Elliotts Trackside Diner (est 1-1-07)

[Anonymous]

Dick - That is my great-grand-daughter Haley born Dec 7.

Off to work I go.....

Happy MRRing

[Anonymous]

Good morning

Happy MRRing

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      2/10/2007

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23
 
Wind Chill:  32°F
Humidity:  77%
Dew Point:  31°F
 
So Far Today
High:  37°F
Low:  37°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  8mph NNE
 
High: 55 °F
Low: 36 °F

Today  High: 52    Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph.
 
Tonight  Low: 35    Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds.

Bacon and eggs today.

[grayfox1119]

Good evening gents......14.4F at the moment and headed down, probably 4F by 6am. I spent the night reading and experimenting with chapters 1, 2 and 1/2 of chapter 3 of CADRail Version 8. Making progress, the more I repeat the steps, the more comfortable I get.

LUC: Is that a NEW grandchild???

DER JOHN: A wood stove certainly can cut the heating oil bill, I had not used much of either until 3 weeks ago when the Polar Jet stream settled more to the east and south giving both of us this prolonged cold wave.

PAUL: Right now 38F would seem warm to us up north. But I can certainly understand how you guys would feel after having 70's then get hit with a raw 38F...not very nice at all.

SCOTT: I see the insurance co. came around finally, they try to get away with the least payback they can.....and as I told them when my truck was totalled, " go ahead, find another 1975 Ford F250 with the same millage and condition as my truck and I will be glad to take it" That was the end of that discussion.

RT: That is a big relief to hear about Elliot!!!!! We will continue to pray for his full recovery.

FERGIE: Wherefore art thou???? You are late with your progress report on your project!!!

Time for bed, see you guys in the AM,

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang:

Elliott: I'm thinking about you. I tried to send you an E-mail but something went haywire and it didnot send. Anyway hang in there and I'm pulling for you.

It was cold here today. It never got above 38f. I know that would be like a heat wave to some of you up north, but down here it was cold. There was also a wind blowing that just drove the cold right into you.

I did get some clean up done in the shop. I have to get enough room to build the track sections for the show. I'm using 1/2in x 1in flat for the the rail and 2in channel for the ties. Each section is 10ft long and has 11 ties. I'm going to mill slots in the ties for the rail and weld them together.

I see that Daisy the dog is in bed and so is Mary Ann so I guess I had better get there also.

Good Night All

[Anonymous]

Hi.

Just a quick visit. I'm just in from work and will have to go back tomorrow around 9ish A.M.

Der John - I'm off the weekend of the show and Saturday the 31th is very good for me. Hopefully Fergie will be able to join us.  All we need to do is set a time.

RT - Thanks a bunch for the update on Elliot.  I must have missed the post that says he was not well.

The missus says hello to all.

That's it for now...  And it's good night from me and good night from him... (The 2 Ronnies---  Remember?)

Happy MRRing  

[pcarrell]

Good news for Elliot!  Thanks for passing it on RT.

[der5997]

Good evening people!  Still cold, still a west wind making it seem colder. However the oil delivery came today, and it was less litres than the last one, before the freeze.  So the wood stove is saving some dollars!

 

I think I’ve got the dry brushing sorted out.  I was brushing along the bricks, and should have been going down them.  There’s still too much white showing for my taste, but if I try for more brick colour, I’m sure to ruin it.  Too much time spent on this building already.  Just the window glazing and mullions to do, then I can glue the walls together and fit them to the floor / roof assembly (which should slide inside the walls like an arm into a sleeve, wish me luck!)

 

Dick:

A big train showing coming to NS? Have you guys saved all your $$ to have a great weekend of purchasing? Is it in Halifax?

…This is an annual event, and not big at all.  However there are some tables with often worthwhile pickings.  It’s in Cole Harbour, which is just to the east of, and contiguous to, Dartmouth.

 

Scott:  Glad the car repairs seem to be possible now.  Congratulations!

 

TV in a few minutes and then bed, so I’ll say Good night, and God Bless.  Prayers continuing for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.

[rtraincollector]

Well here is a note from Tammey his wife

"Hello again everyone,

Just spoke to Elliot's doctor.  They removed 33 lymph nodes and there was no cancer in any of the tissue.   The next hurdle is getting rid of the drain tube, which is an annoyance but not painful.  He does not have an "all clear" but this is excellent news.

In a couple of weeks he goes back to the oncologist and we will be given a course of action.  Exactly what that will entail we are not sure.

Thank you again for all your support and everyone have a great weekend.

Tammy  (train addict in training)"

[pcarrell]

Scott, good for you man!

[Cox 47]

Evening All....Its been a sunny cold day here....I'll have the Catfish with onion rings and hush puppies and a diet Coke please..Thank You....Ran a coal drag for a while this AM...Scott...Glad things worked out on your car as Jeff said making some noise works most of the time...sounds like the play is going great....Mike thanks for checking out the train show in Mattoon are you going? I hope I get to go I am going to try to talk Andy into coming up and taking me...Wonder if Herman knows about the show? I'll give him a call....Got high bid on a couple of engines that end tonite one is a SW  I have been looking for one ever since I got into N scale...I had a great one in HO The old Proto Power drive and Atheran shell that thing would flat out crawl and also pull the paper off the wall It was great for switching....Sallie is waking up from her nap i got go ..You all have a great week end.....Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

PC: I'm getting another $210 from them since we've raised such a hell with them. That'll cover the cost of the repairs.

That's what you have to do. Keep after them and keep after them. Make as much noise as you can. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[TrainFreak409]

Howdy y'all.

Thought I would drop in before I head out to school to get ready for the second night of THE TWILIGHT ZONE. Yesterday went great! Everyone loved it, and everything (almost everything) went according to plan. Just a few technical flaws...But other than that...Sheer brillance!

I don't look half bad as an old man.

PC: I'm getting another $210 from them since we've raised such a hell with them. That'll cover the cost of the repairs.

Dick: AllState quoted me a low price too...Saying that they could find a car in my condition for only some $1375...Well...I don't know where they were looking, but I couldn't find anything that cheap that was as well-kept as mine.

Jerry: At the moment...It looks like everything will work out okay. And trust me, I'm happy.

Ryan: Yeah, airhorns still sound good. Maybe once I get some more money gathered up...I'll get some louder ones.

PC: That's what's going on. I'm buying it back, and it'll be fixed in March.

Welp, gotta run...The stage awaits!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Give it a good kick in the slats!

[Derrick Moore]

<*sound of engine trying to start*>

 

Guys, I need help with fixing this turbine

[pcarrell]

Morning all!  (just barely!)

I think I'll do the lunch thing!  Oh, and Chloe, this is on greyfox!  (Thanks!)

Just some of the General Tso's Chicken please.....and a Moxie!

Also, Elliot is on my prayer list.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

JEFF: Haven't seen you in the Diner this morning, are you sleeping late this morning ??

Yeah. I helped a friend of mine with his paper route this morning, so I had to be up at 2 am and out with him by 3 am. The route is almost a hundred miles long, so it took a while.

[Hoople]

Hey PC, I'm in the same boat. I'm running a ME right now. This is the family computer, and the only one with internet.

[grayfox1119]

Ahhhh Geeeeeeezzzzz, there goes the credit card again.....just when it cooled off from the last LHS visit.......OK guys breakfast on me.....PC!@!!!!!!!! Stop running, you knocked over two tables and John had to jump on a chair.

[grayfox1119]

Good morning everyone, 16.7F here this morning at 9:30, starting off a little warmer than the last 8 days. Partly cloudy with some lazy snow flakes in the air winds from the SSW at 10mph.....Oswego, NY......buried deep, snow above all 1st floor windows now.

RT: I believe that "is" indeed our Elliot. We all need to keep Elliot in our prayers.

RYAN: Poor Bill, he gets rapped left and right doesn't he? I must give him a lot of credit though for his generosity to poor nations and the needy in general. He has made a lot of money, but he given away Billions of dollars. Not many CEO's or owners of big companies have done what he has with their money. When your the #1 at anything in this world, you wear a big bullseye on your back it seems.

JEFF: Haven't seen you in the Diner this morning, are you sleeping late this morning ??

DER JOHN: A big train showing coming to NS? Have you guys saved all your $$ to have a great weekend of purchasing? Is it in Halifax?

DUKE: Where are you Duke? Where is Ed also? Come on guys, get out from the rear corner booth in the Diner.

Later

[der5997]

Goodmorning everyone:  Correction for Luc and Fergie on the dates for the Cole Harbour train show.  Not next weekend, but March 31 / April 1.  (the Saturday stuff for me still applies, I won’t be able to go until Sunday April 1^st.)  Sorry for the confusion.

 

 

[SilverSpike]

Good Morning!

How bout some fried eggs with bacon and hash browns, and biscuits with gravy, Chloe! And a cup of that fresh brew along with some fresh squeezed from Ed's Virtual OJ supply.

Here is a little Vista humor to get you all started off this morning:

Cheers,

Ryan

[ModelTrainLover]

POST 450 FOR ME!!!! Yahoo!!!

[ModelTrainLover]

GOOD MORNING!!!!

TGIF!!!! FRIDAY, Friday, Friday !! Train show Maine tomarrow!!!!

So who likes my new signature? 

[GMTRacing]

Good Morning All,

     Thanks for the donuts Bill, I'll have a powdered sugar one please with a regular coffee Zoe. These virtual donuts are really much better than real since the sugar specks don't get in my beard.

We'll add Elliot to our prayers and hope he recovers ok.

Never did get the pictures to upload on Trainboard last night. Finally gave up and turned in. Once I fix what i'm doing wrong it'll be easy but for now it's hopeless. I now  have pics backed up from this last spring.

Time to get back to work. CUL,J.R.

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

02-09-07

[rtraincollector]

Not sure if this is the same elliott but this was in clasic toy trains forum coffee shop

Now for the not so good news.  Elliot is not doing good.  Tammy [Big Girl] is now staying home with him fulltime.  The removed lymph node came back positive. " border="0" width="15" height="15" />  They have now removed all the lymph nodes under that arm.  He has not heard the results from those.  May have to start cemo.  Gang, he really needs our prayers and support. [e-mail]  Really hurts me to see this happening to such a great guy.  He always welcomed all who came to the CTT forum in its early years.   

[der5997]

Good evening folks: Still in the deep freeze here, but not in a snow belt, for which everyone around these parts is grateful.

 

Dick: 

Ok John, now that you have delivered all those dogs in Cloe's trunk of her car,  she said "you can go clean on the dog poop out of her new car!!!"

…About that, what I said to the pups was “Sit”.  Perhaps they misheard!

Lets not fill up the pages with useless crap like repeated Ditto copy replies, it takes our good buddies considerable time to download useless crap, and discourages them from coming into the Diner.... Thank you guys for your kind consideration in advance..... the Diner management ( Cloe, Zoe, Jane )

…Thanks for that, BTW, here’s new footage of Janie captured on some one’s cell phone camera! (who was it ordered tea?

 

Ryan:

the scenery is taking great shape too!

…Thanks, but it’s really slow just now as I’m working on scratch building an office and lab building.  I’m having trouble dry brushing the brick paint colour over the white mortar on N Scale plastic brick sheet.  I’m much more used to doing that in HO, but even there I used to get blobs of brick colour, and mess things up.  Any dry brushing tips out there people?

 

Luc:

Hope you enjoy!!!!

…Sure did!  Thanks Luc!

 

Scott:

now it'll be even longer before it's fixed

…the buy back and fix idea that PC put forward sounds like a plan to me!

 

 

Mike:

I called the mall and the swap meet is still next weekend, 17 and 18'th

…That’s the same dates as the train show at the Cole Harbour complex…Attention Luc and Fergie!!  There’s going to be an N Scale collection from an estate, so I’m keen to go.  However, Kris is booked for something that Saturday, and I’ll have to take her mom to the hair appointment…that means my getting to th e show a day late for the best stuff…

 

Jerry:

Valentine's day and also our 39th wedding aniversary....

…That’s a bummer, Sallie’s surgery on your anniversary!  Hope everything goes well, and you get to celebrate later.

BTW gang, although the ladies don’t need the reminder, it was traditional in the old CS to give a head’s up this time of year about Valentine’s day.  So, here’s a small gift for those who leave things late!

 

Time for bed.   Good night all, and God Bless. Prayers continuing for all in need of healing, comfort, and peace.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeff:  How old is your current computer?  If you are still running a PII I wouldn't upgrade to XP. www.pricewatch.com has some good prices on XP Pro and XP Home.

The mainboard and processor were bought new last year. The main board is a Gigabyte gold board with 8 gigs of RAM. The processor is an AMD 3500+ 2.1 gig dual core processor. This beast can take whatever XP can throw at it and keep on truckin'.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: I did some work in the basement tonight. I finished the sheet metal on the 3rd side of the sheet metal head frame. This one is after the Sunday Lake mines head frame. Any way it's looking preety good. I have to fill in some places on the back side and I'll start on it tomorrow.

Today I went out to Clarke Gardens near Mineral Wells to corrdinate for the garden railroad show 10 and 11 March. Four of us are going to show our live steam equipment.

Well I guess I'll head for bed. The weather has been up and down here. Yeaterday it was a high of 70+ and today the high was only 40 and overcast. Next monday it's supposed to be in the 70s again.

Good Night All