Hello All! Chief- We Northerners are not afraid of Missiles powered by a 1" Firecracker![;)][:o)][:o)] Did not go to Church this morning due to Snowstorm & roads are bad as well. Hope all have a Safe & Happy Easter. Take Care.
Good morning on a cold and chilly Easter morning.
We went to early church and now have a few minutes before going to pick up the FIL at Masonic Village. We will be having the family Easter dinner at our Son’s house. Will be 13 of us, of course the daughters family from CO will not be there.
My TMCC converted Buddy started acting up last evening when the granddaughter was running it. First I had to reprogram the address as it wouldn’t respond. Then after a While the Horn and Bell quite responding, but still had the diesel sound. Never did get that back. May get some time today to try to figure out what is wrong. I am hopping the little button pusher did something that I can correct by resetting it, we’ll see.
Enjoy the day.
Don, And to think I just laid in a supply of GRITS for your visit. You may need them to ward of the cold weather and snow!! [:)][:-^][:D]
Keith, I have you to know that missile is ready to go. Warhead loaded with GRITS. We are now developing another warhead. Sweet ice tea. The Bush administration has been meeting with us to try to get us to stop. No go. We are well on our way to enrichening the ice tea with SUGAR. SNOW in OHIO in April!!! [^][tup][(-D][:-^]
Yes he does. As an attendee rather than a vendor. I don’t know what days, nor hours I’ll be working since his wife and daughter will also share the duties.
Happy Easter all.
Good morning from a chilly Crystal Lake where we are off the mid-morning services in a few moments. I spent yesterday afternoon repairing cat damage to Mt. Seaman and the Apitz Forest. I dreamt up a few solutions to try to implement later this afternoon I hope - honey baked ham for supper tonight, then visiting some friends for a nice card game. I sure was surprised to hear the White Sox cancelled their first night game on Fri too - because of the cold. Chief, that looks like some of the Nike missles that used to be parked along the Chicago shoreline. Happy Easter!!
Back from sunrise Easter service. Daughter sings in the youth chior for this service. They did a fine job. The new Youth Minister led this service and he did a fine job. Young guy and I think the kids will like him a lot.
Don - a truce??? We just pushed the snowhizo back nawth. No need for a truce - we are winning (umm - although this is the coldest Easter here in 70 years)!
There is so much snowhizo in Ohizo that poor Tom can’t get down to the Waffle House at the end of his street! Buckeye is confined to his immediate area which is a good thing and Chuck is stuck in the dining car (it could be worse [dinner]).
Hey Keith - I noticed you were tunning your 269E set without the white flags on the boiler front. I can’t get mine to fit into the holes without scraping some paint off them. Do you have the same problem? I think I will pick up some repro ones at York and grind them down.
Snowed about 2 inches south of here, but the DFW area stayed dry! [C):-)]
Have a great day all. Head to wife’s sister’s house at 1:00 pm for Easter lunch!
Good morning all…Hope everyone is having a good Easter so far. I’ve been up since 2am setting up for a hockey game in Dallas this afternoon. Should be outta here by 5 or so. Nothing new here just work. Take care and have a safe Easter.
Sorry for you Marty. I’m off until the last week of April. Then only going to BPS in Charlotte [Concord], NC. Then off until first full week in June [off to store opening in Messa [Phoneix] AZ. Seems good. Not going to work that much anymore. CPA suggested it as paying Bush took much taxes. Be safe getting home and may you always get the Big Seats.
LOL…all RJs on the way home tomorrow from DFW.
Happy Easter guys (and Lisa),
No train work today, got some honey do’s to take care of. I was outbid on that Wabash Hudson, so I will let it go. I was supposed to work cameras this morning, but was asked to run the light board. Everything went well and it was a very good service. Funny how the house gets packed out on Christmas and Easter and then the rest of the time, the faithful fill about 2/3 the seats.
John, I did order the book. Thanks. I look forward to using it as I hope to start scenery soon.
Chief, Hope the caboose fix is easy. I too have one of these, but as you are well aware, my trains have not been running for awhile and not under command. I should have all levels running soon and then I can start breaking in some trains under command…thanks.
Dennis
Hello Roy! The White Flags will not fit properly on my 261E Engine either. As a result, I did not use them. Hopefully it will be corrected with the 262E in this years catolog. Chief- I see you’re planning to send Sweet Iced Tea our way. How about a Truce & I’ll find a 1688 for your layout? Deal or no Deal?[:)] Have a Happy Easter all.
Good evening, everyone. I hope everyone has enjoyed a blessed Easter Sunday!
We had a nice day together. Good crowds at church today despite the chilly weather. Over 2000 at the three services. My son talked to his girlfriend this afternoon - she was down in Mobile at her grandmothers for Easter. She said they actually had some sleet down there early this a.m.! None of that here, thankfully.
Had ham, potatoes, deviled eggs, butter beans, squash and rolls for lunch w/ sweet tea and carrot cake for dessert. Great lunch! No evening services today, so we’re taking it easy at home. Son left for Birmingham about an hour ago. Older daughter heads back tomorrow. Ham sandwich for supper, read a while, then off to bed. Have a good night, all!
Deal if you take your cold air back. [;)]
Here on the South end of Columbus jamed between Grovetucky(GroveCity)to the west and Groveport to the East it is cold w/fluries and no accumulation. I missed the Spring S Spree but there is the upcoming Buckeye Train Show the 21st of April maybe there.[8D]
Evening everyone. No train work tonight, but it is a good night anyway. Our two kids are acting out the puppet scene from “Sound of Music”. To keep it train related, I did not realize that they actually have a train in the movie, an incline railway.
Came home from church to take care of the plants and trees recently planted that them yanks tried to freeze to death. That just aint right. Anyway, with a good bit of water and some warm temps, I think they will be alright.
Time to read some stories to the kids and get to bed. I hope the kids let us get some sleep tonight…all that sugar from candy may make them wired beyond control.
Dennis
Good morning from a chilly New England!
I hope everyone had a nice Easter Sunday. We spent the day at my wife’s cousin’s house. I had a great time. One milf even said I looked handsome!
I won a Marx 666 on Ebay on Saturday. I will pick it up tomorrow as the store (weasel) is not open today. Will have to cough up $17.51 for it though. I will most likely purchase a few Marx cars to go with it while I’m there. My first Marx…let the addiction begin. I’m going to have a priest bless it with holy water because of the number!
Also watched a great hour-long program on the 1967 Red Sox. Lots of clips from the Impossible Dream season!
Jim
Mornin’ boys. Sunny with frost here in the Mid-Atlantic region. I see that Chief was showing his missle to everyone yesterday…[V]Speaking of which, anyone else notice the proliferation of mail enhancement ads in between the Jesus movies on HISTORY yesterday[V] (no shame).
1688torpedo - Please, sir, kindly just put that white flag back in your pocket…
For got to mention that I also picked up a copy of David Doyle’s new book on post war Lionel train sets. Very nice!
Jim
Good Morning from Blueberryhill…
It is a frosty 30 degrees. Going up to 40 today with a chance of rain later. Maybe it will start warming up this week.
Today, is a busy day. I have a few errands to run and then some chores to do around the house. We had a nice Easter. It was quiet and peaceful. Things are still in a highly emotional state. But, as time goes on, we are getting stronger on our loss. It will take a long time.
Ran trains for awhile yesterday. Put the town back on the layout. Trying to figure out where I want all the buildings. Then to put in the roads. No rush. I will have to think about it, before I finish the plan.
Well, Dining Car has arrived and it’s time for breakfast.
Y’all have a great Monday.
Chuck