Tony, That "paint line in the garden" crack hit waaaayyyy too close to home! Just because I slowly walk around my yard following an orange line spray painted on the ground, a glass of wine in hand going "choo-choo-choo" doesn't mean that I won't eventually build the world most complex and expensive backyard track!!!! Besides, my C-16 has been surgically altered to eliminate the oil spreading feature so thoughtfully included by its designer!
Jeff =================== Anthony Dixon wrote: > > Hi David, > Is this a polite way of saying you have no facilities yet for mopping > up your track after C16s!. And no ash pit either!. We are patient people. > We can wait for at least two weeks. > Congratulations again, and pleased that you got way beyond the paint > line in the garden stage. (Now that is being really facetiuos!). > Tony D. > > At 09:05 AM 11/20/02 -0800, Dave Cole wrote: > >At 7:35 PM -0800 11/19/02, Jeffrey Williams wrote: > >>So should we all show up at 10:00 am this Saturday for your first steamup? > >> > >>=================== > > > >thanks to one and all who sent not only publicly encouraging words, but > >those who contacted me privately as well. > > > >jeff's note, while i'm sure was intended to be facetious, isn't too far > >off the mark. i am awaiting some of those bridge clamps from hillman and > >then will get the bridges working ... i don't really want guests until i > >can guarantee egress and right now getting out of the circle when the > >rails are all down can be exciting. > > > >i have a steamup-bay/storage yard that is now not connected to the main > >loop -- i'm going to have to build a turnout that is at an interesting > >angle to get the bay on-line to the mainline. > > > >plus, there have to be a lot more test runs -- i wouldn't want anything to > >happen to jeff's c-16, for example. > > > >rest assured that there will be an announcement on the pcls list soon > >about a steamup. > > > >\dmc > > > >-- > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Dave Cole > >Gen'l Sup't: Grand Teton & Everglades Steam Excursion Co. > > Pacifica, Calif. USA <http://45mm.com/> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >List Mom: sslivesteam, the list of small-scale live steamers > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >
