james saunders wrote: Grayfox,Capejim,Fergie and the others who proposed it...Does the name answer you question? YEP! Good on you, mate. Opened up my "puker and I got ^*^(*#99 mad. No not at Mr. Voss , but at Comcast. They have started a new place called- The Coffee Shop. Ding-blamed copycats. Well, mith on them, pister. We have the creme de la creme right here in Elliott's trackside Diner. Wish Elliott had copyrighted the name. We could all have gotten what ever train article we could wish for.Hope no one got an undeserved black eye this year. I DID NOT PINCH HER. Heck, never mind Vinnie hurting me, Deb would have killed me. lol Best wishes to all in this new year. Flip Oz... (back to work....ho-hum...)
Grayfox,Capejim,Fergie and the others who proposed it...Does the name answer you question?
YEP! Good on you, mate.
Opened up my "puker and I got ^*^(*#99 mad. No not at Mr. Voss , but at Comcast. They have started a new place called- The Coffee Shop. Ding-blamed copycats.
Well, mith on them, pister. We have the creme de la creme right here in Elliott's trackside Diner. Wish Elliott had copyrighted the name. We could all have gotten what ever train article we could wish for.
Hope no one got an undeserved black eye this year. I DID NOT PINCH HER. Heck, never mind Vinnie hurting me, Deb would have killed me. lol
Best wishes to all in this new year.
Flip
Oz...
(back to work....ho-hum...)
Evening guys, I see some guys are still hung over, we haven't seen them here since yesterday ( before midnight of course !)
If anyone knows the URL of the old Coffee Shop, Der John is looking for it.
LYNDA: CORNHUSKERS .........tsk, tsk, what happened ????
JEFF: PC said you are acting up again? Noooooooo...I can't believe that unless you have been hanging around with Duke and Flip again !!
OZ JIM: The name is just great, and I am sure that Elliot will be real prowd once he sees the new Diner.....BTW, I don't know if you watch, or even get to see on TV the Rose Bowl parade from California, but there was a marching band all the way from Australia, called the Southern Stars...they were real good. The TRAVEL channel has reruns tonight, so you might be able to see them.
MTL: that was quite a haul you received for Christmas, no wonder you missed the closing of the old Coffee Shop.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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grayfox1119 wrote: LYNDA: CORNHUSKERS .........tsk, tsk, what happened ????
HUMPH! I guess I'll say the same thing as UVA and VT fans: There's always next year.
well I guess it was about to happen there a lady in colorado selling snow on ebay lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Genuine-Colorado-Snow-Blizzard-I-and-II-2006_W0QQitemZ150076792981QQihZ005QQcategoryZ1468QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150076792981
Howdy Y'all!
Been busy and now we are slowing down. We've had the best year this year! Was out for a little libation and saw the party. I'm glad I reconizied some of the cars out in the lot. My 14 yr old daughter who lives in Kansas w/her mom told me she wants a H.O. train for her birthday in aug. if not sooner!!! Man!! Life just gets better if one is patient while sittin' on the siding.
Linda- I'm orig. from Kansas and I always loved the competition old Neb. had with us. As we used to say, "Better dead than a Husker in red!" but who cares as I now live in Texas. I'm glad your here and hope you can bring some more of your cookin' in as you sound like a good cook.
I'm sad the other place is closed but glad to see y'all again! I got a raise and am truly greatful! Kids are suffering from cedar fever as those #@* trees are dropping their pollen. I think a # 3600 Blue Goose would look just great out front as pulling power for this joint.
Hey!
Check this out. A guy told me he needed a NEW decoder for his Athearn and wanted me to do it htis week. Told him it would be 'bout 2 months as I've got a backlog. He insisted and to find out why why he was so PUSHY I asked what happened to the old one and this is what he said, " I was using a KADEE coupler gauge to check my coupler heights. (wait for it, wait for it) ALL AT ONCE THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND,(wait for it) SMOKE STARTED COMMING OUT OF THE ENGINE, AND WHEN I OPENED THE SHELL THE DECODER WAS MELTED! (Some people should not be alowed to own pets or TRAINS!!!!) He obivously didn't use a dead track or disconnect the power. OOPS!
