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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:21 PM

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Ray: I'm going to have to say the top one. I like the proximity of each in the set up. The issue I'm having with the bottom one is that I am looking at the locomotive on the bridge and wondering why in blue blazes it looks distorted(?). ConfusedWhistling

 

I think it is a combination of an optical illusion as the bridge track is on a curve.  It looks almost straight in the photo, and the usual bending of the image by the edges of the lens (I forget what it is called) when doing close up w*rk.  I hadn't really noticed it until you pointed it out.......  (Now see what you did!Whistling)

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:17 PM

Evenin folks!

Chloe just a decafe if you please.  I'll go sit in the back both by the stove.

Thank you everyone for your comments on the photos.  I will probably use the first photo of the second set as THAT has been almost a unanimous choice.  Only one vote I think for the bottom one.  I think it shows off the cars better as well.  I will wait til morning to load it up at the site.  Probably will be near the bottom of the entries as there are some great ones entered, but fun anyway.

Cederstrand
Having been on the MP for only a week, I have noticed some intersting developements.

 

Rob I guess I missed something....  Probably obvious to everyone but me.  What does MP stand for???  (Mounted police, Mixed Peanuts, mini potholes......?)  Anyway, I'm glad to hear it is helping you!

Hope yu all have a great night!  See you in the morning.

73

 

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Posted by CNCharlie on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:12 PM

Good Evening Diners!

Well it has been a while since I was last able to stop in and I had a bit of trouble finding the Diner. Seems it got to its new location via Germany which turns out was a very good thing as we now seem to be loaded up with goodies from Petra. Thanks Ulrich!!

 I'm trying to decide what brand of track to use and then I have to figure out a track plan for my N scale empire which means I have to secure a space. Space always seems to be the big problem. I might have to put it in the furnace room/work shop but I do have hopes of persuading the CEO to use part of the dogs' room when unfortunately it becomes a dog's room( sorry Pip). When it came to the HO I got a 4x71/2 foot spot and was lucky to get that so Chris my sympathy on the layout space front is rather limited. Having such a small space though does reduce the cost and givens become mostly druthers or just plain wish. My advice is to just get on with it as there will always be something you will want to change. Heck I ripped up my first track effort right to the bare board.  I find that track plans look good on paper but often are way too crowded looking once mounted. Seems I have something in common with Todd.

We just went through a genuine prairie Blizzard yesterday with 50 mph winds which does tend to whip around powder snow, not to mention a -25 C wind chill. They shut down most of the highways out of town for most of the day as visibility was zero. I did get to work though, only took me 15 minutes instead of 10.

Robin is just doing a FRAP attack which stands for Franetic Random Activity Period or just plain going crazy. He is rocketing around the house and generally annoying Pippa which he usually is very careful not to do too much as he nearly got chonked last night.

Not much new on the layout front. I'm just putting together a ConCor old time truck that I plan to paint in rust and place wheel-less in some weeds. Then I think I'll to a Blueprint box car kit. The decoder in the 0-8-0 is working fine. It is an old Soundtraxx LC designed for that loco that I originally put in my 0-6-0 but soon pulled as the motor hum was terrible. For some reason you can hardly hear it in the 0-8-0. Both are PK2.

Hope everyone is doing fine,

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Posted by Cederstrand on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:18 PM

***Ray, I really like the layout pics. Great rockwork there.

***Jeffrey, one less medical device is certainly good news.

Met the cardiologist today. Interesting visit. Turns out he is a spokesman for Benicar, the main drug I am taking on the MP. Next week I will wear a monitor for 24 hours, then have a ECG and a stress test. 

Having been on the MP for only a week, I have noticed some intersting developements. ALL the swollen lymphnodes have gone down considerably. I can take a full breath of air without coughing and can finish a big yawn now. The tightness in my throat and chest has subsided. Energy level has risen slightly. Perhaps most surprising is that the once black eye floaters, although still completely there, have become a light shade of brown. 

I'm still waiting for the immunopathology to start. My eyes have become a little light sensative, as predicted. Not much else to report on.

Hope everyone is doing well.

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Posted by Blazzin on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:11 PM

 

 Ray, nice photos.  I like the top one,  I feel like I'm a part of it.  Just my two cents.

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Posted by ns3010 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:31 PM
Evening all. Sorry I haven't been in, but I've been so freaking busy...' Tomorrow after our game, I PROMISE!!

