howmus Afternoon all! Chloe how about a RBF to tide me over until supper? galaxyWell after a good breakfast, we opted to go out Ray's way to Penn Yan and The Windmill Farm/Crafts Market. What? You were about 18 miles from my place and you didn't stop for a visit? Oh well, probably just as well as both my house and the layout are a Mess (™) right now. (Whatever happened to Fergie???) Next time you come up this way, let me know. You are always welcome to visit! galaxyOf course, We also picked up some Finger Lakes wine and Honey mead, of course. Stopped over at Earl Estates Meadery I see. Good stuff! Very smooth and tasty. Bet you also went to the other end of the building and got wine at Torry Ridge Winery? Both have very good quality wines. I have to stop down there and get some Mead one of these days myself.
Afternoon all!
Chloe how about a RBF to tide me over until supper?
galaxyWell after a good breakfast, we opted to go out Ray's way to Penn Yan and The Windmill Farm/Crafts Market.
What? You were about 18 miles from my place and you didn't stop for a visit? Oh well, probably just as well as both my house and the layout are a Mess (™) right now. (Whatever happened to Fergie???) Next time you come up this way, let me know. You are always welcome to visit!
galaxyOf course, We also picked up some Finger Lakes wine and Honey mead, of course.
Stopped over at Earl Estates Meadery I see. Good stuff! Very smooth and tasty. Bet you also went to the other end of the building and got wine at Torry Ridge Winery? Both have very good quality wines. I have to stop down there and get some Mead one of these days myself.
Well, Ray , maybe next time we will stop by to see you,but only If'n we deccide early enough and not jsut that morning to go to Windmill again. {so's you knows we's a comin'}
We didn't stop at the Meadery. We had plenty of choices right there at Windmill. WE opted for Montezuma Winery of Auburn Rd., Senaca Falls's Sweet Honey Mead. I thought we bought wine too, but I see we bought 2 kinds of mead as we figured we could get wine anytime, but the mead was good.
THere were several wineries reprsented at Windmill, but if'n one drank at all and bought at all one would be poor drunk folk leaving.
Well, the other half working and I so tired form yesterday, I think a day in bed rest is in order.
See ya all later!
-G .
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Went over this morning and mowed the parent's yard. The Peerless broke down right as I got done with the front yard. It flooded out for seemingly no reason then I discovered the the choke handle was broken and the choke wouldn't stay set. I had to do the back yard with the little Yardman mower. It's OK I guess as long as I don't have to back up. That weird backup pedal kills my ankle so I back up as little as possible. Now I'm back home and my ankle is screaming at me, so I just popped a couple of pain killers. I'll probably be out of it for a couple of hours.
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jeffrey-wimberly ... so I just popped a couple of pain killers. I'll probably be out of it for a couple of hours....
... so I just popped a couple of pain killers. I'll probably be out of it for a couple of hours....
Sounds like me. Popping pain killers, sometimes like they were candy. I have also discovered that for instance after a day of helping my friend, or a day's outting like yesterday to the Windmill farm market that apparently now I need almost a whole day of bed rest to recouperate, sleep and back rest the next day afterward...oy.
Good HOT afternoon.
I got off of work early, and worked on the layout some. I made about 8 trees. I will try to get some pictures up tomorrow. Now its time to sit back and relax.
A county up from us in under a "tornado" warning, so I guess its that time of day for "pop ups!!"
Ray.....I was thinking......Maybe start with the fade tomorrow .
"Rust, whats not to love?"
galaxyjeffrey-wimberly ... so I just popped a couple of pain killers. I'll probably be out of it for a couple of hours.... Sounds like me. Popping pain killers, sometimes like they were candy. I have also discovered that for instance after a day of helping my friend, or a day's outting like yesterday to the Windmill farm market that apparently now I need almost a whole day of bed rest to recouperate, sleep and back rest the next day afterward...oy.
