QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy No Ferg, I understand how you can get that impression, but I've come to the conclusion that it's just luck of the draw whether anyone comments or not. We've had this discussion on the thread before when others also made the same comment. I've made lots of posts that I thought would get some response, but just seem to get passed over. But I do get enough feedback on others that I know the posts are being read. I know I even wrote a full paragraph specifically to you in a post that I was sure you'd respond to and yet never heard anything and it made me wonder. (Thought sure referring to you as a 'naturalized Bluenoser' would get some rise, positive or negative). Based on the fact that we normally do return comments made me realize later that you had probably just been away from the thread for a couple of days and had simply not gone back to catch up. I think sometimes we read posts and may not have anything really worthwhile to comment, and pass by thinking that one of the others will respond later, which sometimes just doesn't happen. Raining here this morning, but nothing like the guys are having up in the mid-west. And since June is normally a rainy month down here, the farmers are depending on these rains to plant. Lots of the farms around here don't have irrigation systems and depend completely on natural rains. We went for our morning walk with the dogs, even though it looked threatening. Sure enough it started to rain just as we got to the furthest point of our route. So today we got wet from the outside in, instead of the inside out. Like the idea of boating on Shuswap lake, and I like trains. But I'm also wondering about the combination. Maybe leave the layout in the cabin and bring mrr magazines on board. Back later Ed
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes ... Then travel the USA and Canada meeting forum members and treating them to a nice trip with me. Every picture of Canada I have ever seen is beautiful. I really want to visit Canada.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Fergmiester Tanks Tom Was getting getting a little disheartened as I thought no one was reading my responses. Went on a road trip today and got a couple of interesting shots of a RR bridge which you all might be interested in. You see even though I'm not in to RR Season I have not forgotten what's important! oh And I almost forgot[:0] Since the LHS i just up from the Train Station I made a side trip to pick up more parts for the Turntable! Regards Fergie
QUOTE: Originally posted by bill mathewson Dan - What is an "orange clay flying disc"?
QUOTE: Originally posted by bill mathewson just a quick hello. I'm on my fifth coffee this morning, and since I never made it to bed last night, even though I promised I would get some much needed sleep, I didn't because I was on the 'puter all nite long, but, yeah, the targerword kaka that has been driving me nutty is GONE ! Yeah! Noah - sorry to learn of the damage to your layout, and 'doubly-sorry' for joking around about your ongoing water problem a couple of weeks ago when I had offered some info about moisture-proofing a basement. I feel like a dolt now, although I had no idea that the problem was as bad as it apparantly is. . . As someone else already said, now you'll have an opportunity to construct a better layout, because there is always room fro improvement, and to alter somewthing we did before that may not have worked out as we had originally planned. Hope you were able to salvage your rolling stock, structures and other expensive stuff. Anyway, got lots to do, and the day is marching right along. A lot of the local woodworking tool suppliers are having Father's Day sales this week, and I can't pass them up, so its off to shopping this PM for some supplies and other stuff for the shop. Got all the old fencing removed and taken away this past weekend. Now I've got to put in new fencing, build a new two-tier'd deck, as well as build some retaining walls and rock gardens. I'm getting 18 tons of rock brought in and I'll be dry stacking it by hand. . .Yuk, but it will look good and keep my house from sliding down the hill. I posted a new topic on the forum this AM pertaining to kitbashing, and 'what was the most unusual kitbash you've ever done.' It could prove interesting to see and read what others have scrounged together out of their spare parts boxes. Hopefully the UP stuff has died down. I had written *** Davidson, "chief mucky-muck" at UP, to get their latest take on the licensing & royalties issue, and received a lengthy email back within two days from the individual responsible for administrating the program. I'm going to request their permission to share their reply with the forum. An interesting aside to that email is that UP is not charging the smaller model railroad concerns, and only the larger ones, two of which will not agree to a licensing program. I was unaware of UP's posture re: the impact on small model railroad suppliers, and applaud them for not hitting them w/ what could amount to a death sentence for their operations. Gotta go. BILL
QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy 4884BigBoy - where did you get that train icon?