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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, October 12, 2014 8:25 PM

Well, under the heading "you just never know," patronage at our chicken BBQ was much less than we expected.  Last time we had a good weather day, we sold out in no time.  It was cool, but sunny today, and we ended up with around 60 out of 450 halves of chicken left over (plus salads, etc).  It's always a ****shoot...

Off to the railroad tomorrow for Columbus Day trains.  Hopefully they'll be well attended.  It being a "solo" holiday (ie, people aren't planning longer trips, school vacations, etc) maybe we'll see a lot of "day trippers."

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, October 12, 2014 8:35 PM

Mookie

Another successful 2.5 hours trackside. 

21 locomotives - 2 of them CSX.  Moving a lot of them around since DE came in with 6 on the headend, headed west.  And a lot of grain moving back and forth.  I heard they are just about done with harvesting in some areas, so this didn't surprise me. 

Went to look at the bison/geese/ducks at a local park.  Couldn't find the Elk but did see a red-tailed hawk sitting on a fence post right in front of Millie's nose.  He didn't seem too concerned about us.  And while I was watching an eastern bluebird on a fence with binoculars, he was watching me thru the other end.  No, Murphy - I had the binoculars, not him! 

Score one for Mookie!

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 Yes, yes.  Tell me more about the bison and the elk in the park.  Are they  usually there, floating along with the geese and ducks?


" DE came in with 6 on the headend"  Delaware?

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, October 12, 2014 9:05 PM

Murphy Siding

 

" DE came in with 6 on the headend"  Delaware?

Probably Detroit Edison.

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, October 12, 2014 9:16 PM

Murphy- I am sorry to report that the elk that were there last year are now missing and the bison are in that enclosure.  The bison look very well fed....and were all down for a nap when we were there.  Sigh 

The ducks and geese were doing what they normally do - fertilizing all the ground around them.  This must have been Illinois day since a lot of the license plates going thru the park were from there.  Maybe they all come to Nebraska to celebrate Columbus Day?

DE - you are probably one of the few that know the postal abbreviation for Deleware.  Congratulations.  That was for Joe - Detroit Edison, don'tchaknow. 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, October 13, 2014 7:07 AM

     We have something similar to this.  We call it a zoo.  It has other animals too. Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, October 13, 2014 7:29 AM

But you can drive thru this zoo.  And... Park in the park. Cool

I was going to say something about a fence around...but I will retain my ladyship and not say it. 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, October 13, 2014 3:01 PM

have a wepx train waiting to go back west plus a tank train.(couldn't see the placards).The local was also uptown moving around.Got my flu shot today after work too.Time to catch up on things around here.

stay safe

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, October 13, 2014 7:31 PM

Last day of the regular season at Thendara is in the books.  Next weekend is our "Pumpkin Trains" (Carl's been there!), then it's quiet until "Black Friday."

It wasn't a bad day - 101 on the first train, which averaged the day out as still passable, even if only 7 rode the second train of the day.  Holidays can be funny like that.  Sometimes people come out, sometimes they don't.

Our Polar Express trains start November 21 - I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of running, if last year is any indication.  I enjoy working on the train (the people are fun), but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 2:54 PM

afternoon

rain here in nw ohio.ns still has an empty coal train in the siding.The local is parked uptown as well.Csx had to clean up an engine fuel spill west of town.Chores to do.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:24 PM

all clear on the main and siding.local has empties to pick up.Matt has confirmation class tonight.time for chores.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:36 PM

Puter found a new game to play - hide the favorites.  Puter doctor just left!  No more games!  At least the patient will live and act like it should now.  It sits really close to a window to be doing "funny" things!  Grumpy

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 4:44 PM

Joe - we found your rain.

All quiet here today.  Had some middle schoolers at the fire department on a community service project.  They got the trucks all washed for us, and cleaned up our banquet hall, too.

Still gathering up all my stuff for the Punkin Patch.  It's amazing how things wander in a year...

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 6:49 PM

Mookie

Puter found a new game to play - hide the favorites.  Puter doctor just left!  No more games!  At least the patient will live and act like it should now.  It sits really close to a window to be doing "funny" things!  Grumpy

 

Don't teach it how to fly or tell it about gravity from up there on the second floor.

