Good Morning.Well!! Did it get kind of chilly out here last night! It got down to 50! Now we are at 52...and sunny....going for a high near 70 later on....Today I will be rather busy with more files and hopefully some train room time later on...
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
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Fishing - one, almost 2. Trains - lots!
Saw the Boeing train heading to St Joe. It was about 7 planes long, with boxes, but was empty. Then they attached a freight train that had to be about 2 states long! I think we saw everything on there but autoracks and stacks. I wonder if this was a decision in the yard that - well, since you have to take the Boeing train back empty, might as well gather up all the empties around the yard and send them home, too.
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Good AfternoonA nice cool day here, sunny out but the air has a certain nip to it...Got a fair chunk of work done today on those files but I found more that needed some work done on them...mmmm...wonder where the fellow who was responsible for this went...mmmmAnyhow...got home in reasonable time to have some train time tonight...so I'm going off to do just that....
More free beer in Golden/ Wheat Ridge tonite - another trucker lays a semi over on a ramp despite all the warning signs. Strange way to water the grass. (We may have a rival to Joe's viaduct.)
Packed the soap to go east. Figures, now comes the monsoon season rains in overly dry Colorado.
Good MorningSunny and getting a little humid out -- 77 feeling like 88F this afternoon. This morning a bit clammy and 70 out now...Not much on this one's plate today except that of even more filework...oh well...more cash in my pocket. lol!!Have a good day!!
evening
busy day today. Went out to some garage sales. Matt found some trains. I found some picture frames. Best 2 dollars I spent. We took a lunch break and saw CSX run a mixed freight with some beat up boxcars on the end of the train. We didn't see a go home for good sticker on them. Also the siding at work is clear as NS has moved the crane and 2 southern gons elsewhere.Time to just stay home and relax. Mother nature might give us some more rain overnight.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
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morning
here is more coffee mookie. Breakfast is all set. Going to work on railcars today on the layout.
Good MorningSeems to be cooler for today but with those ol' t'underin'boomers ever present..in fact, one just came through not too long ago. Well, considering that I already am doing a show tonight we will be down at Hawk Rocks The Park ( a local rock festival for charity) it looks to be something of a longish kind of day for us'uns ....no traintime today by the looks of things... Have a good day!!!
BOC - I watched trains for you. It was good. Both freight and coal. Lots of each. And nice weather, to boot.
I am pleased!
mudchicken More free beer in Golden/ Wheat Ridge tonite - another trucker lays a semi over on a ramp despite all the warning signs. Strange way to water the grass. (We may have a rival to Joe's viaduct.) Packed the soap to go east. Figures, now comes the monsoon season rains in overly dry Colorado.
Ever thought of getting a net?
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rain on and off in the corn city today. Csx had the usual mixes of power today.Met some new folks as well.Guessers say a high of 72 tomorrow. Time to get to bed.
joe
breakfast is all set. Church today and back to work tonight. Going to be a good day to be outside.
Good MorningNice and sunny out there..currently we are sitting at 63 going for a high of....68... We rocked the house last night...two encores even...loved it. It was a wonderful night for us'uns.... Today will be a day of rest, of course, with the usual stuff to do...again... Ah well...have a good day!!
Rain here last night, fortunately we were done switching on the railroad. It just made for a wet drive home.
Apparently the rain didn't deter the fireworks at Harborfest in Oswego, and the weather may have helped carry the sound across the lake (Ontario) some 30-40 miles to my house...
Looks like a decent day, with a chance of showers. Have to clean out the truck so it can go to the body shop tomorrow for a new door and other dent removal.
Got two spare batteries for my drone - now I can fly for a half hour at a time (with time out for battery changes).
Time to get on with the day's activities.
Shameless plug - railfan weekend on the Adirondack Scenic next weekend in Thendara - vintage equipment and photo shoots on the schedula.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Monday is done.work is calling later.better get to bed. Saw 1 westbound stack train as I came into work.Breakfast is all set.
Good MorningHere we be kinda dull and showery..showers are in our forecast today as well as our high of...66.. We did our lawn cutting ...again ...yesterday so today it will be just doing the mall and diner thing and then off to the music store to get my bass redone....sigh. Have a good day!!
I am out on the curb waiting for the Big Boy to be restored and run by....
I'd love to see that go by...there is not enough up this way....
Mookie I am out on the curb waiting for the Big Boy to be restored and run by....
I just came back from where you eat 'em. Between three buns and a ton of tatar sauce.
I don't think Frisch's does curb service anymore. Shoneys Bobs
Took the truck to the body shop this morning - weather didn't look bad and there wasn't anything significant on the radar, so I loaded the mountain bike up on the truck for the 7 mile pedal home. Didn't bring the rain jacket. So.....
