hon30critter The health care system in Ontario is under real strain thanks to underfunding so not everything works that well. Dave
The health care system in Ontario is under real strain thanks to underfunding so not everything works that well.
Dave
I played hockey with a younger Canadian from the Maritimes who disappeared for a couple of weeks. When he came back he told us he had been at his grandfather's funeral, who had passed from a heart problem. While he was at their home, the health service called and said it was time to schedule the grandfather's heart procedure. In this case, delay was more than just a minor nuisance.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
MisterBeasley In my last job, I was in a classified room doing defense work.
In my last job, I was in a classified room doing defense work.
Between college and grad school, I worked for a company that built sonar bouys for the Navy. Most of the test equipment used for design and production was done in-house in the department I worked in. Two benches over was that of Bill Whosey (the surname my mom used for anyone's she coundn't recall). He had a little sign that said:
"The secrecy of my job prevents me from knowing what I'm doing."
Attuvian John
MisterBeasleyit was time to schedule the grandfather's heart procedure. In this case, delay was more than just a minor nuisance.
After my Mom had her Heart attack at 81, she was too unstable for her quintuple bypass and so she was a few weeks in the ICU until she was stable enough to survive the operation. However, everyone was blaming wait times for the delay which was not the case. There was a marked improvement in her condition every time we went to visit, so I guess the Drs. knew what they were doing. The conspiracy theorists had a different view though. Some people would say, "I bet they are just hoping she'll die so they don't have to spend the money". What a sad way to live, having so little faith in those trying to help.
I had a guy I was working with at the airport out on the ramp drop to the ground right in front of me. We did CPR and the paramedics used a defibrillator on him. He was on the table having heart surgery within an hour of arriving at the hospital. It turned out to be a birth defect and was a ticking time bomb from birth. One of our hockey coaches dropped on the ice and we used the defibrillator on him and he had a double bypass that night.
What surprises me about these emergency situations is how people react. Some people just stand there dumbfounded and others jump to into action without a second thought. In the case of the hockey coach, the kids reacted better and faster than most of the adults that were there. I told one of them to get the defibrillator, you never saw a kid skate so fast in your life.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
Good Evening Diners. Chloe, a Porterhouse medium rare, baked sweet potato, and a large sweet tea please.
So I'm sitting here in a bit of shock. Years ago my wife signed us up in itunes under the email she was using at the time. When gmail came out, she signed up for a gmail account and eventually signed up with an apple id using the gmail address. Never had issues with listening to purchases from two different itunes accounts. Today I'm trying to listen to some music on our PC and on some of the songs said the computer wasn't authorized. Long story short, the final story I got from the Apple rep is that we are out of luck on a bunch of our songs. Microsoft deleted the old hotmail account since she hasn't used it in many many years. Apparently in so doing, it ultimately eliminated that apple id. I have 247 songs right now that I paid money for and cannot listen to. The apple rep said the only way to get them back is to re-purchase them under the current apple id. I'll be darned if I'm going to fork over that kind of money that easily. Now I may end up repurchasing some of them, but I'll see if I can find any other way first. I'm disgusted right now.
On the plus side of things, I got the cars in the mail I bought from ebay. A couple need some minor attention (adjust trip pins, etc), but otherwise they are just what the doctor ordered as they put a smile on my face.
BATMANWhat surprises me about these emergency situations is how people react. Some people just stand there dumbfounded and others jump to into action without a second thought.
Mike
I heard of an Aussie who was on a year long waiting list for his cardiac bypass. Our mutual friend told him to come to John's Hopkins for his bypass. He did not and died waiting for surgery. Meanwhile David Cosby abused every drug known to man and lived to be 81. We saw CSN in the early 2000's and the were old men who lost their singing voices.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
BigDaddyWe saw CSN in the early 2000's and the were old men who lost their singing voices.
BATMAN BigDaddy We saw CSN in the early 2000's and the were old men who lost their singing voices.
BigDaddy We saw CSN in the early 2000's and the were old men who lost their singing voices.
C'mon, man! I played in a rock and roll band in the sixties! It was a dorm band, but we had fun. Our keyboard guy was Tom Scholz, who went on to form the group Boston. The first guitar he ever played is sitting upstairs right now.
MisterBeasley BATMAN BigDaddy We saw CSN in the early 2000's and the were old men who lost their singing voices. C'mon, man! I played in a rock and roll band in the sixties! It was a dorm band, but we had fun. Our keyboard guy was Tom Scholz, who went on to form the group Boston. The first guitar he ever played is sitting upstairs right now.
Are you still rockin? I am still playing at least two hours a day.
It is my 25th anniversary today. We are just heading out for a nice oceanfront dinner. I gave my perfect wife 25 roses. I bought her roses almost every year. One for every year we were married.
Got married at the Hyatt in Kaui and did not invite anyone but said whoever showed up we would buy dinner at tidepools at the Hyatt on our wedding day. 28 showed up. We should learn to keep our mouths shut.
Happy Anniversary Brent!!
Cheers!!
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Water level wrote: "I have 247 songs right now that I paid money for and cannot listen to. The apple rep said the only way to get them back is to re-purchase them under the current apple id. I'll be darned if I'm going to fork over that kind of money that easily. Now I may end up repurchasing some of them, but I'll see if I can find any other way first. I'm disgusted right now."
Do you have a list of what those songs are named?
You could do this:
1. Go to youtube
2. Find the song/artist (or even the whole album)
3. Use a "clip grabber" (on the Mac, one is appropriately named "ClipGrab") to download the song/video to disk
4. Convert it from video format to mp3 (easy with the right utility)
5. Store the mp3 files locally, play them with whatever you wish.
I believe there are some online web page youtube downloaders that can download and convert in one operation. But I prefer doing my own conversions (I always choose the highest bitrates, etc.).
The only music I ever bought "online" was from amazon, such as mp3 classical collections (100+ files)... all downloaded to my drive.
I also listen to the iTunes [free] streaming interenet radio stations, of which there are many.
Yeh... Once upon a time I had over 3000 singles and over 1000 albums all on the round vinal things. You played them on this thing that went round and round.
Oh well, I got rid of them (sold them) when I entered the monastery. Sometime hearing one of those old songs bring back memories, but these days the only tunes that run through my head are found in our pslaters and hymnals.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
MisterBeasleyOur keyboard guy was Tom Scholz, who went on to form the group Boston.
I loved the Boston sound. Phil -wall of sound- Spector must have influenced them in some way. No better way to test a home speaker system than a few rounds of Amanda and of course The Launch, Countdown, Ignition... etc. Wow!
I took who would become my first wife to a Boston concert in Cleveland in early 1977. Great times! When I brought her back home her parents weren't thrilled that they could smell that popular smoking substance of the day and kind of looked at me with that skewed eye. Didn't touch the stuff I assured them but there was sure alot of it in the air that night. Hey, that's another song from another group with that Collins guy.
Speaking of Classics:
1939, New York Central 4-6-4 5398 by OHFalcon72, on Flickr
Lots of attention is given to the Pennsy's 4-4-4-4 but the B&O gets no respect?
1943, Baltimore and Ohio N-1 4-4-4-4 5600 by OHFalcon72, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Good morning
Those two Boston albums got played quite frequently back in the 70s. Also remember you talking about your school days band a couple years back, and how Tom Schultz's guitar ending up in the room upstairs Mister B. Pretty cool as more than likely nobody else can say that.
Mine was the Frampton Comes Alive concert Ed, comming home smelling like weed. One couldn't help a contact buzz as it was so thick at any concert back then. Didn't liked that stuff either as I'll never understand what was so fun about feeling nervous and paranoid? A few beers has always been more than good enough for me.
Hope you and yours had a fun Anniversary Dinner last night Brent. Wow, 25 years! Our 28th is Valintines Day. The date was purposely planned so I'd never forget and could kill two birds with one stone... Thought you'd get a kick out of that one, but she better never hear me say that
More to post here but fetching a photo will cause my post to disappear into Oblivian
I'll add on later. Have a good Saturday Railfans
TF
MisterBeasley C'mon, man! I played in a rock and roll band in the sixties! It was a dorm band, but we had fun. Our keyboard guy was Tom Scholz, who went on to form the group Boston. The first guitar he ever played is sitting upstairs right now.
That is really cool Mr B.
Growing up outside of Boston and listening to the band in the 70s, that is cool that you played in a college band with Scholz.
