BEER BARN

[Train Master]

This will take care of your dryness.

put it on my card.  * puts visa platinum unlimited on bar *

[mikesmowers]

WOW!!!!!!!


     I am suprised at you all,,,,,,
I really thought that someone would hevn been here by now to fix/repair wy wiring, Oh well, I can wait, I am positive someone will come through.


               Joe I'm dry again.................
                                                          You all have fun,                         Mike

[Train Master]

how about some orange juice then.

[GUB]

sorry, i cant drink beer. im only 13 years old. give me a large coke, with a straw.

That's okay. It's probably better for you. I should probably take your lead and drink the coke, well... maybe pepsi actually some sort of fruit juice. But then again ....

GUB

[MisterBeasley]

I'll take a Harpoon IPA and a side of nachos.  Send an order over to the young man with the duck, too, for being honest about his age.  Nice duck, David.

In my family, I've got to say Ice Hockey, to distinguish it from my daughter's fall sport, field hockey.  In another month she'll be training for winter, and skiing.  Note that we don't have to say snow skiing here in New England.  This time of year, the only way you go in the water outside is if you fall through the ice.  (No, no ice on the ponds here yet, but it won't be long.)

The experiment I'm trying with making cover-ups for those Atlas machines is to first cover the machine with plastic wrap, and then put on a cover of plaster cloth.  I've already tried this elsewhere, and the plaster cloth, once hard, will come right off the plastic wrap, leaving a thin but firm shell.  I can still cut it with scissors, and then I'll paint it and add some foliage or rocks.  We'll see how it looks in a couple of days.

[Train Master]

sorry, i cant drink beer. im only 13 years old. give me a large coke, with a straw.

[mikesmowers]

  Good evening all. I'll have a cold one here Joe, Yea that hits the spot.
Funny thing just happened, I went into the train room and thought I might put a few miles on the train, turned on the power and no lights, about that time SMOKE came from under the table!!!  I guess you all know what I'll be doing for a while.  I got under the table and looked and did not see any melted wires but did find one that was warm, it goes to some of my street lights..  Wish me luck unless one of you want to come help me out,  I'll buy the beer.      Mike
         P.S.     See if you can find it   show us all here at the Barn how good you really are.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

We'll just put the whole pack in one pitcher. Here ya go.

Now you can look in the pack to see if you won.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I'll be looking forward to it. Those beside the track switch machines are so ugly.

[MisterBeasley]

Late night here, too.  Played our regular 2 hours of ice hockey, but for whatever reason everyone kept going for another half hour after that.  Yeah, the Zamboni driver is our friend.  We offer him a beer or two after the game, and, since we're the last group on and he gets paid by the hour, he lets us stay on the ice until we drop.  I was ready for a few, but it was so late that I only had one of my own, plus a lite someone offered me in the locker room.  Then I went home and couldn't sleep.

I've got to get back into the trainroom soon.  I've got an idea for a new way to cover up Atlas switch machines.  If it works, it will save me from having to rip up track to install below-track models.  Stay tuned.  Pixels coming soon if it works, and if I can find the camera.

[colvinbackshop]

I remember Great Grandma & Pa (in southern MN) having a crank phone into the late 50's, early 60's. On the other hand Grandma & Pa (northern MN) had a rotary right from the get-go, but then again, they didn't have phone service until about 1967!

Backwards or not...I miss the seemingly simpler times of the 60's...Even the 70's for that matter. Maybe that's why the CCRY timeline is set in the early 60's!!??!! Which brings up an interesting question: How many of us model the simpler times we remember (youth / young adult)?

Having a bit of a slow start this morning, with a very late night, last night...I think Joe had to kick me out at closing!

I'm actually going to work in the Trainroom for a while today! It is an interesting scenario though....I need to get all the herbs down that have been hanging, drying in there, before any real construction can start. But, then I can lay some track!

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Know what ya mean Inch, when I came to Leesville in 70 it was a one horse town. two weeks later, the horse ran away.

I feel like something with a European flavor this morning.

And here's the weather for the Leesville area today.

Flood watch in effect from 1 PM cdt this afternoon through Friday afternoon.

Wind Chill:  60°F

Humidity:  62%

Dew Point:  48°F

So Far Today High:  62°F Low:  58°F Rain:  N/A" Rain Rate:  N/A"/h Gust:  8mph ESE

High: 75 °F
Low: 62 °F

Spot forecast:

Through 9 AM...patches of very light rain and sprinkles will continue to move east at 25 mph across the region. Rainfall amounts will very light and range from a trace to a few hundredths of an inch.

Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers in the morning...then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds up to 10 mph shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60 percent.

[inch53]

Mornin,, I'll have an irish coffee Joe, if'en ya would.

Mike ,,, I remember those well and useing them even. We didn't have a phone at home, had to go up to Bakers general store or the church parsonage to call any boby. If it was an emergancy, old Riley would come down or sent one of the kids to deliever the massage.
 Even knew the woman, Clara, that run the switch board from her house. If we were calling somebody from round there, all ya needed was a name.
 Clarksville was kinda backwards I geuss, we had a blacksmith shop too. I miss those days
inch

[colvinbackshop]

Last call, already...."Holly Mike"....Set up the house Joe! Gotta' have one for the road.

Sorry Jeffrey, but I may have to pass on the pumkin ale. I heard it's a real nitch thing this time of year, but I've never been a fan of that sort of flavored beer stuff. Guess I like the real thing too much.

Speaking of pumkin...I'm turning into one! Got to hit the hay real soon.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Hey Mike, here's a big brew for you.

 

[mikesmowers]

   Well good for you jeffrey,  This phone was in use in my ''Granny's'' house in 1960. (?).   It's good to be back among friends.        Mike

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good God, an old crank up phone. Turn the crank to ring up the operator. I haven't one of those since I was little bitty thing way back in 63.

[mikesmowers]

   Evening all, Joe how about a cold one over here,   Thanks.
   Well it's good to be back, seems like I have been gone two months. How is everybody doing?  Had my grandmothers funeral yesterday, was about the nicest funeral I have ever been to. I was asked to be a pallbearer, and was glad to do that for her, she has done so much for me in the past 49 years.  She was ready to go home and it was time.
     Spent most all afternoon at her house (which is 1 block from from here) going through the house.  How may of you know what this is?




I got this from my granny. It is an original although my dad put a radio (tube type) in it about 40 years ago.

  Have a good one & thanks.                                Mike

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Hey guys, it's that time of year. How about some Pumpkin Ale?

 

[SilverSpike]

- - - - - -NEWS FLASH - - - - - -

 

Moderate drinking reduces men's heart attack risk

Read the article here: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=20720

 

 

[colvinbackshop]

ONE and only ONE, Joe...Then I've got to head for town and an out-of-town swim meet.

Yesterday was "get it out of the garden" day...Today has been "do something with it now" day! Just got done cleaning / washing about 5 qts. of pearl onions. They are now bagged and in the freezer. Yes, it is most likely faster and "for sure" a whole lot easier to buy the darn things....But, what the hey!!

All week I've got major projects / demands for my time, but I've told myself that I really need to spend, at least, a little time in the Trainroom too! I hope I can actually do that!

Gotta' run!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Just stopping in for a quick drink before heading to the LHS with the neighbors kid. He's home from school today due to the bus breaking down.

I'll take something European today.

That'll work! See ya'll later.

[Train Master]

silverspike: jeff says no idea about cause of train wreck as of yet. investigation gos on. will keep checking.

[SilverSpike]

Too early for a stiff one, but some Irish coffee might be a good idea right about now!

Mr. B, thanks for the pork tenderlion recipe.

Jeff, I like the portion control on that draft! And thanks for covering that PA train wreck, looks like quite a mess. Any idea what caused the derailment?

 

 

 

[GUB]

Good Morning All.... I'll have a coffee to start. Anybody here belong to a Model Railroading club and if so do you find it benefiscial? I'm thinking of joining one nearby... not sure if will be advantageous to join it or not. Well... gotta go to work now. Will check back later.

GUB

[MisterBeasley]

That's better.  Should wash down a few beer nuts with that mug.  I'll take a Tall Toad.  (One of the beers from the old Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics of the 1960's.  That and Tree Frog beer.  Anyone remember those?  I might make up decals and put them on the sides of buildings, just for a laugh.)

I massaged that track again, and got it to work better for the 0-6-0.  Unfortunately, it's still "temporary" trackwork, held down with bent paper clips.  That part of the layout leads up to the Moose Bay Bridge, and I'll need to pull the bridge off once I get to the scenery stage over there.  So, no glue-and-ballast yet.  I'll just have to take it slow around that turn.

I dug the pit for burying a few barrels, and built up some piles of dirt around it for the bulldozer to push back in.  It's got some plaster cloth on it, too, so maybe over the weekend I can put on some gypsolite and maybe even think about painting it.  The CFO heads down to Florida to visit her parents for a week on the first of November, so I'll likely have some time to do serious scenery work.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Here ya are, one beer!!

[colvinbackshop]

Russian works!!! A goodly portion of my roots are Russian! And I'm real proud of that.

And, hey, let's face it...A good beer, is a good beer no matter it's country of origin.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

How about joining me for a Russian beer?

[colvinbackshop]

One cold one for me Joe...and set up the house too!

Jeffrey, thanks for the pictures! Going to be a bit of clean up after that one! Hope anything spilling into the river was truly, mostly alcohol....Might have less impact!

All went well in the garden today and I've caught up on most of the chores too...Then it was off to work. Work went OK too, but what can I say....Work is Work! If I didn't have to work for somebody else, me thinks life could / would / should be a lot more simple! I would not only be able to stay on top of all the daily / monthly / yearly chores I have around here....I'd have time to work on the railroad too.

Maybe one more Joe...A Pale Ale with a wedge of lime!