Tinplate ToddlerPetra made me a nice cherry crumble cake - my favourite! It looked like this:
Oh my! I'm at the top of the page! Okay Cloe and the rest of the gang! Get to work making Petra's Cherry Crumble, and lots of it!
Where's the vanilla ice cream?!? Okay, I'll take two slices!! I guess you will have to use a Star Trek Transporter to get them here anytime soon!
Seriously Ulrich, I am so glad to hear that you are doing well after your surgery. May the trend continue! I expect to be sharing the treats that Petra offers you for many years to come, vicariously at least!
I feel proud to be able to call you a friend!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critterI feel proud to be able to call you a friend!
So do I!
It is such a shame that we live a world apart! How nice it would be if we all could meet! I keep on having this dream of all of you guys coming to visit us in Denmark and we have a kind of "class reunion" in our garden! The tables will be loaded with goodies, I´ll promise!
It may, however, remain just a dream.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Welcome Home Ulrich.
As I said before, You were missed. Positive Karma cleared your pathway back Home Here.
I do believe all your Friends had Everything to do with it.
Welcome Home.
Track Fiddler
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Track fiddlerI don't know The Diner origin is elective this month as I understand. Tonight it is at Lakeside Park, Ontario Canada as I called first dibs. Care to join me? It's a free-for-all. Whoever calls it first on any given day, that's where it is. So please hurry up and reserve your location for the Diner, for tomorrow is the fourth
Then the diner should be parked in Philadelphia today!
Good morning, everyone. Happy Independence Day. Very thankful for our country.
It looks like a hot and humid 4th today.
Ulrich, I am new to the forums, but I'm glad to meet you and am thankful you are finally home. Sometimes I don't appreciate home until I've been gone a while.
Favorite Clint Eastwood movie? Maybe Gran Torino, but there were a lot to pick from.
Hope everyone has a great day. Don't drink too much. Don't drink too little, either.
York1 John
York1Favorite Clint Eastwood movie?
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The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly, followed by Unforgiven.
Kelly's Heroes is great if I am in the right mood.
Happy American Independance Day!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
York1Then the diner should be parked in Philadelphia today!
I think it is an appropriate location for this date!
My last visit to the US took me to Philadelphia in 2007. My job was to negotiate a cooperation and service agreement with the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, located on the site of the former naval shipyard. We celebrated the deal with a nice dinner at the famous City Tavern, the place were Jefferson, Franklin & Co. met to draft up the Declaration of Independance. I remember having a ginormous steak, that could have easily fed a family of five! Philadelphia has a certain German heritage. Even today, the tavern´s chef is a German. Walter Staib took part in a movie about George Washington in the role of - a chef!
Good morning! Happy 4th of July all. In Sunny Philadelphia we are today as John called it. I've never been to Philadelphia. I love their cream cheese though, a very good additive for a lot of good cooking. Really makes the flavor pop in your beef stroganoff.
The Schoolhouse Rock video was appropriate for today. Thanks Kevin. I had forgotten about those for a while. My favorite was Conjunction Junction what's your function.
Favorite Clint Eastwood movie, that is a tough one. I like them all. I seemed to have watched Pale Rider quite a few times.
Have a Happy and Safe Independence Day everyone. May the 4th be with you
TF
Someone kindly post Elton John, Philadelphia Freedom. That would work for today.
Thanks
Who is this Cint Eastwood of whom you speak?
LIONS do not go to movies: they won't let him in, because he gets to rambunctious and starts eating the customers insteasd of the pop corn!
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Lion. You are a card!
BroadwayLionWho is this Cint Eastwood of whom you speak? LIONS do not go to movies: they won't let him in, because he gets to rambunctious and starts eating the customers insteasd of the pop corn!
BroadwayLionWho is this Cint Eastwood of whom you speak?
Isn´t Paul Hogan? I remember a scene from "Crocodile Dundee 2" in the New York subway ...
Lion, how's your paw? Have you been able to get up to your subway room?
Whale, the paw is getting better... I have not been up there yet, 44 steps to the top, but july-august will be too hot up there.
Today is eat-a-hot-dog-day... Noon prayer in 15 minutes, and then the big cookout...
Hot Dogs and Beer in the shade of some tall spruce trees.
ROARING
Ulrich,
Glad you are home, that cake would cause a fellow to knock the top off the urn, re-assemble the ashes, and chow down.
Brother Elias,
In Island terms,--you sound rimracked, lefthand rig, fourth part, hind to.
When I was stationed in Germany I purchased a BMW shaft drive from one of the troops, it had more numbers on the speedometer than I had courage to drive it--and I have been known, on occasion, to jump out of perfectly good aircraft..The average European driver seems to have more situational awareness about two wheeled vehicles than those in the US of A. I quit riding about three years after coming back. When you have to think of all the other drivers on the road, whose only mission in life is to wipe you out, time to surround yourself with more metal.
In twenty seven years as a LEO, I was the lead invesitgateor on just over 200+ vehicle accidents. It always amazed me those on 2,3, and 4 wheel means of transportation, as well as snow machines, never seemed to grasp the basic laws of mass/momentum. Protective gear helps-----keeps the parts together, easier to put into a body bag. Drugs and alcohol, along with speed, were always key components in the situation.
This is the first 4th. of July we have had in years,(can't remember the last one) when we have not had the threat of rain/fog. The display would consist of loud noise/colored clouds/fog. I do believe the people will get to see actual fire works this year. Hit 87 deg. with very high humidity. Water is running out of the back of all of the AC units in the windows.
Wishing all a safe, sane, grub filled, 4th. of July,2019. Prayers to all what needs em.
herrinchoker
Happy 4th of July, everybody .
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
SeeYou190 BATMAN I have been watching "The Game Of Thrones" as my old bones have been complaining a lot lately. "Lost" was a show I really enjoyed, . If you like the end of Lost, you will simply love the end of Game of Thrones. . Frankly, I cannot decide which ending I hated more. . I am so sick of shows I love, and follow for years, having the worst possible endings. . -Kevin .
BATMAN I have been watching "The Game Of Thrones" as my old bones have been complaining a lot lately. "Lost" was a show I really enjoyed,
If you like the end of Lost, you will simply love the end of Game of Thrones.
Frankly, I cannot decide which ending I hated more.
I am so sick of shows I love, and follow for years, having the worst possible endings.
The ending of Lost was certainly a little different. My son picked up on the fact that there was symbolism from 13 different religions represented in the church. I had not noticed, but they studied religions quite a bit in that hoity-toity school he went to and he doesn't miss a thing. We wondered about all the symbolism and found an interview with one of the producers that explained it all. I just don't know how I would have ended the show and the fact it had fantasy and sci-fi as part of its structure pretty much gives them license to do as they please. How would you have ended it, Kevin?
As far as GOT goes, once again it was fantasy and it is pretty hard to tie up all the loose ends in a fantasy, I was fine with the way it ended. Life goes on after the horrors of war, just ask all my Uncles after they came home from WWII. Lots of room for a movie to come out at some point.
I don't watch shows for years, I wait until they are finished their run before I watch them, that way there is no disappointment if they get axed as I have nothing invested in them. I never watch anything I haven't recorded first either, I don't do commercials.
Ulrich, welcome home. Like I have mentioned my Mom lived a lot more life after she had her quintuple bypass so start thinking about your next MRR project, I enjoy watching your builds.
Well since I started this post we had a big group over for lunch (dog people) and now I need to hop on the Deere before it rains again.
Here is a pic of my Daughters' grad class from last Friday. They grow up so fast.
Happy 4th the U.S.A.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
My old friend Cicero, RIP, gets in a patriotic spirit.
Cicero by Edmund, on Flickr
I just came back from a nice rest at our backyard pond and while watching the bird feeders I saw a red-headed woodpecker. Pretty rare sighting for me, only twice before have I seen one. A short while later an indigo bunting came along! There was my red, white and blue for the day.
Why didn't I have the camera
Enjoy the day, folks!
Regards, Ed
Happy 4th of July all !!!
What do you call a guy riding a motorcycle, while wearing nothing but short's and flip-flop's ?
An Organ Donor !
Sorry I havent been in the diner in a while. I'm still not hooked up to the " Inter-web " , so I have to drive into town if I have something " importaint" to type....
Ulrich : Glad to see your back.
I recently found an antique store that has a "BUNCH" of Model Die Casting kit's fore sale .... around 50 or so......
Currently trying to figure out how to hide the future purchase from my wife. She doesn't mind my modeling "habit" ..... she just doesn't want me spending a pile of money all at once.
( But, once I get the kit's through the door, they will be easy to "mix" into the stash .... all the box's look the same to her. )
Rust...... It's a good thing !
BATMANAs far as GOT goes, once again it was fantasy and it is pretty hard to tie up all the loose ends in a fantasy, I was fine with the way it ended.
If you actually took the time to watch all 73 episodes, learned all the characters, houses, religions, alliances, geography, etc, and actually came to the conclusion that the ending was fine as aired, well you are the only one I know of with that oppinion. I guess there had to be one.
"Stories make a good king", really, could anything more stupid have been written into the climax? I watched for eight years to see who would sit on the Iron throne and it was the guy who knew the stories. Literally the most worthless character in the entire ensemble.
Little Timmy But, once I get the kit's through the door, they will be easy to "mix" into the stash .... all the box's look the same to her.
She will notice. My wife saw everything, no matter how well secluded, she saw all.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang a and Ed and I a big bottle of Crown Royal please.
Happy 4th of the July folks.
Work Sucked Rail Spikes today. I was with Nancy and when it is slow I get all sort of ash pit from her!
Ed Thank you for letting me bend your ear last night! While I know what happened was not my fault I still feel responsible. I will give the dinners details at a later point.
Garage / Train Room Stinks of smoke again! No I have not started smoking again. Been trying to run all of BLI Smoke Fluid out of the PRR I1sa and it is taking forever and it stinks!
Later, Ken feeling guilty again.
I hate Rust
SeeYou190 If you actually took the time to watch all 73 episodes, learned all the characters, houses, religions, alliances, geography, etc, and actually came to the conclusion that the ending was fine as aired, well you are the only one I know of with that oppinion. I guess there had to be one. . "Stories make a good king", really, could anything more stupid have been written into the climax? I watched for eight years to see who would sit on the Iron throne and it was the guy who knew the stories. Literally the most worthless character in the entire ensemble.
Here's my take on the end of the show, just an opinion without any emotion playing into it (that's why my friends call me Mr. Spock all the time) Just how I saw how things unfold.
I watched all the episodes in about six weeks so a lot remained fresh in my mind throughout the series.
Aegon Targaryen could not be king for the reasons stated, it would cause a war that would go on forever.
Tyrion Lannister could not be king as he had too much baggage whether percieved or not and they would never put another Lannister on the throne. He would have been my choice.
Daenerys Targaryen Well they say power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lets face it she lost her marbles in the end and paid the price for it.
Bran Stark Bran could see the future, the past and had a few other gifts as well. Throughout history the sayers, seers, prophets, wisemen or whatever title they were given throughout history, held very prominent positions in society. Bran had great wisdom and therefore was a good choice to lead the new order. History is replete with people thrust into leadership roles that you would never expect.
I suspect the writers (story, script and screen) know their history and that was transfered dutifully to the screen and made for an enjoyable fictional watch.
The last two episodes were done with reduced budgets, that was obvious with the special effects all but disappearing. Noticeable as it was I kind of liked it as it added to the winding down of the story.
So Kevin, who should have been King or Queen and why? All other opinions welcome as well, after all it is just make believe, a stroke on a keyboard and the writers could have taken us in a completely different direction.
Edit; The one thing that drove me bonkers was the modern tack that was on the horses.
BATMANEdit; The one thing that drove me bonkers was the modern tack that was on the horses.
...and from what I heard, a plastic water bottle and a Starbucks coffee cup left on the set in camera view
I love picking up mistakes in continuity or anachronisms in movies.
Cheers, Ed
Judy and I are at a hotel room up north from where we live We can see three firework displays here tonight,
Happy 4th Kids, we are all somebody's kids.
gmpullman BATMAN Edit; The one thing that drove me bonkers was the modern tack that was on the horses. ...and from what I heard, a plastic water bottle and a Starbucks coffee cup left on the set in camera view I love picking up mistakes in continuity or anachronisms in movies. Cheers, Ed
BATMAN Edit; The one thing that drove me bonkers was the modern tack that was on the horses.
Earthquake in CA. @ the Eastern Sierra Railroad Society in Ridgecrest Ca.
BATMANSo Kevin, who should have been King or Queen and why?
Sansa Stark, and she should have married Gendry Baratheon to make all of Robert Baratheon's prophecies from season one unfold as true.
But that is just 5% of what was wrong with the ending. I am not going to type a five page report on all that was wrong.
You are the lone soul who was satisfied. Be happy.
gmpullmanI love picking up mistakes in continuity or anachronisms in movies.
The only one that really bothered me in Game of Thrones was when they described the lower gates on the wall as being made of "cold rolled steel".
Can you imagine how much things would have been different if they really had a rolling mill? Hot or cold rolling would have been earth-changing.
Don't Worry, Be Happy who who who who who who, Don't Worry, Be Happy.
Good Morning All,
A regular to go please Zoe. I was in the shop most of yesterday doing projects. Projects are things the Smedleys break and hide that need repair so we can use them again. I also got some service stuff done on my primary trailer and it is now ready to load for Canada next week.
GOT - I read the books so watching the show at least got to a finish. Doubt the old boy will ever finish the book series as he has to be rolling in loot from the TV royalties. Won his own Game Of Thrones he did. The anomalies I just took in stride. I do think the long time viewers got shorted at the end as the producers just wanted to finish up and move on and probably could have extended the series another couple of episodes to further develop the characters changes for the ending. If nothing else the sloppy ending is a good subject for lunch table discussion (like the diner we banned politics).
Ulrich - It's good to see you're home and enjoying life again. To echo many of us we are more like family now.
Fireworks for the local mall were the evening of the third. When the kids were little we would walk up to a hill overlooking the mall and airfield to watch. With the kids gone we decided we would watch from the airport so we went over to the flight service where the boss keeps her plane and watched from there with the rest of the folks from the aviation community. Got the grand tour of the storage hanger after that - no pics as people don't want their stuff on line - but it was impressive. Included was a PT15 Stearman trainer and a WWII era Piper Cub still in o.d.
Speaking of kids, youngest was welcomed to Ca by the earthquake yesterday. It was 6.4 or so but he said it was more like a really heavy truck passing by.
All for now, time to pick up tools..... Ciao, J.R.
SeeYou190 BATMAN So Kevin, who should have been King or Queen and why? Sansa Stark, and she should have married Gendry Baratheon to make all of Robert Baratheon's prophecies from season one unfold as true.
BATMAN So Kevin, who should have been King or Queen and why?
Agreed. Everyone got all twitterpated about Arya and Gendry, and she is as cute as a button, but tall handsome men usually end up marrying tall handsome women. I don't know why, they just do. I don't make the rules.
Robert
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