Nice wall Kevin!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
It has been a while, with good reason, since I have posted any progress pictures of my house.
I did a little side project, and built a corner landscape wall in the front yard.
I am quite happy with how it turned out.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Mornin' Folks!
York1Another day to get leaves picked up. The oak trees are finally starting to drop the leaves. I wish they would all decide to fall at one time.
Only a couple trees around here that have not yet dumped all their leaves. Usually the Maple tree next door drops them all in about 2 hours (whoosh!!!), this year it was over about a week's time. I put on my winter coat and gloves yesterday, got my EGO Electric mower out and did the deed for the the last time this year. Told a couple neighbors that was easier than shoveling the snow off the yard before I mow for the last time.....
Will start to thaw the Bird later today (in the refrigerator) for the Feast on Thursday. Yep! I am doing the Thanksgiving Dinner here for the family once more. I think I have everything I need to do the bird, potatoes, baked squash, gravy. Others will be bringing some other items. Then next Saturday I will be taken to a rather famous and pricy restaurant to celebrate my birthday (75). I told my DiL that if they were taking me to Belhurst Castle for my 75th. then where would they take me for my 100th.? She came right back with, "Hooter's"!
Frankly, I would rather they kept it small and quiet.......
York1Life is a precious gift. I hope everyone can enjoy today to the fullest!
Amen to that! In the words of my FiL on his 90th., "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself!" Then he took another puff on his cigar!
Have a good one wherever you are!
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.
I didn't stay up for the eclipse. I wondered why they kept saying it was the first in 800 years since I saw an eclipse several years ago. It was explained to me that partials are rare; normally they are full eclipses. That's a pretty neat picture, Bear.
Another day to get leaves picked up. The oak trees are finally starting to drop the leaves. I wish they would all decide to fall at one time.
Life is a precious gift. I hope everyone can enjoy today to the fullest!
York1 John
Water Level RouteThe kiwiburger looks good. Is it lamb? I ask because that looks kind of like tzatziki sauce. And are those beets I see?
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Well, it has been a great day, but now it is over. Off to the rack, then to do it all again tomorrow.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
Good afternoon from a dry West Coast.
Just hung 46 strings of Christmas lights, once upon a time, it was well over a hundred strings. As they fail I do not replace them anymore, getting old makes the enthusiasm wain somewhat. People keep buying me stuff and I put it up but even with that, I am winning the attrition battle. Someone gave me two of those high-end light projector systems that I put up as well but that takes about two minutes. I was shocked at the price of them when my wife told me, I would have never paid for something like that. High-end industrial stuff.
CP says they should have the line to the coast open in ten days, I have not heard about CN yet. CP has over 20 major washouts including some pretty big bridges. Of course in this part of the country, it is all bridges. I can't imagine how many ships are now waiting up and down the coast.
When I was working I would always work from mid-day Christmas Eve through to dinner time Christmas day. I was single and thought it was important the guys with families spent the time with their families. Plus I got paid triple time for doing it.
The airport would be very quiet and I would often sit and think of how hard it must have been for those serving to be away from home over Christmas. My Uncle left Canada in 1939 and did not get home again until the fall of 1945.
Timmy, that old car is pretty cool. My Grandfather was a medic in WWI and started in the trenches for a couple of years and because he survived got promoted to driving an ambulance which was more dangerous according to him because he was always out in the open. We have some old photos of him and his ambulance. I still have his kit from that war.
It appears I can post photos again, couldn't yesterday.
They were interviewing some of the crews at anchor and they said they couldn't ask for better scenery while they wait.
Has a roast beef feast last night cooked to perfection, we get a rerun tonight, can't wait! I only eat once a day so I don't have to hold back.
Think I'll go fire up the layout for a few laps before happy hour and hockey.
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."
John. My Grandmother was a WW1 nurse. She never said anything about it except she was at the 'front line'. To me the hospital staff were unsung heroes/heroines in any war.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Afternoon, everyone.
David, reading through that wartime hospital train story, it made me think of our Christmas Eves and Christmases today.
We will be go a warm, comfortable church service, we'll come home to a nice warm house with a crackling fire, we'll eat and drink anything we desire, and we probably won't think twice how blessed we are.
It's hard to read how those wartime people suffered on Christmas -- not just the soldiers, but all the others who supported the war effort, like your story of the nurses and train crews.
Good evening Diners. Some tea please, Flo.
A busy day drawing to an end.
Women at work during wartime.
https://blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/ambulance-trains-in-1914-this-is-christmas-and-the-world-is-supposed-to-be-civilised/
Here's one for Henry —
Maryland_Hospital_Car_WW1 by Edmund, on Flickr
"You'd better wait before making that incision, Doctor, I hear the engineer blowing for Helmstetter's Curve."
Women were called into action to replace some of the men in the workplace:
CNW_Wipers by Edmund, on Flickr
CNW_Wipers2 by Edmund, on Flickr
"I'm wearing a new scent from Avon. It's called cylinder oil & kerosene!"
A third of the way through November already! How does that happen
Cheers, Ed
Kevin, it's all good buddy! Curly was always my favorite!
Mike
Rough morning for me in the Trackside Diner!
First I get called Curly, then I get accused of ruining an innocent teenager's life.
Chloe, I am going to need to fill up on Bear's sweets to get over this. Bring me the whole plate!
Man you guys tyoe a lot in here and there is no way I can keep up with this conversation.
Kevin, no, my boy is not OK after that get together.
You and your daughter asnd her friends ruined him forever and he has not been the same since and now I cant get that stupid smile off his face.
Water Level RouteOne of which is sporting the same haircut as Curly!
That would be me!
I must be a Heathen!!!
The kiwiburger looks good. Is it lamb? I ask because that looks kind of like tzatziki sauce. And are those beets I see? As always, the sweets look good.
Planning on putting up the rest of the outdoor holiday lights today. Other houses in the neighborhood have started lighting theirs, so ours will be on starting tonight.
MLC, the picture you posted of the three of you by Garry's layout made me think, well there they are. In order, Larry, Moe, and Curly! No offense intended. Just found humor in a photo of three guys posted by someone who's forum name harkens to three (very?) different guys, one of which is sporting the same haircut as Curly!
Good morning Diners. A large coffee and a cream bun, Bear has left, please Zoe.
Just a quick visit.
Hope this works. (Nothing has for me the past couple of days or so.)
Some music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvZY6cOijo
Back later.
BATMAN Photo was placed here. Visible to only those who believe there is a train God
Visible to only those who believe there is a train God
Edit: And as further proof, Top of the Page as well!!
Oh well, the Kiwiburgers...
...and cream buns...
...are on me!
Good evening, it was a rather quiet day today, the calm after the storm. Things should really start to crank up tomorrow to get things back to normal. They started gas rationing today as the pipelines have not been able to start pumping again. Someone suggested Washington State will help fill the shortfall in the fuel crunch but somehow forgot that Washington State gets a lot of its oil from Alberta down the rail lines that do not exist anymore. I have lots of gas on hand so we don't need to worry. The roads are very empty, I was going down the eight-lane on the edge of the flood zone and was the only one I could see on the Hwy in either direction for a while.
The passport requirement for Canadians going to the U.S. has been lifted for the first time since 911 so a lot of people that are trapped here can head East via the U.S.
If I was still working I can't imagine how crazy it would be. I worked 52 hours straight once when we had a major event happening. You only get tired when you have time to think about it.
It's early but I think it is rack time, who knows what tomorrow holds.
Photo was placed here.
Here is a video for the rest of us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agTI9qv2M08&ab_channel=CVisionProductions
As I have been working on a landscape wall project for the past few days that nearly wore me out... I decided it was time to invest in a small concrete mixer.
This should save me a lot of time, which is in tight supply right now.
My countertop was supposed to be installed yesterday in my closet. They called and said it would be delayed until today. Today they did not show up and did not call. I am pretty upset about that.
The drawers are all stacked in the living room right now. I want to get this done!
Just knew Garry through this forum. His posts will be missed.
I realise the topic this month is 'War on the rails', so this may be a bit of a strech but,...
I believe this could have been used to transport troops
I somhow mannaged to upload all these pictures at once to postimage, ( never have been good with compooters) so, ... YAY, Timmy lernt something new !
Also: I recently got a brass locomotive for my birthday, but the tender has corroded and has decaying foam all over it . I gave it a bath in vinager, but that didnt really help. I also 'discovered' that its Brass plated copper, and the plating is coming off.
Anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to get rid of the stains / corrosion.
I normally would just hit it with some Laquer thinner, ... but I'm thinking "Tarnex" may be my onlr hope.
Rust...... It's a good thing !
mbinsewi Thanks Kevin, recovering from a hip replacement. I'll have more computer time. Mike.
Thanks Kevin, recovering from a hip replacement. I'll have more computer time.
Mike.
If it's any consolation, my former father-in-law had a hip replacement when he was 85 years old. He did it to get back on the tennis courts, and he did.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
My You Tube
mbinsewiI loved his CB&Q trains.
Mike, nice to hear from you again. Don't be such a stranger!
Thanks for checking in.
Not a happy day here in the Diner. Sorry to hear about our friend Garry.
We don't get much news at all about the devastation in Canada. Of course, we don't watch TV at all, let alone the news, so our visibility into that is somewhat limited.
Rest in peace Garry. I loved his CB&Q trains.
Thanks for update Brent. I did not realize!
Good morning Diners. A strong, black coffee please.
What a morning for sad news.
First, I was on the U.K. Forum I am a member of and had news of two members passing. Now here I find Garry is running trains 'upstairs'.
My sincerest condolences to his family.
I just read about Garry's death. Sad. My condolences to the family. I believe we'll all miss his posts and the pics of his layout
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)