Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[jeaton]

CW Take a break and put the Preakness on the TV. Should be fun.

[cherokee woman]

Jay, I've been busy making up the pizzas and the spaghetti. Everything is
now on the food bar, staying warm.

[jeaton]

Sure a quiet day. Won't be much clean up.

Everybody must be on errands, spring clean-up, train watching or napping.

[jeaton]

Sort of. Long day yesterday. High school conference Tennis Tourment first half was rained out Thursday, but weather yesterday was great and the meet started at 4pm and then ran under the lights until about 11:30. We went into the tournement tied with rival Ft Atkinson and lost it by 1/2 point. That put us in 2nd place for the season to a team we actually beat in the earlier dual meet. Bummer. Our tournement record matched theirs except they had one forth place and we had one fifth place finish. That close.

We (team and parents still there) were rooting for another conference rival to win their last match against Fort, but it didn't work. Anyway, our guys had a good season, and they had a lot of fun doing it. Our guys are able to take even the toughest losses with good humor, recognize good effort with support and complements even if a match is lost. Keeps my faith for the up and coming.

Jay

Refill on the coffee, please?

[cherokee woman]

Sorry I'm so late this morning. Having trouble getting my eyes to stay
open.

Brunch (because it really is almost lunchtime) will be: bacon, sausages,
biscuits and gravy, fried ham w/redeye gravy, chicken & dumplings. We'll
really be combining breakfast with lunch today.

Supper, on the food bar, will be pizza and Italian spaghetti.

[jeaton]

I'm awake!

Jay

[CShaveRR]

Wow! Can't believe I beat everyone here this morning!

I'll just grab some of that OJ and a bowl of cereal, take 'em outside and wait for trains or people, whichever comes first.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

At least you guys get to use a computer with a word processor. Try doing it with a manual typewriter (or even an electric!). "Whadya mean I misspelled a word in the second paragraph?!?!?!? Now I gotta retype the whole page!"

When I was in 'High School'(a long,long time ago) all we had,were the
'manual' typewriters. I did think that "Whiteout" had been invented then.[:D][}:)]

I think we got 'electrics' a few years later;although we did have one around
the house.

Sarah,do they have an English class called 5401 ??????[:D]
(I could probably use that one.)
While I was in high school,my senior year,I had to do a 'Report',
and I did mine on the C & O Railway. ( Did get a good grade.)

Shucks! When I was in high school and we had to do reports, we had to either print them out or write them by hand! You make everything sound so easy.

As for "whiteout" that was invented by the mother of one of The Monkees (the old rock n roll band). Wish we could have used the typewriters back then, but teachers all said no.

ralph zimmer [e-mail]

[Mikeygaw]

QUOTE: Originally posted by talbanese

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

Was down at Northwestern U in Evanston yesterday and the worst was over along the route home, but it was still a very slow trip.

All I can say to Tom is that at least we don't have any huricanes here.

Jay

Been through a few Hurricanes in my life, but I never was locked in a stair well at work before. A few years ago, during one hurricane we received over 10 inches of rain.

ahh hurricanes, now there's some fun... back during Hurricane Floyd (1999 was IIRC? Anyway, i was still in High school), it was decided that us students were to be released from school early, when the worst part of the Hurricane was coming through. Now mind you, my high school is about 30-40 minutes away by foot or by bus (which is why i walked most of the time, so wouldnt have to deal with the overcrowded buses, and often made better time.)

[cherokee woman]

Joe, thanks for making up the juice for tomorrow. Enjoy the wedding and
bbq tomorrow.

[JoeKoh]

Cw
how about some popcorn for the movie?i made up some juice for tommorow.got a wedding and a family bbq tommorow.
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Beginning to feel human again: took another nap, and slept for over an
hour. Getting ready to watch "The Muppets Wizard of Oz."

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

Was down at Northwestern U in Evanston yesterday and the worst was over along the route home, but it was still a very slow trip.

All I can say to Tom is that at least we don't have any huricanes here.

Jay

Been through a few Hurricanes in my life, but I never was locked in a stair well at work before. A few years ago, during one hurricane we received over 10 inches of rain.

[CSXrules4eva]

QUOTE: Originally posted by locomutt

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

At least you guys get to use a computer with a word processor. Try doing it with a manual typewriter (or even an electric!). "Whadya mean I misspelled a word in the second paragraph?!?!?!? Now I gotta retype the whole page!"

When I was in 'High School'(a long,long time ago) all we had,were the
'manual' typewriters. I did think that "Whiteout" had been invented then.[:D][}:)]

I think we got 'electrics' a few years later;although we did have one around
the house.

Sarah,do they have an English class called 5401 ??????[:D]
(I could probably use that one.)
While I was in high school,my senior year,I had to do a 'Report',
and I did mine on the C & O Railway. ( Did get a good grade.)

Sorry I'm getting to this today instead of a day ago. No I've never heard of English 5401 but, now that you have mention it I have head of it!! lol The last big English paper I did was for my Senior Sem project. I did a 12 page paper on Locomotive Technology. I got a C on it, I was pissed at the grade I recieved because, I did a lot of reserch and put a lot of effort and time into that paper. It took me a whole semester to complete. However, my senior presentation on Railroad Safety, was a sucess, mainly because I showed footage of collisions, and accidents.

Carl, I'm glad you did call me today. I really needed that study break. Actually, I packed it up after I got off the phone with you. AMG.

The weather here in the greater Philadelphia area is terrible. It rained all day here. It's going to continue until tomorrow. However, tomorrow is suposed to be a sunny day. Yea right I'd like to see that. lol

CW I'm looking forward to breakfast and din din tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

[cherokee woman]

Thanks Chad. Just can't seem to totally wake up today. Keep wanting
to go back to sleep. Guess that's what I'm considering "the blahs".

