Running Bear's August 2021 Coffee Shop

[Boris]

Good morning y'all. 74° and cloudy, going to 84° with a 20% chance of T-Storms. Just another August day in Jersey.

Take another ride on the Reading. Hal Smith photo from July 1967, of RS3 # 519 passing Wayne Junction.

 

[santafewillie]

Good Morning All. Clear and 79°, it's dark here right now, but won't be by the time I finish this post. Heat advisory for today and the next five, as the NWS is predicting a high of 99° until Saturday when they hope it will rain. We're taking our granddog home to Dallas today, so that means another visit to the nearby LHS Discount Model Railroads. I just have to remember my shopping list and my $40 gift certificate that I received for Father's Day recently.
Not a lot happening right now on the SFW estate, however the neighborhood is about to grow. Here's the view 1/4 mile across my hayfield.

My 40 year long neighbor, gifted a part of his land to his step-daughter and her husband/boyfriend for their new home. The land gift is a technicality so they could get the home. They've been living in a house closer to the road for at least 15 years, a house that Jim (the retired policeman neighbor) originally built for his late mother back in the late 80's. But that house is falling apart and will most likely be trashed once Jaime and Delang move into the new one. So we get a new structure without any additional folks. Delang works as a truck driver in the oilfields of West Texas, two weeks on, two weeks off. I am not sure that Jaime has worked a day in her life, but at least she's not collecting any welfare.

Ham and grits today Flo. I'll go with the grape juice today along with a toasted whole wheat English Muffin.

Thanks for the likes and comments regarding yesterday's post; Christian, Karl, Jaz, Steve J, Chad, Sherrel, Tom O, Curt, Guy, Gary, Rick, Hughie, Gary.

I only had a little time to spend in the train shed yesterday, so I only ran a few trains. One out and back local switching run to switch five industries and two through freights to interfere with the local. Gave me time to contemplate what I might do in the coming days. Of course the trip to the LHS may change any and all plans.
From the archive and I have to be brief here as we need to load up and leave soon.
A few small laser-cut wood structures hat are scattered about.

All but the locksmith were taken before planting on the layout.

Guy - While I don't eat them, several of my wife's country relatives eat squirrels all of the time. I never understood going through all of the trouble dressing them for no more meat than you get. Kinda like a quail.
Make sure that you crush those peanuts with a rolling pin or a hammer, if you use a blender or food processor, you'll end up with peanut butter. We made some homemade one year when I planted peanuts in the garden and was overwhelmed with the results.
That loco yesterday looks like it's returning through the same scene as the riding brakemen picture last month.
Moermusic - Wow! The beef loin looks really good.
Tom O - That's pretty neat living in an earth covered home. I always admired those structures. Near where I lived before moving into our current and hopefully final home, there were two underground communities built nearby. I went to a couple of open houses at one of them and met owners and builders. This was in the late 70's. At the time, they were still experimental here and I wasn't ready to take that step. Honestly, some of them were literally caves and the county finally got involved in the mid-80's with some regulations and demolitions. Some were also very nice and well built.

Why is the Hallmark Channel still showing Christmas movies???
Everybody have a great day.

 

[Boris]

I read the best hockey news at Sportsnet.ca. TSN.ca and thehockeywriters.com.

Tom O: For sure. Although with McKenzie retiring, and Servalli leaving, TSN is not as good as they were. Sportsnet, is very good once you get by the obvious Leafs Nation bias. ESPN/ESPN+ is gearing up their coverage now that they have the TV contract. theHockeywriters.com are at a different level.
I follow SBNATION's Devils and Cap's blogs, as well as the Leafs blog (for Laughs). They have sites for most of the NHL teams. Couple years ago, I tried the Athletic which is behind a paywall, but found they weren't worth the annual fee. Then for entertainment, and occasional insight, there is the Hockey Guy on U-tube. Problem is this is august, and all the key people and pundits are on vacation, so news is scarce...

 

[bnsf971]

Happy taxpayers?? Is there such a thing? I always considered it an oxymoron, like military intelligence or jumbo shrimp.

You forgot “Dodge Ram”.

 

[Boris]

Why is the Hallmark Channel still showing Christmas movies???

