Evenin' folks!
Janie, I'll have the grilled Pork Rib Special, baked potato, a trip to the salad bar, and a glass of Blueberry Bounty Mead to wash it down with. Thank you Ma'am!
Hey G! Good to see you in here. Have you thought about putting in a chair lift to the basement? That would give you easy access to down there, and no stairs to climb or descend. One of my members put one in and will definately need it now as he is recovering from a stroke!
Boone's Farm rot gut! My wife actually liked that garbage way back when. I took about two sips from the glass she poured for me and poured the rest down the sink. Then got out the Southern Comfort to get the bad taste out of my mouth! Here is what a Bar Reviewer has to say about Boone's Farm crap: "Boone's Farm just feels superfluous in the modern era of cheap and easy ways to get wasted in a cornfield. Strawberry Hill: This sneaky ---------- looks inoffensively pale pink and smells mild enough, but it tastes overwhelmingly of Welch's strawberry soda, with a sleazy little edge that whispers, "Dude, don't worry, (rest of sentence would get me banned I think!)" I much prefer the excellent local Finger Lakes small estate wines that have been winning double golds in international competition. And I'm not talikng about an old Hammondsport winery that got bought by a low life billionaire that now ships in Clownafornia grape juce by the tank car load but has all of 10% grapes locally grown so he can claim it is Finger Lakes Wine. I don't buy that crap anymore either....... (No offence to some quite drinkable wines produced out in the west.)
I drove to Canandaigua today to buy a new suit of clothes for Sunday Go to Meeting occassions. There is a store there I have patronized since I was in High School that has always spent a lot of time fitting you and altering clothes to be the best. Not any more.... The lady in the store seemed to be very unhappy that I disturbed whatever she was doing.... She also stated quite flattly that they had nothing in the store that would fit me.... They could take measurements and have a special one made for me, but didn't have a catalog showing cloth to choose from... Canandaigua just lost another customer today.... That was the last store in the snobbish city that would spend my money in... So now I will check out some stores near Waterloo, NY I mean, she lost a $400 plus sale. I should go online and give the place a 1 rating for not being helpful and being just plain nasty.
Hope you all have a great evening! Stay warm and safe.....
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Galaxy, I am sorry to hear you may be in the same straits as Ulrich, for different reasons. Good luck with your cardioversion.
I am really only back into model railroading for a couple years and I look at my wish list and wonder, "Does it make any sense to buy that or build this at my age" well not so much my age, as my health.
My wife sees the oncologist on Friday. She has breast cancer and one positive node. We all "know" we are going to die one day, but it really doesn't mean anything until you get a potentially fatal diagnosis. I had a near miss a couple years ago with cardiomyopathy so we both can imagine that only one of us will be here.
On a more positive note, I have been watch a Custom Model Railroad turntable on Ebay for a month. It was listed as a CMT turntable and the price/shipping gradually dropped. I was hoping for an even lower price but someone bid on it for $200 and free shipping. For the reasons listed above, I reluctantly bid $215 and won it for 202.50.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Chamomile tea, please.
Still working on finishing farm projects, but actually getting pretty close to done with the major stuff. Next year I WILL finally be able to make time for some model railroading.
Hope everyone is doing well these days.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Eveing Diners
Flo, Ed, Gary, Brent, Galaxey, Ulrich, Jan, Angelob, UP 831. Inch, Rob and I will have a cold please and give Ray that bottle of Strawberry Hill! Yea you do like it! (taking Nancy lessons)
Brent Thanks for the photos! I will see if I can pices togather a idea from them.
Ray Guess I am more a cheap beer guy and have not had Strawberry Hill for 30 plus years. Guess I may start looking for some for the heck of it. But like I said, I was never a wine lover.
Rob Great seeing you in the dinner!
Work Front Thank Goodness it was a slow day. Only had 2 customers but stayed busy 1/2 the day doing Nancy's Do's and catching up what I would have done if Nancy had not been in my store.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning ..... Coffee and an apple turnover, please.
Rob .... Good to see you here again. Feel free to post more ofteen.
Henry ... Prayers and best wishes for your wife with cancer and to you with cardiomyopathy. I can relate to your condition somewhat because I too have cardiomyopathy. (I just call it heart failure becasue I know I can spell that correctly. LOL)
Everybody: .... Happy Model Railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Yes, Galaxy, I am still around. I am still in divorce hell, but one day that will end. Right now I'm in Delaware with the GF, looking at real estate options. So, I've only got my tablet computer and posting is awkward.
In our new home, there will be a train room. Unlike the wife, my girlfriend fully supports my hobby, which is very encouraging.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Mr. B ... good to see you and good to hear the GF supports your hobby. i have heard of relationships where that is not the case and that is not good. Our hobby is part of who we are. I did not know you were thinking of relocating in Delaware. Best wishes to you and GF .
Afternoon Diners,
Mr. B- I thought the divorce was going to be easy. That it was being spilt evenly.
Brent- Enjoyed the layout pictures and video.
Henry- Sorry about your wife, having cancer. But congrats on the turntable!
Galaxy- Take it easy.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good afternoon Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have a an extra large coffee with lots of cream, please, and for Ken and everyone who wants one.
Ray: The only eastern wine I've ever tried was a Taylor way back when. It was a white, but I don't remember the variety. I also now know that there's a big wine growing region between Buffalo and Cleveland, but I've not tried any of those either. I prefer Sonoma and Central Coast Pinot Noirs, particularly Russian River. I've not had a bad Russian River yet. There are also some very good Willamette Valley Pinots, even rivaling the Napa and Sonoma varieties. Eastern Washington state also has some very good wines, particularly the Rattlesnake Hills region at Zillah, WA. As for Boone's Farm, it is what it is. In the price point, which when I had it back in the early 70s, it was a buck a bottle. Wine? It's a bit of a stretch to use wine and Boone's Farm in the same sentence, but compared to other offerings in the same price point, it's a deal! And, like I said, it didn't taste that bad.
Ken And GMT: When I could drink beer, I used to prefer medium to full bodied Amber ales, malty not hoppy. Hence I really liked Bass Ale and Newcastle was an acceptable substitute. But, I have to say my favorite beer was the old Olympia out of Tumwater, WA. They were acquired by Miller Back in the early 80s, I think. Miller changed the recipe and they eventually closed the brewery down. Shame! It was a really good brew and inexpensive. As far as consumer acceptance, Oly was kind of in between Bud and Coors, and Lucky Lager from the Bay Area. Perhaps it was on a par with Lone Star or PBR. I don't know.
Brent: That's a very nice layout. Spacious, too! I would think it requires a lot of time to work on it.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Today I had an unexpected encounter with a car while on my bike ride. I was doing 18-20 MPH when the driver passed me and made a right turn in front of me. My left had took the brunt of the impact, smashing her right tail light. Nothing is broken (besides her tail light) but I am already stiffening up--I can't wait to see how sore I will be by tomorrow. She was late for work (even later after the accident) and wasn't paying attention.
Richard
ROR glad you are safe. There was a high profile hit and run in Baltimore. A citizen was killed by a drunk Episcopal bishop who was also texting. Hit and run seems to be at epidemic proportions around here, most pedestrians, sometimes at night in the middle of the block, but sometimes in broad daylight.
I discovered I reversed the leads on one of my Led's in my GP9 decoder installation, I reversed the wires and it still doesn't light. hmmmm. Maybe it's just a bad led.
My cardiomyopathy was just short of heart failure. There are a number of causes of heart and cardiomyopathy, for that matter. It has improved. Since they don't know why I got it, they cannot convince me that it won't return. But my focus is on my wife's problem and I'm not losing any sleep over my own ticker.
Hey everyone, hope the regulars are doing well. Well, better emotionally than I am this evening. Found out someone I thought was a friend basically disowned me and wants to never even hear my name again. So that stings a bit.
Open house: The open house this weekend went well. We ended up with 60ish visitors or so during our first weekend. The layout is running okay, but we still have our gremlins- as do all major layouts. We are open once again next weekend, and until January..so I have that at least to take my mind off my other problems going on.
train front: Currently in a bidding war for two bi level autoracks from walthers...going for twenty bucks, but there are three or four days left in the auction, so I have a feeling it'll go through the roof again. I might have found some lumber to allow me to build a small shelf switching module.. I have four axle units in addition to the Six axles I love.
Health: Meh, the Asthma is bad like it is during the winter. Besides that, I just can't for the life of me sleep in past 6:00am every morning- must still be programmed from when I had a 7:00-3:30 job.
Well wishes to all those who are in need.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Jimmy_Braum I might have found some lumber to allow me to build a small shelf switching module.
I might have found some lumber to allow me to build a small shelf switching module.
If worse comes to worse, you might think about building on a hollow-core door. They are fairly strong and light. (I was "gifted" two from my parents' bedroom closet. They quit slidling properly and Mom wanted them removed. They had been siting out under the carport and Mom & Dad had no grumbles about me grabbing them. Plan is to eventually, whenever that might be, to use them to build a railyard.) They're are usually about 6' tall and around 2 1/2 to 3 foot wide.
I've got the framework built already (light fixture frame repurposed). I just need the plywood and the foam.
Evenin' Folks,
Janie just a refil for my decaf please......
UP831, the "Eastern Wine" you mentioned is the one that is now owned by a large corporation and is the one that advertizes as a Finger Lakes Wine Co. but in reality uses 90% California grape juice. I won't buy anything from them ever again! Yes the area near the great lakes to the west of the Finger Lakes is an up and coming wine region as well. Good wine grapes need a tight range of climate conditions to be really good, and this area of the country is one of the best on earth. There are some small estate wineries here that will ship wine to customers in other areas, BTW. A google search of Finger Lakes Wines would find you some. I ship several bottles of one of my favorite ones to my son in Chicago every year.
Went to another "Men's Store" in the area today. This one a quite pricey place. My first question of the gentleman waiting on me was, "I notice you avertise Big and Tall Men's sizes, does that include Short and Fat?" The guy roared and said unfortunately no, since they are an outlet center. He did have me try on a couple possible suit coats and we had the same problem. If it fit my shoulders I couldn't button it and if fit my waist the shoulders were too wide..... He advised my that their shop in a very large and well know Mall near Rochester does carry what should fit me well and he was very pleasant to work with, so I will head over to the Mall in a few days to see what I can get there. I hope that when I lose another 25 lbs, I will not have this problem.....
Quote for the day: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
Flo, Give Ed and I a cold and the rest of the diner what they like!
Mr B If I had a GF I would not have time for the hobby!
Work Front Hum, if no one came in is that slow or Sloooooooow? Yep, only people in the store work's for the company.
Henry Hope your wife is doing better and same for you!
Health Front Off To The VA Hospital Wednesday. Just to have my feet checked and caluis trimed. May have my blood drawn if the order is active now. Order is for the first week of Dec. One of the test is for my A1C, great just after Thanks Giving and all that darn stuffing my wife made! Last of the trukey and stuffing will be eaten tonight or throwen away.
RideOnRoadToday I had an unexpected encounter with a car while on my bike ride. I was doing 18-20 MPH when the driver passed me and made a right turn in front of me. My left had took the brunt of the impact, smashing her right tail light. Nothing is broken (besides her tail light) but I am already stiffening up--I can't wait to see how sore I will be by tomorrow. She was late for work (even later after the accident) and wasn't paying attention.
ROR, I'd say you were lucky if you only end up being a bit sore! On the Toronto local news tonight there was a segment on bike riders getting 'doored', i.e. when a driver or passenger opens a door directly in front of a passing cyclist. The number of incidents is unfortunately on the rise. Stupidly, the Provincial legislation surrounding such occurances has recently changed the description from being an 'accident' to being an 'incident'. That change removes responsibility from the driver if a passenger causes the crash. (How much do you want to bet that the insurance companies lobbied for that change?!?). Fortunately, Toronto City Council is very 'pro bike' so they are considering enacting local bylaws that will make said 'dooring' occurances a more serious offense.
Despite the recent change in the classification of 'dooring' occurances, the Province is actually considering doing something to reduce the frequency. They are considering including the 'Dutch Reach' in mandatory driver training. The Dutch Reach is very simple. It involves using your opposite hand to open your car door. In other words, if you are the driver, you would pull the door handle with your right hand instead of your left hand. By reaching over with your right hand you are forced to turn your body towards the rear of the car and by doing that you will naturally be inclined to look over your shoulder. That will hopefully result in you actually looking behind you before you open the door so you will be able to spot oncoming cyclists. The action will also compensate for you forgetting to use your mirror, or at least that's the theory.
Next spring I'm going to buy myself an adult tricycle so I can get some exercise. Hopefully sitting on the trike will be much less painful than walking currently is (which is why I'm not walking any further than I absolutely have to these days). The trike will compensate for my poor balance. Fortunately the odds of getting 'doored' in my neighbourhood are fairly slim, but the odds of getting cut off like ROR did are about the same as anywhere else.
ROR - here's for a speedy recovery without complications!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi, all
Just popping in for a minute before turning in.
Perhaps a nice hot-toddy, Flo?
hon30critterThat will hopefully result in you actually looking behind you before you open the door so you will be able to spot oncoming cyclists.
...and how exactly do you suppose the driver is supposed to tweet and send selfies if they have to be bothered by looking in some silly mirror, or heavens above—be aware of one's surroundings?
I love bike riding but I "try" to limit my rides to any of the bike trails around my neck-o-the-woods. Sadly, some are former railroad rights-of-way but, better than fighting distracted drivers.
A respected judge in my county was killed a few years back by an under-the-influence mom, with her two kids in the back seat. She didn't even stop!
Then I recall a deputy in California who was texting his wife about lunch, drifted into the bike lane and killed a film executive. Charges were never brought.
hon30critterNext spring I'm going to buy myself an adult tricycle so I can get some exercise.
I'm on my third trike! I love 'em although I still ride my Raleigh two-wheeler. One of the neat things my employer did was to get all the maintenance guys tricycles. We had a 27 acre facility and buzzing around on a trike was a great way to get around and also a good way to get some fun out of W**K!
DSC00053 by Edmund, on Flickr
For my trike at home I bought a powered front wheel. It sure comes in handy for those short bursts where you need a little extra Oomph.
https://www.e-bikerig.com/
Well, I see the sun is bbeginning to peek over the horizon to the east. Time for us vampyres to head for the rack.
I got a good workout today splitting and stacking wood! Today promises to be in the sixties and sunny so if I'm not too sore I'll get a little more firewood set-in. Got plenty, but 'ya never can have too much!
KEN! I got your package ready and just have to print the shipping label and get it into the system. I'll let you know.
Cheers and good health, everybody!
RR_Postcards_0021 by Edmund, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
gmpullmanFor my trike at home I bought a powered front wheel. It sure comes in handy for those short bursts where you need a little extra Oomph.
That's cheating!! I figure that if I'm going to get any benefit out of riding a trike then I should be the one responsible for the extra Oomph! Of course, initially at least, I'll have to stop every 30 feet in order to get my Oomph back. I am horribly out of shape simply because every form of exercise or physiotherapy that I have tried in the last few years has caused me pain, if not at the time, then certainly the next day. Most of the time I can sit comfortably. I hope that will be true on the trike.
hon30critterThat's cheating!!
Well, maybe only a little bit. The trike I bought was a Worksman Executive and even though it is a three-speed it really doesn't have a low enough ratio for even the slightest hills. I even changed the sprocket to add a few teeth to the hub but that still didn't help.
https://www.worksmancycles.com/#
The "power-boost" simply has a push button, not a speed throttle, and you just press it when you need to get that last fifty yards on a 20% grade! The rest of the time you pedal.
I have lots of gravel paths near me as well and on a trike, with only one drive wheel, the silly thing will spin-out alot. The extra boost helps here, too.
Actually — and I'm no big fan of "The Walmart" — but this Schwinn Meridian is a very good adult trike for the money. I believe the Walmart is the only place that sells it.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/26-Schwinn-Meridian-Adult-Tricycle-Cherry/12016722
Happy Wheeling!
Ed
Howdy!
Just stopping by for a cup of coffee!
Henry - I am sorry to hear about your wife being diagnosed with cancer. We will keep her in our thoughts and prayers!
Richard - that was a close call! I am glad you got out of it unscathed!
Not much to report from this end of the Big Pond. My heart issues seem to be getting worse again, so I am starting to sort a few things for the day to come. Not a very enlighting thought, but nowhere it is written that we are here to stay forever. With November - the month I don´t like at all - being nearly over and Christmas only 3 1/2 weeks ahead of us, I hope my spirits will lift a little soon.
Good morning everybody ..
Richard.... I'm glad your were not seriuosy injured. It seems like anytime we are on the streets and highways, we are vulnerable to accidents caused by bad driving. Whether it is a bike we are on or something else, we can not be 100% safe all of the time. ...
Dave ..... Dooring? .... If intentional, that is very nasty.
Happy Model Railroaidng, everybody.
Heartland Division CB&QDave ..... Dooring? .... If intentional, that is very nasty.
Hi Garry:
I doubt that 'dooring' is intentional. It is simply a thoughtless act with potentially disasterous consequences. You pull up and stop, and without looking, you open your door. Bang, crash!!
I do have to say that some cyclists who drive through traffic at break neck speeds are inviting disaster. Even if a driver or passenger does look over their shoulder they aren't likely to spot a rider who is approaching at high speed. Common sense suggests that if traffic is slow then you should ride slow, doesn't it?
I, too, am an avid cyclist. One of my reasons for wanting to relocate is the desire to get a longer bike season. It will likely be months before I can bike again in New England.
I enjoy both wine and craft beers, with a preference for hoppy IPAs. The current resurgence of small, imaginative breweries is great for both me and my girlfriend. Delaware is way ahead of Massachusetts when it comes to breweries and brewpubs, too.
As a German, I hate to admit it, but the best beers are to be found in the US these days! In the good old days, each town had a number of independent small breweries, each with a unique taste to their brew, but that is history by now, as beginning in the 1980s, just about all of these breweries were bought by less than a handful of big beverage ´companies, which closed the small breweries and now just make a generic beer. So, regardless of what brand you order, the taste is more or less the same.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, is there a speical today? OK The guys and I will have that and some Baby Back Rib's please.
VA Cancelled my appointment at 8:30 AM over the phone. Woody (VA guy I know) gave me some BS for the VA that Ron has retired because of health reason. BS, Ron was a first class rail spike! He was rude and kept is clock 5 minutes fast so he could complain you where late! I called him on that, his wall clock was 7 head minutes of my watch that I keep 3 minutes fast and 10 minutes faster than the check in desk. I think he was sacked by the VA, cannot say I a sorry to see him gone.
Richard You are making riding motorcycle's seem safe! I have over 150,000 on bikes and I have been down twices in 30 years. One all most does not count because I was on a dirt bike in the front yard and hit some wet grass. Glad you did not break anything other than her tail light!
Ed Thank You for the heads up, I thought it had all ready been shipped.
BBQ is done, so later.
Ken
Dooring? Have not heard of the term but how about Suicide Doors. They were car doors hinged at the rear. Never acually saw one outside of a museum.
Ulrich, I think Baltimore had 100 brewers around 1900. Some of the ones I remember before I was old enough to have one are gone, Gunther, Arrow, Hamm's, Scmidt's Carling's.
As a poor medical student I took up home brewing. A few years later it occured to me that I could open a brew pub and brewer. At about the same time, someone actually did so in a gentrified section of Baltimore.
I figured one brew pub would saturate the market. There are now 63 breweries in Maryland, I guess I was wrong.
Evening Diners,
I have hang up the Christmas lights around the house but they're not plugged in until the weather is cooler than hot.
Washed the dogs also. When Murray rolled on the ground and Charlie just because during our walk. After their bath they walked again.
Today's was a good modeling idea for the NYC automobile industry. Using the printing kits for a nice automobile industry since they probably using the same windows and design right?
Anyone I thought it will be good as a automobile distribution warehouse when damaged vehicles from the plant in Michigan or elsewhere is traveled within 1-3,000 miles away. When vehicles arrive to their destination find some that vandalised and send them to the warehouse for repairs instead of traveling back to the original plant.
Was this a real thing or fictional that I thought of?
Howdy, everybody ...
Brent .... I meant to say a couple of days ago, I like seeing your layout photos. It looks like you are progrssing toward a great model railroad.
Angel .... I don't recall any thing like that, but perhaps there was. You can do it anyhow becasue it is your model railroad. .... I think dealers handled minor repairs due to vandals..... I do recall if vehicles were damaged because of a derailment, they were scrapped by the auto manufacturers.
Have a nice evening, everybody.
Hi, Everyone...
angelob6660Was this a real thing or fictional that I thought of?
I would imagine the receiving dealer would make repairs and bill the factory. Maybe not. Still your Idea passes what I call the "plausibility test" meaning it really could have happened that way. I say go for it
Heartland Division CB&Q I do recall if vehicles were damaged because of a derailment, they were scrapped by the auto manufacturers.
Garry, I read that even if the vehicle showed no sign of damage it was still scrapped, and had to be crushed, not just parted out
cudaken Ed Thank You for the heads up, I thought it had all ready been shipped.
The Holiday had me a bit backed-up. I sent you a PM with the tracking number Thanks for the BREW and the St. Louis style baby backs
Down to the layout for the rest of the night. Last night I downloaded some new "Full Throttle" sound files for some Alco RS-3s and an A-B-A set of B&O E-8s and I'm anxious to give 'em a run. I tuned the playback speed of the prime movers, one a little faster, one a little slower and the B unit at the default 128.
I'll be curious to see if I eliminated a harmonics "defect" that would make the three engines have an echo effect (sound cancelling?). The Loksound option of downloading new sound files is fantastic!
IMG_6257_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
The Holiday rush has begun...
Best wishes to everyone!