Jimmy_Braum Today will have an interesting NASCAR race- first time for the stock cars on the Daytona International Speedway Road course,
Does this mean they will need to turn right? That will be an entirely new skill.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I share your sorrow on the loss of your cat, Jimmy. Our cat Otis disappeared back on July 21 without a trace. I suspect a fox or coyote got him. I've searched all around but find no trace of him
The restoration of the East Broad Top is the best RR news I've heard in a long time. I used to be a frequent visitor and I'll be glad to go again.
Here I am on one of my earlier visits
EJT_EBT_20_edited-1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Speaking of narrow gauge, how about a look at Mexican NG in 1966?
NdeM_NG_270-a by Edmund, on Flickr
Looks like that engine shed on the right could use a little tuck-pointing on the brick work?
NdeM_NG_270-b by Edmund, on Flickr
NdeM_NG_904-c by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope everyone is getting along OK and has a wonderful weekend —
Cheers, Ed
Good day all it is high noon on the West Coast and another stunning day with temps to 30c expected. I see a dip in the pool in my future.
I posted a pic earlier of two Orca to celebrate the Canucks dispatching the Blues in game two yesterday. The Rum was flowing and I polished off a 1000calorie bowel of butter-soaked popcorn last night after we ate the Mexican feast the boss made. So I did a 30 km 1500 calorie ride this morning to pay my debt.
Ken, I use to be at war with the moles and the only trap that ever worked was one called "The Black Hole". It really works well. I have half a dozen of them. I have made peace with our moles and stopped trapping them though as it is not in my nature to want to kill things that were not really doing anything other than living their lives.
I chuckled when you said you went out with a Barbie. I went out with a girl for eight years that was stunning in every way and enjoyed doing the same somewhat extreme adventures. Guys would not leave her alone and she really grew tired of the constant harassment. She was a financial disaster and I could not marry her for that reason alone.
Dave congrats on your anniversary. I was nine days short of my 40th Birthday when I got married as it took me that long to find the right women. The reality is my wife and I were good friends for fourteen years before we started going out. Go figure. I bought the big rock for her finger and I got the platinum/ gold band and after a couple of weeks, they both went in the drawer and have been there for 22 years. Both our jobs made wearing them a bad idea and I knew that would happen going in, it is what it is but there is a new car sitting in the drawer.
Herrinchoker, the whole dog breeding, showing, training thing is of no interest to me but I give my wife all the support I can. Between her Veterinary knowledge and breeding knowledge and success, I can do nothing but. Being married to her has been quite the journey in so many ways.
I hope your heart issues get resolved, my Mom field trained dogs for years and had a quintuple bypass and was right back at it in short order after her surgery.
I hope brother Elias is safe. His Abbey is closed to the public due to the virus but there is no word on what may be going on. Communal living is not the best idea in a pandemic.
Jimmy, sorry to hear about your cat. We are still waiting for my old dog to check out but he is still hanging in there.
Car racing other than rally never did much for me. They are a talented bunch for sure but I like the random hazards that rally driving offers. I got to do time on the police pursuit track and it is fun for sure, but for me, the novelty wears off once the training goals were met.
Well, time for some yard work and then a jump in the pool.
All the best to all.
Go Canucks Go
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please Dave and Dianne what ever they want on my dime and Dirk a Dog Treat.
Jimmy an Ed, sorry to read about your lost. It was one year ago today that Sparkie went across Rainbow Bridge. When it is my turn, boy I will have a lot of happy dogs waiting for me!
Jan The smoke bombs, normal fire works or something speical?
Got the mighty PRR Shark B unit unboxed and tried to give her a spin? They said they would reset the address to #2000. Guess someone missed that meno.
Later, Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof!
I hate Rust
I told my sister I was thinking about taking up the trumpet again. I used to play it in middle school concert band.
She sent me the link to this song.
I believe this is my anthem. Retired and practicing the trumpet... never going to work!
Evenin' Folks!
Been an, uh, "Interestin'" couple of days for me here in the Finger Lakes. Yep! Very interesting. Note I didn't say nice or fun, but very interesting.....
Yesterday I had my very first ride in an ambulance! Yep, I was the honored passenger, and then spent a couple hours in the GGH Emergency Room. I was very aftraid I had a heart attack................ The docs decided that I didn't have one of those but something else that could have done me in if I hadn't kept a straight head and used my Boy scout Training well. Huh? OK I'll start from the beginning.
Friday morning I went out for my first run of the day (1.6 miles). Did it in good time, then came back in the house, got distracted for a while (meaning didn't have anything to drink), and then had lunch. After lunch I sat down to do some page layout here at my computer and suddenly the room started spining around and I was breathing very quickly and feeling faint. I stood up and took a few steps and almost fainted. Went and drank a glass of water and sat back down at the computer. Started to feel even worse and considered calling 911. Decided to head outside to the porch where someone could find me if I passed out. (That may have saved my life...) Shakily called 911 and was told to hang in there. They are coming to get me. 10 minutes later 6 cars, a Firetruck, and a bunch of Volunteers pulled up and started to help me. The ambulance got there a few minutes after that. Seems both our local ambulances were on other calls so this one was from a neighboring town.
They started an IV as soon as I was loaded in the ambulance and proceeded to the Hospital. In the Emergncy room I was just awake and was having trouble making any sense to their questions. But... A few minutes later I started to feel better. The ER doc looked at the info they were getting and told me I might have had a heart attack but.... Since I was improving quickly he said he thinks it was dehydration. Seems I was throwing a series of 5 or 6 PVCs and then one regular heartbeat over and over. That subsided to more regular beats than bad ones so an hour and half later when they took to a regular room I actually was feeling pretty normal except the feeling I had been run over by a truck!
They decided to keep me overnight for observation and tests. Noon today I was informed that all my vitals were great and I did not have a heart attack. Whew!!!! The Doc did tell me that my losing weight and my excersizing played a portion of a good outcome with this.
Basically I have no restrictions for excersizing except to start light for a few days and...... "CARRY A WATER BOTTLE with me and use it!" He didn't like that I start the day with a Pot (4 cupper) of coffee and than go for a hard run. LOL
Nice to be among the living... Today makes the 33rd. aniversary of my wife passing from leukemia.... Would hate to have my kids have something else to rue on this day too.
BATMANRay, glad to hear things went well for you and your lady friend with the family. How did she like the layout?
Actually we didn't get time to get down to the layout on Thursday, but promise to show it to her next time she come down this way.
Hope all of you are safe and well!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
howmusYesterday I had my very first ride in an ambulance!
Glad to hear you're alright!
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Way more excitement than I'd like Ray. Glad you're ok.
howmusBeen an, uh, "Interestin'" couple of days for me here in the Finger Lakes. Yep! Very interesting. Note I didn't say nice or fun, but very interesting..... Yesterday I had my very first ride in an ambulance!
Very glad to hear that you're OK. That's enough excitement for a while.
York1 John
Glad to hear you pulled through OK, Ray and a good thing the responders and medics knew their stuff!
cudakenJimmy an Ed, sorry to read about your lost. It was one year ago today that Sparkie went across Rainbow Bridge. When it is my turn, boy I will have a lot of happy dogs waiting for me!
Thank you, Ken. I'll have plenty of company at the Rainbow Bridge, too. I'll have a toast to Sparkie tonight and one for your cat, Jimmy.
This is Otis, I sure miss him:
Otis_1 by Edmund, on Flickr
The worst thing is just not knowing what happened
cudakenThey said they would reset the address to #2000. Guess someone missed that meno.
Can you use Decoder Pro and click the "Identify" button? It reads the address and tells you what it is.
DC_Pro_toolbar by Edmund, on Flickr
Chinese take-away for us tonight
Have a good night everyone, Cheers, Ed
Good Evening,
Ray, glad to hear you are ok. That certainly must have been scary.
Ed, sorry to hear about Otis.
Ran the Hudson with a train of heavyweights yesterday. That sure is a fine looking and running loco. Just wish I had a layout big enough so that it could stretch its legs a little more.
Well time for tea and tellie,
CN Charlie
Good evening from the West. It is a gorgeous night and we have been sitting out enjoying every moment of it. Fall is in the air though.
