Starting new Coffee Pot. Starting tonight with approval of Carl and Bob with CTT.
These are the rules: Approved by Carl and Bob and some were their suggestions too. Will be posted at the beginning of each new Pot.
No layout photos in the Pot. Start a new thread and post them there. Takes up too much room in the Pot. *
A single family or joke photo is fine.
If CTT asks us to refrain from something, we stop and do not make a raucous about it. It is their forum and they are paying for it.
No sly “cuts” at members on the Pot. Jokes are OK.
Friendly chat is welcomed.
*CTT welcomes layout photos and asked for this. Post them on a separate thread. If the thread is off of the page, use search to bring it back. Then post more. That way we can see your progress and/or changes.
If you can not follow these rules, don’t post here. If you do and break them, you will be asked to not post on the Pot. If you continue, it will be CTT’s call on further action.
Now lets have fun and fellowship.
Roseyville had a fabulous fireworks display tonight. I drove the Thomas the Tank Train from 4 PM until 8:55 PM. No break. Reason I stopped then, batteries went dead. Got a nice “bait” of red hotdogs with chili, mustard and onions. They were free for working.
Happy 4th of July, all. We just got back from watching the city’s fireworks display. Pretty good this year. We could also watch the display of the next town south of us. Their display ran longer than ours!
I spent the afternoon cutting a hole in a historic building. One of the locks in the depot was screwed into some pretty sketchy wood on the door frame and didn’t really line up well, making it hard to operate. I cut out the bad wood then fitted, glued & screwed a piece of new wood in place so I could get the lock pieces to line up properly. Actually, the ‘new’ piece of wood was from one of the original pieces leftover from the restoration. Futzed with it all afternoon. Hopefully, the ladies who work there will reward me with a pie or chocolate chip cookies or something…
Treated myself to a ‘Big John’ PWC cannon car recently. It arrived a couple of days ago. Have not tried it against any of my exploding boxcars yet.
The LHC got a used oddball in this week. I have not been able to turn up any information on it. Maybe some of you TCA members could help. It is a 25th anniversary TCA G gage tinplate boxcab with three passenger cars. I think it might have been made by Williams. It looks like the catenary (sp?) is wired for taking power from an overhead line.
We had a Great 4th of July. A good BBQ and the fireworks were fantastic. Doray is still at the Ice Cream Shop for it is a few blocks from where the fire works were set off. They had activities there and a lot of the crowd stopped at the shop.
Had a wonderful day with family. Kids all went in the pool while grandpa (me) did the cooking. We had hot dogs, ribs, homemade cole slaw, potaoto salad, baked beans, corn on the cob and strawberry shortcake for dessert. Palm tree trimming yesterday was successful with no damage to Noah"s ark next door. Ran trains for a little while this morning before it got hot. Ran my N&W class A a lot after changing tires on it.
Good TV this afternoon on one of the public channels. They were commemorating the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg with lots of speaches and talks by historians. Wish I could have been there. One of the speakers was Jeff Shara, son of the man who wrote Killer Angeles upon which the Movie “Gettysburg” was based. Jeff has written several books himself like “God’s and Generals” for example. Doris Kerns Goodwin was the main speaker.
Good evening guys. Was a mellow Independence Day here. Didn’t do any cases and just stayed home with the family. Found out tonight that our youngest does not like the noise of fireworks. Didn’t go to any, but locals got a bit crazy for awhile.
Glad to see the new pot up. Look forward to the more civil environment. One thing I did do today is to finish a book called “Guns Up”, a story about the 1/5 Marines in Vietnam. I know one of the main characters and it was interesting to hear some of his story from before I knew him. Always had respect, but now I know more and admire his sacrifice.
The base’s Fourth of July events were great yesterday and last night. There were plenty of activities for the kids and The Lt. Dan Band’s show was fantastic. The fireworks were entertaining as well. I’m extremely thankful for Gary Sinise, the USO, and those that support the USO for providing the base this wonderful affair.
Today has been a relaxing day so far. We went to a going away party for one of my office workers; I ate way too much Mexican food. It was tough to resist since it was authentic and homemade. It is terribly humid outside so I think I will remain indoors for the remainder of the day.
Chief – I agree; the greatest country to live is the USA.
Morning gang. Thanks for dropping by and posting. Time for some coffee. Suppose to be a hot day. Up to 90. Has not been like last year with mid 90’s to 100 a lot. Going to slowly get ready to go back to the lake house.
Chuck, hope you got some sleep. I guess it was the Indians loosing the ball game.
Glad top see Dennis W. had some time to say, “Hi”.
Morning to Roy the Texican. [:-^]
See Dennis in Japan made it too.
Dougsnotagrump and Ray, not long before I will be in your neighborhood.
I knew John and Brutus would be back. Jim, saw a sticker in the back window of a vehicle. My other vehicle is a Tartus. Had a blue telephone booth in the middle. [(-D]
Sir J, got apt to get my hair cut just before I go to LA. Don’t want to look like all those folks on the west bank. [;)]
Now for coffee and the news. Oops, Mirra the cat wants breakfast.
Glad to see the POT is back. I was having withdrawal symptoms.
Enjoyed a quiet 4th. Sat in the driveway last evening & watched the annual fireworks show that a neighborhood family has professionally done each year.
The Ice Cream Shop did well yesterday. Doray is sound asleep. I will wake her at 9:30 for she has to open today. For me it is take it easy, some yard work, mess with the trains and see if the marina where I launch from is up and running. I will take it out tomorrow. They took a big hit from Sandy. Not as many boats on the Bay as in previous years.
I think…we are getting t’underboomered on with heaping barrels of rain be falling on our’n heads…this oughta be fun…
I’m going to try to get some more work done in that Lair of Doom…we ended up getting another big 25 cubic yard bin to throw ‘stuff’ in…seems a lot of ‘stuff’ keeps showing up…I just hope there is no reverse black hole in there
Had a great 4th, Chris got home, told stories of his trip, had Hamburgers, Corn on the cob, Apple Pie. Spent most of the day visiting. Tried to recover an engine for the dogbone, but it just wasn’t worth it. Also, ended up stamping Chris’ ID on his various hammers and chisels. Man that kid is really into this stuff. (Better be with what its costing to send him to Michigan for 6 weeks.
Now the focus is on getting ready for the Chief’s visit, Porta-Potty is suppose to arrive today.
Saw a bit of the news this morning looks like some fireworks at a show up in Simi Valley, that were suppose to be airborne went into the crowd. A few injuries as a result.
Got to get busy, lots to do before work this afternoon.
Worn out from yesterday. Busy day with some skiing, wake surfing, and just hanging out. More of the same today.
Been raining on and off all week here in Chattanooga area and we are 15 inches over normal for rain here this year. Meanwhile in Texas nothing for rain but temps have been cool (90’s) [8D]
LCCA convention is here in Chattanooga starting the 14th. looking forward to seeing some friends coming in for that.
