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Jeffreys Trackside Diner~ October, 2015!

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Posted by up831 on Friday, October 9, 2015 7:45 AM

Good Morning Diners,

Flo, I'll have an extra large cup of coffee with lots of cream, please.

Just got back from our Fall church conference/convention.  This year we were in Columbus, OH.  But, of interest, our view from the hotel was terrific RR wise.  There is a point right by the convention center where NS, CSX, and the occasional Ohio central converge.  I would generally see two or three trains per morning.  Plus off in the distance CSX had a line that crossed the river north and south.  It was like looking at a MRR from the height our room was at.

Ulrich:  I like the angles you put in your track plan.  IMHO it makes for better design.  For some reason, it always seemed to me that the angles in a track plan made the track look like it was going somewhere.  It's a mind perception thing.

Gotta get ready for work.

Hello to all, Garry, YGW, Ken, Lion, Dennis, Galaxy, Ray, John Boy, and everyone.  If I missed your name, please don't be offended.

I hope everyone is OK and safe.

Less is more,...more or less!

Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, October 9, 2015 9:23 AM

Good morning .... I'll have coffee and a donut please.

Douglas .... Sounds like you had fun with railfanning. 

Galaxy ... In recent years, home buyers are subjected to very long waits for mortgage approval. Government regulations have been implemnted to "protect you", and lenders are jumping through regulatory hoops just for you.

Mr. Mick .... Sounds like you had fun train watching also.

UP831 ... Columbus has long been a great place for train watching. 

Here in western KY we had CSX and Paducah and Louisville..... Below is a P&L SD70Mac. P&L acquired a few SD70Mac's from CSX. 

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Posted by howmus on Friday, October 9, 2015 10:56 AM

Mornin' everyone,

Zoe, I'll have a short stack of blueberry pancakes as long the fresh blueberrys are still in season.  Will need some real butter and real NYS Maple Syrup for it.  Marrakesh Express dark roast coffee in my R&GV RR Mug would finsh off the morning breakfast.

Nice too see some faces that have not been in for a while as well as some new people here.

"It's a rainy, rainy, day,  Just a rainy rainy day......"  Gray, dull and rainy here in the Finger lakes today.  That is not a bad thing as I transplanted a bunch of chives yesterday and now I won't have to take water out there.  I am still waiting for the plumber to decide to do the two jobs I have for him.  One of those jobs is to replace the outside water faucet out back.  It froze up last winter as I forgot to drain the hose attached to it.  Will be heading over to my sister's house later to feed and water her kitties.  Haven't seen the outdoor cat for several days.  The food dish is always empty so I figure he is still around....  Leaves are now changing colors rapidly here in the Finger Lakes Region. 

I have a bunch of emails I have to get out to the folks I will be seeing tomorrow to sign the petition and a whole lot of undone things around the house.  May even get a few minutes to do a bit more on the bridge I am building...  Never know.

Catch you all later!

73

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Friday, October 9, 2015 12:35 PM

I am home from my trip to Southern California. I had no problems lifting my 20.5 pound bag into the overhead compartment. (My new weight limit is 20 lbs.) Today I rode the mountain bike on the stationary trainer for 30 minutes with no ill effects. The recovery continues.

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Posted by CNCharlie on Friday, October 9, 2015 3:08 PM

Good Afternoon,

A beautiful, sunny day here with a temp of about 60F which is nice for us this time of year. No frost yet. 

I have started to lay the 'pavement' for the Main street on my N scale layout. I have set the time of year as fall so the latest MRR article on fall layouts is very timely. 

Lots of birds in the yard this past week, the little Juncos are sure going through a lot of shelled sunflower seed and along with the house finches, they are consuming about 20 pounds a week. Shouldn't last too much longer as they will migrate. 

We are off to see the Canada Geese migration tonight at the local sanctuary. There is a small lake there and thousands of geese come in to spend the night which is quite a sight. 

Well time to head out to do some errands,

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Posted by angelob6660 on Friday, October 9, 2015 3:25 PM

Hey Diners,

Nothing much I bought the Bluford Shops CR HM. (railroad term "Conrail hoppers").

Waiting for N Scale Supply to mail me my Kato Amtrak P42s I preordered, BLW got them 2 days ago. Its the another way around with Atlas.

