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Good Evening Coffee Clubbers,
We were tuckered out last night and didn't get around to posting. Tired because we actually got to head out to the orange grove to do some work. We found out during the morning that the car ferry was running, so we packed up our stuff and headed out. Of course, that meant we were working during the hottest part of the day. What was that old song about "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun..."? I'm just glad I don't do this for a living.
The grove looks good. The mandarin oranges are starting to get some color on them. The recent rains have really helped.
We got quite a haul of stuff, including bananas (the frying kind), some not quite ripe mandarin oranges (good for orangeade), some misc oranges from branches that had broken (also for orangeade), limes, a couple kilos of chili pequin (the little hot ones) and papayas. Maybe most important, we brought home a bunch of banana leaves which get used to wrap the mixture when we make tamales. Sister-in-law does most of the tamale cooling around here, while we supply the ingredients. We're not talking a couple of tamales, here, when they do it it's a big production. So a big batch (maybe 120 (+/-) or so got cooked up today. Yum!
But, even with the harvest starting, I'm envious of those of you up north who are starting to see fall weather. I really miss it.
Inch - congrats on the new grandchild.
Hasta mañana,
Ed
Evening, Diners - Diners? Janie, did they all go to bed before I got here? Dangit! Well, please fix me up a go cup of hot cocoa, then.
Jeff, I think part of what makes that 'night' backdrop pic look so neat, is that the light is coming from the left side and just skimming the backdrop. Flat-on lighting wouldn't give the same effect.
Ed, good to hear that you finally go to the grove, you... uh,... (let's see, would ye be a mad dog, or an Englishman, hmm,... mad dog or Englishman...)... Oh, nevermind!
Garry, my cold is now mostly a little bit of runny nose once in a while, and some slight pressure in my right ear. Quite manageable, but I'll be glad when it all gets gone. Maybe I'll have to try Dick's other remedy for that. I think some of whatever I've got's due to some seasonal allergies, since I've had some people at the Center where I work who've described having somewhat similar symptoms. Maybe it'll get burned out about next mid-week, when it warms back up a few days.
Well, Jerry and Nscaler, the Cardinals got the second game right today. Now, they need to stay on track for the NL pennant (and then the Series).
Found out a nice thing tonight at the dinner (before the singles went to play miniature golf) about the lady I've been interested in from the group (haven't been too sure, since she's a fair bit younger than me, so I'm not sure how she might feel about the difference). Turned out she has an iMac (which someone donated to her), and before she got that, she had another Mac. I kidded her that my opinion of her had moved up two notches because I found out that. (Now, need to find out how she feels about model railroading...) (As he crosses his fingers and toes...)
Time for this guy to head for home and bedtime. See you all tomorrow!
Blessings,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Good morning ! from Indiana.
09-16-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Good morning, all!
Well, Hurricane Humberto left us and is not lamented. I got power back Friday afternoon. However, the train room, kitchen, dining room and living room are still hot. My air conditioner on that side of the house went out just before the hurricane and the a/c folk could not install a new one until I got power back. Now they tell me they can come tomorrow, Monday, to put the new unit in. That means that the train room will be cool for our normal Tuesday night get together.
Inch, what a great looking grandchild! Any signs yet that he (or is it she) will like trains?
Ed, the thought of home made tamales just makes my mouth water! Real Mexican cooking is nothing like the Tex Mex we get here in Beaumont. I remember the trips my late wife and I made to Mexico over the years and the wonderful food with its fresh fruits, vegetables, and seafoods. Oh, the Bohemia Cerveza was good, too!
Jeff, your layout is really coming along. I'm enjoying the pictures!
Well, the coffee is brewed so I think I'll go and get a cup. Then it's off to 8:15 service. Judy's daughter is coming back from France today so I'm going with Judy over to Houston to pick her up. That means that Judy can deliver her grandson, who's 5 and very, very active, back to his Mom! Judy's had him for 10 days including through the hurricane and I think she's about ready to give him back to his Mom.
Have a great Sunday, all!
