Napoleon, my daughter's dog, took the final trip to the vet today.
Richard
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Rob what ever he wants! Dang Rob 3 times in 7 days?
In a very foul mood tonight. Last customer's really Peed me off. They were not there to buy a darn thing, just to waste my time. Right now as a whole I hate mankind! Man and Kind should not be a word.
Well the trains are ruuning well. So there are a few good things going on.
Later, none smoking Ken
I hate Rust
Thanks for all the well wishes on the hip surgery. I'm guessing that is will be quite some time before it actually happens because all that has happened so far is that my family doctor has made a referral to the specialist. I don't have an appointment yet.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Had my right hip replaced last November. THE BEST decision I have made. Mine was shot from years of playing goalie( hat tip to Mr. Beasley) and being a knuckle draggin' hammer swinger. And just a bit of Arthur.
Recovery is different for everybody. Mine took a bit longer than everyone else in the entire world, if you listen to all the people that had one. LOL!
Mine's titanium too.
Don't push it and you'll be fine.
Hiya, Rob!!!!
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Extra strong coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please and thank you.
Ed: Nice dock work there. Definitely built to last. Beautiful cats!
Dave & Russ: Good luck with your respective hip replacements. I've known a number of folks who have had them with outstanding results.
Ulrich: Congrats to you both. Hope your move goes smoothly.
herrinchoker: Sorry for the loss of your wife's companion dog.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers!
Good morning from the West Coast where it is a pleasent day as most of them are.
Took the kids to see Once Upon A Time In Hollywood yesterday. The kid still can't eat solid food and he still feels a little rough but he really wanted to get out of the house. The killer was his sister and I were on each side of him enjoying our large popcorns.
He has a work related thing going on today and I will drive him as he is still on some heavy duty pain killers.
Dave, good luck with the hip replacments, My Aunt chose the rehab facility route when she had hers done. They really crack the whip and make you work hard but she was right back enjoying life to the fullest in short order. She had two sets of hips done as the early ones weren't design to last a lifetime as they are now. Yesterday my sister told me her knees need to be replaced as she had just seen the Ortho. She is booked in 1st week of Sept after she gets back from a trip. She is the least athletic person in the whole extended family but I know she will still give rehab its due and not sit around whining like so many seem to do.
I have made a point of going in the trainroom everyday and at least doing something and it is amazing the progress that can be made. The layout would often get abandon over the Summer as I always was doing so many other things. Not going away this year on vacation has screwed up my internal schedule.
The kids will both be gone come September and so I have started looking for something to do with my time along the lines of volunteering. The food bank needs a truck drivers with an "air" endorsement so I may do that for a bit, even if it is just one day a week. The disabled sports thing would be good, however, it is all the way into Vancouver for the things I would be helping with and that is just too far away. There is a group that does minor repairs for seniors still living in their homes. Things like changing light bulbs or fixing a small appliance or things along that line. My wifes cousin is a paramedic for the Provincial ambulance service and does that in his spare time. My inlaws just sit around the house all day with the news channel on repeating the same doom and gloom over and over again, that's not for me thank you very much. I don't need to work so why not help out a bit.
Well no workout today as my body says I need to rest. That large popcorn, big bag of M&Ms and Coke will be taken care of another day. I am down 5lbs anyway so it doesn't matter.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Good morning, everyone. The bacon and eggs tasted great. Just about to brew another pot of coffee.
It's actually cool this morning. Beautiful morning for a walk. Lots of birds out this morning.
Got the grass cut yesterday. Nothing to do today but work on the layout. Oh, well.
York1 John
good morning.
We did ride the Cog Railway in NH yesterday . Remarkable trip.
Family made plans for the rest of the trip. Nothing to do with trains unfortunately .
Have a nice day .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
hon30critter I got some great news from my doctor on Tuesday! (he says with tongue planted firmly in cheek!). About six weeks ago my hips started to give me a hard time at night. I had x-rays taken this week. Bottom line is that both my hips have "moderately severe" arthritic damage. That's level 4 out of 5 in terms of the degree of severity. Oh joy!!! Now, in addition to potential surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in my back, I am in line to get both hips replaced. All I could do was chuckle! Seriously, I refuse to mope around or feel sorry for myself. What has to happen has to happen. I'm not going to cry in my soup (besides, I hate watery soup!). The person who I feel sorry for is my wife Dianne. Once again she will be faced with the burden of having to look after me while I recover from yet more surgery(s). We discussed having both hips done at once so I can go into assisted recovery at a care facility for a month or so. In addition to having all the proper equipment and staff to look after me, they would also provide far better physiotherapy than I would get at home. I am really glad that I live in Canada. All of this will only cost me the price of parking. Dave
I got some great news from my doctor on Tuesday! (he says with tongue planted firmly in cheek!).
About six weeks ago my hips started to give me a hard time at night. I had x-rays taken this week. Bottom line is that both my hips have "moderately severe" arthritic damage. That's level 4 out of 5 in terms of the degree of severity. Oh joy!!! Now, in addition to potential surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in my back, I am in line to get both hips replaced.
All I could do was chuckle! Seriously, I refuse to mope around or feel sorry for myself. What has to happen has to happen. I'm not going to cry in my soup (besides, I hate watery soup!).
The person who I feel sorry for is my wife Dianne. Once again she will be faced with the burden of having to look after me while I recover from yet more surgery(s). We discussed having both hips done at once so I can go into assisted recovery at a care facility for a month or so. In addition to having all the proper equipment and staff to look after me, they would also provide far better physiotherapy than I would get at home.
I am really glad that I live in Canada. All of this will only cost me the price of parking.
Dave, I wish you well on your hip surgery. The orthopedic guys may want to do one side, let you recover from that surgery, and then do the other. My right hip is scheduled to be replaced in January, but I'm going to see about having it done sooner. You're right...no whining or complaining, just get 'er done!
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
Good Morning All,
A regular and a blueberry donut please Zoe. Still attempting to stain rocks on the layout. Good thing is if I mess up I can just mix up another batch of plaster and start over.
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This is the ledge in front of the elevated section at the rear of the benchwork.
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The rockwork extends from the bridge to the elevated track retaining wall entering the built up area to the left. The flat spot locates the back wall of the power station. since behind is about 4 feet of hidden trackage, the plan will be to blank the back wall of the power station and then cut away the foam underlay behind to allow access to the hidden track. We'll see.
That is quite the project Ed. The cantilever should be ok since you have all the concrete and steel to counterweight it. Nice solution.
Ken, hope the loan payment is in fact reduced though it seems that is never the case no matter what the prime rate gets to. Not sure how it all works but that is how it usually goes when you're up against an army of lawyers.
Hope the surgery goes ok Dave. If it makes any difference, hip surgery seems to have a better success rate than knee replacement at least with those of us who are older.
Time to pick up tools and get after it. Ciao, J.R.
Good Morning —
This is nice:
Watch it on a decent-sized screen if you can. Some interesting camera locations here. Part of it was recorded on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway near me.
hon30critterThat is if the weight of the steel brackets doesn't cause it to sink out of sight!
That's my old Millwright training, Dave I like to build things battleship-tough! Those steel channels are sunk five-feet into the concrete pilings . We had lots of scrap steel at GE and they let us take all we could use.
Regards, Ed
mbinsewiI disvovered a soccer ball sized bald faced hornet nest in a pine tree right next to our patio. The wife is extremely allergic to stings, so last night, after dark i bundled up as if I was going out snow blowing, armed with 2 cans of wasp foamy stuff, and took care of it. She has mowed the lawn the last 2 times while I have been working on our place in Northern WI., driving the John Deere right under this nest, not knowing it was there, and I'm thankfull that they didn't swarm her. It seriously would have killed her, before she could get to her EpiPen, and call 911.
That's scary Mike! Thank goodness nothing happened.
Tinplate ToddlerAnd he has done great job! I bet he is as proud as you are!
Thanks Ulrich! I'll pass your compliments along.
I have to say that his wife is absolutely amazed! She had no concept of what he was capable of in that regard.
Ed,
That dock will last more that 10 years! That is if the weight of the steel brackets doesn't cause it to sink out of sight!
Cheers!!
Evenin' Folks
hon30critterOh joy!!! Now, in addition to potential surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in my back, I am in line to get both hips replaced.
I wish you well (and the doctors, too!) Dave. It is amazing just how many body parts can be "changed-out" as if repairing a locomotive. You're just in for some new spring rigging and maybe a wiring harness.
Years ago I worked for a film processing lab. We did all the films for Cleveland Clinic. Yes, film! I watched one of the early knee replacements being done back then. Looked like an excersize in carpentry. Drills, taps, glues, saws and a really big mallet!
Today I spent some time building a new boat dock as the former one began to get a little soft after ten years.
Boat_Dock by Edmund, on Flickr
I designed it to cantilever over the water so the freezing pond wouldn't affect it. I found some Trex decking at the local Habitat For Humanity re-store, three different colors but... so. It was only about 50¢ a foot compared to $3.50 a foot at the building supply.
The cats were in charge of surveillance:
Wilson_Otis by Edmund, on Flickr
Otis loves to ham it up, though...
Otis_1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope everyone is doing well this evening —
Afternoon Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please.
Got a letter today from my Mortgage Company that made my head hurt. I don't know if my house payment went up or down. Kind of looks like it went down, but not sure? On face vaule it looks like it dropped by $40.00 but the way it is wriiten I just don't know for sure? Guess I need to call them.
Captial One Computer's got hacked, just great! There post said it happen on July 14th that is about when I applied for Sue's Captial One card and she was approved. So I am sure it was her fault!
Later, Ken still not smoking again
Nascar fans will know who Dale Earnhardt Jr and Chase Elliot are. Fan favorites in their time (Chase now) Dale interviewed chase and one of the topics was Chase's trip to Russia.
Big language barrier. You are better off going to Amsterdam or Ireland, where you will usually find people who speak English
Ireland?
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
The Dollar Store model is to find areas without supermarkets and saturate them with stores, which frightens away the competition.
I live in an oceanfront resort community, so the dollar stores are full of beach chairs and suntan cream, plus snack food. I don't think they have any uncooked meat and vegetables.
It's very seasonal employment here, so they overpay slugs to work the registers and stock shelves.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
I have a new credential, Adjunct Instructor, beginning Fall Semester. Who'd've thunk... (Excel and Access).
BATMANNo zooming allowed!
Well, all I really did was use Ctrl+ to make the screen image larger. Image was still very blurry but I could make out the shape of some of the stenciling.
BATMANSo I'll spring for breakfast anyway.
Thanks, Brent.
I think I'll have the steamed dandelion omelete with bacon
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanCP Rail Vegitation Management
THAT'S CHEATING! No zooming allowed! Okay, I did not specify any rules. So I'll spring for breakfast anyway.
Good afternoon, everyone. I just finished cutting the lawn before it gets too hot.
I have some outdoor projects which are on hold until the fall. I just don't feel like working in the July and August heat if I don't have to.
I have started the two-mile walk again in the mornings. It's difficult to get back into it after several weeks of illness and no walking.
I finally got back onto some layout work. It is a relief to do something after sitting in my recliner for weeks. We have several hundred TV channels, and many days I could find nothing to watch except reruns of the old Perry Mason shows, and old movies on Turner Classic Movies. Lots of crossword puzzles.
Do I sound like a crotchety old man? Good, because that's what I am.
Hope everyone has a good rest of the day.
Nice. Thanks for the free breakfast Ed.
That looks like a cool train. It would make a neat model. Looks like the control car is mounted on an old flat car.
I think Atrazine, GroundClear, and/or the flame thrower works the best.
Mike.
My You Tube
My first guess, Brent, was a low-budget rail grinding operation.
But if I zoom in on the cab of the first car it looks like it is stenciled CP Rail Vegitation Management and that is definitely a boiler on the second car.
They must be using a steam-applied "agent orange" for weed control.
Must have been a pretty cool title to have been designated the "Chief Vegetation Manager" for the Canadian Pacific Railway. I guess that's better than being the "Weed Eradication Specialist".
WEED TRAIN_CONTROL CAB-P001_ by gordon hulford, on Flickr
"What job did you get called for today, Pierre?"
"Got called for the weed train again, dude. Far out, dude." "Yeah, dude — far out."
Well, you can continue your own Cheech and Chong dialogue from here—
The Alaska Railroad borrowed the CP Weed Steamer for two seasons but didn't have very positive results:
https://www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/Communications/2015%20Veg_Mgmt_Alt%20Methods.pdf
If anyone can tell me what is going on here by the time I rise tomorrow on the Eastern edge of the Pacific Rim, breakfast is on me.
Big Boy comes close to my house on Sunday. I'm hoping there won't be as big a crowd as when it went through several weeks ago.