Italian roast coffee in a UNION PACIFIC mug, please.
***Galaxy/Jeffrey, hope you guys recover quickly.
Been doing more contemplating about the layouts than actual work. Perhaps this evening.
Cheers! Rob
Hi.
Got my running and visiting and errands for Mom done. Now, even though it rained today I will attempt to mow. Then, if all goes well I will retire to the trainroom. I have my fingers crossed.
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Good afternoon/evening Flo - I'll have a RBS (roast beef sandwich) with the veggies (tomatoes, lettuce, onion slice, pickle spear on the side, etc.) and a RBF, please. Thank-you-ma'am!
I see we've had some insomniacs around the Diner lately. Hope THAT gets itself w**ked out of your systems before too much longer, Rob and Ulrich. When I can't get my quote of , my body is out of whack for the next day or so. Not fun!
Ulrich, I'd say THAT for what equipment your friend has, plus what his/her needs are, the plan fits the bill. No need to backtrack or apologize, IMHO. [Edit:] Like the revision, too. After reading Todd's response, I realized that I don't have any staging even in my expanded plan (unless you can count my one yard as staging...? ). And yes, I'd say that is love, my friend. Definitely, you have a keeper in Petra!
Chris, I was thinking THAT those looked like U-boats or 'toasters' there (Not intending any insult there - though yes, I do have a preference for EMD stuff). Thanks for the info and emails about the fire engines - I may go the Ahrens-Fox one, since my biggest town isn't that big, and I could easily justify it still being around (maybe even sold off by a bigger town to the one on my layout) in the 1950's. May need to do some lookin' and figurin' on what to use for a ladder truck, since I'm figuring that about four stories would be the absolute max. height my F.D. would need. Yeah, that sounds about right!
Hey, everybody! LOOK! Jeff has a UP car that he hasn't patched over (Yet, anyway...). Just funnin' ya, Jeff. Sharp job on that trailer lettering, too. Hey, that idiot in the Cutlass probably has his license number memorized by that officer by now (much to the idiot's disappointment). Wonder how many tickets it'll take to wise him up (not the cop)?
Now Ray, I wonder why that photo of your granddaughter was your favorite one?
Galaxy, I thought for a minute there that you were just "sorta-cleaned-up" cussing there, with all that 'frickin' and 'frackin'... I'd agree that when it starts messing up (sorry, TM Fergie) the drinking water, that's too far gone.
Tim, with how 'well' you were taking to sitting around when you weren't supposed to be at w**k, I'd guess that it's high time for you to get back to 'it'. Of course, that has the downside of cutting into your MRR'ing time, but the positive side of helping with MRR'ing bucks. Hey, I found what might be the one you mentioned via the 'Antique' link - would that be your department's Dodge? Looks a lot like some of the ones I've found so far.
Joe, I just got to your report on Ms. Nov's death - that is a shocker, and I hope the police find THAT 'person of interest.' I occasionally have someone at w**k who has broken up with spouse/boyfriend, and I recommend they set up having the local police/deputies there when they come to remove their belongings (always, especially if he's been abusive or threatening!).
Vincent, yep, it has been a while (too long). Hoping to avoid that long of a delay re-happening anytime soon.
Lisican - Daleks! All Right, good choice on your animation/comic! I like your (forgot its name) phone booth, too. And yeah, this'd be as good a place to post THAT link (without getting much of any 'lecturing'... What's your MRR'ing like? Started, still planning, or what? Fill us in about your big (or not so) plans, etc. - and have a beverage of your choice; just ask one of our virtual servers (Zoe, Chloe, Flo, Janie, and whatsername-the-new-gal).
Sawyer, the ANR might want to invest in a converted tanker/roadbed sprayer for the kudzu... (Tee hee...)
