Birthday lunch was here, best ribs I've ever had in my life, rated best in Memphis.
Evenin' folks,
Sun is setting here in the Finger lakes so I guess it is now Christmas 3....
There was some talk about growing up a page back... I am firmly with the "I am getting old, but I refuse to grow up" crowd. At least if growing up means not being able to act like a kid and have fun......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiW-kWFz_5I
I had fun yesterday on Christmas at my son's house. Granddaughter's are at a wonderful age. Old enough to get what is being said, but still young enough to be sweet and innocent...... I gave each of them some old instruments I have had here at my house for years and years that I bought to use with a Presbytery folk/rock style Christian group I was the director for. One instrument was a set of Pan-pipes. Livy (the oldest) got that and was figuring it out for most of the afternoon and everytime I looked at her she gave me the biggest grin.... Emily (youngest who wants to be a percussionist) I gave a vibraslap and another latin percussion instrument I can't remember the name of. Those were out and being played several times as well! Food was wonderful and I managed to still limit my portions! I was also the next to the slimest adult there..... One wife of a relative who is a nurse has put on at leat 50/60 lbs. since I saw her last. She is at least 3' across at the butt!!! As a nurse, she should know full well what she is doing to herself. She has to weigh in around 360lbs...... and she is all of about 5'4" tall. Helped herself to two huge platefulls of dinner and then ate about a dozen cookies plus a huge piece of pie as well, I think. She is a nice girl, I feel sorry for her.... She had major trouble even trying to get up off the couch that afternoon. I didn't talk about my wieght loss except when someone asked, and then gave a very short responce.
Today I did my usual 4 miles at the fieldhouse and found out they will be closed tomorrow through New Years Day. Guess I will have to out up with the weather and walk in the street around the neighborhood (No sidewalks in the neighborhood....).
I was given $20 worth of gift certificate to the local hobby shop so along with the $50 one that was given to me as a thank you from the NMRA Division for 10 years of service, I shall be spending some $$$ on supplies for the hobby very soon.
Hope you all are having a great end of the year celebration(s)! Catch you later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Tinplate ToddlerHave you ever heard of Velorail? Well, until yestaerday, I hadn´t. Velorail is a scenic railroad along the Doux river in the French Departement Ardeche, just south of the River Seine Mouth near Nantes. Just take a look at the following video: Rather quirky, don´t you think?
Hi Ulrich! Merry Christmas!
I think the pedal cars are neat. Getting to ride in an open car through such beautiful scenery would be wonderful.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Track fiddlerBirthday lunch was here, best ribs I've ever had in my life, rated best in Memphis.
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That place is a legend.
I hope I can get there in April when I drive out West.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
It's so funny Judy brought me next door for hurricanes and to see the blues guys. She got sneaky and had them sing Happy Birthday to me and the whole rest of the afternoon everyone was hollering to me on the street happy birthday TF
hon30critterGetting to ride in an open car through such beautiful scenery would be wonderful.
What the video can´t convey is the great scent which is in the air in that region. Better than any man-made perfume!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Tinplate ToddlerWhat the video can´t convey is the great scent which is in the air in that region. Better than any man-made perfume!
I'll bet it is!
Whenever I get the chance to travel into Ontario's pine and spruce forests I always stop to smell the air. It's one of those things that gives me an enormous amount of pleasure.
MMMMMM ribs, Happy Birthday TF.
Who were the blues guys? ( we know a lot of then on the blues curcuit, The wife's book comes out in May (not an ad) and we have lot of blues ties)
Tinplate ToddlerWhat the video can´t convey is the great scent which is in the air in that region.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
moelarrycurly4 MMMMMM ribs, Happy Birthday TF. Who were the blues guys? ( we know a lot of then on the blues curcuit, The wife's book comes out in May (not an ad) and we have lot of blues ties)
I m sorry about the confusion MLC. They were guys and they were playing Blues, I just referred to them that way. I don't know what they called themselves. They were the only live music in the afternoon that I knew of at Silky Sullivan's, the Irish pub with the big yellow sign down by the corner.
We may have went at the wrong time in the afternoon, but sometimes to me, the wrong time is the right time. When we were leaving the streets we're starting to look like the State Fair.
Now we're going to the Bass Pro Shops pyramid to see what that's all about. It's just down from the hotel here.
Bear, that's more my style! No sweating!
