A few gripes

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dirtyd79

QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly

QUOTE: Originally posted by dirtyd79

Well I had the gas pump problem licked once. My first car was a `77 Cadillac Sedan DeVille. Yep I could park on either side of the pump because the filler was hidden behind the license plate in the middle of the rear of the car.

Ever see "Family Vacation" when the Dad (Chevy Chase) thought the filler was behind the license plate? Still cracks me up.

As to why they went away? Perhaps the Pinto had something to do with it.

Yeah that was funny as hell. I heard some car really did have the gas tank filler on the fender but I can't remember which one it was.

That was the corvair for one. There were many others too.

[Billba]

I had a problem a few years back trying to design a layout. All of the ink pens and mechanical pencils that I could find were RIGHT HANDED!!! [|(][|(] I spent a couple of hours every day for about a week going to, or calling different stores. [%-)][%-)]

If it hadn't been for CadRail, I would have never gotten that layout designed!! [:P][:P][swg][swg][:-^][:-^]

[Anonymous]

This is the same forum that made accusations of trolls???

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: I just bought a new loco that I was going to run in the #2 position, facing backwards, and the one they sent me faces forward

What do you mean? Just put it on the track so it faces opposite the other one.

Well, thanks everyone i've read some pretty funny stuff here today. Maybe i can think of one to add.

[selector]

This is a true story: many moons ago, in Basic Officer Training, our instructor Sgt was using the old fashioned overhead projector to show his diagrams and notes to us on the screen behind him. He looked back when all of our heads tilted to the left, and noticed his image had shifted. I swear, he walked over to the screen and tried to tilt it.....[(-D]...with a straight face...! [(-D][(-D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by davekelly

QUOTE: Originally posted by dirtyd79

Well I had the gas pump problem licked once. My first car was a `77 Cadillac Sedan DeVille. Yep I could park on either side of the pump because the filler was hidden behind the license plate in the middle of the rear of the car.

Ever see "Family Vacation" when the Dad (Chevy Chase) thought the filler was behind the license plate? Still cracks me up.

As to why they went away? Perhaps the Pinto had something to do with it.

Yeah that was funny as hell. I heard some car really did have the gas tank filler on the fender but I can't remember which one it was.

[bogp40]

It's almost as bad as the landscape forman hollering at his help laying the sod........
Green side up!!!!

[davekelly]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dirtyd79

Well I had the gas pump problem licked once. My first car was a `77 Cadillac Sedan DeVille. Yep I could park on either side of the pump because the filler was hidden behind the license plate in the middle of the rear of the car.

Ever see "Family Vacation" when the Dad (Chevy Chase) thought the filler was behind the license plate? Still cracks me up.

As to why they went away? Perhaps the Pinto had something to do with it.

[Anonymous]

Well I had the gas pump problem licked once. My first car was a `77 Cadillac Sedan DeVille. Yep I could park on either side of the pump because the filler was hidden behind the license plate in the middle of the rear of the car. Truly "The Standard of The World". Why they stopped doing that is beyond me. Sadly in 2001 the Caddy reached the end of it's life and I bought an `83 T-Bird. As for your other problems like the upside down Kadee Couplers and the hunt for code 83 to code 100 track best of luck, I have no clue on those.

[jacon12]

I've heard some perfectly logical stuff here today. That's why I like this place.
Jarrell

[davekelly]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tigerstripe



Why would anyone still use a kanuter valve? Since I switched to DCC, I have been using dingle-arms and frakus rods although the initial cost is more they seem to work alot better. The only drawback is you have to add headlight fluid every two weeks or so.

I heard that only Digitrax works properly with frakus rods. If you have MRC or Lenz you're outta luck there.

[Anonymous]

I hate it when that happens!!

[pcarrell]

You guys have got to stop! You're killing me! [(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]

[andrechapelon]

That reminds me. Anyone know where I can get a Nella wrench? It's like an Allen wrench, but it's designed with the hex portion inside rather than outside.

Andre

[tigerstripe]

Why would anyone still use a kanuter valve? Since I switched to DCC, I have been using dingle-arms and frakus rods although the initial cost is more they seem to work alot better. The only drawback is you have to add headlight fluid every two weeks or so.

[mononguy63]

QUOTE: Did you know that if you take a raw egg and hold it directly above your head between the palms of your hands, no matter how hard you try, you can't break the egg? Go ahead, try it.

Hah! The joke's on you - I succeeded twelve times out of twelve...

[DigitalGriffin]

You know I love my wife very VERY much. Now that I have said that...

The Mrs. recently asked how to rewind the DVD the other night when the movie was over. We just stared at her, and she didn't get it.

Think I should have her design wire my zone controlled signalling DCC up? ;-) I'll throw in a couple tortoises hooked to a DCC decoer for good measure to make sure she has at least some challenge.

[jblackwelljr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell

QUOTE: Originally posted by dbduck

I ordered a Peco double slip turnout.....waited 3 weeks for delivery & when i got it out of the box....discovered that the rails where mounted on the underside of the ties. Don't get me started on my Atlas 90 degree crossing....not marked as to which way it needs to be installed

That needs to be mounted 180 degrees to the left of the opposite side. That way your train can do a U turn straight ahead.

And if that doesn't work, add a kanuter valve and twist it a little to the right and it should line right up, that is, if your spratchet is in sync.[:o)]

That actually makes sense to me.......oh nooooo....

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dbduck

I ordered a Peco double slip turnout.....waited 3 weeks for delivery & when i got it out of the box....discovered that the rails where mounted on the underside of the ties. Don't get me started on my Atlas 90 degree crossing....not marked as to which way it needs to be installed

That needs to be mounted 180 degrees to the left of the opposite side. That way your train can do a U turn straight ahead.

And if that doesn't work, add a kanuter valve and twist it a little to the right and it should line right up, that is, if your spratchet is in sync.[:o)]

[dbduck]

I ordered a Peco double slip turnout.....waited 3 weeks for delivery & when i got it out of the box....discovered that the rails where mounted on the underside of the ties. Don't get me started on my Atlas 90 degree crossing....not marked as to which way it needs to be installed

[DavidGSmith]

Thanks people, it is always nice to start the day with a laugh.

[lonewoof]

QUOTE: [i]Originally posted by cwclark
classic case of : our boy's on drugs!....LOL

Oh, man, don't EVEN get me started about drugs! Every time I open a bottle of aspirin I have to throw it out 'cause it says "DO NOT USE IF SEAL IS BROKEN". I think next time I'm going to cut a hole in the bottom of the bottle...
I get a lot of canned food I have to throw out, for the same reason!

[pcarrell]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffers_mz

Standing in the driveway, puzzling my way through a set of stair stringers, I noticed our laborer heading towards me across the garage, and the rest of the crew cutting up in the window over the garage, so I wasn't too surprised when the grunt asked me where the board stretcher was.

"Out in the truck", was all I gave him. He got a few feet along and said, "well, I haven't seen it, what does it look like?"

"Like a come-along (hand winch), only with claws instead of hooks, you know, for gripping the wood to be stretched."

The gears were turning, you could tell that, but he turned back towards the truck, took a few steps, and then turned back to ask, "what wood are you going to stretch with it?"

I held up a finger, made some meaningless marks along the framing square, partly to get my own grin under control, partly to chill the rest of the crew who were struggling not to lose it watching out the window, and growled, "bucketheads at the lumberyard sent out ten foot studs for the garage partitions, and we need twelves. I ain't got time to wait for them to get it right."

He took one step for the truck and then spun around with an accusing stare, and said, "No way. Now I know you're BSing me. You might stretch one a few inches, but no way you're getting TWO FEET."

That's a beautiful thing! LOL

[MisterBeasley]

Did you know that if you take a raw egg and hold it directly above your head between the palms of your hands, no matter how hard you try, you can't break the egg? Go ahead, try it.

[Anonymous]

Ok quit it...I think i wet myself laughing so hard......[:I]

[tigerstripe]

Does anyone know where I can get a metric screwdriver? I've looked everywhere and the people at Lowe's look at me like I'm stupid or something.
Also I think someone has been breaking into my house, drinking my beer and hiding the remote control.

[loathar]

I just drill a 1/4" hole in the top of my box cars and fill them with BB's and stick a cork in the whole. Never could figure that flat steel thing out.
In printing, we have an ink color called warm red. You get a newbie to hold his hand over the top of the open can to feel the heat coming off the ink and then push his hand down into it.(what a mess!)

[ehowe]

Heck, I just bought a new loco that I was going to run in the #2 position, facing backwards, and the one they sent me faces forward. I don't have a reversing loop on my layout yet, so I'm sending the darn thing back.

[howmus]

What gripes me is that Tortiose Machines are almost always wired backwards. At least 70% of the time you get them all hooked up and they run backwards. You'd think they could get right wouldn't you! Sheesh!

[jeffers_mz]

Standing in the driveway, puzzling my way through a set of stair stringers, I noticed our laborer heading towards me across the garage, and the rest of the crew cutting up in the window over the garage, so I wasn't too surprised when the grunt asked me where the board stretcher was.

"Out in the truck", was all I gave him. He got a few feet along and said, "well, I haven't seen it, what does it look like?"

"Like a come-along (hand winch), only with claws instead of hooks, you know, for gripping the wood to be stretched."

The gears were turning, you could tell that, but he turned back towards the truck, took a few steps, and then turned back to ask, "what wood are you going to stretch with it?"

I held up a finger, made some meaningless marks along the framing square, partly to get my own grin under control, partly to chill the rest of the crew who were struggling not to lose it watching out the window, and growled, "bucketheads at the lumberyard sent out ten foot studs for the garage partitions, and we need twelves. I ain't got time to wait for them to get it right."

He took one step for the truck and then spun around with an accusing stare, and said, "No way. Now I know you're BSing me. You might stretch one a few inches, but no way you're getting TWO FEET."