Snow is in the forecast for here in New England. Batten down the hatches, Lisa. Could be a false alarm, or could be a foot of partly cloudy. Ya just never know...
I went to the Marlboro show today. Pretty good show, lots of layouts and vendors. I hit it about noontime on Sunday, and a few were already packing up. I found a few small items, but I wasn't hunting for anything in particular other than a good time. The New England Euro group was there, with an expanded layout with a number of new modules. Way back in the corner was a guy with a couple of Free-Mo modules (another standard) who had some very nicely detailed structures. It was nice to be there at a non-busy time, as I got to chat a bit with some of the exhibitors.
The young modellers group was there, too. I noticed them at one of the shows last year, and they've really come a long way. Last year, most of the modules were plywood praries, but this year they'd finished one and were on to seconds and thirds. (I recognized the names of the young modellers.) Good going, guys, and yes, gals, and we look forward to shows in the future. (Ease up on the Godzilla modules, though. Note that the ladies' farm module was more sedate, and much more realistic.)
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
jblackwelljr wrote: Phil, I'm sure you were right in the middle of it where you are. Snow (flurries) possible on Monday.
Phil, I'm sure you were right in the middle of it where you are. Snow (flurries) possible on Monday.
Not really. It dumped just a bit west of us. We hardly got a flurry!
Dave - are grilled eggs something you can order out at a restaurant or hotel or is that your own invention? They sound interesting - I get an opportunity to come to the Manchester/Widnes area now and then - I'd like to try them. BTW, snow is not like hair - I don't know anyone who has hair that doesn't want it - if you do, have them send it to me - hair, that is.
All - weather changed with a vengeance on Friday. Tornado touched down one county over. It went from 70 to 30 degrees overnight. Phil, I'm sure you were right in the middle of it where you are. Snow (flurries) possible on Monday.
I just put some finishing details on my set of cheapo IHC passenger cars - upgraded wheels, Kadee 148 couplers and added weight. Then applied the hangy-down ladders and grab bars - aarrghh!. I can't believe I put those tiny parts on cars that no one will really ever use. Am I a modeler yet?
Changing tack... and as this is "Tha Whistle Stop" - diner or cafe? -
Has anyone tried grilled eggs?
This may sound normal or daft to you... your cooking is a bit different to a lot of ours.
Anyway... when I was in my signalboxes we had small cookers (gas) that had two rings on top and a grill underneath. the grill had a thin metal pan like a rectangular frying pan. this had a metal rack in it for the food to sit on. fat from my sausages would drop into the pan... so I hit on the idea of grilling my eggs in this hot fat. YUM!
In steam days crews would cook up their breakfast (24/7) on a clean shovel. Some rotten companies are said to have had holes dilled in the back of the shovel so that they couldn't do this but I've never seen any evidence. People say that a meal cooked in a firebox is very tasty.
What a rookey fireman did not want to do was to get the engineer's meal sucked up and out the chimney. he wouldn't be sitting down for a bit if he did that.
Breakfast is probably my favourite (quotable) subject after trains and ale
Boy with all these blond jokes floating around I glad I'm a brunette.
I understand how weird it can be to set up Christmas lights without snow but the weather is soooo nice that I'm just going to enjoy it plus they're predicting a cold front coming through around here.
seeing all the work everyone is doing makes me wish for spring although with this warm weather I have been able to do some work but I want to do more!!!!(sorry minor temper tantrum).
see you all later
AAAARGH! What have I started?
Okay...
A blonde and a brunnette are nailing shingles on a peaked roof house (these being the days of equal opportunities). Increasingly frequently the blonde says "Duh"! and tosses a nail away. After a bit the brunnette asks her what she's doing. The blonde say "Some of these nails have got the head on the wrong end"! "Don't be stupid! The brunnette rages. "Those are the nails for the other side of the house"!
Then again...
The rep from a double glazing company finally calls back and demands to know why the blonde hasn't made any payments for the new windows that were installed 11 months ago. The blonde looks at him disdainfully and says "Don't be stupid! You told me yourself that they'd pay for themselves in a year"!
MisterBeasley wrote: Oh, I thought it was going to be this one:A blonde gets on a 737, and as the plane is waiting for taxi clearance she starts reading the passenger information card. Somehow, this gets into a loop in her brain and she starts chanting, "Boeing, Boeing, Boeing..." while bouncing her head up and down. She gets completely zoned into this, and the flight crew can not get through to her. So, the captain is called in from the cockpit. The tall, dark handsome man in uniform makes an impression, and she stops chanting and looks at him."Be silent!" he commands, and turns back to the cockpit.The blonde looks confused for a moment, but then a light goes on and she starts chanting, "'Oeing, 'Oeing, 'Oeing..."
Oh, I thought it was going to be this one:
A blonde gets on a 737, and as the plane is waiting for taxi clearance she starts reading the passenger information card. Somehow, this gets into a loop in her brain and she starts chanting, "Boeing, Boeing, Boeing..." while bouncing her head up and down. She gets completely zoned into this, and the flight crew can not get through to her. So, the captain is called in from the cockpit. The tall, dark handsome man in uniform makes an impression, and she stops chanting and looks at him.
"Be silent!" he commands, and turns back to the cockpit.
The blonde looks confused for a moment, but then a light goes on and she starts chanting, "'Oeing, 'Oeing, 'Oeing..."
WOW! What can I say? WOW!
That is very sound reasoning.
Well, I had better sign off. I do not want to miss Amtrack.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Well Sue, you've come a long way! The layout is lookin' great! I like what you're doing with the scenery too.
Well, since you all are cracking the blond jokes, I'll throw one in the ring.
A plane is on its way to Melbourne when a blonde in economy class gets upand moves to the first class section and sits down.The flight attendant watches her do this and asks to see her ticket.She then tells the blonde passenger that she paid for economy and that shewill have to go and sit in the back.The blonde replies, 'I'm blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going toMelbourne and I'm staying right here!'The flight attendant goes into the cockpit and tells the pilot andco-pilot that there is some blonde bimbo sitting in first class thatbelongs in economy and won't move back to her seat.The co-pilot goes back to the blonde and tries to explain that because sheonly paid for economy she is only entitled to an economy place and she will have to leave and return to her original seat.The blonde replies, Im blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going toMelbourne and I'm staying right here!'Exasperated the co-pilot tells the pilot that it was nouse and that he probably should have the police waiting when they land toarrest this blonde woman that won't listen to reason.The pilot says, 'You say she's blonde?''I'll handle this, I'm married to a blonde, and I speak blonde!'He goes back to the blonde, whispers in her ear, and she says, "Oh I'msorry - I had no idea," gets up and moves back to her seat in the economysection.The flight attendant and co-pilot are amazed and asked him what he said tomake her move without any fuss. The pilot replied, "I told her first classisn't going to Melbourne."Have a Nice Day!
Philip, You asked about progress. We started 12/20/05.
The next 2 photos were taken January 2006.
These other photos were taken today.
Jeffrey, How did you know that I was blonde?
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Isn't snow like hair?
Those that have it don't want it and those that don't wish they did.
And... blondes with curly hair wish they were straight haired brunnettes...
MrB – Your train show announcement jogged my memory about a Great Train Expo show in my area – sure enough it’s next weekend at the Greater Reading Expo Center. I’m anxious to go there not only for the show but the facility was once a Western Electric plant, where I started my professional career way back in 1970 – it will bring back memories.
Phil – Isn’t latex caulk great for holding down track and roadbed? I add a few track nails to hold the curves in place until it dries – they hold well even in the foam. BTW, I saw that shot from your train room looking outside – the portable one-seater – used to call that a home with “3 rooms and a path.” Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Dave-the-Train wrote: pcarrell wrote: The only things I'm not going to be able to reuse is the subraodbed that I laid with Liquid Nails when I was experimenting with that. That stuff couldn't be taken apart with dynamite!Just out of interest (as I sometimes work at a factory that makes the stuff)... have you actually tried?
pcarrell wrote: The only things I'm not going to be able to reuse is the subraodbed that I laid with Liquid Nails when I was experimenting with that. That stuff couldn't be taken apart with dynamite!
I was going to, but I figured after that I still probably wouldn't be able to use it as it would be in splinters. It might be fun to try though!
Thanks for the kind comments everyone.
Sue, I laid the tracks on my last layout using latex caulk. I like this stuff because it holds well, is easy to use, it's cheap, and if I need to take up the track I just slip a putty knife under it and gently pry up and the rails come right up with no damage. I saved all my turnouts from the last layout and all the trackage except a 6" section that was damaged during the move. All the rails and subroadbed that I laid with the caulk came up very easily and is completely reusabe. The only things I'm not going to be able to reuse is the subraodbed that I laid with Liquid Nails when I was experimenting with that. That stuff couldn't be taken apart with dynamite!
So you've had your mainline up since January huh? Hows it progressed from there? I take it you're indoors and comfortable unlike poor Lisa (I feel for you girl!). Got any pics?
Hey Everyone,
Sorry I haven't been in for a bit but I'm recovering from Turkey over dose(HA<HA), no really I've been working on getting my house back in order and the boys have been bugging about decorating so we've been pretty busy.
Sue, I'm afraid to say I had no luck with finding the engine I wanted but that's OK, I'll find it eventually.
Philip, Looks like your really moving along with your train room, thanks for the photo up dates.
Jim, They have winter weather in Wenatchee and the passes all the time, but on the west side, we are not set up for the wet/ice/snow mess, so everything just shuts down. There are people who were still not home at 5:00 this morning. Our office called to tell me that we would start at 10:00. I live about 10 miles out. They called this morning to say that no one was coming in so I have another day off. The schools call them snow days. Everything just shuts down. Maybe I will work tomorrow.
Philip, Nice progress. We were going to start our layout last year this time, but I made Larry finish the trim around the windows first. We started on our 13 x 13, over the Christmas break and had the mainline functioning by January. You seem to be flying along. Thanks for the progress photos. It is amazing that you were able to salvage some of the track and turnouts.
jblackwelljr wrote: Phil – How do you work so fast? I’m in my “new” home since 1990 and I still can’t find a box of socks and underwear.
Phil – How do you work so fast? I’m in my “new” home since 1990 and I still can’t find a box of socks and underwear.
We only brought what we needed. Alot of stuff stayed behind. Since they're bulldozing the old place to make way for a parking lot we didn't have to clean the old house, so if we didn't need it, it stayed right where it was. It's still sitting there as far as I know!
Sue – I guess you guys have been hit with some real snow lately. My company has a facility in Wenatchee – I get there now and then but never in the winter. That ride from Seattle over the Cascades to Wenatchee is awesome but this time of year you have to use Alaskan Airlines “roller coaster of the air” to get there. It sure is beautiful country though.
Dave – yea, intermodal – it’s not just for freight anymore.
jblackwelljr wrote: Umm.....well........he had to take a train (2 in fact) from the Port Authority over to his apt in Brooklyn, so it was...uh.......intermodal.....yea that's it, intermodal. lisap...where are you?
Umm.....well........he had to take a train (2 in fact) from the Port Authority over to his apt in Brooklyn, so it was...uh.......intermodal.....yea that's it, intermodal.
lisap...where are you?
That's better! They say that Intermodal is the future. I don't reckon much on the view from their bi levels though, even on the top stack... ... and they interios are either packed out with stuff or spartan in the extreme. ' can't figure out how to open the doors from the inside either
gear-jammer wrote: Speaking of Amtrak, one of the dentists that I work for is taking the whole office to Portland on Amtrak this Friday. We are staying Friday and Saturday evenings and coming back on Sunday. He does this every year. It should be great. We have snow today. Since I-5 south of here was closed, I thought that I would stay home. I have never done this before, but half the patients will cancel anyway, sooooo. Hope everyone survived the long Thanksgiving weekend. Sue
Speaking of Amtrak, one of the dentists that I work for is taking the whole office to Portland on Amtrak this Friday. We are staying Friday and Saturday evenings and coming back on Sunday. He does this every year. It should be great.
We have snow today. Since I-5 south of here was closed, I thought that I would stay home. I have never done this before, but half the patients will cancel anyway, sooooo.
Hope everyone survived the long Thanksgiving weekend. Sue
WOW! That's gonna be some out of gauge load! How'd you stop bricks dropping off the edges?
pcarrell wrote: gear-jammer wrote: Speaking of Amtrak, one of the dentists that I work for is taking the whole office to Portland on Amtrak this Friday. We are staying Friday and Saturday evenings and coming back on Sunday. He does this every year. It should be great. We have snow today. Since I-5 south of here was closed, I thought that I would stay home. I have never done this before, but half the patients will cancel anyway, sooooo. Hope everyone survived the long Thanksgiving weekend. Sue So you got an extra long holiday weekend? Good for you!
So you got an extra long holiday weekend? Good for you!
Philip, Yes, all my weekends are long. Right now I am only working Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The job today was to be a temp job.
I did ground goop on the top of the mountain this week. This morning, while we were waiting for the snow to melt, we put up the plywood ridgeline in one of the corners. It is predicted that we will get another 2-4 inches this afternoon. It is a good day to stay inside.
How much benchwork did you get done?