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It's late morning here. Time for a brunch buffet. Brunch is on me. Do Lions eat lobster?
York1 John
Hi Everyone,
Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.
Kevin: that's a neat story of your super bowl traditions. Yeah, time and circumstances change, but you have some wonderful memories.
I think it's interesting how what started as a game on TV has grown into a full blown family affair complete with the spread of food and drink and it being an all day event. Funny thing, the game itself, the focal point of the whole event is often anti climatic.
Brent: Your picture of Lake Louise is beautiful. The entire Banff area is beautiful. The Canadian Pacific was smart to develop it for tourism. However, I just can't get used to the idea that people can walk across or even drive across a frozen lake. Is that a Zamboni in the picture? Where I grew up, lakes and rivers can briefly freeze over, but one could never trust the ice to walk out on it.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
I stopped eating donuts years ago. I like to think I did it to lose weight, but it was really because Dunkin' switched to a no-trans-fat baking policy, and to be honest, I couldn't tell where the donuts ended and the cardboard box began.
Dunkin' was the dominant donut place in New England. They drove out the Krispy Kremes completely. I was on a business trip to Huntsville, where KK still existed. I remember getting a phone call from my daughter, then about 12, asking me to bring home a box of donuts for a party she was having. I carried the box of donuts to the airport, and I was walking to the gate, I heard a voice behind me say, "I'm sorry, but we'll have to confiscate that." I turned to see the whole TSA laughing. In small airports, anyway, the TSA are just normal people with unpleasant jobs to do.
And no, I won't be watching the Superbowl. I don't care about either of the teams and the GF and I have gotten kind of tired of the posturing of the NFL in recent years. And I still long for marching bands and championship cheerleader squads at halftime.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
York1It's late morning here. Time for a brunch buffet. Brunch is on me. Do Lions eat lobster?
Sorry, no. LIONS do NOT eat lobster, but will be happy to eat your server!
Now, about your layout... That village looks like it is flooded. On OoooToob there is a series, come out about two or three times a week highlighting all of the disasters of the week. Big floods all over the place.
(ROAR)
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
MisterBeasleyI stopped eating donuts years ago. I like to think I did it to lose weight, but it was really because Dunkin' switched to a no-trans-fat baking policy, and to be honest, I couldn't tell where the donuts ended and the cardboard box began.
Best donuts on the planet come from BEARSCAT. Light, fluffy, very tasty.
Good morning from the not so wild West where it is a nice day.
Spent a few hours doing yard work yesterday, spring cleaning which involves moving branches and filling holes the dogs and other animals dig. The local wildlife can also make a real mess digging for rabbits and moles and such. Moved a couple of branches that had come down out of the tall firs, these branches were 11 " in diametre and probably 25' long and were very heavy so did not move them far. After falling well over a 100' one of them impaled my lawn some 3'. I will hook up the Deere and pull them into the bush at some point.
howmus I don't know Brother Lion... If those were your breakfast, no wonder you can't climb the stairs anymore... LOL They look delicious, I gained a couple lbs just looking at them. 73
I don't know Brother Lion... If those were your breakfast, no wonder you can't climb the stairs anymore... LOL They look delicious, I gained a couple lbs just looking at them.
73
Two donuts a week, calories alone is good for 7 pounds a year. It would take running at a fast pace for 44 hours to break even. However, processed foods can play real havoc with the liver and this must be taken into account as well. Kevin's coffee additive is toxic waste which is high in the worst kind of calories and the ingredients are not nice to the liver which prevents it from doing its job of flushing the coffee additive out of the body so the calorie count in that is not a true picture of what will be added to the waistline.
Gatherings around sporting events before covid were a regular Saturday night event at our house. The guys would watch hockey on the big screen in the movie room, the wives would watch on the big screen in the kitchen/family room with no sound so they could yak and the kids would put down the electronics and play board games all evening, good times that will start again soon. Except the kid part, they are all grown up and moved out now.
MisterBeasley Brent, when I used to ski at Sunday River in Maine, there were several chairlifts that were just off the side of expert slopes. Mostly, it was just fun to watch good skiers on tough slopes. Once in a while, there would be a spectacular wipeout, and people on the lift would yell down Olympic scoring numbers for the fall. One skier who got rated by the folks going up was apparently disappointed in his score, and shouted back, "Russian judge!" Other times, I've seen falls and skied down to make sure they got up. Sometimes they were struggling, not willing to admit they were hurt enough to need a sled ride down, or really not advanced enough to even be on that slope. I would talk to them, told them I wasn't the Ski Patrol but I had their number on my cell phone. Some mountains were charging a fee for a sled ride down, but Sunday River didn't do that, so I was always able to get them to wait and eventually get taken down. I did my good deed for the day.
Brent, when I used to ski at Sunday River in Maine, there were several chairlifts that were just off the side of expert slopes. Mostly, it was just fun to watch good skiers on tough slopes. Once in a while, there would be a spectacular wipeout, and people on the lift would yell down Olympic scoring numbers for the fall.
One skier who got rated by the folks going up was apparently disappointed in his score, and shouted back, "Russian judge!"
Other times, I've seen falls and skied down to make sure they got up. Sometimes they were struggling, not willing to admit they were hurt enough to need a sled ride down, or really not advanced enough to even be on that slope. I would talk to them, told them I wasn't the Ski Patrol but I had their number on my cell phone. Some mountains were charging a fee for a sled ride down, but Sunday River didn't do that, so I was always able to get them to wait and eventually get taken down. I did my good deed for the day.
Good story Mr. B, I like the Russian judge thing. I remember often asking people if they were all right when riding up the lift and seeing a wipeout. The kindest thing a fellow skier can do is bring you your skis and poles. I was up at a resort called Big White once and it was deserted. Of course, when the mountain is empty that's when you can really let loose and fly. That is where I had my second worse wipeout ever. There was no one there to bring my skis and poles down as no one saw me wipe out. It was a long hike up a very steep slope in ski boots to find my skis and poles. Standing there scanning the slope for them hoping you spot them can be a little disheartening.
Two of my lifelong friends remained ski bums well into adulthood and were on the ski patrol and instructed at Whistler. When they were working patrol I would often ski with them as we got to cut the lift lines which was a real bonus.
Got all my track realignment done and tested thoroughly. I will ad feeders, paint the track, and put new ballast down.
I have to take the wife and one of our bitches down to Portland for the mutt to be bred this week. The wife takes blood from the girl daily and when the numbers are right we hit the road. Likely tomorrow or Thursday. We had to order in covid test kits so we can cross the border. If we test positive we don't go and the wife will get the sperm from the same dog sent up FedEx.
I just realized I missed doing a piece of molding in the laundry room after our huge remodel last year, I'll do that today, it is a real finicky cut around a cabinet that will require the table saw, mitre saw, oscillating saw, and a good old fashion mallet and chisel. I did a similar cut for my sister that lives 20km away, I had to get it right as there was no running back to the saw for some fine-tuning. Fit perfectly when I took it back.
John, looking forward to the rebuild, please post lots of pics.
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."
Mrs. Pullman [AKA Dee Ann] has been helping her aunt who is a senior living alone. She recently fell in her home and broke a few ribs and punctured her lung which required two weeks of hospitalization and rehab. So while taking care of her house which is at the intersection of two busy state highways Dee Ann saw several cats in the yard.
We set up some traps and so far have captured three of the little felines. We're finding it difficult to locate a vet or spay and neuter site around here. Our regular vet is close to retirement but she will take care of two of them for us but we'll have to wait until next Tuesday. We have a few other sources trying to track down a way to get them spayed and shots, etc. The several local rescue groups say they're "booked" through March
Molly_Smudge by Edmund, on Flickr
These are the two youngest ones and this long-hair gray one seems to be a little older and she is very friendly and begins to purr anytime you even get close to her.
Whisp by Edmund, on Flickr
There may be more! I can't tolerate the thought of these cats being out in this weather. There's no barn or shed on this lady's property for these cats to find shelter. It was minus 3° F the other night and the close proximity to the busy highway didn't sit well with me either. Hopefully we'll get these guys into a safe home.
Trains in the Cuyahoga Valley:
CVSR 6771 by Todd Dillon, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
MisterBeasleyI like to think I did it to lose weight, but it was really because Dunkin' switched to a no-trans-fat baking policy, and to be honest, I couldn't tell where the donuts ended and the cardboard box began.
I know what you mean. In New Orleans, the best donuts were Tastee Donuts. Their buildings all had bright yellow roofs.
Over the years, the fat in the deep fat fryers changed. I haven't been back to NOLA for a few years, but I think there are very few Tastee Donuts left.
I love donuts. For all the years my daughters were growing up, we would go to Tastee Donuts every Saturday morning, sit on the stools at the counter, and have donuts and chocolate milk. Fun memories.
There was still a Tastee Donuts on the layout until last week:
Thanks, Ed. You get the forum hero badge this week. Hopefully, these cuties can be reunited with their owners or have a happy life in a new home.
You said there were two highways close by. Sometimes wandering animals get across a highway and can't figure out where they are and/or can't get back across the highway.
We are down near the border and my wife's hospital was quite large, because we are rural there was no city-operated animal shelter. She had the contract to handle whatever animals the RCMP or bylaw people or others would bring in. People would try to cross the border with their dogs and/or cats and would not have a rabies certificate for their pet and you would not believe have often people would find this out and just throw their (so-called) pet out the door of the car and then cross the border. Of course, the poor animal would often run after the family car to the point of exhaustion and could end up on either side of the border at some point. It was quite sad to see how people would treat these supposed family members. But you know what they say, how people treat animals is usually how they treat people.
Thanks Ed.
York1The next day, I'll drive 60 miles to Spring Creek Model Trains to start buying some track, turnouts, etc. As I mentioned, this is putting some fun back into the hobby for me. I'll try to get some photos. I love this store:
Eh??? LION used to get tracks from Tainworld in Brooklyn, NY. I guess I could call that my 'local hobby shop'. Mostly I shop on-lion, better selection on lion than it the store. The store and several buildings adjacent to it are their warehouse, but you cannot wander through it to look at stuff.
Tracks: I bought Model Power flex tracks in one meter lengths, they are sold in boxes of 100 tracks, and in those days that cost just a little over $300.00 LIONS go for PRICE, because Lions are Cheap, have no job, and no money. If I want to get something, I have to gete permission from the Abbot. I eventually used 900 peices on my layout, so you can see why price is an issue.
(ROAR) : )
BATMANYou get the forum hero badge this week.
Thanks, Brent!
We found a non-profit callet Pet-Fix that is first come-first served so the two little ones will be seen to first thing tomorrow morning and Dee Ann's cousin is going to adopt the long haired I already named Whisp (of smoke).
All our pets have been rescues in one way or another. Our place at the end of a cul-de-sac seems to be a favorite dumping place. These animals know who their rescuers are and they thank us many times over.
My son looks after the cats that show up at his construction yard:
Bob-Cats by Edmund, on Flickr
BATMANIt was quite sad to see how people would treat these supposed family members.
It got really bad during the 2008 real estate turmoil when people were walking away from their homes and leaving the pets behind.
up831However, I just can't get used to the idea that people can walk across or even drive across a frozen lake.
The Coast Guard just rescued about two dozen people from Lake Erie near me that thought they could drive their "gators" out on the ice. Happens every year, often with expensive vehicles "parked" on the ice that somehow wind up on the bottom of the lake.
Winter wonderland by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Big Boy on the Belt Line by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Thanks and purrs to those who help care for abandoned and feral animals. We have two rescue cats and a rescue dog, and our cat who crossed the Rainbow Bridge earlier last year was another rescue. Yes, they seem to understand their plight, and appreciate their saviours. Thank you all.
Hi Jim,
Here in southern Ontario the lakes freeze pretty hard by this time of year. That encourages a lot of people to drive out onto the ice. Usually things are fine in February, but by late March it can get pretty risky. Every year there are pictures of tire tracks leading to big, square holes in the ice! What really amazes me is that many of the adventurous types (read 'fools') will park on the ice as though they were in a regular parking lot, i.e. all nicely lined up and close together! I guess their actions can be described as naive at best, but 'stoooopiddd' is much more accurate.
The good thing is that these naive adventurous soles have to pay not only for the recovery of their vehicles, but also for any environmental damage that the oil and gas leaking from their vehicles has done. That can run into tens of thousands of dollars. Also, their insurance companies will likely tell then to take a hike.
Humanity, especially its lower eschelons, can be a fun thing to watch!
I hope that doesn't get me in trouble!
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I love it too, I just wish it was a little more convenient for me!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning Diners. It is nearly lunchtime here, so a large coffee please, Zoe.
Last night I showed Dawn a picture of the cats. One reminded her of one we had. Dawn wouldn't look at any more..
Later I told Dawn that 'Whisp' had a new home. She was ever so pleased. Looking at the others the middle one of the three black and white ones was a spitting image of another cat we had. (All the cats we had came meeowing at the door over the years.)
Snowploughs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjp9_6usMhY&ab_channel=EpicCompilation
Stay Safe Everyone
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
LIONS and TIGERS and BEARS... I keep stray LIONS out in the back yard. But so far, none have come to use my service.
Breakfast...
Would you believe a Cherry Almond Breakfast Bun???
