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Posted by howmus on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 10:53 AM

Hello, hello?  I'm getting error stuff.  Just checking to see if I can post again.

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Yep....  Couldn't answer another post though.  Maybe it got locked and I didn't notice?

 

Ooooo, top of the page.  Nreakfast is on my tab this morning.  Enjoy!

Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO

We'll get there sooner or later! 

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, July 17, 2023 10:50 PM

BigDaddy
Are we done with copyright?

I didn't know there was a copyright problem?

Any photo I post is either mine, OR it is Creative Commons or it is in the public domain. If I post a photo from a site (usually Flickr) that allows hosting a photo, I make sure to include the link and information (per Flicker TOS) that refers back to the photographer's albums for proper recognition and credit.

For instance:

 151231_14_altoona by lmyers83, on Flickr

The rules are simple and easy to understand.

Cheers, Ed

 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Monday, July 17, 2023 8:23 PM

Are we done with copyright?

Hagerstown MD

Henry

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, July 17, 2023 6:20 PM

Meanwhile, back at the shop the Sharks have arrived:

 NYC_backshop by Edmund, on Flickr

Here's an overview of the location of the above photo:

 Collinwood_shop by Edmund, on Flickr

Today this location is a barren field save for a community food warehouse.

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Monday, July 17, 2023 6:07 PM

up831

ROR:  Welcome back to the diner.  Aren't you the guy who likes and can play Philip Glass?  

That's quite a memory. Yes, I am. Last year I had a solo recital with 40 minutes of nothing but Glass. I am currently working on "Satyagraha" from the "Trilogy Sonata." During the lost years of COVID, I bought some decent equipment to record some of my pieces. Mrs. ROR encouraged me to do it in order to create a legacy for my children and grandchildren. (I am up to ten grandkids.) Here is a link to one of the recordings. Wichta Vortex Sutra

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Posted by up831 on Monday, July 17, 2023 4:51 PM

Hi Everyone,

Brunhilda, coffee with cream, please.

ROR:  Welcome back to the diner.  Aren't you the guy who likes and can play Philip Glass?  Hopefully, you can stick around awhile.

Kevin:  When wife and I were on our 25th, we stayed at a B&B in Hilo.  A lot of the houses there have metal roofs and for good reason.  That night it rained to beat the band.  We were obviously well protected, but the metal roof was LOUD!  Hilo gets a lot of rainfall.  They need those roofs there.

I really like the "world is a beautiful place" pics.  Would be nice to know where they were taken, but no matter, I still enjoy them.

Less is more,...more or less!

Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Monday, July 17, 2023 11:32 AM

SeeYou190

Yes, but this falls under the "not worth making a thing out of it" category.

There will be more mangoes next year.

-Kevin

Good attitude. We have the same challenge with our landscapers and our orange trees. I have never made a big deal about it. I feel like the probably need the free citrus more than I do.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, July 17, 2023 11:04 AM

Tin Can II
I would be tempted to send a bill to the roofing company; as they did steal your personal property.

Yes, but this falls under the "not worth making a thing out of it" category.

There will be more mangoes next year.

-Kevin

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Posted by Tin Can II on Monday, July 17, 2023 11:01 AM

SeeYou190

The guys that did the dry-in on my roof stole all my mangoes that were still on my tree! No more mangoes for me this year.

-Kevin

 
I would be tempted to send a bill to the roofing company; as they did steal your personal property.  Their bonding company might want to know of this as well, because it might not be a one off thing. 
 
I managed several customer service / student account clerks in Texas at the community college where I previously worked.  Texas law was very specific about payment of community college tuition and the timing of those payments.  It was amazing how many students couldn't follow directions; and their parents would unload on my folks, and then me, because little Johnny didn't follow directions.  Many times those directions were delivered several times, in several forms.  In 13 years, my VPs backed me up every time, but once.  That was an instance of a new VP who was trying to big shot me.  After the same student/parent tried the same tactic the next semester, new VP admitted that he should not have given in.    

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, July 17, 2023 9:57 AM

The World Is A Beautiful Place

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

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Good morning everyone. Chloe, I am feeling like a three-egg omelette with spinich and swiss cheese. Thank you.

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OH NO!

The guys that did the dry-in on my roof stole all my mangoes that were still on my tree! No more mangoes for me this year.

-Kevin

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, July 16, 2023 9:47 PM

My Baby/Baby just checked in from Utah. She had a great time in Colorado.

In only a couple of days she will be at her new home in Washington.

-Kevin

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, July 16, 2023 9:01 AM

The World Is A Beautiful Place

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

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Good morning everyone. Chloe, I would like a big bowl of Corn Flakes and a small bowl of brown sugar.

