Afternoon all!
Nice work by LAPD and LAFD to blow up a semi, a few cars, and a couple of blocks of windows attempting to detonate illegal fireworks in a bomb chamber in the middle of a suburban street. 16 or 17 people injured. Youtube it - quite amazing lack of judgement. Surprised it did not make local or national news last night.
Ah, NJ style (and PA and NY) diners. What sets them apart is the food is prepared fresh and to order. Served hot and reasonably priced for the quantity one receives. None of this pre-prepped garbage one sees in all the chain restaurants now, inc high end restaurants.
Regards, Roy
Mornin' boys. Mornin' Becky. Rain and 68 along the Allegany front-range. Been like an Eagle lately; Take It Easy. Did pay a visit with my neighbor, John. He is still healing from his surgery, but will be in cancer treatment in a couple weeks. May ride up the mountain to visit with Dad later.
Flintlock76 pennytrains My heart's with you Wayne. They're coming to set up my estate sale on Thursday and I've been watching as some of the trains I sold go on Ebay. Saying "It's tough" is inadequate. Thanks Becky! You know, I was going to start a thread on this particular topic, but decided not to. Anyway, here's the lesson: While the BIL is still very much alive although in poor health, he could have seen this coming and prepared for it. He had plenty of time. Call it a state of denial, call it a hoarder mentality where he just couldn't let anything go, call it what you like, but the cold fact of the matter is all of us are going to get to that point sooner or later. So to all, be realistic. Realize the time's going to come when your stuff's going to have to go. Don't hold onto it until the bitter end and leave your families with a mess to clean up. Unload while YOU are still capable. YOU know what you paid for it. YOU should have an idea what you can get for it. YOU are the expert others will wish they were. And while BIL is loved by his siblings who are dreading the day when "THE phone call" comes you should have heard the way he was cursed by those siblings who had to deal with the carnage. Of course, none of this applies to those struck down suddenly, that could happen to anyone. Food for thought, for what it's worth.
pennytrains My heart's with you Wayne. They're coming to set up my estate sale on Thursday and I've been watching as some of the trains I sold go on Ebay. Saying "It's tough" is inadequate.
My heart's with you Wayne. They're coming to set up my estate sale on Thursday and I've been watching as some of the trains I sold go on Ebay. Saying "It's tough" is inadequate.
Thanks Becky!
You know, I was going to start a thread on this particular topic, but decided not to. Anyway, here's the lesson:
While the BIL is still very much alive although in poor health, he could have seen this coming and prepared for it. He had plenty of time. Call it a state of denial, call it a hoarder mentality where he just couldn't let anything go, call it what you like, but the cold fact of the matter is all of us are going to get to that point sooner or later.
So to all, be realistic. Realize the time's going to come when your stuff's going to have to go. Don't hold onto it until the bitter end and leave your families with a mess to clean up. Unload while YOU are still capable. YOU know what you paid for it. YOU should have an idea what you can get for it. YOU are the expert others will wish they were. And while BIL is loved by his siblings who are dreading the day when "THE phone call" comes you should have heard the way he was cursed by those siblings who had to deal with the carnage.
Of course, none of this applies to those struck down suddenly, that could happen to anyone.
Food for thought, for what it's worth.
I'm hip. That's why we did garage sales for six years. We decided it was far better to downsize on our own terms than let "the cleaner uppers" just throw everything away or sell it for pennies on the dollar. Sure, we knew we'd never get back what we paid for the stuff. But we still made almost $6,000 just sitting on our butts on summer Saturdays.
Oh, and the siblings? I've got that too. What is it they say about opinions?
Same me, different spelling!
Oh 'Devil, the menus at those diners look so goooood!
I don't know what everyone's standards are, but when we go to a diner Lady Firestorm judges it by how good the hot turkey sandwich is and I judge it by how good the burgers are. Our late friend Charlie who accompanied us on a lot of diner visits used to judge them by either the pork roast or the meat loaf.
And we all agreed if it's got a "Super Lumberjack" selection on the breakfast menu it's a good place to go!
By the way, any of you ever hear of John Baeder, the photo-realist painter who specializes in subjects like diners? Here's his website, check under "Oil" and "Watercolor" and prepare to be amazed. Hey, maybe you'll even recognize a few places!
http://www.johnbaeder.com/
For you Train guys in and around NJ, if you are a Blue Comet fan, this is the place to go:
https://www.clintonstationdiner.com
This used to be the Golden Coach (The Roach Coach, lol) I worked there in High School, food is tremendous and plentiful:
https://www.towndinernj.net/
There are a few other but those are still classic diners we go to.
The Princeton Diner on US 1 is very good as well.
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
V8VegaI'm curious what a New Jersey type diner is.
No sooner said than done Mr. Vega! Here 'ya go!
(Give it a minute to load.)
https://www.nj.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/12/402b9d9e681553/njs-30-greatest-oldschool-diners-ranked-.html
Hot, Humid and wet is the news here.
Was thinking of going north for the week but had a problem. Well I did it,, broke the Gator yesterday. Had a full bed of CA-6 gravel in it and went to set the parking break and Snapped the parking brake cable. Crap! Looking on line I am not the first to have that happen.
When it comes to Green,,,,,, Get ready to Pay! $110.00 for a $25.00 cable and $175.00 to install it, and they got you by the short hairs because they don't publish how to make the needed adjustments unless you want to pay $161.00 for the repair book!!!. Worse part they know the cable is junk! They have replaced the old part number with a new one. That tells me after my years in engineering at Cat they had to flush the system of the bad ones. Hope this one is better. The world of today. WOW. Hard to face the sticker shock after fixing almost anything that has broken all my life but that is how these places want it. I called three dealers and got three prices????? One place said they could not work on it for six weeks??? So I put it on the trailer and drove it 35 miles to Dwight Il. to get it by next week and the price I posted.
All of you have a great holiday.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
I'm here. 90 degrees and sunny.A little slower this AM. Climbing back up though. Meds help.Get my shower and I will feel a lot better. Going without supplemental O2 a lot and blood ox staying up. Would not go outside today.
Probably not make it back to the PC tonight. Someone start a new Pot.Have a good one.
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Good Morning -
Glad to see the Chief improving!!
Kev - I couldn't see the video, but congas to your grand-daughter
Fife - Glad you found a "home" on the Eagle......sooner or later, I'm gonna make good on that visit threat----especially since Jenni loves the train rides - We have a 7 Aug date with the 611 in Strasberg....
Doug - I'm SURE there is no restriction to come to Jersey, since Nesome's illegitimate brother runs the state.....
Becky - I can only imagine...I'm confident you get back better than ever, you are too talented. The opportunity will arise....
Firelock - Sorry about your BIL - nice you had time to "visit" us here in the Socialist Republic of New Jersey. Diner food is definetly a thing, and Pork Roll is the best....IF you are here for Turkey Day - may I remind you that the Edison Train Show is Sunday of that weekend. The future Mrs. and I always attend on Sunday. So, if we can get Spanky out of Wayne.....We don't always buy, but browsing is free, and you never know whats for sale.
Summer is in full swing here, 90+ until Saturday
On Sunday a failed attempt to do the door hinges on Jenni's Charger was an ultimate fail - She called in reinforcements to get the door back on - yeah, new hinges will be purchased in Carlisle next weekend.
Was at a viewing for a local past chief and legend/mentor last Friday and going to a viewing tonight for a line of duty death for local firefighter. It sucks, but it's only right to honor those that volunteer for firefighter.
Off to see the wizard - or work.....
Well you could get some here in SoCal.
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DJSpanky Flintlock76 On the positive side, Lady Firestorm and I did get to do a bit of a North Jersey diner tour! We do miss the diners, there's nothing like them in our spot of Virginia. Woah, I wish I had known you were gonna be up here! Diners are a unique staple of NJ, something that is sadly missed in other parts of the country. Now the most important question is: Taylor Ham or Pork Roll?
Flintlock76 On the positive side, Lady Firestorm and I did get to do a bit of a North Jersey diner tour! We do miss the diners, there's nothing like them in our spot of Virginia.
Woah, I wish I had known you were gonna be up here! Diners are a unique staple of NJ, something that is sadly missed in other parts of the country.
Now the most important question is: Taylor Ham or Pork Roll?
Well the next time, whenever that is, I'll be sure to let you know we're coming!
"Taylor Ham or Pork Roll?" I have a confession to make, when we were growing up in North Jersey, Paramus to be specific, mid-Fifties to mid-Seventies, neither Lady Firestorm or myself ever heard of either Taylor Ham or Pork Roll! It just wasn't served in either of our houses, although Canadian bacon was in Lady F's.
I don't remember seeing either in Shop-Rite, Food Fair, Pathmark, A&P, Grand Union, or anywhere. In fact, I never heard of it until I saw it mentioned in "Weird New Jersey" magazine several years ago. Must have been a South Jersey thing that eventually broke the boundaries and migrated north.
By the way, a local supermarket here in VA started carrying it a few years ago so I tried it. (Taylor Ham.) Not bad, not bad at all!
Evenin' boys. Just hit 101 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. FifeMax caught just three frisbees before saying "No mas." Stopped by local tux retailer to order black vest for Conductor Fife. Received nice "Thank you" card from Age of Steam Roundhouse (where Buckeye volunteers).
Chief - We've got some local ice cream shops that could fatten you up! Watch cooking shows, might give you more appetite as well.
Bankswhere is everyone?
Well in our case we're back from NJ and the final push to clean out BIL's apartment, he's gone into extended care and sadly won't be coming out.
The N Gauge collection, sold.
Stamp collection, sold.
Coin collection, sold.
Milk bottle collection, sold.
The Department 56 collection, sold.
Tool collection, given away to folks in the apartment complex.
The book collection, disposed of. As a bibliophile I HATED tossing much of the collection (Accumulation?) in the dumpsters but they were all titles that NO-ONE besides himself would care about, not worth even trying to sell them. We kept a handful of the better ones.
His paperwork dating back over 40 (50?) years that no-one cares about tossed as well. Why in the name of all that's holy did he keep this stuff?
Kitchen stuff's gone to Goodwill.
The family photo collection we've kept for further perusal and editing, there's probably going to be a lot of "Who IS that?" in the offing.
It's amazed us all just how much room there was in the apartment once all the accumulation that would have done credit to the Collyer brothers was out of it!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers
On the positive side, Lady Firestorm and I did get to do a bit of a North Jersey diner tour! We do miss the diners, there's nothing like them in our spot of Virginia.
Let me recommend most highly the Rochelle Park Diner in Rochelle Park NJ, little changed from the 1950's, and the Empress Diner in Fair Lawn NJ, a newer place and with great food AND if you're lucky you might see a classic car drive-in in the parking lot!
Made it home Sunday afternoon after a three hour battle down I-95 in VA from Prince William County to Hanover County where we bailed off the highway and took the backroads home. WHERE did all those people come from? We had no problems driving back from NJ until we hit VA. VA used to be the easiest part of the trip! "It waaas, but not any morrrrre..."
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We did have a nice visit with SIL and her family in PA, and I even got to visit Henning's Trains in Lansdale! Picked up a Lionel Anheuser-Busch billboard car and a used MTH transformer for $25. I can always use another transformer, especially when it's that reasonable. If I'm lucky I'll be back there Thanksgiving time.
Glad to be home, let me tell 'ya!
Best wishes to all!
WOW the weather is nuts, 9 weeks of toast and now 6.25" of rain in four days. Water everywhere.
Other than that been just watching the creek rise and the Turkeys get soaked.
Glad your getting back to eating Chief. That should help you out a lot.
Roy,"Been busy with some rotted wood replacement projects." Yeah been there and done that!
Banks, glad the boy will recover. Sounds like it could of been worse.
(Some-Day-Maybe) SIL has to get knee surgery next week. He blew it out bad. They wanted to do it tomorrow but he is afraid of the Vaccine so till he can prove he is clean from COVID they said nope. I would rather have the shot than that thing stuck up my nose to my brain to get checked.
About it.
Morning all. Been a couple of weeks.
I see Chief is feeling better. Keep getting better!
As most of you, the mercury has been in the upper part of the thermometer. Getting into the mid 90s today it sounds like. Got in the pool yesterday and it was 86, YUK.
Looking at the next few years it looks like we'll have a lot of work. Unless the tick me off or me them I should retire here. I'll be here 35 years next January.
Everyone stay cool and safe!
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Good morning all!
To be sunny and HOT/HOOMID
Not much to report. Been busy with some rotted wood replacement projects.
Chief - glad you are feeling better!
Banks - great news about the injured boy. Prayers!
DJ - glad you got the dentist issue straightened out. Good luck with finishing the class. Raises are always good!
Slept good. Now got to work on rebuilding lungs. Blood ox is better. Got to gain weight. Eating good again.
Have a good one.
Hello there,
where is everyone?
Thanks for your Prayers Quick update on the injured rider. No internal injuries as feared. Both bones broken below the knee , broken shoulder and probable concussion . He spun of the side of the hill, through the woods and off a steep embankment . Not sure how he wasn't stopped by trees or brush before getting to the embankment.
Best get to sleep.
Prayers for those in need
Nook
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Hello there, should be sleeping but wide awake. Prayers needed for a young man injured at the Hillclimb today. First time in 45+ years I saw a serious injury on the hill. Chief... Prayers continue. Roy......sounds like quite a show Back from da beach yesterday. Uneventful except for traffic delays in unusual places for no obvious reasons. The week finished slow. Sunny but almost cool enough for a jacket. Did make a visit to TOY TOWN ANTIQUES. Left with only a Lionel HO exploding boxcar. Daughter & family surprised us showing up Thursday PM. Was great to have the whole clan under one roof. She moved to a motel for 2 more nights after we left. Material delays gave SIL a chance to get away. Lightning storm Friday night before we left smoked the fence charger despite a lightning arrestor. Replacing it was one of son's projects Saturday before his family joined us Sunday. Last evening found the lightning blew several fuses in both garages, tripped a couple breakers on the house too. Thankfully so far no other damage. Knock on wood. Tomorrow has been designated a recuperation day. Prayers for those in need
Evenin' boys and girls. Two long days on the train, and my tootsies are tired. I've been qualified as a conductor again, and I'll be getting all pretty for next Saturday. I really like the people I work for, and work with. The downside is lack of time with family on the weekend.
87 and sunny. SonIL mowed my grass. Loves my new JD. He has one like my old one. Said big improvement in steering and etc.Back at PC. Paying more bills Wifey found.Have a good one.
Good to hear Chief!
No chemo until July 8. Had lost 28 lbs. since going to hospital. Got to get weigh back on. Also, new meds to sleep and get apatite back.
Doing a lot better today. Eating better.
Back in office paying bills.
Cutting back on supplemental O2. That is going well.
Sunny and warmer - will hit 188 today
Taking it easy today. Had a bad sleep last night - side effects, ugh. Plan to head to Lowes and maybe HD today - we need a couple of more comfortable deck chairs to replace some older ones. Looked on-line at the fake wicker stuff that we like and have currently. The problem is the current style seems to be high squared off armrests and we want the low curved top. Have not found a combination of search terms to just bring up what we want - so off to look at stuff.
Kev - posting here, particularly videos, is just painful. Videos can be hit or miss. Today - does not work, tomorrow or next day, it works. Reason why I just do not try anymore.
Tks, all, for the comments on the Grand-daughter, darn if I can figure out how to post that video???
I got to go to my Brother's wedding tomorrow,,,, why would anyone get married at 70??? Guess to make his mistress of the last 15+ years feel better about herself???? Or maybe him about himself? Should be interesting. He got divorced after 40 years back in 2016. One would think they would of had it figured out by then?? Anyway his new squeeze has not been much of a surprise to most.
We got a much needed 1.5" of rain last night, I will take it. I saw three Bucks in felt walk past the shed today. Surprised the racks are so big already?? Busy day with the wildlife here, I saw 6 deere and 5 turkeys today.
And on to the next thing!
Good morning folks!
Sunny and toasty!
Anj - that was a slugfest!
Kev - very cool - yes!
Good morning all,
I hope you all have a great weekend.
Joe
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