Evening
Thanks Mister B. Iko was one of those six toed cats. Over ten years, it took that old boy a while to warm up to me. He was a scaredy cat.
The last four times up there, he came out over coffee in the morning, and brushed shins with me, to tell me he loved me.
Probably cuz one time years ago, he fell in between the wall of the bathroom, climbing across the suspended ceiling.
We made a special trip up there for that one, to cut him out of the wall. That was okay, cuz we always like going up there to spend time with family anyway.
He was a good kitty.
TF
Hi Tin Can II,
Bench work soon!! Sounds exciting!! It is wonderful that your wife supports your hobby. Mine does too.
Too bad about the game loss. There is always a 'next time'.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Who wants to move the Diner for September? Where should we go?
Track fiddler Evening Thanks Mister B. Iko was one of those six toed cats. TF
Thanks Mister B. Iko was one of those six toed cats.
We had a six-toed cat when we were much younger. His name was Sassy. We had just lost a cat then, too, and some friends' cat had just had a litter, so we adopted him. He lived to be 18 or 19.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Hopewell Junction, NY.
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Good morning everyone. Chloe, please bring me three hard-boiled eggs and three strips of bacon. I will also be needing a lot of black coffee.
Dave: How about we visit Washington State? My baby/baby just moved there.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Crazy day at work today.
Everyone is expecting this new storm to hit us in three days. We sold out of bottled water and generators. Everyone is angry and scared.
Too much panic for a minor storm.
I'm ready. I am always ready.
Are we close to Br. Lion territory?
Yup.... I live right there in Richardton. Just turn to the left and you will see our towers...
I moved here in '83, so 40 yeara a monk, and since I am 75, that is now more than half of my life....
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Good Morning Diners. Flo, coffee and an english muffin please.
What a long last few days. I'm ready for the weekend. Moved my oldest in to her dorm last Thursday. Kiddo is having a tough time, but still better than last year. Still, spent the weekend calming her down regularly. She'll be okay, but it will take some time. Classes starting today will help.
Then spent the rest of the weekend doing the soccer thing with my youngest. She played in a tournament about 100 miles from home. Too close to stay in a hotel, but too far to be convenient. It was after 11:00 Friday night before we got home, after 11:30 Saturday night, and about 7:00 yesterday. She is still having tendonitis in her knee, but making progress and actually showed flashes of her old self on the field this weekend. It was great to see. Overall a good weekend of soccer, but the Saturday night game was rough. Had a poor ref who let the game get way too physical. We ended up losing two girls to injury in that game. One a concussion the other a torn ACL. Near the end of the game after yet another poor no call on a penalty, our assistant coaches were protesting with the ref and asked for clarification on why he didn't call the penalty. He said there was no penalty and our head coach chuckled at him. The ref red carded the coach for it. It was ridiculous.
Tin Can & Kevin, exciting news on layout construction hopefully starting soon for the both of you!
Later gents.
Mike
Good morning, everyone. Flo, I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
I've been busy for the past several weeks, with much of the action unplanned. We had relatives visit, but the visit took a turn when one of them had emergency surgery. We had houseguests for two weeks until he was able to travel. Several other things have come up to keep us very busy. This week doesn't calm down, either. I was hoping to get some time on the layout, but that isn't happening.
Track fiddlerBut not too bad for a city lake, three minutes from our humble abode. They say we have 10,000 of them up here in Minnesota eh
You guys are lucky to have all those lakes. I'd love to have a small cabin beside one of them.
Tin Can IIGot home and found my wife finishing the painting project in the train room.
It's great you can trust you wife with a paint brush or roller. When my wife helps out with painting, it takes me days to clean up and repair the damage.
hon30critterWho wants to move the Diner for September? Where should we go?
SeeYou190Dave: How about we visit Washington State? My baby/baby just moved there.
This sounds good to me!
MisterBeasleyWe had a six-toed cat when we were much younger. His name was Sassy.
Is this common for certain types of cats? I've never heard of this.
Water Level RouteMoved my oldest in to her dorm last Thursday. Kiddo is having a tough time, but still better than last year. Still, spent the weekend calming her down regularly. She'll be okay, but it will take some time. Classes starting today will help.
I'm sure she will settle in and enjoy her time. This takes me back many years when I took our daughters to college. My wife and I did not think about having three daughters all so close together. At one point, all three were in college at the same time, and my bank account when down and down.
