Running Bear’s May 2021 Coffee Shop


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Morning all,

Was on earlier, but didn't have time to post before getting to the office.

Supposed to be mostly cloudy and cool all day with a remote possibility of sprinkles. High today of 58°. While looking over a watering the garden from the lack of rain (70% chance over the weekend with 0% in the bucket), I found some volunteer tomato plants coming up. I think as they get a little bigger, I'll move a couple to replace the couple that were killed off during the predawn attack on my garden (ok could have been during the day as I'm not home 😄 ). Not sure which they could be, but any of what I planted last year are great tasting. Just never planted cherry tomatoes though.

Pool only lost about 1/8" of water overnight. I added water last night to just at the top of the bolt heads that hold the skimmer to the sidewall. Water level was just over the middle of the bolt heads (3/8" heads). I can say about that much water was due to evaporation and not a leak. We'll see when I get home later. Still way too cold to get into...But the weekend we are expecting to be back into the low 80's.

Mikey: Sorry about the boat. I agree that a wrecker or crane service would be least damaging to the boat.
 
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PNKFLOYD said:
Ken and all who offered suggestions on how to refloat my boat-
I appreciate all the suggestions! A little more information- the pontoon is 24' long, weighs about 1000 pounds, has an inboard engine and an outboard drive that extends about 3 feet past the end of the pontoons and the water level is about 20 inches below the concrete seawall.
I could lever the pontoon off the dock with a 2' x 4' board, but could damage the thin aluminum pontoons and the outdrive.

I think I will talk to a couple local wrecker services with large wrecker trucks.
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What is it resting on at the bow. The reflection suggests it's not in the water, but that may be an optical illusion. This is definitely a situation of "whatever floats your boat". A helicopter maybe?
 
Mikey: Are there any public access ramps nearby? I used to pass numerous pontoon boats on the Susquehanna, between Enola and Clymer on the A&S Branch. Never gave it a thought how they got them in or out of the river.

Sherrel: Sorry to hear that...by all means get it checked out. Hope it's not as serious as the test implies.

Terry: Hope you get the logistics issues of bringing your wife home, quickly. Personally, I feel she is better off at home, if you can manage it, with the help of visiting nurses / home health workers.

I recently received an "unfavorable" CT Scan which indicated "nodules" on the lungs, and calcium deposits on the Aortic valve...:(. Since then, I have seen my Cardiologist, who has prescribed another round of testing, and have a July appointment with a pulmonary Specialist, which will no doubt subject me to more testing until they figure this out. :(.

On the bright side, my son visited from NC and spent about 10 days with us, first time in over 18 months since we last saw him in person. We also drove to New York State, to attend Grand daughter's First Communion. Our first road trip in about 18 months.

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This is a 1951 Industrial map, published by the PRR in 1951. Map shows the Main Line Philadelphia and Washington, as well as the C&P Branch, the South Chester Branch, the Linwood Branch and Claymont Track all in Bold, along with the Reading Co. Chester Branch and the B&O "Royal Blue Line". Also every on line industry is listed...The parallel RDH and PRR lines toward the bottom of the map, is the prototype of my layout.

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Hal Smith photo from 5/1/1965 of E7 5876 and train at Matawan, NJ on the NY&LB. Note NH Baggage car behind engine.
 
Good morning gang!

Mikey, a crane may be your best solution to protect that out drive. Had to replace one once that hit a submerged log, not cheap.

The big dog pulled up lame yesterday, wife took him to the emergency vet, seems he somehow suffered a muscle tear in what would be considered his left wrist. Xrays, meds and the vet visit cost me $620.00, but what are ya gonna, they are like out kids. The fun part is keeping him down and calm so he can heal. Thank goodness they gave us sedatives!! Now if I can just get the other dog to leave him be.
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These 2 are trouble together, don't let them fool you!​

Boris, Sherrel, hopefully the docs will find nothing serious, maybe a smudge on the xray or a bad case of gas is all that's wrong.

In MRR news, loaded up a few boxes of excess stuff last night, loading them in the truck tonight and I will drop them at the local auction house for their online train auction near the end of the month. It's a great way to get rid of stuff, make a little $$$, and not have to deal with evilbay.

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PNKFLOYD said:
Ken and all who offered suggestions on how to refloat my boat-
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A mechanical engineer is a fella who knows all about the theory of hammering in a nail, but, has never actually hammered in the nail. We tried our best, I suppose.

Good Morning, everyone!
Another fine day outside; mostly due to the fact that it's not winter. 36°F out there under thin, broken cloud that are moving slowly to the east. It might rain, or it might not rain; who knows.

Sherrel - I'm very sad to hear you are hurting. I sure hope the medical people can take care of that for you, and that it's not too serious. - Take it easy and get better. You are a cherished patron around here.

Boris - Hope there is nothing too serious with the medical test results. Get well! -I like the map listing all the industrial place names. A fine 1965 E7 photo as well; the very period I hope to model.

BigG - The bed headboard looks good; rustic. Reminds me of the door the wife made me replace, actually.

Karl - Pets are very expensive to own, but, I'd rather spend a grand on them to ensure their good health over spending the money on booze and wild women. I've done that before; when I was younger.

I was able to walk the tracks yesterday, while the wife was grocery shopping. Here are some results of that little hike:

There was an SD75 I parked on the siding in the local yard; on the horizon, a train is approaching as it crosses the McLeod River bridge:
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The approaching train, an ES44DC, entering the yard fairly slowly:
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When it got beside me, I realized it wasn't moving so slow, and I was too close for a good photo:
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In my defense, I thought it was going to stop before it got to me. It didn't; she just high-tailed it out of town.

The train was pulling about a hundred plus of these type of hoppers:
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I did acquire 50 more photos on that little walk, so I'll post some over the coming days.

One more coffee, some reading, and then I'm going to get on with the day.
Have a good one!
 
Good Morning All. Cloudy and 55°. Today is going to be a repeat of yesterday weatherwise, Cloudy and misty all day with a high around 60°, not much range. The scattered heavy rain missed us yesterday, I have 0.1" total in the rain gauge, while 15 miles south of me, they received over 1".

How about a plate full of sausage, egg and cheese biscuits for me this morning Flo. Add a side of bacon as well.

Thanks for those likes yesterday on the latest small project; Tom O, Hughie, Karl, Sherrel, Patrick, Rick, Phil, Gary, Guy, Ken, Tom.

Out in the train shed yesterday, I quickly started and finished my small landscaping project. I added an overhead light (non-working) to the switch tower and three RR workers. I made a gravel parking area and applied ground foam to the area, including the space between the main line and the passing siding.
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The barrels are temporarily on the platform, they will be relocated under the stairs after the glue dries. Today I have to go back and fix the parking area where I dragged my hand across it while taking these pictures, grrrh! The area on the right will get a couple of saplings and maybe I can find some railroad debris also.

Tom O - No Mow May is about as ridiculous as it sounds. Bees don't pollinate grass! Better to ban the use of pesticides instead. Bees and corn is an interesting interaction though. Corn is primarily wind-pollinated, however bees feed the pollen to their young, and in the process of gathering it, they cause pollen to release from the tassels (the boy parts) and drift airborne to the silks (the girlie parts) of neighboring plants. Each silk is attached to a future kernel and each one must be pollinated in order to be developed. The bees themselves do not land on the silks.
Troy - If you haven't already checked it, get your blood glucose level checked. Leg cramps can be an early sign of diabetic neuropathy.
Sherrel - Best wishes towards ridding yourself of your symptoms. I hope that the tests turn up something simple to fix.
Patrick - That's good that you are ahead of the chlorine tab game, that will be the first affected due to a fire last fall at the leading manufacturer. It will eventually affect those of us who use liquid bleach as many pool owners will have to make the switch. While I got enough earlier this year to last until July 4, I wasn't able to get any last week when I returned for more.
Gary - Nice weathering job on the bed! ;)
Mikey - Ooops! That concrete seawall complicates things. One of those old-fashioned tow trucks might just be able to do the trick once the bow is shoved off the dock.
Guy - Your post and comment yesterday regarding the lumber flats reminded me of a true story from 1978. My wife and I flew up to New York, (Brooklyn) to visit relatives and some other friends for Christmas. At the same time our best friends drove their pick up truck up to visit her parents and our friends as well. Buddy had heard that they didn't sell Coors beer there at the time, and he could make a lot of money "bootlegging" it. So he loaded his pick up with 60 cases and drove there, At night, he had to unload it at each motel along the way, and some of it actually froze on the way due to wind chill from driving. While driving through Manhattan, he noted that people there didn't drive pickup trucks, and then realized that every time that he stopped for a red light, folks were simply picking up a case or two each from the back of his truck and walking/running away! Nothing that he could do, he couldn't abandon the truck and chase them, otherwise he would return to an empty truck! By the time he got to our friends place on Long Island, he had lost 18 cases. Our friends knew a bar owner who bought all of it, and Buddy almost broke even!

Everybody have a great day. Stay safe and get well everyone.
 
Willie: My uncle owns a bar in Michigan and did the same thing Took several cases back with him after my graduation as they couldn't get it there. It was due to the beer needing refrigeration in its distribution cycle (the Banquet style) as it had no preservatives.
 
Good afternoon. It’s cloudy and 61. We had severe storms pass through yesterday afternoon, with hail and high winds.
I also found a new wheelchair ramp, bought it, and set it up at home last night. My wife sitting outside in the rain for the better part of an hour waiting for me to get home to help her in to the house isn’t going to happen again.
 
Good afternoon from a breezy sunny So. Central Wisconsin. It is 54f degrees now and that was to be the high for the day. The breeze at 4mph this morning is now at 11 mph and heading to gusts of 25.

Geezs guys, group prayers and hugs need3d for just about all of us and the animals. Get well.

Good pictures all around , thanks for sharing the models and the real stuff.

no mow in May, agree it is crazy. But around the liberal state of Dane County that is almost normal. I agree, try to help the pollinators but most of the folks, ok 50% or so, in the city of Verona use yard services. If they hire out the service does the City really think they are going to NOT have the yard serviced for a month. There is a disconnect somewhere.

Had 5 electricians here this morning. 2 added 2 circuits in the train room. 3 others got the Powerwall, inverters, converters and other verters ready for the Tesla tech to review and suggest. They were also out inspecting the wind generators and solar array. Then the plumber showed up to install the under sink RO filtering systems a week early. I dropped a cooler at the daughters and ended up helping her place the new toilet in her remodeled bathroom. Hit the grocery store for 5-6 packs of Siet Dr Pepper and friends for $10 but no diet dr Pepper so that was wasted except for the mysterious cinnamon roll with cream cheese frosting that ended up in our basket. Since we were there Terry purchased a huge pork tenderloin that was a good price and a small quiche she just finished for lunch.

We are going for a walk but I have no clue where she disappeared to. Trains later and I may just gaze at the big diorama, that mood to operate has disappeared, hopefully a temporary thing.

enjoy your day
TomO
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bnsf971 said:
Good afternoon. My wife is safely home, though I am extremely concerned about her heading off on the Senior Bus for her dialysis tomorrow. She barely made it up the one step into the house with my assistance. I don't know how she's going to make it tomorrow, with me at work.

In other news, the dog that thinks she's mine has disappeared. She was there yesterday morning, now this morning she and her dog house are gone, and the access gate is broken and hanging by one hinge. The neighbors aren't home, either, so currently I can't even ask them.
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Make sure she take a drink with her and maybe a snack unless the dialysis people say otherwise those public buses detour all over the place and she needs to keep her strength up
 
TLOC said:
Good morning modelers from around the globe. Glad the rocket parts coming back to earth didn’t affect any of us. Another big to do about nothing!

Weather in So. Central Wisconsin is so confusing. High today might be 42 per the TV guy, but my Weather Channel weather app says it is already 45 going to a high of 47. I think the guy on tv needs to walk outside. But, frost the last 2 nights and the next two to come says both the app and the person who has the degrees. Oh well, it will be what it will be!

The grandson is here and the granddaughter will be here at 11:30. Monday is a day off from school so the teachers can prepare the next 4 days of lesson plans for in school learning and prepare the videos for those who are still staying home. The 7 year old g/son told grandma that our schedule is he will read to me from 10-10:30 and again at at 3:30 to 4:00, he will write a 5 sentence story after the 11:30 lunch. Terry made the mistake of trying to change the times, lesson learned by her. It was funny as he was respectful but so serious at the same time. He told her, she has been in Hawaii and she can work with Harper his sister when she gets here and change her schedule.

Our City of Verona and the Town of Verona are having a No Mow May to help the pollinators. The neighborhoods look unkept and ugly. My SIL and his crews are out mowing my property now. They also have to do from the gravel shoulder of the roadways to the fence line which is 44’ wide in most places. He tried to tell me a couple weeks ago about the pollinators and No Mow May. They did and will continue to cut. He has an agreement with a local beekeeper. Those little white boxes are all over the property. Some are near Terry’s 3 greenhouses and her outdoor gardens, our big swamp area and his vineyards. He has a bunch of boxes (hives) on our property within the fence line but across the street from what becomes about 300+ acres of corn. The bee have free range but the bee keeper says when there is enough things to pollinate the bees stay within a mile or so. I told the SIL we are doing enough for the pollinators.

Hopefully after of full day of the grandkids I will get something done in the trainroom. Enjoy your day.

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Lovely little scene, pop an electric pole or another tree to hide the join on the back scene, but I love all the logs and the ‘leaves’ excellent use of debris
 
PNKFLOYD said:
Ken and all who offered suggestions on how to refloat my boat-
I appreciate all the suggestions! A little more information- the pontoon is 24' long, weighs about 1000 pounds, has an inboard engine and an outboard drive that extends about 3 feet past the end of the pontoons and the water level is about 20 inches below the concrete seawall.
I could lever the pontoon off the dock with a 2' x 4' board, but could damage the thin aluminum pontoons and the outdrive.

I think I will talk to a couple local wrecker services with large wrecker trucks.
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in the uk you can buy inflatable balls to lift your car to change a wheel,do they have them there,if so inflate one on the land at the waters edge use the buoyancy of the. All to lift it onto the water then let the air out....
 
Boris said:
TomO: Never heard of the concept....Certainly not practiced here in Jersey....Wonder who dreams up all of these ideas??? Wonder if there is any scientific basis for the idea, and if practicing the concept actually has a positive environmental effect???
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Boris I use Duck Duck Go instead of Google for my searches. But sit back type in No Mow May in your favorite search engine and have an enjoyable read of many thousands of choices. It’s an idea from out by jazA, in Great Britain that is slowly catching on in the US and Canada

TomO
 
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