Morning Diners - Hi Ryan, I see Bill T.'s brought the donuts in, looking good! Zoe, how about a glass of Ed's OJ,
cup of coffee, one of those chocolate donuts (for dessert),
and some eggs, bacon, and hash browns, please.
Thanks!
Hey, Philnrunt, no matter how many times you're tsk-tsk'ed, you know we love ya (and all your quirky ways...)! You want to talk about model boats, you go ahead.
Lee, I must have missed it - your Lab is #146 pounds? Guess who walks who if you take him/her out for a walk...?
Terry, any more signs of Pete the porcupine? I got wondering, how close are the woods to your place? Any other critters ever show up there?
Johnboy, we have got to let you save some of those cool breezes for yourself up there! The temp this a.m. is 21 F in the city, but 19 F (official temp) at the Cape airport (that's -7 C, which sounds even colder to me). At least we're supposed to see the sun for part of today, and warm up (relative term there...) to 41 F this afternoon (6 C). Bad news is, the weather guy this morning said the thermometer will be doing a downhill slide over the weekend. About 15 F (-9 C) by Saturday night. Brrrrrrr! Oh yeah, and Hoople and Sue - the weather guesser here was saying you will be getting snow today/tonight, so better throw some more logs on the fire!
Paul, that granddaughter of yours is growing, isn't she? Give Dianne a hug for us and tell her to kick that blood clot's bt into itsy bitsy pieces and flush them down the drain.
Ryan, I'm going to have to think this morning about whether I want to go with the roulade of beef or the chicken tenders when I get back in for lunch. I do know that I'll want some of the 'SP dessert' (didn't want to say the p-word too loud in case PC's up already...)
Well, back to my breakfast for now, and then the W-thing. But it's FRIDAY!!!
Blessings and a warm place for ya,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good Morning Trackside Diner.........
Glad to see everyone getting in their background information for the job interview process, ya know working in covert operations takes a special kinda person.... .....musta been dreaming or something.....
So, here's my short story..... started an HO layout with my dad back in the early 1970's, it was 2 4X8's with a 2X2 bridge in a C shape and we had a lift up section too. Put the hobby on hold and went to college and started a culinary career and then 20 years later in the arly 1990's started up my 2nd HO layout, then got married with children and put the hobby on hold again. Then in 2002 started up the hobby again. Spent time renovating a room in New Orleans for the new train room and then Hurricane Katrina hit! Put the hobby on hold again, and then moved to Wake Forest, NC, and started up the Piedmont Division in May of 2006 and have been full steam ahead ever since. And I owe a lot of my motivation to the fine gentlemen and a few nice ladies too who frequent this Diner for keeping me in focus and just pumped up in general.
As far as my carrer path goes, I worked in high school for a tree service and landscape maintenance company. Then I did some sub-contractor work as a painter, carpenters helper, electrician, roofer, general renovations stuff for interior and exterior houses in New Orleans. Then went to culinary school and worked at various restaurants, hotels, private dining rooms, country clubs, and fitness centers. And in various roles starting as an apprentice worked my way up to executive chef and ended up as a food and beverage director. After 18 years in the restaurant industry made another career change into computers, or Information Technology (IT). Have been in this career since 2000 and love it, working as a contractor for the US-EPA now in the Research Triangle Park, NC.
So.....I got good news, some of you been asking for recipes and I found both the Six Onion Soup and New Orleans Seafood Chowder in my notebooks. So I will email the respective recipes as soon as I get them transferred from hard copy to digital....
Soup du Jour ~
c$2.95 b$3.95
New Orleans Seafood Chowder
From the Grill ~
$6.95
Southern RR Grilled Chicken Tenders
Diner Special ~
Sante Fe ~ Roulade of Beef
Blue Plate Special ~
$5.95
Illinois Central ~ Shrimp Creole
Dessert ~
$2.95
Southern Pacific ~ French Apple Pie
Have a great day!
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good evening Gang, Thought I would stop in before hitting the feathers.