 

Modeling the G.N.O. Railway, The Diamond Route.

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Posted by galaxy on Friday, October 9, 2015 6:19 PM

Let us continue our tour in Colorado:

The Georgetown Loop RR:

"Beginning in the late 1880s, the community and the Georgetown Loop become a tourist center for those who ventured West to encounter the wild ruggedness and romance. Tourism in the West develops around railroad excursions. With seven trains a day running out of Denver at the height of its popularity, the Georgetown Loop is Colorado's scenic "must see" and a deal at only $3 round-trip. Guidebooks, pamphlets and postcards help send the images of the steep canyons and mountain peaks accessible by train across the nation.

“The former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains was established in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume National Historic District comprises Georgetown, the neighboring Town of Silver Plume, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns. The town population was 1,088 at the U.S. Census 2000.

"The town sits at an elevation of 8,530 feet (2,600 m), nestled in the mountains near the upper end of the valley of Clear Creek in the mountains west of Denver along Interstate 70. Although a small town today, the town was a historic center of the mining industry in Colorado during the late 19th century, earning the nickname the 'Silver Queen of Colorado'. It has evolved into a lively historical summer tourist center today with many preserved structures from the heyday of the Colorado Silver Boom.""

The "Punkin {SIC on purpose} Train" is tomorrow at the Georgetown Loop RR.

http://georgetownlooprr.com/

The Three truck Shay #9 is a wonderful steamer in use there:

http://georgetownlooprr.com/engines

The cost for tickets is just $28 for Train ride in parlor car and the Punkin Festival on the Georgetown Devil's Gate run...The train ride by itself is about 1 hour and 15 minutes long.  If you decided to tour the Lebanon Silver mine, that will double your time to 2 hours, 30 minutes.

There is alos at times a Wine and Cheese and/or Beer & Brat dinner train run. {I know which one Ken would like to ride!}

There is also a mine tour:

THE LEBANON SILVER MINE TOUR

Enhance your train ride with an optional walking tour of the Lebanon Silver Mine, located at the halfway point on the railroad. The tour takes you 500 feet into a mine tunnel bored in the 1870s. Your guide will point out rich veins of silver and tell you about early-day mining. The temperature inside the mine is a constant 44 degrees Fahrenheit, so bring a jacket or buy one in our well-stocked gift stores. The tour also includes visits to the manager’s office, and the miners’ change room.

There are Mine tours in PA as well, but that is wrong side of the country now.

 In brief:  The tracks linking Denver to Silver Plume were completed in 1884, and trains ran continuously through 1938, when auto transportation became popular and the price of silver plummeted (thus was no longer a profitable mining industry).  At that time, the Loop was dismantled and the track sold for scrap.  TheLoop was completely reassembled by 1984 and has run continuously ever since.

So, folks, what d'y'all Think! A ncie littel ride on a nice litle run!

Lets GO!

We will continue our tour of trains for Colorado as the month progresses...

We'd All enjoy it and I don't think we have done a coprehensive tour of Colorado at least not ina while...

EnJoy!

G-man

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Posted by JAMES MOON on Friday, October 9, 2015 10:15 PM

Good evening to all.  Two days ago I had an unexpected serendipity moment.  My TomTom GPS directed me down SK Highway 33.  After several miles of driving, we came upon a crude oil loading facility.  An online search revealed that the facility is capable of loading 45,000 bls/day of crude oil in tank cars.  Additionally, three SD-38-2 engines sat along the facility designated Stewart Southern Railway.  Online search revealed this is a Saskatchewan short line founded by the Stewart interests as a grain hauler later to become a crude oil transporter to Regina for interlining with the CP.  Very interesting to see how crude oil is handled into unit trains.

Travel has been uneventful, otherwise.  Experienced a very pleasant INS agent upon entering the US.

Visiting my step-sister today and then closer to home tomorrow to spend a couple days at friend's bed and breakfast for a couple of days.

Johnboy, have you seen the Stoughton crude loading facility?

Jim

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Posted by cudaken on Saturday, October 10, 2015 8:13 AM

 Morning Folks! Big Smile

 Flo, big cup of coffee please.

