Corned beef hash for me, too. Cook it a little crispy and then cook the eggs on top so that the yoke will ease down into the hash when I fork in. Wheat toast, dry, on the side.
I enjoy paying attention to the birds and have always appreciated those who study them and can do things like identify species by just hearing the bird call. There is quite a variety here along the Atlantic coast, especially at migration times. I always like seeing the Royal Terns. With their big orange beak it is like they are smoking a big orange cigar. My old copy of Birds of North America by Robbins/Bruun/Zim is well-worn but still gets regular use.
Big weekend for our little town. Today is the start of "Mid-Winter S.O.S." here in North Myrtle Beach, which is a weekend convention of sorts for those who dance the Carolina Shag. (Yes, we do know what shag means in Great Britain.) The shag is a form of swing dance done to "beach music" and old school R&B. This is just the short winter weekend, but 4 or 5 thousand dancers will be here. The big week-long events in April and September draw 10 to 12 thousand. Mrs. Beach Bill and I will be out dancing each evening - few things make Mrs. happier than taking her dancing.
ROR - I thought that most people retired TO Mesa. I do like my access to the beach, where I can walk for as far as I like without having to pause for any streets or traffic. I do not regret retiring when I did, even though I was making good money. When we all hear of folks having serious health issues arise, the thought of doing what we want before that happens has to be a factor.
My layout photos have revealed a deficiency, and my project is to go around with scenery materials and carefully blend in tree stumps and tree trunks so that they don't look as if they are sitting atop the ground. Pictures are such cruel critics of our modeling work.
Bill
Good morning.
Ulrich ... Sorry to hear about Petra. I have a sister in law who had gull bladder problems, and needed surgery to remove it. That was a few years ago, and she is doing fine now. ... Prayers for bothe you and Petra.
Ed .... You are making great progress.
These photos were from our house a couple of years ago. We normally just look at the eagles without taking any pictures.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
'Mornin Folks...
How about a corned beef hash with a sunny-side up egg on top, Flo? Gee, it's 4AM. Maybe I'll go for coffee with a dollop of Kahlua in it
When you can't soar with the eagles...
This handsome fellow was pecking away at a nearby raccoon carcass, yum!
Fortunately I had my 300mm telephoto with me.
They are graceful birds. I love wathcing them glide on the air currents.
yougottawantaWhy are you tearing up ten feet of track ?
I have a single-track portion of my railroad that pretty much follows the perimeter of the basement. I call it the Bessemer and it serves the Hulett ore dock, blast furnace, coal mine and it has a six-track yard called Quigley Yard.
This one corner always bugged me.
The M-of-W cars are on a stub siding, the track leading to the curved turnout has a bit of tight radius there and to the left, out of view is the end of a passing siding.
I decided to extend the siding around the curve and use a "straight-rail" former crossover at the end of the siding, just before a drawbridge.
I intend to make it look like there WAS a double track bridge here at one time and when it was replaced by a single track, the crossover was modified to be an ordinary end-of-siding.
See how I took the points out and basically made it like regular track. Removing the frog was too much bother so I didn't even attempt it. I'm awaiting delivery of another #8 left turnout for the far side.
Ken, Give me a few days to take my bank passwords, credit card numbers and other goodies off the hard-drive, then I'll get the FIRST package of 2017 put together for you
Did you see my post from a couple of days ago asking about you checking the speakers in that E7?
Ulrich, You and Petra are in my thoughts, daily. I wish there were something I could do. I hope the situation somehow improves quickly and Petra recuperates fully. My first wife had gall bladder problems when she was only 23!
Well, I've taken up more than my share of space here so I'll turn the floor over to the Diner's next customer...
Prayers and Hopes for a better day to all!
Regards, Ed
Good Morning, Folks!
It´s been a terrible night! Petra has developed issues with her gall bladder, which kept her awake all night. I went to the pharmacy in the middle of the night to get something helping her, but that had no effect. Now she´s off to see the doc about it. I am really worried. Petra has never been seriously ill. I just hope it isn´t what it could be.
Taking of moving when retiring - I guess most people feel the urge to change the place of residence whenb entering this phase of their lives. My parents moved about as far away from the family as one could possible do in this country. They moved all the way to the southernmost tip when their only grandchild lived all the way up north. Needless to say the did not get to see him much - a 10 hours drive is just too much to do either for a family with a two-year old or for an elderly couple.
I wish we could move. We don´t like the place we have to live in, we don´t like the town we have to live in and we don´t like the country we have to live in. Our son is about 2 hrs. away from us, but we don´t see him much more than three times a year. Petra´s relations live about 4 hours away, but we haven´t seen them since 2013. Family does not really ties us to the place we live, so we could move to any place, if we had the funds to do that and the means to sustain our lives. Guess we are stuck here, but as this place is really pulling us down, it´s only a question of a few years until the final move.
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Ride On: to each his own, but you could do a lot worse than live in Mesa, especially if you already have a house there. I agree with what most everyone else has said. If you're set up and established, you will spend a lot of money trying to relocate to the point that you might never recoup.
But, if you're interested, some people have relocated to Arkansas because of the milder climate and cost of living is cheaper. The ones I know of moved near the man made lakes in the northwest part of the state.
CNCharlie: Victoria is a very nice town. I also really like Vancouver, BC, but there are parts of the Vancouver metro area that are real armpits. But by and large, the area is beautiful.
Train Front: been doing some casual research on the historical track arrangements in the area i want to model someday. Stumbled on to a couple of old city plans that showed the tracks as they once were. I'm thankful to google images. The one town had UP and CRI&P. The Rock Island trackage has been torn up to make room for a relocated state highway and most of the UP trackage has been replaced by a mall back in the late 70s or early 80s. What yard tracks UP has now are to the east of town. So, I've had to try to find historical references.
The other town's trackage I remember pretty well. However, this town had UP, MP, ATSF, and CRI&P. Well, SSW(SP) had acquired the Rock Island trackage from Tucumcari to KC, so CRI&P and MP all came under the UP umbrella. And, some of the flour mills I think have shut down, hence some torn up tracks.
Oh, how I wish I could have taken Many pictures from those days.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Ray:
The Bald Eagle close up is beautiful! Dianne and I were in British Columbia last August on vacation and of course there were Bald Eagles everywhere you looked. We were still thrilled!
My aunt Ruth used to volunteer at the Owl bird rescue facility in Vancouver. One of her jobs was to accompany the helicopter pilots when they went up the coast to pick up injured Eagles. It was a regular occurance. On one of the return trips Ruth was holding the Eagle wrapped in a blanket on her lap (small helicopter - there wasn't any other place to put it) when the Eagle managed to get a foot loose. The first thing the Eagle's foot came in contact with was Ruth's upper leg and it proceeded to grab on as hard as it could. The talons went right into her leg! The pilot explained to her that if she passed out or the Eagle got loose in the helicopter they were both dead. She bravely sat for more than an hour with the talons in her leg before they were able to make it back to the bird sanctuary. Typical Ruth brushed it off as though nothing had happened, and she went right back to work helping to retrieve injured raptors.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed will have a Crown Royal, SS Rich will have a Boston Cream and I will have a please.
Garding The Store Front. Not one person besides the Mail Person came in.
Laptop Took in my moniter to work and the old laptop work fine. I checked to see what was in it and it is a Pentium III with 539 ram, 10 gig hard drive and XP Pro! It has never been on line, no Vires protecton and starts faster and runs better than the home computer. Home computer has way more stuff on it that will make sloooow.
Inch God Speed on the recovery! It was done by the VA right? Think you and I live in the same state, was it done in St Louis?
YGW Got the other photos and comments down loaded today. Had problems with the Wireless Router keeping my none WiFi coumputer from getting on line. Wife has a tablet thing and SIW installed the router while I was at work.
Ed If you don't need it, well yes. My wife loves going on line with the tablet but cannot use the touch screen keyboard well. More than likely no clue how to. Just pack it well with Bessemer, CB&Q and B&O packing!
Train Front Y6b, CB&Q's and B&O GP 30's are running great!
Have to be at work Thursday at 9:00 AM to let the Heating guy in on my only day off. So I am out of here.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin Folks!
Janie, I could really use a cup of decaf right now... Please and thank you Ma'am!
Bald Eagle??? You mean one of these?
I got that photo several years ago out at Boy Scout Camp during Tech Camp. We had a handler bring in several large raptors for the Nature section to see up close and personal. That bird, IIRC was 47 years old and had to kept in Captivity because it could not fly. Came originally from Alaska I think.
Been a very busy day! Been tying up lots of loose ends for MLK Day coming up Monday. We start the distribution of entries of the Art and Poetry Contest tomorrow afternoon. I am also processing several requests for the second half of MLK Scholarship at the moment. Even spent a few minutes in the train room adding more plaster to the plaster cloth I just put down yesterday.
I have not ever even considered moving out of my house here in Geneva in retirement. First off it is paid for!!! Not going to take on any house payments or rent again... I have relatives in Floreeduh... So I don't want to move there! Only one I can enjoy being around would be my Sister the Rev. (Who is battling stage 4 cancer). I guess I could move in with my son in Chicago, but I wouldn't want to do that to him! Besides my other son and my Grandaughters are right here in the area along with so many old friends. I still enjoy having 4 seasons here (Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Road Construction). Can't see any reason to move away at my age...
Quote for the day: "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
RideOnRoadThe Craftsman brand is being sold to Stanley/Black & Decker. Sears had already allowed non-Sears-owned outlets to carry the brand, most notably, Ace Hardware.
I knew there was talk about Sears selling the Craftsman name but I didn't realize it had already been done. One of the things that will contribute to Sears Canada's demise is that if Sears Roebuck goes under, Sears Canada will likely lose the right to use many of the Sears brands, Craftsman being one of them.
Assuming that current circumstances with the Sears Canada pension plan don't change, if and when Sears Canada folds, I will lose about 1/3rd of my pension. Fortunately for me I am not dependant on my Sears pension. It is peanuts to start with.
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RideOnRoad Mrs. ROR and I are about three years from retirement and starting to explore our options. Here is question for the group--where should we retire and why? A couple of requirements--affordable housing and not bitter cold in the winter (snow is okay, just no sub-zero temperatures).
Mrs. ROR and I are about three years from retirement and starting to explore our options. Here is question for the group--where should we retire and why? A couple of requirements--affordable housing and not bitter cold in the winter (snow is okay, just no sub-zero temperatures).
ROR. .. What? Move away from AZ ? Hmmm... Actually my wife and I will be in AZ for a visit arriving there middle of next week. .. we like it there. one of our daughters is there. Summer heat would be too much however .
YGW .. yes. Bald eagles are here especially in winter.
CN Charlie. .. that was a close call for your wife at the grocery store.
ROR you already are in Mesa AZ. The only cold you see comes out of the freezer when you open the door!
TX has no income tax but outrageous real estate taxes like NH. Parts of FL are very crowded. I just talked to my friend who lives in Leesburg, FL (hates that town) but says every city is different in FL and the weather is great most of the time but you don't want to go outside in summer, huh? Calif has the best weather of anywhere but more taxes, gridlock and a poliical climate - not for everyone.
My mom is still partially with it and in assisted living. My kids don't call her much and I am all she has. We have her over for dinner once a week, which is a whole lot more that when she lived 70 minutes away. If I move, the grandkids still won't call her and that is keeping me here. My two sons live 15 and 60 min away. The granddaugter lives the closest and we see her every week.
I would really love Prescott AZ but it is 2 hours from the Phoenix airport which is 5 hours from the east cost. We would see much less of the kids. Albuequeque is a more hot+cold, a more liberal political view and more crime. Sante Fe is unaffordable and colder.
Then there is healthcare. Make sure you can find it I understand Obamacare has already imploded in AZ. In some sort of political/financial intrigue, the hospital just fired my internist. He spent his entire career at that hospital, was forced to sell his practice and work for the hospital because Medicare reimbursement for most physicians is much less than a plumber, car mechanic or painter could make. They gave him the bums rush to the door with 1 week notice. Now I am finding that physicians who aren't employed by the hospital are "concierge doctors" They want $1,600 up front just to qualify as their patient.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
I have a number of old BB Athearn engines. They are from the 1960s, and they did not translate well to the DCC era. Yes, they are "old friends" and they did not simply get tossed.
This ancient Geep was once a rubber-band drive. I gutted the motor and belts, and replaced those with a sound-only decoder. It now runs in a consist with a new GP-9m, as pictured. Just to be ornery, I looked up the history of the GP-9m and numbered the original GP9 so that it was the same locomotive that was re-built as the GP-9m.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley Net result - we have stayed right where we are. She began to think about leaving all her friends and activities, and the subject hasn't been mentioned since. Add to that the high cost of selling, buying and moving and it doesn't make sense until you're ready to really downsize. I like where I am for bicycling. Most places aren't well set up for it. I don't want to have to put my bike in a car and drive for an hour just to get somewhere nice to ride.
Net result - we have stayed right where we are. She began to think about leaving all her friends and activities, and the subject hasn't been mentioned since. Add to that the high cost of selling, buying and moving and it doesn't make sense until you're ready to really downsize.
I like where I am for bicycling. Most places aren't well set up for it. I don't want to have to put my bike in a car and drive for an hour just to get somewhere nice to ride.
ROR., You know, I'm really in the same tent as Mr. B. and CN. Charlie on this.
My wife and I when we built this house in 1981, we built it with a very low entrance door in case either of us ever had to use a wheelchair. We have two long 6 Ft. closets in the front hallway and the one on the left backs on to the main Bath and is deep enough that we can place a washer and dryer there if we ever stop wanting to go down stairs for laundry.
We thought about costs too, and ended up after our discovery process that for what is required for condo costs and moving expenses and redecorating to suit us, we could afford to hire someone to come in and look after our lawns and blow snow for a very long time.
We like this area of town, our Church is only about a mile away, we like our shopping choices in this area. We have two son's and a Grandson here, one other son about 9 hours south of us in Billings and another son that isn't so handy as he is 12 hours to the Northwest of us. But all in all we feel very central to all we desire to be around even though tonight's temperature is supposed to be -40 with the wind chill.
That we don't like but for the season that weather is short lived, maybe a couple of weeks or three at the most and just gives more time for the LM&E that very patiently waits for me to give the highball sign downstairs.
If the stairs start to bother me, I believe I will put in a chair lift on the stairs.
So lots of things for you to consider and to each their own. Good luck with your planning and decsions.
CN. Charlie, Hope you are healing well and quickly. Sorry to hear of your wife's experience today. Hope all is well there. I go in for Lazer Surgery on my left eye in the morning.They are drilling (burning) a number of holes in my iris to relieve some pressure. I'm not looking forward to it, don't like things messing with my eyes, but they say it goes quickly and very successfully. Heres hoping..
My new Dog starts his Chemo treatments on the 17th and goes once a week for six weeks.
I get a new stomach tube (Pet Tube) on Jan 19th. Then more eye surgery on my right eye(lower lid) on the 30th, but I think that will be just for a look and the surgery itself will be a couple of weeks later.
Nothing like starting out the new year with a bunch of medical appointments.
Heres to you all and I'll have a Dr. Pepper. Stay warm and happy
Johnboy out for now...............till then
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
MisterBeasley. . .it doesn't make sense until you're ready to really downsize. . .
Downsizing is big part of the equation. Also looking at places where the cost per square foot is less. As for moving expenses, we will probably leave most everything behind (except, of course, the piano) and get new stuff. Our stuff is getting old and not worth the expense of moving. If we have to replace it anyway, why not replace it somewhere else.
Richard
SS Express - I have 2, about to become 3, BB locos I upgraded to DCC, no issues. (Other than my own mistake on wiring in one, but I caught it before it even hit the rails... So no harm, no foul, just taught me to pay more attention!)
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.
Good afternoon gents, Flo, gimmee a sausage, egg, and cheese on a bagel with a jelly fill chaser, and a large cup of hi-octane, please and thank you.
I had a quick one hour operating session to run some locos that don't get a lot of action earlier today and what a mess that turned out to be. Stuttering, stalling out, humming noises, nothing made it around the loop. Even some of my better runners were having strange issues with stalling and humming sounds. I am thinking that my first generation prodigy might be getting ready to give up the ghost. Headed over tomorrow with some high tech electrical tools (meter) and see what gives. I haven't heard from dispatch in a few hours so I think they have the mains under control. Has anyone had any luck with old blue box locos being upgraded to dcc? These seem to be my biggest problem runners................
Rich
Afternoon guys,
So I couldn't wait. Just in case the N Scale Architect New York Central East Tower kit might be out of stock.
I would need a switch tower to model the NYC and Conrail. Somewhere around the Hudson Division or New York.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
RideOnRoadMrs. ROR and I are about three years from retirement and starting to explore our options. Here is question for the group--where should we retire and why? A couple of requirements--affordable housing and not bitter cold in the winter (snow is okay, just no sub-zero temperatures).
The wife thought we were going to sell and move like a week after I retired. I started looking at real estate costs and taxes, figuring that getting out of Massachusetts would save a lot, but it really doesn't. Housing costs anywhere she would find acceptable are no less than here. Maine taxes are just as high, and New Hampshire get you in real estate taxes because they've got no sales or income taxes.
CN Charlie - Wow! Hopefully nobody got hurt! Was it snow related?
W**k - Slow day again sales wise, but lots of pickups from prior orders.
I just had a call from my wife. She was at the grocery store at the check-out when the roof started to collapse. So the groceries were left in the cart and she now has to do it all over again at another store. Not a good day for her.
I'll have to think of something really good to do for her when I'm more mobile. She has a bad back so all of this is taking a toll.
CN Charlie
Hey Y'all !
Train front: WALLS WERE POURED yesterday !!! HURRAY. Next bit of good news. I was looking for fill material ( structural soil ) I called one of my venders requesting a price and he told me he would truck it and provide the material all I had to do was pay the driver ! That is a HUGE savings. Heck if I had to pay for the structural fill and trucking I would be looking at as much as $3000. ! What a blessing ! Supposed to start trucking Saturday !
FRRYKid - I for one am impressed with you. You dont see anyone giving anyone honor or showing thankfulness these days.
CN Charlie - It is so hard when one is a man to have to have others do for us. It can be frustrating and humbling....
Angel - Why a big house with five rooms if you are sgl ?
ROR - I would FIRST check with Mrs. ROR about grandchildren and Family. Because of teh cost of living I have seen lots of familes from here move to Florida only to return to be near the children ! Other things to consider is taxes, cost of living, Available resources like medical, emergency, libraries, resturants, shopping etc...
Garry - Were they Bald eagles ?
Lion - Why is a tabley an open door to your wallet ?
Ricky W. - I do not understand B&D buying craftsmen. They have two different programs. B&D has pretty much become jumnk, Craftsment is usually associated with a great Homeowner qaulity with a terrific warranty. Plus if the Sears store is gone how do you market Craftsmen ?
Ed - LOL Chicking feeding frenzy. Once when growing up a mouse made a fateful decision to run through the chicken pen. I have never seen so many chickens chasing fresh meat so fast in my life. The mouse didnt make it out the other side ! Why are you tearing up ten feet of track ?
Herrinchoker - WOW a 3" line ? That would be a MASSIVE amount of water. Fortunately for us it was only a 1/2" line ! How did the Frigate almost get sunk when launching ?
Dave - I remember back before 2000. There was a LOT of that type of stuff going on. Buying companies then selling off the profitable parts - wrecking peoples lives... always thought that was terrible that someone could be so greedy to do that to workers.
Henry - 3 to 7' ! Man I am glad I dont have to shovel that ! How the heck do they get outside when the snow is 7' ?
Ulrich - Hope you are okay ??? Sent you some emails yesterday.
Ken - Okay and thanks
History qoute:
Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of disease, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. What mischief have we done under the belief of false facts and false theories! We have assisted in multiplying diseases; we have done more; we have increased their mortality. ... I am pursuing Truth, and am indifferent whither I am led, if she is my only leader.
We cannot be happy without being free; we cannot be free without being secure in our property; we cannot be secure in our property if, without our consent, others may, as by right, take it away; taxes imposed on us by Parliament do thus take it away.
Honor, justice, and humanity, call upon us to hold, and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our ancestors. It is not our duty to leave wealth to our children, but it is our duty to leave liberty to them.
Morning diners,
ROR- I really don't know. I'm away from retirement, the only thing I think of is money and a nice two story house with 5 rooms.
I been waiting patiently to order a NYC GP40 and a tank car so I can save on shipping. But I think I'll get something else.
ROR, as to moving on retirement, think about why you don't want to live where you are now and the cost of making a change. Moving is very expensive and in the end it has to be worth 'the cost' to you. My wife and I had plans on moving to Victoria (west coast) but we would have had to go to a condo and in the end the better weather wasn't worth spending 20 grand, not to mention the real estate fees. We decided to go on another trip to Africa instead. We also have a lot of contacts here including a bunch of doctors we don't want to give up.
Good Luck with your deliberations.
Good Morning,
Another frosty one out there this morning. We had a piliated woodpecker at the suet log today. What a magnificent bird. That log attracts woodpeckers like a magnet. It is a 2' piece of tree branch about 4" in diameter into which holes of about 1" have been drilled. We stuff the suet into the holes. It is hung from a shepherd's hook.
Sure hate to see my wife having to do literally everything around here. She is finding it very tiring. Shortly she will be heading out with a friend to do the grocery shopping. Maybe it is a good thing Robbie isn't here as she would have to take him outside, etc. too. I am hopeful that by the time he comes back I can at least go out with him in the back yard. Sure do miss the little fella.
Have a great day,
Good morning ..
Speaking of birds, I just saw a pair of eagles in a tree on our property about 5 minutes ago.
Herrinchoker .... That sounds like a bad experience with the pipe on the new ship. The mess deck was a mess.
Have a nice day everybody.
A laptop is a full computer and does all that a real computer will do, albeit with a small monitor, cramped keyboard, and a joke for a mouse. They are run on battery, and batteries really are not part of what a LION can mandage.
A notebook (netbook) is a cheaper version of a laptop, may or may not have a full operating system, although now with Windows 10 they run the same OS on all platforms. I do not know if they can run alll Windows Programs, but runs the smaller "applications" that are all the rage right now.
A Tablet is not a computer per se, usually has no mouse or keyboard. The screen is both keyboard and mouse. It does have applications that can do many of the things that your computer can do. Mostly a Tablet is an open door to your wallet.
Connectiviity:
Computers and Laptops can connect via 10/100/1000 NIC (Network) and by Wi-Fi connectivity. Telephony connection via modem can be done with an additional card.
Not so sure about netbooks, Wi-Fi connection certainly, may have an NIC connection, probably cannot handle a telephone modem.
Tablets connect ONLY with Wi-Fi. For android you can use a USB cable to your computer but only to exchange files. You cannot operate one from the other. A Tablet with Windows 10 should work line any other network connection , but then again it may not. Tablets usually do not have G4 connectivity.
Smart phones do have G4 connectivity (Via Cell Phone system) [Money], and may or may not have Wi-Fi capibility. [free connection to a Wi-Fi router]. These are telephones that can do some other stuff, but are not computers.
Tablets need a Wi-Fi router to connect to the internet This could be your main computer, or a separate Wi-Fi router connected to your WAN, and then your computer would connect to this with your NIC cable and or via Wi-Fi. If you are not familiar with Wi-Fi. ask for more help, for you do not want to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot that anybody can connect with.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
While I really don't need a laptop I do have a question. What is the driffrences between a Tablet, Note Book and a Laptop?
Notebook, a small laptop, a chrome book comes to mind.
laptop full pc in portable package
tablet as ed said a large smart phone. touchscreen control.
Morning all.
Zoe - Breakfast special, with scrambled eggs, bacon, homefries, and wheat toast please, and a large OJ. Thanks.
Weather - Warmer and windy... Yesterday we got the ice storm for a while, made quite the mess! Now it sits @41F, but very windy!
Sears -In the US, Sears sold its credit off to Citibank, they sound a lot like the Canada Scotia bank, with many of the same issues! Yes, Hoffman Estates has made a mess of things, and has indeed sold off the Craftsman name to Stanley Black & Decker. They have also announced more store closings in the near future. Makes me glad I don't w**k for a Hoffman Estates Corporate store! (Sears Hometown is a seperately owned & operated company... So, also seperately managed from Hoffman & Cohorts... I mean Hoffman Estates... )
Speaking of w**k - Slow yesterday, due to the ice storm, but still over goal so far for the month, and holding strong on getting the spiff bonus's, so... Should be busier today, what with warmer weather and a bunch of special order items in stock after yesterday's truck.
WAZE - A smartphone navigation app, so it's like getting a GPS built into your smartphone. Gives real-time traffic alerts, and lifetime free map updates, all straight into your smartphone, for very little money. (Currently Free on Apple-Appstore.) Just need a holder and charger for your car, and data usage capability. (So, it will not work where there is zero cell service, It's major downside. You also will need to have a charger in your car, as it is a major battery hog...)
Hope all enjoy the day!
EDIT: Corrected typo....