We saw Neil Diamond live in Flint, Michigan many years ago. I can’t remember the exact venue but we were sitting on a grass slope in an amphitheater with the stage below us. The show was great indeed, but what made it more interesting was that there were thunder storms all around us. So, in addition to the laser lights being used in the show, we had regular flashes of lightning in the distance to enhance the effect. The storms never came our way. In fact, we had stars above us all night! Quite the show!!
It was before I owned it Dave. The guy that sold it to me said it was hit in a parking lot. I knew the bumper was caved in the center.
Joyride driving time is almost over. I think I’ll tackle that one in the spring along with my priority… POWER STEERING. I got to tell you I’m so sick of using all the power in my arms and pulling mussels driving the thing[(-D]
TF
And thanks for the nice job compliment. Ya put a smile on my face[swg]
Hey, at our age we need all the exercise we can get!
I know the feeling. When I had my '68 MGC the power brake boosters were shot so I bypassed them (yes, there were two of them! Typical British engineering!!) Well, talk about a stiff pedal!!! I was a strong guy back then and it was all I could do to get the beast stopped. I wouldn’t let Dianne drive it because I just knew that she would run into something. I had the ‘C’ all set up to put a more modern booster in, but then I ran out of money and had to sell it (WE ran into this thing called ‘kids’). At least you still have your ride.
Well all I can do is try to keep you from not feeling too bad about that.
After I restored my 69 I had a wonderful daughter and then another daughter.
After that the 69 sat in the garage for almost 25 years. I dug the seized up thing out 22 years later.
The Mach had a long road of recovery ahead and plenty of $ Jing Jing. I must have got my priorities back or backwards somewhere along the way.
I don’t know maybe I’m one of the lucky ones. I should thank my lucky stars. I’m glad I still have my childhood car. I almost sold it twice. I’m glad now that I didn’t.
TF
Not so sure I’m accurate on my numbers but I drove her hard and put her away wet when I was young.
Dorian is still heading West, coming straight for me.
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The weathermen all say it will turn North soon. I am having doubts now. It is getting less than two days away. This is the proper time to prepare for impact.
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In 1992 Andrew did this exact thing. Everyone said it would turn, but it decided to continue West and plow through my neighborhood. The eye of Andrew went right over the duplex I was renting at the time.
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I might be putting up the storm shutters and driving out of town tomorrow.
Oh but I am serious. I live in a little world with my Judy and I’m happy with that. I’m sure I can look up Spain on the internet but I’d rather buy a globe. I haven’t had one lately.
I will go to Canada fishing in the spring that is where I know and feel comfortable. After that Lake Kabetogama, Leech Lake or Red Lake. Spain not so much.
Just like I don’t use an umbrella when it’s raining.
TF
No offense, that’s the world I live in. I like to keep it simple.
TF - as a European, our world bigger only in terms of number of countries. I a day´s travel I can drive from Germany to The Netherlands, and on to Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republik and back to Germany. I even may add Liechtenstein to that list. For that trip, I need a basic knowledge of German, Dutch, French and Czech and have to deal with 3 different currencies. Before the Euro, it would have been 7 different currencies. Life is a little more complicated over here.
Buenos Dias, Companeros y Aficionados de los Trenes miniaturismo!
Just a quick visit for a bagel and coffee. It´s the beginning of a new month and I have to run a few errands, mainly some banking business, mailing a letter and cleaning the inside of the car. It has cooled off to a comfortable level, with a definitive scent of Autumn in the air - just the way I like it!
TF - I had my share of travelling not only throughout Europe, but around the world. There are still a few places I´d like to see (again), but I am happy with having a rather secluded, but peaceful life, which we hopefully will have one day in Denmark.
Spain had a number of interesting narrow gauge lines, but most of them are gone now. Here is a video paying tribute to the good old dys!
If I drove a day’s travel, I would probibly still be in the northeast, unless I went north, I would hit the boarder in 30 minutes, and only get to Montreal that day.(due to bridge construction)[:P]
Let´s have a look at model railroading in Spain! There is one manufacturer of Spanish model trains. Electrotren was founded in 1951 and started out as a manufacturer of O gauge trains. In 1954, Electrotren began producing HO scale trains, first under a license from Marklin, later on as 2-rail DC. In 2004, Hornby bought Electrotren, which now offers high quality models of mainly Spanish trains, albeit not really a big range of products.
They have an interesting looking Mikado and a a couple of 0-6-0 tank engines.
Furthermore, they offer some rather odd looking electrics.
Last, but not least, the famous “Talgo” train
… and the corresponding Diesel locomotive for it.
I am sure there are quite a few aficionados de los trenes in Spain, but I never crossed paths with one of them.
I can’t believe you guys did this to me! Spain! Seriously?! Now I’m going to have to open some sort of photo share account so I can post pics. Not only have I been there to visit family (exchange student), but we made it to the railroad museum in Madrid to boot! I think I have pictures of half the stuff Ulrich posted. Egads, another thing on the “To do” list…
Seriously though, it is a neat country but HOT in the summer. Wonderful people. Warm and welcoming. Some of the food was very good, some, not so much. That’s probably true of just about everywhere though. I’ll try to find time later this week to set up an account to share some pics.
This is not just any coffee my friends. This strong coffee with frothy hot milk. Since the Spanish do not usually indulge in a heavy breakfast, we will stick with these:
Today’s railroad item is our last highspeed train for this month’s diner (from me at least).
Someone already beat me to it in mentioning this train, but I’ll type a few tidbits anyway. Its called a talgo s102 and I have to say it looks rather ugly, at the very least. I therefore dub it “duckbill express.” This is the slightly older cousin of yesterday’s train. It was intruduced in 2005 with the boast of being able to achieve 217 MPH. According to my research, it can handle 318 passengers. If you compare all of this to yesterday’s train, you can see why the other one is definitely better. From what I can tell, this unit was the result of a joint effort between Bombadier and Talgo (like the concorde concept).
And because this IS a MRR forum, we definitely need some of that to start our week. Enjoy this cab ride on a Spanish MRR.
My late uncle, who was among the first Germans to tour Spain after WW II, always said, that one of the main dishes in Spain, Paella, consists of what tide has brought in the night before, served on rice. To be honest, I am not into that stuff, but there are lots of other nice things to eat in Spain, like the famous Pata Negra ham, or Manchego cheese. I am especially fond of the fresh tomatoes and other vegetables. My favourite place is “Casa Paco” on the Plaza Puerta Cerrada, 11 in Madrid, one of the best places in the world for steaks, but only if the torero was lucky to get the bull and not vice versa.
Good morning on Labor Day. Probably one of my favorite holidays – not because it’s Labor Day, but because each year we had started school about 2 or 3 weeks before, and Labor Day was a great day off to catch your breath.
I’m a little jealous of those of you with fond car memories from your youth. I don’t have any of those. I drove my parents family car through high school, did without a car in college, and finally bought a $900 Toyota when I started work. I sold that Toyota 5 years later for $15 to a guy who wanted the seats.
Our dream cars were a Chevelle or GTO. To have a Barracuda, Mustang, or Road Runner were too above us to even dream about.
The only thing in Spain I’d really like to see is some of the Gaudi architecture in Barcelona. It always reminded me of melted wax.
Henry, you are experiencing normal weather for Calgary at this time of year. It is supposed to be in high '60s and sunny in Vancouver this week which is normal for there right now. Iced tea in Canada means the sweet version, often with a little lemon. If you order tea in a restaurant you will get the hot version as it is far more popular than cold.
Hope MTS can figure out what is happening with the phone/internet line. It goes out completely at times and then is fine. I can’t see how it could be a wire as it would be the same all the time if the connection was broken somewhere.
