Dianne and I are really happy with our new front door. It was long overdue:
You will either love the colour or hate it! Our wonderful next door neighbour Robert asked Dianne if that was the final colour. When she said yes, he responded that "you can always paint it".
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
ROBERT PETRICKAnd if getting unsolicited pre-approved junk mail offers from credit card companies is another indicator, we're in good shape on that economic front as well.
Those, and all the junk mail I am getting from eye doctors and dentists for some reason.
What I really need to buy is health insurance.
York1Are you sure he didn't say, "two weeks"?
Actually, I was promised "two weeks" after the new window and door were delivered. That was several months ago.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Just got off the phone with the General Contractor again about my front window. I have a new promised completion date of next Friday, with a start date of either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Are you sure he didn't say, "two weeks"?
York1 John
Doughless If local traffic can be used as an anecdotal measure of our economy, we are back to a pre-covid pace around here.
If local traffic can be used as an anecdotal measure of our economy, we are back to a pre-covid pace around here.
And if getting unsolicited pre-approved junk mail offers from credit card companies is another indicator, we're in good shape on that economic front as well.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
up831Somehow, I always thought Patti Smith was from New York, not Detroit (or Ann Arbor).
I am pretty sure Patti Smith and MC5 were from the New York mid 1970s scene.
The band I posted, Sonic's Rendezvous Band had one former member of MC5, Patti Smith's husband on guitar, and they are from the Ann Arbor scene. I have no idea how they got there from there.
Since they only pressed one record, and it was the same song on both sides, I doubt they ever went too far. However, that record was the crown-jewel of my collection in the 1980s.
Now anyone can download the song for 99 cents from iTunes, or listen to it for free on YouTube.
Terry and Ken: Prayers and good thoughts for healing for your daughters.
My niece got married in Denver last weekend. We did not go, did not want to risk exposure to covid, as there would be extreme consequences at work for my wife and I if we were even exposed. We have been chastised somewhat, but with relatives gathering from Texas and Wisconsin; I don't think it was a good idea. I am probably wrong, but I think this is a perfect application of better safe than sorry.
Greetings and salutations brothers of the scale rail,
ok, that's laying it on a bit thick, but how is everyone?
My wife and I just returned home from AZ and SoCal. It was hot! A week of over 105F! I think I fell victim to dehydration or heat or both. Been very weak. Normally, I can pretty much take the heat, but not this trip. Didn't feel any relief until we got back down into the basin near LAX. It was 20 degrees cooler there than on the desert. Then after we got back to Chicago it was only 40F. That's a 60 degree temp change. I'm still not 100% yet.
One side trip we did,which wasn't originally planned was we drove up to Tehachapi and saw the Tehachapi Loop. If you're an SP fan, it's a must see. I hope to share some pics in a later post. I'm told they run 40 trains/day through the loop. We saw two. Saw some activity days later in Cajon Pass, but no pictures.
On the way to Tehachapi, we drove by Edwards AFB, of Chuck Yeager and the X-15 fame. It's really small for an airbase. Without the road signs to tell you the exit, you almost wouldn't know it was there.
MC5: "If you aren't part of the solution, you're part of the problem!" Or at least so they said. Somehow, I always thought Patti Smith was from New York, not Detroit (or Ann Arbor).
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Nice to know that the Algoma Central has been annexed by Michigan, no more delays at the Canadian border. See last picture's caption.
Track fiddlerDer John, ... You're a Post-Hog! and so are you Dave!
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
That is better news than what we are listening here. Because of the sharp rise in Covid 19 cases here (mainly students?) our area could go into total lockdown by next Monday. People are stockpiling food already.
The model railway items I have been waiting for since February are further delayed.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
My experience lately is than GC's tend to fit small jobs in between their higher priority big jobs, so if those big jobs set backs, our small jobs fall in line.
If he was doing a $35,000 kitchen remodel, your job would push out the others.
BTW, went to lunch today. Traffic was unbeleivable, stacked up at the lights. A far cry from the easiness with which traffic flowed during our April lock down for Covid.
- Douglas
Just got off the phone with the General Contractor again about my front window.
I have a new promised completion date of next Friday, with a start date of either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Hoping... I really want this done.
York1 Nothing planned today except more church construction. My limited skills are having issues with laser-cut windows. They look great on the cut sheet, but getting them off the sheet and onto the walls is not going well. Is this what is called learning?
Nothing planned today except more church construction. My limited skills are having issues with laser-cut windows. They look great on the cut sheet, but getting them off the sheet and onto the walls is not going well. Is this what is called learning?
Hey John-
Stand by for PM regarding your church windows.
Track fiddlerIt Snowed Today
I know... this season is making it a lot colder. We are only getting up to 81 today.
At least we are not dipping down into the 60s at night right now.
The weather here is perfect. The paradise months are just a few weeks away.
The seasonal residents will be here soon.
Good morning. Cold, but a beautiful morning for walking on the trail. Even the blue heron standing in the creek looked cold.
Ken, I wish I had something encouraging to say. I don't know what the answer is other than to keep on keeping on.
Good morning
Nice pic as well David. Looks Mighty comfortable. Judy's day off today and tomorrow. We slept in and I are having a snow day. 387 accidents throughout the city. I don't know how minnesotans forget how to drive in the snow
We're staying in today and putting together a puzzle. Not that I'm worried about driving in the snow in my four-wheel drive, it's the others you need to worry about out there
Judy picked two movies for today, Bandits with Bruce Willis and Clint Eastwoods Grand Torino.
Prayers for all who need them
TF
A lovely picture, John. Thanks for showing.
Here in the UK it is rain and more rain.
This Covid 19 is getting in the way. Not being allowed to go out much I need a holiday. Preferably a cruise.
Here I am pre-lockdown chilling out on our World Voyage.
It Snowed Today
Our Prayers for Terry's Daughter from me and Judy
It's going to be Okay Terry I Just Know it is
6th of November
Heavy Prayers and Heavy Friends here
John
POST HOG!
And I know right where they are on top
And I must thank you again my Friend
I show them to everyone I know and tell them about the guy I know that makes them
You got a point there Kevin
I just always loved good old-fashioned rock and roll
My hair is a little More Crazier than yours these days
I guess it always has been Tonight I got an arrow going through it
But I love ya man!
The Ace of Spades You were an Animal! and probably still are!
And thanks for the V beer
howmusThese are shots from the glen in Naples, NY where my lady friend and I were hiking.
Beautiful tranquil photos Ray!
You have no idea how much I wish that I could hike again! Dianne and I used to go for miles!
Track fiddlerI have never liked Punk or Disco Kevin
How can you use punk and disco in the same sentence?
Booooo!
Me having fun, circa 2008 or so:
I have not had a real adult beverage in over a month, but I think I will have a virtual beer tonight. Please feel free to join in.
I have got to say
I have never liked Punk or Disco Kevin
But I have always liked you
Since we are in Michigan...
This is a punk band out of Ann Arbor Michigan called Sonic's Rendezvous Band. This is their one and only pressed record. City Slang was recorded in the mid-1970s about the time The Ramones were making waves in New York City. I actually had this on vinyl in the 1980s. This was like the Holy Grail of punk rock music in the 1980s. Everybody had copies of copies of copies on cassette of this song. All were terrible quality, and all were treasured.
I love low budget recordings, and the raw guitar on this track is some of the best ever laid down, beginning at about 2:55.
Fred Smith is the guitar player in Sonic's Rendezvous Band. He is formerly of the MC5. He was married to Patti Smith, the lead singer of the MC5.
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Judy's kind of driving me Nuts too Ken
She's got my phone from me again talking to my brother while we were planning our Bigfoot Trip this spring
Last I was talking to my Bro earlier this evening, he was going to come along with me to join the Twin Cities Model Railroad Club this month
Now she's got my phone again
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk and Robbie a dog treat.
I was in a pretty good mood till I got home. Over all the first part of the month has been pretty good to me! Made a extra $334.00 in commission at work, not bad for working part time. Far as 2020, got 6 weeks of paid vacation due too the crude. Paid down credit card usage from 40% too 18% and credit score is up to 750. Have a dog I love so life should not be that bad tonight?
Nope wife is driving me nuts! Besides being a horder she should be on happy pills. But Noooooooo, she does not like them! She has nothing too worry about, so she gets bored.
Tells me the same thing over and over again and it is driving me nuts! I have never been a person to throw in the towel but I am so close tonight. Might be time to buy a RV for Dirk and I and blow this sene.
All so think about having a Do Not Resuscitate order done for myself. Why won't she take her darn meds
Later, Ken and dirk ask "What a RV daddy Woof, Woof?"
I hate Rust
Lion we can atleast pretend.
Afternoon folks!
Just took another trunk load of old junk metal stuff down to the recycler. Amazing how much crap one can accumulate that is of no value at all over about a 35 year period.....
As long as we are sharing fall foliage photos (mine are not anywhere as awesome as some already posted on here). These are shots from the glen in Naples, NY where my lady friend and I were hiking. She is amazing and had no qualms about climbing over rocks and logs in the stream to get to the upper falls. I chickened out about half way there. You will see some of the rocks and stuff she just jumped over and on to fiord the creek... I would have likely slipped and smashed my head on one of the rocks! Anyway, enjoy! These are all from Grimes Glen Park in Naples.
Yep! That was her climbing over the log before she crossed the stream...
Enjy!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Great pictures of fall colors. Thanks. We don't get much fall color here. Things generally go from green to tan to brown here. I wish we had more yellow, orange, and red.