Wow they really are white deer! http://senecawhitedeer.org/
We have some piebald deer, Mostly white with brown patches. They are not considered to be genetically healthy and are half the size of regular whitetails.
Ulrich I have to agree with you. There are way too many posts that border on trolling and yet they seem to be popular threads. I've been tempted to post asking why the OP wants to start such a negative thread. I've worked with people who strive to be negative and it rubs off on everyone.
My wife and I celebrated the aniversary of our 1st date on Saturday. We dined at our favorite outdoor seafood restaurant. It is within walking distance of our house and we walked in 70% humidity and temps in the high 80's. I drank plenty of water and only 2 beers but it sucked the energy our of me. If we had a tile floor I would have layed on it like a hot dog. I did not have heat exhaustion, but it was probably close. If you are around anyone who becomes confused in the heat, that is a true medical emergency.
BTW that was a cute dog one of you found. If you want to see some heart breaking stories, check out Coonhound Rescue on Facebook. A whole bunch of dogs were on death row on Thursday night. I hope some of them got rescued.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Hi everyone,
Hope everyone had good weekend. Still looking over the week ends posts but looks to be some really nice modeling going on. Didn't get to any RR this week or week end but over on the "which trestle" post I put up my home made chop it fixture for basswood. Busy with firewood all weekend, got about 2 cords so far. Happy modeling everyone and see you later this week.
Ken
Shanny10
B&O, C&O, PRR
Just lovin trains
Given that I am full from dinner in the real world, could I have a creme de menth (non-alcoholic, of course) sundae this evening? Thank you.
Got to play on the layout again this afternoon. I managed to get one more crossing done. I discovered a few problems in the process. I discovered that somehow the track over the years had moved in such a way that the joints were not solid. In that process of changing the track, I broke a terminal joiner. Thankfully, I had one I could raid from the expansion storage bin. I also discovered that the turnouts in the area of the crossings were not sitting level. That led to replacing a section of the cork roadbed. Again, thankfully, I had about a half a box of cork roadbed sitting around so that I could pull a piece from it to fix that. That was a very much unplanned fix but it makes stuff work better. (Edit: I neglected to mention that I also discovered I had built the two existing crossings differently that I built the new ones. The existing ones had the ends of the boards lined up. The new ones had the ends offset. I haven't at this point come up with a good excuse to explain away the error.)
I was looking at my freight car pile and again discovered that a flat car needed to come home for some fixes: another dose of Micro-Sol (some of the decals needed to be soaked again) and one of the ACI labels somewhere along the line has disappeared. Oh well. Another project at home.
Good Morning!
Just dropping by for a cup of coffee before I hit the road. Have an appointment at the hospital for some further checking into the cause of me collapsing on Saturday.
RideOnRoadNow there are only four states that have not seen the soles of my shoes--Maine, North Dakota, Alabama, and Mississippi.
I am not anywhere near this!
I have been to
in the West, but only
in the East. Add to that Hawaii and that´s a score of 14 out of 52 a rightfully earned "F". I am afraid I won´t be able to add more states to this list.
Morning all
Flo stack the pancakes high for any and all. Giv'em strawberry, blueberry,chocolate chip or what ever strikes their fancy. Keep their coffee or milk glasses full...Send me the tab. I will be back later after lunch to pay up. I have two insopections today, a walk through and a home inspector really dislike those these idiots they do not have half a clue of what they are looking at !
TTYL or OOOroo
YGW
Good morning ....... Coffee and a donut please.
Tom in PA .... Good to see you again. Feel free to be here more often.
Ken .... Nice kind of job if you can work on trains while there.
Ha anyone heard from Todd of IL lately ?
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
howmus. . .Been to Ohio, PA, Indiana, and Ill-a-noise. . .
Your post reminded me of when I was a kid living in St. Louis. We were on a family trip, I think headed for Springfield, IL to visit the Abe Lincoln log cabin. As we crossed the Mississippi River, my father said, "Shhh. There's no noise in Ill-a-noy."
My travel to all of these states is a combination of a number of things. As a child, we lived in Utah, New York, Missouri, and California. (My father worked for IBM when it stood for "I've Been Moved.") Whenever he was transfered, we made a road trip of it. Also, we had an aunt that lived in Miami, so a roadtrip to her house from NY gave me the eastern seaboard states. Add to this my job that has involved coverage in a number of states (that's how I hit Hawaii and Alaska) and I am up to 46 states and the District of Columbia. I have not been much of the international traveler, but I have been to Canada; Mexico; Brazil; Peru; Germany (yup, Hamburg, Ulrich), both East and West at the time; Denmark; and China. I suppose I could try to get to Africa and Australia (and Antartica???).
Richard
Mornin' everyone!
Zoe, I'll have a bowl of Heritage Flakes Organic Cereal with skim milk and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Coffee this morning...
Hey Richard, when you lived in NY it wasn't perhaps in Owego, NY was it? I ask because I started my career down the road a bit from there in Waverly, NY. Our school board was made up mostly of IBMers, that didn't think teachers should get paid at all for having fun with kids..... We had gone without a signed contract for two and a half years at one point. We were also the lowest paid teachers association in NYS. It was and still is Illegal for teachers here to go out on strike, but we did push up the pressure as much as we could to get a fair and decent contract and stay within the law. I switched cars with my wife that year, She drove my 1971 Super Beatle and I drove her old 1962 worn out , rusted, Bug that she dubbed "Tinkertoy" because something always needed to get repaired....
I put a large sign on the driver's side car that said, "Can't Go Fast, Can't Go Far! This Thing Here's a Teacher's Car!" Now that was in part directed right to a guy on the board who said we didn't deserve a raise because one of the teachers is driving around in a brand new Lincoln Continental (her husband was a doctor in Elmira.... LOL). When we got right down to the final straw that we had, we decided to picket IBM. IBM didn't take kindly to such things even if we were on public property and would come out and ask why we were there and find out who. Who would be sent home until the problem had been solved one way or another! So I volunteered to "donate" the junky old beat up Bug to the cause and arrange to have it "break down" right in the middle of the main driveway at IBM Owego. News leaked out (on purpose) to the School Board and they settled the contract the night before the planned action....
I was a Bad .... back then I guess. Haven't thought about that in years!!!
Got up at 7:30 this morning to make sure I was up and around when the Driveway guys get here. They haven't gotten here yet, so I've been continuing trying to clean up the house.
Catch you in a bit...
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Well, I haven´t been around much in the States, but I was sure an international traveler in my better days!
Just for the purpose of bragging:
There are still lots of white spots on the map, but again, I don´t think I will be able to fill any of the blank spots. Guess I have done my share of traveling. I enjoyed most of the trips, but not all. The only place I felt outright homesick was Japan, but that may have been due to the fact my son was born only a couple of months before I had to go on that assignment.
I don´t even want to think about how much of my life I have waited in some dingy airport lounges waiting for the connecting flight. It must have been years! But in all those years of traveling the Seven Seas, I only once woke up in a hotel bedroom without knowing where I was.
howmus. . .Hey Richard, when you lived in NY it wasn't perhaps in Owego, NY was it?. . .
Nope. We lived in the mid-Hudson Valley. Dad worked in Kingston, NY and we lived across the river in Red Hook.
No. 160711
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
LUNCH TIME ! Bit of a cooler day today. But tomorrow it will be back closer to 100 degrees, at least that is what the weather gurrus are saying. Well one PDO out of the way and two building inspections and home inspector to deal with. Did I already say I cannopt stand Home inspectors because they are wanna be building inspectors who cannot pass the test ?
Ulrich - hope you get a good report. Did you like traveling ? I do not. I like going home to my family too much.
Howmus - Why were you going to picket IBM ? Around here back in the day everyone want to work for IBM. They paid well, had job security, treated their peopel great, great bennies....
FRRYkid - When one is a CEO of there own RR one also inherits all of the problems too but that is also the joy
Ken - You had two cords of bass wood ? I knoiw just kidding. I remember years ago a commercial contractor hired a bunch of residential guys. It was a disaster. They filled up a dumpster of wrongly bent conduit ! Bending that stuff correctly is an art
Lion - It has been Hot. But Hey ! You can turn a pice of wildabeast into jerky in no time !
Henry - Thats wonderful how many years ? Congrats on the anniversary !!
Cuda Ken - Okay
Ricky W- Why would you want to be a manager if you loose money ?
Garry wrote - "However, the greatest pleasures in this hobby are derived from what we build more than what we own. .... I think the Economic Law of Diminishing Returns is applicble to purchasing model locomotives. .... After buying a large number of engines, the next purchase is not very satisfying.However, the greatest pleasures in this hobby are derived from what we build more than what we own. .... I think the Economic Law of Diminishing Returns is applicble to purchasing model locomotives. .... After buying a large number of engines, the next purchase is not very satisfying." - All two true. But I still enjoy the find !
TTYL
I will take you up the offer of the pancakes. I think I would like them in strawberry this morning in the quantity of 3 with some syrup and butter. And a glass of OJ as well.
RideOnRoad "Shhh. There's no noise in Ill-a-noy."
"Shhh. There's no noise in Ill-a-noy."
That sounds a lot like something one of my grade school teachers told me on that point. (From what I recall, she was from Illinois originally.)
Mentioning all the states people have been to, I will put mine into the mix: Washington State (family), Oregon (family), Idaho (passing through to WA and OR and this September for a vacation), Montana (of course), Wyoming (family), North Dakota (college connections and vacations), South Dakota (vacations), Minnesota (not very far into the state {Breckenridge, which is across the river from Wahpeton, ND} but I have set foot in the state. That was last summer as part of a vacation). Pretty good considering I don't drive.
I managed to get the flat car fixed fairly quickly. Hopefully the ACI plate decides to stay put this time.
yougottawantaUlrich - hope you get a good report. Did you like traveling ? I do not. I like going home to my family too much.
YGW - I didn´t yet get all the results from the check-up. I don´t know whether this is good or bad news. Saturday´s collapse scared the heck out of me - you know thes calls get closer each time...
There was a time when I liked traveling very much, but in later years it became a drag. Petra and I will be married for 32 years in two weeks, but if I deduct all the time I was away from home, drumming up busines, I think it´s only 20 years. We never before had so much time together as we do have now - how shocking
yougottawanta. . .Around here back in the day everyone want to work for IBM. They paid well, had job security, treated their peopel great, great bennies. . .
Not so much these days. Pay is around the industry average as are the benefits. As for the way the people are treated and job security, not so much. Just ask the 15,000+ that have been let go this year.
Afternoon folks,
Chloe how about an ice cold glass of lemonade? Thanks!
The driveway sealing place didn't arrive until after I had to leave for the Toyota Dealer for the PiP service... Got back home and found they only did half the job. The side on one street was done, but not the other drivway on the side street... So first thing I did was call and nicely ask why they only did half of the job. The lady assured me they will be back in the morning to finish it! Evidentally they didn't read the whole order they were given... The good news is that both driveways will be able to be used on Wednesday evening when I am expecting a bunch of people for the Boy Scout committee meeting.
I then went over to a strip plaza here in town to get a few items. One thing i wanted to get was a new bath rug for the nessessary room. Online said Peebles carries them. I guess they do but not in our store! So I guess that means a trip to Canandaigua to the Bed, Bath, breakfast, and Beyond to get that. Next I stopped at the Value center to buy a mop and a squeegee to wash the outside windows. Then over to Radio Shack to buy a new battery for my scales so I can embarass myself once in a while and see if I have ...... Well, you know. It was at that point when I learned that sometime in the last couple weeks Radio Shack in Geneva has closed.....
yougottawantaHowmus - Why were you going to picket IBM ?
Ahhhhhhh...... No, we weren't picketing IBM, we were threatening to picket at IBM! That was to get IBM to put some very official pressure on a few of their employees to get back to the bargaining table............ A couple other area schools had done that and found it was very effective. BTW, My wife and I were friends with several IBMers that lived in town. I taught their kids, sang in choirs, belonged to some common organizations, etc. and for the most part they were good, honest, decent folks (not all of them though.... )
OK, back to w*rk!
Once I got the flat ready to be billed home, I discovered that some of the dimensional data had disappeared. After a little bit of quick thinking I remembered that I had put the decal sheet in my railroad binder. I then was able to quickly fix the problem.
I also finally got ambious and got to work on my GP30. Given the nature of the engine, I decided to Liquitape the plows. The MU hoses I still have to figure out. The antenna and horn and horn bracket are ready to go when I am ready for them.
Good evening all.
Chloe, a slice of apple pie, with a generous scoop (or two) of ice cream please. Thanks.
Weather - Humid today, hot and humid tomorrow and Wednesday for our forecast. It only* hit 82 today, but supposed to be 90+ tomorrow and 95+ Wednesday. (And me with no AC for the bedroom, due to its location.....) (Only* is a relative statement, comparing it with next two days, it is only* 82.....)
YGW - Manager in training pays no extra, and doing less sales means less bonus/spiff money. Being actual manager pays more, due to getting a pay raise. Because our store manager retired, and we have no official replacement yet, the Sr. Asst. Manager is "acting" store manager, (slight increase for her in pay, just until she is either officially promoted, or they hire a new store manager), the next manager is filling in as Sr. Asst., and I am filling in as third. (No pay increase for us last two.... And no one is stepping up to fill my spot.) If you get the actual promotion, the pay raise is more than the sales bonuses were, and the few you hit you would still get. Filling in as one, except as store manager, means no extra pay, and less chance at a sales bonus.
Howmus - My Peebles has them.... But that would be quite the drive for you. But, if you find yourself in rural NW PA..... Hey, give me a shout before you come, I will find you a coupon.
Speeking of Peebles - AKA W**k - Had a horrendous sales day yesterday, doing 1500 as a store for the day, I did only 600 myself. (Normal Sunday is closer to 1900-2000, Corporate wanted 2100.) Zero's for accounts and contest numbers, for everyone. Last months accounts bonus, for just me, is upper double digits, so far this month, low single digits... Had one "customer" start pitching a fit over the new account offer, and when I explained why we ask, "it is our job to offer it, ma'am.", she began raising her voice even louder. (Great.... Here we go.) I got the whole "you have zero right to pester someone building a house about opening some stupid credit card, as that will affect your FICA score....Blah blah blah... On and on..." (Yep. It does. Congrats on figuring that out, and all on your own, too. So does taking a year to build said house, as that was the excuse you used on me a year ago, but that all went unsaid.) What I did respond with, was, "Correct. Now that we have that clear, calm yourself down. This is how we are to do our job, if that is an issue, the number for corporate, whose rules I have to follow, is on the door as you leave. You can either calm down, and stop shouting at me, and pay for your purchases, or you can walk out the door without them, your choice. This action and behavior is not acceptable, however, and will not be tolerated further. Either stop yelling, or you will be told to leave. This is the one and only warning you will get." (I do not get paid enough to be hollered at by some grouchy idiot, nor will I let him/her create a scene.) She paid, begrudgingly, and stated that she was never coming into our store again. (Can I get a bonus for every time I hear that? I could retire now, @30 years old if I could get that. 12 years of working retail will let you hear that empty threat quite often... Usually when you tell someone "no". Of course, I am not permitted to say "I thought you said you were not going to come back." ) Our one other customer at the time, (busy stretch by yesterdays standards, two people at once!) was very irritated that she had yelled like that, and asked me for whomever was in charge. (That was me, the only manager on duty (MOD) yesterday after 130) When she was informed that it was me, she asked if I had "kicked the idiot out for acting like that". (Nope. She left on her own, thank you. ) I told her that I was about too, but she left on her own. This customer (much nicer, btw) then said that she hoped that the other lady never returns. (So long as you don't make a scene, you are permitted back. Just don't push it....) Otherwise, a very uneventful day.
Hope all have a good night!
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Unfortunately, my plan to work on my GP30 more came unglued, literally. The package of super glue that I purchased as a stop gap proved to be useless. But what should I have expected for only $1. Not that I'm out much, except I wanted to get it a little bit further along. Oh well, I can pick up the long delayed BN 1976 and get some painting done on it.
Evening Dinners
Flo, Please.
Most of the day sucked rail spikes. Did not get any better when I came home.
My daughter (Sharon) has life threating surgery she needs to have done. If she can find a surgen that will do it! Her esophagusis not attched to her stomach right. (had a surgey done years ago to have that fixed that has now failed) Plus there is a growth on the esophagus that is rubing her heart. The heart surgen she saw today is worried about doing the surgey.
She is seeing a Laywer Tuesday to have a DNR order drawen up. Means Do Not Resuscitate.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
cudaken: My prayers to you and your family. I hope that your daughter can find the right surgeon. DNR orders, as you well know, are serious business.
Ms. Flo, get Ken whatever he might want tonight (even if it is potent potables). It is on me.
(Edit: Top of page. I guess the tabs are on me anyway.)
cudakenMy daughter (Sharon) has life threating surgery she needs to have done.
Ken - your daughter is in our prayers
From all of mine to all of yours. Our thoughts, prayers, and hopes are with you.
I'm so sorry. Truly I am.
stu
Streamlined steam, oh, what a dream!!
Flo- Double me up on the Belgain waffles and triple order the bacon and bring extra syrup and somee some OJ, non pulp and a Pepsi for backup.
cudaken- Good luck and I hope everything works out! Where is maryville, IL, I'm in NW Indiana area.
I'm just plain wore out, worked 4 days in a row picking up 2 days overtime in the process. First days I have worked since March, since I was on night shifts for the turnaround on a unit. The the topper was I finished on days and went back the next day on nights..................
Little wiped, wake up at night want to sleep all day still lol. Need to get back on swing shift schedule again.
Ken,
Prayers for your daughter, and your family.
Jan
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
cudaken Evening Dinners Flo, Please. Most of the day sucked rail spikes. Did not get any better when I came home. My daughter (Sharon) has life threating surgery she needs to have done. If she can find a surgen that will do it! Her esophagusis not attched to her stomach right. (had a surgey done years ago to have that fixed that has now failed) Plus there is a growth on the esophagus that is rubing her heart. The heart surgen she saw today is worried about doing the surgey. She is seeing a Laywer Tuesday to have a DNR order drawen up. Means Do Not Resuscitate. Later, Ken
Ken ..... ....
The Chapel Car has been dispatched to the Diner so we may all pray together for Ken's daughter, Sharon.
Bear ... That certainly is a creative way to remember Barry .
Everybody else ..... Would you like to comment on Bear's suggestion? ... Any additional suggestions ?
Ken, my thoughts are with your daughter and your whole family.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Best wishes to you and your daughter, Ken.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com