05-25-2007 12:59 PM
03-13-2015 10:41 AM
Anyone notice tomorrow is 3/14/15....?
Charles
03-14-2015 03:11 AM
I must be missing something. What is the signifigance of that date?
03-14-2015 07:34 PM
Pete,
It is pi day as in 3.1415... etc. the ratio of the circumference to the diameter etc. It has become a popular day for some of us geeks...
All the best,
Charles
03-14-2015 08:19 PM
How about a listing in the missed it by that much area, this listing had a BIN of $19.99 before someone put in a starting bid:
I was thinking about trying the BIN, oh well...
Charles
03-15-2015 04:53 AM - edited 03-15-2015 04:54 AM
I usually just do the BIN if I am interested at all. It seems stupid to bid lower than the BIN and start a bidding war that we all know will result in a higher sale price. Good for the sell, bad for the buyer.
So on PI day do you make a special pie for dessert? Or do you just order a pizza pie to be delivered? There must be some special dish or way to celebrate PI day.........
03-15-2015 02:29 PM
Pete,
Some people do lots of pi stuff, we usually don't do much, but this year we are making a pumpkin pie and meat pie for dinner.
This pi day is actually a century pi day with 3.1415, but each March 14 is a pi day, just the year normally does not add to pi.
All the best,
Charles
Pummpkin Pi:
Meat Pi:
03-16-2015 04:51 AM
Sitting here in the middle of another blizzard wishing I could sampe both of thise PIs........
07-26-2015 05:54 PM
Remember what I call creep bids? Where someone does not know their own maximum bid and they keep bidding higher trying to out bid the high bid? How about this, member h***n tries 13 bids to bid higher than g***a. Poor old g***a should have bid at the last second and would have saved a bundle!!! (good for the seller though...)
It was this item:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=331608672300&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
All the best,
Charles
07-27-2015 04:06 AM
That is rediculous! You have to know your limitations. (Excuse me Dirty Harry.) And he bid with a lot of time left in the auction.
10-13-2016 11:58 PM
Hey all,
How about a new scale N Scale semi operating coupler?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE5gMc-68TQ
https://www.micro-trains.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=171
I made a quick drawing from MT's diagram just to look at, here it is compared to my drawing of the MT Z Scale coupler:
My drawing of the new MT N Scale True-Scale 1300 coupler next to MT's Z Scale coupler
Looks nice, will need good track work to keep it connected....
All the best,
Charles