Sir MadogTry tea tree oil
Russell
csxnsthat trailer on Jeff's layout looks like one that I lived in for a few weeks.
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
kbkchoochOh, while I think about it, does anyone know how to get rid of Moles in the backyard? In the last 2 weeks they have turned my back yard into a subway that only Lion could appreciate!
Try tea tree oil - we used it quite successfully - the moles "emigrated" to our neighbor´s yard
Looks like a good day the flounder was great last night and the Pennsylvania ES44AC ran ok and thinking about some can sausage for breakfast and that trailer on Jeff's layout looks like one that I lived in for a few weeks.
Happy Sunday everybody!
Been a beautiful week, with low temps and dry, but today it changes. Like they say, into every life a little rain must fall! So today we get rain.
Been busy doin stuff all week, yet I find myself further behind on my list of stuff to do, so today it will be different. I'm not going to plan on getting anything done, that way I cant be disappointed at the outcome! Ahhhh, the simple madness of it all!!
Warning, shameless plug coming
I was pleased to see that MR has decided to move the video related to my most recent article to the 5 window rotation on the top center of the home page. If you haven't seen it yet, take a peek ! The cinematography isn't the best, and my guest engineer still needs a little help remembering his grade crossing signals, but how the little engine performs is impressive.
Shameless plug over
Jeffrey, great to hear of your progress so far. Gonna keep you on the prayer list until its time to put your Dad's lawn tractors on the list!!
Ulrich to you Sir. & are on the menu!
Oh, while I think about it, does anyone know how to get rid of Moles in the backyard? In the last 2 weeks they have turned my back yard into a subway that only Lion could appreciate!
Tootles for now, SWMBO is calling!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good morning everyone!! I will have a med coffee with cream and X sugar please. It looks like it's going to be another beautiful day here, The feeling of fall is in the air! It's been a long week at work, but had the day off yesterday so I went on a another date with that girl I met on Zoosk! Getting old sucks!!! I can't stay up late anymore on my nights off. I can be full of energy and then it will just hit me like a ton of bricks and next thing you know, I'm ready for bed. The both of us were tired so we called it a early night. I found some hard to find rare pieces of rolling stock on Ebay, hopefully I put in a high enough bid and they will be mine.
Jeff- Glad to hear that you are doing ok
(comes in and sets a couple bags of freshly picked Blackberries on the counter for all to share)
Good Morning!!!
Disappointed. Blackberries aren’t as sweet this year. Probably because of the lack of rain I suppose. We really haven’t had much rain at all since Spring despite the lack of talk about it.
Sunday breakfast buffet please. Oh yes, coffee too thank you.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Looks like Spring break is over. Temps in the mid to mostly upper 80’s this week.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ULRICH!!!!!!
Liba- Hang in there. Boy you are British….be patient, I’ll catch on to your manner of speech soon. Did I understand you to say you used to be a fighter? Oh and you order up whatever you want. The cooks here are very International. They make whatever, however.
Trimmed the neighbors tree off the garage and my truck yesterday, then broke out the old chainsaw that I haven’t used for at least two years I think. Same gas in the tank of the machine and in the can I put in two years ago. Started up as normal and ran just fine. Waaaaaaahhhhwaaaaaahhhwaaaaahhhhh! (make chainsaw noises) As I have said, gas only lasting 30 days to 2 months is well, just ploy to sell more gas. Stabil? Another waste of money. Anyway, got the front yard done and of course we had to go in town to eat. Nope, no Chinese buffet. We ate at the restaurant catty whompus across the street that serves various Asian dishes, run by Vietnamese who speak Cantonese, who wear Proud to be American t-shirts, called Thai Basil. Great food. I like this dish served in a bowl and it’s got beef and salad and cucumbers and noodles and even an eggroll cut up in there. Can’t pernounce it so I point and say “this” and then see if the waitress can. Pronounce it that is.The one we had yesterday, she could not. The waitress we had the first time I had it, she could. Not this one. And the guy who brought it out, not sure if he made it through the whole name. Didn’t sound like it. I’m determined to eat my way through their entire menu. It’s all that good. Not sure about the curry dishes, Todd’s aren’t that keen on curry, but hey, if anybody can do good by it, it'd be them.
