The North Dakota Attorney General has determined that California may be hazardus to your health.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
How does tentickle of oktopuss sound two ewe!
ROAR
And for Ed…
Music to my ears, Bear!!!
Warning labels — when you find them EVERYWHERE they somehow lose their impact. Wood dust when you cut wood? Why — never!
Plywood_warning by Edmund, on Flickr
One of the safety committee higher-ups at GE was behind installing yellow strobes and LOUD back-up alarms (ON in both directions, of course) on every vehicle on the property, even the little Cushman carts that some personnel used.
I brought up the thought that with so much beeping and flashing going on that people would become immune to the REAL dangers of some of the bigger equipment and simply ignore it.
Not to mention that after a while, wires would get mysteriously snipped or shop rags stuffed into the alarms, even tin-foil caps over the flashers.
Little-by-little most of the offending noisemakers were removed and the safety personnel moved on to bigger fish to fry.
Feather River:
Keddie Wye by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Threading the Needle:
Roundin' the Loop by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
Traction motor troubles: An expensive fix!
Mantis 30011 by Mike Danneman, on Flickr
I hope everyone is doing well these days...
Cheers. Ed
Water Level RouteBrent, in one way, I don't want to get back to being able to wear that suit. Do you know how hard it is to find clothes I like that fit a 29 inch waist line?! I'm a 31 now and it is much easier, although 32's are too big (belt or extra care required), so still a bit special to find stuff. Not like 29s though.
32"? 32"!!!... I'd be happy to find a 42" waste line!
Water Level Route I'm sick of trying to get an actual post to go through. Must be something wrong as it won't let me copy/paste my original post in. Too much to retype. Maybe I'll try again later. Have a good day everyone.
I'm sick of trying to get an actual post to go through. Must be something wrong as it won't let me copy/paste my original post in. Too much to retype. Maybe I'll try again later. Have a good day everyone.
SWITCH to Microsoft EDGE Browser. There are some sites that no longer work with older protocols. Thia among them
Attuvian1(I'd post a picture, but they're all at .com sites. I'm not sure I want a black helo landing in my backyard at o-dark-thirty)
RIGHT CLICK on the photo, and select "Copy Image Link". If that ends in .jpg or has .jpg in it, then paste that location under the photo icon above.
OK. Here I go foolishly trying a highly abbreviated version of the post I intended for today.
Attuvian1 John, thanks for the Boston Cooler! I've seen the top poster change on pages here before, so no worries.
Bear, I wonder how many HO scale locomotives you have to ingest before the listed hazards kick in?
Brent, in one way, I don't want to get back to being able to wear that suit. Do you know how hard it is to find clothes I like that fit a 29 inch waist line?! I'm a 31 now and it is much easier, although 32's are too big (belt or extra care required), so still a bit special to find stuff. Not like 29s though.
Last day of the work week for me today, and vacation next week to spend some time with the family before my oldest goes to college, and get a couple small projects done around the house.
Hope the post works this time. Take care guys.
Mike
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Just testing to see if I get the 403 forbidden message again........
And still can't put today's post in. Hmmmm.
gmpullmanI think the old Santa Fe might be portraying the beauty and splendor of the many Spanish Missions located in southern California.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Well, folks, I note that I'm responsible for the first post of the page. Not sure just how that happened as it wasn't when first posted. Perhaps this time of night, when layout gremlins can't exercise their regular duties, they transport or beam themselves into the forum's innards.
Last time this happened, I offered up RBFs (root beer floats) to one and all. As I recall, even the Bear was intrigued at such a great distance. This time around, how about an old Michigan distinctive, the Boston Cooler?
www.allrecipes.com/article/what-is-a-boston-cooler/
Brother Elias' cat above looks thirsty.
(I'd post a picture, but they're all at .com sites. I'm not sure I want a black helo landing in my backyard at o-dark-thirty)
John
howmus Attuvian1 howmus Met a very nice woman for the first time yesterday. . . . . We seemed to enjoy each others company so we plan to get together again.... Well, you'd better follow through, friend. I just read of a woman in Flint that is trying to sue a guy for $20,000 because he stood her up. Emotional stress, etc. The second scary thing from the story is that she actually got an initial video hearing. Hey! She was a School Secretary back when. One thing I learned very early in my teaching carreer is ... NEVER, EVER, tick off a school secretary! The principal, sure. Superintendent (most of them were complete jerks anyway!), sure... But, always treat the secretary with utmost kindness and respect..... 73
Attuvian1 howmus Met a very nice woman for the first time yesterday. . . . . We seemed to enjoy each others company so we plan to get together again.... Well, you'd better follow through, friend. I just read of a woman in Flint that is trying to sue a guy for $20,000 because he stood her up. Emotional stress, etc. The second scary thing from the story is that she actually got an initial video hearing.
howmus Met a very nice woman for the first time yesterday. . . . . We seemed to enjoy each others company so we plan to get together again....
Met a very nice woman for the first time yesterday. . . . . We seemed to enjoy each others company so we plan to get together again....
Well, you'd better follow through, friend. I just read of a woman in Flint that is trying to sue a guy for $20,000 because he stood her up. Emotional stress, etc. The second scary thing from the story is that she actually got an initial video hearing.
Hey! She was a School Secretary back when. One thing I learned very early in my teaching carreer is ... NEVER, EVER, tick off a school secretary! The principal, sure. Superintendent (most of them were complete jerks anyway!), sure... But, always treat the secretary with utmost kindness and respect.....
73
BATMAN howmus maxman Huh??? I got it.
howmus maxman Huh???
maxman
Huh???
I got it.
howmus maxman Negative, howmus, the pattern's full. Huh???
maxman Negative, howmus, the pattern's full.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
maxmanNegative, howmus, the pattern's full.
MisterBeasleyI'm sure they were told not to do that, but the skiers all got a big kick out of it.
Sometimes it doesn't go so well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Cavalese_cable_car_crash
Cheers, Ed
Good morning the perfect West Coast where it is currently 22c@0800hrs and I just can't get going. Sat out back for an hour taking in the silence that was too silent to be real, it was a two mug day. The silence was broken briefly by my daughter leaving for work in the truck, that 7.3ltr diesel can be heard for quite a while across the farm country as it comes and goes. The dog's ears go up a long time before we humans hear it and we know whoever will be home soon.
That coffee mug in the photo was in a package that my daughter got when she won a golf tournament at age 9, so I have been using it for 13 years. I remembered a lot of time spent at the driving range with her, practice paid off for her. She also won the long drive and approach shot category that year. Her putting needed work. She was also on the swim team and did really well, she does neither now which is sad but she is busy with life.
Back when I was flying one of our favourite joyrides was up through the valleys of the mountains North of Vancouver to Whistler with the glaciers right off the wingtip. We would then fly back along the coast nice and low as well.
Ray, I hope things go well with your new lady friend, fingers are crossed for you.
Rick, glad to hear rehab is going well, keep up the good work. My Mom had a quintuple by-pass and went to the rehab classes at the hospital long after she had to go for and said she had never been in better shape. She kept very fit after her surgery and had a lot of years. I remember the night she had her heart attack, after they had investigated how bad it was they did not think she would last the week, but they were wrong. It took a couple of weeks to get her stable for the surgery and then they transported her to Vancouver and the rest was history.
Water Level Route I have a half-hearted goal to get it to fit again. It's not that far off, so certainly possible.
Go for it Mike, it is easy to stay fit once you are there and I believe in the gain with no pain exercise program. Let's say you can only do 10 push-ups at maximum effort. Well do six every two days for 10 days, then do seven for ten days, then eight for ten days, and so on. In a year you will be doing 75 without breaking a sweat, have the same approach with whatever exercises you do. Slow and steady wins the race and it is really no effort, I hate effort.
Ricky, that dog has a wonderful sparkle in its eyes, I think you have a good companion there.
Dave, our family has a lot of Ontario lake time under our belts and even though we moved West from Winnipeg, we made the trek back to Ontario to our summer place for a lot of years. It is beautiful in cottage country, I miss it.
Speaking of Winnipeg, we haven't heard from CN Charlie for a few days.
Time to hit the bike and then hop on the John Deere, and then go for 10 km through the woodland with the one dog that didn't go to the dog show today.
All the best to all.
I used to ski a lot in New Hampshire. Every now and then, there would be a roar behind me as I was riding up the lift, and an A-10 Warthog would fly right up the lift line overhead. These were Air National Guard planes. I'm sure they were told not to do that, but the skiers all got a big kick out of it.
As for Close Encounters of the Dating Kind, I had recently retired and was skiing in Maine. I met a young lady on a lift ride up, and we ended up skiing together all day. I asked her out for dinner and we swapped phone numbers. Then, I realized I didn't know what she looked like. It was a cold day in Paradise on the mountain, and we were both wearing helmets, goggles and the kind of masks I really appreciated in the wind. But, we had a nice dinner together, nothing fancy, but it was a good time.
At hockey later that week, I mentioned that I went out on a date with a much younger woman. A friend asked, "So, Beas, how old was this woman?" I truthfully answered, "Literally half my age."
He answered immediately. "So, like 50?"
Everyone roared, with me being the loudest.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
howmusWe seemed to enjoy each others company so we plan to get together again....
Negative, howmus, the pattern's full.
I’ve been lucky to witness a number of low passes, and might have, Ahem, indulged in several myself.
Was that before or after you went ballistic with the Admiral's daughter?
Mornin' folks!
Been a fairly good week so far.... Met a very nice woman for the first time yesterday. Our "Date" was to take a 2 mile hike through a trail in Seneca Falls that has some statues and other "cool" artwork along it. Then found a restaurant over there for lunch. We seemed to enjoy each others company so we plan to get together again....
Dress up??? My first several years as a music teacher, all men faculty members had to wear a suit and tie in school! You could take off the coat in your classroom, but any time you were anyplace else you HAD to have the jacket on!!! Of course that came along with the $6,000 a year salary you got back in 1968... One of the teachers who actually had a PHD along with 8 kids and a stay at home wife had worn the same suit for something like 20 years because he couldn't even afford to buy a different one even at "good will". It had patches on top of the patches, but that met the "standard" so he could get away with that.
Today I still have a two piece and a 3 piece suit for formal occasions, but haven't had one on since something called the Pan Damnick came along. I still would wear my suit to church but haven't been there in person since the Virus showed up. The 3 piece is what I wear any time I am attending a formal MLK or NAACP event in the "Blessed Community". BTW, when I was under lock down when my family had the crap, it was folks in that group that made sure anything I needed got done for me. In the words of a dear friend who just retired from being the pastor at his Missionary Baptist Church would say, "I am Well Blessed!"
Take care out there and be "Well Blessed!"
Good Morning Diners. Flo, coffee and cinnamon toast please.
David, hope you are surviving the heat okay.
Ricky, that is one happy looking pup! Hope the vet visit goes well too.
Rick, good news on the rehab! Keep it up!
Ed (and Bear), I had the same thought. Advertising the architecture one can see on a visit.
I don't have much occassion to dress up, usually don't look forward to it when I have to, then don't mind so much when I actually do. I have two suits. One, my grandparents bought me when I graduated college. It was fitted and the pants are a bit too snug now, but I hang onto it. I have a half-hearted goal to get it to fit again. It's not that far off, so certainly possible. The other suit I have was bought straight from a rack, so not as nice of a fit, but still looks good.
—but the illustration in this AT & SF poster from 1896, also confuses me as to what it’s trying to convey!
I think the old Santa Fe might be portraying the beauty and splendor of the many Spanish Missions located in southern California. I'm certainly not an architecture expert but the "Mission Revival" architecture has certainly made its mark in the area.
Santa Barbara Mission, 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, California. (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr
Sometimes a little even edged its way into Santa Fe's own designs:
Santa Fe Depot by Mark Evans, on Flickr
Santa Fe San Bernardino station:
The Great Covered Walkway by Stephen Turner, on Flickr
Although, I could be completely in error
When I was in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets I was fortunate enough to be employed by the Canadian Armed Forces for several summers at the Air Cadet camp at CFB Trenton. One summer I was involved in setting up the 16 man tents where the cadets stayed during their summer camps. The job included bringing the tent platforms from the north side of the base to where the tents were located on the south side. The route passed directly across the end of the main runway.
One day there were several Vodoos (F104s) doing practise take-offs and landings. The F104 was nicknamed 'The Widow Maker' because they had a nasty habit of flaring out and crashing during take offs. We decided to stop our truck right at the end of the runway in order to get the best possible view of the aircraft in flight. Apparently one of the pilots took a dim view of our location because when he lifted off he didn't gain any altitude. In other words, he was coming straight at us at about 10 ft. off the deck! You have never seen a bunch of guys scramble so fast to get off the top of the truck! Of course the pilot had done this deliberately and I am sure he was laughing his head off! Needless to say, we never stopped at the end of the runway again!!
Cheers!!
Dave (Retired WO2nd Class, RCAC)
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I had a job in a facility that was directly adjacent to an Air Force Base, where they occasionally had serious air shows. Typically for a weekend show, planes would arrive through the week, but Friday afternoon was reserved for a practice of the Thunderbirds or the Blue Angels if they were there. They regularly buzzed our building. I remember updating a friend elsewhere, telling him first that I could read the numbers beneath the wings, and then that I could read the numbers on top of the wings as they made an inverted pass.