Good afternoon all. When Dawn took a tumble at the weekend she didn't feel too bad. Now she is feeling 'rough' with bruises all over. Therefore plans have taken a turnaround.
Hopefully I might get an hour in the train room.
It is Italian style tonite. Spicy pork ragu with pappadelle and Italian cheese. Bring the Italian wine.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Track fiddlerI never heard those two versions before, ... Enjoyed
Glad you like them. I have a couple hundred Christmas music CDs. I love Christmas music CDs because you can really compare one band to another. These are generally not made for mass pop music sales, so production is kept basic, and the band's style really comes through.
But, the real top page poster was stingy, so coffee is on my tab this morning for everyone.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Fried ice cream, please. And a coffee after. Thanks!
Not much progress here. Need to get past a current bad fatigue cycle. Resting a fair bit is the order of the day.
Hope everyone is doing great. Healing thoughts to those in need.
Cheers! Rob
Post Hog!
I never heard those two versions before, ... Enjoyed
My two daughters as I have always enjoyed that Doctor Seuss original since they were very little. I will be sharing those two versions with them
TF
SeeYou190 Shepard’s Pie, now that’s what I call a great Winter comfort food, though if I maybe pedantic, as the meat base was beef, what you cooked Jim, would be Charlies Cumberland Pie, whereas the Shepard’s Pie is made from lamb/mutton. Anyhow, bon appetit! Shepard's pie, no matter how it is made, is always good. I have never had it with lamb. I will need to keep my eye out for something a bit more authentic. -Kevin
Shepard’s Pie, now that’s what I call a great Winter comfort food, though if I maybe pedantic, as the meat base was beef, what you cooked Jim, would be Charlies Cumberland Pie, whereas the Shepard’s Pie is made from lamb/mutton. Anyhow, bon appetit!
Shepard's pie, no matter how it is made, is always good.
I have never had it with lamb. I will need to keep my eye out for something a bit more authentic.
You need not keep your eyes open too long Kevin, ...Here it is.
It's the Finlander version.
Lihaperunososelaatikko Cottage Pie from Finland
Trust me, I had to look up the word again for spelling. Best I ever had was made by my Finlander friend Mark's Mom when I was quite Young. The recipe is on the internet.
I would have to agree shepherd's pie always turns out good just like tater tot hotdish my quicker lazy man's version.
The Brian Setzer Orchestra did an incredible version:
For a cute version, we go to Sixpence None The Richer:
Good morning
I gathered up what I thought would be some appropriate Christmas lyrics for this morning
Good Tuesday Morning.
Tired this morning, got called out in the wee hours of the morning to fix broken computer on the "cootie ward" Luckilly I did not have to go on that floor, we have protocols in place to keep us off as much as possible.
Been cool weather here but not too bad, Got to have my fireplace the other nite.
I need to drag some more wood up. It might snow come Monday, but that keeps being wishy washy.
I did get one side of my house painted this past Saturday.
Garry , keep mending and be careful around others.
I may sleep in my chair for a bit at work, ha!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hi Ed and Antonio,
I sent you each a PM about the missing RDC.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hi all,
Work front, after almost 3-weeks without a real day off, part of that being asleep overnight shifts, I had off Saturday and Sunday, and today I only went in for 3-hours to help with some things. I have off the next two days too and that has meant a lot more time for model railroading stuff. On that front, I got my Paasche Talon out of storage to give it a go. I painted two Funaro Reading gondolas and a Laserkit crankshaft. My painting skills can use some work, but I had a lot of fun working on things. I also sprayed primer on a few other resin models, and before adding color coats, the gondolas and crank shaft loads. The gondolas I painted with Tru-Color black and the crankshaft, PollyScale Zinc Chromate Primer. I have a small hoard of both PollyScale and Model Master I use sparingly. I do like Tru-Color paints as they dry glossy but find them a bit more finicky to use. The finish on the gondolas was not as smooth as I'd like, but I'll manage. Their fate is to be heavily weathered and loaded with "scrap" which will consist of numerous sprues, and HO scale junk pieces from my scrap bins.
Alvie
Rich and Mark Pruitt,
I sent you both PMs.
Good evening ...
Our Thanksgiving company is already arriving, and I'm still trying to catch up on all the sleep I lost while sick. Not much computer time for me.
Everybody .... Thanks for all of the interesting posts, comments, pictures, etc. ... Keep up with the great stuff.
Cheers !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Eveing Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a and Dirk a cake, he turned 9 today and Robbie a dog treat!
Every sing Happy Birthday to a dog? Nope, I have not gone off my rocker that far, well as far as you know!
Work Front was slow. But it did make a extra $48.00 so that was good.
I am beat so later folks.
Ken and Dirk says "Whats a Birthday Daddy? Woof, Woof!"
I hate Rust
The oak trees all decided to drop half their leaves this afternoon. Basically, you can't see any lawn at all. It's a sea of reddish brown oak leaves.
I thought about trying to get to them, but it's been raining -- sleeting.
A long day with very little accomplished. My hardest part of the day was dragging Daisy the Dachshund outside in the rain. I've never seen a dog hate water as much as she does.
York1 John
Ah, Shepherd's Pie, one of my favourites. My wife doesn't appreciate it like I do so rarely on the menu, if ever. We used to have a Marks & Spencers outlet here that sold a great one, they called Cumberland Pie. It had cheese on top. My mother used to make a good one with the potato just slightly crusty. The only premade ones I can find here have corn in them and I can't have any corn now. Diverticulitis rules out corn.
They are pile driving somewhere not too far away and it is getting annoying. The sound sure travels in cold air.
My track bits just arrived. It took a week for a parcel that normally would arrive in 3-4 days.
Time for lunch I think. Got some nice shaved roast beef the other day so that in a sandwich with a Strub's pickle on the side would be good.
CN Charlie
Hi Everybody,
In keeping with the diner in New Zealand this month, last night I made shepherd's pie. No, I'm not a good cook. This was pre-frozen ground beef, frozen peas, a little dehydrated oinon, powder package brown gravy, and pre-made mashed potatoes from the grocery store. I just nuked the beef and peas long enough to thaw, nuked the mashed potatoes long enough to loosen upand stir, add the gravy, nuke the whole thing for twelve minutes and Voila! Shepherd's pie! I usually like to say viola, but it's really voila, French.
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If I look at pictures of alligators or crocs, I can generally tell the difference. The alligators have a rounded nose and crocs have a triangular shaped or pointed nose, but that's pictures. I've not seen one in the wild nor am I in any hurry to. Animal identification at that point would be pretty much out the window as I would be making a hasty exit from the scene.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good Afternoon,
I've seen a few crocs in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. They weren't really large but we weren't there at the time of year when the large ones go into the delta. There was a case a few years ago when a couple were in a mokoro( a type of canoe propelled by a person standing and pushing with a pole) and all of a sudden a huge croc lept out of the water, grabbed the man sitting in front of his wife and he was gone. I don't think they ever found his remains. Hippos were more of a concern. We were chased by one once in a narrow channel but luckily the boat we were in was fast enough to outrun the hippo. Man they sure can move for a large animal.
Ken, tough situation you are in and I do sympathize. My wife has been in therapy for nearly 3 years for extreme anxiety. It all boiled over in Jan/18. We had booked and paid for a trip to Africa and she just couldn't do anything to get ready so we had to cancel 2 weeks before departure. Normally she is super organized. It was due to events that go back to her childhood and just the way her brain is wired. Anyway it still hasn't been resolved. She hasn't fully unpacked from the trip we did finally do in 2019 as that would be recognition that Africa travel is over. Last night she cooked a great meal but really struggled to do it whereas in the past she could crank out gormet restaurant level meals. This has all been very tough on me too.
Nothing on the agenda today. I did run trains yesterday and had the PK2 0-6-0 running for some shunting. All my steamers are smooth runners but that engine is really in the swiss watch category. Think I'll run trains again today. A mixed train with the J4e would be nice.
Have a great day,
Crocs, 'gators, snakes, lizards. No thank you.
We skirted a hurricane in 2002 whilst on Queen Elizabeth 2. That will do me.
Mexican beef loaded wedges for dinner tonite.
SeeYou190 Same with large lizards and all snakes... stay away. -Kevin
Same with large lizards and all snakes... stay away.
For sure.
This reminded me of a memory when I lived out in California for a short time with my high-school friend Lance shortly after we finished high school.
Lance ran into Hurricane Hanna a famous Motocross guy of the 80s. He met us in the hills with some dirt bikes and we went riding for the afternoon.
We stopped and chatted for a while and I heard a loud rattle behind me so I lunged forward immediately. All I remember is it's awfully nice for a snake to give you a warning first. Had I been to much closer, I may not have been so lucky.
If I were attacked, I'm not sure I would care which it was. When I was stationed in Homestead we used to see crocs laying on the road at night on our way to the antenna site which was out in the swamp. The bus would go around them.
I'll just have a regular to go please Zoe. Hope you recover soon Gary. Bestwishes to those of you also recovering. Ciao, J.R.
Track fiddlerAnd I'm confident you know much more about the differences between the two living amongst them but I have heard more times than once that crocodiles are wicked.
I have no idea how to tell an alligator from a crocodile, but crocodiles kill adult people and alligators to not. I avoid them all... terrifying.
SeeYou190 One day, it is not going to be an alligator, but a freshwater crocodile, which we have, (but are rare), and then it is going to be a much different outcome. -Kevin
One day, it is not going to be an alligator, but a freshwater crocodile, which we have, (but are rare), and then it is going to be a much different outcome.
And I'm confident you know much more about the differences between the two living amongst them but I have heard more times than once that crocodiles are wicked and grow quite larger.
York1Kevin, don't walk your small dog near bodies of water!
Or, more importantly, a toddler.
Good morning.
I went out for my morning walk and it was already snowing-raining. I came back in. This is when I really miss using the college field house. It's great for walking because they have a 200 meter track up above the playing field. While you walk you can watch football, soccer, or softball practice down below on the field.
The building is now closed except for college classes because of the virus.
I'm working on a model of a Dairy Queen building my wife gave me. I'm going to try to do some interior work on it today. I need stronger reading glasses.
I hope everyone stays healthy. Kevin, don't walk your small dog near bodies of water!
Track fiddler I suppose your used to that sort of thing down there.
Yes, there are lots of videos of "Florida Men" wrestling with alligators. This one went popular because Gunner is such a cute puppy, and the rescuer was not a drunk moron.
There was another video from Estero that was popular a few months ago. A lady was cornered by an alligator while walking her dog. A guy in a truck stopped and wrestled the alligator away and held it until animal control arrived.
Missed your video yesterday Kevin, it was a bit earlier then I woke up. I watched it this morning. I suppose your used to that sort of thing down there. Not our type of reptiles up here so I found it quite fascinating.
Good morning everyone. Zoe, please bring me three hard boiled eggs, three chunks of cheddar cheese, and a cup of black coffee.
Fiddler: The freight cars look good. I do not know of the GREAT NORTHERN covered hopper is a real paint scheme or not. The PFE refrigerated boxcar with the oval panel is sharp. I posted a video yesterday of the puppy rescue in Estero, Florida. Amateur alligator wrestling is becoming way too common down here.
What is most amazing about the puppy rescue is that it was filmed at all. It was caught on a camera trap placed by the Florida Wildlife Federation. There are an incredible amount of these high resolution cameras on public land all over in Florida, and I better stop talking there before I become political about invasion of privacy.
I watched the end of the Raiders/Chiefs game yesterday, and the ending was exciting. I only saw it because I was waiting for the local newscast.
I am up early again. My sleeping schedule is all dependent on how I feel now. I got tired yesterday and went to be around midnight. Not needing to wake up for anything is making me feel great.
Best to all.
Good morning all. Thanks for your concern guys. Dawn is a 'bit shook up ' this morning. It is the shock and realising of what happened yesterday. A few days rest will pull her round.
Jimmy. Well done.
Ken. I think Ed is correct. There are underlying reasons. There is a llight at the end of the tunnel When our son was diagnosed with Cancer he went through the same phase twenty years ago. He is now slowly getting rid of items he hoarded.
Bear. Great pictures as usual. Love the trams.
Ed. Wonderful video of the German layout. Thanks for showing.
Getting near 'coffee time'.
Thoughts and Peace to All who require.