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lois · 10-23-2008, 7:13 AM

Your up awful early....what happened, did you have a nightmare about the colour of your bike?

Lois

Strek · 10-23-2008, 7:21 AM

lois...No nightmares. Its just that I've always felt that sleep is for the weak. I've always felt that it is over rated and I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I die.

Hopefully that last part won't happen anytime soon.

Looks like you are up earlier then me. Aren't you further west then me? Alberta I think? Isn't that a different timezone then Chicago?

diamondhead · 10-23-2008, 7:30 AM

Sleep is a huge time waster.............hard to get anything done when you are sleeping!!!

DragonXX · 10-23-2008, 8:20 AM

Plenty of time to sleep when you're dead !
Although if I don't get my daily 8 hours' beauty sleep, I end up with a face like lois' avatar

lois · 10-23-2008, 8:28 PM

Ya, I'm working my beloved nights...

, and am up all night , 18:00 - 06:00....just happened to see you logged on, and it was rather early.

lois

ArmyStrong · 10-23-2008, 10:16 PM

Yep, sleep when ya dead!

Strek · 10-24-2008, 12:11 AM

Lois what is it that you do at nights?

Nutter67 · 10-24-2008, 2:51 AM

He plays with trains.

DragonXX · 10-24-2008, 2:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutter67

He plays with trains.

............................. Just what I needed on a Friday afternoon !

lois · 10-24-2008, 5:31 AM

Yup. I have the biggest train set in the whole world. My locomotives weigh in at 200 tonnes each.

I just finished building a train that is going from Red Deer to Vancouver, Via Calagry-Revelstoke-etc to the west coast.

This train weights 11426 tonnes, and is 6924 feet long....thats over a mile long.
It has 3 locomotives on the head end, they are GE AC44's and have 4400Hp each. The main generators in each locomotive produce enough electrical power to light a city of 5000 people. These locomotives just happen to be RED....lol

This is one of the units I happen to have here in the yard as we speak, and yes...it just happens to be featured on this power site....freaky.

Canadian Pacific Railway AC4400CW 9818

Lois

Nutter67 · 10-24-2008, 6:17 AM

Boys with their toys.......

Strek · 10-24-2008, 6:45 AM

Lois ... thats a big red choo choo.

1100xxben · 10-24-2008, 8:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lois

...they are GE AC44's and have 4400Hp each...

I want to see an engine swap with that on a bird... but get rid of the electrical system and just run it straight from the engine!

lois · 10-27-2008, 5:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1100xxben

I want to see an engine swap with that on a bird... but get rid of the electrical system and just run it straight from the engine!

Well, I can see an up, and a down side to doing that. The up would be the fact that you could take your front tire off and throw it away, because of all the added HP you would only be running on your rear.

The bad side would be, that your rear would have to be the same size as the tires they use on those great big rock hauling dump trucks, you know the ones.....the tires are 12' feet high and weight 1400lbs.....so.... flickability in the corners may suffer...

Lois

Strek · 10-27-2008, 6:46 PM

That set up might also generate a good deal of heat for the rider and you would need a step ladder to mount it.

Logoman · 10-27-2008, 8:38 PM

I was going to post something, but I lost my train of thought.

I'm a night owl myself. Hate getting up in the morning.

Strek · 10-27-2008, 10:37 PM

I remember reading that as you get older you require less sleep. I figure in that for me in another 5 years or so I won't need any sleep at all. Cool.

SilverBrd · 10-27-2008, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strek

Lois ... thats a big red choo choo.

Did someone say choo choo????

Please look left at my avatar...................

lois · 10-28-2008, 9:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverBrd

Did someone say choo choo????

Please look left at my avatar...................

Well, in my line of work, when I say "we'r going to pull a train".....we mean something completely different.

Lois

Strek · 10-28-2008, 1:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lois

Well, in my line of work, when I say "we'r going to pull a train".....we mean something completely different.

Lois

Lois... I believe that silverbrd and logman are looking forward to their next adventure together when the quarters run out.

10-23-2008, 7:21 AM	#2
Strek Moderator Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 5,215	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lois...No nightmares. Its just that I've always felt that sleep is for the weak. I've always felt that it is over rated and I'll have plenty of time to sleep when I die. Hopefully that last part won't happen anytime soon. Looks like you are up earlier then me. Aren't you further west then me? Alberta I think? Isn't that a different timezone then Chicago?

10-23-2008, 7:30 AM	#3
diamondhead Join Date: Sep 08 2008 Location: Knoxvegas, TN Age: 44 Posts: 90	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sleep is a huge time waster.............hard to get anything done when you are sleeping!!! __________________ *For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know!!* *Plankowner/Survivor Samuel B. Roberts FFG-58* *www.nohigherhonor.com*

10-23-2008, 8:20 AM	#4
DragonXX ... Get A Good Lawyer ! Join Date: Dec 19 2007 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,988	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plenty of time to sleep when you're dead ! Although if I don't get my daily 8 hours' beauty sleep, I end up with a face like lois' avatar __________________ " 'Birds of a feather, flock together " Quote of the month: "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein

10-23-2008, 8:28 PM	#5
lois Join Date: Nov 06 2006 Location: Red Deer Age: 47 Posts: 4,689	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ya, I'm working my beloved nights..., and am up all night , 18:00 - 06:00....just happened to see you logged on, and it was rather early. lois __________________ Call me "Captain Mudbucket".

10-23-2008, 10:16 PM	#6
ArmyStrong Administrator Join Date: Mar 02 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA via Bronx, NY Age: 41 Posts: 4,810	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, sleep when ya dead! __________________ Murphys 6th law of combat operations: If it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid.

10-24-2008, 12:11 AM	#7
Strek Moderator Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 5,215	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lois what is it that you do at nights?

10-24-2008, 2:51 AM	#8
Nutter67 Administrator Join Date: Aug 31 2007 Location: Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 6,123	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He plays with trains. __________________ *Paul* *Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to three seconds earlier*

10-24-2008, 5:31 AM	#10
lois Join Date: Nov 06 2006 Location: Red Deer Age: 47 Posts: 4,689	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup. I have the biggest train set in the whole world. My locomotives weigh in at 200 tonnes each. I just finished building a train that is going from Red Deer to Vancouver, Via Calagry-Revelstoke-etc to the west coast. This train weights 11426 tonnes, and is 6924 feet long....thats over a mile long. It has 3 locomotives on the head end, they are GE AC44's and have 4400Hp each. The main generators in each locomotive produce enough electrical power to light a city of 5000 people. These locomotives just happen to be RED....lol This is one of the units I happen to have here in the yard as we speak, and yes...it just happens to be featured on this power site....freaky. Canadian Pacific Railway AC4400CW 9818 Lois __________________ Call me "Captain Mudbucket".

10-24-2008, 6:17 AM	#11
Nutter67 Administrator Join Date: Aug 31 2007 Location: Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 6,123	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boys with their toys....... __________________ *Paul* *Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to three seconds earlier*

10-24-2008, 6:45 AM	#12
Strek Moderator Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 5,215	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lois ... thats a big red choo choo.

10-27-2008, 6:46 PM	#15
Strek Moderator Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 5,215	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That set up might also generate a good deal of heat for the rider and you would need a step ladder to mount it.

10-27-2008, 8:38 PM	#16
Logoman Join Date: Nov 02 2006 Location: SW Florida Age: 53 Posts: 383	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to post something, but I lost my train of thought. I'm a night owl myself. Hate getting up in the morning.

10-27-2008, 10:37 PM	#17
Strek Moderator Join Date: Jun 25 2007 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 5,215	Re: STREK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember reading that as you get older you require less sleep. I figure in that for me in another 5 years or so I won't need any sleep at all. Cool.

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