mmmmmmm, wez havingz wabbet fer dinnah tonigh! It was very bwaave of da wabbet to come into mah house in wabbit seazuhn. Ohhhh noooooooz but its duck seazon... "what's up duck?"
Welcome Mike, modeling can be quite fun! I wish you luck on your future layout!
Alex
Hello everybody ...
Happy Easter. He see the chapel car spotted at the diner for Easter services as well as prayers for all with needs.
Hello Mike Sounds like you have quite an interesting job there. I recall some 1980's era MN railroading myself. CN's subsidiary, the DW&P had its yard terminals in Duluth area. It's then-new yard was next to Superior, Wisconsin close to Duluth, MN. Duluth had plenty of train-watching available.
PC ..... we'll be thinking of you today.
Bobk .... good to see you
Lee .... Yes, I recall your telling us your kids were hearing impaired, and the doctors' efforts to restore hearing. Sounds like you have ample reasons to be very proud of your kids!
Inch ... That's interesting info on Easter. Do you have any plans for the next early Easter that's 220 years from now?
Looks like Ryan planned a great menu .... Thenks Ryan.
Blessings
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I'd like to wish a Happy Easter to all.
Welcome Mike, gee, when some of us get done with you, I bet you'll be running out and putting that slab down for your out building real quick. I assume you model HO. Well there's a lot of great, knowledgeable guys here. Interesting job you have there. I was Navy aircrew P-3, chased those nukes around the Atlantic back in the 70s.
Philip, I hope you can make the best of the holiday at the hospital. I guess all that counts is your son doing well and having the family together. Special prayers for you today.
I have to get going soon, really tired. Sunrise service today was nice. A good rememberance of my wife who loved going every year. What a view of Boston from the top of that hill at sunrise.
Now it's off to church. My daugthers have continued the tradition of the narthex Easter garden. What a beautiful job they did. April had them help her when they could barely even walk. Now 23 years later... where does the time go.
Enjoy the holiday.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
The Tomb is Empty!
He is Risen!
Good morning everyone!
Happy Easter!
I hope this wonderful news finds all of you well.
Don't worry, I'm not going to launch into a sermon (though I'm so excited that I could).
Hey Mike, welcome to the diner! Come on in and sit a while! Small world.....my father was on the design team for the original B1a. That was like a lifetime ago!
Getting ready to head back to the hospital. Seems a certain bunny was here last night and so I need to make a delivery!
Oh, and check this out! I flipped on the TV this morning and one of my all time favorite movies was on.....Mars Attack! Love that flick! A classic B movie spoof. Watched it for a while while I let my daughter sleep in a bit. She's been working long hours and then doing the hospital thing, so she needs the rest.
Well, the report from the hospital is looking tough. The pain levels are going down, but some new complications have risen up. (I just got the call as I was typing this.) They're working on it now. I'm hitting the door here in a few minutes. Just waiting on my daughter to get ready.
And with that, I'm gone!
Poof!
Special Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet Menu
*** Another all you can eat Elliot's TS Diner Special ***
Salads
Ambrosia Salad Seven Layer Salad
Ginger Ale Molded Salad Spinach Salad
Marinated Mushroom Salad
The Main Event
Jack Daniels Glazed Ham
Herbed Smoked Leg of Lamb with Rosemary Sauce
Shrimp and Angel Hair Pasta with Pesto Alfredo Cream Sauce
Mesquite Grilled Salmon with Caper Dill Lemon Sauce
Omelets prepared to Order
Beef Prime Rib Roast au Jus Carved to Order
Sides
Delmonico Potatoes Baked Parsnips
Creamed Spinach Sweet and Sour Carrots
Crusty French Bread Sweet Potato Biscuits
Desserts
Lemon Chiffon Cake Kentucky Jam Cake
Mango Crisp Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Golden Baked Custard Peach Crisp
Make your own Ice Cream Sundae Bar
Easter Egg Hunt for all the children
Wishing you and yours a
Very Happy Easter!!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Mornin, an irish coffee please Janie, another windy, cloudy n damp day here.
WELCOME to the dinner GOOFIE MIKE, I'm a Mike also and building an HO layout on the 50's. Your job sounds like an interesting one. Hope you enjoy all the visits here.
An early Easter this year
Easter this year is: Sunday March 23, 2008 As you may know, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
Here are a couple of things you might be interested in:Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is pretty rare. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier!
Here are the facts:
The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228(220 years from now).
The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).
The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now).
The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Merry Easter Bunny to all!
Good news: (as most of you know both my kids are severe to profound hearing impaired) my daughter Samantha made the Dean's List last semester!! William is looking into going to New York this summer for a week....to RIT. (Rochester Institute of Technology) He is interested in engineering!
Jeff, I think that WM boxcar is my favorite weathering job on your line.
Goofymike01; welcome to the diner! What scale is your layout? I think if I built a 4x8 layout again I would be tempted to buy the Woodland Scenic's kit.
PC, good luck with your Easter egg hunt I'm so glad you and your family can be together today, something I'm sure you're truly grateful of.
Happy Easter to all of you from all of us at the L.S.&W,
Lee, Samantha, and William
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Hello Mike, welcome to the Diner. I'm sure you'll find lots of help here. Hey, I know what it's like working nights, I worked graveyard shifts for 15 years straight. Things like putting out newspapers, security guard, store clerk and various other occupations until I was forced into medical retirement. Now I have all the time I desire.
Good morning.It's 54 degrees here in west central Louisiana, expecting a high of 65 this afternoon when cloudy skies will give way to partly cloudy conditions.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 3/23/2008Wind Chill: 50°FHumidity: 42%Dew Point: 31°FSo Far TodayHigh: 58°FLow: 54°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 23mph NE Important Message Lake wind advisory in effect from 10 AM this morning to 5 pm cdt this afternoon. Today High: 62 Partly sunny. Breezy and cooler. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph. Tonight Low: 40 Mostly cloudy. Lows around 40. North winds around 10 mph diminishing late.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
cheque please girls
off now have a great easter all of you and try not to eat toooooo many eggs
see you all tonight
Gav
Spinach Salad, Mesquite Grilled Salmon, and Golden Baked Custard Peach Crisp, please & thank you. Who cares if it's after 1:30am...I'm hungry!
***Alex, there is something disturbing about that bunny.
Here is a painting I did some years back. Closest thing I have to Peter Cottontail, although this one was actually a Marsh rabbit, if memory serves me. Looks much more real in person than in this pic.
Happy Easter, folks. For some reason this DSL is like dial-up tonight, so although I'll be in the corner booth eating, I will be off-line.
Rob
Hello again everyone ...
Here's a story much older than Easter, but I think it's good to rmember and see it confirmed.
http://www.detailshere.com/exoduspath.htm
Again, Have a Happy Easter!
pcarrell wrote: Happy Easter Everyone!
Happy Easter Everyone!
Christ is risen, indeed. Alleluia.
Guilford Guy wrote: Philip, .....and don't work tomorrow.
Philip, .....and don't work tomorrow.
The most work I'm doing tomorrow is hiding easter eggs around a hospital room! That should pick up his spirits, huh?
Philip, your son should be home soon. Have a good nights rest, and don't work tomorrow.
Scott, neat pix, hope your having fun. Riding in cabs is much fun!
Watch out for imposters tonight!
PC, you and the little guy take care, prayers are with you all. Check you email from work, sent you all a little card.
Just got back from Easter Vigil Mass and we had 2 that got baptised, and at least a dozen confirmations into the Profession of Faith.
Scott, great to see you back in the Diner!
Evening Gang:
PC: I'm still pulling for your son and your wife. You, my friend, must take of yourself for them.
The kids got here yesterday around 6;30pm. We unloaded the van and then drove to Dallas to get our sil. We stopped for supper on the way back and didn't get back to the house untill 11pm. Tomorrow We're getting together for breakfast and then an Easter dinner. After that Robert has to go back to Dallas.
Well the kids are ready to go to bed so I'll have to sign off.
Good Night All
Aww, I'm good everyone, but thanks for asking. I just found that computer in a guest waiting area while my wife and I were taking a break and our daughter watched our son. Actually, there were two computers there and my wife wanted to check our Email. While she did that I jumped in here on the other computer.
I'm home now, just got here. I'm hitting the sack in a few. Later!
Hello everybody
Tom ....thanks for the discussion abot the Yellowstone. I was interested because I've repaired some "basket cases" myself. Perhaps there should be a thrad dedicated to repairing old model trains. I bet you're eagerly awaiting the chocolate Easter bunny.
Der ..... I liked your animated flashing Easter bunny!!!! Please avoid eating too many Ester eggs, however, or the "yolk" will be on you.
Scott.... it's good you can share photos in the diner. BTW, I'm pleased with my Norfolk Southern stock see keep up the good work!
PC ..... Yes, please take care of yourself. While your son is resting so should you. He'll be needing you when he is discharged, and that's when you need full strength. Your faith is getting him through a very difficult time now. Again, rest your body. Prayers continue.
Everybody .... I'm still mindful of our good friend, Bobk. He recently posted recently that it's nearly been a year since his wife, April, passed away. (March 29). Let's keep Bokk and his kids in our prayers.
Happy Easter Everybody.
[Philip you wont be any use to either of them if your completely knackered try to rest a bit more]
Listen to your friends from the Diner. Exhaustion does NOT help anyone, your son included. Get some rest!
***Der, sounds like you got a great deal. Last deal I picked up was for $10.49 (which included delivery) for 3 Atlas cars: Jumbo tank, Bulkhead w/ wood loads, & 85' HiCube cattle car. All in excellent condition. My thinking was to keep 1 and sell 2, and make a few in the process. Heaven help me when the day comes I decide to replace all the couplers on my vintage rolling stock. Will deal with that sometime in the not-foreseeable future.
***Scott, you do ride a nice variety of horses there. Do you prefer switching duties or long hauls and what is your favorite loco?
Philip--
Just hit the site between rehearsal and getting ready to go out and do Easter Vigil. Know that your son is on our Prayers for the Faithful. Now get some rest, friend. For both yours and your son's sake.
Prayers for you:
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
Philip
you wont be any use to either of them if your completely knackered try to rest a bit more
Gav.
your son is in the right place to recover.
Work pictures requested...
Yay Camera phone!
Scott - Dispatcher, Norfolk Southern
Evening all,
I'm still at the hospital, but I found a computer on the other side of this place (this hospital is HUGE!!!!!) that I can post from. Just wanted to let you know the latest. There's still problems with pain. And all of the medication make his stomach do flip flops, so he can't sit up, can't use the bathroom, can't get in a wheelchair, nothing. Poor guy! He's confined to the bed. They're going to try some different meds tomorrow and see if he can sit up then. If so then he should be able to get in his wheelchair and use the bathroom again. We'll see! Whatever the case, he'll be here on Easter. A lot of the other kids on his floor went home today so they could have Easter at home. That kind of bummed him out a little. It's not like he was hanging out with them or anything since he can't get around. It's just they they all passed by his room on the way out, and he wanted to go too. He knows that he needs to stay though in order to get back on track. (I have it on good authority that the Easter Bunny knows his situation and is adjusting plans accordingly!) The docs are saying that he'll probably be here a few more days just to make sure he's good and ready. Anyways, I'm taking care of him during the day and my wife is doing the night shift. I have no idea what I'm going to do about work Monday. I'm supposed to be there, but I also have school Monday night. If I miss any more school (I've missed some this semester from the wifes surgeries) then I'll automatically fail the class I'm in, so I have to go. That means I'll be gone from 7am till 10:30pm on Monday if I do both. My wife will have no breaks. I can't do that either. Oh well, my work will just have to get over it. I'll have to take off Monday work and just go to my 4 hour class. Oh, I don't know......
So anyways, Tom, sounds like it was quite the project. Glad it worked out!