Chicken Tikka Masala with samosas, garlic naan and a big cup of coconut milk please?
Cedarstrand: Your post brings back memories of my boyhood on my families farm in Northern Virginia. We had a small herd of goats and they loved finding places to escape from. Occasionally ending up in our neighbors wooded lots meaning a friendly phone call asking us to come get them. One neighbor got very irritated but he'd been the exception rather than the rule. I miss those goats, they were much fun.
I started my tutoring job earlier tonight. I easily realized what all teachers know firsthand, teaching is an education in and of itself.
Alvie
Goat = Escape artist.
Curious goat = Houdini.
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
Howdy!
Rob ... That is great news about the farm being paid off.
David .... Congratulations. That is terrific! ... What kinds of machinery is the company involved with?
Terry .... I recall seeing NP and CB&Q F units working together before the BN merger. Burlington was short of locomotives for a period of time and used some of NP's. I also recall seeing GN F's on the CB&Q, and those were pooled with Burlington. CB&Q E-units worked to Montana on the GN while GN F's worked on the CB&Q to Chicago.
Alvie ... I hope your new schedule means you may visit here in the Diner more often.
Jeff ... You're hard at work! ... Nice weathering.
Todd ... Are winning Floor Wars?
Did you here about the redneck couple who got married in the bath tub?..... It was a double ring ceremony.
Ulrich ... Are you okay? Haven't seen you here.
Where are Lee, Jerry. and Inch? ... There are several MIA's.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Heartland Division CB&Q David .... Congratulations. That is terrific! ... What kinds of machinery is the company involved with?
David Parks I am the terror that flaps in the night!
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Evenin' folks!
Janie just a decaf for me right now. I'll be in the back booth by the stove to keep warm and unwind a bit.
Went to the R&GV RR Museum meeting tonight. meeting itself took about 15 minutes (my kind of meeting) then we had a superb slide show and movie presentation by one of our members. He does all the You tube movies from the museum that I show links to from time to time. It was about a trip by rail he took to Steamtown back in 2006. The trip was by private coaches (a group of people who can afford to have there own railroad coach to travel around in) pulled by 3 Amtrack Locos. The guy was invited to go along on the rail part of the convention for 5 days ($5,000 cost).......
I went down cellar and closed up down there for the night and got a couple of photos of what happened today. Here is the way it looked after I tore out all the layout I am removing and cleaned the room:
After the painters left:
The white smudges on the floor are actually finger prints on the camera lense.... I evidently touched the lens with my fingers when I removed the lens cap..... Duh! I'll clean it tomorrow.
Now I can start puttig stuff back in the room and clear our a path for the Gas company people to come next week and install a new gas meter.....
Prayers for all in need!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Chamomile tea, please.
***Ray, sounds like a really nice meeting. Would have enjoyed that one myself. Hey, the painted (stained?) floor looks really nice!
Well, starting to fade here. Have a good night all.
Rob
Evening Fellow Dinners!
Thank you Flo!
David Congrats and where can I send my Resume? If you need someone that speaks German I know someone that would work for you!
Todd Send me you your phone number and I will try to get in touch with you about Friday. I will be in Springfield around 12:30, meeting is at 1:00 and should take a hour. Meeting is at 1039 Wabash 62704. I will check my PM's before I hit the road for your number.
I am not looking forward to Friday, so much to do and so little time to do it. Next day off is the Friday after next.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good Morning
Supposed to be sunny today with the high near 37F...we'll see about the sun...right now it looks to be a dull day again.
Have a few things to do today then it is going to be off for a couple of weeks...yay!!!
Ken: Sounds like another one of those meetings...I had to deal with one of those things earlier this week..
Flo, I'll have a coffee for now please..I'll be at the RC...
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/
Good morning, Chloe. I will have my coffee in one of those giant mugs, please. I am trying to wedge my eyes open.
Rob, Congrats on paying off the farm. We paid ours off in November. All we can think of now is the maintenance that we have put off. Tax time won't be as panicky now. How is your coyote problem?
Garry, Great scene. Thanks for sharing. I don't always get to the WPF.
Ray, That color is great on the floor. We need to get back to our painting project. Larry is taking a week off in March so we can finish it.
Later, Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Sake - Tumi
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, February 17th, 2012!!!
The weekend is nigh!!!
{I slept late and MOH hogged the 'puter all morning}
-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.
Train Master We do not handle the machinery directly. We never touch it. We handle the paperwork that keeps the corporation running. Through years of working in the manufacturing and scrap metal business my dad built up a lot of ties between different companies and brought them together into an association where the companies work as a team to process old machinery and rebuild it or send it to the scrappers for shredding then is sent on for melting and reused to make new products. Old machines that can be salvaged are rebuilt/refurbished and sold. They handle everything from trucks to heavy steel structural members. This sometimes includes railroad equipment. Usually by the time they get it the stuff is good for nothing but shredding. I cannot tell you any more than that.
