BATMAN I have a question for those of you that have fiber optics for your TV/internet/phone. They have brought it up to the house and we are wondering if it is worth the extra cost and the hassle of changing over as all our E-Mail addresses will also need to be changed. Thoughts anyone.
I have a question for those of you that have fiber optics for your TV/internet/phone. They have brought it up to the house and we are wondering if it is worth the extra cost and the hassle of changing over as all our E-Mail addresses will also need to be changed. Thoughts anyone.
A lot of that depends on what your current service gives you. If the new service is much better than what you have, go for it. If not, keep what you have.
I had DSL through my company already. I ended up changing mine slightly to a fixed price with a charge for each GB used. It ended up being cheaper as I don't use a lot of Gigs. I later converted to a bundle deal that actually was cheaper than I already was paying. It ended up also giving me an even better wireless network as well.
My parents got an more useful deal from that same company. They finally converted over after the service they had wouldn't come to fix the lines they had when the landline quit working. They didn't have Internet at that time either. (The lines in question are approximately the same age as I am. They were so noisy that Internet was impossible and the lines weren't guaranteed for data anyway.) The new company had already brought a fiber optic line to my parent's fuse box area. (rural location) It just took them "porting" their existing number to their company and they them came out and connected their lines from their box to the existing phone box from the other company as the interior wires worked just fine. (as to avoid a major interior rewiring.) They also drilled a hole in order to run the ethernet cable into the house for the Internet. The new lines are much clearer and they got DSL speed Internet. (That got Mom back online for music, books and Facebook. It also makes it a lot easier for me to use it if either Mom or Dad have a question on something to answer them.)
Mentioning my parents, I finally got the yard mowing finished today. I had to adjust the tension on the trimmer drive to get it going. (New belt that has stretched.) Once that was taken care of, the mower worked like gangbusters. The only problem that I ran into was that I had put a new set of cords on the trimmer and I hadn't tightened them properly. One of them was broken so I couldn't reuse it. THe other one was in good enough condition I could. We had one string left so that was used. I will need to call to the place where the trimmer was purchased from to see if they had more onhand. I'm hoping that I don't have to attack weeds again for a month or two. (No time to work on my layout if all I'm doing is mowing!) We shall see. Mom is happy. Now the dog won't get lost.
Good Morning, Folks!
I was woken up by a big "bang" - a 30 second thunderstorm, which was expected early last night, but didn´t come until this morning. No wonder, we had the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures exceeding 30°C, which is most unusual in this region.
Ken - when I first arrived in the US, I also stepped into that sales tax trap! Prices quoted here have to include tax, therefore show what you will have to pay. With a sales tax rate of 19%, that prevents a lot of heart attacks at the cashier´s.
Train movie time!
Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre today presents
Tracks To The Clouds - The Tren A Las Nubes
The Tren a las Nubes (English: Train to the Clouds) is a tourist train service in Salta Province, Argentina. The service runs along the eastern part of the Salta–Antofagasta railway line of the Belgrano Railway (also known as the "C-14" line) that connects the Argentine Northwest with the Chilean border in the Andes mountain range, over 4,220 metres (13,850 ft) above mean sea level, the fifth highest railway in the world. Originally built for economic and social reasons, it is now primarily of interest to tourists as a heritage railway, though cheaper tickets are also available for locals to use the train as transport.
The railway line has 29 bridges, 21 tunnels, 13 viaducts, 2 spirals and 2 zigzags. Because of the design decision not to use a rack-and-pinion for traction, the route had to be designed to avoid steep grades. The zigzags allow the train to climb up driving back and forth parallel to the slope of the mountain.
It departs from Salta every Saturday at 07:05, and returns around midnight, though most tourists simply do the 8-hour one-way trip and return by other means. The train is composed of a dining carriage, bar carriage, a first aid area and two passenger carriages with room for 170 people, though this is expected to increase to 400 over time.
Currently, the train leaves Salta station for the 15-hour, 434-kilometre (270 mi) round trip to the Polvorilla viaduct, located 4,220 m (13,850 ft) above sea level.The curved viaduct is 224 m (735 ft) long and 64 m (210 ft) high. Once the train has left Salta, it first enters the Valle de Lerma, and then the Quebrada del Toro, before reaching the puna. There are numerous stops along the way, some with markets selling artisan goods and locals offering regional cuisine.
Enjoy & have a great day!
Good Evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have a cup of Earl Grey tea with cream and honey, please.
Yesterday MOH and I participated in a church fundraiser at the Indy 500. It was a lot of fun, did a meet and greet with a lot of people, and general service. BUT, by the end of the day, our knees and feet seriously hurt plus we're dead tired when we get home. Hence today, I was pretty much a vegetable. I watched 2 old war movies on DVD. They were "The Navy Way" and "Spitfire" both made in the early 40s.
TV just doesn't convey how fast the cars are actually going at Indy. One really has to see it live. It is over 2 miles around the track (I think either 2.2 or 2.6) and they were making a lap about every 44 seconds going 220 mph. They're noticeably faster than NASCAR but not quite as loud. You still need earplugs.
Can photos be posted from Dropbox or do you need a photobucket acct?
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Evening Diners.
Flo, Ed, Jan, Brent and I will have a please.
For a Hoilday Weekend Work was lack luster. Last year I did $6900.00 for the weekend, this year? Right around $4600.00.
Made a woman cry today. If you ask a person how much is that engine and was told $150.00 would you think that was with tax? Had a Lady come in looking for a power base (lifts feet and head) and she picked a good spiff mattress and a floor model base. Told her $1629.00 and offred delivery for $35.00. (that is half price) She wanted to think about and left.
Came back around 2:00 PM and said she would take the deal I offred! Added a $120.00 mattress protector and I wrote the ticket. Total with tax, mattress protector and delivery was $1925.00. She broke out ? Seems she tought $1629.00 was for everthing? Had to gut the deal to $1625.00 with tax and delivery.
Train Front Finally got the Mighty CB&Q 167C A unit lubed and quite! Nice to see the ABA CB&Q's running.
Are Balltion lost 3 men while I was at Ft Bragg. I was in the 16th MP Groupe, 503 MP Balltion 118th MP company 4 Paltoon 4th squad. Nut cases from Vietnam where coming home. Sure where sorry times.
Ken
I hate Rust
Evenin' Folks!
Janie, just a refill for my decaf right now, please. Been quiet in here today. Guess everyone was out at parades and having picnics today... I did go over to my son's house for a picnic style supper tonight. Also said some prayers for all those men and women lost protecting us from "Man's inhumanity to man"....
A few days back somone said they would like to see some of the stuff I have lined up for the Lighting Clinic I am doing next Saturday. The Clinic is a "Mini" clinic on layout lighting and will show the importance of 3 characteristics of lighting. They are "Color Temperature", "CRI", and "Lumens".
Color Temperature of bulbs range from about 2700°K (Kelvin or absolute temerature) to generally around 8000°K. CRI or Color Rendering Index is the ability of a light source to accurately reproduce colors. The range is from 0 (although Low Pressure Sodium used for street lighting somehow comes in at -44) to 100 (Being perfect and being a Black Body Radiator like the sun). Lumens are the amount of light from the source. So here are a few of the slides I will be showing.
First a photo from way back when I got back into Model Railroading and had no idea what I was doing... This photo was taken with my Kodak digital camera using Dollar Store cheapo CFL lights that were at 2800°K (Yellow spectrum) and a CRI of less than 80:
The same general location taken several years later when I had a Canon Digital rebel and the layout had gained 5000°K CFLs at about 93 CRI. There is also more Lumens of light in that location now. Notice a difference???
Here is the area of the layout I am completeing now illuminated with several different light bulbs. First is a standard 2800°K Incandescent (CRI98+, considered a Black Body Radiator):
A 5000°K CFL with a CRI of 93:
2800°K CFL at 80 CRI:
5000°K LED at 80 CRI:
And finally a shot of the scene with the layout lights on (5000°K and 93 CRI but with more points of light and much higher Lumens):
Hope you can see some differences. So... 2800°K is very early morning sunlight. 5000°K is mid day. (The SLOW is stuck on Saturday, August 15, 1925, at 2PM in the afternoon.... So you know what lighting I prefer. ) The CRI of all these bulbs is reasonable for lighting, but the higher CRI the better. There are some LED Bulbs available that can be considered Black Body Radiators and reach a CRI of 98. However, at this point they are made for very specialized uses such as Museums, Art Galleries, Hospitals, Restaurants and Grocery Stores, etc. that require some specific lighting qualities. Those also cost somewhere from around $25 to $75 each..... Maybe in my next life???
I will also be taking about how the human eye interprets different lighting sources as well. (Brighter is generally better for color and accuity.)
Enjoy!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Went to a cookout at some distant relatives, but good friends who are moving to Tampa.
Have not seen any war movies in a long time but did read All The Gallant Men by Stratton, one of the last survivors of the USS Arizona and before that Silent Wings at War, about WW 2 glider pilots. I can't get the image out of my mind of the pilot missing a jeep that had fallen out of another glider, with a soldier sitting in the driver seat.
They decided today is the day to replace the diamonds at Rochelle. Note one of the big front end loader has it's rear wheels off the ground trying to move it.
They did it
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Janie,, can I get a southern n 7 please…….. hope everyone’s having a good weekend,, won’t say happy since it’s meant to remember those who given the last full measure.
Us,,, we spent the day at the legion post Memorial Day services, like most every year. I seem to always end up M C’ing the event, since the commanders don’t want too anymore. Had a couple new things this year,, our 12 year old grand-daughter led the pledge and signed it [she taught herself to sign] everyone loved it; then we had a tomb guard from the unknowns as one of the speakers. Mother’s uncle was our inspirational speaker [his oldest brother was KIA during WW2] and always leaves everyone in in tears.
This was a only part of our weekend, we also remember those in our own families and the friends who given their last full measurer in service to us all……. All this and more is why it’s not happy for us, Vinney n Steve not tryin to start anything, just our day
Thoughts for those in need n hope ya’ll has a gooden inch
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We got out Saturday morning to do a little railfanning. It was quite good with 15 trains in 4 hours. Bonus sightings were Norfolk Southern's "Penn Central" Heritage unit & a Norfolk Southern work train. I don't believe there were any camp cars, just container like units on flat cars as well as a number of pieces of track equipment of different sorts. Prior to the work train was a loaded ballast train, but I have no idea if they were both headed for the same destination. When I'm done railfanning for the day, it seems I have a dozen questions about what I've seen or heard, but no one to ask. Frustrating in some ways. I need to find an engineer or conductor & make friends with them. Or rent them...
Sunday was spent cutting the grass again. Been doing that a lot lately. Temperatures have been in the mid 50s at night with lots of rain. So ideal conditions for growth. Also spent some time weeding the flower beds & deadheading some of the flowers.
This afternoon we will cook some hamburgers & kielbasa on the grill. The wife made some potato salad this afternoon. Might break out a bottle Reisling from Seneca Lake to enhance our own little picnic.
The flag is flying in the front yard as usual. It's also nice to see that a number of my neighbors have flags out as well. For too many years, mine was the only one.
No matter how you are celebrating this special holiday, I hope you are having a nice time.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Rememberance---
Leon, Merwin, still miss you guys--along with my other brothers--to all who have served, and sacrificed, thank you!
F.J.White
Vietnam-Operation Ranch Hand-63/Stanleyville Africa-Dragon Rouge-64
776/777 TCS
464 TCW
Tactical Air Command
Afternoon Diners,
Did anyone watch any war movies this weekend?
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Good morning from the sunny and warm left coast of Canada.
Not much to say today, but it is so dead in here I'll try and come up with something, just so they don't layoff any of the staff.
I have been working on putting new lighting in the ceiling of the kitchen. I have replaced and patched a lot of the drywall on the ceiling and I am in the home stretch. There is one part I just can't get perfect and working over my head is tough for me these days. A good friend of mine taught drywalling at the vocational school and I have learned a lot from him. I insist I do a perfect job now or it will really bug me every time I look up. I redid the office ceiling and there is one little bit about an inch long that is not perfect. No one I send in to look at it can ever find it but I know it's there. It jumps right out at me.
The dog that we think got a poisoned mouse or something is still in RUFF shape and getting IV fluids and various injections and pills. She is lucky she has a Veterinarian for an owner that recognized the symptoms right away or it would have been too late. As it is she is still not out of the woods. The mutt that did a dance with the wasp has shrunk back to normal, The one with the limp is still on couch rest.
Ulrich I am only up to the South Africa train trip. I have watched a few video's of that trip and I always wanted to see Victoria Falls. That is a loooooong plane ride from here. But I hope I can get there at some point. My sister leaves for Australia today and that is also a long nonstop, 17 hours I think. The last time I did it I stopped for 5 days in Hawaii just to break it up. To think that we can now fly anywhere on the planet without having to stop, makes travel somewhat more agreeable again. I always hated layovers and changing airlines on a trip. Remember the days of real china and silverware and bacon wrapped filet mignon for dinner in coach?
Had a real show of the Northern Lights a couple of nights ago. They don't get this far South very often, it was quite spectacular.
Now, where's my bucket of mud?
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
We're heading down this afternoon to the Fort Snelling Sea of white to visit my dad family and friends and also to say a prayer of honor and gratitude to all the men and women who lost their lives protecting our freedom.
Hello, Ulrich ... Good to see you. Perhaps, some people are at the county park this weekend.
Edit .....
Everybody ... Something to think about....
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Afternoon!
I seem to be the only one coming to this place?
Well, here I am and I wioll go for a cup of coffee and ice cream, please!
It´ll be a short visit, just changing the reels on the movie projector, so you can watch the afternoon bonus program.
Haunting The Streets of Lisbon - Ancient Trams Roaming The Capital Of Portugal
It´s fun to watch the kamikaze trip over streetcar tracks in the narrow streets of Lisbon´s Old Town!
Good Morning!
The Diner is a rather quiet place on Memorial weekend! I hope this is going to change and patronage will be up again!
Nothing in special planned for the day, other than a visit to my doc later in the afternoon, as I am still not happy with my BP and heart rate. Things were fine under "lab conditions" in the hospital, but that´s not much of a help in real life!
Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre is presenting some rare footage on a very special train today!
A Train of Hope - Steam in Eritrea
The Eritrean Railway is the only railway system in Eritrea. It was constructed between 1887 and 1932 by the Kingdom of Italy for the Italian Eritrea colony and connected the port of Massawa with Bishia near the Sudan border. The line was destroyed by warfare in subsequent decades, but has been rebuilt between Massawa and Asmara. Vintage equipment is still used on the line.
Eritrea won its independence from Ethiopia in 1993, and in 1994 the Eritrean president declared that rebuilding the railway was a priority for the new nation. During the war years a spirit of self-reliance had been built up, and the Eritreans refused foreign loans and expensive rework. Instead, the Eritreans decided, they would rebuild what they had left with their own efforts. Rebuilding the line started, some work going into rebuilding the workshops and station in Asmara while others set to reconstructing the Massawa end. Renovation of the main line began from Massawa westbound, recovering rails and steel ties.
At the same time, restoration began on the remaining locomotives and rolling stock remaining after the conflict. Eleven steam locomotives survived, and at least six have been rebuilt to working order. In addition, several 1930s vintage Fiat 'Littorina' railcars survive and have been made operational, as well as two 1957 Krupp-built Bo-Bo diesels (the line's newest locomotives) and one of three surviving Drewry shunters, brought to the railway by the British during the war years. Finally, several road trucks have been converted to run on rail wheels. Much freight stock and a number of passenger cars also survive.
The line has been restored from Massawa to Asmara, but as of 2006 no scheduled services traverse the whole length of the line. Charter trains for tourists now do, and regular train services exist in certain areas. While the surviving equipment is sufficient for such a limited service, the purchase or building of more is necessary to provide a serious form of transportation over the length of the line. The Eritrean Railroad Authority has requested funding to continue the Italian-era plan to extend the route to Tesseney and provide an opportunity for Sudan to efficiently use the Port of Massawa. Mining companies in Eritrea have also inquired about use of the railway and its improvement.
The surviving freight cars include a number of larger boxcars suitable for a limited freight service.
CN Charlie - I am glad you liked the video! A trip on the Pride of Africa was on our to do list for the retirement days and we had started to save money for it. It was lost when I had to fold up my business as a result of my bank not honoring the credit agreement we had. The trip has thus been moved from my to do list to my dream about list.
Good morning from the sunny West Coast.
The kids and I were suppose to go to the par three golf course today, however, Grandpa developed a second blood clot and is now needing daily treatment at the hospital so it is the Batmobile to the rescue for daily chauffeur service. At least they don't mess around at the hospital, we are in and out of there in no time.
Three of our golden retrievers are on sick call. One hit a hole at a full run and has got a bad limp on the left front and is under strict couch rest. Next, we have our youngest one that thought wasp were fun to play with. Her muzzle blew up to the point of making her eyes shut from the swelling. The third sick bay attendee likely ate a dead mouse that someone had used rat or mice poison on and manage to wander out onto the street before it succumbed. The wife was on a walk with the dog using a long flexy leash and saw the dog grab it at the last second. Two of the dogs are currently plugged into IV's on the kitchen floor.
My wife use to do all the Vet work for the local wildlife centre. Eagles, owls, raccoons, bears, cougars and many other mice/rat eating creatures breathed their last because of someone using poison instead of traps. The poison not only kills the rodents but often kills the wild beast that eat the dead rodents.
Sons Gatorade commercial/hockey shoot has been put on hold, that sure happens a lot in the biz. Usually due to not enough crew available. The kid will probably be doing something else by the time they reorganize.
My wife broke her hand a few months back and has now had two surgeries on it for ligament and tendon repair. Her hand has been in a cast for months now, so guess who has to get the IVs going? It's never boring in the Batcave when one lives with Doctor Doolittle.
I think I am going to be a total deadbeat today. The wife brought a whole case of wine's from around the world home on Thursday. There was a promo going on at the liquor store in the foreign wine section. Six bucks a bottle for bottles that usually go in the $30.00 to $40.00 range. No wonder I married her.
Time for another cup of coffee out on the back patio as it is a perfect morning. I enjoyed watching a dog fight with five vintage WW2 planes chasing each other around the sky doing loops and rolls while having my first cup. I sure hope they come back.
Good Morning,
A cool, rainy day here.
Ulrich, thanks for posting that video on Rovos Rail, it brought back many great memories of the trip I took on it from Pretoria to Cape Town in 2013. It really was a fabulous trip. While waiting in the lounge before departure, they had a steam loco simmering right outside the open doors. It was Anthena, a 25 NC. I was able to get up into the cab but no rides. We stopped at Kimberley and Matjisfontaine(not spelled right) on the 2 day trip to Cape Town. I would love to do it again but it won't happen as it is very expensive and for us was a once in a lifetime trip.
Not much new up here, we have many, many flowers to plant and 6 new shrubs but that won 't start until probably Tuesday as it won't be clear until then. Last year we had 85 pots of flowers and despite my wife's claim of cutting back, I really doubt it. They do look nice but tie us down in the summer as we can't leave the yard for more than 24 hours as they need constant watering.
Yesterday we went to a nature reserve north of the city, Oak Hammock Marsh, that really is great for water birds. They have a very nice interprative centre there and after an hour or so of birdwatching, we had breakfast in their restaurant.
Fergie, it was nice to see you in the Diner! Are you still on the Hudson?
Well, time to do something, but I'm not sure what.
CN Charlie
There are mixed claims as to if Memorial Day began in the North or the South after the Civil War. In any case there were war graves from both sides between Pennsylvania and Georgia and they were decorated equally.
Since then we have had multiple wars. After Vietnam, Rolling Thunder began, a gathering of literally hundreds of thousands of motorcycles in Washington that ride around the Mall and remember those still missing in action.
When I was a kid everyone was still in school until June. Now school ends in May and it Memorial day is the start of summer and beach season in the mid Atlantic. The water is too cold too swim unless you are young and stupid.
I have my mom over today and we are going to a family cookout tomorrow. The are 3 car races on TV, Monte Carlo, Indy 500 and Coke 600.
$90,000 asking price for one of these in a not very safe neighborhood
I am having a hard time relating to what is going on in the forum. Threads about making your own rail spikes, slopes of the subroad bed and electricity lectures. No wonder people are on edge.
This is supossedly a B&O shay in WV
Morning Ulrich,
Nothing new is happening.
Be safe this Memorial Day weekend.
Me again!
I thought I´d give Vinnie and the girls some company as they feel kind of deserted today with over 10 hours of waiting for the next customer?
Did I miss something today?
I did not catch much sleep last night. I must have been waiting for the announced thunderstorm to come, which did not show up. Now I feel beat, so I need my morning coffee in an IV bag, Zoe! No breakfast yet, it´s too early for that. I´ll come back later for that!
Ken - the little village of Flåm located at the Sognefjord used to be a tiny farming community with people having a hard time to make a living. They had to be self-sustaining, as there was no other connection to the outside world than by boat. That changed in the late 1800´s, when tourism discovered the beauty of Norway´s fjords. Each year, the village sees half a million tourists and the village folks know how to milk them! Myrdal at the other end is just a station in the middle of nowhere, where people can change trains for Oslo or Bergen.
Only 4 more days until Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre closes until further notice, so better hurry up and reserve a seat!
Today´s feature takes us into a world most like lost forever.
Scheherazade´s Tales - The Lost Railway
The Hedjaz Railway was a narrow gauge railway (1,050 mm/3 ft 5 11⁄32 in gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hedjaz region of Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of the Ottoman railway network and was built to extend the line from the Haydarpaşa Terminal in Kadikoy beyond Damascus to the holy city of Mecca. It got no further than Medina, 400 kilometres (250 mi) short of Mecca, due to the interruption of the construction works caused by the outbreak of World War I. Damascus to Medina is 1,300 kilometres (810 mi).
The main purpose of the railway was to establish a connection between Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire and the seat of the Islamic Caliphate, and Hedjaz in Arabia, the site of the holiest shrines of Islam and the holy city of Mecca, the destination of the Hajj annual pilgrimage. Another important reason was to improve the economic and political integration of the distant Arabian provinces into the Ottoman state, and to facilitate the transportation of military forces.
The railway had no debt when completed.
A railway had been suggested in 1864 to relieve the suffering of the hajis on their 40-day journey through the wilderness of Midian, the Nafud, and the Hedjaz Mountains. About 20% of them commonly died from starvation, thirst and diseases. The railway was basically a sub project of the Berlin-Bagdad Railway and started in 1900 at the behest of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II and was built by the German Civil Engineer Heinrich August Meißner and financed by the Deutsche Bank and strongly supported by the German Empire. A public subscription was opened throughout the Islamic world to fund construction. However in 1912 the Ottoman Empire was owing the Deutsche Bank 29 million Turkey Pounds. The railway was to be a waqf, an inalienable religious endowment or charitable trust.Before the construction, German military adviser in Constantinople Auler Pasha estimated that the transportation of soldiers from Constantinople to Mecca would be reduced to 120 hours. The Berlin to Baghdad Railway was built in the same time. The railways were interrelated and aimed to strengthen the authority of the Empire over Arab provinces. Another intention was to protect Hejaz and other Arab provinces from British invasion. Other than the Haydarpasa-Izmit line, the Hejaz Railway was the only railway the Empire built itself in its existence. Due to its reliance on charitable donation to cover costs, and mounting pressure from competing Britain and France, construction stalled, ending up taking significantly longer to finish than anticipated.
Following WW I, the line fell more or less dormant, as traffic along the entire line was never restored. Parts came into operation, but fell again victim to the various wars in this turmoil stricken region.
"It is not always the strongest, or the fastest, or even the bravest that earn the title of warrior. But rather, it is always the one who chooses to put himself in between those that he loves and those that would seek to do them harm."
Here's to Senior Chief Morris, the finest block a salt I ever had the pleasure of knowing. It's smooth seas ahead, strong wind at our backs, Chief. Rest easy, we have the watch.
Y'all meet me at the Officers' Club, first round is on me, second round is on the lowest coin. And no, that's just dust in my eye from the tracks, dammit. Bit a rust!
An artist sees the world in colors and patterns. An engineer sees the world in mathematical equations. Both help shape the World and are just as important as the other.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan, Brent, Ja Bear and I will have a please.
Was not going to drink beer tonight, but then my wife started talking! Her tablet stopped working (Windows 10 touch screen) and wanted me to get it on line. OK, don't like touch screens nor windows 10 but I give it a try. It would not go on line one other time, I was able to get it going again.
Ever time I started to touch something she said Don't touch that! If she said that when I meet her, I still be single! I finally gave up, I am guessing I need the WFI Password, showed a lock symbol next to WYFI. Touched the lock and the keyboard appeared. Wife said Don't touch that! So I didn't. 95% sure that is the problem.
Bear Had my first taste of Green Tea. While I have drank fouler stuff Doctors made me do it. Got down 2 cups and will use all I bought. I will try other brands.
FRRYKidOn other subjects, I started drinking green tea due to the fact that I am told that it has anti-pain properties. I have noticed that it does help with my knees especially
Funny you brought that up Kid. Last week my knees started hurting a little. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would say 2. Couple of hours after I had the Green Tea they stopped hurting.
Ulrich Watched the Valley Of The Moutain King and I have two things two say.
1 Enjoyed the Video.
2 Why would people want to live there? Yea, it is sure pretty! Guess they heard goats and cow's for a living. Be born in the Midewet flat lands seem a little odd to me.
Later, Ken
Yes this is an unusual time for me to be stopping it. My back decided to act up and I only managed to make it to a half hour after lunch. Reason for the half hour after lunch is that, as part of my job, there is a duty that I do every day that I work. It involves the technology that we use. I have been asked to do the inventory for what's not in storage or what's been put in the wrong place.
On other subjects, I started drinking green tea due to the fact that I am told that it has anti-pain properties. I have noticed that it does help with my knees especially. (Although today it obviously didn't help with my back!) Some days are better than others when it comes to my knees. My doctor has told me that eventually I will need to have knees worked on, but the longer I can put it off the better.
Ulrich: I know the feeling. I had looked for my own place probably 5-10 years ago and my bank, not directly but, basically told me to forget it. It's almost to the point that I feel like I would need to win the lottery to be able to even think about getting my own place. My Mom has "presented" some ideas even though I am not actively looking. In a perfect world, what I want to do involves 4 45' long 9'tall ISBUs (aka retired railroad shipping containers). 2 would be living area and the other 2 would be a "shop" area aka monster railroad room. Not common in my neck of the woods, but I have always been one of these people that doesn things differently. Not that I ever expect it to happen, but one can always dream.
BigDaddyUlrich looks like it needs a new roof. Just for grins how much are they asking?
Asking price is 100k Euros, but you will get it for 80k. Petra doesn´t like the idea if moving to an island far aqay from where our son lives, who is visiting us maybe 3 times a year. Oh, mothers!
Lion - I have 800 Euros, leaving only 79,200 to go, with the rate I am able to save up, I can buy the place in 99 years!
Sir MadogFor the asking price, you´d get a double garage in my neck of the woods, but no house ...
Whale... I sure hope you can swing that one.
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Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Ulrich looks like it needs a new roof. Just for grins how much are they asking?
Location is everything, in California that would be an 800,000 Euro house, in flyover country 300-400,000. 1 Euro = $1.12 these days.
Chama had it's opening day. They double headed 2 steam engines. It may have been a trick of the camera but the second one had distinctly brownish smoke. At Rochelle they have replaced a siding track and at least 6 of 8 track sections entering the double diamond. I wonder how long the diamond itself lasts? seems like they are welding it 4-5 days week.
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Fergie. !!! Wow! Good to see you. Please visit the Diner when you can.
Ulrich .. .. That does look like a nice house.
Lion. .. I was wondering about the red lion picture. At first I thought you had a major blood pressure problem.
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