Track fiddlerThe voting topic. I didn't know we were allowed to voice that here.
Saying I went to vote today is like saying I went to church today. Don't say who you voted for and don't tell us what the sermon was and we should be good.
1 acre of leaves mulched, I will probably just get one more ride on the Deere before that's it.
The Sun has gone down and it will soon be dark and the bar is empty, tea it is.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
The voting topic. I didn't know we were allowed to voice that here.
I still need to do that. I have a mail-in ballot I can use or I can bring that in and do it in person. From what I understand the mail in forms could be another conspiracy to just get confused and lost.
I was driving through a residential neighborhood the other day and saw a professional looking sign in this Harley guys front yard. I knew this because he was outside the garage in his driveway working on his bike. I honked and waved at him and he did wave back.
I laughed pretty hard. His sign said 2020 election They all suck
I'm patriotic for the Vets. I wish to thank them for their service so I do vote. I have looked at election day the same way for years though.
Check the box of your best Judgment for the lesser of the two evils because that's the only choice you have Yippee!
TF
cudaken Any tips on how to cut sapre ribs? I am about ready to freeze them, put them in a vices and take a saws all to them! Band saw would be better yet! Any tips would be wecomed.
NO! NO! NO! Do not use your power equipment to cut frozen meat. A person we knew did this and he filled his garage with meat sawdust. Three days later the whole house smelled like it was full of long-dead corpses. They had to move out and a restoration company had to be brought in to clean the place up.
Went and voted today and was in and out in seconds. In my 45 years of voting, I have never had to wait for even one person ahead of me. I have never missed voting in a Federal or Provincial election.
Out to hop on the Deere to cut the lawn and chop the very few leaves that are starting to fall.
Afternoon Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk and Robbie a dog treat!
BATMAN As I walked by I said, "if you won't wear a mask for your country, I guess fighting for your country would be really out of the question".
Well said Brent! Hope you will not mind is I use that qoute? Pretty much how I feel!
Any tips on how to cut spare ribs? I am about ready to freeze them, put them in a vices and take a saws all to them! Band saw would be better yet! Any tips would be wecomed.
BBQ is about done and it is time to sit out side with Dirk. So later, Ken and Dirk asked can I have the bones Daddy, Woof, Woof. No Dirk you cannot have bones.
I hate Rust
Home again
Just a little hour and a half wave in a Saturday. I knew about this thing yesterday. Judy seems back to her normal self since we got back home.
Ya know. I can have rememberance of friends and family I have lost in the past with my head and speak to them from my heart. Judy seams to be a little different for now and for now I will be supportive. I was glad to help.
Everyone leave this one alone please but thanks for the vent outlet
Brent that Canadian wall is really something. I could jump over that with a skip. So many beautiful areas in Canada I have seen If I was anywhere nearby there, I would probably jump over
Yet it makes me wonder. I would have to place my bet that the Canadians aren't jumping over
We're still at it boys
The love this family has for Kelly is uncomparable. We are at the graveyard again late afternoon because it's Judy's Dad's birthday
Her dad was killed by a drunk driver when he was 54. Kelly and Judy always celebrated thier Dads Birthday with a Budweiser thier Daddy's beer
So when we got here I cleared all the leaves away for her. She said its suppose to snow 3 inches tonight and she doesn't want any leaves frozen to her sister's stone. She wants to sweep them away all the way to the corner
If I would have known this I would have brang a rake My turn to sweep gotta go
howmus All I will say is.. This too shall pass....!
I hope so, this is right near my house. The road on the left is in the U.S. the road on the right is in Canada.
People are now walking over the border in significant numbers, one because the border is closed, but the reality is most Americans don't have passports so choose to sneak over.
The U.S. Government spent a lot of money in the last six months building this fence trying to keep people in. Like this fence will help.
Like I said it is near to where I live and I drive that road often, hardly ever saw a border guard from either side. The border jumpers are heading North not South but this is what I drive by now every half mile or so.
Kevin, renting a car for long trips is smart money management. Every new car I ever owned I have kept for 14 or 15 years. It is amazing how long they will run when looked after. Kind of like people.
We are having a Provincial election today so we are off to vote.
All the best to all.
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND US! GO FASTER!
Track fiddlerI would agree that's the ideal idea Brent but the consideration was short. If my truck was newer there would be nothing to consider but it's not. She's an oldie but goodie with almost 280,000 miles on it. It has always been very well taken care of and has been very mechanically sound. I'm knocking on wood. Sometimes you get a good machine like that.
