ouch,
my hair hurts. I have a stinking migraine.
moelarrycurly4 ouch, my hair hurts. I have a stinking migraine.
My wife and daughter get migraines when they eat dairy. They never get them at all if they behave themselves. I can eat anything and do, being food-sensitive would be horrible for me. I'd never survive.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
moelarrycurly4my hair hurts. I have a stinking migraine.
I feel for you.
Hopefully you can get away from it all for the rest of the day and relax.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
BATMANThis car was spotted in Banff today. Didn't Milwaukee die in 1987?
Nice! a MILW. ballast hopper(s), looks like more than one. Must have been on a CP train.
I think the SOO/CP took the MILW over in 86.
Mike.
My You Tube
BATHROOM!
Kevin you cheaped out and didn't get the Japanese toilet with the heated seat, front or back cleansing and blow dryer?
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
finally headache is gone.
BigDaddyKevin you cheaped out and didn't get the Japanese toilet with the heated seat, front or back cleansing and blow dryer
No, not in the budget.
In fact, since I took early retirement, a lot was left out of the bathroom plan. Most notably, the wall on the right was supposed to be moved 12" to accomodate a 72 inch tub.
Unfortunately, the ONLY load bearing posts in the entire house are in that wall. It would cost an additional $4,000.00 to move that wall, so no 6 foot tub for me.
The wall tile was also opted out for a less expensive option from the original plan.
And, while not a super-smart Japanese toilet, we were going to install a fancier thing for my wife. That might still happen in the future. That upgrade did not need to be built into the house.
I am reminded of David Letterman's Fruitcake Lady, who was late night TV's Ann Landers, on topics suitable for late night TV. That's all I can safely say.
Kevin and daughter; good job with the sign!
We had problems with the toilet in our bathroom related to a broken flange; I tried to fix it, gave up, and called a real plumber. He put on a sleeve down into the waste pipe; and no problems since.
We are going to be pulling up linoleum in both bathrooms and replacing with tile in a few weeks; so that toilet will have to be pulled and reset. We'll see how that goes. I am hiring out the work, mainly because I have never laid tile, the space is tight, and we have saved up to have someone do it.
We are repainting the interior of the house. It takes a lot of time to paint with furniture in place and working a full time job. Hopefully it will get done before the holidays.
Eveing Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a please, Tin Can anything he wants and Dirk and Robbie a dog treat.
Tin Can Long time, did the new sign get you in the door? Just so happen to be running the B&O GP 7 you sent me!
Dirk Pip was sick today. Wife said he pooped in the kitchen this morning and later had the runs outside. Just layed around and would not eat.
I get home, and he was a Happy Boy. Did his hello daddy give me a treat dances. Seems fine to me tonight.
Work Front Looks like I will be working Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Looks like Skittles for Brains Jerry is becoming a Grand Father. He needs to go to Kansas City so he can sit in the parking lot of the hosptial so he can be close by? Cannot go into the hosptial nor see is daughter or grandchild, guess it is a grandfather thing.
Kevin You did a good job opening the dinner and tell your daughter Great Job!
Trains ar running great.
Later, Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof!
I hate Rust
SeeYou190BATHROOM!
Nice job Kevin! You're hired!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
LastspikemikeAnything built in the last 40 years or so will use ABS pipe anyway so this problem is very simple to repair.
Yup. Five dollars worth of silicone did the job nicely! The flange is in poured concrete so it isn't going to move. Whether the toilet is bolted to the flange or glued to the concrete is irrelevent. It has stayed dry for 18 years.
hon30critterNice job Kevin!
Thanks Dave.
When I pulled the toilet up this morning, the wax ring was completely out of place. I did not know it was possible to mess that up so badly.
All is good now.
Good morning, Diners.
mbinsewi BATMAN This car was spotted in Banff today. Didn't Milwaukee die in 1987? Nice! a MILW. ballast hopper(s), looks like more than one. Must have been on a CP train. I think the SOO/CP took the MILW over in 86. Mike.
BATMAN This car was spotted in Banff today. Didn't Milwaukee die in 1987?
