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The Official 2012 Loot Thread

General Discussion
#21

I got a lump of coal in my stocking- just what I wanted!!!

-Kevin.

#22

Train Sim 2013, and a neat old set of cast iron bookends SWMBO found in some consignment shop. Stylized locomotive/caboose on them, very 1930-ish.

#23

Happy Day after everyone, We survived Christmas 2012!
Train LOOT for me included a calender, 3 RR DVD’s and a book “Images of Rail, Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands”
A good haul.
Happy RRing into 2013!

#24

It’s time to go shoppomg. I got a giftcertificate for Upland Trains and a license plate bracket that says "I’D RATHER BE PLAYING WITH TRAINS.

#25

Lets see, I got a broken crystal in my RCS transmitter, and that is about it. My Wife bought a new Couch. A real dul Xmas! The only highlight is the New Years Day run on the CCRy!

Paul

#26

No actual trains, but I finally got to see the old books that Jon Radder sent me! (Thanks Jon - interesting stuff in there.)

And a box of small tools for my small FL workshop. I circled useful tuff in the Micromark catalog and passed it to the trouble-and-strife (wife). I just had a problem remembering what they all were for!

#27

Google Play gift card from the wife and kids and the female parental unit obtained a copy of “Garrets of the World”. Got to love the public wishlists at Amazon! Oh, and from myself I got a new graphics card for my system… finally! and from me I got new SATA cables to rewire all the drives in my tower.

#28
Shawn said:
... got a nasty cold ...
Me too. They must have been on sale :(
#29

dbl post

(http://geeky.ly/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Nothing-to-see-here-move-along.jpg)

#30
Jon Radder said:
Shawn said:
... got a nasty cold ...
Me too. They must have been on sale :(
Hope you feel better Jon. Its not a fun cold to have. Then yet stupid me keeps playing trains in the snow/cold lol

Hows the weather by you jon? Moderate snow here with 4-8 inches in the forcast. Maybe more plowing tomorrow.

#31

It’s snowing like gangbusters at the moment. Might turn to rain overnight - or might be more snow depending on the track.

I didn’t have to work this morning so I policed the line, picking up twigs and leaves in anticipation of a plow extra. Inside switching of the plow train was done Saturday so it is on the main ready to head outside. My transmitter is apart on the bench trying to figure out (again) why it looses connection. I’ll try and get it closed up and working tonight for a possible morning plow extra.

Outside or in, playing trains, working or anything is better than sitting around moping over a cold. I rarely get them, but when I do I refuse to let them stop me.

#32
Jon Radder said:
Outside or in, playing trains, working or anything is better than sitting around moping over a cold. I rarely get them, but when I do I refuse to let them stop me.
Ah, a man of strong will :D
#33

Sounds like my TE Jon. I spend more time getting it to connect than running trains! My latest theory is that we are on approach for Edwards AFB and that military planes carry some sort of jamming device and it knocks out TEs.

#34
Joe Zullo said:
So that signifies that you are officially recognized as a FERROEQUINOLOGIST.
a what??

i always thought, being a something-ogist meant to be mentaly slightly offtrack and be employed by the goverment.
and i’m not working for any goverment!

#35

Ferroequinologist

Ferro- = Indicating a property of iron or the presence of iron
Equin = (equine) Of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse
Ologist =  Informal a science or other branch of knowledge

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferroequinologist

Korm,

on this forum, we ALL are ferroequinologists!

#36

Ferroequinologist

Ferro- = Indicating a property of iron or the presence of iron -> as in hard, unbendable
Equin = (equine) Of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse -> relating to, as in mule
Ologist = Informal a science or other branch of knowledge -> those, who suffer from what is mentioned in the first part of the word

i knew it! we are a bunch of thickheaded mules!
on this forum, we ALL are ferroequinologists!
i knew it! but, psssst!, don’t mention it. many of us think, they are not nuts!

;-))

#37

Well, they do have bumper stickers for those kinds of people to warn the rest of the population…:wink:

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/kenbrunt/_forumfiles/bumpersticker.jpg)

#38

I would prefer something more obtuse like;

Support your local Ferroequinologist

#39

Or Ferroequinologis Unite!

#40

Ken Brunt said:
Well, they do have bumper stickers for those kinds of people to warn the rest of the population…:wink:

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/kenbrunt/_forumfiles/bumpersticker.jpg)

I want one, I need one; RIGHT NOW! :lol: