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Posted by SilverSpike on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:07 PM

How do folks?

Prayers for your wife PC!

Heck yea....we got rain again today!!!! Celebrations in the street.....I might just go dancing in the rain too...

Nice photos posted by all since my last post, and thanks for sharing!

So Red Sox play game 1 tonight in the WS! Hey Ed, I know you're pumped up about them gettin' back into the WS, game 6 and 7 against the Indians was quite impressive play.

Been updating my Blog site lately, cheek it out when you get some time....

Hey Duke - sounds like a plan with the rework on the layout! Oh, I think there is a fresh batch of pies coming out the oven soon........

Cheers,

Ryan

 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:03 PM

refill, please & thank you.

Heard the dogs barking a short while ago. When I looked, the 3 Pyrenees were in the middle of the yard barking towards the driveway. Upon investigation, there was a large package set against the gate. Guess DHL drivers don't like big dogs!Laugh [(-D] Philip, You are a Prince. THANK YOU! The wife is still sleeping as I type...she works 7:00pm-7:00am so is sleeping late. When she wakes, she will have the option of seeing it now, or waiting for Christmas. Either way, tonight that beautiful little train is coming out of the box, getting a touch of fresh oil, and we'll see if she agrees to steam along the rails. Again, THANK YOU! (expect something around the Holidays...like it or notSmile,Wink, & Grin [swg])

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Posted by BaylorMax on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:54 PM

Gary,

Did your friend Bill used to be in Dallas?  I know a Bill from there who sells at these shows.  His business may be under a different name.

Phil, please keep us posted!

Steve 

 

  

 

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:50 PM
Sorry about that sometimes my old fingers work faster than my old brain...Jerry
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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:42 PM

 Cox 47 wrote:
.....oder up.......

Are you trying to tell us something? Wink [;)]

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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:24 PM
Looks like I am buying..Belly up order up and enjoy....Jerry
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Posted by Cox 47 on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:22 PM
Howdy All....Its sunny and cool here with a Northeast wind...looks like we are getting fall weather....I'll have a Double cheese Burger with plenty of onions,Tater Salad and Diet Coke please...Thank You...Well I worked for awhile this morning trying to get photos out of photo Bucket but still no luck...I spent some time yesterday with the New MR Greatest Railroads...Kinda pricey but I think maybe the best they have put out...I took building apart I got in Ebay junk deal first building turned out to be a Small Town intead of DPM..I am not sure if they are still around...I like that the windows and doors are separate castings ...I gave it a good bath and shot it with some $ Store red primmer that looks alot like old bricks to me after you weather...also finished another coal load for a 2 bay hopper...Guess the cooler weather has my modeling juices flowing...

Jim...Yes I got the photo account opened and my photo uploaded.but it won't let me down load from there to here?

Mike and Deb...Thanks for getting out on a cold damp evening to help me...You folks are the best...

Gary....Like the Photo of the E and that herd of Holsteins more fine modeling..You have a real talent for making a scene look right...

Well Nicky Tootie's mommy called and said they are out of school for a 4 day weekend and would I like to have Tootie come up for a couple of days..The answer was Y-E-S Faster than a New York flash...

Please keep Sallie in your prayers She goes To DR. in Springfeild Thursday to see if she has healed enogh to take hardware out....You all have a Good one...Jerry
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Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:17 PM
 pcarrell wrote:

Thanks for the support all!

 BaylorMax wrote:

PC, my prayers are with you.  You have a really tough decision.  Have the doctors given you any statistics?  Have you searched the web to see what you can find there?  When my late wife was sick, I learned a lot from searching the web including  searching Medline which is a medical article database. 

Yeah, we've done some research and found that this doc is pretty "on it".  It helps when the Muscular Dystrophy Association is real interested in your case (her form of the desease is pretty rare).  We go back to the doc's today for more testing and an MRI of both knees.  Guess we'll know more soon, huh?

 

Hey, that sucks...:-(

It so happens that I actually have 2 genetic conditions: Diverticulosis (which I already went through) and a condition in which one of the adrinaline glands fail. I heard that it wrecks your entire body.

