Heartland Division CB&Q Once I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around.
Once I was addicted to the Hokey Pokey, but I turned myself around.
Garry - I never noticed your quote until now. Too funny.
//signed// John Powell President / CEO CNY Transportation Corp (fictional)
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Hunter - When we met in January of 2000, you were just a 6 week old pup who walked his way into this heart of mine as the only runt in the litter who would come over to me. And today, I sit here and tell you I am sorry we had to put you down. It was the best thing for you and also the right thing to do. May you now rest in peace and comfort. Love, Dad. 8 June 2010
I love you and miss you Mom. Say hi to everyone up there for me. Rest in peace and comfort. Love, John. 29 March 2017
BigDaddy Books, if you don't remember reading Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island or Moby Dick they are all well worth the read. Report back on what the doctor told the pirate after examining his tongue. My favorite book was a 2 vol annotated set of Sherlock Holmes. I read it 3-4 times cover to cover. It is footnoted with historical background about the places, and time of Victorian London. They are on ebay for less that $20
Books, if you don't remember reading Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island or Moby Dick they are all well worth the read. Report back on what the doctor told the pirate after examining his tongue. My favorite book was a 2 vol annotated set of Sherlock Holmes. I read it 3-4 times cover to cover. It is footnoted with historical background about the places, and time of Victorian London. They are on ebay for less that $20
BigDaddy - On the subject of books, as a kid, my favorite series was Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary. I had most of them and read them cover to cover on a few occassions.
Der glad you liked the site
Herrinchoker Prayers for your son. Make sure his docs keep in mind that he is at risk for staph pneumonia.
They used to ban hunting around the Savannah River Nuclear Weapons Plant in SC. The same thing happend to their deer, which were small to start with. They opened up hunting with dogs and the rule was that you had to shoot everything that came by. Not only did they solve the malnourished deer problem, every year they kill a few deer with antlers the circumfrence of your wrist. Statewide the arrival of coyotes curbed what was an exponential rise in the deer population. I saw a dead coyote on the Baltimore Beltway on Saturday.
Ulrich in another thread I was talking about a murder in Toronto. Their annual homicide total is less than 60. We do that in 2 months in Baltimore and Chicago does it in one. I took care of a young black guy a handful of years ago. His chest and back was covered in tattoo tributes to 4 of his friends that were murdered on the streets. I, personally, never knew anyone that was a murder victim. His life is unimaginable to me.
Brightening up the conversation, they have the steam engines cranked up at Chama in the snow http://www.coloradonewmexicosteamtrain.org/camera-portal-horizontal.htm
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Good morning, everybody .
Coffee and a donut, please.
We had been thnking of making one more trip to Europe, but not anymore. Too much bad stuff happening.
Ulrich ... That is a very nice little locomotive.
Ed ... Back in the cab is better than back in teh saddle.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Sir Madog Ed - the news on the Hamelin incident is just the tip of the iceberg. The US authorities have issued a warning on traveling to Germany for a good reason. It´s not a safe place anymore!
Ed - the news on the Hamelin incident is just the tip of the iceberg. The US authorities have issued a warning on traveling to Germany for a good reason. It´s not a safe place anymore!
Ulrich, the US warning is not specific to Germany, it is a Worldwide Caution due to continuing terrorist threats pretty much everywhere, except perhaps Antartica. Geopolitical areas, such as Europe, are broken out with more detailed information, sometimes country specific, sometimes not. Germany is certainly not singled out as being particularly dangerous as opposed to neighboring countries.
Here's the link:
https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/worldwide-caution.html
CG
Good Afternoon!
It´s already to late for a lunch, so I´ll go for a slice of that apple crumble pie, topped with vanilla ice cream, and lots of coffee.
Young Ms Willighagen certainly has some volume to her voice and I hope she remains that charming little girl growing into a woman without all the glitches that come from fame! I´ll be listening to some more of her music later on!
Got a surprise package in today´s mail. It came from Japan and had a little scratchbuilt steam tramway loco in it:
The built quality is absolutely stunning, as is the finish of it. The backhead of the firebox has all gauges and levers you´ll find in such a loco. It´s freelance, but follows typical British specs! The loco is OO9 scale, that´s British OO scale (1/76) running on 9mm track. It´s a gem and I am lucky to have some leftover 9mm track so I can see the tiny loco run!
Ed - the news on the Hamelin incident is just the tip of the iceberg. The US authorities have issued a warning on traveling to Germany for a good reason. It´s not a safe place anymore! In my small town community, crime meant usually the odd bicycle being stolen by a bunch of misfit kids, or a broken window. Since the beginning of this year, we have had 10 cases of rape, the same amount of attempted rape, 64 cases of robbery, 192 cases of burglary, 4 cases of homicide and 7 cases of attempted homicide. When we moved to this town 20 years ago, we had 3 police officers twiddling their thumbs. We still have a police force of three ...
Total count of crimes committed by illegal immigrants (that´s what the so-called refugees are) is estimated to have surpassed the 200,000 mark up to now for all of Germany.
No, we don´t feel safe in this place!
Bill - good to see you again!
Herrinchoker - continuing for your recovering from hand surgery!
I wish we would hear a word from Galaxy!
For the history fans here, try "The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45". It's WWII from a Japanese viewpoint.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Ulrich:
Thanks for posting the video of Amira Willighagen! What an amazing voice! I love seeing young people with talent.
I have to admit that I went nuts over Grace Vanderwaal who won the top prize in America's Got Talent. Her voice is rather croaky but that was what made her so entertaining. Kind of like a modern day Janis Joplin in the making (although I hope without the drugs). Totally the opposite of Ms. Willighagen and without the depth of voice, but none the less a great young talent, especially since she has succeeded on songs she wrote herself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNxO9MpQ2vA
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Just pokin' my head in the door before I turn in folks...
RideOnRoadBTW, I just finished David McCallough's The Wright Brothers. Good book. Now I am ready for a little junk-food reading.
Richard, I, too, am a fan of David McCullough. Johnstown Flood, Path Between the seas, The Great Bridge and more. My preference is audiobooks. Some of his audio titles are read by himself. He has a great voice.
A few of my other recommendations would be some titles from Erik Larson:
http://eriklarsonbooks.com/
I just finished Dead Wake. In The Garden Of Beasts, The Devil In White City, Thunderstruck are also good, IMHO. All mix a bit of history with a little added drama.
Stephen Ambrose is another of my favorites. Nothing Like It In The World was interesting about the wheeling and dealing that built the Transcontinental Railroad.
Ulrich, I just happened to catch the news story about the woman that was dragged behind a car in Hamelin, a few days ago. It makes a very grave underscore to the conditions you have shared with us. I'm speechless.
Garry, Glad to hear you're back in the saddle, um.. cab seat!
Herrinchoker, I'm probably preachin' to the choir but— be sure to have your dust mask, or better yet, a respirator when you're cutting that nasty Fiberglas! That stuff is awfully dusty and glass fibers can't be good on the lungs!
Ken!
... it's ALL good!
Glad your package got to you with only a little crunching! Did you find the decoders? I hope it is an easy replacement for your E7. The Digitrax one was a spare and I tested it and it works fine. It has been reset. Glad the cars are all running well for you. The Ohio dust is free, no need to return it!
After the Holiday I'll get those LEDs to you and... maybe a few other goodies?
DER, as always, great to hear your stories!
TRAINS:
I know my back and knees will regret this but, after I fixed up the unfinished drywall last week it got me looking at the hodge-podge of carpet remnants scattered around the layout floor.
SO, tonight I began installing 400 Ft2 of carpet tile. I stumbled across it at Amazon and it arrived today.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C7DYZCQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So far, I really like it
Have a great Thanksgiving, to all who participate. And to all, best wishes for a safe, rewarding and healthy week!
My thoughts and prayers to those who may be in need—
Regards, Ed
der5997We are so used to thinking that something “3rd Rate” is very much inferior – but the Rating scale ran 1st. through 6 – and a third rate ship was still a very lethal piece of kit!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning!
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"
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.
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 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.
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.
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!
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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...
Richard
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.
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)
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.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
This is something for Ray!
Listen to this voice!
At the time the video was recorded, Amira Willighagen was not yet 10 years old!
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.
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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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?
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.
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
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.
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!
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,