Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] Part I

[MadHatter]

Tonight (Friday Night) I'm hosting my first train meeting- YIPPEE, I'm so excited!

Normally we either work on somebodies layout, operate, make some trees or buffer stops (since you can't buy South African buffer stops) or meet at someones layout (One that's more for sitting back and viewing, rather than operating) and talk nonsence.

Since I don't have a layout and am still getting everything together, I'm going to be showing a DVD on Miniatur Wunderland- A layout in Hamburg, Germany. Can you believe that a layout can be a cities number one tourist attraction? It sort of reminds me of reading back issues of Model Railroader where the guy (like many others) started liking trains when he saw that Lionel Set in the department store over Christmas.

 

[jeffrey-wimberl]

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 5/18/2007

Wind Chill: 60°F
Humidity: 62%
Dew Point: 47°F

So Far Today
High: 60°F
Low: 56°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 3mph NE

Today High: 80 Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. Northeast winds around 10 mph.

Tonight Low: 52 Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light and variable.

 

[thumsup]

Hey Madhatter,
How did the meeting go? sounds like fun.
Joe

 

[Chief Eagles]

Noon all. Busy morning. Got errands to run. Hope all have a great day. Good luck with the train meet.

 

[jeffrey-wimberl]

Afternoon all. Got off work an hour ago. We cut out out pieces for 25 more desks today in about three hours. A lot of wood went across the table saw.

 

[jefelectric]

Good afternoon everybody,

Been a while since I logged on. Just too busy this time of year to keep up with the forums. Chief sent me an email reminding me I hadn't posted for a while. Will try to do better.

Take care,

 

[steamhead]

John...Nice to see around...Come back more often and show us your trains..!!

Jeffrey...What kind of business are you in...?? I hear a lot of talk about desks...I work at a cabinet manufacturing business...

 

[jeffrey-wimberl]

I work at a sheltered workshop. We build wood furniture, among other things. Desks, computer tables, printer stands, book shelves, etc. You won't find ANY particle board or MDF here.

 

[steamhead]

Hey Jeff....Nothing like the smell of sawn wood...'s what I always say...Although if you do doors, there's nothing like MDF or particle board to be SURE they won't warp...

 

[jeffrey-wimberl]

Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/19/2007

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23

Wind Chill: 54°F
Humidity: 70%
Dew Point: 46°F

So Far Today
High: 56°F
Low: 55°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 7mph NE

Today High: 82 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight Low: 55 Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.

 

[Chief Eagles]

Morning all. Off to Miss Edna's [Todd's Train Depot]. End of the Line is on FLIX West. Movie about two older train guys stealing engine and going to Chicago to Board Of Directors meeting to save the line.
John F has a great layout. Seen it in person. Some very outstanding scratch built scenery.
Backroom:

Main room.

See the scratch built stock yard. Wish I had taken a close up. Looks real.

Some great running engiens too.

Great host to visit.

Have a great day.

 

[pennman]

Pennman, did I miss something. SIL wounded??? Disabled??? Hats off to all serving in Iraq [a war that should not have been]. These soilders went any way and have done a great job. Those disabled deserve the highest salute and should be taken care of for life.

Hey Chief,yeah guess so,He got his right leg blown off!!:? The Army and all his men however, managed to re attach it now its just a waiting game to see what happens.

Been working on the trains and going strong on the layout.going to try and post some pics here soon. TILL THEN YALL HAVE FUN
tONY

 

[steamhead]

Hey Chief...Great pics of John's layout..!! Tell him to post some more..!! Looks like that whole room is a train room...

 

[steamhead]

Tony...Let's hope for the best...
I agree with the Chief. Veterans should be taken care of for life...The treatment they are getting nowadays is shameful.
Hope your son pulls through OK.

 

[Chief Eagles]

Goooood night all. Long day. Trying to rest and watch TV with out reclinerizing [falling asleep in recliner]. Later.

 

[jeffrey-wimberl]

Good morning.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/20/2007

Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23

Wind Chill: 54°F
Humidity: 84%
Dew Point: 49°F

So Far Today
High: 62°F
Low: 54°F
Rain: 0.00"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 5mph E

Today High: 82 Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight Low: 60 Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Light and variable winds.

Being that it's Sunday, the breakfast bar is open.

 

[Chief Eagles]

Evening all. Busy day. Wife got back from
Wilmington NC and Grandson's [well Youngest's home]. Hope i can stay awake for Sopranos. Old 17 yr old PEEK woke me at 4AM, 7AM and 9AM so did not get to sleep well and was up late tinkering. Should have gone to bed early and made Chruch and SS. Got to do better. Microwave popcorn time. Where is everyone?????? Come on guys. Where is Old Tanker and others????

 

[jeffrey-wimberl]

I got a big surprise today. I heard a knock at the door this morning and went to see who it was and I was so surprised I almost fell over. It was my young friend David, known at Trains.com as TrainMaster. Some months back, his father got a good job in Denver, the first good job he's had in his entire life. He and the family relocated there immediatly. Well, after a little while, David's mother started having some rather alarming medical problems show up and it was found that she was violently allergic to something in the area. It was suggested that she move back to Louisiana since she has friends and family here and hadn't had any problems until she left here. David decided to come back with her, being as he's only 13 he didn't have a lot of choice in the matter. I knew they were coming back but I wasn't expecting them for another month because the boy had to finish school. I only found out a little while ago that they said 'hang the school and move now, we'll worry about any problems with the schools later'. Right now they're all here, David, his mother and father. They have to get the rental truck unpacked today so that his father can start back to Denver in the morning. It won't be the first time they've been seperated and probably won't be the last.

 

[pennman]

Hey all?Chief them youngons can wear you out cant they..lol. Had my grandsons 2nd Bday yestrday hada house full of 2-6yrolds wore me and mom plumb out... Got the pool uncovered this weekend and the rest of the time was spent doing foam and plaster work on the layout.Coming along slowly but its working.
yall have fun,
Tony

 

[Ralph]

Good morning from Minnesota where it is supposed to be more summer-like today after a cooler day yesterday that supposedly even included some freezing rain and snw flurries in the northern part of the State!
Ralph