Oh, my ... I must be getting old!
Happy Birthday , CNCharlie!
Another quiet day in the diner! It´s a bit early to go to bed, but I am (f)rightfully tired.
CU all tomorrow!
Afternoon dinners!
Flo, Please (it is Thursday and Beer day for me.
C&N Charlie, sorry I forgot the wishes.
Rainning and it was a nasty day. Only thing I got done besides my running was getting a spare on my Road Runner getting her ready for the move. Allen and I are hauling her to his places on Nov 15 th so we can instrall the gas tank and get her running again.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening. Another nice day in the SE Ohio River Valley with a high of 76F. Not bad for November. Spent the afternoon with a spade, shovel and clam shell post hole digger. Tightly consolidated clay soil is really hard and hard to dig. I finally managed to get down to 27 inches below grade in the center of the excavation trench. Why am I doing this at 73 yrs of age, because I still can and I work cheap.
Ken, the car is an eye catcher. Good luck on getting it back on the road.
Howmus, hope your handyman has the skills and tools to do your plumbing repairs.
V8Vega, low flow toilets should weigh less than the old high volume types. If the wax seal on the old one has not leaked your floor and framing are undoubtedly okay for the new unit. If the wax seal has leaked, you may need some floor repairs. Toilets can be a major pain.
Happy Birthday, CNCharlie!
Hope Galaxy is okay and surviving his moving process.
Best to all other diners.
Jim
Good Evening,
Another wet, dull day here with a high of about 40F.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Sometimes I wonder how I got to be 68 as in 'it can't be, I was 40 just a short time ago'. I remember my Mother saying she looked in the mirror and wondered who the old lady was. She was about 90 at the time and said she didn't feel any different than she ever had.
Ken, that Road Runner does look good and I imagine it sounds even better.
Well, soon time for dinner and then a little TV.
CN Charlie
Evenin' folks!
Janie I could sure use a cup of decaf right now. Just got home from a Troop/Pack copmmittee meeting (the handicapped units I am one of the commissioners for). They are a great bunch of people to work for (the commissioner works as a volunteer for both the Distrct/Council and the unit).
JAMES MOONHowmus, hope your handyman has the skills and tools to do your plumbing repairs.
Oh yeah! No problem with that. The guy owned a contracting company for 25 years that built and put additions on structures. He holds most every certificate in the business I guess. He claims he never used subcontractors in his business. He came in looked at the two items I needed to get done, gave me a price for each one (about the same as I have paid for other similar jobs from others), I told him to go ahead, and in about 2.5 hours he was done, rechecked for leaks, cleaned everything up well, I wrote him a check, and he was out the door. Very pleasant as well. I will definately use him again when needed.
Charlie, I tell people (including my doctor) that every morning I crawl out of bed and go down the hall to that little room down there and look in the mirror. Every morning there is some old guy with a beard staring back at me. Scares the crap out of me! My doctor told me that as long as that old guy is staring out at me, keep going, as everything is OK!
Gotta go to the Scouting tools page and report tonights meeting... Catch you all later.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Hi Dennis!
Seems as if the two of us are the only ones in here today! I just wonder for how long Vinnie will be able to keep this place open.
Good Afternoon Everybody!
A slow day today. It´s grey and wet outside - our usual November weather, which gives me a slightly depressed mood. Still waiting for some minor schtuff to arrive before I can continue on my layout. Completing the wiring is urgently needed, but without the ordered switches it´s a no go.
I´ve been watching some train videos today and found one on the biggest and most awesome layout in the world - the sale is 1/1!
OK, the arrangement of viaducts, tunnels and brideges looks a bit unrealistic, the trains appear to be too short, but the detail is great!
Enjoy!
Hey all
They are trying to kill me at w**k this month. Have to delver eight million dollars worth of homes this month - Working six days a week ten to twelve hour days.
Ray - LOL - Funny statement about staring back and saw bones comment
V8 - You can easily check the area yourself around the toilet. First just do a pressure test by pushing around the toilet flange or the toilet itf it feels spongy you have a problem, 2) look for wood discoloration - water ALWAYS stains, look for grey or black wood. 3 ) look at the texture of the wood , if it has raised grain, small pieces missing due to dry rot you may have a problem. Other wise move forward.
Charlie - Happy Belated Birthday -
Ken - She is a beauty is that an existing or old photo ?
Ulrich - I must say the video you made I thought looked very professional
Lion - what are you doing on a work truck hood ! That cannot be good for the hip. Are you on catnip again !??
Angel - Sound to me like you need a change of scenery - what job are you trying to get ? If there arent any jobs there have you thought about relocating ?
James - I do not understand teh Democrat party - trying to legalize pot ? They spend a lot of money trying to solve aids, put the cigerate industry out of buisness but want to legalize a known product that is much worse physical affects on the body - I used to go to school with this guy "Pitt" pot made him a total idiot. So we have been reduced to pushing perverted men dressed as women trying to use the same toilets as our daugthers, while smoking wacky weed and inviting terroist into our country who hate us and is lopping the heads off of everyone around them in Syria, Egypt, Iraq...just so we can be " Tolerant " I am about tolerated out !
Morning Girls, I'll have a couple of blueberry bagels this morning with peanut butter and pickles. ( I must be pregnant) But I have a friend of mine that eats them that way and loves it , so I thought I would try it. I'll chase it with a H.C. doncha know. Thanks
Morning Ulrich and Dennis,
It is a very Grey Day here as well, temp right around 0 celcius, but so far no snow. The weather guessers got it wrong the other night and we only had a skiff that was gone by 9:30 AM and not the 2 to 4 inches they were forecasting. It is now suppost to stay at about +4 to5 in the daytime and slightly below 0 C. at night for another two weeks. that is really great news, I hope they are right on that.
I have the day off today and hope to get some de-cluttering done in the computer room/modelling room so that I can move around in here again. It is amazing how fast clutter builds up on you. I have to develope a better plan than what I have which is none right now. Then it will be back to the retaining wall today. I have a slight correction to make on it and then paint and install. We will see how that goes. It never seems to go the way you think.
YGW. Sure hope you are feeling better.
Galaxy, We are all concerned, check in with a note to tell us you are OK.
James, (Moonboy), Take it easy on that pysical labor, us old guys can take a slight pass on some of that stuff ya know.
Ray, Glad you finally got some sub-contractor action around your place before it gets too cold.
Ken, Good luck with the on going wars with the yard and now the Mopar. Is it better at the Store now that Dave is gone ?
Was good to hear from Terry in Wisc. He has been very quiet for awhile.
And "FLIP" Whats up with you ? Have you gone on a diet ? You haven't been in the Diner for quite some time.
YGW. & James, Further to what you were talking about and I believe some of the things that have been a bother to Ulrich, and rightly so, is this.. Read the following letter
Just before reading the following, think about this..... the NEW Canadian government committed to expediting 35,000 of these "bleeps" to Canada before Christmas. Wow! doesn't it make you proud that people in Canada voted for such brilliant terrorist lovers? subject: A Female Physician in Munich, Germany sends a message to the world .... : Interesting read. A Female Physician in Munich, Germany sends a message to the world . . . . . . Yesterday, at the hospital we had a meeting about how the situation here and at the other Munich hospitals is unsustainable. Clinics cannot handle emergencies, so they are starting to send everything to the hospitals.Many Muslims are refusing treatment by female staff and, we, women, are refusing to go among those animals, especially from Africa. Relations between the staff and migrants are going from bad to worse. Since last weekend, migrants going to the hospitals must be accompanied by police with K-9 units.Many migrants have AIDS, syphilis, open TB and many exotic diseases that we, in Europe, do not know how to treat them. If they receive a prescription in the pharmacy, they learn they have to pay cash. This leads to unbelievable outbursts, especially when it is about drugs for the children. They abandon the children with pharmacy staff with the words: “So, cure them here yourselves!” So the police are not just guarding the clinics and hospitals, but also large pharmacies.Truly we said openly: Where are all those who had welcomed in front of TV cameras, with signs at train stations?! Yes, for now, the border has been closed, but a million of them are already here and we will definitely not be able to get rid of them.Until now, the number of unemployed in Germany was 2.2 million. Now it will be at least 3.5 million. Most of these people are completely unemployable. A bare minimum of them have any education. What is more, their women usually do not work at all. I estimate that one in ten is pregnant. Hundreds of thousands of them have brought along infants and little kids under six, many emaciated and neglected. If this continues and German re-opens its borders, I’m going home to the Czech Republic. Nobody can keep me here in this situation, not even double the salary than at home. I went to Germany, not to Africa or the Middle East.Even the professor who heads our department told us how sad it makes him to see the cleaning woman, who for 800 Euros cleans every day for years, and then meets young men in the hallways who just wait with their hand outstretched, want everything for free, and when they don’t get it they throw a fit.I really don’t need this! But I’m afraid that if I return, that at some point it will be the same in the Czech Republic. If the Germans, with their nature cannot handle this, there in Czechia it would be total chaos. Nobody who has not come in contact with them has no idea what kind of animals they are, especially the ones from Africa, and how Muslims act superior to our staff, regarding their religious accommodation.For now, the local hospital staff has not come down with the diseases they brought here, but, with so many hundreds of patients every day – this is just a question of time.In a hospital near the Rhine, migrants attacked the staff with knives after they had handed over an 8-month-old on the brink of death, which they had dragged across half of Europe for three months. The child died in two days, despite having received top care at one of the best pediatric clinics in Germany. The physician had to undergo surgery and two nurses are laid up in the ICU. Nobody has been punished.The local press is forbidden to write about it, so we know about it through email. What would have happened to a German if he had stabbed a doctor and nurses with a knife? Or if he had flung his own syphilis-infected urine into a nurse’s face and so threatened her with infection? At a minimum he’d go straight to jail and later to court. With these people – so far, nothing has happened.And so I ask, where are all those greeters and receivers from the train stations? Sitting pretty at home, enjoying their non-profits and looking forward to more trains and their next batch of cash from acting like greeters at the stations. If it were up to me I would round up all these greeters and bring them here first to our hospital’s emergency ward, as attendants. Then, into one building with the migrants so they can look after them there themselves, without armed police, without police dogs who today are in every hospital here in Bavaria, and without medical help. Is this "situation" coming to America?
Well, better get my day progressing here as I have today and Sunday and Monday off.
Prayers and Blessings to all. BTW, I got a clear slate at the Cancer Clinic yesterday, so that pleased me immensley.
Johnboy out...................till later
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Mornin' everyone.
Zoe, I'll have a couple sour cream glazed donuts and a pot of Marrakesh Express Fair Traded, Organic, Dark Roast Coffee to keep my R&GV RR Mug filled for a while.
I'm a little late getting in here this morning as I have been dealing with some other items on the list tat absolutely had to get done last week.... Cloudy and gray here in the Finger Lakes today. Supposed to get some rain this afternoon with the possibility of some bands of high wind ans heavy rain mixed in.
I just got back hime from the Vet's. had to pick up a case of canned foof for the bys.
OK... I am getting worried about Galaxy. Hope he is OK!
last mountain & eastern hoggerRay, Glad you finally got some sub-contractor action around your place before it gets too cold.
JohnBoy the great thing will be when the paving company gets here on Monday, I won't have to unhook the old washing machine down cellar to be able to get them water to use.... One of the areas they are paving will likely have to be steam cleaned to get the moss and other crud cleaned off before they resurface it. That was beside and behind the old steel shed that sat there. Now, except during the winter, the recycling and trash bins will be set there. In the winter I will make room for them on the covered porch next to it.
Catch you all later!
I'm passing through on my way to plant tulip bulbs. I'm off because it's my anniversary. So, since I'm off, gotta do housework!
Later.
Happy Anniversary, Uncle_Bob!
Johnboy - thanks for sharing this information with us. Things really go down the drain here. The press is silent and anybody daring to speak up like this Czech woman did, is being called a Nazi and, in an increasingly high number, put to trial. Our judicial system is not independant anymore, they just obey orders. As I wrote a few days ago, were on the brink of turning into a fascist country again - but this time they call themselves anti-fascists.
To quote Ignazio Silone (nee´ Secondino Tranquilli), Italian author and politician "The new fascism will not say: I am the fascism, he will say I am the anti-fascism"!
I wish I had the means to get out of here!
Happy Anniversary Bob, Hope you got a nice meal out of it instead of just a bed of tulips.
Ray, I hope that hot shot plumber of yours gave you a way to drain that outside tap back into the basement so that you can drain that line for the winter or you will be calling him again when it freezes up.
Well, I am just about to have my supper now and then get ready for the sack. I did get several hours in on that retaining wall and the structure to hold up the elevated railway. It seems you take one step forward and that opens up a bunch of other things that are associated and more time is taken up. But so it goes, as long as a guy is making some progress. I sure don't do that as fast as I used to.
So off I go to the tube doncha know. You fellas have a great night. I'll be reading what you are doing from work Tomorrow morning. Sure hope a few more step forward. It has been very quiet in here lately.
Johnboy out....................for now
last mountain & eastern hoggerRay, I hope that hot shot plumber of yours gave you a way to drain that outside tap back into the basement so that you can drain that line for the winter or you will be calling him again when it freezes up.
Ah... That bleed valve has been and is still there. He just replaced the outside faucet with the same kind that it had before. It is one of the new self draining ones that I had in there that froze. They work wonderfully and you do not have to drain the line like you used to. I DO have to remember to unhook the water filled hose conected to it.... LOL We spoke about that... He has done exactly the same stupid thing. Nice thing is that as long as the valve on the faucet is off even if the water doesn't drain (due to the hose still being full of water and connected) it won't have any water spurting out of it unless the tap was left on.
This is the new faucet: http://www.lowes.com/pd_173264-27949-17CP-12-MH
I learned to sweat a pipe fitting when I was 8 years old. If I was a few years younger I would have just done both the jobs myself....
I noticed its quite empty today.
I justed watch Charade with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
I would like to let go with an inspirational quote.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. - John F. Kennedy
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Well again another cold, wet, windy day here with a high of about 35F. It is supposed to be sunny and 50 by Sunday which is about 20 degrees above normal for this time of year.
Angelob, I just watched the same movie. My wife and I enjoyed it. The last time I saw it I was 15 and the movie was just out as it was 1963.
Not much new here, still at a standstill on the RR front. I did go the the gym today and did a couple of miles of laps on the track. I have to get back to going 3 times a week like I did last winter.
See you tomorrow.
Lunchtime!
Zoe, I´ll have a Barry-sized burger, fries and a tall glass of OJ, please!
Still rather quiet in here - just like my day here. I spent some time searching the web for a good source to buy sheets of Styrofoam, but while the prices I saw seemed acceptable, the shipping costs would make any deal ridiculous. In sheer desperation, I did something I haven´t done for over half a year - I drove our car to see what our local home improvement place has to offer. A successful trip! The driving went well - I am back at it now! The store also has a reasonable price for the schtuff I need. It comes in handy sizes so I´ll be able to transport it with the tiny car we have. No, I didn´t buy it yet - that needs to wait for a little while!
Although it is unusually warm outside, we know that Winter is knocking at our door soon. How about joining me for a video showing what high country railroading is like in Europe?
... and here is some bonus footage on the 1910 steam powered rotary snow plow:
Mornin'.... ah.....Hmnmmm???
Zoe, why is the place deserted? Food is still the best anywhere! I'll have a pot of Marrakesh Express Dark Raost Coffee for my R&GV RR Mug and a couple sour cream glazed donuts to dunk.
Sun is trying to shine here in the Finger lakes region of NYS and I have some outdoor stuff to get done. Todfay will be the sad day I dismember my old 60 year old Jade plant. Got it as a cutting from my 3rd. grade teacher as a class project back then. It has been outside on the deck since last April when the work started on the living room. The plant is huge. Way too big for inside the house and had aquired powdery mildew. I took a couple cutting from places where their didn't seem to be any disease and they are both fine and growing well. The original plant appeared to recover nicely outside after I trimmed it back severely. But now it has endured a couple hard frosts, I have found no-one who wants the plant, and it will not survive the winter out there. So.... Time to say goodbye to it. I will put it in the bag with room from the removal of the asperagus bed growth and the city will dispose of it on their rounds.
Hopefully will make some good progress today on the bridge project. Should have photos tonight.
Catch you all( ???) later. Where is everyone?
A cup of black coffee please.
Finished putting the camper to bed for the winter. It would be neat to have an RV campground with large scale railroading there. A quiet cool day here in northern Illinois. Gonna head to the basement in a while and do some more work on the layout.
Mke
CGW121It would be neat to have an RV campground with large scale railroading there.
A friend of mine has something nice for that - he´s the one with the hat driving the Shay he built himself!
That is a beautiful shay.
He also built a Forney, which is currently undergoing a general overhaul.
Makes a guy wish he had more space.... Although I did see a guy who made some streamlined o scale live steamers for his layout. Don't remember where though.
You don´t need much room to enjoy live steam locos - take a look at this:
(I just love Gerd´s German accent - just like Col. Klink)
For quite a few $$$, you can buy a HO scale live steam kit from Hielscher
Quite nice models!
Afternoon Diners,
Its been quite quiet here for the past two days. I hope everybody is okay.
I called the UPS today to change a zipcode. This was the first time in years since I done that. It was mistaken for ---04 to ---46.
Very interesting videos Ulrich.
Since Galaxy isn't here I'll do a wisdom quote than an inspirational one from yesterday. And also a word.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The word of the day is:
Absolve
1: To set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt.
2: To remit (a sin) by absolution.
Good evening. Yesterday was gorgeous - 73 degrees in New England in November? So, I took a 20 mile ride on my road bike. I don't think I'll get another on that bike before March. It's cooler today so I did some more miles on the mountain bike.
The wife had some dental work yesterday and she's condemned to soft foods for a few days, so I'm going down to my favorite bar for a real meal, draft beer and some live rock 'n' roll. I don't see why people will pay a king's ransom to hear some "name" group in a football stadium. I can sit 10 feet from the band for no cover and have a waitress bring me beer when my glass gets empty.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
LION is home, and since no one has yet opend the diner door yet this morning, let me be the foist to dew so. Stickey Buns are on the LION!
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
November 8: The quote and the word of the day.
Where words fail, music speaks.
- Hans Christian Andersen
Gadfly
1: Any various flies that bite or annoy livestock.
2: A person who stimulates or annoys especially by presistent criticism.
Good morning diners,
I may not be Galaxy, but I'll try to give you quote and a word of the day until he comes back. I would like to add the sound with the word but know how.
Nice to see you back, LION. I hope you're doing well.
I'm surprised that Ulrich didn't say something this morning.
Let's hope it's not to quite in here, shall we!!
Good Afternoon / Evening!
I was so indulged in watching some fascinating steam videos all day, I nearly forgot to drop by. Well, here I am - concluding an otherwise dull day (that´s Barry speak).
I am worried about Galaxy. I dropped him an email, but didn´t get a reply. Either he is not yet hooked up to the Internet, or something happened. Let´s hope for the "either"!
My Kato power pack seems to be nearing its service life. While the rail car and the 4-axle electric still perform satisfactorily (but not good), the 6-axle loco is acting up. It´s not the loco, but the power pack. A friend of mine is sending his spare one - it should arrive mid of next week. No more running a train till then - sigh!
Petra´s calling for supper - I´ll be back a little later!
Edit: Watch this, it´s worth it!