MikeInHubCity
Living the life in the heart of the Dairy State
Touche’, Terry.
Running Bear’s September 2019 Coffee Shop
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You're taller than me Daddy. Get me one. Please. I asked nicely.
Bruette
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Good morning Everybody!
It's 69 with 81% humidity under partly cloudy skies here in southeast Baltimore. The weather this past week has been, interesting. From lows in the upper 50's to highs in the mid-90s. Everyday this week the high exceeded the forecast. Summer refuses to let go!
Yesterday traffic was as bad as it can get in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. I think many of the 8.5+million people in the area were on the roads. I started work at 2:15pm, traffic was already jamed and it was still bumper to bumper at almost 7pm. I worked a second block because after I finished my first the roads were nearly at a standstill. The GPS said it was more than an hour to get home, Amazon was only 18 minutes away. If I'm going to be sitting in the van I might as well be getting paid for it! The good news was I delivered less than 40 packages in under 2 hours and got paid 6.5 hours for it, the bad news, I spent over 2 hours in heavy traffic on the roads!
With the exception of the Baltimore Washington Parkway the roads are wide enough to accommodate the heavy traffic with only minor slowing. The problem is the aggressive drivers who will risk their lives and ours changing lanes to move up one car length. The accidents are what jam up the roads. My GPS shows each accident, but they were too many to count!
On the Brightside, the customers I delivered to that I got to see and or speak to were very nice and I was able to deliver all of my packages.
That reminds me, earlier in the week I delivered to Towson University(TU). It was after hours and the central mail room was closed. I could have returned all 14 packages to Amazon, but I don't like to do that. I ended up working 4 hours and only got paid for 3.5 hours, that is very unusual.
Like I always say; "everyday is a good day, some are just better than others."
I called each customer at TU and was able to deliver 10 of the 14. Of the 14 customers 10 were young ladies. Of the 10 young ladies I was able to deliver 9 of them. The young men were idiots! They either did not trust me on the phone or just hung up on me. "Hi this is Louis with Amazon, I have a package for you", CLICK! I had no regrets about returning their packages. The one young lady I was unable to deliver to did not answer the phone and her voice mail was full, I felt bad about returning her package, but I had no choice.
I am now very familiar with the Towson University Campus. I drove and walked all over it meeting the customers at their dorms to give them their packages. It was very time consuming, but well worth the effort. The very appreciative and friendly young ladies with pretty smiling faces was more than enough reward. The lone young man was nervous, to say the least.
Have a great day Everybody!
It's 69 with 81% humidity under partly cloudy skies here in southeast Baltimore. The weather this past week has been, interesting. From lows in the upper 50's to highs in the mid-90s. Everyday this week the high exceeded the forecast. Summer refuses to let go!
Yesterday traffic was as bad as it can get in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. I think many of the 8.5+million people in the area were on the roads. I started work at 2:15pm, traffic was already jamed and it was still bumper to bumper at almost 7pm. I worked a second block because after I finished my first the roads were nearly at a standstill. The GPS said it was more than an hour to get home, Amazon was only 18 minutes away. If I'm going to be sitting in the van I might as well be getting paid for it! The good news was I delivered less than 40 packages in under 2 hours and got paid 6.5 hours for it, the bad news, I spent over 2 hours in heavy traffic on the roads!
With the exception of the Baltimore Washington Parkway the roads are wide enough to accommodate the heavy traffic with only minor slowing. The problem is the aggressive drivers who will risk their lives and ours changing lanes to move up one car length. The accidents are what jam up the roads. My GPS shows each accident, but they were too many to count!
On the Brightside, the customers I delivered to that I got to see and or speak to were very nice and I was able to deliver all of my packages.
That reminds me, earlier in the week I delivered to Towson University(TU). It was after hours and the central mail room was closed. I could have returned all 14 packages to Amazon, but I don't like to do that. I ended up working 4 hours and only got paid for 3.5 hours, that is very unusual.
Like I always say; "everyday is a good day, some are just better than others."
I called each customer at TU and was able to deliver 10 of the 14. Of the 14 customers 10 were young ladies. Of the 10 young ladies I was able to deliver 9 of them. The young men were idiots! They either did not trust me on the phone or just hung up on me. "Hi this is Louis with Amazon, I have a package for you", CLICK! I had no regrets about returning their packages. The one young lady I was unable to deliver to did not answer the phone and her voice mail was full, I felt bad about returning her package, but I had no choice.
I am now very familiar with the Towson University Campus. I drove and walked all over it meeting the customers at their dorms to give them their packages. It was very time consuming, but well worth the effort. The very appreciative and friendly young ladies with pretty smiling faces was more than enough reward. The lone young man was nervous, to say the least.
Have a great day Everybody!
Bruette
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Garry, you should see some of the houseboats on the Chesapeake, lots of unusual boats, but that was the only one I ever saw made from brick!
I like that black paint scheme of the Penn Central, but it looks much better when it's clean and shinning.
Chet, that must have been very interesting to see European rail museums. They do things a bit different than we do.
Willie, you were right, I did enjoy the Lionel layout and I really liked the ships!
I like that black paint scheme of the Penn Central, but it looks much better when it's clean and shinning.
Chet, that must have been very interesting to see European rail museums. They do things a bit different than we do.
Willie, you were right, I did enjoy the Lionel layout and I really liked the ships!
