Nice! Your lucky to have so many grandkids Sheldon. I love being a grandpa. Next month we’re going to North Dakota to see my oldest graduate from high school. He got a football scholarship for college and we’re very proud of him. I’m really looking forward to seeing all three of those Kids. My newest grandson Xavier just turned two.
Well, I think I’m going to hit the rack. Night night y’all
TF
Howdy …
Ed … Thanks for latest info on Ken. Now that it has been three weeks since you talked to him, I wonder if he has more troubles. Hope he gets back to us soon. Maybe, you will feel like checking with him again. … I like the Reading video. I noticed a moving freight train has some flat cars with school buses for loads.
Sheldon and TF … Regarding grandkids. I’m glad to hear both of you are blessed with some. We have 7. None live close to us.
Everybody: … Have a good night.
One of my neighbors had a happy announcement today.
I love seeing signs like this. It is nice to have a reason to be happy for others.
-Kevin
Good Evening,
A warm day here but I really could care less.
I only slept for a couple of hours last night and my wife not at all.
I can’t believe how empty the house feels without my little buddy. We have lost dogs before but this one seems especially hard as he was so smart. He was a very gentle and sensitive little guy, not like a typical westie.
Ed, I hope you can call Ken soon.
CN Charlie
Yes, and I worked hard again today. My wife is on me to take a day off.
These are the new lights I put up on either side of the garage door. The old lights went up, these hang down. This is a problem, because I keep on walking into this one.
I have decided that since I am not smart enough to remember not to walk under the lamp, I am going to puit a statue of a knight under the lamp. That should stop me.
I dug out a big hole for the base. I have become very good at digging holes. A year ago I never could have dug out a nice square flat bottomed hole like this one.
Then I built this 15 inch square form for the concrete. I did a very good job and it was perfectly flat and square.
Then I hammered it into the ground, and all my work was ruined. Building it first and then driving in the stakes turned out was a dumb idea. All the screws worked loose, and the form fell out of square as I drove it down.
I ended up clamping everything together and leveled it out.
Then I added about 4 inches of base rock, some rebar, and steel webbing.
I mixed up an 80 pounds of concrete and filled in the form.
Tomorrow I will put the decorative stone on top of the concrete base, and then it will be ready for the statuary.
This was a lot of work just so I don’t walk into a lamp any more.
The World Is A Beautiful Place.
-Kevin
This would make it a knight light then?
As long as you are not tempted to host one of these ever-popular gender reveal parties [D)] [D)] [D)] [D)]
The most recent one shattered basements of homes in New Hampshire when an explosion shook the town as 80 lb. of tannerite was detonated.
WE are the enlightened species?
Cheers, Ed
[(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D]
Dave
[(-D]
Now that you said it, you better believe that is what I am going to call it.
-Kevin
Here is a Wikipedia version of the Reading Railroad’s history. The Reading Railway, through its predecessors, was the oldest incorporated railroad in the US, and at one point it was one of the most prosperous corporations in the US:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Company
Dave
Morning all,. Update from yesterday, looks like I only burned a callus, since the skin is fine and there’s no pain today.
Anyway, I was putting in one of my hand built switches at the time. Between annoyance of parts popping off and a lack of sleep in the last 48 hrs, I grabbed for the iron, and missed the handle. I got lucky for sure.
Seeing the post about missing pets, I have personal experience there. I lost 3 cats in a year, one was 20 and the other two were 16. So a long life, but it still hurts.
My club picked up two new members on Friday, yay!
The progress the east broad top rr is making is incredible, located southeast of Altoona PA. Friday found them replacing Runk road bridge, a small box girder damaged in 2020 when a backhoe knocked it 1/2 to a full foot out of alignment.
They’ve already replaced about 2.6 miles of track as well,with plans to go north about 1200 feet to Shirleysburg. No train has gone there since 1956.
Good morning Diners. The usual toast and tea, please, Flo.
