gmpullmanHuh?
I'm wondering what your point is too TF. Your post has made me very uncomfortable.
Top of the page! We are hosting a family Thanksgiving party next Sunday. We decided to keep it simple so we are doing smoked bbq'd pulled pork and grilled boneless chicken thighs on toasted kaiser rolls, plus the usual accoutrements.
We smoked the pork shoulder for five hours and then put it in a slow oven with chopped onions and bbq sauce for another three hours, and it is excellent. We have more than enough so you are all welcome to join us.
We also discovered a really nice deep red ale while we were in the SOO:
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critter gmpullman Huh? I'm wondering what your point is too TF. Your post has made me very uncomfortable. Dave
gmpullman Huh?
Huh?
I'm sorry about that!
I retract my earlier comments.
Sure hope our country quits crumbling though!
TF
Track fiddlerSure hope our country quits crumbling though!
Hi TF,
So do I!
Apologies to the Moderators if my comment is out of line.
Me too Dave! I meant no disrespect. Just don't like that my money in the bank is worth half as much as it was 3 years ago
I worked too hard all my life for that.
Thanks John (and Ed)! Glad to hear he made it through with less damage than could have been.
Returning to model railroading after 40 years and taking unconscionable liberties with the SP&S, Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads in the '40s and '50s.
A little more from Kevin tonight:
He mentioned that power had been restored on the street next to his and when they tried to turn on the juice to his street a transformer blew up about eight houses from his. He's hoping that won't delay things too much
He traced the water incursion into his storage locker as coming from an overhead A/C duct. Kevin discovered his neighbor was out of propane and he brought a bottle for them from Home Depot. He was rewarded with a nice Cuban pork and rice dish
Glad to hear his neighbors are pulling together and everyone is helping each other out as compassionate folks should.
From Kevin:
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning Diners. A coffee on the go please, Brunhilda.
Ed. Thanks for keeping us informed regarding Kevin. Glad he and his family are okay. Hopefully the damage is soon repaired.
A few (minor) challenges to overcome here. Nothing serious. Just a few things all at once.
Try and call in later.
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
Track fiddler Just don't like that my money in the bank is worth half as much as it was 3 years agoWink
LION keeps Gold and Rhiodium of him ina a vqult in the third dungeon guarded by two dragons and a manticore. NO inflation on hard money, only on fiat currency.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good morning
I Thank you for the updates as well Ed Hope Kevin's world can get back to at least somewhat close to normal as soon as possible. Having family in New Oleans and the aftermath of Katrina, I know those things unfortunately take a lot of time.
Got the perimeters of the gypcrete cut out around all the plywood edges as instructed yesterday. Approximately 72 feet of cuts. The industrial diamond grit Sawzall blade worked well. Took a bit longer but didn't dare use a circular diamond blade as they kick up too much dust and cakes all over the walls. I've done that before in basements because you have to and after a while you can't even see unless you get water involved and make a real mess
I'll go up there and screw all the edges of the plywood today. The manager thinks that will get rid of all the squeaks but I don't have a lot of faith in his idea. I know sure as I'm sitting here drinking coffee, there's still going to be more squeaks in the field.
I think we should have taken all the gypcrete up, screwed off the whole thing and poured a new floor as I suggested. I know what's coming next. I'll be chasing squeaks with a diamond grit hole saw.
At least I know where all the rafters are now, kinda. For some reason they don't all follow 16" on center like they all should. I think maybe one of the young carpenters put the joist on the wrong side of the line on a few is only what I can figure.
The bummer of this job is you can't hear all the squeaks up stairs like you can down stairs Going to have to have a guy downstairs on a cell phone and mark where my foot is with spray paint when he says it squeaks. Don't really like these types of jobs but it's time and materials and a guy needs something to do I guess.
Have a great day gentalmen
BroadwayLion Track fiddler Just don't like that my money in the bank is worth half as much as it was 3 years agoWink LION keeps Gold and Rhiodium of him
LION keeps Gold and Rhiodium of him
Good call Lion I do pack some Silver away but never enough I don't think. I always knew what was wise and have done all right for myself, although there was always room for doing better.
