I would like to 4th the motion with John, Ed, and Mike. I consider Kevin a friend and a well-respected Forum member here. We could do without all the smack.
TF
gmpullmanYork1 It might be better if you just PM Kevin with your complaints about him so the rest of us can continue to enjoy the thread.
I agree with John and Ed, sandjam, if you have a problem with Kevin, PM each other and work it out. You've been on his case since you came here.
Mike.
My You Tube
York1It might be better if you just PM Kevin with your complaints about him so the rest of us can continue to enjoy the thread.
Ditto
Cheers! Ed
Don't know about gila monsters, but a black bear is visiting the northern out skirts of Baltimore.
The highlight of my day was showing my grandkids an inch worm as it crawled across the picnic table.
The kids in my neighborhood seem to have no knowledge of nature, clueless as to why a turtle would did a hole and stick it's rear end into it. One adult saw two foxes at the end of the pier and decided to go down and take a closer look. Fortunately for her, and the foxes, she did not get bitten when she cornered the foxes.I sat in the shade at our beach, had 3 beers and was wiped out. It was hot and humid and not much of a breeze.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
sandjamI get the whole coffee klatch atmosphere of the dinner,
Those of us who post here regularly like the coffee klatch atmosphere of the diner.
It might be better if you just PM Kevin with your complaints about him so the rest of us can continue to enjoy the thread.
York1 John
SeeYou190 OK, now I am 100% sure you are one of my IRL buddies goofing on me. My appologies to everyone else in the diner. -Kevin
OK, now I am 100% sure you are one of my IRL buddies goofing on me.
My appologies to everyone else in the diner.
-Kevin
Some here will believe that. but it is again not true.
No where finshed yet but it is coming along nicely.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk a dog treat.
Did not do much today, mainly run around with the wife.
Weather was great and we took Dirk to the park so he could pee on everything and do a #2. He enyoyed him self.
Later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof!
I hate Rust
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Better look quick, sometimes the moderators take down links to news stories. https://www.wtnh.com/news/unusual-stories-news/monster-lizard-terrorizes-family-in-south-florida/ The image searches are even better.
SeeYou190Hard to believe you can live in Florida and don't know about the Oscars, Lion Fish, Iguanas, Cougars, Pythons, and so on... and so on.
Not sure where you draw that conclusion from?
sandjamI Googled Gila Monsters in the Everglades first, before I replied.
This one was at the top of my search results.
Better look quick, sometimes the moderators take down links to news stories.
https://www.wtnh.com/news/unusual-stories-news/monster-lizard-terrorizes-family-in-south-florida/
The image searches are even better.
Like I'm the guy giving Florida a bad reputation...
Hard to believe you can live in Florida and don't know about the Oscars, Lion Fish, Iguanas, Cougars, Pythons, and so on... and so on.
You have heard about the fire ants, right?
I spent a few hours hiking around the Waterloo Recreation Area in Michigan.
It was beautiful, but the woods kept me from getting far enough back from much to get very many good pictures.
I got some poison ivy on my right leg while in there. I guess these signs should have been heeded.
The rental car looked pretty cool on the dirt roads back in the woods.
SeeYou190Sandjam: You seem to respond to my posts more than anyone elses, and you have said you live on the West Coat of Florida.
Tinplate ToddlerGermany can be so beautiful! I know we are in UK this month, but I just have to share this video of a small village 1 hour from Berlin with you!
That really is a neat boat ride. So many things to see, so little time to see them.
Germany can be so beautiful! I know we are in UK this month, but I just have to share this video of a small village 1 hour from Berlin with you!
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Yay! I figured out how to clear all those browser things on this tablet, and I can log on again without doing the incognito thing.
Things were so much easier on my desktop. It seems like modern tablets and phones are designed for what they think you want to do, not what you actually want to do.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
sandjamYes, there are Camels in FL, in major city zoos. Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando (Disney) etc
Of course I knew they are in zoos. That was not the discussion, we were talking about farms and such, as well as exotic invasive species.
Sandjam: You seem to respond to my posts more than anyone elses, and you have said you live on the West Coat of Florida.
Do I know you in real life?
I just have this hunch that we know each other somehow. Are any of these people you?
Harley Ken
Chaos Costa
Outrider Tommy
Helicopter Al
Pasco Seaboard John
Store Owner John
Board Game Derrick
Dark Side Donnie
or Norway Spud
If we are acquaintances, and all my guesses are wrong, toss me a ninkname I can use to identify you. I would like to know.
Yes, both Gila Monsters and more often, Nile Monitors, have caused problems in Southwest Florida. It is easy to Google.
-Kevin (The Tall Bretonnian, Duke Georgal of Entralgia)
When I used to ski in Maine, we would pass a llama farm on the trip.
I had one of those lost wheel incidents, too. It was totally my fault. I rotated the tires and didn't get one on properly. After about ten miles it came loose and I saw it take off down the highway, coming to rest in the woods. Fortunately, the weight distribution was such that that corner of the car stayed up. I had lost all those lug nuts, so after retrieving the wheel, I took one but off of each of the remaining wheels, replaced the wheel and drove a few miles to Sears. Yeah, it was a while ago. There was still Sears.
