Ed , my condolences to you and your good lady.
Craig the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Thanks John!
I may re-post them for those who missed them. The bear one is hilarious.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Dave, while I'm not Kevin, (I'm bald and he has hair), I tried the videos and they now work!
I've got to tell you that bike video had me going. I'm glad you said to watch the whole thing!
York1 John
SeeYou190Dave: I cannot see your videos. When I click on them it says they are private.
Hi Kevin and everyone,
Sorry about that. I lack YouTube experience.
I believe I have made them public. Will you do me a favour and check them for me?
Thanks,
gmpullmanMy wife Dee Ann's mother passed away yesterday.
Hi Ed and Dee Ann,
So sorry to hear of the loss of your mother in law/mother. We deserve to die of ripe old age, not this Covid crap.
Take care,
hon30critterJason Shron just sent this out via email: The view from inside the train is interesting. Dave
The view from inside the train is interesting.
Jason Shron just sent this out via email:
Ed, deepest condolences to you and yours!
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good morning, diners. Just coffee this morning.
Ed, you and your wife have my sympathy.
I hope we hear from some of our missing members soon.
Sorry to hear the sad news, Ed. Our condolences to you and Dee Ann.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Sad news about your mother-in-law Ed. My condolences to you and Dee Ann.
Mike
Sorry to hear about your mother-in-law Ed, especially that it was virus related.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
NorthBrit30th March 1750. The birth of John Stafford Smith, English composer.
Let's have a rousing tribute:
Cheers, Ed
Good morning all. See what you see, not what you thought you saw.
The sky is a hazy blue. A faint whisper of a cloud here and there. A gentle sway of the thinner branches on the trees. Some trees haven't any leaves on yet, even though Spring is here. The sun is shining. It's rays warming the heart. The greenery is showing her fifty shades in all her glory. Nature at work.
30th March 1750. The birth of John Stafford Smith, English composer. He is best known for writing the music for the American patriotic song 'The Star Spangled Banner'. In 1931 it was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America.
Coffee time with milk and a little sugar.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.
Here we are on the last Tuesday of March. The weather is riding a roller coaster in N.E. Ohio. Possibly 75° today and lake effect snow on Thursday A little bit of everything in between.
My wife Dee Ann's mother passed away yesterday. Covid related. Age 88. Sad state of affairs.
One of my favorite "sad" pieces from a movie soundtrack is called Cavatina from the Deer Hunter. I found this quite superb rendition of it played on guitars.
See if you agree:
The Deer Hunter rates right up there with one of my all-time favorite movies.
Steel Mills, railroads, Axel's Cadillac, Meryll Streep, parts of it were filmed on the near-west side of Cleveland and parts in the mill towns along the Monongahela, Mingo Junction, Wierton, Pennnsylvania. Viet Nam conflict was no picknick. I had a lottery number but was young enough that I didn't get called up.
A little green for the Bridge Guy.
Missouri River crossing by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Crossing the Mighty Mo by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
I don't think Ken has checked in at all in March. Maybe I'll give him a call tonight.
Regards, Ed
My house has been treated and pressure cleaned. They are coming back tomorrow to seal the cracks and cut in the primer.
I took the day off and did not do anything!
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
PM RailfanEd) Somehow, I was expecting more green and yellow. Question is, are ya gonna give it the 'Pullman' treatment and go with a passenger 'green and gold'?
It was nice out the whole week before the Deere got delivered. On the day it arrived it was 36 and rainy! I did flip the training wheels around the right way. The ability to turn those wheels 90° in order to roll the deck out is a nice feature.
It may be a few weeks before the grass needs to be mowed
Deere Green & Yellow reminds me more of the old C&NW colors
Fresh Heritage by Don Kalkman, on Flickr
I kind of come full circle. When I first bought this house back in '83 I made a low initial offer. The seller counter-offered and I came back and told them I'd meet their counter offer if they threw in the John Deere 212.
Deal!
Deere_212 by Edmund, on Flickr
I'll check my PMs
Hello Railfans!
Top of the day to yas! Hope everyone is on the good side of the fence today. Purty good beach weather day - retina burning sunshine with modest high 60s on the thermo meter.
Not much going on around these parts. Figured Id stop by and see whats cookin in the kitchen car. Sneak a few cookies whilest Flo aint lookin.
Ed) Somehow, I was expecting more green and yellow. Question is, are ya gonna give it the 'Pullman' treatment and go with a passenger 'green and gold'? So many intended puns in that! ) Ya had me going. What did Mrs Pullman say when she saw the training wheels on the deck? Check your PMs.
TF) Nice stang, wait till Ken sees that!
Critter Dave) Hey buddy, jumping on the 'i cant see your vids either' band wagon.
OK folks, hate to nosch n run. Have a great evening all!
Clear Ahead!
Douglas
So, a half a block from home my throttle sticks wide open in my Mach 1 and it starts redlining.
Of course I turned the key off.
The Chevy dealership is right next to where I live and the guys were out for a smoke break.
There was six of them under the hood of my car immediately and Randy Saved the Day
It was a kink in throttle cable because it's 50 years old.
Randy gave me his phone number and told me he would put a new throttle cable in it this weekend I am thankful that you cannot have one too many Randy's
I fipped him twenty bucks before I get to his house this weekend
TF
And I like Mike
Track fiddlerActually the guy that had it in his miniature aquarium environment knew more about it than the ocean guys did.
Cheers guys!
mbinsewiNice work on the walls Kevin, I'm sure you drill and epoxied dowels into the excisting, as I didn't read all the text. Whats the 1/2 block, imbedded in the crete, on the corner for?
There is a webbing of rebar inside all of the concrete.
The walls will be covered with stacked stone panels, and the block on the top is there to help keep the corner square. There is rebar in the block, and it is filled solid with concrete.
When the ledger panels are installed, they will extend 1/2" - 1" above the concrete walls, then the top will be filled and a cap-stone put in place. I sure hope it looks good.
The painting crew is cleaning my house right now with chemicals.
I am hoping all the landscaping survives.
I am still drinking coffee, not much sleep last night. Go ahead and help yourself, a new pot is brewing.
I had to check the Home Depot pallet wood.
Are you kidding me??? $30. ? No thanks. And, they are out of stock.
Nice work on the walls Kevin, I'm sure you drill and epoxied dowels into the excisting, as I didn't read all the text.
Whats the 1/2 block, imbedded in the crete, on the corner for?
Suppose to get to the mid 60's here today, lots of sun, but the wind is getting crazy!
Mike.
My You Tube
Good morning
I could talk a lot about coral as I do know a lot about it. Actually the guy that had it in his miniature aquarium environment knew more about it than the ocean guys did.
Today I took the recycling down to the garbage. I Heard a Voice come out of the lower garage and it sounded like Sally asking me to unwrap her to come out and play.
It's been raining hard for days and the old garage is leaking
It was her and I was just as happy to see her as she was to see me.
It is supposed to get to 71 degrees out today. Guess What? I'm taking Sally out for a romp.
I tend to be easy on her for the first ride. The second and third ride is quite different as she was built with good parts and she can take it.
I Romp Sally hard I think she likes it!
I do suspect to ride her three times today
York1I think half the houses along the Gulf Coast are pink (or what the owners call "coral"!).
When I went to Cape Coral High School in the early 1980s, and the school was brand new, our colours were what they called "Coral and Blue". They were actually pink and baby blue, completely 1980s! In the 1990s they colours were changed to a darker blue and orange, like the University of Florida, but they still call it "Coral and Blue".
Every house I have lived in here in Southwest Florida has been pink. My parent's house in high school, my first apartment, my "dream house", the duplex, and this house. The only exception is the apartment my wife and I rented the first year we were married.
I am looking so forward to having a typical off-white house! The "Little pink houses, for you and me" are disappearing (finally).
My house a couple years after I bought it. This picture is before Hurricane Charley when the big tree was lost. It is also before I replaced the roof for the first time. Probably 2001.
Good morning, diners. Flo, I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee.
I'm delivering Meals on Wheels today to shut-ins, so the day will be busy.
David, I, also, didn't realize the UK followed Daylight Savings Time. I personally don't like it. We are on the west side of the Central Time Zone, and it is dark here in the mornings when the switch is made. Good luck with your handrail project.
It's funny to see the ads at Home Depot for pallet wood. For years those were thrown out or burned. My father could not stand to see things thrown away. He took pallets apart, saving even the nails. He was ahead of his time.
Garry, take care. Hope the BP meds get regulated.
Alvie, I'm looking forward to the photos of your truck work.
Kevin, you're doing pretty well with that concrete work. You're braver than I am in tackling that job. It will look great finished. I think half the houses along the Gulf Coast are pink (or what the owners call "coral"!).
Ed, great photos of the Columbia River.
Good luck with the work project, MLC. Just thinking about that makes me glad I'm retired.
Brent, it's good to see you again in the diner! It seems like a while. I know you've also been busy with house projects.
It's a nice spring day here. All thoughts are turning to spring planting for the farmers. Of course, the school kids have been thinking summer vacation for weeks already, even though there are still six weeks left until graduation.
Hope everyone has a great day.
Dave, try just posting the link, sometimes that works on those troublemakers.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Same here.
I am up way too early so the painters can start work. They are supposed to be here in 20 minutes.
Chloe, you might as well leave me the whole pot of coffee.
Dave: I cannot see your videos. When I click on them it says they are private.
Good Morning all.
I will be in and out for while as I am being sent to a Hospital we purchased to help them set up their new computer systems. They have a June deadline and not much time. I will be out of town for a week.
So I will be cracking the whip at them to get going.