My wife claims I need hearing aids. I disagree. I don't hear everything she says, and that sounds OK to me.
York1 John
Rechargeable hearing aids are advertised both on the idiot box and in magazines e.g. Reminisce Magazine (mag is mainly for us old phartz). Right around $500 per pair.
Good morning
A beautiful one here as well, cloudy but pleasant, flannel weather. The smell of bacon taking over the house ready to go in the scrambled eggs with cheese on top
BigDaddy Does anyone have any thoughts on rechargeable vs std battery models? Asking for a friend.
Does anyone have any thoughts on rechargeable vs std battery models?
Asking for a friend.
You got plenty of friends here Henry and I wish I could help you out with that one.
I have tinnitus so loud ringing in my ears from using power tools all my life it drives me nuts sometimes. My hearing hasn't gone yet, "knock on wood". Maybe someone here knows
Having a late breakfast and then driving out to the farmers market. The sweet corn is so good this year you can eat it plain with nothing on it. We still have some in the freezer but I want to see if they still have some more.
A black diamond watermelon is also on our list. They're 10 bucks a pop but so worth it! Once you have a black diamond you're spoiled for life and another watermelon just is not the same.
Thier beef is free range, grass-fed, no chemicals, antibiotics or red dye. And the homemade beef sticks are the best I've ever had. Kinda spendy but well worth it too
TF
BigDaddyThis ought to be the demographic for hearing aids. Does anyone have any thoughts on rechargeable vs std battery models?
Huh?
I use the recycleable old fashioned standard #13 batteries in mine. I must be behind the times as I have never heard of rechargable hearing aids.... LOL I get my batteries as part of the contract for the aids along with replacement screens and such.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
What a beautiful morning.
I am working in the guest bedroom now. The ceiling is removed, so the AC vent is blocked off and the window is open. The birds are chirping away outside, and it is a gorgeous clear blue sky.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
This ought to be the demographic for hearing aids. Does anyone have any thoughts on rechargeable vs std battery models?
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
gmpullman
I see you the same! You look the same Ed but a more distinguished gentleman and lot more solid in your tracks!
gmpullman I've always prefered a chapeau of distinction rather than an ordinary ball cap.
I've always prefered a chapeau of distinction rather than an ordinary ball cap.
I've always enjoyed that picture lad. The distinguished gentleman you always were hard as nails!
Track fiddler —and people around me not knowing what the hell I'm talking about
Can't imagine why, TF
All in good fun, of course.
Great looking litter, Brent Mom sure looks both contented and exhausted!
Cheers, Ed
BATMAN Evening all, it was a sunny day but very windy
Evening all, it was a sunny day but very windy
Well, As long as you know the slalom of the snow Brent
The Vikings of the Norse and the Finlanders of the Midwest do say it gets a Little Vinder
You may not be a Finlander of the Norse Brent but I do consider you a Canadian of the Great Wise North
Now in determining that humor, do not forget the McKenzie Brothers eh!
Bob and Doug
PS Actually I do consider you a wise Canadian Brent
The Finlanders up here where I went to school did call a windy day "A Little Vinder"
I'm glad you don't say that but maybe you should! I keep finding myself saying it and people around me not knowing what the hell I'm talking about
Howdy.
Our 9 year old iMac stopped working . Hard drive died. So I'm on the iPhone now.
I have not had a chance to read some of your latest posts. I hope to catch up soon.
cheers.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Brent, I forgot to phone in when I booked off and I am sorry for that
PH
No one will ever be buried here tonight!
Der John, ... You're a Post-Hog! and so are you Dave!
That finished shower looks great Brent as the newborn puppies do and so does that finished project of the white tiled bath Kevin
Death will take no prisoners here tonight
All we see is all good here tonight as Nancy will be well
Track Fiddler
Evening all, it was a sunny day but very windy and we didn't lose our power.
TF, was wondering where you got to, you're supposed to phone in when you book off.
Went into Vancouver and picked up my guitar that was being repaired, it is a different beast now, all I can say is WOW! He is a little bald Japanese man no more than 5' tall and fixes all Bryan Adams guitars as well as other famous rockers. We sat and talked for a long time about all the famous peoples' guitars he has fixed, I told him I knew Bryan Adams in High school and he went on to talk about him as well. Canada Post came in while I was there with at least a dozen Guitars to be worked on from all over the world, it was amazing to see. He was not cheap but worth every penny.
The puppies are thriving and Mom is doing well, my wife stayed up all night just to keep an eye on them and is sleeping now while my daughter takes a shift.
Henry, my wife has had the sperm on ice for all this time and it was the last in the world, thus it is drawing much attention. The original owner had passed away and it was a bit of a legal mess getting the paperwork signed off on for the breeding. They were very cooperative it was just a pain for the lawyers to sort out over the pond.
This is when they got home last night.
I have a great story of what was going on when we were in the maternity ward for our first kid involving the epidural. At the same time, there was a couple in there that was part of some religion I can't remember where the husband and wife never touch each other. They did explain how they went about conceiving and the ward was in hysterics for hours after that.
The only wild beast I have had to deal with coming into the house has been a few bats. We leave the doors and windows open all the time and at night one might fly in. We don't have much in the way of insects so there are no screen doors to ward them off. I just get a tea towel and as they fly by throw it over them and take them outside where I open the towel and they fly off my hand. Any other beast are aware of the dogs laying just inside the door so don't come close. In the middle of the night, we will hear the dog(s) growl if something gets to close, usually a rabbit. We often leave the doors open all night in the summer.
When I was in Tahiti the cockroaches were huge in Papeete and the geckos on Moorea did not bother me. Tahiti is one place I want one more trip to. Yesterday I was checking out resorts and the place is not the paradise it once was with all the development that has happened, I will check out some of the outer islands before I go own to defeat. I want to get to Saipan and over to Tinian as well and go visit whats left of the massive airfields where the two H-bombs left from in 1945. There are some good You-Tube videos of the place showing the bomb pits and other places on the island. So much history and many ghosts on those islands.
My kids never have been to Disneyland, a couple of times we gave them the choice of Disneyland or Hawaii and they chose Hawaii which suited me just fine. I don't like crowded places.
All the best to all
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 and Dirk and Robbie a dog treat.
New store hours is still kicking my butt. Only 9:28 PM and I feel like it is 11:30 PM?
Work Front. Opening at 10:00 AM paid off. First customer of the day came in at 10:35 AM, normally we would have been closed. She was out the door by 10:55 and bought. Was a good day for the store and my self. Made a extra $65.00 and store took in $2735.00.
Ed Enjoyed talking with you, sorry I was so beat.
Later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof.
I hate Rust
Been away for a couple of days or four
Went to Stone Lake Wisc. and I hope that will look better
Wisconsin has it's stray Shay visits to confront me but I always love talking to you guys!
Sometimes a guys just better to turn the page when one gets older but sometimes you can't
Things are not so good at Stone Lake Wisconsin but I don't want to put a damper here in the Diner because things are looking so good reading here and believe me I would much rather chat
It's Nancy! Just say a prayer for her and carry on please
Nancy
She's is all the symbols above you should know I just know she will ride through this!
We call her Fancy Nancy although she's not and she's Barbie's best friend! She's a union welder!: We have all spent too much time through the years with her to let her go yet
She just turned 50 a year ago or so So this can't be
Dave I appreciate your honesty
Ed I like the bowler. Never had one. Having had my balding head sunburn once, I have no trouble wearing hats.
Brent 30 year old sperm, either there is a lot of it or it must be very expensive. Ron White has a story about breeding his dog, but it can't be repeated here.
Now that you mention it, I don't think I remember any picture taking during a C-section. I did have one husband who passed out and remained standing. I did a spinal and he was in front of his wife, so he didn't actually see anything. As the spinal started to work, her leg fell off the table (she was sitting and I asked him to pick it up. He just stood there staring into space.I had his wife lie down and then went behind him, got him in a bear hug and laid him down on the floor.
York1When living in New Orleans, we had green anoles living in our house.
My middle daughter, and her best friend would catch the green anoles. When held gently and stroked, the lizards would open their mouths. Then they would get the anoles to clamp onto each other's ear lobes. They would walk around with lizards hanging from their ears all day sometimes.
I really wish I had a picture of that. They were so cute, but we seemed to always have green anoles in the house because of them.
- Douglas
When living in New Orleans, we had green anoles living in our house. I tried not to disturb them since someone told us they would eat roaches.
In my early years of teaching, after recesses I had to tell kids to get the lizards out of their desks and take them back outside. The kids would catch them on the playground and bring them inside to play with them in their desks.
We have a Gecko, named Gordon of course, that lives in the rock edging of our planting bed. Either he or his relative made his way into our house a few years ago, dropped from a vent and landed on my head. Not funny.
I've seen several around the house....they like the stucco I think.....but none inside the house except that one gecko that one time.
Geckos!
My internet connection seems to have stabilized, so I will try to post this again.
I found these eggs in my walls during the remodel, and Ed correctly identified them as Gecko eggs.
Well, I have since found out the house is infested with these guys.
I put cardboard all over the floors last week to protect them during painting, ceiling retexture, and the upcoming window/door project.
Problem: we can now hear the previously silent Geckos running across the cardboard. The first time I heard one I thought it was a mouse or rat and freaked out.
I chased the noise down, and found a 3 inch long Gecko. I caught it and moved it outside.
That was futile.
We hear them several times a day. They sound like miniature Alex Van Halens playing drum solos as they run across the cardboard, and they leave the funniest looking trails in the dust.
I had no idea I was living with this many tiny lizards in my house. My wife is losing it. She jumps every time she hears one.
The cardboard makes them so loud!
Good morning. I'll have a large black coffee.
Cool and dry on the Great Plains. Harvest continues and keeps everyone busy.
My wife saw our first Juncos of autumn on the ground around the feeders -- a sure sign that winter is coming.
Kevin, I just paid a deposit to DisneyWorld for next March, so it looks like we will be visiting your state. My wife and I with the daughters and families will spend some days there. Hopefully the virus will have run its course by then. We've been to Florida many times, but have not done DisneyWorld since the mid 1990s. Our first of many Disney trips was in 1978 -- we spent our honeymoon there. One of my all-time favorite places. Disneyland in CA is no comparison. I'm looking forward to it.
My internet connection is wonky this morning, so no long post from me. I am racing the loss in service.
The new camera batteries and charger arrived, and all seems OK!
4070_derby by Edmund, on Flickr
Back in my "steam" days I wore a rather dapper bowler as did my friend Cliff:
Cuyahoga-Valley_ET-Sun-paper-10-16-1975 by Edmund, on Flickr
The folks who rode the train enjoyed seeing the "period" garb. These days the steam crews are all decked out in neon and Scotchlite®
Today I much prefer a Fedora, a wider brim in summer and a "stingy" brim in the winter. I have a few Panama hats as well as some light-colored "FDR" cotton summer hats.
Tom-n-Ed-CVSR by Edmund, on Flickr
GE_fini by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope everyone is getting along OK. Thanks for the story about the tree, Kevin
Regards, Ed
Capn Crunch,
I just replied to your PM of Sept. 27. I totally apologize for taking so long to respond. Hopefully Kalmbach can reinstate the message notification system at some point. They need to make that a priority!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Randy,
I just replied to your PM of Sept. 23rd. I totally apologize for the slow response!
Heartland Division CB&QBaseball hats are popular but they don't protect ears from too much sun. Cowboy hats are probably better for sun protection.
I frequently wear fedoras (cowboy hats with narrower brims). I have a regular felt hat and a light weight Tilley hat for the summer and a warmer Tilley hat with ear covers (if I choose) for the winter. Wearing a 'cowboy hat' in the rain or the snow only makes sense to me. I have a couple of baseball caps but the only one that I wear occasionally is a worn out denim cap with my family name on it.
I am at high risk for skin cancer so I don't fool around. I can't stand long sleeves, but I wear SPF 50 arm sleeves in the summer when I am driving to keep the sun off my arms.
der5997Speaking of hats, Garry, I still do - it's a warmth in winter, skin cancer prevention in summer thing.
Der John ! Good to see you here. It has been a long time since I saw you posting in the Diner. I think you had trouble logging in.
Hats. ... I don't wear them often. I still have plenty of hair on my head. ...
Baseball hats are popular but they don't protect ears from too much sun. Cowboy hats are probably better for sun protection.
gmpullmanKevin, was it a dead tree that fell on its own? The neighbor was cutting it down and the tree didn't fall as planned? High winds blew the tree over? A beaver infestation?
It was a poinciana that was partially uprooted during Hurricane Irma three years ago. It has been falling over in ultra-slow-motion for all that time.
Today it just split in half. Half of it was still upright and pulling on the wire to the street light. I called the electric company and they disconnected and reconnected the street lamp so it is not in the tree anymore.
There is still a portion standing, and these things grow like weeds, so it is still a hazard. I hope he finally has it removed.