TO EVERYBODY ELSE:

 Derrick Moore wrote:

This may be funny to you guys... It's funny to me......

What would you do if birds were the size of blue whales?

Here's my answer....

1) When they take a BIG FAT S**T, scream, don't yell:

INCOMING!!! Shock [:O]

 

2) NEVER, EVER use windex on your windows. PERIOD. Shock [:O]

What do ya think?

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Posted by Dave Vollmer on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:27 AM

Rain!!!

0.81" at my house just this morning (I have a professional-grade weather station mounted on the kids' playset).  I'm pumped!  And the first of two cold fronts hasn't even arrived yet!

5-Day Forecast

This won't break the drought completely, but if it buys the city of Raleigh a few more weeks of drinking water, it's a start!

Here's the latest:

Click for latest Composite Reflectivity radar loop from the Raleigh/Durham, NC radar and current weather warnings

The rain washed away the grass seed I'd just had put down yesterday, but heck, if that's what it takes to get rain, I'll part with it!

Philip, if this almost miraculous rainfall is any proof, prayers are being answered as we speak.  I hope also with you and your wife.

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:55 AM

BTW Rob,.......how was your nice long, hot shower this morning now that you have water? Wink [;)]

 Heartland Division CB and Q wrote:

Philip... we're all concerned about your better half. We have an anathesiologist (kan't spel it) in our family, and if you want some insights I could ask for you.   Prayers.

She has a list of things she can't have and special procedures and such, but I may take you up on that.....THANKS!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:55 AM

Hello everyone.......

Rob ... The cows don't eat much. The E8 is a Life Like Proto 2000.

(Texas) Steve ..... if you get to Houston show, I have a friend traveling there from paducah to sell stuff. He sells under the name "Classic Trains and Ferrari's" and his name is Bill. He's quite a good guy and normally has a big book selection.

Philip... we're all concerned about your better half. We have an anathesiologist (kan't spel it) in our family, and if you want some insights I could ask for you.   Prayers.

Take care.......

 

 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:28 AM

A strongin a Southern mug this morning, please & thank you!

***James, nice start on your layout. Look forward to seeing photos of your progress. My family visited Australia (don't recall which parts) and LOVED the people there. My mother(RIP) always said if she lived anywhere other than the USA, it would definitely be Australia.

***Colby, good luck with the Inspector.

***Philip, we'll be thinking of your two today.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:13 AM

Good morning.

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      10/24/2007 
 
Wind Chill:  45°F
Humidity:  87%
Dew Point:  41°F
 
So Far Today
High:  45°F
Low:  42°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  0mph NNE
 
Today  High: 65    Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.  

Tonight  Low: 45    Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds around 10 mph.

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Posted by pcarrell on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:12 AM

Thanks for the support all!

 BaylorMax wrote:

PC, my prayers are with you.  You have a really tough decision.  Have the doctors given you any statistics?  Have you searched the web to see what you can find there?  When my late wife was sick, I learned a lot from searching the web including  searching Medline which is a medical article database. 

Yeah, we've done some research and found that this doc is pretty "on it".  It helps when the Muscular Dystrophy Association is real interested in your case (her form of the desease is pretty rare).  We go back to the doc's today for more testing and an MRI of both knees.  Guess we'll know more soon, huh?

 

Philip
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Posted by Derrick Moore on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:31 AM

This may be funny to you guys... It's funny to me......

What would you do if birds were the size of blue whales?

Here's my answer....

1) When they take a BIG FAT ***, scream, don't yell:

INCOMING!!!

2) NEVER, EVER use windex on your windows. Period.

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Posted by BaylorMax on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:12 AM

Good morning, all!

Fall has found southeast Texas.  It is in the 40's this morning.  Clear skies and low humidity.  After the long summer this weather is really welcome!

PC, my prayers are with you.  You have a really tough decision.  Have the doctors given you any statistics?  Have you searched the web to see what you can find there?  When my late wife was sick, I learned a lot from searching the web including  searching Medline which is a medical article database. 

Went to Houston yesterday on business and visited Papa Ben's, my favorite hobby shop.  Nov 3 the group here is going to Houston to the train show there, which apparently is much like a GATS.  Ok, it's got a lot of tinplate, etc., but it's still a train show and we feel the need to go to one.

Well, the coffee cup needs refilling so I think I'll go refill it, grab a bite of breakfast, and go to work.  Have a great day, all!

Steve 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:25 AM

Diners (and G'Day, OzJim)! Zoe, a cup of coffee (if Fergie made it, you might add a bit of water to mine...) - thanks!

Not yet raining here today, but give it a little time and that'll likely change. Wink [;)] A rather cool 46 F currently (which would be short sleeve weather for Fergie and our Nova Scotian neighbours).

'Nuther day of getting things whittled down at work...

Jerry, on your photos, do you have them uploaded to your Photobucket account already, or is your problem with getting them there? And have you looked at the diretions out in the main forum (think it's one of the first four topics at the top of that page)?

I'll be drinking my coffee at the window booth for a bit.

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:52 AM

Morning.

Well today at school we have an inspector from the USAF (United States Air Force) here to inspect all of the cadets and the Soughmores have to drill infront of the inspector and if they mess up. Lewiston High School has to drop the AFJROTC program. The inspector comes every 5 years.

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Posted by james saunders on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:11 AM

Hello all,

Just a quick stop to let you know about my thread I started a few days ago...

http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1246098/ShowPost.aspx

 

has a bit about what i've been up to the last few weeks...

 Take care,


James

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Posted by inch53 on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:01 AM

Mornin, coffee n a couple doughnuts please Zoe, since I'm buying

Suppose to be cloudy n damp again, thrill, stuck inside with sick kids.

ROB,,,good to hear your getting rain and hope you get enough to get the creek flowing again.

PRINTER,, thanks for the pics of the shuttle. I've always wanted to see one, but never had the chance. Deb n her family went down and watched one of the Mercury launches, when her uncle worked there.

JR,, I have a few unbuilt kits, mine is to many done and no place to use them yet.

PC,,, can't help ya much with the decision, guess ya'll have to do more talking with the docs and the boss upstairs. We'll be with ya'll whatever.

DICK,, those schematics are a God send, I wish I find some for my old mower.

Best gets moving, almost time to get Mother up for work. Hope ya'll has a gooden n stay safe

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:26 AM

Good morning ! from Indiana. Big Smile [:D]

10-24-07

Clown [:o)]

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Posted by Fergmiester on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:50 AM

Ha!

First in this morning!!!

Fergie

Coffee will be a blacker than normal 

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Posted by Cederstrand on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 11:04 PM

Tall glass of cool water is all, thanks! 

***der, that is one "spaced out" photo. Very cool!

***JR, I admit to using my strait test track for a fix now and then. (speaking of desperate for a layout)Laugh [(-D]

***Garry, great photo there. Just one comment, FEED those cows...looks like dry lot, unless there is some grass or hay I can't see in the photo?Wink [;)] What make of loco is that? Excellent detailing on it.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:43 PM

Hello everyone.......

Somebody please help Jerry. I'm not a computer expert.

Here's a picture. I browsed to get a picture. I pressed upload. Actually it's easier than I said before. Under each picture in the album is a list of codes. Find the IMG code. Highlight the code. Copy into your message for the forum.

Rob might appreciate the Holstein cows in this photo.

Happy Model Railroading!

GARRY

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Posted by grayfox1119 on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:41 PM

Good evening, hope everyone had a great day. I had an "interesting" day troubleshooting the lawn tractor "no start" problem. It certainly looked like the battery was shot, 3 years old? Not so. I shorted the contacts on the started solenoid and the engine cranked over. So, you might say old solenois was bad, wrong again. Next was the ignition switch, ahhh, very dirty between the contacts, could it be shorting? No again. So now it was time to chase wires, that is always fun in an old tractor. It turned out to be the safety neutral micro-switch, it was intermittent. Thank God for schematics that are accurate with color coded wires to follow through the dirt and grime and tight places.

DRIVER: Thank you for sharing the photos, I am glad to see that it cleared in Florida for liftoff, there was a lot of doubt earlier.

J.R. : The Rocky Mountaineer folks offered the passengers two options, $250 back for each passenger, or, a voucher good until the end of 2008.

Rain due tonight and tomorrow, so posting the photos of the trip is on the schedule after a trip to the dentist for qtrly cleaning.

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
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Posted by JimRCGMO on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:23 PM

Good Evening, Diners! Chloe, a cup of hot cocoa, please.

 

 GMTRacing wrote:

Anyone else have the problem of too many kits and not enough time? Guess this is how you end up spending ten or more years building a layout, no? I just try to stay on task and get the track and scenery done before getting after stuff like detailing rolling stock.

    Onward and upward -the glue is set and I'll check in later. J.R.

Nah, JR, I never have that problem...(as he looks at his tower of structure kits in the one room and the other stack of freight car kits in the other room...) Laugh [(-D] Perhaps several of us have been sucked into the "oh-that-would-be-nice-on-my-layout-even-though-I-haven't-a-clue-where-I-could-fit-it" zone. Y'think so, folks? Wink [;)]

Rob, great to hear the rain is taking care of your critters' needs. Have you started on that rather large craftsman kit of the ark yet? Whistling [:-^] Whistling [:-^] Whistling [:-^] Now, play nice - share some of that rain with the folks around you, too. (tee hee...)

PC, I will be praying for wisdom and guidance for both you & your wife, plus the doctors, nurses and medical staff.

Printer, that's really neat that you're close enough to see that much of the launches. Like you said, if your could be able to get a little closer, even better! Thumbs Up [tup]

Got more of the paperwork done today - I was blessed in that today some of the intakes I needed to finish up, turned out I had abut 2/3rds or 3/4ths written and left it in my folder for the clients (so those ones took almost no time to get done). About 1/3rd or more through my list of stuff to get done. I also found one note I supposedly missed, but my copies of my logs indicated I didn't see any outpatient clients for about two weeks before that date, and my logs don't show that client's name anywhere on that date. Progress - YES!!! But I will feel so much better once I have that all done and caught up.

We're still getting rain today - nice, drizzle/soaking rain, and I think we're supposed to have more until Friday. Shock [:O] Good for washing away the pollen and other allergens, though.

Think I'll finish off my cocoa in the window booth and see if any other night owls come in.

 

Blessings and prayers,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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Posted by inch53 on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:38 PM

GARRY,

The problem is we couldn't get the Generate code bar to work, and get to the next page. Mother n me tried everthing we knew and a couple guesses, with no luck.

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Posted by pcarrell on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:22 PM

 Paul W. Beverung wrote:
PC: Don't worry, He's got your six covered.

Of that I have no doubt.  I just want to make sure that I zig when He wants me to zig, and I zag when He wants me to zag!  ......wisdom is called for my friend.........wisdom......

(But you knew all that, didn't you? Wink [;)]Big Smile [:D])

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Posted by GMTRacing on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:20 PM

Jerry,

   If nothing else perhaps Ed will come to the rescue. I still download from my Trainboard account manually. To cheat and post use [ IMG ]then after you right click properties on the pic you want putting the info in after the [ img ] then finish with [ /img ] (delete the spaces in the brackets) and it should work. The rest is too far beyond what my little mind can comprehend.  Good luck  

Rob - ya gotta start somewhere. My first modern layout was some track and trains from K-mart on an abandoned ping pong table. That was four decades and four setups ago. If nothing else, can you set up something on a bookshelf? Just being able to run trains back and forth can be a huge insipration   Big Smile [:D]J.R.

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:08 PM

 Cox 47 wrote:
Evening All...I need some help....I opened a Photo bucket account this afternoon but I can't get the photo from Photo bucket to here...Mike and Deb came in and tryed too but it just won't do it ...anybody got any advice?Thanks Jerry

Jerry we look forward to seeing your pictures.

In photobucket browse photos in your computer using button in upper right corner. After selecting press "upload'. Wait for it to get to your album. Look at pictur in album and click in box of corner.

Then at bottom right press button for "Generate HTML or IMG code. It goes to another screen. Near bottom of that sceen find IMG code for messages. highlight the code and uses "edit/copy". Return to forum and click on "edit/paste" to get code into message typing box. Click on 'preview" to see picture and then on "post' when ready for that.

GARRY

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