BATMAN gmpullman I added a shingles vaccine to my list as well. My neighbor wound up in the hospital four days due to a shingles outbreak. Extremely miserable condition. Something to consider if you haven't yet. Regards, Ed I had Shingles in 1995, it was awful.
gmpullman I added a shingles vaccine to my list as well. My neighbor wound up in the hospital four days due to a shingles outbreak. Extremely miserable condition. Something to consider if you haven't yet. Regards, Ed
I had Shingles in 1995, it was awful.
According to my doctor I don't need the Shingles Vaccine as I had the Shingles already. I had some pain in my chest and was concerned about a heart or other problem and by the time I got an appointment it was determined I had the Shingle. They were upset that I came to work with the Shingles all that time but with my tolerance for pain I really did not notice them.
I have had all the other vaccines and will be going for the latest booster next week.
Rick Jesionowski
Rule 1: This is my railroad.
Rule 2: I make the rules.
Rule 3: Illuminating discussion of prototype history, equipment and operating practices is always welcome, but in the event of visitor-perceived anacronisms, detail descrepancies or operating errors, consult RULE 1!
Good Morning Diners. Zoe, biscuits and gravy please.
Tired this week. Not sure why as I've gone to bed a little earlier than normal the last couple nights. Maybe it's the BS at work.
My youngest has been keeping us posted about all things relationship related in today's day and age. The most incredible of which as that youth don't necessarily communicate with each other with phone calls or text messages (the modern day equivalent of passing a note in class), but with SnapChat. What picture you send, how quickly you send it, how quickly you read one sent to you all mean something different, but not in all cases. It's like it's own language and no wonder my wife and I have trouble making sense of it all. They don't even understand it entirely! It's mind boggling. For example, responding to someone with pictures that show basically nothing but the ceiling of the room you are in communicates that you are upset with them. That is unless you are simply using it as a background for a message that you add to the photo in a text box. Or not opening a snap sent to you quickly enough could tells the person you are upset with them as well. Unless you were just really busy, but of course the sender doesn't know that. Routinely makes my wife and I glad we met well before this was a thing!
Now here's a train race I've never heard of before, much less a bicycle built for 6!
Mike
Good morning Diners. Tea and toast please Brunhilda.
Flat Earth. 'Thought of the Day'.
If the Earth is round the Oceans of the World would disappear.
Thought of the Day 2
Here in the U.K. influenza is the number 1 killer. In 2020 not one person died of it. Yet thousands were diagnosed as died of Covid, (even a man who fell off his roof.
Thoresby Colliery Pit Bottom Pony Loco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5AdvQ3lqCI&ab_channel=TADTalbot
Clayton Equipment Gedling Colliery Motorway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu6AX3C0euY&ab_channel=ClaytonEquipmentLtd
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
gmpullmanI added a shingles vaccine to my list as well. My neighbor wound up in the hospital four days due to a shingles outbreak. Extremely miserable condition. Something to consider if you haven't yet. Regards, Ed
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
SeeYou190I also get flu and pneumonia vaccines.
I added a shingles vaccine to my list as well. My neighbor wound up in the hospital four days due to a shingles outbreak. Extremely miserable condition.
Something to consider if you haven't yet.
Regards, Ed
gmpullmanMy wife and I both got vaccines on our own volition. It seemed like the logical thing to do. Health agencies promoting the idea didn't particularly push my anxiety any higher. Maybe I missed it?
My wife and I had all the vaccines and all the booseters with no anxiety attached. When we did get Covid, we both breezed right through it, and she has too many of the "danger group" boxes checked.
I also get flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Nothing for anxiety to get to me about.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
It has been one of those days. I have been on my butt putting out fires all day.
The MIL is in the hospital and if she gets well enough to be released she will need to go into a care home. The FIL phones me and tells me he has called a real estate agent to list his house so he can pay for the care home. I say no, no, no, the Government pays for the care home, do not list your house. He says yes I am, I will live in my trailer. He does not believe that the Government pays for the care home. I call the wife, she calls social services who immediately call the FIL and tell him, yes the care home is covered. He finally believes us. He has a beautiful home and needs somewhere to live so I am not sure what his thinking was. Old age sucks.
