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Elliot´s Trackside Diner May 2011 - Welcome Aboard, Everybody!

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Posted by lone geep on Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:01 PM

lone geep

 james saunders:

Edit: Lone Jeep - Try this website: http://www.trainweb.org/cajonsubgifs/train_gifs.htm or http://www.bluarcher.com/traingifs/frograil/intermodal/gundMaxiIV-1.htm

Cheers,

OzJim

 

 


Thanks. The web address isn't working which is why I have quoted it.

The Lone Geep

These web addresses still aren't working. Can anybody please help?

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, May 5, 2011 5:59 PM

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Jeff, nice photo of your van there. Smile

But I think your computer has the hiccups...

Why's that?

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Thursday, May 5, 2011 5:56 PM

Good Afternoon, Zoe - I'll have a RBF please. Thanks, I already had a late lunch (earlier in the afternoon).

Ray, I understand from Flo that you just missed a skillet-whomping the other day. What was that for? She said I didn't "need to know"...  Sounds like up your way, they're REALLY picky about whose blood they'll take! Smile, Wink & Grin

Ulrich, another nice-looking loco on the way. Thumbs Up (did Hobby Search give you a guess on how long it might take on this one?)

Jerry, good to hear that you and Sallie are okay. Ah, track-cleaning...(have some of that THAT I will need to do, once I get the wiring part done).

Jeff, nice photo of your van there. Smile

But I think your computer has the hiccups...

But I think your computer has the hiccups...

But I think your computer has the hiccups...

Rob, thanks for letting us know that you all are safe and well. How long did it take for them to get your power back up and running? And any guess on how long until you can get your roofs all back on? Wow - was your shot of the road taken from the 'toward the main road' side, or from your house's side?

Thayne, I hear you about 'too much month at the end of my paycheck'. Sigh Hey, at least YOU know all the w**k you put into the garden (while your wife's getting the credit for how great it looks - or tastes, if it's a veggie garden).

Vincent, sometimes ya just gotta walk away to avoid being considered rude (as opposed to others who are just stupid...). Do you think it was really the gal's roommate who messed(TM) up her car? Smile, Wink & Grin Hey, you did great, getting $44 back on that $50 book! Around these parts, if you get above 50 percent of what you paid, you're doing well (plus, the publisher about always puts out a new edition each year, so the bookstores often won't buy them back anyway).

LoneGeep, maybe you and Barry should form the Grey-Day club - I think his weather is dull grey over half of the days. Storm But it beats about a week or so of rain, eh?

MononJim - they have your kid plotting three-dimensional curves? Sheesh! Graphing *anything* in 3 dimensions was tough enough, let alone some weird curves and planes.Surprise And (chuckle..snicker...guffaw..) thanks for posting THAT Dave Barry article. Laugh Still funny!

OzJim - Welcome back (it's been a while, hasn't it?)! How's your layout coming along? And do they celebrate New Year's differently down under than we do up here? Smile, Wink & Grin Good to hear from you!

AZBob, I would guess that you might have more time for layout w**k with that kinda schedule - do you? I know that my schedule has me in the office only about one week out of three (but nights one of the other two, plus on-call an entire Sat./Sunday and Mon. night in one of the 3 weeks. (Hmm, so why is my layout not further along...?Huh?) And your hardware store stocks train stuff? Cool! Cool

As for gas prices, I heard that the big problem on the fluctuations is due to traders who are speculating on 'gas futures' (not to be confused with what happens after Todd eats too many chili dogs...). The traders buy futures (which jacks up the price for crude oil) and/or sell them, depending on every little thing that they fear might cause shortages (and therefor make them money). Just plain ol' greed, that's all. (IMHO). What? Zoe, how about we move this SoapBox back to its corner now?

Todd, I was gonna ask you about THAT first video link, but... nevermind... Whistling Hey, about Lee's comment about not sneezing, for those who have done THAT prep, that's not funny, just scary!SurpriseOops By the bye, have you noticed that your signature typesize is bigger? Or is that just my eyes the forum software? Wink

Galaxy, I'd agree with those who said "Don't go far from the toilet" Actually, I would disagree - SIT on that toilet when you drink that WONDERFUL drink they gave you (it can act rather quickly and without much of any warning. Oops (I didn't have ALL the test you're having, but did have the 'clean you out in places you don't wanna think about' milkshake) Hope by the time I get through the rest of the posts, Good to hear that you have a good report back for us.

Garry, I was wondering how far off the floor your wiring for your layout was (at its lowest). Forgot about your power tools. But good if the water level is going down now. (Whew!) Maybe you should ask the sheriff about 'poaching' laws for those guys in the bass boat...Wink

NE RailModeller - good to see you have your 'puter up and w**king again!

So Barry, did you get those decals at the LHS, and are you now a certified Rivet Counter? Whistling Good to hear the report from your doctor. Thumbs Up

Lee, have you tried the Champion Decals website? Last time I was there, they said they were still selling off their remaining stock of decals (which doesn't mean that they have the ones you are looking for...). Of course, it's been a few months since I was there... Worth checking the site and/or calling them, maybe.

Well (water level is starting to drop now...), I'll sit a spell at the RC until it's time for me to head home. Tomorrow is payday...

 

Blessings and prayers (for better weather),

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, May 5, 2011 5:00 PM

thortenney

Jeffery, You sure do good paint work!  Do you just use a spray can as your profile thingy says or do you also have a air brush?  I don't  know why but i started thinking about that last night while I was trucking. I guess because you take the time to share so many great photos of your projects.

Combination spray can, chalks, weathering powder. In some cases latex house paint.

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Posted by tcwright973 on Thursday, May 5, 2011 4:55 PM

Curt - Thanks, I was hoping it wasn't just my system.

Tom

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Posted by sfcouple on Thursday, May 5, 2011 4:53 PM

Congrats to both Galaxy and Jeff for good news on the medical front..

I've put down about 3' of flex track, one turnout, and ran a locomotive for the first time since tearing my old layout down--about a year ago.  It didn't run very far, 3', but it sure looked good !  

And we caught zero, nada, no, fish today.  But a great big one got away from me...<g>

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Posted by Cederstrand on Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:49 PM

Coffee refill, please.

Just waiting on our farrier to arrive. Life on the farm continues, regardless of all the clean up still to do.

Forgot to mention that when we were out and about the other day we got caught at a RR-crossing. Big Smile We watched a train being pulled by 7 Big CSX locos w/ 1 small switcher behind them pulling over 90 mixed freight cars. It slowed down to a crawl, I'm guessing because it was entering a tornado damaged area.

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Posted by Curt Webb on Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:35 PM

Afternoon All,

Finally had a chance to sit down. Ran all my errands today and painted the wood on top of my layout brown. That would of  been much easier before the track was laid. Recieved my 3 Bowser stock cars today in the mail. I now have 3 buildings and 3 cars to buildBig Smile.

Lee-  I have a bunch of Champion PRR decals that are in the time frame you need. Send me a message and I will check what I have.

Jeff-  Nice weathering job on the 4-8-4.

Galaxy- Hope the procedure went well today.

Heartland- Glad the water is going down.

Tom- I have the same  problem logging into the forum. The log on button is missing.

Everyone take care.

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:30 PM

evening all

proceedure went fine. another in 10 yrs. Gastroenterologist said maybe all my meds are making my Irritable Bowel SYndrome kick up.

Not much else. will rest rest of the day.

Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!

later

-G .

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Posted by thortenney on Thursday, May 5, 2011 3:12 PM

HAPPY THURSDAY EVERY ONE!  Not much to report here, The T.V said it's the nicest day of the year here so far. I have been outside all week w**king on the yard and doing some bird watching at the same time. I have my humming bird feeders out but I have not seen one yet, (this year) I have heard them though so I think they are in the area? Our club meeting is on Saturday. I am pretty excited for that! 

Howmus, I have all ways enjoyed  your posts, Your story about showing 5 forms of I D so you could give blood. Reminded me of the time the teller at my old bank made me show I D  to deposit my pay check into my own checking account, (I was not getting any cash back) I asked the same kind of question." Is there a problem with people making random deposits in strangers accounts??")

Jeffery, You sure do good paint work!  Do you just use a spray can as your profile thingy says or do you also have a air brush?  I don't  know why but i started thinking about that last night while I was trucking. I guess because you take the time to share so many great photos of your projects.

Any way you all take care!

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, May 5, 2011 2:42 PM

 Afternoon folks!

 Thank you Flo. She must have seen me roll up and had my Beer ready! Big Smile

 Got the back yard cut today. Funny how you remember it being harder than it accurately is? Whistling

 K-10 Model Trains Ken (the owner) had one one each of left and right turnout in stock 20-220 and 20-221 and the other 2 should be in next week. Thumbs Up

 Ray Or should I call you Mr. Superintendent? Big Smile Got your letter today and Thank You! Todd told Sue to watch for your letter as well.

 Was going to work on the gate today, but till I get the rest of the Lumber why bother?

 Got into Computers around 1995. One of the mangers that was a computer head told me it would change my life forever, and it has! For Good and Bad!

Good I have learned a lot and made friends that I would never other wise met! Had a Mopar Fan fly from England and spent a week with me.

Bad Rather play on the computer than build a Gate! Whistling

 See you all Friday!

              Ken, plating Test 6 again, and again and again!

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Posted by tcwright973 on Thursday, May 5, 2011 2:18 PM

I'm wondering if anyone else is having the same problem I've been running into all afternoon. I no longer have the "FORUM" block on the home page. To get here now, I had to go to the bottom of the home page and click on "COMMUNITY" in order to access the forums. Sort of a back door approach, but at least it works. I haven't changed anything on my end, so I'm just not sure what's going on.

Tom

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Thursday, May 5, 2011 1:42 PM

Good afternoon.

Glad to see each of you.

Good news from home in KY.  The lake dropped six inches since yesterday. They can not allow much more out over the dam while the flooding on the Ohio River and the Mississippi River remains an emergency.

Lee.... We are on the Cumberland River down stream from Nashville, TN and Clarksville, TN as it flows to the Ohio River. Our man-made lake is called Lake Barkley. .... We are in the Land Between the Lakes region. The other lake, Kentucky Lake is man-made from the Tennessee River, and it is west of us.

James in Oz .... I recall seeing videos of flooding Down Under a few months ago. Scary.

Cheers

GARRY

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:47 PM

Good afternoon. It's 71° and mostly sunny. The high is due to be 78° and, mostly sunny and comfortable.

Went to see my foot doc this morning. He's pleased with the job I'm doing keeping the wound free of infection. Warmer weather is coming so I have to really be on guard. Went to Office of Motor Vehicles to renew my handicap parking permit. Guess what took longer. Nothing on the schedule today.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:47 PM

Good afternoon. It's 71° and mostly sunny. The high is due to be 78° and, mostly sunny and comfortable.

Went to see my foot doc this morning. He's pleased with the job I'm doing keeping the wound free of infection. Warmer weather is coming so I have to really be on guard. Went to Office of Motor Vehicles to renew my handicap parking permit. Guess what took longer. Nothing on the schedule today.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:47 PM

Good afternoon. It's 71° and mostly sunny. The high is due to be 78° and, mostly sunny and comfortable.

Went to see my foot doc this morning. He's pleased with the job I'm doing keeping the wound free of infection. Warmer weather is coming so I have to really be on guard. Went to Office of Motor Vehicles to renew my handicap parking permit. Guess what took longer. Nothing on the schedule today.

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Posted by Cederstrand on Thursday, May 5, 2011 11:00 AM

Strong coffee in a  SUNNY SOUTHERN  mug, please.

Have a great day y'all.

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Posted by howmus on Thursday, May 5, 2011 10:46 AM

Mornin' everyone!

Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, over easy on the eggs, bacon, home fries, and a double order of sour dough toast.  Oh. and a cup of dark roast coffee in a R&GV RR mug.

I am home from my twice yearly visit to the vampire.....  The gal doing the blood draw couldn't find any veins in me so she dug around for a while (actually little pain involved) and then decided to start over and found one halfway down my forearm.  In order to have the blood draw, I now had to produce my Green Hospital card, my insurance card, and a photo ID to prove that I wasn't getting anything for free.....  I told the receptionist, Gee, I bet you get all kinds of people who wake up in morning, steal somebody's signed lab work sheet, produce a fake green card, and insurance card just to have blood work done...  I can just hear someone getting out of bed in the morning and saying, "Gee, I'd really love to have someone do blood work on me this morning...  Yes, THAT would be a lot of fun..."  Yep, can't be too careful these days!  I also told that her I had done the required fast and my next stop was to be Water Street Cafe downtown.  She agreed they have the best breakfasts!!!Big Smile  (In fact I had what I ordered above.)

As somebody already noticed there is a peculiar brightness in the form of a big yellow ball outside in the sky this morning.  Currently 54°F under sunny skies.  That is good so the folks sandbagging their Seneca Lake properties can w*rk on a nice day and not have to wear rain slickers.....  Yep the lake is now at record levels and doing a number on the sandy shores in the high rent district.  Hope to get the rest of the lawn mowed today as well as finish up some committee w*rk that needed to be done a few days ago.

Hope you all have a great day!

73

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Posted by Cox 47 on Thursday, May 5, 2011 10:26 AM

Good Morning All...Its sunny and cold here..weather guesser on TV says 80's next week...I'll have coffee and sweet roll please...thank you...

Monon Jim..enjoyed your Monon Photos..thanks for posting...

Ran trains for awhile this AM...got couplers on a NKP caboose and tryed it out...

You all have a good one...Jerry

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, May 5, 2011 8:33 AM

 Morning Folks. Yawn

 Flo, Diet Dew

 Lee I am jealous as well, with me sleeping of a 15 year old lumpy couch. I won the King Mattress set from Kingsdown when I was working at the Evil places. I was the Kingsdown salesperson of the year in the St Louis Distract for 4 years in a row.

 Monon Jim Thanks for the Monon Fix Of The Day! To bad you did not have a real camera with you. What was the approximate address? I would like to Goggle Earth the site.

 Train Front Finally working on the PK 1000 F units that I bought motors for a few months back. Motors are by Bear and while close to the PK motors, they will need a little work to fit the PK frame. Only one end of the Bear motor has mounting screws for the motor mount, the other end will need to be glued on. Plus the new motors electrical leads are just a tad wider then the PK's. I will need grind out the chassis so they don't hit the chassis. 

 See you all later today.

             Ken

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Posted by TMarsh on Thursday, May 5, 2011 8:23 AM

Good Morning!! Coffee and a warm caramel roll with chopped pecans please. Thank you. What? Oh yes Dark Roast please. After I got hooked on the stuff, it’s my flavor of choice now. Uh, unless I say other wise of course. Hey, ya never know what the mood will be like on any given morning.

Supposed to be a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65 today, then a 60% chanceT-storms tonight before 1am. Nothing severe is expected. But hey, 70’s from tomorrow on out and supposed to be the 80’s Tuesday….Cool

Bama? Ryan? You guys out there? Zoe, leave a pie on the counter as bait for PC. See if that brings him in.

Welp, I got NOTHING done yesterday I wanted. Spent 4 hourse fixing the sump pump, a normal ten minute job. Froze screw. Chisel drill, tap, Mr Murphy stopped by a copuple times. You know the deal, but it was the trying to avoid all that that cost all the time. Didn’t have a 10-24 screw so to Big-R to get ONE, then itwas done. Kicker was when I got out there to the house and actually looked at the pump and a proper diagnosis as opposed to a " yup, ain't pumpin'. Probably the 34 year old pump". It wasn’t the pump. ‘Twas the backflow valve. Flapper broke and I guess was going flat up and falling flat down. So, back to town to get a one way valve. It, of course, was not as tall as the old one so, that took some shifting around to make it fit the gap created by the removal of the old one. SighLove it. I did get some grass picked up off the back yard. Just the side and a pile in the way back corner to go.

