I hope that this is not too late for lunch.
Can you tell which batch is the hot salsa? Each batch seems to come out slightly different. I have been simmering longer to increase the thickness and temperature.
Sue
Anything is possible if you do not know what you are talking about.
Hey all!
Just stoppin' by... I think I'll have the usual, chloe.
Sue: Thats the exact place I was talking about. I can't wait for them to be finished, and hopefully they'll do some mainline excursions around here.
Well guys... Get yer' earplugs ready... Soon starts the waiting for my big boy... You'll only have to wait until early December...
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Mark,
Try www.nprymuseum.org. They have Halloween, and Christmas trains for fundraisers. The only problem is that they originate in Toppenish.
Hello everybody.....
Sure, I'd like salsa and some tortilla chips for a snack. It would hit the spot. I'll sample Sue's and Ryan's, but I won't say if I prefer one over the other. Some of Philp's Tums may be handy later if I eat too much.
The NP museum photos are really good to see, Sue. That coach has seen better days. I recall the NCL hauled into Chicago on the Q when I grew up west of Chicago.
The PA's and other units look good, Jeff. that's okay if you skip Klingon language. It's not one I'm fluent in.
Tracklayer, you're an A1 ++ person with a strong sense of right and wrong based upon what you said. By coincidence, we are caring for a cat with the same name, Tiger. That's Janet's cat and she is the one in the hospital.
Today is yet another bad day for Shelley's sister and it's getting more difficult for Shelley's emotions.
Well, regardless of that, I hope all of you are having a good labor day week end.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Buonas noches, Diners! Janie, how much damage did the crew do on my bill for lunch? Hoo hah! - that much? That's a bunch of nachos, salsa, tortillas and fajitas, for sure.
Sue, I'd guess the right hand jar of salsa as the spicier one - but just because it looks like it has more jalpeños in it. I'll take a Tums and then try out both yours and Ryan's.
And was that PC's van I saw heading northwest out of town as I was coming in? Sue, he might be there pretty quick. Knowing PC's eating habits here in the Diner, it might be a good idea to pick up some extra napkins before he gets there.
Rob, sorry to hear about your mother-in-law. Sent you an email. Hang in there, buddy!
to the Diner, Printer - and not to worry about the nose prints. Glad to see you coming in. Janie said I can cut my bill for lunch a little bit if I go out and clean the glass. Appears you weren't the only one watching. What's your layout (or ideas for one) like - modeling a particular prototype, freelancing (like myself and a few others), doing a specific time period/era, etc.? Fill us in, while you're in the Diner. Gives you time for the Tums to work a bit. Then you can get a second helping. Tell Janie it's my treat this time.
Jeff - did you number your Athearn SD40-2 in honor of our way-too-hot streak of weather last month? You've been super busy in the diesel paint shop lately - don't know how you get all that finished in a day.
Fergie - been thinking about your Dad lately. How have you and Lisa been?
Our weather her today stayed nice - I turned off the air conditioning and used fans only this afternoon. It's still only 30 percent RH now, so the 87 F (31 C) doesn't feel too bad at all.
Anyone else go check out the MR track plan PDF's that they have for downloading? There's a passel of plans, in various scales, various types from under 100 square feet to huge basement-filling ones that'd be a challenge for a MRR'ing club to finish(!). They're mostly from past MR articles on layouts. I've been downloading ones that have elements I might use when I get ready to expand my layout later. Even if I only use one portion of a layout on mine, it's good for getting the creative juices going.
Janie, I'd like a cookies & creme custard concrete, and I'll be sitting a spell in the corner booth.
I think I hear the evening train coming this way - want to get a good look.
Blessings and prayers for all of ya,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
When I got off the puter last night there was a news item about a 4 yr. old boy that was killed last night by the family pit bull. They had raised the dog from a pup and for an unknown reason it attacked the boy. The boy and dog were good together so ????????????. I just thought about Tracklayers situation. They have passed a new law in Texas that will send anyone who has an animal that attacks a person to jail. I don't know if this will help.
I'see you all later. Mary Ann is waiting for me to help get the cows out of the pasture. TTFN
Printer wrote:Ack, I overslept today.Coffee, cream only and how about the sausage lovers special this morning. The Doc says lay of the fatty stuff but once in a while I just feel the need. Tracklayer wrote:I'm still very sad and angry about what happened, and really have no options in order to get justice except to break the law and/but, I don't want to do that.A noble stance, To break the law to get even or enact revenge makes us no better than the wrong doer. We lower ourselves to criminals. It's better to have some ethics and scruples and hold your head high than to stoop to the gutter yourself.I too have a cat that has become my best buddy. Born with almost no tail, I call him "stubby". He will walk down the road with me to visit my daughter. That's just over a mile and he'll stay with me every step of the way, there and back. Who says you can't walk a cat. He and the dog, Minnie, are best of buddies. They rub against each other and will nap on the deck together.Oh and sorry about the nose prints on the glass. I'll quit doing that.
Tracklayer wrote:I'm still very sad and angry about what happened, and really have no options in order to get justice except to break the law and/but, I don't want to do that.
Thank you Printer. Not to sound like a sissy, but I couldn't help but cry when I read your reply.
I laid Tiger to rest next to his little friend Midget, our poodle that we lost back in mid May to old age. When they were younger they spent many a day romping and playing together. Oh God printer, my heart feels like it's been torn out by the roots...
Tracklayer
Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
No rain today, but the river is still up and the small cable-operated car ferry that we use to cross to get to the orange grove is still not operating, I suspect it will be a couple of days at least until the river goes down enough for them to go back in operation.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Felix looks to be following the exact same track as Hurricane Dean. Stay tuned.
Oooh, home-made salsa. Got to be good. Having some history with Ryan's recipes, and seeing Sue's efforts, I'd say it would be a hard choice. By the way, Sue, I hope those are tomato seeds I see in the right hand jar, and not Jalapeño seeds!! While Fran cooks with a lot of peppers, we actually don't eat much in the way of salsa and chips. But I was tempted after seeing the photo.
Rob - that's got to be a tough situation. I wish you a ton of patience.
Garry - continues hope for a good outcome for Janet's situation.
Thought I'd share some more photos with you. This time from a place a bit cooler than Mexico. I think I posted (in the old Coffee Shop) about our trip to Newfoundland last year. Well, during this summer vacation we went back up to visit family in Newfoundland. While I didn't get to visit as many sites associated with the old Nfld Railway as I did last year, I did get a few shots of some interesting stuff that I'll share with you.
To quickly recap, the Newfoundland Railway (which name I'll use to cover the full history of the line, even though it operated under various names and corporate structures during its lifetime) was the longest narrow gauge (3'-6") system in North America. Construction started in 1881, first train across the island operated in 1888, and the line was finally abandoned and they started to lift rails in 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_Railway
One spot that we saw last year but revisited again this year was Clarenville. Even though Clarenville was a division point on the railway, it got the short end of the stick when the railway was abandoned and equipment donated to towns for display/museums. Clarenville wound up with only an old Plymouth switcher and a couple of flatcars from a local private operation, plus a NR caboose.
Late last year, it became known that a diesel and a few cars which were on display in a park in the capital city of St Johns were to be removed and scrapped to make room for some change in park services. The local railway historical society in Clarenville were able to get the locomotive and one dining car (the balance of the cars were considered too far gone to restore) and raised the money needed to haul them to Clarenville by means of donations and local fundraisers.
So here are a few shots of #900, the first diesel road locomotive to operate in Newfoundland (they did have 3 diesel switchers before). It's a model NF110, 1200hp, C-C, built in 1952 by GM of Canada, resting in its new location in front of the old depot in Clarenville.
It still needs a lot of work to bring it back into decent condition after years of neglect in its old location. But the Clarenville group is pretty dedicated and I expect that it will fare much better here in its new location.
Here's a shot of the one car that they brought out to Clarenville with the diesel. It's an old dining car. It's in worse shape than the diesel, but the folks there felt that it could be reconditioned, given enough time and money.
I shot the Plymouth switcher that was there last year and posted a photo. But either they did some maintenance on it during the year, or maybe the lighting was better when I visited this year, so here's a shot of it as it appeared in July of this year.
And one from the side. I guess I never noticed before, but I was surprised at just how short a wheelbase it has.
That's enough for today. Next time I post we'll see some shots of "The Newfie Bullet"
Later
Ed
Good evening everyone, I hope everbody enjoyed a nice Saturday. My day started with finally doing a job that wife had wanted done for quite a while, and I kept placing it back in the bottom of the HDJ. ( Honey DO Jar ). We have a window high up near the peak of the center of the Family Room, with a shelf under each half of the glass. On this shelf sits some various shaped bottles filled with colored water and small stones at the bottom, etc. They needed to be cleaned, as well as the shelves and the windows. Sounds easy enough...right? NOOooooooooo, the Entertainment center sits right in front of this window, and there is only 18" of space between the wall and back of the equipment and thousands of cables and wires. I have to get a ladder in that space, and with 18" of space, the ladder is virtually straight up!!! Lucky for me ( ya , right ) I don't have a fat a**, so I squeeze onto the ladder sideways three steps up, and proceed up the ladder 11 feet to complete this task....DONE...FINALLY...no injuries to report.
Next came the rototilling in the garden....a few weeds are up, plus all the "gone by" veggies. I turn everything that is green UNDER to keep the soil "built-up". Well, things went fine for about three passes, then the tiller sputtered like a plane that was running out of gas with 300 feet to go...DEAD. I changed the spark plug even though I didn't have much faith in that being the problem...next was the magneto...I could not see a spark at all, but that didn't do anything either. Then I noticed that gas was really spitting out of the air cleaner...not good sign. So I had to clean the carburator, removed the adjusting screws, spray carb cleaner down the holes, and removed the float bowl. A lot of crap came out ( well afterall, it was 25 years old and was never removed, what do you expect Dick !! ) After re-assembly, one short pull and she jumped to life again. By then it was time for Mass and I was lector this week, so that ended my Saturday festivities.
PAUL: Yet ANOTHER child killed by a Pit Bull!!! When are these stupid parents going to learn that this breed of dog is called PITT Bull for a REASON!!! ??? They were bred to fight in pits, just like what our football star is going to jail for doing. Here was a dog raised with the family, so it had a good home, not trained to fight, and it kills a family member. I am tired of hearing people say, " ohh they are good dogs, you have to raise them properly...BS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to rant Paul, but we have had several incidents up here also with Pit Bulls, children mauled badly, and adults as well.
ED: Glad you had a chance to get some shots back home in NF, I hope the group is successful with restore program.....that engine looks like an RS1.
SUE: I would like to say that the jar on the left looks HOT, but I also see a lot of GREEN in the jar on the right, which might indicate Jalepino peppers? And, I can't believe how good those photos came out using your cell phone camera....that is terrific!
SPACEMOUSE: Go to my Webshots site below this reply and I have nature shots and a few other shots that you might like to download.
TRACKLAYER: Your story brought back memories of our former dog and cat. The dog would walk every morning with a partially blind neighbor. And when the dog arrived home in winter with snow on her face, the family cat would stop the dog at the top of the stairs and hold the dog's nose with one paw, while she licked the wet snow off the dog's face......it is trully amassing what animals will do when they live together in a family environment.
RYAN: SEND THAT RECIPE PLEASE!!!
TIFN
Think I'll try one each of these. Today I feel that I have earned them.
***TIFN, glad you survived your "Trial By Ladder" and passed the "Tiller Test". Perhaps not fun, but missions accomplished and that's a good thing.
***Tracklayer, the day I was on the phone with the lady who rescued the horses we had unwittingly sold an SOB/monster and the first photo of one of our starved horses appeared on the e-mail screen, I sobbed and could hardly utter a word to her. Just thinking of it even now makes me want to jump in the truck and take care of things. Every day has been tough, even though all that survived his abuse (except Real Eternal, the once big beautiful mare that had to be euthanized) are now in wonderful homes. You have my sincerest sympathies. There are too many unpunished "inhumans" in this world.
***Ed, that little diesel loco is one of the cutest dang things I've ever seen.
Well, the MIL has been escorted home after she was found sleeping in her car in a parking lot. Still has her keys though and this is going to get very ugly, very soon, but other wheels are already in motion to solve this problem. Nuff said!
Have been unable to come up with enough $$$ for my Kato dream loco yet. Might take some time, especially with wife taking several weeks off soon when the FIL is delivered. For those who asked, he still requires help using a walker (he lists to the left) and still requires an adult diaper, although making improvements towards independence. Yikes, what is my wife doing to my life?
I found a still born baby pygmy goat this evening, but helped the nanny out and saved her second kid. She is also doing fine. Here is a pic of some born last week:
All for now. Rob
Sorry I haven't been on much today. Just on my way to Sue's house. Passing through Idaho right now.........OK, just kidding!
Just been hangin' out today. Don't get to do that much.
My daughter might have broken a finger playing basketball today. The wife took her up to town and had it looked at. The X-rays were inconclusive so we're going back tomorrow to have it looked at again. I think she just sprained it though. She can move it around and it's not too swollen or red, but we'll see.
Tracklayer, about a year and a half ago we buried our Basset Hound, Flash. He was with us for 13 years and both of my kids grew up with him. It's tough what you're going through, I know. We're here for ya buddy.
Evening Gang:
Printer, it's good to see you over on this side of the street. Welcome and have a whatever on me.
Dick: The pit bull breed is definately on my don't go near list. There have been a bunch of attacks by them down here also. I think that they were responsible for the new law here.
Tomorrow I have to load up my tractor with the loader and grapple. There alot of trees and bushes along the road that we are working on that have to be trimmed back. All this work is going to be Johns birthday present. Of course he dosen't know that yet. He'll be 38 on Monday. Can I really have a son that old? Oh, I feel old.
Well I'm gong to hit the sack.
Doooooh, Top of the page. Take it easy guys I have to buy diesel fuel tomorrow. That rental loader has a big tank.
Good Night All
Well, guys, you are right. The salsa on the right is the hot one. All of the jalapeno( seeds and all ) go in the salsa. Equal amounts of jalapenos and tomatos make you think that it will be hot. After trying the mild, we are nervous about trying the hot. By cooking them longer, I increased the fire.
Philip, How many of the guys are you bringing with you? Larry wants to know how many tents to set up in the back yard. We are having beautiful weather this weekend( about 75 degrees).
Jim, That cookies and creme concrete sounds good with the fire in my mouth from the salsa.
Paul W. Beverung wrote: All this work is going to be Johns birthday present. Of course he dosen't know that yet. He'll be 38 on Monday. Can I really have a son that old? Oh, I feel old.
All this work is going to be Johns birthday present. Of course he dosen't know that yet. He'll be 38 on Monday. Can I really have a son that old? Oh, I feel old.
gear-jammer wrote: Well, guys, you are right. The salsa on the right is the hot one. All of the jalapeno( seeds and all ) go in the salsa. Equal amounts of jalapenos and tomatos make you think that it will be hot.
Well, guys, you are right. The salsa on the right is the hot one. All of the jalapeno( seeds and all ) go in the salsa. Equal amounts of jalapenos and tomatos make you think that it will be hot.
Uh, yeah, that would be a recipe for hot salsa. Next time you might try substituting some chipotle chilies for an equal amount of jalapeños. Chipotles are smoked jalapeños, and usually come in a red adobo sauce. Same hotness as jalapeños (which you would expect, since they are jalapeños) but have a much more distinct flavor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipotle
Regards
Got a new toy today.
Hi everybody. I haven't posted here in quite the while and there's quite the bit of updating to do. First of all, My current layout is set for dismanteling and is to be replaced with a new layout. The current table is unsuitable for scenery and percise tracklaying and is to be recycled when I have time. With the dreaded "S" word approaching, This and my GP38AC project will have to be put on hold until time and money are available. I also went camping in Porteau Cove (not sure on the spelling) and took lots of pictures which will come later. Almost all of the trains I saw were BCRail and the Whistler Mountaineer. I DID see a passenger train with three red and white cars being hauled by a CN Dash9, but I have no identity of the train. I also saw some of what looked like self-propelled yellow train cars that had an excavater on one half, which I believe are being used for the Sea to Sky highway expansion.
I just hope my brain doesn't overheat from all of the schoolwork.
Good morning everyone,,, LOL twenty pages to catch up on
hope your all in fine shape, had a week away on vacation and was ready for it. Lucky for us we were very close to the main London to fishguard line, plenty of freight trains to watch, what a great holiday
Good morning ! from Indiana.
09-02-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Hello everybody...
A carmel pecan roll and a TH coffee for me please.
My recent "sanity breaks" in the model train room include some paint shop time. The center GP7 is the result of that effort. I have another GP7 in process, but I'll have to wait to complete that one. I used up the red and yellow striping I had with my left-over decals.
I have a group of second hand Athearn GP7's including the last two I purchased for only $10.00 each. They all run very well, Athearn's are reliable and trouble free, and I just love bargains.
The engines are passing through Prairie View with a westbound train.
Good morning.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/2/2007 Heat Index: 78°FHumidity: 92%Dew Point: 71°F So Far TodayHigh: 73°FLow: 73°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 3mph NNE Today High: 88 Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Tonight Low: 68 Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Light and variable winds. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
I'm all coffee'd up, so I'll have some more of those yummy desserts, Please & Thank You!
***Garry, do you have any more photos of that complex with the silos you can post? Looks most interesting.
***Jeffrey, what time frame are you looking at before your layout photos will be void of the giant spray-bottle/glue-towers? That's a great shot of the loco coming right at the viewer. Exquisite ground detail, as usual.
I'm painting trim for the livingroom, outside in the sun with a nice breeze. Walked the creek again, still dry as an old sun bleached bone. Have a good day all!
