Hi, everyone. Just checking and getting a quick bite, then back to basement to work on the bathroom. I'm at the painting stage, which means I paint, wait, paint, wait.
Lion, I hope you're prepared. I heard you will be getting some frosty weather next week.
Richard, thanks for the horchata. I didn't know what they were, so I looked them up. I don't think I would like them, but I'll try it:
Have a good day, everyone.
York1 John
York1Richard, thanks for the horchata. I didn't know what they were, so I looked them up. I don't think I would like them, but I'll try it:
Horchata is wonderful. I absolutely love it.
There must be at least 1,000 calories in a big glass.
My wife, and all my daughters think it is gross.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 York1 Richard, thanks for the horchata. I didn't know what they were, so I looked them up. I don't think I would like them, but I'll try it: Horchata is wonderful. I absolutely love it. There must be at least 1,000 calories in a big glass. My wife, and all my daughters think it is gross. -Kevin
York1 Richard, thanks for the horchata. I didn't know what they were, so I looked them up. I don't think I would like them, but I'll try it:
When I was a bus boy at the mexican place in town, I loved their horchata! Didn't love it so much when I forgot to put the valve back in the tank and dumped 5 gallons into it... that sucked to mop up lol.
RideOnRoad Another hidden gem in New Mexico, the Very Large Array (VLA). It does have a railroad link in that all of the radio telescopes are on a pair of railroad tracks so they can be moved in and out depending on how deep into space they are observing. If you have watched the movie, "Contact," starring Jody Foster, you have seen the VLA. They do have tours and, if you wander out, be sure to take the time to watch the movie in the visitor center--amazing.
Another hidden gem in New Mexico, the Very Large Array (VLA). It does have a railroad link in that all of the radio telescopes are on a pair of railroad tracks so they can be moved in and out depending on how deep into space they are observing. If you have watched the movie, "Contact," starring Jody Foster, you have seen the VLA. They do have tours and, if you wander out, be sure to take the time to watch the movie in the visitor center--amazing.
I used to do radio astronomy professionally at Haystack Observatory in Massachusetts. The VLA is an interferometer, so the orientation and spacing of the telescopes actually controls the spatial resolution of the resulting images.
The movie had nothing to do with the way the VLA actually operates, but it made a good scenic backdrop.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Cheese enchiladas with rice and beans, please.
Hope everyone is doing well.
Still a very long ways to go here with much room for improvement. Doing what I can when up to it. Patti is excited about starting on the new HO scale layout. We will get to that eventually. We're watching lots of how to vids for added inspiration.
Cheers! Rob
Cederstrand Patti is excited about starting on the new HO scale layout. We will get to that eventually. We're watching lots of how to vids for added inspiration. Cheers! Rob
Patti is excited about starting on the new HO scale layout. We will get to that eventually. We're watching lots of how to vids for added inspiration.
Good luck with the layout! And cheese enchiladas sound great!
CederstrandStill a very long ways to go here with much room for improvement. Doing what I can when up to it.
Hopefully you will get through the difficult times and have a lot of railroad work waiting for you when you feel better. Praying.
RideOnRoad (Even better, it is the top of Page 5! Quick! Post early; post often so we can get off of this broken page.)
OK, I'll try
How about we pop in to the depot in Tucumcari? Not much activity to speak of...
SP_Tucumcari-NM_4-83 by Edmund, on Flickr
Thanks for the update, Rob. Hang in there
Much cooler here in NE Ohio, low 70s. Time to go out and split and stack firewood
Thanks for the horchata. Has anyone tried to make horchata de chufa? It is made with tiger nuts! Anyone ever try to harvest tiger nuts? You gotta be quick!
Cheers, Ed
gmpullman Much cooler here in NE Ohio, low 70s. Time to go out and split and stack firewood Cheers, Ed
About the same her in NE Illinois. Beautiful days like today make me wish I wasn't at work! And tiger nuts!? Well I googled it and apperently you can buy tiger droppings online. I do not think thats what they are though
gmpullman. . .Much cooler here in NE Ohio, low 70s. . .
You're killing me. We are headed back over 110 for the weekend. (It is currently 113 outside.)
