Good afternoon .
Tom .. Thanks for commenting about my surgery.
Ray .... Sounds like too much snow.
Ulrich ... Thanks to you too for commenting about my surgery. There is too much snow in the photo.
Bear.... Interesting electric loco.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Alright, diners, I need a book recommendation. Looking for a good page turner, but am not interested in being assaulted by mass profanities or sm#t. Ideas?
BTW, I just finished David McCallough's The Wright Brothers. Good book. Now I am ready for a little junk-food reading.
Richard
Have you read Harry Potter. I only just read it recently. It is something that did not interest me in the past, but now I love it.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Heartland Division CB&QRay .... Sounds like too much snow.
Certainly is a bit more than we generally deal with in November....... Forecast says snow will continue until around 4AM tomorrow...... Probably looking at another 4 or so inches on top of what we have already. Here is what it looks like outside.
Here is the deck and picnic table (that still needs to be put back against the windows for the winter):
Nice shot of the solar panels on my roof........
And looking out my main door of the house:
Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get dug out and do all of todays errands......
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
BroadwayLion Have you read Harry Potter. I only just read it recently. It is something that did not interest me in the past, but now I love it.
Shh, don't tell anyone but I have read them multiple times over the years. It was interesting to see the author's writing mature with each book.
RideOnRoad Alright, diners, I need a book recommendation. Looking for a good page turner, but am not interested in being assaulted by mass profanities or sm#t. Ideas?
I'm an avid reader of dogs and mysteries Combined). Two of my favorite authors are Stephen Quinn and David Rosenfelt. Great stories and keep you paying attention. Another author I dig from time to time is Clive Cussler.
Enjoy............
Johnboy out.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Here I sit at work this evening. I Have everyone in for a special dinner and now just have to wait for it to be over, do my rounds, chase the caterers out and lock up. That probably will be around 2200 hours or a little later.
My sympathies and condolences to those who have lost pets lately. I've always been a dog owner and know well the pain of those last few months. Right now my oldest dog, "Patches" is in his 18th year, he is blind and deaf and is now getting arthritic. Starting to see changes in his elimination, so I expect We will be joining those of you with losses before too long.
Garry, So good to hear that you are set for another 100,000 miles. Now if we all can keep up with you.
For all those showing SNOW pix, believe it or not, we, here in this part of the Great White North are still without any snow on the ground. This is very rare for us, but we are indeed enjoying it. It is wonderful to be able to take Cody, the younger dog out for walks with dry sidewalks and such, the third week of November. Usually, around here it looks alot like what Ray is showing.
Ray, Good luck with that new set of wheels, if you can find it under the snow.
Good Luck CN.Charlie. with the up coming surgery. It will probably make you a new man.
YGW. I'm glad to hear that your SIL has accepted some councilling. I hope and pray that things continue to improve for her and her family.
Ulrich, Always glad to hear from you. sorry about the various situations you find yourself in, but please stay positive. we'll keep you and Petra in our prayers.
Hope you all have a great week and the weather is kind to you.
Catch you later,
Johnboy out.............................................
V8VegaHowmus I see a garage there and you say you have your brand new car out in the snow and salted roads.
Garage???? No garage at my house. There is one over across the street but they use it for gardening stuff like the lawn mowers and the snow blower.... I have thought about putting an open carport at the end of the "L" (my bedroom is in that), but not an actual enclosed garage. The Tesla fund is depleted just from the car...... LOL
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Evening Diners.
Flo, Ed will have a Crown Royal on the rock's and I will have a please and keep them coming.
Monday off sucked. Spent 3 hours waitting for the washer and dryer. Now I did not expect them on time, to many things can go wrong. THey finally made it at 12:45 PM, I was told no later than 11:30. Day went down hill from there.
I was worried about the packing in the faucets, have not been moved in 23 years. So I turned off the main water supply. Hoses did not want to come off the the faucets, but with some effort they got them off. Hooked up the washer, turned on the water. Packing Nut Started Leaking! Watch some how to on U Tube and seemed like a easy fix. But decided not to take a chances. This stuff is old, what if I break a pipe twisting on the nut?
Called Mr. Handyman they have good reviews but they are not cheap. $60.00 service charge, 1 hour minimum at $96.00 a hour. Half hour later it was fixed to the tune of $156.00.
Next My wife saw where one on the Plexi-Glass panels had been craked when the washer and dryer was delivred and old ones taken. Door is not runied, but damage was done. Went over to where I bought the washer and dryer and told Jeremy what happend. Said "I need to talk to the delivery guys". Like they will fest up. Told him all I wanted was $50.00 and he said he will talk to the owner and call me Tuesday. Yea, right I am sure he will!
Ed is your wife mad about the lack of paper towels! I should not have to buy any for some time now. Yes I did get the package today and it did put a on my face. Guess all the Reffer's are to keep your Royal Crown cold. Now I need to buy a Icing Platform! Love the rolling stock! All ready have the Walbash Clynder Hopper, B&O flat car and NYRX cars on the rails! OH, got a smile from the Lions Milk Reffer and it all so being worked.
Olny rolling stock that needs repair work is the Bessemer Caboose and the Bulkhead wood car. Both should be easy.
Ulrich Great seeing you posting again! Don't be a stranger again, I miss seeing your post!
Galaxy Hope to see you posting again as well.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
RideOnRoadAlright, diners, I need a book recommendation. Looking for a good page turner, but am not interested in being assaulted by mass profanities or sm#t. Ideas?
11/22/63 by Stephen King. It's about a present-day guy who is shown a portal through time and goes back to prevent the Kennedy assassination. It's very well done and hard to put down once you get into it.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley RideOnRoad Alright, diners, I need a book recommendation. Looking for a good page turner, but am not interested in being assaulted by mass profanities or sm#t. Ideas? 11/22/63 by Stephen King. It's about a present-day guy who is shown a portal through time and goes back to prevent the Kennedy assassination. It's very well done and hard to put down once you get into it.
I will second that recommendation. I have read it and it is very good. As I am a history person, I thought it might be a good read. It was.
Grumbles of getting old: I was trying to paint the doors, windows and trim for my latest engine house. (More of the Walthers Modulars parts that I have managed to collect.) I've had to attack the issue in now two different shifts (and still going) as my knee is deciding it doesn't want to cooperate. If I leave it bent too long, it decides that it wants to act up and preclude me from finishing painting.
Wake up, everybody !
It is time for redneck pancakes !
Garry congrads on a successful procedure. One day there will be external charging so you can wear a few hours a week. In the meantime you have the latest model with the garage door opener.
Ulrich good to see you posting more. How long is Merkel's term? I see she is running for a 4th.
ROR Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian. The movie of the same name was a pastiche of some of the other 20 Aubrey-Maturin novels about the 18th century royal navy. I've read them all except the last, unfinished, novel. Anything by Tom Clancey but his books are sooo lonnnng and hard to put down.
I am not ready for snow. My internal thermostat has been off since heart surgery and if I am not doing something fun like skiing or fishing, I'd rather be someplace warm. Snow in Chama overnight,
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good Afternoon!
I am not having a good day today - the old ticker is playing tricks on me with the heart rate varying anything from close to zero up to over 180. I had to take a whiff of my nitro spray, which gives me a tremendous headache each time, but ´puts the ticker back into something of an order.
Doc tells me this is one of the effects thze "incident" has on me.
Henry - yes, Merkel announced that she will be running for a 4th term in the 2017 elections. I wish we had the same rule that political leaders cannot run for more than two terms. I don´t think she stands a chance this time. This will leave us with a coalition of socialistic, communistic and "green" folks to run this country. We will have the choice between the bubonic plague and cholera, both being reason enough to pack up and just go!
No more on this, as Steven might throw "the hammer" at me.
A friend called this morning, asking for a helping hand to finish a little Christmas layout for his soon. I am glad to oblige! He will pick Petra and me up next week for an enjoyable day. The layout will be just a double track oval with a couple of sidings and sours leading to industries, built on table top-like benchwork with a grass mat underneath - no snow.
I hope everyone´s OK!
I think Vinnie can cut us some slack because he knows only a couple people in the entire forum know anything about Merkel more than she wears pant suits. Hard to get worked up about the politics of pant suits.
Aside from the business channels, Brexit and the recurring Greek crisis, an earthquake or a flood somewhere, we get very little international news on TV.
Good Morning,
Woke up to a white world today. At least there isn't much.
Ulrich, good to see you back.
Big Daddy, I second your recommendation on the Patrick O'Brien novels. I too have read them all including the partially finished last novel. It really helps to have the lexicon they published for the period terms used in the novels. I recently sold off my collection that was complete as I had read them all at least twice and some 3 times.
Nothing on the agenda today so I might just get down to the train room and do more work on the ground cover. I have a couple of Intermountain box car kits but I am saving them to do when I am 'incapacitated' next month and can't go downstairs. I might run the new RS3 a little too.
Nice to see you Johnboy.
We have been listening to our Leonard Cohen CD's this past week. Sad that he is gone but I feel lucky that we got to see him perform live back in '93 or '94 when he was touring promoting his Future CD. We missed getting tickets here as he was sold out so we drove to Regina and got great seats in the concert hall there.
Well, off to do something,
CN Charlie
Well, so many legends have recently passed that we start running out of them. Must be a sign that the lot of us is getting older now!
Henry, we get a fair amount of news coverage of what is going on in the US (and the rest of the world), but I am afraid that some of the information lacks the necessary degree of truth. For that reason I have long given up on watching TV news and reading mainstream media articles.
Sir Madog We will have the choice between the bubonic plague and cholera, both being reason enough to pack up and just go!
We will have the choice between the bubonic plague and cholera, both being reason enough to pack up and just go!
As someone who lived in Höfen an der Enz during the early 70s, I am curious. Where will you go to?
CG
CentralGulfAs someone who lived in Höfen an der Enz during the early 70s, I am curious. Where will you go to?
I would feel much more comfortable if I knew, believe me. Leaving has become a necessity - maybe Denmark is an option. It´s only a two hour´s drive from my place, and I have a basic knowledge of the language. Canada would be my choice of love, though, but in my age, there is no chance to be admitted as an immigrant (maybe as a refugee?).
We are getting too deep into politics here, so let´s have it stand where it is.
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No problem, I was just curious about your choices, given the general turmoil in Europe.
When I lived in Germany, my work location was targeted by the Red Army Faction terrorist group (Baader-Meinhof gang). While they didn't hit us directly, they did take a shot at a coworker while he was arriving at one of our other locations.
Fortunately, the shooter, who was observed to be carrying an attache case, missed and fled into the woods. It was assumed he was attempting to bomb the installation when my coworker and another individual managed to scare him off because of their presence. Unfortunately, he was not caught despite a massive manhunt.
This is something for Ray!
Listen to this voice!
At the time the video was recorded, Amira Willighagen was not yet 10 years old!
Sir MadogThis is something for Ray! Listen to this voice!
O Mio Babbino Caro............ Oh my Beloved father! WOW!!!
Puccini would be so pleased!!!!! Not yet 10 years old? Holy crap! She could end up better than Reneé Fleming...... (Renee and I had the same teacher at Eastman School. I was one of his early students and she was one of his last.) Thank you Ulrich! I needed that after the "STUFF" happening here over the past few weeks! That just made me melt away all my cares.
Good afternoon Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have a cup of Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
That little girl sang beautifully in the video. I hope she doesn't do like so many others have done and self destruct as they grow up.
I read some excerpts from an interesting book last evening. It was about a German fighter ace in WWII named Franz Stigler and how he didn't shoot down a severely wounded and basically defenseless B-17 down but actually escorted through the flak line to open water. It was a very chivalrous act in an age of no quarter, no mercy. He could have been executed had he been found out. The bomber had only one gun left operational and over half the crew was dead or wounded. The name of the book is "A Higher Call."
Ride on: Don't know if you like sci-fi, but a very good author to read is Isaac Asimov. I've read a bunch of his books and liked every one. A good start would be the "Foundation" trilogy.
Hey, haven't heard from YGW in awhile. Hope all is OK.
Hello to everyone and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
All: Thanks for the reading recommendations!
Johnboy: I was thinking about trying Clive Cussler. Any recommendations for a good one to start with? I don't want to start in the middle of the series if the books build on one another. (I was looking and many of his books are not available as ebooks. I know many can't stand reading on an electronic device, but I am hooked.)
Mr. B. & FRRYKid: I will have to take a look at 11/22/63. In general, I am not a Stephen King fan--I am not a fan of the whole horror genre--but this sounds interesting and different.
Henry & Charlie: I read Master and Commander. For whatever reason, I didn't connect with it.
UP831: Hmm, Isaac Asimov. I have not read Asimov, but have always toyed with the idea. Maybe its time...
up831That little girl sang beautifully in the video. I hope she doesn't do like so many others have done and self destruct as they grow up.
That was exactly my thought UP. I have a distant niece, only through marriage, who is about the same age and is being groomed to be a singer by her family who are in the entertainment industry. Her father and half brother have both been through rehab and her uncle is dead from an drug overdose. You would know 2/4 of their names but they are family and my lips are sealed.
