I bit the bullet and went with photobucket, and put the only two photos on my computer on it, here they are:
EDIT: I GOT TOP! EAT UP!
Nice photos.
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
OK we got some photos from Duke, let's try some more. Sssshhhhhhh!
What's a Yellowstone? Is it as nice as a Berkshire?
LilRob- I'm pleased to meet you. My names Todd. I'm sorry to hear of your losses and grief's. .Sounds like you are doing as well as expected though. Like Chris said, I sometimes think of our Missy's time and it saddens me even though she's only three in May. The little buggers grow on ya. Hope you'll stop in often. Theses folks care and take your mind off the real world for a while. Grab a piece of pie on me.
Garry- I wouldn't doubt that Jeff's got something called the "Da Bomb" sauce after tasting one of his Tacos.
Robby- Keep at it. You do fantastic work. Hobby bucks are less than last year but there are still folks with free cash. Your name has got to get out there.
Nik.n- Hahahahaha!!!! Gotcha! Girls, I'll have a HUUUUUGE Banana Split.Great photos by the way and thanks!
Night all. Prayers for those in need.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
--LilRob!! Drop by more often!!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Campfire Cocoa in an old tin cup, please & thanks.
***Lee, will keep my eye out for it. I take it your return address on the package, yes? Only needed a smattering of strait sections...are you trying to give my wife reason to take over the rest of the train room? Thanks!
***Yellowstones are cool workhorses. (think that'll work, Garry?)
***Sawyer, I'll second your vote on the Pacific as the best (at least nicest looking) locomotive ever built.
***Lee, hope you get those Bull Moose. They are neat looking locos for sure. I don't think they've been produced in N scale yet.
***LilRob, sure sounds like you've had a rough go latley. Healing thoughts for your mother. Very sorry about Oreo, too. I completely understand that sense of loss.
***Dick, I do love Berks, but for true beauty, I cast my vote for the Light Pacific. Oh, you were just kissing up to Duke so you could come in and eat in peace, I get it.
***Robby, continued excellent weathering work there.
***Ray, I think you nailed it. And what steam loco could not find a loving home, be it full scale or small model. Enjoyed the video of that cute little 0-4-0.
Good night all. Rob ps:
Of course ROB!!! With you chow hounds in the Diner what chance does a guy 70 years olf have when all these young studs come piling into the Diner for Supper.
GARRY: So true, I almost was resigned to having tube steak for Supper, that Barry is quite a chow hound isn't he? He can outdo FERGIE. BTW, WHERE IS THAT LAD ????? Lisa must have buried his head in the HD jar!!
DUKE: Us country folk always have called it Supper, it is only those "upper crust folks city dudes" that call it "Dinner".
See you guys for Breakfast, or is there a new name for that now?
Morning all!
Chloe, I think I'll have a short stack of pancakes. Haven't had them for a while. For some reason all we have in locally is Canadian, or Vermont maple syrup. Where's the New York Syrup? There must be enough to 'export'!
Howdie LilRob, I'm new here too. Welcome. Folks of all kinds and age stop in here. Sorry to here about your rough goings. I recently had my own.
Day 2 of vacation... did little the first day.
I'll throw my 1.5 cents in... Supper and Dinner have the same definition as the main and, or, last meal of the day, however, Dinner is also defined as being a meal held for a special person or occasion. So....I guess I'll plan for my Supper tonight while I look forward to going out for Dinner with my special friend Susannah. (no, we're not married, just friends)
On topic......Hhmm. I built a new 6ft. test track yesterday. Then I realized I used up my hookup wire. I have a couple new DCC engines I want to run.
Eric
Good Morning--Well, we had a bit of frost last night--and the sun is out. Current temperature is--( ducking to avoid another air mailed pie ) -3C with the ever popular windchill of -10C. We are expecting lots of sun today with increasing cloudiness late in the day with rain overnight into tomorrow morning--
Have a busy day ahead with client visits and a new client for me this afternoon. 'Spring' is all piculous with running around--leaping from one cupboard to the other--sometimes through the air across kitchen Makes for an interesting morning around here--
Chloe--I'll have a giant 3 egg sunny side up breakfast please with a coffee and a muffin as well --I'll be at the window booth --OY--do we need to airmail another pie?
A classic small line to model would be the Toledo Terminal RR. Their roster of 8 Berkshires and 8 0-4-0 switchers was rather impressive for a RR that only serviced one city.Lee
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
Good morning. Its kinda cool roght now, but the high will be 62.
Well I guess I will head into the basement again. Reall try to knock out the tanker.
Welcome all new people. As I tell the others, WATH FOR FLYING PIES!!!
Ok, I guess I will be on my way. Have a good one.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Good morning. It's 64 and cloudy. The high today should be around 70 and there's a chance of thunder storms. I got a little layout work done yesterday. nothing spectacular, just moving some trees around. Maybe I'll be able to do more today. I still have a few structures to place. I likely will not be on tomorrow as I'll be watching to see what this 'Conflicker' virus that's got the techs running in little circles will do. Personally I think it's a bunch of April Fool's hogwash. Look at the big scare that was thrown up about that worm a couple of years ago. What happened? It turned out to be a big fat goose egg! Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 3/31/2009 Wind Chill: 64°F Humidity: 94% Dew Point: 63°F So Far Today High: 64°F Low: 63°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h Gust: 12mph NNE Through 8 AM...isolated light to moderate showers will continue to move southeast through east Texas into southwest and central Louisiana. These showers will generally affect locations fro the northwest of a line from port Beaumont Texas to Alexandria Louisiana. Rainfall amounts will be light...averaging around one tenth of an inch or less. Today High: 75 Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce large hail and damaging winds in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming northwest in the afternoon. Tonight Low: 48 Partly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
folks: We have more snow, wet and yuckky all night...only good thing is Kris' meeting has been cancelled (again) and we don't have to go anywhere. (Oh, another good thing is it helps the flavour of that Canadian Maple Syrup, enjoy it Eric, there's nothing as good )
Weighing in on the "best" loco debate, I'm torn between the LNER Mallard, and the Battle of Brittain Class of the Southern Railway. I think I'll go with the BoB. as I remember it from the late 40s / early 50s. Its London terminus, Victoria, was the one from which the dreaded school train took us to Otford, Kent. That's the same line the Golden Arrow ran to Dover. Nice to see it's still running...but not for much longer on that particular track, from the sound of this article. I've only seen the Mallard in the York Railway Museum.
Jeff mentioned . Don't forget, folks, the heads up we were given a couple of weeks ago about what Jeff himself might pull in that regard! (Does the bill board give you any hints? )
LiL Rob great to see you back again. Now you've found us. don't be a stranger!
CapeJim: Only cars and tender of the birdhouse train could have moved. Everything is actually hot-glued to the track! The loco couldn't have turned a wheel, its drivers are roofing nail heads! Thanks for the comments people, glad you liked it, it was a fun project, but I don't think I'll be doing another any time soon....it took for ever!
On the guitar thing, I've a friend who is an accomplished guitar builder. He's raising the ecconomy of a village in Uganda by teaching them to build there. I'd be very happy to pass on details to any who are interested in his product. They stand comparrison to any you are familiar with.
Big welcome to all the new diner clients...stay for dinner, whatever time of day you have that. We countrified "city slickers" have dinner at about 5:30 p.m., when our Brit relatives are having Tea; and would have had Supper at about 10:30- 11:00 p.m. before we loosened up and started having a snackie! Lunch is mid-day here, when our neighbours are having dinner!
Taxes beckon...at least Kris' mom's are out of the way. TTFN.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
blownout cylinder jeffrey-wimberly Heartland Division CB&QWow.......Did you see that? Barry ordered a 32 oz. steak. Amazing. Barry: would you like Jeff to grill it for you. He could used this really neat BBQ grill ........and ....he could lace it with some "DaBomb" sauce for you too. That Da Bomb sauce is pretty hot. I mix a couple of drops in with a bottle of Tabasco sauce and it makes a great fire sauce. Just being in the same room with it can get your eyes stinging. I've tried that stuff a few times--works REALLY NICELY with Tobasco, although we did ours straight. There was a hot sauce from something called House of Pain that was called Biochemical Warfare--THAT was pretty hot---
jeffrey-wimberly Heartland Division CB&QWow.......Did you see that? Barry ordered a 32 oz. steak. Amazing. Barry: would you like Jeff to grill it for you. He could used this really neat BBQ grill ........and ....he could lace it with some "DaBomb" sauce for you too. That Da Bomb sauce is pretty hot. I mix a couple of drops in with a bottle of Tabasco sauce and it makes a great fire sauce. Just being in the same room with it can get your eyes stinging.
Heartland Division CB&QWow.......Did you see that? Barry ordered a 32 oz. steak. Amazing. Barry: would you like Jeff to grill it for you. He could used this really neat BBQ grill ........and ....he could lace it with some "DaBomb" sauce for you too.
I've tried that stuff a few times--works REALLY NICELY with Tobasco, although we did ours straight.
There was a hot sauce from something called House of Pain that was called Biochemical Warfare--THAT was pretty hot---
The place that I got "Da Bomb" for Jeff at has some much hotter stuff, but I wasn't out to cause anyone bodily damage. They do sell "Pure Cap" there, which is 15-16 million scoville units of heat. It's the hottest stuff known to man (that can be ingested). To give you some idea of it's heat, the hottest Tabascco sauce is around 4,500 scoville units, a Habanero pepper is around 200,000-300,000 units (depending on where it's grown), the Naga Jolokia (hottest of the peppers) comes in at 1,041,427 scoville units, and "Da Bomb" is around 1.5 million scoville units. "Pure Cap", being 15-16 million scoville units is considerably more "attention captivating"! You actually do have to sign a legal waver to get it for human consumption that states that the seller is not liable for any damages caused by the product. As to the "House of Pain" sauce, it's pretty warm! I had it some time back, and it's an attention getter!
So Jeff, you still have some of "Da Bomb" left? That little bottle has lasted you a good long time!
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have the #2 special, scrambled eggs, toast with butter and blackberry jam, glass of Ed's OJ (I see the new tanker arrived some time yesterday, eh?), and a cup of coffee, please. THANK YOU, Nik.n!
As for me, the limiting factor for my steam locos is the length of my turntable (90'), so a Mikado or Pacific would likely be the best I could fit on there (or maybe a very small Mallet). Others are nice, they'd just hang off the end...
Maybe Fergie is off feeding the polar bears and cracking the ice for our cold drinks? It has been a while since he was in here, but I also had thought maybe he's so busy widening the curves on the MESS(tm) that he hasn't had time to stop in the Diner.
Tom, where are ya? Did your M.C. cats tie you up so they could play with your Yellowstones?
Robby, I always love to see your weathering jobs. You inspire me (now, the time to practice on the weathering myself...). I did pick up a couple of brushes last week at H-L for weathering/dusting down cars/structures.
As for my meal nomenclature (there's a mouthful!), dinner or supper is the evening meal, except for the big meal after church on Sunday in the middle of the day, which is sometimes called dinner. During the week when the mid-day meal is more moderately sized, it's lunch. And yes, Dick, it's still called breakfast in my book!
LilRob, good to see you back in again! If memory serves me right, your signature used to have a photo of the RR track that ran right behind a house you used to live in, was that right? back, even if I have it wrong there. Hope things smooth out for you, after what you've been going through.
I'll get to my breakfast before somebody tries to add a catapult dessert for me.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
pcarrellSo Jeff, you still have some of "Da Bomb" left? That little bottle has lasted you a good long time!
Mornin' everyone!
der5997Oh, another good thing is it helps the flavour of that Canadian Maple Syrup, enjoy it Eric, there's nothing as good )
Zoe, I too will have a short stack of pancakes this morning. Oh, but I want the NYS Maple Syrup (I like the local stuff.... ) I also like the Canadian and the Vermont stuff as well! Actually a good percentage of the Vermont Maple Syrup comes from trees in New York. The Vermont Maple Syrup ads back many years ago were so successful that they had to import syrup from NY to meet the demand. Actually maple syrup varies in flavor and texture from stand to stand as it is very dependent upon the soil it is grown in, the temperature, rainfall, and several other variables. As is the case for most natural products, maple syrups have complex flavor chemistry to delight your sense of taste and smell. We have a good supply of very local syrup here in Geneva with 3 farms that run sugar shacks within 10 miles of Geneva. I usually buy it from Day Brothers Dairy and Maple Farm just up the road from here. Unless it was processed poorly, there is no such thing as bad Maple Syrup! Some information on the NYS Industry can be found here: http://www.nysmaple.com/
Wonder what Jeffery is cooking up for tomorrow???
I have 3 days of stuff to get done today, so I better finish my pancakes (and coffee) and get to it.
Hope you all have a great day!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmusWonder what Jeffery is cooking up for tomorrow???
Mornin’. Coffee and more coffee please. Looks like a road trip is on the schedule today. Brenda wants to got to Alton. The dog would like the ride. I know it’s nothing to do with gambling because the dog’s going and I wouldn’t gamble any way. She’s been off for a few days and though I love to have her around, Confound if she doesn’t always want to be doing something.
Ah the dinner supper debate. Let me tell you the way it was at our house when I was growing up (leaning back on the counter with both elbows. Looking extremely knowledgeable and cool, I might add) back when the dimmer switch for your headlights was on the floor like it should be, and therefore the correct usage. (ahem)
Breakfast of course was Breakfast. Even if it was at 7:00pm. You ate … Breakfast food.