 Feeling a tad better today about the zoing mess I have. While I did not get to talk to the inspector that came to my house. I did speak with someone at there officess about the pool. She seems to think all I have to do is clean up the pool and get it covred, not remove it. Only way I would need to remove it is if it is damaged. A dirty water slump pump and tarp from Harbor Freight will set me back around $84.00 with a 20% off coupon I have.

 I will talk with the inspector this coming Tuesday I hope and get some details about the stuff I have to cut down.

 VA wants me to see a Psychologist? Hum, guess I should have never told my Dr I have Model Train's. Smile, Wink & Grin Just kidding about that part, I think. Whistling I am 98% sure it has to do with me trying to stop smoking. I will have to give the Psychologist a call Tuesday and see what it is about.

 See you all tonight.

           Ken

 PS, no Beer last night. Yes

 

 

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Posted by galaxy on Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:24 AM

GM,MEN!

 

Hows hings? nO new word on the hosue yet? Nope.

Ken: be glad its not a PSYCHIATRIST, that would mean you are mentally ill, like me! the pshycologist will propably helpyou identify WHY you smoke nad drink, that is all. If you uncover your triggers, then you nan work on avoidance. {even if it is hte wife or work driving you to drink!}

 

Well, best gte about chores...

Later

G-man

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Saturday, October 10, 2015 12:08 PM

Howdy ...

 

Speaking of Colorado,  we rode on the Amtrak train round trip between Denver and Grand Junction several years ago. Below, is the eastbound train arriving in Grand Junction for our return trip.

 

This afternoon, we will be at the Ham Festival in town. Fun and Food ! 

GARRY

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Posted by howmus on Saturday, October 10, 2015 2:39 PM

Afternoon folks,

Chloe just a glass of Cherrypharm for me right now.

I have spent most of the day over in the Auburn, NY area getting a couple signatures for the petition.  One gentleman wasn't home...  I'm now thinking I was to meet him at his office (he is a dentist over there).  Did stop and spent some $$$ on mor tropical fish and supplies to get the 20 gal. tank up and running.  Fish are now floating in the 55 gal aquarium in tyhe bags.  I will open up the bags and start exchanging the water as soon as I get this post done.

Just got an email from Ulrich.  He said his computer is kaput and he has use of a neighbor's computer for a few minutes a day to check his email.  He plans to be back here whenever he can get a working computer.  i did tell him he has been very much missed.

Catch you all later.

73

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

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Posted by cudaken on Saturday, October 10, 2015 8:09 PM

 Evening Dinners

 Flo, Lemonade please.

 Guess who was Buzzed Today at work? Whistling I handled it a little deffently this time.

 I told him Dave I know you have been drinking.

 1 You have tells, when you been drinking you show up late, sober you are still late by a few minutes but not 15 minutes.

 2 When you have been drinking, your hair is a mess! Sober, your hair is neat. First time I saw you after rehap you looked total driffrent.

 3 When you have been drinking, your eyes lids sag. Sober your eyes look bright, not like you are falling a sleep.

 4 When you have been drinking you talk slowly. Sober you speak quickley.

 He claimed he had not been drinking, he just was a wake all night. Told him I did not beleive him! After seeing him sober it like he driffences between a Red Light and a Green Light and you have been drinking!

 I all so said Dave, I am not going to call Paul about this as long as you don't refresh your Buzz today.

 Little later we talked about some more, told him about how I am trying to stop drinking because I cannot afford it. All so how I try to find reasons I should be able to have a Beer. Asked him if we was still going to AA, well he himed hauled around that so I guessing he is not.

 He all so said he only drinks beer and never drinks at work! Well he lie about that one! I have had some pretty good beer buzzes in my life, but I have never had one that lasted 10 hours. I all so asked why is coffee smells funny last weekend, he said it was spolied? Asked about the cup that I found in the microwave last Friday, it smelled funny as well. (bet if I had put a match to it it would have burned) He had no answer for that one.

  As he sobered we talked about a lot of things, his problems at home, old TV shows and movies and history. At the end of the day he said "Ken, you know you are a pretty nice guy".

 Well, I will see if this helps him any with drinking at work. Tomorrow we will have another talk. This time I will flat tell him if he comes in Buzzed again I will send him home, he cannot fool me about his Drinks at work.

 

galaxy
The pshycologist will propably helpyou identify WHY you smoke and drink, that is all. If you uncover your triggers

  Galaxy, that is easy! I am married!

