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Awe.....thanks PC! But I bet you can throw down a good BBQ.... sooooooo......
In honor of PC's new grill I am going to serve some BBQ Beer Chicken in the Diner today!
Note: This is made with Coor's Brew.... LOL
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
SilverSpike wrote: pcarrell wrote: SilverSpike wrote: PC, what's on the grill for lunch today? My stomach is growling already!!! You're the cook around here, not me!Oh! I thought you were going to fire up the new grill, but that's okay! I got your back!
pcarrell wrote: SilverSpike wrote: PC, what's on the grill for lunch today? My stomach is growling already!!! You're the cook around here, not me!
SilverSpike wrote: PC, what's on the grill for lunch today? My stomach is growling already!!!
PC, what's on the grill for lunch today? My stomach is growling already!!!
You're the cook around here, not me!
Oh! I thought you were going to fire up the new grill, but that's okay! I got your back!
I could never measure up.
I forgot to post my link. Sorry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world
I beleive all levles of government in the USA need to find ways to reduce taxes to keep our jobs and our employers competitive.
Morning all--
Nice and balmy here in SunnyCal today--highs expected in the low 90's, which for this time of year is about right. Milder temperatures and higher humidity has helped the firefighters a LOT this past week--most of the large fires are at least 'contained', and a lot of people who have been evacuated from the fire sites are being allowed back in.
Ryan: I understand your concern, buddy. However, on the bright side of things, the Belgians REALLY know how to brew beer. Maybe they'll introduce some of their techniques and improve the taste of Bud. I've got a favorite restaurant around here that serves Stella Artois, a Belgian brew, and it's like dying and going to Heaven!!
Funny thing: California's out-lawed hand-held cellphones while driving, which is a GOOD thing IMO, and what did I count, yesterday driving to the supermarket? About 6 drivers wailing along in their SUV's, phones glued to their ears. And guess what--they were all women! I guess the rules don't apply to them, huh?
Well, no work on the Buttes today, one of the guys down the block noticed my Creeper and has begged me to let him borrow it to work on his truck. He's a very neat kind of fellow and a good neighbor, so I said yes. He just wheeled it down the block with a grin on his face. It's one of those pickups where you need an elevator to get into the cab--hope he remembers to lock the wheels like I told him, or he'll be taking a header into the engine, LOL! So today I'll work on that ore trestle on the Champion Mine.
Well, my 'retirement' looks like Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday over at the high school starting mid-August. And one of the Parishes here in the north area needs an Assistant Music Minister, but I don't know about that--it would REALLY tie up my weekends.
Some 'retirement,' huh?
Well, it's feeding time at the zoo, Spooky just hopped up on the computer desk and is giving me that "I don't get my tuna, my big fat paw is poised over your DELETE key." So I'd better get outta here and make Her Nibs happy. We cat-owners Live To Serve, you know.
Hope everyone has a great day. Best to all and prayers to those in need.
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!
MARK, the issue isn't who was buying the SUV and large vehicles. The issue is, when you see a fire start and it moves in your direction, you need to take action, not wait until it burns your butt. If the big 3 auto makers had half a brain, they would have had their pulse on the market and seeing oil start to rise, they should have looked back to the 70's and said," gee, we need to make smaller cars, because gas prices are BOUND to rise". Did they do that? Of course not, they waited until the price of gas was over $4 a gallon and they have lots filled with large vehicles that they will never move. They might as well convert them to H2.
The buying public even gave them an early warning when they stopped buying SUV's and trucks by the thousands over 2 years ago. The reaction time of the big 3 is far too slow. What did Toyota just do. They moved SUV assembly offshore and brought hybrid assembly to the U.S....smart, it keeps their cost down.
Did they learn ANYTHING from the 70's? Those who do not learn from history will surely be doomed by it.
markpierce wrote: Ryan, who do you think has been buying those pickups and suvs for so long? The corps. were making a lot of money from them filling the demand of consumers. Now who was it that didn't have the foresight to predict the future?Mark
Ryan, who do you think has been buying those pickups and suvs for so long? The corps. were making a lot of money from them filling the demand of consumers. Now who was it that didn't have the foresight to predict the future?
Mark
Mark, thanks for the comment. Not sure what your point is on pickups, SUV's, and foresight! But my whole point here was to bring light of the fact that yet another American company is loosing its identity and American roots to the global world marketplace. Is that a good thing or bad thing? I dun no....But I do know that the times are a changing and much faster with each passing day. What we have come to define and know as our American heritage is becoming more blurred with each passing day. Only time will tell...
Oh, Chloe! How about a Root Beer Float and some Chili Cheese Fries for lunch!
Ding, ding, ding, ding......
Chloe you know the drill!
Belly up!
markpierce wrote: Huh?? The USA has the highest corporate tax rate of the G-8 countries.Mark
Huh?? The USA has the highest corporate tax rate of the G-8 countries.
