Sorry to hear about that lousy turn of events, TF. At least tou didn't get hurt — I mean, you could have happened along while the "perps" were there and got hit over the head with a tire iron! Carjackings are on the rise in the Big City near me
One of the "tin-knockers" we used at GE told me once that he got out of his van at a gas station. While he was putting more air in the rear tire it suddenly began rolling away! Somebody jumped in and took off with it! Thousands of dollars worth of sheet metal tools
I used to see people ALL THE TIME leave their cars running while just "popping in" for a quick coffee at the convenience stores. Every now and then I hear about somebody driving off in a car and there are children in the back seat!
They'll never learn...
David, I saw your locomotive scrap yard in the "Show Me" thread and was reminded of this:
Laying NEW TRACK at the East Broad Top!
210317_2 by lmyers83, on Flickr
Spring is really HERE today!
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Somehow my post migrated to the top of the page! You know what that means
Tin Roof Sundaes all around!
hot-tin-roof-sundaes by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Good evening all. A warm day, but didn't go out. With workpeople coming and going, being indoors was required.
Roasted Squash, Jeweled Bulgur & Zhoug is on the menu.
Mixed Fruits in a Greek Salad to follow.
Stay Safe everyone.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Tf,
Sorry to hear about the loss of your trailer! When I first read it I had horrible thoughts of thousands of dollars worth of lost tools. I'm glad you didn't have to go through that a second time. I'm glad you are taking it in stride.
In the Toronto area the tow truck wars are getting nasty. In the past year there have been about a dozen tow trucks torched. The government is finally starting to crack down on the towing industry. There are some pretty shady characters involved in it. I have always used the CAA (Canadian Automobile Association) and I have had excellent, professional service every time.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
gmpullmanLaying NEW TRACK at the East Broad Top!
That sounds encouraging!
Ed. Thanks for posting the film. Very interesting. On my layout http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/284615.aspx?page=1 I wanted a scrap yard that was different to others I had seen.
Good evening.
Thanks David, Charlie, John, Kevin, Ed, Mike and Dave.
Yep!
John, ...I still have those beads! Those big ones are the Clydesdale beads I wore at Mardi Gras 2000. People don't steal Mardi Gras beads as they know Voodoo is prevalent in New Orleans I just don't have the heart to throw those away as every time I look at them I get a great big smile on my face.
You should have seen me! I was like a Rock Star in the eyes of the tourists that night But an idiot in the eyes of the people that live down there A Night to Remember, ...Yes?
I was going to let the trailer go but it's back in the East Lot now. Kendra called Jeff, the owner of the towing company and he released it to me for $100. That's more than fair as I understand the cost of diesel, employee payroll, taxes, paperwork and liability insurance. I think that equals more than $100
The trailer is back and ready for Fire #3 I usually think positive but I'm going a bit Sinister as my mind is wandering to conjure something up for thief #3. I darn well know it's going to happen
I was thinking of some kind of high pressure spray wand filled with permanent fluorescent orange paint mixed with skunk piss and habanero pepper sauce, hooked up to a door trigger switch
You can't hook up a 12 gauge to a trigger switch when the door opens. In the 70's when thieves were stealing Outboards On Mille Lacs Lake, one of the resort owners did that and went to prison. So that's not a good idea for me as I've been known to occasionally drop the soap while taking a shower
I really want to get Thief #3. This is getting to be like a game for me that I'm more than ready to play
Anyone have any other brightideas? I'm willing to listen
TF
Good Evening All,
TF - That is truely awful. Glad you had people intervene on the tow/storage charges at least that takes the insult out of the injury and I'm sorry for your loss.
I have had a rig and just a trailer stolen over the years. We keep it all on the lot with a fence and gate and surveilance cameras. The rigs have locators hidden in them since they are fairly expensive even without cars in them. Some of the truckies we've used haven't liked it either when we've called them out for excessive speed as you can monitor as they go as well. Look into alarms and other antitheft devices but I think when you leave for a weekend I'd probably use an alarm or tracker and chain all the wheels together with one of those cobalt hardened chains and matching locks. Of course with your luck they'd probably show up with a roll back and drag it on or just strip it where it sits.
We lost my bosses rig Thanksgiving weekend in West Palm Beach. Stolen right out of the hotel parking lot - Surburban and tag trailer with the race car and all our tools and support equipment. The trailer was found two days later stripped and abandoned next to a crack house with the race car sitting in the middle of the empty lot with minimal damage. Guess he didn't know what to do with a Cooper Monaco - especially one of a kind. All the tools and parts were gone along with anything else of value along with the Suburban. The thief pawned everything he could and drove the Suburban until it ran out of gas then abandoned it too. Just as we were making preparations to get the car and trailer out of impound, it turned up. The guy that stole everything did it regularly taking stuff out of hotel parking lots in the wee hours. He was caught and convicted and was supposed to make restitution. Still waiting on that.
I like the idea of hooking the doors to a booby trap like paint or some sort of scent like eau de skunk. At least you'll have the satisfaction of getting them back.
Ciao, J.R.
I enjoyed reading your reply J.R.
I'd like to thank for that, as your experiences made mine feel a little easier
Hey!
Who took the last cookie out of the cookie jar and didn't put some more in?
And can someone tell me why there was a piece of masking tape going over the coin slot on the jukebox?
See what happens when I go out of town! Not everything, but some things went to shambles. I'm back now and I have a quarter to liven things up a little bit around here, .....OK!
Although the music I prefer is usually a bit mellow though
And that one was aimed at Brent! And all you other good people that can enjoy it
You didn't know I had another quarter, ...Did you?
Well I did
Here's Johnny
Did you know when your ears are ringing they call it some word that starts with a T. But it really is no big thing. You just need to listen to The Roaring silence because you were a working man all your life
I filled up the cookie jar but I'm running out of quarters here.
And you know how it is that you never quite know if you're doing a good job on the music selection. So you guys might have to plug in a few quarters yourself
Hello, hello, hello
Is there anybody in here
Just nod if you can hear me
I think there's an echo again
I'm glad I was never a Rockstar as they all seemed to have their problems
Track fiddlerYou can't hook up a 12 gauge to a trigger switch when the door opens. In the 70's when thieves were stealing Outboards On Mille Lacs Lake, one of the resort owners did that and went to prison.
In Florida, and I would hope everywhere, passive devices that cause harm are EXTREMELY illegal. There was a case in Tampa many years ago where an owner of a construction company booby-trapped his yard. An 11 year old kid, a child of one of his customers, was crushed in a trap he set.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Yikes Kevin!
I don't like to hear a story like that. It's a good thing we ain't all like that guy.
Judy says we're going to the post office this week and I'm bringing the wagon top
Old school mello rock
Viz.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/booby-trap-man-shot-killed-gun-death-home-thanksgiving-maine-van-buren-a9228491.html
How do you make a beautiful bridge look even more beautiful?
DH, Ninevah, New York, 1973 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Sprinkle a few PAs on top!
John: I went to the store today and NUTTY BUDDIES are back in stock!
Howdy.
Douglas ... Thank you for your kind message.
Ed ... The tin roof sundae was yummy. Thank You.
TF ... JR has good suggestions about theft protection. Surely, you can set up an alarm system or something that will help.
everybody ... Have a good night.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
J.R. got me thinking too Garry. I'm going to figure something out here. I thank you for your support too
I like the silver and powder blue PA's on that bridge. It's always appreciated Ed. But do you have any Green Machines on a bridge again
SeeYou190 John: I went to the store today and NUTTY BUDDIES are back in stock! -Kevin
Nutty Buddies??? Is there something I don't know about here John and Kevin???
I buy these by the two pound extra large box
But I could be missing something here. You guys might have to help a brother out
Oh! The plural thing threw me off. It looks like I'm good
Take it easy on me as you got me a little riled for nothing. Sometimes when they add an S they have an extra ingredient like caramel or peppermint or something I started getting very interested real soon
SeeYou190John: I went to the store today and NUTTY BUDDIES are back in stock! -Kevin
They are here, too! The multiverse is again in order!
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."
Track fiddlerNutty Buddies??? Is there something I don't know about here John and Kevin??? I buy these by the two pound extra large box
Several weeks ago, Covid struck close to home. Instead of toilet paper, there was panic buying of Nutty Buddies and the two stores in town were out.
I've resolved to buy them by the truckload so that I never go without again.
Well I hope your happy Kevin and John!
I forgot about those things for a while but not so much no more
It's getting close to bedtime and you just threw the Fiddler all out of whack
That ought to keep me up for a while
Yikes again
York1 I've resolved to buy them by the truckload so that I never go without again.
That is hilarious John!
I think these things have a very good shelf life
It's funny that I pay for everything but groceries and booze. That is Judy's and my little deal.