[chad thomas]

Sorry to hear that you have the blahs CW, hope it's just temporary.

Larry, thank you for sharing that info on the simulations.

[cherokee woman]

Hey everyone! Sorry I've not been in here very much today; have kind of
had the blahs today. Guess it's from lost sleep last night. At least the
temps are pleasant today, and there's a nice breeze today.

Supper tonight will be: fish sandwiches and your choice of fries or potato
wedges and cole slaw. Also have some chocolate pie for dessert, or you
can have orange sherbet.

[JoeKoh]

larry
matt wants to come play with the cars and trucks.
stay safe
Joe

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Good morning all.
Larry,
Could you please explain to me what this sim (the model is for) is all about?

The simulator is central to a course NYS Emergency Management offers called "Public Safety/Critical Incident Management" or "PS/CIM" (usually pronounced "piskim.")

The course includes classroom work covering Incident Command (a system used nationwide for the management of emergency incidents large and small) as well as the role of industry, the press, and the various emergency services components (Fire/Police/EMS). A major theme running through the course is "unified command." If you've been following the tiff that's going on in NYC between FDNY, NYPD, and the mayor, you may understand that concept. The classroom work is followed by a series of scenarios on the simulator.

We even use a real 911 dispatcher and radios for communications. The hospital is just out of view in the lower right corner above.I took the picture.

Students role-play in a variety of jobs. Die-cast vehicles are used on the simulator to indicate where the various fire, police, and EMS resources are positioned.



I detailed over 100 stock diecast fire, police, and EMS vehicles as part of the project. I'm still working on replicating in HO the hazmat tank cars we see on our local rail line.

The simulator board is 16' long and 8' wide at it's widest, and is a pretty complete HO town, including residential, commercial, industrial, and recreational areas. There is also a tank farm, freeway, waterway, and an airport. I don't have any pictures of the board itself available on-line, other than the one above.

The scenarios can get pretty intense, especially if the controllers (who run the scenario and handle moving the vehicles around) throw some good monkey wrenches into the incident. I took the class in February, which is how I ended up doing the rehab on the board. It's very enjoyable.

[chad thomas]

Good morning all.

Larry,
Could you please explain to me what this sim (the model is for) is all about?

[Anonymous]

Gosh, that's a great looking building.

Larry

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

That's why I don't model - have no patience. Hate "fussy" work....

Didn't have to build this hospital (actually a kitbash of two DPM "Empty Arms" hotels), but didn't like the building that was the hospital on the command simulator I'm rehabbing, so I'm replacing it. Maybe I'll make the hospital into "City Hall." Still have a lot of trees and shrubs and grass to plant, too.

The hospital also has a helipad on the roof. It'll be impressive once I get it done. Definitely a surprise to those who use the sim on a regular basis.


Lotsa windows. Nice olive green... Will have blinds, too....

[CShaveRR]

Jay, I saw news reports of quarter-sized hail piled up pretty deep, which probably would have been on your way home or thereabouts.

We got nearly an inch and a half of much-needed rain here, but none of the catastrophic stuff.

The basement dehumidifier kicked in for the first time this spring.

SJ, I've missed you!
I should call Sarah and see if she needs a study break yet.

Anything barbecued for lunch?

[jeaton]

Was down at Northwestern U in Evanston yesterday and the worst was over along the route home, but it was still a very slow trip.

All I can say to Tom is that at least we don't have any huricanes here.

Jay

[cherokee woman]

Well Zardoz, at leas we didn't get blown away! I was up until between one
and two o'clock this morning. According to this morning's Courier-Journal,
some areas here in Louisville had THREE inches of rain last night.
Looked out in the back yard this morning, and the oak tree didn't lose that
many more branches or limbs out of it.

Breakfast this morning will be: homemade biscuits and gravy, turkey bacon,
sausage patties, oatmeal, toast, cereal w/fresh fruit.

[zardoz]

Cherokee Woman--How well did you survive the storms last night? I was all set to go out storm spotting last night, but the nasty stuff went to the southeast of me.

[Mookie]

That's why I don't model - have no patience. Hate "fussy" work....

[tree68]

Finally...

Hot Tea, please. (Thinly veiled plea for CAFFIENE!)

Spent four hours on the road yesterday. I don't recall sitting down being so tiring....

On top of that I'm building a model hospital (and several other things). I think painting real window frames would have taken just about as long.

[Mookie]

(creak.....) ^~^ -

Anyone here?

[Anonymous]

Kozzie Posted: 23 May 2004, 19:46:43 Quote


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Joined: 01 Jan 2003
Location: Australia
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

Kozzie

The Badlands are an interesting feature. The formations don't cover much land. They just sort of pop up in the middle of rolling grasslands that stretch for hundreds of miles in every direction. Just like Ayers Rock, I am sure the first people to view said what the h...? I think the popular interest is due to the formations being rather unique. As to why, I haven't looked in to the geology of the area.

Jay

PS. No trains run there.


Thanks Jay
After looking at the website, using Ayers Rock is quite a good example. Helps me get the overall picture.

Would there be other areas in the U.S. called "badlands" ? I seem to have some hazy memory of another area with that name in the south west area of U.S.
Maybe Ed or mudchicken can comment on that...

Dave
(Kozzie)

Kozzie There was another reference used for the days of The Old West, when outlaws roamed the "Old West!" I think that is the other meaning you are looking for!

ralph zimmer [e-mail]