Bob, Yes we're going to the Vintage Celebration (VRG sanctioned) with a few cars and drivers. Starts Friday and ends Sunday. Strictly a fun weekend for the drivers. J.R.
What you don't want to see in your mirror.
Good morning from cool, sunny Weymouth, MA.
Today seem to be another good day.
The kids and I did get through Mother's Day alright. Some loneliness did set in as the day went on, but that was to be expected.
Well, now I'm looking in my driveway at the remnants of the 20 hour, sleep in the truck broken ball joint fiasco. I have to figure out how to pick up the pieces, or should I say change all the bent, twisted pieces. That last tow mangled the lower control arm, sway bar links and tie rod.
I will head over to the Dodge dealer where my son works and find if the parts are available in short order. After they give me a quote, I'll decide if it's more profitable to have them do it or loose the time from work and do it myself. There was a time when I enjoyed working on my vehicles, not so much anymore- Rather Work on Trains.....
Then I get to rip someone at AAA, fun-fun-fun.
Was another wild weekend out on the forum, should be getting back to normal.
Ed: Welcome back, you seem to be quite the busy fellow these days. Doesn't leave much time for the layout. Thank you for the welcome and your sympathy for my loss. I was listening to the game and got busy and didn't hear the unbelievable comeback in the 9th. Fenway is only a 45 min trip on the T from here. Will definately be going to a few games an accquaintance has season tickets.
Sue: Pearl is one great looking Lab, how old?
GMT: Are you heading up to NH for the races?
Michael: Hope we can hear from you, I know that yesterday had to be bad for you and your wife. When you can get yourself up to it, stop on into the diner. My prayers are with you both.
I didn't see the time, have to run out to the Dodge dealer and get this show on the road.
Have a great day.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
Good Morning All,
Still thrashing here but we're catching up bit by bit. One rig leaves for Elkhart Wisc. tomorrow am and the rest of us go to New Hampshire Thurs afternoon.
With #2 son home from college for the summer we had a little picnic in the yard for the CFO last evening. It was what she requested so who are we to argue. #1 son and daughter did all the gathering of food and cooking and I helped with cleanup. It's nice to see them all get along as when they were younger it was sort of like the basement full of aligators in Looney Tunes.
Ed - welcome back and welcome to our newcomers in the Diner. Its always good to share some time and a coffee. Time to get back to it. CUL,J.R.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
05-14-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Garry,
Pearl, sadly, did not get to go.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Hello everyone.....
Hey, do they serve milk bones in the diner for Pearl and others? Maybe, some cat nip would be nice for the felines!
G'nite!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Oh, yeah.
I forgot to mention. The Mariners did well against the Yankees again today. Morrow managed to strike out A-Rod. That made the Seattle fans roar.
Good evening to all, midnight here, yes, I am still up, loooooong day, but a very nice one.
ED: That was one exciting 9th inning.....you should have seen the expression on the face of the Orioles manager after the game......why he took the pitcher out with only a 91 pitch count is beyond me, he was cruising...the Orioles fans must be livid !!!!!!
Don't worry about running out of OJ, we bought a tanker car full, it is sitting on the old grass covered siding next to the Diner.
MIKE: I got to using the rototiller this afternoon, it performed like a brand new machine, I tilled the garden which measure about 150 feet by 60 feet, plus a couple other smaller areas.
BOBK: I certainly would be contacting AAA, I have heard too many tales of people calling them and waiting for hours to be towed. They need to hear from customers.
Time to hit the sack, it is Monday morning already.....see you guys for breakfast.
Paul W. Beverung wrote: Evening Gang: I took Mary Ann to the lunchen at Clark Garden. We both had a really good time. We got there a little early so walked around abit. The food was really good. Nothing heavy just salad, fruit salid, snadwiches on rolls and ice tea. They held the lunch in there big tent that is used for weddings and such, also for the trainshow in the spring. It seemed strange to be in there and no trains.After lunch we strolled around for a couple of hours and took the secnic route home, back roads all the way. All in all a great day with my lady.When we got back I lighted in my easy chair and read for the rest of the afternoon. I gave Dasiy the Dog a bath and she seemed to like it. Ed: Good to see you in the dinner. I'll be looking forward to seeing you here more often. Say Hi to Fran.Since it's late I'll say Good Night
Evening Gang: I took Mary Ann to the lunchen at Clark Garden. We both had a really good time. We got there a little early so walked around abit. The food was really good. Nothing heavy just salad, fruit salid, snadwiches on rolls and ice tea. They held the lunch in there big tent that is used for weddings and such, also for the trainshow in the spring. It seemed strange to be in there and no trains.After lunch we strolled around for a couple of hours and took the secnic route home, back roads all the way. All in all a great day with my lady.
When we got back I lighted in my easy chair and read for the rest of the afternoon. I gave Dasiy the Dog a bath and she seemed to like it.
Ed: Good to see you in the dinner. I'll be looking forward to seeing you here more often. Say Hi to Fran.
Since it's late I'll say Good Night
That must have been a challenge to eat. and what's a snadwich?
I'll have a chocolate milk shake nothing else I had another feast at home.
Thanks, guys, for the mother's day wish. Sorry but I am not a mother. The closest thing to a child would be Pearl.
We spent the day with Larry's mom. Too much food.
Catch you later, Sue
Good Evening Sports Fans,
Well, we're back from our trip north of the Rio Bravo. Things went well, no major problems (the best kind of trip). Not much railfanning or model railroading. I did get to talk to Paul B on the phone, and stopped in and saw Trent at the train shop in San Antonio. I also got to stop by and see the SAMRA (San Antonio Model Railroad Assoc) layout. That's one impressive layout (although it is Horribly Oversized), even if scenery is only about 20% complete. I didn't buy much stuff this trip, mainly because with the slow progress on the layout my "needs" list is practically nonexistent.
I'm way behind in reading posts and won't catch up on all that has been said, but I did notice posts from Bob K. (bogp40) and Mike (8500HPGasTurbine). There's not much I can add to what the other guys have already said much better, just that I'm sorry for your loss and welcome to The Coffee Shop.
On the orange grove front, this season's harvest is pretty well wound up. So the bad news is that there won't be much in the way of fresh fruit or juice shipped to The Coffee Shop until the fall. The good news is that "Jugo S.A. de C.V." (that's "Juice Inc." for you Gringos), my biggest on-line industry, has lots of o.j. concentrate available, so the FCVN will continue to ship north during the summer months. The jury is still out on what this fall's crop will look like. Flowering is over and fruit has set, but lots of it is still too small to tell if we'll have a lot of fruit or not. Best guess at this time looks like a decent year, but nothing to write home about. Stay tuned.
Mother's Day down here south of the border was last Thursday. Here it is always May 10th, instead of the second Sunday in May. My mother has been gone a long time, but we managed to get back from our trip in time so that Fran could be here with her Mom for that day.
So today I was free to watch (on the computer only, so not really ‘watching') the Red Sox make a great comeback, scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Baltimore 6-5. I know it's still early in the season, but "How ‘bout them Boston RedSox!".
We should be here at home for about 7 weeks before the next major trip is planned. Maybe I'll even get to running some trains (if I can get the rails cleaned off) or {{gasp}} work on some scenery.
Hasta mañana,
Ed
Jim,
The scenery wasn't done by Dave Frary. I used some of his techniques from his MR Scenery books.
Dave Frary did have a hand in some of it Model Railroad Scenery (I have his singed copy of the 3rd edition), but no, he's not a member. I wish! The member that did the city scene, never did scenery before. You're looking at his first attempt. Not bad for a beginner, Ay. The member, John, is good at anything he does. Lots of research, practicing weathering on cheap buildings, lots of thought and trial and error, but look at the results- I know it is top notch. I feel that most of us in the hobby are already a cut above and when we apply ourselves, great things happen. It was a real hit at our last show.
Bob K., must be nice getting to watch Dave Frary working in person on the scenery (so long as the club members didn't get drool all over the layout in the process...)" border="0" width="15" height="15" /> And that club member John has the right idea - I should pick up some buildings cheap for practicing on, I guess. Your 'good' day was something else - hope you get some better than that soon. Have a great day with your daughter
These are the spots where some of his techniques were used:
Sorry for the misunderstanding, I would love for him to do a hands on clinic at the club.
There is one industrial switching area that I don't have pics of at this time. This spot was designed and started years ago. Two members have been working on it and it is near completion. It is of the same caliber as the E. Middleton city scene done by John.
I will post some pics as soon as I have them. Quite impressive.
rtraincollector wrote: Cheese4432 see you like B&M well heres mine its was built in 1962 by lionel It has magnatraction good strong puller I need to repaint the dynamic brakes booster (shood be blue like rest of engine) but all in all its great engine
Cheese4432 see you like B&M well heres mine its was built in 1962 by lionel It has magnatraction good strong puller I need to repaint the dynamic brakes booster (shood be blue like rest of engine) but all in all its great engine
just their rs3's but that's not HO scale so I don't lie that much but I do like strong pullers(who doesn't?)
Not to much going on today as its just a day of rest for me did get some stuff out of train room to shed (no not any train items) . Getting ready to get a move on this room and start working on it to get it the way I want it the cfo is already trying to give me honey do's to interfear but have told her that this room will be finished befor any more prodjects get started. may not have train layout started but room will be finished (painted trimed and carpet installed)
Have a good day all and Happy mothers day to the mothers here sorry forgot to post it earlier acually thought i did as did in the classic toy trains forum but forgot when got here with fergie starting a comtion and all with my old elvis stunt. LOL
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I'll be looking forward to the pictures, John. I guess no comment from me on some of the otherstuff.
JR..... A real FA unit! wow. I've been to the KY Ry museum a few times but it's too far (3 hours) from here to consider any active role. They have a few neat old locos including an L&N 4-6-2, a C&O 2-8-4, and a Monon BL2. I was told recently that they will be (or are) restoring an L&N E6 EMD passenger diesel for display (non-operating). Grandkids were with me as we passed by some rusted hulks that may or may not be restore and said: "Grandpa has to fix those trains." Cute. We rode their train between New Haven, KY and Boston, KY. (Sounds like eastern location but its in KY.)
Bye
Hi Gang!
Hope everyone is doing good this fine day. Happy Mother's Day to all the CFO's and Sue too! Sorry I have been absent for the last few weeks, but between work, my trip to New Orleans, and women (sorry ladies) I have not had much time to myself.
Speaking of New Orleans, nice place, but I cound not live there. Some of you may know why, and some may not. I am not going to say why, other than I will only go there for a vacation or if I had to go w/ my unit for work reasons. I do have some railfanning photos from there and around here in Syracuse that I took back on Friday. Once I get them uploaded to photobucket, I'll post them for all to enjoy.
On the 'women' front, I think I am in way over my head now. I know of one who has a interest in me, but the problem is do I really want to make one of my friends a enemy? Seems he's got alot of interst in her, himself, but she's not all that interested in him and he's told me to stay away from her even though she has told him that 'if in 5 yrs we are still single, then we will date and go from there.' Oh well, life goes on..... Well all, while I sit here chatting with her, I guess we'll (as in her and I) will have to make a decision. I just hope it will be the right one. I'll let you all know.
Take care...
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
Good Evening All,
Just another quick run through and a pick of the pick or the Mothers Day of Invention (for when you don't have a 200 ton cap. crane.
Cheers, J.R.
Hello everyone.
It's a good day for root beer float. (A black cow as my grand dad used to call it). One of those would be really good.
Jeff, glad your cholestoral is so great. Mine has been good, too. However, with that and perfect arteries, I still got heart failure. Doctors never did determine why.
Bob k. I was certainly hoping the day would not be too tough on you. Glad you've got keds to share your life with. Keep us posted. I was asking about Plymouth, because Shelley and I stopped there while visiting Mass a couple of years ago.
Have a nice rest of the day everybody!
Good afternoon, Chloe - if Cheese didn't get the other half of that sandwich, I'd like that for my lunch today, and a root beer float - in one of those mugs, now that you ladies have 'em unpacked and ready for use. Thanks!
Happy Mother's Day to Sue (and all the CFO's) today. Hey, they do their best to try to raise us up right! Not their fault some of us turned out as we did...(Now who does he mean by that?)
bogp40 wrote: Dave Frary did have a hand in some of it Model Railroad Scenery (I have his singned copy of the 3rd edition), but no, he's not a member. I wish! The member that did the city scene, never did scenery before. You're looking at his first attempt. Not bad for a beginner, Ay. The member, John, is good at anything he does. Lots of research, practicing weathering on cheap buildings, lots of thought and trial and error, but look at the results- I know it is top notch. I feel that most of us in the hobby are already a cut above and when we apply ourselves, great things happen. It was a real hit at our last show.
Dave Frary did have a hand in some of it Model Railroad Scenery (I have his singned copy of the 3rd edition), but no, he's not a member. I wish! The member that did the city scene, never did scenery before. You're looking at his first attempt. Not bad for a beginner, Ay. The member, John, is good at anything he does. Lots of research, practicing weathering on cheap buildings, lots of thought and trial and error, but look at the results- I know it is top notch. I feel that most of us in the hobby are already a cut above and when we apply ourselves, great things happen. It was a real hit at our last show.
Bob K., must be nice getting to watch Dave Frary working in person on the scenery (so long as the club members didn't get drool all over the layout in the process...) And that club member John has the right idea - I should pick up some buildings cheap for practicing on, I guess. Your 'good' day was something else - hope you get some better than that soon. Have a great day with your daughter.
Colby wrote: JimRCGMO wrote" Paul wrote:Colby: you will have to solder that wire. Hot glue and the others will not conduct electricity. Fergie is good at soldering things. Mostly his body. Check into a soldering iron.(no comment...) WHAT'S THAT SUPPOST TO MEAN?
JimRCGMO wrote" Paul wrote:Colby: you will have to solder that wire. Hot glue and the others will not conduct electricity. Fergie is good at soldering things. Mostly his body. Check into a soldering iron.(no comment...)
Paul wrote:Colby: you will have to solder that wire. Hot glue and the others will not conduct electricity. Fergie is good at soldering things. Mostly his body. Check into a soldering iron.
Colby: you will have to solder that wire. Hot glue and the others will not conduct electricity. Fergie is good at soldering things. Mostly his body. Check into a soldering iron.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOST TO MEAN?
Colby - I was 'non-commenting' about the comments on Fergie's soldering skills. (Not that mine are any better, mind you...) And besides, I see Fergie gave you all his finer points of soldering (especially #'s 7 & 8)... Oh, and one detail on Garry's tip with the wet dishrag - lay it down (like on a piece of wood) when you do that, don't be holding the wet cloth...
RT - Elvis impersonation? Is the video on YouTube.Com yet? And Tiny Tim impersonation? C'mon Fergie, give us the link to it.
DerJohn, I think you get the award for recycling the most materials for your layout! That looks great - another advantage of iNvisible scale: no one can tell what it looks like without their magnifying glasses, anyway! Now an enterprising MRR'er with an Afghan hound could really go to town on fences...
MononJim, to the Diner, and feel free to come visit anytime. Have a cup of your favorite beverage on me.
Mike wrote: RT... you keep going and you might get your layout going yet. Just a thought,, wasn't you going to fix that floor bout a year ago???
RT... you keep going and you might get your layout going yet. Just a thought,, wasn't you going to fix that floor bout a year ago???
(Shhhh, Mike, we weren't going to mention that...)
Jerry - only one comment on your story... OUCH!!!
I had a bit of a problem with the laptop yesterday - think there may be a hardware problem (but heck, it's only six years old...). But today, after re-seating the CPU board on the main logic board and resetting one button on the back, it appears to be working all right. So I'll try working with it this afternoon some. (I'm writing this using the desktop PowerMac for now)
Enjoy your afternoons, folks. See you later today maybe.
Chloe, what's on the menu for tonight? Got to wait and see, huh? Okay.
Blessings on your Mother's Day,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Looks like a nice day here - 79 F currently (26 C), and supposed to go up another couple of degrees only. So should be a beautiful day outside.
Good morning all. I'm pasting this from the Mother's Day post.
No way! could I forget this one.
Happy Mother's Day to all those woman who will put up with us and our trains.
I really thought that this, the first Mother's Day without my wife, April, would be real tough.
Not so, I did wake up at the usual 5:30 and made my coffee. Yes it was another day without her, but I felt good. Memories of her and past days put a smile on my face. My youngest daughter came in late last night from Nashua, NH from the drum and bugle corps. Usually they practice all weekend, but not for mother's day. I saw her this morning sleeping on the couch and my God she looked just like her mother. Brought a tear to my eye and went over and gave her a kiss on her forhead. My oldest daughter is in S.Carolina for a NASCAR race and my son just left to work on his friend's Mustang race car. I guess I'll just have to figure something to do with my youngest, named April also, today. Make it a father daughter one.
I do hope that these better days are a trend and will continue. Michael and I are exchanging emails, I do hope that the near future can start to get better for him and his wife. Mother's day must be real devastating for his wife as for him. You guys here have really surprised me. You have added to my comfort over these past dreadful weeks and I need to thank you again. Now we need to work on Michael.
Dick: Yes that was quite the experience, still not upset at the incompetance, even though the last ramp truck took out the lower control arm. They wouldn't listen to me, heck I'm only a carpenter what do I know. Tomorrow I'm not just calling AAA, I'll be asking for a head superviser at the Headquarters in Providence.
GARRY: I'm just 15 minutes south of Boston, can actually look at the Boston skyline across Quincy bay from the beach down the street. Plymouth is 5 towns down the coast about a 40 minute ride.(no Cape Cod traffic of coarse)
cheese4432: Keep the sandwich for later, even though it is lunch time, I think I'm hungry for some of the ham steak and eggs that Jeff has.
Fergie: All good soldering tips, and speaking of tips, It's good to know what end of the iron you're grabbing.
inch53 and Phillip: I guess I'll be getting your weather here shortly in Massachusetts. Can feel it cooling off even though it's still sunny.
DER: So was that you hiding under the benchwork, you must have been blocking that kitchen sink I couldn't find.
RT: I guess theres always a way to finally get the job done, one way or the other. I never procrastinate either.
Well guys, no sense wasting the day, I'll see if my daughter is up for some yard work and then maybe lunch.
Fergmiester wrote: RT: I didn't mention your "Elivis impersonation, did I!?! Fergie
RT: I didn't mention your "Elivis impersonation, did I!?!
Fergie
Or yours of Tiny Tim
inch53 wrote: RT,,, you keep going and you might get your layout going yet. Just a thought,, wasn't you going to fix that floor bout a year ago???
RT,,, you keep going and you might get your layout going yet. Just a thought,, wasn't you going to fix that floor bout a year ago???
More like a year and a half to 2 years ago lol. The walls did get done first somehow thou. have even gotten putty inbetween most the cracks (2 pieces of plywood meeting ) on the walls so I can start painting soon have about (from floor to celining) 4 cracks to go then tape the ceilining edge and I can start painting 9need to remember to open windows thou as its oil base klitz for first coat lol.
pcarrell wrote: Mornin' All!Slow to get movin' this mornin'! Just can't seem to get it in gear.Oh, Mornin' Zoe! I'll just have the breakfast of champions this morning. No, no, not that nasty stuff in the orange box. The REAL breakfast of champions! .......now we're talkin'!Weather guesser says it should be pretty nice today.TODAY: An area of high pressure to our northeast, will pump in cool air for Mother's Day. Highs will struggle to hit 70 in northern parts of the viewing area, while central and southern parts of the state will get closer to the mid 70's.Well, I went and visited the mom's yesterday and my teaching gig got rescheduled, so I'm free to enjoy the day with the wife today. That should make it a nice day!Whats up with you all?
Mornin' All!
Slow to get movin' this mornin'! Just can't seem to get it in gear.
Oh, Mornin' Zoe! I'll just have the breakfast of champions this morning. No, no, not that nasty stuff in the orange box. The REAL breakfast of champions! .......now we're talkin'!
Weather guesser says it should be pretty nice today.
TODAY: An area of high pressure to our northeast, will pump in cool air for Mother's Day. Highs will struggle to hit 70 in northern parts of the viewing area, while central and southern parts of the state will get closer to the mid 70's.
Well, I went and visited the mom's yesterday and my teaching gig got rescheduled, so I'm free to enjoy the day with the wife today. That should make it a nice day!
Whats up with you all?
I'll have the same.... trading the coffee for a ding dong (a.k.a. the hostess cup cake) With water, thanks why so little?. Because I already had a feast at home.
Heartland Division CB and Q wrote: Jeff, food looks good. Do you eat that much? If so, Ryan has some competition.
Jeff, food looks good. Do you eat that much? If so, Ryan has some competition.
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That was a nice post from Mononguy. to the diner! Hey Mononguy, stick around and have some coffee in the diner.
Fergie, that was a good explanation of soldering for Colby ! One more thing is how to clean the soldering tip. Colby, cleaning the tip is really easy. While the iron is hot, simply pull the tip through a cold, wet rag. That's my hot tip of the day. Fergie if you get solder on yourself, you'd better not be using super glue and spilling it on yourself, too!
Okay now, where's the Tim Horton's coffee? Hmmmmmmmm.... well it's Starbucks again for me.
Happy Model Railroading!
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/13/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Heat Index: 70°FHumidity: 88%Dew Point: 66°F So Far TodayHigh: 72°FLow: 70°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 6mph NNE Today High: 88 Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Tonight Low: 65 Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds. Steak and eggs please.