Terry, I hope your daughter continues to do well with the treatments. It's good to hear from you.
Maxman, I, on the other hand, love Menards. While my wife and daughters could shop in clothing stores for hours, I could walk the aisles of Menards for hours, checking every tool and bolt.
Edit: Hey! How about that! I'm the first top of the page winner for September.
It's after the evening meal in my area, how about a glass of wine from James Arthur Vineyards in eastern Nebraska? One glass is on me; if you want more than one, you buy it!
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."
Terry, You are the best and I will always remember my visit with you.
I wish the best for you and your family, and fold my hands with my Judy at night.
You know you are my friend.
John
York1 I, on the other hand, love Menards
I didn't say that I didn't like Menards.
I just said that I would never go there.
Especially since the closest one seems to be 4 hours, 42 minutes away.
maxmanEspecially since the closest one seems to be 4 hours, 42 minutes away.
The closest Menard's to me is 1,072 miles away, and I go there quite a bit.
No excuses!
I made Nachos for dinner tonight. I am not sure how well they will pair with John's wine selection, but please dig in!
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
I got my hands on some of the thick round corn chips, and they are delicious.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good afternoon Diners. An Irish coffee please, Janie.
A morning of form filling and paperwork done. Hopefully no more to do.
Terry. I hope your daughter's health continues to improve with the treatments. We went through a similar situation with our son in 1999.
Menards is too far away for us.
Last years news.
https://www.world-grain.com/articles/15724-kansas-earmarks-52-million-for-rail-improvement-projects
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
Terry: Hope your daughter continues to improve.
We occassionally shop Menards in Garden City; it is a 45 minute drive. Lots of neat stuff there. Garden also has a Home Depot and a Sams. Habits are hard to break, though, because our go to home improvement store in Texas was Lowes. We have a Sutherlands in Dodge City; we try to shop it when we can, but we needed a certain type of fence brackets. Not stocked or online at Sutherlands or Menards; Home Depot had them in stock for $11.xx a piece. We needed 60, so price mattered. We got them mail ordered from the Hutchinson Lowes for $3.50 each.
I found out last week that there is not going to be a Dodge City train show this fall. That kind of bums me out, but I have not yet joined the local club, primarily because my vision is not where it needs to be to drive to the out of town meetings alone.
Reminds me of a Trains commentary many long years ago. The complaint was aboujt getting cars lined up for the harvest. They opined "Surely the harvest is no big surprise to the railroad."
But I Opine to differ.
The harvest was no surprise to the FARMER.He gathered his harvest into his grain bins.He went into the kitchen, turned the radio on and put his feet up...(Hopefully not on the table) ...
And there the grain sits until one day he hears that the price of grain is up, so he puts it in this trucks and brings it to the grain elevator.
There the manager puts the grain into his bins, turns on the radio, and puts his feet up on the table... (There is no wife in the grain terminal)He listens to the radio, and then sometime in December or January he hears of a good price for his grain, so he picks up the telephone and calls the railroad: He wants 150 grain cars in his siding tomorrow morning!
The problem here is that 150 other elevator operators heard the same price on their radios, and they all called for 150 cars to be on their sidings by tomorrow morning.
They all want those cars right now, becuase the price they heard on the radio is only good at the terminal, and by the time he gets his cars, the price is back down again.
(Yawn)
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good(?) Morning Diners. Flo, I'll take a pot of coffee.
Went to bed a bit later than normal last night as I'm off today. Then I got a call from work at 3:00am. Then another at 5:00am. Mind you, I'm not on call this week! Then they tell me on the first call, the person that is supposed to be on-call basically blew them off! Couldn't sleep in as I had a chiropractor appointment this morning. So my tender is dragging today.
Kevin, those nachos look great! Nachos were a weekly staple in our house for a long time. We've since backed off, but they are still a favorite when we make them.
Well, the lawn is mowed, the garage is basically clean, no inside projects to work on that I know of. This could be a good weekend!
Mike
BroadwayLionThe problem here is that 150 other elevator operators heard the same price on their radios, and they all called for 150 cars to be on their sidings by tomorrow morning. They all want those cars right now, becuase the price they heard on the radio is only good at the terminal, and by the time he gets his cars, the price is back down again.
Exactly right Lion. I didn't quote your complete statement, just the end result of it all.
Howdy gang, I'm still lurking. Been a very busy work season.
Mike.
My You Tube
Good morning everyone. Chloe, just a black coffee and two bananas please.
The AC guys fixed all the problems beneath the roof, so now I can continue working after a six week delay.
