Good morning all!
Happy Thanks Giving!
Let us all pause to remember the things we are really thankfull for. Please see my TG post on the forum!
Happy Birthday Robby P! I'd give you a {left hug} and a {right hug} but this is a clean forum! LOL. 'Course we could all line up to give you *spankings*! But this isn't THAT type of forum either! LOL
Robby P. Good morning. Today is turkey day, and its also my birthday. I turn 31 and I feel it .
Good morning.
Today is turkey day, and its also my birthday. I turn 31 and I feel it .
How many *spankings* did you say you needed?? 31?? And one to grow on? My, my, my so young yet....*sigh*
Well got us a 13.45 lb. turkey to do today. I figure I will put it in the oven about an hour or so after the other half leaves for work-has to work 11am-3pm today...all hands on deck at work today! has tomorrrow off. That way the turkey should be ready when the other half comes trudging through the door wak and weary from impatient customers buying last minute food items for the dinner.
Been going through the sale ads for tomorrow. This might actually be the first year I don't go shopping in a long while to get some "doorbuster deals" as I didn't really see anything that was a "must go get".
We already are done with Xmas shopping except the MIL and FIL. MIL is good for a book, but teh way her health has been, dunno if she can/could read it. THANKS for all the prayers for my MIL! COntinued prayers would be greatly appreciated too!
Well, I should get going.
I don't expect much of a busy day on the forum today, most peeps will be having the 4 "F"s:
Family
Food
Fun
Football
,,,and some will have beer and wine to go with the 4 "f"s!
Happy Turkey Day!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Looks like Turkey Day is bieng celebrated with "fowl" weather!
Good to see everyone!
Happy B'day Robby.
Todd ... that's quite a menu!
Inch ... Good to see you.
Praying for Galaxy's MIL.
Chow down, diners!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Just stopping by to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. There may have been some bumps in the road here and there, but overall, I've had a great life. I got through a combat tour in Viet Nam and 23 years as a professional firefighter in one piece, been married to the same woman for a very long time, and I've always been surrounded by a great family. We will have dinner today with my nephew and his family, and will over indulge as his wife is a great cook.
Which reminds me. We should all be thankful for the many folks out there who will be working and serving us in some capacity and not be able to be with their families. My nephew and his wife are both physicians and both are on call today. They will each take calls all day, but with a little luck, they won't have to leave and make a run to a hospital. I always had to work on Thanksgiving, as my work days were Thursday through Sunday. But unless I was working a 24 hour shift, I was able to join in for dinner. So I always am thankful for the police, fire, EMS and medical professions who miss so much on the holidays.
When you live in a great country like ours, how can you not be thankful.
Best wishes to all.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good morning. It's 74 and cloudy. The high will be 78 and there's a 50% chance of rain this afternoon. The low tonight will drop to 37.Happy Thanksgiving. I don't see any layout work getting done today. In fact I fully anticipate having to be rolled home later today. I'll be having Thanksgiving dinner at my sisters place as usual. She has the table for a neighborhood feast and she cooks enough for a small army. Finally got the track soldering all done and filed down any bumps in the solder. Now the soldered areas need to be painted so they match the rails. The wiring of the structures that will be lit is going to be fun.
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Good Morning All!Happy Thanksgiving! Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then I baked 4 pumpkin pies,2 cherry pies and 2 apple pies yesterday for today's pig out-er,ah,Thanksgiving dinner at my oldest sister's house..I really dislike going because all of the chest thumping over material gains and the usual mindless football chatter but,its family and one feels obliged to go.I shall have a cup and look over the forum.Have a good'un!
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Larry: You just might be needing to get some reading glasses or magnifier somewhat--I use a set of magnifiers and still don't have too much trouble with N scale---BTW what size is your club?
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I have new glasses and I believe the real issue is I 'm not accustom to wearing glasses when I model.
The club is modular and once we get it set back up in our new quarters it will be 3' wide by 200' in a S shape point to point layout with two 4' x 10' yard modulars..These will be fully operational and not just staging.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Happy Thanksgiving!
I just had a very, very, very long post typed up (took me over a half hour), and when I hit backspace to fix a mistake, the page went back, and EVERYTHING was gone.
EDIT: Same thing just happened while posting in another thread (although fortunately, it was a short post). I don't get it.
Well, have a Happy Thanksgiving anyways!
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And a Happy Thanksgiving to all
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
Good Day Gang,
Just thought I would stop in for a minute to wish all my fellow TRAIN TURKEYS a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
I hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends. (and a little bit of football and trains as well).
Best Wishes to all.
Lest I forget, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ROBBY as well.
Johnboy out..........................To blow snow for several hours. >>> OH JOY.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Turkey's got about five minutes, so< barring any typing problems, I'll make this quick.
I agree with PA Tom wholeheartedly. In spite of the problems I have, which in comparison to others are very few, I have so much more to be thankful for. Numerically maybe no, I've never counted. But what really matters, my problems don't hold a candle to my blessings. I think most of us can say the same thing if we think about it.
Larry- I know what you mean on the family chatter. Luckily, that has ended in our dwindling numbers in attendance. Except on the odd occasion they return or show up.
Yet ANOTHER blessing!
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.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
A good time to say thank you for your friendship and support in bad times.
- Robby!
Jerry - congratulation on the "new" grandchild!
for all in need!
No turkey for us tonight - Thanksgiving is not celebrated over here - only as a church service at the end of October.
Happy Thanksgiving all.!!....hope you all are having a great day...
Happy birthday Robby!!...
Jerry
Happy Thanksgiving guys
Well it's been an intresting day so far. Work was hectic, but at least I get time and a half. I put the turkey in the smoker befor I left for work. It should be done by supper time.
I'll be catching up a bit.
Robby, . Next year my sister's b-day fall on thanksgiving. I haven't gotten her anything yet.
Ken, Did you ever get the package?
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Larry: Got you on the new glasses bit--I done had some issues with that myself when my distance seeing went on me when I was in high school. Now I wear bifocals---yuck The club sounds like fun--we have a sort of one that exists in a friends house--an informal modular thing in HO scale--love it!
Good Afternoon...
It appears to be doing drizzling here---just a sort of misty foggy look to it out there--supposed to get all snowy by tonight though as tmperatures fall to 25F---
We already had our dinner and are no getting ready to do some recording in our studio----
Have a good Thanksgiving afternoon/evening peoples!
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Evenin' folks!
Flo just a decaf please.... Couldn't eat another bite. Huge feast today at my son's house. All kinds of tasty wonderful food and lots of good cheer and conversation. It brought back images of Thanksgiving when I was a little boy at Grandma's house. If any of you remember the old picture in the music book on the page with the song, "Over the River and Through the Woods, to Grandmother's house we go......" My Grandma Cooley posed for THAT picture..... Standing in the doorway with arms outstreched to give each of us a huge hug! THAT's the kinda day today was!
Robby, a very to you! 31? Your just a kid. My youngest son has 10 years on you. Tomorrow I reach twice your age, and 2 more for good measure. Yep, I was a Thanksgiving kid myself!
Jerry, congratulations on the grandkid arriving. Good to hear all is well!
Time for a nap, I'll be in the back booth with Duke... We'll snore a duet for everyone!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
ns3010I just had a very, very, very long post typed up (took me over a half hour), and when I hit backspace to fix a mistake, the page went back, and EVERYTHING was gone.
Happy birthday Robby.
Happy None Dried Out Turkey Day! (Daughters husband made the Turkey)
Well It was the Jerry Springer Thanks Givings this year at Cuda Ken House. No, there was no fighting or anything like that. I swear I don't understand my Daughter Relation with her husband! My Son In Law has to work Thanks Giving and works night, so he baked the turkey before he went to bed. My daughter brings over her BOYFRIEND instead. Chuck, my son in law, knows she has a boyfriend and his fine with her having a boyfriend and he knew she was bring him over? Just real odd.
After a pretty good meal. Tiffy and Shady (the dogs) where on good behavior and where getting excited while Sue and I worked on the food. It not there first Thanks Giving, and knew what was coming! We feed them well, plenty of Turkey. With there age, more than likely there last one. Standing Shady's head is good foot higher than the dinning room table so see had a birds eye view. Tiff on the other hand had the worms eye view. We have a all glass dinning room table, so I can see Tiff looking at me sitting under my plate!
I came out to the garage and played with the track plan some more.
While I like this, it won't be the final plan. Need to get rid of some of the yard so I have more walk way. After I included a Train Station, clearances is down to around a foot.
What I am the most pleased with is now the town turned out. Plus was able to get some switching in as well.
Plus the lines are pretty long.
A is 119.5 feet
B is 121.9 feet
C is 118.6 feet
D is 120.9 feet
Total is 481.9 feet, and the current bench is around 320 feet.
