Mint tea in a Soggy & Southern mug, please.
Had my share of bear encounters while still a practicing wildlife artist, but that was years ago before these eyes went south.
Have been using ethonal free gas for years and never looked back. Agree with you guys completely, it is the only way to go for small engines.
Will be in the corner booth, probably dozing off.
Cheers! Rob
Good Evening All,
Ken - I hate going to Wallymart in the first place - going during this mess is just over the top. You have my sympathies. Dirk feels badly for you too. What was the emergency?
Ray - Shure 58's rock too. I used on for years and would often whack it by accident with a drum stick and it never broke. I always had to have it rigged to my left since I always ended up in the back of the rest of the band and there was no room behind me. Safer there anyway with a lot of the dives I played back then. And yes, some of them had chicken wire in front of the band.
No ethanol free gas in Connecticut but for winter storage a dose of Stabil in some 98 Octane alcohol free race gas works wonders. Left untouched I've seen the gas rot a plastic fuel tank and totally plug the carb.
Back to the basement and the layout. Ciao, J.R.
gmpullman Gecko? You can save a lot on car insurance —
I do believe that they are Gecko eggs.
I Googled "A Gecko Laid Eggs In My Wall", and that looks like what they are.
Very strange.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
In Louisiana, we probably had geckos, but we were most familiar with green anoles. We had one that lived in our bathroom closet. School kids would sneak them into their desks after recess.
York1 John
Some Tracks
TF
SeeYou190I do believe that they are Gecko eggs. I Googled "A Gecko Laid Eggs In My Wall", and that looks like what they are. Very strange.
Our niece works in an older building in Kitchener, Ontario. The landlord did some repairs to the exterior walls a few years ago and suddenly they had dozens of garter snakes sliding around on the fluorescent light covers and dropping out of the ceiling tiles trying to figure out how to get outside. Most of them were newborns but there were a few adults in the mix. Some of the staff were quite traumatized. I'm not surprised.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
York1
I had a lizard just like that when I was a kid John. I thought he was a chameleon, it didn't take long and he died. Back then us neighbor kids all loved snakes, we'd catch them by the bucket full down by the tracks. I don't like snakes anymore, it's funny how we grow out of some things.
Track fiddler I had a lizard just like that when I was a kid John. I thought he was a chameleon, it didn't take long and he died. Back then us neighbor kids all loved snakes, we'd catch them by the bucket full down by the tracks. I don't like snakes anymore, it's funny how we grow out of some things.
I don't mind lizards. I hate snakes. I'm not sure why -- I've never had a bad experience. I just don't want them around.
GMTRacingKen - I hate going to Wallymart in the first place - going during this mess is just over the top. You have my sympathies. Dirk feels badly for you too. What was the emergency?
I can honestly say I've never been in a Wal*Mart. Never saw any reason to. Since old man Walton passed I don't care much for how the kids have run the business.
I bought something from Amazon once and found out the package came from Wal-Mart? No where on the site said that the seller was Wal-Mart. Couldn't figure that one out.
Next time I go into town I'll get a couple gallons of pure gasoline (not Pure, but pure) I'll keep the alcohol on the bar shelf where it belongs.
Cold, rainy, snowy here. A little while ago a blast of thunder went through that really sounded like fifty pounds of C-4 going off! Really rattled the walls. Only the one BOOM though.
4070_10-68 by Edmund, on Flickr
Grand Trunk Western 4070 headed out of Chicago on a fan trip back in October of '68. Fun times!
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanI can honestly say I've never been in a Wal*Mart. Never saw any reason to.
My wife worked for Wal-Mart for twenty years. Her last role was as overnight manager at a Super Center.
Since she retired, we have not been back even a dozen times.
SeeYou190My wife worked for Wal-Mart for twenty years.
My son-in-law is an associate there, too. He likes it well enough, I suppose. When he started out he worked night shift and he had a two-hour lunch break. But — if a truck came in to unload, lunch was over, now! So he was at the store for ten hours, got paid for eight and was "on-call" for the two hours of "lunch". Often working through and missing out of any meal-time.
Didn't dare complain, of course.
Regards, Ed
Good Morning!
It´s Good Friday today, which means everything except train stations and gas stations are closed. Not much different to the previous days, though, as this country is locked up tight. No church services today or any other day in the foreseeable future, as churches stay closed.
This is about the saddest Easter holidays since 1945 in this country. No egg hunts, no nothing! The lock-up is quickly eating into people´s patience. Petra and I try to maintain a good spirit, but start to preparing ourselves to shelf the idea of moving to Denmark. The borders will be closed minimum until May 10th, but are expected to stay closed even way beyond that date. It doesn´t make much sense to try to come up with a plan B for the moment - we will cross that bridge later in the year.
