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Posted by mikesmowers on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:56 PM
    Looks like it says 192 degrees and as for the time I think it says time for a real cold beer.   Mike
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:49 PM

Hey guys, I guess it was a hot time in Leesville today. Check out the temp on the bank clock!

I'll take a white russian

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Posted by mikesmowers on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:58 PM
   No more than I know about Mr. Burns, (I haver never worked for him, you will need to ask Homer about the details) He might do anything to cover his a**.    Mike
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:51 PM
Mike, you think maybe he was burying old radioactive isotopes out there?

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Posted by mikesmowers on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:29 PM
   Is Mr. Burns dumping his waste anti-freeze in there?   Or maybe we don't really want to know.    Mike
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:11 PM
It never freezes over? Gee, I wonder why?

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:52 AM

 mikesmowers wrote:
   Morning all. Bring me a cup will ya Joe  Thanks.   That sounds like a good idea burying barrels, are you goung to put the EPA just around the corner? Mike

What?!? The EPA?  That wouldn't be prototypical.  The EPA didn't come into existence until 1970, and my layout is set in 1967, mostly.  Actually, it was characters like Monty and Wayland who made the EPA a necessity.

Just an odd co-incidence, but the building I work in was built on a reclaimed Superfund site.  We're surrounded by the kind of grassy knolls you typically see in a capped landfill, and there's even a pond with ducks and geese.  Somebody noticed that no matter how cold it gets in the winter, that particular pond never freezes over...

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Posted by mikesmowers on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:37 AM
   Morning all. Bring me a cup will ya Joe  Thanks.   That sounds like a good idea burying barrels, are you goung to put the EPA just around the corner? Mike
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:37 AM
That sounds like Mr. Burns, alright. What a devious character.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:25 AM
Yeah, I know, I'm at the top.  Set 'em up, Joe.  Hopefully, I'll need the carbs for workin' on the railroad later on today.  Interstate Fuel and Oil from Walthers will need a lot of detail painting and weathering.  With some luck, maybe the rain will let up and let me spray outside - otherwise it's the garage.  I've decided that the business will be C. Montgomery Burns Fuels.  Since nobody is making HO scale Simpsons characters yet, I think I'll go with Mr. Burns and Smithers as "wallpaper" inside the building.  Staying with the Mr. Burns motif, I also thought about a bulldozer burying several leaky 55-gallon drums of some noxious substance.  (No, Joe, I'm not talking about the coffee again.  But, uh, could I get a refill?  Thanks.)

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:37 AM

My cholesterol is up there, so I'm on Lipitor until they come up with something better, and I don't eat a "Jeffrey breakfast" in the morning, either.  My colonoscopy came back clean.  (Hmm, "clean" doesn't sound like quite the right word there.)
That's funny.

I too, have high cholesterol...To go along with the high blood pressure! My Dad is 85 and has better numbers than I do, and he eats any and everything! What gives? Oh well
While I do have high blood pressure, my cholestorol level is nothing to worry about. My good cholesterol level is 71 and the bad level is 78. Course I don't eat a lot of fast food either.

My father eats much the same things I do and he's in excellent health, and he's 73.

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Posted by colvinbackshop on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:18 AM

I'll have a Pale Ale with a lime Joe...And set up the house too!

Mr. B I too, have high cholesterol...To go along with the high blood pressure! My Dad is 85 and has better numbers than I do, and he eats any and everything! What gives? Oh well...I woke up breathing this morning, made it through the day and I'm having a cold one....All seems right!

Jeffrey, it sounds like the docs have a plan, stick with all they say to do! If they think it's an infection, then the PSA test must be with in range...Not to worry!

Chris and Ryan: I never did get any PM's from you all regarding recipes. Maybe we should just post them here??!!?? What do the rest of you think about that? MR. B, wasn't it you that was going to do my shrimp etoufee? Did you get around to it? Did it turn out?