Ray, electrolyte issues can be serious. Professional athletes have experts to monitor them, we street-level stars, not so lucky. I usually load up on water before I start as I drink coffee before as well and coffee dehydrates. Do you have a BP monitor? If I have really gone at it I will put on the BP monitor afterwards as it will show an irregular heartbeat if my electrolytes are low. A quick top-up and we are back to normal. People not in shape will have irregular heartbeats show up constantly throughout the day, but unless they stay tied to a monitor they never know about it. I have accompanied a few to the hospital over the years, especially after an afternoon of crazy mountain biking. Slurred speech is a giveaway for me. A quick plug into an IV and we go out for a big steak and lobster dinner afterwards. There are lots of good videos on the subject. It is always good for us old geezers to do a BP check before a workout and again afterwards. How fast your BP and HR returns to normal is important.
Ed, sorry to hear about your cat as well. We really have to watch our young pups when we have them as the Eagles and owls are plentiful as are the coyotes. The eagle's circle overhead just waiting for an opportunity to grab a pup.
Still not dark here so I will go and enjoy the last of the day on the patio.
There is a train there somewhere.
Good evening .
Ray ..... Wow ! Sorry to hear about your emergency. I hope you will be okay.
Ed ..... Sad to hear about your loss of Otis. We keep our cats inside all of the time. There are too many preditors outside.
Brent .... Your photo is beautiful.
Everybody ..... Have a good night.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning
Another beautiful one.
A busy day yesterday. I finished my work in the building and went out to my buddy Erv's for the rest of the day. We had kind of a car care seminar type of day. His carburetor in the 442 has been acting up so we pulled it. Erv took it apart and cleaned it up with a new carburetor kit. Works good now. I changed my oil, washed and waxed my car. It may have not needed it yet but I change the oil every year since it was rebuilt. Can't hurt.
Jimmy, sorry about your cat. 18 years is a good run but it still hurts. Our pets are members of the family. Sorry about your cat too Ed. Having no closure makes it even harder.
Ironically Erv was telling me yesterday about when his cat came home after missing for 3 days. The cat had puncture wounds on his side and puss sacks that actually stunk. Of course he brought her to the vet. The vet confirmed what they thought, the cat was picked up by a bird of prey and luckily dropped.
The vet said these bird's Talons are filthy and full of disease. The cat's infection was really bad and in its bloodstream so putting her down was a consideration.
Erv's son was visiting. Cory is a sandblaster painter of a major bridge renovation company. He paid the $700 vet bill. It took some time but the cat was okay. This had happened years ago, the story came up because I was rinsing my soap buckets over the cats resting place
Ray, Glad to here you came out of the dehydration problem okay. Serious stuff. I have noticed I do not have a thirst as much anymore as I am getting older. I have had dehydration issues where my arms and legs are so sore I can barely get up. Once you have it, it's too late. It takes a while to get back. Since I've had a problem with it I force myself to drink when I don't want to. I actually buy Pedialyte by the case now and drink a couple of those a week.
My brother got his first Model Railroader issue of his one year gift subscription. He had no idea where it came from and thought the eBay seller he bought five box cars from sent it to him as a Thank you. I set him straight. He is happy.
Well, I haven't even decided what I'm going to do today yet. I'm sure I'll come up with something.
Go Canucks
TF
Good morning. No breakfast yet this morning, just black coffee.
Headed out the door -- church and breakfast with friends.
It's a cool morning out -- nice!
Mornin' Folks!
Thanks for your kind words! After Church on Zoom this morning I made it out the door and ran about 1 mile. Felt good, no problems...
LastspikemikeI have noticed my sensitivity to caffeine is returning as I age. The poster who recently went to hospital with possible dehydration might also have had a caffeine reaction along with it. Caffeine is a fairly good adrenal gland stimulant.
I used to have a reaction to caffeine. Caffeine used to give me PVCs. Might be still an influence on what happened, but I AIN'T giving up my jolt of morning Caffeine without a fight!!! But haven't really had a problem in the last 20 years or so. At least that I know of. The official diagnosis, BTW, was dehydration! I was told by 2 different physicians (and I already knew) that the body doesn't feel thirsty as much as we age. So that is why I have to develop a habit of making sure I stay hydrated. My fitbit monitors irregualr heartbeat and will buzz if something happens. It did last Friday several times before I figured it out!
Hope all of you are staying well and safe. I am going to out to the kitchen and have a couple glasses of water... catch you all later!
Ray, I've had two ambulance rides plus a police car ride to the hospital. The last one was the result of going to an Urgent Care place where they discovered I had AFIB. Really, the ambulance wasn't necessary. The GF had brought me there and could have easily taken me to the hospital. I felt one heck of a lot worse after I got out.