I had my Rapido D-10 order canceled as the company that I had ordered it through decided to no longer deal in North American trains. So I ordered two from Otter Valley Rail in Ontario. 15% off retail with free shipping. Good enough for me. PWRS gave me a good break on the Hudsons but would not budge on the D-10s. Their loss.
Time for a nice glass of red.
York1 As I was about to say, that as I look out my layout room window, the Nebraska countryside looks pretty flat. There is about a five-foot drop down to the creek south of our house, if that matters.
The Lion must know that the earth can NOT be flat. If it were flat, CATS would have long ago knocked everything off, and it would be barren.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
howmus BroadwayLion Heck, go ahead and buy a new one and take that apart. You cannot buy 24 pairs of wire for less anyway. Brother Lion, are you "egging" us on again? 73
BroadwayLion Heck, go ahead and buy a new one and take that apart. You cannot buy 24 pairs of wire for less anyway.
Brother Lion, are you "egging" us on again?
73
Yes, he is and that's no yolk!
BroadwayLionHeck, go ahead and buy a new one and take that apart. You cannot buy 24 pairs of wire for less anyway.
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
up831As near as I know, there are no more flat earthers in Kansas than anywhere else, but nice joke though.
I was about to say, that as I look out my layout room window, the Nebraska countryside looks pretty flat. There is about a five-foot drop down to the creek south of our house, if that matters.
York1 John
I can do this!
Anyway I have lots of very fine wire. See:
Isnt that cool! I take old Paraller Port Printer cables apart
Everybody has several of these lying around, if not you can get one from a friend or maybe cheap at a used computer store.
Heck, go ahead and buy a new one and take that apart.
You cannot buy 24 pairs of wire for less anyway.
Hi Everyone,
As near as I know, there are no more flat earthers in Kansas than anywhere else, but nice joke though.
John: That is one nice bridge. It's large enough that t'll be the focal point of your layout, whether desired or not. Very good work. Perhaps the next project will be the Quebec bridge across the St. Lawrence. Aye, now there's a bridge.
Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)
MisterBeasleyOn the subject of deceptive advertising, we in the US allow all sorts of medications to advertise in TV shows
There are only two countries in the world that allow the advertising of Pharmaceuticals. You can check the consumption rates of those two compared to those that don't. Sometimes I will see an ad on CNN for pharma and the line that gets me is "tell your Doctor you need"...........
I am not on any medications but when I have needed something, I read everything there is on it beforehand.
Attuvian1 BATMAN But then again. https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/index.php I've always wondered if there's a greater preponderance of flat-earthers in places like Kansas. Also wondered if anyone ever applied for a public grant to fund the necessary research. I'd better get outta here before getting in further trouble . Sorry for the minor hijack, Brent. Feelin' frisky today, even though my cold has now set a personal record at six days. Wife is Dutch, but I'm Phlegmish. Arrgghh. Coughing all night to get rid of it but it keeps coming back like weeds. Hmm: weed? John
BATMAN But then again. https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/index.php
But then again.
https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/index.php
I've always wondered if there's a greater preponderance of flat-earthers in places like Kansas. Also wondered if anyone ever applied for a public grant to fund the necessary research.
I'd better get outta here before getting in further trouble . Sorry for the minor hijack, Brent. Feelin' frisky today, even though my cold has now set a personal record at six days. Wife is Dutch, but I'm Phlegmish. Arrgghh. Coughing all night to get rid of it but it keeps coming back like weeds. Hmm: weed?
John
Did you notice that the Flat Earthers have forums? You think guys that play with toy trains are a little off, check out the flat earther forums.
I wish they had a better name for those than " oil heater." That somehow implies that it heats by burning oil, right? I'm sure they just use some oil-like liquid to conduct heat from an electric heating element inside the unit to the surface vanes where the heat disperses into the room, so it's really an electric heater, not an oil heater.
On the subject of deceptive advertising, we in the US allow all sorts of medications to advertise in TV shows, even on the Hallmark Channel which is not exactly directed to medically knowledgeable viewers. I've noticed that sometimes half the ad is devoted to side effects and other undesirable outcomes, like death (really.) And, that's for stuff like teenage zit cream. But when the ads are for Covid products, there is no mention of side effects. We know that such side effects exist, so, as a heart patient myself, I am skeptical that consumers are getting the full picture.
gmpullmanBe sure the clueless pair can handle an oil heater, Brent. Are you talking about a Kerosun-type of kerosene heater?
