one. That, like lots of other things, had slipped my mind. I've ordered from them before. We've got lots of audio tapes of Prairie Home Companion shows that we got from them. They are also very good. Are there any other PHC fans in the coffee shop? I've seen a few of John Cleese's business training films. They're extremely well done. They present a lot of good information and they're fun to watch. I never saw anybody snooze off in one of his films.

Ed, the loco service area looks good. Progress is being made.

Paul, I hope your son is recovering. Pnuemonia is nothing to take lightly. It's extremely serious. How are you feeling now?

Eastcoast, welcome to the coffee shop. Stop by often.

Roadtrp, I take you're not a Yankees fan. You have a lot of company in that. Running trains is really good therapy. It can make almost any day a lot better. Light rail systems make a lot of sense. Riding the train has to be more fun than driving and fighting your way through heavy traffic. It's much more efficient, less polluting than ten zillion cars and you get there in a much better mood. I think it's a idea whose time has come back.

Jim, we actually slept in a little this morning. I got up at 7 and got the coffee going, then woke Louise up at 7:30 with a really good cup of coffee ready for her. During the week the day starts a good bit earlier.

Fergie, so Teffy is going to be in Baltimore today. That should make for a good but busy day for them. Have you heard what his ETA is for here. I haven't, and I want to make sure everything is ready and give Bill some advance notice. It will be fun.

I'd better go and get the day started,
Have a great day everybody,
Tom

[Big_Boy_4005]

Yeah Jerry, due to a cash crunch and a not very optomistic outlook for the world series, we passed on the playoff tickets. We did them a couple years ago.

Glad you survived the light rail to the warehouse district. Channel 5 did piece on crime along the line last night after the game, and the warehouse district had the most reports, though none serous. The conclusion was that much of it was bar related, DUH!!

Gotta run, kids have bowling.[|)][|)][:O][;)]

[fec153]

Guess it didn't have enough to jump numbers.
Whoops-got to go have appointment for car. LATER.
Have a good day,all.
PHIL

[fec153]

Whats with the numbers?[?][%-)]. Only shows page 124 on main screen and when get to read or post,shows 125 pages.
Fla.Phil

[Anonymous]

Fergie [:)]

The 8 by 10 enlargements are your to keep.

Only mail the thumbnail.

You have my phone number, if you need to call me please do.


Chris [:p]

Check email. [;)]


Ed [^]

Our management is sooooo bad. They could manage the Red Sox. The managements answer to are we working overtime is . . . Yes, awwww No, Yes . maybe . . . absolutely . . . NO MORE OVERTIME . . . everyone is working all weekend no exceptions . . . Sunday cancelled . . . No, you are working Sunday again . . . We will not work this weekend . . . Everyone works . . . No, Yes, Maybe, No, Absolutely, No, Yes, Maybe, No, Yes, No, Yes, No, Possibly, Forget it, BE HERE Or YOUR Fired, Everyone off.

I can't plan anything past 5 minutes from now. They change their mind 2 or 3 times a shift. Now we are not working this weekend after being told we had to. It is getting very frustrating too. [:(!] You make a phone call and tell friends you are off and will meet them somewhere, then have to call them back 30 minutes later and tell them now you can't because you have to work late. See what I mean. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr [:(!] [:(!] [:(!]


Hey Ed [:)]

WHY did the skunk cross the tracks [?] [}:)] [;)]

(btw, the turtle has the weekend off, the fryer and I have a date [:o)] [:p] )

Since it is almost 430am I guess I should go take my nap. I am sure Duchess will have me up by 9 at the latest. Heck, I bet Tom and Bill, and E, and Dave and some others are already starting their day as it is 530 in the "mountains". [;)]

Everyone have a super great weekend. [:D] I am OFF, and if work calls I am NOT answering the phone. [:0] [:p] [:D]

[Roadtrp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Big_Boy_4005

You are up awfully late, did you stay for last call at Hubert's? A lot of sorrows to drown after that thumping. I hope you at least got to ride the light rail. It would be nice to ride the Yankees out of town on one.[swg]

On a happier note, did you see all of the pictures of Ed's layout?

