Morning All...Its sunny and 75 here...Just a cup of coffee for me please..thank you...Still have 2 of the grand daughters here...Lots of Disney channel and cartons..I'm just about Hannnah Montaned out..She seems to be on Disney 24/7...You all have a good one...Jerry
Robby P.........My Chicago Cubs flag!!!
(thump,bump, thump (sound of falling down after fainting))
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good morning everybody. I had to get up at 5:00am for the job app. at FedEx. I'm guessing that early so we could have some computers to use for the job app. Before all of the "office" people came in. Maybe I will hear from them. Thanks for the good luck on that. I also have the elementary school one in the morning (Wed).
I'm on my way to mail out another shipment of "weathered" cars. Then the LHS. I was going to take a break from it, but "money talks, and cash screams".
I know this is a day late, but the only animal (bears, mountain lions) I have near me is...........My Chicago Cubs flag!!!
I will be back in later. Have a good day.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
The cable here is acting up - again! Here's today's weather info.Through 9 AM...isolated showers will continue to move northeast at 15 mph across the coastal waters into southern Louisiana...affecting areas mainly south of I-10. Expect rainfall amounts less than five hundredths of an inch with this activity.Today High: 88 Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. Tonight Low: 75 Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
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inch53 Hey PC, saw this running on a G scale they had set up and thought of you.
Hey PC, saw this running on a G scale they had set up and thought of you.
IT'S MY RIDING BUDDY!!!!!!
Wait a minute.......WHERE'S MY BIKE?!?
LSWrrJeff, I’m glad you are getting some rain, that lake pictures was something else to see, btw how do you guys fish in that lake with all those tree stumps??
Good Mornin all, mornin' Bill. Western Omelet with a side order of hash browns and soft bacon please. Large glass of grape juice and coffee thank you.
50/50 chance of rain and scattered thunderstorms with a high of 83F. Looking out the window I'd say 100%. Doesn't look like storm though.
Nothing special happening again today. Just waiting to decide when I'm going to renew my MRR mag. It expires in November. I'm waitin for a last ditch offer of a discount. (hint, hint)
I see we were talking beasts, we don't have too much round here, coyote, deer, of course, opossum, coon and rabbit (one with huge fangs. That rabbits dynamite) Oh and almost forgot, Bigfoot.
Inch- Girard, another what, 20 mi north and you'd been to Castle Trains. I don't think they have any 5 for $12 though. They're doing some remodeling. Looks like they're expanding a bit. With the alignment of the doors on the two level privy, I'm hope'n the "holes" ain't a lined up!!!!
Well I best get working on my defensive plan for the great Armadillo invasion.
Have a Great Day!
wetidlerjrGood Morning ! from Tipton IN.
And a Good Morning to you, sir!! Hope to see you around some!!
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Mornin, farmers special n coffee if'en ya woulds Zoe. We've got rain coming in later and into tomorrow and cooler than normal.
URICH,,,, a late congrads on the 25'th anniversary for you n your wife. Glad the friend's n neighbors put on a get-ta-gather for yuz. Good luck with your meeting.
ROBBY,,, hope the Fedex job pans out. Our nephew quit selling on Ebay over the charges, it was costing him almost all the profits. Hope yours don't get that bad. And the back round trees do look closer to PAULS size than HO
RAY,,,,, Looks like an interesting bunch of future scientist you have there, good luck.
No bears here [yet] just cougar, bobcats n coyotes round here. There's been a cougar seen a few times out this way. I haven't seen it yet, but it wouldn't be the first I've seen in this area. I did find tracks in the sand along the creek below this house.
Our trip to get rid of 2 grandkids didn't start off well Sat, electric went out thanks to a thunderstorm for 2 hours, delaying our leaving time, Then Mother figured stopping at a couple yard sales n Wallyworld wouldn't hurt so our 6-7 hour round trip ended up almost 12. Then on the way I finally catch a train, but thanks to the boys putting my camera back in the case, this is all I got of NS and CR engines in Morrisonville.
I also missed two trains in Girard and one in Pana. I won't go into the reasons for that. I did get a little luck in Mattoon, catching a N bound GT and IC engines from the overpass at the station on the way home. I did miss the Amtrak, darn it.
I also got a pic of the 2-story outhouse in Gays.
The Sunday trip to Altamont was wose for trains, didn't see any. Did hear several while at the festival. The MRR swap meet wasn't very good, mostly O scale. Did got a good deal on some cars, bought 5 for $12. Got some upgrading to do on them later on.
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Also found a couple tractor like I owned at one time. The WC I only owned part of at 12, helped dad buy it with my hog money. The WD I bought when I was 36 and used it on a xmas tree farm I helped with. Wish I still had them both sometimes.
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All in all the trip wasn't that good, the Case steam tractor wasn't there and alot the exhibits were gone Sunday, so we're going on Saturday next year.
Well I best get this finished up and start on some chores afore Yazee wakes up. Other than her I'm almost kid free this week, so maybe I can catch up on somethings. Thoughts for those n need n hopes ya'll has a gooden.
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Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning all,
Jeff, I’m glad you are getting some rain, that lake pictures was something else to see, btw how do you guys fish in that lake with all those tree stumps??
We have an good population of Coyote, Fox, and white tail deer here along with your various squirrels, chipmunk, and rabbits.
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Sir MadogBarry - I thought you like cats - cougars are just a little bit oversized...
They are just a little oversized. They'd like to play with you like Spring does with his pompoms!! We've had quite a few sightings of Cougar over the past couple of years in and around London---it makes for an interesting day when you see one--that is for sure. BTW-there are also bobcat and lynx seen around here every so often
As for the formatting--I guess the server software plays with some better than others---I know it likes to squash everything with Google Chrome!!
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We are seeing a current temperature of 17C and sticky/foggy. Got an even better chance of rain today with those t'underin'boomlets abouts. High at 26C and tonights low at 16C. Yesterday I found out that the AVERAGE temperature for June 2009 was 17.7C. 3.5C less than it would be normally. No wonder our summer this year ---according to some kids in our neighbourhood---'sucks'
I'm getting ready to go into writing mode for another day---good thing I'm not suffering from a writers block thing this time------
Chloe, I'll have a large cup of coffee and a muffin please----I'll sit with Ulrich at the RC and explain to him that a Cougar is a little bigger than a bobcat----which is just as well I don't think a Cougar in a house is quite the thing--
Between the two of us, wife & I have had numerous encounters with black bears. No biggy. It was one particular grizzly that stalked us for over 20 minutes in the Beartooth Mountains that had us seriosuly concerned. Turned out to be a troublemaking young male, transplanted from Yellowstone that later had to be put down. We were very lucky that day.
Well, Good Night all.
Rob
Nothing for me tonight Flo, just wanted to pop in before bedtime. Been a long but very good day here at camp.
The only varmint we saw all day (except for the 28 campers.....) was this guy, and he wasn't bothering anybody:
The Bugs, Birds, and Beast track got to check out a bear trap today among other Bear related stuff like tranquilizing guns and darts.....
The engineering track built some little LED thingy....
The Energy Track tried to build some Wind Turbines:
And tonight half of the group went over to COPE (Challenging Outdoor Personal Experiences):
Hope you had a great day!
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hmm, talk of intruding varmits, eh? Biggest problem down here is Coyotes....although my bolt-action .30-06 will handle them.....and anything else I aim at. Work has been going well for me, at least I'm getting a paycheck. Got and eye doc's appointment for Thursday, nothing important, just gotta get the "normal" exam. I've also gotta replace the driver's side CV axle on the Impala, no big deal, just the inboard joint has slop in it.
I've got all the decals removed from the GP40-2, however the B&O blue paint is still on there, so I'm just going to paint over it with a simple primer (probably a flat white paint just to give a neutral base to paint into CSX YN3 colors).
Went to TN this past weekend for the wifey's family reunion, had a blast, ate too much food, played the "annual" game of croquet in the front yard (its something to do, other than sit around and talk). Only downside of the whole trip was the sudden fire alarm at 12:40am.....first fire truck didn't show until 1:00am (thankfully it wasn't an actual fire, just someone left a hall heater on too long and got everything super warm), but sheesh, 15 minutes to respond and there are three stations all within 5 minutes....c'mon y'all....Oh well, got back into the hotel room at 2am, didn't get back to sleep until 2:30am due to them still trying to clear the fire alarm. Hotel ownership comp'ed us for the night....so we got two nights for the price of one.....
Well, the child (Heather, our adorable 2-1/2 year old) wants to go for a walk before bath-time, so we're going to get out and square away 1-1/2 miles and come back to be tossed into the tub and then off to bed to make it into work at 8.
I'll take a RBF to go for the night and I'll see ya'll later on.
Down here we have black bears, wolves, coyotes, wildcats, lynxes, cougars, panthers, pumas and alligators. Take your pick!
blownout cylinderUlrich, Ray: We now have black bears and wolves running around? Up here we're having issues with Eastern Cougar and Coyotes. All this with the deer---wanna come up here and try that out? ---- oh BTW---A Black Bear was also spotted about 50 miles NW of here----
Ulrich, Ray: We now have black bears and wolves running around? Up here we're having issues with Eastern Cougar and Coyotes. All this with the deer---wanna come up here and try that out? ---- oh BTW---A Black Bear was also spotted about 50 miles NW of here----
Up here its (Really Dumb) rabbits and cougars. (With a little bit of woodchucks) The rabbits you can come within ten feet of. (I don't want to go further, I'm afraid of them turing Monty-Python)
It's been raining here for three hours now with more on the way. It's a long slow rain, just what we need.
Good Evening--
Got another t'underin' boomlet earlier this afternoon while I was still at the office so I missed the fun down here at home---when I got home the back yard had a bit more water in it than when I left this morning--now we have a river going through to the front yard---I'm going to build a bridge now
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I'm going to attempt to find some C channel and Angle iron pieces for my scratchbuild box----now I can't find the pieces I bought last week
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a muffin tonight---I'm all lunched out-----
Tom............Thats it A.B.Charles. I will have to try Hobby Express oneday.
Afternoon all. Chloe, I'll take a RBF, thanks.
Jeez, haven't been in here in AGES. Been so busy on vacation, I haven't even had time to stop in.Anyways, lacrosse camp started today. It was awful, mostly because it was 80 degrees. Hopefully it won't be as hot the rest of the week...
IDK, not much else to talk about. I'll be in the corner booth if anyone needs me.
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Robby - I think the one which you referred to as looking like a barn was probably "A.B. Charles" on Banksville Road. The original store on West Liberty Avenue was a whole lot better with lots of brass, etc. I'll have to stop in at the others you mentioned. If you ever go to Cranberry Twp., try Hobby Express. That's the one I patronize.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Jeff.......If I get this "FedEx" job I will probably layoff "the bay". Still do one or two for extra money/layout money. Right now I owe about $60 in fees!!!!! I put back about $10 dollars on each car that sells thou. Thats the biggest draw-back. Maybe if I get it (fedex), I will contact you next time I get a few done. I would be honored to have them on your layout .
Robby P.
Ray- That's a real "grisly" warning. (for some reason I wish I hadn't said that )
Tom...........I go to about three near me. Honestly I have about five to eight LHS near me. One is about 5 minutes away. I give it a 4 out of 10. Stock is old, prices are ok. One in Greensburg 20 miles away "Bradys Trains", I give it 6 out of 10. I like that one due to they take in "used items". Sometimes you can find a good deal. The main one I go to is in Connellsville. Its about 20 miles from me. I give it 7.5 out of 10. They have the most "Athearn RTR" in stock of any LHS I've been to. The prices are about the same as the others. They have a good selection of Athearn engines, and a few other makes.
Like I said before, quite a few near me. I honestly haven't made it to half of them. I did go to the one in Pittsburgh (looks like a barn, kinda can't remember the name). Its ok.
It just depends on what I need/looking for, on which one I go to.
Coffee in a Burlington Northern mug, please & thanks.
***Ray, thanks for the chuckles.
***Todd, allow me to second your critique of Robby's cars.
***Robby, good luck with those trees!
Wife had a flat tire on the Interstate coming home from work and a car full of Mexicans pulled over behind her and gave her a hand with a can of fix-a-flat. With semis flying by, that is a dangerous stretch of road, so I'm very thankful they helped her out.
A few pop-up storms around here today, one hitting the valley. That's good, won't have to water the garden.
Ear is much better, but other health issues continue. Don't think I can finish the meds, either. Getting very tired of this. OK, enough of my whining.
Have a good day all. Rob
Ray - That one really topped off my good humor cup today.
Robby - Nice work as always. I do have a question for you as well. From time to time you mention going to your LHS. Which one are you referring to and how well stocked in HO is it?
Todd........I agree with the trees. I will have to cut them down, and hope the new ones are more "realistic". I will post new pictures in a few years. Dang trees!!