Well not much to report except (you'll love this ) with wind chill tomorrow it is supposed to be -40 in the morning. This one I win, as I have a day off tomorrow.
PC, So glad to hear the court case went well, but don't count it until it is in your mitt. but I'm sure you will see it before to long if you have already been at it five years.
Dianne, I want the first dance when you feel up to it. Glad it is coming along for you.
Resume eh!!!!. Well it goes like this, I have spent pretty well most of my life on the road. After I went to college in Calgary Aberta I came home to Saskatchewan and drove transport for my Father for four years and then got a driving job with Greyhound. I settled in there and stayed for 35 years, and 2.5 million miles. After retiring I wanted to do some long haul trucking for a bit and that amounted to 165,000 miles in 18 months all over North America and I decided that was enough of that. So I came back home and drove for two charter bus companies for four years until I turned 65. I decided right then that I had been so fortunate and blessed with safety in all those miles that I had pushed the envelope enough that I would give the Big Guy a rest and not ask to be looked out for on the road any longer. Staying in my home town now and working as a security guard at an old Government building that is now a museum. Much slower pace and I have found it somewhat difficult to get used to.
I have modelled off and on since I was a kid and my father and I had half the basement in 0-27 gauge when Lionel was the thing. (late 40s-early 50s). Then the regular story, girls cars, sports, etc. Never getting operational again till four years ago. Although I had built a bit of HO rolling stock since 1960. My layout is 17x13, mainly Western Pacific. But a fictious Division as my avatar title shows "Last Mountain and Eastern Div." This is a double deck layout with a helix on the end of a penninsula, four loops down. to staging and classification/interchange one on each side of the room.
Well I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open and having difficulty spelling so I had better quit while I am ahead. I know there were a couple of things I wanted to ask the next time I was on here but can't remember right now. Oh, I did send for the "Chopper" and the magnetic building tray from Micro-mark, so am eagerly awaiting there arrival.
Prayers and blessing to all those in need. Keep your socks dry.
Johnboy out.................
James:1 Verse:5
The "Wobbly" will wobble on without me tonight.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Tsked tsked AGAIN?!?!?!? One more and I'll be on the Officially Tsked List.
saronaterry- Yeah, about that buy everything deal, well, don't sweat it. I ordered all of that stuff on MY card, and they called and said "No way." So then I mentioned to just put it on YOUR card, and they said "If he's one of YOUR friends, it ain't happnin". So then I said just spread it out on EVERYONE'S cards, and max it to their limit. OK guys, you all must be doing just as well financially as I am, so when you ALL see that extra $1.46 on this months bill, well.......sheesh, I though you guys all had the Long Green! And I ain't talking about the guy that played Ben Cartwright, either!
Foulrift- In my opinion, the very best way to be accepted in this Diner is to step on up and slap that plastic down on the counter and say "Don't worry about it saronaterry, I'LL pay for Phil's 46,000$ model railroad order!!!!" Yep, that sure would be the best way. Yep. Oh well. I tried.
Seriously, these are a great bunch of guys, and gals for that matter, and every once in a while, mostly due to the fact that typed words can be interpreted wrong, someone gets their nose out of joint (or even TSKED!) but the understanding in here runs pretty deep. I've met a few of the members, and they were just as decent and fun as if I had known them for years.
OK, enough of the seriousness- OTOH, Ed, JIMRC, PAULB, cox47, bjdukert, pcarrell, jeffreyw, silverspike, Fergie, LSW, and a few others and they know who I mean- are all LUNATICS on SERIOUS MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES!!! Why, I myself have heard them mention "mainlines" and "laying tracks" and "spikes". And all of this on a MODEL BOAT website!!! I have even turned them in to the moderator and I have his reply right here.
NOW we'll see who get's TSKED! Let me just read ..... hmmmm, "no boats"....."model trains"....."normal terms used everyday".......uhhhhhhh......hmmmmmm......"tsk, tsk tsk".... ratz.
Is that humble pie in the case tonight?
OK, guess I'd better chime in and tell a bit about me. I'm 53, a fulltime police dispatcher (work midnights)and part time officer on a very small department. It is so small, I bring my puppydog with me to work. She is the "runt" in philnrunt. I have a huge problem taking anything seriously, so much so that my friends call me the "Jolly Lama", and my wife calls me....well, lets just move on. I got married a few years back to a girl of a scandalous age, she is now, even as I type, talking to her units on the radio, as she is also a dispatcher for a bigger dept. My Grandpa was an engineer on the NYC (Big Four) and he gave me a cab ride when I was 3 and that set the mold. Or started it growing. Due to current living space constraints, I HAVE NO LAYOUT! But that soon should be corrected, and when it is it will be my 7th, (IIRC) HO and an industrial switching line. And I am (seriously) very proud to be a member of this forum, and to be able to count those above named lunatic's as friends.
Ok, My turn...
I'm a Boatswains' Mate First Class Active Duty (E6) in the United States Coast Guard, been in almost 21 years now. First combat deployment was in 2003 to Kuwait. I'm qualified heavy weather Coxswain and combat level 2 coxswain, boarding officer, pollution investigator, and a few other qualifications. My Grand Father bought me my first model train set 2 months before I was born, it was HO-scale and I've been in the hobby for as long as I can remember. Currently I'm working on layout #5 and final (I hope). Modular System, but around the walls, I'm freelanced L.S. & W Railroad (Lee, Samantha, & William my son and daughter), my RR is patterned after the former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad (absorbed by NYC in 1914). I'm divorced (that was my surprise when I came home from Kuwait). Oh and I'm 21 years old (with 20 years experience), just ask my girlfriend who is 35 (again). I was a finishing carpenter then a millwright apprentice prior to joining the Coast Guard. Jasmine is my best friend; she is a 146# black Labrador.
Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Evening, Chloe, Ed, Flashwave, PC. Chloe, could I have a cup of hot cocoa, please?
I'll go light on Terry so he doesn't get dishpan hands just yet. Have to build up that tough skin for when he hits the TOP and all the chowhounds come in at once! NJ Bob, once of the nice things about the Diner (besides the great company in here) is that in here we get to take off our flame-retardant gear and Kevlar vests... (Just kidding, I don't really need those out in the other topics usually (but I have pretty quick reflexes, too! )As for my bio, I started with MRR'ing back in the 1950's (a 4 X 8 layout design from Boys' Life magazine by Glenn Wagner) - got it as far as the cookie-cutter roadbed (& then we moved & the layout & upright piano got left). Fast forward to the 1970's, & I had some lumber & other MRR’ing stuff - after I closed my photo studio and then got divorced, the lumber & MRR stuff sat in my storage shed until a few years ago. Then (after asking around in the Coffee Shop - predecessor to the Diner) I decided to cut my 4 X 8 into smaller, shelf-sized pieces for a sectional layout. Here's about what I have currently, in two 4' sections:
Oh, NJ Bob, my layout is in HO scale - never did get tempted by all those other sizes...
I work as a therapist (counselor) at a local agency in our fine town, and am paying off too many student loans (that got me through my Master's program). I figure when I hit 70, I might be able to retire. I see outpatient clients 4 days a week, and cover walk-in clinic and crisis clients the other day (plus on-calls a couple or three nights/weekend days, handling mental assessments and any needed commitments to hospitals as needed. Prior to this, I had a prof. photo studio (full-time) for 5 of my married years, and also taught elementary and/or middle school art before that (my undergrad degree was in art education). My daughter is married and she and my son-in-law are expecting their first (boy) in April.
PC, good to hear your wife won her case - now to hang in there until they pay her. If your state is like Missouri's setup, once they do pay you, they should pay from when you started the process - didn't you say 2003? Could be a fairly nice sum. You could pay off some bills with that (and maybe have a little LHS trip money left after paying taxes, bills and everything)!