Keith, my guess would be it's a science fiction (maybe time travel? Both? Stargate?) sorta thing for your mystery pic. You may have some difficulty getting that pup to go camping with you next time, if that was his first introduction to a 'cool' camping night. Excellent job on your area there - it's amazing all the detail you have in the itsy bitsy little iNvisible scale area.
Robby, I'm sure the appraiser will be please with your (painted) garage (even if we really know that you'd like it all to look like that 'old' half on your earlier pic...). Barry, my RDC's project will be even more... interesting, as I'm taking two (Athearn ones) and chopping and re-assembling to get something closer to actual length, with about the right number of windows, for example, on the RDC-1's. (Guess I've been hanging around the RC too long) so that means I will have to find how to lengthen the chassis/chasses to match the longer bodies, and put the Ernst re-gearing kits into them, and rewire them for DCC. I hope to retain my sanity to the end of the process. And thanks for clearing me up on Audrey's true identity (makes her sound like some kind of superhero, doesn't THAT?)
TeenSteamFan, glad to hear your folks got the DVD player to w**k. Two in a year (let alone in six months) is WAY too many. Good that your layout was off-the-grid (so to speak) when the transformer pole bit the dust.
Time for this one to mosey on home and fix some of the food in the fridge (before it goes bad on me). And tomorrow morning it's back to the office again. Well, it provides the bills money and MRR'ing bucks. Have a good evening, and raise a glass of Finger Lakes wine on my behalf tonight!
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Jim,t he kudzu would grow right back. it's some tenacious stuff.
teen steam fanJeffrey-Owh, that sounds like it hurts. Just be careful with your feet. A friend's dad lost both of his feet because he let his diabetes go. Well, I have no good comments of technology today. We just had another DVD player die on my family. Worst part was , it was mine! I got it as a present from my uncle a few years ago. We have gone through 2 in less than 6 months. At Christmas, we had the main DVD player go ker-put because the transformer on the pole at our house blew up. Flooded the basement, screwed up almost all the sensitive electronics that were not plugged in to a surge protector. Thankfully, my dad wired my layout on a circuit with a light switch that cuts the power to everything. After a clean up the day after Christmas, and about a half inch of water. Now, after I typed this, my sisters told me that they got it to work. Well, I'll have a slice of that fresh apple pie, some vanilla ice cream, and a diet Doctor. Thanks.
I will eventually lose my right foot as the ankle joint will fail completely and totally collapse. It's at the point now that I have to wear a low top boot to support the ankle and keep it from folding over sideways. Problem with that is the boots are very expensive as they must be custom made. I think the bill on this latest pair was around $500. Medicaid paid for all of it for which I am thankful. There's no way I could have afforded it. My total monthly income wouldn't pay most people's rent but I get along on it as I live a quite spartan lifestyle with my model railroad as my big indulgence. I pay my electric, insurance, grocery and credit card bills as well as my gas and car parts with less than $700 a month and have some money left over. My home and my car are paid for so I own them outright, so no rent or car payment makes my life a lot easier. As for the DVD player issue I've had several myself. My first one was an RCA which I eventually gave to my parents so they could watch a DVD or two every once in a while. I had a couple from Sony and Durabrand. They both went belly up within a year. The ones I've had the best luck with are the Magnavox and Philips systems I have now. I gotb the Philips player because I needed one that plays PAL format disks without a problem and I didn't want to pay through the nose for one. It also connects top my TV with just a HDMI cable instead of a bunch of patch lines like the Magnavox player does. On the surge suppressor issue, I have them on every [lug socket in the house as well as a whole house surge protector on the main breaker box. I have yet to lose anything to a lightning strike even though my trailer has taken several direct hits over the years.
Sawyer........That's one thing not up here in the North "kudzu". I remember it being all over the place. I did hear thou you can make a soup out of it .
Jim.....I hope he likes it. It took a week or so to do. What you have to do to save money .
teen steam fanJeff, 500 isn't bad. My dad spends 200 on Redwing at our constant nagging. I do know the value of the dollar, but compared to an amputation of hospitalization, seems like a good way to go. Best wishes Jeff.
teen steam fan Well, I have no good comments of technology today. We just had another DVD player die on my family. Worst part was , it was mine! I got it as a present from my uncle a few years ago. We have gone through 2 in less than 6 months. .
We have a Kawasaki {I get to practice my Japanese here } DVD/CD player with surround sound system built in that we have had for about 8 years. Still works great. Plays either DVD's or palys music CDs. OF course we don't play it absolutely everyday either, nor does it record.
TMarsh Hi. Got my running and visiting and errands for Mom done. Now, even though it rained today I will attempt to mow. Then, if all goes well I will retire to the trainroom. I have my fingers crossed.
Todd, did you get your lawn cut? I had to cut the hay again up here---
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I'll have an Iceberg lettuce salad with some cherry tomatoes, bacon crumbles, some fresh mushrooms and some shredded Mozzeralla cheese and a few of those garlic croutons with Western Dressing please. Oh and a glass of sweet tea too thank you.
Barry- Yep, I got the yard mowed. Sorta. I still have to get around the berry patch with the push mower, but the rain came and I quit. I'll hopefully get that tomorrow. I NEED to rake the grass that is laying on the ground up and get it out to the big grass pile by the lake before it kills out my grass. It has in one spot already, but time is not on my side this year.
Jeff- Far from being an expert on Diabetes, I am, however, aware of the foot problems and the probable outcome. Though since I've "known" you and hearing of your problems it doesn't sound good, but for what it's worth, I'm still praying that you are one of the fortunate ones who escape that part.
Well, (it took 4 tries to get the letter "W" typed instead of the "Q" or "E") I made it downstairs with the intention of going into the trainroom and relaxing. I made it to the TV with my glass of Tang. At 9 pm, 3 hours later, I went into the trainroom and cut and attached two cross supports for the rounded ends of the boulevard. Actually only one end of the support on each end piece. I want to let them dry good before I bend the arc.
Do any of you ever get the chance to spend a good amount of time in the trainroom, WANT to get in the and do stuff, but just can't bring yourself to get in there? Even if Holmes on Homes isn't on. ( I like that show) That's the way I was tonight and a few other times too. I always regret it later, like now.
Funny story about the Tang. This morning at 4:30 am I awoke with a dry mouth and thirsty as all get out. Probably from snoring like a caveman if the truth were known. I was exhausted last night. So I get up and think "Lemonade sounds fantastic". So, I get the pitcher out and get in the pantry and get the can like plastic container of Country Time Lemonade. Original, not the Pink stuff. I think Country time is about the closest thing to lemonade you can get without squeezing lemons. My opinion, you may not think so, but I wouldn't say you're wrong even though I'd know you are. Anyway, I grab the thing and measure out the amount of powdered sugar and artificial flavoring stuff, mix it up, fill a glass with ice, pour it, give it a bit of a swirl and take a big swig. Tastes funny. Then I notice the mixture isn't as much yellow as a pale orange. Hm, I didn't know the stuff would go bad. Take another swig. Not bad, just doesn't taste like lemonade. Then I look at the can like plastic container for a dies on date and I then notice the container is orange and says TANG on it. No two products should have the same unige containers. Irregardless of what it says on the label or how differently they are colored. Some rummy will get up in a half sleep stupor and get 'em mixed up. So, I'm getting through the TANG and then I'll make some Lemonade when that is gone. I hope. I don't really want to have to drink another two quarts of TANG.
OK, just got back from WPF. Now I really do regret not going into the trainroom.
Luke warm water, please. (bad tooth ache)
***Todd, that happens to me almost daily: Desire for hitting the train room, but seldom energy to do so. Did manage to go test run the wife's (now detailed) loco on a 3' section of track recently gleamed. Hey, it's something, right!
Had to bring Cold Mountain (horse) into the barn this evening. She has a hurt front leg. Gave her some Bute and will check on her tomorrow. Took some effort to bring her in and two other horses got by me and spooked my wife. Although growing up on horseback, she has been afraid of them ever since taking a kick some years ago. That is very sad to me to give up on something you once loved because of a single bad incident.
Have a good night y'all.
Rob
Hello and good Morning to you--
We be under those dull skies this morning with the 30% chance of showers---hopefully somethng rainy this way falls--we've seen lots of dull---no rain
Today is go to LHS and pick up orders from Walthers day---should be able to do SOMETHING in the trainroom this week---sometime---
Chloe, I'll have a coffee and a toasted breakfast bagel please----I'll be at the RC for now---
Morning guys!
yucky weather including chilly days ahead, may be nice for cooler weather, but with it is rain, too.
MAybe get some flowers o plant in the raised planter out front. Dunno.
jeffrey-wimberly I wish I could just go to the shoe store and get my shoes. It would make life so much easier. But those days are long gone for me.
I wish I could just go to the shoe store and get my shoes. It would make life so much easier. But those days are long gone for me.
Jeffrey I am a pre-diabetic who hopes never to get there. However, I, too, cannot walk into any old shoe store and just buy any old shoes either. I have a very wide foot, 5 inches across which requires a 4-5 E{ EEEE, or EEEEE} wide shoe. Most shoes do not even come to the "wide" width. If they do they are usually a 3 E {EEE} wide and can still be very uncomfy on my feet pinching them. I now tend to shop at only one store about a 45 min drive away or order online toget the proper width I need. It was the same with finding the $45 pair of winter gloves at the Windmill farm/craft market---the gloves were wide enough for my wide hands too! BUt $45 WAS expensive. I wear out slippers as even the "wide ones" are still only 3 E. I break the side seams as my foot hangs over the edges of the sole.
TMarsh Do any of you ever get the chance to spend a good amount of time in the trainroom, WANT to get in the and do stuff, but just can't bring yourself to get in there? Even if Holmes on Homes isn't on. ( I like that show)
Do any of you ever get the chance to spend a good amount of time in the trainroom, WANT to get in the and do stuff, but just can't bring yourself to get in there? Even if Holmes on Homes isn't on. ( I like that show)
Ain't Holmes a great guy? "Do it right the first time" "Thats not to code". "tear it all out". WE wish we had a house with problems just so we could call him and say "come fix it right, please"....By the time we buy a house and do work on it by a contractor who "messes" it up, he and his show will be long gone. Maybe not.
TMarsh Now I really do regret not going into the trainroom.
Now I really do regret not going into the trainroom.
Don't we all when we don't get a chance?. Reduces stress. Keeps us out of trouble. Gives us something constructive to do. The Other halves know where we are. WE're not drinking, smoking, doing drugs or chasing after other women while down there on the train board. We are creative and industrious. What miracles trains do!
Cederstrand Luke warm water, please. (bad tooth ache)
Lukewarm water with salt in it swished around frequently will help till you can get to dentist.
JimRCGMO Galaxy, I thought for a minute there that you were just "sorta-cleaned-up" cussing there, with all that 'frickin' and 'frackin'... I'd agree that when it starts messing up (sorry, TM Fergie) the drinking water, that's too far gone.
Well the fricken fracking is a reality. I suppose the phrases "fricken fracking" and "don't frack with my water" COULD be considered "cleaned up" swearing term, and believe me there are many who feel stronger words should be used, but are still true none-teh-less. Fracking lends itself to such use. I am at the PA border where in PA there are more weeds than people with wide open lands, but the companies drilling there and fracking the Marcellus Shale are leaving behind polluted ground water and "set fire to it" ground water for those who live there and or who stupidly out of greed agreed to lease their land for the fricken fracking. The companies don't care and cheaper to pay penalties than do it right the first time. It is in our own back yards. ALso both the rents for apartments have gone up 3 fold so peeps down who lived there all their lives there cant afford rent anymore, due to workers moving in and taking over, and property values have spiraled due to workers buying property, or the lease $$ on the land or the HOPED for royalties once the fricken fracking wells start producing good quantities of nat gas.It's a mess and I hope NYS decides to permanently band fracking here. WE already have brownfiled/contaminated properties here from teh industrial age of last century. ah well, no pun intenddend I must stop this rant for now. MAkes me upset...
