Benvenuti in Pisa. We;lcome to Pisa.
A Cafe Corretto and some cheeses with breads please, Brunhilda.
Yesterday we were in Florence. Only an hour away is Pisa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r7DuFZRL4&ab_channel=denniscallan
Florence and Pisa are in the Tuscany Region of Italy. (Some members of our family were married in Tuscany.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aNxp7ybmX8&ab_channel=RyanShirley
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
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
The World Is A Beautiful Place
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Sugar Cane and Oranges are being harvested in Florida right now. Sugar Cane harvesting is a 24 hour magnificent sight to see.
The fields need to be burned before the harvesters can go in. It is amazing at night.
up831I took the granddaughters to the Arboritum and then to Chuck E Cheese's for pizza.
I can't say for other places, but in Florida, they serve pitchers of beer at Chuck E. Cheese. I have only been inside of one twice, once in Pensacola and once in Tampa. Both times drunken arguments broke out.
Not a place I would take my kids back to.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Hi Everyone,
John: That is one neat picture of harvest at night. Not that many people ever get to see that, and some who do might not understand what they're looking at. No, it's not aliens abducting cattle! I remember my late uncle used to run into the night during wheat harvest. This was back before air conditioned cabs and everything was in the open air full of dust and heat. He'd be out there cutting away on one combine at night with one headlight on the cab. This was on an old Massey-Harris combine with an under 25' header. Nowadays the headers are around 35' and larger. The pic has nothing to do with Italy, but thanks for the associative memories.
Today my wife and I took the granddaughters to the Arboritum and then to Chuck E Cheese's for pizza. It was the first time I'd ever been to one. The place offered gluten free crust, so I had pizza. Ehh! I've had better. Since I was sick last summer I've been watching my intake of dairy as well as being gluten free. Fortunately, I'm not celiac, but I eat as little wheat as possible (wheat is in everything) and I've cut back on much of the dairy. It helps.
North Brit: Florence would be an interesting place to visit because it was the birthplace of the renassiance. It has been speculated that the renaissance painters used camera obscuras to make their paintings. Possible I suppose.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
Good evening, diners.
Tonight we drove home. Out here on the plains, towns and houses are few and far apart, with the result that the countryside is very dark.
With harvest going on, one of the most impressive sights is the combines picking corn all night long. This will go on day and night for several weeks. Driving down the highway, you can see these huge machines with very bright lights, slowly moving through fields for several miles on each side of the road.
Very impressive sight:
My wife went shopping today and bought a new stove. So ... in one week, what started with a dishwasher that needed replacing, she also bought a new refrigerator, a new TV, and a new stove.
I don't dare point out the cost for these things because she usually has a comment about the price of my railroad hobby. I just nod my head, smile, and write the check.
Have a good evening tonight. I hope the waitresses can get some tip money -- it seems like the number of customers is a little low today.
York1 John
Good evening Diners. A busy day today.
Now time for .
The tomatoes have been roasted. Now to mash into the Mozzarella Cheese and wrap around two pieces of Cod. Oven bake with Chunky English Chips and add Mushy Peas.
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Well, that worked, so I'll try some more. I'm getting the dreaded '403' message trying to post this morning.
We're headed out of town for a funeral. I'll check back in tonight when we get home. Have a good day, fellow modelers.
Good morning everyone.
Chloe, I feel like starting the day with a piece of your cheesecake and coffee.
I am tired and sore this morning. Bending 1/2" EMT tubing turned out to be more of a learning curve than I expected. I used to fabricate all kinds of fuel lines from 5/16" steel tubing. I thought this would be the same, but it is not.
Just similar.
Florence - The City of Renaissance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxOwS8LsTM&ab_channel=TravelAndDiscover
Good morning everyone. Zoe, coffee and a blueberry muffin please.
dti406 SeeYou190 Chloe, white bread toasted with butter and a cup of black coffee for me this morning. I made great progress on the master bedroom last night, but I'll bet my neighbors were none too happy with the miter saw and shop vac at three in the morning. -Kevin Kevin, I just watched a BBC mystery where a guy got his head bashed in with a hammer for doing the same thing. Rick Jesionowski
SeeYou190 Chloe, white bread toasted with butter and a cup of black coffee for me this morning. I made great progress on the master bedroom last night, but I'll bet my neighbors were none too happy with the miter saw and shop vac at three in the morning. -Kevin
Chloe, white bread toasted with butter and a cup of black coffee for me this morning.
I made great progress on the master bedroom last night, but I'll bet my neighbors were none too happy with the miter saw and shop vac at three in the morning.
Kevin, I just watched a BBC mystery where a guy got his head bashed in with a hammer for doing the same thing.
Rick Jesionowski
up831This month we're in Italy. Never been there and no burning desire to go; however, I'll happily read about other diner's adventures and information about it. Since I went gluten free about nine years ago Italian food isn't even an attraction
Mike
Benvenuti in Italia. A large cappuccino please, Flo.
Firenze - Florence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHXqfqEIaTs&ab_channel=4KUrbanLife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtYqQoxVTIQ&ab_channel=PolychronisDrone
Florence Train Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AvG8bgyxYo&ab_channel=LeonardShea
I quit working on the house at 2:30 AM tonight. No miter saw or shop vacuum tonight, but the SDS hammer drill was working hard.