Ken- More like I trust you to tell me you got it than the POLaugh. Actually, it would be the first item I ever mailed something that didn’t make it. Always a first I guess. Real reason was I didn’t want to trouble you with a trip to the bank.

LOL!!!!! Sorry G, not laughing at you, Lee’s comment just struck me as funny... "don't sneeze" Laugh. By the way, good luck today.

Rob- With all those trees around you were definitely lucky.

Garry- I’ll pray for your luck to hold out and the lake will not make it to your house. But IIRC, didn’t you say something last time about the dam and you should be OK? Just in case though. You never know what could happen. (later) Ah, I see you’ve answered that.

Monon Guy- I loved Dave Barry. Thanks for posting.

Hey NERM, glad you made it back. You too Aussie Jim.

Today, I hope to stay home until w**k this evening and do things around here that need done. Like play with trains, among other non-train related projects. Little things each one, but the pile of “HAYEG”’s (that’s Honey Are You Ever Gonna…?’s) are getting pretty tall now so I need to start whittlin away at that.

Say….Anybody heard from J.R.?? Maybe he’s at a race. Can’t remember if he said he was or not. I remember something about the truck….Confused.

Welp, best get a movin’ Here‘s to you G (raises coffee cup) Bottoms up! AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAAA!!!

(leaves with tears in eyes)

Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!

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Posted by LSWrr on Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:07 AM

Good Morning,

I need help, No, you don’t need a degree to help me out.  Since Champion Decals went under I need help finding Pre-1959 PRR, BLE, and NYC decals.  Microscale and Walther’s only handle the Post-1960 decals.

Rob, that’s good news you have helpers coming and that no serious damage (nothing that can’t be fixed) to your farm.

Garry, that water looks close, what river is that in your back yard?  So you had poachers on your property fishing?  Not many can claim that!

You can transplant an authentic German cook, but you lose the authentic German ingredients.

Ken, ask about a sleep apthia test.  I’m jealous, $4800 bed?  Sure beats my 7 year old $300 bed with the 2x4 frame.

Wayne got to sleep in this morning, not fair!  I have to get up at 0500 to earn that MRR money (so I think its really 0300, different time zone).

Galaxy, good luck I had to have something like that done a few years ago and it wasn’t fun.

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Posted by sfcouple on Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:01 AM

Good Morning to one and all, 

Best Wishes Galaxy, happy thoughts coming your way from Montana this morning. 

Having my first cup of coffee bright and early at 6am, taking my wife and mother-in-law fishing this morning and then back to work on my layout.  Hoping to lay my first piece of track in over a year and maybe have a loco running by the end of the day.  

Wayne 

 

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Posted by galaxy on Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:55 AM

Morning guys

well today is "the proceedure" so you all know what I will be doing!

'nuff said...leave for hospital in less than 3 hours.

Havea great one guys!

-G .

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, May 5, 2011 6:35 AM

*whew*

Good Morning!

We are currently having sun out there..yes..that strange yellow orb has showed itself here...and it will get to 64F today..Smile, Wink & Grin

Boy, did I get good news..so far everything I've been doing is working..I actually lost some more weight from me ...YAY!!!Smile, Wink & Grin

Anyway...no Flo, I am quite OK...I am merely a happy camper here...Whistling

Today we will be going to the LHS to pick up some more things there...plus look at some rivet decals...Whistling

I'll have a coffee and a breakfast platter please..I'll be over at the RC for a bit

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:04 AM

Good Morning ! from Tipton IN.

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Posted by ns3010 on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:54 PM

Evening all. Nothing for me, thanks

Had a rough game today. We played the town where I used to play on the youth team, so I knew a lot of the guys. We got destroyed, 16-4. We'll see what happens with tomorrow's game; I don't know how they are.

Also, I got ACT scores back (took them in April). For those that don't know how the system works, you can get a score between one and 36 on each of the four sections. They are averaged together and that is your composite score. I got a 33 on English, a 32 on Math, a 33 on Reading, and a 31 on Science. When averaged together, my composite score was 32.
My essay, however, was apparently not that great. I got a 6 out of 12. Here are the comments on my score report:
"Comments on Your Essay: Your essay responded to the prompt by taking a clear position on the issue. Your essay used some specific details, reasons, and examples, but it needed more of them."
To me, THAT sounds like it was pretty good, and the comments made it sound like it would have been higher than a 6. Oh well, I'm still pleased with my scores!

SAT's on the other hand, I'm somewhat concerned about. I'm taking them on Saturday, and my PSAT's were not that great (for me). However, even if I don't end up doing that well, I can always retake the SAT, or I could just send my ACT scores.

Now catching up on posts from Page 6 to now...

Monon Jim, thanks a lot, but, sorry, I should have been a little clearer on the circumstances.

Last summer, I worked two jobs, on checking badges on the beach 10-4 on weekends, and bussing tables at a restaraunt 5-11ish various days, but almost every Saturday and Sunday. Towards the summer, I started waiting at the restaraunt, and my number of hours increased. Even before the increase, it was hard working from (basically) 10am-11pm two nights a week. This year, I'm planning on waiting at the restaraunt and not doing the badge checking. It's not all that formal, not to mention that the boss is good friends with my parents. I want to sound mature and responsible about it, but I just don't want it to be overkill. Laugh

Also, since I'm in Precalc now, I have to ask, what was the homework on? We're on logarithm's now, nothing too bad.

Uhhhh, Ray, you said you were'nt swearing. Might wanna check the second half of that third word...

Robby, it seems that you have made it into MR's Trackside Photos. Although I am no longer a subscriber, congrats, nonetheless!

Barry? Barry??? Flo, don't you think maybe you hit him a little hard? What? No, I didn't say anything, I promise. *Phew*

Rob, sorry to hear about the damage, but glad to hear that you are fine.

Vincent, glad to hear you like the new job. Where is it?

Galaxy, hoping all goes well for you.

Welcome back, NERM!

Well, it's getting late, and I have another test tomorrow, so I better get ready to hit it for tonight. Catch ya later!

EDIT: Looks like it's on me again...

          
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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 8:21 PM

Meatloaf dinner, please.

***Jim, ever modelled that coaling tower? Has a neat look about it.

Turns out it's our neighbor's church group coming out here on Sat. to help cut up fallen trees and he plans on bringing a piece of heavy equipment, perhaps his trackhoe. Sure would make a few of the larger trees easier to deal with.

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Posted by lone geep on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 7:02 PM

james saunders

Edit: Lone Jeep - Try this website: http://www.trainweb.org/cajonsubgifs/train_gifs.htm or http://www.bluarcher.com/traingifs/frograil/intermodal/gundMaxiIV-1.htm

Cheers,

OzJim

 


Thanks. The web address isn't working which is why I have quoted it.

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Posted by mononguy63 on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 7:00 PM

Evening, all. I'll have the lowfat barbeque bacon cheesburger and no-carb curly fries with a fat-free chocolate shake, please.

I had quite the day today. Was in Lafayette, IN on business and took a few minutes (not on the Company clock, of course) to go seek out the location of the former Monon Lafayette Shops. Boy did I find it! Snapped a couple of photos - I had to use the digital zoom on my phone so the picture quality ain't what it could be.

Spotted the old coaling tower, which is pretty neat that it's there at all since the Monon was completely dieselized by 1948

Plus the surviving Shops buildings

One of the structures is the paint shop, not sure about the other. The place has certainly seen better days, but I was totally geeked up seeing the remnants of the facility.

After that I dropped by Hawkins Rail (one of my favorite places on the planet), where I finally expended a gift certificate I'd received as a Christmas gift last December. Picked up some pieces of various rolling stock. Of course I, uh, ahem, I wasn't, shall we say, completely accurate with my running total as I collected stuff off the shelves and overspent the gift certificate a little. Devil My wife expressed her opinion about that after I got home...

In my book, that's still a pretty good day...

Jim

"I am lapidary but not eristic when I use big words." - William F. Buckley

I haven't been sleeping. I'm afraid I'll dream I'm in a coma and then wake up unconscious.  -Stephen Wright

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