After the diner's breakfast, I get to perform my worst homeowner's job -- cutting the grass. I hope the winter comes quickly so the grass goes dormant and I get a vacation from yard work.
Have a great day, everyone.
Rock Island E-6 at Blue Island IL April 1975 by Mark LLanuza, on Flickr
York1 John
York1
I always hated it when the ex-wife tried to paint. She always got paint all over my unrelated tools, like screwdrivers or a cordless drill. She wouldn't patch holes before painting, either, and liked to actually paint over electrical outlets.
Cats like that are called polydactyl. I don't think it's a breed-specific thing, but it is genetic. It doesn't seem to offer either advantages or disadvantages. Sassy was a long-haired, gray tabby.
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I saw a strange article elsewhere online this morning. It was an article, basically a sales pitch, for an RS11 produced by MTH. The article was dated today.
I thought MTH was completely out of business. Are they still making O-scale stuff, and do they still provide DCS electronics and support?
MisterBeasleyI thought MTH was completely out of business.
I think MTH committed itself to follow up on any projects that were in the pipeline when Mike announced his retirement. I saw the HO Little Joe recently hit the market. Once these last few projects are done I believe that will be the end of MTH.
Regards, Ed
I worked almost 14 hours today.
Everyone is now completely panicked-attacked over this hurricane.
We are out of tarps, generators, gas cans, extension cords, propane, fans, and air conditioners.
WHY does everyone wait until the last minute. I am so glad my preparations are completely nothing.
Then... On top of all that... they decided today was to be the day we would start selling Halloween decorations. Seeing people in a panic to find bottles water suddenly decide they need a 12 foot tall animated skeleton is hilarious.
I opened three credit cards today for people to buy halloween decorations. If you are financing $1,000.00 worth of halloween decorations I would bet you are not heading for a comfortable retirement.
Then... As I was leaving... I found out they are taking down the patio furniture display tonight to put out the Christmas Trees! WHAT!!! It is 120 days until Christmas. There is a storm in the Gulf. What is going on???
SeeYou190Seeing people in a panic to find bottles water suddenly decide they need a 12 foot tall animated skeleton is hilarious.
Huh by Bear, on Flickr
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning Diners. Chloe, scrambled eggs and sausage please.
Bear, the Dunedin station is beautiful!
SeeYou190I opened three credit cards today for people to buy halloween decorations. If you are financing $1,000.00 worth of halloween decorations I would bet you are not heading for a comfortable retirement.
SeeYou190they are taking down the patio furniture display tonight to put out the Christmas Trees!
A little something for GMPullman. I assume Ed recognizes it.
Good morning, everyone. Brunhilda, I'll have my regular breakfast.
Christmas in August. Last night I walked into the living room and my wife was watching, "The Man Who Came To Dinner", a great old Christmas movie. I think it was Ann Sheridan day on Turner Classic Movies.
Kevin, I hope the storm doesn't affect you too badly.
I hope everyone has a great day.
Belton Station | West Glacier Montana | BNSF Hi Line Subdivison by M.J. Scanlon, on Flickr
Good evening all. A glass of Bushmills, no ice please, Chloe.
A busy few days with a holiday booked.
Bear. Love the station.
I remember travelling by train to Wemyss Bay Station to catch a ferry to Rothesay. The station was, to put it politely, a disgrace. Virtually falling to pieces.
Now, after serious restoration and modernisation, such a delight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW4aWbvJ8pw&ab_channel=TheList
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jovt1hM3znA&ab_channel=TrainsTrainsTrains
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Good morning everyone. Chloe, I would like a grilled ham and cheese sandwich and a bowl of soup today. Any soup you have, thank you.
The very first feeder bands are now striking this area.
We had four houses left on this street with tarped roofs. Those tarps are gone with the first wind gusts. I hope those houses can survive the heavy rains we are going to be receiving.
York1Kevin, I hope the storm doesn't affect you too badly.
This one should not be too bad. The eye and strong winds should well miss this part of Florida.
It looks like we will get three feeder bands on the East side of the storm. Lots of rain, but not much sustained wind.
My only concern are the baby Clusias I planted a few months ago. I hope they will be OK. They are in the wide-open right in the direction of the predicted winds.
York1 hon30critter Who wants to move the Diner for September? Where should we go? SeeYou190 Dave: How about we visit Washington State? My baby/baby just moved there. This sounds good to me!
hon30critter Who wants to move the Diner for September? Where should we go?
SeeYou190 Dave: How about we visit Washington State? My baby/baby just moved there.
If we all decide Washington is a good choice, I will move the diner for next month.
Kevin,
My family and I were just down by you two weeks ago. We spent a week in Indian Shores. I just couldn't get over how warm the gulf water was, probably upper 80s to 90 degrees. It felt like bath water. I'm from the upper midwest, so I have no knowledge of hurricanes, but I've heard the warm water tends to fuel them. It was always in the back of my mind that one could be coming... Best of luck, and I hope you are right that this storm won't be anything like Ian.
Scott
sschnabl I just couldn't get over how warm the gulf water was, probably upper 80s to 90 degrees.
The Gulf water temperatures have been record-breaking this year.
From what I have read on the N.H.C./N.O.A.A. weather site. This is causing the rapid increase in storm strength.
Water Level RouteA little something for GMPullman. I assume Ed recognizes it.
Thanks, Mike! Yep, that was my 'hangout' in the late '60s through the 1970s. I stopped by there once in the late 1990s after the 'renovation' into a shopping mecca, Tower City, and wasn't impressed. I prefer to keep my memories of when this was a rail-served station!
CUT_from Canal Rd by Edmund, on Flickr
CUT_GRS2 by Edmund, on Flickr
I hope everyone is getting along well...
Cheers, Ed
gmpullman MisterBeasley I thought MTH was completely out of business I think MTH committed itself to follow up on any projects that were in the pipeline when Mike announced his retirement. I saw the HO Little Joe recently hit the market. Once these last few projects are done I believe that will be the end of MTH. Regards, Ed
MisterBeasley I thought MTH was completely out of business
Yeah, I looked up the Little Joe and it looks like it came out in April. I'm surprised that they decided to put DCS electronics into it. The demise of MTH means no more support for DCS, so any controls that aren't compatible with DCC will not be available. I suppose they made these for the modelers who still use DCS in HO. As a Milwaukee modeler, I was hoping the engine might rise like a Phoenix by Scale Trains with DCC. I might have thought about it.
I guess this is as close to a lion as I can get.
One for the LION:
End of the line.
Good afternoon Diners. A large coffee on the go please, Janie.
Holidays are calling. Cruising the Medterranean to be precise.
Before we go, Railway Stations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLJpgf0srxw&ab_channel=RailwaysExplained
Good morning, everyone. I don't have time to eat -- just coffee, please.
Another long, busy day, doing many things but not working on the layout. I haven't been able to do anything train-related in weeks.
At Chicago' Union Station, when passenger trains looked great:
CB&Q E8 9947A by Chuck Zeiler CB&Q Pass, on Flickr
Good morning everyone. Chloe, I will have scrambled aggs and hash browns to start another day. Thank you.
Did anyone else notice that 15-20 posts disappeared from the diner yesterday?
Yesterday was the slowest day at work I have ever seen. We did not even sell $100,000.00 gross yesterday.
We did sell out of these 12 foot animated skeletons. 20 of them at $250.00 each. That was 5% of daily sales right there.
We got in two trailers of generators for the storm. Sold 4 of them. We also got two trailers of bottled water. I think those will be heading to Tallahassee today.
Schools and day care centers are still closed today, so we are expecting a lot of call-offs. I expect another slow day.
Another storm has passed. We are fine with absolutely no damage. Three feeder bands passed over us. The highest sustained winds we had were 30 MPH with gusts in the 50 MPH range. Total rain fall was about 3 inches.
I have not heard from my friends in the Tampa area yet.
Kevin: Glad you are out of harms way. Hope that everyone else in Florida stays safe as well.
John: I learned to paint interior & exterior houses as a teenager; just part of the chores maintaining our houses and my grandparent's houses. I was scraping and painting the exterior of my high school house on five levels of scaffolding. I have two of those levels in use at my current house.
I taught my wife to paint when we bought our first house together 36 years ago. We have painted the interior of every home we have owned (four) and the exterior/trim on three of those houses. Our current home is the biggest we have tackled; 2200 s/f on main level and 2200 s/f in the basement. She painted all of the walls upstairs; about she is 1/3 of the way through the trim. She has painted two big rooms in the basement and is working on the guest bedroom now. I have helped some, but working full time cuts down on the time when I can paint. I am proud of the job she has done, she has really added value to the house.
Once we save up for it, she wants to lay carpet in the train room and basement hallway. I am not going to say no.