Oooooh, delicious corporate secrets? Do you have to shoot us if you tell us?
LOL
Morning All,
At w**k today. It was very busy yesterday so I expect the same today. High is supposed to be 82 F and humid today.
Ray- Nice looking Floor. In the picture it looks reddish brown which would go really well with a PRR themed layout
Garry- Nice scene last night.
Have to go. Everyone take care.
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
http://s1082.photobucket.com/albums/j372/curtwbb/
Good Morning!! Coffee and biscuits and gravy please. Thank you. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. David- Congratulations! Sounds like you have a great future. You are very lucky to have such an opportunity. Good luck. Ray- Floor looks great. Ken- Sent you a PM. Believe it or not, I know where Wabash is. It’s a big road so I know that one. At the risk of sounding inhospitable, all things considered, we’ll meet at maybe Hardee’s or McDonalds, I think there is a Starbuck’s (never been to one so I don’t look for them), somewhere. Or couple other places that are on the way out of town to put you straight shot back to 55 south. It T’s with 6th street so you can actually get back on 55 from two ways. It means nothing to you now, but you’ll see once you get there. I know Lee gets busy sometimes so I’m going with that, but Ulrich reeeeally needs to check in. Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
Good Morning!! Coffee and biscuits and gravy please. Thank you.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.
David- Congratulations! Sounds like you have a great future. You are very lucky to have such an opportunity. Good luck.
Ray- Floor looks great.
Ken- Sent you a PM. Believe it or not, I know where Wabash is. It’s a big road so I know that one. At the risk of sounding inhospitable, all things considered, we’ll meet at maybe Hardee’s or McDonalds, I think there is a Starbuck’s (never been to one so I don’t look for them), somewhere. Or couple other places that are on the way out of town to put you straight shot back to 55 south. It T’s with 6th street so you can actually get back on 55 from two ways. It means nothing to you now, but you’ll see once you get there.
I know Lee gets busy sometimes so I’m going with that, but Ulrich reeeeally needs to check in.
Ya’ll have a Great Day!!!
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.
galaxyI cannot tell you any more than that. Oooooh, delicious corporate secrets? Do you have to shoot us if you tell us?
Good morning ...
I don't see Ulrich.
David ... That sounds like an interesting business. I think you will enjoy your job. Accounting is much more interesting than some people think.
Curt and Sue .... Thanks for comments.
My WPF picture has my E8 with the MRC sound decoder. Also, you can see a partial view of the passenger shelters with roofs raised to clear dome cars.
We should start an MIA list. It will be long........ Simon, Jerry, Inch, Lee, Duke ..............
Where have some of the people gone to?
We'll have to send Vinnie to round up these people.
Good morning. It's 52° and cloudy. Expecting a high of 60°. Showers likely this morning then showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Chance of rain is 60% today increasing to 90% tonight.A flood watch is in effect until 6 pm Saturday. Today I'll attempt to weather a couple more cars. I'll see about changing the numbers first. Humidity here is high and may be too high for the weathering powder to work properly. Too much moisture in the air makes it clump. It also has an unfortunate tendency to make sealer spray (Matte Finish) cloud up. Unlike Dull-Cote just spraying over it won't clear it. It just becomes more cloudy. Well, that's all for now.
I'll have some eggs, some bacon, toast, pancakes, orange juice, fried potatoes and whatever other breakfest items the cook has back there, zoe
Good morning everybody
Well no school today, its midwinter break. I still have to go to work, but its 28 and sunny out so I should be able to operate the layout, if I can find some time in between running and lifting weights.
WHAT DID YOU SAY ZOE?!?!?
$746.28 BILL?!?!?! OH NO
See ya'll
"Mess with the best, die like the rest" -U.S. Marine Corp
MINRail (Minessota Rail Transportaion Corp.) - "If they got rid of the weeds what would hold the rails down?"
And yes I am 17.
Mottomo kokoro no komotta ohayō!
Zoe, I'll have think I'll have the Steamed Rice, Miso Soup and Tamagoyaki this morning.... (THAT ought to drive Galaxy nuts!) I would still like a cup of dark roast coffee though. Thank you Ma'am!
"Where have all the MRs gone, Long time passing.....?" I too am getting worried about Ulrich. Do hope he is OK and it's just computer problems or something like THAT.
Sunny and 37°F outside this morning. Won't get much warmer today so I will be lighting the wood stove in a few minutes. I start to move shelving and furniture back into the layout room today (and I will be cleaning the lens on the camera....). I need to get the other half of the basement cleaned and reorganized now. I have items I can store in the WoodTex Shed out back, but I have to move out the rototiller and a few other things to get THAT done. I is a bit like my LAte wife used to say, "You can't get there from here!" Also reminds me of a music vocal pedagogy clinic I once attended which was titled, "Which first thing first?" Guess I need to establish a Triority (the list of the three things that have to be done first) and figure out how to do this.....