This is the kind of thing I gave them Ed, even they can't screw these up except maybe plugging them into the same 15amp circuit.
I went over to cut their grass once when they were in Costa Rica and found four 20ltr gas cans full in the barn for the tractor, they had no tops on them. It was a stinking hot day and the barn just wreaked of gas. Needless to say, I let it air out for a long time before I went in. I had to go to the building supply and buy new tops. When I asked my BIL about it, he just said, "oh, I keep losing those".
I have to do a lot for my sister. I don't mind, I love her dearly and she gives me a lot of gift certificates for PWRS for my efforts so I can't grumble too much.
We have seen a lot of unvaccinated pets come through my wife's hospital suffering horribly from things a simple vaccine would have prevented. At some point, you have to start trusting those in the know.
BATMANMy sisters' furnace crapped out in the night so she just came to get some portable oil heaters we have. She and her husband are clueless, so I will have to go over to their house when the furnace guy comes to make sure they understand the choices in new equipment.
Be sure the clueless pair can handle an oil heater, Brent. Are you talking about a Kerosun-type of kerosene heater? Every winter, especially when there's a dip in the usual temperature, the incidence of house fires really jumps up. My son is a lieutenant on the fire department and has seen the disastrous results all too often.
A while back a fellow grabbed a can to refuel his kerosene heater and mistakenly put gasoline in it, while it was lit. At least that's what the forensics determined. The examiners found gasoline in plastic milk jugs stored in the garage along with kerosene in the same containers.
MisterBeasleyOur government continues to push vaccines and tries to keep the fear and anxiety level high.
My wife and I both got vaccines on our own volition. It seemed like the logical thing to do. Health agencies promoting the idea didn't particularly push my anxiety any higher. Maybe I missed it?
A few scenes along the Erie Lackawanna:
EL tugs 'Akron' & 'Marion' Hoboken NJ Jun 1974 by Geoffrey Hubbs, on Flickr
EL SDP45 3664 PO-87 from pusher Susquehanna PA Oct 1974 by Geoffrey Hubbs, on Flickr
EL SD45s CX-99 Starucca Lanesboro PA May 1974 by Geoffrey Hubbs, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
MisterBeasleyBrent, our hospitals here were overloaded with Covid for a long time, and I can understand anyone's reluctance to go to one even now.
Ya and who can blame them, however, the Aunt only needed to go to the Dr. and get a round of antibiotics and she would have been ship shape. Now she is in hospital on IVs with failing kidneys. She has been that way about looking after herself her whole life, covid has little to do with it. She is the nicest person you could ever meet, just dumb as dirt in the area of personal well-being.
59 degrees F here in Delaware right now. No nights below freezing for the next week in the forecast, but actually, I wouldn't trust the forecast for more than a couple of days anyway.
Brent, our hospitals here were overloaded with Covid for a long time, and I can understand anyone's reluctance to go to one even now. Our government continues to push vaccines and tries to keep the fear and anxiety level high. We still have mask mandates just to go to the doctor's office, so if it's the same where you are I'm not surprised that going to a hospital isn't high on anyone's list.
Good morning from the cloudy West Coast.
John, thanks for sharing the inaugural run over the bridge. The bridge looks great!
Wifes Mom is in Hospital, not sure she will be coming home. Even if she rebounds physically my FIL is past being able to care for her. My wife's Aunt has been having issues and has been phoning my wife for advice for a month. The wife kept telling her it sounds like a bad bladder infection and to get to the Doctor ASAP. She kept refusing to go and was found collapsed in her house. Yes, it was a bladder infection and because it was left untreated she now has serious kidney damage. Even her own four kids could not get her to go to the Dr. Makes you wonder.
I am a couple of days back into the cardio workout and man do I feel great. BP and HR are already improving, they had gone up to 118/75 HR51 I am usually at 102/60 HR 40ish.
I went looking for an old tabletop hockey game I had as a kid and found one in mint condition. It was made in 1962. It is in Quebec and between what the guy wants for it and the cost of shipping I will pass. We wore the one out I had as a kid in a few short years.
My sisters' furnace crapped out in the night so she just came to get some portable oil heaters we have. She and her husband are clueless, so I will have to go over to their house when the furnace guy comes to make sure they understand the choices in new equipment.
I am on puppy duty today as the wife is dealing with her parents. The trainroom is just through the door from where the little mutts are so that is where I will be.
All the best to all.
Who knew the Panama canal had train tracks running along the bottom of it. I wonder if the locomotive has a periscope.
Good Morning,
Our mild, cloudy weather continues likely for 5 more days. Very unusual.
John, that is a very impressive bridge. If you do decide to go the kit route, I built a Central Valley kit that went together nicely and was challenging too.
I have packed up most of the remaining N scale stuff to take to the LHS to sell. Just the track, scenery and some buildings left. I had taken in a BLI Mike (HO) that is being returned to me with the claim it isn't running well. It was for me so will have to find out what happened. The shop owner doesn't like BLI stuff so that might be part of the problem. I have packed up the Light Mountain instead. CN had Mountains but nothing like the USRA class.
Just got back my physical results and all is good. My A1C is back down to 5.7 so cutting the sugar worked.
No plans for today. Will finish a repair on a Branchline reefer. One of the bolt nuts they used as weights came loose. Getting the shell off was a challenge but is done and the nuts are now glued in permanently. A few detail pieces came off but the can be re-attached. Still running the Northern. Love the look of that engine.
CN Charlie
hon30critterYou can post anything related to trains, real or modeled, that suits your fancy! This should be a very interesting month!
Have you ever had one of those days where you are driving in the middle of nowhere, and then you see a beautiful passenger car on the side of the road with no context or explanation?
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I love those days.
Good morning, diners. Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, Brunhilda.
Thanks, everyone, for the encouraging comments on the layout bridge. I woke up feeling good for a change about starting to work on some other parts of the layout.
We're hunkered down here waiting for the ice and snow. Normally, the predictions for amounts of heavy snow go down as it gets closer, but these predictions have gone up.
The bad news -- over a foot deep by tonight. The good news -- the snow is wet and heavy, so it won't drift too much. The bad news -- the snow is wet and heavy, so it will be hard to scoop and move. This is why Kevin's part of the country has so many old people moving there.
The good news -- lots of time to work on the railroad.
Have a great day, everyone.
Good Morning Diners. Chloe, a large black coffee and one of those muffins Bear left. Actually no, make it three of those muffins. They look tasty!
I bought a few cars off ebay this weekend. First model railroad purchases in quite a while. Should arrive Friday. I'm kind of excited. It's been too long. I purposely wasn't buying anything since well before the holidays, and then didn't get anything for Christmas either.
John, great job on the bridge! Looks good!
Cheers everyone.
Good morning
Liked the gravity feed railroad David. Was pondering if it was Triple G scale What a great way to go to work every morning. The horn reminded me of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard, and seen that ("Keep your arms and legs inside the ride at all times"), does not apply there
Man those cream cheese, blueberry muffins sure look scrumptious Bear. Mouth watering just to look at em
Was looking for 'Before' pictures of the Trestle over coffee this morning. Didn't find the ones remembered but perhaps photos that were even more interesting.
Found out my old friend shares my name. It's the John Marvig Railway Bridge of the Minneapolis Northfield & Southern Railway. Discovering new History can be pretty cool sometimes
There used to be two other lines to the left and our bike path along the wavy Amtrak line to the right. Burlington Northern ran high-speed taconite drags down those three lines in the early '70s. Pellets were found in abundance laying in the ballast and were perfect for our wrist rockets.
Apparently the Minneapolis & St Louis Railway used to occupy that area at one time as well.
There was a whole other world before me. Never did know about Antlers Park, but it sure looked like a fun place back in the day.
They even had a picnic train and train rides for the Kids.
Pictures courtesy of the St Louis Park Historical Society.
Have a great day y'all.
TF
Good morning Diners. A coffee on the go please, Janie.
Wales
Train powered by gravity - Ffestiniog Railway
Enjoy the scenery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oos-wkKjvKk&ab_channel=hiesler
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."