BATMANKevin, how much they asking for that house across the street?
It went on the market yesterday. They had an open house and several people showed up.
The listed price is $239,500.00.
According to Zillow a sale is pending. It will be interesting to see if it was bid up.
New SPEC houses usually sell for 4%-8% over list price.
I am going to guess it sold for about $245,000.00, but I will not be able to check for weeks.
The exact model house in a high density community would sell for slightly less than $200,000.00, but it would be on a 0.09 acre lot and would have an HOA to deal with.
In a couple of months it will become more difficult to sell a house in Florida, so the builders are rushing to get the projects in process completed and on the market.
TOP OF THE PAGE!
It has been four weeks since I lost my job. I have been working on this small bottle of Tito's since then, but I am barely half way through. I am not much of a drinker.
Help me out... help yourself.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Late belated clink works I guess
......
Anti-clink apology accepted!
TF
Thanks Kevin.
Tito's at this hour is a very generous offer but seeing as a don't know what it is I will have to decline but I'll catch you the next time.
Have a very good night Kids, I'll catch you tomorrow or the next day.
Track fiddlerTito's at this hour is a very generous offer but seeing as a don't know what it is I will have to decline but I'll catch you the next time.
Tito's is an American Grain Vodka distilled in Austin, Texas, where the diner is parked this month.
You're a Roadmaster and a scholar but that still doesn't confront the fact that I got to hit the rack
I'll be talking to you soon Kevin, Thank You, and have a great night!
SeeYou190ito's is an American Grain Vodka distilled in Austin, Texas,
I thought it to be a Yugoslavian brand, named after Marshal Josip Brozs, also called "Tito"
I see that hysteria still prevails over common sense! If we accept the figures published by the John Hopkins University as anywhere near to being correct, the number of people affected by the virus now stands somewhere around 60.000 - worldwide! Reason to panic? Not for me, although I certainly belong to the high risk group of people. In my country, we have a little over 2,000 reported cases, only 25 reported to have recovered in over 5 weeks and 3 reported death, two of them being questionable whether the death had been caused by the virus. I find it irresponsible to juggle around with figures going into the millions of casualties, which only contributes in spreading the hysteria. Nevertheless, it is advisable for people with a precondition to exercise care, just like with any flu wave or even the "sniffles".
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Fellows,
I have this HO scale STRATTON AND GILLETTE trailer on flatcar that needs a new home. It is a fifty foot flatcar and a forty foot trailer. I don't know exactly what the time line for this combination would be, but it is not suitable for operation in 1954.
Is there someone out there that does not have a STRATTON AND GILLETTE freight car yet and wants this one?
If so, just PM me your address and I will put it in the mail.
And now I have to reapply again before I hit the rack because nobody learns before the previous poster.....ELO
Here we go again
How can I like it?
It's all around me
When it first began
Ya ya ya
Nighty night Kids
P.S. And by the way Kevin. My railroad host Gary would really love that piece of beautiful work for his model railroad we are trying to reconstruct after the cat he took care of destroyed it. That isn't BS either, just ask the other railroad members what a cat can do in a very short time
Greedy I know but I love Gary.... and your work
You will receive a picture of his layout broken apart in sections being rebuilt. And a picture of our whole Railroad Club holding your car with me in front of that means anything
Disregard all that I'm up way too late
Someone else should get a beautiful piece of your work
I'm going to work on sending you something Kevin and then we'll work on Gary
I'm up North and your down South
Send your beautiful work to someone else and I'll catch up with you later after I send you something
John, What era is Gary's layout?
Twin Cities and Western Railroad
More modern They're maroon with gold letters
Track fiddlerTwin Cities and Western Railroad More modern They're maroon with gold letters
I have an HO scale Waffle Side boxcar I will send you decorated for the STRATTON AND GILLETTE for Gary.
I will get it in the mail next Friday, the 20th. I need to get a few pictures of it first.
That is so nice of you Kevin
I know that will make Gary so happy Nobody else knows how Great Gary is
He makes everybody breakfast every Sunday and the club members that stay over he makes lunch
Gary is one of the best people I've ever known in my life
I can't wait to give it to him It will make him so happy
Thanks Kevin I will be getting back to you soon
SeeYou190My middle daughter and I danced to "Butterfly Kisses" at her wedding. That was a bad choice and an absolute tear-jerker.
That's a beautiful piggyback car you've done and a clearly generous offer. Too new for my era though. I'm sure someone lucky will speak up soon.
Chloe, can I get a order of French Toast, a side of Canadian bacon, wheat toast, and fresh squeezed OJ? Dang I hate having to go to work as opposed to a good restaurant for breakfast!
Mike
Good Afternoon!
Not a good day! Today´s mail had an official letter, saying that my mother actually disinherited me and my brother is the sole beneficiary of her estate. After all what I did for my parents, I feel betrayed by them and, of course, my brother, who was the spiritus rector behind this. German law leaves me with about half the normal inheritance, so there is a small amount coming to me, which will help to fill the Denmark kitty.
I don´t feel well, I think I will head for the couch and try to get some sleep.
Howdy .
Kevin ..... Both the waffle side box car and the Trailer On Flat Car (TOFC) are nice looking models.
Ulrich ... The situation you described is very sad. Sorry to hear it.
Mike (Water Level Route) .... Good seeing you in the Diner.
Steve O .... I hope you are recovering nicely from your surgery Monday, and I look forward to your return.
Everybody: ..... Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning. It's 31°.
Not good news today -- it's supposed to start snowing this afternoon and continue through the night. I'm tired of it. My wife ordered me to bring in more firewood. I do like the fireplace, but I will need more wood if this keeps up.
I was finishing up the grain elevator, and I was drilling a small hole for a wire for a light. I pushed too hard and broke apart a section. Back to work again. Life as the foreman of construction on a railroad is a tough job.
I hope all of you are well and stay well.
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
Tinplate ToddlerNot a good day! Today´s mail had an official letter, saying that my mother actually disinherited me and my brother is the sole beneficiary of her estate. After all what I did for my parents, I feel betrayed by them
Wow Ulrich!
That is a terrible thing to have happen. At least you can hold your head high and know that you did the right thing for your parents. I can't print what I have to say about your brother! I'm sure you have already said it for me!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
York1 I was finishing up the grain elevator, and I was drilling a small hole for a wire for a light. I pushed too hard and broke apart a section. Back to work again.
I was finishing up the grain elevator, and I was drilling a small hole for a wire for a light. I pushed too hard and broke apart a section. Back to work again.
Good morning.
I hate when that happens John. Make sure you post that grain elevator when you're finished, I love grain elevators and would hate to miss yours
Well I'm not going to elaborate on everything going on in the world today as I think it's doing a bad enough job on its own.
Judy and I have had several friends call and ask us not to go to the casino and the concert today.
Oh Poppycock As empty as it sounds out there, we shall have the world to ourselves.
They didn't cancel the Foreigner concert tonight but they are playing in a Sovereign Nation with their own rules.
The tickets were purchased by some friends in Wisconsin. The ball's in our court now. I would much rather be going to see Emerson Lake and Palmer if they're still touring
We're off soon, brunch, some gambling, rock concert.
I wonder if they make clear ear plugs They say if the music's to loud your too old Well, ... I'm planning ahead
P.S. Ya know, ... We have decided to join the masses. Here is how I'm dressing for today.
They ain't shutting my world down, I already gave at the office
Good Afternoon, everyone —
I hope this finds you all well.
Here's the SP's Sunset Limited, train No. 2, in Houston back in June, of 1969:
SP_6053_Houston-69 by Edmund, on Flickr
Sp was trying to discourage ridership as much as possible. Seems like no one got the message?
SP_Houston-69 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cool and breezy, but sunny at least, here in NE Ohio. No train show this weekend so I'll have more time to devote to the layout.
Lemons = lemonade
Enjoy the weekend — Ed
Well, kid #1 is booked out of Ottawa tomorrow, school is done. All classes and projects will be done online. He should be able to write exams in Vancouver, he got permission from the Dean of Carlton to write here when he cut out early to be a movie star. The power and gas bill are headed back up.
Just waiting to hear from the daughter, we may be getting on the ferry tomorrow and loading up the truck and bringing her home. All her labs have been cancelled and three of her four other courses will be done online.
Our friends in the medical community say that all the old respirators saved for a rainy day in the basements of hospitals are getting the once over. I think if I was a person with compromised health I would be concerned about getting treatment if they can't slow down the infection rate. Get sick now and beat the rush.
I honestly can't believe the cavalier attitude people have about others dying. 90 people die everyday in car crashes, what's the big deal! Really? The inability of the medical systems around the world to cope is why such drastic measures are being taken to lower the infection rate. Maybe some of your cavalier attitudes will change if the person closest to you dies for the sole reason that the hospitals were too overwhelmed to admit them.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Heartland Division CB&QMike (Water Level Route) .... Good seeing you in the Diner.
Batman, while I am a bit skeptical of this whole thing, I agree with the base of what you are saying. According to the latest statistics I found, roughly 0.0071% of folks in cars die. Seattle's current coronavirus outbreak death rate is almost 15%. In total, the exact number may be off a bit (internet you know), but the gist is the same. Still, why my 12 year old can't get with the other 14 girls on her soccer team for practice, I question. At the moment.
Cheers everybody.
Funny cartoon Ulrich!
If everyone had done that just imagine how much toilet paper would still be on the store shelves!
Well, my part of the world is going to take a serious Coronavirus Induced financial hit.
All MLB Spring Training games, practices, and events are cancelled. My locale is the Springtime Home of the Red Sox, Twins, and Rangers. The Red Sox bring in countless rich people from the North for a few weeks and they just flood the area with money.
Tampa is Spring Training home for the New York Yankees. That will be devastating for them. Those Yankees fans are nuts, and throw money around like crazy.
The Tampa Cruise Ship Terminal is practically deserted.
Also, their are massive cancellations from College Spring Break travelers. These rich kids also do a fantastic job of keeping our coffers full. This is really too bad.
The Collier County Fair is still on! They are having Midnight Madness tonight. The news said the fair cannot be cancelled due to legal concerns. I would love more detail on that, but I cannot find any.
Chico says:
Santa Fe — all the way! It's Fun to Ride The Train!
ATSF_TexasChief_6-1-70 by Edmund, on Flickr
And some interesting "Along the line" points of interest to Texas:
ATSF_TexasChief_6-1-70c by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk half a dog treat.
Ulrich Soory to hear about your family problems. I been there and done that when I loss my dad.
Coronavirus front in ILL. Well the state has shut down all the school's till the end of March? There goes part of the kids summer vaction. Some resturants are all so closing but I donot think that is state enforced.
Wife spent $52.00 Wednesday on Toilet Paper? Well that will last us 10 weeks or more, but I am sure she will want more.
Later, Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof.
I hate Rust
Well... We are now stocked up on supplies for six weeks of hunkering down.
I hope this does not happen. The food options after 8 days get bad, then go worse. The thing that is better about Coronavirus supplies is that unlike Hurricane supplies, these can require refrigeration/freezing.
If this gets so bad that we cannot keep the power turned on, well, that will be real bad.
My wife is in a high risk group, so we are severely limiting our social exposure.
This is one of those nights! I didn´t find any sleep. I still can´t get over what my mother and my brother did to me. Well, once it has been settled what is due to me, I will burn all the bridges between us.
SeeYou190so we are severely limiting our social exposure.
That´s what we have been doing in the past few weeks. I think both Petra and I went through a mild form of that infection already, but we won´t be taking chances. Public life is coming to a halt here, as schools close, soccer matches, concerts and other public events are being cancelled. We will face a hard hit on our economy, which will make the state of the country even worse than it already is. Personally, the worst thing for us that we have to postpone our plans to go house hunting in Denmark now for the third time. Denmark has just announced the closure of the border. We can just hope one of the options will still be available, when life goes back to normal.
Evening all, took the wife out for dinner at our favourite Thai joint. Business was down quite a bit according to the staff, we had a quiet meal with great service. Went back to Costco and stocked up even more up as we weren't expecting two more mouths to feed, the freezer is full now and the generator is ready if the lights go out. We are currently having a good blow off the Pacific.
I spent the entire day working on this estate settlement and I will need to go to Seattle this coming week providing its not closed. I have two law firms working on this, one in the U.S. and one in Canada at a combined fee of about $1200.00 an hour. Glad it is not my money.
The train show was canceled on Sunday and Supertrain in Calgary is scrubbed in April, suddenly having all those kits on the shelves makes me warm and fuzzy all over. Oh wait. I have a bathroom to reassemble as soon as I have a minute.
Daughter's University has not pulled the plug yet and she needs to stay on to finish up some science experiments anyway. I suspect we will see her in a week though.
I bought myself a nice bottle of Cab Sav on the way home tonight. Haven't had a drink in a couple of weeks and it is going down well, so I will take another glass up to bed, flip on the tube and try to understand why people can't think and act rationally in the face of adversity. I have been called Mr. Spock most of my life as I just don't react to problems with emotional fanfare and neither does my wife. We see a problem we never dwell on it we deal with it and move on, I think that is why we make the perfect team.
All the best to all.