Jeffreys Trackside Diner, January 2018 at Tehachapi Loop

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I would agree with that sentiment. Apparently, I’m not the only punny person here. On that subject: Why did the ice swear out a criminal complaint at the police station? He was the victim of a salt assault! (And yes, at the moment I don’t think anyone here would convict the person who committed that crime.)

I, myself, have a little bit of everything in my music mix. As I tell people, my music range goes from BIllie Holiday to Ziggy Marley. For me, I usually go by songs rather than by artist. (The group 3 Doors Down is an exception to that rule.)

Weather: As on me typing this it all of a bone-chillling -14. (That is not the windchill either. that is -32.)

Hobby Front: With it being a new month (and the fact I had some available funds), I decided to order a couple more things. The needed control boxes, the cork sheets (for both the extension and the railyard) and the crossing needed to have the car shop track cross the yard ladder.

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Hello, Everyone! And a joyous and happy New Year.

We had a great time with a visit from my nephew and his girlfriend. They are both railroaders [Y].

They brought dinner and beverages last night and we spent the evening in a celebratory mood.

This morning, well, OK — it was actually afternoon, when they awoke it was off to the layout to run trains! An enjoyable time was had by all.

They brought me a gift of a beautiful Audio-Technica turntable! This thing weighs a ton. Wired her up today and played some LPs. Nice [:)]

I’ve been filling the bird feeders every day. With over a foot of the white stuff the birds are scampering in search of food. The suet cakes only last a day-or-so, too.

Thanks for moving the Diner, Steven. I have travelled west by train but never across Tehachapi, it was always via Moffat Tunnel.

Happy New Year to All!

Regards, Ed

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I think my future ex wife will be Ariana Grande!

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Good evening Diners,

Brunhilda, may I have an extra large coffee with lots of cream before your shift ends, please.

What would be a shorter list for music is what I don’t listen to. I’ve never been able to get behind opera. I just never cared for it. But, I would prefer that to “metal.” Funny thing about metal, when I played some of it back in old cover bands, it always left a bad taste in my mouth, for lack of a better word. Nowadays, I won’t listen to anything of that genre newer than ac/dc or the Scorpions, and I can only take a song or two from them. The remaining type of “music” I flat will not listen to is “Rap” and it’s brother “hip hop.”

My Pandora stations are classical, classical piano, classical guitar, Flamenco, which I love. Can’t play it, but I love it. Then Hawaiian and Celtic. I’ve since added British Invasion and surf Music. Those are most enjoyed in shuffle mode.

i don’t think there’s a pattern there other than heavily guitar based music. I doubt anyone cares about this, but you can often tell whether a song was written on guitar or piano just by how the song is structured.

Well, I could go on for hours, but I’m sure I’ve already bored everyone.

Hello to everyone, and I hope everyone is OK, safe, and warm.

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In his biography, Eddie Van Halen stated that everything he wrote for guitar was actually composed on his piano.

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-Kevin

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Good evening all.

Steven (SWP) - I thought you did well on moving the diner. It’s just that some are set in doing things certain ways, and JaBear just is grumpy in his old age, don’t let that bug you.

JaBear - You forgot to quote the part where I asked if anyone had any other tips or points I missed… [;)]

But it’s ok, I like to tease and joke, so they get to tease and joke right back. (If you can dish it out, you should be able to take it back, right?)

And, I hope you didn’t take any offense over my calling you a grumpy old man. After all, I’m just a smart mouthed young whipper-snapper at (almost) 32.

Music discussion - Uptown funk I have heard, can’t stand shake it off though. Meghan Trainor I have heard a couple of songs for, but none are fav’s for me. I will have to say my current “listen to” is “Marry Me” by Thomas Rhett. (Those who know, will realize this is not the same song as the popular “Marry Me” by Train. The Train version works much better for a first dance song than the Thomas Rhett version would!) My taste in music is quite varied, but majority is Country, from the “Real Country” of pre-1990ish, to modern country. I also like some pop, rock, classic rock, and some R&B. Everyone from the aforementioned Train to George Straight, to Elvis, and some that are less famous, but had hits. (Anyone heard of The Wonders? They were a band from Erie Pa, years ago, who only had a couple hits. I have several bands like that on my playlist.)

Like another post, I can’t stand Rap, metal, and never got into opera, big hair bands, or alternative.

Last concert I attended was by The Bellamy Brothers.

Weather - Snowing, and cold. (What else is new?!?)

W*^k - Decent day Saturday, lackluster today.

Hope all are well, and all enjoy the night!

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I see there isn’t a Show Me Something thread for this month any objections to me posting it?

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Happy New Year! What a great few days of college football. I do love bowl games.

Music? Wow, where do I start? Everything classical from Bach to Philip Glass. Movie scores from Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, John Williams, to name a few. Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, Rush, Genesis, REO Speedwagon, Muse, Natalie Merchant, Simon and Garfunkel, Brian Setzer, Milk Carton Kids, Louie Prima, Daft Punk, Sufjan Stevens, and the list goes on and on (and on…). I love my Apple Music subscription. It plays at least 8-10 hours every day.

It seems that every Christmas season I get sick. It starts with my asthma acting up and deteriorates from there. This year is no exception. My eyelids feel hot; a precursor to the fever. Plus we still have the grandkids here until Thursday. Whoopie.

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Evening diners, I’ll take a pecan pie custard concrete on the upper observation deck…

Some music I really like is remixed classical the only one I know of right now is a Fifth of Beethoven, when I first heard it I was a bit confused!

Today we went to the Citrus Bowl, left early due to the rain and cold…

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Eveing Diners

Flo, give the gang a [B] and wipersnappers a hot chocolate.

Steven You did move the dinner a tad early. But we are use to Ulrich moving the dinner. With him being in Germany it was after midnight for us in the states. Ulrich all so started the candle in the hand photo. I was surprised not to see it when you moved the dinner but it was not a problem for me.

Work Front with Nancy. [sigh] Yep she was there again. [banghead] She was bored out of her mind, so I was her tagret for intertainment! She told me “You need to eat better, eating spinach everyday cannot be good for you!” [%-)]

Later, Ken

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I apologize for moving the diner early I just wanted to get it posted so it was there for 12:01 AM January 1st, I did not know that the candle picture was so important and will remember to post it next time…

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Um, Popeye.

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OK, I’ll bite. I haven’t been around any newborn pups - ever (a couple of cat litters but they don’t count, right dog lovers?!?[swg]) What is a puppy rail and what does it do or prevent?

Brent - loved the song! Put me in a warm space. Thanks for posting.

Dave

NO, I don’t hate cats!!!

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hon30critter,

A puppy rail is established on all four sides of a whelping box, (place where the gyp,(female dog) has her pups), usually coming out from the side of the box 4 inches, and is 4 inches from the bottom of the box. This prevents the gyp from forcing a pup into the side of a box, killing it by accident. A gentleman by the name of T.E. Scott devised a stainless steel bowl, (oversized hubcap), that has a heating element with a therostat that can be used in a whelping box to prevent the pups from becoming chilled, and killed by being too cold. Ever notice pups are usually in a pile when they are sleeping, or not scooting around the box ?

A litter of pups, (6), by the time special diet for the gyp, shots, dew claw removal, worming, and general check-ups, I would break even at $1200.00 per pup. Didn’t want to loose any. I would put a litter on the ground every three years, as each breeding takes that long to evaluate as to ability, being biddible, conformation, coat, and instinct. Sometimes it would be in the cards to NOT repeat the breeding. Ostensibly dogs were bred to improve the breed, not to make money.

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herrinchoker:

Thanks for the explanation of the reason for a puppy rail. I suspected something like that but I wasn’t sure.

I also had no idea how much bringing a new puppy into the world could cost! Thanks for the summary.

We enjoyed our wonderful dog Jake. He was a German Shepherd but not purebred so he was a bit smaller than most Shepherds. Great disposition. We managed to teach him not to bark at every kid who walked by the house (I think he had been taunted by kids before we got him), and he would walk beside me without a leash, and he never pooped when we were out on a walk. He saved me the task of having to feel warm dog droppings through the film of a plastic bag. Wonderful dog!!!

Unfortunately he died from complications related to severe epilepsy at the age of seven. That was not a nice thing to go through.

We would have gotten another dog except that I was tired of cleaning the back yard up after him. Nobody else would do it despite the promises made when we got him. I have often said that there is a huge opportunity being missed in the dog food market. If someone was to make a dog food that caused their poop to glow in the dark they would make a fortune! I would definitely get another dog!!![(-D][(-D][(-D]

Cheers!!

Dave

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Good morning.

another day to bundle up because of cold weather.

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BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Its cold.

So cold my wipers would not shut off in the car. Finally got it jiggled and it shut off.

Back at work this morning after a bit of time off. I need to get more Kerosene for my basement heater.

brrrrrrr. and brrrr.

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Good morning diners, apparently moving to Tehachapi hasn’t helped the cold problem…

On the model railroading front, I’m still working out the frame, drive, and prime mover setup of Big Bad John but I am making progress, slowly…

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Morning diners,

Yeah she’s pretty good too.

My was going to be Selena Gomez.

I watched a special about Bob Hope on the PBS channel. It was very interesting.