Track fiddlerI'm sure you realize that wasn't your Soulmate by now..... Maybe a mistake for an indentured servant meal ticket
Oh, she's the RIGHT one for me ! (We both HATE the same thing's.)
But, she weigh's 109 LBS..... I weigh 220 LBS, so I guess it's "Silly" to expect her to move 400 LBS stuff around the house.
EDIT: Hey, top-o-the page....
My wife made Potato and Leek soup....
Everybody, grab a bowl ! ( It's got Bacon in it !!! )
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Little TimmyHey, top-o-the page.... My wife made Potato and Leek soup.... Everybody, grab a bowl ! ( It's got Bacon in it !!! )
Sounds good to me!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Evening all,
Where is everyone?
Timmy I believe your potato and leek soup has scared everyone off?!
Wait no, Dave wants some!
Well I'll be chillin' in the corner booth if anyone needs me.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a and one to the new diner as well. Sorry I forgot the name but
Folks, give Steven a break! Think back to when you where is age, would you want advices about grils from pepole are age? Yep when I was 17 years old I wanted to have my grand father tell me how to pick up chicks! But Grand Dad I don't have a Racoon Coat and what is a Speak Easy?
Felt Ok when I got to work and had a good sale and should have made a extra $85.00. Then I start coming down with something. My daughter was getting sick Christmas, then my wife spent Dec 30th with her for her brithday. Now wife is sick. So now I guess it is my turn.
Later Ken
I hate Rust
NWP SWPTimmy I believe your potato and leek soup has scared everyone off?!
Nonsense! Creamy potato and leek soup with bacon is to die for! Great comfort food when the weather is cold outside. If you haven't tried it you don't know what you're missing!
Of course Steven, given your relative lack of experience with truly cold weather, you probably don't know how well a warm creamy tasty soup can take the chill off. We go to our local diner regularly and more often than not we will begin our meal with one of their superb soups, espescially in the winter. Takes the chill right off!
Cheers Steven! (I'm not trying to be disrespectful, okay)
I'm cool with the advice, I don't have a real grandfather so you guys are the closest I've got.
I know what speakeasies are (not sure where to fund one but anyways) what in the world is a raccoon coat?
Dave, I was joking about the soup!
NWP SWPDave, I was joking about the soup!
I know that! I just had to give you a hard time!
You are a good person Steven. When you find the right girl she will be very lucky.
All of this talk about relationships reminds me :
Railroaders like to couple up ... . ..
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
NWP SWPI know what speakeasies are (not sure where to fund one but anyways) what in the world is a raccoon coat?
They're right on the rack next to the zoot suits!
Speaking of raccoon coats — I'll never forget as a kid sitting in church and the lady in front of me had some kind of fox stole wrapped around her shoulders. It was rigged up so the jaws of the fox was biting its own tail in order to stay wrapped around the lady (it was a BIG fox). Even at that young age I just couldn't fathom killing an animal then to further humiliate it by making it spend eternity biting itself on the tail. There's some kind of irony in there...
It was creepy, too, as that fox kept looking straight at me, its beady eyes following me at every glance. Too wierd!
I thought you were originally from "up north" Steven? Of course, there are always those cold soups (never made sense to me) But there is certainly something comforting sitting next to a warm fireplace or wood stove, cold winds blowing outside and enjoing a hearty soup with some good sourdough bread.
Yes, indeed.
Well, time for me to retire to the railroad laboratory and play with a pair of B&LE Alco RSD-15s that I'm installing Loksound decoders in and two speakers!
Cheers, Ed
Yessir Ed, born in Jersey and a resident of the Empire State, spent the first two or so years of my life there, moved to Tennessee in a town called Franklin outside of Nashville, lived there for another two/three years and moved to Columbus Georgia, lived there for two more years before uprooting to the Jersey Shore, lived in a Victorian house turned B'n'B at 1505 Ocean Avenue, my front yard was the beach.
Here's the Grand Victorian which was home for two years.
My friend Russell lived in the french style house in the background.
The boxy looking building in the background of this picture is the Breakers, aka the hotel next door.
When I lived there this patio was a grass lawn they used for weddings and such, also along the edge of the lawn was a row of nearly 8 ft tall evergreen shrubs.
Lastly this is the view from the boardwalk over the dunes and across Ocean Avenue, the beach and the Atlantic is behind the photographer.
Apparently they never did put that wraparound balcony/porch on the second floor and I believe there were plans for a fourth floor cupola type thing, that was all in the rendering phase when we moved away.
My mom said she's glad we moved down here to Louisiana when we did because women would often come in the hotel from the beach wearing nothing but a bikini, and she didn't want a teenage boy around that. She might've taken issue with it but I wouldn'tve minded
Spring lake was also a very VERY high end area, on the next block there was a house that had it's own bowling alley! Mary Higgins Clark lived within a mile of us!
Anyways we've lived here in Louisiana for the past nearly 10 years, hasn't been the greatest but I can't complain.
NWP SWPwhat in the world is a raccoon coat?
Hi Steven,
I'm sure you have heard of mink coats. A raccoon coat is a mink coat that is made out of raccoon fur instead of mink fur. Mink was expensive even in its hayday. Raccoon has always been cheap, if not free.
Raccoon coats were worn to keep poeple from freezing to death when they were riding in the early automobiles that had no side windows and no heaters. They apparently worked very well. My ancesters wore them and I am evidence that they survived the cold.
I inherited a raccoon coat from my great grandfather. It hung down to well below my knees and it had a huge collar. It was way out of style by the time I got my hands on it but I wore it anyhow and it served me well! At the time I was driving an MGB. It supposedly had a heater but said heater was pretty useless at any temperature even remotely close to freezing. If I didn't bundle up in the winter I would freeze my backside off. The raccoon coat was wonderfully warm! It also smelled a faint bit like dead raccoons likely because of its advanced age. It was close to 50 years old.
To top my costume off, I wore a pair of aviator gloves that were issued to my dad when he was a navigator/bomber in WWII. They were leather with wool gloves inside and they came half way up my forearms. They worked great too!
Despite all that Dianne still married me! We had so many great times in that beat up old MGB that I could write a book!
Good Morning!
Another beautifully sunny. but icy cold day! Those of you from north of the 49th will find our current temperatures quite balmy, but for me anything below 32F is too cold for me! Well, Winter has just begun amd I am afraid we will see temperatures way below my comfort zone.
Petra and I started early in putting away all the Christmas deco stuff. The little fake tree is in its box and all other stuff packed up in a big bag, waiting for me to take it up into storage in the attic. It´s too cold to go up there today, so that will have to wait until tomorrow, for which our weather guessers predict warmer weather.
Steven, you are one brave and fearless young man! You know you are among well seasoned wolves in here, but that doesn´t keep you from howling with us! Good! Let us not intimidate you with our life experience - you´ll get there without helping it! Good luck with the "girl hunt"! I am just glad I don´t have to be in that market anymore!
Got my January copy of MR yesterday. I must say I am really impressed by MR´s new project layout. Itr sure is a railfan´s delight to watch long unit trains snake through the canyons! Gee, that´s my kind of layout!
Garry - Kato has just released a CB&Q RR "Silver Streak Zephyr" set, togetrher with the appropriate E5A. The set (DC) runs at $250 MSRP, which seems to be a fair price!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Mornin' all / Happy New Year (yeah, yeah, I'm a bit late )
Been a crazy few weeks here, what with the holidays and the little one being home from daycare. Hopefully things will return to a semblance of normal now.
-Dan
Builder of Bowser steam! Railimages Site
cudaken Folks, give Steven a break! Think back to when you where is age, would you want advices about grils from pepole are age?
Folks, give Steven a break! Think back to when you where is age, would you want advices about grils from pepole are age?
