Hoople wrote: Hoople wrote: Hoople wrote: Hoople wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:10 AM Enough with the ditto tree already! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:20 AM 1-800-ditiojack Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:22 AM ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojackIs that a real phone number? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:10 AM der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went. Philip pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:13 AM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm goodIt's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"! Philip jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:14 PM Anatomy of a ditto tree.Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2. Pc quoted it. soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2. I made the 2nd ditto. Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18. I made the 4th ditto on page 18. Derrick quoted. Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18. Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19. Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19. Dekruif asked who's next. Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21. Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22. Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23. Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's. I said enough with the ditto tree. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:07 PM well put Jeff.. lol I the payer dig in guys Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12 PM Oh good! Steak and lobster time! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:04 PM Afternoon All....Sunny here this AM but picking up some clouds.....I'll have a windy city dog drag it thru the garden, onion rings and a butterscotch shake please ...Thanks Jeff!Just got a call Sallie is on her way home from Dr. apointment.....I been watching a few things on Ebayand I ran trains coal drag......I havn't worked on the LL FA for a couple of days I want to resoider all the wires and my hands have been to shaky to do it.....GMT was asking about pictures I havn't had any taken for awhile I hope to get a camera one of these days anybody have any advice on the best for the lowest cost I have a 35 milameter Pentax K 1000 that I have had for over 20 years but don't use it anymore....Lee congrats that is great we are all proud of you here in the shop....Ditto Jeff I'm glad to see the ditto tree go to... havn't heard you say what have you been doing on your layout?......Der... good to have you checking in....N scale rule...LOL.....well I'm gonna set here and enjoy my lunch and see who comes in....You all have a good one....Jerrry ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... soumodeler Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Georgia 486 posts Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:20 PM I win!!! Now, where's my prize, eh? soumodeler --------------- The Southern Serves the South! Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:15 PM Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time. Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days. Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it. I'll check in later tonight. Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:41 PM Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home. Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM I have to comment about your trip to the SS office. My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy. BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:36 PM And that folks is why we ended up with an Army of one. And in that vein congratulations Lee on your nomination. If you do make E-7 do they then transfer you to work on the Sante Fe? Chief ? Time for dinner and still lots to do. I'll try to drop in and be annoying later. J.R. jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM Hey all, been busy working on the layout today. Just been filling in under track sections with some thinned drywall compound. Gave the RS3 'Black Widow' a run today. It's geared 21:1 so it's slow but it pulls well. It's a bit noisy, but go figure, it's got an Athearn drive. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:13 PM Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together. Well I'm off to bed. Good Night All Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU Hoople Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Seattle WA 1,233 posts Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:13 PM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good Mark. der5997 Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Nova Scotia, Northumberland Shore 2,479 posts Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:22 PM Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing! Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!..... Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server. Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown. Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see? Lee: on the promotion! Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery. N Scale rules..yes it does but these are hard to find around here! Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.) Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace. "There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock. grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:54 PM I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.Bon soir mais amis Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:49 AM Good afternoon guys, I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks. Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008) I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything. Anyways, Oz James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:14 AM Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007 Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:33 AM Good morning ! from Indiana. 01-11-07 Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM Good morningHappy MRRing Edit ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:01 AM morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!! have any of you been to trainboard.com? Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:09 AM Good Morning All, That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water. Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet. Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R. SilverSpike Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Wake Forest, NC 2,869 posts Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:19 AM Good morning all!Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....Cheers,Ryan Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan « First«13141516171819»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
Hoople wrote: Hoople wrote: Hoople wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:10 AM Enough with the ditto tree already! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:20 AM 1-800-ditiojack Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:22 AM ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojackIs that a real phone number? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:10 AM der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went. Philip pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:13 AM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm goodIt's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"! Philip jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:14 PM Anatomy of a ditto tree.Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2. Pc quoted it. soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2. I made the 2nd ditto. Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18. I made the 4th ditto on page 18. Derrick quoted. Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18. Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19. Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19. Dekruif asked who's next. Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21. Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22. Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23. Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's. I said enough with the ditto tree. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:07 PM well put Jeff.. lol I the payer dig in guys Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12 PM Oh good! Steak and lobster time! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:04 PM Afternoon All....Sunny here this AM but picking up some clouds.....I'll have a windy city dog drag it thru the garden, onion rings and a butterscotch shake please ...Thanks Jeff!Just got a call Sallie is on her way home from Dr. apointment.....I been watching a few things on Ebayand I ran trains coal drag......I havn't worked on the LL FA for a couple of days I want to resoider all the wires and my hands have been to shaky to do it.....GMT was asking about pictures I havn't had any taken for awhile I hope to get a camera one of these days anybody have any advice on the best for the lowest cost I have a 35 milameter Pentax K 1000 that I have had for over 20 years but don't use it anymore....Lee congrats that is great we are all proud of you here in the shop....Ditto Jeff I'm glad to see the ditto tree go to... havn't heard you say what have you been doing on your layout?......Der... good to have you checking in....N scale rule...LOL.....well I'm gonna set here and enjoy my lunch and see who comes in....You all have a good one....Jerrry ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... soumodeler Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Georgia 486 posts Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:20 PM I win!!! Now, where's my prize, eh? soumodeler --------------- The Southern Serves the South! Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:15 PM Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time. Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days. Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it. I'll check in later tonight. Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:41 PM Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home. Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM I have to comment about your trip to the SS office. My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy. BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:36 PM And that folks is why we ended up with an Army of one. And in that vein congratulations Lee on your nomination. If you do make E-7 do they then transfer you to work on the Sante Fe? Chief ? Time for dinner and still lots to do. I'll try to drop in and be annoying later. J.R. jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM Hey all, been busy working on the layout today. Just been filling in under track sections with some thinned drywall compound. Gave the RS3 'Black Widow' a run today. It's geared 21:1 so it's slow but it pulls well. It's a bit noisy, but go figure, it's got an Athearn drive. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:13 PM Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together. Well I'm off to bed. Good Night All Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU Hoople Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Seattle WA 1,233 posts Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:13 PM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good Mark. der5997 Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Nova Scotia, Northumberland Shore 2,479 posts Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:22 PM Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing! Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!..... Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server. Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown. Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see? Lee: on the promotion! Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery. N Scale rules..yes it does but these are hard to find around here! Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.) Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace. "There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock. grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:54 PM I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.Bon soir mais amis Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:49 AM Good afternoon guys, I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks. Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008) I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything. Anyways, Oz James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:14 AM Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007 Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:33 AM Good morning ! from Indiana. 01-11-07 Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM Good morningHappy MRRing Edit ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:01 AM morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!! have any of you been to trainboard.com? Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:09 AM Good Morning All, That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water. Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet. Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R. SilverSpike Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Wake Forest, NC 2,869 posts Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:19 AM Good morning all!Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....Cheers,Ryan Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan « First«13141516171819»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
Hoople wrote: Hoople wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:10 AM Enough with the ditto tree already! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:20 AM 1-800-ditiojack Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:22 AM ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojackIs that a real phone number? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:10 AM der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went. Philip pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:13 AM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm goodIt's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"! Philip jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:14 PM Anatomy of a ditto tree.Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2. Pc quoted it. soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2. I made the 2nd ditto. Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18. I made the 4th ditto on page 18. Derrick quoted. Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18. Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19. Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19. Dekruif asked who's next. Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21. Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22. Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23. Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's. I said enough with the ditto tree. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:07 PM well put Jeff.. lol I the payer dig in guys Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12 PM Oh good! Steak and lobster time! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:04 PM Afternoon All....Sunny here this AM but picking up some clouds.....I'll have a windy city dog drag it thru the garden, onion rings and a butterscotch shake please ...Thanks Jeff!Just got a call Sallie is on her way home from Dr. apointment.....I been watching a few things on Ebayand I ran trains coal drag......I havn't worked on the LL FA for a couple of days I want to resoider all the wires and my hands have been to shaky to do it.....GMT was asking about pictures I havn't had any taken for awhile I hope to get a camera one of these days anybody have any advice on the best for the lowest cost I have a 35 milameter Pentax K 1000 that I have had for over 20 years but don't use it anymore....Lee congrats that is great we are all proud of you here in the shop....Ditto Jeff I'm glad to see the ditto tree go to... havn't heard you say what have you been doing on your layout?......Der... good to have you checking in....N scale rule...LOL.....well I'm gonna set here and enjoy my lunch and see who comes in....You all have a good one....Jerrry ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... soumodeler Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Georgia 486 posts Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:20 PM I win!!! Now, where's my prize, eh? soumodeler --------------- The Southern Serves the South! Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:15 PM Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time. Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days. Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it. I'll check in later tonight. Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:41 PM Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home. Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM I have to comment about your trip to the SS office. My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy. BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:36 PM And that folks is why we ended up with an Army of one. And in that vein congratulations Lee on your nomination. If you do make E-7 do they then transfer you to work on the Sante Fe? Chief ? Time for dinner and still lots to do. I'll try to drop in and be annoying later. J.R. jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM Hey all, been busy working on the layout today. Just been filling in under track sections with some thinned drywall compound. Gave the RS3 'Black Widow' a run today. It's geared 21:1 so it's slow but it pulls well. It's a bit noisy, but go figure, it's got an Athearn drive. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:13 PM Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together. Well I'm off to bed. Good Night All Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU Hoople Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Seattle WA 1,233 posts Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:13 PM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good Mark. der5997 Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Nova Scotia, Northumberland Shore 2,479 posts Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:22 PM Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing! Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!..... Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server. Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown. Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see? Lee: on the promotion! Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery. N Scale rules..yes it does but these are hard to find around here! Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.) Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace. "There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock. grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:54 PM I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.Bon soir mais amis Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:49 AM Good afternoon guys, I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks. Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008) I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything. Anyways, Oz James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:14 AM Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007 Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:33 AM Good morning ! from Indiana. 01-11-07 Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM Good morningHappy MRRing Edit ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:01 AM morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!! have any of you been to trainboard.com? Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:09 AM Good Morning All, That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water. Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet. Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R. SilverSpike Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Wake Forest, NC 2,869 posts Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:19 AM Good morning all!Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....Cheers,Ryan Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan « First«13141516171819»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
Hoople wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:10 AM Enough with the ditto tree already! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:20 AM 1-800-ditiojack Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:22 AM ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojackIs that a real phone number? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:10 AM der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went. Philip pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:13 AM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm goodIt's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"! Philip jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:14 PM Anatomy of a ditto tree.Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2. Pc quoted it. soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2. I made the 2nd ditto. Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18. I made the 4th ditto on page 18. Derrick quoted. Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18. Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19. Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19. Dekruif asked who's next. Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21. Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22. Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23. Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's. I said enough with the ditto tree. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:07 PM well put Jeff.. lol I the payer dig in guys Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12 PM Oh good! Steak and lobster time! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:04 PM Afternoon All....Sunny here this AM but picking up some clouds.....I'll have a windy city dog drag it thru the garden, onion rings and a butterscotch shake please ...Thanks Jeff!Just got a call Sallie is on her way home from Dr. apointment.....I been watching a few things on Ebayand I ran trains coal drag......I havn't worked on the LL FA for a couple of days I want to resoider all the wires and my hands have been to shaky to do it.....GMT was asking about pictures I havn't had any taken for awhile I hope to get a camera one of these days anybody have any advice on the best for the lowest cost I have a 35 milameter Pentax K 1000 that I have had for over 20 years but don't use it anymore....Lee congrats that is great we are all proud of you here in the shop....Ditto Jeff I'm glad to see the ditto tree go to... havn't heard you say what have you been doing on your layout?......Der... good to have you checking in....N scale rule...LOL.....well I'm gonna set here and enjoy my lunch and see who comes in....You all have a good one....Jerrry ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... soumodeler Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Georgia 486 posts Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:20 PM I win!!! Now, where's my prize, eh? soumodeler --------------- The Southern Serves the South! Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:15 PM Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time. Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days. Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it. I'll check in later tonight. Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:41 PM Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home. Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM I have to comment about your trip to the SS office. My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy. BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:36 PM And that folks is why we ended up with an Army of one. And in that vein congratulations Lee on your nomination. If you do make E-7 do they then transfer you to work on the Sante Fe? Chief ? Time for dinner and still lots to do. I'll try to drop in and be annoying later. J.R. jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM Hey all, been busy working on the layout today. Just been filling in under track sections with some thinned drywall compound. Gave the RS3 'Black Widow' a run today. It's geared 21:1 so it's slow but it pulls well. It's a bit noisy, but go figure, it's got an Athearn drive. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:13 PM Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together. Well I'm off to bed. Good Night All Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU Hoople Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Seattle WA 1,233 posts Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:13 PM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good Mark. der5997 Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Nova Scotia, Northumberland Shore 2,479 posts Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:22 PM Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing! Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!..... Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server. Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown. Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see? Lee: on the promotion! Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery. N Scale rules..yes it does but these are hard to find around here! Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.) Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace. "There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock. grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:54 PM I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.Bon soir mais amis Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:49 AM Good afternoon guys, I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks. Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008) I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything. Anyways, Oz James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:14 AM Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007 Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:33 AM Good morning ! from Indiana. 01-11-07 Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM Good morningHappy MRRing Edit ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:01 AM morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!! have any of you been to trainboard.com? Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:09 AM Good Morning All, That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water. Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet. Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R. SilverSpike Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Wake Forest, NC 2,869 posts Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:19 AM Good morning all!Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....Cheers,Ryan Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan « First«13141516171819»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:10 AM Enough with the ditto tree already! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:20 AM 1-800-ditiojack Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:22 AM ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojackIs that a real phone number? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:10 AM der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went. Philip pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:13 AM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm goodIt's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"! Philip jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:14 PM Anatomy of a ditto tree.Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2. Pc quoted it. soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2. I made the 2nd ditto. Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18. I made the 4th ditto on page 18. Derrick quoted. Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18. Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19. Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19. Dekruif asked who's next. Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21. Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22. Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23. Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's. I said enough with the ditto tree. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:07 PM well put Jeff.. lol I the payer dig in guys Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12 PM Oh good! Steak and lobster time! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:04 PM Afternoon All....Sunny here this AM but picking up some clouds.....I'll have a windy city dog drag it thru the garden, onion rings and a butterscotch shake please ...Thanks Jeff!Just got a call Sallie is on her way home from Dr. apointment.....I been watching a few things on Ebayand I ran trains coal drag......I havn't worked on the LL FA for a couple of days I want to resoider all the wires and my hands have been to shaky to do it.....GMT was asking about pictures I havn't had any taken for awhile I hope to get a camera one of these days anybody have any advice on the best for the lowest cost I have a 35 milameter Pentax K 1000 that I have had for over 20 years but don't use it anymore....Lee congrats that is great we are all proud of you here in the shop....Ditto Jeff I'm glad to see the ditto tree go to... havn't heard you say what have you been doing on your layout?......Der... good to have you checking in....N scale rule...LOL.....well I'm gonna set here and enjoy my lunch and see who comes in....You all have a good one....Jerrry ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... soumodeler Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Georgia 486 posts Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:20 PM I win!!! Now, where's my prize, eh? soumodeler --------------- The Southern Serves the South! Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:15 PM Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time. Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days. Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it. I'll check in later tonight. Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:41 PM Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home. Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM I have to comment about your trip to the SS office. My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy. BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:36 PM And that folks is why we ended up with an Army of one. And in that vein congratulations Lee on your nomination. If you do make E-7 do they then transfer you to work on the Sante Fe? Chief ? Time for dinner and still lots to do. I'll try to drop in and be annoying later. J.R. jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM Hey all, been busy working on the layout today. Just been filling in under track sections with some thinned drywall compound. Gave the RS3 'Black Widow' a run today. It's geared 21:1 so it's slow but it pulls well. It's a bit noisy, but go figure, it's got an Athearn drive. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:13 PM Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together. Well I'm off to bed. Good Night All Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU Hoople Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Seattle WA 1,233 posts Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:13 PM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good Mark. der5997 Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Nova Scotia, Northumberland Shore 2,479 posts Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:22 PM Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing! Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!..... Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server. Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown. Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see? Lee: on the promotion! Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery. N Scale rules..yes it does but these are hard to find around here! Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.) Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace. "There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock. grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:54 PM I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.Bon soir mais amis Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:49 AM Good afternoon guys, I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks. Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008) I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything. Anyways, Oz James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:14 AM Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007 Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:33 AM Good morning ! from Indiana. 01-11-07 Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM Good morningHappy MRRing Edit ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:01 AM morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!! have any of you been to trainboard.com? Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:09 AM Good Morning All, That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water. Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet. Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R. SilverSpike Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Wake Forest, NC 2,869 posts Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:19 AM Good morning all!Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....Cheers,Ryan Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan « First«13141516171819»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
dekruif wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:10 AM Enough with the ditto tree already! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:20 AM 1-800-ditiojack Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:22 AM ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojackIs that a real phone number? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:10 AM der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went. Philip pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:13 AM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm goodIt's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"! Philip jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:14 PM Anatomy of a ditto tree.Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2. Pc quoted it. soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2. I made the 2nd ditto. Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18. I made the 4th ditto on page 18. Derrick quoted. Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18. Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19. Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19. Dekruif asked who's next. Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21. Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22. Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23. Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's. I said enough with the ditto tree. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:07 PM well put Jeff.. lol I the payer dig in guys Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12 PM Oh good! Steak and lobster time! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:04 PM Afternoon All....Sunny here this AM but picking up some clouds.....I'll have a windy city dog drag it thru the garden, onion rings and a butterscotch shake please ...Thanks Jeff!Just got a call Sallie is on her way home from Dr. apointment.....I been watching a few things on Ebayand I ran trains coal drag......I havn't worked on the LL FA for a couple of days I want to resoider all the wires and my hands have been to shaky to do it.....GMT was asking about pictures I havn't had any taken for awhile I hope to get a camera one of these days anybody have any advice on the best for the lowest cost I have a 35 milameter Pentax K 1000 that I have had for over 20 years but don't use it anymore....Lee congrats that is great we are all proud of you here in the shop....Ditto Jeff I'm glad to see the ditto tree go to... havn't heard you say what have you been doing on your layout?......Der... good to have you checking in....N scale rule...LOL.....well I'm gonna set here and enjoy my lunch and see who comes in....You all have a good one....Jerrry ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... soumodeler Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Georgia 486 posts Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:20 PM I win!!! Now, where's my prize, eh? soumodeler --------------- The Southern Serves the South! Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:15 PM Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time. Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days. Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it. I'll check in later tonight. Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:41 PM Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home. Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM I have to comment about your trip to the SS office. My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy. BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:36 PM And that folks is why we ended up with an Army of one. And in that vein congratulations Lee on your nomination. If you do make E-7 do they then transfer you to work on the Sante Fe? Chief ? Time for dinner and still lots to do. I'll try to drop in and be annoying later. J.R. jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM Hey all, been busy working on the layout today. Just been filling in under track sections with some thinned drywall compound. Gave the RS3 'Black Widow' a run today. It's geared 21:1 so it's slow but it pulls well. It's a bit noisy, but go figure, it's got an Athearn drive. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:13 PM Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together. Well I'm off to bed. Good Night All Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU Hoople Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Seattle WA 1,233 posts Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:13 PM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good Mark. der5997 Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Nova Scotia, Northumberland Shore 2,479 posts Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:22 PM Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing! Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!..... Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server. Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown. Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see? Lee: on the promotion! Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery. N Scale rules..yes it does but these are hard to find around here! Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.) Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace. "There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock. grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:54 PM I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.Bon soir mais amis Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:49 AM Good afternoon guys, I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks. Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008) I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything. Anyways, Oz James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:14 AM Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007 Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:33 AM Good morning ! from Indiana. 01-11-07 Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM Good morningHappy MRRing Edit ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:01 AM morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!! have any of you been to trainboard.com? Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:09 AM Good Morning All, That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water. Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet. Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R. SilverSpike Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Wake Forest, NC 2,869 posts Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:19 AM Good morning all!Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....Cheers,Ryan Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan « First«13141516171819»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
Derrick Moore wrote: dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not I guess I'll join in ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:10 AM Enough with the ditto tree already! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:16 AM jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:20 AM 1-800-ditiojack Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby Derrick Moore Member sinceNovember 2006 128 posts Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:22 AM ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojackIs that a real phone number? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:10 AM der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went. Philip pcarrell Member sinceFebruary 2005 From: In the State of insanity! 7,982 posts Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:13 AM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm goodIt's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"! Philip jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:14 PM Anatomy of a ditto tree.Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2. Pc quoted it. soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2. I made the 2nd ditto. Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18. I made the 4th ditto on page 18. Derrick quoted. Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18. Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19. Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19. Dekruif asked who's next. Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21. Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22. Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23. Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's. I said enough with the ditto tree. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:07 PM well put Jeff.. lol I the payer dig in guys Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:12 PM Oh good! Steak and lobster time! Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:04 PM Afternoon All....Sunny here this AM but picking up some clouds.....I'll have a windy city dog drag it thru the garden, onion rings and a butterscotch shake please ...Thanks Jeff!Just got a call Sallie is on her way home from Dr. apointment.....I been watching a few things on Ebayand I ran trains coal drag......I havn't worked on the LL FA for a couple of days I want to resoider all the wires and my hands have been to shaky to do it.....GMT was asking about pictures I havn't had any taken for awhile I hope to get a camera one of these days anybody have any advice on the best for the lowest cost I have a 35 milameter Pentax K 1000 that I have had for over 20 years but don't use it anymore....Lee congrats that is great we are all proud of you here in the shop....Ditto Jeff I'm glad to see the ditto tree go to... havn't heard you say what have you been doing on your layout?......Der... good to have you checking in....N scale rule...LOL.....well I'm gonna set here and enjoy my lunch and see who comes in....You all have a good one....Jerrry ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... soumodeler Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Georgia 486 posts Posted by soumodeler on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:20 PM I win!!! Now, where's my prize, eh? soumodeler --------------- The Southern Serves the South! Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:15 PM Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time. Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days. Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it. I'll check in later tonight. Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 3:41 PM Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home. Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!! Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 LSWrr Member sinceOctober 2006 From: Euclid, Ohio 2,822 posts Posted by LSWrr on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:25 PM I have to comment about your trip to the SS office. My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy. BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:36 PM And that folks is why we ended up with an Army of one. And in that vein congratulations Lee on your nomination. If you do make E-7 do they then transfer you to work on the Sante Fe? Chief ? Time for dinner and still lots to do. I'll try to drop in and be annoying later. J.R. jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:36 PM Hey all, been busy working on the layout today. Just been filling in under track sections with some thinned drywall compound. Gave the RS3 'Black Widow' a run today. It's geared 21:1 so it's slow but it pulls well. It's a bit noisy, but go figure, it's got an Athearn drive. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam Paul W. Beverung Member sinceDecember 2003 From: North Central Texas 2,370 posts Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:13 PM Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together. Well I'm off to bed. Good Night All Paul The Duluth, Superior, & Southeastern " The Superior Route " WETSU Hoople Member sinceJuly 2006 From: Seattle WA 1,233 posts Posted by Hoople on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:13 PM Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good Mark. der5997 Member sinceSeptember 2002 From: Nova Scotia, Northumberland Shore 2,479 posts Posted by der5997 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:22 PM Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing! Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!..... Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server. Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown. Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see? Lee: on the promotion! Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery. N Scale rules..yes it does but these are hard to find around here! Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.) Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean. Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace. "There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock. grayfox1119 Member sinceAugust 2003 From: Cherry Valley, Ma 3,674 posts Posted by grayfox1119 on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 9:54 PM I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.Bon soir mais amis Dick If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got!! Learn from the mistakes of others, trust me........you can't live long enough to make all the mistakes yourself, I tried !! Picture album at :http://www.railimages.com/gallery/dickjubinville Picture album at:http://community.webshots.com/user/dickj19 local weather www.weatherlink.com/user/grayfox1119 james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:49 AM Good afternoon guys, I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks. Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008) I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything. Anyways, Oz James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s jeffrey-wimberly Member sinceJune 2004 From: Orig: Tyler Texas. Lived in seven countries, now live in Sundown, Louisiana 25,640 posts Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:14 AM Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007 Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph. Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana Joined June, 2004 Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam wetidlerjr Member sinceMarch 2005 From: IN/USA 2,495 posts Posted by wetidlerjr on Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:33 AM Good morning ! from Indiana. 01-11-07 Bill Tidler Jr. Near a cornfield in Indiana... Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 AM Good morningHappy MRRing Edit ModelTrainLover Member sinceApril 2006 From: Lewiston, Maine USA 914 posts Posted by ModelTrainLover on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:01 AM morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!! have any of you been to trainboard.com? Maine Central rules! Lewiston High School Swimteam nickname: Loco Colby GMTRacing Member sinceJanuary 2005 From: New Milford, Ct 3,232 posts Posted by GMTRacing on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:09 AM Good Morning All, That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water. Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet. Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R. SilverSpike Member sinceAugust 2002 From: Wake Forest, NC 2,869 posts Posted by SilverSpike on Thursday, January 11, 2007 7:19 AM Good morning all!Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....Cheers,Ryan Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan « First«13141516171819»Last » Subscriber & Member Login Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more! Login Register Users Online There are no community member online Search the Community ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Model Railroader Newsletter See all Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox! Sign up
dekruif wrote: Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...Why not
Hoople wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.Just for the heck of it...
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.
Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there! And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.
jeffrey-wimberly wrote: soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there!
soumodeler wrote: pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion. You are not alone there!
pcarrell wrote: TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper. Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion.
TrainFreak409 wrote: Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper.
Y'all had better be careful when your dealing with the turbines...
Jawn Henry is rumored to have a foul temper.
Ah yes,....the Jawn Henry,.......very possibly the ugliest thing to ever ride a rail, but thats just my opinion.
You are not alone there!
And now you know the "ditto" tree factor.
Why not
I guess I'll join in
( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/M-M-R-G
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!
Okay, I'm good
ModelTrainLover wrote:1-800-ditiojack
Is that a real phone number?
Good morning everyone, 29F here this morning in Cherry Valley, Ma, with winds blowing at 25 mph, giving us a wind chill temp of 17F (-11C). Skies are clear, but white out snow flurries are forecasted for later this afternoon.
The U.S. Weather prelim. data is out for 2006, the average temp was 55F, making this the warmest year ever since records were kept (1895), and 2.5F higher than 2005 average. Scientist now ALL agree, finally, that all this rise is NOT due to natural, cyclical events, but due in large part to humans. Are you surprised???
JEFF: THANK YOU, I was getting dizzy and almost fell out of the ditto tree!!
LEE: Congratulations on your promo to E7!!!!!!!
der5997 wrote: PC: You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!…Not so fast there, who was it that dittoed his ditto, thus making a “tree”…hm….
PC:
You all realize that Scott is going to go down in history as the originator of the "Ditto Tree"!
You're right, it was soulmodeler that did the first ditto, wasn't it?
EDIT: I can't find the start of the dito tree. The first thing I find is on page 19. I wonder where it went.
Derrick Moore wrote: jeffrey-wimberly wrote:Enough with the ditto tree already!Okay, I'm good
It's a good thing you didn't say "Ditto"!
Anatomy of a ditto tree.
Trainfreak409 posted the original article about the Jawn Henry way back on page 2.
Pc quoted it.
soumodeler made the first ditto on page 2.
I made the 2nd ditto.
Derrick made the 3rd ditto on page 18.
I made the 4th ditto on page 18.
Derrick quoted.
Hoople made the 5th ditto on page 18.
Defruif made the 6th ditto on page 19.
Derrick made the 7th ditto on page 19.
Dekruif asked who's next.
Derrick made the 8th ditto on page 21.
Hoople made the 9th and 10th ditto's on page 22.
Hoople made the 11th and 12th ditto's on page 23.
Derrick made the 13th ditto on page 23, using 14 ditto's.
I said enough with the ditto tree.
well put Jeff.. lol
I the payer dig in guys
Oh good! Steak and lobster time!
I win!!!
Now, where's my prize, eh?
Hi Gang: I've been around just haven't had anything to say. I'll have what Jeff's having, with a small glass of Merlot.
I picked up a 4ftx8ft sheet of 2 mil pvc sheet yesterday and have a sheet of 1mil on the way. That should be enough to keep me busy for some time.
Ray I haven't had time yet to download those pics of the head frame to the computer. It will probably be after I retire. Speaking of which is in 23 days.
Well it's getting time to check out. Mary Ann and I have to go to the social security office tomorrow morning. I have to get my stuff started and we have to get her on for her draw and medicare. We still have to find a supplmental insurance for her and one that will pick me up when I'm elelgibel for it.
I'll check in later tonight.
Good luck at SS office tomorrow Paul. Our office up here is so darn busy that I did all my sign up over the internet at the SS web site. Really an easy procedure, do it all from home.
Dont' forget, your SS and her SS will be reduced by Part B deduction for Medicare. Part "A" the government pays for, but "we" pay for Part "B" out of our monthly SS check. The goverment automatically deducts this amount, so we receive a reduced SS monthly check. You "don't" have to take Part "B", but if you don't, many company retirement medical plans tell you that their rates will be higher per month if you don't sign up for Part "B". We do have Part "B".
BTW, if you ever saw the retirement plan that our Senators and Congressmen and women get, and their spouses, it would make you sick !!!
I have to comment about your trip to the SS office.
My Father was a Police Officer for 30 years and my mother worked for a State University for 0ver 20. When they applied for SS they found that there is a "no double dipping" policy for civil servants so they only get 60% of the SS. That's 50 years of SS payments and the SS is banking 80% (if you add both of their pay-ins and the deductions the SS gets). I just found out that the Service Group Life Insurance (that every active duty military member pays for) is taxable 50% (thank you President Clinton). So if your son or daughter in the military dies with a $200,000.00 policy $100,000.00 goes back to the government as taxes, but we pay for the $200,000.00 every month (term). I need to be in Congress, the voters would love me and my peers would make me go for a ride with a Kennedy.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Evening Gang: Well tomorrow it's to the SS office. We have an appointment for 8:30. They are pretty good about keeping these appointments on time. One must have hope.
I didn't have time to do anything on the layout tonight. I did get time to do some on the second mine building. I got the sides and ends put together.
Well I'm off to bed.
Good Night All
Good evening ladies and gents. A light snow this evening, it began just as I finished putting the garbage to the curb (on a gravel road, not really) after my walk. Nice timing!
Has anyone sen my X-Acto knife? Vintage 1980s, cracked cap with brown paint stains? No? It’s not on my work bench, or at any of the other places around the layout where I may have parked it while working. I need the thing for cutting stringers and posts to detail the wharf that is rapidly taking shape on the newly acquired waterfront. Wandered down to our local ex-government wharf here on the island to refresh my memory on how it was made. Easy to reproduce, (fiddly, but not difficult), and I think it will be visually interesting. I’m having way too much fun on this part of the scenery!.....
Attaboy: I tried to bring in your suggestion for the Ditto Tree, and all I got was a broken image icon (read the dreaded red X for Explorer fans). Then I tried “Open link in a new window and this came up Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /clipart_tools/images/chainsaw.gif on this server.
Odd eh? Didn’t know I needed permission, but maybe it’s a Home land Security issue. Anyway, I figured it would be one of these, as Ryan has so dramatically shown.
Derrick: Is that a real phone number? That would be 1 800 348 4652 extension 25. Why not try it and see?
Lee: on the promotion!
Jerry: How did Sallie’s op go? It sounds like it was just in the Dr. office? Anyhow, prayers for her speedy recovery.
N Scale rules
Lee: That SS policy really sucks. At least as far as I know here in Canada, each person is treated as an individual from that standpoint. (Am I right Luc?; you’ve been at this longer than I have.)
Time to go look for that X-Acto knife again, and check on the retaining wall on the new road down to the wharf. Built stone by stone, and glued with 50/50 white glue and water. It’s laid on a foundation of rock from the driveway representing the shore line on the west side of the wharf. I’ll take some pics when I’ve got a bit more done, and some paint on the ocean.
Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
I'm right behind you Der John, worked for 6 hours in train room on some benchwork, plenty tired now. 20F right now at 11pm, with a Dew Point of 9F !!!! That means that if the wind dies down, it could get that low tonight. We haven't see it this cold since the 1st week of December. The weather pattern IS changing however, we will see some real cold weather and snow by late this weekend.
Bon soir mais amis
Good afternoon guys,
I think i'll have the steak and lobster, thanks.
Well some good news, some of my tools I need to start building my kit locomotive have arrived, I might attack the model over the weekend, we'll see. In other news, i've been promoted to store manager at work (more money, longer hours) Which i'm over the moon about. It means now I'll have more money for my trip to New Zealand next march (2008)
I plan on selling my old US trains soon, and then taking the old benchwork apart and extending it a bit to make room for my new layout, it's bugging me not being able to do anything.
Anyways,
Oz
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll be having pancakes today and some orange juice.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 1/11/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 40°FHumidity: 78%Dew Point: 40°F So Far TodayHigh: 47°FLow: 44°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 14mph SSE Today High: 68 Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 58 Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Warmer. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
01-11-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning
Happy MRRing
morning guys!! First one to post a regular post?? cool!!
have any of you been to trainboard.com?
Good Morning All,
That coconut topped donut Bill brought in looks mighty good that and some regular from Lucs' batch please Zoe. Another busy day today building gearboxes and trying to catch up on chassis work. After last nights museum meeting I tried DerJohns' tinting suggestions on my water area (not sure if it's a lake, river or ocean yet) and the green fade in the deeper areas does look better. Now to find some envirotex and try water.
Won't get much MRR time in this weekend as I'm off to Philadelphia with the CFO who has a Lacrosse coaching convention. She's driving down on ri and I'll follow Saturday hopefully by taking the Acela out of Stamford. Still deceiphering the schedule so no tix's yet.
Still can't get the Trainboard stuff to upload, will try to get my genius youngest son to help tonight. Time for work - hope y'all have a good'un. CUL, J.R.
Good morning all!
Hot oatmeal with raisons, butter, and cinnamon! A tall coffee too Chloe!
Another beautiful sunrise this morning on the way to work!
Hey RT, that marbles story sure hits home. Thanks for sharing that one in the Diner.
Der John, I found the MIA tool! Look here....
And with James' new arrival this might be better known as TOOL TIME!!!
Speaking of tools, this is something the misses gave me for Christmas....
It is now nestled snuggly the train room, and it helps to keeping all the tools where they need to be....
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan