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Jeffrey’s Trackside Diner for December 2023

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, December 8, 2023 2:07 PM

I am a monk and live in a monastery, so no wife story for me, but I will tell on my mom and dad. They both worked at the same place, and she pushed him into a closet and kissed him. And that was almost 80 years ago. Both have passed now and are burried in a Veterans cemetary just outside the gates of Camp Lejuene.

IS THIS the top of the page ??? Better catch you guys something to eat!

 

 

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, December 8, 2023 5:29 PM

BroadwayLion
Better catch you guys something to eat!

That tasted like zebra, but it could have been gazelle?  'Burp'


 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Friday, December 8, 2023 5:38 PM

Ed.   Thanks for adding the sleeper carriage.    Time I went to bed.  an early rise in the morning.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Friday, December 8, 2023 8:03 PM

gmpullman

 

 
BroadwayLion
Better catch you guys something to eat!

 

That tasted like zebra, but it could have been gazelle?  'Burp

 

Cheers, Ed

 

 

That's a good one EdWhistling...Wink

Lion don't waste his time chasing around gazelle anymore to feed us.

I'm thinking, He's been sizing up Godzilla, cuz he knows how big our appetites can beDinner

Tiss The Season.  Lately I'm sure, He's been being quite a bit hospitable in his fieldSmile

 

A kiss in the closet eh?  Miss my Mom and Dad too Elias.  Talking to them at bed time every night, just isn't quite the same.

 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Friday, December 8, 2023 9:38 PM

Yay.  The tree is up and the cats are fed.  Time to pause a while at the diner.  My parents were buried at a Veterans Cemetery on Long Island.

Here's a thought.   Could our theme for next month or another after that be diners?  I love my City Classics Diner, and I'd  love to see what other modelers have made of Diner kits or scratchbuilds, in addition to prototype photos.

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 9, 2023 3:34 AM

Track fiddler
   

Miss my Mom and Dad too Elias.  Talking to them at bed time every night, just isn't quite the same.

 

John

 

 

Maybe not the same, John, but they listen nontheless.  Don't forget to tell them the good things,  the funny things that  has happened as well.  

 

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Saturday, December 9, 2023 4:30 AM

Good morning!

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, December 9, 2023 6:14 AM

Good morning

NorthBrit

 

 
Track fiddler
   

Miss my Mom and Dad too Elias.  Talking to them at bed time every night, just isn't quite the same.

 

John

 

 

Maybe not the same, John, but they listen nontheless.  Don't forget to tell them the good things,  the funny things that  has happened as well.  

 

David

 
Big Smile Ya put a big smile on my face!  Ya sure got that right DavidYes
 
 
 
I've been enjoying the stories on the Dating Game here latelyWink  NICE!
 
Met Judy many years ago on a sidewalk patio at a small tavern in South Minneapolis, one hot Summer day while having a cold one.  It was quite refreshing, not only the cool beverage, but her company as well, so another was in order to continue some good conversation.
 
The next day we got together with our mountain bikes and biked down the trails on the north side of the Minnesota River, between Cedar and Highway 169.  There's a big creek that joins into the river in the middle of the run, and had to help her climb down the shipping pallets to get down the steep ravine, where you pull yourself over the creek on the rope raft.  We were both laughing.  That day was quite fun.  Wonder if those trails are still there?  I'd better check that out.
 
We kept doing fun stuff together ever since that hot Summer day, and became really good freinds before anything else.
 
We went on vacation together in Vegas some thirty-plus years ago, where she got a big surprise pebble put on her finger, on the top of the Stratosphere one night.  That Tower shakes when the roller coaster goes over on the top of the building.  She was a little spooked from just that.  There was no way we we were going on that thing, as one of the curves launches you out over the top edge of the tower.  No Thanks!, we're both afraid of heights.  Must really love that Gal, that ring almost costed me two roofing jobsLaugh
 
 
Have a great Saturday gentlemenSmile
 
 
 
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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 9, 2023 7:40 AM

A great story TF.   I love how life weaves in and around and makes the story.  People planning to do A and B  and finish up doing C.