What's funny is I don't think any of us thought too much about how we were going to get old one day when we were young. And then it didn't really seem to happen gradually but just kinda snuck up on us, all of a sudden like a ton of bricks one day
I would have to be honest and admit I wasn't always the brightest bulb in the Chandelier all the way through life...
Hi Everyone,
Looks like everybody has posted some beautiful pics of fall colors.
"And around the Lake, Monsters come out of the sky and they stand there" -TF
"twenty four before my love and I'll be there....." Instrumental break. Great song!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Gotta go, Regards to all.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
gmpullman Your medical monitor sure is thorough, Brent! Olive oil? by Edmund, on Flickr Cheers, Ed
Your medical monitor sure is thorough, Brent!
Olive oil? by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Ed, I feel like my systems are monitored like the Space Shuttle. My wife keeps a close eye on me as I tend to really go at it sometimes. It monitors just a ton of stuff. I don't eat more than I burn so when the wife is thinking about dinner she goes to the computer and sees what my calorie count is even if I am not home she knows how big a steak to take out.
Our friend is quite obese and his wife bought him a Garmin hoping it would get him motivated to move more. The Garmin also monitors several things while you sleep including blood saturation levels. My wife was looking at his data and was horrified at his sat levels and told him to get right to the Dr. An X-Ray showed his heart quite enlarged as a result of sleep apnea. He has since gone on a CPAP and his heart should start to repair itself and return to normal size. He also bought a bike and joined a cycling club. It was a near miss for him.
That was quite the story about the stock find. I am well aware of what people throw out thinking it is garbage. I have been Executor a few times and for me, I have found small insurance policies that a person had tucked away, but also death benefits that the family didn't know they were entitled to. Quite often a member of a union is entitled to a benefit even long after they have retired. I belonged to a union and stopped paying dues when I retired, however, the family gets a $10,000.00 benefit when I croak, even if I live to a hundred. So many don't check this stuff out.
Time for some tunes, I need to play the guitar every day or my arthritic hands will seize up. My mother had bad arthritis and her hands were bad but she got to her grand piano every day right up until the end to keep them moving.
The wife is getting ready to leave for another dog show, so it will be a quiet weekend around here. It is Thanksgiving on Monday and we are having eight for dinner, but I am the cook as the wife will get home from being away around five. We are having a turkey and pulled pork, of course, the cook always needs some fine wine while he is creating. That's the best part of cooking dinner.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Good afternoon, diners. I'll have a piece of Dave's grilled chicken on a toasted roll for lunch.
It's another perfect day outside, but by afternoon, the tiny bugs start to bite. When we moved here, we did not know what they were, but someone called them pirate bugs. They are tiny enough to get through window screens, but they have a big bite for such a tiny insect.
Along the Gulf Coast, there were bugs we called no-see-ums. They were a pain to live with on the beach. They thrived on insecticides like Deep Woods Off. The only thing that seemed to work was Johnson's Baby Lotion. As a result, in the fall on the beach, almost everyone smelled like baby lotion.
I'm sorting through paint today. I have some bottles that need to be labeled so I remember what I used them for. Then everything else will go on my newly built shelves. Hopefully, by evening, when you come into the train room, you will the trains and not all the junk that's accumulated.
Hope everyone is doing well.
This is obviously not my photo. It is supposed to be a student photo taken on the campus of the University of Nebraska. There's no other label, so for all I know this is outside Paris. But ... it's a pretty fall picture!
York1 John
Just checking in my friends. I haven't followed the forum nor done any work on my layout since my shoulder surgery earlier in January.
My arm is approaching functionality but then I had to go get a pacemaker on the other side. Now I can't lift that arm for a month.
The pendulum has swung on pain medicine and the cardiologist spoke as if it were rediculous that they used to prescibe pain medicines after digging around under your skin to implant a pacemaker.
He was wrong. I am 5 days out and it is still tender to touch and once you go to bed, all pain is worse. Fortunately pain meds that I squirreled away from 2015 still work.
Today I saw a sugar maple that had turned red, but for the most part, there isn't much leaf color change in the Shenandoah Valley.
In other news, we had to put Toby down, poor thing. He loved us so much and vica versa. We rescued a beagle, Bella. That end table with a drink coaster is her spring board, when she needs to bark at something at the back door. If there is a 8 oz glass of water on that coaster, it makes no never mind to her and table and glass go flying.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
My condolences on the loss of Toby, Henry...