What I don't like
1 Reach is way to long in the upper right hand connor
2 Lost the mountain feel I want.
Vincent Guess you did not read all the Dinners post. Yes I got the car Monday and you should have the Auto Rack Friday.
See you all Friday.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening .... We had enough food to feed at least three sittings in an old RR dining car ... Two turkeys at 15 pounds each, five longds of potatos, stuffung, noodles, brcoli casserole, etc, etc .... % pies!... Not much left. It was a full house!. .... BIL from Nashville could not be here. He manages a shopping mall, and the "black Friday" hours start in the evening of Thanksgiving. Some of the young familiy memebrs from Nashville who were here have some really big, self caused problems. Amazing stories.
Ken .... Layout plan looks good. If you are going to the Collinsville show, feel free to say "Hi" to Bill from Paducah who has tables of mostly railroad books. The name of his business is "Classic Trains and Ferraris". Unusual name I know. He drives a Ferrari, but not to train shows.
I hope each of you had a great day!
Gooooooooooooooooood *burp!* Evening, jug of apple cider please, along with some crackers and cheese please...thank you.
CUDA KEN: A "Springer" Thanksgiving? Nah....you'd have to have Hubby and Boyfriend wrestlin' around in the mashed taters and gravy for THAT... Definitely sounds like...an "interesting" gathering.
Me? I lucked out this year. The in-laws' gathering was reduced to the FIL/MIL going to evil SIL's house. Everybody else is/was otherwise occupied. Sooooooooooooooo, the Wife says "we're doing OUR own Thanksgiving this year." WHOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOO! Slept in quite late, didn't have to go anyplace, no annoying relatives to deal with. Now, had we gone to my parents' house last night, I would've found the disowned ex-cousin there with her boy toy. Odds are good, I would've ended up picking her up, carrying her into the bathroom, and administering multiple "swirlies" to flush the crap out from between her ears!
Yup, would've been an "incident."
Now, if we'd gone to the evil SIL's lair today... I would've had to endure yet another round of subtle and not-so-subtle "slams" from the BEEE-otch. But, she times 'em so THAT if I was to respond, I would be the one heard uttering un-pleasantries upon "number one daughter." Plus, there would've been her two bratty brats to contend with. Picture if you will, a Christmas morning. The Wife and I present gifts to said brats. Now...most kids would at least mumble a "thank you" right? Not these precious little darlings...no sir! Upon opening them, all we heard was "boring." And BERTA (the SIL) said/did nothing.
Nice 'eh?
So, instead of all THAT turmoil, we stayed put. I spent the bulk of the day performing major surgery on an MDC-Roundhouse ballast hopper. I got the thing in '86, decorated as it was for UP (MOW green). Sometime in the late 80s it was repainted to resemble an ex-RI car picked up by the CNW. But...it still just wasn't "right." The ends on the real ones are more angled. So................major surgery: cutting out the slope sheets, reducing the ends, much hacking/slicing/refabricating. To my surprise, the poor thing is actually...coming along nicely! I'll try to get some pics of it sooner or later.
ROBBY P: Happy Birthday! 31? Geesh, I remember THAT like it was only 10 years ago...
'Spose I oughta go dig out the Christmas stuff...the Wife is one who thinks it must appear after dinner on Thanksgiving Day. Still need to find insulating pins for the Lionel track, will be trying the LHS in Cedar Rapids on Sunday. Failing THAT...I've found some on-line options.
A happy and SAFE rest-of-Thanksgiving Day/Night to one and all...happy and SAFE November 25th to those in places not recognizing the helladay.
Chris
"Where's my turkey left-overs????"
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Evening/Morning/Afternoon, all.
