As a shareholder, I wish these guys would learn to drive around the trees so they don’t scratch the paint![swg][(-D]
It reminds me of driving up our street after a snow.
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Or at least blow the horn so that the trees could get out of the way.
They probably have a plow sticker reading “I speed up to run over small trees”.
Good Afternoon,
A pleasant day here, about 25F, sunny with very light wind.
The CPR Hudson finally left the station today. Sure is a smooth running loco.
Mr. B, sounds like a fun trip you are on. Not partial to Bourbon myself, was always a Rye drinker back in the day. My favourite tipple was Wisers Deluxe but has been many years since I’ve had any. Just stick to wine now.
No plans for today but I rarely do.
Time for another cup of tea.
CN Charlie
Gidday Chloe, as it’s so quiet in here would you care to join me for a small tipple.
It’s not the grab irons Ed, it’s those windshield wipers, what a beating they got and yet they still worked!!
The Benelli Sei, I only got to ride the 750, but it ran as smooth as a Swiss watch, and was no slug either!
A more sedate form of Italian travel.
Italy’Roma’ - by Bear, on Flickr<
Good morning
Did a little slip-n-slide fish tailing to get my snow legs on in the truck yesterday[oX)] Just a couple inches but those are the slippery ones when the snow isn’t deep enough to somewhat hold the sides of your tires. Everyone should break the tires free where it’s clear with no traffic to get the feel of things so reaction is instinctive when they might need it. The fancy lads in their SUV’s apparently don’t do that. They think four wheel drive is invincible and that’s why you always see those putzes in the ditch[:-^]
Don’t know why Minnesotans forget how to drive every year. Those who don’t know how to drive when it’s slippery should just stay home to keep everyone else safe. 161 in the ditch and 357 crashes yesterday.
Used to plow snow all night back in the day but never plowed trees[(-D] Job security as tow truck drivers plow cars all day. Body shop owners certainly love the snow shortly after the tow dudes do[(-D]
Yes, everyone has a Hey Day. I’d call it a Snow Day but that’s when the Kids get to stay home from school.
That it is Brent. Judy likes to get away for those extended weekends frequently. She gets Free-B’s often but otherwise rooms are only 35 - $40.00 as one of her employee perks. We’ve been to so many places near the area to explore that we’re running out of ideas here. Are you kidding me, not my Judy, she never runs out of ideas[(-D]
We love to go to Duluth as you never run out of things to do in that town. Even things you did last time are fun again. She wants to go there to see all the Christmas lights at Bentleyville and also the display in Somerset Wisconsin. Once that woman gets a “Bee in Her Bonnet” That’s It! Now I know where I&
Benvenuti in Fruili Venezia Giulia, Italia.
A large glass of Pinot Grigio delle Venezia please, Chloe.
Friuli Venezia Giulia was the first region in Italy I ever visited. That was back in 1967.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6igWMfU_U8&ab_channel=Luigi'sTravelTips
Trieste Train Station.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cRmjvp1GoI&ab_channel=swissclimber1
Trieste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ABuyZdcKfE&ab_channel=RokGoesAround
Friuli Venezia Giulia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpRxdIUFJvs&ab_channel=DRONEREPORTAGEFabioPappalettera
David
Car??? What car? I don’t see a car!
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OK TF! Where did the photo go? I liked that better than the replacement… LOL
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More Friuli Venezia Giulia -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch8vdVVQppY&ab_channel=DRONEREPORTAGEFabioPappalettera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzIygxAcUTI&ab_channel=MorganTrevisan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkZWRV_Xh7E&ab_channel=MovietexMikeTessari
David
Thanks for all the videos and photos. I really liked the Lamborghini video.
I’m waiting for another funeral to begin. Hopefully this will be the last one for a while. I’ll try to check back later when we get home.
Good morning,
I’ll try the ham and cheese omelet, with coffee, please.
Snowing again this morning, very lite. Yes, Minnesota drivers can’t remember how to drive in it for 6 months. They have to learn allover. Mostly the hard way. The snow makes me appreciate our townhouse. The association is responsible for snow removal.
Don’t have much to say, just wanted to say hi.
Jim
Hi Everyone,
As stated yesterday, my wife and I went to Trainfest. Here are a couple of pictures taken of layouts. I took video of most of the layouts, but here are a few stills.
These are of an N scale modular layout. I think it’s a Chicago area club called N-Trak. One of these mods was posted last month for fall colors, but the picture was taken in 2019. These were taken last Sunday, 11-13-22.
N scale modules at train fest 2022 by Jim S, on Flickr
N scale modules at train fest 2022 by Jim S, on Flickr
Here is the previously posted module from a different angle. You may notice the freight cars have moved, but the trucks haven’t.