I have had two new trucks in my life.
I had my 1989 Ford F150 for 19 years and nearly 300,000 miles. I bought my Colorado in 2008, and it is getting close to 200,000 miles now. Hopefully I can get another few years and 100,000 miles out of her, then I will buy my last new truck.
My wife used to get a new car every 2-3 years, but we have had the Impala for more than 5 years now, and she only has 40,000 miles on her odometer. We might have this car for a long time.
I won't own an SUV, crossover, or a minivan. I am a car guy, and there are not very many new traditional sedans coming to market.
Track fiddlerI rent a vehicle when I go that far out of town.
Me too. As long as National will rent me a good car for $35.00 a day, I see no reason to rack up the miles on my vehicles.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
BATMAN it is turning into a bit of a gong show at times.
All I will say is.. This too shall pass....!
My son's birthday is in four days and the family is celebrating it today (to start with I think). I will be going over there for dinner. They are part of my Safe group during this time.
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning from the West Coast where it is a stunning blue sky day.
Woke up to several deer snoozing on the front lawn, would make for easy pickins if needed. My friends hunt to fill the freezer usually with moose, call me lazy but it is hard work and that is one battle I will pass on.
I came out of Home Depot and there was this rather large gentleman screaming at someone because they were wearing a mask. As I walked by I said, "if you won't wear a mask for your country, I guess fighting for your country would be really out of the question". Never heard another peep from him.
TF, my truck was made in Sept 2000 and just had its twentieth birthday. It is not reliable enough anymore to go to the backcountry. We sold the trailer and if we get another, that means a new truck to pull it. We are unsure what changes will happen with the kids heading out in the world and we really want to be more remote away from the nuthouse this world is turning into.
My friend has a place on the ocean up the coast and you can grab a cup of coffee hop in the boat and have a 20lb Salmon in twenty minutes, bring it home and have Salmon with your eggs. Plenty of game around and endless streams and rivers for the best water on Earth. Right now, though rural we are close to the border and more and more people are walking over it for various reasons and it is turning into a bit of a gong show at times.
The guy is coming to measure for the counter today as he got his new slab of whatever it is in. He did the last bathroom and it was all two of them could do to carry the thing in the house. The boss said it is quartz.
Well time to get at it, I have to run a new 24gauge HDMI cable that some idiot put a nail through.
Good morning, everyone.
It was 23°F this morning for the trail walk. It felt colder than that. We'll get our first measurable snow starting tonight -- anywhere from 4 to 8 inches.
Our dog Daisy does not like cold weather. With the fire going, she gets comfortable in my chair, even if I'm in it.
York1 John
BATMAN TF, you have a truck so consider renting a trailer then you can dump it at the camp site and go exploring. Puppies are growing like crazy.
TF, you have a truck so consider renting a trailer then you can dump it at the camp site and go exploring.
Puppies are growing like crazy.
Good Morning
I would agree that's the ideal idea Brent but the consideration was short. If my truck was newer there would be nothing to consider but it's not. She's an oldie but goodie with almost 280,000 miles on it. It has always been very well taken care of and has been very mechanically sound. I'm knocking on wood. Sometimes you get a good machine like that. But to push the envelope and drive that old truck across the country, I don't think would be wise.
Here the periodic things that go wrong with it, I have a mechanic named Damien. He's a fair honest man and charges half of what anybody else in the city wants to do the job for.
He used to have his own mechanic shop right here in town. He tore off the top of his garage, adding another half story, has a lift and all the diagnostic equipment and is very good at what he does. Only difference is his garage is 15 foot out his back door and doesn't have the overhead he used to have so he can offer that kind of service at a very reasonable rate.
To break down in my truck way down south I would be at the mercy of any Billy Bob that was conveniently available in that area and that's usually the time you get Reamed to the hilt.
I only had that happen once in my lifetime and just don't wish to chance going down that road again. It was a horrible experience and ever since then I rent a vehicle when I go that far out of town.
Love the puppies. I don't know who could not love a puppy. The only thing better than a puppy is more puppies
Happy Saturday morning everyone.
Flo, I would like two buttermilk biscuits and one egg over easy, and, of course, start me out with a cup of black coffee.
Going to just work real hard on the guest bedroom today. That is all of my plans for this weekend.
Howdy Folks!
