BATMAN Like I said, it is on the TV so I figured it was alright.
Like I said, it is on the TV so I figured it was alright.
And do you figure everything else on TV is all right now too Brent?
Relax, I love Canada's TV commercials
Who could not?
TF
BATMANLike I said, it is on the TV so I figured it was alrigh
This comment is going to test Vinnie's patience, but I thought the actress should have had a bigger smile on her face!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
And I do think they could have made a much more attractive looking tunnel before the Boom
I do remember viewing tunnels in my younger days that were much more attractive than that
TF,
We had better quit while we are still ahead!
Yep
I do believe you are right Dave.
It was a fun day and I'm going to hit the rack
Sleep well Kids
Good evening .
Mike ...... Thanks for posting the chili dog. Yummy! ... Much better than the bannana yuckie stuff others were talking about.
Maxman ...... Your reply to Richard is very funny.
Anybody have more Ontario trains to post ?
Everybody .... Have a nice night.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning!
Just stopping by to say hello. The lockdown has been lifted slightly, but we are still unable to pursue our plans of going for a house hunt in Denmark. Meanwhile another of the objects we intended to take a look at has been sold, leaving us with just one option. Properties fitting our requirements in terms of location, layout and quality are hard to find. I am scanning the market on a daily basis, but no new chance has come up.
Stay safe.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Heartland Division CB&QAnybody have more Ontario trains to post ?
How about the Grand Trunk Railway (GT)? It was chartered in 1852 to run between Montreal, Quebec and Toronto Ontario. The charter was soon extended east to Portland, Maine and west to Sarnia, Ontario, and by the 1860s the GT served not only Ontario and Quebec, but also Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Eventually its subsidiary the Grand Trunk Pacific served northwestern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Another subsidiary, the Grand Trunk Western, operated in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. The Central Vermont Railway was also an offshoot of the Grand Trunk. Eventually the Grand Trunk was incorporated into the Canadian National Railway.
Here is a map of the GT's operations in Ontario, Quebec and the northeastern USA:
This is my most favourite steam locomotive of all. I love how shiny it is!
Here is my long running attempt to make somewhat reasonable copy of it:
I'll see what esle I can find regarding Ontario's railways. Everyone is invited to join in!
I was fortunate that my dad would take me with him to several of the CN and GTW excursions that were frequent in the 1960s.
This one was from Sarnia to Stratford and returning by a different route.
Great stuff! Some of the footage around Stratford was later used in a documentary about the Stratford Shops.
https://vimeo.com/210872959
Today, 6167 is stuffed and mounted — like so much of the late, great CN steam — outside the depot in Guelph, Ontario.
Cheers, Ed
Good morning. I was just finishing the morning walk when the rain started.
Keep the faith, Ulrich. Something may fall into your life that will be better than the ones that are off the market.
I got some concrete poured late yesterday. I just finished when darkness hit. I covered it with plastic, knowing rain was possible. Tomorrow I'll take the forms off.
Mike, your picture of the chili dog hit the spot. I'm going to make some tonight. I agree with Garry, the chili dog was much better than anything with bananas.
Have a good day today.
York1 John
Good morning
A beautiful sunny day to wake up to this morning. It looks like it's going to be another great day.
Yesterday was one of those days where everything went right and was just the opposite of last Saturday when everything went wrong. My cracked ribs are feeling better and I'm relieved they must not have been injured as bad as the last time that happened.
I have a decent floor job to bid today and I know I'll have to get a kid to crawl around on the floor while I cut the pieces. My bum knee don't take that sort of thing anymore. I'm hopeful as I could use a job like that right now.
Ulrich, it was good to see you stop by. Good to hear some restrictions are being lifted. Things will get better for you and Petra soon, I just know it.
My daughters and I are going to get together for a picnic soon for one of their birthdays. I'm looking forward to that day as it will be good to see them.
I wish I had some Ontario pictures to post. Hopefully I can come across something.
Have a great day everyone
SeeYou190 13th street in Gainesville, You MUST have eaten at Leonardo's! I graduated from Cape Coral High School in 1985, and was accepted to the University of Florida. I wanted to go back to Gainesville so badly. We could have been there at the same time if things would have been just a little different!
13th street in Gainesville, You MUST have eaten at Leonardo's!
I graduated from Cape Coral High School in 1985, and was accepted to the University of Florida. I wanted to go back to Gainesville so badly.
We could have been there at the same time if things would have been just a little different!
Oh, yeah. LOVED Leonardo's. They sold a rectangular slice packaged between two Styrofoam meat trays with a rubber band around them, and it was so thick the top and bottom wouldn't close all the way. Two slices was a full meal.
I was also a fan of Gumby's Pizza. Their advantage over Leonardo's was they delivered, and they had those flavored crusts.
I was at UF from 1983-1987, so if you didn't delay going there after high school, we probably did overlap a couple of years. I was in Murphree C from 1983-1985, and North Hall Co-op after that.
Deep dish pizza for everyone!
--Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editorsotte@kalmbach.com
Aside from the fact, that Germany´s border will not likely be opened before mid of June, our plans to move to Denmark received a deadly blow today. Despite being a member state of the EU, which is supposed to give equal rights to all citizens of the EU, Denmark has imposed restrictions for non-Danish citizen to buy property. These restrictions have been not really been enforced - until recently! Now buying property is more or less impossible. I still will give it atry by sending an application to grant approval to the concerned authorities, but a positive outcome would require a miracle. I need new ideas to solve our problem, but I don´t have any.
Rats!
Did someone say deep dish, Deep Dish?
Ulrich, perhaps you can rent for a while, establish Danish residency, then buy a house.
Steven Otte Ulrich, perhaps you can rent for a while, establish Danish residency, then buy a house.
Thanks for that hint, Steven! I looked into this a while ago. The Danish real estate market has very few places to rent outside the big cities, as house prices are very low in rural areas. OTOH, rents in the urban areas are really high, even higher than in Germany. The paradox thing is, we can afford to buy a small house, but not to rent one.
If it were up to me alone to decide, I´d go even further north. You can by a decent cottage in good order on a small plot of land (something like 20 acres) for as little as $25k.
cudaken Was going to file for unemployment today, but seems I have to appliy on Tuesday with my last name starting with the letter G? Would you believe the State OF ILL wants to know what your Weight is when you file? Whistling Wonder if they pay by the pound?
If you are too fat, then you cannot qualify for unemployment since yopu would be unemployable.
Oh well, Ill eh? That explains a lot.
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Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good morning from the left side where it is sunny and should hit the mid twenties today.
Think I'll have some of that Pizza Steven, thank you so much. BP was 104/62HR46 this morning before I burned 1400 calories on the bike and went for a quick mile afterwards to cool down. Our rural streets were layed out at 8 per mile before we switched to metric so it is easy to tell how far I run.
TF, you mentioned Diet, not a big fan of diet stuff. The chemical soup in some of these diet products is disgusting. The wife will not let anything with aspartame into the house.
BroadwayLion cudaken Was going to file for unemployment today, but seems I have to appliy on Tuesday with my last name starting with the letter G? Would you believe the State OF ILL wants to know what your Weight is when you file? Whistling Wonder if they pay by the pound? If you are too fat, then you cannot qualify for unemployment since yopu would be unemployable. Oh well, Ill eh? That explains a lot.
Yep food addiction is treated like any other addiction these days. Obesity cost corporations gazillions in health care and lost productivity.
It was no secret that the kids rapid rise in the movie extra world was because of his fitness level and the ability to keep up the demanding physical requirements. He is been head hunted now by many corporations and they always mention his FB pages when contacting him. It is evident he is involved with lots of sports and volunteers a lot and that catapults him to the front of the line.
Getting thank you phone calls from people we delivered meals to last night, I am glad we do it.
Well the honeydo list is long so best get goin.
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."
Afternoon folks....
BATMANYep food addiction is treated like any other addiction these days. Obesity cost corporations gazillions in health care and lost productivity.
I think you are right with that.... NYS was asking questions like that 40 years ago when my wife applied for unemployment when we first arrived in Geneva. They said the reason had to do with finding job openings that would be a better fit for people. Someone who is 5' 3" and wieighs in at 340lbs. might not be a good fit to work in a warehouse climbing ladders all day.... And employers like to not have their costs made higher because an employee has an accident, etc. Risk assesment and management is important to employers.
I have just purchased t-track roof mounted racks for my Tesla. Found out my lady friend is also into mountain biking (at 76 years of age). I mentioned that I used to like riding bikes back when and her answer was that If I knew how back then, I would still know how now! So..... Any advise on a low end bicycle that can be used on roads and paths??? The retired Athletic Director across the street from me does mountain biking and I am waiting for him to chime in with advise.
I just measured my HO Inglenook switching layout and it will fit in the back of the Tesla easily...
Have a good one and STAY SAFE!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Ray, I am still riding a Cannondale mountain bike I got 30 years ago. It's a no-frills bike, no shock absorbers or spring seat, but I don't do the kind of aggressive trail riding that would make those important.
I got this bike when we visited Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor in Maine. It was Labor Day weekend. I had brought my road bike and intended to ride that, but the interesting trails are really only good for mountain biking. I looked into rentals, and discovered that the rental shops all shut down after that weekend, and they would sell their existing bikes and buy new ones in the spring.
This was a very good bike, used sporadically for one summer and impeccably maintained, and I got it for half the going price. You might look for end of the season rental sales.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasleyYou might look for end of the season rental sales.
Thanks.... I do want to ride it this summer, "God willing and the creek don't rise". There is a shop here in Geneva that might just have a used bike that would fit the bill!
Howdy ...
Steve O .... Thanks for the Pizza. Yummy!
Ulrich .... Continued best wishes for you and Petra.
Dave ... Thanks for the information about the original Grand Trunk . I like the 4-6-0 .
Ed ... Thanks for the video of the steam fan trip! Nice.
While in Ontario, we can talk about Canadian National Railway. It was founded on June 6, 1919. For many years, it was owned by the Canadian Government. In 1992, it was privatized, and thereafter its stock is publiclly traded.
Its freight cars have English spelling on one side (Canadian National) and French spelling on the other side (Canadien National). Only one letter is different.
Is this a Grand Trunk ?
BATMAN TF, you mentioned Diet, not a big fan of diet stuff. The chemical soup in some of these diet products is disgusting. The wife will not let anything with aspartame into the house.
Than I see you think the same way that I do. The only reason I recall suggesting it is a few of my friends are diabetic. Judy and I do not touch anything artificial, sweeteners or anything that is hard to pronounce in food ingredients.
Beer, Boose and wine are full of sugar too as I know you realize. I have learned sugar among other things isn't good for how my joints feel either. Still that deviation from the norm night is not going to discontinue in my house. I have just learned to slow my roll in recent years and stay away from those two dayers. Otherwise...
Judy freaked me out about an hour ago. She told me she's getting tired of this too much time on her hands and she's getting bored.
I told her let's get up in the morning and start a craft on the glass table. I'll do my craft and you do yours and we will admire what each other is doing tomorrow.
She said, "but I can't think of a craft I want to do". I said would you like to learn how to make some model trees and some foam rocks? She said okay if you're willing to show me and have some patience, I would like to learn how to do that
I think the corona just busted my wife into joining me in my hobby... Is that cool or what? I think tomorrow will be fun.
P.S. A little irrelevant to this subject. I'm not a very fancy lad but a little high-strung and sometimes down-right rambunctious at times. Judy knows this and also knows I always make her laugh, sometimes hysterically.
I guess that's why she puts up with me. I'm kind of backwards as I haven't even laid my track yet. I'm getting many buildings and many bridges done, with trees, rocks and all the stuff I will need in the end to make my layout come together. It all has to be done eventually, even if I do it backwards.
And now my Judy wants to get into the hobby with me. Is that cool or what?
I just noticed I need to work on my long-windedness I used to be short spoken and don't know what happened...... maybe the corona
P.S. again. I liked the Grand Trunk Garry
Steven OtteOh, yeah. LOVED Leonardo's. <SNIP> Two slices was a full meal.
I grew up in Gainesville and rode my bike to Leonardo's when I was 8-13 years old to grab a slice of a Big Leo whenever I could!
When I go back there now, it is like a time machine... truly a unique place.
I did not go to UF, I was accepted, but I was also accepted to Vanderbilt in Nashville, and that is where my parents made me go.
I often ponder how much my life would be different if I went to UF like I wanted to.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I went to a rock concert at UF in 1970. Sly and the Family Stone and Grand Funk Railroad were two of the acts.
I went to Florida Tech and we went cave diving somewhere near Gainesville. One of the guys in the car commented how quintissential country it looked in a small town with an old lady sitting on the rocker on her front porch and the hound dog asleep next to her. At that point, said old lady stood up, leaned over the rail and spit the spit only tobacco chewers can spit.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Evening Diners
Garry's Grand Trunk post reminded me of something I learned from my oldest daughter about five years ago. It was something I never knew about or never stopped to take the time to hear before.
