Gary - I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother´s illness. Oma, btw, is a German word for grandmother - did you know?
My thoughts and prayers go out to her!
yes sir, I’m 25% deutsch. my dad’s half. my real name is Gett, but Gary is the American version of it. I’m german with a french last name who’da thunk.
It´ll be the name Gert - short form of Gerhard, I assume.
I am German with a Polish last name [:-^]
probably I’m not sure though. Thanks Ulrich and Galaxy, I feel a little bit better.
“Good Morning!” from Tipton IN
Friday, May 3, 2013
[8D]
TIPTON IN
Gary, thinking about you, bud!
I’m 1/2 Norwegian and a 1/4 /Swede, with a French Last name.
This thread is unbelievable! The start of the third day of the month and we’re seven pages in, already. What’s up with that?
As there is a mile long list of MIA´s, the remaining bunch must have turned into talkative folks [:-^]
Gary: Hope she pulls through. [angel]
Good morning.
No work for tonight. Spring Concert tonight. Look to just kinda relax this evening beyond the concert
Gidday Gary, My thoughts and best wishes to you and your family.
Ulrich. You do realise I hope that when you’re out on the election trail shaking hands and kissing babies you will have to have a [:D] ???
As Chris ( in Iowa) mentioned the “infinite improbability drive” perhaps you could all drop in and join me in the “Tea Room” at the Te Awamutu Station for a mince pie, a Ham with hot English mustard sandwich, and a slab of fruit cake washed down with a coffee in an NZR cup. Folklore has it that a teaspoon of hot English mustard was added into the coffee pot!!!
Thoughts and Best Wishes to All that need them.
Cheers, the Bear.
JaBear - right now, I find it difficult to smile. The ongoing family issues keep me from smiling. All I can try is to avoid a total warfare frown, I´ll never accomplish a disarming smile [:-^]
People who know me look at my eyes - I smile with my eyes, not with my mouth.
Good morning from sunny New England. We are having a run of great weather. I’d actually like to get some rain, to wash the pollen out of the air and give me a chance to put down some grass seed. Maybe I’ll fertilze this weekend, if I can deal with the pollen. I’d like to get out on my bicycle, too. My weight loss has plateued since ski season ended, and I need to get more exercise. Gyms and treadmills aren’t the answer for me.
Gary, even a non-believer like me can think positive thoughts, so I’ll do that. When my own Mom was in her last year, her doctor called her brief recovery and return home “a miracle.” We had gone for a visit with our then-little girl, and the cheer she brought to Mom was enough to get her out of what the doctor thought would be her last visit to the hospital.
Ulrich, I wish we could get some serious political options in the US. The parties we have are only interested in their own power, not in the best course for the country. Your multi-party system allows for more ideas than ours.
Jeffrey, that big rotary plow reminds me of the end of the movie “Fargo…” I hope you’re not planning anything like that.
I think we are a talkative bunch…
Good M’arnin’…
Well, I went to bed at silly o’clock this morning and got woke up at another silly o’clock by our little Spring…who was running around our house after …a sparrow…[:S]. How did the bird get into our house, you ask? Stupid window at the back staircase …slightly opened[sigh]
Oh well, weather here be just a little cooler and sunny…still…high near 70…as opposed to 78…feeling like 84F…[*-)]
Today’s agenda includes a bunch of paperwork for work and a bunch of RR planning stuff for my RR…sigh.
Edit… missing letters…sigh…
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and an order of biscuits and gravy please. Thanks.
Rain. High near 61. So far there’s an inch in the rain gage from last evening and overnight. .
Ray- at 25kw, you have exceeded my average daily usage of electricity for…feb/march. Not bad!
Ken- I’m beginning to think there is something…[*-)]…particular to your layout or something you do that causes so many engine breakdowns. I know everyone has some from time to time but gee whiz. Either that or you just need to change from your usual brand. They don’t like you… Your not jabbing them with a stick as they go by are you?[(-D]
Ulrich- Well…. Good thing you don’t live over hear.( [:-^] I mean here) As you said “That´s why the politicians of our well established parties find it very difficult to argue with us - they are bound to lose.” Over here they wouldn’t find it difficult at all. They’d just quote some study they did that uses percentages (and you know how easy percentages are to manipulate to show pretty much whatever you want them to) and never really states any raw numbers until they can “prove” otherwise.
Gary- I’m sorry to hear about your Grandmother.
NP2626- Seems the first few days of the month the pages build up quick. Use to be the ones who posted occasionally would stop in to say hi. Now, it just seems we talk more.[(-D]
[:|] ENGLISH HOT MUSTARD! Oh my gosh. Talk about something needing a warning sticker. Tie into that stuff not realizing what it is and whew! Even Jeff might blink over that stuff.
Well, not much for outside today seeins how it’s raining so, who knows. Just waiting for the cabinet top material to be cut and that should be today and cut the door latch hole just a bit higher for the bathroom door and the restaurant “remodel” is pretty much done.
Boy you ain’t just a whistling Dixie there…[|(]
[B)]Oops, sorry Vinnie. I couldn’t resist. I’ll be quiet now.[:#]
Mr. Beasley and Todd - no difference here on the other side of the Big Pond. They also have an abundance of figures stating this and that, but no one believes them anymore. Just like the recent polls - the ones based on 3,000 people are correct, the one based on 200,000 folks participating must be incorrect, because they don´t pay for it…
Politics is a dirty business and I still don´t know what made me take it up!
Morning All,
Currently 43 with an expected high of 81 under mostly sunny skies.
Opening shift today, so may get to do some more painting on the engine house after w**k. Problem is, working on my feet all day, by the time I get home I am quite tired and just need to sit down for a bit. Then I lose all ambition.
Gary - Sorry to hear about your grandma. I believe in the power of prayer, as well as some others around here, so I hope you do not mind that I pray for her.
Ulrich - I have been known to have a not so welcome smile. But people learn to live with that.
Prayers to all in need.
Paul
Good Morning, DIners! … Coffee and Strudel please! … All this talk about Germans caused me to think of strudel. … My “Frau” is German.
BN 24 Gary … Very sad to hear about your grandmother’s illness. Will pray for her health. Also, sad to hear you say atheist. I respect your views of course, but at the same time I suggest your keeping your mind open to the subject. I suspect you can find some inner peace if you even consider opening your heart to God. There are believers in the Diner, and I suspect any of them would welcome questions from you on that topic if you send them a private message.
Ulrich … Interesting to hear you talk about your political party. Sounds like some people in Germany are like some people here in the USA. They don’t accept reality, and they prefer allowing themselves to be gullible instead of being skeptical. However, you are suggesting some Germans are finally awakening, and that is good. … I’m sad to hear about your family matters. Prayers for that. … Your photo of yourself shows you look a lot like my next door neighbor, another very tall man. Exception is my neighbor has a thick Southern accent from growing up on a farm in South Carolina. He’s also active in politics but he will never run for office. He personally knows our state’s senior US senator.
I have several projects to do on the layout, and so I had better hurry and complete some non-mrr work so I can get to the layout.
Cheers, everybody.
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That reminds me of how a friend of mine compared statistics and a bikini. They both do the same job. They show a lot and at the same time hide a lot and while what shows is real what’s hidden is vital.
I don’t know. I’ve never seen Fargo. Enlighten me please.
You’ve never met me. No smile at all. It hurts too much to smile.
… and then there is this one:
Take all the economists in the world (including USA and Germany) and place them end-to-end. They still will not reach a conclusion.
Good morning. It’s 42° with 99% humidity. Seems like the weather has forgotten that it’s coming on to summer next month. There’s a small chance of rain this morning. Otherwise it’ll be cloudy with a high of 62°.
I have nothing planned for today. In fact I’m giving serious consideration to going back to bed. I’m just extremely tired for some reason and can hardly keep my eyes open.