It's nice to see people making good use of the old railway lines. Too bad more lines haven't been preserved for that purpose. The long abandoned Algoma Eastern line through the La Cloche mountains in northern Ontario would have been a perfect candidate. Alas, the tourist season (4 months max) would probably make it financially unworkable. The right of way is still intact through the mountains. It get's used year round by hikers, ATVers and snowmobilers.
https://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=la+cloche+mountains+ontario&fr=-s&hspart=rogers&hsimp=yhs-rogers_001&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F35%2FLa_Cloche_Mtns.JPG%2F1200px-La_Cloche_Mtns.JPG#id=0&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F3%2F35%2FLa_Cloche_Mtns.JPG%2F1200px-La_Cloche_Mtns.JPG&action=click
Ed - what a wonderful story of your parents. I have a similar one. A coupel of years ago, cleanign out the hosue afte rmy Mom passed (Dad passed a logn tiem ago, when I was 9), my sister and I came across a letter my Dad wrote possible the day or so after he met my Mom for the first time. He was out with some buddies on one of his last nights home before going on his first Navy deployment, and my Mom and her good friend, later to become my Aunt when she married Mom's brother, were also out after work, and this is when they met. Not sure of the name of the palce, or if it even still exists. ANyway, this letter my Dad wrote, whichw as absolutely incredible knowing how he barely squeaked by in high school, mostly expressed his wish to have a picture of her, because he couldn't bear not seeign her again. Another item we found in the house was my Dad's Navy bible (I had my Grandfather's already), inside the front page was a dedication from my Grnadparetns who gave it to him, and the pastor of their church. Flipping through it and out popped a photo of my Mom - looked like a copy of her senior portrait. No letter, but this HAD to be what she sent in response to his letter to her.
Steve O - I use my iPad constantly, mostly for reading. I read anywhere, anytime, and usually just about anything, so in addition to what comes on the unit I have the Kindle app, and I've subscribed to Kindle Unlimited which for a flat fee lets me borrow up to 10 books at a time from a selection of what has to be 10's of thousands from Amazon. I have at elast 3 other reader apps since everyone seems to use different formats for their material, but Kindle is probably the most common. It's not a bad way to go - it's lighter than a decent paperback, and the text is significantly larger than on a common paperback, which is awfully useful with already less than perfect vision that is now even more degraded.
Dave - saw your post in the bumper thread. So sorry for your family's loss, made even worse by the timing.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Craig and Randy,
Thank you for your thoughts, and thank you for posting them here. The friction in the bumper thread caused me to suffer a lack of judgement. I should probably go back and edit have edited that part out of my post.
For those of you who missed my comment in the 'Bumper' thread, my wife's brother-in-law's body was found just before Christmas. Kinda messed up my mood.
I know words alone aren't much help, Dave, but my heart goes out to you, Dianne and your family at the thought of this senseless loss. My heartfelt condolences.
Thank you for commenting on my little story, Randy. A friend of mine seethes every time he hears about the WWII folks being the "Greatest Generation" but if you look at the whole era from the huge industrial investment, the role of the railroads, the technology and materials developed that we still use today and, of most importance, the stories like yours and mine, well you'd have to agree that never before or ever since has there been such a place in history where so many people came together in such a vast and huge undertaking.
But it is those little stories that make so much difference. I still get choked up when I see the veteran Ryan in the windbreaker (of course my dad wore one just like it) visit Omaha Beach in the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" movie. And if anyone has the DVD, watch the interviews of these veterans available in the bonus material.
Well, I could go on... There are so many of these stories and we only have tiny little threads of them. How many are lost forever or were never related to anyone.
Again, Dave, my sincerest condolences.
Regards, Ed
Dave .... I am terribly sorry to hear this horrific news about your wife’s brother in law. ... there are no words to adequately express how sad this is.
Edit ..... The Chapel Car is being coupled to the Diner for those who would like a place to pray for Dave's family.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
gmpullmanDave, my sincerest condolences.
Thanks Ed.
Hello everybody!
Dave, my sympathies and condolences to your family.
I got the Equilizer series for Christmas but the real big deal is my new watch!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Thanks Garry and Steven,
Dave.... I don't know how to put words together appropriately for your loss.
My heart goes out to you and your family.
Dave,
we are at a loss of words!
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Dave.....
Do know that you and your whole family are in my thoughts and prayers at this time.
Dave I just saw the news. You have our prayers.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Dave, you and your wife have the sympathies of all of us here at MR.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Dave, wife and I send prayers to you and Dianne, and to Dianne's sister and her family.
Mike.
My You Tube
Very sorry to hear this, my sympathies and condolences to your family.
That sucks, Dave. My sympathies to you and yours.
Terry
Terry in NW Wisconsin
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Dave, so sorry to hear this tragic news. My thoughts are with you and your family at this time.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Thoughts and prayers for you and your family at this time,
Jan