rain rain and more rain, that is all it has done here at the Southern Command.
Fianlly this evening it has quit, The temps have dropped 20 degrees and it is windy.
We are headed out to hear a local blues performer over in Clarksdale MS. He is usually good.
talk to all laters
No trains, but while we're here , we might as well have a look at some of the sights.
Enjoy, I hope!!
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning!
Sunday! I won´t go for my usual big breakfast, though! Last night, we set our clocks back an hour and for that matter, my bodily clock is completely off today! I think we should just stop that nonsense, once and for all. The intended purpose of conserving energy has never really happened, so we might as well go back to Mother Nature´s timing!
Bear - thanks for the videos! New Zealand is such a breathtakingly beautiful country!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Good Sunday morning, everyone. No breakfast, just coffee. Donuts later. Going to church this morning by myself. My wife has a bad cold and is sleeping in. I am trying to stay about 10 feet away from her at all times.
Bear, your country is beautiful. I can see why a lot of movies are filmed there.
Ulrich, I agree completely with dropping the time change. As I've gotten older, it takes me longer to adjust after the changes. We have another week before we make the change in the U.S.
It's supposed to snow later this week. I will try today to get on the roof to clean off the pine needles and leaves.
Leaves on the yard are another story. I mowed yesterday to pick up the leaves. It looked great when I finished. About two hours later, there were so many leaves you could not even tell I had picked them up earlier. This will go on for quite a few weeks.
Baby-sitting yesterday wore me out. I know that some grandparents have to take care of their grandchildren for whatever reasons. I don't know how they do it.
I hope all of you have a good day today. For those of you who are not doing well, or are taking care of an ailing spouse, I am praying for you.
York1 John
BATMANI knew our family went back to the 1790s in Manitoba, but now someone has traced it back to 1725 Virginia as to where some of them came ashore. I bet the natives were thinking there goes the neighbourhood that day.Laugh Many carried on to New Zealand and Australia as well. Many named Howard and Hayward and Harvey as well as my surname.
NICE CAT!
Well, I do not know about one upsmanship, but...
My great ancestor Remmet Jansen van der Beek settled in what is now Queens and Brooklyn back in the early 1600s. His family coat of arms was given to him by Emperor Barbarosa.
I can recognise many of the street names in Brooklyn and Queens from his many offspring.
ROARING
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
cudaken Compter shopping. My head is starting to hurt
I order all of my compters on line from Cybertron. I never buy anything 'off the shelf' but rather always customize the thing. I max out the memory, I order a 500GB solid state drive for my C drive and then a 1 TB (or more) Hard drive for all of my documents, photos, music, movies, books, and LIONS.
As far as I am concerned the standard audio and network ports on the mother board is satisfactory, no need to spend extra money there.
I have been buying 'Gamers' but then my users are very high in graphical content and those seem to work petter than regular desktops or workstations.
ROAR
York1Some of you discussing restaurants reminded me. Once or twice a year, the health department had unannounced inspections of our school lunch kitchen. There was never an issue. However, the inspector told us that school kitchens in general were the cleanest. He said that restaurant kitchens were the absolute worst. They were inspected several times a year, and they always had problems.
Our kitchen is always spotless, but then it was a school kitchen until we got rid of the school in the 1972.
On board ship the gallies were always spotless, so were the shore stations, but at Miramaar Naval Air Station, we always got gigged for dust on top of the proof box.
Well duh... It is a big proof box, and its top will not sppoort the weight of a cleaner. We just left it as it was, the inspector could come in look t the top of the proof box and then leave having done his job.
You can see the cooking areas in a fast foor resturant, but not in a Chinese Resturant. I wonder why (meow) that is.
BroadwayLionYou can see the cooking areas in a fast foor resturant, but not in a Chinese Resturant. I wonder why (meow) that is.
My travel made me eat in the strangest places, where I ate the strangest things - things I don´t dare to describe. Most of it tasted actually quite good, if not delicious. I didn´t even want to know what the kitchen looked like. Only a couple of times my body didn´t like what I ate and that didn´t happen in those far out places, but here in my own country and a burger place in Ireland. Only once I walked out of a restaurant immediately after entering it, as the "smell" was revolting. That was a burger place in Wales, the one with the big golden "M".
Having said all this, the best kitchen I know of is Petra´s. Spotless, tidy, you could literally eat off the floor. We keep a tight and tidy ship here.