Bruette
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Carl Venzke - Railroad Images of Bygone Days
A pair of Delaware & Hudson's PA's depart northbound from Saratoga Springs, New York with the "Laurentian" en route to Montreal during the 1970s. Carl Sturner photo
A pair of Delaware & Hudson's PA's depart northbound from Saratoga Springs, New York with the "Laurentian" en route to Montreal during the 1970s. Carl Sturner photo
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Bill Wilcox - Conrail Memories: The First Decade
39 years ago (yesterday), eastbound TV4X zips past the Rockefellows Mill Road grade crossing behind CR SD40s 6343 and 6347 (ex PC/PRR 6090 & 6094) on the Lehigh Line at Three Bridges, NJ, 27 September 1980. Photo © Bill Wilcox.
39 years ago (yesterday), eastbound TV4X zips past the Rockefellows Mill Road grade crossing behind CR SD40s 6343 and 6347 (ex PC/PRR 6090 & 6094) on the Lehigh Line at Three Bridges, NJ, 27 September 1980. Photo © Bill Wilcox.
Bruette
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Gerry Meyle Sr. - Railroad Images of Bygone Days
Early Conrail at Abrams September 29 1976. 4 Ex PC Units still in PC livery. GP38 2013, GP40 3156, GP35 2377, GP35 2334. GP38 2013 was originally built as PRSL 2013.( 2010-2014 were ordered as PRSL but delivered as PC)
Early Conrail at Abrams September 29 1976. 4 Ex PC Units still in PC livery. GP38 2013, GP40 3156, GP35 2377, GP35 2334. GP38 2013 was originally built as PRSL 2013.( 2010-2014 were ordered as PRSL but delivered as PC)
Bruette
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Baltimore Memories - Baltimore,Maryland Memories
Enoch Pratt Free Library - 400 Cathedral Street - Baltimore, MD circa 1933
Enoch Pratt Free Library - 400 Cathedral Street - Baltimore, MD circa 1933
Bruette
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Gary Wiles - Steam Locomotive Photographs
A different use for locomotives. Date: 01/01/1906
Location: Chippewa National Forest (Minn.)
Source: The U.S. National Archives - Link: https://catalog.archives.gov/
A different use for locomotives. Date: 01/01/1906
Location: Chippewa National Forest (Minn.)
Source: The U.S. National Archives - Link: https://catalog.archives.gov/
Bruette
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Bob Chaparro - Railroad Images of Bygone Days
Early Intermodal Service Rail container to truck service.
Early Intermodal Service Rail container to truck service.
Would be a bit like riding a teeter-totter (See-Saw to us). Wonder if the "steering wheel" actually pivoted the tracks on a central pin, or operated brakes as most seem to. And why, the apparent tracks within tracks. Is that the Ezekiel principle?
See, nothing new about low profile wides.
Good Morning - another sleepless night!
Supposed to reach 72* for a high today. The record for this date is 104* in 1999.
Supposed to reach 72* for a high today. The record for this date is 104* in 1999.
I can't answer the steering question, but I've seen the dual-track system on older bulldozers and similar equipment. The inner track is powered, and drives the outer track.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. 76° and partly cloudy here in beautiful North Central Texas.Cat is still here, plants on the back porch were all watered, looks like the neighbor's 17 year old daughter did her requested duties while we were gone. I'll hand her a twenty later this weekend, even though I know that she'll spend it on cigarettes.
Hello Flo, make it hash-browns, scrambled eggs and sausage patties this morning please.
My delivery from ScaleTrains (two Dash9-44CW's) has gone awry, UPS claims that they couldn't find my house and took it to the local post office. It's not like they haven't found us at least 150 times in the last two years...hopefully the post office delivers today (if it fits in the box over a mile away), so I don't have to wait until Monday to go to town and pick it up. I feel like it's a driver that wanted to go home early and not fool around out here in the country on Friday afternoon.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments regarding the museum pictures over the last week; Chet, Sherrel, Tom, Clint, Chad, Mikey, Louis, Jerome, Patrick, Ray, Justin, Rick, Johnny, Dave, Garry, Z, and also to anyone that I may have missed. It was a fun trip and visiting all of those model railroad museums and displays made it all the more worth while.
Here are a couple of pictures of the N scale layout at the Old Depot Museum in Vicksburg.
I was actually touching the glass while taking the second shot. Bad!
One very good display there is a giant diorama depicting the Siege of Vicksburg. It covers 250 sq ft and has over 2000 figures on it.
These pictures don't even begin to do justice to the diorama.
Clint - Nice series of videos.
Gotta go for now. I need to finish unloading the car, do some more laundry and go grocery shopping.
Everybody have a great day.
Hello Flo, make it hash-browns, scrambled eggs and sausage patties this morning please.
My delivery from ScaleTrains (two Dash9-44CW's) has gone awry, UPS claims that they couldn't find my house and took it to the local post office. It's not like they haven't found us at least 150 times in the last two years...hopefully the post office delivers today (if it fits in the box over a mile away), so I don't have to wait until Monday to go to town and pick it up. I feel like it's a driver that wanted to go home early and not fool around out here in the country on Friday afternoon.
Thanks for all of the likes and comments regarding the museum pictures over the last week; Chet, Sherrel, Tom, Clint, Chad, Mikey, Louis, Jerome, Patrick, Ray, Justin, Rick, Johnny, Dave, Garry, Z, and also to anyone that I may have missed. It was a fun trip and visiting all of those model railroad museums and displays made it all the more worth while.
Here are a couple of pictures of the N scale layout at the Old Depot Museum in Vicksburg.
I was actually touching the glass while taking the second shot. Bad!
One very good display there is a giant diorama depicting the Siege of Vicksburg. It covers 250 sq ft and has over 2000 figures on it.
These pictures don't even begin to do justice to the diorama.
Clint - Nice series of videos.
Gotta go for now. I need to finish unloading the car, do some more laundry and go grocery shopping.
Everybody have a great day.
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