Good Morning,
Happy Thanksgiving to all south of the border. Sounds like most of you are having a quiet dinner but that is probably just as well in the circumstances.
I too like potatoes but don't really eat them much. They sure have become expensive this year. I bought some russets for baking and they were nearly a dollar each even though they are grown here in Manitoba.
At the rate I post it will take me another 10 years or more to reach that milestone even though I have been posting for 13 years now. Keep up the good work though as I do enjoy the posts.
Another grocery pick-up today. I haven't been in a grocery store since last March. We order on line and pick-up at the store. It really is a slick system.
Time for more coffee.
CN Charlie
Hello all,
I haven't had time to read the forum for the last couple of weeks owing to my mother's passing. It has been a real treat getting caught up. As John (York 1) recently observed, this is a wonderful thread and I wanted to thank all of the regular contributers who help make it so.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Tim
Late to the model railroad party but playing catch-up.....
Tim,
My condolences on the loss of your mother.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Oh oh! I just heard a shout from the war department. Judy just yelled it's noon, crack a beer and get in the kitchen.
I'll pop in later.
Tim, I am very sorry for your loss
TF
Well that was impeccable timing. Judy called me into the kitchen at 5 minutes to 12, just then my buddy Erv texted me and said KQRS ,Alice's Restaurant at noon. A beer was cracked with the radio put on in the food prep began.
Haven't heard that long song for years and by the time the 20 minutes song was over our prep was done.
I guess there's one plus to Thanksgiving in the pandemic. Only cooking for two, the prep was lickety split
Now I'm watching the ball game with my ice cold beer Life is Good
PH
Tim .. CapnCrunch : ... Very sincere condolences to you for loss of your mother.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Tim -- CapnCrunch. --- Thoughts and condolences to you. Stay positive.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
CapnCrunchI haven't had time to read the forum for the last couple of weeks owing to my mother's passing.
Tim, I'm very sorry to hear of your mother's death.
Track fiddlermy buddy Erv texted me and said KQRS ,Alice's Restaurant at noon. A beer was cracked with the radio put on in the food prep began. Haven't heard that long song for years
That brings back memories. Everybody on my college dorm floor had a copy. I haven't heard that since then. Late 1960s?
SeeYou190Well, Thanksgiving kind of starts the Christmas Season, so let me get a spiced eggnog for everyone on my tab.
For some reason, I don't like eggnog. I'll have a Bloody Mary or two instead.
York1 John
Howdy .... Here are some trains at West End. .... ATSF passenger FM's. , CB&Q EMD F3's (Phase 4), GN Alco FA FB FA, and C&NW EMD GP7.
Alice's Restaurant. That first came out when I was in college. I know I had an LP of it, and there's probably a CD upstairs now. It was traditional to listen every Thanksgiving.
Ever been to the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts? It's a real place, and I've even driven past that restaurant. Norman Rockwell is from there, and his art museum is there. He used local people as models for his famous works, and you can still recognize some of their descendents just walking through town. Tanglewood Music Festival is there. The open-air Shakespeare plays have moved indoors, but they used to be very special. There's even a scenic railway nearby.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Not quite the 10,000 number of postings, but------
300 up
My sincere condolences to you and your family, Tim.
How about an after dinner film from the Big Island?
Thanks to all our friends for the Thanksgiving well-wishes!
Happy Holiday Ed
Happy Thanksgiving. May you all have a happy and blessed evening.
Dinner here is shrimp and scallops with a loaded salad on the side.
Healing thoughts for those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Cederstrand Dinner here is shrimp and scallops Cheers! Rob
Dinner here is shrimp and scallops
Shrimps and scallops
I always wish you well! Judy and I pray hard for you Rob
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours
gmpullmanHow about an after dinner film from the Big Island?
Hi Ed,
Thanks for another great video! I thought the music score was a bit too dramatic but the cinematography was excellent.
Cheers!!
NorthBrit Not quite the 10,000 number of postings, but------ 300 up David
POST HOG!!! POST HOG!!!
Our Brit Friend David over the pond is a Post Hog!!!
Good Evening,
Not quite supper time here but soon.
I was looking at old cars for sale ads in Canada and came across a nice '55 Monarch 2dr. H.T. right here in Winnipeg at a good price. A Monarch is a Canadian built Mercury with different grille and side chrome. Wish I had a very large garage and a lot of money to fund a car collection.
Have a good evening,
MisterBeasleyAlice's Restaurant. That first came out when I was in college. I know I had an LP of it, and there's probably a CD upstairs now.
I have it on my I-Tunes.
I have everything on my I-Tunes.
I listened today while I made the gravy.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 MisterBeasley Alice's Restaurant. That first came out when I was in college. I know I had an LP of it, and there's probably a CD upstairs now. I have it on my I-Tunes. I have everything on my I-Tunes. I listened today while I made the gravy. -Kevin
MisterBeasley Alice's Restaurant. That first came out when I was in college. I know I had an LP of it, and there's probably a CD upstairs now.
We really enjoyed listening to Alice's Restaurant as we didn't last year.
Well, ...Everything was going great until my brother called.
I love my brother and talked to him for about 2 hours. This Corona crap is really unsettling and I wish I could have had him over for Thanksgiving dinner.
After I talked to him for two hours Judy got on the phone with him and I told her the turkey's done the turkey is done.
I did the only sensible thing and shut off the stove but after about two hours of her talking to my brother, even though the turkey was cooked upside down it came out of the oven dry
Like I said before it's all about the togetherness. We did the best we could do this year and I don't regret anything.
The turkey was dry but the gravy kind of made up for things. It was really great talking to my brother even though he could'nt be with us.
Although he kind of was and I will take dry turkey and some time well spent with my brother over dry turkey any day.
We did not nail it this year with the main course But then again we're used to a big family get-together with an 18 - 20 lb bird. A five and a half pound bird. I probably could have took an Ohio Blue-Tip wooden farmers match and held it under the bird for about 15 minutes and it probably would have been done
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hi guys
i hope all my friends to the south are having a good thanksgiving
today I had to have my cat put to sleep. We have had her for 17 years and we gave her a spoiled life and a awesome life. house Feels empty without her. ive never lost a pet before so am completely heartbroken
we got her from the pound so tomorrow we are taking the leftover food she had ( almost 65.00 a case and we have two ) they will be thankful for the donation. I think my kitty would have like that idea
JeremyBtoday I had to have my cat put to sleep.
Hi Jeremy,
Sorry for your loss. Pets have a really annoying habit of getting inside our hearts, but what else are they there for but to add enjoyment to our lives? Obviously your cat lived a happy life, and I'm sure she would want you to continue to do the same.
I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your cat, Jeremy. We had to do the same thing about a month ago. It is heartbreaking but it is equally sad to see a pet suffer, too. Seventeen years is a pretty good run. Our oldest cat, Whoopee, is fourteen. I remember and dearly miss all the pets we've had over the years. Still, our lives have been more than enriched by their companionship.
Your donation will be a great act of kindness in memory of your cat.
I hope everyone is doing well tonight. Sure feels like a Sunday to me — even being retired
This has to be one of the most compact compounds anywhere around!
GVR, Glenbrook, New Zealand, 1994 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
She sure is a sharp looking thing of beauty!
Cheers, Ed
Jeremy ... Condolences to
you for loss of your cat.
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This isn't good that someone lost another pet.
I am sorry for your loss Jeremy. That's my son's name, Jeremy.
It's my experience, the loss of a pet is just like losing a family member and sometimes even harder
It took me three years to get over the loss of my Nellie and I still ain't over her yet.
I have dreams at night that she is still there and wake up looking for her half asleep.
I took Nellie everywhere I went from when she was a little puppy. Work, the grocery store, wherever.
She still comes to me in the night in my dreams and I feel like I had a conversation with her the next morning.
A loss of a pet has a really tough road to follow.
I am sorry for your loss of your pet Jeremy. Those ones are really hard
gmpullmanThis has to be one of the most compact compounds anywhere around!
Now that is a sharp looking small steam locomotive. She sure is a beautiful thing.
herrinchoker...what is the orange ring that looks like ripe Salmon Eggs, or perhaps Frog Eggs, and what is the cake made out of??
Christmas music season is here.
Let it rock... Dee Snyder style!
As I said in a previous post, the great thing about Christmas Music is it really lets you compare one band to another. This version of White Christmas really proves that Dee Snyder can sing, and that Twisted Sister is a very capable band.
Rock on...
39 years later
The creosote soaked ties aren't there to walk on anymore. The growth of the trees on the sides took over not to allow the bright sunshiny day of our childhood to still shine in
But the step down from The Trestle to the lower track is still there
Even though it was deleted by the railroad because they didn't need it anymore
Jeremy,
Condolences on the loss of your friend---it does leave a deep hole.
Bear,
Thank you for the receipe, I will be trying this---will substitute cranberry cooked with maple syrup and honey with orange zest for the passion fruit pulp.
Lost another boat in the gale the other night, 82 foot dragger, hit by a queer sea and sunk, all hands gone. They had been having trouble with the diesel return lines not working properly, returning the fuel to one tank only, throwing the stability of the boat off, and reportedly had hailed a large catch of pollock, the added weight would throw the stability off. One of my young friends came by to wish me a bird day, and said that he had seen them off in Portland at the start of their trip, sad times--four more names on the memorial.
herrinchoker