BATMANI'll pass on the Slurpee, being me I looked up the nutritional value. They go from toxic waste to something I may have in a pinch
Nobody expected you would join in the fun. You have made your position perfectly clear for as long as we can remember. No need to constantly poo-poo the enjoyment the rest of us are having.
Here is something else I am sure Brent will pass on... Fried spicy cheesy goodies with Yum-Yum sauce! Dig in!
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I heard from my youngest today. She found a room to rent in a Lake House in Orlando. Old neighborhood from the 1950s, preWDW. It looks like a beautiful residence.
I am going to drive up next month and help her move, and assemble a lot of new IKEA furniture.
California Is A Beautiful Place
That's all for me tonight... time to head for some sleep.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
My grandkids might like Slurpees when they're out and about but when they come to grandpa's house they get malted milk shakes with a scoop or two of old fashioned malt powder
H-B33M mixer by Edmund, on Flickr
Then they watch as this (older than me) Hamilton Beach mixer makes it into one tasty treat!
Good Stuff — Happy faces
Thanks for the fried, spicey cheesy thingies, Kevin! That dipping sauce looks like the stuff Dee Ann makes to put on our Ruben sandwiches?
When the mood strikes we like stuffed, breaded jalpeños done up in the air fryer.
Glad you liked the video, Brent they must have shot that on 35mm film.
Cheers, Ed
gmpullman My grandkids might like Slurpees when they're out and about but when they come to grandpa's house they get malted milk shakes with a scoop or two of old fashioned malt powder Good Stuff — Happy faces Cheers, Ed
I prefer adult slurpees with ice lemon juice and vodka. I also miss the B Spot restaurant with their adult milkshakes.
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Good morning, diners. I'll have my usual -- bacon, eggs, and black coffee.
It's a beautiful morning here -- clear, cool, and not humid. That will last about one more day -- then back to hot and humid.
Here's another photo of California's trains and vinyards. I am not a wine person. You could give me a two glasses, one with Thunderbird and one with an expensive French wine, and I would not be able to tell which is which. My kids, on the other hand, are wine people.
Have a great day, diners. I will try to check back into the diner for a snack later.
Hopefully, every diner will make long posts with lots of pictures so we can get past the stupid pages 5,6, ? issue with this thread.
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."
tankertoad135Well, garsh. I never checked out this topic afore and figured I should do such. Very interesting stuff from all you fellow MR's out there.
Don... Welcome to the Diner, and please do not be a stranger. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
gmpullmanMy grandkids might like Slurpees when they're out and about but when they come to grandpa's house they get malted milk shakes with a scoop or two of old fashioned malt powder.
There is an Ice Cream parlor in Columbus, Indiana that is called Zaharako's. It is also a museum. It is in that place that I had the finest malted milkshake I think I will ever have.
-Image From The Internet
Their machines look a lot like yours.
Every year, when they come back, I seem to get a "Shamrock Shake" from McDonalds. They used to always be available on "Penny Big Mac Day", which was April 15th. Getting a penny Big Mac with a Shamrock Shake was an annual tradition. Now, the Shamrock Shake does not seem to last unitl Penny Big Mac day any longer. The penny promotion has changed too.
gmpullmanThanks for the fried, spicey cheesy thingies, Kevin! That dipping sauce looks like the stuff Dee Ann makes to put on our Ruben sandwiches?
The sauce comes in a bottle labled "Yum Yum Sauce".
One of my guys in Tampa used to dip French Fries in it. That was how I was introduced to it. I have no ideas what is in it, I never read the label!
gmpullmanWhen the mood strikes we like stuffed, breaded jalpeños done up in the air fryer.
That is a treat. My middle daughter and I really used to enjoy those. We made them from scratch and cooked them in the Fry-Daddy.
I have not had a breaded cheese stuffed jalepeno in years. I need to fix that.
dti406I prefer adult slurpees with ice lemon juice and vodka.
That sounds like something I am going to need to try.
York1I am not a wine person. You could give me a two glasses, one with Thunderbird and one with an expensive French wine, and I would not be able to tell which is which.
Me too. If you are going to serve me wine, it might as well be "Two Buck Chuck", because I can't tell any difference.
I am kind of like that with Vodka. I don't like cheapo Vodka, but I cannot tell Opulent from Titos from Skyy from Grey Goose. As long as it is not bad Vodka, it all seems the same.
York1 Here's another photo of California's trains and vinyards. I am not a wine person. You could give me a two glasses, one with Thunderbird and one with an expensive French wine, and I would not be able to tell which is which. My kids, on the other hand, are wine people. Hopefully, every diner will make long posts with lots of pictures so we can get past the stupid pages 5,6, ? issue with this thread.
I enjoy my wine but I am by no means an expert. The GF orders most of our wine from California, from vineyards that don't sell retail and only ship to wine club members. I typically don't drink spirits at all. I tried in college, but in the end I gave myself an F and stuck to wine and beer. Did I say beer? The new microbrew revolution has turned me into a beer snob. We have brewpubs aplenty in Delaware, and we frequent them often.
And, for everyone's FYI, the forum here does not use post length to determine when a new page starts. It's just post count. So, go ahead and make lots of short posts so we can get to Page 8 faster. Personally, I use the Order Descending option to go to the latest posts and work backwards.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good afternoon diners. Flo, I'll take a Monte Cristo and a chocolate malt please!
Afraid I don't have any pictures to share for the diner this month. I was about 11 years old the last time I was in California (I'm 46 now) and no photos with trains. I had one of me in front of my dad's semi, and one of him and I together that trip. I tried finding the one of us together for the diner on father's day, but couldn't. My wife did some work "organizing" the photos recently and it wasn't in it's old spot. Don't know where it went.
I'm not a fan of dry wines, but other than that I'm not that particular. Don't drink enough liquor to be able to tell a difference. I will say that a friend gave me a bottle of Jameson whiskey and it certainly seemed smoother than the Jack Daniels I remembered having years ago, but it's been too long between to know for sure.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
Mike
Water Level Route I will say that a friend gave me a bottle of Jameson whiskey and it certainly seemed smoother than the Jack Daniels I remembered having years ago, but it's been too long between to know for sure.
When it comes to Whiskey and Kentucky Bourbon, I do have preferences.
I enjoy looking for "hidden gems" in the $20.00-$30.00 per bottle price range. There are enough small distilleries out there that some reasonably priced options with excellent flavor available.
MisterBeasleyAnd, for everyone's FYI, the forum here does not use post length to determine when a new page starts. It's just post count.
Thanks! I didn't know that. I just thought when the column got to a certain length, a new column started.
Hope the diner is filled with posters today!
SeeYou190Nobody expected you would join in the fun. You have made your position perfectly clear for as long as we can remember. No need to constantly poo-poo the enjoyment the rest of us are having.
Your right there are no consequences to obesity, I don't know why they call it an epidemic. Kevin, if you are free to promote bad health practices, I am free to suggest it may be a bad idea.
My wife was in Costco this morning and she said there was this woman yelling at her husband to hurry up and stop standing there. She was quite abusive towards him. As my wife got closer she could tell the man was having a stroke and told the old bag to stop yelling at the poor guy. My wife looked after him until the ambulance got there which was really fast as they were driving by when they got the call. They got the clot busters into him, hopefully, he will have a full recovery. Of course, he then has to go home to the old hag that was yelling at him.
Wife has left for her ten days of dog shows. I think my daughter and I will head to the sunny shore of the Pacific Ocean for lunch on a balcony.
All the best to all.
(Edited by admin to remove illegal drug references)
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Good afternoon diners.
Zoe - A RBF for me, and a round of their preferred treat for those in the Diner today. Thanks.
Dave - That funeral service sounds oddly familiar....(Wonder if it could have possibly been the same guy...)
Story - My Grandmother (several years back) had passed from cancer, and the service was on the Monday after July 4th weekend. The 'minister' (I use that term very loosely here.) showed up, to a packed (literally standing room only) funeral home, and had them turn off the AC so that, I quote his words now, "all can hear me better".... (Should have been my clue that we were in for an ordeal...) After all of maybe 3 minutes about my Grandmother, (he literally read her published obituary, that was it), he began on about him, his wife, and their church. (One that my Grandmother never attended.) For 45+ minutes.... (I'm pretty sure it soared to 110F inside that place. He may have quoted two scriptures. I'd be fine with more, even expect more, but that long, about yourself? I'm shocked there was enough room for his head in that building.)
We then went to the cemetary, and in 95F+ heat, that started his whole speil all over again.
Background now - During my Grandmother's stay in the hospital, my one Uncle (Uncle M) had a rock that he was using for stress relief, just holding it, squeezing it, etc..., and we all noticed quickly that it was driving his wife (my Aunt G by marriage to him) crazy. So, Uncle M decided to say it was his pet rock, and named it Rocky. (It's so fun to pick on Aunt G. ) In support of Uncle M, and to further annoy Aunt G, all his nephews, myself included, "adopted" pet rocks.
Mine, I named him George. (Bugs Bunny skit. "I will hug him, and squeeze him, and pet him, and love him, and call him George." )
Back to the graveside service story - After about 15 minutes of the same torture of him and his church again, I asked, out loud enough so that family near me could hear it, "Can I throw George at the idiot now?"
When told no, I explained "I'm not gonna hurt him. I just gonna knock him out so we can all finish here and leave."
Fotunately, (or unfortunately?) somebody else told him to "wrap it up already", so he never got to meet George. (Poor George. He was so wanting to fly up there to say hello.)
So, yes, that experience sounds awfully familiar.... And I was very unhappy with my experience.
Trains - Working on layout benchwork rebuild, plus a couple of small projects. Decals just arrived for my next couple projects today too.
California - Can't contribute much, as I've never been west of the Mississippi. I do have a couple of "stand in" photos that, could, fit some California locations though.
UP 1989 by Richard Woodworth, on Flickr
If I did not say that photo was from Pennsylvania, you probably would not have guessed it.
Hope all are well, best wishes to those not, and all enjoy the day!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Brent - We posted at close to the same time. I would have been a little upset with the old hag at that point. Might have even yelled at her myself. (I have been known to not mince words in situations like that.)
Good that your wife could step in to help quickly.
York1You could give me a two glasses, one with Thunderbird and one with an expensive French wine, and I would not be able to tell which is which.
French wines taste a lot like other expensive wines, but slightly more acidic.
From Google (and, yes, they are being serious):
What does French wine taste like?
French wine can be described as more earthy or mineral....which means they taste a little like dirt, chalk, or mushrooms.
OTOH, Thunderbird is a cheap wine, IOW, the kind of wine that actually tastes good.
- Douglas
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
After I found out I could no longer drink beer, I did start to investigate wine. I went through the whites for a bit. They were ok, but I wasn't exactly enthralled with them. I can tolerate a Riesling or a gewurtstramiener, and can sometimes do a Pinot Grigio, but that's it for whites. I do not like chardonnay. I find the best domestic Rieslings come from eastern Washington. Oh, there's a little winery in Wisconsin that makes a white called Prarie Fume'. Just a tad drier than a Riesling but still tastes great. That one I like.
I tried some Merlots, but I found them to have a sort of "musty" aftertaste. Malbecs are ok. I don't like Cabernets at all. But, what I do enjoy is Pinot Noir. i like Oregon's Dundee Hills region. I also like California Sonoma and Napa wines. I generally prefer Sonoma wine to Napa because they tend to run a little fruitier, with the distinct exception of Napa's Russian River. I've ever had a bad wine from the Russian River region.
Someday, I want to grab the wife and go on a limo tour of Napa. On limo tours you can do a lot of tasting, get comfortably wrecked, and not have to worry about the CHP getting you before you get back to wherever you're staying. Plus almost all of the wineries have cheese, fruit, etc and some even have live music on weekends. That's often acoustic bands, but can also be jazz or even a string quartet. It's a lot of fun To sit out on the veranda/patio/lanai and enjoy a snack with some wine and just take in the scenery.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
ricktrains4824 (I have been known to not mince words in situations like that.) Good that your wife could step in to help quickly.
Ya, it was lucky she was there to step up, couldn't do a lot but more than the rest of the people that just seem to stand there with a glazed look on their faces.
About twenty years ago there was a horrific car accident outside my wife's Vet hospital. She ran out along with a tech and told the tech to run and get two surgical kits. She did a pretty invasive surgical intervention right there on the street to save this woman's life. A large piece of metal had penetrated deeply into her abdomen. All the clamps she had used to stop the bleeding went to the hospital with the women and they only got a few of them back. It was an expensive day for her hospital as they are not cheap.
ricktrains4824Mine, I named him George. (Bugs Bunny skit. "I will hug him, and squeeze him, and pet him, and love him, and call him George." )
I don't recall all the Bugs Bunny skits I've seen over the years but I DO remember the "Tell me about the rabbits again, George" line from Of Mice and Men (1939).
George Milton: Ok, Ok. I'll tell you again. I got nothin' else to do. Might as well spend my time telling you things you forget. You forget 'em, I'll tell you again.
Lennie: I tried and tried but it didn't do no good. I remember about the rabbits, George.
George Milton: Oh, yeah. The only thing you can remember are those rabbits.
This will be my 2 ¢ post to try to get the page moving along.
SP, Casmalia, California, 1984 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Evenin' Folks!
Californ-I-A??? Never been out there myself. A friend of mine who was a well known grape pathologist spent the last summer of his life out there working on some diseases of grapes though. It was the last year as he became infected with a fungus that lives in soil out there. He died about 3 weeks after returning home. (sigh)
I have had some OK California wines but personally I consider them second class. Probably have just never tasted some of their best. That said I live in what many people believe is the finest grape growing and fine wine place in the world. I evidently am not alone in that opinion!
https://www.fingerlakes.org/things-to-do/wineries/finger-lakes-wine-region-no-1
Well yeah, I am very predudiced in my opinion.... LOL
I do like a good glass of wine now and then. My son nearby has gotten into the "flavored" beers from around this area. so when I go over for Sunday dinner he usually talks me into a bottle of some. I would rather have the "Old Fashioned" real stuff, but far prefer a good glass of wine.
I have been running "Papa's Taxi Service" for the granddaughters lately. The oldest is in a Summer Volleyball thing at her High School. She didn't get to play this last year as she broke her ankle and had to keep the bench warm for the season. Physical Therapist and Doctor gave her the go ahead to get back at it!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ray, good to hear from you, don't be a stranger. Didn't you say you may be heading across the continent this Summer?
Well, I didn't get to go to lunch with my daughter, she was on the phone with work getting set up for her start tomorrow. She is getting her security clearance finalized for her first day at the new facility.
I went to Safeway to get a few things and I tend to park way out in the lot so I don't get door dings on my 22-year-old truck. I came out and could see this old guy leaning against my truck and thought the heat had caught up to him. I asked him if he was OK and he said he was walking past my truck and the wind blew his hat off his head and through the window into the back seat of the truck. He said he did not want to get charged with breaking into a vehicle to retrieve it. He was looking a little worse for wear in the heat with three grocery bags so I drove him home. Nice guy, he was 82 and lived in a nice-looking house but did not drive anymore, he had been headed for the bus.
I had just returned all our returnables at the bottle depot and when I was checking out at Safeway a young Mom had to ask the cashier to take some stuff back as she did not have enough money. The lady in front of me pulled out a $20.00 bill to help out and I threw in my $12.45 that I got from the bottle depot. We both told her to keep the change. I feel so lucky to have never been in that position.
Time to crank up the barbecue, I bought rib steaks at the butcher.
Howdy, Me again!
BATMANRay, good to hear from you, don't be a stranger. Didn't you say you may be heading across the continent this Summer?
'Twas thinking about it, but doubt it will happen. Too much other stuff going on around here. I did check to find the Tesla Chargers enroute, and I would need to cross into Canada just west of Chicago to be sure of charging stations..... (I won't say anything about some places being far ahead of others on Green technology! Oooopps! I just did!) Would still like to come out for a visit... Maybe in the fall?
My son (#2) was just home for a visit from the UK. He combined business and pleasure to do so. They finally sold their house in Chicago and he had a major conference to attend in Washington, DC on electrical and battery developments (Not sure if he was just attending or was a presentor at it.) On the flight over he managed to catch COVID! That hit him the day after the conference was done. (Yes he is fully vacinated and boostered with the vaccine they use in the UK). He decided to rent a car in washington rather than sit there since had to rebook all his flights due to it anyway, and drive up to the Home area. Rented a hotel room (Told them he had the virus. They said that was ok as long as he stayed far away and isolated from everyone else). He had test strips with him and finally tested OK with about 3 days left here. I did get together with him down by Seneca Lake, outside and distanced for "lunch" while he was still positive.... Major family reunion after he was "safe"!
It was the first time he has been State Side in 5 years. Was so good to see him! We didn't talk much about a guy named Boris, but he did say that something was in progress..... (Yeah he is party to much of the "rumors" with what he does.... Keeps quiet about most of what he hears.... !) Didn't give any specifics but said to keep watching the news.....
Speaking of California, I have been there numerous times. While working for Harley-Davison I did a number of computer conversions and field training visits in the early 2000's. I managed to go to San Diego, Temecula, Oceanside, Victorville, Visalia, Merced, Holister, San Jose, Redwood City, Fremont, San Ramon, Walnut Creek and Novato. Many times I was piggybacked two locations in two weeks so I hit a lot of the National Parks and tourist sites over the weekend when I was not working. Spent a lot of time a various brew pubs and had a great salmon dinner at a little restaurant in Half Moon Bay. Also managed to get to Lake Tahoe while I was doing a dealership in Carson City, NV. had a great time there. I have pictures, but since we moved I have no idea where they are.
My daughter now lives in Pasadena, and we manage to get out there at least every other year, but the Pandemic screwed all those trips up. Did make it to a couple of places while there.
When we went out for the birth of my first grandchild, my eldest son wanted to go and see Death Valley, so I went with him. This is by Furnace Creek the hottest area of Death Valley, note the water in puddles in the picture, they had a lot rain the week we were there.
We also went to the Griffith Park Observator and Planetarium, a neat place to visit and it has a great overview of LA and the Hollywood Sign.
Well, thats it for California for now, I am sure we will be going out again in the near future.
dti406 This is by Furnace Creek the hottest area of Death Valley.
Great pictures Rick. I would like to get to Death Valley eventually.
Looking at the weather maps this week, I have been very surprised that over 1/3 of the country is hotter than South Florida. We have had overall, a very mild Summer so far.
I had a 100% fantastic day today. I felt great, nothing has gone wrong, and everything seems just the way it should be.
Now... lets see what tomorrow holds...
Griffith Park is also the long-time home, sixty-six years in fact, of the Los Angles Live Steamers club:
I remember it being featured on a now-vintage episode from National Geographic called Love Those Trains or something like that.
Great stuff. I miss BIG scale.
Good Morning Diners. Zoe, a large coffee in a Southern Pacific mug please.
BIG scale is something I think I would have a blast with as long as it was at a place with some size/space like the club in Ed's video. I could probably put that gauge track around my backyard, but going in circles there would get boring fast. I remember some years ago seeing an article about a house for sale with an outdoor railroad like that. There were several acres with the house and the track went through all of it. They even had a crossing in the driveway. Pretty cool.
Ray, now you have me intrigued. I've been keeping an eye on the happenings over there.
Ricky, you made me laugh out loud with your Bugs Bunny reference. I remember that one vividly.
Got a meeting with one of the corporate big wigs this morning. Not me specifically, but I'm part of a larger group of people that were hand picked to meet with him this morning. Not sure what it means, but we'll find out.
To everyone, thanks for stopping in the diner the last couple days, with a shout out to tankertoad135. Good to see you here! The more the merrier in the diner.
Take care everyone.
I enjoyed that “Hollywood Outtakes” Ed. I wonder if those Navy MPs were also railfans??
I believe they are, Bear. They all seem to have an allegiance to the Southern Pacific
USN_Shore Patrol by Edmund, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
gmpullmanI believe they are, Bear. They all seem to have an allegiance to the Southern Pacific
Good morning, everyone. Bacon, eggs, coffee, and then I'm off -- have some errands to run this morning.
Hope everyone has a good day today. I'll check in when I get home.
Good morning everyone.
Waking up at noon is the way to live. I don't need to be at work for a couple of hours yet, and I am free to just relax and start the day easy. My "job" has no real stress or responsibilities, so I don't even think about it in the morning.
Chloe can bring me a large cup of coffee, and I have the time to enjoy it.
Here is to a new day!
gmpullman H-B33M mixer by Edmund, on Flickr
Ed, my parents had this exact same maltshake mixer, and it was claimed by one of my siblings when they downsized to an adult retirement duplex a couple of years ago. My maternal grandparents ran a small truckstop/diner, and this mixer was part of their counter service. It still works. Thanks for the picture.