Rob
WHEW! I nearly was run over by a KCS F7, a few posts back!
Rob asked: "***Garry, do you have any more photos of that complex with the silos you can post? Looks most interesting."
Rob, I posted pictures of the grain elevator complex and my flour mill in two posts on a thread entitled "Grain Elevators, anyone". If you go back a couple of pages in the forum, you should find it.
Also, anyone interested in a picture of my passenger station in "Prairie View" may find it on page 102 of October MR.
Bye.
Cederstrand wrote: ***Jeffrey, what time frame are you looking at before your layout photos will be void of the giant spray-bottle/glue-towers? That's a great shot of the loco coming right at the viewer. Exquisite ground detail, as usual.
Good afternoon, Flo - I'd like one of those cones, please.
Thanks, Paul!
steveblackledge wrote: Good morning everyone... LOL twenty pages to catch up on
Only 20 pages, Steve? We must've been coasting... Glad you enjoyed your vacation time (and railfanning).
Garry, nice work on the GP7's paint job, and congratulations on being a published photographer now! I think we have a handful of others here in the Diner, so you're in good company.
CPRail, keep in mind that your benchwork situation is only temporary. Stay up with the S****lw**k (Dang! - a person can't hardly write anything in here nowadays! ), so you can make more money after you finish your academic work - and afford more LHS trips. Besides, you'll still have some weekend and holiday times when you can do the MRR'ing stuff.
Sue, you were doing okay until you started rubbing it in about that cooler weather out in the Northwest. How big of a backyard do you have? I might have PC double back and pick me up! LOL
It's good to see that the October MR issue covers not only diesel servicing, but has the booklet insert on steam servicing as well. But of course, I already bought their book on Engine Servicing Terminals...
Flo, could I have a glass of Dr. Pepper in a cup to go, also? Thanks. Well, I'd better be getting back to my MRR'ing activities for this afternoon. Want to finish up some soldering (without injuring myself or burning the place down). Fergie, any tips about that?
Blessings, prayers and some nice breezes for you,
***Garry, "found them", very nice. There were a few other folks work in that thread, worthy of note. What I appreciate about yours is the variation, as though the facility had expanded from it's original structures.
***Jeffrey, your 1.3 meg camera is doing as well as my 5.0. Mine now recieves monthly doses of super glue to keep the lens attached. Was once a very nice 5.0 meg/10 times zoom (Sony Cyber-shot) when new, but it has seen better days. I only hope it holds up for a couple more years. Has developed a personality and sometimes takes the photo, other times doesn't want to turn on at all. Once in a while it refuses to focus. It has multiple personailties now.
Take Care! Rob
Good Afternoon Coffee Clubbers,
Wow, a pretty quiet day here in The Coffee Shop, everyone must be off modeling away (or otherwise occupying the afternoon). After a rainy night (again) we've had a pretty nice day. Not too warm. Pretty good for early September.
I see that Hurricane Felix is now a class 4. Latest NHC forecast has it curving north of us, but there's still a lot of time and the whole of the Yucatan Peninsula to cross before we'll really know how strong it will be or where it will go.
I'm going to try a little bit of operation on the layout this afternoon (don't faint, I occasionally do something other than surg train related websites), so I thought I'd go and get this post taken care of. Let's see, we left off on the Newfoundland summer trip with the shots in Clarenville.
The thing I really wanted to do this year was to drive across the island and visit the museum at the old Humbermouth station (actually the old freight shed) in Corner Brook, which is operated by the Railway Society of Newfoundland. There they have the only remaining steam locomotive from the old line, plus a few passenger cars. We made the pilgrimage, even though we arrived on a rainy day.I wasn't disappointed. There she was in all her beauty, 4-6-2 number 593, with 5 cars in tow. Keep in mind that this is 3'-6" narrow gauge.She was originally #193 when she was built by Baldwin in 1921. 180# steam pressure, 52" drivers, a whopping 20,400# of tractive effort. Originally a coal burner, she was converted to oil in 1949.And, of course, I had to spoil this shot by standing in front of the locomotive.They have 5 pretty well reconditioned cars behind the locomotive. First is an express boxcar which I managed to not get a decent picture of. Behind that came this RPO car.Then this coach.Then diner #10.And bringing up the rear was sleeper "Twillingate".All the cars had been nicely redone and were in great condition. We got a guided tour through the train which was enthusiasticly done.
They have a couple of other pieces of equipment, but I'll save those few photos for tomorrow just to give me something to post.