I think Dave said he would like a Moosehead Lager if I remember correctly.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Good Evening.
I have not been sleeping well the last three nights. I am going to try and turn in early and do something about that.
Right now I am so tired.
The World Is A Beautiful Place
I will see all of you tomorrow.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190I think Dave said he would like a Moosehead Lager if I remember correctly.
Thanks for the Moosehead Kevin!
My dad was introduced to Moosehead when he was stationed in the Maritimes before being sent overseas to WWII. He liked it a lot, but he always assumed it was only sold in the Maritimes. He was delighted when I showed up at the cottage one summer in the 1990s with a case of Moosehead. He was normally an ale man but the Moosehead went down quite nicely!
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 rarely drink beer but Moosehead is always in the bar fridge for those times I just feel like a great beer. It also pays its keep holding the track down while the caulk dries.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Here are a few more pictures of the Newfoundland Railway:
Part of the service facility in St. John's. Note the scale car:
My favourite steamer, a ten wheeler. Note the locomotive number:
Picture yourself working on this line in the middle of May. The blackflies would eat you alive!
Blackfly catcher?
This documentary that is about some of Newfoundland's history is about as far removed from railroading as is possible, but it is still very interesting. As always, click on the 'Watch on YouTube' icon in the lower left to see it:
Here in the U.S. it is Flag Day.
Applying the flag by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Red, white and blue salute by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
I Salute Thee —
Union-Station_old-crop by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanHere in the U.S. it is Flag Day.
Hi Ed,
I hope everyone south of the border has an enjoyable Flag Day!
hon30critterHi Ed, I hope everyone south of the border has an enjoyable Flag Day!
Thank you, Dave! Great to have such good neighbors You folks have always made me feel welcome any time I would visit
CN_Toronto by Edmund, on Flickr
We missed yours on Feb. 15th but we can fix that.
Regards, Ed
This is a film that tells about some of the things that Newfoundlanders faced during and after the Depression. They went through some pretty tough times:
Or for a new train layout, what the heck.
Us retired guys can do what we like with our Tuesdays!
So munch the bettor if you are a LION!
(ROAR)
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
but I’d never picked Br. Lion as being big on Techno Funk!!!
Your first impression was correct. LION is not as party aminal, nor does him rave at party. If someone wants to hold a party, the LION will go the other way.
I just liked the pretty colors.
Unless some of those people look tasty. That is why LION likes passenger trains... All of the tasty critters on board.
Well, Brother Lion, one of our ferocious predator cats took care of some cat business this morning. Snowflake, who just turned 3, chased, captured, slew and ate her prey before breakfast.
Thanks, little girl. That fly has been annoying us for days.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning, diners. Chloe, I'll have bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
It's another hot day outside -- a good day to work inside on the layout. I'm beginning my tunnel construction on the new layout. I had to unpack some double height container cars to make sure of clearances.
Kevin, I hope you can get a good night's sleep. Last Christmas, my wife bought me an adjustable bed, with the foot end and the head end able to raise or lower. It sure has helped me sleep better. With your height, you probably need a specially-made bed.
Brent, I've always used canned food cans for weighting down the track. I never thought about using the beer cans. That's another good excuse to buy more beer when we go shopping later.
Dave, that's really interesting stuff you've posted about Newfoundland. I had no idea they had such an interesting history.
Ed, that's a neat photo of the Union Station. The mounted police out front must have been the early version of the TSA.
Lion, I thought you might have posted the dance photo because it might be a good meal for a lion.
Neat kiwi sculpture, Bear!
MisterBeasley, it's amazing how much entertainment an insect or small animal can be to a cat. Years ago, we had a dog and a cat in the house. One day when we came home, both of them were sitting in the basement, the cat on the ironing board and the dog on the floor, both staring up at the dryer vent. We finally found out that a mouse had gotten into the vent. The scratching noise kept both of the animals' attention for hours until I could get the vent cleaned out.
Mike, I'm glad to hear your camping trip went well. You're lucky to have a nice camper to take out and enjoy.
Henry, we haven't heard from you in a while. I hope your arm and shoulder continue to improve, even if it's in slow motion. Check in to the diner if you get a chance.
Our Daisy the Dachshund seems to be slowing down a little. It was a year ago we took her to the vet, and he told us she had a liver tumor and would die within days, or weeks at the most. He even wondered if we wanted to leave her at the clinic to be put down. We couldn't face that at the time, so we brought her home. Here it is, a year later, and she continues to do well. I think her time is getting closer, but we feel much better about her now. She has been living pretty high on the hog the last year.
I hope everyone that I mentioned, and those that are reading I haven't mentioned, are doing well.
York1 John
Good Morning,
Raining here and supposed to do so all day. Yesterday I went up on the roof and cleared some debris from the troughs. I also worked on the kitchen skylight that was leaking. So far so good. Glad I did that now. Our roof is fairly low and has a very slight pitch so getting up there is fairly easy even for someone like me that has vertigo.
John, Daisy is a cute dog. You never know with tumors. We had a female Westie, Pippa, who had bladder cancer but it went into remission for 4 years. She was 16 1/2 when she passed quietly in her sleep.
It will be a quiet day here with all the rain. I have a new issue of Classic Trains to read. I polished off the July Model Railroader yesterday in a lawn chair on the patio. Most pleasant.
Hope Henry is making progress with his shoulder.
I wonder if Ken will ever come back.
CN Charlie
Charlie, I wanted to let you know my wife's latest bird battles.
She has fought the raccoons for months, and finally decided to do what you do by taking the food in each night.
However, last week she tried something someone suggested. She bought some Slinky toys (the coiled toy) and hung them around the poles. So far, the coons haven't found a way to climb the poles with the slinkys.
To be honest, I have a different solution, but she won't let me.
Good morning from the West Coast.
It has been a while since I have dropped into the diner as it has been nuts around here. A belated thank you for the well wishes for my wife, she is doing better, and is mobile but not up to going on walks with the dogs. We had phoned the Neurologist who told her to come right into the office, once there she sent us right to the hospital and followed us over shortly after where she had a MRI and another type of specialized scan. She was then taken down to the O/R for a series of ultrasound-guided injections all over her body which has been repeated since over the last couple of weeks.
So I was on full puppy duty, the last two are going home today, a couple just flew in this morning to pick one up and will fly out this afternoon. They are here now and it takes a good two hours to do all the paperwork and get them on their way.
On top of everything else our crawlspace flooded as a pipe down the road got clogged, the city was here and had it fixed in under an hour which was good, but I have been drying the crawlspace out all week. Then I had major issues pop up with this Estate I am dealing with which took up a lot of time I did not have while dealing with the flood, taking the wife into Vancouver for her procedures, and looking after nine wild puppies. So here I sit too tired to move.
Mike, those black water sensors in RVs never work, it is easy to eyeball down the hole so I never worried about it either.
I really like eggs benny, however, I usually order Eggs Blackstone which has smoked salmon on it.
The kid and I managed to go see the new Top Gun movie on Saturday, it was really, really good. I needed the break.
I am enjoying the tour of Newfoundland, though I have not had time to look at the videos yet.
Dave, I am also really enjoying your plough build, it is like reading a really good magazine article that is really long.
Think I'll go make a big pigout lunch of Bacon & eggs that are covered in tomatoes, onions, and cheese. No bread, carbs bad. I am down a few pounds so I can go crazy.
All the best to all.
BATMANIt has been a while since I have dropped into the diner as it has been nuts around here. A belated thank you for the well wishes for my wife, she is doing better, and is mobile but not up to going on walks with the dogs.
Hi Brent,
I'm glad to hear that Dee Ann(e?) is doing better. It sounds like she has a really good doctor.
BATMANDave, I am also really enjoying your plough build, it is like reading a really good magazine article that is really long.
I'm glad that you are getting some enjoyment out of it. I never fancied myself as a blogger, but I guess that's exactly what I'm doing.
Thanks,
hon30critterHi Brent, I'm glad to hear that Dee Ann(e?) is doing better. It sounds like she has a really good doctor.
Thanks, Dave, but Dee Annes not mine. LOL. I use a pseudonym for mine, I call her Meryl as she is Meryl Streep's doppelganger, though she is about fifteen years behind Meryl Streep in age so if you look at photos of Meryl Streep from about twenty years ago it is hard to tell them apart. She gets approached often by people asking if she is Meryl Streep, especially at the airport. Here is Meryl in Mama Mia, it could be my wife.
The wife lucked out as her neurologist specializes in sports medicine neurological injuries and works closely with the Canucks, Lions, and Whitecaps. She was coming to my wife for her Veterinary surgical expertise and they talked a lot about treating their patients so the wife went to her when she got hit with her neurological issues. She generally would never take on new patients.
Just can't get movin today.....So I won't.
BroadwayLionI just liked the pretty colors. Unless some of those people look tasty.
CNCharlieI wonder if Ken will ever come back. CN Charlie
Well I could try with some bait for "Cuda Ken"
426 Hemi by Bob Anderson, on Flickr
Hope he's doing OK —
York1Kevin, I hope you can get a good night's sleep. Last Christmas, my wife bought me an adjustable bed, with the foot end and the head end able to raise or lower. It sure has helped me sleep better. With your height, you probably need a specially-made bed.
Yeah, all that stuff hinges in the wrong spots for me.