 See you all before work Sunday.

 Ken

 

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Posted by galaxy on Saturday, October 10, 2015 10:06 PM

well bummer day

All i accomplished was house chores.

My r shouler is still killling me. Dont know what the MRI sill show.

can't wait.

financing still at underwriters. The wiating tho hear we DO or DONT qualify finally is boring us to caboose, as KEN would say!

Well, GOod to know Ulrich is alright, surprised  his computer quit but he had been complaing al  lot Thats one resons I gothe laptop was to back upthe desk top in case it crashed.

Dunno.

 

Well, thats about it from Lake Woeisus.

Geeked

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 11, 2015 3:34 AM

Good Morning!

I am at my neighbor´s at the moment to check my emails. My computer died all of a sudden last Thursday and all my attempts to resuscitate it were in vain. After 6 1/2 years of good service it just died - the hard disc drive crashed. Fortunately I was able to back-up vital data before it did.

It´ll take a while until I´ll be online again - I am looking for a good used laptop computer for nearly no $$$ at all - just can´t afford those about $ 300 a new one will cost.

Hope to see you soon again!

Edit: I nearly forget to tell you - Claus and I built the benchwork last Thursday and it is now resting snugly on the table. I´ve put up the track (not yet final, though) so I can run a train or two. I was able to send out my order of cork roadbed before the computer died. By end of next week, I should have done all the track work!

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:35 AM

GM, MEN!

 

Its been a while since I posted a word of the day. Dunno if Anyone is interested no one asked abut them.

But for those in desire:

 

Today's word:

dotterel

 

PRONUNCIATION:
(DOT-uhr-uhl) http://wordsmith.org/words/dotterel.mp3

 

MEANING:
noun:
1. Any of various plovers breeding in mountainous areas.
2. Someone who is easily duped.

 

ETYMOLOGY:
From dote (to be weak-minded from old age), from Middle English doten (to be foolish) + -rel (diminutive or pejorative suffix), as in doggerel and wastrel. The metaphorical sense of the word derives from the apparently unsuspecting nature of the bird. Earliest documented use: 1440.

 

USAGE:

 

A willowy young creature walked down the stairs from the rooms above, holding on to the arm of some old dotterel who had no doubt been duped into imagined vigour.”
David Ashton; Inspector McLevy Mysteries: Omnibus; Polygon; 2015.

 
Today's quotes {song-heard it on the Beatles Story radio show this monring actually!}:
 
Imagine there's no countries, / It isn't hard to do. / Nothing to kill or die for, / And no religion, too. / Imagine all the people / Living life in peace. -John Lennon, musician (9 Oct 1940-1980)

For other quotes:
 

MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!

Geeked

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:43 AM

Sir Madog

Good Morning!

I am at my neighbor´s at the moment to check my emails. My computer died all of a sudden last Thursday and all my attempts to resuscitate it were in vain. After 6 1/2 years of good service it just died - the hard disc drive crashed. Fortunately I was able to back-up vital data before it did.

It´ll take a while until I´ll be online again - I am looking for a good used laptop computer for nearly no $$$ at all - just can´t afford those about $ 300 a new one will cost.

Hope to see you soon again!

Edit: I nearly forget to tell you - Claus and I built the benchwork last Thursday and it is now resting snugly on the table. I´ve put up the track (not yet final, though) so I can run a train or two. I was able to send out my order of cork roadbed before the computer died. By end of next week, I should have done all the track work!

 

 

Ulrich! GOod to see you back, SIr!

Now This laptop I am on was only about $300 and its a DELL, a brand I tend to like as once upon a time my boss always provided me with one for working at home on. They have "mixed reviews" from me {one bad one over the years}, but they seem to be about as good as any.


I cna pick up an older refurbished model from aobut $125-150 on a site here in theUSA That has such things. i almost bought one, but then DELL had its "annual garage sale" I think htey called it. SO I goht this instead. I tend to use it often, more than hte desk top! I got it as a back up for the deslktop, which after what, 6 years, is giving us fits and starts. SInce MOH needs to do computer reports, we HAVE TO HAVE one! I'd get you one, but ours run on 110v, yours probably run on the 220v you guys use over there???

Glad to see you got your train set up set up. At least you will have somehting to keep you busy while you wait for the computer!

 

Well, PM me or email me if you need anyhting I can help with!

Geeked

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:03 AM

Good morning ...

I brought country ham and biscuits. Enjoy !

Ulrich: ... Good to see you. We like it when you are in the Diner.

Ken .... I bet if you owned the company a certain indvidual would have been fired by now.

Yesterday we spent afternoon and part of the evening with the Ham Festival .... Lots of fun stuff, lots of good food, lots of bad food too (carnival stuff), and plenty of activity. ... Weather was ideal. Sunny and mid 70's. .... They begin early Friday baking "The World's Largest Biscuit" in a giant oven mounted on a special "Wide Load" trailer. A fork lift is required to remove the biscuit from the oven. Then they sell country ham sandwiches using slices of the biscuit. In previous years their biscuit has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records. .... Car fans are always interested in the car collection which is on display in a parking lot. ..... Live Country and Western music attracts large audiences. ..... Lots of activities for children. Carnival rides. Our little town is packed with people who come hundreds of miles.
 
 



http://festivalnet.com/13047/Cadiz-K...y-Ham-Festival

It is in Face Book under Trigg County Ham Festival.

 

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Sunday, October 11, 2015 11:37 AM

Ulrich: It is good to hear from you. Please don't be a stranger.

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, October 11, 2015 1:22 PM

wow. what a lovely day here near 70 mid-October. nice, but cooler is coming- only the 50s soon enough.

Well, dishes are mostly done {pots and pans remain} and the vacuuming is done, the laundry is all done. WHat else can i get into that won't tear my arm any more than the damage already there? Dunno

Can't wait for the MRI to be over with so I can get results. It is the regualr MRI, which they tell me takes half the time the "open MRI" does. There is not much difference inthe two, the regular is  a circualr vertical tube  like a donut on end, they put you in, and the Open is is like two pancakes stacked on to with you as the filler.

Doesn't matter, as it still is TOO CLOSE for my comfort being claustrophbic and all, but if the regular is FASTER, then I am all for it. I have had both, and don't really care for either. BUT I have seen the images form them and  I know how vauluable that is!

So tomorrow I get Magnetized. GOod thing I have no metal in me!

Well, see y'all later.

Geeked

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Posted by last mountain & eastern hogger on Sunday, October 11, 2015 5:47 PM

Whistling

Just got off work and even though it was sunday we were extremely busy, the day went fast.  Just getting out off the monkey suit and getting ready to go to my Wife's and her Siblings' Thanksgiving Supper. They keep this going even though their parents have past.  Thanksgiving and Christmas they are always together. And last month they took a tour of GB. Ireland and France together.

I just wanted to stop in on the way and wish all our Canadian Diners a very Happy, Pleasant and Filling Thanksgiving day.   And don't forget to give that Thanks too.  We are very fortunate that we live in North America and lets do all we can to keep it Free and Safe. We have upcoming Elections on both sides of the 49th, make sure you know the issues, especially of protecting ourselves here at home and by that make the right choices for our Elected Members of Government.  Sorry for the soap box issue, but I feel this is so very important as some of the Candidates don't seem to know whats going on in the World, and what they are talking about.

Glad to see Ulrich stopped by, and hope he gets his computer issue solved.

Must go now, hope to get back in later.

Best Wishes, to all the Turkey, Ham, Ribs conesureres (spelling) out there.

Johnboy out................Someone can have my portion as my supper will be flowing down my tube.  HaHa.   not really funny

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, October 11, 2015 6:52 PM

Johnboy!

ALWAYS good to see you sir!

AnD lest I forget on my way to the MRI tomorrow, HAPPY THANKS GIVING to those NOrht ofour common border!

Now, I was thinking, wouldn't it be NICE if we could help Ulrich get a newer Laptop? I am reminded of a kind soul here who sent Jeffrey a brand new tablet while he was in the hospital having his foot removed.

CAn't help everybody I guess. Sigh Would be nice though.

too bad we can't set up a "Capital {train}Car" or "banking car" in which we could contribute what we wnat/can and then lend/give it out to thse who have small needs here! Every one who recives, will pay back some/all or contribute a bit more than they would normally {call it interest} and all could benefit.

