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Very punny Terry!
Very punny Terry!
Haven & Lombard...That was the place with all the Harleys parked outside. Then there was Stanleys, in the Triangle above the Pulaski Hwy, and the hole in the wall on Kresson St. across from Orangeville EH.Don't forget when the trains aren't running, there is railfanning (of sorts) right up the street at Haven Place, Sherries Show bar and one other place IIRC at Haven & Lombard Streets! ( . )( . )
Karl, that is fantastic news! Keep up the excellent work. I'm not surprised, you keep busier than a one arm wallpaper hanger. You can have your favorite beverage, I'm buying!Good morning gang!
Bright sunny and hot out there today. Trailer is hooked to the truck for a dump run, then to pick up Homasote, glue, and paint.
Louis, Another place nearby was the “Lucky Spirits” IIRC. It was a biker bar kinda place but the ladies we quite attractive.
Also you reminded me.. I went to my endocrinologist this week, my A1c is down to 6.2 ! BP and cholesterol numbers are good too! For once I’m doing something right. Weight is also down to 203 fully dressed, another 20 pounds since last visit. Must be the Jardiance!
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Focus on the good things. You can't do much about the others.I have the layout back up and connected to everything, and I'm re-placing all the stuff on it that wasn't glued down. Things should be back to normal with it in a couple of hours, as long as Murphy doesn't visit. And while I'm dreaming, I'd like a pony...
WillieGood Morning All. Partly cloudy and 63°, considerably lower than the past week. High today only expected to reach the mid-80's. We still have thunderstorm chances for the next four days, and according to my weather rock, there was moisture overnight. While the rain gauge is wet, it's not enough to measure; the Weather Underground station around the corner shows 0.04". He's got a better gauge than I!
Cloud service - I turn that off on any and all equipment that I use. I am not convinced of it's security, or it's usefulness yet.
The Green Bean harvest went well in the garden yesterday. First picking is enough for two full meals. Onion harvest is continuing and a general clean up of that area has started. Both Yellow and Zucchini Squash by mid week coming up.
Pool start up continues, more slowly than I would like. Having a more severe algae buildup than normal. I'll be back to mowing today, depending on the possible rain, after a day off yesterday
Slow but steady and varied day out in the train shed yesterday. I touched up and completed a few more figures since I still have hem out on the workbench. I planted some more trees in the overgrown lot on the layout. I dull coated a few Oxford vehicles and scattered them around the layout, and did some general clean up and organizing. Found a stash of detail parts that I had forgotten about, so I will be looking for places to use them.
Nothing was worthy of any new pictures yet, so back to the archives. Along the rails seems to be a popular subject, so I will bore you with a few more.
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Tom O - Nice views. Part of it almost looks like a golf course.
Chris - Those Gold Rush Bay models really do look interesting. Unfortunately none of them will fit my locale.
Jeff - Great looking paint job on the Victorian mansion. Nice setting as well.
Patrick - One reason that I never got a cell phone while I was still working was so I would never get those annoying calls from work when I was not there. Funny thing is though, they never tried to call me on the land line for some reason!
Karl - Congratulations on the A1c score.
Everyone have a great day and a wonderful weekend.
Louis, I'll take a Mountain Dew Zero sugar please! Yes I too have shrunk over the years. I used to be 6'2, now 6'1, never really noticed it until the spinal work (fusion, plates and screws) was done. But hey, its ok, my neck no longer hurts like it did! Pancreatitis sounds like no fun!Karl, that is fantastic news! Keep up the excellent work. I'm not surprised, you keep busier than a one arm wallpaper hanger. You can have your favorite beverage, I'm buying!
My blood pressure is great. My cholesterol is low. But that damn A1C keeps going up and down! I get near 7 then I'm back over 9. They tell me Pancreatitis caused my diabetes and that can make it difficult to get diabetes under control.
I'm down to 255, I'm still 6'8, I hope, I used to be 6'9". At my peak, when I played ball, I weighed 328lbs and I had only 14% body fat. I had a 54" chest and 36" waist. I never liked to work out or lift weights. I kept busy, working, and playing hard. I was country strong and fast! Now I'm slow, fat, and happy. I look in the mirror after my shower and wonder. WTF, gravity is a bitch!
I have upper and lower back problems, bad hips, and bad knees. I had too much fun! They say I need at least five more surgeries and two more on my shoulders. Not me, no more surgery. I've had too many complications from surgeries, blood clots, viral pneumonia, and others. Maybe if I can no longer walk, I'll think about it. I tell the doctors "Pain never killed anybody". One occasional regular strength, acetaminophen works wonders. My pain is best managed by my mind.