Willie: Easy, that's all they have in their library...all Hallmark moments.

Like the close-up of Pizzaland. used to pass the actual store frequently during the late 80s when I was covering the former Erie territory. the 201 Area code reminds me of a story. My parents lived in Southeastern Pennsylvania. in 2000, my mother went into a nursing home, while my father remained in the house. He became ill and was hospitalized. I was visiting him at the hospital when the Social Worker came in to assess his needs...I told her I lived in Jersey, and she automatically wrote down area code 609 (South Jersey). I corrected her and told her my area code was 201. She replied, " I thought you told me you lived in New Jersey, not New York"...

Not for nothing, that's not a bad way to build a new home.

 

[MikeInHubCity]

Terry- You were a submariner?

My cousin’s FIL was a Tin Can Sailor during the Korean War-era. *edited due to DYAC.

 

[TLOC]

Tom O: For sure. Although with McKenzie retiring, and Servalli leaving, TSN is not as good as they were. Sportsnet, is very good once you get by the obvious Leafs Nation bias. ESPN/ESPN+ is gearing up their coverage now that they have the TV contract. theHockeywriters.com are at a different level.
I follow SBNATION's Devils and Cap's blogs, as well as the Leafs blog (for Laughs). They have sites for most of the NHL teams. Couple years ago, I tried the Athletic which is behind a paywall, but found they weren't worth the annual fee. Then for entertainment, and occasional insight, there is the Hockey Guy on U-tube. Problem is this is august, and all the key people and pundits are on vacation, so news is scarce...

I miss McKenzie but he is still writing for someone. He was writing about the draft a couple weeks ago but Iforget where. There is so much Leaf bias on the Sportsnet but it is occasionally a good laugh. I find the most fun about articles or sites on the internet in the comment sections. I checkinto the Bleacher report, the Chicago Sun Times and SBNation but only for hockey. Such unfiltered brainless people but do find good tidbits occasionally. I have been a BlackHawk fan for ever. I am not looking to ESPN for too much as the ESPN+ is behind a paywall. TNN could be interesting but in both cases they took so much of the old talent but left Patrick Sharp behind. Ihave no use for Kevin Weekes appearing on the ESPN side. But, no matter I will watch hockey. I love the NHL game

TomO

 

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[moermusic]

What a comeback by my Jays last night ! My one week gone father would have been in his glory. He was a catcher & goalie for yrs.

 

[PRR Modeler]

Afternoon All,

Started out by digging up a power cable that no longer is used or hooked up to a removed hot tube. After that I did some indoor chores. Have a thunderstorm in progress locally. Nothing in the train room. For some reason I am really procrastinating about doing the exterior lightning for the mine.

Dakota- Nice looking baggage car.

Joe- Great news about the lungs and nice photos.

Guy- Nice 1:1 photos.

TomO- Nice layout shot.

Willie- Love the trading post. It reminds me of roadside business's along the highways out west during the 60's.

I hope everyone has a good night.

 

[GarryCBQ]

Howdy, everybody ....

Sherrel ..... Belated happy birthday to your wife.

Joe ..... I'm pleased to hear your lungs a r clear. Good news! .... I wonder guys who worked with Alcos such as that RS3 are prone to getting lung disease. ... I see the PRR E-7 looks nearly new. I think the railroad changed the number boards from being on the side to being on the front.

WIllie ..... Your 1/87 figures and vehicles really bring your layout to life.

Curt ..... The Coffee Shop seems more normal now that you are able to post more regularly.

Tom O .... Very nice scene !

Louis .... Where are you? It's been months since I have seen you.

David and Dave ...... Same with you two.

Everybody .... Have a good evening.

 

[santafewillie]

Louis .... Where are you? It's been months since I have seen you.

David and Dave ...... Same with you two.

Here's what I know.
Louis got into the business of being a third party seller on Amazon and even got his wife Angela to leave her lucrative job (with insurance benefits) of managing convenience stores in Baltimore, to join and help him. He was buying pallet loads of surplus and bankruptcy stuff, mainly tools, and breaking them down into smaller lots to sell. He was doing very well when I last was in contact with him around Christmas. He has not responded to my E-Mails since. However I have not tried to contact him in a couple of months. He was still having some health issues. He has not posted since November.
David had been having health issues also. He last posted around January and was having major issues with what he called his "love tip", leg muscles and knee. See post #38 in the January Coffee Shop. He had only sporadically posted all of last year.
Dave had just moved into a new house and was getting ready to start his new layout. He last posted in March. While I have been on this forum since 2011, I didn't become active in the Coffee Shop until I retired in summer of 2015. Since that time I have noticed that he had taken a few longish breaks off and on from posting while he changed jobs and other life experiences.

I wonder too about Burlington Bob. He was active off and on from 2011 also. He moved last year to Tennessee but we haven't seen him here in about a year.
Someone else who I enjoyed is Mikey (PNKFLOYD), although he was last here in June when his pontoon boat washed up on shore.

There are others who I miss, but we have been fortunate to have some new Coffee Shop patrons join us in the last couple of years. I won't list anyone for fear of leaving someone out.
Speaking of missing members, how about missing moderators, Willis and Wombat? Two and three years respectively.

 

[Jaz avalley]

Good evening. 68° Rained most of the day, (1.42"), and never got above 73°, which was the temperature at midnight. Last rain was back on July 29, so it was welcomed.
Actually settled down this weekend and watched some baseball, via streaming on MLBTV. Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta. hard to believe that Washington won the World Series only a few years ago. They dumped most of their best players, and really are not good...still better than the hapless Baltimore Orioles. Can't wait for Hockey Season.
I did spend some time working on the model railroad this weekend. Mostly glazing for the Middlesex Manufacturing building. Also ran a few trains.

Went to the Pulmonary Specialist last Wednesday, second CT Scan indicates that the nodule shown on the first CT Scan has completely disappeared. Indication is a lung infection of some type. Currently, lungs are clear, and breathing is as normal as it can get for me. meanwhile, I go for a stress-echo on Thursday... Never ends once you hit 70, eh Sherrel?

My son, (Marine), was TDY to Okinawa back in 2013 as part of the 31st MEU. They sailed down to Ray's neighborhood then returned to Okinawa. He has since left the USMC and works for the Navy Department, supporting Marine Aviation.

Obviously, I have not been able to remain up to speed with coffee shop discussion. Hope to allocate more time in the coming week.

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Parkton local with Gas Car 4661. Parkton, MD
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Robert Wanner photo of E-7 on CV side of Harrisburg PA station on 05-15-1954, which would indicate a train for Baltimore or Washington.

Love the last photo

 

[Jaz avalley]

Here's what I know.
Louis got into the business of being a third party seller on Amazon and even got his wife Angela to leave her lucrative job (with insurance benefits) of managing convenience stores in Baltimore, to join and help him. He was buying pallet loads of surplus and bankruptcy stuff, mainly tools, and breaking them down into smaller lots to sell. He was doing very well when I last was in contact with him around Christmas. He has not responded to my E-Mails since. However I have not tried to contact him in a couple of months. He was still having some health issues. He has not posted since November.
David had been having health issues also. He last posted around January and was having major issues with what he called his "love tip", leg muscles and knee. See post #38 in the January Coffee Shop. He had only sporadically posted all of last year.
Dave had just moved into a new house and was getting ready to start his new layout. He last posted in March. While I have been on this forum since 2011, I didn't become active in the Coffee Shop until I retired in summer of 2015. Since that time I have noticed that he had taken a few longish breaks off and on from posting while he changed jobs and other life experiences.

I wonder too about Burlington Bob. He was active off and on from 2011 also. He moved last year to Tennessee but we haven't seen him here in about a year.
Someone else who I enjoyed is Mikey (PNKFLOYD), although he was last here in June when his pontoon boat washed up on shore.

There are others who I miss, but we have been fortunate to have some new Coffee Shop patrons join us in the last couple of years. I won't list anyone for fear of leaving someone out.
Speaking of missing members, how about missing moderators, Willis and Wombat? Two and three years respectively.

Sone people get in their loft layout rooms when part of the year is calmer, or warmer, i model most in winter when being out in the garden is much more hands on,breeding duck is spring summer and early autumn, as is veg, once the weather goes and the longer night come about I can go in the loft, for sone a summer loft is too hot, for others summer too warm,as you say life changes cause a lot to go quiet on another forum I got a lot of ex modellers who know a lot but have issues modelling,gone to care homes, health, hands crapped out, finances, sone of the best as ex railway workers as they have great insight into lots of aspects, as tine passes we a,so lose the older generations who had insight into older aspects,I used to know a couple of people who worked in mines, my dad trained as a blacksmith as a teenager at a mine and they had horse drawn way after most no longer had them,my dad had a great love of horses because of those pit ponies,luckily he did not work in the mines and lived into his nineties, we lose so much knowledge as we lose our fellow modellers to those life changes,poor health, and the inevitable that will await us all in time,meantime hopefully we can enjoy modern and bygone eras,a lot of effort is put in my 1:1 railway preservation, they even get old paint flecks examined and work out the original colours, I have plans to do an old Welsh, I have a lot of the buildings ready to rock

the wall gonna hillside wet the low relief houses winding up a valley side with sheep,at present all are boxed. but I can get awaits early as 1930s, and I have got a lot of black and white older railway books for reference, which I pick up cheap.
As Goathland rubs as a preservation station I have a lot of early locos too

 

[Jaz avalley]

Good Morning All. Clear and 79°, it's dark here right now, but won't be by the time I finish this post. Heat advisory for today and the next five, as the NWS is predicting a high of 99° until Saturday when they hope it will rain. We're taking our granddog home to Dallas today, so that means another visit to the nearby LHS Discount Model Railroads. I just have to remember my shopping list and my $40 gift certificate that I received for Father's Day recently.
Not a lot happening right now on the SFW estate, however the neighborhood is about to grow. Here's the view 1/4 mile across my hayfield.
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My 40 year long neighbor, gifted a part of his land to his step-daughter and her husband/boyfriend for their new home. The land gift is a technicality so they could get the home. They've been living in a house closer to the road for at least 15 years, a house that Jim (the retired policeman neighbor) originally built for his late mother back in the late 80's. But that house is falling apart and will most likely be trashed once Jaime and Delang move into the new one. So we get a new structure without any additional folks. Delang works as a truck driver in the oilfields of West Texas, two weeks on, two weeks off. I am not sure that Jaime has worked a day in her life, but at least she's not collecting any welfare.

Ham and grits today Flo. I'll go with the grape juice today along with a toasted whole wheat English Muffin.

Thanks for the likes and comments regarding yesterday's post; Christian, Karl, Jaz, Steve J, Chad, Sherrel, Tom O, Curt, Guy, Gary, Rick, Hughie, Gary.

I only had a little time to spend in the train shed yesterday, so I only ran a few trains. One out and back local switching run to switch five industries and two through freights to interfere with the local. Gave me time to contemplate what I might do in the coming days. Of course the trip to the LHS may change any and all plans.
From the archive and I have to be brief here as we need to load up and leave soon.
A few small laser-cut wood structures hat are scattered about.
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All but the locksmith were taken before planting on the layout.

Guy - While I don't eat them, several of my wife's country relatives eat squirrels all of the time. I never understood going through all of the trouble dressing them for no more meat than you get. Kinda like a quail.
Make sure that you crush those peanuts with a rolling pin or a hammer, if you use a blender or food processor, you'll end up with peanut butter. We made some homemade one year when I planted peanuts in the garden and was overwhelmed with the results.
That loco yesterday looks like it's returning through the same scene as the riding brakemen picture last month.
Moermusic - Wow! The beef loin looks really good.
Tom O - That's pretty neat living in an earth covered home. I always admired those structures. Near where I lived before moving into our current and hopefully final home, there were two underground communities built nearby. I went to a couple of open houses at one of them and met owners and builders. This was in the late 70's. At the time, they were still experimental here and I wasn't ready to take that step. Honestly, some of them were literally caves and the county finally got involved in the mid-80's with some regulations and demolitions. Some were also very nice and well built.

Why is the Hallmark Channel still showing Christmas movies???
Everybody have a great day.

Totally love the bear…..
I’ll raise you a polar ……

love the open mouth on the grizzly though,,,,

 

[santafewillie]

love the open mouth on the grizzly though,,,,

That place is a memorial to a late friend of mine who owned a saddle/leather shop and also sold western memorabilia. He had a stuffed grizzly as well as a wooden cigar store Indian in his shop. I have an Indian awaiting painting and modification, he's too tall right now, to add to the porch as well. My friend made handmade saddles, boots, chaps, belts, wallets and anything else made of leather. Quite a craftsman.

 

[CambriaArea51]

Happy taxpayers?? Is there such a thing? I always considered it an oxymoron, like military intelligence or jumbo shrimp.

Sanitary sewer was another.

 

[CambriaArea51]

Evening, another hot one today, pool felt good hard to get out when it's still hot out at 8 pm.

 

[MikeInHubCity]

Good evening. 68° Rained most of the day, (1.42"), and never got above 73°, which was the temperature at midnight. Last rain was back on July 29, so it was welcomed.
Actually settled down this weekend and watched some baseball, via streaming on MLBTV. Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta. hard to believe that Washington won the World Series only a few years ago. They dumped most of their best players, and really are not good...still better than the hapless Baltimore Orioles. Can't wait for Hockey Season.
I did spend some time working on the model railroad this weekend. Mostly glazing for the Middlesex Manufacturing building. Also ran a few trains.

Went to the Pulmonary Specialist last Wednesday, second CT Scan indicates that the nodule shown on the first CT Scan has completely disappeared. Indication is a lung infection of some type. Currently, lungs are clear, and breathing is as normal as it can get for me. meanwhile, I go for a stress-echo on Thursday... Never ends once you hit 70, eh Sherrel?

My son, (Marine), was TDY to Okinawa back in 2013 as part of the 31st MEU. They sailed down to Ray's neighborhood then returned to Okinawa. He has since left the USMC and works for the Navy Department, supporting Marine Aviation.

Obviously, I have not been able to remain up to speed with coffee shop discussion. Hope to allocate more time in the coming week.

View attachment 130951
Parkton local with Gas Car 4661. Parkton, MD
View attachment 130952
Robert Wanner photo of E-7 on CV side of Harrisburg PA station on 05-15-1954, which would indicate a train for Baltimore or Washington.

Joe- I’ll not complain about the Nats’ fire sale(even though it meant giving up C prospect Keibert Ruiz).

 

[MikeInHubCity]

Here's what I know.
Louis got into the business of being a third party seller on Amazon and even got his wife Angela to leave her lucrative job (with insurance benefits) of managing convenience stores in Baltimore, to join and help him. He was buying pallet loads of surplus and bankruptcy stuff, mainly tools, and breaking them down into smaller lots to sell. He was doing very well when I last was in contact with him around Christmas. He has not responded to my E-Mails since. However I have not tried to contact him in a couple of months. He was still having some health issues. He has not posted since November.
David had been having health issues also. He last posted around January and was having major issues with what he called his "love tip", leg muscles and knee. See post #38 in the January Coffee Shop. He had only sporadically posted all of last year.
Dave had just moved into a new house and was getting ready to start his new layout. He last posted in March. While I have been on this forum since 2011, I didn't become active in the Coffee Shop until I retired in summer of 2015. Since that time I have noticed that he had taken a few longish breaks off and on from posting while he changed jobs and other life experiences.

I wonder too about Burlington Bob. He was active off and on from 2011 also. He moved last year to Tennessee but we haven't seen him here in about a year.
Someone else who I enjoyed is Mikey (PNKFLOYD), although he was last here in June when his pontoon boat washed up on shore.

There are others who I miss, but we have been fortunate to have some new Coffee Shop patrons join us in the last couple of years. I won't list anyone for fear of leaving someone out.
Speaking of missing members, how about missing moderators, Willis and Wombat? Two and three years respectively.

Willie- Louis’s last post on the Book of Face was a few weeks ago(7/19- & that was just sharing a “memory”) I’m figuring that just means The ‘Zon business is just keeping him busy. I hope that’s the case, anyway.