It’s a cantilever-hump bridge. Funny Friday I was researching the L.E. & E. Bridge over the Mahoning River and tracing the old rail lines to verify the original owner I came across this same bridge.
BM1 Lee Soule USCG (ret) L.S.&W Railroad Serving the Lower Great Lakes
morning coffee in the diner..
GOOD MONDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Monday, August 5th, 2013!!!
Make it a GREAT day!!!
Stool Pigeon:
Meaning:
A decoy bird, or a police informer, or criminal's look-out or decoy
Origin:
The short version:
LOL, NO, this is not about pigeons in the park sitting on stools! The origin goes back to when pigeons were eaten as a good meat source{yes, they were, and tastey too}. In order to get one, many hunters took a tame pigeon, tied it to a stool in order to attract the wild pigeons at which to shoot. Because the pigeon that was tied to the stool was used to trap the other birds, the name "stool pigeon" soon was used to represent anyone to tells on or betrays his friends.
The onger in-depth version:
Most reference sources say that this expression derives from the hunting practice of fixing a dead or replica pigeon to a stool to act as a decoy to attract other birds.
What the stool in question was isn't entirely clear. It certainly wasn't the three-legged piece of furniture we now know, but one of the many other meanings of the word. In the 16th century a 'stoale' was the base of a tree - what we would now call a stump, just the place for a decoy bird to sit. It is also possible that 'stool' is derived from 'estale', which is an early French word applied to a pigeon used to entice a hawk into a net. It isn't far from 'estale pigeon' to 'stool pigeon'.
All of that seems quite straightforward, except for the fact that the term 'stool pigeon', or 'stoolie', doesn't appear in print until the 19th century and in a completely different context. It is first used in American publications and referred to criminals who lured others into crime rather than to decoy birds. The earliest example I can find of the expression is from May 1816 when it was used in the Gettysburg paper The Adams Centinel, in a story about fraudulent counterfeiters. Unfortunately, the print quality of the paper make it difficult to read the full context, but it does describe someone involved in encouraging the passing of counterfeit banknotes as a 'procuror or stool pigeon'.
There are examples of decoy ducks being described as 'stools' from 1825 onwards, but the term 'stool pigeon' isn't used with that meaning until 1871, when M. Schele De Vere listed it in Americanisms; the English of the New World:
Stool-Pigeon... it means the pigeon, with its eyes stitched up, fastened on a stool, which can be moved up and down by the hidden fowler.
It could be that decoy ducks have been called 'stool (or estale) pigeons' since the 1500s but no one wrote the terms down, although that seems rather unlikely. What we do know is that the current meaning of informer came into being in the USA around the middle of the 19th century. The Sheboygan Mercury printed a piece in August 1851 about the prevailing political situation in Italy:
"Everyone fears that his confederate may prove a traitor... and avoided as a Police stool-pigeon and spy."
The most likely explanation of the phrase's origin is that it was coined to describe those police informers who hung around bars (on stools no doubt) in order to pick up underworld gossip but that the name was influenced by the earlier, but as then unamed, hunting decoys.
-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.
Heartland Division CB&QJeff.... Looks like you are having fun with the old computers.
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Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
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, Diners! ..... I'll have any RBF, please. .... Good to see a busy diner!
Today, we were wirnesses at a wedding. The bride and groom were in their 70's who have known each other since high school. The bride is a church friend who lost two husbands to heart disease several years apart. The groom had lost his wife to cancer.
Todd .... Ribs and eggrolls? .... hmmmm ...
BBQ ... Sounds like a great BBQ! Next time try including egg rolls as Todd did.
Jeff.... Looks like you are having fun with the old computers.
Karl .... That's a nice scene. Is there a nearby motel with a shower?
Paul ,,, Hope your back did not bother you.
Rob .... That's a nice looking RC plane.
Galaxy ..... Dead pig? .... I won't squeel on you.... Also, my houses don't even have closets.
Gary .... I like the Amtrak ex-Santa Fe car very much.
Tom .... It looks like an interesting bridge in your photo.
James and Ulrich .... Thanks for posting more pictures.
CN Charlie ... Glad you had a good viosit with friends in MN.
Vincent. .... It's good you, your brother, and your Dad could work together on your brother's car. ... Let us know how things work out with the switchers and QSI decoders. .... Good luck with your Ebay sales.
Ray .... sounds like a great day at the museum, and a very good dinner at your son's.
Keep smiling, everybody!
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a cup of decaf please...
A might chilly here in the Finger Lakes after a very pleasant day after the rain showers stopped late morning. Currently 61°F outside with a low tonight of 52°F. This will near the record low for this date in these parts. Probably good for the grass seed I sowed early last week.
Yesterday about this time of night I was worried I would be the only person being a guide at the museum today. By the time we officially opened there were 7 of us... 2 or 3 is great, but 7? One of them is doing a fresh coat of paint on the depot as he can, so after the first group of visitors left, he got out the paint and spent the rest of his time getting more done. The others of us had a very pleasant day. I was finishing up my lunch when A lady from my church walked around the corner of the building, we both did a double take. She married a divorced gentleman a few years after my wife died. Anyway she had two sons from the previous marriage and he had two daughters for his previous marriage. All 4 of the kids were in my Middle School Choral Program at the same time. All four being my highly select group as well. They were out there with one of the grandkids who loves trains! Turns out the husband is a train buff as well. Never knew that about him so we had a great time , and I became the personal guide for them to see the museum. She told me wait until her son finds out who was the guide!
Buddy Holly............ Wonderful music and yes even though I was just a 7th. grader then, I do remember "The Day the Music Died!"
Since we had plenty of people to close up the museum, I took off early and went out to my son's house to eat supper. Had a great pork loin roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, rolls, and mixed vegetables all followed by a freshly baked cake for dessert. Then my son, the granddaughters, and I all went outside to the front lawn. The granddaughter got out the toy Jeep I gave #1 for her birthday and took turns pretending they were driving each other to school.... Fun! Jack and Jill, the kittens are growing, and next week will be going to the vets to become "its".
Prayers for all in need.... "I now have, Bye, bye Miss American Pie......" running through my head.... Later!
73
Oh, and BTW, I heard Peggy Sue got Married.....
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good Evening.Good BBQ, good friends, good beer....what else could one ask for...oh...great sunshiny day!! BBQ'ed up a few ribeyes with some dry rub mixed in and a whiskey infused BBQ sauce I made up...plus baked potato and grilled veggies as well....lots to be had too!!
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/
Packer John, does she like trains?
John, does she like trains?
She doesn't mind! She has a hobby also, that means she can't complain about me having one
Evening guys
Helped my father get the engine in my brother's mustang cobra. My brother is contemplating selling it, and because of the work I put in it (I did the suspension, and some other things) I would get a cut if he did. He hasn't driven the car in over a year, but my dad has been using it as a back-up to his LTD for a while. Unfortunately my brother may have gone to the dark side when it comes to cars. He favors his Miata over his Mustang; but then always has to borrow another car when he wants to go fishing or with friends. I wonder if he realizes his poles will fit in his Mustang...
Also started the weathering process on a few cars, some of which are for a friend. Haven't messed with the troublesome twins (NW2s). but after thinking them over, if the QSI board that may be good (with a dead light) is in fact good, I'll just stick a function-only decoder for the headlight, or reprogram the rear headlight for a front one. then run it back-to-back with the other (which may receive a lenz if the version 7 don't work.
I also listed some stuff on ebay. I don't think the forum rules will allow me to post them, but just throwing it out there if someone wants to PM me.
Charlie, 60F??? I envy you, it was close to 100F here. Top that off with 100% humidity and a thunderstorm for a chaser...
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.
Good Evening,
It has been some time since I was last in so I thought I had better file a MIA report.
Nothing to report on the RR front. I guess it is the summer, too many other things to do, problem.
We just got back from spending a few days with our friends in Minnesota. Had a nice time and some great food too. We went out to a restaurant in Thief River Falls that has great ribs. I also picked up my Kleins order which consisted of a couple of boxcars, N and HO plus a sound decoder that I will try to put into a PK2 S3. Wish me luck.
Mr. B. nice tribute to your Dad. Mine would have been 100 on July 15th and he too was in the Air Force in WW2.
Tom, funnily I was listening to some Buddy Holly on Youtube just this afternoon. I graduated from High School in '65 but I had an older sister so I got to hear the late '50s rock . I was on school patrol when I heard about the plane crash. Funny how some things stick in your mind.
Raining here with a temp of about 60F. We actually put the heat on to take the chill off the house. So much for summer.
Jeff, hope everything goes ok with your foot later this month.
Well I'm either going to watch some TV or run a train. I think train as I want to see that Wabash boxcar I just bought go around the layout. It is a Red Caboose model and has really nice detail.
CN Charlie
Good evening everybody,
Just got home about 30 minutes ago. It's been a busy day, but a very enjoyable one. We went to another performance of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. This one was Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story. Having graduated high school in 1958, this was definately from my era, and did the music bring back a flood of memories for me. Cruising with my buddies listening to the car radio, dances at the school gym, etc. And I had really forgotten just how great rock & roll sounded live. The cast was simply excellent and very talented. Recordings just can't match live performances to my old ears. I suspect that there's a lot of folks on this forum who don't even know who he was, but I know some of you are familar, very familar, with the 50's and remember the music.
After the show we stopped at a local restaurant for dinner. It was also excellent and I think I had one of the best servings of filet mignon I've ever had. Green beans and Tuscan mashed potatoes came with it. The wife had eggplant parmegan and pasta. She said hers was excellent as well.
Now some might ask if I neglected my railfanning this week. Absolutely not. In fact, we even snuck in an extra evening. On Thursday after dinner, we drove about 20 miles, stopping to get chocolate milkshakes on the way, to a new spot to watch CSX. Now one of the reasons I like railfanning is I usually always see something new, or see something that gets my interest. On this evening, it was a railroad bridge that I've seen many times, and simply didn't pay any attention to it. But while we waiting for something to come along, I noticed the steel work visable above the trees and was fascinated by it's complexity. It's the CSX bridge, originally built by the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie in 1910 crossing the Ohio River between Beaver and Monaca, PA.
Lee - or anyone else whose interested, it's a cantilever with a truss bridge on the North end, and Norfolk Southern tracks run underneath the bridge on the north end as well.
And yesterday we went to our usual spot for Norfolk Southern, who didn't disappoint us and provided 8 trains in just about 2 hours for our viewing pleasure. 3 intermodals, 4 mixed freights and the unforgettable trash train headed east. Even empty, those guys get your attention. But I don't care, it's a train.
I've been enjoying the photos from James, as well as those from Ulrich. Keep them coming as they are great. Think I'll be in bed early tonight, as tomorrow is grocery shopping and errand day. Well, after breakfast at our new diner of course. From the list the wife has, there's going to be a lot of places to go involving a whole lot of driving. Eating lunch somewhere looks like a strong possibility too. So stay safe and have fun, it's the only way to cope.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Good evening everyone, I will have a med Butter Pecan coffee with cream and X surgar please. Not much going on here, at work at the moment It's going to be a long hectic few weeks here at work with that Mass no tax sale weekend. Not looking forward to working 70hr work weeks at all. I work in the distribution industry and we handle all the home appliance deliveries for Sears. I guess with all that overtime , I will buy some new locomotives!! I really like the new Bowser CP C630, the red really brings out the detail, I think I will purchase a few.
I met a nice women on Zoosk, been chatin with her, I have a good feeling about this one. She has really sweet Texas accent and we share the same interest. Only time will tell, I guess!
Have a great night everyone!!
John
Sweet! I got a car for my N scale Coast starlight(once I make one) it's the pacific Parlour car. Here's a picture of my friend Walter's car!
I'm modeling the BN again, so the SP&S, GN, NP, and CB&Q stuff is heritage.
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
Gee...
Jeffrey is complianing about heat..
but here we question is this the first weekwend in AUgust or the last weekend in Sept?
I mean it DID NOT even get up to 70!!!
Well todya weas a lazy day for MOH and me. We slept on/off all day. We have a day like this every week as we get older.
So not much accomplished!
Dinner was dead pig roasted in honey/dijon glaze, taters mashed and gravy, and green beans.
Have a good one
Good morning. It's 85° (feels like 105) with 73% humidity. The high will be 95° and will feel like 110°. Isolated thunderboomers in the afternoon. with No outdoor activity for me today if I can help it. Did some light work on my IIe this morning. It uses an older 80 column text card that didn't have support for double high resolution graphics. A simple bit of old wire and a little soldering and it now supports double high res graphics. It can also now function as a RAM disk under DOS 3.3. This sets aside part of the computers RAM memory to function like a logical disk drive. Not hard to do on many modern computers but it can be difficult on these old dinosaurs as they're very hard to memory map. In this case the RAM chips on the text card serve as the RAM disk. When a program requiring more RAM than is available on the computers main board is being used the Ramdisk function will be automatically disabled.No plans for today but I'm sure something will present itself.
Italian roast coffee in a SOUTHERN mug, please.
***Karl, really neat scene there!
I have been dabbling in RC planes recently and taking a break from the trains. Will most assuredly resume work on my RR empire in time. Might need to relocate the couch in the Train Room to really maximize layout space. Haven't made up my mind yet. Anyway, here is one of my (foam) planes:
Have a terrific day all.
Cheers! Rob
Morning All,
Currently it is 63 with an expected high of 92.
W**k day again for me. Could be a rough one as I am still getting a few twinges in my back, Hope it eases up.
Not much to tell.
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
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and all the windows in the house are open! Its almost chilly in here this morning! The kittys are sitting in the windows, letting out little chirps and meows when a bird lites on the feeder.Remotored my Mikado Project last night with a new can & flywheel. Hooked it up to 3 volt power source and watched it crawl, dragging the battery pack, across the workbench. Just the bare loco chassis. No heavy cast metal boiler, just the frame and running gear. Smooth as a switch watch! Getting ready now to head out to the Greenburg show, in an attempt to find a few out of production parts. Will drop in later, maybe even with some pics of the project so far.
G, no skeletons in the closet on the layout, but we do have a dead Mother in a window!
Karl
NCE über alles!
Good Morning!!!
I'll have coffee and the Sunday breakfast buffet please. Um say, do you think I could get that Pizza and a Dr Pepper to go for a snack later? Thanks.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Inch- It was down to the wire as they say, but yup, gotter done. ‘Cept the stairway, but that was not to be done til after they moved in. It has a door at the top for the apartment so we won’t be in her apartment. At one time it was a shared stairway before the last fire.
Ulrih- Glad you got away hoss! You needed it. Great pictures too.
Ray- Sounds like given the time, backroads are going to be more economical than the highways. Oh and there is a Prius here in town and you are right, when the thing pulls up it kinda startles you cause it makes no noise! The apartment is across the street from the Post Office and if it weren’t for the tire noise as it turns into a parking place you wouldn’t hear a thing. Yes I jumped a couple times. Just a little though.
Welp, like I told Inch, I’m done with the remodel of the apartment. I do have a dryer tube to attach that I could have got done yesterday, but Brenda……, well, long story, let’s just say I ran out of time. There’s still a handrail that needs to be made and installed, the banister at the top, and a shelf for the “closet area” at the foot of the stairs which was really a closed in doorway to the back of the then grocery store which has been closed off for yeeeears. Anyway, gotta clean the stuff outta the back of the truck and put it away, then do some yardwork. Boy does it need it. Brenda mowed but the trimming and all is still on me. No worries, I’ll getter done. And we have to go to town to get some groceries, but doubt we’ll eat because she’s planned ribs for dinner so we won’t be eating Chinese this weekend (we ate Italian at the restaurant last nite), we will instead have some Vietnamese eggrolls that my friends MIL sent. Brenda said, with ribs? I said….”why not? They gotta be eaten. If they were an appetizer at a restaurant and I had to pay extra for them you’d sure as heck want ‘em.”..... THAT, my friends, was a mistake. But, I survived, and all is well again.
Maybe even get a nap, because I’ve just about give up on the trainroom until they weather turns.
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 MorningSunny and a high of 70 today....Today church then BBQ time .... not much else...Have a good day!!
morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD SUNDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Sunday, January 4th, 2013!!!
Make it a GREAT DAY!!!
