Vinnie must be on vacation. I heard Dr Michael Roizen on the radio today. Most academic docs do something clever and spend the next 40 years living off their reputation. He did a lot of clever things in his career and ended up a one of the TV doctors talking about nutrition. He says we aren't producing enough N95 masks for medical personnel. The ones I saw on Amazon, aren't NIOSH approved and often made in China.
My new home is further delayed until August. grumble grumble. I stayed with my SIL who lives a little further out in the country. My BIL was telling my about the big columbines that and come down the road and my SIL said they cut the grass, and the next day a big machine ran over the grass and put it in big round bales. City slickers.
There is a big barn near them with camels. They don't seem to do much but lie around. I do not understand why Virginians would own camels.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Lastspikemike Brought to you by the same "experts" who now just figured out they were killing patients by putting them on ventilators.Just don't believe everything you read about mask safety. The science out there is just junk if you look for the actual science. Sure the politics of mask safety is clear: don't need them if doctors and nurses need them (they even closed up the dentists practices here for that reason, the cross infection experts). Oh wait, yes, now you need them and any old thing is better than nothing. Old T shirt armpits, coffee filters and so on. If this weren't so dangerous I'd keep quiet but it is dangerous. Don't wear a mask if you can avoid it. If you feel you have to wear a disposable mask, do not take it off and then put it back on. Wear it once and continuously. If you take it off, use only the restraint straps to do so and dispose of it permanently. Change your mask frequently, every hour at least with a fresh new one. Do not pull it down below your chin or up on top of your head in order to use your phone or whateverl. If you elect to use a cloth mask (very dumb idea) then use it only once between sanitizing. Best sanitizer? Strong direct sunlight on both sides for at least an hour per side. Much safer practice is just don't touch your face with your hands whenever you are in contact with people (especially if you're wearing a mask). Wash your hands frequently and anytime you have touched a publically accessed surface. If it was a cool hard surface like a door knob then try to wash your hands asap. There's no proper science showing masks protect anyone in normal daily activity. Surgeons only wear them to protect the patient from serious bacterial infections when they plan on getting inside your body and they invented hand washing for the same purpose. For bacterial infections not for viruses. And certainly not for respiratory viruses. Surgical masks and gowns are definitely not PPE and the fact that everyone now refers to them as such is a sign of our times. Wearing a mask can kill you in these times. It can't protect YOU.
Brought to you by the same "experts" who now just figured out they were killing patients by putting them on ventilators.Just don't believe everything you read about mask safety. The science out there is just junk if you look for the actual science.
Sure the politics of mask safety is clear: don't need them if doctors and nurses need them (they even closed up the dentists practices here for that reason, the cross infection experts). Oh wait, yes, now you need them and any old thing is better than nothing. Old T shirt armpits, coffee filters and so on. If this weren't so dangerous I'd keep quiet but it is dangerous. Don't wear a mask if you can avoid it.
If you feel you have to wear a disposable mask, do not take it off and then put it back on. Wear it once and continuously. If you take it off, use only the restraint straps to do so and dispose of it permanently. Change your mask frequently, every hour at least with a fresh new one. Do not pull it down below your chin or up on top of your head in order to use your phone or whateverl.
If you elect to use a cloth mask (very dumb idea) then use it only once between sanitizing. Best sanitizer? Strong direct sunlight on both sides for at least an hour per side.
Much safer practice is just don't touch your face with your hands whenever you are in contact with people (especially if you're wearing a mask). Wash your hands frequently and anytime you have touched a publically accessed surface. If it was a cool hard surface like a door knob then try to wash your hands asap.
There's no proper science showing masks protect anyone in normal daily activity. Surgeons only wear them to protect the patient from serious bacterial infections when they plan on getting inside your body and they invented hand washing for the same purpose. For bacterial infections not for viruses. And certainly not for respiratory viruses. Surgical masks and gowns are definitely not PPE and the fact that everyone now refers to them as such is a sign of our times.
Wearing a mask can kill you in these times. It can't protect YOU.
Source citations required.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Afternoon all.
It is another beautiful day in the neighbourhood and I feel great after a good workout. Still hangin around the house even though the germ fest has eased greatly. I do 50 pushups and 50 situps everyday and that takes me a good four to five minutes, where do I find the time. I kind of got out of the pushup/situp groove when hockey ended as I did them during commercials.
Speaking of hockey, I can't wait to see it resume later this month, though it will be weird watching i the heat of Summer. Edmonton and Toronto is where it will all happen.
Our usual Saturday night hockey crowd is getting together this weekend for the first time in months, now things are returning to normal, it will be good to see them all again. Some good guitar players in the crowd so the tunes will be flowing. No more pickin til dawn as we are all to old, but maybe midnight and then the wives can drive us home. We get better as the evening goes on and the rum bottle(s) empties. Lookin forward to it.
Garry life looks pretty good for you and you have great looking Grandkids. I don't think I will be around long enough to see Grandkids as I got a late start on my own kids. My kids were 2 and 5 when my Mom past, she didn't get much time with them but cherished every moment she had. We swear she is still hanging around the house here sometimes.
Spent most of the day on the Estate I have been dealing with. I have been on the phone with CRA (Canada"s Tax dept.) and they have been great. It makes life so much easier when the front line workers have empowerment.
The kid got his own parking space at his new office in Vancouver, that is a pricey perk for him. The movie industry is cranking up bigtime and have been calling him constantly to do some work for them but it is not going to happen this year as his plate is full.
Well time to crank up the pressure washer or unwrap the layout. The drywall sanding is done and try as we did to keep the spread to a minimum the house is covered. My wine rack is covered, makes me look like I have some old dusty fine wine waiting to be drunk.
All the best to all.
Wow, ... That was really something.
I keep myself logged in here because of problems in the past trying to login and it doesn't work. I never logged myself out but somehow I was logged out.
I tried to login for so long I finally called customer service and they gave me a new password. That didn't work either and she told me to shut my phone off and try again later.
That didn't work either but sometimes I have a brainstorm and tend to get a little creative. I exited the site and returned incognito mode. That worked right away, I was in. I'm going to have to remember that one.
And now I don't even know what I was coming here to say
TF
P.S. Well, ... I might as well say something while I'm here. I hope we get some Hockey back here too Brent I haven't heard nothing but these football reruns are getting kind of bunk
Hello again.
TF, Kevin, Ray, Lion, and Brent. Thanks for all of your comments regarding my pictures of grandkids visiting us here at the lake. We are proud of each of our 5 adult children, their spouses, and the 7 grandkids they blessed us with. None of them lives close to us, and visits are a real treat .
Regarding the virus, I do not seek advice in the MR Forum on how to deal with it.
Everybody: have a good evening.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Okay, I just got bumped off as well and had a heck of a time getting back on.
Track fiddlerI hope we get some Hockey back here too Brent
TF, the whole league will be playing out of Toronto and Edmonton. There was suppose to be one city in the U.S. and one city in Canada where they would play all the playoffs. With the Covid19 thing so bad in the U.S. they went with both sites in Canada.
I am responding on my iPhone.
i was bumped off of it, but could log in.
next , I tried posting on the iMac. I am bumped out and can not log in.
so I won't post the photo I was going to post in the Show Me thread. I have other stuff to do.
have a good night everybody
BroadwayLion Grandma used to live on a lake like that. And I *was* a kid too once!
Grandma used to live on a lake like that. And I *was* a kid too once!
You play with trains, you're still a kid.
Thanks for the hockey update Brent.
My daughter set me up with Amazon Prime sometime ago. She could give two family members service for free with her membership. A ton of stuff is free on there but some things you have to pay for if you want it.
I will be having her find me the hockey package and sending her a check
P.S. I just found out I'm logged out of here any time I leave and come back! I have to do some kind of funky routine every time I want to log back in
Track fiddlerI just found out I'm logged out of here any time I leave and come back!
Some forums give you the option of deleting cookies automatically. That maybe what is happening.
Thanks Henry
I would love to give that a try but how do I do that?
I have been logged out all day and couldn't sign in.
Track fiddlerI exited the site and returned incognito mode. That worked right away, I was in. I'm going to have to remember that one.
That worked for me, too.
I'm kind of glad I missed the diner today. I come here to get away from virus news.
Great pictures of grandkids! I'm having trouble with my wife -- she hasn't seen our grandkids for six months. She takes it out on me.
Have a good evening, everyone.
York1 John
I'm glad that worked out for you too John.
Unfortunately I'm having to put my false mustache and sunglasses on every time I come back and have to sign in again. It's kind of a pain.
Then when I go to Imgur to fetch a picture it doesn't recognize me in my disguise and I have to do everything all over again What are you gonna do though?
Don't feel alone about the wife thing. I feel so bad for Judy and her recent loss. But I have become her punching bag lately. I just smile and say it's okay dear. Maybe give her a little hug to try to make her feel a little better.
What are you gonna do though?
York1I have been logged out all day and couldn't sign it.
Same here. I switched over to MS Edge and logged in OK, after trying a new password. I'll have to play with Chrome later, clear the cache and all that. It was frustrating for a while.
Cheers, Ed
gmpullman York1 I have been logged out all day and couldn't sign it. Same here. I switched over to MS Edge and logged in OK, after trying a new password. I'll have to play with Chrome later, clear the cache and all that. It was frustrating for a while. Cheers, Ed
York1 I have been logged out all day and couldn't sign it.
Thanks for the idea, Ed. Edge worked for me, too. Didn't even have to change my password. Hopefully this little problem will go away later - I much prefer Chrome.
Oh, Flo? Do you have some butterscotch cream pie? Would a big tip help?
John
gmpullmanSame here. I switched over to MS Edge and logged in OK, after trying a new password. I'll have to play with Chrome later, clear the cache and all that. It was frustrating for a while.
I now use the new Edge. I downloaded the new version that came out several weeks ago, and I like it. I didn't like the old Edge. The new one works on the same principles as Chrome, looks just about exactly the same as Chrome, but faster. However, I couldn't sign in with Edge. I haven't tried to sign in with Chrome.
The other thing I like is I switched to DuckDuckGo as my browser. It doesn't allow any tracking on any site. It stops the personalized ads that Google is plagued with.
Heartland Division CB&Q None of them lives close to us, and visits are a real treat
Garry: I think I told you that my Uncle used to live on the same lake you do. Back in the 1970s when I was still in grade school I would visit him for a week every Summer.
Visits to that lake were a real treat.
Somewhere there is a picture of me, about the same age as your grandson, with a fish I reeled in from that lake.
York1I now use the new Edge. I downloaded the new version that came out several weeks ago, and I like it.
I am also using the new Edge, and it is working really good, and much faster. It seems to work especially well with Bing as the search engine. I find myself using Google less and less now.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
TOP OF THE PAGE at 11:00 PM. I think it is time for everyone to break open a cold one on my tab.
I am finally back home, safe and sound.
The pictures from the trip are on my computer, and I will work on posting the best ones in the upcoming days.
Here is a farm in Ohio that almost looks like a model:
Nice farm Kevin, Welcome Home
I can almost Imagine the country fresh air there just by looking at the photo and I'll take you up on that cold one. That does look like it would be a fun model to build.
My brother used to be a professional photographer before he changed careers. He used to take photos of old barns and farmhouses and had some kind of lens technique he used that made them look like miniature models. They were very popular at his photo shows and he sold quite a few of them back in the day.
I'll look forward to seeing your pictures you took on your road trip and I'm going to see if my brother can email me some of those unique pictures of his I'll post.
Good Morning!
Just saying hello! I got bumped out of the forum and could not log in back via Firefox. I still can´t, so I tried Edge, which seems to work. I am not using Edge, so I will stay away until that´s being sorted out.
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
This is a very unremarkable photograph of a corn field in Michigan.
What amazed me about this scene was how corn when it is at this height, looks almost exctly like sugar cane. The terrain is also almost completely flat.
If I did not know I took this picture in Michigan, I would believe it was of a sugar cane field in South Florida. It is incredible how two scenes over 1,000 miles apart can look so much like duplicates.
A fine looking bunch!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Seeing we're in the UK, something for the Lion.
Good morning
Rolled out of the rack at 5:30 this morning to have an early coffee and watch the sunrise.
Storms last night, some of them pretty wicked, there was a tornado in Fergus Falls that did some pretty serious damage.
Had a half day work yesterday, today it is elective, don't feel like it. I think I'm going to work on my bridge today.
Have a great day all.
Good Afternoon!
I finally made it into the forum, after fiddling arounf with my browsing history, clearing the cache and other things one actually should do frequently.
The weather is just dreadful! We are at 55F and drizzling rain. This is July - three weeks into summer!
Today, we visit the counties of Shropshire and Worcestershire ion our tour with the Severn Valley Rlwy. a preservation line that owes its existence to Dr. Beeching´s axe.
Just stopped by to say "hello!".
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Mornin' Bill!
Good to see you...
I too have been locked out for the last day or so. I even changed my password and sent a yet to be answered email to Kalmbach Trains.com, etc. Ulrich gave me the secret. Went back and cleared the cashe and it came back. Forget tricks like that I guess.
OK, got to go get my morning 1.6mile run in...
Later!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning all. Sign in issues here too. I'm borrowing Track Fiddler's disguise to get in right now. Got a pretty good scare from my dog this morning. He got up about 5 am and was acting bizarre. Disoriented, acting confused (if that makes sense), panting heavily, drooling, and occasionally stiffening/stretching out almost as if in pain. Was on the phone trying to get ahold of the vet when he finally came to enough to get up and he headed outside. Got out into the yard and vomitted, went #1 & #2, milled about for a minute, and came back inside like nothing was wrong. The wife was convinced he was having a heart attack. I thought he was having a reaction to something. Maybe he was just sick to his stomach? Never did get the vet on the phone. He's about 8 years old and attached to my hip when I'm home. Thought we were losing him. Not ready for that.Otis by Michael, on Flickr" alt="" />
Mike
Howdy ..... I finally logged in. .... A pain, but here I am.
Thanks again for all the comments of grandkids visiting.
Bear ..... LOL at your Bear Toon ..... I am em-bear-essed .
Kevin .... You said you visited this lake as a kid in the 1970's. The lake would have been very new at the time. The dam on the Cumberland River was completed in 1966 which created Lake Barkley. With 90 square miles, it is a large man-made lake. ..... I agree much of Southeast Michigan is flat. We lived in Ann Arbor, MI prior to moving to Kentucky.
Bill T ....... Glad to see you. I miss seeing the historic photos you used to post.
Michael / Water Level Route .... I hope your dog is okay now. Nice looking dog.
I had a dome car photo to post in the Show Me thread, but could not log in and post it. Now, it has another topic.
Everybody: ..... Have a good day.
Track fiddler Nice farm Kevin, Welcome Home I can almost Imagine the country fresh air there just by looking at the photo and I'll take you up on that cold one. That does look like it would be a fun model to build. My brother used to be a professional photographer before he changed careers. He used to take photos of old barns and farmhouses and had some kind of lens technique he used that made them look like miniature models. They were very popular at his photo shows and he sold quite a few of them back in the day. I'll look forward to seeing your pictures you took on your road trip and I'm going to see if my brother can email me some of those unique pictures of his I'll post. TF
TF your brother used a Tilt-Shift lens to make that look like models
really neat to see things shot with tilt-shift.