Good morning
We got a blanket of snow covering the ground this morning. It's cloudy and low lit today. Predicted near 60° for Saint Patrick's Day. No parade again this year though.
Judy and I are planning a mini trip over to La Crosse Wisconsin to spend a four-day weekend on the river. One must get creative to find something to do these days I guess.
I like those two Bridges Ed
I wonder where Saints Fan John has been unless I'm missing something here. It's unlike him not to post in the morning after his walk with Daisy the Dachshund. He's missed!
Have a great day gentleman
TF
Good morning all. A cold day with showers and sunshine?
Kevin - That proves their 'tracking of parcels' is a farce. Here in the UK since the start of Covid, I have never signed for an item yet a signature has been required.
I received two little card kits (for my layout) from two of my grandchildren. I must make the kits up and place them in 'prominent positions'. A photograph to take and sent to the children.
Coffee time with a slice of 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
That sucks Kevin, and just when you're getting your hopes up. As I always say, ....What are you going to do though?
The world is a beautiful place
I think those rocks in the water line are about a 1073' foot diameter 536.5' radius. The Lone Pine at the end knows as he's been around a lot longer than me.....
Zoom in on him. He was dropping limbs because he didn't need those ones anymore as I was taking the picture because he thought no one was looking
A few weeks ago L Zhou posted a link to a Chinese gondola car with side doors that looked like great material for a fun project.
I ordered it from Amazon. Projected delivery date was in May!
It showed up today. Woo Hoo, two months early.
I took it out of the box, and thought, Goodness! this thing is huge! It is way too big for a 1954 gondola car.
It won't even fit on the track! The guage is about 1/4" too wide.
Then I noticed it is 1:64, not 1:87... it is S scale!
I checked, and yes, I did order one that was HO scale, 1:87.
I went to return it, and Amazon says I cannot because they say it has not been delivered yet, and I need to wait until FOUR WEEKS after the scheduled delivery date to make a replacement request. The scheduled delivery date is still two months away.
So, I cannot file a claim until June, then wait another 5-6 weeks for the replacement to arrive!?!?!
Oh well...
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Yep, Because it was so beautiful and new. The weathering of the dull coat look hadn't yet begun. Needed a bit more time Ed.
It takes a while for those
You have good Tile Guys Brent and I can hardly wait to see it
Good evening from the beautiful West Coast of the Great White North. It was T-shirt weather today and I enjoyed being out in it.
The tile guys started today, it will likely take them four days to get the job done, we are having to take circuitous routes through the house to avoid the set tiles.
Both kids had to write two major exams today and are both writing their second ones now so no movie watching as my sound system shakes the house and quiet is the standing order right now. We did order in a huge surprise sushi feast for in between the two exams and it made their day. They both returned to their computers with a renewed vigour.
I have 20 yards of topsoil sitting in the front yard as the lawns need levelling in some spots. Haven't done it in a few years and it shows. We have two septic fields, each with 450' of runs and over time sinkholes develop.
We have been purging a lot of stuff and using FB market place to sell stuff. When the people get here I usually just give it to them. When I see a guy in a minivan with a wife and three kids in it pull up and is often a new immigrant I just cannot take a dime from them. It makes their day and I feel really good that the stuff is going to a good home.
Garry, I have been thinking of you a lot as you battle your heart disease. In my family, there has never been cancer ever on either side, however, heart disease is prevalent on both sides. It is one of the reasons I keep extremely fit. It is well documented that those in my extended family that kept fit and in shape lived into their late eighties or early nineties while those that did not, never made seventy. My Father-in-laws Dad and his three brothers all died in their 50s from heart disease. My FIL is 84 and fit and healthy, he works out several times a week. I hope your Dr. can get your Meds figured out so you can get back to the layout and the diner as I always enjoy your post.
The Sun has just disappeared and I only got three hours sleep last night. I stayed up for 53 hours once when I was travelling and working 25 or 30 hours straight at the airport was not unheard of for me, however, at 64 I find my eyes are just closing a little too easily these days.
One of our close friends of sixty years just lost both her parents this week. They were both respected specialists in the medical field. He past from the complications of Alzheimer's and she suffered horribly from Osteoporosis, constantly suffering from broken bones. It was planned that she would hang on until he died and then she took the needle a couple of days later. Decades of memories came flooding back. They were in their own home until the end with the Government homecare doing a great job of caring for them. It is sad there will not be a service for them with covid still raging away, however, with all their children also in the health care industry, educated, rational behaviour prevails over emotion.