Turns out the local NWS radar is on the fritz. Should have brought the rain jacket.
The rest of the day has been fine. A little thunderbumper just rolled through, though. No big deal.
Haven't eaten at a Big Boy in ages. I don't think there have ever been any in the area, and the one in the old home town closed ages ago.
I think the St Lawrence Sub might be able to handle a Big Boy, but I know our line wouldn't. I suspect our 5.5 degree curves would give it trouble (or it would give our 5.5 degree curves trouble...) I seriously doubt that the Central ran anything bigger than a Prairie on our line.
mudchicken Mookie I am out on the curb waiting for the Big Boy to be restored and run by.... I just came back from where you eat 'em. Between three buns and a ton of tatar sauce. I don't think Frisch's does curb service anymore. Shoneys Bobs
work is done. time for bed. breakfast is all set.Ns has some Tonka toys roaming about in our siding.
Mookie mudchicken Mookie I am out on the curb waiting for the Big Boy to be restored and run by.... I just came back from where you eat 'em. Between three buns and a ton of tatar sauce. I don't think Frisch's does curb service anymore. Shoneys Bobs The newest craving here is In 'N Out Burgers..... drool....Don't guess they are going to deliver either.
We have a couple of places out my way...Five Guys and Fast Eddies...then again, in Woodstock ON we have Fritzie's Burgers and Fries...been there since 1970....
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Good MorningKinda cool out here this morning, but we will get to 73 later on....and we are sunny!Got a bunch of basic buy stuff to do later on as well as some Home Despot shopping...we blew up the vacuum cleaner this morning...
Five Guys recently moved into our area. The food is decent, but the atmosphere is LOUD. I found the fries to be greasy as well.
A similar outfit, Wayback Jakes, opened up on the food court at the mall. I rather like it there. You can enjoy a meal and people-watch, too.
Sun's out today. Time for some outdoor chores.
We have In 'N Out and Smash Burgers here; I have not tried either one. Does In 'N Out have tables, or do you go in, get what you want and go out to eat? I'm not sure what is so special about smashing the burgers.
Larry's comment about noise reminded me of one sea food chain around here, Joe's Crab Shack. It was about the noisiest place I ever ate in.
And, on the subject of not-so-good places, I do not remember just which one it was, but my group at work went there to give one of us who was retiring a dinner, and I think that two or three cooks thought that the beef did not have enough salt.
The best fries I ever had was in a café in Reform, Alabama. I ate lunch there quite often before Ricki and I married. One day there were no frozen packaged fries available, so the proprietress cut a potato up and fried it for me--and she did that for me ever afterwards.
Lows about seventy, and highs about ninety this week, with spots of rain around the state.
Johnny
Johnny - In and Out used to be strictly in California. Since Driver is from there, when we took a trip back there, he introduced me. Love at first bite. Their secret is fresh. Fresh everything. Limited menu, but if you are a food taster like I am, you will enjoy it! They cut/prepared/ground everything themselves. Hope that hasn't changed!
Seems like most restaurants today wouldn't know good food/atmosphere/customer service!
DeggestyThe best fries I ever had was in a café in Reform, Alabama. I ate lunch there quite often before Ricki and I married. One day there were no frozen packaged fries available, so the proprietress cut a potato up and fried it for me--and she did that for me ever afterwards.
There are a couple of places in Old Forge that do that on a regular basis, usually without peeling them first. At one diner the cutter was right in view of the counter - you could watch your fries from potato to plate.
Right out of high school I worked at a concession stand in a park. One of the boy's duties was to peel and cut the fries. Peeling was done in a drum with a rotating bottom and lots of rough surfaces. The slicing was done with a machine that pushed the spuds against blades as it rotated. The cut fries went into a big basket that usually sat in water until they were needed, at which time the basket was placed on a cart to be taken to the front.
Every now and then someone would forget they had potatoes "peeling" and end up with an empty drum...
The girls worked the counter - all the cooking, etc.
Good Evening...Got the bass redone, needed better pickups and restrung as well...thing is an 8 stringer so it can be a bit more moolah to redo....aaaarrgh. I also managed to get in some time to run some trains around and, believe it or not, get into planning a garden RR set up....
On the topic of restaurants, Fritzies up here does everything fresh..their supplies come from local producers, or else from as local as one can get around here...their fries are made right in front of you...fresh cut....good stuff!
Good MorningEverything is dull here...we seemed to have found another dull bucket for our viewing pleasure here... Today will be another one of those file work days...they found a rat's nest that needed cleaning out ...apparently... Later on I may see about picking up some books on garden railroading and see what kind of landscaping mayhem we will need to do here...
Breakfast cart at the ready!!
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