hon30critterUhhh, Cuba?
I hear Caracas, Venezuela has some deals on right now.
I was there in much better times and even then I had no desire to ever return. Most third world countries are very safe and quite charming, not that one. Costa Rica is on our short list.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
SeeYou190If these arctic conditions persist I might need to relocate further south.
Uhhh, Cuba?
Sorry, couldn't resist. Last Friday it got up to 4C here. Heat wave! Now it's back down to -10C. Normal!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
tomorrow Steven. 18 eh! A fellow Aquarian to boot! My Birthday is in two days on the 29th. I'll be 63.
It was 1975 when I was 18. Man, I wish I could go back to that age. I was in high gear, starting to take on the world. I was driving a 1962 Ford Comet that my Dad had kind of held on for me to use. I also had a Honda 500/four motorcycle that I road almost everywhere. Dad got rid of the car once he saw I didn't use it much. Two-speed automatic it was, got me to the ski slopes.
I had started working 40 hrs a week at a city-owned golf course the previous April near the end of grade 10. 12 hours Saturday, 12 hours Sunday and three shorter after school shifts during the week working in the pro-shop. I got full city union wages and was in heaven. I remember a couple of times they had real labour shortages and ask if I would hop on one of the mowers for a few hours and got even more hours.
Been talking to the kid, last Saturday Ottawa was the coldest capital city on Earth. He is changing his mind about liking Ottawa.
I remember working endless hours at the airport out in the cold. It would be just a bit below freezing with a 30knot wind and after endless double shifts and being up all night a bed was all you wanted. I worked 26 1/2 hrs straight once, 24hrs of that was triple time.
I had my own parking spot right at the terminal and sometimes I would hit the exhaustion wall and go in a tell the boss I was tagging out for a month and just get on a plane. I almost always had a go bag in the car that I could grab. I had worked 18 hrs and in the morning was at one of the airlines and overheard them saying they had a half full 757 to Honolulu and could take more cargo than usual. I grabbed my bag and was on that flight. Instantly fell asleep on the plane and woke up in Hawaii six hours later.
That first night I grabbed a huge quart size Pina colada and went down to the beach and watched the sunset. I thought I had gone to heaven as ten hours earlier I was a frozen popsicle in the Great White North.
I found this video that reminds me of that one trip in particular. I will often watch it to put me to sleep at night. Takes me back to those days of being young, single and able to do whatever I wanted when I wanted. Good times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xxhdE0gkDw&fbclid=IwAR0ot-P-zFiFgsy9qGnHSqLhhSKil1yk9rWQCnfq2wu1RxG5zmPSWvg5KAY
Make it full screen and turn up the sound to hear the waves and the birds.
I have been to Hawaii probably at least 30/35 times as it is a short easy cheap hop from Vancouver. Most of those times I just got on the plane and got the hotel and jeep when I got there. Like I said I wish I was 18 again, I did my first spur of the moment Hawaii trip when I was 19. Left Dec 1 and returned the 23rd 1976. Good times for sure.
NWP SWPTomorrow is my birthday, but not just any birthday, my 18th birthday! So everyone belly up to the bar cause drinks are on me!
Congratulations, Steven!
Thanks for the beverage!
My wife's aunt had several raccoons and skunks as pets. Not my cup of tea but she never had any trouble with them.
This was my pet raccoon, for about an hour.
IMG_3657 by Edmund, on Flickr
I'll stop by later,
Regards, Ed
Good evening all, another beautiful sunny Sunday in Paradise.
Should I go sailing tomorrow, or maybe a round of golf is in order. Mountain biking it is.
Hey guys,
Kevin, gloves can be good and bad, one story I heard a while back was a landscaper was messing around with the deck of his mower, needless to say the blades were on and two fingers went flying with his glove, they rushed into the business with said glove looking to ice the digits till medical help arrived. So I guess he's lucky the glove kept the amputated digits inside instead of they having to search the grass for them.
Ken, speaking of coons, my brother said that earlier today he saw a guy with a raccoon on a leash walking down the street! Not kidding!
Ulrich, I hope things work out for you guys!
Well time for the big news! Tomorrow is my birthday, but not just any birthday, my 18th birthday! So everyone belly up to the bar cause drinks are on me!
Well my stomach is killing me and I gotta get up early tomorrow so goodnight everybody!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Zoe - Can I get a refill on the cocoa please? Thanks.
Kevin - Ouch! Glad it wasn't worse!
I also dislike gloves with power tools, as I had a power tool (Dremel) slip while wearing gloves. No physical harm done (to me anyways), but lesson quickly learned.
Trains - Was working on a hopper kit, when a slope sheet caught (for lack of a better term) on the center sill (where it should not catch) during test fitting and came within millimeters of breaking off the end sheet and the "B" end bolster.
Time for some filing, and a break. (Before I break stuff.)
I will be back in the back corner booth, relaxing with my cocoa.
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.
Well Kevin you did say you needed a little cut..... well you got one.
No much going on today I go off call tomorrow. but have to stop by the movie theatre and fix the motor on the popcorn popper after work.
BigDaddyI don't remember where you live Mike.
SE corner of WI., about 35 miles SW of Milwaukee, I-43 goes through town. Looks like this blast is going to cover the whole state.
We've hardly had any snow all winter, so far, but the last couple of storms have made up for it. About 12" on the ground now, with the next blast on the way.
Oh well, it's WI., !
I hate wearing gloves, especially running power tools. The snowblower? Yes, gloves.
Ken, glad your seeking help with your house problems. Sheldon seems like the right guy to get it from.
I'm working on projects that have been sitting too long. Finished some pellet hoppers, now on to a fleet of spine cars I started last year, no wait, the year before that? Ordered a bunch of stuff today.
Mike.
My You Tube
Good evening all !
Flo, could I get a Cornd Beef sandwich please ?
I spent 4 hour's in the Wal-Mart parking lot today.... giving away 6 puppies. ( We kept 3 for ourselve's )
Kevin: We have a saying here at Demon's Hollow, " it's not a project, unless I draw blood". ( I tend to injure myself , at the drop of a hat.)
Several year's ago, I had a temporary job at a Christmas tree farm. We were out in the field bailing the tree's for transport. You shove the tree in one end of the machine, and it come's out the other end all wrapped up in twine. I somehow managed to get my Glove tangled in the tree as it went into the bailer, and it ripped my glove right off my hand ! When the operator on the other end saw my glove, he feared the worst, and hit the emergency shut-off. At the same time, I held up my hand, to show him he missed me !
Yea.... me and "power tool's " dont get along very well ....
Rust...... It's a good thing !
ATLANTIC CENTRALGloves are a problem for me in any event. It took me forever to get in the habit of wearing latex ones for greasy mechanical jobs and chemical jobs.
Snork = the sound of your favorite beverage coming out your nose.
We used to say that when we started IV's, especially on babies or arterial lines. Dentists didn't wear gloves either, back in the day. For years, I had blood on my hands almost every day. I got over that misconception.
I do not deny that machinery can grab a glove or a shirt sleeve and drag you into it.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Kevin,
I have to agree with Ed, I would never wear gloves with most power tools. Gloves are a problem for me in any event. It took me forever to get in the habit of wearing latex ones for greasy mechanical jobs and chemical jobs.
Other gloves just make me clumsy......
Radial arm saw? You mean to tell me those death traps have not been outlawed?
I will stick to my mitre saw and table saw thank you.
Sheldon
cudaken Eveing Diners Flo, give the gang and I a please. Did not get a lot done today. Flatten a few boxes from my wifes Hording Room. Ran the Dehumidifier in the hording room for 4 hours and now have the air purifier running in there. Did yet more running for the wife, I don't get why I have to do it? Only good thing I can post is I got the paper shredder running again! Good thing Sue found bank statements in the hording room from 1999? They have the full account numbers on them. Sheldon Would you mind PMing me your phone number and time we could talk? I have so many questions and type real darn slow! I really need some house help, I am way over my head right now! Let me know in the dinner if you sent the PM. I seldom check PM's. Later, Ken
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please.
Did not get a lot done today. Flatten a few boxes from my wifes Hording Room. Ran the Dehumidifier in the hording room for 4 hours and now have the air purifier running in there. Did yet more running for the wife, I don't get why I have to do it?
Only good thing I can post is I got the paper shredder running again! Good thing Sue found bank statements in the hording room from 1999? They have the full account numbers on them.
Sheldon Would you mind PMing me your phone number and time we could talk? I have so many questions and type real darn slow! I really need some house help, I am way over my head right now! Let me know in the dinner if you sent the PM. I seldom check PM's.
Later, Ken
Message sent.
SeeYou190Today I needed to make one small cut, and I did not put my gloves on.
I feel your pain, Kevin.
Gloves, however, aren't always a good idea around rotating machinery. One of the fellows I worked with lost his hand due to a glove getting snagged on a cutting head and it pulled his hand further into the machine.
I hope everyone else is doing well.
BigDaddyKevin Which power tool?
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Radial arm saw.
I was cutting a thin piece of material, and it split just as the cut was almost complete.
I think the side I was holding was kicked under the blade, but on top of the other piece, and I was cut when the saw blade kicked it forward very fast.
I cannot be sure, it happened instantly. I heard a loud bang, then I was hopping around the garage holding my bleeding finger.
I know the blade did not get me.
I will also never again use the 10" radial arm saw for a thin piece of stock. I will get out the table saw. I have made similar cuts hundreds of times, but it only takes once. I am very glad it wasn't worse. It easily could have been a lot worse.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good Evening All,
Mid 40s here today. Did some cleaning and chores whilst watching The Daytona 24 which was pretty much washed out. I was lucky that the times I was at the race it didn't rain. It always gets miserable in the early hours of the new day though cold that goes right through you. Teams have it better these days but rain negates all of that. It rained enough the last 12 hours to cause caution periods and two red flag periods one of which ended the race. I know pro racing carries on but it was so bad that people couldn't see in all the spray (the diffusers in use now for extra downforce cause it) and more than a couple ran into a car they never saw in the sprau.
Spent some time laying out turnouts for the new yard. Got three in with the control rods as it takes about an hour each for the latex caulk to set up and secure the turnout.
I feel badly for what Ulrich and Petra are going through but as others have mentioned there isn't much we can do from here. We have come together from time to time to help out one of our number though I think effective help here is beyond what we could do outside of offering our prayers.
Just about time to tddle off and do the next turnout. Catch ya later, J.R.
Kevin Which power tool?
cudaken Good thing Sue found bank statements in the hording room from 1999? T
Not impressed, yesterday I found this Mylanta tab
I am not going to preach about safety, but please keep this in mind.
This is the way I usually dress when working with any power tools.
Today I needed to make one small cut, and I did not put my gloves on.
You guessed it:
Please wear gloves and safety glasses when using power tools. Learn from my misfortune today.
I hate Rust
I don't remember where you live Mike. We are good in MD till Wednesday. It looks like it snows all the time at Horseshoe Curve and Chama.
Watched bits and pieces of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. I don't understand the 4 different car types, but Mercedes and Cadillac both had entries. It rained for the last 8 or 12 hours and 50 cars wrecked at various times. It was the kind of rain where, if you see others pulled over but you don't, today you would have.
Alex Zarandi raced with hand controls. His legs got blown off in a racing accident in 2001. Literally blown off and he went into cardiac arrest. Quite a comeback.
I made major progress bending railings for my AMB caboose. Still have to do the cupola grabs and glue them in, but everything fits. Those little phospho-bronze wires can disappear in a heartbeat.
Good evening all.
Zoe - How about some peppermint hot cocoa please. Thanks.
Mike - I will take your 12" over my forecast. It is for a brief warm up, with rain, switching quickly to freezing rain, then switching to snow. With anywhere from 8-12" by Tuesday morning.
Kevin - I will trade your 55F for my forecasted high for the next week. But especially Thurs forecasted high, of a whole -2F.... Before wind chill. Add in that, we are talking -45F. (We need a frozen moji for here....)
Ken - Any word from raccoon guy?
Weather - Cold and snowy tonight. Interstate 90 was shut down for a while today due to multiple crashes from idiots forgetting how to drive in snowy weather.
W*^k - Great day Wed and Friday, not so great Sat sales wise.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!
Here in the Mid Atlantic it was over 40 today. A heat wave compared to nearly a week with daytime highs in the 20's.
But todays weather is more typical of our winter daytime highs. We just get a few weeks here and there in the teens or 20's.
As someone who does not like the hot humid late summer, I will take a few weeks of cold for the otherwise temperate but variable Mid Atlantic fall, spring and early summer.
Being close to both the mountains and the sea/bay, we enjoy weather that can change quickly, but is generally pleasant.
60 degrees? That is perfect outside construction work temperatures, without the rain of course.
I just looked at national radar, looking at the huge blob of snow coming at us, supposed to get about 12" when it's over mid day Monday. Fun fun,
SeeYou190It rained all day, and barely made it to 60 degrees. If these arctic conditions persist I might need to relocate further south. .
I noticed the rain across FL., it looks never ending.
mbinsewiAwwww, poor Kevin, Imagine the horror, 55 degrees and RAIN!
Go ahead and laugh at my misfortune. I can take it.
It rained all day, and barely made it to 60 degrees. If these arctic conditions persist I might need to relocate further south.
Good Evening, Crew! Just having my last mugga joe for today as I sit in my uninsulated backyard workshop/pipe smoking lounge. The electric heater is on and I'll leave it running all night as it's supposed to get down to 8° tonight here in my part of NE Ohio. Although the workshop won't be warm in the morning, it won't be breathtakingly cold, either, for me morning pipe and coffee. Some snow shoveling intervened today and I didn't get around to laying out the turnout and track centerlines on the table but next week I'll do it, I promise. I shopped around for cork roadbed and have some stuff ready to order, but I'm wondering if the available "#4/#6" cork turnout roadbed will fit the length of a turnout made from a Fast Track's jig. Hmmmm....more research is needed. Have a good one, Guys!
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
Afernoon everyone,
Flo, put on a new pot of decaf for me to drink while I watch the fun going on up the street from my house..... evidently a water main break about 6 houses up the side street. We got two backhoes, four trucks and about 8 or 10 city guys running around and getting the street blocked closed, and ready to start digging. I, of course have a wash going down cellar... good timing I guess. LOL I did see a stream of water running down the street to the catch basin when I left to do grocery shopping earlier.
I should be heading out to a Gospel Choir Festival at a local church but don't think I'm going to make it. It is a fund raiser for a Scholarship fund here in town (not the one I am treasurer for) named after a former president of our MLK Committee.
Manét (my cat who has cancer) threw up on the bed in the middle of the night so I am washing and drying the bed sheets and the comforter as well as doing my usual weekly wash.
While I am down cellar I havw been working on some odds and ends for a bank on the corner of the Business District in Kanadaqua on the layout. Inside the bank is a photo of the Bank President (me) named "Larson E. Pettyfogger" (from one of my favorite comics W. C. Fields). Ive been making some wooden doors to offices inside the bank (the inside is actually the walls of the corner where it will be placed).
Oh..... As of yesterday I transitioned from being Obese to just Overweight. Yep lost a couple more pounds and now weigh in at 192 lbs. That means I have now lost (over a twenty year period, but...) 133 lbs. 43 of those in the last 9 months!
Have a good one out there in cyberspace.....
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
SeeYou190I woke up this morning, it is 55 degrees ouitside, and it is raining. Yuck.
Awwww, poor Kevin, Imagine the horror, 55 degrees and RAIN! OMG
I just couldn't resist.
It is miserable here right now.
I woke up this morning, it is 55 degrees ouitside, and it is raining. Yuck.
The birds seem to be enjoying it.
Ulrich I wish you and Petra the best finding a good place. I wish I could move you all here.
Garry have a safe trip to Nashvegas.
Trains of india i always think of the crowded trains like the video Ulrich showed.
Not as cold this weekend but that will change Monday night as the next "clipper" system moves through.
I have been on call this past week at w*rk and did not get to leave most days until after 5 ( normally I leave at 3:30 ).
I fixed my neighbors PC, it had gotten stuck in a boot loop and I did some voodoo on it and it worked. I put it back and walked away before it decided to break again. Well back to the basement, Mcintosh amps and a pile of radios awaits. One day I will get caught up.
That looks nice! I didn't watch whole thing, but nice.
I sure wish you and Petra the best, in getting out of your current situation. It's tough to read some of your post, and not being able to do anything!
I haven't won the lottery, so all I can offer is my best wishes.