Elliotts Trackside Diner (est 1-1-07)

[gear-jammer]

I think we have a Seattle person that was routing for the wrong team. So I like you would call it a Seattle game not a cowboy game

We would definately will not claim Seattle as our home, and  the safety play looked like a Volleyball game.  I was yelling block so loud that I barely saw the failed field goal attempt.  That was a once in a million play.  Dallas did out play them.  It was just luck.  They are not the team that went to the Superbowl last year.

Later,  Sue

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang: Mary Ann and I did some shopping today after taking in breakfast at the little donut shop in town. After that we headed to Ft. Worth and looked at cook stoves. She needs a new one bad and we found one that is just right. I figured that she'd jump at it but she said we'll wait untill next month. They may have it on sale and she can get a washer and dryer also.

John and I went out to his place later to put some new locks on his shop and check things out. He's had a trespass problem and we have to check the place often. The hunters cought two guys last month on the place and read them the riot act befor sending them on there way.The county DA is preparing charges against them. They rent a house next to his place. We also made plans for the 7.5 inch gauge railroad that he's starting.

Well tomorrow I'll start nocking off another week. It won't be long. Not that I'm watching the calender or anything.

Well I think that I'll head for bed. I'll see you all tomorrow.

Good Night All

[rtraincollector]

I think we have a Seattle person that was routing for the wrong team. So I like you would call it a Seattle game not a cowboy game

[gear-jammer]

Please stop talking about the cowboy's game.

please.

What do you mean " the Cowboy's game"?  I thought that Seattle won. 

Sue

[rtraincollector]

Hey all got this email and thought I would share it with you all yes its long but its good.

>good friend shared this with me and it really made me stop and think. I'm
>off to buy my marbles....
>
>
> > The older I'm get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's
>the
>quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the
>unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours
>of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.
> >
> > A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup
>of
>coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a
>typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems
>to
>hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it:
> >
> > I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio
>in
>order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came
>across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice.
>You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting
>business; He was telling whom-ever he was talking with something about "a
>thousand marbles." I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to
>say
> >
> > "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they
>pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family
>so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or
>seventy hours a week to make ends meet. It's too bad you missed your
>daughter's dance recital," he continued. "Let me tell you something that
>has helped me keep my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain
>his theory of a "thousand marbles."
> >
> > "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average
>person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live
>less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years.
> >
> > "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900, which is
>the
>number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime.
>Now, stick with me, Tom, I'm getting to the important part.
> >
> > "It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in
>any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over
>twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be
>seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went
>to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having
>to visit three toy stores to round up 1000 marbles. I took them home and
>put
>them inside a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next
>to
>my gear."
> >
> > "Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it
>away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the
>really important things in life.
> >
> > "There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to
>help get your priorities straight ."
> >
> > "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take
>my
>lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble
>out
>of the container. I figure that if I make it until next Saturday then I
>have
>been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a
>little
>more time."
> >
> > "It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your
>family,
>and I hope to meet you again here on the band. This is a 75 Year old Man,
>K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning!"
> >
> > You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off.
>I
>guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the
>antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to
>work on the next club newsletter.
> >
> > Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey,
>I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast"
> >
> > "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile.
> >
> > "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a
>Saturday together with the kids. And hey, can we stop at a toy store while
>we're out? I need to buy some marbles."
> >
> > A friend sent this to me, so I to you, my friend.
> >
> > And so, as one smart bear once said..."If you live to be a hundred, I
>want
>to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without
>you."
>- Winnie the Pooh.
> >
> > Pass this on to all of your FRIENDS, even if it means sending it to the
>person that sent it to you.

My boss would need and extra 2149 marbles so far. lol he'll be 96 the 29th of this month

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Remember the big Super Bowl game back in the 70's that went into overtime and nobody told NBC? For obvious reasons, that game became known as the Heidi game. NBC still hasn't lived that one down. Their headquarters got so many phone calls that the phone system went down!

[grayfox1119]

I just saw the end of the Seattle/Dallas playoff game......for those who saw it, or will see the sports highlights later, what kind of a plane ride home do you think Tony Romo is going to have? I think I would walk back to Dallas.

Don't you know he's on every cowboy's fans * list! 1 point!

Yeah but think you got to say it was a gut getter the whole game it look likes from the clips I saw this am it was close all game just some bad luck at the end sry not a cowboy fan (carries over from the 70's and cowboy/steelers kill the man with the ball games (sure miss those games)

RT: Ya but the Big Tuna pulled a big bone head play right at the start of the game when Dallas was on the 10 YL and he elected to go for it on 4th down instead of a Field Goal. That FG would have given them the 3 points that would have won the game as it later turned out.

[grayfox1119]

I hope I can do as well at the BIG E the end of this month.

Big E?

PC: Sorry Phil, the "BIG E" is so well known in the northeast and even into central and mid Atlantic states, I falsely assumed that you knew.

The "BIG E" stands for Big Exposition Center in West Springfield, Massachusetts. They have the biggest model RR show in the Northeast every year, the last weekend of January. It is sponsored by the Amhearst MRR Club.

JEFF: I think you hit the nail on the head re Romo.....now Texans are calling for the Big Tuna's head too!!!!

[TRENT B]

Howdy all,

Hope no one wanted that old Santa Fe hearld from the old shop. I liberated it as the wrecking ball was pulling up to do its FOUL deed! I hope someone remembered to snag that pic of the PRR duplex!

Don't ya love it when the good guys "clean up" at a show like that.

Now that things are settling down I can take my chances @ paying for all the  bottomless pits who stop in for a "glass of water"!

Found out over christmas that a short line ended in my in-laws town. It was only about 40 miles. The town was clearing some wooded land and found the old roadbed. When my dad-in-law gets me some pics of the rr I'll post them. He said that since the Doc lived in the town of Conroe if anyoe got sick in Coldspring he would hop the train and they would run him up the line. Next time I'm up there I'm gonna hit the antique shop for some remains if they got any.

Best wishes for all and prayers for theose under the weather.

Trent

[Hoople]

Please stop talking about the cowboy's game.

please.

[Cox 47]

Jeff...Its Nscale and I found out its one of the older models...Thanks..Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jerry: If that's a Proto 2000 FA there should be a cover on the bottom of the gearbox. Every P2K locomotive I have has them.

[Cox 47]

Good Morning All.....Its a gloomy rainny day here and we sure don't need any more Rain well guess it could be snow.....I'll have the same thing Jeff is having that looks mighty good..Thank you....yes coffee please....I took the LL FA all part last night put some leads on motor and it runs grat so that pretty much means must be pickups i think I'll tear down the trucks this afternoon I notice there is no cover on the gears anyone with one tell me if there is supose to be one?? Well  I'll just set here enjoy my breakfast and see who comes in...You all have a good one....Jerry

[rtraincollector]

I just saw the end of the Seattle/Dallas playoff game......for those who saw it, or will see the sports highlights later, what kind of a plane ride home do you think Tony Romo is going to have? I think I would walk back to Dallas.

Don't you know he's on every cowboy's fans * list! 1 point!

Yeah but think you got to say it was a gut getter the whole game it look likes from the clips I saw this am it was close all game just some bad luck at the end sry not a cowboy fan (carries over from the 70's and cowboy/steelers kill the man with the ball games (sure miss those games)

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. I'll bed having bacon and eggs this mornin'

Today's Weather for:  
Sundown, LA  71446-6114    1/7/2007 

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23

Wind Chill:  55°F
Humidity:  95%
Dew Point:  54°F
 
So Far Today

High:  61°F
Low:  56°F
Rain:  0.27"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  23mph NW

High: 60 °F
Low: 38 °F

Now through 08:15 AM CST January 07, 2007

High: 62   

Through 8 AM...a line of showers from near opelousa to the rockefeller wildlife refuge and further southwest into the near coastal waters will continue to move east at 25 mph.  