Or is a Cranberry Peacan Bun more to your liking ?
Come aand get them (the LION is waiting for ewe!)
Lion, I'll take a piece of each! Thanks!
Mike Danneman sure takes some incredible photos, doesn't he? Thanks for posting those Ed!
How is it only Wednesday? I'm a day behind this week for some reason. I could have sworn it was Wednesday yesterday. Feels like Thursday today. Bummer.
Mike
Lion, you should know better! You're not going to attract lions with pastries. That's the thing to use if you are running a Mobel Railroader Rescue. For lions, you need Wildebeest 'n' Eggs.
My daughter has two Tuxedo cats like the ones sitting on the business end of the front end loader. Again, they're grateful and affectionate rescue cats. My sister had a cat she found stuck in a pile of snow after a bad storm n Rhode Island. She guesses that it actually got caught up in plowing operations and couldn't get free. That cat got some veterinary care and a forever home, plus about a half dozen cat sisters.
Dee Ann is on her way to her aunt's house to bring back cat #4. The two little short hairs are in hospital as I type. We pick them up at 3:30 today. The PetFix clinic is in my old neighborhood of Euclid, Ohio and right next door to Wojita's bakery but this morning the place was crazy with cars lined up in the street to drop off all sorts of animals. No time to wander over to the bakery
The pretty gray long-hair has roundworms real bad. We're getting medicine later today and she will go to the regular vet on Thursday to get her blood checked. Worms will cause anemia.
Here's Penelope, another rescue from about five years ago:
IMG_7794_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Otis was another, dumped off in the middle of winter:
Otis_woodpile2 by Edmund, on Flickr
And of course, Mr. Wilson, dumped at GE and he worked a 12 hour shift with me and has been by my side ever since.
Wilson_blog by Edmund, on Flickr
He's going on fifteen years now... a devoted companion.
CPR_Lake-Louise by Edmund, on Flickr
SeeYou190I love it too, I just wish it was a little more convenient for me! -Kevin
For those of you who have never been to Nebraska, this photo of Kevin in front of a blank gray wall is just about the best scenery you will find in this state. Unless you like flat corn fields. Hundreds of miles of flat cornfields.
Goat afternoon all,
Nothing much going on, finally he ice has melted,I don't know if I have ever seen 2 inches of sleet before was quite the show.
I want to visit that there spring creek models, but it is a ways to drive.
Prob be heaidng to my Southern Command tomorrow.
I have been gone for a while; had a cornea graft (transplant) done two weeks ago in Wichita. This was my third; the graft on my right eye lasted for 32 years before it became unviable in September. Three months of recovery/healing before it can be corrected; but I am use to being one-eyed. Back to the office this week.
Good to see the LION back.
John: I love Spring Creek Trains. They usually made the Texas show circuit, and I was a regular customer. Now that I am in Kansas, I think they were at Garden City last year; hope to see them next month.
Bear: New Zealand is on the bucket list; hopefully, when I retire, we can stimulate the economy down there.
Kevin: Look forward to seeing what goes on behind the door.
Ray: I have never snow-shoed, but I enjoy reading about your expoits. Glad to see you have a new lady friend in your life.
I don't have any snowplow pictures; until last year, never lived anywhere where it snowed long enough to require plowing of the rail lines. As we have had 3 significant snowfall events in western Kansas this year, I might get to see some sort of snow removal. My wife has had to shovel the drive way twice since my surgery; I am not allowed to lift, strain or sweat. I think we will be purchasing some sort of snow removal equipment for next year.
I normally don't watch the Super Bowl, either. I will this year as the Cinncinati defensive coordinator recruited my son to Purdue in 2011 - 2012. Makes the game a little more interesting if you know one of the participants.
Tin Can II My wife has had to shovel the drive way twice since my surgery; I am not allowed to lift, strain or sweat. I think we will be purchasing some sort of snow removal equipment for next year.
My parents long ago decided to hire people for snow and lawn care.. WTH, you are retired, have someone else deal with the snowflakes.
Tin Can III normally don't watch the Super Bowl, either
The supper bowl. That is what we bring to the cat!
Foosbol... Sunday Vespers is sacrocanct, and so we cannot allow a foosbol game to compromise that. So we watch up until the bell, then go to church. After Vespers we go back to the community room and some to the TV room, and the kitchen master brings up a cotilion for our supper. Some watch the half time show, and then go away, others come in to watch the ball game. I have five donuts on the Raiders to win!
BroadwayLionI have five donuts on the Raiders to win!
100% sure you're going to lose that bet!
Tin Can I did not know corneal transplants could fail that late.
Lion: good to see you actve in the forum again.
We stayed in that hotel in Lake Louise on our Rocky Mountaineer vacation. It was of the most spectaular views I have seen.
My father was a football fanatic and we went to every Colt home, from the game before "The greatest game ever played" to a year or two before the owner moved the team to Indianapolis, in the dead of night.
The first Olympics I remember was Lake Placid 1958. I immediately liked bobsleding. In those days, TV cioverage wasn't 100% of the course, and the course was constructed in a manner that allowed sleds to go over the wall. They also turned over more than they do now.
You would watch a sled go thru a turn, then the camera would show the turn after the next turn, and the sled would never appear. Next you would see safety people looking for the sled.
Somrwhere out west, maybe Park City, they gave a "take a bobsled ride." I never had the guts to take it.
My nerve pain, post total shoulder, continues and medication isn't doing much. The physical therapist is trying laser therapy. I didn't know that was a thing. The pins and needles stopped, but if I touch it, it feels like when you were a kid and sklned your knee and then you touched it.
If i wear a short sleeve shirt it isn't much of a problem, but at night the arm has to touch something. A microfiber blanket is the worst, I think I figured out a way to rest my hand on a pillow and minimize arm contact.
Sorry to bother you all with my problems, we have dinerswho have it much worse.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
York1100% sure you're going to lose that bet!
So you will give me good odds, eh?
Good Evening,
I finally finished that Branchline pullman kit. It turned out well but was by far the most complicated piece of rolling stock I have ever assembled. It won't go around my 22" radius without major surgery to the under frame so I will likely sell it. I have another pullman kit but will save it for another time.
Ed, good for you to rescue and care for those cats. We have never had stray cats around our place. Years ago I had an Afghan Hound that didn't mix well with cats and then we had terriers. Cats avoided our place.
Expecting another Clipper tomorrow. Supposed to hit 35F briefly but another 5" of snow may come too. Was at my MIL's house on Monday and the snow is about 4' deep in her yard. Haven't seen snow like this for a few years. We need it though as last year there was a drought.
Lion, nice to see you in the diner.
Wife and I have been watching Escape to the Country. Getting to see a lot rural England. Wife wants to move to the Welsh border area.
Nothing really new here. I seem to be in the dog house again.
Time for a brew as in a really nice tea I got at Christmas from Fortnum & Mason.
CN Charlie
Doughnuts are tastee. . My favorites were always the cake donuts with chocolate frosting on them. Nowadays I won't eat either donuts or chocolate. There used to be a house in Manhattan, Kansas where the owners ran a bakery in the basement. There was no signage or any indication it was a bakery. If you didn't know about it, you'd never know it was there. They supplied the local convenience marts with donuts. We would sometimes go there at 2:00 am just after they finished baking the donuts and buy a sack of them. You'd have to stand at the top of the basement stairs and they would bring them to you. They were fresh and still hot and sooo good. Good memories. I haven't been back to Manhattan since the 70s, so I don't know if Vern's Donuts is still around or not.
Good morning Diners. A large coffee on the go please, Brunhilda.
A quiet day here. A calm before the storm as grandchildren are visiting tomorrow.
After 40 years in a Museum in Switzerland the firing up and test of a steam snowblower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKEaniu5vr8&ab_channel=Sch%C3%B6neggbahn
Near the Swiss-Austrian border
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyTXerc7UCo&ab_channel=ReneFischer
Stay Safe Everyone.
Good Morning Diners. Flo, all this talk of doughnuts makes me want one...or three. Better bring me some with some black coffee.
up831They were fresh and still hot and sooo good.
My favorites, in order, are bavarian creme longjohns, regular glazed, and raspberry filled jelly donuts. Oh, and blueberry cake donuts. And cherry fritters. And......sorry. I need to stop!
Last "warm" day of the week forecasted for today, then temps are going to drop again with lows in the high single digits. Just in time for us to travel Saturday for an indoor soccer tournament my youngest is playing in. Hope the roads are okay.
Henry, so sorry to hear about the troubles with your arm. I hope the PT can help.
Tin Can, I've not heard of the eye procedure you had. Is your vision clear and 20/20 afterwards?
CN Charlie, sorry to hear your completed car won't navigate your layout. Are you sure you want to sell it? I would be tempted to alter the underbody that you aren't likely to look at much anyway to make it work, but that's just me.
Have a good day everyone.