I took a fall, which I don't even remember, on an icy expert slope skiing at Sunday River. The first ride was on a sled. I had a shoulder injury and a torn rotator cuff. That hurt. The ambulance was from the ski patrol base station to the hospital.
Years earlier, a hockey puck grazed my scalp just above my old-style slasher movie goalie mask. Not serious, but scalp wounds bleed like crazy. So I was standing outside the rink late at night, still oozing blood into a bloody towel. The police car pulled up, the officer got out and promptly slipped on the ice and fell. So, I looked down, still dripping blood, and asked, "Are you OK?"
Ed, I too am sorry about Otis. His picture reminds me of our Snowflake, also a Siamese. We don't let the cats out unless they are on a harness and leash. I remember growing up when everyone let their cats out, but predators were better controlled back then. We did have one cat that ran away, but some friends found him about a year later. He remembered right where we kept his food dish.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I finished hanging the sheetrock and cement board in the bathroom. Now I am onto taping.
I have never taped drywall before, so this will be a another new experience for me.
It is really disappointing we could not make the bathroom 12 inches wider as planned. That would have made a huge difference.
The new vanity will be delivered on Monday. We decided on a top-of-the-line model with all Maple construction, dovetailed soft-close drawers, and a quartz countertop. This is pretty much the same as the kitchen.
My nephew from Hobart, Indiana who has been hanging drywall as a profession for 15 years has given me all kinds of instruction and advice.
TOP OF THE PAGE... Call Bunhilda, Flo or Zoe over and give them your drink order and I will pick up the tab. Why don't we have a waitress named Stella?
I have drywalled three bedrooms in my basement. They look OK as long as you view the walls straight-on. I won't let you look sideways at the walls with a light at the far end.
Flat or eggshell paint also helps.
Good luck. It takes time, patience, and a shop vac.
I don't feel like doin" nothin'
Just got back from taking my son to work. 115 degrees. Traffic backed up as far as you can see. We get traffic when people go to Sedona for the weekend. Phenonix is 10 degrees hotter than it is here. Do the math: x-115=10. They all leave on Sunday afternoon to go home. What takes 1 1/2 hours at 80 mph, well, takes a bit longer.
My Lincoln does not overhead--unless you are in 115 degrees and stopped and running the air condidtioning. Thankfully, we never hit the point where I turn off the AC and roll down the windows.
Right now we are supposed to be in Monsoon Season. We get half our rain from mid-July to the end of August. The temperature is in the 90's. This is the 3rd time in the last four years we didn't get our monsoons.
And here's the kicker. Our AC compressor went out in June. $6600. We had a family meeting and each of our kids bought an AC for their room. Julie and I got one for our room. Hopefully we'll replace the FAU by next May.
There are some problems with this plan. The portable AC are 8 amp, and the kids share a 15 amp breaker. They've learned to communicate. The AC is rated for 200 sq ft. We have about 225 in our bedroom with 9 ft ceilings. Working as hard as it can, it can't keep up.
My model railroad stuff is in the dining room. I have two large fans as well as the ceiling fans working and most of the time it is tollerable. I had plans of finishing my engine house today, but I just didn't have the mental energy to do what it took. I got some things done--I built-up my rip fence on my mini-table saw and was able to cut scale lumber. First thing I did was cut some scale 1x6's for trim.
But mostly where I sit. Right here. Right now. I don' feel like doin' nuthin'.
Flo, give the gang and I on Kevins Dime and Dirk will have a dog treat.
Visited my 68 Raod Runner today. It was good to see her again after 6 years. Needs a hep of work, right caliper is locked up so no rolling her out. Pretty much excpted that, it was tight 10 years ago. Paint has went to heck, which is not that big of deal to me. Just to bad I don't still have a body shop to work in any more. I think the last paint job was around 2005.
BLI Quality Control? Reset the decoder and gave the PRR Shark B unit a try. Moves, stops, moves, stops. Will try another reset, but I have the feeling it is going on a another trip.
Later, Ken and Dirk says Beep, Beep Daddy.
Sunny but only 70F right now going down to a chilly 46 tonight with a strong NW wind. Certainly at least a mainsail single reef day. Do miss sailing at times. It was my passion for 30 years.