Oh! Thanks for the comments on the floor. Yes, it is some kind of new water base paint they used. Supposed to better than the old oil based floor paint. harder and longer lasting. Time will tell. I asked him to use an earth tone paint and I think the color will work out fine in there. The color you see in the photo is very accurate to what is there (at least on my Mac monitor, rated for direct to press for color rendition).
Better get moving!
Extra strong coffee in a SUNNY & SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Sue, coytes are present, but have not taken anything else since that last goose attack & chase. I have been "marking" around the farm a bit. Also clearing more brush so the geese can (hopefully) spot a predator before it's to late. More I can do, just to tuckered out to tackle everything.
***"ULRICH", you out there? That's as loud as I can shout.
Have a headache this morning, undoubtedly from the antibiotic. It should pass. Looks like it will be in the 60's here, so time to open up the house. Have a good day all.
Good Day Modelers!
Right now it's 29F and Sunny on it's way to a forecast high of 38F. Our major IT project kicked off last night as right now things are going smoothly (knock on wood!). Still working on my new Rocky Mountain Empire blog bring online my D&H collection, today's uploads are all about HO Scale flarcars...
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
My Blog
Ulrich: WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!?
Good Afternoon...
mmmmm...another dull day to be had here. Sun? Where is it?
Got to get some stuff done this afternoon...
Have a good day!!!!
Good afternoon! I had an interesting and somewhat hectic morning train. I come around a curve to see a signal displaying Approach (reduce to medium speed [30 mph] prepared to stop at the next signal) and pick up my radio to call the signal to my crew just to watch it drop to a Stop Signal!! Talk about heart and stomach fighting to get into my throat! Thankfully I was running on a Clear at the previous signal, so I bring my train to a safe stop (which I was not able to stop prior to passing the signal, hence the hectic portion) and call the Dispatcher. He gave me permission "from where I stand, by the stop signal in accordance to the rules. THAT meant Restricted Speed for approximately 2.5 to 3 miles in territory I usually do 50... Train was 14 minutes down at its latest point, but I was able to get us back to only 9 minutes down in the end... If I'd been able to get back to within 5 minutes, I would have been considered "On Time".
Hope you are having a better day than I, cause mine only gets better from here!!! God Bless!
Sam
May He bless you, guide you, and keep you safe on your journey through life!
I Model the New Hope & Ivyland RR (Bucks County, PA)
gabeusmc I'll have some eggs, some bacon, toast, pancakes, orange juice, fried potatoes and whatever other breakfest items the cook has back there, zoe WHAT DID YOU SAY ZOE?!?!? $746.28 BILL?!?!?! OH NO See ya'll
Yes, food costs have gone Up, Up,Up, and will continue to go Up, Up, Up!!! ANd then when fuel prices go up to get it to you, food will go up up up again!!!
{DON'T forget the tip!!!!!!!!!!! a 20% tip is usual here! $149.26 ought to do it nicely!!!}
{anybody heard from Jeffrey today or did I just miss his posts?}
ULRICH!!!! Wherefore art thou, ULRICH????
The LION is back. This morning I came down here and there was no internet service. Rebooting, resetting, nothing. I called the telephone company, and they had a man out here to do some work, and eventually traced the issue to our router, which they replaced. Now everything works.
LION is happy. Happy LIONS are nice LIONS, and do not go around eating people they should not eat.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Weather radar shows a bunch of ugly stuff moving ENE across Texas and it appears to have my area in it's cross-hairs. I'm outta here.
Grilled chicken and a Coffee while I wait, please.
***Jeffrey, stay safe and check back in when it's all clear. Good luck!
***Barry, any idea when & where that photo was taken? Reminds me of family camping trips and climbing on old RR locos. Well, I was to little to climb, but my older siblings all did.
Looked at a used 2007 Bobcat 331 excavator today. It had a divot missing from one track (2"deep x 10" wide), but nothing which would effect a vehicle with a top speed of around 3mph. Very quiet machine. Had 900 hours on it. Considering it for stumping and all the other potential farm projects it could do. Need to think about it awhile.
Hope y'all are having a good day. Ahh, I see dinner has arrived. Rob
Hi all,
Flo, a root beer float please?
Fridays are my day of rest as I worked 45-hours on top of work around the house and the 'hood.
I'm currently indulging a guilty pleasure of mine, watching videos on youtube that claim to show "real footage" of ghosts, aliens etc.
Storms are passing through the western part of the state at this time. It's not too bad here but south of below DeRidder there are places that are really catching it. I expect some heavy stiff to come through later but I plan to be asleep before then. See y'all tomorrow.