Jimmy (and anyone else) - Take care with soldering irons.
Grandchildren. Dawn and I thought we would never have grandchildren (for one reason or another). Now we have five keeping us young (and worn out [(-D]).
Kevin How do you keep going? I would be worn out by now.
Charlie Stay strong.
Ken. Whatever challenges you are facing, remain positive.
Thoughts & Peace to All who Require
David
I think Oscar* hates it here…
Oscar_5-1-21 by Edmund, on Flickr
He had a tour of the house yesterday morning. He still won’t be spending much time inside until he’s had his snip, checkup and shots. Our vet is semi-retired and she only does fixing on Thursdays. She didn’t have an opening last Thursday.
Here’s a look at the Anthracite fields in eastern Pennsylvania. You can see how tough the competition was in order to access such relatively small deposits.
Anthracite by Edmund, on Flickr
RDG, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1939 by Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Flickr
The Crusader.
https://www.american-rails.com/crusader.html
A Room With A View!
Sightseeing in Harpers Ferry by Craig Sanders, on Flickr
Cheers, Ed
David
Good morning, diners. Just coffee this morning, Flo. I’ll have donuts after church.
Another day of not much to do. I’ll be trying to build the final crossing signals. It’s time for me to move on to something else – I’m getting tired of this project.
We’re in the same boat – all 8 live away from us. We don’t get to see them very often.
I have only driven through Pennsyvania, many years ago on the way to NYC. This is an interesting month in the diner.
Have a good Sunday, everyone.
Good morning everyone. All I will have is coffee today.
I woke up feeling great. I slept only about five hours last night, but that does not seem to be a problem. I feel fully rested and ready for action.
Hope all are also feeling good.
Happy Sunday.
-Kevin
Good morning from the sunny West Coast.
I was in some serious pain gettin up this morning but got down to the bike and rode for 45 minutes and now am as good as new…almost.[(-D] Haven’t been that rough for quite a while.
Kevin, that is interesting that they don’t allow reclaimed water for toilets down there. 25 stinky, sweaty hockey players in the communal shower leave a lot more undesirable water in the building than reclaimed water in a toilet. [+o(][(-D]
Sheldon, you have a lot of beautiful grass to cut, how long does it take you?
We don’t need irrigation either except for the vegetables and under the eves when we are away. We gave up on house sitters watering and put irrigation in those spots.
We don’t have A/C here, we open all our windows near the end of April and close them in September. The back doors are open as well usually but we close those when we go out and at night. We have the ADT alarm system and disable the window alarms in the summer because they are always open. If someone were to climb in the motion detectors would go off. The only reason we even have an alarm system is for fire detection. When we leave the dogs and go out we want the fire dept to at least to have a chance at getting to them.
It’s a little jobs day today.
Brent,
Thank you.
If I cut it all at the same time, between 2 and 2-1/2 hours. I usually cut the front and back separately becuase they tend to grow at different rates.
I hope to find an attachment for my tractor known as a wing mower. A completely separate 40" mower deck with its own engine that attaches out from the left rear of the tractor and rides along with it.
That would cut the mowing time in half, especially for the large open area in the back. That would be 90" in one pass as I have a 50" deck now.
Here is a picture of one on a tractor similar to mine:
https://images.app.goo.gl/TGWSxY4BqWjzZZJN7
Sheldon
Sheldon, that’s a cool add-on. I was going to suggest you need a bigger tractor but you have a solution already.
soldering irons. the trick is, if you drop it let it fall, do not try to catch it.
ask me how I know.
Spent yesterday making an indoor herb garden. The wife like fresh herbs so we set up our own contianers of them.
got the front jungle mowed yesterday.
cleaned up my car today ( the inside. )
Charlie sorry to hear about your loss.
not much else going on here in the wilds of W ky.
I cannot say for sure about public or commercial buildings.
For residences, no reclaimed water in the home.
-Kevin