Ray {SPMan}
I missed your joining us here in the diner!!!
Consider this another big fat !!!
Well got my FIL ot the hospital, now MOH will get him home.
Tried to get our HEAP application for winter heat assistance, but the office was, of course, closed! How DARE they!!! Have to get the application in for food stamps too...
Went to my father's to take him dinner.
Now we still have to figure out how to care for MIL and do it on limited money.It woudl be easy if they qualified for Medicaid.
Well, I am EXHAUSTED....so I go for nap.
-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.
Jim, thanks for the welcome to Eliott's Diner.
We had a grand Thanksgiving dinner yesterday even though it started two hours later than I wanted it to due to late arrival of some family members. All pooped out today from all the cooking and fixin. Need to cut up the remainder today.
Will look for your PM re high rail.
later, Ray
SPMan
Thought I might drop by just to say Happy Thanksgiving; Rio Grande style...
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Afternoon folks!
Slept in this morning and then got right to w*rk on a bunch of things I am late accomplishing...
Chloe, a cup of hot chocolate would suit me fine at the moment!
It is a dark, gloomy, foreboding type of day here in the Finger Lakes today. Winter may be just around the corner.... Currently 52°F outside under (as I said already) cloudy skies. The last of the leaves are finally falling off the Maple next door and across the street...
Have a bunch of printing to get done, so I'm just peeking in to see what has been going on.
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
avoiding black friday, last night went to work. smoothest shift ever! the grand mound GWL was hosting it's thanksgiving buffet, I was bussing tables faster then they could seat them and put us about 30-60 minutes ahead of schedule.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
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Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
chochowillie galaxyHe insists on going and if not we are afraid he WILL dirve there himself. This may sound heartless but what I did with the issue of FIL on the insisting or driving when he was way way past being competent was to take the distributor cap off his car. He stopped driving then. This was after 3 accidents in 4 months, the last being driving into the side of a fuel tanker. It worked but there was lots of "vi vont mine car go????" Just my worth. Dennis
galaxyHe insists on going and if not we are afraid he WILL dirve there himself.
This may sound heartless but what I did with the issue of FIL on the insisting or driving when he was way way past being competent was to take the distributor cap off his car. He stopped driving then. This was after 3 accidents in 4 months, the last being driving into the side of a fuel tanker.
It worked but there was lots of "vi vont mine car go????"
Just my worth.
Dennis
Ve haf some vays of shtopping das auto.
But, Mine FIL iz Schmartz!!!
And if not, he calls someone to come fixticate it.
taking distributor cap {of which there isn't one on his car} won't work.
So far, FIL has been behaving himself. He threatened to drive hiomself, but hasn't. Probably because there are too many helper agencies involved right now. SO there are LOTS of people who know he shouldn't drive das auto.
Well, I am off to the CU then to take FIL to hospitla so I can rjun ohter errands.
Planting my feet at home today to avoid the nutball traffic and nutball black Friday shoppers. Thanksgiving was great! Just the wife and I enjoying a great dinner in peace and quiet for which, we gave thanks. Later in the evening, a couple of DVD movies
Today I'll do a little layout work and re-finish a small cabinet made by my grandfather in the 1940's.
Richard
If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed
Happy Thanksgiving a day late. We went to my brother's home. It was a fun time. Not too much overeating because we ate later than usual.
Ray, Nice job blending with your backdrop. I can't wait to see a photo of the area when you are done. Oh yeah, thanks for the butterscotch cookies.
Off to the pool,
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
CDN Dennis
Modeling the HO scale something or other RR in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies Alberta, Canada
Good Morning!!!
( walks through door as I stare at a small axe buried deep in the door. Shakes head)
Coffee and……um. Just coffee please. Still kinda full from last night. Thanks.
Say….what happened outside? Feathers are EVERYwhere. Looks like quite the tussle. (sticks finger in one of several, what appear to be bullet holes in the wall)
Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. We did.
Picked up the dog for a family picture…….She goes on a diet.
Welcome SPMan!
