My first time in Maine.
Edit: Top of the page.
It's the time of night for a glass of wine. How about wine from the Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville, Maine?
York1 John
Greetings from the Southern Command, we came to check on our Mississippi property after near zero temps and snopacalypse here. I drain the pipes , but we still had a faucet that had froze and split and the sprayer on the kitchen sink split. better that than pipes. $41 later and all fixed. One year I forgot to drain both hot and cold water pipes and had a $300 mess.
not much else I am going tp be lazy.
York1How about wine from the Cellardoor Winery in Lincolnville, Maine?
That's where the fast trains run...
Out on the Maine Wine.
Cheers, ed
York1My first time in Maine.
Mine too!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
gmpullmanThat's where the fast trains run... Out on the Maine Wine.
BOOOOO!!!!!!!!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Hey! Quiet in the cheap seats! Isn't it time for your BATH?
Brown bear by Boston Public Library, on Flickr
Scrub-a-dub-dub
Cheers, Ed
I got all the drywall patches up in the dining room. All the mold has been removed, and the ceiling is back together.
Tomorrow I will start taping and mudding over the patches. I also need to finishe the area around the new rear sliding door.
My Queen Palm out front is looking sick. The fronds are not growing in fully. I hope it is not dying on me. Me and a bunch of the neighbors all planted these Queen Palms at the same time, and mine is the last one left. I am the last of the original neighbors too.
Look at how beautiful our sky was today though!
I talked to my baby-baby in Los Angeles today. She looked at new Mustangs, and does not like them. She says she wants something fancier.
Her fiance just bought a convertable Corvette, so maybe that is influencing her decision. I hope she does not buy something stupid.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
gmpullmanHey! Quiet in the cheap seats! Isn't it time for your BATH?
I didn't know Bear was that cute!!
On a positive note, more or less, I finally got to see the surgeon today regarding my Achilles tendon.
First he scolded me for not going to the Emergency Dept immediately after I felt the rupture in early January. He said that the ER would have referred me to him immediately so the tests and treatment could have happened quickly. He said that if the leg had been stabilized immediately there wouldn't be a need for surgery in most cases.
Well, guess why I didn't go charging into the ER. We have this thing called Covid 19 going on which kind of messes with you if you get it, and one of the best places to find the disease is in your local ER! I called my doctor instead. I also put on my walking cast which was left over from the last tendon rupture, and I have kept it on whenever I was moving around the house. Okay, I admit to hobbling into the bathroom without the cast on when nature called in the middle of the night. My bad!
Fast forward to February 25th. I finally get to see the surgeon and he says that he can't feel the tear, i.e. the tendon is healing itself. It is healing is because I put my leg in the walking cast immediately after the tendon let go. In other words, I did exactly the same thing that their treatment would have done without having to go for a new cast every week and all the other jumping around that they seem to require.
Hopefully the healing will continue and I can avoid going under the knife. It will be a few months before I can resume standing to work on the layout.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Hello Railfans!
Top of the evening to yas! Hope everyone is atleast up to par, or some reasonable facsimile thereof.
I see things are rolling right along here. Been kinda keeping up 'in the shadows' - so they say. No wait, they say that where im from.... i believe its called 'lurking' here. (I still say that word has negative connotations about it.)
Things around these parts seem to be moving along as per design i guess. We had a grand total of 3 days above the 60F mark (thats farenheit, not 'front of loco'). Was nice to come out from under the rock and grab a few lung fulls of fresh air.
Got some work done on the SIL's vee-hickles. Still have some major tinkering to do on one of them. I spose i will not be doing that much rain dancing this week so next week will bring me a couple good days to do that.
I spent alot of time last week on that flatcar project. Im down to lacking the underside brake componants as the only parts left to make.
Well imma mosey on back to the shadows. Yall have a great day and a Happy belated BDay to residant rust-lover Ken!
Clear Ahead!
Douglas
Good Morning!
Let this one play while you enjoy your coffee and cherry tart:
My dad would have loved this. He explored the Maine two-footers in 1936 through '38.
Bridgton - Harrison by Edmund, on Flickr
Strong, Maine, 1935:
Strong_ME_7_1935 by Edmund, on Flickr
There's some rare footage hrer:
Regards, Ed
Good morning all. A sunny day with the temperature in the mid teens C.
Dave. It sounds like good news not having a 'op'.
Ed. Narrow gauge in Maine looks ever so charming. Thanks for posting.
Cherry Tart? Now there's a thought as i shall be baking this weekend.
Coffee time. With some cake..
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning guys. Nothing fun to talk about here. W*rk has been killing me lately.
We were in Maine (10?) years ago for a vacation. It was wonderful. Learned they are awfully proud of their blueberries there, so in honor of that, I'll supply them in some pancakes this morning. Eat up boys!
Mike
Good morning ....
Mike ..... Thanks for the Maine blueberry pancakes. Actually, Michigan blueberries are very good when available.
Ed .... The Boston track plan looks complicated. I doubt anybody would include that in a model railroad. I like the Maine 2 footer pictures and video you posted.
MLC.... Glad to see you checking in from the Southern Command.
Ken ..... Late Happy birthday to you! .
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My medical appointments went well yesterday. The doctor says the cancer tumor surgically removed several months ago is 100% gone.
Everybody: .... Happy Model Railroading !
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Good morning! I had breakfast at my town's diner, so I'll just have more coffee in this diner this morning.
It looks like we've hit Canada, Mexico, and all of the lower 48 except Rhode Island. I've traveled in trains in Alaska, but I don't think this diner can get there unless we somehow load it onto a military cargo jet or find a barge willing to take us there.
Kevin, I hope your palm tree makes it. I love palm trees, and I have an 8 foot tall metal one in my backyard. I really miss the New Orleans palm trees.
MLC, good news about your pipes. I know that in the deep south, many houses have their water pipes in the attic or in unheated crawl spaces. The broken pipes in the attics do tons of damage after a hard freeze.
Dave, thankful for the good news about your leg. I may be like you -- I don't go to the doctor when I probably should. I balance out my wife who goes to the doctor for anything and everything.
Douglas, I know what you mean about the air. Two days ago we actually hit 33°F, and the past couple of days we've been in the 40s. It's nice to get out the door and be able to breathe again.
Ed, those videos of the Maine railroads were neat. Your father worked there?
David, I don't normally like to eat dessert, but when I do, I'll will always pick cherry pie or cherry tarte if it's available. I was a kid spending time on my grandparents' farm, and I still have memories of my grandmother standing at the kitchen sink (complete with handpump) taking the pits out of cherries. Her cherry pies cooked on the corncob-burning kitchen stove was the top of the line for good-tasting desserts.
Mike, hope your next week at w**k goes better. Whenever I read posts like yours, I am more and more thankful I have lived long enough to retire and enjoy it. There isn't much better than a day of retirement. Your mention of blueberries reminds me of a book I used to read to my daughters when they were little -- "Blueberries for Sal". I can still quote most of it from memory.
Garry, your doctor's news is the best possible. Congratulations!
For those of you mentioned and not mentioned, I hope you have a good Friday. Those of you at work, the weekend is nearly here! Those of you retired like me, it doesn't much matter. Friday, Monday, Saturday, --- they're all the same. Good.
I will post this, knowing that it may be controversial, but here goes...
Every night after supper, I have a Nutty Buddy.
This morning, I got up and realized there was not a Nutty Buddy in the house. I drove to the grocery store to buy some. The Nutty Buddy shelves were empty.
Now I had a problem. Do I want to drive out to the Walmart at the Interstate, three miles, walk into the big store, wait in check out lines, etc?
Yes.
I drove out to Walmart. Their Nutty Buddy shelves were also empty.
The toilet paper shelves were full. The disinfectant aisles were full. The shelves with masks and hand sanitizers were full. The Nutty Buddy shelves were empty. What's going on?
Is this the new pandemic shortage? Are the preppers stocking up on Nutty Buddy snacks in preparation for the coming apocalypse? Does the new administration in Washington share some of the blame? Was there a problem with Little Debbie's picture on the box?
I don't know. But I do know that tonight after supper will not be a happy time in this house.
John - Thanks, I appreciate it. I hear you about old books. My daughter was looking over some of their old books we've held onto and as she was pulling out her old favorites the details were flooding back to my memory. I miss reading to them sometimes.
Garry - I hear you about the Michigan blueberries, but we are nowhere near as proud of them as the folks I encountered in the Bar Harbor & Prospect Harbor areas of Maine. Great news from your doctor! Fantastic!
Kevin-The tree sure does look sick. Any idea the lifespan of them?
Ed-Is there anything you don't have a picture of?! You always amaze me.
Everyone-I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
York1 The Nutty Buddy shelves were empty. What's going on?
There were no Nutty Buddies at Publix yesterday when we went shopping.
Fortunately Twinkies were "Buy On Get One", so the tears were short-lived.
I hope there is a good reason.
Water Level RouteWe were in Maine (10?) years ago for a vacation. It was wonderful. Learned they are awfully proud of their blueberries there, so in honor of that, I'll supply them in some pancakes this morning. Eat up boys!
Will blueberries grow everywhere? We have some blueberry farms down here, and I saw a few when I was driving out west.
Heartland Division CB&QMy medical appointments went well yesterday. The doctor says the cancer tumor surgically removed several months ago is 100% gone.
This is incredible news!
I thought we had a firework emoji, but I guess we don't.
Anyway...
Water Level RouteKevin-The tree sure does look sick. Any idea the lifespan of them?
My dad planted four Queen Palms at the house I lived in when I was in High School. Three if them are still there.
Mine should grow at least ten feet taller before it is fully mature, so it should still have a lot of life left in it.
I looked up on the internet trying to find out what was wrong with it, but everywhere I look I get a different answer.
Good Afternoon,
Dave, that is good news about your tendon.
Regarding blueberries, to me it largely depends on whether they are wild or cultivated. The only ones any taste are the small, wild ones. They tend to be expensive as picking them means crawling along rocks out in the bush. We can get wild ones here as the Canadian Shield starts 60 miles east of the city.
I have never been to Maine but I have been next door in New Brunswick several times.
We had another ultrasound done on Robbie and the liver tumor has grown in the past 4 months. So far it isn't interfering with anything. Sure hope he makes it to fall.
Have a nice day,
CN Charlie
Water Level Route Good morning guys. Nothing fun to talk about here. W*rk has been killing me lately. We were in Maine (10?) years ago for a vacation. It was wonderful. Learned they are awfully proud of their blueberries there, so in honor of that, I'll supply them in some pancakes this morning. Eat up boys!
Yummm, blueberries. Both Shipyard and Sea Dog breweries in Portland, Maine have blueberry varieties of their craft ales and beers. Yummy, as I recall.
If the printing on my sweatshirt can be considered an historical document, the first two-footer in the USA ran about a quarter mile from where I used to live in the Billerica and Bedford Railway in Massachusetts. The company was short-lived, lasting only about a year. Oddly, is was memorialized on a postage stamp. Even more oddly, the postage stamp was from Pakistan.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good evening all. We had our youngest grandson with us for the day and managed to 'run a few trains'.
Homemade Beefburgers, Pickled Slaw and Wedges. Blueberries and Raspberries in a Banana Sauce to follow.
Stay Safe Everyone.
John, I've never heard of a Nutty Buddy so I don't think you would be happy north of the border.
Light snow falling and supposed to get cold tomorrow.
CNCharlieJohn, I've never heard of a Nutty Buddy so I don't think you would be happy north of the border.
Canada west coast rain -- OK
Canada central and east snow and cold -- OK
Canada metric system -- OK
Canada dual languages -- OK
Canada no Nutty Buddies -- How do you people survive?
Why risk running out?
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Debbie-Nutty-Wafer-Boxes/dp/B0199AT7UA/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3255O24UY021M&dchild=1&keywords=nutty+buddy+bars&qid=1614387932&sprefix=nutty+bu%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-3
Maine = Ccccold!
BAR_Caribou by Edmund, on Flickr
I miss my Bowler. Might have to look into getting another one
Phil Johnson by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
TF, if you can hear me — Hope you're doing OK.
I had to go to Wal-Mart today.
No Nutty Buddies there either, but they did have Star Crunches.
I used to eat a Star Crunch with lunch everyday when I was off at YMCA Summer Day Camp in the 1970s.
Eating a Star Crunch every once in a while still brings me back.
I bought a box today.
York1
What'cha talking about, Willis? This isn't the Nutty Buddy I remember as a kid.
What I remember is an ice cream cone thing:
Nutty Buddy was an ice cream cone topped with vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, chocolate and peanuts, manufactured in the United States.[1
maxman Yor What'cha talking about, Willis? This isn't the NuWhat I remember is an ice cream cone thing: Nutty Buddy was an ice cream cone topped with vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, chocolate and peanuts, manufactured in the United States.[1
Yor
What'cha talking about, Willis? This isn't the NuWhat I remember is an ice cream cone thing:
In the South those were known as Drumsticks ( ice cream cone thing) not nutty buddy.
moelarrycurly4In the South those were known as Drumsticks
Yeah!
I loved drumsticks from the ice cream truck.
Howdy ....
Mike, Kevin, and John York 1 ..... Thanks for commenting on my news.
Everybody ....... Have a good night.