[HO] coupler poll

"P. Roehling" wrote in news:482504f0$0$30492 $ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:

What's his deodorant got to do with the spelling of KD?

Puckdropper

instal without losing all the parts! ;)

being on disability one has to make

Which is the most important reason of all!!!!!!!

Chuck D.

Much better. You did notice the smilie?

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Roger T. Home of the Great Eastern Railway at:-

">>> Such as? Australia and Russia both strike me as being possibilities

Who went to down to Washington DC and burnt the "Whitehouse" down.

Well, it only became the "Whitehouse" after the fire 'cause they painted it white to cover up the fire damage.

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Roger T. Home of the Great Eastern Railway at:-

I use the Rapido heads on my British HO models.

- mounted on wires running circa 2" back to a fixed point on the underframe

- iron link chain dangling in the appropriate point for magnetic uncoupling

- wire bar below the bufferbeam to limit the drop.

They are small, cheap, magnetic uncoupling, very light coupling and will couple with a standard NEM coupler. (they don't then uncouple magnetically) I did try NEM and Kadee couplers but they were too large and spoiled the appearance.

Regards, Greg.P.

">>> Once again it's "Kadee", "Kadee", "Kadee", "Kadee", "Kadee", "Kadee",

"KD"? Kraft Dinner? That Canadian staple?

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Roger T. Home of the Great Eastern Railway at:-

When you write "not so functional," what coupler type are you comparing them to?

How does a person uncouple Mantua hook and loop couplers?

No big deal, your newsreader is just probably not recognizing the final parenthesis in the URL. Just use the link but add the final ")" to it, or hopefully this does the trick:

On 5/9/2008 9:00 PM Roger T. spake thus:

No, it's that lowercase singer (last name of laing, I believe).

"The name 'White House' probably came into colloquial use soon after the stonemasons whitewashed the house in 1798 to protect the walls."

No, uppercase KD is Kraft Dinner. See: -

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Roger T. Home of the Great Eastern Railway at:-

American revisionist history.

In 1812, American invaders, expecting an easy march into Canada were beaten back by British, Canadian and First Nations peoples.

No, The White House (Sorry for the misspelling) was painted white after it was set fire by invaders from Canada in August, 1814.

After capturing the Presidential Manor (The the "White House was then known), the British commanders ate the supper which had been prepared for the president before they burned the Presidential Mansion the Treasury and other public buildings. The Presidential Manor rebuilt and painted white to cover the parts damaged by the fire and renamed the "White House". Something not talked about much south of the 49th.

Same as they still claim North America was "discovered" by that later comer Columbus when in fact, the Vikings were here way before he set foot on some Caribbean Island and thought he'd found a route to Japan or China.

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Roger T. Home of the Great Eastern Railway at:-

"Roger T." wrote

Yup.

No one is saying it wasn't painted white then. revisionist history is to deny that it was white before then.

My references state the White House was built 1792-1800 of white painted Aquia sandstone. If so, then is was always white.

I've read both versions.

2) It was painted white after being burnt.

It wasn't called the "White House" until after the fire.

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Roger T. Home of the Great Eastern Railway at:-

Now THIS sounds like an interesting an useful bit of information, Greg

Thanks!!

Chuck D.

Lionel ????

Their system (as such) [Except for the 'Radio Control' special set --- Loco & 3 or 4 cars] is restricted to FIXED LOCATION 'Uncoupler Tracks'. The 'Radio Control' system WOULD work anywhere, but was restricted to the 'original equipment' (NO User accessory equipment possible.)

The DCC system mentioned, while not inexpensive, is expandable AND works anywhere also.

Chuck D.

It's amazing that a coupler poll turns into an argument over White House history here :) Well, the short answer is that it didn't officially become "The White House" until Teddy Roosevelt's time. I've read the Wikipedia entry, and it seems sound enough. The URL is:

Dale