Well, Thanksgivign sure felt like a Drumstick Dash... We went to Mom's Boyfirend's family's schtick in Salem Indiana for a large lunch (Yay Monon Semaphores!) and then raced BACK to Hendrick's Countyfor Dinner at Grandma's. She's not doing too well motion-wise. I worry about her. But she's one to want to go in HER home, not anywhere else, so the middle of nowhwere it is. (New WInchester, IN, near the former NYC-Beeline that connects Marion OH-Indianapolis-Avon-Terre Haute)
cudaken I came out to the garage and played with the track plan some more. While I like this, it won't be the final plan. Need to get rid of some of the yard so I have more walk way. After I included a Train Station, clearances is down to around a foot. What I am the most pleased with is now the town turned out. Plus was able to get some switching in as well. Plus the lines are pretty long. A is 119.5 feet B is 121.9 feet C is 118.6 feet D is 120.9 feet Total is 481.9 feet, and the current bench is around 320 feet. What I don't like 1 Reach is way to long in the upper right hand connor 2 Lost the mountain feel I want. See you all Friday. Ken
Ken: For Mountain feel, the best you'll get is when you actually do the scenery. Honest opinion: I'm not fond of the 4 wide being together the whole way around. Just not my fling. Plus, that's part of the width problem. Tomorrow, sinc eI don't see it happening tonihght witht he Turkey "sleeping pills" unless I convince myself to stay up for the flipside of Burn Notice, I want to try something on the one I've been, and I might be able to get some of that switching in there as well. (sicne it's easier for me to reflect changes on the one I have than try to duplicate yours. (Chck your Conversations, BTW.) We'll see. Don't forget too though, if you have elevated lines, they'll impede your reaching a lower swithing area.
EDIT: GAH!! Burn Notice has been replaced, I'll have to wait a week to catch them. Oh well. Ken, Merry Christmas!
Wat I basically did was instead of the loop I had at the bottom, the lower level now circles back 180* under the upper level, but is staggered out 6" so the peak of the loop sticks out between tqwo tunnels. (The bracket shaped thingies) Then it climbs over itself, drops back down under the upper level and a new switching area I've yet to design, and parrallels the tracks going into the yard where it again climbs, then cuts across a section of open-air roundhouse tracks adjacent to the roundhouse and loops around on a downgrade into the yard. May need a new location for the Grain though, and one pop-up may be required for emergency access, but I've removed the uckinder for the main part of the layout. Tra La.
Might I have an Ice cream to go pwease? I see a period of reading or web working in my future. Preferably reading though,
-Morgan
Good Morning Folks!
Just passing through, hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, and didn't eat to much.
Have a Great weekend all!
Steven
Mourning AZ
Hum, everyone one must be sleeping off there Turkey Day.
Well Morgan, I like that plan a lot. I will have a few questions latter today. I all so agree that the 4 lines running side by side one of the reasons I not in love with the last plan. But I am trying to avoid (and failing) some of the common pitfalls such as to wide of a bench. One of the reasons I was originally looking at around the room plan.
Can you E Mail a working RTS plan of the last layout?
See you all later today.
Good Morning,
I bought a package of the JTT (MRC) branches. They are wire forms with poufs of foliage on them and come 100 to a pack for $8. I’m hooked; so far I’ve planted 250 of them on the layout in groves. They look very well on the layout and short enough to reach over them if you need to, if you bump into them you can just bend them back into shape. I have a few more to plant on the near edge of the layout; once I’m done I’ll share some pictures.
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBBY!
Todd, we got about 4” of rain yesterday according to the news, no snow yet….
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.
IT'S BLACK FRIDAY !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning All,
A belated Happy Thankgiving to all. Didn't even turn the puter on yesterday and I'm in the shop this morning (the joys of self employment) with the electrician, his son and the CFO. Trying to get the new lathe, CNC and magnaflux hooked up, etc.
Dinner was at oldest sons and DILs' yesterday and a fine time it was. Daughter showed, #2 son made it in from Plattsburg, #3 son made an appearance for quite a while and DILs' sisters and sisters boyfriends showed up for dessert. Nice day all around.
Ken - I like the trend on the layout and I will side with Morgan and your reservations on the width of the table with 4 mains. Still if the don't all stay at the same elevations and you get creative with the scenery, you can have some good mountainous features with the town and yard nestled in valleys just like the real thing. As for narrowing up the yard for more room, I would lose some of the shorter sections. I assume the turntable/storage tracks are just a placeholder until you have actual parts to fit.
Back to it it I'm to get anything done today. CUL, J.R.
I see everyone survived turkey day OK? Now we've just got to make it through Black Friday and we're clear sailing for a while!
Good morning. It's 40 and cloudy. High today will be about 54. There's a 40% chance of rain this afternoon and the low tonight looks to be 30.We're having a bout of the infamous yo-yo weather. Up, down, up, down. Had a good day yesterday. Got plenty to eat yet managed to keep my blood sugar levels in check. The meter read 79 this morning so I did pretty good. I'll go back today and collect some leftovers to help stretch my own food reserves until the first of the month. My ankle got a fairly serious workout yesterday so I'll be taking it easy today. I may limit my layout work to simply installing bulbs in some structures. The bulbs I have are rated for 2.4 volts so a cluster of 3 wired in series will be sufficient on a 5 volt line. That will light the structure and will also last a while.
(door opens and a wheelbarrow enters containing what appears to be a large pink ball followed closely by Todd. Upon closer observation it is realized that he is carrying his stomach around in the wheelbarrow) Good Morning! Just coffee please. Still a bit full from yesterday.
(door opens and a wheelbarrow enters containing what appears to be a large pink ball followed closely by Todd. Upon closer observation it is realized that he is carrying his stomach around in the wheelbarrow)
Good Morning! Just coffee please. Still a bit full from yesterday.
Ken- you mean….. She has….. He doesn’t ca…..she brought the boy…. …. Wow. You win.
All I had was the, (who said it Garry?), kids and their self made money problems and how no one will help them enough to solve them. Oh, and they were complaining about the outlaw of Menthol cigarettes and how they will have to smoke non menthol. My response? “ Seems to me you have the money for $7 a pack cigarettes, I don’t wanna hear your crying and (rhymes with twitching) to me because you don’t have and need money for bills. By the way, nice fancy cell phone you have pressed to your ear there. Plan must be a doozey to allow all that texting and conversating going on.”
I still like Ken’s last plan best. I would drop the four mains to two though. I really like the town area. The mountain could be to the upper right of the town to give the area the feel. I also would probably remove about a foot of bench and the inside yard while scooting the track and a couple “rungs” of track on the big yard (oh, like J.R. said) to make the bench a bit narrower. In the corners I would make provisions for a popup, but on the flats, I agree with Morgan. 4 feet, though do able for me with a boost, is pushing it. I know you can get those over the layout things, but I’d rather spend my money on the layout. Course, as a bodyman, I’m sure Ken can weld so…..
My Black Friday shall consist of w**king at Mom’s house then w**k at the restaurant.
Y’all have a Great Day now ya hear?!!!
Good Afternoon Folks,
I can still smell roasted turkey, sweet potato mash, buttered corn and veggies in the air - did anyone leave over some of that apple and chestnut stuffing? No?
Flo, just a regular coffee for me, please.
I should start to get easy on my diet - I am losing weight too rapidly, which makes me worry. I can´t afford to buy new clothes
Ken - I kinda like and dislike your plan. I like how it is coming along, as your ideas get more and more "mature", but I still think it is way too much track in the given space, leaving only little room for scenery. The plan has now a more urban flavor to it, and I am not sure, if that´s what you want to have. Well, easy for me to criticize without chipping in my own idea, but I am still in the thinking stage. There are some ideas in my head, which are really crazy and far off your original druthers, but heck, I will put them on paper, once I am through with that thinking process. Just a hint: This is my island in the sun, where my people have toiled since time begun
Todd - belly on a wheel barrow - I thought it was a piglet for a nice pork roast here in the Diner
This weekend, the Advent season starts with a layer of snow to boost! Petra got out all the Christmas decoration stuff and our little leaving room starts to look like a Xmas bazaar. What I am still missing is the smell of cookies and Xmas punch. Actually, that´s what I like about the season, the flickering light of candles, the nice smell in the house, having time with the family. I don´t like the business side of it. Well, we are lucky - it is going to be the third Christmas without any presents
Blessings to all of you!
Good Morning All!Not much to report from the land of Buckeyes other then its 28 degrees out this morning-time to throw another log on the fire.We had a good feast yesterday and had our fill..Next bash is the Christmas dinner.Of course there was no modeling done yesterday but,I did see a Westbound NS manifest on the way home.
Ken,I don't even want to know how that set up works.WHEW!
Nice layoutI shall have a cup and look over the forum.Have a good'un!
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, just a cup of dark roast coffee for me... Ate much too much yesterday! Well, maybe one of those glazed donuts over there.... I'll eat it standing up so it won't count.
Slept in late this morning after all the festivities yesterday. Today I get to watch my granddaughters while my son and his wife go out to the stores for Black Friday!!!! Of course I can use any excuse to help out when my Granddaughters are concerned.... Then they are cooking me some great meal (Salmon on a plank possibly?) for my birthday. Yep! Made it to 64!
Doesn't look like I will get any time for the MRR again.
Oh! I have to go shut down the draw on the wood stove, It is really cranking the heat.....
Later!