Walmart did not succeed in Germany - for a number of reasons I don´t want to elaborate here. Aldi and Lidl serve our needs pretty well and are a perfect match to our "shopping culture", which is quite different to yours.
I have a lot of respect for people working in retail. I only worked once in retail. It was a student job in a toy store, in which I ran the model railroad department (what else?) for the Christmas season. You meet all kinds of people, but the number of, say, rather odd characters seem to prevail. At least they are the ones you remember. I have learned to treat store people with all due respect, even if I was not happy with their service.
Ever heard of wombats? I think they are the cutest!
Stay safe and healthy!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
gmpullmanI can honestly say I've never been in a Wal*Mart. Never saw any reason to. Since old man Walton passed I don't care much for how the kids have run the business.
Good for you Ed!
I shop at Walmart very rarely. I may have been there five times in the 15 years since they opened. I hate the way they treat their employees and I hate what they have done to small towns all across North America. Most of their stuff is absolute garbage too.
Hope I haven't offended Vinnie!
hon30critterHope I haven't offended Vinnie!
Seven hours and no one has visited the Diner? Where's Steven with that pizza? Or maybe a fish fry today?
Seems like winter is back in NE Ohio. C-O-L-D and blustery! I have the wood stove fired up and a tray of bacon slow-cooking in the oven for B.L.T.s for lunch today
Got to play with my new Rapido Alco FAs last night
BnO_4011-FA-aba by Edmund, on Flickr
BnO_4011-FA by Edmund, on Flickr
EL_7381-pit by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope everyone is doing well today
Cheers! Ed
B.L.T's sound great Ed and I have the fixings. Judy made a 7 layer salad for lunch with some of the Easter eggs.
Help yourself, B.L.T's for dinner it is.
Good Morning,
A blustery day here too. Might get up to 45F.
We have ethanol in some grades of gas here, lower the grade the more ethanol. Shell and Esso don't have any in the 91 octane grade but it costs about 60 cents more per gallon, or 15 cents per litre. Many years ago when I worked as a sales rep for Sunoco, they sold a 104 octane gas, the highest of any oil company at that time. All the performance cars came to our stations. The pumps were blender pumps that could mix regular gas with the 104 stuff to make 4 different grades. Those pumps were complicated things and changing prices was a pain. I know as I had to do it on occasion causing skinned knuckles on several occasions.
Well I didn't get the N scale layout wiring issue fixed. Maybe today.
We have been ordering blue shop towels to make face masks. Apparently they are very good for that. I think we likely have far too many rolls, but we can always use them as regular paper towels. Loews will deliver them free of charge or we can pick up at the store without going inside. Not sure where I will put the boxes for quaranteen. I ordered the towels yesterday morning and they will be delivered by UPS today which is good service.
We normally don't shop at Walmart but we broke the rule yesterday and placed an order for paper products and a few other items to pickup.
The flock of Juncos are hopping about on the patio, so I better go put out more seed, will be the third time this morning. It is easy to watch them from the dining room window as our house is very low to the ground in the back. From the back door it is just one step down to patio level and the windows in the back go to about a foot from ground level.
I hope that UPS guy comes soon as they only do curbside so I can't do anything much until I see the truck arrive.
Have a good day,
CN Charlie
gmpullmanI bought something from Amazon once and found out the package came from Wal-Mart? No where on the site said that the seller was Wal-Mart.
Happened to me just recently. Ordered one item thru Amazon that came in two shipments. First item to arrive was from Walmart via Fedex was 4 tire valve stem covers, value less than a dollar. I thought that someone had hacked my account.
After multiple calls to see what was what, turned out that original Amazon vendor had run out of what I ordered so they turned around and reordered from Walmart so I wouldn't be "disappointed". The valve covers showed up because the original vendor needed to add them to their order to reach Walmart's free shipping minimum.
I actually found out about all this because the first call I made was to Walmart asking them why I received the covers. Their rep politely explained what happened, and then asked me why I had ordered thru Amazon when I could have bought what I want cheaper from Walmart.
So far as Walmart goes, I will go there occasionally if I know the item I need is less expensive.
The boss, however, will have nothing to do with the place. All I have to do to get her cranked up is put on my jacket and say I'm going to Walmart. Her response is "if you go the locks will be changed by the time you get back".
I believe that she has seen too many of those internet Walmart shopper pictures and believes they all carry the virus with them.
Hello Everyone,
The bear pictures are fascinating. Never seen one in the wild. Not sure I want to, or if I do, I don't want it to be up close and personal.
Kevin: I'm guessing with you that those are snake eggs. The question is what kind? If you have access to one, you could put a security Type camera outside focused on the section of wall where you found the eggs. A snake would likely be in the wall during the day and come out to hunt at night. If its venomous, well you know how to handle it.
Ray: Ah yes, the good ol'e time honored SM-58. Probably the best cardoid dynamic vocal mike ever! Personally, I always preferred 57's, but they both had a nearly identical pickup pattern. There was a showcase club in LA that miked everything with 57's. Worked for them. For several years, I did some mixing for some of our church convention sites. What I found out was that none of the performers being or having been in the industry were comfortable with getting up on the mike. That forced me to set the faders to where they were clipping to pick them up well. Solution, I started using condenser mikes for vocals. They could be comfortable standing 2 feet away from the mike, and I could still pick them up in reasonable fader and trim settings. I know you used to do sound for church. Did you have similar experiences?
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
In our little town, we are 55 miles from any clothing store, tool store, etc. Those stores closed long before Walmart was here, so Walmart cannot be blamed for hurting our town.
In fact, it's just the opposite here. People who have few skills or lack an education can get a fairly good job there. They have general products for us that we would not have available if they weren't here.
I got both TP and Paper Towels today! I got there right after the truck delivered.
I was not real happy with the weather report. It's cold, windy, and snow is predicted starting tomorrow and continuing through Wednesday.
Have a good Good Friday!
Hello, again.
Does anybody know why a US Mail first class package envelope has to have ONE foam peanut inside?
I've recently been buying a few 35mm slides from eBay sellers. When the envelope arrives there is the slide inside along with one little scrap of foam. I remember some time ago one of the sellers mentioned this is to satisfy "Postal Regulations" and did not elaborate.
Any body know what the deal is with these "regulations"? Next I'll ask about "Electronic Rate Requested" but that's for another day.
Afternoon folks!
Pretty much an icky day here in the Finger Lakes Region of NYS. Lots of Sn*w this moring, but nothing that stuck. Temps are about 35° F at the moment but right now the sun has decided to shine. Wind is still fairly strong so it feels very cold out walking in the neighborhood...
up831Ah yes, the good ol'e time honored SM-58. Probably the best cardoid dynamic vocal mike ever! Personally, I always preferred 57's, but they both had a nearly identical pickup pattern. There was a showcase club in LA that miked everything with 57's. Worked for them. For several years, I did some mixing for some of our church convention sites. What I found out was that none of the performers being or having been in the industry were comfortable with getting up on the mike. That forced me to set the faders to where they were clipping to pick them up well. Solution, I started using condenser mikes for vocals. They could be comfortable standing 2 feet away from the mike, and I could still pick them up in reasonable fader and trim settings. I know you used to do sound for church. Did you have similar experiences?
I had a good collection of both the SM-58s and the SM-57s. I used the 58s for vocal use mostly and stuck usually to the 57s for instrumental reinforcement. SM-57s were a bit more forgiving for instrumental use. Had IIRC 8 of each in my bags. I did have a couple small diaphram condensers and one very nice large diaphram condenser as well in the collection. Used them mostly for recording, but for live sound on occasion. The large diaphram condenser was Awesome for recording bass instruments, BTW. I did a recording of a professional string quartet run by one of my students from Geneva who was also the cellist. The rich, warm sound of the cello in that recording just melted me when I first heard it during the final mixing for the CD.... The Condensers were wonderful for recording and for overall miking from a ways back for large groups (Choirs, etc.)
My front end for live sound was JBL front end and Yamaha stage monitors. Basically the same equipment the the Dave Matthews band was using at that time. I was the small company here in this area. I only had 5,200 watts front end..... (grin) It could still be heard about 2 miles away, but I just had to crank a bit higher than the other guys... LOL
In the words of "Ma" Deal (Home and Careers teacher), "I told you you were gonna go DEAF!!!!!!" To which I always replied, "Huh?"
Oh... I did oversee installation of the current Pro-sound system in my church and did a lot of church recording back in the day. Some were church choirs, services and such, and some were community groups performing in various churches. By the time my church was using a decent sound system and board, I had given up doing sound due to my hearing. My audiologist though says my hearing loss started as a kid on the farm. I did get to drive all the cool stuff as a kid. Most didn't have anything called a muffler on them though!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
gmpullmanDoes anybody know why a US Mail first class package envelope has to have ONE foam peanut inside?
Did you ask Alexa?
Good Afternoon,
Well I guess the UPS guy won't be coming today. I forgot it was Good Friday.
I got the N scale running but need to clean the tracks. That ME rail seems to gung up quickly.
maxmanDid you ask Alexa?
Alexa said "Beernuts are a favorite party snack". No, I said "Pea Nuts"
"Peas should be planted in early April in zone five"
Aw nuts!
"Nuts are a favorite party snack"
I then proceeded to put a bag over Alexa's head. Speaking of Alexa, welcome to the 1962 version of the 21st Century compliments of AT&T:
Check out the nifty pager at 5:10
Different country, but I did see a UPS delivery truck out in my neighborhood today.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
gmpullmanSpeaking of Alexa, welcome to the 1962 version of the 21st Century compliments of AT&T:
That's one of my best memories. My family attended the Seattle World's Fair when I was ten. I remember the Bell Telephone exhibit.
That was such a great fair, and a great influence on my life. Since then, I have always had great hope for the future. I think it was one of the most fun and forward looking times in the U.S. that I can remember. Everything seemed possible.
Many people don't realize how great an impact the Bell Labs had on our life today.
gmpullmanAlexa said "Beernuts are a favorite party snack". No, I said "Pea Nuts" "Peas should be planted in early April in zone five" Aw nuts! "Nuts are a favorite party snack"
I had a similar issue. I asked her what do you call a bunch of cows,
She said "herd".
I said "herd of what".
She said "herd of cows".
I said "yes, I've herd of cows"
She said "No, no, a cow herd".
I said "I'm not nosy and don't care what a cow herd. Just answer the question."
maxmanI said "herd of what".
Who's on first?
Plenty of YouTube videos of Alexa and Siri or whatever the other ones are called, going round-n-round.
I don't actually have any of that space-age stuff. DCC decoders are "techy" enough for me.
Last fall I was driving my new Chevy pickup and I wanted to set the cruise control. Somehow I pushed one of the twenty-eight buttons on the steering wheel and a voice asked me "What would you like?" Been a while since a woman asked me that! I said, "I'd like an ice cream sundae" I replied to the voice. "Today is Thursday" she says. OK I guess she's right.
Never did get my ice cream sundae. Never got the cruise control set, either
I experienced the same thing when I rented a car on vacation Ed, ...maxman.
It was the same scenario. I pushed a bunch of buttons on the steering wheel and the woman's voice freaked me out.
Soon Judy was busting a gut because I was saying things toying with the computer that the computer did not understand
P.S. I never did get what I wanted either
Good late afternoon from the beautiful West Coast. It was 17c today and has been sunny for at least a week and the forcast is for sun for the next week.
My daughter is playing TV music on the piano while I type, it is wonderful to have so much music in the house. Game of Thrones and Lost themes are on deck right now. She is playing this right now.
Got my truck fixed yesterday after a bizzare start in tracking down what was wrong. It was relying on compression to start and that usually means the glow plug relay, so I turned on the ignition and the meter showed 11.8 volts running through it so I was instantly deflated as that meant something much bigger was going on if power was going through the relay. Then out of the blue the relay turned into a giant smoke show! I was so happy as the relay was the cheapest quickest fix. I took the relay off and it fell to pieces in my hand. Off to Ford for a new one. This engine is big and you have to crawl across it and lay on top of it to fix the the relay, tough for a guy full of Arthritis.
Got the truck goin just in time to distribute the huge turkey dinner my wife cooked to the senior members of the family on lock down, normally they would all be here for Easter dinner but this year the kid in the car and me in the truck made like couriers and got the grub out. I see a lot of PWRS gift certificates in my future even though we keep telling them not to.
A good friend of ours just won $500.000.00 in the lottery. He is third generation Orthopedic surgeon and their whole family does so much for the community, I am sure it will be going to something worth while.
Henry, I think it was you that mention homelite chainsaw not running, check the goofy fuel line set up. I had to replace mine as it disintigrated when I went to check it. Ran like a top with the new one.
I often have conversations with the computer in the kids car, I swear it is getting smarter the more I torture it. The kid brought his Alexa home from Ottawa and set it up in the kitchen, I love the thing, just ask a question and you have the answer or tell it to turn on the stereo with your favourite music or turn on the theatre and que up the movie you want so when you walk in the room it is ready to go without getting buttery popcorn fingers on the remotes.
The dinner gong is gonging and I need a bottle of red as it is italian tonight so until later.
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."