Hopefully I will get some sleep tonight. I have been zombie-like all week.
gmpullmanWell I could try with some bait for "Cuda Ken"
Good bait. I hope he takes it.
gmpullmanHope he's doing OK.
Me too.
Going to try to sleep. Talk to everyone again tomorrow.
BATMANThanks, Dave, but Dee Annes not mine.
I'm sorry that I got your wife's name wrong. My bad.
Good Morning Diners. Flo, just hook the coffee pot up to me directly using an I/V please.
Sent my oldest off on a trip yesterday with her Spanish class. We stayed up until about 11:30 Monday night, had to wake up at 3:00am to get her to the school on time, I managed to grab only a couple more hours of sleep later in the morning, then was up until I got my last text from her that they are all safe and sound and settled in at their destination at 1:15am today. If I type something that makes no sense, blame it on sleep deprivation!
York1She has been living pretty high on the hog the last year.
BATMANThe kid and I managed to go see the new Top Gun movie on Saturday, it was really, really good. I needed the break.
BATMANthe Canucks, Lions, and Whitecaps
Another hot one here today. Got a full slate of meetings at work, so at least I will be in air conditioning for most of the day.
Take care guys.
Mike
Water Level Route BATMAN the Canucks, Lions, and Whitecaps
BATMAN the Canucks, Lions, and Whitecaps
Now there's an idea who's time will never come: a game between the B.C. Lions and Detroit. Having suffered long and hard since the days of Bobby Layne, Joe Schmidt, Jim Gibbons, Alex Karras, Night Train Lane, and Yale Lary, I'd put my dollars on the guys from Vancouver (Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson did provide some relief along the way). Forget the differences in the rules, that the guys from the West Coast would be bored, and that the Ford family would goober the arrangements somehow.
Hey, we could have Brother Elias officiate and run the concession stands!
John
Good morning from the Pacific Rim where it is cool and cloudy, perfect hiking weather.
It is very quiet here today with the last of the puppies gone. Time to start packing all the stuff away until next time. The wife only does a breeding every two or three years, it takes me that long to recover from the previous one.
hon30critter BATMAN Thanks, Dave, but Dee Annes not mine. Hi Brent, I'm sorry that I got your wife's name wrong. My bad. Dave
BATMAN Thanks, Dave, but Dee Annes not mine.
No worries Dave, I can't remember my own name half the time, not to mention who I belong to. I think Dee Anne is Ed's squeeze.
Water Level RouteI had my 15 year old daughter sit down and watch the original Top Gun with me last week. She loved it! We have yet to see the new one, but it's on our list.
I also sat down with my daughter and watched the first one as she was supposed to come with us, she really enjoyed it, however, she had more important things to take care of and didn't make it. That 36-year-old movie still stands up and still gives my 18" sub-woofers a workout. I love that Mustang Tom owns, talk about a hobby I can't afford. I better start a thread on how hard done by I am. A Mustang and Spitfire are two planes I would buy in a heartbeat. Chasing some of my friends around the sky in a Piper 181 was as close as I ever came to that kind of flying. It's kind of like watching a dog chasing a cat and they are both walking. At this stage of my life, I'll settle for MRR.
Attuvian1Now there's an idea who's time will never come: a game between the B.C. Lions and Detroit. Having suffered long and hard since the days of Bobby Layne, Joe Schmidt, Jim Gibbons, Alex Karras, Night Train Lane, and Yale Lary, I'd put my dollars on the guys from Vancouver (Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson did provide some relief along the way). Forget the differences in the rules, that the guys from the West Coast would be bored, and that the Ford family would goober the arrangements somehow. Hey, we could have Brother Elias officiate and run the concession stands!
That would be a lot of fun, all those guys in the CFL play their hearts out as they are trying to get to the big bucks playing in the NFL. Just like junior hockey games can often be better than NHL games because of the effort put in by the players, the same holds true with football and our soccer team. It infuriates my son that we keep losing our best soccer players to the big money.
The wife just told me we are going somewhere to get something an hour and a half away. Maybe I can get an hour on the guitar before we go.
Attuvian1a game between the B.C. Lions and Detroit
Oops!
The kid and I go to quite a few Canucks, Lions, and Whitecap games. BC Place holds 55000, small compared to some stadiums South of the border but it rocks nonetheless.
The kid gets tickets for free for all three teams most of the time as he has always been well connected. At the Canucks games we knew the previous owners of the team and always sat in their box, had a parking space three stalls from the elevator that took us right to the suite. All it took was a phone call saying we would like to come, talk about being spoiled.
When Seattle is up playing the Whitecaps it is always the best time as half the fans are from Seattle.
Water Level Route Attuvian1 a game between the B.C. Lions and Detroit
Attuvian1 a game between the B.C. Lions and Detroit
You can host the game there in Ludington. It would be hospitable to provide big water to the west for the boys from Vancouver!
John B