Gonna be a couple of months before I find out if the whole engine is shot.
Paul- to bad your so far away we have lots who hang out and pass on their knowledge at the shop.
Does anyone rank in the experienced catagory when it comes to making and applying decals for H.O. stock? I REALLY need to know.
Well great to see the place and hope Y'all take care. Gode Blessings to all.
Trent
Evening, a barley pop please,
RT,,, liked the Ebay snow sent it on to some freind. If the shipping had been so high, might have bought some.
Heres a joke to start the year
Two deer hunters were standing on a ridge near a highway in ruralWisconsin on the opening day of deer season. They both saw a trophy-classbuck meandering towards them. As the one hunter raised his gun to shoot, afuneral procession came slowly by.The hunter lowered his gun, took off his hat, and stood with his headbowed until the procession was past. Of course by then, the deer was longgone.The other hunter exclaimed "Wow! That was the most sportsmanlike act I'veever seen! You allowed this trophy buck to escape while showing suchcompassion and kindness toward someone's dearly departed. You are a greathumanitarian and a shining example to sportsmen throughout the world!"The first hunter nodded and said; "Well, we were married for 42 years."
Well back to the ball game, catch ya'll laters
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Well here I am again. Elliot's Trackside Diner. Yes that has a good sound to it.
Mary Ann pointed out something to me tonight. By staying long enough to get the $400 bonus I'd spend about $450 buying gas to get to work and back. It dosen't add up.
I went to the basement tonight and fiddled around some. Actually I was looking for the parts of the mine head that I started last month before going on vacation. I found them but can't find the sheet of corragated styrene that I had bought. I need that to try and make some corragated siding for the mine head. One of the things I must do when I retire is get organized.
Hi Trent: I've been woundering where you were. I saw a program called myth busters where they were in a hobby shop in San Antonio buying some G scale trains. Was that your shop? They repainted the SF PA to some generic paint scheme. I would guess to avoid the hassle of using the SF's scheme.
Fargo: Yes things are getting tough all over. The bonus thing I can stomach. It's having the president of the company treat our guests that way that has me really upset. In 30 years I've never heard of someone of our people do that.
Just now on the news. A car ranaround a crossing signal and was hit by a train. The car was a real mess but the driver is alive at the hospital.
I think that I'll get to bed early tonight and catch up on some of the sleep that I lost last night.
Good Night All
You would think if you were there for the bonus period not how long it took them to figure out who got how much you would still get it as the company I work for our bonus period ends August 30 each year and we get paid about first maybe second week of Oct and that's even if you leave under good terms after 30 august.
Oh well they have to figure someway to give it to you what really is going on is that there trying to keep you a little longer while they find someone to fill your shoes . (and probably want to hire someone about 1/2 your salary and can't find anybody . )
Oh paul about the train wreck the other day while at work I saw one engine pulling (yes I counted them and couldn't believe it) 76 coal cars full of coal and my thought was if he had to stop it would take him about a mile and a half as he was going about 40 - 50 mph would be my guess. I was just trying to think of the weight he was pulling that would be pushing him. (CSX Rail line at this plant) (Williamsburg Store) ( I off load in West Point Plant and there we have Norfolk Southern)
Oh here's a site you have to go visit its hilarious
http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/6660/2008CC2.swf
Hope you all had a good day will talk to you all later
rtraincollector wrote: http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/6660/2008CC2.swf
That was very possibly the scariest thing I've ever seen! That was just wrong on soooo many levels!
Good joke inch!
rtraincollector wrote: Oh here's a site you have to go visit its hilarious http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/6660/2008CC2.swf
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
so.. uh... yeah... I've seen some pretty strange things on the net.... that was one of the stranger....
anyway, to get back on topic... if there ever was one to begin with...um... what would be my best bet for converting the hornhooks on tank cars to kadees - the 20 series talgo adaptor ones? or trying to make a mounting pad on the body and using a #5?
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
James: Thank you for the change as this thread has kept many of us out of deep water! Well some of us anyway after all who could forget what Flo did to two senior gentlemen with the Hot Coffee several months ago for... how shall we say..mmmm off rail humour!
Hey Duke, Hey Jim still with us?
Fergie
Later All
Lynda... a left upper cut seems to work 9 out of 10 times better when you use a railway tie! Just my way of saying welcome!
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Good New Year’s Day evening one and all. I’m waiting for a rock casting to set. I need a sort of tower of rock to go beside a tunnel mouth. Last time I tried this, I wrapped the mold around a foam core and held it in place. Didn’t like the result too much, but it’s done. For this second tunnel situation I‘ve cast the mold flat, and then bent it to shape later, clamping it and fixing a rubber band around the broader end until it’s solid. BTW, the thin castings I made this afternoon I dried (once they were set and out of the molds) on trivets on the wood stove. Took no time, and they are ready for sawing, or sanding the backs and bases as necessary to fit.
Lynda: I’ve had a chance now to re-read your longer post from yesterday. That Empire Builder story sounds like it’s going to be a terrific read. Kris is a writer too, so I know a bit about the ebb and flow of that. Mainly she writes with our long time friend Patricia. It’s a very successful partnership, and they are genuinely co-writers, they don’t do a bit each and blend the work, they actually co-write. Pat types (or is “keyboard” now a verb?) because she’s quicker at it, but they write jointly. Their first full length novel is due out this spring (Rendevous Press).
Pity the Normal Scale didn’t work out. I used to be in Horibly Oversized, but converted to gain more RR space when we moved here.
Jarhead Breakfast Special? I’ll creep up on that one slowly, I think!
There's always next year.
Jeff:
My parents and I already celebrated New Years, at midnight, Atlantic time.
Soumodler and Lee: Thanks for the gravel parking lot tips. You don’t find the rubbing alcohol (or the White Rain) messes up the white glue, curdling it?
Jerry: Good to see you up and about. Yes, Garrison K. is a great entertainer, but low key, and you have to listen!!
Dick:
So then I wrote an email to MR, and am still waiting for a reply. I also emailed you Dick. Later, I found that I had the url for the Coffee Shop still bookmarked, went there, and navigated here from there. So thanks, but I now have Elliott’s Trackside Diner bookmarked as well, and can continue my usual practice of coming in the back door.
Trent: I think a # 3600 Blue Goose would look just great…funny you should mention a goose. On my walk yesterday afternoon I saw a skein of about 37 Canada Geese flying west. That’s more at one time than we saw all Fall, when they were supposed to be flying south. I guess they heard there was a party on Sober Island!
I think a # 3600 Blue Goose would look just great
Well: it’s bed time once more. I’d better check on that casting before I go.(I did, and it's turned out really well, pics in due course) Goodnight all, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Well Folks
Elliott has left the building!
as of now the coffee shop has been locked and the wrecking ball is on its way. I still got my Lazy-boy and yes you can keep it warm but ya can't keep it reclined
RT... Gitt!!
der5997 wrote: Dick: If anyone knows the URL of the old Coffee Shop, Der John is looking for it.
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1353/196682/ShowPost.aspx#196682
That will at least get him into the last page
Glad you all like the new name, I reckon it's a fitting tribute to our man, Elliott...
Not much happening here tonight...in any way shape or form...I'll have a Strawberry thickshake, to go..thanks..
Cheers,
Oz
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye. Today I'll have the bacon and eggs.
And a wee spot 'o' orange juice.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 1/2/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 32°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 30°F So Far TodayHigh: 38°FLow: 31°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNE High: 53 °FLow: 32 °F
Today High: 55 Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight Low: 35 Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Light and variable winds.