Gotta' get to bed...I'm turning into a pumpkin!
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:14 PM

 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
They've got me on antobiotics and Floquil.

Maintain that positive attitude, regardless of the outcome of the tests.  If nothing else, they're testing for these things earlier all the time, and catching most of them before they become too serious to deal with.  I'm sure you'll be buying rounds for the rest of us when you're 90.  Tough to stop a train once it gets moving, you know.  My cholesterol is up there, so I'm on Lipitor until they come up with something better, and I don't eat a "Jeffrey breakfast" in the morning, either.  My colonoscopy came back clean.  (Hmm, "clean" doesn't sound like quite the right word there.)

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Posted by trainfreek92 on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 8:37 PM
Good Mister Beasly now I can stop in sometimes. I like to use my modelrs license on my rr a lot. lol
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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:45 PM
Went to the doctor this morning for a routine physical. My blood pressure is good, my good cholesterol level is 71, bad is 78, my protien level is a little high. Here's the possible bad news. There's a possibility that I may have prostate cancer. It's been discovered that I have moderately enlarged prostate gland. Right now we're treating it like a urinary tract infection because that's what it probably is. We'll now in a few weeks. They've got me on antobiotics and flo-max.

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Posted by mikesmowers on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:51 PM
   Inch    you are right on track,  must of had a brain fart or something.  I was thinking you bought the radar gun and it was csmith...   My deepest appology to you.  Here let me buy you a drink.
        Man do I ever feel STUPID!!!!!    Maybe to many cold ones.       Mike

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Posted by inch53 on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:33 PM
I'll have an old Mil Joe, and set up a round.

Mike,,,, think you gots me mixed up with some-one else. we haven't bought a slot car set in years, not even for the grandkids, that I remmeber. But then again the grandkids say I'm old.

Looks like I may get a short time of MRR'ing, if the luck holds.
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Posted by mikesmowers on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:16 PM
   Good luck on the RR time inch, I know sometimes it is good for the body & mind to get off  by yourself and relax at something YOU want to do.
    You were going to use your radar gun to check the speed on the slot car set you got for your son for Christmas.    Remember now or are you trying to forget?
     Joe,  Bring me and inch something to drink,  we're thiristy and you do not make any money on folks that are thiristy 
                                         Mike

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Posted by inch53 on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 5:56 PM

Evening,  a double brandy Joe, to many kids here, I need some MRR time, ain't gona happen.

 

 mikesmowers wrote:
   Inch, have you figured how fast those slot will go yet?  I'm still waiting on a full report.   Mike

Mike ,,, remind me what it was, I was suppose to figure out. Half timers has set in  lately, I done forgot. Glad your couplers solved the problem. I've got a bunch of cars to do someday.

JB,,, i haven't had any apple jack since I was a kid. Great grandpa use to make some bought every year.

Looks like I mmight get some time without kids or the wife tonight, hope hope. catch ya'll laters

inch

 

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Posted by mikesmowers on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 5:09 PM
    Good evening all you MRR'ers out there in the land of small locos.   Joe It is that time again and I am thiristy again.,,,Hay you must have seen me comming in, now that's what I call service. 
   I got my new long Kadee couplers in the mail this morning and they are installed, no more derailing or uncoupling. I am so glad for this, I have got admite I was a little let down when they would not stay coupled right out of the box and then I put the medium length couplers in and then they would derail around a sorta ''s'' curve, I know now that is a NO NO, but at the time I was laying track I did not know.  I will remember it though.   So far so good and I am one happy camper.
     What did you get done today, anything on the RR?   Will check back later.      Mike

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Posted by colvinbackshop on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:50 AM

Almost lunch time...One cold one frist Joe..Then I'll order. BTW, what's the special today?

Well...Didn't make it out to the shop to run paneling, nor out to the Trainroom to run trains! I had apples calling my name this morning that had to be addressed. So I pressed a bushel or two, coming up with about 7 gal. of cider. A couple jugs are in the cellar (I like hot mulled cider this time of year), but the rest went into "primary" with a little yeast. I may have some "Jack" for Christmas or the New Year if all goes well...

I do have to get out to the shop and push a few boards before heading for town and a swim meet this afternoon...So I'd better get a movin'

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Posted by mikesmowers on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:32 AM
   Inch, have you figured how fast those slot will go yet?  I'm still waiting on a full report.   Mike
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Posted by inch53 on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:05 AM
hi ya'll, an irish coffee Joe,, kinda cool, damp and cloudy here.

JB,,, I've done that with red and white oak here in the past. Makes a hole lot nicer wood than store bought.

Nothing going on round here, got J Bird and she's way to much help for MRR'ing, So it's odds an ends round the house.
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Posted by mikesmowers on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 8:18 AM
   Morning all, hay Joe slide me a cup of that ''heave crude' this way.  It is going to be a beaytiful day today, yesterday was nice after a slow start.  I hope I get some parts in this morning, Got some people wanting there equipment as soon as possible you all have a good one.  Mike
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:57 AM

 jeffrey-wimberly wrote:
Send a pot of his coffee to Iraq and that mess will be over in a week

A-yuh.  And when it's over, what's left of the coffee will come back to us in a barrel marked "Heavy Crude."

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:48 AM
Come on now, his coffee is stronger than that! The last time I looked, the pot was walking down the bar waving the sugar decanter and a spoon. Send a pot of his coffee to Iraq and that mess will be over in a week.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:43 AM

 trainfreek92 wrote:
Guys I would hang out but the cops might arrest me.

No, we use "Modellers' License" here to adjust the rules appropriately.  For instance, there's no Interstate Commerce Commission out there banning the use of "billboard reefers," so all those colorful cars are still perfectly legit on our roads.  Likewise, you won't be served a beer, other than a root beer, but you're free to mooch the popcorn and beer nuts.  Joe's coffee will clear the morning fog from the bay in Downeast Maine, so you might want to stick to the OJ in the AM.

Cup o' coffee, by the way, Joe.  I've gotta meet with Government types this morning, and I'll need it.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:43 AM
Set me up with a Harvey Wallbanger.

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Posted by colvinbackshop on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:14 AM
Well...Looky there, I'm on top this "go round"! Set um up Joe!! I could do another anyway!
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Posted by colvinbackshop on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:09 AM

One cold one here Joe, I'll take a Summit Extra Pale Ale with a wedge of lime...And set um up for who ever else needs one!

We've had rain today too, but we really need it, so that's OK with me. And as mentioned, the bad weather drives us into the Trainroom! Or in my case the addition project. I didn't get to the paneling, but I do have EVERYTHING else done and I am ready for the paneling! Soooo...Tomorrow I'll run some through the saw and start nailing. Did I mention that I am making the paneling??

The dimension lumber for the framing came from the lumber yard, but all of the interior lumber (actually for our entire house and Trainroom benchwork too) comes from our "Tree Farm". It is truly a labor of love...Or as my wife puts it "He graduated from The School Of Do It Yourself...The Hardest Way Possible". Which for the most part is true!

 Each piece of Aspen paneling for the new library went through the sawmill at least three times to make a rough cut board, then it got "dry stickered" out in the barn, turned once after 6 months and stickered again ...continuing to air dry for at least a year. Now the real fun begins; with two passes through the saw again (re-saw process to produce a standard width), three times through the planner to get it to a standard thickness, then twice more, either through the saw with a dado to make "ship-lap" or the spindle shaper to make tongue and groove.

Soooo....To say the least, the Trainroom is experiencing a "Slow Order" until I get the addition somewhat under control. That, of course is under the direction of the CEO of Home Development. On the other hand when she cuts me loose (in the Trainroom that is)...I'm loose and the construction season is "full tilt"!

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