If I ever get to go to New York City again, I will travel by train, maybe even sleeper class. Time bothers be not, but it will be the most expensive vacation I have ever taken since I will have to pay for about 20 nights in a motel. Actually a Catholic guest center, but same idea.
I am a train monk not a plain monk. Either my health is good enough or it is not.
Either the Abbit will approve the expense or not. It will be close to my 40th Jubilee here at the Abbey, so manby I can call this a jubilee year vacation since I do not think my health will brook waiting much longer.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
BroadwayLion It will be close to my 40th Jubilee here at the Abbey, so manby I can call this a jubilee year vacation since I do not think my health will brook waiting much longer.
Tell your Abbot you will charge everything, and since it's a Jubilee year, the debts will go away!
I doubt if that will work, but it might be worth a try.
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."
York1 BroadwayLion It will be close to my 40th Jubilee here at the Abbey, so manby I can call this a jubilee year vacation since I do not think my health will brook waiting much longer. Tell your Abbot you will charge everything, and since it's a Jubilee year, the debts will go away! I doubt if that will work, but it might be worth a try.
BroadwayLion
It will be close to my 40th Jubilee here at the Abbey, so manby I can call this a jubilee year vacation since I do not think my health will brook waiting much longer.
Back off our Lion Monk Friend and get a clue my dear friends.
The Lion and the Leopard!
If you would have been paying attention, you would have realized the six heads that were missing on that one dragon and the symbolism being portrayed.
You might have learned something way back when, on a Sunday as a child, if you would have been paying closer attention.
TF
Well OK, There's eight heads in this photo and supposed to be seven but you get the gist.
Or do you?
It is a good thing that I wasn't paying attention... I do not need monsters like that!
Hey, it's a great day in the diner! TF is back! We've missed you in California.
With that I'm going back on vacation
It was cool up there one night and Jeffrey let me drive what I saw as a red and black Wasp!
That thing was one mean machine my friends. Start and stop was in a Split Second. I never drove anything like that in my life!
My 69 Mustang has no comparison to This new Modern Day Machinery
York1 Hey, it's a great day in the diner! TF is back! We've missed you in California.
Garbage can guy
When I grow up, I want to be the garbage can guy.
When I finally grow up I want to be the garbage can guy
He comes trucking down the alley in a contraption never seen
Starting at one end dumping garbage cans in the back of his garbage machine.
When I grow up I want to be the garbage can guy
He comes to New York City with a presence never seen
Have you ever seen a garbage guy collect the crap in a limousine?
When I finally grow up I don't want to be the garbage can guy!
Here's some California S-P action old Mel would have enjoyed. A few cab forwards here, too.
Regards, Ed
Good morning Diners. A full English please, Zoe.
TF is back. Hooray!
Daughter, S.i.L and two of our grandchildren are still in New York. They have been visiting the sights and the 'Shelter' where our daughter was a volunteer a few years back.
Thomas, grandson number 3, has been here all week. Yesterday we went shipspotting and saw Silversea Cruises ship 'Silver Whisper' leave the Port of Tyne. As it passed us the Captain gave three blasts on the ships horn. Thomas was as 'happy as a sandboy' at that.
Silver Whisper Port of Tyne 29.07.22 by David Harrison, on Flickr
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
Track fiddlerGarbage can guy Garbage can guy When I grow up, I want to be the garbage can guy.
Was that derived from this?:
https://youtu.be/ED7Uoe-H8fo
Thanks a lot. Kept me awake all night trying to figure out what it was. Now can't get the tune out of my head.
Good morning everyone.
Chloe, I'll just have a small portion of hash browns with ham and onions please.
Nothing real on the agenda for today. I hope all are well and safe.
Going to finish this coffee now...
-Kevin
Living the dream.
maxman Track fiddler Garbage can guy Garbage can guy When I grow up, I want to be the garbage can guy. Was that derived from this?: https://youtu.be/ED7Uoe-H8fo Thanks a lot. Kept me awake all night trying to figure out what it was. Now can't get the tune out of my head.
Track fiddler Garbage can guy Garbage can guy When I grow up, I want to be the garbage can guy.
Sorry Dick, My post of nonsense was never intended to make anyone lose any sleep over it
I grab my base guitar and go over to my brother's place frequently on a weekend. He has a makeshift recording studio over there with some electronic programmable drums and keyboards. We have a lot of fun.
Recording real songs that sound good all the way through never happens over there. Portions sound pretty good but never the whole song all the way through.
Things got funner when we decided to start recording our own songs similar to Frank Zappa or Weird Al Yankovic would do.
We spend more time laughing than getting anything done now if you can imagine two guys one beer short of a six pack, playing instruments, singing while recording it and than playing it back.
We completed Garbage Can Guy and I asked my brother if we should back up the tracks and perfect our Flubs. He said "NO! ...The imperfections make it funnier" so we moved on to a new track we're working on called "Workin Down the Sewer Hole"
Again, we spend more time laughing than getting anything done but it's funner.
By the way, My Brothers layout is way bigger than mine and he's got way more done than I do... Imagine That!
Grandson number 3 arrived beginning of the week and was to stop two days, then 3, then four. Fifth day he has had to go home. His brother and sister want to come.
He has such stories to tell. Shipspotting. The beach. The playpark. The Transport Museum. Oh! and running trains. No timetable. Just running trains the way he wanted.
I need a rest!!!
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require
Lots of police activity on the street today. We hardly ever see police on the fringes of Cape Coral.
The girl next door was arrested for some reason. She is 19 and has always been a good kid. Something must have happened.
Then two police cars followed the kids home that live across the street, and arrested them in their driveway. No lights, sirens, or action. It was all very peaceful.
I would not even know if I did not have cameras outside the house.
BroadwayLion It is a good thing that I wasn't paying attention... I do not need monsters like that!
Neither do I, I hope that never happens in my lifetime because I'm a bit unsure if I'm supposed to disappear or not if It does?
Have you ever walked down the Avenue or on a trail in the woods and suddenly stopped because you saw Two Pine Trees that you knew very well were together for a very long time?
Neither have I but I knew right away which one was the male next to the girly tree
I looked underneath right away for the siblings but I think they had been taken care of by Lawn Mower Guy
A Trail in the woods is definitely better than an Avenue
Track fiddlerThings got funner when we decided to start recording our own songs similar to Frank Zappa or Weird Al Yankovic would do.
A sign of a sick, twisted mind. Next things you will do are versions of
Secret Asian Man and The Girl With Colitis Goes By.
Secret Asian Man was funny stuff when I was remodeling Charlie's bathroom.
Charlie had an adopted Chinese son that Judy and I loved talking to. Chris was a very admirable and polite kid. You can tell who the parents are when you meet someone like that.
We started remodeling the bathroom early one morning and thought nobody was home.
Ironically on the way to work that morning Secret Asian Man was playing on the radio and the last thing we heard. Judy and I kept singing it over and over after we started working on the bathroom that morning.
Chris finally came out of his bedroom busting a gut and gave us both a high five.
He thought it was hilarious and didn't need anything explained to him. There is no prejudice or colour in the presence of love.
Hello again everybody.
It has been a dry day down here. I got some lawn maintenance taken care of, put the new wheels on the dolly, and cleaned out another part of the garage.
All and all... a pretty good day so far.
California Is A Beautiful Place
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I am of to bed folks... see you tomorrow.
Track fiddlerwe moved on to a new track we're working on called "Workin Down the Sewer Hole
Hi TF,
"Workin Down the Sewer Hole" is what my son has been doing for the past year or so. He's not underground all the time but he does spend some time there. Modern waste water management is mostly mechanized but there are a few jobs like cleaning off filter screens that can be pretty gross. They wear full face masks with oxygen for a reason, and no, condoms do not dissolve in water! Most of his work involves monitoring the process and making repairs.
He is working there in order to get his waste water management licences, and he will have achieved that goal within the next couple of months. After that he will be applying for team lead and/or supervisory positions where he gets to tell others to do the dirty work. He already has all of his potable water licences so he will be able to work in any aspect of the operations.
By the way, in case you might think that he is in a low paying job, he has made it onto the 'Sunshine List' for four years in a row. That's the list that the Ontario Government produces each year which shows all of the provincial and municiple employees who made $100,000+ in a year. I could hold my nose for that sort of money too!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Sunny-side eggs....
Sunnyside Train Yard...
Sunnyside LIONS
Good morning Diners. A coffee on the go please, Chloe.
Just a quick call in as Dawn is unwell. I have to collect some medicine from the local chemist, for her.
Dave. The amount of money children can earn these days can 'blow the mind' of us older folk. Our Daughter and S.I.L. earn more in two months than Dawn and I did in a year; and that was just before we retired.
Try and call in later.
Stay Safe Everybody.
Good morning, everyone. It's donut day.
On the subject of kids' earning power, my wife and I always talk about this when we visit our daughters and are coming home. They all live on such a different level than we do. David, our situation with the kids' incomes is the same as yours. Amazing.
I've never been there, but I know some of you diners have visited the California State Train Museum in Sacramento:
Los Angeles Union Station for Amtrak:
Anaheim's regional transportation station:
Most world cities have transit systems that people ride just to get somewhere. In San Diego, you can ride the transit system for the scenery:
Have a good Sunday, everyone.
Good morning
The say our cool streak will be ending today as its going to get back to 90° and humid again. It was low to mid 70's for a week which was rather enjoyable weather up here. I always did like the 70's
Thanks for sharing Dave. I did know that is a high paying job your son has. I've always had the opinion any honest way to make a living is respectable. I know I couldn't handle a job like that with my week stomach though. I'd probably be down there adding to the mess
I certainly remember this one job way back when, how could one forget that one. My Dad and I had to dig up and re-do the overflow drain field on the septic tank at the resort. That wasn't a very fun job. That's when I learned my gag reflex was still working fine
We had separate drain fields off the kitchen sink lines on the cabins to keep the septic volume down. I remember re-doing those at times and even the sink waist water wasn't too pleasent
We had to have the septic truck pump us out at least once a year. Another high paying job. Those guys don't come cheap!
Sorry to hear you wife isn't feeling well again David, hope she is feeling better soon.
Thanks for the sunny side Lion. That's the way I prefer them. Something to sop up with my toast
Have a great day gentleman
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."