What are you going to do though?
Always best to stop and see something that's bigger.
TF
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Liked that one.
Like that too.
Good morning Diners. A coffee on the go please, Flo.
Yes Bear, ATA women pilots were not liked; yet did a valuable job.
The planes they flew were unarmed which reminds me of an ATA pilot taking a plane to an aerodrome. A lone German aircraft was making its way home after a raid over England. Although badly damaged the German plane still flew. The crew saw the British airplane and opened fire.
Unarmed and therefore unable to fire back the British pilot headed into the clouds to escape.
David
To the world you are someone. To someone you are the world
I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
TF, I know you asked me to post pics of the Corvette, and I plan to, but I need time to learn the procedure, as I have never posted before. Summer is not the best time of year for me regarding all things model railroading. Too much other stuff going on. Summer in Ma is far too short. Come October I'll get serious about posting pics, starting the the Vette and then of the layout. I'm actually looking forward to it!
And BTW, nice Mustang. Is it a Mach 1 or a Boss?
Regards, Chris
Good morning, diners. Chloe, I'll have bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
It's been so hot lately I decided to walk Cookie early today. Even at 5:30 a.m. it's hot. We're looking forward to Monday when a cold front will lower the temps into the 80s.
The hot weather has one good result -- I spend more time indoors on the layout.
Bear, I'm not sure what connection Acorn TV has with New Zealand and Australia, but we've noticed the network carries quite a few programs from your side of the world. The latest series we're watching is Australia's "My Life is Murder" with Lucy Lawless. It's another fun mystery, with plots that are not too complicated. Easy to watch.
TF, Banana Banshees are like many foods and drinks -- many places claim to be where they originated. I know New Orleans says they were the first to serve them, but I know other cities, including Milwaukee, also make the claim. I never liked the taste. I'll take a cheap cold beer.
For all the diners -- I hope you have a good Saturday (or Sunday on the wrong side of the dateline).
York1 John
Good morning
We usually like to start a Saturday on a more positive note, but it's kind of a tough one this morning over a late coffee. We gotta go to the grocery! Yuk Love the food, but dont like the chore of going to get it.
I'd rather mow John's lawn for him than that
York1 TF, Banana Banshees are like many foods and drinks -- many places claim to be where they originated. I know New Orleans says they were the first to serve them, but I know other cities, including Milwaukee, also make the claim. I never liked the taste. I'll take a cheap cold beer.
Oh, you saw that post before it was erased? We had the first one, and that was it for me. Aparently they tasted better at a younger age. TOO SWEET for my tastes now. Judy gets the whole gallon as she still loves the stuff.
Well, we're going to Clives Roadhouse for the Chicken Fried Chicken for brunch, before we head to the grocery...
Bummer, it's too hot out for a classic Mach 1 ride Chris. Sitting behind that fire wall is even hotter! No thanks!
There's two things I'd like to do to that car. Air conditioning and Power steering, ...$$$$$...Yikes!!!
Agreed, that Fall is the best time for a Romp
Send in the FridgeGettyimages
Have a great Saturday gentlemen
Good Afternoon,
Chris, sounds like a great trip. If the train stops in Revelstoke, a former CP division point, there is a great RR museum there. They have a CP Mikado inside the building. If it is 80F in Vancouver that is very hot for that city. I see the train stops in Kamloops where it can be very hot indeed. I saw a '74 big block Vette at the Mecam auction. The commentator said it had 270 hp which sure was a lot for that era.
Nothing on the agenda today. It is hot and humid again.
CN Charlie
V
We have an early start in the morning. Big family get-together at the daughter & SiLs house. Only time once a year we are all together. We generally have a BBQ. Hope the weather is fine.
Wow. Trump was just shot at in a rally in Pennsylvania. He walked into his SUV pretty much by himself, surrounded by Secret Service. There was some blood above his ear.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Good morning, diners. Donut day! Just coffee for me this morning, Flo.
I feel encouraged today. Late yesterday I made real progress on my new layout building. It was a part I was putting off and dreading tackling because I wasn't sure how to make it work. I finally got most of it done!
Since I'm still fairly new at railroading, I've found it's often like this -- something I need to do but don't know how, I will procrastinate and fret and worry how it will get done. When I finally do it, it turns out the worries were unfounded.
Something you don't see everyday -- an entire train of refrigerated cars. This was in 2009, so I don't know if this still occurs 15 years later.
an unexpected delight by contemplative imaging, on Flickr
Howdy diners. Chloe, how about a nice tall lemonade please.
Quiet weekend this weekend. The family was out of town so it was just me and the dogs. I have to admit, I rather appreciated it. I kept myself busy doing not much of anything in particular. It was great!
I hope everyone is having as peaceful of a weekend as I am. Cheers all!
Mike
I am
Anheuser-Busch and Miller own all the beer trade in the United States now
Wish I could re-live me and the dogs, and return all the Old Milwaukee bottles in those thick cardboard cases
Only a memory now
Cheers Mike
Track fiddler I am Anheuser-Busch and Miller own all the beer trade in the United States now. TF
Anheuser-Busch and Miller own all the beer trade in the United States now.
But InBev owns Anheuser Busch and Molson owns Miller.
Then it's no wonder why I can't find my favorite Canadian Beer anymore eh?
I asked them if they had Molson Golden, and they looked at me like I was from the Moon.
Good afternoon from the West side where it is23c and 148 wildfires are burning in BC.
Just got back from 8.76km with the mutt, it is a little warm so no records broken by this 67-year-old. 16c is my perfect temp, still T-shirt weather and is good for doing anything. Tough to do a lot when it gets warmer sometimes but if it gets cold you just throw on some more clothes and don't miss a beat. I will never be a snowbird, I wouldn't last long just living a life in search of air conditioning.
I have also been a bachelor for the last five days as the boss and daughter are away at a dog show, they get home tonight. They cleaned up big time so it was a good show for them.
Mike, glad to hear Otis is on the mend, those surgeries usually go well.
I can't believe how much I love this robot vacuum, it can't do the whole house because of stairs but can knock off about 3000 sqft or so. It probably frees up five hours a week for us and does a much better job than we do. The other thing is Alexa, after getting the first one I got two more.
Dave, how was your wife's trip to Haida Gwaii? I just love the West Coast native culture and history. I always wanted to rent a 40' sailboat and sail up the West Coast stopping in at the long-abandoned villages where you can still find remains of totems and long houses and other historical treasures dating back to before the time Captain Cook sailed by.
Probably the first time the phrase "there goes the Neighbourhood", was ever uttered.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
K
Why not?
Track fiddler Then it's no wonder why I can't find my favorite Canadian Beer anymore eh? TF
Could be. We had a party a few years back here in Delaware and i got some Labatts for it. One of our guests was thrilled to see it. He hadn't seen it for a while, but i just picked it up at our local liquor store. I like places like Delaware that have liquor stores for all alcoholic drinks. Let them compete on that while the grocery stores have Brussels sprouts and there's no room for state liquor stores.
Massachusetts also had private liquor stores. The state stores over the border in Cow Hampshire had slightly better prices but not much selection. Massachusetts stores could compete on wine but NH stores didn't really try much.
Here in Delaware, though, we can't have wine shipped from out of state, so if it's not already sold here it's not available. A lot of the boutique vineyards in California are too small to have national distribution. Pure political corruption is my guess.
Just let them know, I'll never wear those little Curly Q's in my hair
I'll be on the opposing ship with a monkey on my back
TF, Golden was the beer I drank when I lived in Ontario but it wasn't sold in Manitoba so I haven't had any since 1978. I understand that Molson discontinued it in Ontario for many years but apparently it is available there now. Back in the day it was sold as an ale. I liked it as it was very smooth and less fizzy than many beers.
Another quiet day here. Spent the afternoon sitting on the patio watching the birds and the squirrels. We have a grey that will do a begging pose for a peanut if you say her name.
I have been wondering if I should bother with getting an oil change on the car this year. In 11 months I have driven 1800 miles. The oil is synthetic and seems quite clean on the dipstick. Getting it done at the dealership costs $250. Mind you it does take 8 quarts which is a lot of oil for a 3 litre engine.
Ed, how are you doing?
I guess there's a saying that if you have too many freight cars jamming the tracks of your layout you must not be an 'operator' since nothing can move without empty tracks to move on. Well, I guess that holds true for the PRR in Pittsburgh:
Reefer_Madness by Edmund, on Flickr
Looks like there's a chunky I1 simmering away in there.
On Friday Dee Ann and I went to a local nursery where they were having a 50% price reduction on some stock. As usual, we overbought and came home with a truck load of Hydrangeas and Hybiscus plus a dozen or so Hostas plus a paper bark Maple. While I have a handy little front-end loader there was still a lot of digging and stooping and lugging! The money we saved on the nursery stock will probably go to ibuprofin and lidocane now!
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CNCharlieEd, how are you doing?
We posted about the same time, Charlie, so I missed your comment.
Doing well, thanks. Still some lingering effects from the radiation. I didn't expect it would be like this. Nothing major but taken collectively the symptoms can be annoying.
I saw the oncologist on the first of July. My PSA has inched up ever so perceptively. Was .049 before radiation now it is .053 ng/mL. So I asked were the radiation treatments all for nothing? Well, we'll know more in about a year or so — come back and see me then.
Insurance/Medicare was billed $120,000 and my out of pocket was about $1,500.
Afterall, they do call it a practice.
Cheers, Ed
Thoroughly enjoyed reading your post, and just want some Molson Golden Charlie
I'd sit and drink it in good company at the table with you
Good evening all. Had a lovely day meeting the family at our daughter's house. Good food with BBQ and everybody bringing something to eat and drink. I was driving, so drank juice.
Caught up on the gossip etc., then a safe journey home.
Getting on to nearly midnight here, so time for bed. An early start in the morning
BATMANDave, how was your wife's trip to Haida Gwaii?
Hi Brent,
Dianne's trip was fantastic! It was the trip of a lifetime. Great hosts, great accommodations, great food, great scenery and lots of activities. She was exhausted when she got home.
Cheers!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
TF, I'd be happy to share a few "Goldens" with you. Back in the day it was only available in bottles and they were stubbies. Bet you have never seen a stubby. They were the short, fat bottles that were used for all beer in Canada right through the '70s.Not sure when the long neck bottles started but supposedly they were more elegant.
Ed, hope those PSA numbers stay down.
Time to turn out the light,
Good Morning Diners. Flo, coffee. Make it two.
I'm on call for work and after finally falling asleep last night, my phone rang. It was an operator who was having issues with an alarm. Long story short, he was essentially asking how to do his job. What's more, the alarm help on the control system said to contact his supervisor, not me! I was out of it when the alarm went off this morning. Going to be a long day.
BATMANI will never be a snowbird, I wouldn't last long just living a life in search of air conditioning.
gmpullmanThe money we saved on the nursery stock will probably go to ibuprofin and lidocane now!
Ed, fingers crossed on the health front for you.
CNCharlieTF, I'd be happy to share a few "Goldens" with you.
Bear, I saw your haul from the train show. Good on you for taking that Life-Like caboose. It's the exact one that came in my very first train set. Seeing it brought back a flood of memories. Thanks for showing it!
This contraption would make for an interesting addition to the icing track. Wonder if its ever been produced in HO...
Mike, my go-to beer is an IPA. I always have a few in the beer fridge, and it's what I order at the local watering holes. I consider it the un-Bud, un-Light beer. I basically only drink craft beer now. Being diabetic, I shouldn't have that much, but my only other drinks are water, coffee and milk, plus an occasional wine with dinner.
When I lived in Concord, Mass., I came across some reading about the "Concord Ice House" which was a commercial facility before refrigeration was common. It was not located by the railroad, and was used for home ice boxes in town. They would cut the ice from frozen ponds and streams in late winter and early spring and store it, insulated with sawdust, in the ice house for as long as they could. Walden Pond was a source of ice blocks back then. The Fitchburg line of the old B&M still runs briefly by the shores of Walden, but it's just a commuter line now, no freight.
Massachusetts was too cold to be a source of food early in the year, so there was no reason to refrigerate outgoing shipments.
I have an article in the CN Lines magazine about the use of ice in passenger cars to keep them cool in summer. It went into bunks under the cars and fans blew across it with the cooled air being ducted into the car.
I also remember ice being delivered to a few houses on our street when I was about 4. It was delivered in a horse drawn van as was the milk delivery. That was in 1951. The horses were gone a short time later.
Mike, please join TF and I for a few "Goldens". If you can find it in your area, Alexander Keiths IPA is quite good. It has been brewed in Halifax since 1820.
Not much new here.
Good morning, everyone. Bacon, eggs, and coffee, please.
What a great morning! A cool front went through, and the temperature at 6:00 a.m. was 70°. It was great for walking the dog this morning without coming home soaking wet. We won't make it into the 90s today for the first time in quite a while. Of course, the humidity this morning is 100%.
I heard from Ulrich in Germany yesterday. He is doing better after a serious health issue. He said to say "Hello" to the forum members who remember him.
He sent a link to a video he shot of some steam trains in his town. It is a nice video of some narrow gauge German trains:
I hope everyone has a great day.
Glad to hear that Ulrich is still around.
Thanks, John for the information.