Thanks for telling.

 

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Posted by York1 on Saturday, December 9, 2023 9:57 AM

Good morning, diners.  It's cold and windy with some snow flurries.

It seems that after a busy week, I have a day with nothing scheduled.  Of course, that will change once my wife gets up -- I will find out that I have a bunch of things to do.

More layout work today -- I'm making good progress on the bridge.  It's been a several months project.  It actually was about three hours work, but took so long because I don't know what I'm doing, so I sit and think about it for hours.

Have a great Saturday, everyone.

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Saturday, December 9, 2023 12:35 PM

I was at the cemetery putting some flowers on my mums grave.

 

THE DASH OF LIFE

A walk around any cemetery you find the same. Gravestones; some old, some not so. All have the same on them. The name, date of birth and date of death. Between those dates is the Dash of Life. The Dash of Life, the most important part of the person buried, yet very little, if anything, is known. What did the person do in life? The ups and down of life; tears of sadness, the tears of joy. Knowing of other births, other deaths. The daily life, birthdays, Christmases, a myriad of emotions. The Dash of Life now forgotten, just a date of birth and a date of death.

See. Here is one. Born 1924, died 1947, a young woman just 23 years of age. See also a baby is there also. A baby girl born and died not the same day, but three days before her mother passed to the other side. Did the mother die because of complications of the birth of the girl. Nobody knows except a few. The Dash of Life doesn't tell us.

Those that know know the woman was born in the U.S.A.; Pennsylvania so it has been said. American born father Scottish born mother, two older sisters and a younger brother her immediate family. Nothing is known of her childhood. Those that knew never told. Those that didn't never asked.

Whatever, her father died and her mother and children. left the U.S.A., their destination England. They settled in the county of Northumberland. Her two sisters and brother married locally. Their own stories are their own Dash of Life.

The Dash of Life of the young lady was coming to the end, though of course she did not know it. The Second World War began. Once again the Dash of Life is but a dash. Little is known of what she did in the war, but as the saying goes 'She did her bit'. Sometime near the end of the war she met the love of her life. They married after the war ended. Just a local ceremony in a Registry Office. A child is expected; no it is twins.

It is said, a difficult birth. Difficult is an understatement. A girl is born then a boy. What was joy to the lady began to turn to despair. The girl died within two hours, the boy suffered a stroke and has a hole in the heart. He was not expected to live long. Twenty four hours passed, then forty eight the boy still lives. Then everything changes.

The story goes, the lady began choking. What caused it is unknown, but other patients began calling for a nurse to attend. The nurses were having a tea break and ignored the pleas for help. Eventually a nurse did attend after her tea break, but it was too late.

THE DASH OF LIFE of a twenty three year old.   1924 - 1947.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Saturday, December 9, 2023 9:20 PM

Evening

Yep, the grave stones certainly don't tell any kind of a life story, do they?...That is a bit sad.  But the friends and family that loved and knew them, know the story wellSmile

 

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Posted by "JaBear" on Sunday, December 10, 2023 3:40 AM
The Bear of whom it has been said, has a much romance in his whole body as most ffolkes have in one big toe, was a confirmed bachelor!
  
The company that he worked for had a social club that was renowned for its functions, and being on the committee he was busy helping organise the mid-Winter dinner and dance, though as the Bear has two left feet, dancing was low on the priority list, besides dancing impinged on having a few (??) quiet drinks.
 
However, the Bears idea of a pleasant evening was about to be scotched, for his Foreman’s wife who worked with several bachelorettes had other ideas, and convinced the Bears Foreman to set the Bear up on a Blind Date! The Bear was having none of this, and though the Foreman was also a good friend and mentor, politely declined.
 
But the Bear who also had great respect for the Foreman’s wife, and not having one of his own, had no idea how much nagging persuasion a wife could exert upon a husband, but so as to help out his friend, the Bear very reluctantly, agreed to the Bind Date.
 