Modeling the B&M Railroad during the transition era in Lowell, MA
Congratualtions Brent!!!! Twentyfive years is a good start! May you have many, many more!
I would have been married 56 years last April..... Unfortunately I have been a widow for the last 35 years. Still miss her...
73
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Good afternoon Diners. Just a quick visit as I have a lot of food to prepare and then cook. Therefore a large coffee please, Janie.
Congratulations Brent.
Anniversaries. This coming 28th Jan 46 years ago I met Dawn. Second time I met her I asked her to marry me. For some reason she said 'Yes' and later that year we were married.
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. A favourite 15 inch gauge line of mine. Travelled on her a number of times. An old, silent film from 1933. The locomotives are still operating to this day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhik_Hp1tQE&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9
A request from visiting family. Burgers. Beef Burgers and Halloumi Burgers, Potato Wedges, Fries and a number of Sides.
I am making plenty, so all are welcome. 6.30 for 7.00.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
No, Brent, I don't rock n roll no more. I last saw Boston a few years ago with the GF at Boston Garden. The place had a lot of smoke floating around, but, like TF, my choice of intoxicants also runs more to a craft beer on tap at a local brewpub.
I was an occasional "social smoker" when I was younger, but I found that just getting away from it completely allowed me to yell at my defensemen better. My last "illegal smile" was at a Grateful Dead concert with my daughter and some of her college friends. It was in the transition era for legalization, so it might not have even been illegal.
When my daughter wanted to learn guitar, I loaned her that 67 Fender Jaguar because it has very light action and was easy for her to play. I will never forget the look of reverence on her teacher's face when he saw it in its original hardshell case.
Good morning from the Pacific Rim where it is a sweltering 1c.
Thanks for the congrats on the Anniversary. 25 years is not long for a guy my age, but it took me 40 years to find someone I actually wanted to marry. Brains and beauty can be elusive.
I attended lots of concerts in my younger years. There was always lots of the wacky tobacky, however, even though I have indulged on a very few occasions to see what the fuss was all about it never did anything for me. A wee bit of scotch takes the edge off the day for me in my later years. I never drank at all until I was in my thirties. I stopped attending concerts when the thousands of fans started holding their phones up in front of my face. Why people pay good money to watch a live performance through their phones is just another head-shaker for me.
Got more puppy owners coming to see their little darlings today, I need to get to the trainroom before the doorbell rings.
Notch Hill was a CPR pusher station that sprung up in the 1880s on the steepest grade through the mountains to the prairies. With the need to add extra locomotives gone, the pusher station was no longer needed the town disappeared. The church remained still giving a nod to the railroaders as they head into the mountains. After a hundred years, the old sentinel was on its last legs. Maybe it was superstition but the church that stands alone needed to be saved. It is now fully restored and ready to watch over the railroaders for another 100 years.
All the best to all.
Need a push? Come on by.
BATMANIt is now fully restored
Restored??? I would say completely rebuilt! LOL Hopefully a few artifacts from the original were able to be saved and are there, but.... I think that building was way beyond restoring.....
Hi Everyone,
Well, music lost another legend the other day. Jeff Beck is gone, and now David Crosby. I was a fan of Crosby ever since I was in high school. I really admired his song writing. Loved everyone of them that were released. From "8 Miles High" and "Everybody's Been Burned" through "Wooden Ships" and "Long Time Gone," loved them all.
The only time I ever saw him perform was with CPR. I had the opportunity to have him sign a CD I bought. I told him I loved his writing. He looked me straight in the eye and said, "Thank you." For a split second there was connection. I don't think I'll ever forget that moment. He wasn't that highly regarded as a guitar player, but he did a lot of things in alternate tunings. The textures that were in his songs were really remarkable.
Funny thing, with the life he lived, I'm surprised he lived as long as he did. The bands, the drugs, prison time, etc. Truly a music legend.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
I may have mentioned some of these videos previously? I find them entertaining and informative (and not too dragged out, either):
There is a thread about weathering locomotives here and I find that watching some of these older films will give a modeler a pretty good idea of what to look for in weathering varieties.
For a slower musical pace, some classical guitar:
A nice way to demonstrate the beauty of that Cordoba Master Series guitar
Yes, I think I'll pop the Deer Hunter DVD in the machine tonight...
hon30critterYou can post anything related to trains, real or modeled, that suits your fancy! This should be a very interesting month!
Today I have a picture of a wonderful trackside scene in Washington from back in 2021.
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
Attuvian1Kevin: What scale(s) are your wargaming figures?
28MM: Bolt Action, Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40K
25MM: Armati
18MM: All Quiet On The Martian Front
15MM: De Bellis Antiquetatis, Flames Of War
Attuvian1 I call them "enactors" because your actual troops would never have stood next to an S&G rail line.
Not too sure about that!
-Photographs by Kevin Parson
Water Level RouteNow I may end up repurchasing some of them, but I'll see if I can find any other way first. I'm disgusted right now.
Nearly all the 20,000 songs on my iTunes were ripped from my collection of about 5,000 CDs.
I have been unable to access the internet for a couple of days. They shut down the internet on Thursday night at 12:30 AM for ugrades. They needed to do this to add a couple of Gs to the system.
When it came back up, I could not get my computer on line. My wife's and daughter's computers, and both smart TVs were fine. My ten+ year old desktop would not connect to the network.
I had to stop at Walmart tonight after work. I hate going to Walmart. I bought a WiFi USB adapter for $75.00 to fix the problem.
I plugged it in, and it worked.
My wife and I just celebrated 35 years of marriage last week!
-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190 Attuvian1 Kevin: What scale(s) are your wargaming figures? 25MM: Armati 18MM: All Quiet On The Martian Front 15MM: De Bellis Antiquetatis, Flames Of War Attuvian1 I call them "enactors" because your actual troops would never have stood next to an S&G rail line. Not too sure about that! -Photographs by Kevin Parson -Kevin
Attuvian1
Kevin: What scale(s) are your wargaming figures?
I call them "enactors" because your actual troops would never have stood next to an S&G rail line.
Good morning Diners. Oldest grandson is here, so a quick visit. Coffee on the go please, Zoe.
Bampton, Devon 1884 - 1963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSpIkm4MLZs&ab_channel=bamptonhumph
SeeYou190I hate going to Walmart.
Amen.
I was in one once. In northern Indiana around 1998. That was enough for me.
No thanks.
Semaphores, Wig Wags and a circus train all in one shot!
CNW F-units at Brooklyn Wis May 1982 by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
I think there might be a Gremlin at play here?
GTW GP-38 at Blue Island 1978 by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
Another circus train and another Gremlin? How many of those things did AMC make? They're coming out of the weeds!
CNW F-units at Sharon wis May 1982 , by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
An update on Crane Guy, slowly chipping away at the stone on the Southgate Building down the way.
The shell, as well as the insides were gutted rather smoothly, but what your looking at here, is a not so good three weeks of wrecking-ball and not-even an 1/8th of the structure demolished.
Been stopping by every morning after dropping Judy off at work. The building was obviously constructed quite well, as it acts like Pig Hair, fiber reinforcement was added to the six bag or better, high PSI mix. This Cast Iron cement is laughing at that wrecking ball, like swinging a BB at a boxcar and hasn't been too exciting to watch.
The crane was parked on the back side of the building doing nothing Friday. Perhaps they realized, at this rate, it'll take a half year or better to knock this building down, especially when they get to the heavier, main elevator shaft in the middle of the structure.
There's a crane across the highway that makes this one, (they've been beating and shaking apart) look like a toy. One of the cable, backlash guards on the crane tower is already busted.
One for the Pennsy Guy.
Enjoy your relaxing Sunday Gentleman
This is the depot on the Keokuk Junction Railway.
This picture was taken about 30 years ago.
Mr B I'll wager you never got busted 2 or 3 time, went to rehab a handful of time and had liver transplant. All that takes it's toll.
I moved some furniture yesterday, only a bedroom night side table, and my back is killing me today.
I posted a video in the Amherst show thread. They are selling the estate of someone I never heard of, but he has some very nice models. My back is going to keep me from making the drive, even if I had wanted to go.
Ulrich sent me a drone video of his new town (narration is in German so he suggested just turning the sound off). It is really picturesque, and it even has a tourist train!
He is counting down the days until they get to move.
hon30critter Ulrich sent me a drone video of his new town (narration is in German so he suggested just turning the sound off). It is really picturesque, and it even has a tourist train! He is counting down the days until they get to move. Cheers!! Dave