Elephants are a very large affectionate creature. Studies have been done on elephants. They think the human race is cute and like to befriend them and that's why they have always been so easily trainable.
Attacks on humans have been an extremely rare occurance in the past but always had a reason.
Everyone remembers the footage of the elephant in Hawaii that rampaged and went mad running away down the street. It was because his trainer was mean and disciplined him wrong for so many years he couldn't take it anymore. He never hurt anyone else but his trainer when this happened.
Elephants have feelings, emotions and tear ducts. They have value of life, memory and know thier family members just like you or I do.
In India they have had problems with elephants in resent years coming into the village and attacking. The other side of the coin of this is the herd is running out of space as it has been taken away from them more every year.
Family members of different elephant herds have been shot by helicopter marksman taking them as a threat of being too close to the Village but they were never a threat before the acts of shooting them.
Photographers, tree or trunk huggers perhaps have taken pictures of elephant family members standing over their dead with tears comming out of their eyes for hours. Aunt, uncle, mother, maybe grandfather I suppose.
I thought my daughters story was heart touching and something not wished to be heard but wanted to share it with you.
Not all stories are happy as the world is running out of room
On a happier note! I'm Model Railroading with my Judy tomorrow
Afternoon Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk Pip half a dog treat.
Lack Of Work Front No Unemployment For Me! Not sure why, because I cannot get hold of a life person but my benafit is $0.00. While I am not shocked with me only working part time I like to know the reason. I did a goggle search and with me reciving SS and working part time I should still get something from the state off ILL. I think it could be because my company had been paying me wroug. I was being paid out of MO till about a year ago. Then it was fixed and I am now being paid out of ILL. Be nices if I knew that was the problem? If so I can file for unemployment in MO.
Lion While I understand why ILL might want to know a person weight, if the person was holding a job why does it really matter?
Car Repair Front! Good news it seems like it was just a clogged fuel filter, bad news? With it being a 1992 Bob could not get the filter off and had to replaces 2 feet of fuel line. He said it took 2 hours but only billed me for .90 hours. Book time was .25 hours. Battery was dead when the car came in? Interior light was left on by the Tow Truck Driver and it took 40 minutes to charge and it was only at 30% charge. So I had to buy a new Battery!
While total was only $229.94 with out a pay check, well it hurt!
Time to sit outside with Dirk so later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof, been to the park 21 days in a row WOOF!
I hate Rust
Ken, Congratulation on your success of quitting smoking for a year.
You have always bought everyone a every evening.
I am now going to buy you a tonight to celebrate your success. Quitting smoking is one of the hardest things to do.
Have a La Belle Strasbourgeois on me. Not just any beer but one of my top two favorites and very hard to find.
Congratulations again. That was a tough thing you did
You guessed it
Post Hog!
It was a memorable evening. My brother and my bedroom was upstairs. In the summer we slept in the basement.
The air conditioner in the window took care of the first floor but nothing more.
Our abusive childhood lead us to think of alternate measures. Freedom at mid-night was my brother and I would crawl across my N-gauge layout to pop open the window in the basement.
We only had to do that sometimes as all our parents in the neighborhood drank and usually never even missed us.
I remember the one morning returning as the birds were singing as we felt like vampires because we were up all night.
We came in the window and the N scale layout crashed to the floor. Yes Mom and Dad woke up and asked what the Ruckus was. I looked at Jim like this because I wasn't taught to think quick enough yet.
Jim yelled upstairs, "We had to crawl on the layout to connect a couple tracks we changed and it fell down. Sorry to wake you and we will try to be more quiet"
It worked! And I learned a valuable lesson from my brother Jim how to schmooze when schmoozing is necessary
A year without ciggys is to be applauded.
At my age, I have friends that died of COPD, MI's, lung cancer. I have seen very attractive women turn into prune faces. I also have friends in their 40's, who use to look like Ken and Barbie a few years ago. Now they look 10 years older than their age.
Cal Ripkin bought a $4 mil home in Annapolis As a kid, a third baseman for the Orioles bought the house across the street. I don't remember his name, he wasn't an Oriole very long but I doubt his house cost more than $20K back then.
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