Pancreatitis is what really holds me back. I do too much physical activity and I literally work the crap out of myself. They tell me that it is more dangerous than diabetes. Twenty-five years ago, they told me I had no more than 5 years left. Twenty + years ago, they gave me weeks to live. I'm still here! Now they don't know what to say, and they say a lot! I say "tough titty, makes a strong baby"
I recently switched to Jardiance. I have to go back to see if it is working. I also take Metformin, Glimepiride, and Trulicity for diabeties. And more for other things, thirteen pills a day.
I'll get on top of this. The more I lose, the more I want to play!
Biker Bars, I never got along with bikers. I find it hard to respect guys who need a gang. I knew one cool guy who was in the Pagens. He was a business associate, I'm ashamed to say. Until my friend Willy told me what the 1% patch on his jacket meant. I avoided him after that. Somethings are more important than sales. I thought I was so cool and knew everything. Later I found out what it really means to think you know everything.
Attractive ladies can be found everywhere, thank God. But you are right, some spots are better than others!
I thank God every day that I found the only beautiful lady I will ever want or need. I know you understand how that feels. How did we get so lucky?
Cloud service - I turn that off on any and all equipment that I use. I am not convinced of it's security, or it's usefulness yet.
Biker Bars, I never got along with bikers.
That's great news, happy to hear that.I have good news to report about my friend Willy.
He sat up for forty minutes and has been working his hands and arms with free weights!
Thank God!
That explains it, good enough for me. I'd rather be lucky than good any day!I have friends that tell me that even a blind pig finds a truffle now and then.
Good day all. It is a warm, sunny day. 14C.
A couple of jobs around the house to do then off shipspotting at the Port of Tyne.
Hopefully, just hopefully I shall see the train room later.
'Nodding Donkey' the day after withdrawal
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'Get'em when they are young'
An old photograph of younger granddaughter 'In Charge'.
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I do not know what motivated him, but I am glad, especially for you as I know it gave you so much angst, hopefully it’s a permanent turning point, I guess your still visiting regularly talking him up.I have good news to report about my friend Willy.
He sat up for forty minutes and has been working his hands and arms with free weights!
Thank God!
There are bikers and there are biker gangs. Two different things. I should have been clearer.Louis, I guess then we will not get along then ... I ride a Harley every chance I get and am considered a "biker" because I do. I know a great many people who ride, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, a lot of cops and military etc etc etc. Just because we own and ride a bike, inparticularly a Harley, does not mean we are apart of some Outlaw 1% Biker gang. Quite a lot of us are apart of what is called the HOG (Harley Owners Group) in fact, I am a life member.
Please don't throw everyone who rides a motor bike into the "Outlaw Biker Gang" group just because we ride a bike for enjoyment and relaxation.
In so far as the Bikers Bar goes - there are Biker Bars and there are Biker Bars. One that I go to (occasionally) is owned by a girl who rides and who welcomes those who ride bikes - she provides a place where we can go and sit and relax and talk about bikes, the trips we have done, the up and coming Volunteer Present Run to collect presents for under privileged kids, and/or food runs to collect food especially around christmas time. Other ventures to collect money for a fellow riders family who have suffered some set back. Biker Bars are not all the same so don't assume that just because a place (a bar) is referred to as a biker bar that it deals in illegalities or is full of unsavory people.
Then there are the 1% Biker Bars that are pretty much owned by them and where only those members are welcomed.
As for being part of a gang and not having respect for people who do belong to a gang/group - don't we all, in some way, belong to a Gang/Group called model train enthusiasts? Or what about the old folks who join the Bingo at the Club House group each Saturday night?
As said mate, I have been riding for 30 years this year and will continue to do so. If people want to call me a biker, and call me that in the right context, then I am happy to be called it.![]()
That's great news, happy to hear that.
I'm so glad. Now he is moving towards getting out of that nursing home!I do not know what motivated him, but I am glad, especially for you as I know it gave you so much angst, hopefully it’s a permanent turning point, I guess your still visiting regularly talking him up.
encourage every little improvement, longer time, exercised,heavier weights if applicable, less exhaustion (as he has not exercised this will unfortunately be short BUT should yield much quicker rewards hopefully encouraging him, if he is needing muscle encourage him to eat meat protein eggs,chicken beef blah blah,wriggly his toes lifting his feet and holding stretching the toes are good for avoiding cramps one leg at a time until he is getting into the swing (my dad had this as an issue, and despite his high blood pressure had salt sodium/potassium but as Willy is still in hospital?/ the medical staff should hopefully be monitored which way to jump.
try a high five when you see him![]()
