John, the two houses have been in the Family Trust for years!! One of the trustees is Her-in-Doors longest and best friend. The Bear only got involved by default!!!(and luck!!!)
Track fiddlerSpeaking of which, that smoldering camp fire doesn't look like it was lacking good friends, good conversation or any laughter around it from the night before. It looks like just the right kind of setting for that
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Good Morning Gents. Flo, coffee in an Algoma Central mug please.
I've been working on putting together an Accurail boxcar for about a week. What a fiasco! It's not that it's a difficult kit (36' fowler), it's that every time I start work on it, a member of my household comes to me needing my help with something asap. At this point, I finally have the completed floor on the body and the stirrup steps installed. Still have to get the brake shaft & wheel, couplers, and trucks on. Probably take another week! Oh well. I guess that's life when you are indispensable!
Hope everyone is healthy and happy.
Mike
BroadwayLion
Yes, I can almost smell the bouquet from here looking at the picture.
Mr Lion, I have heard frequently that Monks are experienced makers of wine. It is my thoughts, possibly vintage batch recipes passed down through the years. Perhaps taste tests are needed to maintain the quality of the wine.
Do you make wine at your Abbey and if so, if you wouldn't mind sharing a little more about your craft as I find it interesting? Could I pick up a sampler the next time I'm in North Dakota to visit my Son and Grandchildren?
It's kind of a shame when we had the Diner in Florida that Kevin could not access the Forum. Now we're doing David's idea of Holiday trains and he is on Holiday in Norway I think he'll probably be back in time to catch up.
A bit of a hobby of mine is finding display monuments of old cabooses while on Holiday. I like cabeese and miss them as a part of the railroad industry so I stop by for a visit when I can.
These pictures in or near Branson Missouri.
Pulled my rental truck up to this one at a construction company. The guy I talked to said they painted it as a symbol of support for our Troops
I really liked the clean little Frisco on top of the hill.
TF
Good Morning:
Cabooses on Holiday:
This one at Tunnelhill, Pennsylvania —
PRR_N5c_Cresson by Edmund, on Flickr
My friend in Indiana owned a Central Vermont caboose —
RR_views_4043 by Edmund, on Flickr
And this one at the B&O roundhouse in Cleveland:
BnO_C-2423 by Edmund, on Flickr
— and what did the railroads do when the trucks wouldn't clear the frame crossmembers?
BnO-I-5 by Edmund, on Flickr
That's IF they're out of Kadee red washers
BnO_C2124 by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Track fiddlerMr Lion, I have heard frequently that Monks are experienced makers of wine. It is my thoughts, possibly vintage batch recipes passed down through the years. Perhaps taste tests are needed to maintain the quality of the wine. Do you make wine at your Abbey and if so, if you wouldn't mind sharing a little more about your craft as I find it interesting? Could I pick up a sampler the next time I'm in North Dakota to visit my Son and Grandchildren? Smile
Yes, many monks are historically known for their wine and beer. What else cany you do while the pesants are working the fields. But we have not had pesants in many centuries, and most monks have tzken to teaching.
We however are a 'blue collar' abbey. the onlyi hired help is in the kitchen. Still we do not make wine. We do have a wine cellar and we do sell wine. Before covid, we would see out a full tractor-trailer every year. It does not pay to order a smaller quantity... shipping ewe noe.
Most of our sasles (3/4) is Altar Wine, which has not been selling since the covidites have put the kabosh on comunion under both species.
Our table wines (about 1/4 of a truck load) have been moving ok, but we cannot order more buecuae our storerooms are still full of altar wine. Well Fr. James will bring up a few pallets of table wine on an LCL truck.
No we do not make our own wine. That would be just more work for a aging community. We used to get our wine from the Brookside Winery in LA CA. They bottled it and sold it nationally and we got a royality for using our name, and that went to supporting our schools.
That company was bought out by a big food conglomerate and they removed the grape vines and planted housing. Go figure.
We now dl business with a bigger winery that mostly specialized in altar wines (thus they did not close for prohibition) but has a wide selection of award winning table wines. I think they just give awards to each other!
Anyway, they bottle wines for us upon our request with our lables on it. Our Sweet White wine (both altar and table) is called Abbe Vincent after our founder. A new lable for our sweet red wine is Sancarlista, named for the schools of our daughter house in Bogota.
You are welcome to visit our abbey to buy wine or just to make a retreat. We cannot ship wine except by freight. This works for churched buing altar wine several cases at a time, but not for the public. Shipping is per hundred-weight, it turns out one case or ten costs the same to ship, starting around $100.00. Not without reason that the early railroads wanted into the LCL business. Here in Richardton, most shipments are in the 100 car range per shipment.
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Thanks for the delicious Brandysnaps Bear!
I'll have two. I don't have an internal need to think I am better than other people on the choo choo forum just because I deny myself delicious goodies. Heck, I'll take three.
And... I'll take a Nutter-Butter chaser and a glass of chocolate milk.
Imgur is still acting up. Last time this happened logging out and logging back in fixed it. I logged out yesterday, but now I can't log in again.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Good morning from the edge of the stunning Salish Sea.
Now, if those biscuits (cookies) left at Batmans were bad for you, then run away and grab a kale juice!! (Or something as equally disgusting!!)
Hey, I do drink rum with Pepsi, however, that is the only time you will see me drinking soda pop. Your offerings look pretty good Bear and homemade to boot. Generally, food that will go bad in a day or so even sweets in strict moderation are on my OK list. Those Costco cookies could have sat on the counter and been just as fresh in six months. The chemicals and ingredients that are in those Costco cookies are a lot nastier to your liver than the rum I drink. One double rum and Pepsi is 200 calories, one Costco cookie is 230 calories, I'll take the rum.
The puppies are getting their first solid food today, which is always a messy situation. Film at 11...... maybe.
Had my 1lb melt in your mouth steak last night, along with a good cab. My wife is the best.
Time for the guitar and then trains, no jobs in the job jar which is nice.
All the best to all.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
SeeYou190Imgur is still acting up.
I have also been having major issues with it for over a week now. Our friends in Ottawa are telling us that there is a major cyber battle going on with Mr. Puttin that is indirectly affecting even fringe sites like Imgur.
FB has been a non-starter for quite a few days now, the kids and we have started having to use the phone to communicate. How quaint.
Good afternoon, everyone.
I'm afraid of my future in the diner having breakfast. I went to the grocery store this morning, and my usual brand of bacon was $9.05 for a pound! It's more than some good cuts of steak per pound.
To some people, this may not seem like a big deal. But to me, life won't be the same if I can't have bacon every day. So ... I bought a pound this morning. I guess this is why I saved money my whole life -- so I could buy bacon in retirement.
Not much going on today, so I am doing more bridge work.
When I started my layout, I decided to do a modern day time period. However, as I've gone along, I have added some other stuff, such as the City of Los Angeles.
Now, after seeing all the pictures of cabooses, I think I will have to buy several and add them to my modern trains.
Remember as kids, sitting in a car waiting for the train to pass, we all looked forward to seeing the caboose and waving. It's too bad modern kids don't get that experience. Of course, now sitting in the car waiting for the train to pass, they have their faces buried in their phones and don't even notice the train.
My daughters and their husbands are the wine experts. They meet once a year at Napa for learning and buying. Their wine is wasted if I drink it. I can't tell the difference between the most expensive wine and Thunderbird. (Is it still around?)
The only wine I have is at church communion each week.
For everyone having health issues, I hope you get some comfort and encouragement today.
York1 John
I asked my doctor if I gave up delicious food and all alcohol, would I live longer? He said, "No, but it will seem longer."
I got the word on my toothache yesterday. The x-rays showed an absess forming at the bottom of the root of my back right lower molar. I was offered two choices. The first was a root canal and the second was extraction. If I was in my 20s I would have opted for the root canal but at 67 I can do without a tooth. There is a slight possibility of complications with the mating upper tooth sometime down the road. I'm not going to worry about them.
I was surprised to learn that my dentist calls in a dental surgeon to do the extraction. I don't understand quite why. Maybe I need to lend my dentist a pair of pliers!
Cheers!!
Dave
P.S. Fortunately the tooth has stopped hurting, for now at least.
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Since we moved to Delaware, we've been getting our meat from a local butcher shop instead of the grocery store. It's better meat, and they will cut the steaks to the thickness I want. They also have bacon, which we eat every other day. Seafood comes from one of several fish markets, mostly fresh off the boat. Our produce market is now open for the season, too.
The grocery stores are just for basics like mllk and butter. Beer and wine are liquor store items here, so the groceries can't carry those. Even our eggs come from a local farmer.
I'm diabetic and have high cholesterol and high blood pressure, so I do have to watch what I eat, but I'm pretty happy with what I put on my plate.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I remeber riding on this train, back in 1966 when I went to Whitehall Street to be inducted into the Navy.
Original Construction circa 1907
Construction ar Canal Street, circa 1916.
Puppy training session Lesson 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNvKi5G4iYw&ab_channel=BATTRAIN1
York1 It's too bad modern kids don't get that experience. Of course, now sitting in the car waiting for the train to pass, they have their faces buried in their phones and don't even notice the train.
Brent,
Thanks,
hon30critterIf I was in my 20s I would have opted for the root canal but at 67 I can do without a tooth. There is a slight possibility of complications with the mating upper tooth sometime down the road. I'm not going to worry about them.
I've done the same thing for the same reason. If I were younger, things might have been different.
My father spent the last 30 years of his life with full dentures, so I guess I'm doing better than he did.
Brother Lion, while descending into the subways of NYC or Boston, I have sometimes thought that if I were a Native American somehow brought from the early days and placed in a subway, I would think I had been taken home with the demons.
I have always loved the subways, but I suppose that is from growing up with them. Now, any train will bring a smile to my face.
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I wonder if that's the same CV caboose that was hanging out of a siding at East New London when I came south running Amtrak's Montrealer one night about 3am -- just like Casey Jones... ???
OldEnginemanI wonder if that's the same CV caboose that was hanging out of a siding at East New London when I came south running Amtrak's Montrealer one night about 3am
Ouch! That coud be quite a surprise!