On your layout, Do you model a house with a 'skeleton in the closet'?, SO:
A secret source of shame, potentially ruinous if exposed, which a person or family makes efforts to conceal
The short sweet, cute, version:
Back in the 1800's, doctors had a real problem procuring dead bodies in order to study the anatomy. A doctor most likely was only able to get one in his entire life. Due to that he would treasure it. However, society frowned on just hanging them around. So the doctor usually kept it in his closet. Many of his patients might have assumed he had one hidden away. This phrase soon came to be used for anything (rather shocking) that was hidden away, or kept from general public knowledge
The longer in-depth version:
The phrase 'a skeleton in the closet' was coined in England in the 19th century. Since then the word 'closet' has become used primarily in England to mean 'water closet', that is, lavatory - a possible hiding place for a skeleton- but not one with much potential. The English now usually use 'a skeleton in the cupboard', with 'skeleton in the closet' more common in the USA.
'A skeleton in the closet' undoubtedly originated as an allusion to an apparently irreproachable person or family having a guilty secret waiting to be uncovered. The close-at-hand domestic imagery of a closet or cupboard gives a sense of the ever-present risk of discovery. What isn't clear is whether the origin of the phrase lies in fiction or with real life, so to speak, skeletons.
The phrase was first used in the early 1800s. The first reference to be found in print is a figurative one in a piece by William Hendry Stowell, in the UK monthly periodical The Eclectic Review, 1816. The 'skeleton' in this case was disease, infectious or hereditary:
Two great sources of distress are the danger of contagion and the apprehension of hereditary diseases. The dread of being the cause of misery to posterity has prevailed over men to conceal the skeleton in the closet...
The dramatic device of a hidden body was used widely in the Gothic novels of the Victorian period. Edgar Allen Poe was the master of such tales, for example, this extract from The Black Cat, 1845 :
"Gentlemen, I delight to have allayed your suspicions", and here, through the mere frenzy of bravado, I rapped heavily upon that very portion of the brick-work behind which stood the corpse of the wife of my bosom. The wall fell bodily. The corpse, already greatly decayed, stood erect before the eyes of the spectators.
It has been suggested that the phrase derives from the era of the notorious body snatchers, that is, prior to 1832, when the UK's Anatomy Act allowed the more extensive use of corpses for medical research. The theory goes that, in a scenario similar to that of the concealment of Catholic priests in priest holes in domestic houses in Elizabethan England, doctors would conceal in cupboards the illegally held skeletons they used for teaching. There's no evidence at all to corroborate that theory. Concealed skeletons are occasionally found in walled-up in houses but they are usually those of unwanted infants.
The notion of a 'skeleton in the closet' as shorthand for the grim evidence of a murder was widely adopted into the language thanks to the writings of the popular Victorian author William Makepeace Thackeray. He referred to 'a skeleton in every house' in a piece in 1845 and explicitly to 'skeletons in closets' in The Newcomes; memoirs of a most respectable family, 1854–55:
Some particulars regarding the Newcome family, which will show us that they have a skeleton or two in their closets, as well as their neighbours.
Whether Thackeray was alluding to actual skeletons or whether he was responding to the imagination of authors like Poe, one will likely never know. One person he certainly wasn't referring to was the 18th/19th century philosopher Jeremy Bentham - despite his being the best-known actual skeleton in a cupboard. Bentham was hardly aiming to keep his skeleton a secret, as he willed that his body be preserved in a wooden cabinet. It is on public display in University College, London.
Other adaptational usages include the American expressions 'come out of the closet' and simply 'come out', which began to be used in the 1960s and are, of course, direct follow-ons from 'a skeleton in the closet'. It is noted that in the UK no one has declared themselves as gay by 'coming out of a cupboard'.
blownout cylinderUlrich: Audrey saw this and said to me that that should be our first G-scale locomotive!! ...it'd be interesting to know what the dimensions were to that one
Barry - Regner used to market a live steam loco some years back, which was quite close to this one. They don´t make it any longer, but the bay could be your friend in this. LGB also offers a similar "Kastenlok" (box loco), which follows a southern Geman prototype. It is a limited run only, so you may have difficulties getting it
LGB Kastenlok
hmmmmm, after not W***ing for the better part of July I forgot how strenuous it is and for being one of their best employees how easily forgettable I am.... it's kind of disheartening that and I had to cancel pre orders for my IM F3's in NP colors and my Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH. I understand why many here are against the pre ordering business. I wish I could've payed for them when I put my pre order in like I can with video games.
Today is a leisurely day so why not try some other modes of transport around the "river city", We board a citycat in the city which is a fast ferry service along much of the river.
They are a nice way to see the city and surrounds from a different perspective.
After getting off the ferry, why not visit Lone Pine Sanctuary, situated in Brisbanes West, a wildlife park hosting native animals. You can cuddle a Koala!
If cuddling furry friends is not to your liking, how about a visit to Fort Lytton? As the name suggests it's a historic defence installation built in the 1870's and 80's to fend off a possible attack from the Russians.
The only fort in Australia to have a moat.
Something more railroad related, why not on the last sunday of every month enjoy the miniature steam trains in Bracken Ridge (happens to be the same suburb I live in.) in North Brisbane.
Dinner tonight and a quiet drink with mates? Lets head into Central station on the CityTrain and head to the Grand Central Hotel.
Tomorrow we depart the River city on board either the Sunlander ( a slower overnight passenger train with full service sleepers etc) or on the much faster Tilt Train - travelling at up to 160km/h on narrow gauge track, to the warmer climes of North Queensland.
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Ulrich: Audrey saw this and said to me that that should be our first G-scale locomotive!! ...it'd be interesting to know what the dimensions were to that one...
Good Morning Gang!
Zoe, it´s Sunday, so I´ll go for a big Sunday breakfast, old fashioned style. Hot cakes from the griddle, maple syrup, sausages, bacon & eggs, mushrooms, a tall glass of OJ and lots of coffee, please.
Today will not be as hot as the last days have been. Temperatures topping 100F are not my kind of weather, especially when it´s humid as well. Night time temps were OK, so I was able to catch a good dose of sleep.
I really enjoyed yesterday´s outing. The air was filled with that wonderful smell of steam, hot oil, and coal. The place was bustling with activity - railroading just like in the good old days.
A special treat was watching that cute little three-year old. He was so excited! Daddy, look here, and there, and there... He was screaming with delight, albeit with the noise of a jumbo jet taking off ... Talked to his daddy for quite a while. His wife is attending a work conference in Bremen, so he took the time to ride some trains in Germany. It was his soon which made him turn into a rail fan and he is enjoying the atmosphere of times gone by. The "kid" is only in his late twenties, but already a university professor! A bright fellow! I wish our two countries had more people like him (and his son) - I would not be worried about our future as much as I am now.
The steam festival continues today and I am inclined to fire up my car and go there for a second round, but I bet Petra would mind. I am still undecided...
Have a splendid day!
Bill ... Thanks for pizza and soda pop!
Oz James and Bear ....... Thanks for posting Down Under Photos.
Ulrich ... Thanks for posting the German steam pictures. Interesting you chatted with family from Durham, NC where one of our sons lives.
Remember: ..... Be Happy! ..... Everybody is welcome in Elliots DIner!
Had dinner at my fathers place this evening. Beef stew and biscuits. He came across a 64k memory expander and 80 column adapter for $15 and snapped it up for me. It'll go into IIe #3. I still need a 650-X104 Disk II drive controller and two CP/M cards. The controller is no problem. They're like pine cones. They are everywhere! The CP/M cards are a different story. There are some out there but they are quite expensive. I could buy them new in the early 80's for much less than some of these people today want for the old ones they have.Well it's time to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
How about some...
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Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Afternoon All,
Rare mid-day post for me. Reason, I came home early from w**k. Had some severe back spasms. Probably from driving a standard transmission truck 15 miles in stop and go traffic yesterday, and then mowing the front yard before going to w**k this morning. Anyway, I think I will take it easy the rest of the day.
Good MorningHad an early morning here...needed to get some stuff to our church for next weeks garage sale and then it was off to the university to catch some football practice sessions....then off to the mall for coffee with the gang...then off to Walwart to pick up another camera...Nikon Body with two kit lenses...and an iPad....then...home....sheeesh, lol!Have a good afternoon/evening!!