Thanks, Garry and Flip for the update on Johnboy - I´ll keep a candle lit for him!
We should put in a new siding behind the diner for the string of refrierator cars that will be needed when JohnBoy get's well enough to start eating regular food again. Wish you the best.
Oh yeah.... It is March 17th. ... Have a great St. Pat's Day.
Regarding JohnBoy .... To review.... He was diagnosed with cancer in his upper esophagus more than a year ago. Radiation treatments killed the cancer, but also sealed off his esophagus. ... He has been unable to eat normally, and all nurishment is through tubes. ... In recent weeks, he could finally swallow a very small amount of water. .... He had surgery March 11th to open the esophagus. It is not clear to me, but he might have needed more than one operation in recent days. As with any surgery, there is a period of heeling, and I do not know how much time is needed for this kind of surgery.
Flip emailed me this morning regarding JohnBoy. He said they email regularly back and forth. Flip is also awaiting news from JohnBoy.
So, we will keep JohnBoy in our prayers and will look forward to hearing from him when he can return to the Diner.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
HAPPY ST. PATRICK´S DAY!
After a few quite drab days, it is sunny again, but not yet nice & warm. I hope it improves in the next days, as I am feeling down a little bit. I am eagerly waiting for my new glasses to arrive - life as a half-blind man is no fun!
Wish we´d hear from Johnboy. I do hope his surgery went well!
Nothing to report from my side. The days seem to be endless when you can´t see properly...
Today's fine word:
-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.
KEN:The problem with the dog is that he probably {they usually do} LOVES his dog as much as yo love Sprakey the wonder dog! Even though he lets it loose, he still will favor his dog. YOu jsut ahve to be on the lookout and call the police and keep reporting when it is unleashed so thay can catch it. Talking to owners of such breeds NEVER lsiten anyway, and feel "invincible' often because they can "strike terror in their neighbors jsut by owning such a breed". They have a 'don't mess with me mentailty", and it works...so just beware!
KEn:Why not look for at elasta parttime job in addition, doing soemthing else to tide you during lean times at the mattress store...I don't wnat to say you 'lay down on the job' at all {!} NAD if they really like Dave, or he otherwise provides teh owners with good revenue, then a slap on the wrist is all hie is going to get.
I'd also look for something else entirely, then supplenmetn with a part time job, dont' forget your summer A/C bills are goign to be coming due sometime! MOH warsk 2 jobs, 30 horusa t the main job, and anywhere for 4-10 hours at the secodn one, bringing in a mere $35 to $92.50 gross/week depending o the hours MOH gets, but IT mAkes a HUGE differnce in our finanaces! {about $3k-3,500 last year-and that's not jsut whistling dixie!}
GOOD LUCK!
Heartland Division CB&Q fec153 Johnboy is undergoing a series of operations. The first two have given him some ability to swallow and this third SHOULD give him more relief. Flip .... Thanks for update about JohnBoy. .... I sent an recent email to him and he evidently could not reply.
fec153 Johnboy is undergoing a series of operations. The first two have given him some ability to swallow and this third SHOULD give him more relief.
Johnboy is undergoing a series of operations. The first two have given him some ability to swallow and this third SHOULD give him more relief.
Flip .... Thanks for update about JohnBoy. .... I sent an recent email to him and he evidently could not reply.
Ifully agree, and if either of you get a communucation to him again, tell him I/we are thinking of him daily! ANd DO tell him i have candle lit just for him.
He's a good egg,a dn I think/hope he will pull trhough sooner than later and will be "fine"...It will be good for him to taste aand swallow again , I know people {including my self for a short time} who CANNOT, iTs a pain and more "discomfort" than you know.
Tx
-g
Evening Dinners
Flo, is there any Beer Left? Good, I will have a
Daves Caboose Chewing Finally happen! I have no idea what the out come was, but pretty sure it was just a slap on the wrist.
Boxer War's. No not the one that happen in China, but in our housing area. Tony lives down the street has a Boxer he lets run lose sometimes with him no where in sight. I am not going to say it is a bad dog, I have no reason to at this point. But, when it see's my Wife walking Sparkie The Rocket Dog it comes running! My wife fills her pant's, panic's then Sparkie starts barking his brains out. Luckly today when it happened she was talkng with a neighbor that intervined while my wife was running into our house.
Police will only do something if they see the dog running lose or bites someone. My wife had a talk with him last summer and explained she has a bad back and bad knees and if she falls she cannot get up on her own! In one ear out the other. I am thinking about buying her a can of Mace but I would hate to have her use it on the Boxer, like I said I have no reason to think it is a mean dog. My self, I rather Mace Tony, but that would cause me problems.
Latter, Ken
I hate Rust
Heartland Division CB&Q fec153 Johnboy is undergoing a series of operations. The first two have given him some ability to swallow and this third SHOULD give him more relief. Flip .... Thanks for update about JohnBoy. .... I sent an recent email to him and he evidently could not reply. Barry ... Your job is to supply the diner with Tim Hortons coffee and doughnuts tomorrow.
Barry ... Your job is to supply the diner with Tim Hortons coffee and doughnuts tomorrow.
Getting the pipeline going here for that to happen.
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/
fec153 Yeah, I'm still around. To stubborn to quit. Since my operation can't eat as much so Barry can have 1/2 of my portions. Johnboy is undergoing a series of operations. The first two have given him some ability to swallow and this third SHOULD give him more relief. Have met two neighbors with same type of cancer. We all use same Dr. Cannot stress hard enough how important it is to have colonoscopy . I know some of you go regularly but if your Dr hints at it -DO IT !!!!! Prayers for all, Flip
Yeah, I'm still around. To stubborn to quit. Since my operation can't eat as much so Barry can have 1/2 of my portions.
Have met two neighbors with same type of cancer. We all use same Dr.
Cannot stress hard enough how important it is to have colonoscopy . I know some of you go regularly but if your Dr hints at it -DO IT !!!!!
Prayers for all,
Flip
go out to all concerned here...and, yes, did mine last week...the rest of us better get that done.
Good Evening Diners,
Flo, I'll have my usual humongous cup of coffee with copious amounts of cream, please. Oh, and add to that a little humble pie.
Ray: Sounds like you have the "situation well in hand." After you described the situation, I realized I was in over my head. I am not qualified to do accustical analysis on that level, because to fix that requires a specialist.
We were supposed to have temps near 70 today, and I think we might have gotten there. But, we're supposed to be back in the 40s tomorrow. I knew it couldn't last.
Work seems to be going well. Getting more comfortable with merchandise planning. Don't want to lose touch with the other stuff I do, though. Sending out resumes almost daily. Considering trying to start my own thing up again on the side. Found a couple of sources for "leads," for lack of a better word. Amazing things in technology nowadays. There are sites that potential clients post what they are looking to have done. im thinking that might be a good way to get into business and build up a client base. I welcome any thoughts and input.
I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm. Ya know, probably in July I'll be wishing everyone to be cool. And, that's a good thing.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Coffee refill, please.
***YGW, the coal dust in in the shaker by the coffee pot. Be careful, it kinda goes everywhere. Help yourself.
Back outside I go to finish up farm stuff. Still a lot to do today and running out of time.
Cheers! Rob
yougottawanta Did he eat the 6 pies, Ham, biscuits, green beans, brown beans I brought too ???!!!
Did he eat the 6 pies, Ham, biscuits, green beans, brown beans I brought too ???!!!
Nope... I be innocent...Garry did eat the whole thing though
Heartland Division CB&Q Howdy. I'll have a hmaburger and a Coke please. .... What? ... You are out of food?..... Oh Barry was here. I understand.
Howdy.
I'll have a hmaburger and a Coke please. .... What? ... You are out of food?..... Oh Barry was here. I understand.
Well, it certainly warmed up here nicely...now the rain starts.
Tomorrow we'll be at 34F...yay...
Flo, I'll have a coffee and a small bagel please...no....not the huge one...just a small one, thank you...
Well since Garry and a few others have eaten all of the diners food I have brought two blue berry pies, two pumpkin pies, two apple pies ( one is for me ! ) , a spiral sliced Va. ham, some green beens and potatos, biscuits cooked on a wood stove and some brown beans with a side of bacon cooked on the wood stove for two days. Eat up and enjoy !
Mr, B. - Dog selling insurance ? Are you drinking from the same cup Galaxy is who seems to be singing a lot about being drunk !
V8 - Generally speaking the blades used now are carbide tipped and they will cut through most any material for long spells. Non carbide tipped blades if they get dull will get hot and warp. Then they are done.
Howmus - Congrats on getting close to making brake man
Jim - Hope the damage from teh flood wasnt to bad
Rob ! Can I have a cup of that coal dust coffee ????!!!!
Welp gotta run and git back to w**k.
Prayers to John boy, Galaxies shoulder, and anyone else in need
TTYL
YGW
Oh PS. we made an offer on a house this week end. Waiting to hear back
Coffee TO GO, please.
Not feeling well, but have stuff that needs to get done.
Have a great day all.
Good Morning..
Posta get up to 50F today!!! The diner down our way is going to have their first outdoor BBQ to honour that occasion...guess where I'll be going? No, Garry, I will not indulge in supergrease burgers or poutine or fries or any of that...they also will be serving up veggie salads and the like...and, no, I'll not be having all kindsa dressing with it...and, no, ....sheeesh...Garry, I will be having nothing in my decaf...and they do have bottled water there...oh good grief...no, not by the tankcar full.... sheeesh....
Today, I'll be getting a few things done with my studio then the layout...and, hopefully, might get a chance to do some running of trains later on tonight...
Flo, I'll just have a cup of coffee and a couple of SLICES of toast with NO salt, low fat margarine....
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Today's Limericks:
you have to have "some roman numeral humor" for the first ones:
Evenin' folks!
Went over to my son's house for dinner tonight... His Mum-in-Law prepared porkchops, Winter Squash, Lima Beans, Macaroni and Cheese, and fresh apple sauce. Good! Got to play Wii bowling and golf with the granddaughters and my son.
up831Ray: Not having any knowledge of the space, but from what you describe, it sounds like you have a lot of hard surface walls with nothing to absorb the sound. That would mean hat the sound would just bounce around off of those walls and start overlapping. Sometimes that can be minimized by using a sound absorbing material opposite the source. That can be curtains, sound baffles, or others things like that. Just a thought.
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.....? Well... Yes.....? Your preaching to the choir here! LOL! I was a professional Musician for 48 years, taught general and Vocal music k-College for 32 years and owned my own Live Sound and Recording company for the last 18 years of my career. As I stated earlier I studied a bit about acoustics as a Senior at the Eastman School of music back in the Dark Ages... You are right about the space. All hard reflective walls and a hardwood floor. They did add some cloth banners that some say helped... (I can tell you all it helped was their imagination.) The new Pastor of the church is also a professional musician (Soprano... I'm a Bass/Baritone) She, the sound guy at church, who learned to do sound working with me for many years, and myself are all on the committee and are pushing for a complete accoustic evaluation and then having the appropriate soundproofing put up on the back walls (has a balcony) to remedy the situation. The problem is not just random reflection of sound, but the room acts as an organ pipe at 125 Hz and all nodes above that... Bass traps put in the proper places will remove much of that problem and resolve the standing wave issue. The committee is made up of about 8 "interested" parties, some of which seem to be experts because they spent last night at a certain hotel..... Enough said about that! We will ultimately get the job done as the $$$ to do it is available from a building improvement fund raiser last year.
Last Thursday I went to the Boy Scout Camp Properties Committee meeting. We got a preview of the lastest camp promo video. The guy in the video is the Aquatics Director at camp (for 25 years or so) and is a complete nut! Watch the video here and you will see what I mean. He took my place as the camp video "expert" when I stopped being on staff a decade ago... He is perenially one of the most popular people on staff with the Scouts!
Have a great night! Prayers for all in need.... (Janie, can I get a refill for my decaf?)
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
blownout cylinder V8Vega Sun. 92 Mon.88 I enjoy the TV coverage of the start of the LA Marathon. All those people who have trained and have a long endurance before them. Heartland Does particle board dull the blade on your table saw more than regular wood? Whenever I use particle board I found my blades don't really get dull. Depends though on which blades you use I guess.
V8Vega Sun. 92 Mon.88 I enjoy the TV coverage of the start of the LA Marathon. All those people who have trained and have a long endurance before them. Heartland Does particle board dull the blade on your table saw more than regular wood?
Sun. 92 Mon.88
I enjoy the TV coverage of the start of the LA Marathon. All those people who have trained and have a long endurance before them.
Heartland Does particle board dull the blade on your table saw more than regular wood?
Whenever I use particle board I found my blades don't really get dull. Depends though on which blades you use I guess.
Dennis V8 ... I have not had a problem with blades getting dull more than regular wood.
Barry ... Now the Diner is completely out of food.
Welb...got some more nonturning turnouts fixed and attempted to find the intermittant issue....no luck on that one, yet. Got a recording session to do this week so I might see if it is something in my house wiring...
ANNNNND....I'll have my 4 superquadra greaseburgers with all the fixings and a tub of RBF as well please...
Heartland Division CB&Q blownout cylinder So, in light of all this I will have my comfort food...namely 8 greaseburger deluxes plus 7 Strawberry Rhubarb PIES AND 4 giant Banana Splits...along with 4 tankcar fulls of coffee....thank you... [(] I knew it. .... I just knew it. ....
blownout cylinder So, in light of all this I will have my comfort food...namely 8 greaseburger deluxes plus 7 Strawberry Rhubarb PIES AND 4 giant Banana Splits...along with 4 tankcar fulls of coffee....thank you... [(]
So, in light of all this I will have my comfort food...namely 8 greaseburger deluxes plus 7 Strawberry Rhubarb PIES AND 4 giant Banana Splits...along with 4 tankcar fulls of coffee....thank you... [(]
I knew it. .... I just knew it. ....
OK, mission accomplished. Annie is now driving the VW Jetta and I'm driving the Corolla. After we swapped all the personal items and the garage door openers, we headed out to our local sushi place. Mmmmm, that was good. She's headed back to Maine now, as the inch of snow that fell this afternoon is stopping.
Rob, I recall hearing of that runaway-in-reverse problem. The trick, if memory serves, is to find the bit in the CVs that disables DC operation. I think it normally comes with DC allowed, so you have to change the bit. Obviously, there is more to the problem than the setting of the bit, but it seems to make it not happen.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Deluxe hamburger patty and steamed veggies, please.
Finished spraying the trees. Get to do it all over again with the liquid copper spray tomorrow, then won't have to touch the orchards for awhile.
The noises you here coming from the corner booth will be me chowing down. I'm hungry!