It was too good to pass up
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
It's okay, there may be a few that envy the first part, while others wonder how I get away with the second part
Hello, I guess....
Just got home from the Vet. I decided that the best course of action for my sweet, snuggly, Manét was to end his life before he would be in horrible pain... The Vet said he would only have a couple more weeks before he would be major trauma from the cancer. He went from about 14.8 lbs a month and a half ago to 11.5 today. In his prime he weighed in at 23 lbs. I have had better days...............
RIP, my sweet little boy.
Manét the kittie, April 2001 to March 20, 2019:
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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!
Ray ..... Very sincere condolences to you...... I know Manet meant a lot to you.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Evening, Crew! It's been a good while since I've posted here, but I do read the latest posts by everyone a couple of times a day.
Ray, as a cat lover, you have my condolences on the passing of Manet. I have had to go through the same thing with two cats and a dog, so I understand what a sad day this is for you. He did live a good, long life.
I spent some time working on my C-series Erie steel caboose earlier. Some of the fine detail parts came off while trying to reattach others. I'll get it all straightened out tomorrow when I have more time.
Russ
Modeling the early '50s Erie in Paterson, NJ. Here's the link to my railroad postcard collection: https://railroadpostcards.blogspot.com/
Ray, Sorry for your loss.
Boris
Sorry Ray. Our pets are members of our family and I know how hard this is.
John
Ray,
Sorry about your loss---
herrinchoker
Ray sorry for your loss.
Man I feel like I am still at w*rk, oh wait I am, well I am actually back , after a long day of people brekaing things, someone broke a printer and I had to come back in and fix it.
I'm sorry to hear of the tough decision you had to make for Manét, Ray. I'm surrounded by our six cats at the moment and we all will take a moment to pause and reflect on the great comfort and companionship that our beloved pets share with us and to the legacy of your dear Manét.
Regards and sympathies, Ed and the gang.
Ray we love our pets and grieve because there love for us is unconditional. My sympathies.
Hi Ray,
So sad to hear about Mane"t, but he was with you a good long time.
He always looked like he had a tuxedo on, ready for something formal.....
It is such a hard thing to do when we love our animals as we do, but it is the right thing to do for them to reduce any suffering. We have had to put down many pets over the years due to old age things, I can relive them all.
Our sincerest condolances from Mom and Pop Johnboy.
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
howmus wrote: "Manét the kittie, April 2001 to March 20, 2019"
Sorry about the cat.
I take care of one too, that my sister found in the wild. She'll probably outlive me.
18 years is a pretty good run for a kitty!
Evening Diners
Flo, give the gang a JR the wine list and leave a stein outside for Ulrich.
Ray I know the pain and the lost you will be feeling. While Sparkie is getting a little better I am sure this will be his last year with us untill Rainbow Bridge.
https://www.rainbowsbridge.com/Poem.htm
Best part of the day was talking with Ed! We covred a lot of ground in subjects and I turly enjoyed my self.
Later, Ken
I hate Rust
TF. I’m not sure what the aeroplane is in the trees, except that it is not a Sopwith Camel. I’m inclined to think that it is a variant, and there were quite afew, of the Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2, though the tail feathers don’t match, in any of the photos I’ve quickly looked at. Early in World War One, the Brits used the Union Jack as the insignia, usually on the bottom wings or the fuselage, so is it in French service? Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them. Cheers, the Bear
Good thing you weren't flying the Sopwith Camel Bear. It could have been worse than just ending up in the tree
I looked them up. They were used by the Brits in World War 1. They did have red white and blue bullseye's on the wings. They were built by Sopwith Aviation in 1917. They were extremely hard to fly. A lot of men lost their lives in-flight training alone.
Apparently they had a maneuverability problem and advantage. For some reason they maneuvered poorly turning to the left. But a dog fight advantage was the Elite maneuverability to the right.
I remember vaguely in the back of my head when us kids were building war plane models. One of my friends was way into the war stuff. I remember him talking about the targets on the British planes. I think it was a strategy to throw the enemy off. A moving Target is harder to hit than a stationary one.
The Supermarine Spitfire and the Hawker hurricane among others had the targets on the wings too. Maybe Target's on the wings of a war plane was not so ridiculous like I thought after all.
I know you're into planes. I thought you might find this interesting.
TF
Sorry for your loss. As hard as it is you did the right thing for Manet. He was a beautiful cat. May you have many fond memories.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Good night folks,
Ray my condolences to you and your family, losing a pet is much like losing a family member.
Whew I had a long day! Spent the better part of the day at the hotel prepping for tomorrow's inspection, had to lug cement bags around to patch the parking lot and then had to use a floor polisher/scrubber with a plastic bristle disc on it to scrub the carpets in the halls, I had to leave to go to the Y for my shift there so I handed what was left of the job to the other maintenance guy, hes a young guy in his 20s, medium build, I figured he could handle the floor scrubber, got a text that after I left he tried using it and dented the wall when he lost control! So now if theres carpet to be scrubbed I have to do it!
Heres my big gon project,
Hows it look so far?
Well night all!
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Good Morning All,
46F and sprinkling this morning. Just a regular to go please Zoe.
Ray, sorry to hear you had to put Manet down. As others here have said better our animals are not really pets but truely family.
Started proving track last night and still have some issues. One thing at a time I guess. All for now, lots to do in the shop. Chow, J.R.
GMTRacing 46F and sprinkling this morning
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Similar weather here in Georgia this morning. I can't believe how cold it still is up here in the North.
I can't wait to get back home where it is warm.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Ray- Sorry about you're loss. It's always hard to loose a pet, especally a dog or cat.
SeeYou190 GMTRacing 46F and sprinkling this morning . Similar weather here in Georgia this morning. I can't believe how cold it still is up here in the North. . I can't wait to get back home where it is warm. . -Kevin .
It was 47 yesterday, I would like winter to continue, but if there is no more skiing and all the snow melts, warm it up already so I can swim!(I am a ski instuctor at a local ski area, and that is my only job.)
I kinda took down some track and modifyed some benchwork...
I am half thinking about a total restart, but I might as well finish this one, and the next(and probibly last before collage) will be that much better.
Harrison
Homeschooler living In upstate NY a.k.a Northern NY.
Modeling the D&H in 1978.
Route of the famous "Montreal Limited"
My YouTube
SeeYou190 . I can't believe how cold it still is up here in the North. . -Kevin .
I can't believe how cold it still is up here in the North.
Up North in relationship to the Equator.... Kevin your idea of cold is Minnesota's tropical heatwave T-shirt weather
Track fiddler SeeYou190 . I can't believe how cold it still is up here in the North. . -Kevin . Up North in relationship to the Equator.... Kevin your idea of cold is Minnesota's tropical heatwave T-shirt weather TF
Mike
I was organizing my pig of a wagon truck yesterday. It was trashed from throwing things at the end of the day when I was working in the 10 below 20 below windchill last winter. I was down to my t-shirt in the 45° sunshine. I had to take a few breaks cuz I was sweating a little too much.
I always dread that 90 degrees and humid stuff. I work like a tortoise and have to knock off early. You can put as many layers of clothes on when it's actually cold but you can only take so much off when it's hot
It's amazing that in the fall, 35° feels like the Antarctica, and in the spring, 35° feels like a summer day.
York1 John
Good morning ...
It is good to see spring. Trees have buds. Some have blossoms. Nice. We did some outside work yesterday, and have more for today.
Steven NWPSWP .... Good to see you working on the KCS coal gondola. It looks very good in your photo.
Everybody: .... Have a nice Thursday.
Heartland Division CB&Q It is good to see spring. Trees have buds. Some have blossoms. Nice. Steven NWPSWP .... Good to see you working on the KCS coal gondola. It looks very good in your photo.
It is good to see spring. Trees have buds. Some have blossoms. Nice.
I concur.
My little girl sends you her love. Callista was born in 2002. Makes her almost 17 years old.
I brought her indoors for the first time this winter since her really comfortable cathouse was demolished last summer, and other winterized housing did not work as well as advertized. She burned herself on the heating pad. Both er bed and he heating pad had worn thin. Now she is sleeping right next to my computer rack.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Afternoon fols...
BroadwayLionMy little girl sends you her love. Callista was born in 2002. Makes her almost 17 years old.
Thank you Lion, beautiful little girl you have there. And a huge THANK YOU to all my friends here at the site for your thoughts, sympathies, and best wishes. I got up this morning and noticed a sweet old black and white kitty was not next to me on the bed.... Brought some tears to my old eyes! His brother Blackie has been looking all over for him and can't find him, so he has been cuddled for quite a long time in my arms while I have been sitting and working at the computer.
They certainly do wheedle their way into our hearts. I did have a long talk last night with my lady friend in Key West (I had told her what my day entailed in an email). That did lift my mood quite a bit.
I have been getting the last needed items printed for the NMRA Meet at RIT this Saturday.
73 my friends!
I, too, mourn for Manet. What we saw of him here made him sort of a forum cat, like some of the other animals here. He will be missed.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good Afternoon,
Ray, so sorry to hear about your beloved kitty.
Yesterday I thought our washing machine had bit the dust as water was coming out from underneath it. I rushed out to a couple of stores to see if we could get a new one quickly. Then we were running it last night and no water so we looked further and it appears is was a leaking weeping tile and water from it was running under the washer. The snow is melting here so I guess that is the problem.
CN Charlie