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Track fiddler
Those steel roofs are quite spendy, as you certainly know Kevin, but one less big thing for you to worry about anymore.

Oh yeah, especially this one... I went WAY UP top of the line. It is costing more than half of what I paid for the house back in 1999. The depsoit was $27,000.00!

The new roof is all hidden fastener, epoxy coated, standing seam. No ugly screw heads will be seen on my roof.

The roof system is fastened to the eave with what looks like an inverted french cleat. The drip rail anchors to this, and then the roof panels are locked into the drip rail on the bottom. The panels are installed with the top one getting rolled-crimped onto the lower one at the standing seam. All the fasteners are in a cavity underneath this crimped seam. 

At the top there is a 12 gauge Z-Bar that goes over all the panels that the ridge cap fastens onto, again, crimped to the Z-Bar. All of these pieces are painted white and coated with clear epoxy.

There is not another roof like it anywhere in my neighborhood.

The owner of the roofing company says they have never installed a roof like this on a house as small as mine. The panels only come in 30 foot or 50 foot long pieces, so there will be a lot of wasted cut-off material. My roof is only 15 feet on each side!

Track fiddler
Your new roof will outlive us al

It better! I am seriously considering dropping my homeowner's insurance next year.

-Kevin

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Posted by JimL on Saturday, July 15, 2023 1:58 PM

Track fiddler

TF 

Very cool! Describe her.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, July 15, 2023 12:50 PM

SeeYou190

In a couple of weeks the steel roof, also white, will be up there... I hope.

 
Those steel roofs are quite spendy, as you certainly know Kevin, but one less big thing for you to worry about anymore.
 
Your new roof will outlive us allLaugh...Wink
 
 
TF
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, July 15, 2023 11:18 AM

The World Is A Beautiful Place

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

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Good morning everyone. Chloe, I'll have one of those bananas and two hard boiled eggs please.

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I just met the new neighbors across the street. They seem like nice people. She is an RN and he is a long haul truck driver. Two kids. One less vacant house.

-Kevin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, July 15, 2023 2:23 AM

Thought she looked best under the shady tree with the black shadows on red at Aspen Lane.

She did.

She goes zero to 60 under 5 seconds, but she has a broken motor mount this year because she was rompted a bit too hard last FallWhistling

I'm giving her the Summer off, cuz there's just too many other more serious things on my plate to deal with this yearIndifferent

Dont ya hate it when that happens? 

 

TF

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Saturday, July 15, 2023 12:40 AM

The house looks kind of neat with the white rolled fiberglass self adhesive roofing material up there.

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

In a couple of weeks the steel roof, also white, will be up there... I hope.

-Kevin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, July 14, 2023 10:43 PM

Evening

I'd like to thank Dave, Mike, and UP831 for your support.  Things have worked out like they always do, ... FamilySmile

 

And now for Sylvester McMonkey McBean, and his track laying machine.

Replacing the old, or Prefabing the new.....

No need for spike hammer guy anymore eh? Wink

 

TF

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Friday, July 14, 2023 7:47 PM

SeeYou190

Nothing makes an agitator more angry than when they think they ruined my day, then I just turn to the next customer, as cheerful as can be, and ask "Now, how can I help you?"

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, July 14, 2023 6:41 PM

maxman
Home Depot? Service desk? Low stress? Hmmmm.  Let me know and I can come in and correct that situation if you like. Devil

Come on down.

Every day I usually get 2 or 3 people that just want to give me a bad day. The joke is on them.

There is nothing they can do. As long as I follow the processes, I am not going to be in any trouble or have anything bad happen to me.

If you want something that cannot be done, and then get angry about it, that is on you. It is not going to ruin my good day.

Nothing makes an agitator more angry than when they think they ruined my day, then I just turn to the next customer, as cheerful as can be, and ask "Now, how can I help you?"

I am fine... no stress.

-Kevin

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Posted by maxman on Friday, July 14, 2023 5:34 PM

SeeYou190
My retirement job is at the Service Desk at Home Depot. .... and I am loving the zero-stress position.

Home Depot?

Service desk?

Low stress?

Hmmmm.  Let me know and I can come in and correct that situation if you likeDevil

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Friday, July 14, 2023 5:25 PM

For the time being, my post-retirement job is being a househusband. Mrs. ROR is completing a life goal--getting her bachelors degree. This is in addition to working full-time at a local high school. (We still need health-care benefits.) Consequently, I do the laundry, shopping, cooking, and cleaning. She has a pretty cool job. She is a vision paraprofessional, which, in layman's terms, means she is assigned to work one-on-one with a blind high school student and is with him all day. She has taught herself braille, both reading and typing with a brailler, and to do math on an abacus. The school district loves her.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, July 14, 2023 4:57 PM

RideOnRoad
I found myself retired a couple of years ahead of plan, but what can you do. Luckily, we had enough saved that the early retirement is not a killer—I am not having to get a job as a greeter at Wally’s World.

I retired early, right before Covid.

My retirement job is at the Service Desk at Home Depot. I love it. Having a "job" in retirement really isn't bad at all. My requirments for cash flow are very low, and I am loving the zero-stress position.

-Kevin

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, July 14, 2023 4:36 PM

Hi and thanks for taking us up on the invitation to the Diner.  It's the slow season, where everyone is out taking road trips or doing yard work.  Model train work usually waits for cooler fall temperatures. 

I've moved to Delaware, which is pleasant and a lot cheaper than my old home in Massachusetts.   I can't change my signature on this forum, though.  Some things just don't change.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Friday, July 14, 2023 3:39 PM

Hello, Flo. Yes, it has been a while; six years by my reconning. Life got in the way but I am back now. In February I found myself retired a couple of years ahead of plan, but what can you do. Luckily, we had enough saved that the early retirement is not a killer—I am not having to get a job as a greeter at Wally’s World.

It was sobering to see the RIP Track on the way in. Quite a few names that I remember from when I was a regular, years back.

Well, anyway, I am going to sit here for a while and watch for familiar faces. While I am here, I would love a BLT, potato salad, and a fully leaded Pepsi. Maybe a slice of apple pie. We will see how full I am after the sandwich.

Richard

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Friday, July 14, 2023 10:22 AM

The World Is A Beautiful Place

-Photograph by Kevin Parson

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Good morning everyone. Chloe, I want to have another one of those breakfast burritos I had yesterday... so yummy.

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I hope the diner doesn't close down... sure is quiet in here.

-Kevin

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, July 13, 2023 12:27 PM

The World Is A Beautiful Place

Baby/Baby with her friends in Colorado.

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Water Level Route
Zoe, make that a whole platter of breakfast burritos.  Anyone can help themselves.  Doubt anyone will join me though.

Good morning everyone. Chloe, bring me one of those breakfast burritos Zoe made for everyone... on second thought... make it two!

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The roof dry-in is done. The company inspector will be here today. The new electrical service entrance is going to be installed in five days... things are finally getting done.

-Kevin

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, July 13, 2023 9:40 AM

-Kevin

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Posted by Doughless on Thursday, July 13, 2023 8:44 AM

up831

Hi Everyone,

I guess it is a little different with photographs than music.  Both Ray and I were speaking from a music perspective and experience.  Part of the protection of copyright with music is not only money, but to hinder others from taking your work and claiming it as their own because music comes from the mind.  Photographs come from light and is literally a second frozen in time.  I think we can all see the different implications here.

TF:  Very sorry to hear of your daughter's pain.  We've all been there at one time or another, but there is always another day.  I offer this demo version of a song by David Crosby, not to cry in our beer as it were, but to see hope.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lsKNNHZyAwU&feature=share

This version is just Croz and one guitar.  Very brittle.  I kind of suspect that this is more of how he invisioned the song rather than the Byrds version.  Enjoy.

 

It reminds me of the NAPSTER issue, where people were sharing music in a way that obvioulsy undercut the product...which was created for the specific intent to sell albums, singles, etc.

Back in high school, it was common for us kids to borrow albums and dubb them on our stereo tape deck.  I had a nice Kenwood component.  It was pretty common, but likely not nearly as rampant as sharing files world wide on NAPSTER.

The photos we share were generally not created for profit and are not copyrighted.  If I post one of my photos on the Web or even a service that can be accessed publically without an account, I'm implying it can be shared because that's what I just did.  That's how I understand it.

OTOH, if someone had to buy the photo in the first place...the artist created it for profit...then me sharing that photo would be similar to the NAPSTER issue.

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Posted by up831 on Thursday, July 13, 2023 8:21 AM

Hi Everyone,

I guess it is a little different with photographs than music.  Both Ray and I were speaking from a music perspective and experience.  Part of the protection of copyright with music is not only money, but to hinder others from taking your work and claiming it as their own because music comes from the mind.  Photographs come from light and is literally a second frozen in time.  I think we can all see the different implications here.

TF:  Very sorry to hear of your daughter's pain.  We've all been there at one time or another, but there is always another day.  I offer this demo version of a song by David Crosby, not to cry in our beer as it were, but to see hope.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lsKNNHZyAwU&feature=share

This version is just Croz and one guitar.  Very brittle.  I kind of suspect that this is more of how he invisioned the song rather than the Byrds version.  Enjoy.

Less is more,...more or less!

Jim (with a nod to Mies Van Der Rohe)

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