Good evening, I have a wee snort of GlenFiddage and thought I would see what was up in the diner.
Good to hear from the good Dr. Sorry to hear about the additional health issues Henry but glad you poked your head in. Bella looks like a keeper. I can't imagine life without a dog, never been without one my whole life, however, I didn't expect to live with a herd of them. You better like animals a lot when you marry a Vet.
Went for a walk with the wife yesterday and she crapped out early, made about 3.5km and she had had enough. I did not go for my extended scoot and we came home together. Today she wanted to go again but ran out of steam. We have been averaging two or three Medical appointments a week and she is getting the best care you can imagine but has some real neurological issues they can't pin down to one specific issue. I have been helping her groom her dogs for the upcoming show which is something I never thought I would be doing. It is concerning, to say the least.
Loved the video, Ed. Noticed the low water in the lake. It reminded me of the time my friend dropped his $200.00 Sunglasses in the chuck and made me get on the diving gear to find them. Didn't find them but the next day at low tide there they were sitting on the rocks, well out of the water.
Time for a refill.
Great to hear from you, Henry. I hope your medical issues clear up and you can get back to your layout.
I'm sorry to hear about Toby, but it's good you have a new dog to enjoy.
WHO might this be?
BroadwayLionWHO might this be?
A very distinguished looking chap!!
Hi Bear,
I'd love to see one of those 'chaps' in the wild, but only at a distance, a great distance!
hon30critterI'd love to see one of those 'chaps' in the wild, but only at a distance, a great distance
Ah, yes, A Fairbanks C-Liner!
Good Morning Diners! Chloe, coffee in a large Boston & Maine mug please.
Henry, glad to have you back. I'm sorry about Toby. That sucks. We have three dogs, one of which has decided that he is mine. Typically glued to my hip. When the time comes to say goodbye to him, I'm going to have to take bereavement leave from work! Good to see some pics of Bella though. She looks like a keeper!
My home project for this week is trying to find a mouse's way into my house. I hate those things. I've been through this exercise before, and this summer I thought I found "the" location in an impossible to access spot under a corner of my deck that is built on top of some old concrete steps. Turns out it wasn't the only spot. Ugh! Historically, we would get one or two in the house once a year when the weather would turn cold. Usually the only way we would know is that they seem to end up falling into a sealed off crawlspace under what was probably once a porch, now our pantry, and you would smell their dead carcasses. We've only ever had to trap a couple. They've now managed to get in the house and die in an inaccessible location twice this year while the weather was warm.
Mike
Good to hear from you Henry. Only wish under better circumstances going your way. Hopefully things get better for ya soon. Sorry about your Toby, I know how hard that is after going through that with our Nellie.
Well, got that floor ironed out. Decided to skip all the frustrations of guessing games hunting for squeaks. Snapped lines and drilled masonry holes every 6" in the gypcrete and screwed off the plywood on the entire floor.
Miss Fussy was told No one can do anything any better than that. It's a 50 year old building and the floor is now the best as it can possibly be. Pouring the floor Crete today, and I'm out of the picture.
Have some slack time after that for a few days. Maybe I'll dust off my layout and continue with something.
Going Agate hunting with my Daughters this Sunday and really looking forward to it
Have a great Wednesday gentleman
Good morning, diners. I'll have ... bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Chloe.
We're having more out-of-town company next week, so that means the house will be cleaned again. I guess we ought to have visitors every week so we would have a clean house.
I finally got all the junk from under the layout and on the layout put away on shelves in the closet. Now the fun starts -- a new bridge!
Since my state has very few trees, we aren't exactly a destination for fall visitors. This photo shows the autumn season in my area: The number of combines harvesting corn and soybeans outnumber the number of trees.
Have a good day, everyone.
hon30critter I'd love to see one of those 'chaps' in the wild, but only at a distance, a great distance Gidday Dave, if you click on the picture icon at the top of Br. Lions post, you’ll see the most august personage, I’m actually referring to. Cheers, the Bear.
hon30critter I'd love to see one of those 'chaps' in the wild, but only at a distance, a great distance
Could it actually be our inimitable Brother Elias?
Attuvian1Could it actually be our inimitable Brother Elias?
Nah, it's that guy from the Lord Of The Rings.