QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153 lupo- Ever hear of Django Reinhardt ? Had two lp's by him till Andrew. Could only find one cd since. Missing some of his better stuff. True it's music of the 30's and 40's but he could play. I have a cd I got at Cracker Barrel restaurant called " the Lonesme Whistle". All instruments-fiddle,banjo,mandolin,guitar,dobro andbass. Wabash Cannonball,City of New Orleans and 12 more rr songs. Some good southern style music. Love to play it while in my car. Peace to all.
QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335 [:D][:D][:D] started laying track on my new layout today. Dont have much done and lots more to lay. but i should have trains running on at least 1 main by next week. Got a question though. Is that blue foam board strong enough to support yard tracks? my benchwork is 18" between each support and its a 10 track yard.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
QUOTE: Originally posted by krump re: Hurricane Charley We're praying for those of you in Florida, and along the East Coast... God Bless You, and protect you. Looking serious and deadly today, so hopefully it calms down very soon. Take care. Krump
QUOTE: Originally posted by TEFFY YNCS: Do you display your layout? The wife and I are going to New England and Nova Scotia and will be comming back through CT. We are going to stop at quite a few layouts and railroad museums. We are going to leave around the last of Sept or the first of Oct. This is also a fall color trip. I've been there many times but she always had to stay home and watch the shop, so this is her year. It will be interesting to put a face and voice with the posting. Bob
QUOTE: Originally posted by lupo Hi there Emeraldisle ! good to read you came through Charlie without major problems, I saw on the news they predicted the path of that thing going north possibly hitting a lot more states so it seem to keep causing problems for a lot of you!
QUOTE: Originally posted by TEFFY Originally posted by fec153 JPM335: I've owned several Bachman locos and when I had trouble I call - they get the parts out very quickly and also talked me through the problems. OK, thanks, If my LHS cant help me ill try it. I still just dont understand why they dont have a parts catalog on the bachman website... Edit lupo Member sinceNovember 2003 From: the Netherlands 1,883 posts Posted by lupo on Saturday, August 14, 2004 10:56 AM Hi there Emeraldisle ! good to read you came through Charlie without major problems, I saw on the news they predicted the path of that thing going north possibly hitting a lot more states so it seem to keep causing problems for a lot of you! L [censored] O Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 10:52 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153 we left Miami after Andrew. now 40 miles north of Orlando, here comes Charley. can't win. still hope to break even. best to all. keep the coffee hot. Phil. Phil, are you still with us????? Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 10:49 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by krump re: Hurricane Charley We're praying for those of you in Florida, and along the East Coast... God Bless You, and protect you. Looking serious and deadly today, so hopefully it calms down very soon. Take care. Krump Thanks Krump, Charley or Charlie, what ever the case may be didn't hit the lower five east coast counties but did give us a brisk breeze yesterday to kind of keep the day a little cooler but really did a number on the west coast and up through the middle of the state, then left the state by way of the upper east coast area. There really isn't much of Florida that wasn't touched by this one in one way or another. We were very lucky. This storm gave some real meaning to Friday the 13th to those folks on the west coast. Lots of damage. Fortunately, the death toll isn't to awfully high but even one is really too many. I'll be glad when summer is over. It's like going thru the cold war all over again, every year. Edit lupo Member sinceNovember 2003 From: the Netherlands 1,883 posts Posted by lupo on Saturday, August 14, 2004 10:36 AM Jim: [^] I know what you are going through working that many hours, and days without any time off [xx(] at least I know that it is temporary, as the tourist season is coming to an end, and I am getting a short vacation next week ( 5 day trip to Legoland in denmark with my son ) after that it's back to work, as we are going to miss two crewmembers for the upcoming month, and the workload is not decreasing. TEFFY: At first I thought that I might paint over the Intermountain trucks, but as you say SF ran all kind of shades silver-grayish trucks I decided to put the set on display in the living room and watch it for a while to see if it is really necessary to paint those trucks. L [censored] O Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:52 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by krump re: Hurricane Charley We're praying for those of you in Florida, and along the East Coast... God Bless You, and protect you. Looking serious and deadly today, so hopefully it calms down very soon. Take care. Krump I second that. Noah [:)] Congrats on the new star, it is always good to have another star by your name. I think I remember my fourth star. [;)] This is day number 27 in a row without a day off and this week has been 10 hour shifts. So I have a little over 48 hours in this week and add Saturday and Sunday for a total of just over 64 hours. Noah, Jim, Jonathon, JCTrain, both Chris(s) and all the other younger ones here in the forums do ENJOY life and high school now while you can. This should be a golden time in your lives and it definately tarnishes after you start working full time. So you may be a little bored now, but that definately beats being tired and worn out all the time. Mikey Gaw [8D] Your package is in the mail. Enjoy. [:)] You should get it Monday. HI Everyone else. [;)] I think Lupo will agree that after working so many days you wake up not even knowing what day it is anymore. You kist get up and go through the motions. Well I got about 5 hours sleep last night. There is so much to do today and not a lot of energy to do it. <Maybe I can talk Noah, Chris, Jim, or Jonathon into mowing my lawn [;)] . > Well my coffee cup beckons and I must obey. [;)] Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:24 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153 we left Miami after Andrew. now 40 miles north of Orlando, here comes Charley. can't win. still hope to break even. best to all. keep the coffee hot. Phil. Good Morning All: I live on the TEXAS gulf coast so I know what you mean Phil. When I was in college (1960) a hurricane came in and they wanted ham radio operators to go to Port Arthur and broadcast what was happining, my dad and I went down and for two days watched the gulf almost come over the storm leeve. I got to ride out on the patrols and their was electric wires dancing all over the streets and down trees, it wasn't a pretty sight. The clean-up takes forever. When I got married we moved to Groves and that is 17 miles closer to the gulf then Beaumont. Our house is on piers so we're at least 19" off the ground. Good luck for the trains - they're all up stairs. Today we get to go operate a layout that isn't used very much anymore, it takes up a large two car garage. I'm taking two of my locos and a throttle. We hope to have about 6 guys, it makes for a nice day. I will probably only stay about 4 hours and then come home and lay some more switches on my layout. YNCS: Do you display your layout? The wife and I are going to New England and Nova Scotia and will be comming back through CT. We are going to stop at quite a few layouts and railroad museums. We are going to leave around the last of Sept or the first of Oct. This is also a fall color trip. I've been there many times but she always had to stay home and watch the shop, so this is her year. It will be interesting to put a face and voice with the posting. LUPO: What four pairs of trucks are you going to paint? Surely not the Intermountian. I run both colors and don't worry about it. JPM335: I've owned several Bachman locos and when I had trouble I call - they get the parts out very quickly and also talked me through the problems. der5007: I bet the roaches loved that floor. Is your layout N or HO? When I told Stephanie (wife) that we were going to see your layout, her commet was that's two in two days, yours and Fergies. Will I have a long day going from Halifax to Beddeck with time for you and Sherebrooke village? Brakie: I trying to figure out how the get to you hometown the easiest way. Is you layout N or HO? Well I've got to get dressed and get over to Mickies and have a fun day. Have a blessed day and remember SANTA FE ALL THE WAY Bob Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 5:43 AM By the time Charley gets here to Connecticut tomorrow, the winds will have died down to around 40 mph (65 kph for Lupo). However, there should be torrential rain. I think I'll be spending tomorrow indoors. I'm just glad I don't live in Florida. Edit krump Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Beautiful BC 897 posts Posted by krump on Saturday, August 14, 2004 3:33 AM re: Hurricane Charley We're praying for those of you in Florida, and along the East Coast... God Bless You, and protect you. Looking serious and deadly today, so hopefully it calms down very soon. Take care. Krump cheers, krump "TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6 lupo Member sinceNovember 2003 From: the Netherlands 1,883 posts Posted by lupo on Saturday, August 14, 2004 1:46 AM Ah that SRV ! [tup] now that's someone who knows how to play the guitar! I am always checking in when I am waking up in the morning, about 12 - 1 AM your time. Gonna [zzz] make me some coffee now, [zzz] see yall around later [:)] L [censored] O Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 14, 2004 1:39 AM Stevie Ray Vaughan--great guitarist who died well before his time. Died in a helicopter crash after performing at a Blues festival in Wisconsin nearly 14 years ago. B.B. King and Eric Clapton among others performed at the same festival. I see you on here from time to time Lupo, and thought I'd say Hi. Hi to everyone else as well in the Coffee Shop. I'm usually online really late due to my work schedule. SRVfan Edit Hawks05 Member sinceOctober 2003 From: Southern Minnesota now 956 posts Posted by Hawks05 on Saturday, August 14, 2004 1:36 AM first off if you live in FL, i feel bad for ya. hope it all works out though. alright now onto the good stuff. no trains today, not good. but i did go to 2 seperate concerts. one was at the local legion and it was a band from another high school that a bunch of my friends know the members. it was lame, about 30 people showed up. the band itself wasn't bad but wasn't good either. many things could have been changed. the second concert was 2 differen't bands playing for a local city festival dealy. these bands were good. one is made up of 4 kids then the dad and his brother and a friend of theres. they are pretty good. play mostly covers but are still awesome. they whole get up and stage acting is great. they are pretty funny as well to watch. the other band is 2 of those kids and then 2 more guys. they are again pretty good and played mostly covers along with one of their original songs. the only bad part was i got stuck about 2 inches from 4 speakers. one directly pointing into my ear so that really sucked, and i was there for 3 hours. needless to say i can't hear anything right now. well i was in the bathroom, door shut, and had the water running and still had the ears to hear a train coming through town. i didn't hear the horn but i heard the cars. so thats pretty good. my ears are ringing so bad right now. i had the volume on my car CD player up to 20, normally its at about 10-12. my legs are also killing me from standing for 3 hours at the concert and working. oh well. a good nights sleep finally might help. get to sleep in so its all goo. hopefully i'll be able to get 2 kits together tomorrow and maybe get a start on that grain elevator. well i'm off to the shower and then bed. see ya on the flip side, well it already is morning so see ya later today. « First«849850851852853854855»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! 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Originally posted by fec153 JPM335: I've owned several Bachman locos and when I had trouble I call - they get the parts out very quickly and also talked me through the problems.
QUOTE: Originally posted by fec153 we left Miami after Andrew. now 40 miles north of Orlando, here comes Charley. can't win. still hope to break even. best to all. keep the coffee hot. Phil.
cheers, krump
"TRAIN up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" ... Proverbs 22:6