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

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang:

Hi Lisa, good to see you back in here. I'm sorry to hear about all the problems on your side. Seems to be alot of that going on lately. I'll keep you and yours in my thoughts.

The doctor said that everything looked good from my tests. PSA was 6.6 with 6.5 being ideal. He said that's about as close as you can get.

After we got home we spent the afternoon clearing up a tree that had lost a couple of limbs a few years ago. There is so much that needs to be done here that we get behind easley.

I'm going to head for bed now so you all have a good night.

[Anonymous]

Hey guys, Lady in the house so watch what you say(only teasing, I know most of you are gentlemen). Haven't been in for a while but lot of stuff going on MIL is in really bad shape they don't expect her to live much longer and my husband is going through  some medical tests to get to the bottom of some sight problems, Waiting to hear results from the MRI. AND THIS TOO SHALL PASS. I haven't worked on the layout other than painting a few buildings, just haven't felt up to it.

Perry, I really enjoyed seeing those pics, Did you scatch build all your buildings 'cause they are great looking.

I can't stay but thought I drop in so you wouldn't forget me. My thoughts and prayers go out to all in need.

[91rioja]

PC, where do you get those great looking food shots?  Do you take them yourself?

While I can cook very well, I don't often have the time.  I grabbed those off of the web.  Look good though, huh?

You and me both; just not enough time to do everything.  The shots look great!

Chris

[PA Belt]

hey yall, im p/o'd!  the girl i like is ignoring me, we are realy good friends, and im just realy confused.  o well, ill just go blast Metallica and work on my trains, cya!

[pcarrell]

PC, where do you get those great looking food shots?  Do you take them yourself?

While I can cook very well, I don't often have the time.  I grabbed those off of the web.  Look good though, huh?

[inch53]

Evening all, a baleypop please Cleo,
Just stopped for a short, getting ready to go the the funeral home for vivstation. We lost 3 freinds last Fri. night in a car crash. One made it though, Horse Fly. His wife, son and DIL were killed. He's home now and will make it, but it'll take awhile, both body n soul. Man I don't want to go, but.

Neal,,,, luved the joke. How true it is.

RT,,, we're still here with ya.

Colby,,, the only thing that comes to mind is, the military service to our country for your essay.

Ryan ,,, we don't worry bout flowers much this time of year, but on your tomatoes. Cover them with a something, an old bed sheet, news papers, plastic, or such. Works less it get to freezing or below for more than an hour, then not much helps, but a hot house. Their forecasting 26 for the low here tomorrow, seasons done.

Jerry,,, no frost here here. Maybe because the woods held some heat in too.

PC,,, I had Cleo save a piece of salom for laters, thanks

Best get moving
inch

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Thanks all for the good advice on kids. I'm 46 myself, still single, no kids. This boy I'm dealing with considers me to be his second father and I'm a very special freind of the family. I want to do right by him and them too. He's only 13 and he's a great kid. He usually drops by my home in the morning before going to school, and, quite frankly, I've gotten used to it. He can come in and get on the internet anytime he wants to. He likes using my computer because it's THE fastest one in the neighborhood. Everybody else has 512k cable, DSL and dail-up. I'm using high-speed cable (3-4 megs or faster).

[91rioja]

PC, where do you get those great looking food shots?  Do you take them yourself?

[pcarrell]

That salmen dish looks healty too, red seedless grapes and all. Did I say I love grilled salmen...

Only the best for my friends!

Was it worth the wait?

[SilverSpike]

That salmen dish looks healty too, red seedless grapes and all. Did I say I love grilled salmen...

[pcarrell]

Hey guys, sorry I'm late today.  It's crazy around here!  Found out that the house I just moved out of was built in 1851.  I knew it was 19th century, but thats REALLY old for central Indiana!  Back then this area practically WAS the wild west!

Oh, I brought lunch, as promised!

Grilled Salmon!

Good to see Jeff's back on line!

RT, haven't forgot you and yours in my prayers.

