Evening Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan and Brent will have a Crown Royal and I will have a [B] please.
Sort of Work Front. Not worth a darn again today. Had 2 people that where looking for $100 to $150 queen sets. [:-^] Did get a few sales but nothing that will put food on the table.
Blood Sugar front. Sloowly head in the right drection but not what I want. This moring low was 170 which is way to high. But todays high was 232 again way to high but better than it had been which is sad. Main thing is find what I do not react well to. Coffeemate is one of them! I had been using Sugar Free Hazel Nut. I was dumping it in with messureing. Yesterday I went from 170 to 198 blood surgar from drinking coffee only? Today it only went up 8 points.
Green Tea, anyone here drink it? Read some good thing about on lowering your blood sugar so I bought some on the way home.
Train Front I have been very impressed with the Bachmann Sound Value F7A’s. They are by far better pulling engines than there counter parts Bachmann DDC on board. 2 F7A’s are puling 32 coal cars with seemly no efforts. Just wished they where B&O’s F7’s.
Later Ken
Top of a warm evening to all.
Ray, you mentioning your grandaughter and softball brought back fond memories of the few seasons when I coached teenage girls in fastpitch softball, years ago. Girls were much more emotional than boys at that age and I had an easier time coaching boys baseball, that is for sure. One night we had our first playoff game and a lot of the girls had their boyfriends in the stands to watch. Now we had a ringer pitcher, catcher, and shortstop. The rest of the positions we would rotate. WEEEELLLLL! with all the boyfriends in the stands, not one of them would play right field. The umpire said we didn’t have a right fielder on the field and I said we will play without one. Our star pitcher and the definite leader on the team dropped the ball on the mound and walked out to right field. She was a real sweetheart. We played one inning with our star pitcher in right field and all of a sudden there were plenty of volunteers for right field. If I remembered we were down by six runs by our first up to bat. Lesson learned.
Father-in-law did have a clot caused by the start of an infection, likely caused by the radiation therapy for his bone cancer. They walked in the door of the hospital at 2330hrs, had an ultrasound and a CT scan, drugs to blow the clot, two antibiotics for the infection and were out the door in exactly two hours. I hope he has an easier time from here on in. He is one of the hardest working people I have ever known even at eighty.
Kid got booked for a bunch of days on a new sitcom yesterday that stars Jason Alexander.
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni61025554/
He then got a call from LosAngeles from a directer to do Hockey stuff for next years Gatorade commercials. It will be done up here and he gets $360.00 for six hours on the rink. If I wasn’t so dang ugly I’d start looking for my skates.[(-D]
I think my daughter is rethi
G´Night, Brent and Good Morning to All!
The birds made such a heck of a noise at day break, I had no other chance than to get up and start the day!
up831 - I agree, I couldn´t possibly eat that much. My (real) regular breakfast is just a small bowl of chocolate muesli and two mugs of coffee with it. That´s plenty for a good start into the day!
The month is slowly coming to an end and so is Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre month. There are still a few days left, in which I will present extraordinary trains around the world.
Today´s feature takes us to Africa - to the southernmost tip of this fascinating, but also a little frightening contintent.
An African Fairy Tale - Riding The Pride Of Africa
This epic 15-day train journey travels through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania and is one of the most famous in the world. The sojourn begins in Cape Town taking guests to the historic village of Matjiesfontein, the diamond town of Kimberley and the capital city of Pretoria for short tours followed by two nights in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Continue through Botswana into Zimbabwe where guests overnight at the Victoria Falls Hotel. After crossing the mighty Zambezi River, the train joins the Tazara line in Zambia and continues to Chisimba Falls where guests enjoy a bush walk. The train climbs to the Tanzanian border then descends into the Great Rift Valley negotiating the tunnels, switchbacks and viaducts of the spectacular escarpment. Climbing again, it traverses the Selous Game Reserve – the largest on the continent and a vision of timeless Africa – before the bustling arrival in Dar es Salaam the following day.
A journey with The Pride of Africa is ceertainly a once in a lifetime experience, open to only very few. I am happy to share this video with you - a G
Good morning campers! We made it safe n’ sound to Boston. Caught a very late supper, had to practically drag the fiance away from Boston Harbor.