May have to see my Dr. (or a foot/leg doctor) about my feet and left leg. Lately when I walk across my apt. carpet (in stocking feet), it feels like I've stepped on a rock or something. Oooch! Tired of that. Left leg has some numbness, too. But I don't think it's diabetes, 'cause my doctor has checked for that previously when the leg had the numbness (comes and goes). Maybe I should ask you to include my feet and leg in your prayers, folks.
Better get back to my cocoa before it cools off. I'll be reading my MRP 2008 that came in this week.
Blessings and prayers,
Paul W. Beverung wrote: .... I guess it may be time for us old hands to give a resume again....
.... I guess it may be time for us old hands to give a resume again....
Not a bad idea!
I live in central Indiana and work at the phone company as the head of the service department. I'm going to college to basically be a Pastor or Bible college professor. I'm in my senior year for my first degree, so it won't be long now hopefully. I have a wife and two kids. I started in model trains in the 70's when my dad set up some HO trains on a 4x8. It was pretty cool, but I soon moved on to playing guitar, cars and girls. In the 80's I got back into trains, only this time N scale. I now have a double decked 15'x10' (with staging under that) protolance N scale layout that I'm building. This darn backdrop is taking forever with all the other stuff I have going on, but I'm getting there. My layout is all steam powered and it's based n the real life Belfast & Moosehead Lake RR that my grandfather worked on way back when. I guess thats me in a nutshell (probably a very apropos place for me, huh?)
Sorry Terr. I'll take some Icecream.
Hey, I found this on the back step. Should we be worried?
-Morgan
Okay, my turn. I'm 60, retired after a career in the construction of refineries and petrochemical plants, and living in Mexico. Born in Canada (actually, Newfoundland, before it was part of Canada), raised in Connecticut, college in upstate New York, and worked in a number of different states, provinces, and countries. Off and on again (mostly off) model railroader for years, but now have my first operational (somewhat) layout, in Normal scale, on a hollow core wood door.
Oh yeah, and we have a small (5 acres, 650 tree) orange grove that we maintain as a hobby. That's where the supply of virtual orange juice comes from for the virtual diner....
And, I've actually visited Paul at his home, seen both his HO layout and his big stuff out back.
Later
Ed
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
Another beautiful day down here in Paradise. A light drizzle coming down right now. I love it. Should stay nice like this for a couple of days.
Terry - a 115# lab?!? Wow, that's a big lab. Ours is not a real Lab, more of a street dog. Well, not exactly a street dog either, he's out of a litter that my s-i-l's dog had, but exact parentage and breeds not certain. Heck, the mother is a mongrel. But he obviously had a lot of lab in some one of his ancestors because he looks and acts just like a lab. Just over 5 months old, and just coming up to 45#. Really nice dog.
NJ Bob: I still feel new and really don't know you that well yet so I find it hard to join it. Would someone point me in the right direction?
Sometimes I think we kind of forget that newer patrons here don't know the background on those of us who have been here longer (heck, this thread and it's forerunners have been going on for almost 4 years). Maybe it's time for us to resurrect the short bio idea, where we write a short paragraph about ourselves.
NJ Bob: I'll tell you the truth I feel more at ease here then I do on when I go on some of the other threads on this forum.
PC - preliminary congratulations on the court case. Hope your lawyer was right and that there are no snags in the final ruling.
Duke - nice to see you dropping in occasionally.
Hasta mañana,
Evening Gang:
Baby Lara report. She is 4lbs 2 3/4 ozs. She opened her eyes and looked at us today. I told Mary Ann she was probably wanting to tell us to clam up so she could sleep.
John called last night and said that the doctors ruled out a clot and that Dianne had a pinched nerve. That took a load off my mind. We haven't heard from them today yet.
I got my 2 FM Erie builts from Train World today. One is another C&NW and the other is a Milw Rd. The C&NW was 6002A which was great since I have 6002B already. The Milw Rd looked real good with my 2 Hi cars. I ran them for awhile and they all ran very well. The 2 C&NWs matched perfectly for speed. Now I need to get some C&NW passanger cars.