[Cox 47]

Afternoon all.....Sunny but much colder here....I made a run down to library to get a book for Sallie on my power chair and got a mite cold before I got back...Ran a couple of trains this morning and checked  Ebay out but didn't see anything that suited my fancy and my budjet.....

RT.. you and your mother are still in our thoughts and prayers..

Jeff ....we raised 6 kids and they were all different....Some times it I thought nothing worked...but now as they grow up and have thier own familys I see maybe we did something right...You seem to be a nice young man and are willing to help some one out..... do what your heart tells you to do be prepared to make a few mistakes and my # 1 rule...DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF......

Mike...You didn't get any frost? We had some on the cars about 7:30....Hows new layout coming?

Well its almost nap time...You all have a good one...Jerry

[SilverSpike]

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Good afternoon, I missed breakfast and lunch in here today. How about an afternoon snack ……a banana smoothie sounds good right about now.

I’ve been working up some cookie cutter templates for the plywood sub-roadbed cuts I need to make on the next sections for the layout. And I progressed with putting down more cork roadbed on the double mainline run to the second level. I am now starting to concentrate on finishing the first level so that I can start putting down some track ASAP.

I’ve also been reading the Kalmbach book “How to Build Realistic Model Railroad SCENERY” by Dave Frary. This is a really good book, full of formulas for plaster, paint, foam, dirt, etc… I am currently reading the section about rocks and rubble.

Perry, great pics of the layout, I really like the fence material below the benchwork and the dinosaur attacking the archeologist is great! Thanks for sharing.

Paul, good luck with the 6-month CU! Still waiting to turn on the full house heat here, but there was one really cool night a few weeks ago when we fired up the gas logs in the fireplace. I heard that the Polar Express was headed our way on Friday….

Scott, great news with getting to attend the train show on the 20th. You sure are working a lot these days, enjoy the break, because you deserve it my man!

Inch, thanks for the weather report! How you keeping those flowers protected from the frost? I want to keep my mater plants up as long as possible, they are still producing.

Neal, good one!

RT, good news. Prayers are still with you and your mom.

Jeff, great job on giving the boy some reward for his efforts. I have only 13 years of “dad” experience, but I am still learning. Everyone’s different, but the one thing I have learned is to spend as much time with the children as possible. The chances for bonding with my 11 year old are getting far and few between with all the demands he has with school and friends now.

Hoople, what position do you play on your soccer team? I played soccer in high school for two years and was the right forward.

Cheers,

Ryan

[Hoople]

Looks like I haven't came here in a while...

 

So I guess I'll drop by because I've got 5 minutes till I have to go to school.

 

Nothing new over here really, Unless my new rokenbok setup counts...

 

Last saturday my soccer team lost its game. First one in 3 1/2 years.

That team is going to die in the playoffs.

 

Well, gotta get ready..

 

 

Mark

[inch53]

Just a quick coffee Zoe, KC's taking a napp n not grandpa for once.

Jeff,,,, Got no ansewers to help you much, even though we had a mess of teenagers at home and now teenage grandkids, but not to crowd them to much. And what works for one doesn't work with another. Just show'em how bout it , if they want to learn it, they do.

KC's wakin up, catch ya'll latters
inch

 

[ModelTrainLover]

Yaaaay!!!!! I finally hit 300 posts!!!!!!

[ModelTrainLover]

"Marriage is like a railroad sign.

You see a girl and stop.

Then you look.

And after you're married you listen."

Neal

yea. though I've been single for all my life (13 years that is).

now then any of you guys have any ideas for Citicenship in America?? It's for an esay and basiclly the best one in town goes against the best in the district, then country, state then national. and the winner of the town gets $50 and a plak, district, $75 cash or check a plak, state $100 , national $1,000, and a all expences paid trip the Washington DC. now I very mich doubt that I will make district much less county and a 0% chance of national. I would just like you any of you have to say.

[rtraincollector]

Hi all So far shes still with us . Thanks for all your thoughts.