The big US companies pay 39% income taxe to Federal government. In some states the state income tax is another 12%. Typically it's lower elsewhere, but some locations have VAT's and GST's.
Here's the comparison in Wikipedia, but read the explanation on how it's difficult to make comparisons.
Good morning, again.
Wow, lots of talk in the corner booth today.
As for the beer biz, I have a few thoughts. It's good to have foreign capital invested in the USA. Corporate take overs by foreign companies are nothing new. The ICRR is now in the CN for instance. In general, it makes economic sense to shareholders to invest in companies located in countries that have lower corporate taxes.
As for oil. All of a sudden there are lots of "experts". Over the decades, Uncle Sam has expanded highways and airports. It takes little thought to realize they incresed the demand for fuel in the process. In the meantime, the government has restricted the production of domestic fuel to accomodate the demand that was created.
The government policies have historically been hostile to exapanding railroad capacities vis-a-vis highway capacities. Railroads are the most fuel efficient mode of travel.
Oils well that ends well.
I'm doing my best to kepp this non-political.
Happy Model Railroading
in a SOUTHERN PACIFIC mug, please & thanks!
***Alex, cool photos. Looks like it was a good time for all.
***Philip, grilled fish...I'll be over for dinner for sure.
***Jeffrey, some folks are so low. A book I ordered on using auto paints was lost in the mail. Filed a police report so the company could replaced it. Then about a year later I was talking about this same book with my postal carrier when he said, "Oh, I have that book". I've always wondered what the odds were!?!?!?
***Ryan & Dick: DITTO those sentiments from me. And why we are not allowed to use our own reserves is beyond dumb.
Second time this year I left H.Depot only to discover I had also left one bag of items behind. This time 2 cans of spray paint and a metal grinding wheel. For the $13.- I spent on those items, it wasn't worth the long return trip back to pick them up (providing they would still be there at all). Think I must be over-tired again. Would have been nice if one of the employees had noticed and come after me with them.
Have a good day all.
Rob
Good morning....the air is as clean as can be today, the front didn't stall on the coast and it dry, clear air today and 76F....just go to my website below and see the conditions anytime.
The garden is going full blast now that it is mid-July, so everyday there is some work to do, this really puts MRR to the back burner until nightfall.
I was reading today that Heat Pumps are really starting to make a move up here in the north where the temps get below 32F routinely in winter. In the past, they have not been efficient enough at lower temps, but, some improvements have been made and now a company in Maine has seen his business spike up 500%!!!!!! We need to eliminate our dependency on oil here in this country, especially the NE for heating, so this is good news.
Heat pumps have always been good diwn south, now with technical improvements, they are making nice sale up north.
And for you Pellet stove users, get ready for a rise in prices of pellets. Now they are selling FURNACES the burn pellets, and in northern climates that means about 8 tons of pellets a heating season. Guess what that NEW demand is going to do for Pellet supples and hence...$$$$$ of pellets per ton??
RYAN: I couldn't agree with you more!!! Anything for the almighty dollar. That is what happens when the stock holders only see $$. This country had better wake up soon. The Big THREE auto makers are next, they are deep in red ink and less than 3 years from bankruptcy. The problem as I see it is...the CEO's and company officers in many American companies are numb nuts, they can't see what is happening, they are like Ostriches with their heads in the sand. If you see oil prices going UP, and demand going UP for oil, if you see China and India moving rapidly from farming to industrialization, does it take a IQ of 150 to see what that means? Nope, just keep building large trucks V12's, huge SUV's, Hummers....what is wrong with these people????? On the positive side Ryan, Sam Adam's is now the largest AMERICAN brewery, right where the first brewery was founded in America, Boston, Ma. The owner said it will STAY in America also. Side note, I like Sam Adams better than AB anyways, but I feel badly for the workers and the Clydes.
Time to get outside, see you guys at lunch,
Morning folks!
I know I've been awhile since paying a visit, but I gotta get something off my chest, but first... and foremost:
Thoughts and prayers to all in need, recovery and care!
Now for my rant....
Yesterday it was announced that Anheuser-Busch, brewer of Budweiser beer agreed to sell it's interests to the Belgium based brewing company InBev for $52 billion, ending a 150 year history of the Saint Louis, MO based American owned legacy. NPR devoted almost 3 minutes of air play to the story by Adam Allington and printed an excerpt on their site (linked above). Once approved by both organizations shareholders the merger would create the largest brewing company in the world, with an expected production of 12 billion gallons of beer annually. That's a lot of beer! I don't even like Bud, but the company brewed 75% of the domestic beer sold in 2007 with $16.9 billion in revenues the same year with an 8.74% profit margin.
Many of the proud Anheuser-Busch workers may have their heads hanging low now because the American based company with many generations of steeped history will soon be owned by foreign interests. The trend towards global ownership appears with increasing regularity and is gaining more ground as it seems American owned interests are being bought up by Japanese, Chinese and European organizations. Is this a good thing for the American economy? Will this trend allow the continual sell off of all that is American? Will "American Made" be a thing of the past? Does the global economy dictate that this trend continue for American economic success in the future? What is "Made in America" anymore and does it really matter? Are we willing to sell off our American heritage for a short term $70.00 per share profit? Anheuser-Busch will!
"There is a price for everything!"
What is your price for happiness and success?
over...
Thanks, I feel better now!
JimRCGMO wrote:Jeff - sorry you were up early, but as long as you were up, did you catch that 4 a.m. Train show that Rob mentioned? Thanks for the info on your shed, too. Good to hear that you've replaced your book. Hmmm, wonder where Jeff might be tonight - sitting in a comfy chair with that book?
Jeff - sorry you were up early, but as long as you were up, did you catch that 4 a.m. Train show that Rob mentioned? Thanks for the info on your shed, too. Good to hear that you've replaced your book. Hmmm, wonder where Jeff might be tonight - sitting in a comfy chair with that book?
Jim: did you take a good look at the F unit in this mornings photo? Tyco body on an Athearn chassis. I wonder where that came from. I have Mantua Tyco F unit coming from a friend up north.
I'm heading out to Alexandria so I'll be off for a while.
Gerry, it has been a while since I could just "hang". Think I'll take you up on that corner booth!
Jim, those ribeye's last night rocked! Tonight I figured that I'd rub the fish with some spices, then sear it and cook it. Dinner will probably be around 6:30pm since I can't leave here til 5. It's OK though since the sun doesn't go down til like 9:30 or so.
Morning, Zoe - I'll have some of Ed's OJ,
a cup of coffee in a Rio Grande mug,
and a helping of Bill T.'s breakfast buffet , please. Thank you.
Alex, looks like you had a whale of fun at that camp. I guess that's the trains equivalent of the old thing where people see how many they can fit into a Volkswagen/phone booth (anyone remember those?)/etc. "Hey guys, let's see if we can get everyone up on the front of this loco. Of course, who was the one to act as the (ahem..) 'cowcatcher'?
Okay, PC - now you have my mouth watering for dinner. What time shall we all show up tonight? 5? 4:30? Sounds like you and your family will definitely enjoy that grill this summer.
Well, it's about time for that w*** thing. I'll be finishing up my breakfast and heading out. Prayers for fair weather for you all today, and healing and comfort.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning ..........
Jeff .......I saw your choice of mugs. I had to look twice to see it was you. I have Wayne Wesolowski's structure building book but not the car book. I have refered to the structure book in past years. I still have some neat old structures I made that may eventually be used on this layout. You said your first copy was stolen. That's something. I can not imagine that such an item would not be a common target for theft.
Hello PC .. You've been too busy. We've not talked much. Maybe Jeff and you and (quiet) bill can have coffe in the corner for a while. The CB&Q mug is taken, so I'll have mine in a GN mug.
I like the pictures Guilford Guy posted..................
Mornin' all!
Got my new grill yesterday and I broke it in right. The first thing cooked on it? STEAK! And it cooks good too! Tonight.....Grilled Fish!
Hey Terry, how ya doin'? Bet you're glan those treatments are over, huh?
Paul, take care! Prayin' for ya!
Gotta run and do the work thing. Later!
Good Morning from Tipton IN !
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Yeah, I'm a bit early today. Just a bit of coffee in a CB&Q mug.
RUN FOR THE HILLS I'M DRIVING A TRAIN!
RUN FOR THE HILLS I'M DRIVING A TOY TRAIN!
Everyone climb to the top!
Alex
in a SOUTHERN mug, please & thanks.
***Tom, any extra rain you have, feel free to send it our way. Granted, that is a long way to send it.
***Lee, would you believe after posting that show, I didn't make it home in time to watch it? Next showing is at 4:00am, est. Something tells me I am going to miss it again.
Speaking of train shows: What steam train DVD's do you folks have and/or would recommend? I probably care less about music & excessive voice over than I do sights and sounds of the trains. Some history is fine though. Thoughts & suggestions will be appreciated.
Have a good night, all.
B___U___M___P......Jerry
Looks like I am buying..order up and enjoy!!...Jerry
Hello ..
Johnboy ... Thanks for the book review. I will order it.
Jerry says he'll also make a chapel car. We'll have several, and I like that.
Inch .... There's always next time. I'm glad you posted the pix of the IC 2-8-2. I hope more people will be in the area to stop by. I should have mentioned Patti's Settlement at the north end of the lakes has the best pork chops anywhere.
I can hardly wait for the blueberries to arrive. First batch is from Dick, and second is from CN Charlie. Any more?
I'm glad Terry is on a normal scheduale and certainly hope the treatment did its job.
Flash ... still have your Dad on the prayer list, too.
I noticed Rob orders coffee in mugs for various railroads. None is CB&Q. Humffff
In the layout room, I'm making final plans for the next part of the layout. It will include a double deck reverse loop and will be the connection to my planned city of Heartland.
Happy Model Railorading