And for the rest, here's the VISA card.
Good morning!
Morning All and speicial to you Jeff since you are buying. I'll have that breakfast that you laid on there. Thanks.
Not much going on yet it's still early. Oops, I'd better go and punch in.
I'll have to go down and try and work out some lighting problems at the Gold River ride before the park opens. It may be a little hard since I don't have replacement bulbs for the ones that are burned out. The worst part of doing the lighting is hauling the ladders around in the ride. The ideal situation is to have a person on each end so nothing gets damaged but that situation never happens. I just have to be real carefull and take my time. Anyway as Custer said at the Little Big Horn, " Charge".
Did you know that the indians called the Big Horn the Greasy Grass? Just a little trivia there.
You all have a good day and I'll stop in latter.
Good morning ! from Indiana.
01-02-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning from Omaha!
Got an appetite for scrambled eggs, Northern-style hashed browns, fried ham, and American cheese; all rolled into a huge tortilla, and topped with sausage gravy. Unfortunately, I'll be eating oatmeal.
Lynda
Lynda wrote:Good morning from Omaha! Unfortunately, I'll be eating oatmeal. Lynda
Unfortunately, I'll be eating oatmeal.
Why not! it's good for ya. Nothing like a greasy breakfast to ruin my day!
Morning All
Well i see i was buying last night hope you didn't hit my card to hard.
Inch, how true that joke really is. Wisconsin has a few musts to live here must like cheese,beer, brandy ( we drink the most in the USA) Packers, Deer hunting, and fishing for Muskie's! Doesn't have to be in that exact order. ( I like most but not the hunting, to many who like the beer and brandy, out in the woods with loaded guns and loaded minds
Could alot of work done on the layout this weekend, well watching the Packers and Wisconsin win.
Off today i have to take my girl for her driver's test today, right now i'm the only driver in our family, hopefully today that will change! Plan to work on putting in a new siding today, it'll be for a power plant than will be off the layout, just have the siding with a back drop of a power plant. Then after the cars are unloaded i will send them to my lime stone Quarry to be loaded, and the loaded cars will be send back to the car ferry for spots east and the steel mills there. Some will go to my large cement plant.
Hidey hidey ho!
Looks like the girls have been quite busy for the first week in the new place.
How's the coffee? How about a tall cup of Café au lait over here, Chloe!
Back in the saddle, and it feels good to be home again.
We had a good visit with the family and it was nice to see New Orleans making good progress on the recovery, though there is still much work to do in the heavily damaged areas.
Drove through rain on 3 of the 4 days on the trip, white knuckle driving at times too, especially at night.
We did get to enjoy much fresh seafood, shrimp, catfish, and oysters, yum!
Words of Wisdom to being the New Year....
"Believe those who are seeking the truth, but doubt those who find it." - Andre Gide
"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." - Henri Louis Bergson
"Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will." - Norman Vincent Peale
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
der5997 wrote: Soumodler and Lee: Thanks for the gravel parking lot tips. You don’t find the rubbing alcohol (or the White Rain) messes up the white glue, curdling it?
The rubbing alcohol breaks the tension of the glue, allowing it to sink into the ground foam.
If you don't use it, the scenery floats or gets a nice big glob of glue over it.
I hope to try the white rain today or tomorrow and see how it does, but I gotta get some bushes!
The old Coffee Shop
http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/196682/ShowPost.aspx
I'm still looking around for some of those #50 screenings. I bought some latex grey paint yesterday to weather the cat litter, a little 50/50 paint/water for a wash coat and should be good to go.
White Rain, never had a problem with it except for the Life Like brand of ground cover, but I always thought that brand to be too "WOW IN YOUR FACE GREEN" anyway. I use Elmer's wood glue for everything including bonding of foam sheets for mountains and hills.
Well I don't think my back-up of the old forum worked I'll get in there today to the back-up file and see what happened.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes