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Post by Plainsman on Jun 14, 2022 18:55:28 GMT -5
High today of about 80 degrees with a light breeze. Not bad at all. Yeo, we had a cold snap here today. Only 89°. Felt downright chilly. |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 14, 2022 19:53:21 GMT -5
High today of about 80 degrees with a light breeze. Not bad at all. Yeo, we had a cold snap here today. Only 89°. Felt downright chilly. Ne need for AC with that mild temperature. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 14, 2022 20:35:46 GMT -5
Had to go to Longview to the cardiologist today and it was 97. At least there was a breeze. Had our anniversary dinner. Got home and took a long nap.
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 15, 2022 13:56:06 GMT -5
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Post by Silver on Jun 15, 2022 15:50:53 GMT -5
Very cool, Perry!
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Post by trailboss on Jun 15, 2022 19:36:41 GMT -5
That is cool, a really nice setup!
A couple of years ago at a local brick and mortar auction, they had a ton of N Scale stuff, but only one bidder in the audience was a railroad hobbyist, and he really cleaned up.
I was there for cigar cutters, pipe and tobacco related stuff, and did well… I was the only on in that hobby also.
It was an estate sale of a cigar and pipe smoking railroad hobbyist.
The widow got a thinner check than she should have.
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Post by Gypo on Jun 15, 2022 19:56:25 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 15, 2022 21:29:46 GMT -5
We only had S or O scale trains. My friend had a nice setup on a piece of 4 x 8 plywood, but it obviously wasn't very complex. They started pushing the HO stuff but it was too small for me to get interested in. N gage was getting popular when I lost interest. I believe that we only had that big gage because it was a poor neighborhood and we weren't going to be spending much on trees and water towers. But then a rich guy died and left his train layout to the boys club and since I was an employee I got tasked with assembling it on the stage that never got used. It was on 6 sheets of plywood and some of the connections didn't meet up. We never got it to work right but I'll bet it was grand.
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Post by dervis on Jun 16, 2022 9:24:15 GMT -5
Love the train set up pictures! Would be great to see others. Could be a whole thread probably.
Yesterday evening I was burning some of the wood scraps from the house, (nothing treated interior boards only). Got to looking at the fire, and the wood from some of the trees I had to cut down for electric. Texted my Girlfriend and her daughter who is home for the summer from college. Told them I had dinner planned come on up. Bought up some hotdogs and marshmallows and sodas. When the sun went over the edge of the wood line we roasted hot dogs , marshmallows, combined with some fresh veggies had a lovely time. Simple, cheap , and outside. My favorite things with my favorite people.
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 16, 2022 10:48:41 GMT -5
Thanks, guys. It's in my basement, covers about a third of the space. It's in an area that's long and narrow, wrapping around three walls on a shelf style layout. I used to do HO on a smaller 4x8, modeling Western Pacific and Sacramento Northern trains. But modeling on a space that small got a bit frustrating and that's when I switched to N. I went with Japanese models simply because of the variety of trains and structures available. The Japanese love their train systems and have some of the most advanced train systems in the world.
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Post by username on Jun 16, 2022 13:48:56 GMT -5
I don’t have space for a table but I do love model building and painting. I know my friend who made a gaming table for his warhammer army cribbed a lot of technique’s from model railroading. When I was a kid we had a o scale set that belonged to my grand father. It was A lot of fun.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2022 15:03:56 GMT -5
I just saw that Ryan Gosling is playing Ken in the Barbie movie that's coming out next. I'm gonna be ill..
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 16, 2022 15:15:14 GMT -5
A Barbie movie? Please, I just ate lunch.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2022 15:18:24 GMT -5
A Barbie movie? Please, I just ate lunch. I wonder if he's as "smooth" as the original. |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 16, 2022 16:17:16 GMT -5
I just saw that Ryan Gosling is playing Ken in the Barbie movie that's coming out next. I'm gonna be ill..
I thought tiger beat magazine subscribers went out in the 70’s Ron. Glad to see you are supporting the American worker though. |
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 16, 2022 20:30:46 GMT -5
I just don't know what to say to this.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 16, 2022 20:36:49 GMT -5
I just don't know what to say to this. Join the club. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 16, 2022 23:20:37 GMT -5
 It’s EVERYWHERE, It’s EVERYWHERE, It’s EVERYWHERE!