Steve Barkley
Good morning
Happy MRRing
Condolences for some, Congrats for others , Prayers for all. If I offend anyone with my brevity, sorry. English not my best subject in school. Thoughts go through my head faster than I can write. What can be added to all that has already been posted. I agree with almost everything stated. Inch, cute babe, Jeff, great pics and modeling. Steve, Teffy brought me to your home in late June of 2005. I'm the one that jinxed your signals. Your brass passenger cars that you painted are a standout.
Welcome to the newbies.welcome back to the oldtimers, and yeah, I'm one of them.
Flip
Good morning, Zoe - I'll have a glass of Ed's OJ,
a cup of TH
,
and one of these cinnamon rolls,
please. Yep, Zoe, you're right - the second box is the sugar-free ones.
BaylorMax (Steve), that's one nice thing I hear about grandkids - that you get to send 'em back to their mom & dad and catch a rest! Hope the air conditioner guys get there quick tomorrow morning!
Fairly cool here this morning - 57 F (14 C), but it doesn't look like we have the fog we had the last couple of mornings. Still supposed to get to 78 F (26 C) this afternoon, so should be another great afternoon in Cape G. I didn't run any fans last night, since it was fairly cool and I had some of the windows open.
Well, I'll be getting going; need to get ready for 9 a.m. service. Hope you all have great weather - and that the Cardinals trounce the Cubs this afternoon! (No offense meant, Inch )
Good morning.
We're getting a little break on the temperature today. It's only supposed to go up to 88. But worry not, it will be back in the 90's by Tuesday.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 9/16/2007 Wind Chill: 63°FHumidity: 68%Dew Point: 52°F So Far TodayHigh: 68°FLow: 63°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 7mph ENE Today High: 88 Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight Low: 62 Clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Light and variable winds.
Just a quicky as Lisa and I head for the Annapolis Valley
Inch: Congrats! another MR'er in the making?
Steve: Excellent article in this month's MR. I was talking to Teffy Wednesday regarding Semaphores and he mentioned you had written the article. It's a small world for sure Tell Bob we miss him and to get his caboose in gear and get back in here!
Later All
Fergie
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=5959
If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Mornin, biscuits n sausage gravy an coffee, Janie
Not as cold this morning and suppose to be back into the 70's this afternoon. Yesterday was a cold one with that north wind and the fire in the stove sure felt good.
Thanks for the congrads on Kylie, and she will be spoiled rotten with being the only girl and 4 brothers. We've got 23 grandkids now and it's hard to believe our oldest is 17 now and still likes to sit on grandpas lap and watch football.
JERRY / JIM CG and N SCALER, I'm almost sorry bout the earlier comments on Fri. nights game with the Cards, I just couldn't help myself. Another game this afternoon, hope we can take the series if Marquis doesn't choke again. And curses can be broken [now where's that goat]..
GARRY,, Kris n Missy live in Paris, Kylie was just born in Champaign, because of his state employees insurance.
JIM CG, I can't tell what was on the back and I don't remember now. One thing I can say is, if you get caught by a train in Villa Grove it's still takes 20 minutes to get cross the tracks when their switching into the yard. Bout as bad as when the C&EI owned it.
PAUL,, one place I work there was only 4 of us, all named Mike, all related. Drove our boss [Willard] nuts some days, he'd holler and we'd all answer.
STEVE,, don't know bout the train interests yet, but I'm sure she will, her dad n brothers do, and grandpa can help some with that.
FLIP,, good the hear from ya again. Hope things slow down enough for ya stop n visit more.
Going to be gone most of today, we're having a birthday party for my mom 73, my brother 50 and a nephew 7, at my sister's house south of Montezuma, IN.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
Hello everyone.......