That caboose went over to the Grand Trunk for a while. I don't remember when it left the CV, maybe around 1980 or so. I'll see if I can dig up the story.
GTW extended vision caboose #79056, eb, Durand 141435 Oct 86 by Rick Wright, on Flickr
79056_pl by Edmund, on Flickr
You have two options here...
Choose wisely —
See Through by Tom Danneman, on Flickr
Regards, Ed
Finally... Imgur is working for me again.
The World Is A Beautiful Place
-Photograph by Kevin Parson
I will be back tomorrow.
Good morning
Funny Stuff!
I had to back up the video a few times as it was making me chuckle. Towards the end as the Steamer really started chugging along, I noticed the puppy's back starting to go back and forth as he was wagging his tail. He liked it!
One day the sportsman is going to be hunting ducks or something and the dogs going take a break from retrieving duty to run up the hill to sit and watch a passing train go by.....and the sportsman is going to go, What the......! ...
P.S. I've been in the Doghouse before and if I remember correctly it WAS directly behind the (Steam Engine!) ...
Good night!!
Morning again
Just poured my last coffee. Many mornings I see you retiring your day in New Zealand as I am just starting mine in Minnesota and reminds me of one of my favorite Warner Brothers cartoons.
https://youtu.be/ECa1toPGth4
gmpullman
Nothing like a red caboose on Holiday. Sometimes we take what Judy calls a Staycation which is just a three to four day weekend get-away close to home. Often a family visit in Wisconsin.
Close to your red caboose but no cigar
The last photo is my favorite as I was trying to get all the roof lines and clouds to look cool with the Cabooses lines.
Thanks for sharing all the wine info and history as I found it interesting Lion. Judy's getting antsy to visit the Kids late Spring, early Summer. I've always been curious to see your Abbey. May just stop by for Service as I've seen how beautiful the Sanctuary is on the Internet site and would love to see everything.
Have a great day gentleman
Good morning, everyone. (Expensive) bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
Another rainy day -- another day to stay inside and work on the layout. For months, we got almost no precipitation, and now this week it has rained almost every day. It's very nice. Another morning of walking in the university field house.
My wife is a fan of English television shows, so for her birthday, she got a subscription to Britbox streaming service. What's great is that they have all the Inspector Morse shows, so I am actually enjoying it. Years ago, that was my favorite police show, and now I can watch all the episodes in order while I work on trains.
I hope everyone has a good day, and I'm especially thinking of those of you who are having issues in your life. I hope you get some relief.
York1Good morning, everyone. (Expensive) bacon, eggs, and black coffee, please.
Shouldn't be expensive at the diner. You are paying with virtual money.
John, I know a Wargaming fellow that is a manager at a large bacon packaging facility near Lafayette, Indiana.
He has told me plainly, that there is no reason for the price of bacon to be this high, except that during the pandemic, these companies found out what people will pay for some products, and they are reaping the green fields now since the public will pay higher prices.
I was told this a few weeks ago when I asked him why Pork Roasts are so inexpensive, but other cuts from the same animal are so pricey.
How did you get to be friends with someone who has a house on a private beach?”
Just live in a community that is near the water and participate in activities that cross social strata and require multiple people to meet at someone's house. Boardgaming, wargaming, and model railroading will all work. Eventually you will become friends with someone that lives on the river, bay, gulf, or one of the lakes.
I have been fortunate enough to visit the homes and layouts of about a dozen of this forum's members, and countless other model railroaders, and they have all been several times nicer than this humble abode we call home.
Hobby relationships are an interesting social structure.
In my Wargaming group, Steve lives in a multi-million dollar house on a private lake, but Rob lives in a single wide trailer. Eric lives in a mansion in Quail West. Chris lives in the woods in Collier County. We all meet round-robin and have fun together. You cannot be a wargamer all alone.
It only falls apart when someone starts needlessly bragging about their home/money/children/car/wife/boat/career... especially if that person does so just to shut another person down who was sharing something they were proud of. One-upmanship is always unnecessary.
We had a guy come to one of our game nights from the East Coast, who had moved down from New York. We met at Pete's normal house (with a huge game room) in Bonita Springs. This guy started bragging about how much nicer his house in Miami was, trying to posture himself as an Alpha.
Steve and Eric just kept their mouths shut and let him make a jerk of himself, then we were all happy when he left. There are people like that in all groups.
Endlessly bragging about your own self-percieved accomplishments amongst a diverse group of individuals with different personal backgrounds, goals, and situations is mostly unwelcome and does not make for a pleasent and inclusive group atmosphere, especially with hobbiests where the shared interest is supposedly purely recreational.
Hobbys have allowed me to meet some truly great people, and I am thankful for that.
Trains I Have Seen On Vacation Picture #5
What a beautiful train. I wish I could have found a way to photograph it all.
Trains I Have Seen On Vacation Picture #6
I just won three auctions in a row on eBay. All three were for old out-of-production structure kits from the 1980s or earlier. These are all small models that it will be easy to finds locations for. On each of them, shipping is more than the bid price.