The 44th TPBM Random Chat and Leg Lamp Compactor

Woolburr wrote in post #12355103
Galloping across the plain, the mighty god Thor cried out, "I'm Thor, I'm Thor!"

His horse turned his head and replied...."You forgot the thaddle thilly!"

That reminds me of an old joke...

This young guy takes this girl out to the funfair. They go on a few rides, the guy gets a bit bored and asks the girl what she'd like to do next

"I wanna get weighed", she replied. A bit confused, he takes her to the speak-your-weight machine.

A few more rides and a couple of cuddly toys won, and he asks again what she wants to do next.

"I wanna get weighed", she replied again. He takes her again, confused still more. But he likes her, so doesn't complain too much.

Rides, games, candy-floss, and he's getting really bored now, so he asks again what she'd like to do now, figuring that she'd want to do something more exciting.

"I wanna get weighed".

Exasperated and frustrated, the poor guy gives up and takes the girl home. He's worked so hard and not got anywhere at all.

The girl goes in and her mother asks how the date went.

"Wousy...!!"

The jokes are getting better now, marginally though.

Belmondo wrote in post #12354343
Meet the B & S Railroad...(Beleaguere​d & Schizophrenic).

I'm posting these mainly for the benefit of my brother who has heard about this project, but has not yet seen it. It's about 3/4 finished on the lower lever, and less than 1/2 done on the upper level. There will be another leg of both levels of the layout against the wall (sliding door, actually) where I'm standing while taking the o'head shot. The portion to the left in the photo will also be two levels, but it's much easier to do the trackwork on the exposed lower level before building more benchwork above it.

The 'spiral' is called a helix, and it allows the trains to move from one level to the other without excessive grades. In this case, it's about 2 1/2%, and that's actually pretty steep for real railroads, but not so bad on a model. There's almost 40 ft of track from where the grade begins at the far end to where it returns to the upper level, although it doesn't look like that much. The rise is about a foot.

Except for the helix, I'm just starting to lay track (the expensive part of the process), so it will likely look very much like this for a while.

Wholly cow, Thos. That is WAY cool!! The workmanship is amazing. You're not doing that with that old rusty Shopsmith dad left you, right? If so, I want to borrow it. That just looks like a lot of fun. Maybe I'll turn my shop into the Tehachapi Pass. Thanks for posting those. I can see it is going to be many many more hours of blissful involvement. Lois regularly amazes me- the things she is willing to not only tolerate, but apparently approve.

Hi everybody.

Hi, Donny! So whatcha been up to aside from staring at belly turrets?

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #12355215
The jokes are getting better now, marginally though.

My old favorite: Why can't steam locomotives sit down? Because they have a tender behind.

Nice work Chief. That joke just Harmed the thread!

Woolburr wrote in post #12355434
Nice work Chief. That joke just Harmed the thread!

It's a talent.

Belmondo wrote in post #12354343
Meet the B & S Railroad...(Beleaguere​d & Schizophrenic).

Very very kewl, Chief!!!

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #12354484
[Beevis] huh huh huh... Jon said reefer... huh huh [/Beevis]

!!!!!!!!

Permagrin wrote in post #12354584
If you run the tracks through your bathroom too, then you'll be living scenes from Arthur.

Ohhhh I love that movie!!!!

Woolburr wrote in post #12355103
Galloping across the plain, the mighty god Thor cried out, "I'm Thor, I'm Thor!"

His horse turned his head and replied...."You forgot the thaddle thilly!"

Pete wrote in post #12355158
That reminds me of an old joke...

oh good grief.

Jon wrote in post #12355306
Hi, Donny! So whatcha been up to aside from staring at belly turrets?

That's it. Only my brother has a fascinating life. For me it's Pampers and pablum in front of the tube. It's hard to think of a hobby in that context.

Here's one for Permie......

Some slightly offensive content....

ROFL.....this will cure most anything! ^^^

LOL!

After long and careful deliberation, I've decided Jack Daniels is a far better celebratory beverage today. Just can't do tequila anymore.

Woolburr wrote in post #12355670
After long and careful deliberation, I've decided Jack Daniels is a far better celebratory beverage today. Just can't do tequila anymore.

I can't either. It was a sad sad day when I discovered that.

I was never overly fond of the stuff to begin with.