The best Southern Comfort Food is rarely eye-appealing.
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TOP OF PAGE, Everyone have a beer on me.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
TF
In the service it was called SOS---That, along with toast, jelley, fried potatoes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and lots of coffee fueled the body until, oh, 11:30----
herrinchoker
Thanks for the beer Kevin.......... and the Custom Boxcar.
I showed it to my brother I haven't seen for four years and he really liked it.
He's working on a layout too. He has the DWP locomotives and a lot of the same things that I'm doing.
It's kind of cool.
herrinchoker TF In the service it was called SOS---That, along with toast, jelley, fried potatoes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and lots of coffee fueled the body until, oh, 11:30---- herrinchoker
Yep, I have learned 11:30 is about prime time for me to knock off and hit the rack.
Otherwise, sometimes I get into trouble
My Bro. He's the best. I'm so glad he is a part of my life again. I dearly missed him.
I always loved that Kid.
It's slightly past 11:30 I'm hitting the rack.
Have a great night Kids.
Good Morning All,
Wow, slow morning in the diner. I'll have a regular and a waffle with blueberries and a bit of whipped cream please Chloe.
Just another day in the shop. I cancelled my trip to PRI show at Indy as I didn't feel up to walking for a whole day around a massive car parts show with a bad knee. Did finally make an appointment with the orthopedic folks though. Mostly got through the application for Social Security though I sort of share Merle Haggards opinion of it.
Been studying the best way to align my lift out track. In the past I've used swing gates with some moderate sucess but over time they become problematic. The edge of the isle is probably not the best place to have a high probability of a train going to ground. I think the only secure way to do it is to solder the rails to a circuit board and use pins to align two pieces of circuit board laid one on the other. That way the tracks will stay in gauge and alignment and the reletive heights can be set. If it works I will post some pictures.
Time to get back in the shop. Todays' target is a 1968 LeGrand Formula 5000 we're checking over for next season. Ciao, J.R.
Good morning .
JR ... Sorry to hear you have knee problems.
Dave .... That is a funny solution to the slow drivers problem.
Everybody ..... Have a nice Saturday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I'm sorry to hear about JR's knee problems too. I can surely relate to that problem. Since my 5th knee surgery about 3 years ago, my knee has been performing pretty well considering. I've been familiar with knee pain for so many years my mind blocks it out when it's not too bad.
I have to say when the weather changes abruptly or the humidity or barometer swings, that's when I feel the pain and it sucks. I'm like a walking weatherman. I can tell you when something's coming.
Man it's great to have a Saturday off for once! I didn't have to get up and go anywhere today. It felt good to just relax and enjoy my coffee this morning. I think I might get some ambition pretty soon and start building some bents for my trestle.
I hope you're all having as good of a Saturday as well
Good afternoon, everyone. It's cold with a chance of snow today. It's not even Christmas yet, and I'm ready for spring.
GMTRacingI didn't feel up to walking for a whole day around a massive car parts show with a bad knee.
Hope you get some relief. My wife had both knees replaced about five years ago and has walked pain-free ever since.
Track fiddlerI caught the tail end of it. My foot was like a machine gun on the brakes on the glare ice. I slid a little sideways back and forth and managed to steer out of the slide twice. I stopped two foot shy of a gas tankers bumper,
TF, your driving on ice is a scary story. How many people have been killed when they were able to stop safely, but then got smashed into by someone behind them.
I love my Ford Expedition, but I also know that 4WD does nothing to help stop a car, and heavier vehicles need more stopping distance. I think some people think they are invincible in their 4WD.
My biggest driving pet peeves are the people on their phones who pass me, then slow down while they talk or text, then pass me again, then slow down ... On the way to Dallas last week, the same car passed me and I passed them several times in about a ten mile stretch, while they obliviously talked to someone important. Why can't they put their stupid car on cruise control?
Hope everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for all the birthday well-wishes. At one time I thought anyone my age now was over the hill. Now it doesn't seem so old.
York1 John
York1At one time I thought anyone my age now was over the hill. Now it doesn't seem so old.
We're not quite over the hill — but the view sure is breath-taking!
Enjoy the day, folks!
BAR_MarsHill by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
gmpullman We're not quite over the hill — but the view sure is breath-taking! Cheers, Ed
Good one Ed, I busted a gut...... so far, you get the humor of the day award.
York1 My biggest driving pet peeves are the people on their phones who pass me, then slow down while they talk or text, then pass me again, then slow down ... On the way to Dallas last week, the same car passed me and I passed them several times in about a ten mile stretch, while they obliviously talked to someone important. Why can't they put their stupid car on cruise control?
Yep, I call that one the cat and the mouse game.
Some of these drivers are not good enough drivers as it is, let alone multitasking playing with their phones. Common courtesy is something they never learned. It was probably that kid that butted in front of you in the lunch line back in school.
The one that gets me the most and really irritates me is my biggest pet peeve.
When you're driving down a country highway in the middle of nowhere and your barely sharing the road with anyone.
Someone comes up behind you and passes. That is just fine they want to go faster. It is only you and the other car on the whole highway and there is Miles and Miles of empty Lanes. They put their turn signal on and turn into the right lane in front of you only a car length or so away.
In that circumstance, they might as well take my bumper off and take it with them. Here again I wish I had my BB gun in the grill just kidding.
The rule is when you can see the car in your rearview mirror you change lanes and complete your pass. I don't think these people don't know the rules and would fail a written driving exam. They just don't care.
Again, common courtesy was left back in the fifties and there is no respect anymore. The people that still have respect and common courtesy, I truly appreciate.
I think some people purposely go out of their way on the road to do things on the opposite side of the coin for lack of respect.
On a happy note, I'm still having a beautiful relaxing Saturday and I hope you guys are too.
One of my favorite pet peeves is when traffic is heavy but moving along and you see some macho airhole three or four cars ahead weaving in and out and agressively changing lanes and tailgating and honking and trying to sharp-elbow his way through traffic because, you know, he's macho. Then when you get to the next intersection, you look in the mirror and he's three or four cars behind. Compensating.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
gmpullman York1 At one time I thought anyone my age now was over the hill. Now it doesn't seem so old. We're not quite over the hill — but the view sure is breath-taking! Enjoy the day, folks! BAR_MarsHill by Edmund, on Flickr Cheers, Ed
York1 At one time I thought anyone my age now was over the hill. Now it doesn't seem so old.
Can I (mis)quote Mickey Mantle?
"If I knew I was gonna live this long, I would've taken better care of myself."
ROBERT PETRICKCan I (mis)quote Mickey Mantle? "If I knew I was gonna live this long, I would've taken better care of myself." Robert
I wonder who said this first.
ROBERT PETRICKOne of my favorite pet peeves is when traffic is heavy but moving along and you see some macho airhole three or four cars ahead weaving in and out and agressively changing lanes and tailgating and honking and trying to sharp-elbow his way through traffic because, you know, he's macho.
About 20 years ago, west of St. Louis on I-70, a girl in a hot car came weaving in and out, passing everyone on the left and the right, giving everyone she passed the look of "get out of my way".
About 10 minutes later, we all passed her, standing beside her car with the most angry look you'll ever see, and the Missouri state patrolman sitting behind her with his lights flashing.
It made my and about 150 other drivers' day.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk half of a dog treat.
Took Dirk to Pet's Mart and he was a real Rail Spike. Maybe it was because my wife was with us? He is very calm with me a lone when other dogs are around.
Walked a tad over a half mile today with Dirk. I know that is not much, but baby steps.
Later Ken
I hate Rust
I love this picture.
If my living room was big enough, I would surely keep her there.
Steam Locomotives back in the Western Days.
A work of art in their time, don't you agree.
They went away and were never made again.
The best way I can describe her in one word is Class!
Bad — deadly — drivers:
For some reason, which even has the experts baffeled, there has been a spate of wrong-way drivers on the freeways of NE Ohio, lately. Disregarding "DO Not Enter" and WRONG WAY signs.
One event even had a driver make a hairpin turn at the top of the entrance ramp, hit the side of a passing bus then continue in the wrong direction for several miles.
Passing stopped school buses is another particularly nasty trend here lately. I've witnessed it a few times. Quite disturbing.
MR site keeps kicking me off...
Took forever to get this posted. "Page is unresponsive" message keeps popping up.
Later, Ed
That sucks Ed I've seen that kind of thing too. It isn't just you, that happens when the site is flooded. No one can get on then.
Well I'm watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Judy.
I'm never too old to watch that one.
The Abominable Snowman is kind of scary but I remember he's a bumble and he bounces
That was a good one and now Frosty the Snowman with narrator Jimmy Durante
It's early but I'm hitting the rack.
Wishing everyone a great evening and a good Sunday tomorrow.
gmpullmanBad — deadly — drivers:
I live about 40 miles, to the SW. of downtown Milwaukee, WI., in the early am, we have the radio in the kitchen set to a favorite Milw. AM radio station (WTMJ 620), and we always here about random speeding drivers blowing red lights, hitting inocent people, and, most of the time, crashing into something, like a house, a business, a bus shelter, or another car.
It's crazy!.
Last week, the wife went into the "inner city" for a client, and was aggressively approached by people on the street, to the point of trying to open a car door at stop lights.
She keeps everything locked when in Milwaukee.
Mike.
My You Tube
hon30critterWhen we were coming back into Bradford on Thursday there was a dude doing 65 kph in an 80 on a four lane highway in the fast lane. Of course, there had to be another dude doing 65 kph in the slow lane right beside him
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them,
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Bear,
I know NZ is a large country north to south, and I don't know where you live. Are you anywhere near the volcano that's been in the news?
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” - George Carlin. Cheers, the Bear.
Yes
He's right..... I love George Carlin!
He sees it like it is.
I thought this was a Twilight Zone show with David Jannsen, but it was a movie with Dennis Weaver.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
BigDaddyI thought this was a Twilight Zone show with David Jannsen, but it was a movie with Dennis Weaver.
I first read that story in a magazine in college, then later saw this movie on a late-night movie channel. Pretty neat movie.
I'll say it again Bear
I love George Carlin,..... he says it like it is.
How's it going over there in New Zealand. I'm not very good in geography. I seem to remember you are in the opposite season.
Share a little summer with us
Duel was a made-for-TV movie. It was also Steven Speilberg's first movie he directed.
It is a pretty good film. The final crash scene is spectacular to watch.
The idea was recently remade as a movie called Driver From Hell, which is OK, but the "Bad Guy" truck is no where near as menacing looking.