Ken: i think she mis-spoke. I think she was trying to say never put anything that is cooked but has blood coming out into the fridge. The blood may darken and not show upand thusly one caould eat somehting undercooked!, but you are right: sounds funny as we put raw meat in, but the "blood" is mostly the red food coloring! I have a friend who has trouble eating meat that starts out "bloody", so rarely will eat {cooked} beef. He also wont eat anything with bones in it! So no chicken unless de-boned like nuggets. to each his own. I hate to tell him pasta started out as raw egg! DOn't be hard on her, the pork SHOULD be cooked to170F nad should not be bloody. Nuke it isn't always a good way to cook things. especially raw things as there is no guarantee the raw food will cook in a microwave properly. all most all microwavable things are precooked. SO..sometimes it pays to listen to the little woman!
YGW: I know you are busy, but perhaps now is the time for you to slow down a bit,. good luck tomorrow! I know what it is like when my heart is not beating properly but mine is controlled with medication for now...
Ulrich: Being naughty is good ONLY if it "feels good"!!! Good you have a way to enjoy the hobby still.
Now if only WE could get it ironed out to GET a MMRING space with a house over it... I'd be happy WHEN I can afford to buy the stuff for the layout..foam over open grid for me...around the walls with two doors in place... or maybe a single 8x10 will work..anything larger than my 3.5x5.1 HO layout!!
House frint:we put in "best offer tomorrow and say final answer iS... There are over 1700 homes on the market here and growing every day. AS the pre-war and war babies die off the hosues become avaialble....some areas we DON't wat to live in, others we may choose, IF we can find the right deal...not really a lot of boom in building here...YGW woudl be out of a job.. unless he remodeled...
Well I stupidly installed win 10 last night on the laptop. It stalled earlier and Microsoft people were no help. TThey immediately wanted me to "jsut take out the battery pack.." well in order to do thta I have to remove 9 screws fromt eh back I said...he siad no, just remove the battery pack... doesnt work there muct be some other way? the connection {after taking 40 mins to get on the phone} cut out conveniently...so I called DEll, much more helpful after a hour wait, adn now the computer is runing their software to "Fix it". but the guy is supposed ot call back in about a min or two nad computer is stuck on the fix program!! At least dell is more helpful!!! AND seems to know a LOT aobut win 10. Maybe it was a mistake to take the free upgrade...
dunno, that is about it form here at lake woe-be-upon-us.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
We will never forget
9/11/2001
- a day which will live forever in infamy, just as 12/7/1941
My loco has arrived!
OK, there is more than just one of the isolators broken off, but that´s hardly noticable. It runs like a charm and is a hefty puller:
At 70% off the normal retail price it was a worthwhile buy!
Ulrich has a new toy to play with, I see.
GM, Men!
We wish YGW good luck with his heart re-starting aventure.. If it is any consolation, my heart was re-started after anaphalactic shock {allergic reaction,in my case to medication} resulting my death. It was "fine" for me. So I wish you the best of luck...
so, I have the psychiatrist today...and then some business to attend to after I see my father...
so That will be my day..
I'd best get to breakfast...and start my day
Some more pics of my new love:
Unfortunately, I had a trace of glue on my fingers when I touched the loco - the result of which you can see in the right part of the loco. OK, not nice, but I just pretend I don´t see it! Maybe some light weathering will take car of it.
Ulrich: locos are aminteained, but not necessaarily brand spanking new and shiney, so your smudge shouldn't be amiss, in fact I had to look twice to find it and you said where it was!
MOH says "I am jealous!!!" {MOH is more into european locos/trains as growing up every other summer there in Germany you may remember!}
A new love? won't Petra be jealous?
hmmm....
a boy and his toy!
Good morning everybody.
YGW ... Hope all is going very well for you this morning and the procedure did the job.
Galaxy .... Howdy
Ulrich .. 70% off retail ! ... I love deals like that.
................
Remembering 9/11/2001 Shelley and I were in Halifax, NS, Canada on 9/11. We spent the day watching the horrors on TV in the hotel. .... We flew there 2 days earlier via American Airlines with a flight change in Boston. Scary to think some of the terrorists walked in the same airport in Boston only two days later ...... About 50 trans-Atalntic flights were diverted to Halifax which filled up the airport. ..... The people in Nova Scotia were very good to all of the stranded foreigners making sure they had food and housing. ... Finding a way home was problematic. Renting a car one-way home would have cost about $3000. Some people were forming groups to charter buses and we considered getting on one to Chicago. ..... Eventually, I contacted Via Rail, and booked tickets on three trains (Halifax to Montreal; Montreal to Toronto; Toronto to Windsor. ) We planned to ride a taxi cab across the river from Windsor to Detroit. We planned to spend one night in a hotel in Toronto. .... The trip to Montreal was overnight and took over 20 hours. Called "The Ocean", the train had all Budd equipment which was nicely refurbished. We had a room in a sleeping car coupled just ahead of the dome/observation car.... The train to Toronto departed only an hour after the Ocean arrived. It too was all refurbished Budd equipment. .... When we got to the Toronto hotel (The Royal York, adjacent to Union Station) we turned on the TV to see what was happening. We learned the border crossings into Detroit we taking over 10 hours, and decided to cancel the train reservation to Windsor. .... We spent two nights at the hotel, and rode Amtrak's "International " which goes to Chicago. It crosses the border in a railroad tunnel at Port Huron, MI. I wrongly assumed the train would have no delays crossing the border. However, In Sarnia, across the river from Port Huron, the train stopped and all passengers boarded buses to cross the border. The buses would take passengers to the train which waited for us in Port Huron. It took a few hours to go through immigration and customs while crossing the border. .... Of course, the train was several hours late departing Port Huron. We rode as far as Flint, MI. We rented a car in Flint and drove it to Nashville, TN where our car had been parked at the airport. Below are photos I took while riding in the dome/observation car of the "Ocean"
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
G-Man (somehow I like that) - when Petra and I moved in together, she asked me what was in those many boxes I brought with me. The boxes contained color slides of trains, but I told her these were pics of my loved ones before I met her.
One day I caught her sitting on the floor amidst those color slides, complaining she just found pictures of trains. Well, I thought that was funny, so I started to laugh - I shouldn´t have...
My Swiss friend gave me a hint how to get rid of those glue marks - just put a small piece of wet cotton ball on it and let it soak for a while - that should take care of it. Let´s see whether it works!
I am flying home today on September 11th. The airport seems less crowded that on a normal Friday morning. Let's hope that means the flight will not be full.
Ken: I have a mattress question for you. My mother used to always tell us, "Don't sit on the corner of the mattress. You will break it." Any truth to the counsel?
Richard
Mornin' everyone,
Zoe, I'll have a breakfast baggel with egg, bacon, and cheese. A pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast is in order as well.
Sept. 11, 2001 I was at my father's house as the carpet layers were there and my father had suffered a major heart attack two days before. The TV wasn't on as the living room was completely torn up. One of the men working on the rug got a call on his cell phone and immediately turned white as a ghost! I quickly got the TV up and running. That pretty much took care of installing the carpet... They came back the next morning but needed to be with their families right then! I stayed with my mom who had dementia and was convinced it was just a television thing and nothing was really going on. I spent a few hours on the phone with my son's and my sister.... It was not a fun day for anyone in the family. My father came home from the hospital the next day.... He had found out at the hospital. My prayers still go out to everyone whose lives were so torn apart that day!
Have to make a potato salad this afternoon to take to the R&GV RR Museum picnic tomorrow. Hope to complete filling the aquarium with water today as well.
Catch you later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Evening Dinners
Flo, Beer please.
9 11 may we never forget.
RideOnRoadKen: I have a mattress question for you. My mother used to always tell us, "Don't sit on the corner of the mattress. You will break it." Any truth to the counsel?
Richard Funny you brought that up! My wife and I just had a small tiff about that a few minutes ago! Yes, it is ture, it is a mattress not a couch. We have a $5000.00 Kingsdown King sizes mattress that is bulit like a tank. This thing is a coil on coil on coil mattress set with over 2200 springs and is soft as a baby caboose.
My wife lives in the bedroom. When I got the king set home, I told her not to sit on the side of the mattress! Throw her legs up on to the mattress when she talks on the phone, puts on her make up, talks on the phone and eats. But does she listen? NO!
She has a 6" butt print dip by the night stand where she sits doing all of the things I just listed. I just happened to site where she site's before I came to the dinner. Your mother is of right. If you sit for a few mintues to dress every day it will take a long time with a good quality mattress.
Ulrich Darn you, now I want a new engine! Just got done looking on Model Train Stuff. Seen a few things I liked, but nothing worth making worth pulling the trigger.
Galaxy Thanks for your input. Only red you could see was where the bone marrow was. When I checked the meat temp the thermometer said it was 200 degress.
Latter, Ken
I hate Rust
Mornin'. Nothing for me, ladies, just stopping in for a minute.
My weekend just got off to a great start -- one of our cats died. He'd been fighting diabetes for 5+ years and a thyroid problem for a few months, and devolved what they thing was hepatic lipidosis. Long story short, he went from 22 lbs to 10 lbs in a matter of months, and died in the pet hospital last night. We're headed over there in a bit to make the arrangements. Been a hell of a year -- surgeries and other medical issues for me, and illnesses and death for one of our kitty cat kids.
Have a good day, guys.
Mornin'.....
Zoe, I'll have a couple sour cream glazed donuts and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend this morning. Huh? Oh yes my R&GV RR Mug would be fine.
I'm heading out to the museum soon for their annual picnic that they almost forgot about. Have no idea how many people will be there. Hope they have some shelter open for ius as it is going to be raining for the next 40 hours or so. Right now it is a good steady light rain here in the Finger Lakes Region. Galaxy should be just to the East of where the raininess is for the most part. Currently 61°F with a high of 66°F today. Great day for a picnic, huh folks!
I have to get showered and in my uniform (working crew) and on the road....
Uncle Bob, very sorry to hear about you kittie! Always hard to lose those little guys that give us so much unconditional love......
I'll try to stop in tonight after I get home from the Museum.
Zoe... I'll have some of those donuts like Ray has, please...... What? .. Ray ate them all! .... Hmmmm .... I'll have a cheese Danish please.
Last night I began weathering my rural grain elevator. So far it has a wash of black solution. After that dried I applied a was of raw umber. .... Next, I'll apply weathring powders to make it look rusty.
Good morning everyone....
Zoe, I'll have a full order of bisquits & gravy, side of sausage patties and a cup of the hi-test if you would be so kind.
Well well....as soon as we get settled we have to move again....another assignment on the other side of the state closer to Oklahoma City. I should be getting the paperwork and start date shortly. I told the girls awhile back I had a feeling it was coming.
I'm talking it easy this weekend but there's a daddy / daughter night tonight. Nothing else really planned otherwise.
Have a great weekend no matter what's going on in your world....
Bob Berger, C.O.O. N-ovation & Northwestern R.R. My patio layout....SEE IT HERE
There's no place like ~/ ;)
Good Morning,
A bright, sunny, warm day here with a high today of about 75F which is far above the normal of 65.
Uncle Bob, sorry to hear about the loss of your kittie. Always a sad time when a pet passes away. I can certainly relate.
Ulrich, that is a very nice looking loco! I sometimes get itchy fingers when I'm on the MB Klein site but so far have largely resisted this year, well except for the mike I bought a few months ago. It has been running very well and I must say I'm impressed with BLI locos.
Not much new here. The reno guy is here right now doing a few touch ups so that we can get the countertop installed. It is finally ready to go so I'm thinking we might have the bathroom finished by mid-October, no make that Christmas. A 3 week reno stretching out to 6 months. That seems about par for the course.
Have to get some work done on the car. I can't complain as it is the first money I've had to spend on it. I just got new rear brakes and am waiting for a part as the driver door power lock has failed. That little part is $350 plus install. I also need new tires. I have narrowed the choice down to Continental PureContacts or Michelin Primacy mxm4. Actually the dealership gave me a very reasonable quote on the Michelins. I don't use winter tires so I have to select an all season that is at least ok in snow and ice. Still 4 tires cost a grand which is a lot of money.
Well hope everyone has an nice day.
CN Charlie
Hey guys,
Bad news {but not as bad as dying kitty}: the sellers declined our best {and final though we did not say "final"} offer. so That house is OUT! Bummer.
We are actually looking clear on the other side of the city believe it or not. For our price range, many houses to choose from there, whether they are good houses or not, who knows until we LQQK...
we will see.
SO, that, along with other bad news today {again, none as bad as dying kitty}
The Dying kitty: ours is 17 going to be 18 soon. that is old for a kitty. he is shaggy long haired, so we when we noticed he was seeming to get skinnier, but eating us out of hosue nad home, we took him to the vet, Thyroid problems! The medication we asked for in liquid and it comes form NJ Via shipping. Within 3 dyas he seemed ot improve! we ahve to realize though, 17 going to be 18 is looooong time life for himMOH is NOT ready to loose him, when he goes, MOH wnats another cat, I DON'T.
Morning diners,
V8Vega-Didn't it rained yesterday or a few days ago in California?
Nothing much has happened. Pulled some weeds in the backyard, a small marathon of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and played Batman Arkham City on Xbox.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
galaxyThe Dying kitty: ours is 17 going to be 18 soon. that is old for a kitty.
My kitty, "Tillie" was getting to be in bad shape. She was 18. I wanted to take her down to the polls sho that she could vote, but she passed away before election day.
Actually, while I was away, Br. Louie took her out back and shot her. But that was merciful for both me and the cat.
Callist is the only cat we have now. Named after Pope Callistus the First (222) she has the correct color vestments for a pope and martyr. Pope Callistus was the first to change his name when he became pope. Apparently Mercurius would not do.
Even she is 10 years old now, but in hale and good health.
ROAR
Good Evening!
It´s been a rather uneventful, but pleasant day. Lots of sunshine, not too hot and a light breeze to keep the air clean - that´s the way I like it.
My favorite TV show is back on air - railroad romances. Today´s episode was about the famous Sarganska Osmica. You don´t know it and you don´t speak the Serbo-Croatian language. Sarganska Osmica means "the Sargans Mountain Eight" describing the route of the narrow gauge line through the Serbian Mountains. The line was closed in 1974 and much of it destroyed during the Jugoslavian war in the early 1990´s, but it has been rebuilt since and serves as a major tourist attraction in an otherwise rather poor region of Serbia.
The line is the sole survivor of what was once a quite huge network of narrow gauge lines, connecting Belgrade with Sarajevo and all the way to Dubrovnik. An express train took 23 hours from Belgrade to Dubrovnik - a run of some 250 miles on 2 1/2 ft. track!
Galaxy - I know the two of you really wanted to have this house, but don´t be sad if you don´t get it. There will be lots of other opportunities!
Uncle Bob - I am sorry to hear about your loss! It´s not easy to lose a pet, which had been a companion for a long time.
Janie, I´ll stay here at the RC and enjoy a while watching who else will drop by!
The Pope/Vatican is offering Steam train service now...ain't she a beaut?
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/09/11/vatican-launches-train-service-to-castel-gandolfo-gardens/21234705/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl3%7Csec3_lnk4%26pLid%3D490618652
ah, the smell of coal smoke in the air!
Evenin Folks!
Janie, I could sure use a cup of hot chocolate right now....
Brrrrrrr! It is damp and chilly here in the house (may turn on the heat tonight) and it is all of 62* outside with a nice steady rain which we have had most all day. I got soaked at the museum while doing the brake test on the consist for rides after the picnic. The PC caboose brakes decided to give a bit of trouble again, but did decide to work within a few minutes.
My sympathies and condolences on the loss of some kitties. Galaxy, 18 is not that old for a cat. Indoor cats can live to be in their mid 20's commonly. My Mom's cat Sheila was (We think) 23 years old when she had to out down due to cancer which started in the thyroid. She was never more than 7 lbs soaking wet and only weighed 3.5 lbs when she died. The oldest living house cat in the world, I believe, is now 26 years old.... (edit: The oldest ever was 38 years old!) My boys have reached Sr. Citizens at the age of 14, and I hope (if Manét responds well to the insulin) that they will be around another 5 or so years....
Ah... My sweet corn is done on the stove, so supper time! Later!
Work Front Luckly Dunk Dave was work at a driffrent store today and Sunday. Reason I said luckly, there was only one good customer and 5 caboose ones. They where the first folks in, (made $130.00) if Dave had beat me to the store I would have been PO all day.
Bob While I am not a cat person, I love all pets and I am sorry about you losing your Kitty.
Charlie Go with the Michelins they really make a great tire. Normally they will dry rot before they are bald. My Town Car has 2 left that where made in 2003 that still have 4/32's of tread, that is about 125,000 miles. On the other hand, I have not heard a lot of good about Continental.
Main thing I learned while I worked for NTB is look at the UT rating. It is a 3 number rating, the higher the number the longer the tread will last. Depending on how one drives, a 420 rating is good for 24,000 to 32,000 miles. 500 is good for 40,000 to 50,000 miles. Firestones I bought for the 227,000 mile Town Car have a 520 rating so 42,000 to 55,000 with the way I drive. I think the Michelin Primacy mxm4 Ut rating was around 800. That is good for 65,000 if you drive hard to 120,000 miles if they don't dry rot first.
YGW I hope the old ticker jump start went well.
Later, Ken
PS Charlie in my Mopars I am hell of tires.
Good Evening,
A very nice one too with a high tomorrow of about 85F!
Ken, thanks for the info on the tires. I was leaning towards the Michelins and I think they are likely worth the extra cost. I will order them next week and get them installed when the door lock is done.
Went to the bank to get a few US dollars. They now cost $1.36 Canadian which makes most things a bit pricey when shopping down your way. I won't be buying much in the RR department but really there isn't too much I need anyway. Just a couple of years ago our dollar was nearly at par.
Spent some time playing with Robbie after supper as I usually do. He sure is an amazing little dog. There was a show on TV investigating canine intelligence and they showed a dog that knew the names of 30 toys as being something amazing. Gosh our little guy has 125 and will retrieve any of them from a pile by name. If you try to trick him and give a toy the wrong name he just looks at you and waits until you get it right. We had to write them down as I can't remember them all. Even toys he hasn't seen for a year he gets right away.
Well soon time for bed,
Goodnight all,
Good Morning..
Just got back from touring the countryside with the band and all that. Have some videos to put up on youtube so that will get done in the next few days
Even though Spring is going on 18 years here he is still a chicken wrap thief and general all round kitteh. He had a dose of that old fashioned cat flu though which took some of his weight down but he is getting better...how do I know? Dern thief took off with a pepperseed salami sandwich here,
So good night and good morning to you lot....
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
morning all,
well, we are on the search again for a house. dunno what we will find. we found a couple, but the agent says 'where did you find those? They were sold a long time ago"..I siad "from YOUR website!".
so we are on the hunt again...
later
going shopping
Good Morning Diners,
Flo, I'll have my usual extra large cup of coffee with lots of cream, please.
Taking a moment to drop in and say hello to everyone. I'll catch up on all of the posts later.
Work going well, but very busy. I like my job. Haven't sold a kitchen yet, but might next week. We'll see. Been doing lots of quotes, though.
MOH and I went to the dollar store last night. Got a coloring book and a pack of crayons for client's children. It can get very boring for the little ones while Mommy is working out the design with the designer.
Well, have to go.
Hello to everyone.
I hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)