-Photograph by Kevin Parson
You will all be glad to see that I have evolved my taste in suds quite a bit since two pages ago.
Tonight we are enjoying Chimay Grande Reserve (blue label) in a properly chilled vintage goblet. I am sure this will satisfy everyone that was offended by the Miller High Life.
If you are going to spend $20.00-$25.00 on a four pack, this is a good choice.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning Diners. I'l have a bottle of the Chimay that Kevin has left please, Zoe.
I seem to have challenges with getting Forbidden 403 on other threads. Rather maddening.
Having work done around the house, so may get to the train room today.
Many southbound cruises we go on seem to call into Lisbon. A couple of hundred yards or so away is Santa Apolonia Railway Station.
Same class of locomotive, not one identical to another.
SAM_0938 by David Harrison, on Flickr
A local train. Behind is the glack funnels of TUI cruse ship 'MeinSchiff 3' and the red funnel of Cunard liner Queen Mary 2 (our 'home' in 2018)
SAM_0942 by David Harrison, on Flickr
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David
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The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
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Good morning diners. Flo, even if it's early, I'll try the Chimay Kevin left. Certainly looks tasty. Thanks!
hon30critterPeroni which is an Italian beer
My daughter had fun at prom and post prom. The wife and I ended up staying there helping until it ended at 3:00 am. Got to bed about 3:45 Sunday morning, and had the neighbors dogs wake me up at 7:30. I'm still dragging tail today. I feel like I could go to bed about 6:00 tonight!
A Spanish Alco:
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Mike
Water Level Routehon30critter Peroni which is an Italian beer I bought a six pack of that a couple years ago, cracked the first one open, and immediately thought "Italians need to stick to wine." It was awful. Really skunky.
Hi Mike,
I'm sorry to hear about your negative experience with Peroni. We have never had a bad bottle.
When I was young my friends and I used to get together to have imported beer parties. Most of the time the beer was pretty good, but occassionally we would get a can with a really sour metallic taste. I believe that the cause was that the skid of beer had been stored in a hot warehouse for too long. They seem to be smarter about such things these days.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critterWe have never had a bad bottle.
Cheers!
Good morning, everyone.
I'm off to the eye doctor. At 70, I'm going to get a pair of glasses. I have worn contact lenses for 35 years. I put them in in the morning when I get up and take them out when I go to bed.
The nice thing is that I will get the cheapest frames possible. It's other people that will have to look at them, not me.
At one time I considered having Lasik done, but never got around to it.
My computer problems seem to have cleared up. I cleaned out the cache and everything else. I was able to sign in this morning with no issues. We'll see how it goes when I try to post this.
I hope everyone will have a healthy day today.
Edit: Success! There's nothing more frustrating than writing a post and then getting a 403 screen.
York1 John
Good morning
Yesterday was such a nice day to finally go visit the Milwaukee Road Bridge. Normal GPS is 32 minutes but driving freeways with a bunch of inconsiderate Citiots wasn't exactly my idea of a relaxing cruise
The route option of driving the back country roads was 1 hour and 17 minutes which sounded like a much more enjoyable ride.
She first appears over the hill from afar.
Isn't she spectacular? Wish I had room to build a custom lift bridge on my layout.
Turn your head the other way to see the brand new Suspension Bridge built to replace one of the sisters of the 35W bridge collapse here quite a few years ago.
This Milwaukee Road Bridge was built out of that hybrid steel that surface rusts and then slows to a considerable low rate of corrosion. Didn't it make for a beautiful color? I've always been a fan of dark bronze.
Sally spoke up feeling a little left out when her fan came on while I was taking pictures. I let her try the bridge on for size and it seemed to fit her well
Have a great Taco Tuesday gentleman
TF
hon30critter With apologies to all my friends south of the border, I won't have American beer in the house! Cheers!! Dave
With apologies to all my friends south of the border, I won't have American beer in the house!
I won't touch the Miller-Bud-Coors beers. None of them are technically American beers. They are all owned by international conglomerates. Some may be surprised that the largest American-owned brewer is actually Sam Adams.
We don't see much Canadian beer here. When I've been there, I enjoyed the craft beers, though. My guess is, Canada doesn't see a lot of our more local craft beers, either.
As for "bad beer," I still remember going out with a bunch of friends one day. I was asked to test some Heineken in a pitcher someone had bought. We all thought it was bad, and the restaurant people agreed. I have always found Heineken to be skunky anyway, but this was really bad.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley I won't touch the Miller-Bud-Coors beers. None of them are technically American beers. They are all owned by international conglomerates. Some may be surprised that the largest American-owned brewer is actually Sam Adams.
Molson-Coors is a publicly traded company incorporated in Delware and headquartered in Chicago.
Board chairman is Peter Coors, and the board also has two Molsons and another Coors.
Miller is fully owned by Molson Coors.
Anheuser-Busch is still based in Europe.
IT'S A BEER!!!
Have a "COLD ONE" on a HOT day and ENJOY it
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NorthBrit I'l have a bottle of the Chimay that Kevin has left please, Zoe.
Water Level RouteFlo, even if it's early, I'll try the Chimay Kevin left. Certainly looks tasty.
You are welcome to a bottle, it is delicious.
Water Level RouteMy daughter had fun at prom and post prom.
Proms were a great time. My two oldest daughters are married to the guys they went to prom with. My youngest went to prom all four years... still single.
I believe I spent more on proms than I did on weddings.
hon30critter I believe that the cause was that the skid of beer had been stored in a hot warehouse for too long. They seem to be smarter about such things these days.
All the major beer distributors, World Of Beer, and Total Wine claim to have full control over beer storage and transport now. I have not had a bad bottle of beer in 20 years.
Track fiddlerSally spoke up feeling a little left out when her fan came on while I was taking pictures. I let her try the bridge on for size and it seemed to fit her well.
It looks great.
I also like the patina color of the steel.
York1The nice thing is that I will get the cheapest frames possible. It's other people that will have to look at them, not me.
I always get the $40.00 frames, and buy 5 pair. My wife spends twice as much and gets one pair.
MisterBeasley Some may be surprised that the largest American-owned brewer is actually Sam Adams.
I am pretty sure Yuengling is the largest Wholly-American-Owned brewer. It was as recently as 2019. Tampa is very proud to be the home of Yuengling, and lets everyone know this.
"If you want American beer, it comes from Tampa", they say that all the time.
Tampa is also home to some of the best craft breweries and micro-breweries I have ever sampled.
SeeYou190Tampa is very proud to be the home of Yuengling, and lets everyone know this.
I'm not sure of the " Tampa home" part of Yuengling, Kevin. I believe they bought an old Stroh brewery in 1999 to increase market presence in the south and mid-south.
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/12/02/stroh-to-close-its-tampa-brewery/
The original Yuengling brewery IS the oldest in the U.S. in Pottsville, Pennsylvania built in 1829.
Trains on vacation: An Amtrak visit to Altoona, Pennsylvania —
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RR_views_0001 by Edmund, on Flickr
Horseshoe Curve by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Quiet day in the Diner. Too many quiet days lately.
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gmpullmanI'm not sure of the " Tampa home" part of Yuengling.
According to Tampa it is!
Of course, I have no real knowledge of the operations of Yuengling, but people in Tampa like to claim that the Tampa brewery spills more beer than both the Pennsylvania Yuengling breweries combined manage to put into bottles.
Yuengling never mentions the Tampa brewery in their advertisements. They like to point out that one of the Pennsylvania breweries is the oldest brewery in operation in North America.
This is a very stark contrast to the state-of-the-art-ultra-modern brewey in Tampa that actually produces the majority of their product. Need to keep that one out of the public eye. It clashes with the corporate image.
Anyway... of course Pennsylvania is the real home of Yuengling.
SeeYou190 Anyway... of course Pennsylvania is the real home of Yuengling. -Kevin
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I will see you all again tomorrow.
Good Morning All. Flo, a large coffee in a Western Pacific mug please. Oh, and an english muffin.
TF, sweet bridge. It does fit the car rather nicely too!
Attuvian1A guy in our shop from Pittsburgh swore by Rolling Rock.
Ed, it looks like you have taken quite a number of train based vacations. I'm jealous. I suggested to my wife that someday we should take a train to the west coast and back. Let's just say she didn't share my enthusiasm for the idea. Oh well. I'll keep chipping away at the idea.
Good day Diners. A coffee on the go please, Flo.
Just calling in and out. Off to have eye surgery.
Mike. Trying to get your wife on a train vacation? I tried for 25 years to get Dawn on a cruise. Repeatedly she refused. When after 25 years she said 'Yes' I was somewhat shocked. Since then she has seen and booked every cruise since then. I guess you will have to keep on at your wife.
Stay Safe Everyone
An interesting addition to your layout:
Story: Johnny Cash mural on water tower shot by vandal, springs embarrassing leak (nypost.com)
Meeting with my oldest daughter this morning to have rotisserie chicken for brunch. It's best when it's the juiciest at 10:30 -11:00 right when Jerry's Deli brings it out fresh.
Thanks for the suggestion on how you post a video Dave. I'll ask my daughter if a right and left click is possible on a phone when I see her today as I'm sure she'll help me figure this thing out.
I'd like to have one of those Johnny Cash water towers on my layout.
P.S. Where was Flex Seal guy when that happened?
https://youtu.be/lrHO9_saWls
Have a happy hump day gentleman
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Water Level RouteI suggested to my wife that someday we should take a train to the west coast and back. Let's just say she didn't share my enthusiasm for the idea.
My wife has no desire to ride a commercial train to a destination, but she does enjoy tourist railroad rides with me.
My middle daughter has take rail vacations in Canada, Japan, and one of the countries she has visited in Europe. She loves vacationing by train.
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
Kevin: that is a neat little 0-6-0. Where was the picture taken?
Since this month is vacation trains,...in 97 my family and I plus 17 other people took VIA Rail from Windsor to Moncton and back. The other folks got off and went to Niagara Falls, but we went to Montreal. Stayed over, and met up with the group at the station, which was conveniently located under our hotel. We all stayed up late that night in the lounge car talking to some of our Canadian brothers that we had met on the train. It was a lot of fun. On the return trip, we got off at Quebec City. Saw the sights, stumbled with our extremely limited knowledge of French, saw the battlefield (Wolfe and Montcalm), got snow in October, and crossed the St. Lawrence on that famous bridge west of Quebec City. Good trip. Sorry, I don't have any available pictures. I did acquire a MDC model of a CN maple leaf 40' box car. I try to get a box car kit of railroads from the regions we visit. Not always successful, though.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good morning, everyone. I'll have some of Lion's glazed donuts, even though it's not Sunday.
SeeYou190My wife has no desire to ride a commercial train to a destination, but she does enjoy tourist railroad rides with me.
Kevin, my wife is the same. She has now told me that if I want to take a train vacation, she is happy to stay home and let me go without her. Not just trains, but other vacations, too. Unless it's to see the grandchildren, she has become a homebody.
TF, that's a funny water tower photo. I read the article, and I can understand the town leaders being upset. A town of 400 has a hard time paying for repairs. The funniest comment was that someone suggested installing a valve so the town could turn it off and on at various times.
NorthBritI tried for 25 years to get Dawn on a cruise. Repeatedly she refused. When after 25 years she said 'Yes' I was somewhat shocked. Since then she has seen and booked every cruise since then.
David, when we lived in the city, my wife worked at a cruise-only travel agency. As a result, we took some great cruises. But ... my wife will not go on another one. Our last was the Alaska cruise, which I loved and she didn't.
Attuvian1When I was in the Navy in Mississippi in the 60's, the popular Southern beers were Pearl and Jax.
Attuvian John, it's been many years since I thought about Jax Beer. Jacksonville Brewery of Florida and Jackson Brewery of New Orleans had a long legal battle over the name 'Jax Beer' until the New Orleans brewery bought out the Florida company. It closed in the early 1970s, I think.
The old Jax Brewery is in the French Quarter, and is now shops and bars. To me, the old Jax Beer tasted like most other low cost beers at the time.
By Leon Winer - 1976 photo by the late Leon Winer, courtesy of his son Dave Winer
Ed and Kevin, very neat vacation train photos.
Everyone, I like reading all your posts. The diner is one of the first forum threads I open each day, and I hope everyone keeps the diner open and the waitresses employed.
Felow diners, you will not be hearing from me this weekend.
I am heading to work. After work tonight I am driving to Orlando to spend a few days with my daughter. Mega-Con starts tomorrow. I have a hotel room in the Hilton Tower adjacent to the Convention Center, so we will have a great time.
Her new lance prop is 90% done. I packed two of my CosPlay costumes, Professor Utonium and Puddles Pity Party. My daughter has five costumes she is bringing.
This will be my first CosPlay/Anime/Comic/Gaming convention in over two years. I am so excited.
up831Kevin: that is a neat little 0-6-0. Where was the picture taken?
According to my notes, that was at the Railroad Depot Museum in Ogden, Utah.
The little locomotive is not on tracks, it is just sitting on a bed of gravel.
Good afternoon
I had a good brunch with my daughter. We had a picnic with our chicken down at a picnic table overlooking Medicine Lake.
We started getting dive bombed by Martin's. My old friend Leo Neeser from the resort days always told me Martin's were a junk bird. "They ain't no good when they're nesting near your common areas" he used to say.
I thought it was a little early for them to be nesting but apparently not. Either that or they were just planning on nesting there and we were in the way, so we moved to a different picnic table
York1 TF, that's a funny water tower photo. I read the article, and I can understand the town leaders being upset. A town of 400 has a hard time paying for repairs. The funniest comment was that someone suggested installing a valve so the town could turn it off and on at various times.
I was just admiring the water tower Lion posted with the Johnny Cash graphic on it. I don't always watch videos right away, especially when I'm pressed for time. I watched it when I got back from brunch with my daughter and had to edit a small addition to my post.
Good grief, some people with a rifle is like giving a monkey a hand grenade.
SeeYou190 After work tonight I am driving to Orlando to spend a few days with my daughter. Mega-Con starts tomorrow. I have a hotel room in the Hilton Tower adjacent to the Convention Center, so we will have a great time.
After work tonight I am driving to Orlando to spend a few days with my daughter. Mega-Con starts tomorrow. I have a hotel room in the Hilton Tower adjacent to the Convention Center, so we will have a great time.
Have an wonderful visit with your daughter and a fun time at your Mega-Con convention Kevin
I'm glad you and Mike could appreciate the Milwaukee Road bridge...Thanks
Track fiddler I'll ask my daughter if a right and left click is possible on a phone when I see her today as I'm sure she'll help me figure this thing out.
You can pickup a blue-tooth keyboard to pair with your cell phone. About $20 at Walmart. You will not have a mouse with that but it does have a menu key that should pull up a work-around.
Thanks Lion, sounds like a good idea. My daughter gave me one of those a couple years ago. I may have to have her over for lunch on a rainy day to give me a few pointers how to use that thing.
BroadwayLion
I think we all played King of the Hill back in the day. It probably wasn't as much fun as we didn't eat our opponents while winning though
Lion, I'm sorry I attributed the Johnny Cash water tower photo to TF, while you were the one who posted it.
I don't have an excuse except that I'm old.
Good Evening,
Another wet day here and expecting a few more.
We are getting a lot of orioles in the yard. We have gone through 5 jars of grape jelley and 15lbs. of oranges. Have get more tomorrow. We seem to have about 10 orioles in the yard and a similar number of gold finches. The warblers are eating oranges as there are very few insects.
My wife and I have only made 4 rail journeys, Paris to Nice on the TGV, Menton to Florence and then to Venice back in 1988. The last was Rovos Rail and my wife said she won't do a rail trip again unless it is Rovos Rail so I guess that is it for any joint train trips. I would like to go to Vancouver by train but would be going alone.
Next week we hopefully can start planting the $600 of flowers we bought. Oh well, that and the birds are the only things she has now to give her enjoyment.
CN Charlie