This kind of happen over the weekend … 500 dollar hamburger (the burger was that tasty no wonder they call it a galaxy burger it 1 1/2 pound burger patty , bacon swiss cheese, pickles, tomatos, lettuce, etc.
Weather was fair at best but fuel prices is cough highway robbery* 1.98 a liter … damn 60 gallon gas tanks.
Good Evening, Diners!
Flo, I’ll have a tall cool Natty Boh and a side of crab cakes, thank you…
I hope April finds you all well! Thanks for opening the diner in Baltimore, Galaxy, and covering ALL the rules of the diner so explicitly. No room for ambiguity there!
Great B&O photos there, Ken! Sorry to hear about your cooked decoder. [:(] Hopefully you will figure out what went wrong.
Congrats on “being published” Garry [Y] Nice going!
Glad to hear your ticker is getting deserved attention, YGW. These things can be scary, for sure! Prayers for you for a good outcome!
CN Charlie, I’ve had my share of experiences with those pesky BLI chuff sensors. They’re as fragile as glass! I broke a new one installing it. Fortunately I had bought a half dozen, just to be sure I’d have some for future needs.
Things are going well, here. Waiting for a goat to give birth at any time now, a Spring-time ritual around here [:|]
Ulrich— you and Petra are in my thoughts and prayers as well as anyone else who may be in need. I hope Jimmy is doing better, too. I was pretty concerned for him when I read his post a few days ago.
How 'ya doing, Jimmy?
Yep, I’ve had some good visits to Baltimore, the “Charm City”. Rode my first PRR Metroliner from there to Penn Station NYC in 1969! Now the Metroliners are in museums! I have read discussions about what the max speed was for them back then, however I CAN testify that I was looking over the engineer’s (motorman’s?) shoulder and saw the nixie tube readout at 117 MPH.
Of all the railroads I have visited in the past, the B&O folks were the frendliest I’ve ever encountered!
Here’s a view of the “Capitol Limited” with the flood-
Evenin’ folks!
Janie I’ll have Sweet Italian Sausage on a hard roll, fruit cup, and trip to the salad bar… Oh, a pot of decaf would be good as well. What? No! Regular this time of night can give me PVCs. Huh? Oh those are Premature Ventricular Contractions…
“Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are extra, abnormal heartbeats that begin in one of your heart’s two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These extra beats disrupt your regular heart rhythm, sometimes causing you to feel a flip-flop or skipped beat in your chest.” (Mayo Clinic)
Yep, one of the only times I really had any surgery, I was under a spinal block and I threw 18 of them in a row. Man, doctors and nurses were running around all over the place getting all kinds of stuff to stop them… My heart started beating back properly all on it’s own by the time they had the stuff drawn up to hit me with. They did insist that I make an appointment before I left the Horsepiddle the next day to see my regular doc. He looked at the strip they sent him and then at the EKG he had in his file, listened to my heart, then looked at everything again several times. He finally said, "I refuse to think there is anything wrong with your heart! This Horse Hockey happens often when you have been nailed with the pre-op stuff they give you. Now back when I was 40, too much coffee did give some PVCs every once in a while, but I would get one followed by several regular beats. Doc. said that is actually very common and not to worry about it… Unless I feel them often. And to cut down on the coffee! I told him I only have one in the morning. He said, "Oh, one c
Evening all,
Sitting in the back of the ambulance listening to the rain on the roof. Partner isn’t feeling well, so she’s sprawled across the front seat sleeping. Don’t know how she can sleep in that position, but then at 6’2", I’m 8" taller than her. Also helps that she’s only 23. At 23 I could do a lot of things I can’t do now.
After over 4 years, I’m finally getting my automated weather station back in operation. Lightening struck the electrical pole on the street and fried the weather station (along with my freezer, microwave, burglar alarm, etc). Powered up the computer that does the data logging, and was shocked how old it was. BIOS date of May 2004, running Windows 95. I had two computers the squad had tossed out, so I figured I’d use the newest of the two. Took it with me when I was on 911 duty Saturday, figuring that I would get all the software installed and configured. Turned it on, only to find that I grabbed the wrong computer. Many 4-lettered words were uttered. I’m off tomorrow night, so I’ll make a second attempt then.
Was brought up 30 minutes from Baltimore, but never visited the B&O museum. Last time I spent any time in Baltimore was in high school when I played trombone in the All-State orchestra. Someone decided that it would be a good idea to play a Christmas concert inside one of the cathedrals. The 3 trombones were stuck in some pulpit in the back that barely fit two people. Ended up “you aim that to the left so your slide bops the second trumpet in the back of the head, I’ll aim straight up, and you aim right so you hit one of the basses.”
Lion - that steak is so rare, the other end is still swatting flies with it’s tail.
YGW - heart issues are never good, but PVCs are pretty benign. We all get them to an extent as we get older and the pump starts to wear out. As long as the frequency is low and they don’t happen all tog
WEll.
