Running Bear's January 2022 Coffee Shop

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Good Afternoon all! Another nice day with pleasant temps. All that is going to come to an end tomorrow evening per the weather guessers.

I was surprised this morning. The wife was in the train room getting a sweater and took a long look at the layout. She commented on how good Wanda's looked in that location. Then she said, "you need to replace some of those other buildings. They don't look good" I of course agreed with her, I mean if she thinks I need new buildings, who am I to disagree.

Justin - Interesting track plan.
Smudge - some days it seems there are more ads than others.
Ken - That's some layout.
Curt - Thank you
Chad - Sounds like a pretty good deal for you.

I didn't get in any train time today. So an archive photo will have to do.
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McLeod said:
Good Morning!
Only -27F this fine morning, so the guessers were off a-bit in their predictions. Still cold enough where ice-fishing or sledding with 4 little kids is out of the question. I'll bet the wind blowing across the lake is a killer. -- Now I've got 4 kids and a big dog that I don't know how to release pent up energy with. This is going to be a nightmare. I can just see me playing 'house' and sipping imaginary tea for a couple of days.
I'm wishing I'd kept some big boxes in the basement, that they could build a fort with.

No photos for awhile; no hobby work for awhile. I only have time to be 'papa' for a month and 1/2.

Have a good one!
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Big dog plus sled can the dog be trained to pull the sled…mmm maybe that might be dangerous,and dog training might take up time you don’t have,buy the dog nice bones,so he has something to occupy him make sure he is not possessive and bites,buy a frisky teach the kids to throw it andd the dog fetch,better buy two sone dogs won’t hand them back but will chase the o thre or a ball that can teach the kids to throw ball help their baseball skills……stopping now before I dig myself a big hole,
 
Yeah, they're all past the "crash the trains" stage but their interests are truely elsewhere. They like to see the empire for about 15 minutes but beyond that, they've seen it all. Sorta like when your aunt Matilda comes over to visit. She realizes you have an interest in trains but only sees a string of something snaking around with no idea what its called nor the enthusiasm to learn about it.
 
santafewillie said:
Well, it was going to happen sooner or later. As I am heading out for the grocery trek, I got a phone call from sister #1, that my brother #3 passed away last night. As you might remember, he had inoperable stage four throat cancer and was in "in home hospice care" for the last four months. Thankfully I got to visit with him just ten days ago.
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So sorry, glad you got to go see him though.
 


santafewillie said:
Well, it was going to happen sooner or later. As I am heading out for the grocery trek, I got a phone call from sister #1, that my brother #3 passed away last night. As you might remember, he had inoperable stage four throat cancer and was in "in home hospice care" for the last four months. Thankfully I got to visit with him just ten days ago.
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Sorry for your loss Willie, at least he isn't suffering any more. I have 2 older and 1 younger brother, I can't imagine losing any of them. All the best to you and your family, sounds like there is a bunch of you.
On another note, I can appreciate the painting of those figures on your MRR.
What kind of paint and brushes do you use? They look really good.
 
chadbag said:
So on the buyout:

• they expect it to close, barring issues, in Q1
• all stock incentives will vest and be paid in cash at that point :)
• this was not a merger to squeeze costs out etc. but to grow their business and they expect most of the company to come across. Business as usual.
• as it was just announced (and the deal just signed) there are still a ton of details to be worked out.

Looks to be a positive in the big picture.
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That good it is looking positive for you at this point, most mergers or acquisitions don't turn out to be bidness as usual.
 
Finally warmed up today enough (41F) to start melting the ice and snow from our last storm here in Grand Junction USA. Hopefully I can get out to the MRR barn in a few days for an op session with my local crew.
I painted detailed and weathered all the locos and rolling stock in this image. That DD35 was kitbashed and scratched from 2, Athearn RTR GP 35 shells and an ancient highly modified Athearn BB, DD35 frame with milled and detailed trucks. Photo is a bit out of focus maybe but it shows them at work. GP35's were kinda overtaxed as far as the prime movers were concerned and had electrical issues, hence the smoky view here. There is like $25.00 worth of PSC brass stantions on that DD 35 alone.

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Thanks for stopping by.
 
santafewillie said:
You got that right. The pastor at his Catholic Church has been visiting him about once a week for three or four months. He managed their day care complex and was an usher at Mass every week. In our family, we celebrate life, not mourn death. Looking forward to the wake.
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Willie, I could not agree more. It is sad that the world has lost a man like that, but I believe you are doing the right thing to show gratitude that your family and his community was blessed to have him among you.

I think that way of thinking applies to all aspects of life. Celebrate the positive rather than dwell on the negative.
 


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