Yes. .... I recall when the trustees of the bankrupt MILW were selling it. First they abondened all except a core system when included the cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis / St Paul, and Kansas city. All western lines were sold or abandoned.
To sell the core system, the trustees entered into a sales agreement with GTW/CN. MILW would have been merged into an expanded GTW. C&NW filed a motion with the courts which stopped that from happening. Next, there was a three way bidding war (GTW, C&NW, and Soo Line. Soo Line won.
Upon acquiring MILW (core system), SOO then sold its Duluth - Chicago route to a new railroad called Wisconsin Central. (The original Wisconsin Central operated from 1897 until it merged with SOO in 1954.)
Next, CN/GTW entered into a coordinated service agreement with Burlington Northern. This effectively gave CN a route to Chicago from western Canada.
In 2001, CN acquired WC, and secured a route to Chicago without the coordinated service with BN.
When I worked for GTW (1972-1992), I was involved with various studies for the proposed merger of MILW and GTW which did not happen. We looked at anticipated traffic flows over MILW, GTW, and DW&P. DW&P is a CN-owned railroad which runs from Duluth to the Canadian border.
Regarding GTW, CN stopped treating it as an autonomous company in the early 1990's. GTW effectively became an operating division of CN. Any headquarters functions were thereafter performed at CN headquarters in Montreal. Later, CN acquired Illinois Central, WC, EJ&E, DM&IR, and B&LE.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
We left for a wedding a couple of small Eastern states away late last week. Good start to the diner. Back home now restocking the fridge. We are out of bacon. (Hmmmm...do we have some frozen?)
Lovely wedding. Very high priced. The big "real" wedding was put off until next year, so they had this mini-wedding this year.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
Flo, please bring me a couple strips of the bacon that Mr. Beasley mentioned, and I think I will have iced tea this morning instead of coffee.
I need to go buy doors today. It rained for the last three days, so that was not possible. Mulitday rain is such a rare occurance here.
This new storm, Delta, is crazy. It was an unnamed mild storm two days ago, and now it is a compact, well formed, category 4. There are still eight weeks left of Hurricane season. This has been a scary year.
Good afternoon
My internet/DSL connection is still intermittent. A service tech is scheduled for tomorrow. I have about 500 feet of underground POTS wire. There could be a problem there.
Nothing a little Bondo couldn't cure —
D-n-M_NE_206 by Edmund, on Flickr
Kevin, thank you for the acknowledgement of your appreciation for the Dazor shop lamp in WPF. Glad it has a new, appreciative home I had a long reply ready to post and when I clicked Submit, it went poof!
I hope everyone is doing well,
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanKevin, thank you for the acknowledgement of your appreciation for the Dazor shop lamp in WPF.
Ed and Kevin,
Let me add my thanks to both of you for your posts about the Dazor. Based on what I saw and read, I decided to pick on up for myself from Ebay. It just arrived and I couldn't be more pleased. Very sturdy!
Tim
Late to the model railroad party but playing catch-up.....
Apparently Eddie Van Halen has passed away.
He was one of my guiter idols.
I was saddened to hear about Eddie
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery breaking your mind. Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?
I don't think this is at all political or breaking House Rules.
It was just Erv and me and a little creativity out in Prior Lake on a beautiful day with nothing to do and all day to do it.
It was a joint effort and Erv colors a little wider than me
TF
Good evening. We put a lot of miles on the SUV the past two weeks, but we got to see the grandkids in their natural habitats.
Now we are sitting in our house, exhausted. I think it will take a couple of days to recover from the last several days' driving. Don't ask me about people who use their phones while driving on the Interstate.
York1 John
Here's my buddy Erv
I thought you guys should meet him sometime
I've had a lot of friends in my lifetime but Erv is as good as it gets
PS He says the same thing every time I leave. "Love you John, Thank you, Give Judy a hug"
And of course it's always said back with a Knuckle Clash!
Erv looks like a great guy to hang out with.
I went wargaming a couple of times in September and saw a couple of friends I have not been with in months. Nothing like the big wargaming Friday nights of years gone by, but only three or four people now.
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk a dog treat.
Far as Eddie Van Halen He could Rock!
Work Front. Got a little good news. We are change the store hours. During the weekdays we where opening at 11:00 AM and closing at 8:00 PM. Other mattress company's open at 10:00 AM. Many of times I have been waitting to turn across traffic to get to my store and seen people leave our parking lot to go eles where because we are not open yet.
After 7:00 PM, nothing! Last month the store had 2 customers after 7:00 PM and neither one bought a thing.
New hours will be from 10:00 AM too 7:00 PM. Much better, if I have a good customer come in at 6:59 I will hang in there to get a sale. (if they want a $100.00 King I am out of there!) Cannot help people I don't see.
Ed I will be calling you in the next few days if that is OK. You back night shift or day shift?
Later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof.
The story is Eddie Van Halen had the guitar Mastered by the age of 13 in high school and probably long before that
He played Eruption from the start and had many versions of it from which he would play. He fiddled around with his guitars and said the guitar was like a toy to him
He rose to fame quickly and was so young people would call the police on him for flipping hundred dollar bills out at hotels like it was confetti
He was one of the youngest most successful Rock Stars from his start
Long Live Eddie Van Halen!
Somebody here please put a live version of one of his better live performances of Eruption
Long Live Eddie
Track fiddlerSomebody here please put a live version of one of his better live performances of Eruption
This is my favorite, but it is very long.
Good morning from the beautiful shores of Petoskey, Michigan!
Let's set the wayback machine to 1908, shall we?
GRnI_Petoskey_1908 by Edmund, on Flickr
Click on the photo, I've kept the relative size of this 8 x 10 glass negative fairly large. Old No. 3 is getting her bell polished. Petoskey is famous for their fossilized coral known as Petoskey Stone formed in the Devonian* period.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad generally ran north-south from Cincinnati to the Straits of Mackinac way up in the U.P. The Pennsylvania railroad bought the cash-strapped railroad ten years after the above photo was taken.
Until 1961 the PRR operated the Northern Arrow on this route, a popular train for vacationers. This is pretty close to the view as it is today, looking north, toward the depot:
Petoskey_view-north by Edmund, on Flickr
Ten-years or so back, there were a few trips here aboard private cars. Somewhere I have a few photos of one of those adventures.
cudakenEd I will be calling you in the next few days if that is OK. You back night shift or day shift?
This week I'm hitting the rack at 5 AM and sleeping to noon, Ken
I hope everyone is doing fine.
Take your pick! The ones with holes are half the calories
donuts by Edmund, on Flickr
* That's before there were trains!
Mornin
Another beautiful day up in Mn. 76° yesterday and enjoyed. I was out on the porch with a coffee in a t-shirt at 7:00. Comfortable and not a cloud in the sky. It looks like it's going to be another nice one. Indian Summer perhaps
Thanks for the Donuts Ed. Interesting schedule you have this week. I think you're on Kevin's schedule I'm back to my normal schedule of hitting the rack at 11 p.m. again.
Thanks for the video Kevin That's one of my favorites too. Erv streamed that one to the big screen out in the garage yesterday. We watched another long one when Eddie was older and gray. He always looked like he was having fun. The bathroom looks great Kev Nice Job!
Judy's day off today and tomorrow. I need to re-up on some Kingsford as some lakeside grilling is in order here! Some beautiful weather to do it in
Make it a great day guys
Good morning, everyone. We also are having an Indian Summer here -- cool mornings, but warming into the 80s in the afternoon.
Corn harvest is just starting while harvesting beans has been going on for several weeks. It's a busy time of year here. I am in the middle of thousands of square miles of corn and bean fields.
In several weeks, corn will be piled on the ground in many small towns, waiting for empty train cars.
The layout has been sitting quietly for several weeks. I hope to get back to work on it in several weeks. There is a great looking white church about five miles from our house. I think I will try to scratchbuild that building. I'm going to get some pictures of it today.
Ed, thanks for the donuts. There is always room for glazed donuts. I don't ever let calories bother me while eating donuts.
Have a good Wednesday, everyone.