Lunchtime in Germany!
Janie, just an RBF, please - it is way too hot to eat anything!
Currently, the temperature in my neck of the woods hovers at 90°F, with a humidity at 90%. Not my kind of weather. Inside it is only a little cooler, but still to hot to feel comfortable. I wish we had A/C ...
Plastic bags ate not banned, but you have to pay for them since about 30 years. This has limited the use drastically. Petra and I use shopping bags Petra made some 30 years ago. They still look nice - there is a little personal touch to them.
Still busy collecting the support for our party - in two weeks, we have achieved about 50% of what we need. It is a lot more difficult to enlist the support than anyone of us has thought. People are very reluctant to sign up for a new party to run for Bundestag.
MRRing has been completely put aside - much to my regret. I hope to regain momentum soon.
Have a good one!
Venceremos!
Good morning! NOT! The Bruins lost in overtime, after falling behind and coming back to tie it up. If nothing else, this is a more exciting series than the 4-0 sweep of Pittsburgh. I still have to get up early to go to work, so I only watched the first period last night.
Our supermarket makes a point of using separate bags for items like fish or soap. I was wondering - if it's that important, what do they expect people who bring their own bags to do? Personally, I'd just put everything in the same bag.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Today is sunny and getting warmer...74F feeling like 82F later on....
Yep...going to get ready to tackle the lair of doom...otherwise known as my garage...I'ma gonna see just how much stuff one can throw out'n this doom-ridden lair before i start hacking up pieces of my lungs...
Have a good day!!
Karl: Garry is telling you a fib about my chow-houndiness...I always ate reasonable portions..
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. It's 76° with 95% humidity. It will be cloudy with a fiar chance of rain. The high will be 90°.Well today is the big day. There will be people coming and going all day. Tonight my father and his loving bride with be getting hitched in my nieces back yard in almost the same location my niece and her husband were wed. The lake looks much better as it has water in it this time. I'll try and get some photos of the newly married couple. Owing to the heat and humidity here there will be at least two swamp coolers on the property. The reception will be held on the terrace beside the pool.There will be no layout work today owing to the above family matter.
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Good Morning!!!
Coffee and some of the breakfast casserole please, Thanks
Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.
Ray- Prayers continue for your sister.
Jake- Sorry to hear about your dog.
Jeff- Congratulations to the newly weds!
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.
blownout cylinder Karl: Garry is telling you a fib about my chow-houndiness...I always ate reasonable portions..
Who said that? Pinocchio ?
Jeff .... Congrats to the bride and groom.
Mr. B. ...... I prefer to say the Blackhawks won.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Morning All,
Currently it is 48 with an expected high of 77 under mostly sunny skies.
Met the electrician right on time at 9:00 yesterday morning. He had the problem fixed and was finished in an hour. Only cost me $100.00, Then stopped at Radio Shack to exchange some resistors that were the wrong wattage. Met younger daughter for lunch. Did some grocery shopping and came home. Not much time for railroad stuff.
Back to w**k today after 5 days off. I hate taking time off, well not taking the time off, the going back after time off. Mid-day shift 10:00 to 6:00, then home, cook supper, shower and Skype with my son at 8:00. So should be a busy day.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Living in Fernley Nevada, about 30 miles east of Reno, also lived in Oregon and California, but born In Brooklyn NY and raised on Long Island NY
Good Morning All...Its sunny and 70 here..weather feller on TV says low 90's this week-end...I'll have a double RBF please...Thank You...Havn't been in for awhile...been working on the layout...got a couple of coal drags running and a pig train...helps to get my mind on other things...
I picked up a GM&O GP 38 awhile back..I needed a caboose for it so I stripped old Con Cor repainted,decals, and changed trucks and couplers..
You all have a good one..Jerry
HI JER- WELCOME BACK.. Door is always open for you.
Caboose looks GREAT. Darn good job.
Prayers for all.
Flip
Afternoon folks!
Chloe, I'll have a tall glass of iced tea for the moment please.
Hey Jerry! Good to see you sir. We've been missing you. Nice caboose you got there... What Chloe? No, no, no, Jerry brought in his train caboose, you know... No need to get Vinnie.... (Whew!)
I am never going to get everything done I need to do before Saturday's yard sale, and when my son will be arriving from Chicago... Cleaning the house will be a quick once through.
This morning I moved enough topsoil to be able to get the hand cart down the path to the shed so I could put away the speakers from the sound stuff. Then finished the rest of the woodpile. had to use the little battery powered chain saw to cut up a bunch of pieces that were too long for my stove. Then I headed over to the grocery store to get stocked up on items I need for the weekend and then put some hydrocarbons mixed with sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, and some trace metals into the tank on the PiP so I can drive over to the Museum tonight... Did pretty well on the last tank. Got 648 miles out of 7.27 gallons. 89 mpg in actual fact. Best tank so far.
Got to get started mowing the lawn.... Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmus Afternoon folks! Chloe, I'll have a tall glass of iced tea for the moment please. Hey Jerry! Good to see you sir. We've been missing you. Nice caboose you got there... What Chloe? No, no, no, Jerry brought in his train caboose, you know... No need to get Vinnie.... (Whew!)
