NorthBritMeanwhile here is one taken in 2018 of Dawn and I on a Mediterranean cruise.
VERY Handsome!
Somehow I pictured you as a 30sometning, the same way I picture myself : )
Top of the page? We had better have some New York style crumb cake!
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
OK...... I guess this is old photo day! Here is one. Have no idea about it, but it has been around my homes ever since I can remember.... ???
He sure was a lot cuter than this guy!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
I think I was simply adorable back in 1973.
I could not pull off this look now.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I apologize, no fall colors here. Still a great look at lower Manhattan in the 1930s. Take me to Grand Central, please.
Cheers, Ed
BroadwayLionWe always dressed up for church. I guess that is what you did back in the 50s or 60s or maybe that is only a Presbyterian thing.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
I thought all the kids dressed this way in 1961.
EJT_Eddy by Edmund, on Flickr
No clip-on ties for me
I think I was giving my Churchill V Victory wave here:
6218_Chatham-cab by Edmund, on Flickr
Chatham Ontario, a world traveler even then.
Regards, Ed
Good morning
Don't want to admit it but Judy likes her burger completely done. I like to see some pink in the middle of some good ground beef on mine. But we both ended up with a couple of hockey pucks some how last night
Some cute Kids posted here! Fun to see.
Found em this morning.
My Brother and I way back when My Mom used to call me Johnner
Liked the Kilt Bear
TF
Some great photos being added! Nice to see what people looked like way back when.
BTW, that second photo of me was taken over 25 years ago, when I was at my worst. Had let myself become depressed and was unconsiously eating myself to death. I weighed in at 325lbs then. Today I feel much better about myself after losing 125lbs. (even got told I am handsome by a very pretty woman I have gone walking with lately). I look more like this at the moment. Photo is from about 3 years ago.
Not just back in the 50s or 60s. I still dress up every Sunday morning -- it's a Lutheran thing for me. There are many in my church who don't dress up anymore.
I wore a tie everyday for 45 years. When I retired I got rid of most of the ties, but I kept about ten for Sundays and for my burial. I wonder which one my wife will pick for my last tie?
York1 John
Good Morning,
Cloudy here but should get up to 55 or so today. Will clean the soil out of more pots today. If you don't they will crack when frozen. Have about 15 to do today. I have done some but many more to go as my wife planted about 100.
TF, we had a very nice day here yesterday and I was grilling too but just in the yard. I did butter chicken burgers with peach chutney. Butter chicken is an Indian dish.
People here don't dress up like they did even in the'90s. I used to wear a jacket and tie to go out for dinner and when we went to the opera everyone did.
Got a new dryer vent installed yesterday as the flap on the old came off . That should stop the cold air from getting in along with critters.
We have been feeding chickadees live meal worms. They come about 4 pm and start buzzing us until we put out a dish. They will take them from the dish even when holding it in your hand. We go though about 50 worms in an hour. Love chickedees.
Well that is it in my exciting life.
Time for another coffee.
CN Charlie
We always dressed up for church when I was younger, first a Lutheran and then a Methodist. We still dressed up in the 90s after my daughter was born.
A year or so ago we went out to a fancy steak restaurant here in Delaware. White linen tablecloths and all that. We got dressed up, and our waitress actually thanked us for being well dressed. I looked around, and what had been a dress-up place a year earlier was now "beach casual," even in October. Shorts, tank tops and sandals.
At least I don't need a jacket and tie to get on an airplane.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
CNCharlie We have been feeding chickadees live meal worms. They come about 4 pm and start buzzing us until we put out a dish. They will take them from the dish even when holding it in your hand. We go though about 50 worms in an hour. Love chickedees.
I do too. We're kinda bummed out as they removed the big long hedge on the front lawn. Came as a surprise as I have no idea why they removed it. There was hundreds of chickadees that lived in that big bush. It was interesting how they would all at once decide to fly over to the other hedge. I think they all moved over there now.
Your story with the chickadees and the mealworms reminded me of a fond memory Charlie. When I was a young man at the resort I had an old friend Harry who lived across the lake I would go fishing with.
He had all the chickadees tame over at his cabin. I loved going over there as the birds would fly down and take peanuts out of your hand. They would land on my shoulders while waiting their turn.
Funny thing though. When I'd get back home and try to feed the chickadees out of my hand over there, it didnt work. Perhaps I didn't have enough patients to keep at it long enough. Harry must have spent alot of time taming the birds across the lake.
I haven't heard of butter chicken. I ran it by Judy and she hasn't either but we both want to look into that one
Good evening Diners. A Singleton malt please, Janie. I'll have that before dinner.
Butter chicken curry is a favourite in our house.
Not tonight though.
Pork and Mushrooms with a English Mustard Mash Potato and an Assortment of Vegetables.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good afternoon
I've never been a suit kinda guy. Sure, it's good to dress up and look respectable when I have to. There's just something about a shirt buttoned all the way up and a tie. Feels too restricting and gives me neck and shoulder stress. Can't wait to get out of that monkey suit and get back into my comfortable duds when I get back home
P.S. My mouth always starts watering hearing about all your good cooking David I'll stop by around 7:00
CNCharlie I used to wear a jacket and tie to go out for dinner and when we went to the opera everyone did.
This is kind of why I do not go to Opera or Musical Theater anymore. We used to get dressed up, but the last show I went to it looked like a bunch of slobs had a convention at the theater.
My youngest and I going to Little Shop Of Horrors in 2005:
A couple weeks before this I was at the Warped Tour.
I carefully dressed appropriately for both events. Today, I could do my hair in a mohawk and wear my moshing outfit to the theater and fit right in.
Track fiddler P.S. My mouth always starts watering hearing about all your good cooking David I'll stop by around 7:00 TF
I'm sure it will be worth the jet lag
Our seasonal shore birds seem to have all departed until the spring. We still have a couple herons, but they stay here year round. The egrets and mallards are gone. I suspect the heavy rain we had a couple of weeks back flushed out the marsh, as we don't even have seagulls Just a couple of miles inland.
Or maybe the geese, normally plentiful this time of year, have wised up to the start of hunting season...
It doesn't happen very often but CC and I managed to find Waldo tonight at the Neighborhood Gathering.
Tf
Track fiddlerIt doesn't happen very often but CC and I managed to find Waldo tonight at the Neighborhood Gathering.
So Waldo is the tall guy? What a cute Granddaughter you have TF!
OK, here's an old pic.
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1973 (almost 50 years ago).
My life before the railroad:
Yes she is Ray!
Happy as the day is young every morning she wakes up.
I will go out of my way to do what ever I can for my little CC. I just love her so much!
I got to give you a big pat on the back and a man hug as I admire your great accomplishment Ray.
Losing 125 pounds, I'm sure isn't an easy act to follow. You ought to be proud of yourself Ray and I have to tell you I am proud of you too. What a handsome man in that suit!
A guy ought to be able to tell another guy he looks handsome and I just did
Good job Ray
Passing a Colorful Stand by Craig Sanders, on Flickr
Old Engineman trekked to the company HQ of C. F. Martin guitars
I bought a Martin for my youngest son, A good investment.
Good morning, diners. Coffee, please.
I took Daisy the Dachshund out for a walk at 6:00 and it's warm outside. It's a change from the past several weeks when I have had to put on a coat early in the morning.
When I made a fall house checkup, I found some rotted wood at the top of my fireplace chimney. I think during winters, the heat from the fireplace melts snow and over the years, some water worked its way into some wood.
Naturally, I love climbing the extension ladder up the 18 foot chimney to work on this. We have some cold wet weather predicted for Tuesday, so I may end up just trying to patch and caulk some of the rot until next spring.
Of course, at my age, I should be hiring someone to do this, but I'm too cheap to do that. Tomorrow's diner post from me may be from the hospital after my fall from the ladder.
I couldn't find any info about this picture except that it's in Ukraine:
Have a good Sunday, everyone.
York1 I couldn't find any info about this picture except that it's in Ukraine:
It is near Kyiv, Ukraine, John.
Good afternoon Diners. A glass of cream soda please, Chloe.
John. You be careful. Better still get someone in to fix the roof.
Bear. Like the kilt pattern. Mine is Clan Douglas
Not much to report here. Just doing household jobs. May venture into the train room if I get time.
Chicken & Mushroom Pasta is on the menu tonight.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require