I'm up late running my trains. It puts me in a better mood. After the game we went home to Eden Prairie and stopped at a Chevy's Fresh Mex for some tacos and margaritas. Unfortunately on Friday nights they have a VERY LOUD rock band playing in the bar, so we couldn't even hear ourselves think.

Our daughter and her boyfriend will be using our tickets for tomorrow. I hope there will be more games in the future. Oh well... if not we will get back about $800 of what we spent on the ticket strips, so I guess all will not be lost.

We took light rail last Saturday from the Warehouse District (we parked in the ramp there) to the Dome to watch the Gophers play Penn State. They won, but looked very ugly doing it. The Gophers will have to turn it up a notch if they want to make the Rose Bowl.

The light rail from the game back to the Warehouse District was VERY CROWDED. The Warehouse District is also ummm... very urban at 10:30 Saturday night. Especially for us children of the Suburbs. We survived though! [:D]

It is amazing how popular the light rail has been... it has been close to doubling projected ridership. I guess everyone loves a train!

I saw Ed's layout pics... very cool. I must get to bed now... it truly is quite late.

G'night!

[:p] [:p]

[Big_Boy_4005]

Oh Jerry, I was afraid you were at the game. I watched from the cheap seats in my livingroom. It was ugly. Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I wish I could be more optomistic.

Maybe if you chant YAN-KEES-SUCK! enough tomorrow they will become disoriented and think they are in Boston. On second thought that might be a bad thing. At least Santana is pitching.

You are up awfully late, did you stay for last call at Hubert's? A lot of sorrows to drown after that thumping. I hope you at least got to ride the light rail. It would be nice to ride the Yankees out of town on one.[swg]

On a happier note, did you see all of the pictures of Ed's layout?

[Roadtrp]

YAN-KEES-SUCK!
YAN-KEES-SUCK!
YAN-KEES-SUCK!
YAN-KEES-SUCK!
YAN-KEES-SUCK!

[:)]

That was kind of the chant du jour at the game tonight. Works well with that Boom-Boom-Bah they play in the Hump-Dome when trying to drum up a little excitement.

YAN-KEES-SUCK!

My wife and I were there and it was SO depressing for much of the game. I took my Homer Hankie, folded it into a band, and tied it around my upper arm to indicate that I was in mourning.

There were some dumb mistakes made that the Twins just don't usually make. Morneau made a really dumb play at first, and there were several base running mistakes that cost us outs and potential runs.

And, for better or worse, the Yankees are just one darned fine team. It is almost impressive that a team with one of the lowest payrolls in MLB (the Twins) can even hope to compete with them.

YAN-KEES-SUCK!

At least the bottom of the ninth was a little fun. Yankee pitcher Heredia came out and hit the first two Twins batters with his pitches.

YAN-KEES-SUCK!

All of a sudden we had two on and no outs. The Yankees dumped Heredia and brought in Sturtze. I really liked him. He faced two batters and the Twins got two hits, driving in one run. The Yankees got him out of there and brought in Rivera. He let two more base runners score, but got the Yankees out of the inning with the win.

Final Score was 8-4 Yankees.

It was a bummer game in many respects, but I was glad we stayed until the end. The goings-on in the bottom of the ninth provided the most fun there was in the game for Twins fans. It was kind of cool watching the Yankees have to bring in their ace closer to finish a game they had been winning by 7 runs before the bottom of the ninth.

Nothing like getting two of your batters hit to drive the crowd into a frenzy.

YAN-KEES-SUCK!

Tomorrow is another day.

[:)] [:)]

YAN-KEES-SUCK!

[;)]

[Big_Boy_4005]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eastcoast

Somewhere out in left field, I saw this coffee shop and had to pour myself a
strong one. I actually read the entire string !!!!!! It took me a while since I am
waiting for a building to dry ( and hell to freeze over ) on the pike. Well anyway,
ya"ll are pretty interesting if I may say. I really don't have much to add as I
normally only stick to subjects I know, not loose strings.

What I do know is that I attempted to use a large amount of plaster the other
day for rock formations and got exactly as needed, BUT NOT WHERE I
NEEDED. This particular mixture,or 80% of such, hardened in the pan.
Quick stuff. It also does not help that at the time nature was attempting a
call and I don't dance very well anymore. SO.....the bladder wins the game.
I always hate it when I'm pouring water and " the power of suggestion"
kicks in at this inopertune time. Or if I am painting (attempting) a scene
and a major kid emergency arrises, a bug in my daughters room with
her screaming murder at 150 decibals. Usually by the time I return to the
scene in the miniature world, the mixture of paint I spent 30 minutes to
perfect, has dried up beyond use.
Well, I am going to move on to other topics as this has been fun, ENJOY.

My goodness Eastcoast, you do need a cup, or perhaps even a pot!!!![swg]

Well, you've come to the right place. Seriously though, have you ever considered Durabond for your plaster needs? It isn't really much good for casting, because it is fairly thick. It is great for carving though. It comes in a variety of setting times, 90 minutes is most common. It is normally used for drywall as an undercoat for deep repairs.

[Fergmiester]

Just a thought before I turn in.

Do you ever wonder what kind of responses we'd get if this was called the, are you reaady for it? "The Whine Cellar; a place to stomp the grapes of wrath".

Probably not a good idea!

Goodnight all
Fergie

[der5997]

Fergie:

QUOTE: John: "the package" arrived today and thank you. BTW where's the scale hammer to go along with those spikes?

I don't know, the Maritime Trunk's Director of Shipping Things Off To Other Roads says it was packed. He asks which end of the package did you open?

Noah: I posted today before I read the sports pages. I didn't realize about Brett Favre's brother in law being killed on Wednesday when I wrote, or about Brett's concussion earlier, either. So what I said was in jest, and not meant to be callous.

Eastcoast: [#welcome]:

QUOTE: Somewhere out in left field, I saw this coffee shop and had to pour myself a
strong one. I actually read the entire string !!!!!! It took me a while since I am
waiting for a building to dry ( and hell to freeze over ) on the pike.

Many here have way too much time on their hands, but you Sir take the pole possition[bow] [bow]
The whole string? What kind of paint are you using that takes that long to dry?[:O] [(-D]

QUOTE: Well anyway,ya"ll are pretty interesting if I may say. I really don't have much to add as I
normally only stick to subjects I know, not loose strings.

But that's the beauty of this Coffee Shop, you get to 'pine about all sorts of stuff that you know little about and the gang educate you effortlessly as you go along.[8D] Also, I bet you do so have stuff to tell us that you've found out about model RRs that would help us. Like, what brand of plaster was that, and where can we get it if we need to? BTW, the quickest setting stuff I've come across recently (and I wouldn't want to use it on the layout, but one never knows[:D]) is a cement for patching concrete in wet conditions. Man, that stuff is fast.

QUOTE: Usually by the time I return to thescene in the miniature world, the mixture of paint I spent 30 minutes to
perfect, has dried up beyond use.

Sounds like you are into acrylics there. So if the building you were waiting for was also painted in acrylics, and you read the entire thread while it dried, you are some awesome speed reader![8D]

Well folks it's after 11 p.m. here on the island. A perfect Fall day today, and we are going to see the colours tomorrow as the forecast is for more of the same. So I will wish you all a very Good Night, and God Bless.

[eastcoast]

Originally posted by egmurphy

Evening all,










[#welcome] Welcome EastCoast!! You read the whole thing!!?? You get extra credit for that.
Well you did pretty good on the humor front, feel free to drop by anytime and continue the saga of the master plaster caster.
You really read the whole thread??? [:0]


Okay guys and girls, the Yankee/Twins game is distracting me. See you later.

Hasta mañana,

Ed

The real truth is that I have followed this thread since the cavemen put it on
the stone tablet. And I do not like to butt into a place without knowing how to
translate the dialect. I felt like since I was discussing the rocks, I would
finally blend in !!!!