Watch it RAY! I don't think that there are Many forums where one man can compliment another man on his caboose and GET AWAY with it!!! ONLY here....tee hee
Well got my injections..sterooidal ones so I will be feeling the pain for awhile. though if liek last time with different one, it will be easier on me.
Received a package in the mail...The 2012 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival DVDs! MOH will surely enjoy them..there are 4 DVDs in the case. It is called the Merrie Monarch after King David Kalakaua, the Merrie Monarch , and his key role in reviving hula in the nineteenth century. Hula was thought by the Missionaries to be of a lewd nature {some actuallly IS} adn banned it. HULA was oringinally only perforemed by MEN. Women got into this past century as a tourist ploy to lure "business men" to Hawai'i..BOTH men and women {as well as children} perform it for the Merrie Monarch Festival.
I found a "begginers Hula" DVD set for MOH for CHristmas too I think...MOH wants to learn to hula. If I could sing/chant, I'd do the chant/mele while MOH danced the HULA. You guys already know I am hooked on the chant/meles. Now I get the DVD video too.
Well enough of that.
Dinner is heat N eat Beef tips over mashed taters....with a side of something for a veggie...
-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.
galaxyWatch it RAY! I don't think that there are Many forums where one man can compliment another man on his caboose and GET AWAY with it!!! ONLY here....tee hee
Ah, Chloe thought I was taking about her caboose.... Well, it is pretty nice now isn't it.... Shhh! LOL
You may LOOK but DO NOT TOUCH!!!!!
Ask Cape Jim what will happen.
I got out my Z80 master disk today and tested the Apple's on board CP/M. It's working fine. Went to my fathers place and looked at the preparations taking place there then came back home. I'll be going back at 5pm.
JEFF,
Are you the Ring Bearer this evening ?
Our Congratulations to the Newly Weds to be.............
John & Sandy.
It has been raining most of the day here, sure hope it stops before the football game tonight.
Chochowille, stop sending it this way. I then have to forward it to our guys in Winterpeger. CN Charlie, Seamonster and Blind Bruce. They don't like it either. We Want Summer, in a few hours it will be the 21st.. So bring it on.
Johnboy out..................................and back to work.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
last mountain & eastern hogger JEFF, Are you the Ring Bearer this evening ?
Jeff: Congrats to the newly weds!
End of work week here on my end of things. Tired, but may try to do something on the P-51D Mustang tonight. then I may get the Spitfire's canopy on.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Evening guys!
Flo, just a cool drink for now,,were goin to a carnival tonight,so I'll eat there!
blownout cylinder! Karl: Garry is telling you a fib about my chow-houndiness...I always ate reasonable portions..
Barry,,,,,sir,,,I'm no rookie here, you can't buffalo me! I've seen you eat. Even Vinnie won't stick his hand in front of your face while you are dining!! And Vinnie's fearless!
Ray,, for your sister
Cya all later,,,SWMBO sez time to go!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Evening guys,
Yeah Jeff, congrats on your dads upcoming wedding.
It is getting warmer here today, 80F at the moment but nothing compared to the 102 its going to feel like on Tuesday. I have resisted turning on the A/C but might have to go on tomorrow or Saturday especially with the humidity.
Well, ended up not doing anything today other than resting. Don't regret it, would be able to focus better in the morning anyway.
Also think Spunky has had it. Doesn't seem to be breathing or moving at all now, nor is she responding.
Back again, I have top of page so order up guys.
I have been weathering my ballast a light shade of grimy black today. Looks good as it tones down the too gray look of the ballast. As I went along I had to skip a few spots where the ballast has come up a bit. Id say that's pretty good. the layout is 10 years old and has been moved three times and only now are there a few spots where the ballast is coming up. I did do a good job of cementing that ballast back then If I do say so.
So before the weathering continues I'm going to call in the track crew to fix any remaining ballast issues,lol. I also have a few other maintenance items on the layout to get at tomorrow sometime.
Lehigh Valley 2089 Well, ended up not doing anything today other than resting. Don't regret it, would be able to focus better in the morning anyway. Also think Spunky has had it. Doesn't seem to be breathing or moving at all now, nor is she responding.
Its always a sad time when your pet is at the end. Can you take him to a vet to see what they say?
Well we had a very nice back yard wedding. It was a very good turnout. I had intended to get some photos for myself but that was not to be. My father had me busy taking photos with his Wal-Mart throw away specials. We had a very good reception and dinner afterward. My sister and I were busy witnessing the documents for a while but that was finally done.In other news I did some work on the Apple today. I started it up with my Z80 disk but it wasn't going to start up in CP/M. I had to pull the Z80 chip and cleaned the legs and sockets then put it back in and did the startup again and now it works. I have a bunch of CP/M programs somewhere. That gotta be in the closet someplace.Well I'm tired and it's time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Lehigh Valley 2089Also think Spunky has had it. Doesn't seem to be breathing or moving at all now, nor is she responding.
Spunky isn't very spunky, is she?
