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zstripeYou should try doing that again
I don´t feel ready to jump over that threshold yet - I´ve lost confidence into my abilities.
Mornin' everyone,
Zoe, I'll have a breakfast bagel with egg and cheese this morning to go along with a large pot of dark roast coffee..... Huh? Oh, yes the Marrakesh Express would be perfect! Thank you Ma'am.
V8VegaWhats the purpose of a raised bed as opposed to a garden in the ground. I've been wondering that.
Several reasons, but for me, the ease of preparing the bed, planting the bed, and taking care of it are the biggest plusses. Also bunny rabbits don't usually decide to try jumping up into them to do damage like they do if they get into a regular garden (at least they have stayed out of mine so far). I can plant them tighter, and the productivity tends to be better. All the gardening "Experts" around here recommend them for small properties. More info can be found here.
Well....... I am out of bed, limping around, just about what I thought I would feel like this morning. Actually not too bad I guess. Need to include more actual physical work into my schedule.
71°F outside at the moment with a high of 81°F later this afternoon. Predictions are for a few thunderboomers. If they hold off, it is time to once again mow the turf on my property. If I can't do that today, I think I'll get back to the layout for a bit. I know I would enjoy that!
edit: Forgot to put in a thought for the day....
Hope all of you are well. have a great day!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Frank: Great counsel for anyone. Thank you.
Richard
G'd Morning Gang,
Who is that asleep in the corner booth with the hat pulled over his eyes ?
OH Yeah, that's Ray, he must have really played himself out yesterday.
Yeah, we'll just let him sleep and recuperate.
Chloe, when time permits, I would like a bowl of Oatmeal with milk, three slices of cinnamon toast and a hot chocolate. Feels like fall here this morning.
Not much news to report today. Had a busy week at work and any free time was spent getting the yard work done as today my third Son , his wife and my Grandson leave for a week in the Billings area. They will be doing some camping in their cabin trailer and I will stay at my youngest Son's home. This is my get away while my Wife is touring G.B., Ireland and France with her Sisters (3).
I have about 5 shipments waiting for me at my Son's, one of them being my Grandson's Christmas Present. ( a Bachmann Ho Thomas the Train Set .) I will have a time to hide that from him on this trip, and I plan on picking up a few other items at Jim's Junction in Billings. A couple of Blue Point turnout controllers for sure as I had him special order them the last time I was there as he was out of them right then. Then whatever else perks my interest and there always seems to be something, even when you know that you really don't need anything else. Funny how that goes.
Well, I had better get back and finishing my packing. There is alot more to pack these days now that I have to accomodate all this tube feeding business with equipment and bottles and cans of nourishment.
If I don't get back in for awhile, I wish you all health, wealth and success in the persuit of what ever you are chasing. Healing prayers and energies for all who are in need.
Happy railroading,
Johnboy out.......................................
over 1800 posts. Didn't think I talked that much.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Good afternoon. Just came back from off-the-grid for a week's camping trip to friend's wild rice camp. Nice weather this past week, although a bit warm. The weather changed overnight to very windy so we came in for a shower and home cooked meal.
Friend's daughter who grew up in Florida is visiting and saw the Northern Lights for the first time and exclamed to her father, "what's wrong with the sky?" I guess if you have never experienced Northern Lights that would be a normal response.
John-Boy, has it been very smokey in Regina the past week? It has up north.
Howmus, your raised beds look very nice. Always wondered whether they help with weeds and bugs.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend.
Jim
Evening Dinners
Flo, Please
Sort Of Work Front. It was Sloooow today! We only had 3 customers today and Dave got the best 1 and could not do a darn thing with them! He beat me to the store by 15 seconds, first person in get the first customer. I had to stop and get air in one of the tires, so that is how he beat me, we where both 2 mintues late. Well I was 2 minutes and 15 seconds late.
Ray While Dave is not following the letter of the law, only going out to his Van only three times is a record! On a normal day, he would go out to the Van say 25 to 30 times? Well, we now know why, that is where he had his hidden. Today he went out 4 times. When he saw me pulling in to the parking lot he made a mad dash into the store with out his tie, coffee (or what ever it is) and food so he be in before me.
Train Front Having sort of a odd problem with the PCM Y-6b. At around a scale speed of say 25 MPH there is two sections of track it will stall at. Slower speeds, not a problem. Guessing the rail are flexing some what so it loses power. All so notice there are no feeders wires in one section.
See you all Monday
Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' folks!
Janie, a cup of decaf to finish the day would be great right now.
Other than doing my grocery shopping (I now have a dollar off fossilied crap when I have to fill the PiP), getting caught up on some email stuff I needed to do (MLK Scholarship processing for instance), finishing the laundry, and dilluting and draining the vinegar solution I used to clean the old 100 gal. aquarium, I have goofed off all day.
How about a new sport?
If my cats were outdoors ones I might try this...
cudakenWhile Dave is not following the letter of the law, only going out to his Van only three times is a record! On a normal day, he would go out to the Van say 25 to 30 times? Well, we now know why, that is where he had his Drinks hidden.
I'm surprised the local police haven't caught up with him on the way home....???
I wonder where Galaxy is hiding today?
Hope you all have a good night!
Today I learned I can still hang with the big dawgs, at least for a short while. I was out for my morning ride and on the way home I saw a pair of younger, stronger riders up ahead. They were riding at a conversational pace, at least for them, so I was able to close the 200 yards to get in their draft. We rode the first mile at about 30 MPH, conversational for them, aggressive for me. After a mile, one of the riders turned the corner, and the remaining rider decided to test me. He picked up the pace, about 33 MPH. I rode for all I was worth for about a mile, until he turned off. (I was glad he turned; I was pretty well blown.) When I got home, I checked my heart rate monitor--I maxed out at 177 bpm. Using the 220-minus-your-age equation to determine my theoretical maximum heart rate I should have maxed out at 165 bpm. Another way to look at it is that I, theoretically, have the heart of a 43-year-old. I’ll take it.
Mornin' folks!
Chloe, I could use another cup of Marrakesh Express Dark Roast coffee please...
Hmmmmm.... Galaxy appears to be missing for the last couple days. Was this the weekend he was going to go somewhere with His Other Half? Hope everything is alright.....
Another rather gray, overcast day here in the Finger Lakes Region. Looks I will be be around 25 kWh short of equalling last years electric output from last year. Only good thing is that my electric use is also down from last year so I am actually a bit ahead $$$ wise.
Have to make a run to the Bank in Canandaigua this afternoon to deposit a large donation to the MLK Scholarship Fund. I will stop in to the Stone, rock, topsoil, mulch, place on the way back home to get the needed supplies to finish the garden.
Thought for the day:
Make it a good one!
No Galaxy? No Ulrich? No Lion? Seems awful quiet today. Is it a new holiday and nobody told me?
Good Evening Diners,
Blunhilda, I'll have a glass of whatever passes for wine, preferably red, please.
Ride on: I don't know your age, but I'll assume you would be racing the senior categories. Just that you could keep up with the younger riders for a mile is saying something. I would drop off the back in less than 200 yards.
Ulrich: I think you've done amazingly well with scarm. You're a good layout designer. I saw that in the 2x4 layout you designed for me.
Ray: your musician sign, boy is that ever true.
Work is going well, and I love what I do.
i hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Flo, Beer Please.
It was a Great Slow Day till the last half hour. Reason I said it was a Great Slow Day was up till 7:30 PM I had only had one customer, but it was a good one! Made a extra $115.00 on one sale, that works for me!
Day started Blowing around 7:30, it started with a call from Nancy. She wanted the phone number to the Hair And Wig Shop next door. I have a very good idea what that was about! When the buliding went on the market there owner came over 2 times to look around the inside of my store. That was a few months ago. My guess is they are not getting the offers they where hoping for, so they are calling them back with a offer.
Besides the fact the store is only 10 miles away, what I am worried about more than anything is my job now that Drunk Dave is back! When they do sale the store (that part I cannot blame them for) some one will lose there job. If Drunk Dave can show up late by a half hour to a hour 70% of the time, keep the store a mess, have cash bank deposits 7 to 15 days late, not follow the company policy, give away stuff with out putting it on the ticket,(so he makes a higher spiff) and get Drunk On The Job! What chances do I have keeping my job, like a dummie I try to do things right!
Janie, a large mug of decaf is quite necessary right now.
up831Ray: your musician sign, boy is that ever true.
LOL, I have on occasion loaded $40,000 worth of sound equipment in to a 2 ton axle trailer and driven well over 100 miles to get to a gig pulling the trailer with my old Dodge Dakota that when I traded it in was only really worth $350 for scrap... By the time I paid my help, I sometimes had $25 left for myself.... I was a Professional Musician for 48 years of my life. Now a deaf, former Middle School Music Teacher. That will do it every time! But I sure had a lot of fun going deaf!!!
Anyone heard anything from Galaxy?
I drove to Canandaigua to turn in the $$$ for the account for the MLK Committee and then stopped at the place and picked up the soil and sand I needed. The Raised bed is now finished and awaits a couple transplants of herbs to see if they will survive the winter. I cleaned the drinking fountain for the cats this evening... It really needed it. I should have cleaned it completely weeks ago and have been too busy with other stuff. Manét is not acting up to snuff as they say so I am watching him. He has been drinking a lot of water today and just sleeping here in the dinig room. Walks a few feet and then lays down... He is acting a bit better tonight (he ah..., used the litter box this afternoon and may just have been, ah.... Bound up?). He is alert but just doesn't seem quite right.
Hope you all have a great night! Prayers for all in need (that is all of us I think!).
The August Diner is now closed!
It´s been moved to a new location for the month of September 2015. You are all welcome to join Cousin Vinnie and his crew for a chat there!