I got a bit of tile layed today along with getting the first coat of paint on the bathroom walls.
I bought enough of this tile (over 2,000 Sq Ft) 18 years ago to cover lots of home projects. The guest room will be the last of it. This is looking in towards the dining room.
Finally, all of the tile in the house will match.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Got the smoker fired up and a nice, fat pork shoulder and some ribs in there. Plus the corn, to be served elote style!
Smoker_pork by Edmund, on Flickr
Cholula is my favorite "everyday" pepper sauce, but I love 'em all. I used to deep fry all my "chips" also using the double-dip method, but since we got an air-fryer it has been our go-to method
McCain Beer Batter fries are the best when done in the air-fryer!
I'm on my second maraurita! margarita Everybody's welcome! Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanI'm on my second maraurita! Everybody's welcome! Cheers, Ed
I would love one. Margaritas are one of my favorites.
Thanks Ed.
SeeYou190 gmpullman: I'm on my second maraurita!
Oops, I guess spell-check doesn't work so well when you have a salty rim
Let's try Margarita one more time:
(mär′gə-rē′tə)
Wasting away in mar·ga·ri·ta-ville...
Looking for my lost shaker of
Good morning everyone! I already ate so Ill just have a cup of coffee.
Ill second the cholula! I have a bottle in my kitchen right now. I also recently found out taco bell sells their sauces so Ive been buying those.
Made a breakast samwich yesterday with the spicy ranchero sauce, scrambled eggs, bacon and taco style cheese on an english muffin. It was amazing.
Started spackling all the holes in the apartment, which I thought would be an hour project, turned into a whole evening. Still lots of work to be done before we can paint and get the new couch. But we still can't decide on a color!
As for they layout, I've been sneaking in time here and there. I finally started tackling the bridge and I partially finished one side of the abutment. It's my first time working with scratch styrene but I'm getting the hang of it. The midle part is from the walthers kits but the wings I made along with the top. Still needs to be smoothed out but thats another days project.
And BN 2084 finally turned into WC 2084.
Well off to work for me. I hope you all have a great day!
Ringo58 But we still can't decide on a color!
We used to try and do colors, but color choices are subjective and go out of style.
Now we make everything white. Floor, walls, ceiling, cabinets, everything. It all still looks good 20 years later, and matching the new work is easy.
SeeYou190Now we make everything white.
We switched to just about all white ten years ago. Outside of the wood floor and the black kitchen cabinets, everything else is white. My wife has a lot of pictures and other junk, so it doesn't seem like we're in a snowstorm.
York1 John
York1 My wife has a lot of pictures and other junk, so it doesn't seem like we're in a snowstorm.
My wife is also very good at adding colorful things to the room to get rid of the ultra-sanitary look of all white. Paintings, rugs, "collectables", and so on.
And it is a lot easier to move that stuff around than to repaint.
Hi Everyone,
I'll second on Cholula sauce. Tabasco is ok, but I've alway prefered Cholula.
I get it that painting the walls white is nice although I would prefer an offwhite such as a Mission White or similar. Something that's a bit warmer. But, if it would suit your fancy, don't be afraid of color. The days of reigning neutrals and pastels has diminished in recent years and homeowners have opted for some really bold colors. Admitedly it's not for everyone, but it's not bad either.
I bought a MDC SP PS-2 2 bay covered hopper at a train show awhile back. Only cost $5, but the lettering is wrong. So, going to try to stop in a LHS see if I can get the right decals for it. It's going to prove to be not sucha a deal afterall, but it will be an experience builder.
SP PS-2 2 bay hopper-2 by Jim S, on Flickr
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
up831 I would prefer an offwhite such as a Mission White or similar. Something that's a bit warmer.
My walls and ceilings are Antique White, very close to the color of White Chocolate. My floor tiles are "sand", and they have a hint of yellows and grays in them. The outside of the house is a beautiful off-white called "crushed silk" which is a bit of a blend of Antique White and Light Gray with a little bit of warmth.
For our Southern Command house we painted all off white inside and just added pictures, painting and otehr stuff for color
I just got the following email. If they're going to go to all the trouble of sending these emails, maybe they could have someone who speaks English check them. These guys are hilarious.
"We which is locks your amazon, we secure you directly, because of access, validation of your account, From (Browser) Mozilla Firefox (9/17/2020 7:32:38 PM)"
York1 I just got the following email. If they're going to go to all the trouble of sending these emails, maybe they could have someone who speaks English check them. These guys are hilarious. "We which is locks your amazon, we secure you directly, because of access, validation of your account, From (Browser) Mozilla Firefox (9/17/2020 7:32:38 PM)"
That made a lot of sense lol. I had a good chuckle installing door lights on my truck from china. The insructions were useless. Couldn't understand a thing
Funny stuff John
When I buy something and they say can I have your email before they even finish their sentence I say NO!!! That helps but because I have a registered business on the internet sometimes it takes at least five minutes to clear my junk emails every morning over coffee.
The junk calls and messages are even worse. I guess my phone service provider has some kind of program to eliminate most of these scam likely calls that I should look into. The thing that fascinates me is if the powers-that-be are already labeling them scam more than likely calls, why don't they just block them in the first place?
What's funny is some of these calls you try to call back just to see what it's about and it says call cannot be reached. And if you block the number it doesn't matter they just call back with the same Spiel from some other number
As far as color of paint on walls I prefer the neutral families of tan, beige or taupe. I learned years ago don't pick a neutral color that resembles fleshtones, ...Yuck.
I also like accent walls that are a medium tone of color and any color goes well with a good neutral. I've lived too long not to have a splash of color in the house as I feel it makes us happy. I love to paint and if I get sick of a certain color on a wall I just change it.
And with all wall paint I only use flat. I hate shiny walls as you can see every little imperfection, especially when the sun shines in.
I don't let the paint store people give me this if it has a Sheen you can wash it malarkey! It's not a mechanic shop or a butcher shop, it's my home.
If the walls get that dirty it's time to repaint anyway and I never waste my money on painters tape. When they started making it thinner and charging $6 a roll that's when I learned to cut in twice as fast as I can waste a roll of tape on a room. And that was many years ago
P.S. I like Frank's Red Hot! I use it in all my cooking and like it mixed with Hellman's on most sandwiches. I think Miracle Whip only belongs on chicken, turkey, tuna and definitely BLT sandwiches. Don't need Frank's on those, just a thick hunk of lettuce and some pepper
TF
Good Afternoon,
Bit of a heat wave this afternoon as it got up to 55F. We are expecting 70F by Saturday so summer is returning at least for a few days.
We also have neutral walls. In our case it is white with a gray undertone as our tile floor is white with a gray tone. All colour is in some fairly large paintings and also a couple of cobalt blue chairs. Our kitchen is gloss black. We did it in 1990 and the fellow who did our bathroom a couple of years ago thought we had just done it recently. Surprisingly the black makes the kitchen look larger. I think it is because the gloss reflects the light. There is a 3ft square skylight in the kitchen too that helps a lot.
I put away the passenger cars and put out the express reefers. I have 5 of them as they make a nice train for a passenger loco on a small layout. I usually use the light mountain to pull them. Fall is the time produce and fresh foods go to market. Perhaps there is lobster in those cars, speeding to market or fresh water fish from the docks in the harbour.
Been quiet in the diner lately.
CN Charlie
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I haven't been all that impressed with Google Translate.
When the Rocky Mountaineer landed in Vancouver we had a tour bus tour of the city. They used Chinese electric buses. The driver said they were $1 mil a piece(Canadian?) There was something rolling around in the luggage area above the seat. He stopped he bus to look for it. He said he had a whole box of pieces that have fallen off various places.The ISP with a dish on the mountain that was going to get me Internet in 2 weeks is now obfuscating. Now there are equipment delays, which they knew about when they said 2 weeks, rain, which we have a lot of.Still it ought to be simple math number of installations/installations per day.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
CNCharlie Our kitchen is gloss black. We did it in 1990 and the fellow who did our bathroom a couple of years ago thought we had just done it recently. Surprisingly the black makes the kitchen look larger. I think it is because the gloss reflects the light. There is a 3ft square skylight in the kitchen too that helps a lot. Fall is the time produce and fresh foods go to market. Perhaps there is lobster in those cars, speeding to market or fresh water fish from the docks in the harbour. Been quiet in the diner lately.
Our kitchen is gloss black. We did it in 1990 and the fellow who did our bathroom a couple of years ago thought we had just done it recently. Surprisingly the black makes the kitchen look larger. I think it is because the gloss reflects the light. There is a 3ft square skylight in the kitchen too that helps a lot.
Fall is the time produce and fresh foods go to market. Perhaps there is lobster in those cars, speeding to market or fresh water fish from the docks in the harbour.
Hi Charlie
I had a gloss black 1972 Pontiac Ventura in my younger days I liked quite a bit. I never seen a gloss black kitchen before though but that does sound interesting. If we all didn't have different tastes, what a boring world it would be That Car of mine always did look better in the shade
Fresh Fish from the harbor yes. How about some walleye with a loaded baked potato and some asparagus?
And it does look like it has been a bit quiet in the diner lately! It looks like it needs 2B Loudened up a bit with a few Stories in lieu of hot sauce and paint
Remember those days when you were young and stupid and life was a blast?
Well, ...A family get-together is always good. And boy did I have one. A three-day weekend in a hotel would have been better under better circumstances but I'll see family anytime.
It's kind of like that song by The Cars "Let the good times roll". A lot of times I'm King of the Castle with the humor section but Steve won at this gathering. Steve is my brother-in-law, Master Senior Tech Ford mechanic that rebuilt the engine in my car.
It was 1974 and he went to the David Bowie Major Tom concert. Him and his friends stopped at some kind of Bar and Grill close to the stadium and the special was all-you-can-eat oysters. Him and his friends had shots of Jagermeister back then and called it Monster.
To make a long story short they all had their fill of all-you-can-eat oysters with Lots of Shots of Monster and went to the Bowie concert.
Entering the concert they came to a T and the security guard was directing people to the left and at that point Steve decided to put his hand up to his mouth and Blow Oysters and Monster through the cracks of his fingers.
The security guard stepped back fast and said Woe Woe!!! Steve of course went to the hall to the right away from people to Blow Oysters and Monster The security guard wasn't messing with that one and the next thing Steve was backstage with Roadies and David Bowie's guests.
I guess that concert, David Bowie came down suspended from cables from the ceiling on the phone singing his Ground Control to Major Tom song.
I never laughed so hard in my life from this story and neither did anyone else. I guess you had to be there.
The whole rest of the night when a little humor came up during our Socialization and Cocktails, one of us would add to it by saying Blue Oysters and Monster and everything got just a little more hilarious all through the night.
The next morning my gut and throat muscles hurt from laughing so hard but apparently laughing is very good for you.
It was a heck of a night at Sea Sir
My wife is a professional artist and she chooses all the colors in the house. Our house colors are something like Morning Sunshine which is a warm white (heading toward red tones) as opposed to a cool white (heading toward blue tones.) The accent walls--living room and kitchen--are a rich brownish burgundy.
I once got her to do my backdrop wall. She painted whispy clouds with redish underneath. They were way too large for scale and had no perspective. I ended up rolling blue paint over her work.
I don't think she'll ever help me paint a backdrop again. She couldn't stand to see her work covered. It was lovely.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Good evening, everyone. It's been a long day. Got the grass cut and some layout work finished.
Track fiddlerI guess my phone service provider has some kind of program to eliminate most of these scam likely calls that I should look into.
TF, that may be what we have. Our phone company provides it free. It's called Robonomo. It really works. You have to let the phone ring at least once. If it doesn't ring again, it was a scam call that was blocked.
We still get one or two calls, but we aren't getting anywhere near how many we used to get. After I signed up for it, it took about two weeks for them all to die away.
BigDaddyThe ISP with a dish on the mountain that was going to get me Internet in 2 weeks is now obfuscating. Now there are equipment delays, which they knew about when they said 2 weeks, rain, which we have a lot of.
My daughter just had a pool put in at her house. When they started, they said, "Two weeks." That became the joke, because it took nearly three months, starting with having to cut through rock they didn't know was there. Everytime my daughter asked, the guy said, "Two weeks!" Kind of like in "The Money Pit".
TF, your brother's story of the oysters is hilarious. Can you imagine cleaning that up?
I've got a men's group at 7:00 a.m., and after that a completely free Friday and Saturday. I'll be working on the railroad.
Well, my excursion to the LHS proved to be fruitful. I got the decal sheet that I needed. The decal sheet included enough to do 3 cars although I'm sure each color is for a different class of car. I found out that I'm going to need setting fluid and probably a couple of others before it's done. But, I hope to learn from this on how to do this sort of thing right.
Tequila: great song! When we were down in Mexico some years ago, we toured the Herradura distillery near Guadalajara. When you tour a distillery, of course you must sample the product afterwards. Good stuff. The gold is the smoothest tequila I've ever had. I still have half a bottle. I guess I've failed in the lush department. But, it goes well in margaritas.
Incidentally, Hatch, NM is the chili capital. They grow a lot of good chili's. For heat and flavor, I like the range of jalapeños at around 5K scovilles of heat. I believe the flavor should be enhanced not buried. That's why I don't go much for the likes of ghost peppers or hotter.
Ringo58I had a good chuckle installing door lights on my truck from china. The insructions were useless. Couldn't understand a thing
I bought a drywall tool made in China. The instructions were the most incredibly polite document I ever read.
"We ask you to please be happy with your new tool"
"Always be nice when using your tool and live a good life"
I did not learn much about how to use the tool, but I think I became a better person.
SeeYou190 Ringo58 I had a good chuckle installing door lights on my truck from china. The insructions were useless. Couldn't understand a thing I bought a drywall tool made in China. The instructions were the most incredibly polite document I ever read. "We ask you to please be happy with your new tool" "Always be nice when using your tool and live a good life" I did not learn much about how to use the tool, but I think I became a better person. -Kevin
Ringo58 I had a good chuckle installing door lights on my truck from china. The insructions were useless. Couldn't understand a thing
I have many Makita tools that are of quality and I know how to use them.
But the point is I have Chinese Friends and one Member of the Family and I see them as People of Honor.
In their culture they will bow to you as they greet you and bow to you as they leave. This is more subtle than it used to be but still seen.
These people I know on a daily basis would do anything for you if they saw you needed something.
I admire that
POSTER HOGGER
It's getting late and my Judy's watching the movie Return to Me with Carroll O'Connor, Minnie Driver, Jim Belushi, many more of the good old guys and of course music by Dean Martin.
Nighty Night Kids, ...I'm hitting the rack. I have to roller the top of my cork with Dap Kwik Seal clear tomorrow so it's dry for Saturday
psssst:
Makita tools are Japaneese........ They do have factories in China but they are a Company in Japan.
Extra strong coffee in a AT&SF mug, please.
And then there were 4 siblings. My eldest brother Stan left his earthly bonds two nights ago. After many heart attacks, stents, and eventually a stroke, then infection in his feet, recovery became too difficult. Moving into a nursing home was the final straw. RIP big brother. I will miss you dearly.
Think I messed up the old umbilical hernia surgery site while working on the brushcutter PTO shaft. Major oops! Wish me luck, it must heal on its own!
Enjoy your day everyone.
Good morning everyone. Chloe, I think I will start this Friday with a coffe and a bowl of oatmeal.
Today I will be grouting the tile in the guest bedroom and working on the wall tile in the bathroom. Painting is done for a while. If I get the bathroom operational by the end of the weekedn my wife will be very happy.
I need to put up a few light fixtures also.
Good morning. It's sunny and cool -- 58°!
I thought I would have a free day, but things seem to come up. I need to solder some LED light wires for a layout building I'm working on, but I don't know if I will get to that today.
You have my sympathy, Rob. My oldest brother died of Agent Orange cancer in 2007, and at times it seems like it was just last year. Time makes things a little easier by blurring the details. I hope your health issues are not causing too many issues and that you feel OK.
Even though weekdays and weekend days all seem the same when you retire, I hope those of you who are not yet retired have a good weekend.
My condolences to you for the loss of your Big Brother, Rob.
I hope everyone is getting along OK out there —
Cheers, Ed
My condolences to you and yours on your loss, Rob.
Craig the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."