Richard
gmpullmanHas anyone tried to make horchata de chufa? It is made with tiger nuts! Anyone ever try to harvest tiger nuts? You gotta be quick!
Bad!!! Very, very, BAD!!!!! ROFLMAO!
72° outside currently with a low tonight of 52°F. Very nice day for running today... Got my 5k in easily (did it 2 halves).
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Here's the reward for an afternoon of splitting
Free_BTUs by Edmund, on Flickr
howmusBad!!! Very, very, BAD!!!!! ROFLMAO!
Bad, yes — but it gets better! Tigernut horchata is often served with fartons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartons
We sure cover a lot of fun topics here in the Diner
Yum, I'm getting hungry. Fartons sound like they're similar to my favorite, French beignets
Have a great evening, everyone,
Regards, Ed
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk a dog treat.
Worst two days off that I can remember. I felt like doing nothing and sleepy both days. Did not do a darn thing, and there is grass to be cut and sapplings to be cut down.
Thing that is driving me nuts about my wife?
1. She is a horder and I am sick of living this way! She said I need to throw things away in the garage, I said fine. If I am not using it I will get rid of it if you will do the same! That shut her up!
2. Every thing is the worst it can be! We have the small ant's back in force again. While a little early no worst than normal. But she said it is the worst ever!
Little good news, my Credit Card debit is below $4000.00! I am at 22.80% of my credit limt. At the start of 2020 I think I was around 50%
Ed, it is in the mail.
Later Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof Daddy.
I hate Rust
RideOnRoadQuick! Post early; post often so we can get off of this broken page.
This is me doing my part.
Glad to help out.
Heartland Division CB&Q Howdy ..... Thanks to Ken, Chip, Ray, those I already mentioned, and anybody I missed for the birthday wishes yesterday. Next, our anniversary is tomorrow, and we will leave shortly for Nashville where we will celebrate it this evening. Everybody, have a good day.
Howdy .....
Thanks to Ken, Chip, Ray, those I already mentioned, and anybody I missed for the birthday wishes yesterday.
Next, our anniversary is tomorrow, and we will leave shortly for Nashville where we will celebrate it this evening.
Everybody, have a good day.
First it's your birthday, then it's your aniversary...what's Monday going to be, Second Christmas?
Richard--you beat me. Only 100F here.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Since we are using up page 5 space, here's our weather forecast for our little section of the Great Plains:
Sunday, high of 98° to 100°.
Tuesday, high of 50°.
I have a feeling we're going to have a slight change in our weather here.
York1I have a feeling we're going to have a slight change in our weather here.
Wow, that is a fast and drastic drop.
I tried to get Kilz-2 primer on the bathroom walls today, but everything was going wrong, I was getting frustrtated, so I pulled the plug for today.
I hate computers!!!!
I just spent three hours getting my printer to work again. It has worked fine for the past five years since we bought it, but today it refused to respond despite the diagnostics claiming that everything was fine. After more than two hours fussing around, I finally ended up uninstalling all of the printer related software, restarting the computer and the WiFi, and then reinstalling the printer programs.
That got it working but to add insult to injury, it proceeded to tell me that four out of five ink cartridges were empty. You all know how overly priced ink cartridges are. I dutifully replaced said cartridges only to be told that, according to the printer, there were cartridges missing!!!. I reinstalled the cartridges a couple of times with no effect. Then I rebooted the printer and it finally decided to coorporate!
What a waste of time! I refuse to buy a new printer until I see smoke coming out of the old one! I'm probably being penny wise and pound foolish! I can get a new printer for the price of the four cartridges, but I'd just have to buy more cartridges for it too.
Whine, whine, whine!!!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critterI refuse to buy a new printer until I see smoke coming out of the old one!
I have not owned a computer printer for years.
While my youngest was in High School, a little office "park" opened about a half mile from my house. It is a place where work-from-home-people can have a business address, receive packages, and use conference rooms when needed. They also offer office services.
One of the things they do is print in color from PDF or WPS files for 22 cents a page. Since then, they are my "printer" when I need one.
Here are some modern trains in New Mexico:
Top of the cab view from the Cumbres and Toltec. Watch the cow avoiding the trian in the first few seconds:
When Disney released their animated film Mulan in 1998 McDonalds had a cross promotion with "SzeChuan Teriyaki" dipping sauce for their McNuggets.
I must have eaten 1,000 Chicken McNuggets in 1998 with this sauce.
Live action Mulan is coming out this month, and there are no plans for more McDonalds "Mulan" sauce.
Apparently they brought back the sauce earlier this year when the movie was supposed to be released, but the pandemic ruined that, and no one told me the sauce was available in March and April. There were no advertisements or promotions for it.
I missed it!
I am so sad.
Hi Rich,
I responded to your PM.
Good thing he moooooved out of the way! That cow catcher would have lived up to it's name
SeeYou190 Apparently they brought back the sauce earlier this year when the movie was supposed to be released, but the pandemic ruined that, and no one told me the sauce was available in March and April. There were no advertisements or promotions for it. I missed it! I am so sad. -Kevin
Good morning, everyone. Lots of black coffee this morning.
Today, I have promised myself I will finish the basement bathroom project. I'm tired of what started as a two-day project and is now a two-week project. I may not go to bed tonight, but I'm finishing it today.
My experience with computer printers is that they are a pain in the rear. While I worked at school, we always had problems with printers, especially when everything switched to wireless.
In the 1980s, each classroom had one dot matrix printer connected to one computer, and we got along fine.
As things progressed, so did the problems. A few years before I retired, I told the tech guy that I was tired of the issues. I wanted a printer specifically for my office. I was tired of printing something that would go to the secretaries' printer-copier. How often did I press 'print', and then stand in their office waiting, often having to go back and press 'print' again.
Another issue was the whole computer storage of files opposed to paper storage. When we first computerized, we were promised a paper-free world that would be heaven on earth. Instead, we became a computer storage world that still needed paper backups of important documents in file cabinets.
Even now I have saved files on the laptop, backed up to a thumb drive stored in a lockbox, backed up to the cloud, and finally a paper printout stored in a file cabinet. Progress!
I'm trying to take up more room to get us off of page five. If I can think of any more useless information to relay, I'll type it.
Good morning everyone. I see Chloe is brewing a fresh pot of strong coffee. I will have a cup when it is done.
We are still on the broken page!
I guess without "Post Hog" Track Fiddler in the diner our stay here will be longer than necessary.
Goodmorning everyone. I will take a cup of cofee when it is done as well.
John I hope you get the bathroom done! We need to paint ours, the previous tennants tried to repaint it but used the wrong color so we have a 2tone bathroom!
Me and my girlfriend just moved into an apartment with an attatched storage unit. I've told her the past few weekends I would get to it, then work or family gets in the way. Maybe tomrrow it will get done finally. After all, 95% is my stuff lol.
Then theres my layout that needs attention. I have a bad habbit of starting other projects before I finish others. Like all my switcher projects and weathering projects.
I hope all of you have a productive weekend, hope the weather is nice accross the board!
-Noah
I hope TF just has a problem with New Mexico and not with the Diner. I miss his post-hog fun.
hon30critter Here are some modern trains in New Mexico: Dave
Man those are some looooooong trains. We have long CNs up here, but not that long. Well they feel long as they creep by at 5mph. You sit there and wonder why theyre going slow, then they pass and the gates dont go up and you realize they were waiting for another one to clear the siding! I remeber one nice I got caught by 4 trains! I sat there for almost an hour. One stopped on the crossing, letting 2 pass then started going as a 4th went by. Sorry I'm after curfew dad, I got caught by 4 trains at once, that was a hard one to explain.
I love CN paint but I get a little tired of only seeing stack trains and metras. Every once in a while I catch a manifest freight. NS used to have a contract up here and would see them heading north into wisconsin on the CN mainline. I haven't seen one in months, I wonder what happend to them. I got to see some on a BNSF mixed freight at a bar last weekend. Nice place right next to the tracks, called RR crossing. My dads band was playing so the engineer gave a little horn show.
Top of the morning and top of the page, look at that!