Tonight we are having nothing special. Just good old Miller High Life from a can, but poured into a glass.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
CNCharlieKevin, the cedar I need is 4x4, 2x6 and hundreds of 1x6 fence boards in a 6' length. Not exactly hobby size.
That is what I figured.
What we call "Hobby Wood" at Home Depot is for woodworking projects, not fence building.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
CNCharlie the strong south wind has blown the orioles our way. We had 4 at the oranges plus a couple of rose breasted grosbeaks. The starof the morning was a scarlet tanenger, our first and a rare bird for here. My wife had her camera out when it came and has some great photos. It was the 97th species we have recorded on our yard since we started in 2014.
Hi CN Charlie,
Congratulations on your bird count! Dianne keeps formal lists of all the birds we see when travelling but we have never done one for our own back yard.
Congratulations also on having a scarlet tanenger visit! That would be exciting, especially since it stayed around long enough to get some good pictures.
We have had some good birding in our backyard recently too. A few days ago a pair of house wrens started building a nest in our nuthatch birdhouse. They are working away at it very diligently. They have a beautiful song, and they have separate songs when they are building nests and when there is danger.
The orioles showed up earlier in the week. Hopefully they will stick around for a while.
The highlight so far this year was the indigo bunting that graced us with its presence this afternoon. It flew right up onto the end of the deck so we got a good view, but it didn't stay for long. I told Dianne we should have meal worms out if we want the insect eaters to stick around. She totally turned her nose up and said "no way!". We tried some last year but the chipmunks ate them all.
Dianne is off to Point Pelee with a close friend early Monday morning. They will stop at Long Point on the way to visit the banding station. That is an amazing operation! They are staying for three days so hopefully the wind and the weather will co-operate and they can get some good sightings. This is her friend's first year birding. She is quite good at it!
Happy birding!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Trains I Have Seen On Vacation #22
Speaking of birds...
I saw the first Blue Jay of the season today. I saw a couple last year. It is very rare to see Blue Jays down here, and two years in a row must be a real rarity.
SeeYou190Tonight we are having nothing special. Just good old Miller High Life from a can, but poured into a glass.
Glass? Seems awfully highbrow
This was during one of our late-nite construction parties at the caboose.
IMG_8873 by Edmund, on Flickr
I was experimenting with using the empty aluminum cans as heat radiators on top of the stove.
IMG_8872 by Edmund, on Flickr
Caboose building sure works up a powerful thirst
Cheers! Ed
Dave, that was great to have an indigo bunting visit! We had our one and only last year. We get meal worms for the chickadees. They love them and will scold us if the dish is empty. Only live ones though as they won't touch the dried ones. We have very particular chickadees,
Kevin, glad you had one of my favourite birds visit. Besides beautiful they are very smart.
Getting late. I'm up at 5:30 to put out the feeders. The raccoons still visit every night. We have decided not to put in any goldfish this year. The raccoons will just eat them and make a mess of the pond tryiing to catch them. Last year they tore up most of the pond plants in pursuit of the fish.
CN Charlie
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gmpullmanCaboose building sure works up a powerful thirst
I'll bet. Maybe someday I will find out for myself.
Miller High Life has been my go-to beer of thirst for decades.
CNCharlieKevin, glad you had one of my favourite birds visit. Besides beautiful they are very smart.
They are gorgeous. I am really missing my camera. It is like they know.
CNCharlieWe get meal worms for the chickadees. They love them and will scold us if the dish is empty. Only live ones though as they won't touch the dried ones. We have very particular chickadees,
My wife had a hard enough time with the dead meal worms. I'm pretty sure that she won't go for live ones!
Speaking of worms, we just threw out close to 50 lbs. of peanuts in the shell! We got a worm infestation in them over the winter and the little beasts were starting to spread around the garage. Rather than risk them getting into the sunflower seed, or worse, into the house, we decided to put them in the garbage. What a waste! We bought the 50 lb. bag because it was way cheaper than buying peanuts 2 lbs. at a time in the grocery store. The stupid thing is that, if we had decided to store them in the shed instead of the garage, the colder temperatures might have killed the bugs off. We thought about composting them but that would have allowed the worms to reproduce ad infinitum and they would have been everywhere. The birds might have liked that, but we wouldn't.
Cheers!!
P.S. Today is my birthday. I'm 68 but parts of me are acting like they are 95 while my brain is telling me that life couldn't be any better!
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Good morning
Thought I should stop in and say Hi to see how everybody's doing and wish everyone well. I've been a bit out of commission again, but we won't talk about all that.
One good thing is I've had plenty of time making progress on those tunnel ribs for the ore horseshoe. I found this a bit more productive than living on the couch, putzing around on the phone, watching TV and popping prescription pills like a Hippie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE!
https://youtu.be/_N-ogA-aJYs
An interesting video I found that I thought you may enjoy.
https://youtu.be/yFsQm1x6LDQ
It sure would be interesting if one could take a vacation back in time to see all that.
Have a great Saturday gentleman
TF
BroadwayLion
Good morning, everyone.
We're headed out the door for a short trip, so I can't have my regular breakfast.
Dave, happy birthday. If you're like me, your next birthday will be in about three weeks. Time really goes quickly now.
TF, we've missed you the past days. Hope everything is going well. If you get a chance, let us see your tunnel work.
I'll check in later after we get home. Have a good Saturday.
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."
SeeYou190Miller High Life has been my go-to beer of thirst for decades.
Same here, and in the 30 pack they're about 60¢ a can.
hon30critterMy wife had a hard enough time with the dead meal worms. I'm pretty sure that she won't go for live ones!
Pretty sure I was the one that suggested the mealworms (black fly larve), Dave. Sorry it didn't work out for you. Our bluebirds love them. We get live ones during the summer and I mix the dried ones with the sunflower seed in the winter.
Some people are suggesting removal of feeders if you have a back yard chicken flock. This seems like an impossible situation as the birds are everpresent in our yard anyway and there are enough natural sources for food right now, bugs and flowers, removing the feeders would not make a big impact. We'll keep our fingers crossed on the avian virus.
Another private varnish holiday:
My nephew, shown here, was charged with supervising the transport of these two PCs from Charlotte, NC to Cincinnati, OH. He was working, I was invited to tag along
IMG_0433 by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_0434 by Edmund, on Flickr
The lounge below the dome:
IMG_0435 by Edmund, on Flickr
Dessert:
IMG_0480 by Edmund, on Flickr
A place to relax and enjoy the view:
IMG_0468 by Edmund, on Flickr
Spotted in Washington:
IMG_0473 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cabinetry:
IMG_0503 by Edmund, on Flickr
Ready to depart D.C.:
IMG_0513 by Edmund, on Flickr
Heading for Cincinnati on the old C&O:
IMG_0530 by Edmund, on Flickr
Meeting the eastbound:
IMG_0553 by Edmund, on Flickr
No trouble finding a seat in the dome:
IMG_0563 by Edmund, on Flickr
White Sulpher Springs in quickly-failing light:
IMG_0588 by Edmund, on Flickr
C&O Signals:
IMG_0593 by Edmund, on Flickr
Fun times for sure!
Cheers, Ed
New Jersey Railroading (forgotten line)
ROAR
gmpullman SeeYou190 Miller High Life has been my go-to beer of thirst for decades.
SeeYou190 Miller High Life has been my go-to beer of thirst for decades.
Back in the day that was almost the only beer everyone drank at the lake. A different world back then as I remember a few bars would sell us Miller over the counter when we were still in school. I seem to remember 5-6 bucks a case???
I also found it kind of funny later on, the sheriff would close the bar with us an hour or two late playing pool and ask everyone if they were okay to drive, otherwise he would always give us a ride home.
A photo to fit those Good-Ol' fun memories
York1 TF, we've missed you the past days. Hope everything is going well. If you get a chance, let us see your tunnel work.
Thanks John, good to hear from ya too. How's those bridges comming?
After I take Judy to the furniture store, perhaps I'll sneak into WPF to contribute and see what everyone's been up to with their beautiful works
Fog here in Delaware for several days. This fog isn't like the fogs I remember from New England. Those were typically colder and heavier, with an aroma of lobster in Maine of fish from around Boston. I remember a few times trying to ski at Sunday River when there were fog banks at some altitudes but not at others. That's a bit scary, because the fog was thick enough to obscure your vision, and kept condensing on your goggles. It was kind of odd to ski through the fog from top to bottom.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
gmpullmangmpullman wrote the following post 4 hours ago: SeeYou190 Miller High Life has been my go-to beer of thirst for decades. Same here, and in the 30 pack they're about 60¢ a can.
Around here they call that stuff Panther Pee.
maxmanAround here they call that stuff Panther Pee.
Here in Central NY we call it something similar..... Rat's P***. LOL There are a number of Craft Beers in the area that are "Top Shelf!"
Oh! And Finger Lakes Wines are the best of the best! Of course I Am predudiced about that.
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmus Here in Central NY we call it something similar..... Rat's P***. LOL There are a number of Craft Beers in the area that are "Top Shelf!" Oh! And Finger Lakes Wines are the best of the best! Of course I Am predudiced about that.
I am shocked and dismayed when I'm sitting at the bar in a local craft brewpub and someone orders a bottle of fizzy American rice water when taps of fine, cold, refreshing local beer are right in front of them.
Ray is lucky, though, to have good local wine. Delaware has the wrong climate and the wrong topology for wine.
MisterBeasleyI am shocked and dismayed when I'm sitting at the bar in a local craft brewpub and someone orders a bottle of fizzy American rice water when taps of fine, cold, refreshing local beer are right in front of them.
The only place I have a bottle of beer is over at my son's house on Sunday Evening. And then, it usually is some new flavored wussy crap. I would much rather have a good glass of local wine! I bring over a couple bottles of some excellent local stuff a couple times a year. His wife and I are the only ones who drink it so they actually have a few bottles there from several years ago unopened. Oh well, that son doesn't have high quality tastes... At least not the same as my tastes, I guess.
About two or three times a year I will bother to open up a bottle of wine here at home. That usually gets distposed of a couple weeks later after I have half of the bottle. Open wine tends to get stale too quick, I guess.
I'm happy to imbibe in a good craft beer, usually several times a week and generally to accompany a trencherman's meal.
I used to be a homebrewer myself even growing my own hops.
Hops: Grow your own! by Edmund, on Flickr
So wag your fingers all you want but when I'm engaged in outdoor activities, sometimes stoking the bonfires I usually have going when clearing brush I don't mind grabbing one of the p-water, fizzy American brews to quench my thirst.
howmusI would much rather have a good glass of local wine!
Tried that. The cup holder on my tractor doesn't do well with crystal stemware.
Miller has had a taste and consistency that I like. No Bud, No Natty-Light, No Olympia or PBR. There's a reason we buy the thirty-packs and the refrigerator in the caboose keeps them frosty cold, (I know, an anathema to the Brits here — sorry) and when the sun finally sets I'll switch to the Great Lakes Brewing (Edmund Fitzgerald) porter before having a cocktail before dinner.
One of our local brews even features "my" old USRA Mike:
Dog_Brewing by Edmund, on Flickr
Dog_Brewing_0001 by Edmund, on Flickr
I'll think twice before making any kind of controversial statements like this again.
Sorry to have upset so many people here.
We'll have to have Mr. Otte squeeze in beer preferences between politics and religion in the Forum policy sticky.
SeeYou190They are gorgeous. I am really missing my camera. It is like they know.
What happened to your camera? I have an old Rebel XT here you can have or a T2i I can loan you or sell you cheap as a stand-in until you find something better. I mainly use a T5i and a G7X for everyday use.
Cheers, make that beverage of your choosing, Ed
I actually have a policy that I adhere to when I imbibe any drink, whether beer or wine.
When I drink, everyone drinks.
And when I pay, everyone pays.
gmpullman SeeYou190 Tonight we are having nothing special. Just good old Miller High Life from a can, but poured into a glass. Glass? Seems awfully highbrow This was during one of our late-nite construction parties at the caboose. IMG_8873 by Edmund, on Flickr I was experimenting with using the empty aluminum cans as heat radiators on top of the stove. IMG_8872 by Edmund, on Flickr Caboose building sure works up a powerful thirst Cheers! Ed
SeeYou190 Tonight we are having nothing special. Just good old Miller High Life from a can, but poured into a glass.
Sorry Ed I am from Toledo, Ohio the Glass Capital of the World, and I only drink my beer in bottles no nasty tasting cans for my beer. I also don't drink mule P*** and prefer Great Lakes Conaway's Irish Ale.
By the way after a test next week I should have open heart surgery to repair my Mitral Valve along with some ablations to relieve my SVT attacks.
Rick Jesionowski
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Was never a fan of Miller high life. Just not for me. I don't mind Budweiser at all. Used to be my go to beer. Then I kind of got tired of it. The Great Lakes Porter is a very tasty beer! So is Deschute's Brewing Black Butte Porter. Then again, I prefer Porters and Stouts most of the year, however, for summer I always enjoy a Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy. I just tried Landshark Lager and too will be a good hot weather beer.
My oldest is getting ready for prom right now. My wife and I are working post prom, so I am going to be one tired puppy tomorrow!
Later gents, and Zoe, get the guys each a beer of their preference on me. We're all supposed to be friends here.
Mike
Good Afternoon,
A cool 48F here with a strong wind. Birding un the yard today has been great with 22 species so far. Lots of orioles.
Dave, Happy Birthday!
We keep lists of all bird sightings. Africa has to be the best, especially the Ocavango Delta. Our Africa count is over 400. One of the rarest was the Pels Fishing Owl. We saw it 4 times, all while staying at Xigera Camp in the Delta. It is a large brown bird that eats only fish and is only found in a few areas in the Delta. Sadly Xigera Camp no longer exists at least not like it was. It was our favourite place.
I rarely drink beer. I find most of it too fizzy and I can only drink it from a glass. Back in the day, beer in Canada was only in stubby bottles and only domestic brands were available. I didn't mind Molson Golden, a light ale.
Time to put out more grape jelly. The orioles love that stuff.
I sure hope KEVIN doesn't suggest canned beer ever again.
His suggestion so why am I taking all the heat. I simply agreed with his choice.
Best I stay in the corner booth for a while 'til this blows over.
Presently, I have a Guinness in a glass bottle poured into a nice, heavy-bottomed Pilsner. Come to think of it, I haven't had a Miller in an aluminum can in the past two days. Yesterday was three Heinekins and today two plus the Stout.
Guinness_good by Edmund, on Flickr
Ed
gmpullman I sure hope KEVIN doesn't suggest canned beer ever again. His suggestion so why am I taking all the heat. I simply agreed with his choice. Best I stay in the corner booth for a while 'til this blows over. Presently, I have a Guinness in a glass bottle poured into a nice, heavy-bottomed Pilsner. Come to think of it, I haven't had a Miller in an aluminum can in the past two days. Yesterday was three Heinekins and today two plus the Stout. Guinness_good by Edmund, on Flickr Ed
Now THAT is Good Stuff! Oh YES! My son in the UK would agree!
Water Level RouteMy oldest is getting ready for prom right now. My wife and I are working post prom, so I am going to be one tired puppy tomorrow!
Mike, savor these days. They will be gone in the blink of an eye.
I had three daughters all born fairly close together. I worked the after-prom party for several years in a row.
At the time, I didn't appreciate it as much as I should. Now, looking back, I'd give anything to be able to do those things with the daughters again.
Okay, I'm about to open myself up to ridicule here. Please be kind to an old man.
I drink beer every single day. At my regular yearly checkup, I asked the doctor. He said that, in his opinion, two drinks a day is actually good. He told me to have my two beers and enjoy them.
That said, I like Bud Light, and what's even worse, I drink it from a can, ice cold.
I don't know what's wrong with me.
Evening
Thanks for the Brew. Love Guinness stout or drought as well.
Got a little sidetracked today after the furniture store and took the Stang over to visit an old friend in Prescott.
Not the cute little blonde philly, although the first thing looked at but the Rusty O'l brown one.
The Double Stacks were going back and forth on a Saturday. Still talking about the bridge gentleman
Now what kind of beer or three do you think we had? Sure, a good crafted IPA or a more rich bodied, slightly bitter Import is preferred any day but a beer on a hot day is certainly not a fuss. From the chit-chat this morning, ...Miller it was
You got to change it up once in awhile, especially when you stop by at a friend's house you'll gladly take whatever he's got in the fridge and say Thanks Bud. Can, bottle, stein, red solo Dixie cup, ...I dont give a rip, it's a beer
Honestly a more watered down domestic works well when out and about as I'm not out to get all jacked. Some of those fancy beers pack a wallop and can sneak up on you eh?
If it's still as nice out I'm gonna go visit the Milwaukee Bridge tomorrow
Have a great night gentleman
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Just realized I may be a bit more picky about my coffee in the morning anymore as the fresh ground Aroma of those select coffee beans from Dunn Brothers filled the room
Gonna go see the Milwaukee Bridge today. There's always a lot of cool classic cars cruising around that town mixed with the trains. What more could one want to see in a day?
Perhaps I'll get one of those $7 a cup Fufu coffees at the fancy lads drive through today
https://youtu.be/3X8istCTeQE
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P.S. Always enjoyed a good look at the inside of a tunnel Bear Did you view that one with your own eyes or through someone else's?
Now I'll go see if Imgur is uploading today as earlier last night it was oversaturated and not working at all. Perhaps that is their version of 403 Forbidden
Have a nice relaxing Sunday gentleman