AAAAAAny who. Today I have to “trim” (heh heh heh) the rose of Sharon bush out back that has just ex-PLODE-ed over the last several ye...ah HEM... couple years. And a big who-knows-what-it-is-swallowed-up-a-rosebush bush at the front corner of our dwelling. Plus I must start the beginning of what will probably be a never ending task of cutting down the black raspberries.
Oh well talked enough.
Oh and a belated Happy Birthday to Toms’ wife.
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 69° with 100% humidity. The high will be 90°. with a very tiny chance of Not much going on today. I haven't had to use the pain meds for a day now so I guess that's a good sign. Next time the home health people come to change the dressing I'll be able to get another look at how well the wound is healing. I may do some work on the Apple IIe later today depending on how good I'm feeling.
Flo!! Left the CC in the box ...eat up guys!!
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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Good Morning...
Boy, was I busy the last couple of days...SWMBO decided that 'we' needed to go up into the attic to see what was up there...did I say ...'we'? Nah...it was more like ...little ol' me that went up to the attic...oh joy ...it was chock-a-block with more junk than ...."Carter had Liver Pills" So...to start...several old chests, a rocking chair, a couple of old paintings and several other items of woe had to come down to the main part of the house...to rest...where else...in my just cleaned up and ready to reno studio space!!! So, guess whose workspace gets to be done...first? SWMBO's.....growl!!!!
I'm going to crawl back to the basement and mope....
..... Liba!!!
Good morning, I'll just stumble over to a corner seat. Brother Lion Mr. Ulrich .hpe I spelled your name right. You to are inspirations & wise fellows, and Cheers the Bear& others.
An English breakfast please, thanks. No? English breakfasts, o.k an American one then please. Cheers.
well, I've come out of my funk & will ask my sister how to post pictures so I can share some photos. 4 years I went with out an episode but as my Father said, we all have our moments. I have begrudgingly seen the doc & all is well.. My Mum & Sister say its because I have knocked my head around. What can u do you have to keep going. Fighting apparently has consequences. I really apreciate u all thanks.
When I found my self bricking up a two story house by my self, it was very hard, I' m glad that I brought that first of many mr mags while paying bills in the news agent.
My Mates know I'll knock them out if they try to say anything derogatory about m. Rail Roading
Eat up.
*walks in to kitchen to start making schnitzel to put out for the potluck for Ulrichs birthday* happy Birthday!!!
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
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday August 18th, 2013!!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
Here's an ode to the chigger,
A bug that's no bigger
Than the point of a tiny small pin
But the welt that he raises
Sure itches like blazes,
And that's where the rub comes in!
Betwixt the devil and the deep blue sea:
Meaning:
In difficulty, faced with two dangerous alternatives
Origin:
The phrase was originally 'Between the Devil and the deep sea' (and some 'the Dead Sea' or 'the Red Sea'). The sea turned blue much later and the phrase became well-known via the title of a popular song Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,written by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen, and recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931.
What's the source of the original phrase? Well, we would really like to know. 'CANOE', {the Committee to Ascribe a Nautical Origin to Everything}, would have us believe that it has a nautical origin (well, they would, now wouldn't they?). In her book 'When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay', Olivia Isil unambiguously attributes a nautical origin to the phrase, albeit without providing any evidence for that.
Set against that there's the explanation that this is from the usual meaning of Devil, that is, the supreme spirit of evil. If it's that Devil we are talking about then the origin is straightforward - the Devil is bad and falling in the deep sea is bad, so when being caught between the two would be cause for concern.
People who like that explanation can point back to Greek mythology for an earlier version of the idea of being caught between evil and the sea. Homer's Odyssey refers to Odysseus being caught between Scylla (a six-headed monster) and Charybdis (a whirlpool).
To explain the nautical theory we'll need to define some sailing terminology. That's always dangerous ground for landlubbers and usually results in some horny-handed sailing type writing in to say that I don't know my scuppers from my square knots, but here goes anyway...
"Devil - the seam which margins the waterways on a ship's hull".
This definition is from Admiral Henry Smyth's invaluable Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, 1867. That definition wasn't entirely clear to me, but a correspondent who describes himself as 'an engineer and vessel constructor' clarified it this way:
"Devil - the seam between the deck planking and the topmost plank of the ship's side".
This seam would need to be watertight and would need filling (in modern terms: caulking) from time to time. On a ship at sea this would presumably require a sailor to be suspended over the side, or at least to stand at the very edge of the deck. Either way it is easy to see how that might be described as 'between the devil and the deep sea'.