Reading through the comments.... I would only say that there is a hobby store here that refused to shut down per NYS restrictions (Ah... Hobby stores really aren't essential businesses!). He finally got a visit from the local police and given a choice. He decided he didn't want to pay a huge fine or spend time in the local lock-up.... He still refuses to wear the proper thingy, and doesn't care whether customers do or not. He does have the obligatory sign on the door though. I will never be patronizing the place again! If he doesn't care about me, why should I care about his business!!! Very simple!
For those hunters among us......
For some others here....
Have a good one and stay safe out there!!!
Good morning ....
The computer is repaired and working well. I have a lot of catching up to do.
I think it was Dave who posted several photos of Michigan a few days ago. One of the pictures was the Huckleberry Railroad which operates a short narrow guage line north of Flint, MI for tourists. They have a village of buildings from early 20th century with various shops.
I recall a nice family outing. We went to Frankenmuth, the German Christmas tourist town for lunch at one of the authentic German restaurants. It is farther from Huckleberry Railroad. After Frankenmuth, we went to the Huckleberry Railroad for a train ride.
Here is a coffee mug I aquired back when we lived in Michigan. It is for the Tuscola & Sagnaw Bay Railroad which operated in Michigan for many years. It is now the Great Lakes Central Railroad.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good Morning All,
A regular and a blueberry bagel with cream cheese please Chloe.
Still alive and well though I haven't had much to say of late. Been busy in the shop as all our events got shoved to the end of the regular season. I decided to skip two of the last three (Daytona and COTA in Austin) and will just do Sebring at the beginning of December.
In travelling, I noticed a lot of variations in masks. Wisconsin in particular was lax. As a shop we constitute a bubble and the team is pretty careful these days.
There is a very popular bumper sticker down here that says "Only Sheep Wear Masks, Be A Real American"
Baa. We wear masks except for our "flyin" from Fla who has decided they are a risk factor. If they were I think my daughter and her coworkers at the hospital who wear them all day would be in trouble. We stay away from him as much as possible.
Not much on the train front as we are doing job lists on the house so we can sell and move to the sticks. I am making a tower/office for the yard where the tracks enter the yard area. Might post pics in WPF if I get inspired. Ciao, J.R.
Good day all. The wearing of masks here is strictly enforced. It is the idiots not social distancing and some having parties with other households which is forbidden
The nearest we are getting to go on a holiday is looking a old holiday photographs. (Sad I know)
A little while back we traveled on the Panama Canal Railway.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
gmpullmanThanks for the heads up on the Vallejo, Kevin. I'm looking forward to getting started with it. I have hundreds of HO figures to paint this winter. Do you find the "Model Air" airbrush-ready paints to be worthwhile or is it just as good to thin the regular stuff? I can see the convenience of using the pre-thinned stuff for quick color changes.
I have never used the Air line of Vallejo paints. I use Scalecoat II almost exclusively in the airbrush.
Vallejo are for brush painting. The Model Color line is my favorite, but Panzer Aces and Game Color also have lots of great colors.
BigDaddyI know people who still do that, don't open their mail for 3 days and haven't been for a walk outside because they see people without masks.
That is pretty much us. We open our mail twice a week. We are currenty on day 5 of a 15 day quarantine after our trip to Orlando. I do not want to lose my wife. She is in all the high-risk groups.
cats think well of me I'd heard similar stories that people are not as dilligent about wearing masks down in the southern states.
I can verify that here in Southwest Florida, all the major retailers have signs stating that all customers must wear masks, and less than half the customers wear them. Nobody is enforcing anything.
I guess I am a sheep.
Track fiddlerI did hunt a lot back in the day and my bird dog was only for birds.
I got talked into going on one hunting trip. We did not shoot anything, and I had a terrible time. Never again. I know where I can buy food, I do not need to make it into extra work.
Nighty night
I'm hitting the rack Kids
Funny stuff Brent.
I did hunt a lot back in the day and my bird dog was only for birds.
I ate bear, I ate moose and I still eat deer but the only thing I ever hunted was birds. My friends wanted a lot more and always asked me to go.
I never liked shooting things, especially bigger creatures
I ate them though and it's no different than eating good Texas Steer from the grocery store.
I'm glad you got your toidee installed.
I remember many times with my old friend Leo working on the septic tanks at the resorts. He asked me, John did you bring your straw
BigDaddy, Sounds like a nice trip down south even if not as productive as hoped. A small doe I imagine is nothing to sneeze at. I haven't gone hunting in many years but had heard that a doe is still a prize. I'd heard similar stories that people are not as dilligent about wearing masks down in the southern states. I'm in PA as well and most places are pretty adament about it.
I like that line that it's not the wind's fault, but the person behind the trigger.
A hunting we will go.... A hunting we will go
Henry, it never occurred to me you would be going to a hunting lodge. While I do not hunt myself, I have friends that do and the stories I hear about getting the kill back to the truck and then in the truck does not sound like much fun to me. Then they hang the things in the garage for a while before they butcher them. After that, they have to pressure wash the garage out. I am guessing the lodge butchers the catch for you?
We had a huge buck in the front yard today, the biggest I have ever seen around here.
Before wife and kids, I would have laughed at anyone that said I was going to be an RV guy. We did rent a trailer a couple of times as we had the truck however it is expensive and a lot of work loading before and unloading after and cleaning the thing. We bought our own and we used it a lot. We had the best times as a family and usually went with others. Going where there is no cell service/internet was the best as the phones went away until we hit civilization.
Got the toilet installed, but that is it as I kept getting sidetracked by request from others. All that is left is some expensive stone counter for the vanity. It comes with the sinks installed so once I hook those up I am done. One bathroom left to do.
Think I'll watch the idiot box as that is all I have the energy for after a really busy day.
Went to SC for my annual deer hunt. Didn't have the luck of several who got 8 and 9 point deer. I shot the only deer I saw, a small doe. For this time of the year, it was very warm, highs in the upper 80's a couple days.They have wild hogs and a couple of those were taken. Boy do they stink.The further south one travels from PA the less people wear masks. At my age, you have to stop at rest stops fairly often. VA has those jet driers that scare small children and blow everything everywhere. NC has big fans blowing. In SC only half the people are wearing masks.I was assured the hunting lodge was checking temperatures of new arrivals, practicing social distancing. That evidently didn't last long. The only change, by the time I got there, was instead of putting meals in big bowls on a table so everyone could serve themselves, the cook put it on a plate for you.
It was the only normalcy I've seen since February and I did not mind at all. Building a home and moving has made it impossible just to sit at home and order groceries and never be exposed to other people.
I know people who still do that, don't open their mail for 3 days and haven't been for a walk outside because they see people without masks.
Our colors do not look anything near as far along as the previously posted pictures. Another week or two.
In deer hunting, ideally, you want the wind in your face so the deer can't smell you. The guy who runs the lodge, starts his day at 4:30 and gets to bed at midnight or 1 o'clock. He puts hunters in their stands by 6:15, and goes back to bed.
It gets light enough to shoot at 7:15.
He got a call that woke him up at 7:30. A hunter complained the wind was all wrong, blowing toward the deer and he just missed 3 shots on 2 deer. He told the hunter the problem was not the wind, but the jerk on the trigger.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk and Robbie a dog treat.
I think Friday was our last summer like day. Hit 83 degrees and no rain. Sat outside with Sue and Dirk for over a hour. Today is nasty and 45 degrees.
Got my mail in vote done today. Now if panhandlers will just stopping calling begging for money.
Later, Ken and Dirk say's me votes to Daddy, Milk Bones in every dog dish! Woof, Woof.
I was sorry to hear about your wife's disability 5 years ago David
I too love to cook as you do and almost look at it as like a sport. When you nail it and make something really good, eating it is like scoring a goal!
The mild West Coast climate you live up in Canada Brent, seems to remind me the equivalent of Seattle's from your descriptions. I have a high school friend Addison that lives in Washington and says that it rains four days out of five is true a lot of the time. But he also states that it's so green and lush there. On a sunny day it is just a drop dead gorgeous place to live.
Mister B. That was funny. I take it the GF's dog isn't very well behaved. I can't imagine being cooped up in an RV with jump, jump claw, claw bark, bark slobber, slobber lick, lick and everything else that goes with that for a week and a half. Unless that could happen with the dog left at home
Just Kidding
Ed. Your own lake with fish in it in your backyard I am missing three back teeth now and would gladly give up a 4th to have something like that you lucky dog!
You're curious cat staring in the bucket really cracked me up! Must have already ate the Tender Vittles or the Friskies Buffet
Nice pic Ya handsome devil
Penalty Box in the middle
Track fiddler We are both really needing a vacation and trying to think of creative ways to do it safely. We are thinking of looking into renting an RV to do another tour of the South. I definitely know renting one of these things will be more than a rental car plus the extra expense of fuel but maybe not much more than all the hotel rooms at $150 a night that we won't need. Looks to be more like a wash. TF
We are both really needing a vacation and trying to think of creative ways to do it safely. We are thinking of looking into renting an RV to do another tour of the South. I definitely know renting one of these things will be more than a rental car plus the extra expense of fuel but maybe not much more than all the hotel rooms at $150 a night that we won't need. Looks to be more like a wash.