Lunch was what was eaten at around the noontime every day except Sunday or other days when we had…. Dinner at that time.
Supper was the meal eaten in the evening. Unless through scheduling, we had ….Dinner at that time.
Dinner was the main meal eaten on Sundays, usually between Noonish and 2 ish. OR if there was a special “Dinner” for Holidays, B-day’s, Anniversaries, etc.. on which it was eaten on that day and replaced either Lunch or Supper depending on when it was scheduled.
“Dinner” being the main meal of the week or if it was a special day. Hm, I guess Sunday is a special day.
There. Now you all know how to properly use Breakfast, Lunch, Supper and Din…SSPPLLATT! SPLAT! (wiping two chocolate cream pies from eyes) I guess I’ll take my leave now and continue with my day. Thank you for the pie Philip and Robby.
You all have a Great Day.
Hi Guys!
Nik.N I have actually ridden a steam train over the Nicholson PA Tunkhannock Viaduct. Steamtown National historical park in Scranton is apparently now running at least one excusion that way every year.
Supposed to be chilly today, but sunny. Nice. Partly sunny now.
Going to look into getting those storage boxes for trains so I can pack at least some of my HO stuff away. If we have a good yard sale this year and we get rid of some stuff, I may be able to find the train board in the train/junk/spare BR/closet of a room it is in. Then maybe I won't have to pack it all in and go armchair or only do small vinyettes {sp?}. Problem with those small things is, I'd wanna keep em all, and lol- you guessed it I have no room for keeping all them!
Have a psychiatrist appt. today, see if he says I'm still crazy and off my rocker.
HAve a great Day!
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
Looks like Ray is buying, Chloe. I would like my usual coffee and cinnamon roll.
I have a list of chores this morning. If I get them done, I have a couple of building projects to work on, the coaling tower and my kitbash warehouse.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
gear-jammerLooks like Ray is buying, Chloe.
So I now see! Eat heartily folks!
All this talk of Dinner vs. Supper has the old Dr. Seuss song, "The Super Supper March" playing in my head:
"Hungry, hungry I am hungry Table, table here I come I could eat a goose-moose burger Fifteen pickles and a purple plum I could eat three bowls of goulash Half a pound of wuzzled wheat I could eat a peck of poobers Then I'd really get to work and eat Oysters, noodles, strawberry stroodles French fries, fish hash, one red beet Lamb chops, wham chops Huckleberry mish mash Oh, the things that I could eat Doughnuts, dump-a-lings Blueberry bump-a-lings Chocolate mush-mash, super sweet Clam stew, ham stew, Water melon wush wush Oh, the stuff that I could eat Deep dish rhubarb, upside-down cake I could eat a frittered flum Hungry, hungry, I am starving Table, table, here I come"
Todd, you mean this was thrown????
Good Morning All..Its rainy and 47 here...I'll have a double Pork Burger with cheese and grilled onions,American frys and a diet Coke please..Thank You...Called Inch on land line yesterday He has a power pack He isn't using..I decided to make fiddle yard with its own power since it isn't connected to main layout..You all have a gopod one..Jerry
Well, a few of his relatives are already well done (Like, extra crispy!), so maybe he's going to fry up a neighbor next?
I got the tab for supper tonight!!!
Dear LEE SOULE,
Your application for 09-1568-SE-DB-M-R1, Bridge Management Specialist,
GS-2101-11 / 12 with the U.S. Coast Guard has been evaluated. You were found to be eligible for the position and your name was referred to the selecting official.
So far I'm the only one that has been seleceted for the job!!!
Lee
Cool!
Lee- what exactly does a bridge management specialist do?
Flo, a decaf please..
Eric,
Major Duties:
So...you would have come in handy when the local state highway drawbridge over the Shark River Inlet was replaced by a high arc bridge. Except that someone messed up and two of the ocean going fishing boats can only leave when the tide is half-way down....
Columbian coffee in a AT&SF mug, please & thanks.
Saw the eye Doc today. Had the retinal scans done, the results of which look like some distant galaxy the Hubble telescope captured. Nothing serious going on. However, all the floaters (strings & dots) in my "good eye" will not go away and I will have to live with them. This is not welcome news for an artist. Oh well, it could always be worse.
A local Tractor Supply got robbed at gunpoint. Seems like this kind of crime sure is on the rise. Maybe it's time to replace all our 38's with 44's and our old shotgun with something more substantial. (our deer rifle isn't practical for close quarters) Maybe upgrade our old Pyrenees (after they pass on) with a Great Dane & Mastiff, too.
Going to go work on this coffee in a corner booth. Hope everyone is having a good day.
Rob