You may say "we're talking about savings, not politics," Big Daddy, but when your post uses the words "government," "taxes," "Washington," "House," and "Senate," you're talking politics. One post deleted and one edited.
Edit: Well, now that I deleted that one post, suddenly I have top of page. Guess those blueberry pancakes everyone's clamoring for are on me.
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
That is sort of how the Navy did Blueberry pancakes.
They poured the Blueberry Syrup into the pancake batter, and the berries into the maple syrup.
That way the berries did not jam up the pancaking machine. Syrup was in an insert, you just ladled it and the berries on your cakes.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Gee, Steven - each time I decide to give reducing my weight another go, you come up with those tempting goodies!
This is a sad day!
No details , but this country is no longer a safe place for the native population.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
OK Steve, I won't argue, I'll put my money back in my pocket.
The wife uses wild blueberries that we pick up north, and puts them right in the batter. The flavor of those little berries just explodes when cooked into the pancakes. Nothing better! I like an ice cold glass of milk to wash it all down.
Mike.
My You Tube
Howdy ...
Speaking of blueberries ...
i had Maine wild blueberry ice cream at a local ice cream shop here in Maine last evening . Good !
Jan .(Herrenchoker) .. I know you gave me contact info in our PM conversation ,but once again I am unable to get in our thread . Same problem. It wants me to log in, but I already am logged in to the forum. It won’t let me log in again .
Tomorrow.... we go to NH to ride the MT Washington Cog Railway .
Now it looks like we won’t go up the coast of Maine later in the week as we thought we would .
Family trip. I just go with the flow.
Habe a nice day, everybody.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Sorry Steve.
If you know what a stretch IRA is and planned on using one, you should google SECURE IRA.
Your heirs may have to pay more money, for a reason that can't be mentioned, to an organization that can't be named because of something that a group of people are doing.
We weren't discussing whether that was a good or bad policy or how those people could better spend their time.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Tinplate ToddlerThis country is no longer a safe place for the native population.
They were saying the same thing 900 years ago in what is now Canada when the Vikings rowed ashore.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Prayers to the family who lost their child and prayers to the family of the young mother, who was killed in the same horrifying way last week.
If I was the guy in the cherry picker I would consider it a good day at the office.
Afternoon Dinners
Flo, give the gang and I a please.
Day Off It was sort of a waste. Did get get my oil changed I was 1100 miles passed due. Did some running and was all ready to work in the front yard! Wife came out to the Gargage / Train room and asked if I stopped to get my meds? So off I went again.
Going to hack and wack in the front yard now.
So later, none smoking Ken
I hate Rust
Hi Diners,
Yesterday, my wife and I went to see 4014 in West Chicago. Took lots of close up pictures of the valve gear, etc. It looks to me like the side rods and valve gear is made of stainless steel. I think that may be a change from the original. Just simply a magnificent locomotive. I’d say that there were upwards of 5000 people there. Who knew?! We talked to some people from Michigan, and I’m sure there were a lot of other out of staters there as well.
looking at the locomotive reminds me of a series in the 1962 MR by Bob Darwin on super detailing the Big Boy. I think it went for 5 issues.
Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK and safe.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Big Boy comes close to my house on Sunday. I'm hoping there won't be as big a crowd as when it went through several weeks ago.
York1 John
If anyone can tell me what is going on here by the time I rise tomorrow on the Eastern edge of the Pacific Rim, breakfast is on me.
My first guess, Brent, was a low-budget rail grinding operation.
But if I zoom in on the cab of the first car it looks like it is stenciled CP Rail Vegitation Management and that is definitely a boiler on the second car.
They must be using a steam-applied "agent orange" for weed control.
Must have been a pretty cool title to have been designated the "Chief Vegetation Manager" for the Canadian Pacific Railway. I guess that's better than being the "Weed Eradication Specialist".
WEED TRAIN_CONTROL CAB-P001_ by gordon hulford, on Flickr
"What job did you get called for today, Pierre?"
"Got called for the weed train again, dude. Far out, dude." "Yeah, dude — far out."
Well, you can continue your own Cheech and Chong dialogue from here—
The Alaska Railroad borrowed the CP Weed Steamer for two seasons but didn't have very positive results:
https://www.alaskarailroad.com/sites/default/files/Communications/2015%20Veg_Mgmt_Alt%20Methods.pdf
Cheers, Ed
Nice. Thanks for the free breakfast Ed.
That looks like a cool train. It would make a neat model. Looks like the control car is mounted on an old flat car.
I think Atrazine, GroundClear, and/or the flame thrower works the best.
Good afternoon, everyone. I just finished cutting the lawn before it gets too hot.
I have some outdoor projects which are on hold until the fall. I just don't feel like working in the July and August heat if I don't have to.
I have started the two-mile walk again in the mornings. It's difficult to get back into it after several weeks of illness and no walking.
I finally got back onto some layout work. It is a relief to do something after sitting in my recliner for weeks. We have several hundred TV channels, and many days I could find nothing to watch except reruns of the old Perry Mason shows, and old movies on Turner Classic Movies. Lots of crossword puzzles.
Do I sound like a crotchety old man? Good, because that's what I am.
Hope everyone has a good rest of the day.
gmpullmanCP Rail Vegitation Management
THAT'S CHEATING! No zooming allowed! Okay, I did not specify any rules. So I'll spring for breakfast anyway.
BATMANNo zooming allowed!
Well, all I really did was use Ctrl+ to make the screen image larger. Image was still very blurry but I could make out the shape of some of the stenciling.
BATMANSo I'll spring for breakfast anyway.
Thanks, Brent.
I think I'll have the steamed dandelion omelete with bacon
I have a new credential, Adjunct Instructor, beginning Fall Semester. Who'd've thunk... (Excel and Access).
Richard
The Dollar Store model is to find areas without supermarkets and saturate them with stores, which frightens away the competition.
I live in an oceanfront resort community, so the dollar stores are full of beach chairs and suntan cream, plus snack food. I don't think they have any uncooked meat and vegetables.
It's very seasonal employment here, so they overpay slugs to work the registers and stock shelves.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Nascar fans will know who Dale Earnhardt Jr and Chase Elliot are. Fan favorites in their time (Chase now) Dale interviewed chase and one of the topics was Chase's trip to Russia.
Big language barrier. You are better off going to Amsterdam or Ireland, where you will usually find people who speak English
Ireland?
Afternoon Diners
Got a letter today from my Mortgage Company that made my head hurt. I don't know if my house payment went up or down. Kind of looks like it went down, but not sure? On face vaule it looks like it dropped by $40.00 but the way it is wriiten I just don't know for sure? Guess I need to call them.
Captial One Computer's got hacked, just great! There post said it happen on July 14th that is about when I applied for Sue's Captial One card and she was approved. So I am sure it was her fault!
Later, Ken still not smoking again
I got some great news from my doctor on Tuesday! (he says with tongue planted firmly in cheek!).
About six weeks ago my hips started to give me a hard time at night. I had x-rays taken this week. Bottom line is that both my hips have "moderately severe" arthritic damage. That's level 4 out of 5 in terms of the degree of severity. Oh joy!!! Now, in addition to potential surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in my back, I am in line to get both hips replaced.
All I could do was chuckle! Seriously, I refuse to mope around or feel sorry for myself. What has to happen has to happen. I'm not going to cry in my soup (besides, I hate watery soup!).
The person who I feel sorry for is my wife Dianne. Once again she will be faced with the burden of having to look after me while I recover from yet more surgery(s). We discussed having both hips done at once so I can go into assisted recovery at a care facility for a month or so. In addition to having all the proper equipment and staff to look after me, they would also provide far better physiotherapy than I would get at home.
I am really glad that I live in Canada. All of this will only cost me the price of parking.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Evenin' Folks
hon30critterOh joy!!! Now, in addition to potential surgery to relieve a pinched nerve in my back, I am in line to get both hips replaced.
I wish you well (and the doctors, too!) Dave. It is amazing just how many body parts can be "changed-out" as if repairing a locomotive. You're just in for some new spring rigging and maybe a wiring harness.
Years ago I worked for a film processing lab. We did all the films for Cleveland Clinic. Yes, film! I watched one of the early knee replacements being done back then. Looked like an excersize in carpentry. Drills, taps, glues, saws and a really big mallet!
Today I spent some time building a new boat dock as the former one began to get a little soft after ten years.
Boat_Dock by Edmund, on Flickr
I designed it to cantilever over the water so the freezing pond wouldn't affect it. I found some Trex decking at the local Habitat For Humanity re-store, three different colors but... so. It was only about 50¢ a foot compared to $3.50 a foot at the building supply.
The cats were in charge of surveillance:
Wilson_Otis by Edmund, on Flickr
Otis loves to ham it up, though...
Otis_1 by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope everyone is doing well this evening —
Regards, Ed
Ed,
That dock will last more that 10 years! That is if the weight of the steel brackets doesn't cause it to sink out of sight!
Cheers!!
Tinplate ToddlerAnd he has done great job! I bet he is as proud as you are!
Thanks Ulrich! I'll pass your compliments along.
I have to say that his wife is absolutely amazed! She had no concept of what he was capable of in that regard.
mbinsewiI disvovered a soccer ball sized bald faced hornet nest in a pine tree right next to our patio. The wife is extremely allergic to stings, so last night, after dark i bundled up as if I was going out snow blowing, armed with 2 cans of wasp foamy stuff, and took care of it. She has mowed the lawn the last 2 times while I have been working on our place in Northern WI., driving the John Deere right under this nest, not knowing it was there, and I'm thankfull that they didn't swarm her. It seriously would have killed her, before she could get to her EpiPen, and call 911.
That's scary Mike! Thank goodness nothing happened.
Good Morning —
This is nice:
Watch it on a decent-sized screen if you can. Some interesting camera locations here. Part of it was recorded on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway near me.
hon30critterThat is if the weight of the steel brackets doesn't cause it to sink out of sight!
That's my old Millwright training, Dave I like to build things battleship-tough! Those steel channels are sunk five-feet into the concrete pilings . We had lots of scrap steel at GE and they let us take all we could use.
Good Morning All,
A regular and a blueberry donut please Zoe. Still attempting to stain rocks on the layout. Good thing is if I mess up I can just mix up another batch of plaster and start over.
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This is the ledge in front of the elevated section at the rear of the benchwork.
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The rockwork extends from the bridge to the elevated track retaining wall entering the built up area to the left. The flat spot locates the back wall of the power station. since behind is about 4 feet of hidden trackage, the plan will be to blank the back wall of the power station and then cut away the foam underlay behind to allow access to the hidden track. We'll see.
That is quite the project Ed. The cantilever should be ok since you have all the concrete and steel to counterweight it. Nice solution.
Ken, hope the loan payment is in fact reduced though it seems that is never the case no matter what the prime rate gets to. Not sure how it all works but that is how it usually goes when you're up against an army of lawyers.
Hope the surgery goes ok Dave. If it makes any difference, hip surgery seems to have a better success rate than knee replacement at least with those of us who are older.
Time to pick up tools and get after it. Ciao, J.R.