I'm like a little kid when I throw one Nutty bar in the grocery cart. When she turns her head I throw two more in and bury them so she can't see them
And I do that with other stuff too and I usually don't get caught
This challenge is the only kind of behavior that keeps me sane at the grocery store
Some call it Supermarket Sweep. I call it Supermarket Sneak
I do get scolded later when we're both putting away the groceries. At that point it's too late. Later in the week my scoldings become so worth while
The key word is challenge. It's like a Sport for me trying to get a little less caught and a little less scolded the next months grocery shop
Something to ponder
How about a Big Green snake, TF?
All green—almost by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
— and the requested bridge
Frigid Java by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
gmpullmanSomething to ponder
That was a cool video!
Oh man!
They are all Green! Winding through the S's bluff. I don't know where you find them Ed And the Green Machines on the Winter Mountain Bridge
It's after 11 but now my night is complete
I don't even know why that helicopter had Blades. Looks like some Area 51 reverse engineering to me! Huh? I've researched and watched so many documentaries on Area 51 that I'm starting to see repeats. Some pretty cool stuff eh?
Thanks Ed, ..... Racktime
Spring Break is completely out of control. Miami has declared a state of emergency as the police are overwhelmed. Tampa, Daytona, Fort Lauderdale, and Pensacola are all having problems. Down here we have reached a record number of arrests, but suposedly we have not tipped the scale yet.
It is not just college students. Apparently every party-animal-wannabe that has been pent up for a year came to Florida at the start of Spring to simply go nuts.
The addition of other forces into the social mix in addition to college students on a ritual pilgrimage had created all kinds of problems.
And just to make it more interesing, a lot of the hotel rooms are rented out to homeless people and rehab participants in stimulus efforts to keep the hotels in buisiness during lock-down, so that adds a whole new layer to the cake.
What a mess.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
SeeYou190Spring Break is completely out of control. Miami has declared a state of emergency as the police are overwhelmed. Tampa, Daytona, Fort Lauderdale, and Pensacola are all having problems. Down here we have reached a record number of arrests, but suposedly we have not tipped the scale yet.
That's too bad Kevin. I guess after a year of being locked down some people just can't control themselves.
We have an area on Lake Huron called Wasaga Beach. It has been a really popular tourist destination for generations. However, unfortunately things have gotten more and more out of control over the past few years so the town is going to severely restrict access to the beach areas. The cost of policing and cleanup has become greater than the value of the tourist dollars that the beaches bring in.
In Barrie, just north of us on Lake Simcoe, the city has several very nice beaches. Some of them are controlled access but many of the smaller hidden gems were free. Unfortunately the city's tourism people made the mistake of advertizing these nice, quiet beaches on their tourism website. The result was that the beaches were overun by people from outside the city who didn't care one little bit about keeping the beaches clean. In a few short weekends the beaches were covered with garbage including dirty diapers and all manner of filth. Some of the visitors dug holes in the sand and set up toilet tents. Imagine having your child digging in the sand only to come up with a shovel full of poop. Barrie responded by eliminating parking on the streets in the areas around these beaches unless you have a residents' permit, and the paid parking areas are more than $50.00 for the day for non residents. Apparently the out-of-town yahoos could care less so the problem persists.
Good morning everyone from the land of the former North British Railway.
Some activity in the Diner these past few hours.
TF Sundown was the first Gordon Lightfoot LP I bought.
Ed. Love the pictures. They make me want to run my green engines.
Kevin. Love the picture of the building. As for the lockdown. Things are getting rediculous and out of control here. I'll say no more otherwise I will get Political.
Dawn is at a Zoom meeting so i shall 'sneak' a quick coffee before I make hers.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
Good morning
I'll take a mocha coffee with a Nutty Buddy this morning.
We had a conversation over here. I asked Judy why they call it a Nutty Bar when there's no nuts? She said it's because it's loaded with peanut butter. I guess that kinda makes sense then.
I've always liked that Gordon song Sundown too David. His young guitar player in that video doesn't even have to look at what he's doing with his fingers on the strings too much.
Judy mentioned something to the effect that spring break is going to be flooded in California and Florida Kevin. I guess you just confirmed it.
I went to Spring Break in Palm Springs once when I was quite young. The only time I was in Florida was when I was young too. We spent some time in Orlando before our Cruise to Nassua in the Bahamas. I remember I had a boat load of pictures of the architecture of all the Epcot Center buildings I took my time taking all day. Walgreens did something wrong and wrecked all the film
Well, She woke me a bit early this morning. I can't sleep when I don't hear "The Sound of O'l T-Rex" one foot over anyway I guess the four days of sleeping inn till 9-9:30 with the hotel black out shades is over I still say I need to get me a pair of those.