Incidentally, another term for filling a seam is 'paying'. Those that like nautical origins also give this as the source for the devil to pay, although the evidence is against them on that one.
The first recorded citation of 'the Devil and the deep sea' in print is in Robert Monro's His expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Mac-keyes, 1637:
"I, with my partie, did lie on our poste, as betwixt the devill and the deep sea."
The seafaring theory is plausible, but does it 'hold water?' Was the nautical term 'devil' in use when the phrase was coined? We've no evidence to show the word in that context until over two hundred years after the first sighting of the phrase. If the phrase really does predate the word then the nautical derivation is clearly incorrect. The onus falls on the nautical believers to provide the evidence - and I'm not holding my breath on that.
'CANOE' doesn't quite convince with this one. On balance it seems wise to stay on dry land and stick with the Devil we 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 Guys!
Yoohoo! Anybody here? Kind of empty, lately. Lots of MIA´s....
Zoe, it´s Sunday, so I dig my usual Sunday fare - bacon&eggs, buttered toast, a stack of hot cakes w/maple syrup, a tall glass of OF and a gallon of coffee. Rallying makes me hungry!
Chris - my fire truck is a 32-year old lady. I agree it looks funny when compared to the ones you folks are used to. It was used to carry 9 fire fighters and a set of pumps to the scene of a fire. In all those 32 years, it just got 10,000 miles in the clock. I will have nearly doubled that by the end of the campaign...
Modern fire trucks look a little bit more "professional" .
... but nothing beats this one:
I´ll be taking a day off from campaigning today and tomorrow. I need to get some rest to refuel my batteries. And I will be getting another year older tomorrow -
Y´ all have a good one!
Goooooooooood Evening, a tall, cold RBF please 'n thank you, haven't had THAT for a long while.
GARRY: Nope, haven't buttered up THAT Sliced Bread, I won't even see the young lad until Friday and the next installment of "Facetime with THAT Editor." I doubt very much I'll even bother buttering up THAT bread, I know which side MY bread is buttered on... Like I told JIM in CAPE G, I'm not even sure what THAT Editor is thinking about thinking about having me do, if anything. We shall see what we see when we see it, I 'spose. When THAT and Mr. Boss were first telling me about the kid, I asked what his photo skills were. They seemed to think he was outstanding. An outstanding writer, outstanding shooter, outstanding this THAT and everything else. THAT's why I call him Sliced Bread if anybody be wondering.
I'm really wondering how either of the two young ladies THAT interviewed would've done. One was shot down because her references sucked, and I forget what did in the other one. Now depending on how they looked, I might not have minded doin' a little hand-holding in THAT case... I do remember THAT saying they both had a crap-ton of (urinalism school) experience, more so than Mr. Sliced Bread, who's references were outstanding. Did I mention everything about the kid was supposedly outstanding? Even Big Boss showed up one fine day in the middle of Facetime, and was practically having a personal climactic moment about the kid. Then he noticed I was standing off to the side. He stumbled and fumbled for a moment as he seemed to be trying to remember my name.
Whatever.
I just keep on keepin' on. I'm still "Old Reliable," the guy who picks up the ball and runs with it, the one who takes up the slack. Everybody and their cousin goes on this thing called "vacation," and I'm the one who stays behind to keep our, "...little weekly miracle" rollin' along.
Hmmmm. Didn't intend to rant.
In other news and views, w**k on the layout is (again) stalled due to a lack of materials. With Sliced Bread on the payroll, the "cap" on my hours is firmly back in place. But, I did get some prep w**k done on the closet between the RR Room and my office. Eventually, like sometime in the next five to ten years... there will be a lift-out in there in front of a door to an attic space. On the lift-out shall be trackage with either a staging yard or a continuation of the layout in my office. I also got a little prep w**k done in my office as well. But (again with the but's), I have to replace two 100+ year old windows before I can build anything permanent. Again, a lack of those little green pieces of paper is fouling up the machinery of progress.
ULRICH: I've been meaning to tell you, I like THAT fire engine, even if those German rigs look a little funny . Sorry to hear the far left has been giving you trouble. At the risk of getting poly-tick-ical, I'm not surprised THAT THAT is where the trouble is coming from. 'Nuff said. I was going to try and sell you my 1953 Dodge fire engine, but I quickly realized the cost of shipping her to Germany would be far more than she's worth. Maybe I can talk a poly-tick-ian around here into THAT for the 2014 elections.
Have a good Sunday everybody,
Chris (in Iowa)
The Cedar cRapids Industrial Branch: Proudly Shipping Yesterday's CrunchBerries Tomorrow!
Hey there guys.
Had a good second day here on campus. Not much happened today, so I did more decorating in my dorm. Other than that, there wasn't much done.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad, the Route of the Black Diamond Express, John Wilkes and Maple Leaf.
-Jake, modeling the Barclay, Towanda & Susquehanna.
Been a somewhat busy day. Helped with folding laundry for a while then looked for a few things online. Cable went out at one point so I watched Tron (original) to pass the time. Now it's time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
Tom in Pittsburgh ...... First of all. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to your wife! ..... Secondly, PRR and ATSF did offer coast-to-coast sleeping car servies. Cars were moved to connecting trains in Chicago. Santa Fe sleepers went est on PRR, and PRR sleepers went west on ATSF. Therefore, you can run a Santa Fe sleeper on a PRR passenger train and be correct. ........ PRR had similar service with Burlington California Zephyr and with Rock Island Golden State Limted. The Cal Zephyr also traveled on D&RGW and WP. The Golden State Limited also travled on SP. ..... There might have been similar connections with C&NW or MILW in Chicago for service via Union Pacific trains, but I do not know for sure. ... Also, PRR had through sleepers going through St Louis via the Texas Special (Frisco-Katy) . ... So, add some western railroad sleepers to your PRR trains if you want.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evening everybody...
I'm having a pretty good weekend so far, and it should get even better by tomorrow night. I got up this morning and just didn't feel like doing anything. That's not to say there isn't a million things I should be doing around the house. So when the wife asked what my plans were for the day, I said not much of anything. She suggested we go watch trains for a couple of hours because she didn't feel like doing anything either. So off we went for a couple of hours. Caught 9 trains, but nothing special. Well, there were 2 BNSF on an empty crude oil headed west. Other than that, pretty routine.
We are planning on going back again tomorrow. Her suggestion by the way, and I don't argue. Afterwards we will come home, get a shower and then I'm taking her out to dinner. It's her birthday so she gets to choose the restaurant. When we get home, I'll give her a couple of gifts I picked up.
I'm expecting delivery of a Sante Fe "Super Chief" passenger car I've had on order. Actually, I have a couple of them on order, but the others aren't due until October. I know, I know. The Super Chief didn't run in western Pennsylvania, so it doesn't really fit into my collection. But the first train I ever controlled the transformer for was a Lionel set my Uncle bought himself back in the mid 40's. He would set it up and let me run it when I would stay a couple of days with them. So I've got a soft spot for that train. And besides, it just looks good.
See you all later...
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
howmusLion, I'm still trying to figure out those packages... They say Inedible on them, and animal food, and do not feed to some animals.... ??? Scratches head... Which is it?
It is fine frozen meat, but packed in an un inspected plant. Thus it is not legal to sell it for human consumption. I suspect it is just every bit as good and any other lump of meat, or at least the tigers, leopards, lions, bears and birds of prey seem to think so. It is also served to the alligators.
I do not think that you would want to serve it to bovids, but since it is an animal product the warning is there because of the possibility of spreading mad cow disease.
It is acturally fall less warnings than you would find on a lump of meat in your grocer's case: Cook in a potters kiln for 20 days! the very idea. Give me raw lumps of meat, I can deal with that!
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Evenin folks!
Janie, I'll have a hot butterscotch Sundae with whipped cream and a cherry on top (You have to ask these days as they no longer come standard that way...) and a cup of decaf coffee to wash it down with.
I had a great day out at the museum today. Nice picnic, the potato salad I brought was a large one and completely disappeared before I was ready to get seconds... It was a nice relaxing afternoon. I took my little battery powered sting trimmer out to clean up around the lower yard for diesel days tomorrow. Used up about 2.5 batteries of tyhe 4 I brought. Just before I was leaving the Yard Superintendent of the museum came over and asked if he could use the trimmer for a small area up the track where we will be picking up riders and couple he give it back tomorrow. I do hope there was electric in both of the batteries he has for it.... LOL
Since I got home I have pretty much just been vegging out. Have to up by 6:30AM tomorrow to be able to make crew call for the day. We are starting an hour earlier and end an hour later. I will spend some of the day as a car host on train crew. Probably will get cycled into some other job (Like holding a red flag and warning the customers that the mud ahead can be slippery, please watch your step... (Big friendly smile) Ma'am, please do not stand between the tracks... (big friendly grin) We will have 3 different locomotives up and running during the day, the FM H44-12, the GE 80 Tonner, and the GE 45 Tonner Beebee Station will all see service.
Lion, I'm still trying to figure out those packages... They say Inedible on them, and animal food, and do not feed to some animals.... ??? Scratches head... Which is it?
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good afternoon!
I'll have a Barry Sized hot fudge sundae made with frozen custard. Yum! .... JimCG was here, and I'm sure he made efficient use of his time bringing me some frozen custard. He knows I like it.
Lion .... You can have the leopard food.
jeffrey-wimberly ONR FANJeff I bet in a few months your going to be moving around like you did before. You have lots of learning on how to do things all over again. Your probably going to use muscles that you haven't used before too. You will get there. Well you know what they say. You can't keep a good man down. The same goes for a very determined Cherokee redneck with a fierce independent streak a mile wide. I will rise above this. Just don't be standing in my way.
ONR FANJeff I bet in a few months your going to be moving around like you did before. You have lots of learning on how to do things all over again. Your probably going to use muscles that you haven't used before too. You will get there.
Jeff .... Your positive attitude is very inspiring, and I'm glad you put your foot down.
Jake .... Best wishes at school.
Russell .... Glad you came back. Feel free to tell us about yourself and your model railroading.
Ulrich .... It is fantanstic to see support for your candidacy! Keep up the momentum!
James ... Thanks for posting photos of the Australian rail diesel car. Not like the RDC's that have been in the USA.. .... The track in the last photo reminds me of my first HO layout when I was very young.
Chris ...... Have you buttered up THAT sloced bread yet?
HAPPY MODEL RAILROADING!
LEOPARD FOOD:
And, no, they do not feed the cats or other big animals in public (on display) but only in their dens.
Open the den door, and the cats come in as surely as Pavlov and his dogs.
Will that Leopard eat Flounder.
Do you feed hungry LEOPARDS?
Hello
Well, there ARE A bunch of newbies in the diner, and a big fat to them all!
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Good Afternoon Folks!
I hope everyone of you is doing just fine. Continuing prayers for Jeff for a speedy recovery!
I am just home from our big rally in Hamburg. It was an overwhelming affair. More than 1.000 people attended our march the Downtown Hamburg. My fire truck was leading the march. Here are some impressions for you:
The one on the right is my campaign truck. The photo was take right before the march started.
Despite some attempts from a small group of left-wingers, the march was a peaceful, but successful one. Hard to believe that we were able to motivate such a large group of best-agers to join us.
Have a good one!
Having a great mourning here was thinking about going to Bojangle's but the wife took off for I can get out of bed so I will just set back and hope that my replacement Pennsylvania ES44AC comes on time.
galaxy Perhaps he means Alfred State University? That would be closer I think. Had A GF who went there once...
Perhaps he means Alfred State University? That would be closer I think. Had A GF who went there once...
Nah... That's twice as far away from Hammondsport. Geneva is closer to Hammondsport than Alfred... Only a little over 18 miles to Keuka College, 38 miles to Geneva, and 41 miles to Alfred.
I have some friends who have taught at Keuka College or worked in other capacities there. Them folks all gots PHD after their names, they does...
Ahem... Mornin' folks! Yep I'm up early this morning after a good nights sleep and getting ready to head out to the museum for most of the day. It is member picnic day out there, and I will also do some helping to get the place ready for Diesel Day tomorrow.
Zoe, I'll have the #2 special, over easy eggs, bacon, home fries, and sour dough toast. Need dark roast coffee with that of course.
Forecast for today is "Mostly". Yep that is the word they are using. "Mostly"... At this point in the day there are shadows outside. Hope it stays that way!
Oh, Jake, when you get up to the Hammondsport area, I can get you a tour of a fantastic layout built by a gentleman who is a Master Model Railroader. He loves to have folks stop and see his layout and has regular operating sessions as well.
Catch you all later.
Good morning. It's 65° with 96% humidity. The high will be 92°.Already had breakfast and took my morning meds. Caregiver has been here and gone. Had her straighten up the bed. Had her help me get bathed and dressed and sent her on her way. Twenty minutes tops. I have no plans for today.