Well guys, have a great day wherever you are, whatever you do
Mornin. Payed my bills and now I have to go to the Church and pay theirs. Out of their money of course.
My PLAN, is to return, do the touch ups on the yard then hit the trainroom for a bit before w**k. We shall see. Brenda has been after me, (gently though because she knows what I'm busy doing) to get the pressure washer running and knock the mold off the north side of the house and mx up some Malathian..., Mialathon, -thin....,Mialithian..., however you say it, to stop the invasion of the Japanese Beetles from feasting on her Blackberry bushes. I've seen a couple so time to spray.
Rob- I wonder how much those people really have to pay on HGTV to get their houses fixed. I have a good project for that fix it up to sell it show........
Have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have couple of scrambled eggs, 2 strips of that near-bacon stuff (trying to eat healthier, sorta), wheat toast with blackberry jam, glass of Ed's OJ (better email him to send a couple more tankers up from SOTB), and a CAW mug of coffee, please. Thanks!
TSF, yeah, I remembered the Dr. Who part (and even that the TARDIS is sort of some time travel thing, right?), but forgot its name. We don't have any station locally broadcasting it. (I dropped cable a while back; didn't like what they wanted to charge me for the few channels I would actually want to see) Thanks for filling in my ignorance (now there's a gaping hole to fill...)
Todd, I have something like that, and my 'train room' right now is the middle section of my living room in the apartment, so it's kinda staring me in the face most of the time. I have little no real excuse for my general level of inactivity, I'd guess.
Jeff, I'm sure you could teach us all a few lessons on how to "live below our means" (and maybe a few state and federal governments as well...). Hey! Where'd this come from?
I see that Barry has sent us some of his 'Dull Day' weather in Cape Girardeau today. We had some rain and a thunderboomer or such around bedtime last night; lulled me off to sleep like a lullaby... Possibly some rain before lunchtime here, then I think it's heading up Barry's way so his backyard lake doesn't get too low of a water level.
Hmm, I wonder if our local grocery store's 'beverage' department might carry anyb of those Finger Lakes wines Ray and others were mentioning? Probably not, I'm a-feared, and the odds of my getting to upstate NY aren't real good for this year.
And just got a call to go see somebody, so Zoe, can I have a go box for my breakfast? I'll down the juice and get a go cup on the coffee, please. Thanks!
Hope to be back before long and see what else is happening in your world today.
Blessings,
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe just a blueberry muffin with lots of butter and a big cup of dark roast coffee for me in a FGLK mug. Please and Thank You! I'll go sit in the front booth and watch all the switching going on in the yard.
Went over to my son's house last night for a fantastic Roast Beast Dinner with his wife's family and my Granddaughters, of course. Came home and got a bit more done on the small yard at the limestone quarry. Have one more turnout to make for the area, then on to creating some buildings and the quarry itself.
The Tortoise will be inside a building, BTW. Couldn't install it under the layout as the track below it is right where the turnout points are. Figured after looking at all the possibilities THAT putting it inside a building and a road over the pipe containing the throw bar would be the easiest way to go. Yes, the building will be made removable so i can get to the Tortoise if necessary....
Ran a loco and a few cars through to make sure it is functioning properly too.
Jim, sorry, but I don't think you can find any of the Finger Lakes wines in your grocery stores...... Can't even find them in our grocery stores here in NYS. There is a push to get a law allowing our grocery stores to carry NYS Wines. Wineries will ship wines when allowed. I think there are 6 states where they can ship the wine. Unfortunately Montana isn't one of them.