Rest Of Today  High: 62    Decreasing clouds. Patchy drizzle in the morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. 
 
Tonight  Low: 38    Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Colder. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.

[LSWrr]

Good Morning all,

Arrrgh, Phil got him some good booty from that train show.  Dee Dee and I plan on hitting a few of the NMRA shows this year, matter of fact we were just planning our vacation days around them.

Lee

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

01-07-07

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I just saw the end of the Seattle/Dallas playoff game......for those who saw it, or will see the sports highlights later, what kind of a plane ride home do you think Tony Romo is going to have? I think I would walk back to Dallas.

Don't you know he's on every cowboy's fans * list! 1 point!

[pcarrell]

I hope I can do as well at the BIG E the end of this month.

Big E?

[grayfox1119]

Last call for coffee on the east coast......

PC:  The pics came out just fine Phil, the camera still had enough umph. You did real good!! I hope I can do as well at the BIG E the end of this month.

FERGIE: At least this weather has given you a great break to get that addition done. Had this been a normal Winter, no telling where the addition would be.

I just saw the end of the Seattle/Dallas playoff game......for those who saw it, or will see the sports highlights later, what kind of a plane ride home do you think Tony Romo is going to have? I think I would walk back to Dallas.

[Fergmiester]

Yes it's January and the weather is definately on the warm side and a good thing too as with the rain today if it had been snow... I it would have been a good 2' deep!

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!

Later all

 

Fergie 

[pcarrell]

Well, I just got back from the train show.  I'm $300 poorer.  But for that I got 2 brand new 4-8-4's (Bmann), 2 brand new 2-8-0's (Bmann Spec.), 7 lighted Harriman passenger coaches, 4 heavyweight coaches, 4 bobber cabeese, 4 steel gons, a wooden milk stop shed, 2 wooden railroad grade crossings, 4 moose, and an aux. tender for my N&W J.  Not a bad haul I thought.

OK Phil, I hope you went to confession today, because you really stole today!!! Where all the sales people women who fell for such a young handsome dude?  I guess I would't stand a chance, it might have cost me $600 for that haul. I want to see the pics.....too hard to believe.

I don't know about knocking them dead with my looks.  I think maybe it was more like I was Johnny on the spot!

Here's some pics of the haul today.  My camera was dying so the pics are kind of rushed, so I appologize.

Here's some heavy duty motive power.  Two 2-8-0's and two 4-8-4's: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture019_edited.jpg

Here's a bit closer on one of the 2-8-0's: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture013.jpg

And here's a bit closer on one of the 4-8-4's: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture017.jpg

Here's those lighter passenger cars (yes, I know I need a little more track): http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture021.jpg

And they look pretty good close up too, but some cleaning wouldn't kill them: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture023.jpg

I got this little guy by himself: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture026.jpg

Picked up 4 of these (4 for $10!!!): http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture027.jpg

And four of these (4 for $10 again!!!): http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture028.jpg

And four of these (at 4 for $10!!!): http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture029.jpg

I already had this J class, but the Auxillary tender I got today for $5!: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture039.jpg

Also nabbed a pair of wooden grade crossings and a milk stop kit: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture048.jpg

And who knew N scale Moose were so expensive!  $20 for all 4!: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/N%20Scale%20Trains/WGH%20Show%202007/Picture043.jpg

Thats about it!

Can't wait till next year!

[Paul W. Beverung]

Hi Gang: I'm all better now and feel normal. I spent the afternoon cleaning out the east side of the corrals. Anyone need some fertilizer? I found the last missing part to the feeder that the cows tore up last month. Now all I have to do is weld it back together. The weather is fairly good. Temp in the low 50s light wind. The wind feels cold on the face and neck but it feels warm when the sun comes out from behind the clouds. Yes the weather is unusual for this time of year. I've been thinking about getting the lawn mower out and doing the back yard. I didn't get to it earlier.

PC: That was a super haul. I'm not going to mention that there is a show in Ft. Worth. You'd probably come down and get all the good stuff.

Good to hear from you Chuck and Kathy.

OZ: The Great Lakes are down also. The lake boats are having to load less then full loads because of the low water. 1 inch of water equals 250 tons of cargo in a 1000 foot boat. That must have been some storm. Any info on damage or injuries?

Well I'm going to hit the sack. Good Night All

[soumodeler]

This morning on the way to the club meeting to start working on the corner section of our exhibit's layout, I dropped by Brosnan Yard to see what was happening. Oh, wait, the weather:

 

It was a horrible day. We worked on the corner and then went to eat lunch. We went back down to the yard and look at this!

  

But it couldn't last:

  

Tomorrow it is going to get bad again, and the clouds were already rolling in. 

But a good day at the yard.

 

[Cox 47]

Evening All...Just dropped in for a cup of coffee thankyou...Wow PC sounds like you cleaned up at the show today Congrats....I got a Ann Arbor shell inthe mail today its same paint as Wabash now if i can get the engine running I'm set i am starting to think the motor may be bad..You all have a good and safe Saturday night....Jerry

[grayfox1119]

Well, I just got back from the train show.  I'm $300 poorer.  But for that I got 2 brand new 4-8-4's (Bmann), 2 brand new 2-8-0's (Bmann Spec.), 7 lighted Harriman passenger coaches, 4 heavyweight coaches, 4 bobber cabeese, 4 steel gons, a wooden milk stop shed, 2 wooden railroad grade crossings, 4 moose, and an aux. tender for my N&W J.  Not a bad haul I thought.

OK Phil, I hope you went to confession today, because you really stole today!!! Where all the sales people women who fell for such a young handsome dude?  I guess I would't stand a chance, it might have cost me $600 for that haul. I want to see the pics.....too hard to believe.

Today we not only broke many records in New England for temperature, we down-right smashed them. I went to church at 4 today in a short sleeve shirt...never did that before in January. It is still 60F here at 7pm...that's right 60F. Global warming is only a myth, don't believe it guys............Ya RIGHT!!

[PA Belt]

hey all, whats up?

[sunsetbeachry]

HI ALL

HI ALL !!!!! There thats better. I have now read all the pages up to here, took me and Kathy 2 days. COMMENTS

PHILIP

 I built my first comp from parts left over in the store room at school Univ of KY back in '51 used the whole garage 2 car plus. The only thing that I didn't have room for was the memory 120mm tape so I put all the parts back. Now we run 80gig in the space of my small closet that is with batt backup. Small world huh.

Secuse me lunch for Kathy.

OKOK ham with mustard 2 old fash donuts a glass of milk.

PAUL

   We both pray that you get better.

LYNDA

   Kathy says HI!!!! and keep on keeping on and also reminds me of how few ladies that we have in the C.S. opppps Elliots Trackside Diner.

J.R.

  Prayers go out to you and the parents from both of us.

ALL  ..............Ferguie was in the C.S. before me and I shure didn't make all the MESS,but we did take home some of the leftovers and boy were they good. Not much to report on MRR, Kathy bought us a new camera dig. and printer Epson, works great am trying to figue out how to load to comp so that we can send to you'all.

It is noe 42 deg. and raining next 5 days same thing with a low of 35 at nite, love the coast west that is . At least I don't have to mow the lawn yet. Oldest boy has left for Quartsite Az. to sell his soap at the big garage sale down there, took my big truck and 30ft trailer ,first time he ever drove anything that big.

 Well I guess that is about it for now, prayers for all and I didn't make any resulotions. ha  ha  ha

P.S. Welcome to all the nebies and welcome back to all our old friends

                                   Chuck and Kathy

[pcarrell]

Thanks all! 

I figured I'd best get out of Dodge while I could, so after three hours I booked!  Crowds were getting pretty big anyways.  I think I scooped a bunch of them though!

[Anonymous]

PC- sounds like a scoop and run to me, good job.