Good Morning!!!
Coffee and……ya know, just coffee today please. Thanks.
A slight chance of snow showers before 7am, then a chance for flurries before ending. Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. I uh…. I think the sn*w flurries is the NWS’s April Fool’s joke. It’s already 36°.
See, that’s why I stopped doing April Fool’s on April 1st a long time ago. People expect and are very suspicious today. I celebrated last Thursday….no one expected. BaaaZIIIING Jack!. That’s what I’m talkin bout. Got ever one of ‘em.
Easter went well here. Went out to eat just as Brenda predicted, and rather surely stated to several people at Church. In fact, some people knew about it before I did. Went to the Longhorn Steakhouse, which is kind of a fancy Lonestar if you have one of those. Prices are a bit higher but not a whole lot more. Or than say Texas Roadhouse.
Today I must of course do the deposits and such for the Church, then a few odds and ends, then I must get to the store for nothing more than coffee. Walmart was closed yesterday, at least when we were in town. I was actually glad to see that. We made the last pots worth this morning and oh my gosh if we don’t have coffee for tomorrow...., I’ll just have to cower in a corner somewhere until Brenda leaves for w**k and hope the guys there stay away from her until she gets that first couple cups down. Survive. I tell you what, she don’t get her morning coffee, she can be like a torqued off Bengal Tiger.
Starting the list of outside things to do. I figure I’ll never get the stuff done at my pace. Does the world not realize…I’m retired?
Kinda hoping to hear from Ulrich by now….I know Petra doesn’t speak English, but there are several people here who speak enough German to figure out what she’s saying. If not, I bet someone out in the forums would be glad to translate what can't be figured out here.
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 All... Darn cold!
I don't think any amount of coffee or other liquid will help me this a.m.
But top me up anyway thank you!
Garry: The MESS is now a bigger MESS! Started the expansion last month with an additional 50' of track as the main line is now two main lines, which come together for 1/2 their lengths (60' x 2) to make a doubled main line. with minimum 30" curves so I can run my 2-10-4's (2 CPR Selkirks and a CV Texas). Definitely a retirement project in the making!
Phil: unfortunately I ran out of time and never got a hold of Teffy. When you call him you KNOW you're in for a very long call! Mine usually go for up to 2 hrs!!! I'll definitely call him this month off.
Howmus: Let's see now... 120 Ton Steam Wrecking Crane (just need to add grab rails and decals), Boom Car and 40' bulkhead pulpwood flat car x 2. Also brought along a Walthers undecorated Dynamometer car, 3 40' panel side hoppers by Accurail (CN, CV, GTW) and a Trainman Boxcar.
The MESS will be getting additional sidings/staging yard once the main line is up and running! Cuz I need them desperately!!!
Anyway Have a good day
Fergie
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
I am here too guys. Hope y'all had a good Easter!I sure hope Ulrich is alright, I am worried too.
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
Top O' The mornin' to ye, BILL!
That is some steamy coffee you got there! Should make the cold coffee complainers happy.
Dunno where we are yet. Maybe somewhere NORTH as it will be warming up as Spring SHOULD come {though some of us are now wondering}. I think we just now parked at the Strasburg RR siding awaiting "further instructions".
Have a GREAT day!
The prayer candles are lit for those in need, and one extra for ULRICH, I wish we'd hear form him. I don't think Petra speaks good English if at all, and doesn't know how to contact us here. I hope nothing serious has happened to him. If it has, we may never know.
-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.
"Good Morning!" from Tipton IN
Monday, April 1, 2013
TIPTON IN
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
APRIL FOOL'S DAY, sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar.
Ancient Cultures, including those of the Romans andHindus, celebrated New Year's Day on or around April 1. It closely follows the Vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year.
In 1582,POPE Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.
There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn't fully account for the spread of April Fools' Day to other European countries. The Gregorian Calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April Fools' Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.
Another explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign o Constantine when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event.
"In a way," explained Prof. Boskin, "it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor."
This explanation was brought to the public's attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they'd been victims of an April Fools' joke themselves.
It is worth noting that many different cultures have had days of foolishness around the start of April, give or take a couple of weeks. The Romans had a festival named Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the resurrection of Attis.. The Hindu calendar has Holi, and the Jewish calendar has Purim.. Perhaps there's something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to spring, that lends itself to lighthearted celebrations.
April Fools' Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a "fool's errand," looking for things that don't exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.
The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.
Read more: April Fools' Day: Origin and History | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html#ixzz2PCV2mgyq
Morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD MORNING!!!
Today is APRIL 1st, 2013!!!
April Fool's Day!!!
The Old diner is here:
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