NWP SWPmore recently a chain called Grimaldi's opened, they had it, you know "it" the secret to delicious pies, the recipe AND coal fired brick oven to boot!
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There is a Grimaldi's in West Palm Beach. When I first went there two years ago it was very good. It has been going down ever since. The last pizza I had there was almost too terrible to eat.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Evening diners,
Ken, hope you feel better.
Coon wars day 4, trap has been set we are hoping that we'll catch one of the adults.
Ulrich, I've been meaning to tell you that you are a very good host of the diner, the tours are wonderful, I hope to learn from you next time I open the diner.
I'll be hanging around for a little while.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Yay, John!!!
That is good news, my friend.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
Queenbogey715 is my Youtube channel
Afternoon Diners
Flo, I will take a pain killer, what no pain killers? In that case give me and the gang a and Rick and Steven what they want.
Stupid thing happen while cutting the front lawn! Tripped over a small branch about 3/8" thick and fell on my left Kidney! I fell like I was a slab of beef that Rocky was working out on at the meat house. Sitting hurts, walking hurts and standing hurts! Can only lay down 1 postion that hurts just a tad.
Took the Used DB 150 back for a refund. Felt bad about doing it, but need to get my CC balance down.
Heartland Division CB&QThen I figured out the problem was loose connections. Nothing was soldered at the factory . Instead the wires are held onto metal tabs with plastic connectors
Gary I have had that problem before with Proto Engines. I have found a drop of alcohol on the clips seems to fix the problem. I was having power pick up problem with the Walthers Bessemer Proto 2000. I was thinking that was the problem, it was not. Walthers has changed that part.
I am just about done for, Later Ken
I hate Rust
Hi Gang,
There has been no Railroading and no posting for awhile as I did go through with the eye ball surgery, she, the Dr. needed to do both eyes. The good news is that there was very little pain even though it was a surgical procedure, not lazer and that it was very successful. The Dr. even stated that it was more successful than she expected it would be. It took me from 35 points of Prism down to none. I will have to wait a couple of months to make sure nothing changes due to swelling and suitchures and age etc. but. she feels that it will be fine. I am really elated as I went into this being a little gun shy due to my previous experience with my throat. Now I can drive without glasses and all I will need is some reading and modelling glasses.
Maybe now there will be better info coming forward on the LM&E.
Johnboy out...........
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Afternoon folks,
Coon wars, the racoon was released this morning in the same place as the first. The little feller took off into woods as soon as the cage was open, he was another adolescent coon, no seniors yet.
We'll I'll be back later.
Today starts 2 days of rain and temps in the upper 40's, here in SE. WI.
The train room lights will be on once again.
Mike.
My You Tube
MisterBeasley Good morning! Is anyone else getting non-train-related ads at the top of the page? This site has always been good about keeping the ads train-specific, but now I am getting car parts ads and other junk. Is this MR or has my computer been compromised?
Good morning! Is anyone else getting non-train-related ads at the top of the page? This site has always been good about keeping the ads train-specific, but now I am getting car parts ads and other junk. Is this MR or has my computer been compromised?
This is not MR´s doing, nor is your computer compromised. It´s your browser, which "allows" free space to be used for advertising, based on your Google or Bing searches. If you are using Firefox, include Adblock plus and Privacy Badger to your add-ons. They will eliminate most of the unwanted advertising, resp. allow you to control it.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Howdy.
I am posting with iphone sitting in a waiting room. My wife has a routine medical apppintment .
Ulrich. .. I’m sad to see your Swiss layout leaving. I recall you sharing its construction here in the Diner. You do great work and the layout is a masterpiece. I suppose the only good thing about it’s departure is it gives you the opportunity to build another great layout.
Everybody: Happy Model Railroading.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Engiadina, my Swiss narrow gauge layout, is no more - with me, that is! Andreas, the new, came by today to collect it. It took quite a bit of juggling until we got it down the rather narrow staircase and into his motorhome. Now it´s gone, leaving an empty space to be filled soon!
RIP - Engiadina
Good Morning!
Your tour guide is back! Last night wasn´t much better than the night before, but hiding out won´t help.
Let´s explore the sweet Wachau valley today!
The Wachau is a valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located midway between the towns of Melk and Krems that also attracts "connoisseurs and epicureans" for its high-quality wines. It is 40 kilometres (25 mi) in length and was already settled in prehistoric times. A well-known place and tourist attraction is Dürnstein, where King Richard the Lion-Heart of England was held captive by Duke Leopold V. The architectural elegance of its ancient monasteries (Melk Abbey and Göttweig Abbey), castles and ruins combined with the urban architecture of its towns and villages, and the cultivation of vines as an important agricultural produce are the dominant features of the valley.
While many folks claim, that the only way to explore the valley is by boat, I prefer to take the train, which takes you right through the vinyards.
Enjoy your day!
Coon Wars Update:
Just checked the trap from the window, sure enough we have another confirmed capture, the furry will spend the night in the trap and will take the longest 8 mile trip of his life, hopefully he'll be as obliging as the one this morning, as soon as I opened the trap he took off into the woods, I was of course wearing rubber boots, pants and had thick rubber gloves on.
Good evening.
MLC. .. I hope Mrs. MLC gets better soon. .. I sometimes forget stuff like you did , and then feel like a dummy for doing that.
Ken ... actually I’ve been having problems with the Erie Builts. They run well, but then suddenly stop. I cleaned the wheels thoroughly , but the problem persisted. Then I figured out the problem was loose connections. Nothing was soldered at the factory . Instead the wires are held onto metal tabs with plastic connectors . The leads going to the trucks were vulnerable because, the trucks pivot . The connectors loosened .... So, I just soldered the leads in one of the A units . That fixed it. .. Next I’ll fix the other A unit and the B unit.
I still have the headlight wired through the circuit board because it has a resister in it. The headlight is dim , and I read how to solve that. The factory installed light bulbs are 2 volts. Replacing them with 1.5 volt bulbs will correct that.
cheers
We may be in Austria but I'm heading to Italy for some pizza, know what I'll go to NYC instead, coal fired brick oven pizza, thin crust, some sauce, and cheese, that's all that's needed for perfect pizza.
There used to be a real NYC pizzaria in BR that was run by a NY Italian, well he didn't do too much business so he decided to have his restaurant on a "restaurant makeover" reality show, well part of the "makeover" was a new recipe for the pizza which was worse than take out chains (Dominicks, the Hut, Papa Johnny) well he was out of business by the end of the year, more recently a chain called Grimaldi's opened, they had it, you know "it" the secret to delicious pies, the recipe AND coal fired brick oven to boot! And they closed within two months.
Anyways the Coon Wars (weak pun I know) no activity from the remaining enemy troops, the trap has been set and baited with sardines, we will see what morning brings.
Train front, dug out the PRR Fleet of Modernism consist, tool inventory of the cars, I struck two from the roster because they're vista domes and being that the Pennsy (as far as I can tell) never had dome cars they just look funky, so I have 14 cars, I'm planning on saving up for 10 more to bring the consist to 24 for train shows and open houses at the club, they all need Kadees and metal wheels which I'm also working on getting, the T-1 may need some help with that train so when I have some extra train money saved I plan to buy one or two BLI E8b powered undecorated to get painted to match the T-1 in color and striping pattern (I know that B units "never" operated with steam without a A unit but I don't care it looks cool!)
Good evening all.
Zoe- A RBF please. Thanks.
Ulrich - I will throw my hat in as one enjoying the trip notes. Thanks!
Jimmy - Hope the job hunting goes well, and the bridge looks nice!
Possum/Coon discussion - Never dealt with coon issues, but possum, well, let's just say that guy was one tough customer! He took on my black lab, me, my Dad, and a shovel! All at once! He finally figured out he best retreat, what with him being that far outnumbered.
Silly customer trick week - Or is it they all took their idiot pills?
First one - Looking for a safe, and, in their words, "One size smaller than the one at competitor X for price Y." My response - "What size is it?" - (I should have known better than to ask a silly question...) Answer - "I can't answer that, I'm not sure what theirs is." My answer was to "Let me see what we have..."
Next one - I'm still scratching my head on this one - "I need to know how to order the paper deal from your email." My answer was that you can either come in store, or order from our website. The response - I'm speachless at still - "I don't have Internet access, can I just order it over the phone?"
(How, can anyone explain, can you get email without internet access?)
My answer was that they would have to come in, as we are not able to do phone orders.... (We really can't do anything over the phone there.).... As I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact they have no internet access, but get our emails..... (However, if you call the corporate ordering number, you can order items via telephone... I just flat out couldn't think of that while trying to process what I was hearing.)
Last one - Attempted return with out receipt, of the same exact items, on three different days, by three different people. All three were told we could not do the return. All three gave a different answer as to why it needed returned, and all three did not want us to try to find the receipt for them... We don't accept returns without receipt for over $150 of office supplies.... Especially when we know it was never purchased from us.
Weather - Cooler now, after a wet morning. A forecasted wet weekend.
W*^k - Registers crashed today, which was really fun. We did things "old school style" - Hand written receipts and imprinted credit card slips. Most people there had never seen that way of doing things, let alone experienced it. Nice way to make this 32 year old feel really old... (Other than the GM, and the office supervisor, there is only one other person there my age or older, the rest are all mid 20's or younger. So, I am one of the older ones there... Scary thought...)
Its just a good thing I knew (somewhat) what I was doing there.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
EDIT - Looks like I got tops, so, everyone, eat up, I'm paying!
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 folks,
I want a pizza please. I have been pizza hungry lately.
The wife is slowly getting over the crud. I think she had it worse than I did as she ended up with a sinus infection. Blah.
I went to go add feeder wires to the museum o scale layout last night and I forgot my drill and my soldering iron. I took everything else. I did get the telegraph key and sounder working. So my trip was only partly a bust.
Not much going on , work and more work. I may get certified this summer as a locomotive engineer, more to come.
Evening all, hope everyone is well...well better than I am today.
Hello random anxiety attack in addition to (undiagnosed) depression, I didn't leave the house today. I can't afford a therapist right now-one of the MANY reasons I'm job hunting- so I cope by isolating myself from people. I need to spend my next work day off going to talk to business owners directly about unemployment...no luck applying online.
The diet is going well. People are saying they notice it in my face. I know the old joke about model railroaders never turning down a meal but, I'm trying to drop my weight down to about 150...I'm 5'7" so thats about right for my height and build type.
Also people are having difficulty guessing my age now...I'm 26 and I've been mistaken for 18-22 a lot recently...I'm not complaining though, it's a good thing.
Train front: not much, waiting on my refund to come in so I can get a locomotive I need, but I got this done today-'
So I made the best of a bad situation apparently. It's amazing how a coat of paint will improve the realism. I just need to get through tomorrow, and hopefully I'll have a nice long weekend to myself.
I've never had to face a racoon, but I've dealt with an opossum before. It was sitting on my porch, eating the cat food. I made some noise from inside and shined a flashlight at it, it ran off.
I hope everyone has a good day tomorrow/.
(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).
Eveing Diners
Flo, Fried Chicken and Greek Sald for everone! Give the gang and I a and Rick and Steven what they want.
Train Front Went to K-10 Model Trains and used one of there DT 400 to reset my DB 150. Went Perfect! They happen to have a used DB 150 for $89.95 and to be on the safe side I bought it. I had not moved or uninstalled the DB 150 for 7 years. I was freaking out when it would not power the track! Tried the one I bought, same thing? Called K-10 and spoke with Dave that helped me today. Asked me "did you hit the track power button?" Like I said, it has been 7 years now.
Henery I have tought about it a lot. To be honest, I don't feel like I would have anything to add to his Pod Cast besides being a body. Unless it wants to do a spot on What Not To Do!
Gary Because of your posting about the Erie Bulits I have my Santa Fe A unit dragging freight. I for got what a great running engine it is. May be time to install a sound decoder in it!
Trains are running great and I am happy!
Later Ken
A trapped raccoon really has an attitude. They will try to chew through the metal cage. A friend of mine had a farmette on the Eastern shore of MD he would use on weekends. One day he saw a pair of racoons on the roof. He got his shotgun out and one rolled off the roof dead the other disappeared. When he went back, the following week, he discovered he killed both of them, the second, falling into the chimney. It was August, you can imagine the rest of the story.
By all means you should visit Patterson, maybe you will be on the show. Unless it is rehearsed, the Coombs kid is a savant, remember every episode number and what was on the episode.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
NWP SWPsomeone once setup a shotgun with a leg of chicken tied to a string which was tied to the trigger
Another candidate for the Darwin awards.
Good morning from the West Coast. A pleasant day with highs creeping towards 28c this weekend, glad the pool is up and running.
Ken, the pool is not a blowup, I just say that as we started with blowups when the kids were tiny and it is an ongoing joke as we went to larger pools as the kids grew. I think it is 16' x 32' IIRC. This may be the last year for it as the kids are too busy to spend much time in it, we'll see.
Been non-stop around here lately, had the big fair at the kid's school that was not as busy as it has been in the past but should still bring in six figures to help fund things.
The kid finished up his movie shoot and came home. Had a great time and learned a lot about the difference between a high budget movie and this one. His other movie experiences were "Wonder", "ThePredator" and "Deadpool2", all big money stuff. This was a low budget run of the mill Christmas flick.
A couple of things happened on set that were different for him. He was a bad guy putting money into a money counting machine while his gangster boss watched. The fake money had not arrived so they ran to the bank and got real money. The machine started eating the money and shredding it on each take. They lost about $150.00 overall but did get the scene. At the end of the first week, the producer and director pulled the kid aside and gave him $650.00 cash and said it was because he performed so well with no mistakes he had saved them a lot of time, thus money. The second week they gave him $400.00 cash for the same reason, so that was a little extra he wasn't counting on. He made good money overall for just having a lot of fun he said.
Someone on the movie put a bigtime talent agent on to him and though they have been talking, the kid said to them he is going back to school in the fall and it probably would not be worth their time and effort. Extra work should pay the bills without complicating things. He was offered another out of town shoot but needs to study for the two exams he deferred and needs some rest as well, as his days were 15 to 19 hours long on this last shoot.
Need to catch up on the Austria videos as I have not stepped into the forum for days. Rick Steves did the first one Ulrich posted. My Sister has taken many of his tours and thinks they are the best, they are just small groups and they have made lifelong friends from them.
Ed, I always liked that shot of the "big event", I thought it was well done in the TV show "Hell On Wheels".
My son and I are involved with Disabled sports and there is a big high caliber national sledge hockey tournament this weekend here. I am in rough shape as all the other volunteer stuff is catching up with me, however, I will do what I can if I can even get there. Painkillers can only do so much. My kid is the arena announcer for the tourney, I may just help out with that. We have a lot of wounded warriors that play as well as others. For what they have done serving the country, I should be able to tough it out through a little pain to help out.
Our house has been a pit stop for a lot of kids heading home from various Universities across this fair land and around the world. They are heading home up north and have to have layovers in Vancouver to catch a flight home. Nice to see some of these kids. One girl stands 5'2" and drives a water truck all summer at a mine. She makes about $40,000.00 and that gives her a good standard of living for a University kid, including two weeks in Hawaii at Christmas. With these kid's the future is in good hands. We a getting another one today I have not met, makes life interesting.
Well, time to go hop on the Deere and attack the grass as it is overdue as a result of all the other things going on. The kid is so exhausted from all the hours he has put in, he is sleeping and it is well deserved.
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."
NWP SWPToday is day two of the Coon Wars (Star Wars: Clone Wars pun intended) we are 1-1 with the coons
Not much of a pun.
Racoons are extremely dangerous and can carry rabies among other diseases people have mentioned. Be careful. More careful than you are when cleaning track.
Professionals can be the wise choice.
Ferrets hmm, to think that here in the US of A pet stores sell those critters as pets.
One of the "Urban" Legends in my area (I heard about it from the Boy Scout troop) is a racoon named Houdini that lives at the Boy Scout Camp Avondale whom supposedly can escape any trap, someone once setup a shotgun with a leg of chicken tied to a string which was tied to the trigger, next morning the gun had been fired, the chicken was gone, but no coon.
Coon wars?
Well, raccoons are not native to Germany, but some wise guy let two couples of them loose in 1934 and now they are spreading all over western Europe. While there are hardly any in my neck of the woods, they have turned into a real pest down south.
We do have quite some issues with these little fellows:
(Source: Gilowyn - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5803006)
They do considerable damage to cars, climbing underneath the hood, feasting in wires and hoses.
Day three of the Coon Wars...
We trapped the little bugger around 10:30 last night, he had an eventful night, rolled the cage 5 times, this morning we hauled him 7.8 miles down through town and across the two creeks, down a road out into the woods, as soon as I opened the cage the little feller took off running into the woods.
2-3 more coons and 1-2 possums are going to go for the same ride.
I doubt they'll be returning...
NWP SWPToday is day two of the Coon Wars
We had an episode with a raccoon when we we about to have our bathroom renovated a couple of years ago. The day the reno was to start Dianne was in the bathroom at about 6:30 am getting ready to go to work when all of a sudden there was this loud banging and crashing noise coming from the ceiling right over her head. She woke me up (not calmly I might add) and I went outside to see what was up. Sure enough the soffit was knocked out of place. Great! I have workers coming in an hour or so. The first thing they have to do is tear down part of the ceiling over the bathtub. This was not our lucky day!
However, our luck changed almost immediately. I picked up the phone book to find a pest removal company and the very first number I phoned was answered after the first ring. This was before 7:00 in the morning! I asked the gentleman later why he was up so early. He said he had a 10 week old baby. That explains it!
He was at the house by 8:00 am and was about to install the one-way trap doors in the soffit so the raccoon could get out but not back in again. While he was on the roof taking measurements he banged on the soffit and made a lot of noise. Mrs. Raccoon did not like that and came out right away. Fantastic! No need for the trap doors and no newborn babies in the attic (she was huge - obviously pregnant). The gentleman then proceeded to repair the soffit and add raccoon proof screening to the vulnerable areas including the roof vents. That was all done before 9:00 am. The bathroom guys arrived as he was packing up his equipment.
So, we went from raccoon crisis to problem solved in just over two hours, and the bathroom guys didn't come face to face with a mother raccoon who was protecting her babies. The only sort of nasty bit was the bill. The guy charged me $350.00/hr. I was so happy to have had the problem solved so quickly that I didn't argue. Things could have been a lot worse.
When I was selling roofing I saw an incredible amount of raccoon damage. One house was missing almost all of the soffits. Apparently the home owners had tried to prevent a raccoon from going back into the attic several times, and the raccoon decided to show them who was in charge by knocking down huge sections of the soffit so it could come and go as it pleased.
I had another customer where a raccoon dug straight through the roof, plywood and all, to get inside. The home owner heard some noises in the attic so she decided to open up the attic access hatch to see what was up. She came face to face with a snarling racoon. It scared the life out of her.
Racoons can be dangerous even after they have gone. Raccoon poop often carries a parasite named Baylisascaris which can be extremely dangerous to humans and other animals like your dog. Infection is rare, but if it happens it can cause blindness, organ failure or brain damage. In fact, raccoon poop is considered a bio-hazard, so if you ever have to clean up after them, wear disposable gloves and a face mask!
May the raccoons give your house a pass!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
NWP SWPwhat's the disposition of the entrapped coon? He'll be dumped out in the woods down a dirt road, still alive of course.
And he'll be home before you are.
Your tour guide needs a day of rest today, as he did not catch a moment of sleep last night! Sorry, no "Tales from the Vienna Woods", other than this:
Good night diners,
Here's the low down on what I've been up to, the mower gremlin has returned, with a vengeance, what's wrong this time? Well the fellas up at the community college did a fine job welding the mounts back on, but now the deck keeps jumping off the deck lift bar, the fix? For now I wrapped some wire around it, later this week I'm going to get some bolts and make a stop for the bar that won't allow it to come loose.
Today is day two of the Coon Wars (Star Wars: Clone Wars pun intended) we are 1-1 with the coons, last night I set my trap (it's a Havahart Humane trap) and baited it with Vienna Sausage (as in Spam) well the little trickster managed to escape!? With all the sausage!!?? But tonight I reset it with tuna as bait and I rigged up a better anti escape system, the feller fell for it! Only two or three more left in the pack, what's the disposition of the entrapped coon? He'll be dumped out in the woods down a dirt road, still alive of course.
My brother has possibly met the Phantom of Phried Decoders... his Gator stopped running the other day for no apparent reason.
Mike from the club sold me a 6 buck pizza box for holding rolling stock. He's going to help me get some of my cars club compatible, including my Pennsylvania Fleet of Modernism cars that go with the T-1.
Ohh and today is the Piano Man's Birthday!
To you classical music lovers if that tune sounds familiar that's because it's L.V. Beethovens Sonata Pathetique Second Movement, W.M. "Billy" Joel had on the back of the Innocent Man album and the This Night single crediting L.V. Beethoven as one of the songwriters.
It's now 11 PM Pacifica Watch Time.
Flo the gang and I will have a and give Rick and Steven what they want.
Sort of a Good Day at work. Jerry the is the gift that keeps on giving! Hours of fun talking about stupid stuff he does! Won't go into boring details for you none mattress sales people. OK, cannot help my self! Customer told Jerry he need a mattress that was 39" wide and 80" long, would you order a Full that is 54" wide and 75" long or Twin Extra Long that is 39" wide and 80" long?
Only bad news at work is Nancy is coming to help me Saturday!
Heartland Division CB&QKen .... Sounds like your Digitrax stuff is giving you problems. ... If you have a defective decoder of any brand including Digitrax , you can send it with $10 to NCE, and they will send you a new NCE decoder. I have done that.
Gary I wish it was a decoder problem! But no the Command Station is not working! As I miss spell the Spiders are encasing the engines! Good news is Digitrax can fix the DB 150 for only $35.00 plus shipping! Bad news, will take 25 to 30 bussine days!
Henery I am all so a Ken Patterson Fan! I have all so wonder about the mess he makes? We must remmeber it is a edit show ad not real time. He is around 35 miles from me by Jefferson Barracks VA Hosptial that I have been to. Thinking about dropping by some time. I have meet Daniel Combs afew times at K-10 Model Trains before I found there U-Tube show.