Mike, didn't know about that one at all. all the local media is concerned about this week, are National Issues, that don't affect Jersey. Hopefully, yesterday's rainfall helped the Fire Fighters.Joe- I hear there’s another forest fire in Burlington County this week. Hope they get that one under control soon.
Gary: That's the second incident within a week, involving an Amtrak Train at an unmarked private crossing. Both, involved three fatalities.On a side note, Train news of the day in case some haven’t seen it is Amtrak train hit a dump truck yesterday.
Retirement has been good for me, as it gives me time to support medical practitioners!
OK Tech gurus,
I can use some help...
looks like wife's HP Elitebook and docking station uses a proprietary? HP brand HDMI cable
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White cable is the "standard" HDMI I've always seen
Black Cable is what is currently connected to her monitor.
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The monitor has a second port labeled HDMI... am I able to daisy chain another monitor off this monitor? or do I need another of the proprietary HP cables?
Here's the connector on the monitor end:
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Dead heading to Spanish Fork which is South of SLC
Better hurry -- I think they may be short a loco?I still have an Amtrak F40 to finish refurbing too.
Lovely view, do you fight over who gets on the ride on lawnmower,looks so peacefulNo rain but the front slowly cooled things down. Neighbor was playing music on his outdoor speaker system. The wife and I were able to hear it being down wind. The breeze was nice and with a couple of beverages made for a relaxing time.View attachment 147922
I am finally getting ripe tomatoes but only enough to scoff, not enough to harvest and process, then again I love tomatoes and will eat them until the acid upsets my mouth, doh. not anywhere in Willies ball park, and my leaves are looking a little yellow I think they may need a feed.Well, howdy there internet peeps, and those envying Willie's tomato haul. It's Troy again.
question: Any Canucks on here from the, or familiar with the area along the north side of Lake Erie? I'm wanting to create a fictional setting for a new book series somewhere along there. Been up to London, Ontario for the Shakesphere festival, and all I remember from driving inland was a LOT of farmland. Towns were few and far.
But, along the shores of Lake Erie I expect a lot of small towns wherever they could build a port.
Are there any forested areas? Or is it developed with housing and businesses?
Toothache,It is the advent of the paving crew!!! I spent a few years following behind this train of workers, inspecting the bituminous. Even when standing still, they work harder than most.
Dave
Once you get to our age, having a reasonably close hospital is a win, our nearest a and e is one hour, the local hospital 15 minutes does not do walk ins, it was meant too when it opened then cut backs, now you go online and get an appointment, go figure.and the services and beds they had seem snowballed, so I suspect empty wards, which is stupid, but hey ho cut backs.If I had the money (and a wife who would agree) I'd be moving to 50-100 acres in Montana...
Alas, I don't have the money for that sort of independent living, and the wife is a "city girl" from Japan and doesn't like being far away from Hospitals and other bits and pieces of modern life.
love the sheriff and the perp up against the wall.Good Morning All. Cloudy and 72°. Barely made 89° yesterday, most likely the same today. The rain yesterday wasn't even measurable; it might have sprinkled for five minutes. Temperatures are supposed to stay in the low 90's until next Monday.
I took a day off from the garden yesterday while I irrigated. Those two 104°+ days when I was gone really dried out the soil. However I did mow extensively. Lack of rain has not affected parts of the yard, just the areas where the Bermuda grass is. I did have to wear the dust mask though, along with my hearing protection.
We (mostly my wife) made two pints of salsa yesterday, using 7 pounds of the ripest tomatoes we had. Used onions, bell peppers and Jalapenos from the garden as well. Salt was the only ingredient that came from the grocery store. We did not process and seal them, intending only to keep them refrigerated.
Thanks to everyone who liked or commented on the freight train yesterday; Smudge, Chad, Troy, Karl, Steve J, Hughie, Patrick, Louis, James, Dave B, OB Ken, Guy, Tom O, Tom, Sherrel, Rick, Gary, Joe.
I was hoping for a little more time out in the train shed yesterday than I actually had. Let's hope that today is better. I did do some more work on the billboard that I have started, mainly cutting angle brackets and gluing them on. No picture yet as there wasn't enough progress to make it worth while. I did some other stuff while glue was drying, but I don't remember what.
So something from the archives is in order. How about some random scenes from Gainesville taken between 4 and 7 years ago.
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Patrick - Glenrio TX/NM is an interesting place. I think that there is still one resident there, and the TX/NM border there is still disputed. The whole town or what still exists, is barely only twice the size of my property at 31 acres. My property is 15 acres.
Todd - Mountains don't necessarily excite me, but I do wish that I had more trees. I originally planted 300 seedling trees here in 1981 as part of the Texas A&M windbreak program. It cost me $39.00 plus I had to water them weekly in the summer for 6 or 7 years. Sadly only about 50 still remain. the 100 pines didn't last more than 15 years in my alkaline soil, 50 Mulberry trees didn't survive the grasshopper plague in 2013, I took out a few with the lawnmower or lack of watering when I didn't remember where they were planted and the neighbors goats got their share. Mother Nature took some as well. Native Hackberries have filled in in most places.
Sherrel - Retirement has been good for me, as it gives me time to support medical practitioners!
Today is my #2 daughter's birthday, a date that she shares with John Elway and Elon Musk. My wife spent part of the day yesterday baking her a strawberry cake. We'll go see her tonight.
Everybody have a great day.
I like your wife and at the first opportunity I am throwing that at my other half lol.AND that is the reason I still sit here -- too many medical problems!
The Spousal Unit wanted to sell the RV as she was concerned about me being too far from medical assistance!
It is Unfortunate that I have become to believe her.
So I said to her the other day: How can you be so beautiful and so stupid at the same time?
She replied: God made me beautiful so that you would be attracted to me; He made me stupid so that I would be attracted to you!
Nah! your more likely build the fallout shelter to hide from the kids, and turn the house into your train room.I like your wife and at the first opportunity I am throwing that at my other half lol.
I know you want to enjoy the RV and I don’t blame you, but be thankful your wife loves you enough to want to keep you alive.
I get a great payout if my other half snuffs it, luckily for him I prefer him to the cash. IF he snuffs it I plan on selling up, may change my name, and sneaking off before the kids find out, or buying two more dobermans and training them as attack dogs. I won’t be getting married again either, I plan on running through the cash and enjoying myself, I don’t do handbags, or really expensive , I have more than enough jewellery, I am anti foreign holidays nowadays with the way the world is, I have a great car and not interested to buy a more expensive one, I have more railkit than I have room for, more land than I could cope with,honestly not certain what I would splash out on. oooh I always fancied a nuclear fall out shelter, maybe one with room for a railway, I could hide from the kids…grins.
Our tomato plants look great, have a few blooms, but are a ways away from eating any.I am finally getting ripe tomatoes but only enough to scoff, not enough to harvest and process, then again I love tomatoes and will eat them until the acid upsets my mouth, doh. not anywhere in Willies ball park, and my leaves are looking a little yellow I think they may need a feed.
No she leaves it to me. Not that she wouldn't she has mowed before. And yes it is peaceful.Lovely view, do you fight over who gets on the ride on lawnmower,looks so peaceful