When my Moms health went downhill we had her move in with us and for the last several months the healthcare system had fulltime care for her in our home until the end. It meant so much to her and us that she was here and not institutionalized and her two very young Grandchildren could visit several times a day by just walking through a door.
Well, a glass of red and off to bed I think.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
gmpullmanSomebody forgot the Dullcote!
Even the engineer's cap is bright and clean!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
THREE Geeps, three Fs. What a train is supposed to look like!
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O531 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
Somebody forgot the Dullcote!
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O517 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
* First B&O engine I've seen with a Hancock Air Whistle
And a beautiful, historic place:
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O465 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
I always liked that one too
Who loves you baby?
The Track Fiddler does!
Track fiddlerThe only Floyd concert I made it to was the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. They did some of thier old Music too. They sure put on quite the lazer light show.
The best laser light show I saw at a concert was at the Jacksons Vistory Tour in the Orange Bowl stadium in Jacksonville.
It must have been very hard to set up. There were mirrors all around the top perimeter of the stadium, and the lasers would bounce off of the mirrors to other mirrors in all kinds of patterns. This was in 1984, and lasers were brand new and cripplingly expensive, and they did it on a large scale.
That concert was the greatest show I have ever been to. I was 16, and it was incredible. No "pop" show since, not even The Backstreet Boys in 2001 even came close.
The Jacksons Victory Tour also had the worst opening act I have ever seen... A Juggler! Not kidding, and it was not a joke. That guy might have been the best juggler ever, but not the right thing to get a crowd warmed up at a concert.
SeeYou190 maxman Exactly who is that in the picture? One of the Rolling Stones? Or some other stoned musician? That is a rock in the Joshua Tree National Park in California. It was some kind of strange rock that had a sign to describe how special it was, but I have since forgotten everything that was written there. -Kevin
maxman Exactly who is that in the picture? One of the Rolling Stones? Or some other stoned musician?
That is a rock in the Joshua Tree National Park in California.
It was some kind of strange rock that had a sign to describe how special it was, but I have since forgotten everything that was written there.
I guess it just wasn't what it was cracked up to be.
Good Afternoon.
We are having a very early spring. Warm and sunny for the rest of the week.
Ken, yes there are ants with wings. If they are large, they could be female carpenter ants. That would explain the chewed floor joists. Your exterminator can confirm. We had a problem in our house about 15 years ago with carpenter ants. They are a large, black ant with large pinchers. It took an extrminator a few times to finally get rid of them. They like dry wood and can really do a lot of damage. Luckily we found them befote that could happen. Glad to hear you are able to get work done on your house.
Garry, hope you are feeling better.
I was looking at ebay and came across a beautiful cnr S2a Mikado. The only cn engine with belpair firebox and it has a vandy tender. I'm a sucker for vandy tenders. Luckily the auction was nearly up. I have a big vet bill to pay off.
Well time to go and pickup arefill of Robbie's meds.
CN Charlie
Good evening all. Managed to spend a couple of hours in the train room.
Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato & Chicken Stew is on the menu.
Greek Yoghurt & Dark Chocolate Surprise to follow.
Stay Safe Everyone.
Good Morning
I'm still not use to this hour ahead yet. They are talking about doing away with daylight savings time, I hope they do.
So much for the spring teaser, it's snowing up here today.
hon30critter
Good morning all. The sun is losing the battle of warming things up as the temperatutre drops towards freezing. Snow is forecast later.
Ken. Glad to hear from you again.
Garry. Remain positive. Our thoughts are with you.
Monday is deliveries of groceries etc day. we can eat for another week.
Afternoon in the train room
Coffee time.
maxmanExactly who is that in the picture? One of the Rolling Stones? Or some other stoned musician?
SeeYou190 I saw Pink Floyd at the Lee County Civic Center in 1983 or 1984 here in Fort Myers. They performed the entire album of Dark Side Of The Moon, but no songs at all from The Wall or The Final Cut. That was a little strange, because The Final Cut was their newest album. We were very lucky with all the bands that came through Fort Myers in the 1980s and 1990s. Back then, the promotion company that handled Florida set up every band to go Orlando, Tampa, Fort Myers, Miami, and Jacksonville in that order. We got to see everyone. Then Ticketmaster came along, and everything changed. The World Is A Beautiful Place. -Kevin
I saw Pink Floyd at the Lee County Civic Center in 1983 or 1984 here in Fort Myers.
They performed the entire album of Dark Side Of The Moon, but no songs at all from The Wall or The Final Cut. That was a little strange, because The Final Cut was their newest album.
We were very lucky with all the bands that came through Fort Myers in the 1980s and 1990s. Back then, the promotion company that handled Florida set up every band to go Orlando, Tampa, Fort Myers, Miami, and Jacksonville in that order. We got to see everyone.
Then Ticketmaster came along, and everything changed.
Exactly who is that in the picture? One of the Rolling Stones? Or some other stoned musician?
Track fiddlerSeamus the dog of Pink Floyd was certainly a good member of the band
Thanks TF, I had never heard those recordings before. Very talented dog! You'd almost think she (?) was reading a music score!
Seamus the dog of Pink Floyd was certainly a good member of the band
Isn't she a cutie
Man that dog could sing
And yet another one to enjoy this evening
Floyd did not have a Hawaiian Steel guitar although it sounded like that
Nothing a steel pipe on a finger didn't take care of
And one hand was always good enough for the keyboards
So much Old Pink little known
Just checking in, glad to see everyone seems to be accounted for.
Everything is fine in my world right now. Might be back to post more later.
Glad to see you checking in, Ken. Too bad you're getting hit with all those repairs. $4000 for sump repairs? That sounds like a major expense! What all had to be done?
Here's one of those scenes that looks like it is on a model RR:
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O068 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
Here's another one, Point of Rocks Tunnel:
Thomas Underwood Coll B&O092 by John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, on Flickr
Nice to have you back Ken!
Good for you! Good job getting your credit score up. As far as creditors goes, don't let them suck you back in.
I've been debt-free for 7 years and I really like that feeling and so shall you, if you play your cards right
Eveing Diners!
Flo, give the gang and I a please and the slimer Dirk and Robbie a dog treat.
Lot to talk about.
Transunion credit score is up too 799. That will be taking a big hit soon.
New Discover Card $7000.00 credit limit.
House Repairs begain! Had 2 rotten termite eaten joist beams (Not the joist, but the beams that the joist sit on) No live termites but I am going to have a exterminator come out and check. Saw 3 flying ants (no such thing) last week. All so had a new slumb pump install. Cost $4000.00 but had to be done. One more support beam too go for another $1500.00.
My old Town Car is on the RIP track. Took it in for a oil change, wheel hub replaced and new shocks. After the oil change the teck saw the Trans Cross Member had rusted in half? Maybe able to get it fixed, maybe. He has a car that might have a good cross member, we will see.
Took a Cash Advances off my old Discover card for $10,000.00. Long story on that one. New Discover card did not show up on time (was going to use to pay the contractor) so I took a cash advances at 3% fee and 12 months no intrest. That covers the $4000.00 beam repair and new slump pump and I have $6,000.00 for a car if I need to buy one. Do not want a car loan with the way my company is going!
Walking the heck out of Dirk Pip! He weight 27.5 pounds when we got him. Last Jan he was at 31.8 pounds! Wife thinks it is no big deal? That is a 11.56 weight increase. If a person weight 200 pounds that would be like going too 231.20 pounds! No good! We have been walking about 3/4 of a mile on my day's off and a 3rd of a mile when I work. He is now down to 30.0 pounds.
Time to walk Dirk so later, Ken and Dirk says Woof, Woof!
I hate Rust
Garry, I've got congestive heart failure, too, along with a number of other issues. But, I think the medications make me feel even worse. The good news is that my condition has improved from a few years back. I'm 74 now, and I was actively playing hockey every week until I was 70. I still bicycle and walk the neighborhood.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
A late sleeper I am today. I'm still on yesterday's time here. Perhaps I'll set the clock ahead 2 minutes everyday for a month. I can't lose an hour right away all at once
It seems I had some extra music to listen to over late coffee this morning. Some Cirrus Minor, I put whipped cream on top of my coffee for that one.
Speaking of birds, my daughter now w**ks in Dunedin and Her-in-Doors drove down with her late last year, and while she was down there, they visited the Royal Albatross Colony where that clip was taken. Apparently, the albatross spends so much time roaming the Great Southern Ocean that landing on dryland can be somewhat problematic at the best of times! They do look magnificent in the air.
Just caught up on my Diner reading.
Wow, this was one of the best pages in the diner ever.
Dave: Great shares on the MILWAUKEE ROAD!
Ed: Thank you for everything you added.
Garry: Please take care of yourself. You know you are in my thoughts now.