It would ahve been nice to also help Ken wiht his car or fence problem. I could use an exra sum to help wiht closing costs.

Hmm, what an idea, but would probaly never fly...


Well, ahve a good night..

dinner time a little late toninght but roast, mac salad, carrot salad, Dinner

 

see yall tomorrow!

Geeked

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Posted by cudaken on Sunday, October 11, 2015 7:30 PM

 Evening Dinners

 Flo a Beer please but no more than 3 OK.

 Boy, I feel beat up today! Don't know if it was from this morning or work.

 Yard Front I was out there cutting and fighting with the vines and trees for a good 2 hours. While I got a lot of stuff cut down, it is a very small dent comparied to what I need to get done.

 Work Front and Drunk Dave. Sigh  I got to work on time, but no Dave? I had my first customer come in at 12:20 or so (it was a good one I will add, made $105.00) and still no Dave.

 Guess who came staggering in at 12:40 PM? And I do mean STAGGERING! Yep, Dave and he was drunk as a skunk! Handed him the phone and told him to call Paul, he knows you are late. He was so drunk he could not figuer out how to use the phone! I finsh with my customer around 1:30 while Dave was hidding in the break room drinking coffee.

 I called Paul and Nancy around 1:35 and both Nancy and Paul said to tell Dave to Go Home. I explain to them he was to drunk to drive! Nancy told me to having him call his wife and pick him up and leave the store and wait for her.

 I comfronted Dave and told him that Nancy said to call his wife to pick him up and leave the store and waite. He called me a liar, I just want the store! Called Nancy on the speaker phone and asked "what do you want me to tell Dave"? Nancy repeted what she told me and Dave heard it. Then she asked to speak to Dave.

 Dave then acted (will get to this part again) he called his wife. But he would not leave the store! I again told him he had to leave the store, he could not waite in the store!

 Then he said I am going to meet her half way home. Told him Dave, if you leave this parking lot I am calling 911! Just pull yor Van in back and waite, but if you don't leave the store I am calling 911 and have you removed! His answers was Go a head and call 911! So I Did!

 While I was talking with the Dispatcher Dave unpluged the phone! That got them there is a hurry. Dave told them when they got there is wife was on the way. One of Officer asked me if I wanted him arrested? I said no, just out of the store and not driving. They made Dave call home again, this time he got his son (I feel bad about that) and it turned out his wife was not even home.

 Turns out he just left a message on the machine and no ride was coming, he lied to the Police. They took him to the station house to waite for his wife. I asked them to make him give me his key, did not want him back in the store after I left. Seems his wife never got the message or she is done with him. At 4:00 Pm I saw the police drop him off a few stores down. At 5:03 when I left, his Van was still in the parking lot of my store.

 I feel bad for him but dang it I am done working with him!

 Ken, having a rotten day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hate Rust

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Posted by up831 on Sunday, October 11, 2015 8:29 PM

Good Evening Diners,

Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.

Another week of the national obsession; however this week I got to watch my Chiefs lose to "Da Bears" and made MOH happy.  Hope my other team, the Chargers does well tomorrow.

Ken:  I feel for you in your plight.  It's obvious that this individual has some serious problems and needs professional help.  I feel pity for him because if everything you say is true, then he's on a downward spiral into a dark abyss.

Not a bit good!

V8Dennis: I fried my 850 Fiat going over Sepulveda Pass in much the same situation.  The car never worked right after that.  

Nothing to report on th MRR front today.

i hope everyone. Is OK and safe.

Less is more,...more or less!

Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)

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Posted by MrMick on Monday, October 12, 2015 8:39 AM

Good Morning, folks.  Just some black coffee for me, please.

Yesterday we  went with friends on a Leaf-Peeping tour of mid New Hampshire.  The colers were great, but they were spotty - as in, 'Not Peak" yet; a good frost and a few days and they will be. Some were very bright.  We picked up a couple of pumpkins at a farm store east of Meredith.  Lot of folks out enjoying the beautifulday. Had a nice lunch at a different diner in sight of the Lake.

In the course of our travels we passed the Alton Bay station on Lake Winnepesaukee,  several 'Depot Roads', tracks that once connected the Conways to Dover, and the old Wolfeboro RR tracks in Wakefield where they (used to) cross NH-16.

Nice day, all told.

