BATMANThe first raw fish I had was in the South Pacific.
Fijian Kokoda, YUM!!!!!!
EDIT: Chloe , as I'm top of the page, Kokoda and Fiji Bitter, all round, please, and for those who can't, I'd suggsest Peas, Pie and Spuds.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
BATMAN The first raw fish I had was in the South Pacific. Fijian Kokoda, YUM!!!!!!
BATMAN The first raw fish I had was in the South Pacific.
Bear that looks surprisingly familiar and really good. I think I was in French Polynesia when I had my first raw fish dish.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Brent, I'd have to presume that there'd be similarities in the cuisine throughout the South Pacific Islands, though I was told by some of the Fijians I worked with, that the Indians, bought in to work the sugar plantations in the late 1800s - early 1900s, had certainly "spiced up the local "boring cuisine". I can only presume that the French added their "bit", in their sphere of influence.
BigDaddyTherefore it's a structure with passageways for breathing and eating, just like your neck.
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I'm not buying into this nonsense. A neck is there to connect the head to the torso. No head, then no neck. This is almost like calling an elephant's trunk and alternate neck.
Anyway... I had a pretty good time at the train show today. My wife hung out with me all day. Sold a few things I did not need.
I bought an overland brass "ICRR OSB" caboose for $110.00 and a beautiful bridge model for $5.00. I can't wait to paint that caboose into a proper STRATTON & GILLETTE car. It will be beautiful.
On the Scale Rails of Southwest Florida HO scale display layout they had a SGRR hopper car running around! I was thrilled to see that.
I always get a kick of seeing the models I "seeded" into the wild on display somewhere.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Brent, I'd have to presume that there'd be similarities in the cuisine throughout the South Pacific Islands, though I was told by some of the Fijians I worked with, that the Indians, bought in to work the sugar plantations in the late 1800s - early 1900s, had certainly "spiced up the local "boring cuisine". I can only presume that the French added their "bit", in their sphere of influence. Cheers, the Bear.
I spent some time in Fiji as well, so maybe that is why it looks familiar. Nicest people I have ever met and so laid back. Tahiti was the same, but I found the people of Tahiti much more soft spoken in an affectionate kind of way. Tahiti, the most relaxing place on Earth. Except when a rather large moray eel came out of a reef at me when I was diving. I had read up on what to be careful of in those waters and even though the moray eel is not aggressive at all, they are ugly things with huge teeth, that keep their mouths open to terrify unsuspecting Canadians.
maxman ricktrains4824 He then asked if I was going to load his wife's purchases for him, to which I replied "If you want it, let's go load it, then you leave. ricktrains4824 he would be getting tossed out again, and would be loading his items himself, with zero help. I hesitate to ask, but what caliber were the items to be loaded?
ricktrains4824 He then asked if I was going to load his wife's purchases for him, to which I replied "If you want it, let's go load it, then you leave.
ricktrains4824 he would be getting tossed out again, and would be loading his items himself, with zero help.
I hesitate to ask, but what caliber were the items to be loaded?
A 600lb french door refrigerator....
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.
Evening All! Flo (or whoever's handy), could I get a hot chocolate with a shot of orange juice stirred in? No, I don't need any whipped topping, but thank you for the offer.
Mentioning medical allergies, I have a family history of sensitivity to codeine. I have always known that my Mom has a sensitivity to it. (The one time she got it she ended up talking like a cheap drunk.) I found out a couple years ago that my uncle (Mom's brother) has that same sensitivity. When I mentioned that fact to my doctor, she indicated that, given that fact, I probably shouldn't get anything with codeine in it.
Hobby Front: Decided to start again on my SD40-2. I mentioned a few days ago that I had attached the plow. Small problem: I attached the wrong plow. (I grabbed the one that was intended for the stalled SD45 project.) I managed to get the worng one removed and, with a bit of cleanup and drilling, got the correct one attached. I had intended to get one side decaled. Unfortunately, the decal that I decided to start with fell apart when I got it off the backer sheet. That meant I had to grab my bottle of Liquid Decal Film and coat the needed sections of the sheet. (I am out of the normal decal spray that I use. Need to order some.)
Also received a few more pieces for the yard. (Electrical components.)
Evening all !
It's bad enough that after my "hot dog" rant you all wanted one, But now the food has switched to raw fish and clam's with neck's ???
If I remember correctlly, the Pasific Northwest coast has a clam called The Gooyduck. It's nothing "BUT" neck !
I think I will just have a "salad" for now ..... nothin yukky there ! Plus, ... you dont have to "Hunt a salad down and kill it !"
( Dont worry. I will be back on my CocaCola, Steak, and Nacho's diet tomorrow. )
Nothing on the workbench today .... trying to "convince" the wife that I need a new one from Harbor Freight !
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Morning all. Back to job hunting again.... everything I applied for ignored me again... now it turns out im limited to the work I can do...thank you asthma. So pretty much labor is out, outdoor work is out, anything that you can make a living at without secondary schooling is out.
I was looking at career fields, and since the medical field is exploding..why not go into that? Maybe Respitory therapist? I mean, with asthma I'm limited to an inside office job so why not go for a breathing related career?
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Morning diners,
Up bright and early today...
Going to Alex Box Stadium to see the Fighting Irish vs. the Tigers...
I'll take some peanuts and cracker jacks to go...
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good morning, everybody ....
FRRY .... Eventually, you will get the SD40-2 togethr the way you want it in spite of all of the difficulties.
Jimmy ... Best wishes with career choices.
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Some of you may recall my talking about a model train friend here, Dan. He battled cancer of the esophagus for most of 2017. This included major surgery to remove the esosphagus and replace it with one made from his stomach. After that he underwent chemo tharapy. By the end of 2017, he apaprently beat cancer of the esophagus.He learned to eat, and it looked like he would return to a normal life. . .... Sadly, Dan has just been diagnosed with lymphoma. He will begin aggressive chomo therapy in a few days.
Speaking of the next few days, my wife and I begin our AZ trip in the middle of the week.
Yesterday, we had our first trip over the new bridge that opened here a few days ago. It crosses our lake. It is $150 million project. the main span is 550' long and 100' from the deck up to the top.
Model trains..... I solved a problem with one of the Baldwin switchers I use at the Steel mill. It had died. I thought the decoder had failed. It took a while, but I found the problem. The red wire needed to be re-soldered where it connects with the decoder. I don't know how it loosened itself. I guess it was a bad solder connection when the decoder was manufactured, and did not show up until the decoder had been used for maybe 4 years. ... Anyhow, the Baldwin is back at the mill moving hot metal cars.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morrning Diners
Just a quick post before I head to work.
Saw this video a few days ago and I thought I would share.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
Good afternoon diners.
Happy Daytona Day!
Chloe - In honor of Daytona day, let's do a round of hot dogs, cheeseburgers, pizza, and nachos. Drinks of choice, make mine a Coke please. Thanks.
Daytona Day - For the non-NASCAR fans, Daytona day is the day of the Daytona 500, the biggest race in NASCAR's season.
Jimmy - I know what you mean with the asthma limiting what jobs you can choose. It gets tough sometimes, but it will work out.
Weather - Daytona is warmer than here, but is still warmer than normal here, at 39F today, 55 tomorrow, and 68 Tuesday!
Trains - Going to work on a couple things today.
My Daytona Picks - Hendricks Motorsports, and Danica for her last race. Sleeper picks (I would prefer the above) are anybody else.... Anyone could win Daytona.
Hope all are well, and everyone enjoy the day!
Second day of the Scale Rails of Southwest Florida annual train show was better than the first (for me anyway).
There were fewer "customers" today, so I talked to some of the other vendors around me. Found out many were local guys I had not met. I made a few trades with other dealers that were hobbiests also.
I traded a bunch of old decals for a Walthers bridge kit. I traded an old brass GP-7 for three boxes of the nifty Rapido pre-wired telephone poles. I also managed to sell enough today to buy an Undecorated Bachamnn USRA 4-8-2.
As a special surprise, a wargaming buddy I had not seen in a decade stopped by. That was great.
I even gave away a couple of STRATTON & GILLETTE boxcars.
My wife hung out with me again for the whole day.
Hope everyone's weekend was good as well.
Evenin' diners!
Little TimmyIt's bad enough that after my "hot dog" rant you all wanted one, But now the food has switched to raw fish and clam's with neck's ???
"Somebody's been putting pineapple juice in my pineapple juice!" - W. C. Fields
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Afternoon diners, I'll take a coke and some fried chicken (by Coke I mean Coca-Cola not the generic term "coke" Louisianaians use for cola, soda, pop, soda pop, ect...)
Went to the ballgame, stayed 6 innings before the bleacher bench became to hard to sit on... almost got hit by a foul ball, but it was far enough away that I didn't catch it...
Hello, All...
Got Chicken?
9251 001 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
This had to be a breezy, chilly ride for the Gallus gallus. I wonder when the last time live chickens were transported by rail? This would be a fun car to scratch build.
I wonder what kind of locomotive they use to pullet?
Sorry if that's a little fowl
Check in later, Ed
Ed ..... Watch out. If it derails, birds will be flipped .
The Barrie Allandale Railway Modellers just finished up our 48th annual two day show and sale. We were once again blessed with good weather. The show is held in a large greenhouse which is a great venue. It has tons of free parking, and the ladies loved that they could go shopping in the greenhouse decor and fashion shops while hubby did the train show. When we handed them a coupon for $6.00 off in the greenhouse shops their eyes lit up! Suddenly they were glad they had been dragged along to the train show!
The attendance was good but not exceptional (unlike last year which saw huge crowds). We managed to pay all the bills for sure but we won't have the final figures for a couple of days. Most of the vendors were pretty happy.
I got assigned to the admission table. I had to remind myself how to do several things at once. It was harder at first than I thought it would be. I had to figure out the total price, take the money, figure out the change, stamp hands, give out discount coupons for the greenhouse, and punch the figures into the tablets. The tablets were set to calculate the total price for groups of people but I didn't like putting my head down and poking away at the screen when I felt I should be making eye contact and welcoming people to the show.
Our portable layout proved that it is getting tired of being dragged all over the countryside. We had derailment issues, dead track, DCC problems, turnout failures and on and on. The last few times we used it there have been some problems but not nearly as many. We have three or four shows to do by the end of the summer. Clearly the bandaid fixes that we have been making aren't working. I'm pushing to have most of the track relaid and all the wiring replaced with 'industrial' duty instead of the tiny stuff that was originally used. Most club members seem to be on my side because nobody is having fun running the layout.
I have to rant a bit. We had something happen on Saturday which we were upset with. A young man showed up with his mother at about 10:30 in the morning. The young fellow was clearly mentally handicapped. He spent about 5 hours hanging around our layout, and it didn't dawn on us until he left that his mother had dropped him off at the show for the day and gone off to do her own thing. We figured she told him to stay at out layout because he didn't go anywhere else in the show. We don't mind dealing with handicapped attendees at all. In fact we let their escorts in for free. However, being expected to babysit someone with poor social skills, a nasty habit of coughing directly in your face and who interferes with the operation of the layout for hours just doesn't cut it. I half expected them to show up again on Sunday, in which case I would have had a few words with the mother, as in "if you leave him here again we will call the police!".
Sorry, I shouldn't be whining. The show was a success.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Eveing Diners
Flo, the gang and I will have a and give Rick and Steven what they like.
Work Front. Saturday Nancy and I where busy! At one point I lost count of how many people came in. Wrote $6600.00 in sales but Nancy was up to her old tricks, doing layaways for $10.00 down? Of the $6600.00 in written sales only $3000.00 where paid in full.
Sunday we where dead. Nancy was acting like a nut, laughing at every thing I said and giggling like a school girl! We only had one customer in the first 4 hours. She takes Happy Pills and it shows more when she is bored. She left at a little after 4:00 PM, we close at 5:00 PM on Sunday.
Had a customer come in after 4:30 PM. Boy I am glad Nancy was gone! While I got out 45 minutes late, I made a extra $135.00.
Anyone Watch The James May Viedo I posted? It was kind of heart warming with him rebuliding his OO scale Flying Scottsmann he got as a child.
BBQ is done and so am I.
David ... That is quite a story. You never know what to expect when dealing with the public. I suppose if something bad happened to that kid, the lady would sue.
ken ... your stories indicate you must deal with goofy people whether it is the public or with coworkers.
gmpullman Got Chicken? 9251 001 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr This had to be a breezy, chilly ride for the Gallus gallus. I wonder when the last time live chickens were transported by rail? This would be a fun car to scratch build. I wonder what kind of locomotive they use to pullet? Sorry if that's a little fowl Check in later, Ed
IMHO, that pun is quite eggs-cellent. (I grew up around chickens. My family ran an egg farm until the early 90s. In a bit of irony, the building where my layout lives is one of the old chicken coops.)
More Humor: Why didn't the avian cross the road? Because it was chicken!
Hobby Front: Still too much snow for lumber. (Hoping for March.) However, I will get yet more pieces on Tuesday. A major piece will be a MRC Tech II 2500 power pack. (Used out of Canada.) I also should be getting a package of insulating joiners and a pair of terminal joiners. (Not that I needed the terminals but the cost wasn't outrageous and an extra pair is not a bad idea.)
Getting close to having the 1200 finished. The shell is finally sitting on the frame properly. The top parts of the replacement beacon is curing on a toothpick. (The end is the right size to act as an extra handle for the plastic tube.) That should be able to be glued on tomorrow. I will reattach the couplers probably later tonight. However, I did break the horn on the back of the cab. (I have a possible line on getting a replacement.)
The SD40-2 will be looked at again in the morning. This evening I did however put a quick coat of black paint on the steps as they still had some after effects from the treatment the shell received before I bought it. (I had to touch up the hood rail on the 1200, so I decided to kill two avians with a single piece of solidified mineral.)
Heartland Division CB&QDavid ... That is quite a story. You never know what to expect when dealing with the public. I suppose if something bad happened to that kid, the lady would sue.
Getting sued was one of the things we were concerned about. We were also concerned about how he would react if we tried to influence his behaviour i.e. asking him to stay out of the way or to not cough in peoples' faces. I wish we had been a little more on the ball. We should have figured out that he had been left alone much faster than we did. We Canadians are sometimes too polite and complacent.
HEY All. Well, after having a 3 day weekend back to the dreaded place today.
It was really cool yesterday for the Daytona 500 to see Austin Dillon win it. For those non NASCAR fans, Austin Dillon drives the #3 Chevy, Dale Earnhardt Srs number. Dale Earnhardt was killed on February 18th 2001 On the last lap of the 500. Austin won it 20 years after Dale did, and 17 years on the exact day sr was killed. Almost a cosmic justice in a sense.
Tried to do some electrial soldering yesterday....ended up with cold joints. So I guess I get to try again someday. Ugh.
Hopefully I can start to get my life back in order this week.
Hello diners,
Not many people here in the diner...
Well got a physical or "well visit" at the doctor's today hopefully no shots
I'll stop in later if some more people are around...
NWP SWPWell got a physical or "well visit" at the doctor's today hopefully no shotsSigh I'll stop in later if some more people are around...
Just wait till your old enough for the doc to want to check your prostate.
My heart is acting up again. Cardiologist is going to try a new med to flog it along. No news on my wife, her sister took her in to get IV fluids in between her chemo. Her diarrhea is that bad.
to your friends who need them
I watched Nascar, the Xfinity race was better or at least more restarts. Bobsleding has finally made an appearance on TV. The guy who won the race crashed last night at the finish line. Still more heats to come. Cross country skiing looks like major work. Guys in sequins .....I'll pass
Which one of you owns this engine?
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Exams over... two inoculations later...
Good afternoon ..
Henry ... Your video shows creativity for sure.... Prayers for your wife and yourself.
Steven NWP SWP .... Sounds like a routine appointment, and that is good.
I picked up two junker steam locomotives for $15.00 at the Scale Rails of Southwest Florida train show last weekend. They were complete basket cases.
I figured I would do quick-fixes on the broken parts, then paint them to use as new members of the "Prop Fleet" I use in my photographs.
I am amazed what a little repair and paint will do! These are looking so much better, and they are not even fully painted yet.
Flo, get the gang a and Rick and Steven what they want.
Heartland Division CB&QKen ... your stories indicate you must deal with goofy people whether it is the public or with coworkers.
Gary Tell Me About It! OK, customers well I can sort of understand. Who ever said "The coustomer is allwise right" never ran a business! But letting the crazy wife on the owner work the floor? Now don't get me wrong, she is a heck of a sales person! She just not want to be bothered with the details like They don't make them anylonger, we don't have one in stock and we don't buy from them any longer.