(Our cyber-geeks are trying figger out how Outlook started talking in multiple tongues (like Russian & Japanese) by encrypting what's being sent out as e-mails. Other folks firewalls decided the thuff was spam instead of legit. Weird...)

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 16, 2014 3:51 PM

afternoon

swamp mowed.Our trees are starting to turn.Two days ago they were green now they are a golden yellow.Ns had a westbound in the siding and 2 trains going by when I left work.No cars uptown.Back to chores.Tomorrow is Friday.

stay safe

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:37 PM

Colors are past peak around the house, and most of the trees around Thendara are bare.  On the up-side, with no leaves blocking ones view, you can see just how rugged the countryside really is.

Headed for the railroad Friday to set up for Saturday and Sunday's "Pumpkin Trains."  Lots to do.  Maybe someone will show up to help!

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:56 PM

Cake Happy Birthday Larry & Carl!!

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, October 17, 2014 6:54 AM

locomutt

Cake Happy Birthday Larry & Carl!! 

Geez - you'd think I'd remember Carl's birthday.  Been so busy getting stuff ready for Pumpkin Trains that I've lost track of everything else...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 17, 2014 3:19 PM

happy birthday Larry.Ns had a frieght going eastbound and the local had gathered cars to take back as well.Ma Nature is going to cool us off and blow the leaves this weekend.Going to work on a project for my Dad.

stay safe

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Posted by samfp1943 on Friday, October 17, 2014 4:00 PM

WhistlingSighMookie:

    I know it has been a couple of days since you posted this, but today we had a similar happenstance to the family 'puter.Bang Head 

   All of a sudden we had black lines over the 'favorites bar', and patches of black where instruction screens would normally appear.   |(]  Got mad, and throttled my PC by the cord. Unplugged it. That did not fix anything but I felt like I won the battle with the machine.Zip it!     Anyhow, after several hours, Iturned it back on, and 'Windows was 'updating' went thru that for about 40 minutes, and now it seems to be back to 'normal'...   No idea what the problem with it was, but I now feel better, and my wife is not complaining ,"...I Broke it..."   I guess you just have to take your victories where you can.  

 

 


 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, October 17, 2014 4:36 PM

"Um.....Son?  can you come look at the computer for a second?"

"Awe geez Dad.  What did you screw up this time?"

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Posted by Norm48327 on Friday, October 17, 2014 6:09 PM

Hey Sam,

I know the feeling. The video card drivers on my computer are acting up. Screen occasionally goes haywire. Got a call in to my guru but haven't heard back. Just one of life's aggrivations.

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 17, 2014 7:10 PM

I still don't know what went wrong, but I think it might have had something to do with either Java or drivers.  Or fat fingers somewhere.  Only Driver I want to mess with sits downstairs and is connected to a tv a lot of the time. 

Even our iPad went haywire today.  It must be an electronic virus that is airborne!  iPad was something to do with the battery and was corrected with plugging it in for a couple of minutes. 

Norm - my usual fix-it-place-we-do-house calls said it would be 3 weeks before he could get to my problem and I would have to bring the whole studio puter to him.  (When pigs and BNSF fly!)  So I called a little known place that looked pretty competent on paper and they were here in about 2 hours.  Took that 12 year old looking young man about 20 min and it was all fixed! 

My now new fix-it-and-make-house calls-place.....

 

 

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Posted by rvos1979 on Friday, October 17, 2014 7:38 PM
Had my laptop rebuilt last time I was home, was running extremely hot, needed new heat sink grease. Runs cooler and faster now, though he said I'll probably need a new one in about two years........

Unloading in Cherokee, AL, tomorrow, then over towards Memphis for a load of air conditioning units to the Twin Cities. I don't ask questions, I just drive.......

See everyone later.........

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Friday, October 17, 2014 8:45 PM

Murphy Siding
 Mookie

Another successful 2.5 hours trackside. 

21 locomotives - 2 of them CSX.  Moving a lot of them around since DE came in with 6 on the headend, headed west.  And a lot of grain moving back and forth.  I heard they are just about done with harvesting in some areas, so this didn't surprise me. 

Went to look at the bison/geese/ducks at a local park.  Couldn't find the Elk but did see a red-tailed hawk sitting on a fence post right in front of Millie's nose.  He didn't seem too concerned about us.  And while I was watching an eastern bluebird on a fence with binoculars, he was watching me thru the other end.  No, Murphy - I had the binoculars, not him! 

Score one for Mookie!

Life is good!  Chilly, but good!  

 Yes, yes.  Tell me more about the bison and the elk in the park.  Are they  usually there, floating along with the geese and ducks? 

Funny coincidence - one of our Lehigh County parks just a few miles west of us - the Trexler Game Preserve (1,100+ acres, almost 2 square miles) - is well-known for its herd of bison (American woods type) and elk (Rocky Mountain type) in their own ranges of several hundred acres that you can drive through, plus a 20-some acre Lehigh Valley Zoo, and a highlight when departing - a genuine ford of the Jordan Creek that you drive through to leave the place.  Unfortunately, no railroad in or next to it, though back in the day a branch of the Reading RR wasn't too far away (that's how General Trexler had the bison and elk shipped in).  See:

http://www.lehighcounty.org/trexlernaturepreserve 

http://www.lehighcounty.org/Community/TrexlerNaturePreserve/PhotoGallery/tabid/1508/Default.aspx - image 8 of 17

http://www.lehighcounty.org/Departments/ParksAndRecreation/OurParks/TrexlerPreserve/tabid/462/Default.aspx 

http://www.lvzoo.org/ 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/trexler-lehigh-county-game-preserve-schnecksville  

A running joke in our family is how (quite) a few years ago we took a camping trip to Michigan (northern part of the lower peninsula) to see elk - of course, we saw none while there (Petoskey area and easterly).  Not only are there elk at the Trexler Game Preserve, but there's a pretty good-sized herd in north-central Pennsylvania, near the town of Benezette (not far from the Buffalo Line and Keating Summit on the ex-PRR/ PC/ ConRail, now NS).   

- Paul North.    

   

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, October 17, 2014 9:27 PM

Paul_D_North_Jr

Funny coincidence - one of our Lehigh County parks just a few miles west of us - the Trexler Game Preserve (1,100+ acres, almost 2 square miles) - is well-known for its herd of bison (American woods type) 

- Paul North.    

   

 

  Is there a difference between an American woods type bison and a plains buffalo?  (If you call it a bison in these parts, you're likely to get strung up.  Ditto if you say the word row-day-oh Cowboy)

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 17, 2014 9:35 PM

My understanding is there are no buffalo in the USA.  They are all bison.  Africa and Asia have the buffalo that part their hair in the middle.  Ours look like they should carry a shotgun and sing for ZZTop and the true buffalo looks like he should be wearing a bowtie and teach @ university.  (you didn't see my college professors!)

Moo....

 

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, October 17, 2014 9:40 PM

Paul - They used to have a Jack and a Jennie.  They got rid of them many years ago and that park has never been the same for me.  But I did enjoy the elk - which have disappeared.  I think getting this close to cold weather, they have moved the animals around and now the bison that were way out on the horizon are now in pens closer to the "ranch" and the Elk, I hope, are just over the hill in another set of pens we can't see. Maybe a privacy issue for the females?  Or not....

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Friday, October 17, 2014 9:42 PM

     I don't know that I can recall just exactly how my college professors wore their hair, but there were a few that had buffalo breath.

     I suppose next you're going to tell me that we really don't have antelope either.

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          and the deer and the pronghorn play Music

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, October 17, 2014 10:10 PM

Do you have any jackalopes there? I have never seen a live one, but I have seen several mounted for sale in Evanston, Wyoming. Several years ago, as I was on my way to Chicago, a coach attendant said that we should be on the lookout for herds of jackalopes (none showed; perhaps the train frightened them). The man sitting beside me had never heard of them, so I felt obliged to describe them--body like that of a jackrabbit with antlers like those of a pronghorn.

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Posted by Deggesty on Friday, October 17, 2014 10:13 PM

Murphy Siding

     I don't know that I can recall just exactly how my college professors wore their hair, but there were a few that had buffalo breath.

     I suppose next you're going to tell me that we really don't have antelope either.

     Music Oh give me a home
          where the bison roam
          and the deer and the pronghorn play Music

Nah......I don't think so.....Cowboy

 

Shame on you; it does NOT scan, whereas the original (with its errors--buffalo and antelope) does.

Johnny

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