SeeYou190 Doughless Question, do you think your situation is the same as a lot of others in the Cape, or do you think you somehow got slighted and put behind others. My roof had no leaks and was secure, so I am way down on the priority list. I did my own soffit repair/upgrade, and roofers wanted that, and the electrical service entrance, finished first since I am not in am emergency situation. Also, I am getting a custom steel roof, so there is a delay on material. And, I want to deal with an established local company, not one of the hundreds of roofers that came in out of nowhere, so that was an additional wait. Lost in A2 Last month, someone asked what brought me to Our Fair City, school or work? School brought me, but inertia kept me. I often get asked how in the world I have lived in Cape Coral for 40+ years. We moved here in 1982 when I was in 10th grade. At the time Cape Coral was a small retirement community. I got a good job with General Motors in 1986, then went to work for Cummins in 1990. This kept me here. I met my wife in 1987. For decades it seemed like we were the youngest people in Cape Coral. Now as the city changes into a bedroom community for workers in Fort Myers, we are the "old people" on the street. It sure is not a retirement community anymore. This change happened in the past 10 years. The current group of retirees are the worst people I have ever seen. The fewer the better. -Kevin
Doughless Question, do you think your situation is the same as a lot of others in the Cape, or do you think you somehow got slighted and put behind others.
My roof had no leaks and was secure, so I am way down on the priority list.
I did my own soffit repair/upgrade, and roofers wanted that, and the electrical service entrance, finished first since I am not in am emergency situation.
Also, I am getting a custom steel roof, so there is a delay on material.
And, I want to deal with an established local company, not one of the hundreds of roofers that came in out of nowhere, so that was an additional wait.
Lost in A2 Last month, someone asked what brought me to Our Fair City, school or work? School brought me, but inertia kept me.
I often get asked how in the world I have lived in Cape Coral for 40+ years.
We moved here in 1982 when I was in 10th grade. At the time Cape Coral was a small retirement community. I got a good job with General Motors in 1986, then went to work for Cummins in 1990. This kept me here.
I met my wife in 1987. For decades it seemed like we were the youngest people in Cape Coral. Now as the city changes into a bedroom community for workers in Fort Myers, we are the "old people" on the street.
It sure is not a retirement community anymore. This change happened in the past 10 years. The current group of retirees are the worst people I have ever seen. The fewer the better.
-Kevin
Its good to hear that you are secure. I hope others that are less secure got their roofs fixed before the season starts again.
In the midwest like Indiana, we'd have hail storms that ruin roofs. Within days I'd see signs in the neighborhoods of roofing companies that offered to do work. Its like there are mobile roofing crews that follow storms around.
Not disparaging them as companies, and some of my neighbors used them, but I do get your point about getting somebody local.
I got my roof replaced and State Farm handled the claim and the work. I don't know who they used. It went very smoothly, credit to SF.
- Douglas
DoughlessQuestion, do you think your situation is the same as a lot of others in the Cape, or do you think you somehow got slighted and put behind others.
Lost in A2Last month, someone asked what brought me to Our Fair City, school or work? School brought me, but inertia kept me.
Living the dream.
Good morning, Folks. Zoe, could I get a black coffee, please?
Last month, someone asked what brought me to Our Fair City, school or work? School brought me, but inertia kept me. I wanted a PhD, but while getting the BA, I realised I couldn't support my wife and family as a student. So after graduation, I got a job at the school helping people use the computing systems. I lost that job during a bout with depression. As I recovered, I took up driving a cab. Thus the moniker: I never knew where my next trip would take me. And since there are at least three ways to get anywhere (the easy way, the short way, and the fast way), I didn't know how I would get there, either.
When the cab company went belly-up, I took a job at a company doing wheelchair transport, so I still don't know where my next trip will take me.
SeeYou190 Me too. I am supposed to get the "dry in" completed in three weeks, then the new roof installed five weeks after that.
Me too. I am supposed to get the "dry in" completed in three weeks, then the new roof installed five weeks after that.
Kevin, I hope it goes well for you.
Question, do you think your situation is the same as a lot of others in the Cape, or do you think you somehow got slighted and put behind others.
I'm wondering if the entire area is backed-up or is having labor/materials problems.
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Brunhilda.
Dave. Thanks for moving the Diner. Signals and signalling is okay wth me.
A Ground Frame at Irton Road, Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
IMG_2224 by David Harrison, on Flickr
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
A signal primer, courtesy the New York Central System:
Happy June!
Cheers, Ed
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
hon30critterI hope that you survive the next couple of months without damage.
York1I know some of you are Wordle fans. Today's almost broke my string. I got it on the sixth line, mainly by luck. I really had trouble visualizing what it was.
My 88 day streak came to an end when the word was "GRIEF", my sixth guess was "BRIEF"... loser.
I am back up to 13 days now.
SeeYou190First day of Hurricane Season 2023!
Hi Kevin,
I hope that you survive the next couple of months without damage.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I still don't have my roof replaced.
gmpullmanI think signals, signal towers (boxes) and similar structures would be something of interest.
Hi Ed,
I agree, but let's wait a couple of hours to see if there are any other suggestions. Is that fair?
Hi Dave
Welcome to June too, and thanks for starting us out like you always do
Judy and myself, strolled down to the VFW to have some broasted chicken in the lovely town of Spicer.
It didn't get funny until the way back. There was this chain link fence area around a Gulch.
Judy asked, what's up with that?
Told her, Don't know, but do you want to go in there?
She said no! And as we were walking by, she was told, it's probably not to keep us from going in there, but more importantly, to keep what's in there from coming out
TF
Thanks for a flawless opening of the June Diner, Dave!
I think signals, signal towers (boxes) and similar structures would be something of interest. I can recall at least a dozen times when I was taking pictures around the railroad in those bygone days when the tower operator would holler "Hey kid! You want to come up and have a look?"
Several of my dad's brothers and his father were agents and operators on the Boston & Albany and Boston & Maine railroads. Fun Stuff.
I had been asked up by the operator at 'CT' tower here in Cleveland back in the late '60 when there were people actually working in these buildings before everything became remotely controlled.
At one time the largest built:
CUT_GRS by Edmund, on Flickr
Sadly, as these things go...
CT Tower, Cleveland by Edmund, on Flickr
Hi Gang!
It's June already! Time to move the Diner, but to where? I can't remember if there were any reccommendations in addition to the roundhouses and turntables that we did in May (thanks for all the contributions!).
Perhaps we could continue the repair shop theme by touring othe types of facilities like machine shops, paint shops or car shops. It might be interesting to see how things are made.
On the other hand, we could change direction completely. Have we ever done control towers and signal towers?
Let's hear your suggestions.