Mr. Mick

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Posted by galaxy on Monday, October 12, 2015 9:25 AM

GM, MEN!

Well, The MRI was a bust.

The machine was down.

Now My appt was for 10 am. I was there at 9:30 as I like ot always be early.

The INSISTED they left a "voice mail" meessage for me, I inssited I didn't get it.

SO I had to remake the appt. Guess wha? she says "I jsut caleld a nd left you a message".I siad I have an old fashioned answering machine on a hard wireed landline {only 5 people knwo my cell phone number} and she siad well, I jsut left a message. I siad it doens't help if I am already in hte office! I get home,sure enough, was a message!It was put there at get this: 9:26 am,, remember I was THERE At 9:30! It takes a good 25 minutes to get there on a good day? { I left at 9} DUH! Of COURSE i didn't get the message!

SO it is rescheduled for wed afternoon.

dunno aobut some places...

later

Geeked

-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.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Monday, October 12, 2015 9:25 AM
oh the poor lion....
him. was ceaning the cat house, when what do you know but what do you know but the lion fell off of the ladder.

them called the ambulance, which carted him off to the hospital where x-rays demonstrated a broken hip. so theyut him in another ambulance and sender him to a bigger hospital where surgery on the hip of him.


The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by zstripe on Monday, October 12, 2015 9:34 AM

Lion,

Sorry to hear about Your misfortune Lion....Hope everything turns out OK....Keep us posted if You can, let us know where to send the wildebeast snacks....leave the nurses alone.

Take Care, Lion. Sad

Frank

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, October 12, 2015 9:46 AM

Good Afternoon!

Not yet 5 pm and the sun is setting already Sad I don´t mind Fall and Winter, but I do mind the darkness which comes with those seasons! Living up north has its merits, but also drawbacks!

The time sans computer will have an end in a few days. My son will mail me his GF´s old laptop computer. It´s as old as mine was, so it won´t be there to stay for long, but it helps until I´ve come up with a better solution.

In the meantime, I just run a train or two over my tiny layout - very therapeutic!

Lion - healing Angel are on their way to you!

G-Man - I hope your shoulder will improve soon!

`puter time is about up now - CU all tomorrow!

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Posted by howmus on Monday, October 12, 2015 9:46 AM

Mornin' fellow coffee shoppers.....

Zoe, ah.....  No Marrakesh Express Dark Roast this morning?  Oh, your making a fresh pot...  OK, I'll wait.

Went over to my son's house for home made Lassagna last night.  His MIL is a good cook!  I brought a large chunk of it home for sometime this week.  I will probably freeze it as i have some leftovers in the fridge I need to use up.  My son has just about finished rebuilding my old wood rack at the end of his driveway.  He was able to use parts of my old steel shed as a roof.  Only has to get a couple 1" x 4"s to support the roof a bit more and it should server him well.  He was in a very good good mood last night.  He got a new job that he starts today.  He will be running a machine at a company that makes weatherstripping in Farmington, NY.  He says he already feels better about this one as he will be making a product that is good for the enviroment rather than packing plastic bottles!  He will be working second shift so he will be able to get the girls off the bus right before he leaves for work.  His wife gets home from school about a half hour later.

I did a bit more on the Girders for the bridge last night. 

A Happy "What's his Name's Day" to those of us South of the Border, and a Wonderfull Thanksgiving to all you folks North of the Border today.  My favorite true story about Columbus Day goes back to when I was first teaching Music in Chemung Elementary School around 1970.  A combined first and second grade class came into my room and little Johnny, a first grader, sat in his seat and kept giggling.....  I asked him what was so funny, and he said "nothing".... giggle, giggle, giggle.  This kept going on for while and I finally raised my voice and told him to cut it out!  A little girl came up to me and said, "Mr. Howard, our teacher just told us that Columbus discovered America."  I said, So!?  She then told me that Johnny's an Indian!  He could figure it out already....  I haven't been the same since!

I just good a call from the paving company to let me know all the required paperwork and inspections have been done and the owner will contact me to set the date for the work to be done.  YES!

 Brother Elias, so sorry to hear about your accident.  Hope you will have an easy recovery and someone will bring you models to work on during your stay at the HorsePiddle...  Prayers for you Lion!

Hope you all have a great day!

73

 

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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