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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 23, 2006 10:18 AM
CAN YOU HELP ME?
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, November 23, 2006 10:20 AM
 junior wrote:
CAN YOU HELP ME?
What do you need help with?

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Posted by Super Chief Rules on Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:05 PM
    Happy Thanksgiving!!!

It is almost 80 degrees here now!!

And how did cs end up on the second page?  I know I am new to it so ifigured I would fix it!


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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, November 23, 2006 2:28 PM

 Super Chief Rules wrote:
 
And how did cs end up on the second page?  I know I am new to it so ifigured I would fix it!

Thanks for fixing that little "problem".

 

And Jeff, I could've gone without the turkey pic.

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Posted by colin_mcleod on Thursday, November 23, 2006 2:47 PM
Hi From Ireland.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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Posted by rtraincollector on Thursday, November 23, 2006 3:18 PM
Hi welcome and thanks

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, November 23, 2006 5:37 PM
Just returned from my sister's place. Man was it busy there.  They didn't have quite 60 but it was still a crowd, and they were waiting for my mother to say grace. Never having been accused of standing on ceremony, my mother borrowed a line from 'Ma an Pa Kettle'. Grace was very simply 'There's the bread, there's the meat, thank you Lord, now let's eat'.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:00 PM

Prefect timing Jeff, we ate at 1:00 and its just starting to wear off and now I see you are buying!

   I'm thinking some big ol' shrimp lets say a dozen, pecan pie with real whipped cream ( none of this coolwhip crap) and how a nice batch of those deep fried catfish cheeks. I'll wash it down with a very large Southern Comfort & Squirt, with lots of ice. Double time i'm ready to eat.

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:37 PM
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

Hello all, I'm home! Ok David, give up the computer so I can log on.

Been cutting up more plywood today. I cut over 1,500 pieces, mostly box bottoms, tops and ends. I had one moment there when I thought I might get hurt badly. I was cutting a piece of 3/4" CDX measuring 4' x 3 1/5' when it slipped and got gaught on top of the saw blade. the saw threw it back at me. It hit me right above the belt buckle with enough force that it knocked the wind out of me and pushed me back about a foot. I'm glad it hit me on a broad edge and not with a corner. As it is, I have a somewhat nasty bruise there now, and I don't bruise easily.

 

Jeff just be glad that it didn't hit BELOW your belt....

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:46 PM
 ModelTrainLover wrote:
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

Hello all, I'm home! Ok David, give up the computer so I can log on.

Been cutting up more plywood today. I cut over 1,500 pieces, mostly box bottoms, tops and ends. I had one moment there when I thought I might get hurt badly. I was cutting a piece of 3/4" CDX measuring 4' x 3 1/5' when it slipped and got gaught on top of the saw blade. the saw threw it back at me. It hit me right above the belt buckle with enough force that it knocked the wind out of me and pushed me back about a foot. I'm glad it hit me on a broad edge and not with a corner. As it is, I have a somewhat nasty bruise there now, and I don't bruise easily.

 

Jeff just be glad that it didn't hit BELOW your belt....

I had another minor disaster today when I was leaving my sister's place.  I was heading home and started down their wheelchair ramp (my brother-in-law has bad knees and sometimes has to use a chair) when the heel of my right walker device hit a slick spot and I slipped, falling between the ramp and a concrete bench, hitting my head on a step. I don't know how long I was out. The next thing I saw was my brother-in-law bending over me. He was checking me out to see if I had any cuts or fractures. I understand it was several of the guests that found me wedged down there. Thank God almost all the guests were trained first responders. They knew exactly how to free me without aggravating any injuries. Fortunately I'm alright, aside from a headache.

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Posted by LSWrr on Thursday, November 23, 2006 7:22 PM
Jeff I think you are over due for a vacation

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Posted by pcarrell on Thursday, November 23, 2006 7:26 PM
Jeff, we're going to have to get you some cleats for your walking stick!
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, November 23, 2006 8:03 PM

 LSWrr wrote:
Jeff I think you are over due for a vacation

I AGREE!

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Posted by NeO6874 on Thursday, November 23, 2006 8:33 PM
Well, I don't have any disaster stories for you guys...

I went to my girlfriend's house (well, her parents) for dinner today.  Then we went to her grandparent's for dessert.  THEN we went to my grandma's for more dessert (and to celebrate her birthday).  Overall it was a really fun, although somewhat busy) day.

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Thursday, November 23, 2006 9:01 PM

Evening Gang:

Ah. Jeff: Take it easy there. It's begining to look like you may be a little accident prone. How about we take turns and watch out for you?

A very nice day here. The weather couldn't have been better. Try 75f, light breeze out of the south, clear blue skys and a great turkey supper. I spent the day moving a manure pile that had been sitting for several years so we could have a little more manuvering room at the barn. Tractors with loaders are great. I also took some time to do some reading. I picked up a book titled "At All Costs". It was about the attempte to resupply Malta during WW2. It manly told of the SS Ohio, the tanker that made a heroic effort to make it to Malta. It arrived with decks awash and under tow but with it's badly needed cargo of fuel oils. If you haven't heard about this event look it up.

Well I think that I'll head for bed.

Good Night All 

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Friday, November 24, 2006 5:39 AM
GOOD MORNING ! from TIPTON INDIANA.

11-24-2006

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Posted by Cox 47 on Friday, November 24, 2006 5:39 AM
Morning...Had to BUMP...The shop up to page 1....Coffee please....Jerry
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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, November 24, 2006 6:32 AM
Good morning all, I hope the turkey was good for all yesterday. We had a nice visit, My Mom and Dad drove in from Toledo for the day. I had to work in the morning, but all was not lost I took some nice close up pictures of a ballast groomer and some large dock cranes. Also I found an old semaphore still standing (NYC) (not in use) and a 3 light Tee signal that is still in use (B&O). It’s interesting that down near the steel mill they have these and the original B&O lighted signals and the yard uses the robot locomotives to hustle the freight cars.

I was going to post a few pics, but can't figure out how. If you want a copy shoot me an email.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 24, 2006 6:37 AM

A little on the nippy side down here in Louisiana.

Leesville, LA 71446 11/24/2006

Wind Chill: 44°F
Humidity: 91%
Dew Point: 42°F

So Far Today
High: 48°F
Low: 44°F
Rain: N/A"
Rain Rate: N/A"/h
Gust: 0mph NNE

High: 75 °F
Low: 45 °F

Dense fog advisory in effect until 8 AM cst this morning.

Today
High: 75
Mostly sunny. Areas of dense fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight
Low: 45
Mostly clear. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Light and variable winds.

Today, I'll have the ham and eggs.

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, November 24, 2006 6:50 AM
Good morning Jeff, I find it odd your weather in LA is almost the same as mine in Northern Ohio. High today is 50, and a FOG advisory is posted. I thought it would be much warmer down there.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 24, 2006 6:56 AM
I thought it would be too, but apparently what you see is what you get.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 24, 2006 7:00 AM
Good morning





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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, November 24, 2006 7:03 AM

Here's the national current temparatures.

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Posted by inch53 on Friday, November 24, 2006 7:39 AM

Mornin ,  an irish coffee please Zoe,

Hope ya'll had a good thanksgiving, ours was ok, play with the grandkids, watched some football, and eat to much.

I decided having ours at Kris's wasn't such a good idea. Mother thought she needed to take half the kitchen up there. I think it's easier to do it here, even with the cleaning.

Jeff,,, you've had run of hard luck with health issues lattely. Best slow down for a bit I thin.

Lee,,, to post photos,,, first ya need a photo account, this one seems to be the easiest for me,,

http://photobucket.com/ , once you get that done and  some photos in it. Click the little box below the pic, go to the bottom of the page, click generate HTLM am IMG code and another page will come up. I use IMG images for message boards for post here. Then highlite,copy/paste in the forum.

If'en ya has problems, just give a holler some body here will help ya. Lookin foward to some pics from up your way.

HEY RT,,, I sent you another email yesterday, did ya gets it this time.

Best get on some chores, got plenty to do today. Ya'll has a gooden

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Friday, November 24, 2006 7:53 AM
 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:

Here's the national current temparatures.

It's cold up here but it's quiet nice for this time of year

 

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, November 24, 2006 8:28 AM

Jeff, are you trying to trump everyone?  THE WHOLE UNITED STATES! LOL

OK, here's for JUST the Indianapolis, Indiana area.  The current weather, live and updated every minute, is:

And the 5 day forcast looks like this:

So whats going on everyone?  Has everyone recovered from yesterday yet?

Lee, inch outlined photo posting pretty well.  If you don't want to go that route you can just Email them to me and I'll post them on Monday when I can get to the Email account thats in my profile.

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Posted by NeO6874 on Friday, November 24, 2006 11:30 AM
saving this from the second page...


I think I've pretty much recovered... now if I only had some of my other rolling stock here, I'd be able to get started on converting them to KDs....



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Posted by rtraincollector on Friday, November 24, 2006 11:41 AM

Inch will be sending package out monday . Got email yesterday

 

 

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, November 24, 2006 11:53 AM
Dan,

Too bad you’re modeling steam; I’d sell you my contemporary rolling stock.

All,

I uploaded some pictures I took yesterday to my Ohio Railroading album, and some new pictures of the layout in progress to the LS&W album. Just click the blue www button below.

Lee

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, November 24, 2006 1:06 PM

Well, as many of you know, I had to tear down the last layout so we could move.  Now we're in the new place and the boxes are mostly unpacked..

This morning the train room looked like this:

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/Picture005.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/Picture031.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/Picture033.jpg

Lots of fun if you're into guitars, but not much for trains.

I just took the last two hours and changed all that though.

I just built the first of a whole lot of benchwork.  I've got a long way to go, but I'm off now to get more wood for some cross braces and such.  Here it is now:

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Autumns%20Ridge/Picture006.jpg

Philip

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