You are most welcome Garry! And if this happens...
BTW, what venerable age are you now at? (I'm told I'm at Geezer, Not young anymore, Not quite dead yet. Somewhere in between!)
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
JohnBoy ... Thank you ...... Just who is talking about old pharts ? LOL
Ray .... Thanks...... Your sign about stuborn people is funny.
Ulrich .... Second from the left, eh..... Funny.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Hi Garry,
I would hate to miss your birthday..... so
have the best one ever, you old phart.
Johnboy out..................till next time
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Afternoon folks!
Heartland Division CB&QEvidently, nobody read my post last night carefully, but I'll share virtual cake and ice cream with you anyhow.
Well I saw it, but it was too close to bed time for me to comment. So....
"Hippo Birdie, Two Ewes! Hippo Birdie, Two Ewes! Hippo Birdie, Deer Gar---ry! Hippo Birdie, Two Ewes!!!!!"
Hope you have a Great Day!
I got my 4 miles in over at the Fieldhouse this morning. I think they turned the heat on today about half way through my walking time..... They were also hosting a kids Squash Tornament there today, I guess. Most of the kids and their coaches/trainers were warming up right in the middle of the track so I had to detour around them several times. They could have gone into the Basketball/Tennis courts that are inside the track, but prefered to be jumping around swinging rackets, and sprinting up and down the track usually going in the wrong direction. Oh, well just a one day affair I guess. Awfully cute young kids anyway....
We are under a Heat advisory again today... Heat index values here are in the mid to upper 90's with the actual temperature in the high 80's and high humidity. Nice bright sunny day out there, so I am making enough electricty from the panels to run my air conditioning at no additional cost. I think I'll just spend the rest of the day inside......
Tomorrow I will be going down to Hammondsport, NY to be in a operating session at one of my favorite layouts. Should be fun! The division (NMRA) is also looking at doing most of our next Meet with the subject of layout operations....
Ulrich .... Thank you ......
Tinplate ToddlerSteven - designing a logo is not an easy task! PR people employ expensive art folks to do that job and only a few logos are the ones people remember. Simplicity rules!
Once upon a time NBC TV moved away from their peacock and made a new logo, perhaps you remember it, it was a stylized letter N
Problem was they did not research things well enough, and so after they started to use it the University of Nebraska brought them to court. The logo was exactly the same but with different colors.
The peacock came back again very quickly.
Oh well....
LION uses Serif Page Plus X9 and that has a built in logo maker.
Very nice.
See some here: http://broadwaylion.com/layouts.htm
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Howdy ....
Evidently, nobody read my post last night carefully, but I'll share virtual cake and ice cream with you anyhow.
TF ... Glad you liked the photo.
Steven NWP SWP .... I'll eventually post photos, but it will be a while before the coal mine is worthy of pictures.
BroadwayLion LIONS like their bisghetty... Al Denti is good, sause not too thick nor too thin. No WATERY bisghetties. Go to Subaro and you get a plate of water with a few bisghettys flaoting about in a thin wattery sauce. And they charge per meatball. Or something like that. ROAR
LIONS like their bisghetty...
Al Denti is good, sause not too thick nor too thin.
No WATERY bisghetties. Go to Subaro and you get a plate of water with a few bisghettys flaoting about in a thin wattery sauce.
And they charge per meatball.
Or something like that.
A charge per meatball you say.
At that point don't let your poor meatball roll onto the table then roll onto the floor. Whatever you do don't let that poor meatball roll right out the door
No errands today. My little Judy wants me to take her to the last day of the fair.... Off to the fair we go.
Have a good day y'all.
Track fiddler I like perfect spaghetti noodles.
But — to her the "mushy" ones are perfect.
There are always alternatives, Mr. Fiddler.
I have a nearly identical situation, I prefer al-dente, Mrs. Pullman likes, um, very tender — aka mushy.
I take pasta tongs and pull my portion out of the water and let hers cook another three (or eight!) minutes.
No worries.
By the time mine is drained and plated hers is ready to come out of the water.
Everyone gets to "have it your way". Everyone's happy.
Bon appetit, Ed
I am a Scot, I say it like it is.
My wife boiled spaghetti noodles so long it turned into mush. I like perfect spaghetti noodles.
It'll be alright?
Mush spaghetti it will be.
My buddy Erv needs some stairs off of his back deck.
Guess what he is soon to have them. it's my next stop out to his house next weekend. My buddy Erv will have his steps to the backyard next weekend.
That's how I roll
I'm so glad we got the music world of Nashville Tennessee. I'm sure Johnny would like it.
My friend Erv a retired Master Mechanic always has helped me out with my little endeavors
He helped me out with my Master cylinder and brake switch today. It's done now thanks to my good friend.
Don't you love your great friend.
I sure do
Garry, please post pictures! I've been considering doing a kit bash of a mine for a while now, I could use some inspiration!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Garry that steamer was so beautiful my chin did drop
Master cylinder and brake switch is done
Everything works fine.... happy
Howdy ...... Well, another year has passed by already. I have my birthday tomorrow. I already recieved my gift which is a coal mine kit. I will combine it ith one or two other kits to build my mine over the next few months.
Below is L&N 152, a 4-6-2, at the Kentucky Railway Museum
I guess you figured it out.
I model the combined lines of the SP, WP, and NP, with trackage rights on several other lines, my current Era is the 60s-80s, cabbese are still prevalent, all power is 35-series or later EMD. My first layout is going to model probably the Sierra/Rocky Mountain Range, possibly Donner or another similar pass. Eventually my "ultimate" layout will have multiple divisions modeled, I might have to start a club to accomplish that.
I'll post the link to the Livery/logo thread and the History thread here later this evening.
Here's the links.
Livery and Herald for the NWP-SWP System Thread
History of the NWP-SWP System Thread
I tried to get the links to work, no bueno.
Steven, can you fill me in on how closely your NWP will be to the prototype and what era you will model. I know you explained it all somewhere on here so a link to that should do.
I see transit now runs on part of it. Will you have some of these?
After some quick reading, I just like to know the, who, what, where, when and why your layout fits in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_Pacific_Railroad
Also seeing as how NWP ventured into Redwood country,
I think the green of the Giant Sequoia would be a good green.
Why the fictional logo? Nothing wrong with it, just wondering.
Edit, I just read your profile, all is good.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Its a little wonky looking and needs some work but thats the basic idea.
Been working on my logo again.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, the gang and I will have a please and five Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they want.
Steven I agree the dinner should not be moved before midnight. You and others might open the new dinner first and post a warring the dinner is moving and add a link.
Started to clean the rear gutters. When I got up on the step ladder I was by what I saw. Rear yard has a down ward slope so I cannot see the roof from ground level. There is pine tree that hangs over the house. There was a pile 2" to 4" thick of pine needels! Sadly I did not have a ladder that would let me get on the roof. So I drove to Harbour Freight and bought this.
https://www.harborfreight.com/17-ft-type-ia-multi-task-ladder-63419.html
Spent about a hour on the roof with a leave blower, chain saw and 18' long pool pole and got 90% of the mess off of the roof. I never stood on the roof (seen Tool Time Tim Taylor fall through to many roofs) but did the inverted craw part of the Armys PT test to get around. Note To Self next time I go up there ware long pants, knee gards and remember to bring up my work gloves! I could see them on the A/C unit below but I was not going down to get them!
BBQ is done, so later Ken
I hate Rust
Richard ..... Outstanding news about your daughter.
Brent ..... I like the border video.
MLC .... Thanks for posting information about the Metropolis bridge The drone video is interesting. I recall reading the bridge was designed to accommodate double track as you said. .
Moving up river to near Evansville, IN, we can see the L&N Bridge at Henderson, KY. ... CSX is the current owner and operates several trains each day over the Ohio River at that location.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BMhu-pKhI
Good afternoon from perfect land. Sunny and warm @24c.
Ride On Road, you go on right ahead telling us about your daughter, I enjoy hearing about it, heck I never shut up about my kids. It's our reward for a job well done. We never know what kind of job we will do as a parent when we start out, but hope for the best. My kids are perfect track work as far as I am concerned.
Ulrich, sorry to hear of your grueling day. I think I would have had it put overnight in the mail. A 200-mile drive is not cheap, in health cost or $. We do overnight to Ottawa for the kid sometimes if something pops up that needs quick attention. Canada Post is excellent, I never understood those lost in the mail jokes.
Speaking of the kid, he got to Ottawa and made up his queen size bed, got unpacked and today went grocery shopping. We kept getting phone calls as he was going around the store making sure he was being economical in his shopping. Last year he was on the meal plan in residence, so it is a different kettle of fish this year. He went with a friend and they had so much stuff they took an Uber home. I made him test all the smoke alarms and buy a couple of extra batteries for spares. No excuse when it comes to safety.
Well by increasing my time on the bike by 3300 calories a week and dropping one piece of toast from my 2x a week bacon and eggs breakfast 300 calories a week and no alcohol 4 glasses of wine per week 750 calories. I have eliminated two days worth of daily calory intake and melted off what I gained and then some. Now I can eat more and drink a little more wine which I enjoy. I will just maintain the amount of exercise I do and keep things balanced. I feel even better with the increase in bike time and good wine is my reward.
Got the pool draining and all the bit and pieces put away including my new beer holder floaty. Flushed out the pump, hoses and other equipment. I don't think we will put it up again if the kid doesn't come home next Summer. He does lengths in it after a long day on the movie sets, but the rest of us just don't use it enough.
Got a chuckle out of this video. When you consider the issues on borders around the world, on the Canadian border the U.S. puts a sign up asking to make sure your dog is on a leash. Nothing about picking up the poop though.
If only the rest of the world got along as well.
More chores await.
All the best to all.
Bear with me, but I need to brag about my middle daughter once again. She has returned from BCT and AIT and has returned to school, but, as she reminds me, she is a soldier 7x24. On Thursday she was in full dress uniform, standing in 100+ degree heat on the tarmac for the dignified transfer of John McCain's remains from Phoenix to Washington. On Saturday she took part in a 5K, but rather than just run, she signed up for the "Ruck Run". Not stopping there, she filled up her pack with 25lbs of rocks, each rock with with the name of each of the soldiers from the 1st Battalion 17th Infantry Regiment who lost their lives during their 2009-2010 Afghanistan deployment. Once again, I am a proud Army dad.
Richard
Afternoon diners,
Went to church.
Got the parts I needed to mount the spare tire under my truck.
Bear, we're good, I understand, I was just curious.