Well, there are camels in Germany - all of them in zoos, none being kept privately. Lots of people keep snakes, exotic lizard and even lions, leopards and other man-eating beasts, which is not at all allowed. These peope are plum loco!
SeeYou190As far as I know there are no Camels in Florida. Since the Python and Gila Monster problems,...
In 1854 the US cavalry tried camels in Texas instead of horses. went over like a lead balloon.
PIE
on me!
I visited a friend in Gilbert, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix.
I'm not sure the exact location, but it was not out of town -- a house with some acreage had giraffes in the back.
Tinplate ToddlerGeez - camels in Florida?
As far as I know there are no Camels in Florida. Since the Python and Gila Monster problems, exotic breeds have been well regulated. I saw the camels in either Ohio of Michigan.
We still have a couple of large "big cat sanctuaries" but most of the smaller local "zoos" are gone.
There is still the one guy over in Dade County that has a private zoo, but he has enough money to keep fighting any state regulation for the rest of his life.
Lake Trafford, in Immokalee, now has a lot of wild Peacocks living around the shores. They make an obnoxious noise.
Geez - camels in Florida? I always thought they´d need a hot, but dry climate! I think it´s a questionable venue to bring exotic animals to places outside of their natural habitat. Some years ago, a half-witted person released a pair of racoons in Germany, now we have a racoon population which is takind over the country. The same with bullfrogs. Crazy!
I spent the better part of the day doing some research on small houses. A few years ago, the tiny house movement reached Germany and here is a German engineer´s solution:
The "house" is actually quite spacious and bright and airy inside.
The price is forbidding, though!
Camels on farms: We saw two farms with camels when we were traveling. Not exactly sure where, but it was a head-turner and not expected.
Here in Florida, 20-25 years ago, a lot of farms began raising Emus and Ostriches because it was predicted their meat would become a staple in the American diet.
That never happened, then we had wild large flightless bird populations in South Florida.
Supposedly they are gone now. Maybe the Pythons killed them all.
Track fiddler Good morning MLC, I like the old radios, and a great job you do restoring them with the veneer. Those old-school ones remind me of the one on The Waltons the family used to sit in the evening for story time. TF
Good morning
MLC, I like the old radios, and a great job you do restoring them with the veneer. Those old-school ones remind me of the one on The Waltons the family used to sit in the evening for story time.
well strange tha you say that
This radio
Is the model that was used on the Waltons. In the radio community it is known as the Zenith Walton radio. Because of that it is very expensive to collect. This one is not mine. I am redoing veneer on it.
BigDaddyThrowing a way extra hammers this weekend. I had all my mothers hammers and all mine. You can't even give stuff away anymore.
I have about 6 sets of Craftsman wrenches (and one S-K) from 5/8 through 15/16. You are right, they cannot even be given away.
Back in the 1980s I used to hear stories about how some lucky guy found a tool box full of tools for $200.00 at a yard sale. I did not believe such stories.
Now, $200.00 would be a high price to pay.
Track fiddlerWe purposely go out of our way to drive by the farm where the one farmer owns a camel.
Owning just one isn't recommended. This site says camels are easily confused and offended. Young camels need "a village" to be raised properly.
https://camelconnection.com/camels-for-sale/
Since they don't sell to the US, nor to anyone who hasn't passed the "camel course" I think I can dodge the forum rules
In the US prices range from $5,000-20,000. If you are in a country where they race them, you can spend a lot more.
I noticed in the recent ARCA race, they were retorquing lug nuts. I didn't understand their rules for a pit stop. No one was in a hurry to do anything.Throwing a way extra hammers this weekend. I had all my mothers hammers and all mine. You can't even give stuff away anymore.
It is Sunday.
As many know, churches are one of my favorite subjects to photograph as I travel. Here are some of the best I saw in Michigan and Ohio.
If I had more money than I needed, I would duplicate the last one as my house.
Howdy .
MLC ... I'm impressed with the antique radios in your photos. Nice.
Kevin .... That is a nice Michigan barn you showed. I remember seeing barns in MI that were converted to houses. Lots of square feet inside. ... That is a big tool cabinet. Remarkable. .... I forgot to show you and MLC my tools when you and he visited. Woodworking tools are in the downstairs workshop, and mechanical tools are in the garage. (Garden tools are in teh garage too, but that is Shelley's department. LOL) I dont think I showed the garage either. The Porsche is in it.
Mike in SW WI ..... Losing a wheel at 70 mph would be scary. Glad you are okay. ... Reminds me I almost got hit by a wheel that came of an oncoming car while on the interstate. Our car and theirs going 70 mph. No time to react. If it hit our windshield, I would not be here.
Ed ... Thanks for posting the video. You should have told the woodpecker not to fly away before you could take a picture.
Ulrich .... The house you showed looks good.
Everybody...... Have a good day.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU