This is a place to gather, a place without an agenda or a topic. It’s free to all, to read, to join in, or just to enjoy some virtual food. Our gracious hosts ask only that we avoid certain hot-button topics like politics and religion that sometimes raise tempers.
You’ll get to know the friendly staff just by listening. It’s a place to share your day, your concerns, your joys and sorrows. Welcome aboard.
This month, the Diner is on a short run-around siding in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. It’s a lovely seasonal town that will close for the winter shortly, even the AmTrak station where the Downeaster now makes several daily stops. Meanwhile, enjoy the clams, scallops and lobster specials all month, and don’t forget to look up to see the Ferris wheel and roller coaster silhoutted against the blue sky over the ocean.
I am now leaving for my 5 hour trip to Cincinnati. Tomorow, I’ll head up to Michigan. I’m pleased to say I do not have a pain problem already today from yesterday’s teeth extrations.
Have a nice Labor Day Weekend, everybody. I may not be on the computer ver much if at all for several days.
To ‘fix’ the apostrophe you actually have to eliminate it. Steven Otte explained not too long ago that the software interprets the comma as a command, not a punctuation mark.
To get rid of the goobeldygook, go to your original post and select ‘Edit’. At the top of the screen you should see a box which says “Edit Title” or words to that effect. Then just delete the comma and hit “Update Post”.
I’ve locked up the old joint, and fixed the apostrophe on the sign before I left. So, we’re in Maine, eh? I expect the trees should start changing soon.
And did someone mention lobster? Looks like we have today’s special…
Hm, we all know the names of our servers here at the Diner, but has anybody ever bothered to look in the back and meet the cooks who prepare this delicious virtual fare? What are their names? All I’ve seen of them is a hairy arm handing plates through the pass-through window, with a heart lettered “MOM” tattooed on the bicep…
Hi Diners,
Sorry I’m a bit late, but Lambretta’s are slow by notoriety and cruising (68 mph max) around the wrong State for a while hasn’t helped either, but I’ve made it at last and pleased to be here.
Hullo Ma’am, that’s correct I’m from England and thank you, I’d like a Pot of Green Tea and some house-speciality Cookies please, that’s if that Low-down, No-good, Cookie-mooching Bear hasn’t gone and eaten them all?
In the Dunes along Lake Michigan’s South Shore, I’ve hired a Trailer from a guy called ‘Angel’. He seems a bit dodgy, but the rent’s low and the previous tenant, Jim Rockford from California, has left me some of his gear to use, although I can’t seem to adjust the Answer-phone greeting! But it’s handy for Train-spotting The Chicago South Shore & South Bend RR and connecting Companies RR’s.
The reason I’ve ended-up here (first stop at least) is because the patches of green between the areas of Industries are similar to those on Teesside, the Railway region in N.E. England that I have always modelled along the R. Tees Estuary (South Bank) although the latter is on a like-for-like ratio of around 0.0001:10, by comparison.
Thing is, it’s somewhere in the USA that I can relate to, including the shoreline and climate. I’m sure there are other similar places in the States but I can’t check-out every one of them and I like the Orange Livery of the CSS Locos. However, I need to gather more info on the different types of Trains and the Yards they originate from, terminate at, their Dispatch Nos and a Timetable and how t
Oh boy! Lobster Rolls!! Thanks Steven and thanks to Mister Beasley for parking us here in Maine. I’ve never actually been to Maine but I have been to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick many times so I guess it is somewhat similar, especially the seafood.
A very warm 80F here which is unusual for this time of year. We are expecting a repeat tomorrow too but then back down to a more seasonal 70F.
Ran trains yesterday a bit while I was defrosting the downstairs fridge. It resides in the workshop/furnace room/ N scale layout room. Yes you do have to defrost a 60 year old Westinghouse fridge. I suppose we should get rid of it as it isn’t too efficient but then again I don’t relish the thought of wrestling it up the stairs. It isn’t that large but it sure is heavy.
Tomorrow I have an appointment with the Urologist for another hormone jab which will be the last one before the big day probably in late November. The delay is to let the drug do its job of shrinking my prostate before it gets yanked. Think I’d rather have a tooth extracted quite frankly.
Think I’ll head out to the back garden as it is a beautiful evening.
Evening dinners. I never understood ruining a good lobster with a bad hot dog roll. Steven it you go to Bar Harbor, take a ride on the Rockefeller carriages and eat at South Port. The wooden(log?) 1 story restaurant will serve you, the white house with patio dining will not.
It was 78 degrees and 78% humidity when I woke up. That means it was 100% humidity and felt every bit like it. Cloudy and some showers off and on all day.
I spent most of the day trying various versions of LokSound programmer and sound files. Finally I discovered they were having website issues and files I needed were simply not there. grumble grumble.
Charlie Ouch! is that an injection in your prostate?
Hi Diners,
Sorry I’m a bit late, but Lambretta’s are slow by notoriety and cruising (68 mph max) around the wrong State for a while hasn’t helped either, but I’ve made it at last and pleased to be here.
Hullo Ma’am, that’s correct I’m from England and thank you, I’d like a Pot of Green Tea and some house-speciality Cookies please, that’s if that Low-down, No-good, Cookie-mooching Bear hasn’t gone and eaten them all?
In the Dunes along Lake Michigan’s South Shore, I’ve hired a Trailer from a guy called ‘Angel’. He seems a bit dodgy, but the rent’s low and the previous tenant, Jim Rockford from California, has left me some of his gear to use, although I can’t seem to adjust the Answer-phone greeting! But it’s handy for Train-spotting The Chicago South Shore & South Bend RR and connecting Companies RR’s.
The reason I’ve ended-up here (first stop at least) is because the patches of green between the areas of Industries are similar to those on Teesside, the Railway region in N.E. England that I have always modelled along the R. Tees Estuary (South Bank) although the latter is on a like-for-like ratio of around 0.0001:10, by comparison.
Thing is, it’s somewhere in the USA that I can relate to, including the shoreline and climate. I’m sure there are other similar places in the States but I can’t check-out every one of them and I like the Orange Livery of the CSS Locos. However, I need to gather more info on the different types of Trains and the Yards they originate from, terminate at, thei
Flo, Douglas, Ed and I will have a [B] in a Monon Mug Please.
What a great day to work outside! To bad I had to do 2 hours of running this morning!
Fence Front Got some of the hatch job called “The New Fence” problem fixed! I added some new stringers down low and cut around 40 18" pickets and got them installed. Still around 100 to go, about 30 more 18" pickets and the rest will range betten 13" and 6". Glad Habor Freight wanted so much for the saw blades I and I did not buy the Mitter Saw! While my cutt’s with the Jig Saw would not be up to YGW standerds they work for a fence!
Train Front. Last night I got a wild hair up my caboose and decided to run the PCM Big Boy on theB line dragging some passanger cars. It ran great arond the layout for about say 20 times then finaly derailed by the window A/C unit. Lifted the Big Boy off the rails and left it about 5" from the edge of the layout and went to bed.
I was wearing short today and when I reached to turn on the window A/C, the shorts leg caught the Big Boy and down it went! [:'(] I felt something, and leaned aginst the layout and the engine more slid down my leg (it sure hurt) but the tender hit the floor! Engine drive rods look fine, that was what I was worried about. Tender looks OK as well, I may test run later tonight.
Lazer [#welcome] to the dinner!
Looks like my old computer moniter is dying. So if I am not on the site, it kicked the bucket!
Big Daddy, the jab is in my posterior so not much of an ouch. Besides shrinking the prostate the drug shrinks cancer too which is a good thing while waiting to get it removed.
Meeting an old high school chum for lunch next week as he is passing through on his way home. He is a big time Corvette fan and is currently restoring a '65 coupe that he has owned for a long time. He is doing one of those to the last bolt restorations and plans on entering it is a competion. He only likes small block ‘Vettes’. Bet he wishes he never sold the '63 split window that had fuel injection. He bought it in 1970 for $1500 and it was in great shape.
I totally forgot that it was September, for half the day.
I got my Burlington Northern covered hoppers today after a revenue trip around the country. Also got my Union Pacific LO. When I got them I felt disappointed because it took to long.
Had a bad week. Monday I injured my back on site. Extreme pain. Stayed home Tuesday. Wednesday morning took an ambulance ride to the ER. Scans and X-rays revealed fractured vertebra, compressed disc. Badly inflamed muscled. Looks like I will be getting out of the Horsepiddle tomorrow. Will be using a walker for a while. Good news is that the pain is largely gone and swelling is down. Unfortunately modeling. Have been catching up on MRR articles.
Spent most of the day putting together a totally new format for the NMRA Division newsletter. The old editor felt the time was right to retire from it. He is no longer publishing his local newsletter he made for over a decade and had some major computer problems… Since he is no longer a member, I took him up on it and will publicly thank him for several years of doing this for the Division in the first edition I create. I will take one more term as the Superintendent and then after that may want to do the newsletter as I have all the right programs and some experience in the field of publishing (from my Music Business) over the years. Right now it is a bit of fun but an anoyance as I really don’t have the time to do it. Has to come out of my scarce modeling time, but I will have some fun with it.
I need to start getting myself ready to do the training next weekend… Lots of review I need to do on the portions I am leading. It is a fun old course and it looks like we should have a good percentage of the troop there for it.
Looked out the window this evening just in time to see a loose Pit Bull run around my house… I think it belongs to a family over on the side street. Have seen it out in the back yard when their kids are out playing in a fenced in trampoline in their back yard. Have never seen it on the loose before and sure hope it won’t become a common occurance! Bunch of neighbors started out walking their several dogs just about the same time. The lady next door was letting them know about the dog who would have run right through their garage I think to get from their fenced in yard… I shall take out the kittie litter in the morning just in case.
Time for me to call it a night… Have a good evening out there!
Sometimes having a tool that you hardly ever use can be a lifesaver.
I brushed another car with my Integra GSR and shoved in the front fender just a little.
I removed the wheel and wheel housing and there was a small brace there from the fender to the car.
There was one bolt holding this brace that you could barely access with a wrench and you could only turn the bolt a little bit. You had to remove and then put the wrench back on the bolt head for every small amount of turning. And I had to sit in a way in order to see what I was doing that in a short time was killing my back and progress was agonizing slow.
If I can suggest, make sure you let it heal properly, and don’t go back to work, or at least don’t do ANY lifting, for a while.
My back is a mess. It gives me constant pain. I can hardly get to the bird feeders or the mailbox and back without having to sit down to let my muscles relax. I used to lift engine blocks by myself. Dumb![D)] Don’t go there!
September: The month I have been waiting for since March. My major vacation for the year occurs this month. While I’m on vacation, my posting maybe be a little sparser than usual. Also about the only time I can buy trains items by looking at them in person. I’ve made my list of things that I want but I suspect that I won’t stick to said list. (I didn’t last year either, but I did find a few things that I would have needed eventually anyway.)
