Hello Folks from what we hope remains relatively poisonous-critter free northern Nova Scotia. (That said our friend a few miles away was bitten by a spider yesterday - doing better today)
Does anybody have any model railroad progress to report ? ..
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Afternoon Diners,
Steven- A better way to get girls is a stand by the traffic lights with a cardboard sign. All dressed up that reads Need a date. Way better than a business card.
Ed- How hard was it to notch out a MU port onto a locomotive? Is that photographer allowed to be on the switch tower stairway?
Garry- I also love to look at Amtrak.
I have seen coyotes here lately. They said they will attack you but I seen running away from me with my two dogs.
Today's weather, rain mostly all day with low of 70 degrees.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Ed .... I like all your details such as the MU plug..... Our Amtrak trip was in 2008..... It;s hard to beleive it was so long ago.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Sunday Morning, folks—
Heartland Division CB&QDoes anybody have any model railroad progress to report ?
Hi, Garry
I have been working on detailing some locomotives and recently took a photo to show the little MU plug on the nose of this F3:
NYC_1607_sm-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Here's a fellow with a camera on the stair landing of Maple Grove Tower:
MG_tower by Edmund, on Flickr
I'm sure enjoying the photos of your trip. I enjoyed a California Zephyr ride back in 2003 and that sure was some fun!
Regards, Ed
Good morning .... I'll have coffee and a pecan roll please.
Steven NWP SWP .... I don't have much to suggest on that topic except..... Just be yourself and you will do very well.
Does anybody have any model railroad progress to report ? ..... I've been running trains. I still have one short section of track that gives me problems. Some (but not all ) of my passenger cars derail on it. I hestitate because the section of track is not at a location easy to reach.
More of the Amtrak trip....... On the eastbound train, we follow "Moon River". ... Yep, some of the knckleheads on the rafts actually do that crazy stuff.
True, true.
Edit,
We don't have a piggy wiggly, perhaps whinn Dixie?
And I currently cannot afford a butler (wouldn't mind dating a girl whose family does!) so I guess that's out the window!
(You do realize I'm really not planning to make cards with my personal contact info on it to hand out to girls)
Guess I better get used to the whole flirting thing, when I go on American Idol, if I make it through a few rounds (I don't want to sound overconfident) I'm probably not going to be able to go in any grocery store or restaurant without being recognized, so I guess I better enjoy my mediocrity while it lasts!
Anyways while the subject is on the table I have finally decided (for real no stalling) to ask my friend Sarah if she'd like to go to a movie with me, no this isn't procrastination (a word that rhymes with "procrastination" ya know "con______") or analysis paralysis. I'm serious this time. (Seeing as how I'm running out of time before she goes to college)
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
NWP SWPI think I'm going to print up cards with my name and number to give to girls!
I may not be, how would you say, well versed on the subject, but I might re-think the idea of passing out cards with your contact info. You don't suppose the idea hints of "desperation"?
What's next, your name and photo on the bulletin board at the local Piggly-Wiggly with little tear-off strips with your phone number? That might just be sending the wrong signals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visiting_card
Now, a business card with your lawn care information, sure, that's understandable— and if it were the 1890s, a calling card or visiting card would be fine, too. The butler would place it on a silver tray and take it to the young lady's mother for approval. Then the parent would send someone 'round to your house with their calling card along with a date and an arranged place to visit .
Just sayin'
Cheers, Ed
I could make them for my singing advertisement/business cards.
NWP SWPI think I'm going to print up cards with my name and number to give to girls
That's actually a good idea. But it work's better ,if it's a business card.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Evening diners,
Mowed the grass.
Did some driving.
When I went to Canes to get a drink (I only drink lemonade or water and Canes has the best lemonade in town) I am absolutely sure the girl at the widow was flirting with me, she didn't say anything "flirtatious" but I could tell the tone in her voice was that.
Same thing happened the other day I was in the truck and the girl remembered I was there the day before in another car.
I think I'm going to print up cards with my name and number to give to girls!
Car trouble! The van is in the shop with transmission trouble, the supposedly "rebuilt" transmission doesn't go into 3rd gear, when it tries to the car jumps and surges and doesn't go forward. So we're down to the truck and Mitsubishi, both have no AC but the truck will by Monday a family friend will be fixing the AC.
Eveing Diner?
Flo, wake up. I will have a cold and if any one shows but the drinks on my tab.
Credit Karma Front. I need to stop looking at it, it is driving me nuts and it is not up to date! I am a head on a personal loan by two months but Credit Karma does not reflect that. Discover Card gave me a $1700.00 increase but Credit Karma does not reflect that. Guess what got me in this rant was Credit Karma gave me a 8 point hit where if the information was current it should have went up 21 points.
Bachmann Train Front. I opened up the Bachmann Pullman B&O Loch Ness Coach. While it's factory lighting is poor it is on all the time. So I was thinking this should be easy to add better lighting! Got the roof off, but there is nothing but walls and no seats? It is not bulit like my other Bachmann Pullmann Coaches so I have not got it all apart yet. But why would you bulid a passanger coach with a light and there be nothing to see?
Bachmann Pullman B&O Loch Ness Coach. Looks great from the outside and has good details for being a Bachmann.
Weather Front Got caught in a and it was a down pour! I was soaked, even my underware was soaked! I was frezzing when I got to Shop and Save because of there AC. Good part it is now 70 outside and before the storm it was 95.
Trains are running great so later.
Ken
I hate Rust
Good morning, everybody .....
I'll have Tim Horton's coffee and a Tim Horton's donut please. .... One of the many good things about Canada is Tim Hortons.
Here is another shot from the CO Amtrak trip..... We were in Grand Junction. This is the eastbound train which we will board to return to Denver.
Little TimmyI don't purposely hunt them ( especially at night.... I like my sleep) but when they show up, I have to do something, or they will cause more trouble.
Sounds reasonable to me. I didn't realize that the rattle could be so loud!
Thanks for your responses Timmy. Very informative. Like I said, we here in Ontario are totally naive about the challenges that those of you in the southern USA face on a daily basis.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Little TimmyTaste's like ..... chicken ? ? ?
My wife ordered alligator meat in a supposedly decent quality seafood restaurant in Toronto a few years ago. She might as well have ordered a pair of shoe soles to chew on! I tried one piece. I had to split it out. Their crab cakes tasted like congeiled wallpaper paste too.
I guess we should have paid more attention to the decor when we first walked in. On our way out we noticed that the dust on the decorations behind the reception desk was about 1/8" thick!
Bad night out!!
cudakenFeel like a Civil War Surgeon hacking off body parts of HO scale people. Neither the seats or HO scale people seem's right but what the heck
Ken:
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
I feel the same way, but I guess that making HO seats to accommodate HO people with all their extremities still attached is a bit of a challenge.
Don't worry, there's no blood being spilled (unless it's yours).
Carve away!!
cudakenYes Flo, I have had Rattle Snake before
Taste's like ..... chicken ? ? ?
Eveing Diners
Flo, the gang and I will have a cold and give Rick and Steven what they like. What Free Chicken Wings? Ah, Flo the Chicken Wings taste like Rattle Snake? Yes Flo, I have had Rattle Snake before when I was in Recon School. But we did not have BBQ sause.
Work Front Found out today my store is the worst one in the company so far in sales this month with only $4111.00 in sales.
Harmful Wild Life Luckly not much around here. Unless you count Gnats. We did have one Bat in the house and it was easy to catch with a pool net.
Train Front Feel like a Civil War Surgeon hacking off body parts of HO scale people. Neither the seats or HO scale people seem's right but what the heck.
Later, Ken
hon30critter How do you come to find yourself hunting rattlesnakes at 3:00 am (please spare us an explanation of the attire!)? How did you know it was there?
The "rattle" Is a great way to find an angry snake. This last one rattled so loud that it woke me up, so I jumped out of bed, threw on my boot's , and grabbed the gun. It was about 100 feet from the bedroom window, and rattling like crazy !
I couldnt tell what had set it off ( probably one of the cat's had disturbed it and then ran off)
I don't purposely hunt them ( especially at night.... I like my sleep) but when they show up, I have to do something, or they will cause more trouble.
a side note: My wife has taken a tutorial on how to train our dog's to avoid snake's . It involves , among other thing's , getting the dog to recognise that the rattleing sound need's to be avoided. So she has made a "Rattle" out of snake tail's Now, I ain't the smartest person on the planet, but even I know that a "Be-headed rattlesnake can still bite you, so I take great care when " dis-arming" the snake. I take no pleasure from this, and Getting the rattle for her is no "picknic either" But this last snake was quite large. they say ( just who are "they" anyway) that you can gauge a snake's age by the number of "Button's" on the rattle. This one was roughly 13 year's old.
Im no expert on the age Identifying thing, so if I'm wrong please fill me in.
( I dont mind being told I'm wrong, It's how I learn stuff .... just ask my wife !)
Little Timmy:
I'm sorry but I have to ask. How do you come to find yourself hunting rattlesnakes at 3:00 am (please spare us an explanation of the attire!)? How did you know it was there?
Just curious.
Howdy .
I'm almost done with the topic of snake's .
BigDaddyDidn't know people hunted rattlesnakes at 3 am in their skivies. Is there drinking involved?
No... no "booze" was involved ( I would probably shoot my foot off if it was...)
Flo.... could you get the gang a round of Chicken wing's please ? ( gotta get the "snake flavor" out of my subject matter...)
Dave, sorry to hear about your eldest son.
I did better today, on the way home things got a little interesting, I was in "old blue" the 93 F-series, well I was at a light and the guy in front of me sat halfway through the green and went right before yellow, I followed through and made a left but halfway through the intersection the light turned red.
Then this nut in a new gmc truck pulled way up in the lane next to me (I was stopped at the right distance) he was almost out in the intersection, then he went to go before the light turned green, then it does and he floored it way ahead of me, at least the lanes merged so I didn't wind up next to him again.
Then I was rolling along and I was coming to a intersection between a side street and the main highway, there was a small SUV sitting in a turning lane to go left onto teh side road and a sedan on the side road at a stop sign trying to make a left, the sedan turns right in front of me onto the highway then makes a uturn right behind the SUV coming to a crawl all the while hanging out in the lane I was in, I slowed down and tooted the horn a little to let them know that they messed up and almost got into a accident.
Then on the rural highway by my house another gmc truck passed me.
And finally there was a log truck on my tail so I had to go up past my street and turn around at the end of the highway which wasn't too far only about a quarter mile or so.
Well I'll be back later.
NWP SWPI'm doing well but my left turns are quite atrocious, it's mostly when I'm on a major highway or thoroughfare with traffic following close behind I tend to take the turn (when clear to do so) with more speed than necessary.
Being nervous is perfectly reasonable when you are first learning to drive. Heck, if you weren't nervous I'd be concerned.
Try not to get 'pushed' by traffic behind you. That is easier said than done when some idiot is climbing up your butt. Just remember to signal well in advance, reduce speed gradually, and look for things like pedestrians, especially at night! I hate people who wait until they are already in the turn lane to put on their signals! It's like they are saying "see - I'm proving that I'm going to turn" after they have already moved into the lane.
Whatever you do Steven, don't follow in my eldest son's footsteps. He got a little too cocky with his new car and it cost him his life.
Afternoon folks!
Did some more driving today!
Put up another 3 sections of privacy fence, now we can turn again and finally close up the back yard!
Good Afternoon,
Track Fiddler, you mentioned you grew up near 'the Falls'. I spent my high school years in Rainy River just across the river from Baudette and then a few years later in the mid '70s helping my parents get rid of their businesses. They had a hardware store there and in Atikokan.
The only snakes we have here are garter snakes. No scorpions or other poisonous critters. The only possibly dangerous animal here would be black bear and only if you get near a cub or it is cornered otherwise they just run off. There were quite a few of them around the garbage dump when I lived in Rainy River.
CN Charlie
Yeah but it's a sure fire way to get the buggers out of the walls!
NWP SWPI prefer to use this to eradicate any and all house pests.
I don´t know whether to eradicate all house pests by eradicating the house is a wise move ...
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
I prefer to use this to eradicate any and all house pests.
We had a bat in our apartment a few years ago. It came through the opened bathroom window, landed on the towel rack and started to make itself at home there. Actually quite cute! We left the window open and after an hour or so - after it had turned dark - it was gone!
The Vierlings-Flak would leave the bat unharmed, but the house a wreck
Tinplate ToddlerYou mean this one?
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Yes. If I ever had a bat in my house, that is what I would want to deal with the issue. I cannot even imagine a bat inside.
I have no problems with Alligators or Pythons, but Bats and Geese terrify me.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
You mean this one?