Running Bear's January 2019 Coffee Shop

[Bruette]

I still get milk delivered in glass bottles where I live.Taste the best out of glass.I think Hoover's Dairy is the last in NYS to do home delivery.

Thanks, I had no idea anybody was still delivering milk. That's convenient, but how much does it cost?

The last I read the wholesale price of milk was $0.13/gallon. Discount stores in Baltimore are selling whole milk for $1/gallon.

I also read some dairy farmers who grow crops are using their milk as fertilizer rather than selling it for so little.

I still buy Cloverland Milk from Royal Farms stores. I pay about $2.50/gallon, but I think it's worth it.

 

[Trussrod]

Good Morning All. Downright warm here compared with everyone else, at 37° and cloudy. That's 80° warmer than Mark!
Here's a map from TV station WLKY in Louisville KY showing where it's colder than a witches *** in a brass bra!

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And now another tee shirt picture, not quite as scary as I brushed my hair for this one.
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My wife doesn't like me to wear this one in public!

Thanks for the comments on the pictures from yesterday, Garry, Chet, Greg, Curt, and anyone else that I may have overlooked.

I mostly studied my new town yesterday in the train shed. I'm deciding on parking lots, concrete, asphalt or gravel; tree placement, vehicles and other details. I also picked out a handful of additional figures to be added. I'll likely start on the ground cover today depending on how much time I spend out there this afternoon, and dependent on whether or not I pick up the throttle and run trains. .

Louis -

The ScaleTrains "Rivet-Counters" HO models are all fully loaded with details. They are the finest mass produced models that I have seen in 35 years of modeling.
Those alcohol freezing numbers should be very familiar to those of us that accidentally left a beer in the freezer overnight when younger!
Joe - Like your area, we rarely see single digits here. We had a three-week spell in the late 80's where it didn't get above 20° and actually went below 0° twice. Several days in the 1-10 degree range. Still see single digits about every 3-4 years.

I'm with Garry on dropping the discussions on climate change/global warming. Not because anyone has been argumentative or uncivil, but more because I think that we have all had our say and we're just rehashing the same old stuff.
How about another picture of Jack's taken from the other side?
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Next door to Jack's is the local hangout, "Sud's Bucket". It's about 90% complete as I was always waiting to position it before completing the detailing.
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The rear loading dock.
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Today is National Hot Chocolate Day, very appropriate for many of the northerners here; especially if you don't indulge in hot toddies! Of course if you haven't gotten your liquor inside yet, it may be too late for that.
Otherwise, everybody have a great day and stay warm.

Willie:. Really nice look buildings with lots of attention to details and signage that really add to the scene !