The GF has gotten it into her head that she wants to do that. The trouble is, she wants to bring her giant, fidgety dog. Honestly, a trip with that dog would be an ordeal, not a vacation.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
BATMAN I would be on that pond playing hockey with the kids every day and would have floodlights so we could play all night. Any fish in there?
Thanks, Brent and TF
Yep, there's some blue gill and large mouth bass. Enough for a fish fry once a month or so.
Largemouth by Edmund, on Flickr
Just don't trust the cat to guard them for you
Cicero-fishwatch by Edmund, on Flickr
That windmill has an air pump on it that keeps the pond from freezing completely so the water stays healthy and oxygenated for the fish. You'll have to have your hockey game around the edges, penalty box in the middle!
I was in that Stratford, Ontario shop when I was about eight years old During a CN fantrip.
Thanks for the heads up on the Vallejo, Kevin. I'm looking forward to getting started with it. I have hundreds of HO figures to paint this winter.
Do you find the "Model Air" airbrush-ready paints to be worthwhile or is it just as good to thin the regular stuff? I can see the convenience of using the pre-thinned stuff for quick color changes.
Storms are moving in — time to batten down the hatches!
Cheers, Ed
Track fiddlerThanks for the geography lesson Kevin
I have been a subscriber to National Geographic my entire life, and I have bound volumes of all of their atlases.
Geography fasdcinates me. Maps fascinate me.
My wife still laughs at how excited I get when Geography is one of the subjects on Jeopardy.
I will try not to nerd-out too much on the subject of geography.
gmpullmanI just got a new package containing dozens of Vallejo paints. As my Pollyscale gets used up or dries up I'm looking for an alternative.
I hope you will be happy with the Vallejo paints. They have been my favorite for a few years now.
Good afternoon from the damp West Coast. It is back to sunshine tomorrow with much cooler temps.
Ed, your property is stunning. The wife and I have looked at a lot of properties that have ponds or small lakes but the houses just were not big enough. I would be on that pond playing hockey with the kids every day and would have floodlights so we could play all night. Any fish in there?
The leaves here are still on the trees which is very unusual. The almanac says we are in for a colder than usual winter which doesn't mean much out here on the coast as some years it doesn't even hit freezing.
Three of our friends that had to start working from home because of covid had a little competition they started the beginning of April as to who could get the fittest by New Years. The transformation has been incredible. Two of them were O-Beast (as I like to call them) and are now down to a healthy weight range and very fit. If it wasn't for the pain old age brings, we are all like we were when we were young.
My daughter made 5 dozen chocolate chip oatmeal cookies last night, 84 calories each so I allowed myself 4. I was down 3lbs on my Sunday morning weigh-in so I also had a monster bowl of popcorn soaked in butter as well. Oh ya, a rum and Pepsi as well. That put me 1300 calories over on the day, good for a 1/3lb gain.
David, hamburger night was every Saturday for me growing up and roast beef every Sunday with the Grandparents up for dinner. Before covid, we would have the in-laws and my sister and her husband down every Sunday for dinner for the last 25 years.
Ordered the new HDMI cable yesterday at 1600hrs and the mail babe brought it at 1015hrs this morning. There is no reason to leave the house, it would have cost $10.00 just to drive the car to Home Depot and back.
It is install the toilet and then fish the new HDMI cable through the wall today and hopefully a little train time.
Track fiddlerJudy switched from turkey burger to chicken burger not too long ago David. I got to say I like that stuff much better. It isn't often we eat real hamburger anymore. Here and there over the Kingsford though. There is no substitute for that one. I've always loved my pulled pork. I sure would be curious to try that pulled chicken burger of yours. Sounds Like you may have that one down over there
Track fiddlerhim.
Hi TF. Before I met my lovely wife I enjoyed cooking my meals. Off course when we married she did the cooking, and a very good one. When she became disabled five and half years ago 'I got the kitchen back'. I love cooking all kinds of dishes - Asian, Indian, Morroccan, Italian, whatever. As mentioned previously, Friday is always burger night be it chicken, beef, pork etc. The favorite of mine is halloumi cheese burger with the trimmings.
Take care everyone.