A Lesson in the physics of the LION.
It is a given that 32 degrees F. is NOT equal to 0 degrees C.
Which one is warmer,
and why!
BroadwayLion A Lesson in the physics of the LION. It is a given that 32 degrees F. is NOT equal to 0 degrees C. Which one is warmer, and why! ROAR
32°F defines the melting point of ice, whereas 0°C defines the freezing point of water. Those two points are not identical, although the difference is marginal. 32°F is slightly warmer than 0°C.
Good afternoon diners.
Ed - Sorry to hear about your sister.
Dave- While it is good to hear that Diane has made good progress, I hope that it continues at a good pace till she is completely recovered.
Ken - Copper magnets in a mattress.... Hmmm. Very interesting.
York -
York1 He is another casualty of the Vietnam War. Like my older brother, dead from Agent Orange complications.
He is another casualty of the Vietnam War. Like my older brother, dead from Agent Orange complications.
My Grandfather was also part of that group. Betweeen that and Operation Wigwam, he went through a lot of chemical exposure. The complications from both are what he finally lost the battle with.
Weather - Cool and damp. And a bit windy as well.
W*^k - Well, first time this has ever happened - I’ve done retail for the past 16 years, and this is a first. I had a customer making a small parts purchase while chatting with my boss. When I told him the total, he pulled out his wallet and simply handed his entire wallet to me.
I just stood there holding it, and said "Umm....."
That got my boss's attention, and he looked over and seen me holding the customers wallet in my hand, and simply said "Sweet!" and started laughing.
This is when the customer realized what he had done, and took his wallet back, while saying that he needed to leave before he gifted me his car next!
This is the point where I started laughing. In 16 years of retail, never had anyone simply handed over their entire wallet before.
Trains - Not much going on this week.
Hope all are well, and all enjoy the day!
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.
ricktrains4824This is the point where I started laughing. In 16 years of retail, never had anyone simply handed over their entire wallet before.
Back when I was selling Good Humopr Ice Cream from an ice cream truck, a customer handed me a $100, and I sais\d "Mam, I cannot change that so early in the day".
"What you can't even change a $10.00 ?"
I said to her, "That is not a Ten."
Only then did she lookat it.
Of course here in the whine dcellar I can change a $100 any time at all, but not a $500 ir a $1000. But I do not suppose that anyone has any of those that they want to get rid of.
If the LION ran the zoo, the $1.00 and the penny woud be history. Break out the dollar coins and the two dollar bills.
Please, no. Let me keep my dollar bills. I do NOT walk around with a pocket full of change. I keep a bunch of quarters in my car for parking meters. I pay for everything with a credit card, which I pay off every month to get rebates and avoid interest and fees.
I hate it when I buy groceries and the lady in front of me is fishing through her her huge purse for 78¢ in change.
I used to pay cash at my LHS, because it helped him save on CC fees, or for tips at bars to be nicer to the servers. Just the card now.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
BroadwayLionWell, I do not know about one upsmanship, but...
OH YA! Well, my family comes from a little place situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and we claimed the planet for us. I don't know where the rest of you came from.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BroadwayLionBack when I was selling Good Humopr Ice Cream from an ice cream truck, a customer handed me a $100, and I sais\d "Mam, I cannot change that so early in the day". "What you can't even change a $10.00 ?" I said to her, "That is not a Ten." Only then did she lookat it.
When I first hit US soil back in 1973, I found it quite irritating that all the Dollar bills more or less looked the same and had the same size. Back in the old country, each bill had a different size and color. the smaller the amount, the smaller the bill. The funny money Euro is the same - different sizes and colors, as well as different "dots" for the blind folks.
I never use a credit or even a debit card, I am a cash only person. It really helps to keep your cost down and your bank balance up.
Evening.
The most I know about my family Roots is my Grandfather came from Scotland and moved to Canada, eventually residing in Minnesota. His Father and he was of the Fraser Clan and had their own Family plaid. His Father was a friend and business associate of the MacGregor Clan who also had their own plaid.
My Grandmother was from Ireland and 100% Irish. Her name was Edith but my Grandfather always called her Irish.
I'm back in Fargo North Dakota and have picture capability again.
Let me introduce to you my new Grandson Xavier.
I love this kid, he's only two months old and already a football fan.
I loved holding my new Grandson for the first time. My other two Grandsons ain't too bad either. If Anthony, who eats like a horse gets much taller, he's going to have to start ducking under doorways.
TF
Track fiddlerLet me introduce to you my new Grandson Xavier.
A handsome clan in anybody's book
Ya done good, TF!
Cheers, Ed
Canadian bills looked like they had a high celophane content to me.
I was surprised to see Spring Mills Depot had a stack of $2 bills at Timonium. They were altered with Halloween decorations, a stamp of a black cat, or a witch. I did not know they were still printed, nor do I know why. I had heard it was because of horse racing, but that's hardly a sport these days.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Tinplate Toddler32°F defines the melting point of ice, whereas 0C defines the freezing point of water. Those two points are not identical, although the difference is marginal. 32F is slightly warmer than 0°C.
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That is too nerdy even for me.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good afternoon from the sunny for as far into the future as the weatherman can see West Coast. It is 15c and a perfect day.
We just dropped the kid at the airport to go back to Ottawa. Had a good lunch there before we said goodbye. Didn't see too much of him this trip as he was with his new girlfriend most of the time. His flight home goes South of the border which is unusual. He said they are leaving early as everyone is on board already.
Last Saturday when I was at the train show he called to see if I could pick him up at hockey as Mom was going to drop him off. I got back in time to see him huffing and puffing and having short shifts. How fast the mighty fall. It was great to be at the arena I didn't want to go home.
That's a fine-looking Grandson TF, I noticed in the first photo he is already giving Grandpa the finger! They grow up so fast.
Got the last two lights installed to the exterior of the roundhouse, I may do them over as I know I can do better but for now they're good.
Well we are off to dinner at some friends tonight, should be fun.
All the best to all,
Edit; the kid didn't even wave as he flew over the house, ingrate!
Thanks Ed, I think so too.
Eveing Diners.
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk his Bullafo Treat.
Took Dirk to the Park and he tied his peeing record. Yep 15 pees and two number 2's. Boy I wishes it was that easy at the house!
Got some Ken Do's and Honey Do's done today! Moved the unused mulch from the pourch to the garage. Brought in the plants from the rear patio into the house. Both where Honey Do's. Got the area around the old wall mounted Gas Heater cleaned up to where it can be worked on.
Then I started de-nicotining the garage! I had collected die cast model Mopar Cars. After 25 years of smoking in the garage I wanted to blow chucks when I looked at them tonight! Soaking one right now in the mop bucket. Boy I am glad I am not smoking!
Try to do something every day to make your life a little better. While John Wayne is my ture hero Dr Matt Carriker is getting close! Dr Matt is a veterinarain in Texas and has 3 U Tube channels and 3 Gold Play awards. Means over 1,000,000 views.
I stold his motto "Try to do something every day to make your life a little better" Here is a link to one of his channels Vet Range. Watch and enjoy.
Later none smoking Ken and Dirk says woof.
PS this Tesday I will have not smoked for 183 days!
I hate Rust
Another Vet Ranch.
Really worth watching.
Ken
cudakenReally worth watching.
Interesting videos Ken. Warms the heart!
Thanks,
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Wow Bear!!! You live in an incredibly beautiful place!
Thanks for sharing the videos.
Track fiddler My other two Grandsons ain't too bad either. If Anthony, who eats like a horse gets much taller, he's going to have to start ducking under doorways.
TF!
Your new grandson is very handsome, just like you! The other grandsons are impressive too!
I'm not quite at the grandchild stage just yet, but that is only a matter of time. My daughter-in-law wants to get her certification as an accountant and a year or two of experience before taking the time off to have kids. That means I might have a grandchild in three or four years. The thought boggles my mind! I have never really thought about having grandkids.
BATMANDidn't see too much of him this trip as he was with his new girlfriend most of the time.
I'm sorry to say it Brent but I'd choose a new girlfriend over you anytime too!
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”- Doug Larson.
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
hon30critterWow Bear!!! You live in an incredibly beautiful place!
Yeah, but you notice that we never get to see the delights of the local rubbish tip or sewage farm.
Alas, we all have those places, but at least New Zealand (and Canada) is doing a pretty good job of not turning all of your beaches and rivers into those garbage dumps.
As for sewage, that is my son's current occupation (although he would rather be on the potable water side of the equation). Canada has pretty much stopped the disposal of raw sewage into the environment in the cities and towns, but our northern aboriginal people still live with it. I won't say much more.