NESU That was perfect it gave me the best laugh . 

On brothers putor right now will talk later

[Anonymous]

"Marriage is like a railroad sign.

You see a girl and stop.

Then you look.

And after you're married you listen."

Neal

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I just had a close encounter of the fourth kind (excited teenager). I had promised my neighbors boy that if he got good grades in school this year, he could be a staff member on my forum. He pulled himself up by the bootstraps and showed a marked improvement. His grades last year were barely passing (C's and D's). Now he's getting A's and B's. So, late last night I modified his account and made him a junior staff member. He came over a little while ago and got online while I was in the shower. I readied myself for what I knew was coming. Suddenly there was this roof-raising YAHOO just as I came out of the shower. I think I was almost crushed to death by a hug from the most excited and happy 13 year old I've ever seen. Now if he'll work on his caps and punchuations, I'll see about giving him more responsibility.

I would appreciate any advice from those of you who have kids. I have none of my own and have only my own childhood experiences to draw on. They howeverm are markedly different from anything I could use with him, as I was a mentally retarded child and required special care and schooling.

[ModelTrainLover]

hey guys!!! well gess what!! the Maine Supream Court is having one of their sessions in our audatorium. cool!!!!

[inch53]

Morning all,, think I'll have what Jeff's having Zoe

No frost this morning, got 34 oustside now, but another better chance tomorrow morning. got kids today, so no plans for anything

Chris,,, all we got yesterday was rain, no thunder.

Perry,,, darn nice layout you have there. Hope ya come back an visit often.

Best get ta chores, catch ya'll latters on

inch

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning, and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll have a cheese and mushroom omelet this morning with a bit of orange juice.

Worked the bugs out of the modem last night and I'm flying along at warp speed here. It feels good to be back online.

[Anonymous]

Good morning



Happy MRRing 

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

10-12-06

[91rioja]

Hey ya'll!

PC, as long as it is Pacific Salmon, I'm in for an entire side smoked please.

Inch, I'm now gettin what you had I think last night; hard rain and thunder.

JW, glad you got your modem back up and running.  Ain't technology a womderful thing?  Wonder where we would be without it?

Guess I should go now since thunderstorms and technology don't mix.

Chris

[perry1060]

Thanks for the warm welcome....

Not much to tell about me other than the fact that I really enjoy my hobby. My main focus is on scratch building my own scenery (but not trees). I started this layout in May 2002 and have been having fun with it ever since. I post around on different forums and today is my first post on this message...I've been reading it for quite a while.

 

Spitwater hotel...ticketing

 

 

New cabin but no place to put it yet...

 

 

Smoke in the living room...

 

 

Hear the roar...

 

[GMTRacing]

Good Evening All,

   Interesting presentation at the museum tonight. One of our members had done a tour of E. Germany after it fell and the amount of steam still in use there was amazing. The looks and configurations were a bit odd what ith 2 - 10 - 2 freight locomotives and 2- 8 - 0 passenger power plus a bunch of diesels with chris craft cabins attached. There were things like a yard with 32 steam locomotives all lined up in various states of repair and a roundhouse in another town with 12 stalls each containing a different black with red trim steam locomotive. Impressive.

   Jeffery - it's the same old story - if you want it done right, do it yourself.

   RT - sorry to hear about your mom. My MIL is going down the same path though she's been hanging in there for the last year or so. Anyway you have our prayers and sympathy.

   All for now, just wanted to drop by for a nightcap. CUL, J.R.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Got a new modem today, and quickly got tired of SuddenLink saying it should work when it wasn't working. I finally did some hacking around and got it online myself.

[egmurphy]

Nice to see you posting in here again, Scott, even if it has to be quick.

Good news though...And I can't remember if I have said this or not...But on October 20th, I'm heading up to York, PA to go to the TCA Train Show! Tom, the repair guy at Purkeys Toy Trains, is a member, and has invited me along.

Great!  A 'perk' of working at Purkey's?  

Regards

Ed