Paul: Here's what I have on C&S 2-6-0's. It's all printed in books... Colo. Rail Annual 12, South Park Line (1974), table of engine numbers (not just 2-6-0's) for C&S predessor roads and C&S., photos of locos when in service. ......... The Mineral Belt - Volumes I and II (1977 and 1978), drawings of Cooke 2-6-0 ... D SP & P #71 (later C&S #8), numerous photos of locos when in service. ...... I have more Colorado books to look thru...... I inherited these from my Dad who was an active live steamer and also a fan of Colorado narrow guage. I recall that Dad purchased many books from Colorado RR Museum's book store. That museum may be a likely source for info today. Also, I have a freind in Paducah (moved from Texas) who is a great source for old railroad books. I could see how someone would like those little locos and choose to model one. Neat engines!
Diners: I am drinking my coffee this morning from a C&S coffee mug that was my Dad's. It may have also been a purchased from the Colo. RR Museum long ago.
Canadian Pacific fans: CP has a bid of $1.8 billion on the table to buy Dakaota, Minnesota & Eastern. I wonder if they will renew efforts of DM&E to gain access to Wyoming coal fields.
Happy model railroading
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Here is the link to CP Rail re the aquisition.
http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/News/General/2007/CP+announces+agreement+to+acquire+DM+and+E+Railroad.htm
Happy MRR
OK! Who's the wise guy that painted the washroom floor?
Hi all,
Haven't been in for some time. Been doing sort of OK. Just been lurking about here and there. I will need some time to check on what everyone's been up to these days. I see some new faces here, or at least new to me. Welcome or welcome back.
Kind of regressed a bit- one step forward and then 2 back. But we've been dealing with all the going back to college and the like. My youngest recently moved into the dorm for her first year at UMass, Amhearst. That's just a 20 minute drive north of the "Big E" Springfield show.....up the interstate 91.
I haven't even been to the club much these days, Paul3 even posted a reminder for me to get my butt back there, especially for club operations. The continued scenery is another story- your heart needs to be into it or I won't even be satisfied with the results later on.
I know it'll all come back sometime.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
hey there guys
not much going on here, kinda cool out today here in S.Ontario, just watching the Bills and Steelers also flipping back and forth between the Blue Jays and Orioles game and the nascar race ( great time to be a sports fan ). also working on My 1/16 RC Tiger Tank and playing NHL08 on the PC. well talk to you guys later on :)
Jeremy
Last night I put down ballast on blocks 4, 4A and 4B of my layout. I still have to go through and pick the ballast of the sides of the rails.
, please and thank you. Been a stressful day, need to have something healthy.
***Luc, that isn't yours, is it? Have seen some similar 3D effects created on floors some years ago and they impress the heck out of me. Have always wanted to do one for myself, but must spend time on paintings to sell.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Rob
Another beautiful day down here in Paradise. Being happy that the football season has started again, I spent the afternoon with one eye on the tv, and one eye closed (cat napping). I need to post this earlier than usual this evening as I plan on spending the evening watching the Red Sox vs Yankees on tv.
Steve - glad to hear that the a/c problem will get fixed this week. I wouldn't last long without a/c.
...the thought of home made tamales just makes my mouth water.
Oh, the Bohemia Cerveza was good, too!
Flip - good to see you stopping by, even if it's just a brief post. Still working lots of overtime?
Bob - also good to see you stopping by again. Yeah, progress at anything is usually not a straight line.
That's about it for now. I'm going to watch the game.
Evening Gang: What was that streak that just went through here? Oh it was Flip? Hi Flip, good to see you again. At least I think I saw you.
Jerremy: You are really into multitasking.
Ed: Maybe you could tack on a reefer load of those tamales on the next shipment of OJ.
I spent the afternoon spraying the 7.5 gauge track with round up. You don't have to clean it like HO but you do have to control the grass and weeds. Believe me cleaning track is easyer. I did finally break down and buy a spot sprayer that has an electric pump. Just hook it to a 12 volt source like a car battery, and spray away. Much easyer then pumping and the tank holds 25 gals. instead of 2.
BobK: It's good to see you back. I hope to see more of you.
Well it's bed time.
Good Night All
***Paul, how about making a maintenance tank car that sprays the track with weedkiller as it is pulled around once a month (or whatever interval is required) to keep your tracks weed free?
Evening, Diners! I'll have some strawberries and vanilla ice cream, please, with a cup of coffee.
Thanks!
Was that Flip's dust-trail heading out of town as I was going in? About so fast it reminded me of this guy...
Don't know if it's still true, but I think at one point in the past, they cut back some on Flip's hours, but the way they did it was to have him work a morning block and then be off some hours in the middle of the day, then work later in the afternoon. Kinda not a nice way to treat your employees - just my ...
Supposedly we hit the 70's today, but it felt cooler than that to me. Clouds played peek-a-boo with the sun over the afternoon. I finally got my iTunes library backed up; I've been having problems with the CD-R discs I bought. Ended up with 17 discs that didn't complete burning and/or gave medium write errors, to get 17 good discs (and they were SONY's, which I would've thought should have done better than that.
Need to get going; have to do some re-arranging in the apartment tonight.
09-17-07
Mornin, coffee n a short stack Zoe
Suppose to warm today and all this week, back into the 80's. Had the heat on this weekend and now we'll run the AC
BOB K ,,, good to hear from ya and you'll make it through this just fine. You might ought to take your friends advice; a little train time could do you some good
GARRY, I've been following the CP-DM&E story in the Trains Magazine thread. Some interesting post and personal views there. Here's a link, http://www.trains.com/trccs/forums/1210248/ShowPost.aspx
ED,, those tamales sure sound good. I was stationed with a guy from Mexico, him and his wife use to make them sometimes. The same way, only they used leaves from corn. Mighty fine eaten.
JERRY / JIM CG / N SCALER,, I'll be nice and not say any thing bout the Cubs/Cards game yesterday.
Went up to sis's for a cookout yesterday, was good to see the family. We haven't seen much of each other this summer, just all to busy with stuff. Here's what my mama and my brother n sister look like, I'm the taller one
My brother found out, he has to get a new pace maker put in. He's so not happy; it'll be his third one. And mom has to get another cauterization for a blockage, just don't know when for sure on that.
Morning Guys.,
If you're woundering were I have been, well I've been working on a non-Goverment funded TOP sceret scenery project. Using a dirt applying method like Jeff's. 1/4 water, 1/4 elmers white glue, 2/4 sand, fine dirt ect. Applyed while still wet.
Pics to come.
Over and Out *PC- copy that 10-4*
Good morning, been a few days since I stopped in for a coffee, been real busy here tending the west "40". We finally had some rain, 1.16", and everything turned green again.
I have been able to get more done in the train room, the latest being shelving under the 30" wide sections. This will serve two purposes: the first is shelving to store things like took box and supplies, the second being.........a nice place to lie on my back when I do work under the layout like wiring. I even have a pillow to prop my head up so as not to get a stiff neck. I had left over pieces of 3/4" plywood, so I figured this would be strong enough for a layout room "bed". LOL
Last night the temp got down to 41F, so I guess I had better get the butternut squash harvested before we get spots all over the squash.
JWAR: A belated welcome John, Zoe will bring you a coffee and doughnut on me, lunch is on Jeff.
MIKE: Congrats grandpa !!!! What a little cuttie she is......better keep Thomas the Train handy. I'll bet you had the Pellet stove ON last night !!!!
LUC: I used the rest room in the Diner this morning and I get this feeling that I'm falling!!!
FERGIE: Yes, the ocean water temps are definitely having an effect on the course of the hurricanes and tropical storms this year, keeping them well south of their normal tracks. Good move with the school board, this is not an isolated case, it seems to be in every school district lately.
JEFF: Did you do that artistry in the Diner restroom for LUC?? It looks like your handywork.
PAUL" Is it ever going to stop raining in Texas? Did you get your haying done?
SUE: Snow will come early this year, better get those poles in the ground soon.
Time to get going, lots to do today, see you guys at lunchtime,
grayfox1119 wrote: JEFF: Did you do that artistry in the Diner restroom for LUC?? It looks like your handywork.