Douglas: thanks for all the pics of the B&O museum. Maybe this summer OH and train nut friend and I will go again. there seem to be no riots this year.
RAY: The MAYO may call them contractions, but MY doctors call them complexes. ALL them here seem to know exactically what it is, and none yet has corrected my listing of it as a medical condition that way…maybe because it’s a complex issue??? Or is that perplexing?[:-^]
Well, I should be in bed, but thought I’d check one more time after roaming MAUI on google earth…such a wonderful invention. I can see it all before I get there so I know where it all is!
HOPE PETRA IS ALRIGHT! Prayers for them!
Prayers for others who need them…
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Thats the way it was explained to me, contractions. Three different cardiologist, said the same. Call it what you want.
Still raining here in WI. At least it’s not snowing!
Mike.
Good Morning!
It´s 4.30am as I start to type this post. I am up for half an hour, probabyl got woken up by the missing little snore usually coming from next to me.
It´s been a dreadful day yesterday.
We arrived at the hospital on 6.30am sharp, just as we were requested to. Registered with the nurse and were asked to wait in the waiting area until we were being called. There we sat and waited, and waited. At 10.30 am, I got slightly angry and went to see the nurse again, asking for what time Petra´s surgery was scheduled. The answer I got was 1pm. My question why the h.ll we were asked to come in by 6.30am when the surgery was scheduled at 6 1/2 hours later was answered with “organisational issues”, which is just a foul excuse for not being organised at all. So, patiently we waited again - until 1pm. And waited. Until 1.30pm. I again went to see the nurse and demanded politely, but strongly to be informed when or even if the surgery were to take place. By that time my BP was exceeding 180 and I wasn´t called Old Fog Horn for nothing in my younger days! The answer was that Petra is next. So we waited. And waited. At 2.30pm We were given the info “within the next 30 minutes”. But when that time had passed, a doctor finally got around to calling the surgery off for the day. Believe me, I had a few choice words for them, still very polite, but much stronger than before.
Petra was in tears, it was just too much for her. Completely dehydrated and hungry she just collapsed. Things start moving rapidly then. They got her into a bed, hooked up on an IV bag of glucosis and when she was feeling better, also got her a meal and something to drink.
I stayed with her until 6pm, went home, sat down on the sofa, and woke up at 10pm. I must have passed out proper! Got my self a bite to eat and went to bed.
Petra´s surgery will now be performed this morning and I will be on my way to her in a couple of hours.
Thanks for all y
Evenin’ folks!
Janie just a refill for my Decaf, please…
It isn’t just the Mayo clinic that calls a contraction a contraction… Some other places you might look up would be: WebMD, American Heart Association, Cleveland Clinic, St. Jude Medical, CardiacHealth.org, and a many, many more… You can call it whatever you want, but the technical medical term is usually Premature Ventricular Contractions. Look it up… However, there is also the use of Premature Ventricular Complex, which evidently covers several slightly different meanings as described here: https://lifeinthefastlane.com/ecg-library/basics/pvc/
So… Maybe we both learned something today? [swg]
[color=red]Ulrich[/color], how terrible to wait all day and have her surgery postponed. Will keep both of you in my prayers!
73
Ulrich: It is no different here. They want everyone there at 6am. The one time I had a procedure-a test-, we were told to be there at 6 am, and nothing to eat or drink after 9 pm the day before. We were there at 5:30 am, a little early. By 10:30, {over 12 hours without food} like you, I went and asked what was going on. I was then told my procedure was at 1pm! WHy be there at 6 am then?? By 1pm…I again asked what was {not} going on, that I was told my procedure was at 1. Finally, then they decided to take me back to prep. The procedure would be at 2:30. {17.5 hours without food, and like Petra, feeling it}. The procedure was supposed to be at 3:30, but the case ahead of me had a “complication”. I was not only dizzy but absolutely starving! I told them I wanted Steak, lobster and Eggs when done. i was told that was a no-go. Then I wanted a hamburger and fries I said, as I had to lie flat and still while I recovered, and I once had mashed taters and gravy served to me for a procedure once that I could in no way eat lying flat down!. “we’ll be sure and get that for you”. At 4:15 {over 19 hours without food, adn only a minimal IV for fluids} I was VERY EDGY to say the least! Finally I was wheeled in for what turned out to be a simple 10 minute actual procedure!!! I was AGITATED is putting it mildly! But then, back in the early recovery room, I was told to wait a half hour then they’d order the food for me. Finally, 20.75 hours later I got my burger and fries. SO I feel your anguish!!!
I guess they have most everyone show up at 6 am, in case someone doesn’t show up, or they can take you out of order, or make SURE you are there in time or SOMETHING like that they say. I’d have been much happier starving at home until Noon, then gone right in for presetup.
Now, for my radio frequency ablation or injections, a 10-12 minute doctor’s office preocedure, now that the doctor and his practice have been absorbed by the hospital it now t
Reporting back from the hospital!
Petra´s surgery went fine and now she has started to move on the road to recovery. She has lost so much weight over the last weeks that I am really worried. Need to feed her well when she is back to normal food again!
I am now trying to catch up on the missing sleep!
Mornin’ everyone!
Zoe, I’ll have a couple sour cream donuts and a pot of Seneca Lake Blend Dark Roast Organic, Fair Traded Coffee to keep my R&GV RR Mug filled for a while. (And cause a few PVCs.)
Dark and Gloomy outside the window so far this morning. currently 53°F and raining. I need to check the build up of water downcellar and likely start the siphon…
If I can get a check from my church for the MLK Scholarship fund (they have a special offering every year for it) I will be heading to Canandaigua early this afternoon to drop of a large amount of $$$ to our 501c3 account. The financial guy at church misplaced the check… We should have gotten it a month ago. I got an email last night from him saying he found it.
Best get moving. It should be a busy day (so what else is new…).
73
PS to [color=red]Galaxy[/color]
I looked a little deeper, and what you said above appears to be true… (from http://www.healthline.com/health/ventricular-preamture-complexes)
"Ventricular premature complexes are also known as:
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73 my friend and know both of you remain in my prayers!
That´s what I call a hitch in the git-along. I will be concluding my 61st year with that in a few months and I hope to have some more years ahead of me!
I’m back from my day off. Thanks for the [bday] wishes in the last thread, everyone. I spent my morning donating platelets (the blood component that’s responsible for clotting), and in the afternoon got my teeth cleaned. Only a prostate exam could have rounded out that birthday of uncomfortable probings. [:|] But a lovely dinner out with my lovely wife turned it into a lovely day. Yum, chicken alfredo.
Speaking of uncomfortable things and the previous Diner thread, I hope we can leave discussion of other people’s romantic situations in the past. None of us are qualified to judge how anyone else lives.
On a lighter note, this thread… started off with four posts in a row by Galaxy? I guess under Diner rules that means he buys himself breakfast, but he pays 4x as much for it. [(-D]
And finally, Ulrich, it’s good to hear that after all that difficulty and delay, Petra’s operation finally came off. Best wishes for her speedy recovery. [angel]
Steven - a belated [bday] to you! I hope I am excused for missing the occasion yesterday.
You, of all people, have the best excuse to have missed it. [:D]
Ooh! I almost forgot!
I know it’s a day late, but you wouldn’t have gotten it yesterday anyway… So, All together now:
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes, Hippo Birdie two Ewes, Hippo Birdie Deer Steven,… Hippo Birdie Two Ewes. (And many more!)
73
Evening all
First let me say thank you for all of the well wishes, prayers and kind words. they are much appreciated. Also thanks for the posting or giving info on PVC . I read them all.
Hobby front - No new news. I was planning on installing ice and water shield on my roof when I arrived home but it started raining.
Steve - now that you are back Happy Birthday to you [^] and here is a non alcholic drink for you [B] and here is a [G] full of well wishes and prayers for a year of good luck and prayers for good health
Ulrich - Sorry Petra had to endure that but I am glad she has FINALLY had her surgery and that all is well. I know that is a relief for you as well.
Ray - Thanks for the article I read it all. I have no problem with cigs or alchol, dont use either. Cutting down coffee from 4 cups to two cups ( this one will be tough to take ) BUT the stress is the worst part. Unless I quit working there is nothing I can do about that. My job first qaulification is STRESS. [sigh]
DC Jim - Unfortunately I have a very HIGH stress position, the first day back to w**k I am in a very heated argument with a vender about an underperforming superintendent who FAILED TWICE a very critical inspection. They tried to blame it on the inspector. [banghead] Thank you for the good words. They were much appreciated
ED - Thank you for the kind words. You are a gem !
Mheetu - Is that $500 hamburgers ? Or $5.00 ? If it is the former that is CRAZY expensive !
wdw3082 - [#welcome] I am so glad you took up the invite. I sure hope you become a regular in here. Why dont you tell us some about your RR ? What scale ? Freelance or proto typical …? Which RR do you model ?
FRRYKid - We would love to see some photos of your project !
ROR - Here is a [tup] for you and I take a [bow] that you have commited to help such a worthy cause - Good job !
Johnboy - Thanks for the kind remar
Hello from the Sunshine State. There was a little “liquid sunshine” originating in clouds today however.
YGW… sounds like doctors identified the problem and it is treatable. That’s good.
Ulrich. … I hope Petra recovers from surgery soon
Steven… sound like you had a good birthday
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i visited with a model train friend today .
Cheers
After all the fiascos you and Petra have had I hope she recovers soon.
I will definitely post a sample picture or two of the coal hoppers. I also got the framework for a new holl carved today. (My previously mentioned hot knife came in very handy.) I didn’t bring my camera to my layout, but considering it rained today, it was probably a good thing I didn’t. I will take picts of the hill before I proceed any further with it.