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Post by Zach on Jun 17, 2022 10:59:29 GMT -5
Perry, that is just an awesome setup with the Japanese train modeling. In fact, I know of one other big train model hobbyist pipe smoker from PipeSmokerUnlimited and I believe he does the HO style stuff you guys mention, but I don't really know a thing about it. He also builds his wife model doll house stuff in a similar vein.
Isn't Ryan Gosling far too old by now to be playing Ken? He's over 40. I feel like Ken should be like a 20-21 year old guy? Hollyweird must be lacking fresh talent.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 17, 2022 12:43:36 GMT -5
I have never heard of Ryan Gosling…My life I am sure is richer for it.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 17, 2022 13:05:24 GMT -5
I have never heard of Ryan Gosling…My life I am sure is richer for it. What is Ryan Gosling? |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 17, 2022 14:47:22 GMT -5
Cannot get the voice mail to work on my Samsung Android Galaxy A12. Must have spent 25 hours on the phone with my cell carrier and Samsung. Each blames the other for why it does not work. I am in the middle where I loathe to be. Resigned to no voicemail!
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 17, 2022 14:53:16 GMT -5
Perry, that is just an awesome setup with the Japanese train modeling. In fact, I know of one other big train model hobbyist pipe smoker from PipeSmokerUnlimited and I believe he does the HO style stuff you guys mention, but I don't really know a thing about it. He also builds his wife model doll house stuff in a similar vein. Isn't Ryan Gosling far too old by now to be playing Ken? He's over 40. I feel like Ken should be like a 20-21 year old guy? Hollyweird must be lacking fresh talent. Ken actually is 61 this year. |
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If you can't send money, send tobacco.
Posts: 4,365
First Name: Zach
Favorite Pipe: Too many currently, bound to change
Favorite Tobacco: Haunted Bookshop, Big 'N' Burley, Pegasus, Habana Daydream, OJK, Rum Twist, FVF, Escudo, Orlik Golden Sliced, Kendal Flake, Ennerdale
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Post by Zach on Jun 17, 2022 15:49:11 GMT -5
Imagine if they sold a 61 year old Ken Barbie on the shelves, lol. trailboss - You've missed quite a few great movies, if so. He was in the Mickey Mouse Club along with the other famous kids back in the 90's, but he was first most famous for the movie The Notebook, which is a resounding women's favorite romance movie. It's a good movie, but it's really sad as well. Newer movies that are great with Gosling would be: The Big Short (About the 2008 financial crisis) alongside Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale.
Drive (An awesome movie, he's a getaway driver and it's an adrenaline filled action movie about a botched million dollar robbery) Crazy, Stupid, Love (alongside Steve Carell, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone)
And as I say this, he tends to either be in extremely violent movies, or love/romance films...
Only God Forgives Remember the Titans (alongside Denzel but I recall he had a small part before he really blew up) Most recently, Bladerunner 2049 (which was great)
If you don't like violent movies it leaves you with Crazy, Stupid, Love , The Big Short, and Bladerunner 2049.
All these are good and if you want to cry like a baby with your wife, then you go for The Notebook. 
Just got back from taking my daughter out to the splashpad and some scooter riding. Afterwards, a slushie and relaxing back at home in the AC.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 18, 2022 12:17:05 GMT -5
Cool (56 degrees), lightly humid with a gentle breeze. SHort burst of intense rain yesterday. Tis helps. Looks like more is possible this afternoon.
Very welcome after the hot dry winds of this past week.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 18, 2022 14:21:10 GMT -5
Cool (56 degrees), lightly humid with a gentle breeze. SHort burst of intense rain yesterday. Tis helps. Looks like more is possible this afternoon. Very welcome after the hot dry winds of this past week. Heat Advisory here. Also had a short burst of rain yesterday afternoon. |
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 18, 2022 14:48:32 GMT -5
100° now headed to 104. O, joy!
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 18, 2022 15:39:59 GMT -5
Cleaning house today and I found my top shelf pipes and about a 100 tins of tobacco, plus 50 jars and bags. Anyone ever smoke Macbaren Latakia Rolls?
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Post by toshtego on Jun 18, 2022 15:40:02 GMT -5
72 degrees just now, thunder booking, wind blowing. Pleasant but hoping for rain.
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Post by Silver on Jun 18, 2022 15:40:07 GMT -5
Yuck!
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