Lets see how much I can get done today.
SeeYou190The AC guys fixed all the problems beneath the roof, so now I can continue working after a six week delay.
Good news!
Not much going on in my world. I attended a funeral this morning, and I will probably take a nap this afternoon.
It seems like I am attending more funerals all the time. I wonder if it has anything to do with the age of my friends? Of course, my friends have all gotten a lot older while I haven't aged at all.
mbinsewi Howdy gang, I'm still lurking. Been a very busy work season. Mike.
Track fiddlerI never did put any signage on it??? Maybe I've been waiting for Kevin to send me (SeeYou190 Grain Pool and Associate), so I can finish it I would certainly post a picture of that For real Kevin. Just come up with some of your Fine Artistic Craftsmanship and lick a stamp so I can post it
My middle daughter is the person who makes all the custom signs for me.
Sorry, no "Fine Artistic Craftsmanship" in the sign-making department here.
Jackpot!
Was at the grocery store and they had the kind of bacon I love for half price!
I bought a bunch!
Talk about a great day.
About a 50 mile drive gets me to this little slice of heaven. Lowes, Home Depot, and Menards, all in a half-mile stretch of road. It doesn't get any better than this:
York1Jackpot! Was at the grocery store and they had the kind of bacon I love for half price!
Glad to hear. Bacon has been below $5.00 a pound down here for several weeks, with "Buy One Get One Free" sales frequently.
OSB siding is down almost 75% in the past month. Milk is about $1.00 less expensive in the last two weeks. Eggs are half what they were a few weeks ago. Even copper wire is coming down.
Maybe things are getting back on an even keel again.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hmmmmm..... I knew of some guys that used to "....... live in a Yellow Submarine" (Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine...)
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Any time the discussion centers around grain I like to screen this fascinating look at a "Prarie Sentinel":
Cheers, Ed
Good morning, diners. I'll have just coffee this morning. It's Donuts Day.
Our small-town local newspaper has a photographer who also flies drones. He takes some great pictures of our area's farms from vantage points we don't usually get to see.
It's so flat here that we don't usually see a wide area unless you're a crop duster or go up into a tall building. That's another thing we don't have -- tall buildings.
When the Oregon Trail came through here, the people called this a great wasteland because there were no trees. We still don't have trees, but if those people only knew they were walking across land they could have for free, which would become some of the best farmland in the world.
I'm not sure whose field this one is near here:
We're off to church, then I'll be back to check into the diner for lunch. I hope everyone is well.
SeeYou190OSB siding is down almost 75% in the past month. Milk is about $1.00 less expensive in the last two weeks. Eggs are half what they were a few weeks ago. Even copper wire is coming down.
I noticed that up here, too. I need some LP Smart side, price went down, stock was sold out, just my luck. The manager at Menard's said that LP gives each store an "allotment", when that's gone, you wait foir the next "allotment". Oh well.
Have a great week end folks!
Happy Labor Day from Lincoln, Nebraska!
Sidewalk in Lincoln by Edmund, on Flickr
gmpullman Happy Labor Day from Lincoln, Nebraska! Sidewalk in Lincoln by Edmund, on Flickr Cheers, Ed
Neat photo, Ed! A great-looking line of cars.
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Chloe.
Out and about today. A little shipspotting first. To the shopping mall, then model railway shop.
Stay safe everyone.
Good morning! It's a heavy fog morning here. Walking the trail this morning, parts of it were so foggy it was impossible to see more than 100 feet ahead.
In the U.S., this is Labor Day, and almost everything is closed. When I worked, this was always a welcome day off. Now in retirement, it's just another day. That's a good thing.
If you ever are driving across the country and end up in western Kansas, a pretty neat thing to see is a place called Monument Rocks. The land is pretty much what you expect in western Kansas, flat and dry. But then you see these rock formation rising from the plains. There's nothing else around. It's a pretty eerie sight:
No trains in sight, though.
Have a good Labor Day, even if you live in a place that doesn't celebrate it.
York1Have a good Labor Day
I had a great labor day down here, even though I had to work.
We had a cookout at work today, food was great, the store was slow, and everyone was in a great mood.
Guess what?!? I have a colonoscopy scheduled for Friday morning!!! Oh joy!!!
It's just a routine checkup. I'm not experiencing anything out of the ordinary. I'm hoping that they don't find anything. I think the worst part is not being able to eat for more than a day, but that will probably do me some good!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
The World Is A Beautiful Place
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
hon30critterI think the worst part is not being able to eat for more than a day.
I agree, that is the worst.
I hate being hungry.