Higher Call I was aware of the story but need to read that book.
My last book after visiting the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock was Silent Wings. The lives of glider pilots were wasted on impossible missions and yet they perservered. My favorite story was the pilot who realized not only was the C47 tow plane on fire, the crew had bailed out. He hung on for as long as possible and landed, with a load of artillary ammo, 50 yards from an artillary position in the Battle of the Bulge. It is not widely known but they were in Burma, Market Garden, Bastogne, Sicily (where they were released over water, too far to make land) and the Bulge.
Trainfront A bunch of my micro drill bits are MIA. My undec LL Proto GP9 seems to have the body glued or paint stuck to the walkways, which is going to change my paint scheme if it doesn't break loose. I could soak it in alcohol, but I glued some parts on it and Cody has a video where he stripped paint and the parts came off. hmmm.
Odessey Marine is a commercial treasure hunting company in the US. http://www.shipwreck.net/shipwrecks.php You might enjoy clicking on the individual shipwrecks on the left side of the page.
I think I've seen all the operating layouts many times before, too.
Der have you been in Ed's Royal Crown? My layout looks like a 13 year old had $10,000.00 and bulit it! I mainly just photos of the last section I bulit I call K-10 Mining. I like the painting I did, like the trees but there are short comings. If you look at the bottom of the rock faces, they are smooth, forgot to work that part. Rest of the layout Well, it works well so for now I am happy.
Ray: Mornin'......Today has been cancelled due to weather conditions!
Mornin'......Today has been cancelled due to weather conditions!
Snow tires go on Wednesday morning…. Hadn’t heard of WS Argos – had to Google it! Our weather guessers in Nova Scotia just described the low sitting out Quebec City way and how it was causing what we are/will be getting.
Angelob6660: I'm been debating on whether to get two cabooses or one. Since my layout design is a branch line concept with one to two trains. One passenger one freight. But I thought if I didn't want to run the layout as a branch line but a normal town with active locomotives running at least three. Making two cabooses really possible. – I’d go for the second one if funds allow. There’s always a spur to double as a caboose track isn’t there? I have to purchase at least one for this layout – but that / those will have to wait. I noticed as I walked over from the layout just now that my probable caboose track spur (very short, is misaligned. Since I had just finished soaking the newly laid ballast on that section I think it’s a case of “too late now”! See Ken’s remarks re his layout as he pretty much nails it!
I'm been debating on whether to get two cabooses or one. Since my layout design is a branch line concept with one to two trains. One passenger one freight. But I thought if I didn't want to run the layout as a branch line but a normal town with active locomotives running at least three. Making two cabooses really possible.
Dennis: Happy for you re the rain. You guys indeed need all that you can get, within reason!
Ulrich: You’re a good friend! That’s quite the “Christmas Tree” layout you’ve got going there! Working on it will be good medicine too. On TV News, our local stations are pretty focused on LOCAL – but we also get PBS out of Boston who carry BBC World News America – and I have BBC World News bookmarked on my tablet. PBS also run a news program from Germany just before WNA. The odd time I’ve watched that it’s been an eye opener! As to degree of truth, well “editorial comment” seems to have replaced hard fact on many stations…. Canada would be my choice of love, though, but in my age, there is no chance to be admitted as an immigrant (maybe as a refugee?). Big naval/coast guard shipbuilding program under way in Halifax and on the west coast. I don’t have your resumé any more, but if there’s anything I can do, just ask.
Canada would be my choice of love, though, but in my age, there is no chance to be admitted as an immigrant (maybe as a refugee?).
Richard: I think that the Azimov recommendation will fit your “No Profanity etc.” guidelines. Enjoyable, and he can make the pages turn a bit.
Earlier start than usual tomorrow because of the tire swap. Have to remember to move the three turnouts during the night so they don’t glue shut (I did oil them before ballasting, but don’t want to rely just on that.
Goodnight all, and Prayers for all in need.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Evening Diners
Flo, I will have a and if Ed makes it in given him a Royal Crown on the rocks with a Beer Chasser.
Semi Retirment Work Front. Sloooooow again. Had one customer, she got there at 11:25 and was gone at 11:49. While she bought it was only $392.00.
Got home late. Had to do some last minute Thanks Giving Dinner shopping after work. It might rain, so wife would not do it.
Ed Man the rolling stock I have ran so far tracks great!
Ulrich,
Watched the young lady that you so kindly provided the link to. I watched her the night she won the Hollands Got Tallent program. Maria Callis re-incarnated. Funny thing happened both times I watched, my monitor screen got all blurrey.
The overhaul that I had on both hands has put me behind on fall chores, but am getting caught up slowly. All my veggies are in, have been canning many of them, got a small doe opening day, she, among several others, had learned to stomp my butternut and acorn squash and eat the insides. She got invited to dinner, all steaked, chopped, and ground-in the freezer. Here on the Island there is one point that is governed by an association, has been for years--all people from away. The first thing they did was post all the land-NO NOTHING- Porcupines were the first to start, shrubs, trees, chewing through basement doors and having a winter long orgy with insulation, wire coverings, plastic pipes, oars, life jackets---along with break-ins by two legged animals. I was hired by the association to maintain property checks, ( I was still active LEO, and could contact the comm center to run a vehicle plate if it was one that I might question) and also became a contract killer for porcupines. There is a loop road around the point, which I walked, my weapon of choice was a Stevens 311, double, .410. For about a week and a half the comm center would contact me on the portable I carried to check out a suspicious person carrying a gun on the Loop Road. I would ask," is so-and-so New England at present?" (on the phone) Invariably the dispatcher would reply in the afirmatve, and I would have them advise the complaintant what they saw was their new security monitor, monitoring their security- After two years that grew old, I once had one of the home owners ask if I had any idea when they would be vandalized ??--I don't do cristal ball.
As time progressed, the deer herd here on the Island exploded due to a "buck only" harvest. Competition for food increased, the size of the deer has become smaller the last twenty-five years, and the deer came to the conclusion that ANYTHING growing near a residence is edible. This year the association un-posted nearly all of their holdings, and all but begged the hunters on the Island to come KILL the (unprintable) deer. My male Chessie weighs 118 pounds, the deer I tagged weighed 86-I did look to make sure the dog was still in the house before I pulled the trigger. Shot from my East deck.
Had planned to make a three day trip offshore on a lobster boat, leaving tonight, but #4 stepson is being treated for cancer and had a setback yesterday. I addition to an infection, he has developed phenumonia in one lung. We would be most grateful for any prayers. My wife left today to be with him, and help take care of the grand children. Whereas we burn wood, and have two, four legged children, I cancelled out. It is also gusting to fourty at present. I was just going along to mainly be boat driver, (my FCC raidiophone/radar and commercial boat driver license are still valid) cook, and fill bait bags. My days of working on deck are long gone. The traps they are using outside (off-shore) weigh from 120-150 pounds each, I can drag one across the deck, but no way can I heave one up waist high to stack. I am grateful that after three heart surgeries, four shoulder re-builds, and standing next to age 75 I am able to do---anything----!! Perspectives change when you don't know if you will see the next sunrise, or be part of it.!!
While Barbara is gone I have to remove our hot tub, Mr. Sawsall will be getting a workout to say the least. I am giving serious thought in an negotiation attempt to take over the space for the layout. The room I built for the tub is 18X12, at present I have the short leg of a 36X24 living room. I believe she will condone the swap. Tomorrow I have to make three cheese cakes, and my neighbor is coming over to use my pressure canner to put some carrots by. This will be a first for him, will be also doing some deer meat at the same time.
Going to run my 2-6-6-2 while I bank the stove for the night , still breaking it in.
Happy Thanksgiving to all, if you have to travel, do so safely, prayers for all who need.
herrinchoker.
RideOnRoad Mr. B. & FRRYKid: I will have to take a look at 11/22/63. In general, I am not a Stephen King fan--I am not a fan of the whole horror genre--but this sounds interesting and different.
I wouldn't call that book a horror one at all. Either that or else I missed the horror part of it.
up831 I read some excerpts from an interesting book last evening. It was about a German fighter ace in WWII named Franz Stigler and how he didn't shoot down a severely wounded and basically defenseless B-17 down but actually escorted through the flak line to open water. It was a very chivalrous act in an age of no quarter, no mercy. He could have been executed had he been found out. The bomber had only one gun left operational and over half the crew was dead or wounded. The name of the book is "A Higher Call."
I actually saw that before in my Facebook feed as one of the pages that I follow.
Hi guys
just stopping in quick before work. Hope all you guys in the states have a good thanksgiving tomorrow. Haven't been in a lot lately but try to read over the diner thread every couple days.
was looking over some of the older diner threads from years past, really miss the daily weather reports from Jeff. Can't believe hes been gone almost two years now Or when jerry would ask for a burger and "drag it through the garden"