I might have done better in high school had I had some good advice from experienced people... though the advice I needed in high school was "Get up off your (uh, chair) and go talk to a girl, ya geek! They're not gonna come to you!"
It wasn't until my 20th high school reunion that I found out one of the prettiest girls in my class had a crush on me... if only one of us had said something!
Steven NWP SWP doesn't seem to have that problem, though...
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Steven Ottethe advice I needed in high school was "Get up off your (uh, chair) and go talk to a girl, ya geek! They're not gonna come to you!"
I was a bit of a late starter myself and certainly would have welcomed a kick in the caboose in that direction. I guess being shy doesn´t help.
We had an overwhelming sunset a few minutes ago!
Mother Nature is still the best artist!
cudakenhow to pick up chicks
Or, alternately:
Steven OtteIt wasn't until my 20th high school reunion that I found out one of the prettiest girls in my class had a crush on me... if only one of us had said something!
Even if this were true, I'd be certain not to mention it to my wife.
Good day folks,
Day off today, I was hoping to finish cleaning out my workshop but it's been raining all morning, perhaps it'll let up and I can get it done in a bit.
Right now since I've nothing better to do I'm watching the new iteration of the original Mythbusters show, Mythbusters Jr., its hosted by Adam Savage and the "co-hosts" are 6 preteen "geniuses" two of which are from Louisiana which is pretty cool.
Last year Science Channel (Discovery) tried making a "replacement" Mythbusters show which failed miserably, while I doubt this version will live up to the original I think it has a fighting chance since they retained much more of the original shows elements and quirks.
Madman that second one is exactly how you pick up chicks but not the kind you would date!
Well I think the rain just let up so off to work I go!
P.S. thanks for the compliments guys!
Afternoon folks!
Steven OtteI might have done better in high school had I had some good advice from experienced people... though the advice I needed in high school was "Get up off your (uh, chair) and go talk to a girl, ya geek! They're not gonna come to you!" Laugh
Well, Steven, sometimes they do..... When I was a Senior in High School I had a crush on a very pretty redhead in my class who I was trying to get enough nerve to ask out, when a equally pretty little brown haired junior came up to me before school in the main hallway. She asked if she could talk to me. I said sure... Of course I was standing around with a bunch of guys who were friends. She looked around and whispered, "In private?" So I shrugged my shoulders and we walked several steps away. Now I kinda knew who this girl was, but couldn't remember her name. Had to ask her.... I did know she went to the same church as I did and I knew that I should know her, but..... She asked me to go with her to a hayride at a friends house! I asked her to give me a day to answer her. She did, and acted very pleased that I didn't just say no. She was a very quiet and shy type. When I talked to my Dad, I found out that our families had been friends for 3 generations and her older sister was my sister's best friend. He thought she was a perfect girl for me. I told her yes the next day.
She was the first girl I actually got to cuddle with (well that's what you do on a hayride....). I asked her out after that, and by the end of that date, I knew she was the one I wanted to spend my life with. She was a perfect choice I might add and we mostly had a wonderful marriage (until she got Leukemia and died of the cure).
Still looking for someone that might be as good as she was to share my life... I have been asked many times why I never remarried, and my answer always has been, "Nobody wanted me........ that I wanted!"
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good evening Diners,
Brunhilda, I'll have an RBF, please.
All this talk about youthful relationships brings back a lot of memories. Some fond, some id long since forgotten. No matter.
Steven: you do realize that there's people who would give anything to live on the beach, any beach. You were very fortunate.
Hello to everyone.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Howdy.
My thoughts. Let‘s get back to the Texas theme . All of the talk about relationships is making this thread look like an old Ann Landers column. LOL
Ulrich ... I like the Kato N Scale Burlington Zephyr. I wish it was HO. Thanks for posting the video.
Happy Model Railroading , everybody!
howmusShe was the first girl I actually got to cuddle with (well that's what you do on a hayride....). I asked her out after that, and by the end of that date, I knew she was the one I wanted to spend my life with. She was a perfect choice I might add and we mostly had a wonderful marriage (until she got Leukemia and died of the cure).
Hi Ray,
I'm sorry for your loss.
Dianne and I got together after I asked her if she had change for the laundry machines. We were living side by side in a residence at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. That was 40 years ago. Still going strong. I can't imagine what life would be like without her.
Flo, give the gang and I a please.
Still Feel My noes is dripping like my old Kitchen Sink and Faucet! God I am glad that things gone! While I have felt way sicker, still under the weather.
Work Front Being sick could not come at a worse time! Year End Inventory! It is a 10,000 Sq Ft bulding packed with stuff. With no bar codes or computers and lot of the stuff has been there longer than me it took me 3 weeks last year working full time! Now only working part time and being sick on top of that who knows?
Ed I liked Zoot Suits not sure why they got a bad rap.
Steven I forgot you posted you had a old soul. While you are getting sound advices I don't think you are looking for your soul mate. But as luck would have it I met my wife when I was 17. Some times I still question if it was bad luck or good luck but we have been down the Rocky Road for 45 years now.
All BLI F7's night. Running the Mighty B&O ABA's and CB&Q ABA's. Reason I think I like the F's and E's the best? They are the one's I saw as a 5 year old at Grand Pap's houses over looking the B&O yard. Thanks Ed!
Later, Sick Ken
Here is a BNSF train in Childress, TX with a colorful mix of locomotives. In the background is FW&D 501 which is a 4-6-2 preserved and on display.
You guy's story's of "Love at First Sight" are pretty incredible, and inspiring.
I of course am not looking for true love (I mean if I find it wonderful but I'm in no rush) just looking for someone to hang out with and such, learn what makes a relationship work, and just enjoy life.
Enough mushy stuff though!
My labs finally came back, no H. Pylori infection, everything else is perfect so the diagnosis is an acute case of gastritis and a possible ulcer, I'm still going to the GI Doc after I turn 18.
Just learned UP 4141 and 1943 are in Addis Louisiana which is about 15 minutes outside of downtown BR, I might make the trip tomorrow afternoon weather permitting.
Well that's all from me for now.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
NWP SWPI of course am not looking for true love (I mean if I find it wonderful but I'm in no rush) just looking for someone to hang out with and such, learn what makes a relationship work, and just enjoy life.
Steven, why do you think that true love will likely come later?
Mrs Bear and myself have been on holiday and while it’s taken a while to catch up on the goings on in the Diner, it’s good to see that there have been no major dramas!
NWP SWPMost importantly is get myself a girl to go steady with,
Cheers, the Bear.
The day starts with a big Grrrr!
The antireflection coating of my gasses is slowly disintegrating and cannot be repaired, so I need a new set of beepers. That will be roundabout $700, which means a considerable drain from my "getaway" kitty. It will take half a year to compensate that loss!
hon30critter NWP SWP I of course am not looking for true love (I mean if I find it wonderful but I'm in no rush) just looking for someone to hang out with and such, learn what makes a relationship work, and just enjoy life. Steven, why do you think that true love will likely come later? Dave
NWP SWP I of course am not looking for true love (I mean if I find it wonderful but I'm in no rush) just looking for someone to hang out with and such, learn what makes a relationship work, and just enjoy life.
What´s true love? Certainly not what they present you in all those romance novels and movies! True love means for me the mutual respect for the "you" and the "I" while developing a strongly bonded "we". In that sense, true love is not something to be found, it must be hard earned!
Good Morning, Crew! Yes, I've been to Texas for work when living in New Orleans which seems like 100 years ago. I also drove across the state when returning from a solo backpacking trip to New Mexico in my younger, thinner days. Sure was a looooong drive! I like the rolling hills of West Texas more than the flat lands to the East. Today I have to pull my workbench away from the basement wall so that I can find a diesel gear that went flying away. I'll have to sift through the dust and small debris as if on an archaeological site. Just now having some coffee to get the day going. Have a great one, Guys!
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/