Gidday Chloe, a large mug of green tea please.
Ken, I didn’t start drinking green tea to specifically control my blood sugars, so can’t comment on its effectiveness. I drink it because it’s supposed to contain lots of goodies that are helpful for mens health, though in truth I suspect I should have started drinking it 40 years ago (and less beer!!). One thing I will say is that there are many varieties of green tea, some of them cruel to the tastebuds, so if you don’t get lucky first time, I’d suggest you try some other brands till you get the right one for you. I see that Dilmah, a popular brand here, and one I like, is available in the US, though don’t know how the prices compare.
“but I’m worried about becoming a bit of a dictator when it comes to controlling the meetings”.
Bear- I argue with myself constantly.
Good morning, everybody … Coffee and a donut please.
Bear … You mention Allen McClelland’s V&O. I saw it in person several years ago. It certainly was impressive.
Ed … I’m admiring the large building you are making as you posted in WPF.
Ray … You said you might post photos of parts of your mini clinic. I will be interested when you do.
Jimmy … If there are photos in your presentation that you can share, I would like seeing them .
BrassBootleg … Enjoy Boston.
Ulrich … The Pride of Africa train video is impressive.
Here is a video of the Zephyr making its historic trip in 1934 from Denver to Chicago… Notice all of the people at trackside watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHe0YSciQao
Happy Model Railroading, everybody.
Good Afternoon!
Time for coffee and a slice of that apple crumble pie, topped with vanilla ice cream & rum raisins - yummy!
Garry - I am glad you liked the video!
Ready for the afternoion bonus program in Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre? If you like, join me in riding two trains in France! The first part shows a ride with the Chemins de Fer de Provence from Nice to Saint Andre les-Alpes, a scenic route from the beaches of posh Nice to the beautiful mountain retreats in the Mediterranean Alps. The second part explores the beautiful island of Corsica.
Enjoy!
I have found a place where I could find the peace of mind I so dearly need! It´s a little house on the Danish island of Aero, which is just a lovely place. It has an extra room which we could use as a bed & breakfast place for paying guests during the summer season, earning some extra cash.
There are only two obstacles to overcome - how to get the money to buy it and how to make Petra like the idea…
Obviously, but not by me.
I use a WhatchGuard FireBox M200 as our firewall, and that red LION has been their logo fopr some time, they even had a stuffed red LION in the partner’s office in WI where I took a course on running the box. I went looking for it, and the Red Lion did not seem to be on their site anymore. Maybe I should write to their webmaster about that.
ROAR
A few more pictures of the place I´d love to call “Mon Repos”
For the asking price, you´d get a double garage in my neck of the woods, but no house …
Holy Smok’n Cowcatchers! Prolific as ever. Been awhile and yes Howmus a bit too long away but just high balling through. The layout is expanded and further then ever from being completed. If I was smart I’d retire and get to it! Read the “Fallen Flags” list at the start of the post and yes I have missed a lot, gone but not forgotten. Thank you for keeping their memories and names alive. Truly a fitting tribute. Fergie
Fergie. !!! Wow! Good to see you. Please visit the Diner when you can.
Ulrich … … That does look like a nice house.
Lion. … I was wondering about the red lion picture. At first I thought you had a major blood pressure problem.
Ulrich looks like it needs a new roof. Just for grins how much are they asking?
Location is everything, in California that would be an 800,000 Euro house, in flyover country 300-400,000. 1 Euro = $1.12 these days.
Chama had it’s opening day. They double headed 2 steam engines. It may have been a trick of the camera but the second one had distinctly brownish smoke. At Rochelle they have replaced a siding track and at least 6 of 8 track sections entering the double diamond. I wonder how long the diamond itself lasts? seems like they are welding it 4-5 days week.
Thanks to all that served or who lost love ones in wars everywhere.
Whale… I sure hope you can swing that one.
ROAR
Asking price is 100k Euros, but you will get it for 80k. Petra doesn´t like the idea if moving to an island far aqay from where our son lives, who is visiting us maybe 3 times a year. Oh, mothers!
Lion - I have 800 Euros, leaving only 79,200 to go, with the rate I am able to save up, I can buy the place in 99 years!
Yes this is an unusual time for me to be stopping it. My back decided to act up and I only managed to make it to a half hour after lunch. Reason for the half hour after lunch is that, as part of my job, there is a duty that I do every day that I work. It involves the technology that we use. I have been asked to do the inventory for what’s not in storage or what’s been put in the wrong place.
On other subjects, I started drinking green tea due to the fact that I am told that it has anti-pain properties. I have noticed that it does help with my knees especially. (Although today it obviously didn’t help with my back!) Some days are better than others when it comes to my knees. My doctor has told me that eventually I will need to have knees worked on, but the longer I can put it off the better.
Ulrich: I know the feeling. I had looked for my own place probably 5-10 years ago and my bank, not directly but, basically told me to forget it. It’s almost to the point that I feel like I would need to win the lottery to be able to even think about getting my own place. My Mom has “presented” some ideas even though I am not actively looking. In a perfect world, what I want to do involves 4 45’ long 9’tall ISBUs (aka retired railroad shipping containers). 2 would be living area and the other 2 would be a “shop” area aka monster railroad room. Not common in my neck of the woods, but I have always been one of these people that doesn things differently. Not that I ever expect it to happen, but one can always dream.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, Ed, Jan, Brent, Ja Bear and I will have a [B] please.
Was not going to drink beer tonight, but then my wife started talking! [banghead] Her tablet stopped working (Windows 10 touch screen) and wanted me to get it on line. OK, don’t like touch screens nor windows 10 but I give it a try. It would not go on line one other time, I was able to get it going again.
[soapbox] Ever time I started to touch something she said Don’t touch that! If she said that when I meet her, I still be single! [(-D] I finally gave up, I am guessing I need the WFI Password, showed a lock symbol next to WYFI. Touched the lock and the keyboard appeared. Wife said Don’t touch that! So I didn’t. 95% sure that is the problem.
Bear Had my first taste of Green Tea. [+o(] While I have drank fouler stuff Doctors made me do it. Got down 2 cups and will use all I bought. I will try other brands.
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Funny you brought that up Kid. Last week my knees started hurting a little. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would say 2. Couple of hours after I had the Green [+o(] Tea they stopped hurting.
Ulrich Watched the Valley Of The Moutain King and I have two things two say.
1 Enjoyed the Video.
2 Why would people want to live there? Yea, it is sure pretty! Guess they heard goats and cow’s for a living. Be born in the Midewet flat lands seem a little odd to me.
Later, Ken
“It is not always the strongest, or the fastest, or even the bravest that earn the title of warrior. But rather, it is always the one who chooses to put himself in between those that he loves and those that would seek to do them harm.”
Here’s to Senior Chief Morris, the finest block a salt I ever had the pleasure of knowing. It’s smooth seas ahead, strong wind at our backs, Chief. Rest easy, we have the watch.
Y’all meet me at the Officers’ Club, first round is on me, second round is on the lowest coin. And no, that’s just dust in my eye from the tracks, dammit. Bit a rust!
Good Morning!
I did not catch much sleep last night. I must have been waiting for the announced thunderstorm to come, which did not show up. Now I feel beat, so I need my morning coffee in an IV bag, Zoe! No breakfast yet, it´s too early for that. I´ll come back later for that!
Ken - the little village of Flåm located at the Sognefjord used to be a tiny farming community with people having a hard time to make a living. They had to be self-sustaining, as there was no other connection to the outside world than by boat. That changed in the late 1800´s, when tourism discovered the beauty of Norway´s fjords. Each year, the village sees half a million tourists and the village folks know how to milk them! Myrdal at the other end is just a station in the middle of nowhere, where people can change trains for Oslo or Bergen.
Only 4 more days until Ulrich´s Train Movie Theatre closes until further notice, so better hurry up and reserve a seat!
Today´s feature takes us into a world most like lost forever.
Scheherazade´s Tales - The Lost Railway
The Hedjaz Railway was a narrow gauge railway (1,050 mm/3 ft 5 11⁄32 in gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hedjaz region of Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of the Ottoman railway network and was built to extend the line from the Haydarpaşa Terminal in Kadikoy beyond Damascus to the holy city of Mecca. It got no further than Medina, 400 kilometres (250 mi) short of Mecca, due to the interruption of the construction works caused by the outbreak of World War I. Damascus to M