I plan on testing the brass pacific when it comes to see if it will do 19" radius. If so I'll probably get a sound decoder installed. If not, well that will be a decision. Also may sell my BLI Mikado besides the Pacific. I'm feeling really guilty about all the money I've spent on these brass locos especially the CP Hudson. Mind you it is really a work of art.
We should get the chimney swept but my wife won't have any workmen in the house as long as there is covid out there. I may try one of those creosote busting firelogs. The chimney is metal and straight so there shouldn't be a lot of creosote. I doubt we had used it 6 times last year. I'll shine a flashlight up it to see if I can tell if there is much buildup.
Thinking a lot about the mid 70s lately. I went home to Rainy River to help my parents with their store after my Dad had a serious stroke. I ran it for 3 years before we sold it. Not a good use of my education but I felt I had to help out especially my mother who was basically left 'holding the bag' after Dad's stroke. I did get back on track afterwards and had a long career in finance.
I was wondering today about Dad's Morris Oxford that he drove during most of the '50s. I actually found a Youtube about a fellow in England driving one that was the same colour as Dad's. It had a 4 speed on the column. It felt like I was a kid again with the video from the passenger seat driving along. That car was slow. It had a 1500cc engine with a whopping 41 H.P. No wonder Dad loved the '58 Meteor with the 361 c.inch engine.
Well tonight is the next installment of Endevour on PBS. Great series.
Afternoon all, it was the hottest day of the year as we had a system come up from Texas, it was 35c. I did a lot of yard work taking breaks to watch the hockey action. I was just in the pool for a couple of hours to cool down and now have a rum and Pepsi in hand waiting for dinner.
Charlie, I gave up a lot of time to look after my parents for a few years as my Dad had Muscular Dystrophy, looking back I have no regrets as they supported everything I did in life. I still miss them as I had a great relationship with them.
Chip, my Dad left Winnipeg because of the cold, have you thought of Oregon or Northern California? Seems like a waste of life waiting on the weather.
The Canucks are on in an hour for game three and I will enjoy watching them dispatch the St. Louis Blues. Welcome aboard TF.
Well, the dinner gong is gonging.
GO CANUCKS GO!!!!!!!!!
Go get'em boys!
BATMANChip, my Dad left Winnipeg because of the cold, have you thought of Oregon or Northern California? Seems like a waste of life waiting on the weather.
Well, as I told my friends from back east. In PA, I spent 4.2 months of the year indoors because of the cold. Here,--if we have monsoons we spend a month and a half indoors. Turns out if we don't have monsoons, we spend 3 months indoors. All that is tollerable if the AC is working, whch is a new development.
Thank you to everyone for your kind thoughts about Otis. Three of our four other cats stay close to home even if they do go outside for a while. Wilson stays within sight of me when ever we are out. Otis used to like to stay at the caboose. The end platform is sheltered and he liked to hang out there.
We live in a pretty rural area, no main roads around but, yes, the predators are getting worse. Fox kill the ducks and chickens. Tonight we heard the coyotes loud and clear. They have a bizarre and haunting sound and the atmospheric conditions tonight sounded like they were only a hundred yards away, maybe closer. Hard to say but there must have been close to a dozen of them.
cudakenReset the decoder and gave the PRR Shark B unit a try. Moves, stops, moves, stops. Will try another reset, but I have the feeling it is going on a another trip.
IIRC, you use Digitrax, Ken? That sounds like you have more than one throttle using address 3. You need to purge your "slots" or at least dispatch address 3.
NYC_91908_8-20 by Edmund, on Flickr
We're about 95% done on the caboose siding job. We'll probably put a second coat of paint on before cold weather sets-in. Then it's time for a big decal job
Regards, Ed
gmpullmanWe're about 95% done on the caboose siding job. We'll probably put a second coat of paint on before cold weather sets-in. Then it's time for a big decal job
Ed: The caboose looks great! You did very good work on it.
Thank you, Kevin.
As you know with your remodel projects, finding the right materials and methods can take some time to work out. Once I had that sorted out things went along pretty well
Good morning everyone.
I am out of bed before 11:00 for the first time in many weeks because the new vanity will be delivered between 9:00 and 2:00 today.
It has been so long since I woke up to an alarm without enough sleep. I do not like this feeling.