Having heard of the Bears mistake acceptance, the Leading Hands wife, who had put herself through university working part time as a hair dresser, decided that it was in the Bears best interest, and also as not to dismay the prospective Blind Date, that the Bear needed to drop the “Wild Man of Borneo” look, and so the Bear ended up with his hair cut and beard trimmed!!!!
 
The night arrived and the Bear, attired in a casual business shirt and proper trousers, NOT an army surplus khaki shirt and jeans; shoes, NOT motorcycle boots, was introduced to this tall blonde with spiked hair, wearing a cream parachute suit, pastel silk scarf and Victorian lace up boots! A post Punk era Rocker in a Parachute suit!! To be fair, the Bear later found out the “Punk” thought the Bear looked like a country hick!!!
 
Anyhow under the watchful, nay baleful gaze of the Foreman’s Wife, the Bear was on his best behaviour and his two left feet, even managed to negotiate the dance floor several times without treading on the Punks toes, and then along with most of the other attendees at the end of the dance, repaired to the Works Social Club to round off the evening. (The Bear was still amazingly sober!!) The Bear gave the Punk a tour through the hangers explaining what was going on, to which she seemed interested. In the early hours the party wound up and the Punk was safely returned to her abode. Though not impressed about his state of sobriety the Bear was pleased that the Foreman’s Wife was pleased with the Bears behaviour.
  
The Foreman was happy that he was no longer being nagged, and the Bear was happy that he’d apparently “passed muster” and could go back to being normal!
 
All’s well that ends well!!
 
Now what hasn’t been said is that the Foreman’s Wife was a petite lovely lady from Thailand who, though at 4 foot nothing, weighing in at 55 lbs, did have a Ferocious side, which is what the Bear encountered a fortnight after the dinner dance.
  
"Was the Bear that insensitive and emotionally challenged that he hadn’t called the Punk to say that he had enjoyed the pleasure of her company, and to ask her for a second date, a call she was obviously waiting for??!!"
The Bear in a moment of what can only be described as stupidity, muttered that it wasn’t obvious to him, only to cop another earful!!!
 
So, with trepidation the Bear made the phone call, and within 6 months the Bear and the Punk were married.
 
What the Bear and the Punk found out later, was that a book was started and bets were made by family and friends as to how long the Bear would remain married: the bets varying from 3 months to 5 years tops! No one has every collected as the Bear and Her-in-Doors are still married after 33 years!
 
My only regret is that as far as I know, no photos exist of that fateful night as our two, now grown, children can’t imagine their mother as having ever been the Punk in the Parachute Suit!
 
“Two simple words all husbands should know and use: Yes Dear! – Anonymous.
 
Thoughts and best Wishes to All that need them. Kia Kaha.
Cheers, the Bear.Smile
 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Sunday, December 10, 2023 5:21 AM

Ah ! Yes!   Bear is romantic.

Such a lovely story, Bear.   Thanks for posting.

 

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, December 10, 2023 8:53 AM

NorthBrit
THE DASH OF LIFE of a twenty three year old.   1924 - 1947.

Maybe they should start putting URLs on the tombstone.

Mom and dad are burried in a veteran's Cemetary: Name, Rank, Branch of Service, amd maybe the war they served in if any. Moms name and dates on the stone as well. The North Carolina State Veteran's Cemetary does not accept cadavers any more, only ashes. The stones are all very uniform. Maybe the cemetary should offer URLs. Faminly could add such deyails as they like.

Watchout for the Moose on the highway.

 

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Sunday, December 10, 2023 8:53 AM

The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.

Here there be cats.                                LIONS with CAMERAS

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Sunday, December 10, 2023 11:03 AM

Track fiddler

Evening

Yep, the grave stones certainly don't tell any kind of a life story, do they?...That is a bit sad.  But the friends and family that loved and knew them, know the story wellSmile

TF

The grave of author Henry David Thoreau is surprisingly bereft of details of the man's life.  It is a simple rough-hewn stone in his family's plot, saying simply "Henry."  As I recall, it's less than a foot tall, and it reminds one of the grave of an infant who passed during childbirth.  Henry was 44 years old when tuberculosis got him.

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Posted by CNCharlie on Sunday, December 10, 2023 11:46 AM

Good Morning,

Expecting another mild day here with 25F. We only got 4" of snow from the storm but roads are icy so I will stay in until tomorrow.

Headstones sure don't tell much of the people. My paternal grandparents passed in 1947 and 1961. My sister and I are the only people who know anything about them and when we pass they will just be names and dates.

Bear, a very nice story. 

Made a list of all the HO locos I have owned. I have sold 14 and have 10 left. Of those 3 are brass and I only run the Pacific regularly. The 2 Hudsons mostly are display units. I run them occasionally but my 22" radius is a stretch for them. 

No plans for today. 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Sunday, December 10, 2023 12:34 PM

Mild?  When I went out for some groceries this morning it was 68F.  It's cooled down some with the rain we're getting, but it's still warm for December in Delaware.

Last year, we had no collecting snow at all, which was also unusual.  Our community does the roads, but two years ago we paid to have guys with equipment just to do the driveway.

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Posted by Water Level Route on Sunday, December 10, 2023 1:09 PM

Howdy diners.  Janie, a cherry coke please.

Such beautiful stories in the diner lately.  

My wife and daughters were going to watch a Christmas movie last night.  I was looking forward to it and was going to join until their choice of movie came to light.  Home Alone.  The movie itself is fine, but I just wasn't in the mood for it.  Wanted something more classic, like White Christmas.  Oh well, there will be other movie nights.

Got some more work done on the Accurail reefer kits I've been working on.  Maybe I'll actually have them done by next weekend for next weekend's photo fun?

No snow at all here.  Bums me out.  Just isn't Christmas to me without it.

Have a nice Sunday gentlemen!

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, December 10, 2023 10:38 PM

Late evening 

Haven't had time to watch the Christmas Vacation classic with Chevy Chase yet Mike.  That's a good oneLaugh

 

She's been making things to difficult from the start, and I'm kinda regretting taking this one on.

The Cavell cabinets would have came in after Thanksgiving and Cavell would have placed them in the space.

Somehow things couldn't have waited that long so she went with the Klearview cabinets from Menards.  Those came around just as late anyway.

What a nightmare, they showed up with about a hundred boxes stacked.  It took about 3 hours to organize them and group things together.

The cabinet doors are a beautiful bright white, but the actual cabinets themselves came in shells, and have to have their inners assembled and are a different color called linen.  They want you to buy their stick on strips that peel off.  After seeing the display at the store they certainly peel off.

The towers as I'll call them, or the pantries as they are, came in multiple pieces and had to be completely assembled, along with the other hundred boxes for the rest of this poor design.  They weigh about 250 pounds after they're together.  The hinges are another story, as you can't have pull outs without spacers between the cabinets.  What are you going to do with that, when you have no space in-between the walls as a sandwich fit is on this job.  I'm going to have to stop by Rockler and get some real hinges.

I'll show you pictures when the crowns are on, and some sense is made of these things.  The more I'm dealing with these oddball cabinets, the more traditional cabinets with normal face frames are.

 

Have a good evening and a wonderful start to your Monday morning gentlemanSmile7

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Sunday, December 10, 2023 11:29 PM

POST HOG!!!

Later evening

Ya ever buy those fake logs?  My life is Simplified with those. 

Judy buys those things by the 6 packLaugh  Just light the paper and go.  1 1/2 hour logs, or a 3 hour log.  They're done when they say they're going to be done, and no need to hang around and watch the fire, they don't pop. 

Perfect!  No kindling for me to kick the tires and light the fires, cuz I'm a bit tired.in the evening, and just want to relax before Hitting the RackSmile  

The log's dim and that must be about 3 hours.

 

Nighty Night Kids.

 

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Monday, December 11, 2023 4:58 AM

Good morning! EB at Tipton IN

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, December 11, 2023 5:46 AM

See you on the slopes!

 

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 Flying Yankee by Edmund, on Flickr

 

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Posted by NorthBrit on Monday, December 11, 2023 6:56 AM

Good morning Diners.  A large coffee please, Zoe.

Log fires?   Oh I love a log fire.  Our old house was the one to burn logs.

Starting the day collecting the logs from the store in the old stable  whilst Dawn started the fire going.  Once alight I had the joyful job of putting logs on the fire through the day.  

Days around Christmas were best.  The decorations were up. Christmas trees in each room;  real trees off course.  Lights and more lights.  Over the top some would say, but Dawn loves loads of decorations.  Music is playing on the radio; Christmas music naturally.

It is evening, snow is falling, logs burn,  the Christmas lights are twinkling.  Our son has roasted some chestnuts, our daughter has made some broth.  Settle down and tales being told.  Stories handed down,  of 1947,    and of recent times.  Dawn would open a bottle of sherry or port.  A few snacks on a plate.   All the time logs were added to the fire.

 

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Posted by Track fiddler on Monday, December 11, 2023 7:07 AM

Good morning

Sounds good to meYes

 

 

Town and Country snowSmile

 

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Posted by York1 on Monday, December 11, 2023 8:55 AM

Good morning, diners.  Bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.

It was a cold walk this morning.  No snow, and none predicted for the next weeks.  That doesn't upset me, but the grandkids all coming for Christmas like to have snow.  Some of them don't see any snow unless they come here.

TF, my wife loves those fire logs.  She has a supply to burn when I'm not around to build a regular fire.  My daughters and families all have gas fireplaces, so they love to come here to watch and smell a real fireplace.

We have really cut back on Christmas decorations.  We used to do a lot, but now have just a tree and some things on the fireplace mantel.  Outside, my wife bought one of those projectors that shows a manger scene onto the wall.  I sometimes miss all the stuff, but when it's time to take it down, I'm glad we don't do more.

Have a great day, everyone.

 

How about this one -- my state made the cut for the UP calendar!

 

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Posted by Water Level Route on Monday, December 11, 2023 12:10 PM

Howdy diners.  Chloe, a pile of chocolate chip cookies and a big glass of milk please.

I love a wood burning fireplace.  My grandparent's house had one that was in near continual use during the winter months.  I absolutely loved laying on the floor in front of the fireplace, usually playing with dominoes on the hearth.  I was so sad the day I learned they installed a wood stove insert into the fireplace.  Looking back, I get why they did it, but I still never really got over it.  

My mom and stepdad had a house for quite a while with a fireplace.  While they burned logs in it for the first several years they were there, after they had a chimney fire they converted it to gas.  Still nice, but not on the same level as wood.  

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, December 11, 2023 1:28 PM

Water Level Route

Howdy diners.  Janie, a cherry coke please.

Such beautiful stories in the diner lately.  

My wife and daughters were going to watch a Christmas movie last night.  I was looking forward to it and was going to join until their choice of movie came to light.  Home Alone.  The movie itself is fine, but I just wasn't in the mood for it.  Wanted something more classic, like White Christmas.  Oh well, there will be other movie nights.

Got some more work done on the Accurail reefer kits I've been working on.  Maybe I'll actually have them done by next weekend for next weekend's photo fun?

No snow at all here.  Bums me out.  Just isn't Christmas to me without it.

Have a nice Sunday gentlemen!

 

For me, the ɓest Chrismas movie is still Miracle on 34th Street.  I has all the holiday charm and magic anyone could want.  It's a Wonderful Life takes place at Chrismas, but it's not really about Chrismas, although it's still a fine movie in its own right.

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Posted by Attuvian1 on Monday, December 11, 2023 4:17 PM

MisterBeasley
 

For me, the ɓest Chrismas movie is still Miracle on 34th Street.  I has all the holiday charm and magic anyone could want.  It's a Wonderful Life takes place at Chrismas, but it's not really about Chrismas, although it's still a fine movie in its own right.

 
Mr. B -
 
They sure don't make 'em like they used to.  And that pretty much goes for all the movies.  Confused
 
Attuvian John

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