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 7:27 PM

Ray: I'm going to have to say the top one. I like the proximity of each in the set up. The issue I'm having with the bottom one is that I am looking at the locomotive on the bridge and wondering why in blue blazes it looks distorted(?). ConfusedWhistling Maybe it is my own eyeballs for all I know!! lol!!Laugh

        But still both look good in their own ways---I still think the top one would be the one in my own opinionThumbs Up

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Posted by twhite on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 7:13 PM

Evening all from--ahem!--StillSoggyCal: 

Overcast all day and just some of those irritating little 'spinkles', instead of our regular deluge, but evidently it's whacking the Sierra up the road with some more snow.   Sometimes down here we forget that we can be having 'so-so' weather and 50 miles up the road it's a Blizzard. 

Iffy weather predicted for the next several days.  There is hope for the sun (whatever that looks like) by Thursday. 

Ulrich:  Thanks for the Geography lesson--I appreciate it, my friend.  I just immediately associated the Schwartzwald with Bavaria.  Of course, for me, everything south of Ulm is Bavaria, but what do I know, LOL?   At any rate, it's utterly BEAUTIFUL country.   The several times I've been there, it just took my breath away.   But then, ALL of Germany I've been in makes me feel very comfortable (must be the old Ancestry coming to the fore).    

But then, if it makes you feel any better, I always have to remind my friends from out of state that:  NO, California is not going to fall into the Pacific Ocean, and YES, I live some 100 miles from any seashore, and I'm not buff and tanned and it's VERY hard to Surf in the Sacramento River, LOL! 

Ray:  I like both pictures a lot.  Actually, I'm kind of leaning toward #2, not because of the composition so much, but because of the logging train on that highly-detailed, absolutely SCARY trestle of yours.  That's even more spindly than my Deer Creek Viaduct, LOL!   Nice job, there. 

Funny thing today:  Walked into my first Concert Choir class and the guys just stared at me.  "Doc, are we actually going to SING 'Carmina Burana' today, or just listen to it again?"   Talk about hopped-up little Medievalists, LOL!    Taught them the opening harmonies to "O Fortuna" and they blinked.  They thought they ALL had the melody.  Did some Major Woodshedding, and by the time we were finished, the First Tenors were all eyeballs.  "Toldja,"  I grinned at them.  "Wear TIGHT underwear!"   We're going to have fun with that piece. 

Well, noticed another DC/DCC topic has cropped up on the Forum.  Read through it and it was going just nicely, and suddenly He Who Shall Not Be Named popped up with his usual gasoline can and matches.  Here we go again.  Who let this kid out of Reform School so early, anyway? 

Oh well--Whistling 

Got home in time to help my next door neighbor.  Now this is a really nice guy, just retired from Kaiser as a Pathologist.  We get along really well.  But he's--ah--a little 'eccentric', shall we say.  He came knocking at the door and asked me if I had a toilet Snake.  "Yah.  What happened?"  "I was burying a fish."  "Huh?"  "Yah.  My Angel Fish died and I flushed it down the toilet and now the toilet's stopped up." 

Well, he has a HUGE acquarium at his place (it's his hobby) and I remember that Angel fish.  It was the size of the Great White in the movie JAWS!   "Why didn't you just toss it in the garbage can?"  I asked, walking over to his house, toilet Snake in hand.  He looked at me aghast.  "It was a PET!" 

So help me God, I'm not GOING THERE!  Shock

Anyway, Snake in hand, I unplugged his toilet for him.  He sighed.  "Thanks"  "Welcome.  Don't flush any more fish."  "I won't."  He looks at me.  "I'll be right back.  Boy, I really have to GO!"    He shuts the bathroom door, I leave with the Snake.  Far as I know, he's probably still in there.  I have NO idea how long he had to wait until I got home, LOL! 

Well, that's it for now.  Taking our Liturgy Workshop choir over to the girls high school tomorrow for their St. Francis Pax et Bonum Liturgy.  I'm helping herd them.  The GUYS are okay, but the girls go berserk the minute they get on their campus.  Should be interesting.

Best to all, prayers for those in need.

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:45 PM

Good evening to all, just stopped in for a hot chocolate, maybe that will clear my head. Bad sinus cold again, I thought I had beat it, but then it struck again after the wife caught her cold. I had all my shots except for distemper. LOL

Getting work done on layout. I am working on the elevated track first, as that will take the greatest reach for me and goes from one room to another through a wall and back in again 10 feet down the same wall. I am trying to keep the elevation at no greater than 2.5%, so far so good. 

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:44 PM

GMTRacing
Ray- I like the first better as it shows the bridge to full advantage. HOLY CRAP you've put in all the fastners for the boards! Is there water in that fire barrel too?

 

But of course!  Gotta have bolts holding everything in place.....  And yes there is water in the barrel.  How ya gonna fight a fire if'n you don't have water?  (Probably several around here THAT can answer the question I'm sure.....Whistling)

OK, got a couple more for you to peruse.  I was hoping to be able to get a good shot by pulling the camera back and croping it to be as it would be if I rotated the camera.  No dice.  The upper part of the photo becomes overexposed because of the lighting up there.  Could have just unscrewed a bulb or two, bjut I decided to get some different angles similar to what I started with, but showing more of the scenery.  Here a a couple that cropped up fairly well.  Let me know what you think...........

Each has it's good points and its weaknesses but might w*rk for the contest.

Thank you all for your great input on this.  You have been a great help!

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Posted by GMTRacing on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:10 PM

Good Evening All,

   Just a coffee to go as I head over to the museum - still getting ready for the Amhearst train show.

Ray- I like the first better as it shows the bridge to full advantage. HOLY CRAP you've put in all the fastners for the boards! Is there water in that fire barrel too?

Vincent - we discussed your car over lunch and the consensus is your TPS is maladjusted or bad. It should read from .8 DCV at idle to 4.8 DCV at full throttle. The symptoms are consistent with that as a proble. If you have a volt meter, try finding the feed wire and then the output to the ECC. With the motor off try opening the throttle and measure the voltage rise. Some of the Ford TPS units are adjustable, some were not so you might get lucky. If that doesn't work try making an appointment for the TPS with Jim for counseling. He's good with maladjusted stuffWhistling   Catch y'all round about 11pm EST   J.R.

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:51 PM

Evenin' folks!

Got a call for help from my son early this afternoon,  needed someone to watch #2 granddaughter for about an hour and a half....  Of course when duty calls, I HAVE to answer.  Emily will be one in about 6 weeks...  She is truly becoming a charmer.  She grinned and cooed and giggled for no real reason for the hour I had her alone.  Then I went with my DIL over to do a walk through of the house they are buying.  Hopefully they close tomorrow (still waiting on the paperwork from the bank).  My son wanted me to check out all the pipes as the electric got shut off sometime recently for non payment.  The seller says he never recieved any notice the electricity would be shut off.  I think the hot water heater and the hot water heat could still stay fired up without electricity so there was no visible problem.  This should be a really nice house for them.  About 3 or 4 times larger than the one they owned before.  Couple acres of backyard, new swimming pool, and a very nice interior.

Zoe justr a cup of decafe to help me relax.

last mountain & eastern hogger

The crop in it makes sense to me, where with both being cropped in the second one, it just doesn't look right.

It looks like you just didn't aim right. Would have beem OK if you would have zoomed out and got them both

fully in the pic.

 

Unfortunately there isn't any other angle where a shot can be made that doesn't either show a huge hunk of the fascia board, or the bridge leading out to nowhere (ie: just stopping in mid air...).  If I zoomed out both the above would be a major negative in the photo. 


The subject of the contest is "New".  I am trying to get the bridge as something I just built (Rickety as it is....) in pretty much its entirety without showing the cut off bridge in the photo. If I could have rotated the camera I might have been able to get more of the top......  Wait a minute!  I have an idea...Yeah!!

I'll be back later!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:16 PM

 As the diner is close to the bottom of the page I'll bump it back to the top.

Went to my foot doc appointment this morning and got the wound debrided, poked at and measured. It's getting downright tiny. 4 mm long, 2 mm high and 3 mm deep. Doc figures one more week with the vac should do it. He says at that point we'll switch it over to small wound on my left big toe and get that closed up. After leaving there I went over to the hospital to get my central line looked at. The doc there figured it had been in long enough and had served it's purpose and removed it. He was really smooth in taking it out and I didn't feel a thing. Another can be put in sometime in the future if it's needed. I'm happy though. That's one less piece of medical equipment I have to maintain. The less the better. That frees up 15 minutes on my morning routine. Closer to home, the KCS is replacing two crossings near here. One at Ford Stewart Road and Hwy 171 and other at West Hawthorne  Road and Hwy 171. The crossing had been in need of service for some time. The crossings will be open to traffic tomorrow morning. No layout work today so far. I've been to preoccupied with the medical concerns listed above.