NJBob: We've all been there. I guess it may be time for us old hands to give a resume again, so I'll start. I am modeling in HO and 7 1/2 inch gauge live steam. My HO layout is a bunch of started out as a modual and just kind of kept growing. It is now 12X26 in one end of the basement. Since it's your basic double track ovel I'm planning on going off into another part of the basement to ore docks and an ore mine or two. I freelance an Upper Michigan ore hauling railroad with trackage rights to Milwaukee Road and Chicago North Western. My live steamer is in 4 inch scale to model 2ft narrow gauge. It's a loose representation of a British Kerr Stuart 0-4-0 taknk engine. I also have a 1 1/2 inch scale SW 1200 for standard gauge. I'm retired from 30 years with Six Flags Over Texas as an animations technician. I flew helicopters in the Army for 7 years and live in North Texas west of Ft. Worth. I guess that's enough for tonight. By the way my wife says I talk too much. Go figure. I'm happy to have you here.
Now it's time for me to shut up.
Good Night All
NJBob
I'll tell you the truth I feel more at ease here then I do on when I go on some of the other threads on this forum.
PC Good to hear the outcome should be positive.
Talk to you later
Duke
"Don't take a wooden nickel,because it isn't worth a dime" by my Dad
"There are only 3 things you need out of life:A gentle grade,the wind in your face,and cinders in your hair.....But keep an eye on the water glass!" Jack Evans
refill, please & thank you.
Philip, that's good news, (except for the time issues). I'll never understand folks who think Govt. could ever do a better job with OUR money than we can. They sure like taking all they can, but returning it is another matter. Sorry she still has to wait so long.
Saw the InLaws this evening. FIL is walking well and holding his own. MIL is still NUTS! Nothing to add to that.
Healing thoughts to those in need.
Rob
Yeaaaaaa,PC!!!!!!
Terry
The top,AGAIN!!???? Man i am gonna go BROKE!!
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
FoulRift wrote: Evening all. Just got home from work.'It's snowing here so they closed the community college early.I want to thank everyone for their kind words.I appreciate it very much. Like I said,I tend to get a little insecure at times and need some words of encouragement and you guys took care of that. I'll tell you the truth I feel more at ease here then I do on when I go on some of the other threads on this forum.Well I haven't had supper yet.Just wanted to stop in for a minute and say thanks. I'll probably stop in later. NJ Bob
Evening all. Just got home from work.'It's snowing here so they closed the community college early.I want to thank everyone for their kind words.I appreciate it very much. Like I said,I tend to get a little insecure at times and need some words of encouragement and you guys took care of that. I'll tell you the truth I feel more at ease here then I do on when I go on some of the other threads on this forum.
Well I haven't had supper yet.Just wanted to stop in for a minute and say thanks. I'll probably stop in later. NJ Bob
c $2.95 b. $3.95
Monon ~ Split Pea Soup
$8.95
Northern Pacific ~ Sirloin of Beef with Mushroom Sauce
Louisville and Nashville ~ Old Kentucky Ham
$4.95
Great Northern ~ Spaghetti a la Glacier Park
New York Central ~ Apricot and Almond Custard
Thoughts and prayers to all in need and healing!
Cheers,
Good evening all,
Made good progress in the basement remodeling project, new ceiling in the train room and decided on a indoor/outdoor carpet, only 44 cents a square foot (cheaper if I buy it by the square yard). I figure at the square foot price it will cost me $164 to cover the train room floor.
Phillip, congratulations on your victory, but keep tabs on that lawyer of yours he sounds very useful.
Paul, how did Dianne do at the doctor's visit? That was today right? You guy are still in our thoughts here.
Ok time to go back to work in the train room....
I'll have some onion rings and an Old Smoothie on NJBob, looks like I'm off the hook since he offered!Thanks Cloe/ Zoe!
ROB: Naw, I didn't let them out off the lead and he's gone now so all's well with Pete the porcupine!
JERRY: I used Polly Scale paint and a brush. the signs are those from that place that makes signs.(are ya clear on that? I can't remember the co's name.)Oh well!
NJBOB: I was new here the first week of this year, don't worry they'll let ya know when something's wrong. Believe me. They will.Trust me.Get your charge card out and available.You'll thank me . Really.
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thank you! And put it on NJBob's tab, since he offered.
***Terry, porcupines are slow, nice little critters. I love their little vocal hums. Hope the dogs didn't try roughing it up, for everyone's sake.
***NJBob, Unless you are looking to purchase a new door, nobody here is going to show you one. Seriously, although I still consider myself a relative newcomer, I feel quite at home here with such a great group of kind and knowledgable folks. Look forward to seeing more pics of your outstanding work.
Snowed about 3" here last night, but with so much sleet followed by rain, there was nothing left by morning. Topped off all the water tanks & troughs, so good to go until the next rain. Have a gread day all! Rob
I've noticed that actually.Care to join me in a cup of coffee?I'm buying for everyone.
We have a winter storm watch here in western NJ.They say the are expecting show and sleet and possibly some freezing rain. That should make for a nice commute depending whenit hits.
Well my plans to start building my layout hit a snag so for now it is on the back burner-RATS!
I have to get ready for work so I'll catch up with everyone tonight when I get home-NJ Bob
Stopping back by, Zoe. How about a nice frozen yogurt 'concrete', please?
And as long as I'm paying, how about concretes or frozen yogurt cones for anyone who wants one? Thanks, Zoe!
pcarrell wrote:Every once in a great while a troll will wander in, but they usually get delt with rather wiftly. For the most part, this is one of the calmest forums on the web.
Every once in a great while a troll will wander in, but they usually get delt with rather wiftly. For the most part, this is one of the calmest forums on the web.
NJ Bob, what the others have said, and PC nailed it - trolls may come in, but since we refuse to feed them, they tend to move on (or the moderators get wind of them and the troll is... taken care of. Hmm, wonder if the moderators work with Chloe's cousin Vinnie?).
I certainly appreciate seeing the photos of your work that you've posted (and don't want them or others' pics to stop coming). Keep coming by the Diner (as your real life allows), and feel free to ask the twins or our other servers if you don't see what you'd like to eat on the menu!
Blessings,
afternoon.
sooooo........ how is veryone doing? hey PC how is your layout comming?
well things are doing good here. got the track down with cork underneath. Now I get to see just how many jugs of ballast I can go through to make it work... or maybe its time to put the next lvl on so I can wait on the ballasting!!
OK I will take some coffee and sit for a bit.
Well after about 6 weeks I have to start working a bit. In betweeen tours I am a tractor trailer operator. so I get to start working again on Tues. so I have afew things to do before I leave.
And for a couple who asked about tickets for shows, for me and family they are 99% free. But I also know a few others through out the industry that I can usually get tickts for no charge as well. One of the benefits of doing this type of work.
everyone have a good one, I'll see ya when I can!
Dean
Every once in a great while a troll will wander in, but they usually get delt with rather swiftly. For the most part, this is one of the calmest forums on the eb.
Well, I'm off to court all! Later!
Foulrift, yeah, the new guy syndrome! I remember it well. It's been a few years, but as time goes on you'll get to know some of the folks in here. They are, as you say, a great bunch. I just started carefully reading the posts of a few people that looked esspecially interesting to me. Some folks share a little more of themselves then others (this is the world wide web, so some caution is in order), and I'd just ask some questions of those people about whatever they were talking about, or maybe share a similar experience of my own. I'd also share a little of my life with everyone. There is a camaraderie that comes with openess (which you seem to do just fine with). In the end, it'll just take a little time, thats all. Don't worry, you're in the inner circle and nobody is looking to show you the door.
BTW, love the pics and such. You can share those any time!