3:00 a.m. is about the time I'm preparing to get up, and about the time my wife is getting ready for bed.
dti406Kevin, I just watched a BBC mystery where a guy got his head bashed in with a hammer for doing the same thing.
I better keep it quiet tonight!
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Three in the morning ias a purrfectly wonderful time to start work.
Staying up past 8AM is another issue.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
When we got our Siamese kitten, the vet said she was sick and only had about a month. Three years later, she's sitting here cleaning her feet, happy as a cat can be. She and the other cat, Whiskey, are enjoying the nature series we're watching. It's about penguins.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning, everyone. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee for me, please.
I got up an hour early this morning. I wonder how long it will take Daisy the Dachshund to adjust to the new time and let me sleep a little longer. It's been a year and a half since the vet told us she had only a few days left.
Water Level RouteI ended up having to replace the string that is the most difficult one to access out of the 10 strings that go on the roof. Figures.
I think there's a name for that kind of situation! By the way, the Chiefs game was exciting all the way to the last play of overtime.
Another day of nothing on the calendar, so it's more bridge work on the layout. I think I will just run some trains for a while before I get to work.
David, I'll save that bottle of brew for later today!
Have a great day, everyone.
Good Morning Diners. Flo can I have some coffee and raisin toast please?
Busy weekend. I did a mini remodel of our upstairs bath (paint, new light, new medicine cabinet) and got the Christmas lights hung up on the roof. Watched the Michigan game Saturday night, and some of the Chiefs game last night.
When I put the lights up I always plug each strand in on the ground prior to taking them up the ladder. Same thing this year. I also have them on while I do this so I can keep an eye out for problems. Now, most of the way through the sun was hitting where I was just right that made it really hard to see if the leds were on. No biggie. Never had a problem before, assuming I checked them ahead of time. I was a string short as I had to cannibalize one for parts. Got a new string from the store, plugged it in to finish up the last section, and nothing. Then I realize the string I was plugging into wasn't on. Neither was the string before that one. It appeared I had blown the fuses somehow in one of the strings. Or course, that plug end was 20'+ feet in the air. Got new fuses in the plug and still nothing. Turns out the string before it, which was lit up the whole way, wasn't sending power out the end. Never saw that one before! I ended up having to replace the string that is the most difficult one to access out of the 10 strings that go on the roof. Figures. At least I got the wife to hang the lights on the deck, fence, and tree. That just leaves the downstairs windows and garage doors for me to do to have everything ready for the holidays. Given our upcoming schedule of events, thats a good thing!
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Lancaster Bomber for all.
beer_17536 by David Harrison, on Flickr
Over the rest of the month relax with your favourite drink and see Italy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZK1AuclO3o&ab_channel=CentralCity-WorldPublicTransportVideos
Benvenuto in Italia. A large cappuccino with breads, cheeses and meats please, Zoe.
Italy. Play with close captions to see where the drone is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCmF1DzyZTI&ab_channel=8KVIDEOSHDR
Anzio. A bit different to when the boys of 1944 were there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnKmYsA_2rE&ab_channel=InFlightHistory4K
Suburban Trains Around Rome.
Good morning
I blew a sip of coffee across the living room this morning. That's Funny Stuff Brent!
Our dogs, Magnum and Nellie used to sleep on the foot of the bed. Nellie a springer spaniel and Magnum a German shepherd-black lab. Magnum was a great watch dog and Nellie the bird dog just wanted to be one.
Magnum would watch TV at night and stand up interested if a dog or any other animal was on TV. A cereal commercial aired quite frequently at the time advertising the crunch as a selling point. The crunch sounded exactly like foot steps on the icy frozen deck boards outside. Nellie would jump up frantically and run out through the doggie door barking profusely.
Each dogs personality can be hilarious at times. Magnum would just turn around and look at us like, "WHAT THE HECKS WRONG WITH HER"?
Have a great rest of your morning gentlemen
TF
There is an Amish restaurant near Montezuma, Georgia called Yoder's Deitsch House that used to be well worth the 30 minute drive to-and-from Interstate 75 to visit as you drive by.
There are not many Amish people in Georgia, so it is an interesting visit.
BATMAN Watching the big game! If she starts drinking my Scotch, she is in real trouble.
Watching the big game!
If she starts drinking my Scotch, she is in real trouble.
Lions win! You can give your four-footed sweetie a taste - if she'll take it.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
There was a report going around some years ago that Jon Heder, star of Napoleon Dynamite, had died. He laughed at on talk show television.
A couple of weeks ago, there was another of these. The subject was someone aleady about to cross the rainbow bridge, who actually did leave us a few days later, but can't anyone be a bit responsible about things like that?
I seem to recall hearing the M.J, Fox died hoax some five or six years ago. I hope he's taking it in stride. I think People Magazine even got wrapped up in it somehow? I'm old enough to remember the "Paul is Dead" hoax from the mid-1960s. Can't really blame the internet on that one.
Springer-ZimZam(2)-Swiss-07-29 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Early darkness means an hour sooner to retreat to the train room! I have been sorting through sound locomotives to weed out ones that are not performing to my liking and replacing wiring, decoders and speakers as needed. Some have shown considerable improvement.
Then I return them to the layout and run them through their paces. For the past two or three weeks I've been running some engines that I haven't run in years. Great fun!
PRR_E6-shop by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed