Track fiddlerI have to be honest, we haven't got back to breaking even
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My wife and I left Vegas about $30.00 up on the casino, but about $400.00 down for the cost of the hotel room.
The hotels in Vegas really nickel-and-dime you for everyy single extra charge they can.
TOP OF THE PAGE at 8:00 at night. Everyone have a cold Modelo Dark on me.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I have to say I've seen a lot of misinformation in the forum on physical fitness.
Tesla's owner, Elon Musk has a girl friend named Grimes. This is proper physical fitness, Silicon Valley style, from one of her tweets.
GRIMES: My training is a 360 approach. I first maintain a healthy cellular routine where I maximize the function of my mitochondria with supplements such as NAD+, Acetyl L-Carnitine, Magnesium, etc. This helps promote ATP and it’s incredibly visceral.
From that point I spend 2-4 hours in my deprivation tank, this allows me to “astro-glide” to other dimensions - past, present, and future.
In the afternoons I do a 1-2 hour sword fighting session with my trainer, James Lew, we go over the fundamentals that work the obliques, core stabilizes, and triceps as well as a few tricks.
To wind down from this I spend 30-45 minutes on an inclined hike at roughly 4-4.5 miles per hour, arguably the most efficient workout.I then spend 45 minutes stretching before heading into the studio where my mind and body are functioning at peak level, with a neuroplastic goal between 57.5 and 71.5 AphC’s (which is my preferred range for my blood type). I’ve outfitted my studio with the highest grade of red light. It is pretty much 1000 sqf IR Sauna.
Hana then comes over and we do a screaming session for 20-25 minutes while I slow boil the honey tea that maximizes vocal proficiency.I have also eliminated all blue light from my vision through an experimental surgery that removes the top film of my eyeball and replaces it with an orange ultra-flex polymer that my friend and I made in the lab this past winter as a means to cure seasonal depression.I go to bed with a humidifier on.
For those of us on the East Coast, we don't need no stinkin humidifiers.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evenin,
Finally off call , I am headed to Michigan tomorrow for my anual trek to a radio "convention" :
Big Daddy, sounds like Musk's GF is waaay out there.
Hope all are well, I had a "rail spikes" week last week.
I will be checking in from camp "radio" off and on.
Why did i eat the rest of that box of fruit loops?
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please.
Ulrich Glad to hear from you.
Later none smoking Ken
I hate Rust
Good evening ...
MLC. ... Safe travels.
Henry... Without your post , I would not have read Grimes tweet. Remarkable.
Ken ... Good to see you.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Having trouble getting started?
Here's the N&W 611 showing you how to get going in the morning:
Regards, Ed
Never heard of Grimes, a singer, before last night. Truly the most amazing workout routine I ever heard of. I found nothing entertaining about her youtube video, other than she is trying to out do Lady Gaga in costumes.
Congressman Dan Crenshaw had the best comment about eye surgery to cure depression. "Trust me it doesn't work"
Heartland Division CB&Q.. I have seen a B52 in a museum.. Awesome plane.
Heck, come on up here, they are still on the flight line.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good afternoon/evening Diners
As luck had it, that was yesterday.
We went Casino hopping Up and Down the River today. Now we're really in the red Oh well, I guess that's why they call it gambling
TF
SeeYou190 Track fiddler I have to be honest, we haven't got back to breaking even . The hotels in Vegas really nickel-and-dime you for everyy single extra charge they can. . TOP OF THE PAGE at 8:00 at night. Everyone have a cold Modelo Dark on me. . -Kevin .
Track fiddler I have to be honest, we haven't got back to breaking even
Thanks for the Modelo dark..... tasty.
Yep. Here is no different, they nickel and dime you to death here as well. Being that the hotel and air fare was free, it allowed us to have more to spend on fun. That was a plus
Hey all, bad news on my end.
everytging I applied for rejected me, due to lack of experience. So, right now my only options are-go back to running a register for 8 bucks an hour, college and running a register for 8 bucks an hour, or just hope a local temp agency is able to find me something. Hopefully working Greenberg train show this coming Saturday will take my mind off how low I'm feeling right now.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Jimmy Sorry to here about the lack of a job. If you like PM me and we can talk on the phone. I have hired and fired a few hundred people in my time. Maybe I can give you a few tips. Let me know in the dinner if you want to talk then PM me your number. You must remember I am old, so what I was looking for maybe is out of date.
Dumb Than Dirt Work Front. Once again I was rude to a Nancy and Jerry customer! Why do you ask? Because I tell them the Company Policy and they don't like it and call Nancy and tell them I was Rude! Nancy will say anything to get there money!
Case in point! This coustmer should not have a Comfort Reslection coming because she did not buy a mattress protector. OK, I can live with that it was a $2400.00 sale. But company policy is they have to keep the mattress 14 days before they can do a exchange. It takes a while to get use to a new mattress.
Woman called and said she wanted to xchange her mattress. She got delivery on Saturday 7-13-19 and today is 7-17-19 and I told her the policy? Well that made me rude and she called Nancy.
Good morning .... Coffee anda donut, please.
Jimmy...... We Diners care about you. I sish you the best regarding employmnt opportunities.
Ken .... Good of you to offer advice to Jimmy.
TF ..... Sounds like you are having a fun trip.
It looks like it is the time of the yer for hot weather in a lot of places. So, stay indoors with AC, and work on trains.
Good Afternoon!
We are enjoying summer days again, after too many weeks of grey and wet weather. It´s no too hot - just the way I like it.
Jimmy - I am sorry to hear about your job hunting woes. I fail to understand employers these days. They expect to hire young people with 30 years of experience. We all started at one point as "inexperienced" employees. While I was still looking for a job, I always heard I am "over-experienced", which translates into too old, too expensive and having an own opinion, albeit a well-founded one. I am glad I am out of the game now. I will officially retire by the end of next month, so that´s it for me.
Keep your chin up, Jimmy - a good job is already waiting to be picked up by you!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Jimmy: Have you considered apprenticing for a trade?
Richard
Jimmy. Railroads have job openings. Suggest you check with NS or CSX.
My Mom used to take a free bus to Atlantic City, and they gave everyone a roll of quarters.
She walked the boardwalk, spent the quarters on food, and never went near the casinos.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
cudakenCase in point! This coustmer should not have a Comfort Reslection coming because she did not buy a mattress protector.
OK, so I bought the mattress protector, in fact I bought two of them. They are v ery comfortable, but they still leaked.
Oh Well, what can yoou expect from a LION.
Tinplate ToddlerJimmy - I am sorry to hear about your job hunting woes. I fail to understand employers these days. They expect to hire young people with 30 years of experience. We all started at one point as "inexperienced" employees. While I was still looking for a job,
You have to leave on job before you can start a better one.
Case in point, The minimum wage in ND mibht be $7.25 or something, but you are not going to find a hire for under $10.00 an hour, Walmart starts people at $14 an hour.
I was talking to our barber (He comes to the monasery to cut hair every two weeks ala gratis (which includes 50 mi rouond trip to him).
He says he pays his barbers $30.00/ hr plus they get their tipss. He has contrived his prices so that it is easy to hand the barber $30, and say "keep the change".
ROARING
I have long given up on going to a barber´s for a hair cut - it´d be more of a "search and rescue"-mission than a hair cut, given the sparse growth.
Ulrich,
When my head started to look like an ostrich egg in a hummingbird nest I said screw it, and shaved the rest off. Have been doing that for over 40 years now.
herrinchoker
gmpullman Having trouble getting started? Here's the N&W 611 showing you how to get going in the morning: Regards, Ed
Should not have used ATF on the rails.
maxmanShould not have used ATF on the rails.
...AND a five-gallon bucket of bullfrog snot!
Cheers, Ed
Tinplate ToddlerI have long given up on going to a barber´s for a hair cut - it´d be more of a "search and rescue"-mission than a hair cut, given the sparse growth.
I grew taller than my hair a long time ago. I still keep the back of my hair fairly long, not quite to my shoulders but close. I love how it makes people take a second look, as though they were asking "who is this guy, (or jerk, clown, idiot, throw back, whatever)" - insert your preferred word. Lots of the rich guys do it so why can't I!
Oh, by the way, I also wear fedoras that are almost cowboy hats but not quite. I think they look good with the long silver hair, and nobody knows that I am bald on top until I take the hat off!
That happens to be a bald eagle. It just hasn't reached the age (5 years) where the white plumage comes out.
Holding that magnificent bird was one of the thrills of my life!!!!!!!! Just FYI, the eagle is blind in one eye so it can't hunt. It is kept at the Wye Marsh wildlife sanctuary in Midland, Ontario along with a number of other injured birds that would not survive in the wild. The birds are allowed to interact with people as part of the program to keep them stimulated. Otherwise they would go insane.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Flo, give the gang and I a Please.
With Heavy Heart I must report we lost Joe yesterday. We will miss him.
Wife and women in general drive me nuts! When man say Friday I am going to shop for a new air conditioner that means there ready to buy it. Wife told me tonight "Friday I am going to shop for a new air conditioner" so I spent a hour on line looking for the need up grade for her.
So Tonight I spent around a hour looking for a good unit. Found one and told her the amount with my discount. She said "well I was not going to buy it Friday, I just wanted to shop for one." Then she wanted me to buy it for her and she would make payments to me!
Later, think this is day 80 with out smoking Ken.
hon30critterOh, by the way, I also wear fedoras that are almost cowboy hats but not quite.
Good for you, Dave
I began wearing "decent" chapeaus maybe fifteen years ago. Kind of a throwback to my days as a fireman on an old steam locomotive when my friend and I both wore bowlers while on duty.
GE_fini by Edmund, on Flickr
By the way, the tonsorial artistry is done by my wife, on the cheap!
Lots of folks mention how nice it is to see someone in an "old fashioned" hat rather than these throw-away ball caps that are so popular today. For some reason some folks like to wear them backward (?) Don't know if that is still in vogue or not. If you're a catcher or a welder, then, by all means, wear your hat backwards.
4070_CAH_akron by Edmund, on Flickr
I have maybe a dozen different fedora-style hats. Some wider brimmed, a few Panamas, one is an Indiana Jones look alike. I like 'em all.
When fashion dictates, I'll even don a top hat.
Sir_Topham_Hatt by Edmund, on Flickr
Kind of difficult to wear in the cab of the truck, though
cudakenWith Heavy Heart I must report we lost Joe yesterday. I we will miss him.
Sorry to hear that, Ken. My thoughts are with you.
Looking swell, Ed. That top hat, tux and cummerbund makes you look like an Irish country gentleman!
Good Morning, Folks!
It´s going to be a bright an sunny day today. Is there a nicer way than to be woken up by a ray of sunlight and a kiss from your wife? Gee, after nearly 35 years - shocking!
Ed!
Great to see the real you! Handsome devil I must admit!
I have never been a conformist when it comes to wearing hats. I generally don't like baseball caps but I do have a couple that I cherish. One is a well weathered denim cap which has my own family name on it. That's just pure arrogance.
The other has the name 'Chanticleer' on it. The Chanticleer was the yacht owned by Ralph Evinrude and his wife Francis Langford. It was 108 feet long and had a crew of five. Ralph was the owner of Outboard Marine who were the makers of Johnson and Evinrude boat motors. Francis was Bob Hope's leading lady during the USO tours during WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. They were our neighbours at our cottage.
To say that they were friendly, outgoing and generous would be an understatement. My parents were of little means, but the Evinrudes didn't care about that at all. They socialized regularly, both on board the Evinrude's yacht and at our humble and ancient cottage. They were truly excellent people. That's why I cherish the hat.
By the way, I saw the Neurologist yesterday. She offered some speculative answers about what may be going wrong in my back, but the only thing she could tell me for sure is that I still have neuropathy in my legs. I knew that. I went into great detail about my back pain symptoms, which is what I was hoping that she would focus on, but she didn't spend much time examining my back. She did end up saying that she suspects that I have a pinched nerve and she will order some tests to see if surgery can relieve the problem. She also ordered some xrays of my hips because they are hurting occasionally now too.
I will see her again in October! I have to admit that I am a little pissed off if that is how long I have to wait for the next step in the process. Depending on what the xrays show, she may order an injection to see if that relieves the pain. How long it will take to get the injection is anybody's guess. Then, pending on the results of the injection, she may recommend surgery. I'm sure I'll have to wait for that too.
I'm not really happy about the time frame, but I will say this. None of this will cost me a dime! At that price, I can afford to wait. Even the pain killers that I will likely need throughout the waiting period are covered.
Thank you, gentlemen
Well, Ulrich, I'm mostly Irish, live in the country and I guess five acres would make it an estate and I hope I'm considered a gentleman
I'm glad to hear you are having a good morning, you and Petra deserve it!
That's a great story about your days with the Chanticleer, Dave. I can appreciate your fond memories. I have a baseball cap or two as well. Just in case, you know.
...another shot of me with the spiffy Bowler.
Ed_4070_0003 by Edmund, on Flickr
I bought that hat on Fifth Avenue, I'll have you know. Back in 1973. Walked into a gentleman's haberdashery and you would think I really was an Irish Lord. The hatter brought out several styles and ceremoniously dusted them off and placed them on my noggin, just so while holding a fancy mirror for my approval.
It really did seem like a scene out of Adventures In Wonderland. I'd give anything to relive that experience. The friend I was with, Cliff Hadlock, died about ten years ago and he was the only witness to it all.
Yes, indeed. A carefully chosen hat can be a great companion.
gmpullman...another shot of me with the spiffy Bowler.
A spiffy Bowler, and a pipe!
I still do pipes, but they are made out of licorice!
I was in serious depression earlier this year when I found out that the only licorice cigar maker in Canada had stopped making them!!! As far as I am concerned, that is a crime against licorice fanatics.
However, on the plus side, I have been searching for decent substitutes and I have to say that the search has been very pleasurable. I have spent a small fortune on licorice from all over the world and most of it has been pretty good. The Aussies sure know a thing or two about licorice, but some of their stuff is a bit too greasy.
The search continues. I'm waiting for a shipment of licorice pipes which I referred to earlier. I'm hoping that they will be similar in composition to the Canadian cigars, but who knows? Somehow I'm pretty certain that they won't be so bad that I have to throw them in the trash.
Cheers Ed!!
Always a pleasure!!
By the way, I paid a tiny bit of your past generosity forward recently. One of the forum members was contemplating buying a Circutron solenoid turnout powering device (I can't remember the exact name). I had one which I will never use so I sent it to him gratis.