Welcome to Jeffreys Trackside Diner for December 2021

[NorthBrit]

Good morning Diners.   A large coffee please, Janie.

Raining and a lot more rain to come.

A busy day again.  All to do with the run up to Christmas.

 

Just seen this video.  Not much of Christmas (there is a Christmas Tree).   Just amazed at the layout.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFV4m_r4dj4

 

 

Thoughts & Peace to All who Require.

 

David

[Track fiddler]

Good morning

Thanks for moving the Diner Dave and Kevin for helping with the copy-paste email I think 

Enjoyed the Canadian Pacific Christmas Train pictures you posted Dave.  We went to the CP Christmas Train concert at the Union Depot in St Paul a couple years ago,  It was fun.

I seen a lot of you are having trouble posting videos too.  I thought it was just my phone.  I wonder if the problem is on this end or the YouTube end.  I have a video of the Christmas Train, but apparently not today

Saw the Led Zeppelin video in last night's Diner Mike, Thanks.  I haven't seen a Led Zeppelin video in years.  Listened to thier music a lot in my younger days and sometimes I still do.  They have quite a few songs that are actually rather mello.

I still have all their CDs as I do many other bands.  I'll listen to their upbeat stuff from time to time when I'm in the R&R mood,

.....Rambunctious and Rowdy! 

 

 

 

TF

[SeeYou190]

Well, it is December 1st. In Florida that means one important thing... the end of Hurricane Season! YAY!

Now we get six months of paradise and lots of perfect days.

This year Hurrricane Season was a non-event. Nothing happened here worth mentioning. However, that is not how the local news reports made it sound today. They recapped the season as if it was just one storm after another.

Two of the Meteoroligists were having a discussion, and one said something like the reason this was such an easy season was because so many people took his advice and prepared for the worst. What? Preparing for storms keeps storms away? I don't think that is how this works.

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The World Is A Beautiful Place.

-Kevin

[gmpullman]

Thank you for the seamless and smooth Diner move, Dave!

I hope everyone is in line for a great Holiday Season.

NYC_Century_xmas_lo by Edmund, on Flickr

I'll be right here in the observation lounge of The Century enjoying a nip of the Holiday Cheer!

Regards, Ed

[hon30critter]

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas!!

Once again it is time to move the Diner to a new location and a new theme. The November Diner was very interesting! Thanks everyone for your contributions.

 

 

As is our custom, we include a list of fallen modelers who have made great contributions to the hobby and the forums:

 

This month's theme will be Christmas trains. I'm going to start off with one of the best, and that is Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train. The train has been running through Canada and the northern USA since 1999. Unfortunately the train will be virtual for 2021 as it was in 2020 thanks of course to covid. However, here are some pics from past years:

 

 

I hope that you will all Have a very Merry Christmas!!!

Cheers!!

Dave

 

P.S. Since this is the top of the page, I'm going to offer you all a serving of traditional Christmas Plum Pudding with salted caramel sauce. However, you will have to be patient. The pudding won't be served until after Christmas dinner. It has to develop its flavour throughout the month. The flavour will be enhanced by soaking the pudding in a bit of brandy every week or so! And, as if there wasn't enough booze in the recipe already, when the pudding is presented it will be douced with a small amount of brandy and set aflame! The brandy burns with a beautiful blue flame. It is one of the highlights of Christmas in my humble opinion.