Figured today I’d run some extra tile back to Menard’s for return now that the project is over. (keeping the open boxes of course). Then I remembered today is Black Friday so I decided, like Jeffrey, my situpon is not leaving Billtown. SO, I guess I’ll dive into cleaning up my office and clean the fryer up so Brenda's car can get back in the garage and of course a load or two of laundry . Gotta use up as much of the new box of soap powders we just bought before the new washer and dryer arrive first week of December. They are those HE things and different soap is needed. I tried to talk Brenda into just buying the HE soap when we were buying this box, but she turned he nose up at it saying we're just looking and it may be a while anyway. Two days later called and said she saw where Lowe’s had this set for $500 dollars off WHICH made it $300 dollars less than the set she was looking at with less bells and whistles. Which these are actually the ones she wanted, but I saw no reason to buy features she or I will probably not ever use, to which she agreed. But these have a clear lid on the washer (still top load as we didn't see the need for the front loaders), and also the dryer door (also traditional type) and that's what she liked. She never sat and said, "gee I really wish I could just stand there sometimes and watch the laundry wash" before, so I didn't see the need now. Not paying extra for that and those "hepful extras" we'll not use was the issue until she saw that they would be considerably less than a set without. Soooo.... (shrugs shoulders). Gotta use some soap before we give to one of the kids. Typical.
Welp, best get a crackin. First I go pick up the trash cans that I hear tumble over in the wind thirty one seconds after I heard the garbage scow pull away.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
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.
Good morning. It's 55° with 92% humidity. It'll be cloudy with a chance of rain. The high will be 68°.I might do a little work on the layout today. The track is clear but there's still stuff that needs to be put away, tossed out, tossed into a box or tossed aside and ignored. The main plan today is to recover from yesterday. No way am I going anywhere even remotely close to town. Those wild and crazy Black Friday shoppers will be out in force and that bunch takes no prisoners. Maybe I'll go over to my sisters place later and pick up some leftovers.
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Morning
Flo, Coffee to go.
Yesterday was a tough day for me. I was so tried, all I did was lay on the couch. Maybe it was because I closed the night before and did not get home till 10:45 pm? I did get off the couch to BBQ Thanks Giving Dinner (Ribs and Steaks) but did not eat to well after 7:00 pm.
See you all tonight after work.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good Morning
High today...44F....and rainy....back to 'normal'
Today is the start of the Xmas Walk...I will be in hiding.....in the basement...like the 'creature' I am
Spring is already down there...in hiding....
Have a good one!!
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...
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Monring coffee and donuts in the diner
GOOD MORNING!!!
The prayer candles will be lit as long as I am home!
Have A GREAT day!!!
Good Morning! from Tipton IN.
It's Friday, November 23, 2012
TIPTON
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
jeffrey-wimberly galaxyNow my back is screaming Jeffrey style insults at me as I am done with the oven and stooping to get the bird out.Is that what I heard!
galaxyNow my back is screaming Jeffrey style insults at me as I am done with the oven and stooping to get the bird out.
The sky looked a little purple-ish to the east of us earlier...
Well I had the job of watching my mother this morning. That extended into the afternoon. My father finally got in from work and I headed up to my sisters place for Thanksgiving dinner. So it just her and I there for a while. We had a chance to talk about some of the things that have been going on. Presently my father arrived followed by my niece and her husband. My mother wasn't there for the very good reason there was no way she could walk there. My niece was determined that this family was having Thanksgiving dinner together so she and her husband went down, put her into her chair and hauled her up the hill to my sisters place. She wasn't a happy camper but she made the best of it. The dinner was great. I should know. I had three plate fulls. We were expecting more guests but there's been a bug going around and some were sick and had to miss out. My sisters husband wasn't there. He had to work all day. He was already 50+ hours for the week and this further overtime is going to look good on the paycheck. All told there were just under a dozen people there.Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Just a quick drop in to wish all the Gang a very Happy Thanksgiving Day for 2012.Hope you all got a tummy full of turkey ( the good stuff ) and that you find comfort in giving thanks to whomever you worship.We here have been inundated with snow for the last couple of days, I have lost count ofthe number of times I have shoveled out the deck and dog pen, front sidewalk and driveway.But, I do know my lower back is in a FOWL mood tonight, and that ain't no BIRD.Going to rest the back, although there is more snow to move again, and try to get a little football in. ( ( watching that is ))Hope you all had a wonderful day with Family and Friends. My Wife and I, attended a funeral this afternoonfor a dear old friend who was 90 at passing, so that put a different twist on Thanksgiving, but it too was a good experience.Ya all drive safe now, ya hear ?? And happy Rails and Trails.Johnboy out........................ and back to work for three on the week-end.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Happy Thanksgiving, Janie - I see you're covering the Diner today, eh? I'll go easy on JaBear's card, and just have a slice of pumpkin pie with some whipped cream on top, and a CAW mug of (no, still not interested in that 'boot coffee'...) that Finger Lakes Roast that Ray was pushing the other day. (Takes a sip...) Not bad, not bad. Thank you, Janie!
OzJim, I ran that kph that you mentione - 120mph? No wonder they were out of glass for a long time. You got me curious though - are there local glassmakers in Australia? I have seen photos of one of the desert areas down there, but don't know what types/kinds of sand are needed to make good glass.
JR, will you have time while you're there to try to meet up with OzJim? Or is your race area a wee bit too far away from Brisbane? Do get some photos if you can, to bring back and post up here in the Diner.
BN24 - I seem to recall that Walthers is supposed to have an email newsletter tailored more to N-scalers. Couldn't find it just now when I took a quick look on the Walthers site, but I do remember there was something like that.
Todd, hope you remember.. whatever that thing was that you can't remember right now. Me, I made a run to the grocery store for a couple things for my dinner today (a little bit ago), and luckily they were open just a little longer, so I got them.
Hope all our Diners (in the US, or who celebrate with the US's Thanksgiving) spend some time with good friends and enjoy some good food today. (Tomorrow we can see about going to the gym to start trying to lose what we ate today...)
Galaxy, for some additional options to open up for you. After my Mom died in '77, he lived by himself for several years, and had some respiratory problems until he passed. He was in the Southwest and I was not far from where I am now, so it was fortunate that my older brother (the one who retired at age 55) was able (financially and physically) to go from Calif. (other L.A. than Jeff) to check on him. That was kinda necessary, as Dad wouldn't always tell either of us until *after* he was in the hospital for something. I really think that if Dad had had to go to a nursing home, it would've been really tough for him. I feel for you and YOH as you try to figure all that out.
Garry - so... since there's not much time left on the Mayan calendar, I guess it's good that my RR is (allegedly) a SHORT line, so I can finish it in time, right?
Ulrich - regarding your new scratchbuilt building there.. I LIKE! I LIKE! Ya done, well, friend!
Barry and Ken, we had some of that fog the past day or two (not quite freezing yesterday, at least). That kind of 'frost' is mostly a nuisance to scrape off the windshield on the car. Not as bad as when winter really arrives, though. And apparently freezing fog was behind that 100+vehicle pile-up in Beaumont,Texas. for those who were involved in that.
And Ken, great news on how your toe is coming along! Hope you and the new boss get all the 'leaks" in your sales tracked down and corrected!
DerJohn, aw... Garry would've liked it if you'd said "a lot"... Best wishes on selling off your cars & locos this weekend. And doubly so in finding a suitable home in Pictou.
Karl, I'd say you had a VERY practical suggestion for Thanksgiving Day! THAT, and those push-ups (the ones where we push up and away from the dinner table...)
Todd - good luck with keeping up with Missy (and out of Brenda's way in the kitchen) So I guess she's kinda in a way like a semi - she ALWAYS has the right-of-way?...
Rich, that's a nice friendly offer on dinner. My guess is, with or without family/company, Petra still likely wants to cook up something delightful herself. Is that correct, Ulrich?
So who's the guy masquerading as Ray? Falstaff? And sir, dost thou mean that we shall not have Franklin's bird for dinner?
Dennis, that was some job to get your turkey cooked, cleaned and packed up! I'd say you earned a respite from cooking today, all right!
SP Ray - to the Diner. Funny you should mention Hi-rail; one librarian friend of mine sent me a book about building a Hi-Rail layout. (Check your PM's).
Don't know if anyone elsewhere has seen "Mr. Food" (his show has run during the noon news with recipes that you could send in and get), but last Wednesday he died (of cancer). The local station ran his last recorded show segment this evening in his memory, which was one for "Turkey Frame Soup," using every bit of food from the turkey. Ray, you could maybe use that recipe with your turkey #1 remains.
Tonight and one more night of on-call. So far, so good. I'll be at the RC, seeing about a second helping of that pumpkin pie Janie, could I have this one with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it instead? Great! Thank you.
Let's be thankful for our blessings (both what we have received, and what we have not received, in some cases), and say a few for those who are in need of healing, comfort, and those in the Northeast who are needing homes.
Blessings,
Jim in Cape G.
Evenin' folks...
Janie, just a decaf, I think if I eat one more mouthful I will end up that Gourmand on Monty Python... What, no I never did catch THAT turkey this morning. Turns out I didn't need to as my son's MIL had already cooked two of them. Reminds me of Thanksgiving at my Grandmother's house when I was a little kid... "Guy (my Grandfather), bring out the second turkey please!"
My sister tells me one of her neighbors was cooking one of the ones pardoned by a president... Bush one I think. This turkey has been around a while as it weighed in at 36lbs. Evidently the pardon expired... Yep! 36 lbs! They had to buy a bigger oven to be able to cook the monster. Seriously! I don't even know why they would want to cook a 36 lb/ turkey? It would be a tough and dried out carcass by the time it was cooked through. To each their own...
With the second turkey yet untouched at my sons house, lots of dressing, squash, mashed potatoes, and gravy left over, my DIL loudly suggested we all get ourselves back over to their house tomorrow for a repeat performance. Sounds good to me. I was then sent home with the carcass of turkey #1 to put in my freezer so I can make turkey soup for a dinner sometime in the future. I will likely be bringing the carcass of turkey #2 home tomorrow night, and since the freezer is full the turkey soup will be a sooner rather than later item.
Guess I will go light the wood stove and get the house heated up a bit.
Evening guys
Well my day didn't go exactly as planned, but it's not all bad. Instead of getting off at 2pm, I got off at 4pm. Thanksgiving is counted as Overtime, and I was already scheduled 39 hours. So I'm up to 41.5, with 7.5 counting as OT. Strangely enough, the restaurant I work at was pretty busy. I look foward to this check, but not to what the tax is gonna be (I am not thankful for income taxes). I got home at 4:30 and it was already getting dark, so no chance to weather that autorack kit or the other cars I have yet to weather. Luckily by the time I cleaned up dinner was ready. Infared-cooked (aka oil-less fried) turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed patatoes, beer bread, and some rolls. I was skeptical about the oil-less fried turkey, but I was pleasently suprised. It tastes just like fried, without the oil.
I made a buck at work today as well. My manager bet me a dollar Detroit would win. I said I wanted them to loose (makes Green Bay look better in the NFC north) so I took it. They lost, but he went home before the game was over.
I'm supposed to work 6-1 tomorrow. If I actually get off at 1, I'll try to weather that stuff. Maybe I'll even see if my special "lady-friend" can come over
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Its 4:34 PM here, and I done cooked and et some turkey!
Now my back is screaming Jeffrey style insults at me as I am done with the oven and stooping to get the bird out.
Took FIL dinner and will take my father some tomorrow. TOok FIL to hospital to see MIl...while he is supposed to rest and not do anyhting, he is there at her side always. Sitll will have MOh taking care of MIL after work on Wed- SAt anyway for 4.5 hours a day and I on someother times.
Thing that scares me is when she gets disoriented and can't think/talk English...and I don't know much German....to get her back to reality. Then there is the bedpan issues she can/doesn't trust me to do it and is shy, shy shy! SO I can sit with her, but there are some restrictions.
FIL can't drive until Dec1 anyway-and then only if hte Dr. Says so,so he will have to be ferried every day to the hospital.He insists on going and if not we are afraid he WILL dirve there himself.
MY fahter will wiat til tomorrow for his dinner, he knows that.
Hopefullly the HEAP office will be open tomorrow so I can get application. We got scared last year with small amount htey first gave us, then they gave us more automatically. Is First COme first served Federally.
So I have napped, now to lie down and watfch TV. I did all the laundry yesterday so I wouldn't have to today.
Later
Happy Thanksgiving all, I'm new to this forum so just visiting. I spend more time on the CTT forum since I am in three rail O gauge now and have been for many years. However my roots are in HO and scale model railroading from back in the 60's. I belonged to a club at one time that had their own building and a layout with over 2000 feet of main line plus yards and sidings. I'm also a rail fan and retired locomotive engineer. I hired out with the SP in 1979 and retired off of the Union Pacific in 2000. I have a garage layout now and try to make it look as much like scale as possible. (High rail) I hope to visit with you guys in the future and perhaps share some experience.
Happy turkey day,
Ray
(Enters diner wearing some kind of weird clothing attributed to a certain religious group from the 1600's... Sets blunderbuss leaning against the counter. Sits down at counter...)
M'lady, hast thou seen yonder turkey perchance? I hast chased the future dinner throughout Yon forest with meager success whist it hast avoided mine true marksmanship. Methinks I shalt have a cup of dark roast coffee whilst I waitest for it to reappear. Thank you M'lady!
The stuffing is made and in the crock pot and the oven is turned on to bake the squash. Dinner will be around 1:30 to 3:00 or so. And don't refer to me me as "My old lad of the castle"! (Lets see who figures that one out first?)
Ulrich, we will make virtual space at the table at my son's house for you and Petra (especially if she brings one of her creations from the pantry...). You would always be welcome at our table sir!
May today be one of rich rewards for each of you. My prayers for those of you who will be without beloved family members today. May the memories you have of them bring you great comfort!
Ulrich, we will be thinking about you.
A dry Riesling for dinner and lots of Becks beforehand.
Rich
Alton Junction
(Sneaks in carrying 3/4 Boy Scout axe freshly sharpened.... Start looking around, behind the counter, under the table... Ah ha! There it is! Large feathered creature runs out door leaving bits of feathers and making a mess. I follow swinging Boy Scout axe!)
richhotrain Sir Madog Wish I could join you folks for Thanksgiving. We hardly have family with us these days. Talking over the phone ain´t just the same. We are starting to feel lonely. Ulrich, we have two available seats at the table. Turkey dinner scheduled to occur in 8 hours. Can you make it to O'Hare in time? We will pick you and Petra up. Rich
Sir Madog Wish I could join you folks for Thanksgiving. We hardly have family with us these days. Talking over the phone ain´t just the same. We are starting to feel lonely.
Wish I could join you folks for Thanksgiving. We hardly have family with us these days. Talking over the phone ain´t just the same. We are starting to feel lonely.
Ulrich, we have two available seats at the table. Turkey dinner scheduled to occur in 8 hours.
Can you make it to O'Hare in time? We will pick you and Petra up.
I sincerely wish we could, Rich! Maybe it´s the beginning of the usual winter depression, but both Petra and I really feel lonely these days. Our son´s to busy to drop by, and we just can´t afford to go places with the price of gas round and about $ 9 a gallon.
Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving to everybody including our international friends!
Ray .... The cookies look great. I'll have one please. .......... Uh, Oh! ... Barry was here already..... So much for the cookies!
CN Charlie. Good to see you. Thanks for telling us it was Jerry's birthday.
Jerry .... Happy Birthday a day late. I hope Sallie's health is improving. Prayers for her.
Galaxy ... Thanks for posting the story of Thanksgiving. The tradition is nearly 400 years old. Remarkable. That means a lot of turkeys have been consumed!
Ken ... I think somebody in your company should be chastised for not telling you there was a meeting. It's not your fault.
Todd ... I can relate to the your story about sharing the kitchen.
We have family members driving here from Cincinnati right now. Son, D-I-L, and 2 grand-daughers will arrive for the big feast today and stay until Sunday.
In WPF I posted a football special.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU