MrB, Is Sunday River a ski resort? The only thing that I know about Maine, is that all the weird stuff in the Steven King misterys take place there.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
I used to spend all my summers in Maine, and some of the winters too. Lived in Belfast, Thorndike, and out on Deer Isle. Great places to grow up!
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Hope that everyone had a great Christmas.
I had to work yesterday, but I am back at it. I put some vegetation on my rocks and Larry worked on installing a decoder in our RH 2-8-0. Due to some faulty wiring from the factory, the loco fried the MRC sound decoder. Aftger some corrections to the wiring a regular MRC decoder works but the loco does not want to accelerate slowly. On our next trip to LHS, we will look at some different brands of decoders.
My glue should have dried by now so back to work.
Dave-the-Train wrote: Anyone know a good cold remedy?
gear-jammer wrote: MrB, Is Sunday River a ski resort? The only thing that I know about Maine, is that all the weird stuff in the Steven King misterys take place there.Sue
Yeah, it's where we've done almost all of our skiing for the past 16 years, ever since our daughter Annie was born. We used to ski Killington in Vermont, but that's a singles mountain, and Sunday River is much more family-friendly. Being in Maine, they don't get the crowds from New York and Connecticut that the Vermont resorts get. This week, they only got 40-some trails out of 130 open, all completely on man-made snow, but even that was a Herculean effort on the part of the snowmakers.
My old legs can't take 5 days of straight skiing, though. I used to be able to do that, but I was really feeling the fatigue by mid-morning by the third day out. I think I'll spend the rest of the week working on the trains.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
jblackwelljr wrote: Dave-the-Train wrote: Anyone know a good cold remedy? We use something called Boilo. It's pretty much exclusive to the county I live in (a homemade remedy)and would probably be deemed a hazardous material to ship, but it sure works for me. And if it doesn't cure you, it makes you not care that you're sick. Hope you get better.
Pathfinder wrote:My biggest concern is that if there is a proliferation of chat threads then the one topic threads get bumped to the bottom of the chat ones (assuming they are active on a dally basis ). Currently there are a lot more than just the three that people have mentioned and there is a risk that they could overwhelm the first page.Maybe it is time bergie set up a section for these chats to be posted to? Then they could all be in one place and easy to access without impacting the other users of the forum
Actually, Pathfinder, (having posted on the Coffee Shop and having also hunted for other topics at times) one thing that I would like to see, if Bergie or the powers-that-be can arrange it, to be able to look at the forum threads in alphbetical order. There are so many threads here that it's hard to locate ones I want to see (but haven't yet, so I don't have them bookmarked). Also, the position on the header/forum topic page shifts - so going from one page to the next and back can wind up with new listing on that page, which is confusing. If we could make a setting or click on the column headings to change to alphabetical order, it would help me, and which topic is posted to most often/most recently wouldn't interfere.
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Lisa, I am glad to see that you made it through the holidays. It is always good to get back into our routines. Previously, you had asked about sound with steam locos when you do not have DCC. I just got a new Roundhouse 4-4-0 that was R-T-R with sound. It has a remove control to run the sound if you are not wired for DCC. It has the best sounding bell of all our locos. There is hope so keep looking. You might find something without making the change.
Have fun with your new camera.
Whew - it's a little dusty in here - no one's been in for 4 days or so.
Anyway, it's Saturday morning in NE PA and sunny and 63 outside. I'm not complaining but I'm also not prepared. The little fun car is all tucked away for the winter, all the patio stuff and grill are in the shed. I have my supply of firewood stacked and ready to go. I tried working in the train room but the sun shining through the window is calling me outside. Guess I can always take in the outside Christmas lights - I'll have to put on some sunscreen though.
I hope you skiers get your money's worth - I guess it's a bit of a bummer with this crazy weather.
Maybe I'll go wash my truck........
Jim, The sun is out here, but it is still in the high 30's. It is relief from the horizontal rain that we had yesterday. We have trees down that need to be limbed and cut up for next years firewood. Oh well, the train room is calling. Have fun outside.
lisap wrote:Hey everyone, Has anyone seen winter it ran away from the NE and I was wondering if anyone has seen it. (I really don't care but the skiers are starting to bum out over it.)
Hey Lisa, We are surely having it out here. We had 2 feet of snow in the mountains this weekend. Looks like we will have snow here at sea level again by Wednesday. Are you finding it warm enough to get out to the shed?
P.S. Are the Seahawks lucky ducks or what? Did anyone see the game?
Here is my New Years present to myself. Larry could not stand it so he weathered it. It was a hot deal at the not so LHS. Sound and all.
This is some of my rockwork project.
OK, I just got back from skiing in Maine. The snow is all machine-made, and they've lost a lot since we were last up there a week and a half ago. Still, a bad day of skiing beats a good day of work. I was generally able to find some good snow on the little-used trails up at Sunday River, but my legs are really beat from the hard work, yesterday pushing all the heavy slush around the mountain, and today absorbing the shock of the ice after it all froze up.
Sue, love the engine, and the talus slope below the cliffs. Is that one of your Bragdon foam castings?
Seems like my Patriots were the only ones who could manage a convincing win this weekend. I think everyone else just waited for their opponents to hand them the game on a platter.
MisterBeasley wrote: OK, I just got back from skiing in Maine. The snow is all machine-made, and they've lost a lot since we were last up there a week and a half ago. Still, a bad day of skiing beats a good day of work. I was generally able to find some good snow on the little-used trails up at Sunday River, but my legs are really beat from the hard work, yesterday pushing all the heavy slush around the mountain, and today absorbing the shock of the ice after it all froze up.Sue, love the engine, and the talus slope below the cliffs. Is that one of your Bragdon foam castings?Seems like my Patriots were the only ones who could manage a convincing win this weekend. I think everyone else just waited for their opponents to hand them the game on a platter.
I haven't skied in years. I did take a snowboard lession last year. That was different. I may try again. We had 2 feet of snow in the passes this weekend. One of the dentists that I work for is on the ski patrol at a local area. They were going to have avalanche training this weekend. Sounds like the conditions were right.
Yes, thankyou, that is the bragdon foam rock. It is hard to get enough vegetation on the rock. Washington is like that. If one grain of dirt or sand will stick, something will grow there.
Did you see the Seahawks/Cowboys game? The safety play looked like a volleyball game. The last quarter (if you we a Seahawks fan) was exciting.
lisap wrote: Well after some time my old Thread was getting just that OLD! So here we are, good bye to some times I feel..Consider this a place to chat about anything. Sue (I know you'll be stopping in) I'm gad to hear that Larry got your roof fixed. My train layout is on hold for the winter, I'm afraid my shed is much to cold to work in, my Engines have found a home in my china cabinet. My Chirstmas train is all set up and at least I can run my engines on that. I t doesn't satisfy as much but it's something. I hope to meet lots of new people and feel free to tell about who you are and what you model, hopefully we'll be able to help each other out with our favoite hobby.
Well after some time my old Thread was getting just that OLD! So here we are, good bye to some times I feel..
Consider this a place to chat about anything.
Sue (I know you'll be stopping in) I'm gad to hear that Larry got your roof fixed.
My train layout is on hold for the winter, I'm afraid my shed is much to cold to work in, my Engines have found a home in my china cabinet. My Chirstmas train is all set up and at least I can run my engines on that. I t doesn't satisfy as much but it's something.
I hope to meet lots of new people and feel free to tell about who you are and what you model, hopefully we'll be able to help each other out with our favoite hobby.
Lady Trains.
LadyT, How much time are you able to invest in trains? Do you work part time or are you squeezing this in around work and family? In April, I cut back to 2-3 days per week and progress is steadier. I just took a quick trip up to Tacoma (50 miles) for something that is holding up my progress. When I got home, I went down and fixed a gate in one of the lower pastures. Now I can return to the layout. Today, I am putting some ground goop next to a rickety bridge abutment.
MrB, Glad to hear that you are getting that skiing in. We have had snow storm after snow storm in the Cascades. We are expecting another wind storm tonight and snow on Wednesday here at sea level. The ski areas are doing well this year. Did you get anything done on the TT?
Philip, Have you recovered from train show trip? It always easier to carry bunches of N scale.
George, Are you still hanging out here or do I need to contact you on the TT thread? Say "HI" to Krysti. Has she worked on any other sturctures?
Here I iS! Miss Sue
Working on cars, have a Ferrari thing Saturday then off to Florida for RROC.
Train wise, put decoders in:
AHM Y6b, IHC 4-6-4 Hudson, Rivarossi Heisler. Built a few carrs (rolling stock).
Krysti is up to her @*$&^ in getting ready for 2007 car season. She wants her "E" type ready for the national show in October But there is no way, to much work and very little time to do it.
Hi Lisa, how are you doing.
Finding a lot of short comings in my layout as far as scenery goes. Looked good in VR Land but not working out as hoped in real life.
gear-jammer wrote: Philip, Have you recovered from train show trip? It always easier to carry bunches of N scale.
I've recovered just fine. My wallet, on the other hand, isn't looking so hot.
pcarrell wrote:I've recovered just fine. My wallet, on the other hand, isn't looking so hot.
That's OK. To paraphrase the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, "Trains will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no trains."