Our Tillie is 18 years old, and that is old for a cat. When she passes, we will bury her in the orchard next to Baer and Butterscotch.
But she survived the winter, and is now scampering about the yard, but mostly lying in the sun, or if it is hot, in the shade.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Evening...
The lair of doom has kinda been beaten back...well...sort of...we found a slew of unidentifiable...ermm...things in there that must have been in there from before we even bought the place......old archival boxes with what appear to be old ledger books and some odd manuals...from a PDP810....mmmmm...so...tomorrow will be another day of working out what exactly lurks in that doom-ridden lair....
Morning Coffee in the diner..
GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Friday, June 21st, 2013!!!
I wil light the prayer candles at 9 AM for those in need...Haven't been having too many requests lately, they must be working!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!!
GO OFF AT HALF-COCK or GO OFF HALF COCKED:
Meaning:
Speak or act prematurely
ORIGIN:
Flintlock firearms have a 'cock', or striker mechanism, which is held in a raised, sprung position ready to discharge and make a flint spark to 'fire' the gun. These can be set at half-cock, when the gun is in a safe state, or at full-cock, when it is ready to be fired. A gun would only 'go off at half-cock' by mistake.
The term half-cock is as old as flintlock guns and appears in print from the mid 18th century; for example, in John Desaguliers' A course of experimental philosophy 1734–44:
"The gun being at Half-Cock, the Spring acts upon the Tumbler with more Advantage."
The earliest known citation of the phrase 'going off at half-cock' comes from London and Its Environs Described, 1761:
"Some arms taken at Bath in the year 1715, distinguished from all others in the Tower, by having what is called dog locks; that is, a kind of lock with a catch to prevent their going off at half-cock."
We now commonly use 'go off at half-cock' or, in America, 'go off half-cocked', to mean 'speak or act impulsively and without proper preparation'. This clearly alludes to the sudden discharge of a firearm. Despite that, the first figurative use of the phrase had a completely different meaning. When the 'half-cocked' imagery was first appropriated it was to mean tipsy, or half-drunk. This was the meaning intended in John Shebbeare's novel Lydia, 1786:
"Who should enter unto the company, but young Captain Firebrace, half-cocked... come hither to finish his evening's potation."
There doesn't appear to be any particular link between the mechanics of firearms and drunkenness. Several other 'half' phrases were also used in the 18th century to mean 'half-drunk'. 'Half-seas-over' was a nautical term that is listed in the first slang dictionary BE's Dictionary of the Canting Crew, circa 1700, with the meaning 'almost drunk'. Another example is 'half-and-half', which, in addition to being the name of a mixture of equal parts ale and porter, was also listed as a term meaning 'tipsy'.
This meaning of 'half-cocked' was taken up with particular enthusiasm in Australia. Clearly, they felt they hadn't enough terms for drunkenness and wanted to expand their repertoire. Fergus Hume's Madame Midas: a story of Australian mining life, 1888, explained the term:
"This last drink reduced Mr. Villiers to that mixed state which is known in colonial phrase as half-cocked."
By 1888, the rest of the English-speaking world had opted for the current meaning of 'half-cock' and 'half-cocked'; for example, in To-day in Ireland, 1825:
"Master Dillon - never let an insult go off half-cock."
Across the Atlantic, The Register of Debates in Congress, 1833, recorded the opinions of Dutee Pearce of Rhode Island:
"I regret that the gentleman from Maryland has gone off half cocked."
Good morning! My daughter made me this for Fathers' Day. She took a ceramics class in her last semester at college, and thought this would be a fun thing to make. (She did "serious" projects, too.)
Lovely weather the next few days, with a chance of thundershowers. Even that would be lovely, as I won't have to water the lawn, and there's still plenty of time to do outdoor stuff earlier in the day. I need to buy a replacement air conditioner, and a #6 left turnout and some beer and wine, so I'll be visiting a variety of purveyors tomorrow.
Jeffrey - congratulations on the new mother-in-law.
My computer project is my daughter's old laptop, a Hewlett-Packard that's about 6 or 7 years old. It came with Vista, and over the years it's just gotten slower and slower. I removed all the junk last night, but then got back to an old problem - Vista machines don't like to "see" XP machines on home networks. So, I'm thinking of putting XP on the laptop. I've got an old copy of XP from a machine I de-commissioned last year, so it's even going to be "street legal."
Coffee and the breakfast pile please, thanks.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Jerry- Good to see you again. Layout looks great.
Good Morning
Today is going to be another sunny day...high 77F feeling like 88F...
Today is another day of cleaning up the lair of doom...this time with a respirator...too many pieces of my lungs went out of me last night....
Have a good'un!!
Happy first day of summer!
How about some Redneck Pancakes? .... I'll Barry-size them if you prefer.
Mr. B .... The caboose was a thoughtful gift. Thanks for showing. Jerry .... Nice GM&O loco and caboose. I like the GM&O red and while paint scheme. Have a great day!
Mr. B .... The caboose was a thoughtful gift. Thanks for showing.
Jerry .... Nice GM&O loco and caboose. I like the GM&O red and while paint scheme.
Have a great day!