N scale modules at train fest 2022 by Jim S, on Flickr
N scale modules at train fest 2022 by Jim S, on Flickr
This one ties the last two pics together
N scale modules at train fest 2022 by Jim S, on Flickr
N scale was well represented at the show. I
[#welcome]Glad you stopped in Jim! I hear you about winter drivers. It’s always an adventure the first several snow falls before everyone remembers to adjust. Don’t be a stranger here in the diner!
Good afternoon, everyone. It’s only 3:30 p.m. here, but that’s close enough for happy hour to start for me.
It’s good to hear from you. It shows this as your first post. I’m not sure if that’s correct, but if it is, don’t get discouraged if your posts don’t show up right away. After posting several times, the issue goes away. It’s good to hear from you.
Jim UP831, thanks for the photos from the event. I agree with you about some N scale modelers. It’s amazing what they can do. My layout is N scale, and I don’t exactly fit in with those guys.
TF, you are probably able to drive very well on the snow and ice. Watch out for those other people. I agree about SUV drivers. I have an Expedition, but I know that it doesn’t matter what I’m driving, I can’t stop quickly or take sharp turns on ice no matter what SUV I have.
Tin Can, I hope your eye issues heal quickly. You’re right – we often want the doctors to wave the wand and cure things in 30 minutes. It doesn’t happen that way, but patience with health issues is difficult.
Manarola, Italy:
Hi Twofootjim!
Welcome to the forums!! [#welcome]
It just started to snow here in southern Ontario an hour ago. We were supposed to have had snow starting last Sunday, but fortunately it held off. We have a snow cleaning contract that starts on November 15th. How serendipitous!
Please tell us about your modelling. It doesn’t matter if you have a layout or not, but if you do have one, why not post some pictures? I’ve been on the forums for 16 years and I still don’t have a finished layout thanks mostly to back problems.
Cheers!!
Dave
John,
Everything about that church was unusual.
It is located outside of Hobart, Indiana, but it looks like it should be in Georgia. It even has pine trees.
There is no entrance to the church from the roadway that I could find, no parking lot, and not even a walkway up to the door.
I saw it from the road, stopped, and walked about 100 feet into the woods to get that picture.
I looked at the original resoltion image, and I cannot tell if the steeple roof is square or octagonal. Interesting.
-Kevin
Gidday Chloe, when Twofootjim next drops by, please give him a large coffee, and put it on my tab.
The first of the Ducati 900SS motorcycles were somewhat unreliable. The problems were generally sorted by 1977, though any self-respecting owner, who could afford it, replaced the factory mufflers with Conti mufflers and the standard carbs with 40mm Dell’Ortos which bought the Dukes engine almost back to race specs. Power, speed, and handling aside, I really loved the NOISE!!
Another more sedate form of transportation though the destination could possibly be somewhat tumultuous!!
Benvenuti in Trentino-Alto Adige, Northern Italy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txwm7m70NH8&ab_channel=RailAwayTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPmdhwc210M&ab_channel=IlViaggiatoreDoloMitico
David
Ciao —
FdS, Lanusei, Italy, 2002 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Country village to big city:
Milan, Italy, 1992 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
Good morning diners. Zoe, loaded scrambled eggs and an english muffin please.
I’m begining to lose faith in GE holiday lights. In case you don’t remember, I had a string on the roof light fully, but fail to pass power out the end plug to the next string. Didn’t catch it until I was two strings later and getting ready to hang the final string. Pulled the offending string down, did some rearranging, and all was fine. Haven’t turned the lights on since. Last night I got the go ahead from my wife to light everything up as others are beginning to as well. Something told me to check everything again and sure enough another string failed the same way! The first string was really annoying, but I could mark it up as possibly being a 10 year old string. The one that failed last night is a year old! [:(!] Same issue: fully lights, but no power going out the female plug on the end. Luckily, the offending connection on this one was right by a gutter downspout so I could sneak a cord up the gutter to the strings without power and get them on that way. I’m not confident my roof lights are going to make it through the season, but we shall see. It would be one thing if it were only a couple strings on a low roof, but I’ve got 10 or 11 strings up and the peaks of my roof are over 30 feet in the air. I busted apart the female plug on one of my old parts strings to see if it was a simple replacement, but no. There is a small pc board with a large resistor and a couple other bits in there. Might have to pony up for commercial quality lights for the future if this continues.
In college, we had a rare college snow day as we had a massive storm come through the night before. I went out for lunch with a bunch of friends and we were basically the only ones in the restaurant (the