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Posted by Packers#1 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:12 PM

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Sawyer- If you've every heard the old Bobby Bare song "The Winner" (check it out on the YouTube as I really doubt a man of your youth has heard it) you must admit the man could have been a Rugby player instead of a brawler.

 

 lol, he definitely sounds like he'd played rugby a time or two for sure.

Ulrich, lol, heck yeah it ain't a game for sissies. I'm now drinking more milk, haha. been a long time since I've broken anything, and I'd like to keep it that way, lol.

 Rugby practice tonight. been tired all day today, but I'll sure sleep good tonight, haha.

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Posted by Robby P. on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:58 PM

  Well I'm about a mile or two away from the river, so I'm not to worried.   Now Pittsburgh has some problems.  I guess since the city has three rivers around the town.

 A Penndot  worker said "Its not the water, but the fish, trees, etc....That takes awhile to cleanup".  Thats on some city streets!!!

 I did go to the river below me (last time it flooded), and yeah you do see some trees, and trash, and about anything else.   The river I lived near in NC, is nothing close to the size of the rivers in PA. 

 First snow, and then rain equals flood!!!

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Posted by fec153 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:49 PM

With all the snow, has ANYone thought about an ARK?? Or at least a raft, with an awning.  The lawns here in Fla. are a golden tan or brown. The only greens are our hearty weeds.                                      

Prayers,

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Posted by Robby P. on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:44 PM

 Ray........I like the first one. It captures more of the scene.  I'm more of a scene/detail person.   The second shots not bad either, but I would pick #1.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:39 PM

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Ulrich and barry, okay so no torsion-based projectile launchers. What about slings, cannons, or railguns? pielet dispensers?

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Posted by Packer on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:20 PM

Hey ya'll

Ulrich and barry, okay so no torsion-based projectile launchers. What about slings, cannons, or railguns? pielet dispensers?

Jeff, I would say MRC decoder, but I know they can't read back CVs. Maybe it's one of the bachmann ones?

JR, with my luck, it probably isn't a simple thing. The wires and stuff lined up when the larger throttle body was installed, so I doubt it's that. Shouldn't be the thermostat since i just replaced it, don't know about the O2 sensor, I don't really have another one to install yet.

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:56 PM

Whistling

Ray, my vote is for # 1.

The crop in it makes sense to me, where with both being cropped in the second one, it just doesn't look right.

It looks like you just didn't aim right. Would have beem OK if you would have zoomed out and got them both

fully in the pic.

Just my My 2 cents worth.

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Posted by AmanaMedic on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:37 PM

fec153

Well, darn! Hard choice to pick just one. Naturally, if your a railfanner, you pick the second one. As an artist, possibly the first as there is too much in the second.

I think they are both great.  Nice detail.  My blue eyes have turned green with envy.

I am in absolute, total, complete agreement with FLIP's assessment. He nailed it. The railfan would need a strong drink and a smoke after getting the "meet" in the bottom shot. The more artisticly inclined would prefer the "less is more" approach of the top...and probably wouldn't even want a train anywhere near the shot.

Any other angles you can shoot from there RAY?

ULRICH: Don't even get me started on Poly-Tick-ians... Whenever I start talking about Poly-Ticks, RERUN gets up and starts nudging me...he HATES Poly-Ticks! As for how many to have? I think the fewer the better...the smaller the govt., the better off we'll all be!

And yes, THAT isn't all THAT bad...she has her moments THAT try mens' souls...but yes, I've had much, much worse bosses.

As for trackplanning... changing scales would be a big help in my case. BUT, I'm too heavily invested in HO stuff to sell it all for the N-sane scale. The only advantage would be setting out cuts of six grain hoppers at Quaker Oats instead of only three. In other words, not a real big improvement in the situation.

I just keep trying to cram too much into too little (space). I want to do too much. I think I'm afraid if I don't build in enough "play value," I'll end up bored with it and have a very expensive room-sized diorama. It's like THAT shelf layout from a few days ago....THAT would be great if all I wanted to do was switch the Quaker Oats plant. But, I want to make transfer runs to and from the Chicago Central yard, run down to the beer and lumber distributors, and switch a Cargill plant too.

I need to go to Z-scale...and knock-out all of the walls on the second floor. Yep, a few strategically placed beams and posts...yep. Sure. Let's see, Loving Wife gets home around 6, it's 1:30...sure, plenty of time. I can knock out the walls, she'll never notice THAT....Whistling

Actually, when she comes home to find the second floor completely collapsed, and RERUN running around in a hard hat trying to lead the Fire Dept. in the rescue attempt...she'll probably figure out what happened.

Maybe I oughta go cover basketball this evening instead!

Have a good, safe day everybody...

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Posted by fec153 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:27 PM

Well, darn! Hard choice to pick just one. Naturally, if your a railfanner, you pick the second one. As an artist, possibly the first as there is too much in the second.

I think they are both great.  Nice detail.  My blue eyes have turned green with envy.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:05 PM

 Ray - those 1500 politnicks are just the top level, i.e. federal and state parliament. Then there is is county and town bodies. The whole lot adds up to nearly 0.5 million!

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Posted by Cox 47 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:07 AM

Good Morning all...Its 16 with about inch of snow roads are slick with lots of slide offs...I'll have a bowl of chili with cheese please...Thank You...Finnished up yard office today and took some photos I was kinda disapointed..I scratched windows and doors and photo bring out the mistakes...oh well my 2 foot rule covers it..

Ray ..both photos good but I like the 2nd one best..

Lee...I saw that NKP show on RFD too..thought it was great...

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:06 AM

Ray: I'd be thinking the bottom one myself.

        Although the top one works as well. How's that for being diplomatic?Whistling

        But I do prefer the bottom one---just because it is not always often that one gets meets like thatThumbs Up

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:54 AM

Lunch Time!!!!!  well almost.....

Ulrich we have more polyticianers than THAT just in NYS!  We have been doing some looking at combining locates and sharing costs as a way of saving some money here in Finger Lakes.  For instance (Tom turn your head and plug yur ears - you're not going to like this.....)  Seneca Falls will soon be voting on disbanding as a Village and having the Town (over here the next governmental body) and the county take over all the services.  In fact they will definitely save on the Village taxes, but will see a corresponding  increase in the Town and County Taxes.  In fact the increase may be more than what they were saving.  Things that make you go Hmmmmm???

OK, I'll pay for everyone's lunch today for a little favor.  Take a gander at the 2 photos below and tell me which one would get your vote.......  Danke!

I had a bunch of Family and some artist friends I know tell me which one they like, but you guys are a better audience of what fellow MRs would like best....  So, thanks in advance!

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:34 AM

 Good Afternoon,

well, it is sunny outside, but not really warm. Should the weather guessers be right, the coming night will be the coldest ever  since the ice age. A temperature of - 21 C beats any record. The good news is - it will be getting warmer, temperatures are expected to hike up to -3 C, but there will be also lotsa  funny white stuff coming out of the clouds. This winter is really starting to get me!

Zoe, may I have my usual C & C, please? What? Vinnie has ended the French weeks here in the Diner? No more Calvados? Oh, well, make it a Brandy, then.

I have been looking around where I could find some scrap lumber, but apparently there is none around. Most carpentry businesses use shredded scrap lumber for heating and our houses are commonly built of brick.  It was worth a try, though - thanks, Lee, for suggesting it!

I am going to play it low & lazy for the rest of the day. There will be my favorite show on TV tonight - the "Rosenheim Cops". It is about 2 lackadaisical cops in rural Bavaria, one being a native guy, the other one having been transferred  from Hamburg, on charges of misconduct. It really is a clash of cultures. And, of course, the bloke from Hamburg ALWAYS solves the case! There are also lots of pretty "Fraeuleins" to be seen ... Big Smile

Have a good time!

 

 

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Posted by Robby P. on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:47 AM

 Good morning.  Its a light snowy morning here.  Guess I was spoiled with the 50 degree days last weekend.

 Not much planned today. Maybe work on the layout some, and clean up the house a bit.  

 Hope everybody has a good morning.

 "Rust, whats not to love?"      

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Posted by fec153 on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:40 AM

Rob- Get an Airboat. They'll travel over damp grass. Trappers use them to hunt gators in the 'Glades.    

Flip

 

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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:10 AM

OK, OK, OK, Philip!  I'm awake!  There are people on my roof pounding on stuff.... I'm awake!

Mornin' everyone!

Tom W....  Just had a brain phart moment there.  I posted without checking back and my memory said "must have been talking to the piano player.........".  Anyway, I knew you would get a kick out of it.

Well. the roofers were here by 8:30 this morning so It am up.  It will be good to get repairs done.

Zoe a Hot Cream of Wheat, brown sugar, and a big pot of dark roast coffee in a FGLK mug.  Please and Thank You.  I'll be sitting at the front booth watch the MOW crew at w*rk.

73

 

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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