Welp! I have to get the truck over to the dealer to get some parts replaced today. Sooooooo, I best get away from the computer and get to work finding other things to do.......
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Lunch!! Just a quick stop.
Ray.......The yard is really coming along.
Here's a few pictures of my "ready mix" area. I added a few trees yesterday, and finally painted the "median" yellow.
Hi again, Zoe, I'll have another coffee in the CAW mug, if it's not still in the wash in back, please. Thank you.
howmusJim, sorry, but I don't think you can find any of the Finger Lakes wines in your grocery stores...... Can't even find them in our grocery stores here in NYS. There is a push to get a law allowing our grocery stores to carry NYS Wines. Wineries will ship wines when allowed. I think there are 6 states where they can ship the wine. Unfortunately Montana isn't one of them.
Ray, I'm actually in Missouri (MO), not Montana (MT). Yeah, I would've been surprised if our local place carries Finger Lakes wines (and not sure I could justify the shipping costs for the one bottle every few months that I would consume). The local grocery store might have some NY wines, but likely only the bigger companies. Heck, I don't think they carry Taylor (whose Tawny Port was one I would have a glass of a decade or two ago). I just looked online, and was wondering - is the Pleasant Valley Winery connected with the same vineyards that Taylor owned previously? Wow.... Hey, good imagineering on placing that Tortoise motor!
Robby, the town looks even better with those trees and scenicking. Are you still figuring out how the left side road - past the cement plant - will go (left across the track, or more straight back across the old mainline)? Ah, the fun of 'adjusting' as we go, eh? I've been trying to adjust the road arrangement on my small layout too. Don't have the space I'd like (unless my cars and trucks were in iNvisible scale, maybe).
Zoe, could I have a cinnamon roll, please, and a refill on my coffee? Thanks.
No MRR club meeting tonight (called on account of the area isn't air-conditioned yet), so might see about putting some kits together. Got my vehicles counted/listed yesterday; decided that other than a fire engine or two, I probably have all I need in vehicles for now (and a while).
I'll be chatting with Robby at the counter, about road designing and other fun civil engineering stuff.
Jim in Cape Girardeau (Missouri)
JimRCGMO The local grocery store might have some NY wines, but likely only the bigger companies. Heck, I don't think they carry Taylor (whose Tawny Port was one I would have a glass of a decade or two ago). I just looked online, and was wondering - is the Pleasant Valley Winery connected with the same vineyards that Taylor owned previously?
Well Jim, Taylor has been owned by Coca Cola for many years now........... They call it New York State Wine only because by law it needs to have 10% New york grapes. 90% is brought in by truck from California these days.... Not much local about it anymore. Widmer who used to make a wonderful Lake Niagara has been consumed by the very big Constellation Brands (Once upon a time based in Canandaigua, NY). Constellation Brands is #2 or #3 in the biggest creaters and marketers of Rot Gut Wino Wines. Remember Wild Irish Rose Wine???? Used to be the quickest way to get drunk for less than $2 back in college....... Didn't like it then and wouldn't touch it now. That goes for basically all their wines. I have been to some high clahss fancy dancy wine tasting thingies at thier Canandaigua offices. Yuch! Nothing they had is anything I would consider drinkable. My late FIL used to do some plumbing over at the plant many years ago. They would sometimes give him a case or two of some rot gut they called wine. He once gave us a case of it. We opened one bottle and took a taste. Then it (and all the others) got poured down the drain........ The great NYS wine is from small, independent wineries. BTW I always get the 2 states abbreviations mixed up Misery is one they do mail order to. Although a case is best i best for shipping costs....
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Great layout progress pics, guys!
Cold Mountain is already much better today. Will likely turn her out tomorrow. Whew!
Toothache driven insomnia last night. Going to be a long day.
Have a good one, y'all.