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

    Got home late from a family reunion in Lancaster. Got a letter from weaver trains it was an ETS catolog cool stuff but no price sheet??? I guess I can not afford any of itsign1
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    There is a thread some where here about the gauge numbering system and someone asked the same thing and I think it was Ford Blue the closet to a definitive answer:confused: but hey cabooses (cabeese) are suposed to be red???????sign1 I still have not done my boxcar in the guage scheme yet one of...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Hardees biscuits :yep:good stuff always eat there in Kentucky and Tennasee on our yearly trip to Johnson City when both my sisters where going to Bible College at Johnson and later at Milligan sp?.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Have you ever built a real train using lego(standard and snot blocks(studs not on top)) the studs can be on the side and even the bottom of brick they sell them online in bulk as well as standard bricks:cool: There is a big Lego train club here in Ohio. Way back when I was a boy scout I remember...
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    A Brit checks in

    :wave::wave::wave: Welcome to the gauge New Zealand has some narrow gauge action, also has a S scale narrow gauge manufacturer. At this time I only have one train car that is from outside the US it is a passenger car I did up for the Algoma central in Canada in HO. I like the German steamers...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    If you did a poll you would find that most of us are older(30 or more), not active enough, and look at the food we eat(banilla, pizza, pop, BEER(it is a carb, carbs make you fat) and sodium in diet pop makes you retain water, the only diet pop that has NO sodium is diet rite. and lets not forget...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    I took the plunge and bent a section of Gargraves and no kinks in the rail:eek: I have the concept down just have to get the math right to get the proper curvaturesign1 Tip have the right math for the jig:mrgreen: and be sure to have the right tools( Quick clamps to hold down one end of the...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    It is amazing what even a small weight loss will do for Blood sugar blood pressure Cholesterol is mostly a diet thing all though some people are more prone to develop it due to food consumed. I had to go a more controlled diet plan where I am monitored and counciling as I did not have a...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    :wave: Yet another great day at work:thumb: next week they will let me out of the basement, working on something else, hope I am up to it.:cool: Jeffery, I have a small collection of Sci-Fi DVDs a couple of the stos, a bunch of space 1999, one DR. who , star ship troopers, Battle star...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    :wave: Good morning every one Off to work here shortlywall1 In newspaper add from Columbus steel castings they are hiring for all positions due to increase in railroad demand of wheels and and trucks for the trains:thumb: which is their main product. Maybe I should try and get in their test...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    :wave: Another great day at work today:thumb: nothing in the mail today, found a couple jobs for electronic technicians I may check into. Planing to check out Entertrainment soon as I can get a day or two freed up :thumb: Good night Logicmansign1 I have not even finished my layout and...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Anyone ever read the O gauge primer??? Maybe that is where the track laying info is??? Great day at work everything went right today......will pay for it in the morning more than likely.:cry: Will have pic and article in the Central Ohio Nutrition Center news letter.:thumb:
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    It was kinda short but informative and covers the basics of laying down flex track, nearator has a monotone voice so do not watch when sleepysign1 I now know how to bend track with a jig but how do you make the jig in the first place:eek::confused: Actualy I have an idea on how to make a jig...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    sign1 Got my Gargraves DVD in the mail today no sign of the catalogs yet:mrgreen:
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    :wave: Good Monday morning to all. Not much going on here at the moment, waiting for some mail(catalogs from Road armor and Dapol) the first is a custom bumper grill and winch manufacturer they have designs for most trucks and suv's and Dapol is a British train company. Also waiting for DVD on...
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    Evolution of my MRR's logo...

    Cool I made up some fantasy/freelance rr names they are BFT(Buckeye freight and terminal ) Kentucky Coal & Container Corp. and Michigan Saginaw Union Leasing(MSUX) Also have one for a narrow gauge but its name may be offensive to some. The Logo would have been a large rooster next to a big...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    I can remember AIRFIX had some neat stuff in HO as far as toy soldiers that I saw in an old AHM catalog. Thanks for the info on DAPOL I will add it to my file as I am working on a business plan for a hobby shop should the opertunity pop up ie major windfallsign1
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    I hope everything turns out good for you, will add you to pray list.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Do they do mail order and do they have a website??? Can't beat $2.00 for a tape :thumb:
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    :wave:Good Morning Logicmansign1 have been seeing a new advertiser in the Model Railroader called Dapol a UK company are they worth looking into??? I take it they are HO/OO and N scale products? The question I have to ask is what are English muffins called over theresign1