Good morning
Glad you got your lights done Lion. Seem to remember you were re-wiring them a while back. Those blue icicle lights will look beautiful reflecting on the snow when they are hung for the 17th. Hope you will post a picture then
"Tis the Season!"
Have memories from St Francis, the Roman Catholic Church our family went to in my youth about Advent and O Antiphons. Also going to the 7 evening services with all the music of the choir. Remembered Emmanuel of the 7th day on the 23rd but had to look up the others. Recalled when arranged in descending order, the first letter of the 7 titles spell ERO CRAS which means Tomorrow I Will Come.
Did need a little refresher course for my recollection this morning and found it interesting re-familiarizing.
BroadwayLion Oh That LION! Now I have to go out and get those new orthopiedic shoes that they ordered for me.
Oh That LION!
Now I have to go out and get those new orthopiedic shoes that they ordered for me.
Certainly can see why ew needed dem Ortho shoes. Sure footing at the river bank keeping the Pride safe from that Scary Crocodile...
https://youtu.be/dbm-P7jaa_c
I'm thinking of telling Judy we should put a bird in the roaster the morning of January 8th. A feast in celebration sounds good to me.
TF
Been getting Forbidden 403
The Nutcracker opera at Christmas.
Royal Shakespeare Company in October.
Both regular events in days gone.
Snow!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA06hL4VemA&ab_channel=YesEpicYes2.0
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Mornin' everyone!
Another icky, cold, dark day here in the Finger Lakes. On my way out the door to get my run in over at the fiekdhouse! Much nicer in there today....
Track fiddlerNever went to the Opera.
I've sung in some of those...... My favorite was being the Mikado in "The Mikado"! "My object all sublime, I shall succeed in time, to make the punishment fit the crime............." Oh yeah! That was a fun role!
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
LION found some nice steaks above.
And now...
Just in time for Christmas...
LION has finished the lights
LION will get one of the young sprouts to hang them up.We light them on the 17th, at the beginning of the "O Antiphons"
Since we do NOT celebrate the feast of St. Walmartthey will remain up until the Feast of the Baptism.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Never went to the Opera. Went to the Broadway play Cats once and it was okay.
A bit more my cup of tea is, one of my cutomers had season tickets to the Minnesota Wild through her law firm. She wasn't much of a hockey buff and was usually too busy to go.
They were great seats, four in a row on the front side of the goal. Made me a little popular with my friends that year.
Sounds like a fun early Christmas you had with the Family Mike
My Daughters came over with another gingerbread house this weekend.
They couldn't find another train like last year but still had fun together. They remind me of that childhood game Candyland.
Kinda getting to be a Christmas Time tradition building these gingerbread houses. CP on the tender was my doing of coarse
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Make it a great Monday gentleman
Good Morning all. Chloe, waffles with strawberries please.
Had a wonderful Christmas with my family this weekend. We rarely all get together, so it really was special having everyone there. My niece even flew in from Miami to be there. It was great. I wish we could all get together more.
My working space on the layout has been occupied by a Christmas project I've been working on, but I made a little room last night and did some more work on a Proto 2000 livestock car. I put the main parts of the car together years ago but became highly annoyed with the fiddliness of those kits. I have three of these cars and none of them have had the grab irons, stirrups, or brake wheels put on. I got the grabs and stirrups on half the car this fall, but haven't had time to get back to it since last night. The other half is done, and who knows if I will get to the ends of the car for the brake hardware and final grab irons. I'm guessing not, and I'm okay with that.
Have a good Monday gentlemen.
Mike
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
BATMANThis boxcar has 17 tons of dynamite in it.
Hi Brent,
Well that could get really interesting really fast!!
There was a huge explosion just west of Sudbury, Ontario several years ago. A transport truck fully loaded with explosives ran off the road and caught fire. The driver was pulled to safety by another truck driver but the entire load went up in one big bang. Fortunately it was pretty much in the middle of nowhere but the blast was so powerful that it damaged homes several miles away. One gentleman was sitting on his front porch when the blast hit his house. The damage was interesting. The change in air pressure sucked all of the insulation out of his attic. Fortunately he wasn't hurt.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Just enough snow so it qualifies as a Winter Train:
Regards, Ed
Mr. B. My parents were involved in local musical productions for years and so was I by default because I got hauled along as a kid. Lots of great memories.
Two of my good friends were school teachers and did local theatre their whole lives so I always went to see them. They are pretty good actors and both took early retirement from teaching to go to work in the movie/TV industry. I see them all the time in secondary roles. They get $5000.00 a day for speaking parts.
I just knocked off 10.28 km burning 878 calories with the mutt. The wife is making homemade pizza which is to die for. I rarely eat pizza but will make an exception tonight.
Cheers
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Mr. B, sounds like you had fun at the ballet. Last time I went was about 20 years ago to see the Royal Winnipeg Ballet doing the Nutcraker. It was done with a live symphony orchestra in the pit. It was wonderful. We took my inlaws and 2 neices. Miss those times.
Another heat wave day here with a temp of 34F. No melting as it was cloudy.
CN Charlie
When was the last time you went to a live ballet? The GF and I went to see The Nutcracker this afternoon. It was a local production by a local company featuring high school girls (all but 3 boys) and was shown in the high school auditorium.
I remember furthering the cultural education of my daughter by taking her to see the same ballet as a little girl. These things are great for strengthening a community. All the smiles and applause were genuine.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Track fiddler TF
Good morning from the wet coast where it is 6c. The palm trees along Vancouvers waterfront are shedding their snow.
First off, Dave, I am sorry to hear of Dianne's medical scare but glad to see she is back home again. Hopefully, a rest-filled Christmas season will see a full recovery.
I had a great but very busy week. I have been the Executor of an Estate that came with a litany of legal issues that I had not expected. It has taken four years to clean them all up but Friday I got the all-clear. The Beneficiaries are a couple my age who retired a year ago. They own a modest little house and their income I am sure is not that high. I got to play Santa and told them how much I would be sending them shortly. Even if they invest their inheritance in safe lower yield investments it should return $100,000.00 a year for them. They are a very quiet non-assuming small-town couple. I hope they know how to handle their win-fall. I have 1248 emails for this file alone. I am glad it is behind me.
My son and his GF called yesterday and asked if they could spend the night and showed up late afternoon. We had rum and Pepsis and watched The Grinch after a great dinner. They are so sick of living in the city they are coming out more often now. They are starting to look at different rural areas to move back to the peace and quiet they both grew up with. My son starts his new job soon and his GF who is only 22 manages a large grocery store for an international chain and will be moving to a larger store in the Spring. He figures they will retire when he is 35 and have kids. I was 41 when we had him and fully retired at 51 so he is ahead of me.
I am missing the roaring monk, hope all is okay. Maybe he made it up to the train room and is refusing to leave.
The Sun is starting to peek out and should stay around for several days so it is eggs with onion, salami, tomato, and cheese and then a long scoot with my Bud. I took a week off so need to get back at it.
All the best to all.
This boxcar has 17 tons of dynamite in it.
Oops! I've got tops!
The bar has two full bottles of the Capt on it along with a large assortment of other things so help yourselves, tis the season.
Good evening Diners. A glass of Singleton Malt please, Janie.
The grandchildren have gone home after the party. Peace and quiet again.
Ed. I am too long in the tooth trying to work out how to embed Youtube videos.
Last Tuesday Dawn was sending messages to a close friend of hers. All was well. Two hours later her friend passed away. The funeral was today.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway 10th December 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhYaAfJZ07I&ab_channel=Loco-Loco
Corrour Station 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgc3cQeSKOc&ab_channel=philipdean345
It is 1830 and snowing heavily.
Hi all, been super-busy working on the sprinkler installation... more on that in a week or so.
I hope I have not missed anything important in the Diner.
I went to Orlando on Thursday, and saw a terrible sight. Sci-Fi City has permanently closed. Although not a Model Railroad Hobby Shop, it was still an iconic Hobby Shop.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
They had been in business over 40 years. They started out as "NCC-1701", but changed the name to "Sci-Fi City" when they moved next to The Home Depot in the 1990s.
This place was destination for all things comic and gaming related. It was Richard Borg's hangout. I played countless tournaments there with my daughters through the years.
This really saddens me. Florida has lost Orange Blossom Hobbies (Miami), The Happy Hobo (Tampa), and now Sci-Fi City (Orlando).
Iconic Hobby Shops are becoming way too rare.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
gmpullman A few pages back I offered instructions to the other Dave to see if he wanted to try to embed YouTube videos but I guess he hasn't had any luck, nor has TF but he is trying to use a telephone to post from so the settings aren't the same. My telephone has call waiting and redial and that's about the only options available to me.
A few pages back I offered instructions to the other Dave to see if he wanted to try to embed YouTube videos but I guess he hasn't had any luck, nor has TF but he is trying to use a telephone to post from so the settings aren't the same.
My telephone has call waiting and redial and that's about the only options available to me.
https://youtu.be/1SOF2trY3jg
You get call waiting to work over there? The first caller is lost in the click over here
Finally learned how to post with the incompatible software.
Ya have to post backwards! Otherwise everything just disappears and even goes offline sometimes. You fetch the links & pics first and then type the text in-between. This works good for now until something else changes
The post a live YouTube video thing from your directions the other day, Not so much yet. Thanks for posting the guidance as it helps from a starting point, but there's always some other trick for it to work from a phone. This technology Neanderthal hasn't found that loophole yet...
PS There's half screen videos posted here frequently. They hide half the text across the screen with them as well. If it's any wonder why things are missed. Try reading half page posts sometime...
Good afternoon Diners. A birthday party today. Grandson 9.
Steam on the Severn Valley Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLlv3tAY1Vo&ab_channel=TheFenman
Back later
Good morningO' Brother Where Art Thou?
Know Him quite busy in Monastery today but don't forget about Train Flock please
hon30critterHere is another impressive video of European rotary snow plows in action.
Hello, Dave
I've been curious about how your embedded videos compare to mine and I discovered that somehow yours default to 900 pixels wide while mine are 560. See the codes below for our last two vids:
I wonder if there's a way to set your default frame width to 560? Here's yours with the corrected frame size:
Good Luck, Ed
gmpullmanStumbled upon some neat technology I hadn't seen before:
Here is another impressive video of European rotary snow plows in action. This one is working its way up to the Matterhorn. However, despite their impressive performance, apparently they need a little manual assistance sometimes too, and they do have their limitations:
gmpullmanAnyone care to replicate this in the model world?
I'll pass!
Stumbled upon some neat technology I hadn't seen before:
Anyone care to replicate this in the model world?
Pretty
Cheers, Ed
Dave, great news that Dianne is home! Wishing you both the best.
Good evening Diners. A cup of Assam Tea please, Janie.
Daughter has been today. Good to see as she is very busy in a 'high powered job' that takes her all over England.
Steam train in the Italian Alps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FccsOBEvJNo&ab_channel=DanieleBonaldo
Model trains with a difference. After a minute and half introduction see steam and diesel trains. Filmed a couple of days ago as the temperature plummeted and before the snowfall.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHOZuEEaQw&ab_channel=HighIron
Glad to hear things turned out well for Dianne, Dave. Good news!
Have the day free as the jobs in the building are on hold. Can't get the keys to any of the condos until an owner gets back to me.
Just spending some time with Judy helping her out. Her Doc gave her a note for work and told her to take a week off.
Unfortunate she isn't agile enough for us to head out of town to have some fun. She wanted to go to Bentleyville to see the light display in Duluth this year.
gmpullman Track fiddler And one for our good friend in Northeast Ohio Thanks for that, TF. I had an uncle once that was a Moose. Kept getting kicked out of the Elk's Club. My dad thought he was an Odd Fellow.
Track fiddler And one for our good friend in Northeast Ohio
Thanks for that, TF. I had an uncle once that was a Moose. Kept getting kicked out of the Elk's Club. My dad thought he was an Odd Fellow.
Good Morning All,
A toasty 19F this morning with the possibility of s**w tomorrow. I'll have a blueberry donut and a regular coffee both to go please. Shop stuff today. I have a frame to touch up and a set of Ford spindles to modify plus some tidy up. We got 19 wheels back from blasting and zyglo yesterday so i have those to box up for shipment to Indy and coatings.
Great to hear good news about Dianne. I hope the rest of you are doing well or at least recovering nicely. Ciao, J.R.
Good morning all from a very cold U.K. A large coffee and blueberry muffin please, Zoe.
Netherlands.
Utrecht to Baarn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeMv67aOsBc&ab_channel=CabviewHollandDutchRailways
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Snowplows in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma_VVXbZH5s&ab_channel=FailTube