They took my sister-in-law off the ventilator today.
She came out of unconsciousness and her heart rate went up. There is concern over her heart, so they put her back under.
Until she becomes conscious and aware again, there is not much that can be known about how much damage she has.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I think Bear wrote earlier that he and his wife are on vacation.
York1 John
Howdy .....
David ..... Thanks for the pictures and videos. I like seeing photos of the Great Forth Railway Bridge. What an amazing structure !
Seeing those huge logs makes me think. It took over a 1,000 years for a big tree to grow in the Pacific Northwest region, and it is very sad to see they were cut down. Who will be here when a replacement tree has grown ?
TF ..... I used to really like the Olds 442's as well as the Pontiac GTO's.
Ken .... Where are you ? We would like some beer .
Bear ..... Where are you? We would like a bear too.
Everybody ..... Have a nice night.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I never knew that but was certainly easy enough to believe. The Brits have been engineering excellence and quality for eons
I don't feel the need to make a list as everyone knows
Night David
Sleep well my friend and I'll see ya tomorrow
TF
My pleasure TF.
The bridge was built by the North British Railway.
It is well after midnight. Night all.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
She's old but sturdy David!
Just goes to show how much truth there is that they built things better back in the day!
I could tell by the videos you provided the confirmation of that I especially liked the reverse engineering in the first one where they portrayed the progress backwards.
I've always loved that bridge. It was way ahead of its time of modern architecture. She was built better back then than most, if not all of the bridges that are built today.
Being that I am Scottish I would be proud to believe I have a little Forth Bridge blood in me
Thanks for the the films David, ....Enjoyed
Sparky Rail Mine does NOT look like that!
Mine does NOT look like that!
Good evening Diners.
Two films of The Forth Rail Bridge. Built 1890
Track fiddlerBeing a Mustang guy I'm not very fluent with my Camaros. Is this a 68 or 69 Tom? The car looked like a piece of candy.
Thats a 68. Easy way to tell is 67 had no side marker lights, 68 did.
Good morning, everyone. Lots of black coffee, please.
Big weekend coming up!
Out-of-state grandchildren coming to visit and to see the county fair.
Then Sunday, Big Boy 4014 comes through to a town about 20 miles south of us. This town has a whopping 48 people in it! It will stop for about 45 minutes there before heading out. I can't wait to see it again. I'm glad UP is doing this for us old people, and for the young people who have never seen a locomotive like that.
Have a great day, everyone.
Edit: Top of the Page! Everyone can join me in a cup of hot, dark, thick, coffee.
Good morning
Good to hear from you Bear. Glad to hear you and your better half are having a ball on your holiday Look forward to seeing your pictures when you return. Always did enjoy others you have posted as New Zealand sure is beautiful over there.
My friend had an Olds 442 as well Kevin. A 68 if I recall correctly. That red car was a beast and had really good brakes installed. I remember him romping that thing up to 60 just to stop at the next stop sign again. Crazy Kids!
I'm hopeful your sister in law is improving. Her and your family remains in our prayers.
Track fiddler I was wondering just the same thing a few minutes ago Garry? Where has the Bear been? TF
I was wondering just the same thing a few minutes ago Garry?
Where has the Bear been?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please, Brunhilda.
A weekend of thundery showers is forecast.
I hope to get to a local model railway show tomorrow.
If we are still in the 1800s -- two films of Caledonian 123.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require
gmpullmanI hope everyone is doing fine. My thoughts are with you and your wife, Kevin. Hoping for the best news.
Thank you Ed. They are going to try to take her off of the ventilator tomorrow. My undertanding is that if she can breathe without the ventilator that they will try to wake her up over the weekend.
I am getting all my information second and third hand, so I really don't know any details. My wife is hanging in there.
York1Kevin, I haven't watched any Olympics this year, which is unusual for me. I tried a couple of times, but turned channels fairly quickly. I don't know why. I usually love watching them.
I did not think I would be able to get into them this year, but when they started, I was drawin right in.
I have enjoyed the games much more than I thought I would.
up831The picture of the Florida and Southern loco is kind of odd in that I don't see a sand dome on it anywhere. Is it possible that they didn't even use sand?
Hmmmmm... Two thoughts...
1) Florida is so flat that they did not think sand was needed.
2) Sand is naturally everywhere, so no need to carry it on the locomotive.
Track fiddlerHanging around for a while taking a sip of my beer enjoying one of my favorite Olds 442's
I worked with a guy back in the 1980s that had an Olds 442. That brought back some memories.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
I'm getting back to my normal self. I'm running on all eight cylinders again Ed! I'm heading back up to Wisconsin in a week for a week or two.
11 is racktime though.
Nighty night my Friends
Hanging around for a while taking a sip of my beer enjoying one of my favorite Olds 442's
Henderson puts on a really good car show
I was thinking of walking across the street to Red Owl to get a deli sandwich but Judy lured me over to a taco stand.
PH
I always preferred the flames that ain't too loud.
Ghost flames are best but this guy did better than the sticker that came standard on the Pontiac Trans Am as far as I'm concerned.
The lighting and reflections for my camera was not my friend that day. To see it with your own eyes always looks better as these were rather impressive.
And if you zoom in closely you can see my Mach 1 parked a block down in front of the big off roader.
I always loved putting the flame decals on my Revell models John. Those were the best ones
They were a bit tricky as I remember. The ends were fragile and you always tried your hardest not to rip them.
I ripped a few trying to re-adjust them when they were getting too dry. I tried to re-wet and put that piece back on not to show.....
...... but it always did
Post Hog! Post Hog!
Oh what the hey! Let's get back to the logs then. Maybe a short silent movie would be good
Nothing better than a good fast Flume
Remember building model cars in the 1950s? We'd put on every decal that came in the box. I loved the flame decals that would go to the back of the wheel wells.
Post Hog!
Although they've been extremely impressive I need to log-out for a while
Being a Mustang guy I'm not very fluent with my Camaros. Is this a 68 or 69 Tom? The car looked like a piece of candy.
You can tell by one look this is a very expensive paint job. I would have left out the thinner top graphics. That saying, there's such a thing as over doing a good thing. Maybe a small hot pink shadowed by purple and blue wild cherry on top?
It was a nice looking Camaro though.
Good Grief
Dr. Seuss, The Lorax and the Truffula Trees never had it so good
That swimming hole looks like a beautiful place Brent. Everyone has some really fond memories but you might have a few more than I don't
gmpullmanHaven't seen Doctor Wayne much lately, either. Not so much in the Diner but in other threads.
Wayne posted on Big Blue July 30th.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
A few more.
I grew up in Lynn Valley which is a suburb of Vancouver and it was pretty undeveloped and we had lakes and forest galore to play in. Huge trees were still plentiful as were the stumps leftover from an earlier time.
We had many lakes to swim in a short walk from the house. They would also freeze in winter and we played hockey on them.
This was our favourite swimming hole. You could slide off both sets of falls into the big pool below.
I would categorize that guy on the top stack of logs in the Paul Bunyan group. I would think they needed to round up a few more horses that day too Ed
And some kind of Jerry-rigged brake system in case the horses went down a hill
Your right! Although I can't seem to remember Doctor Wayne much in the Diner if at all. I have missed him in the surrounding threads with his awesome pictures around here lately.
Logging in:
Stacked by Edmund, on Flickr
Track fiddlerWhere has the Bear been?
Haven't seen Doctor Wayne much lately, either. Not so much in the Diner but in other threads.
Regards, Ed
Where has the Bear been? I miss him around here!
Man!!! Them is some big logs! I did miss that one of Brent's Garry. Thanks for the Refresher
In case you missed this pcture Brent posted on July 30th......
Brent was logging in. ....
Reminds me. Where is Bear?
I've been AWOL. I'm finding the whole forum less and less interesting. Threads seem to go on forever.
Kevin sorry to hear about your SIL, we will keep her in our prayers.
Mr B if you haven't gotten your cat, check out the shelters, they are full of cats all the time.
Xfinity service is terrible in my neighborhood. Neighbors are constantly complaining about no internet, fuzzy TV pictures. Xfinity claims my home, in the geographic center of the neighborhood is not in their service area and want $2,100 to run a cable 300' I get my service via an antenna from the top of a nearby mountain. Not terribly fast but reliable.
A small local company is laying fiber optic cable. I expected they would have a machine that would lay a trench. Instead is is pick and shovel (and there is a reason it's called Rockingham County)
They did a foxhole every 15' and run the cable between the holes.
Since everyone wants to stop and look at the train wreck, here is the worst one from Great Britain.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley