Running Bear's June 2023 Coffee Shop

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NYC_George said:
The 3rd leg of the Triple Crown (The Belmont Stakes) is going off in a few minutes.
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Thanks, Swal!

I had so much going on yesterday the race slipped my mind.

Belmont Stakes Results 2023: Video Replay of Arcangelo's Race at Elmont

The Jena Antonucci-trained Arcangelo accomplished the improbable when he crossed the finish line to capture the third jewel of the Triple Crown on Saturday in…
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I watched the full race this morning. What a great race it was!
 
troyphoto said:
Catching the sporadic readers up:

Full disclosure: I'm made 90% of Snark and Sarcasm, but will attempt to deliver this as straight as I can.

the plot so far. Evidently, hobby photos being posted here, as has been the Running Bear tradition for 10 years, has offended one or two members. Rather than broaching the concerns to the group and asking for users to use moderation in such, they headed to the mod team to get their knickers untwisted.

I suspect that with Terry (BNSF) on the great porcelain loo for the last week, it fell to Tony to be a solo act. Just a guesstimate on my part, but these types of decisions usually occur in times like this.

Member or Members with knickers twisted about too many hobby photos here in Running Bears Coffee Shop needed to have hobby photos sorted nicely into column A, Column B, etc on their forum spreadsheets.

Tony listened, and issued the edict with nary a warning to the forum members:
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This was the screech of a needle sliding all the way across an original pressing of Dark Side of The Moon, or Sgt. Peppers.

Instead of informing us that some members were having knicker issues about tooooo many hobby photos getting passed around the pub/coffee shop tables, we're now verboten from doing so. This could have easily been a friendly suggestion or a private message from the Knickers contingent to the people posting too many pics. Instead, they complained behind the scenes, and... Squeaky Wheel.

While Karl and his quest for Spline for his layout was mentioned by topic in Tony's edict as being offensive to the Knickers contingent, the top daily purveyor of layout pics in the years since I've been a part of the forum was Willie. Intermingled with his garden photos, pool photos, or neighbor's lone cow photos, were his inspirational layout photos.

Willie, rightly, read the writing that the Knickers contingent wanted him to stop. Tony's edict gave him little choice. Willie is taking a hiatus from the forum. And from the coffee shop. Which is very unfortunate. Karl announced his departure as well. Gone for good? Who knows.

Several other long-time, and helpful members - true assets to the hobby and to the forum - could read the handwriting from the Knickers contingent. Keep your hobby to yourself. There's a place over there for it. Don't sully Running Bears Coffee Shop with your hobby photos.

And thus, the Knickers crowd fundamentally changed not only 10 years of tradition in Running Bears Coffee Shop, but also the nature of this extremely friendly and helpful forum.

Here endeth the lesson!
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This makes me want to start my permanent layout so I can post the updates in the coffee shop as a peaceful protest. If I had the time and energy I would. I may use the splines that I learned about from Karl, in the coffee shop! Most of what I know about layout building came from coffee shop regulars.

I did use those skills I learned to build a little display layout. It has been exposed to humidity and temperature changes on my enclosed front porch for years and looks new! Thanks again Terry.

Unfortunately, that little layout lies dormant. I have not worked on it since Halloween 2021. I ran into some technical problems. The lights on my 36" bat with glowing eyes hovering over the display went out. My health complications flared up the next day. Various health issues and fatigue have kept me from returning to my work on the display.

This photo was from a Christmas display in 2018.
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Can we please just go back to the old coffee shop? The one I have known for the last ten years!
 
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CambriaArea51 said:
If you don't like train pics skip over.

CSX lates heritage unit Chessie System.
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CSX debuts Chessie System heritage locomotive - Trains

CSX Transportation CEO Joe Hinrichs showed off the railroad’s second heritage locomotive today on LinkedIn: ES44AH No. 1973, a salute to the Chessie System. “The Chessie Cat is back! Here is the CSX Chessie System locomotive #1973,” Hinrichs wrote. “Enjoy! Great job again by our Waycross team.”...
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I love it! The last thing I need is another HO locomotive to keep in the box, but I love it!
 


Boris said:
By the look of the cars and the people's dress, it was quite a while ago. Used to stop there on Saturday Mornings, after night tour @ BVSE. First stop Mikulski's Bakery, then 7-11 on Broadway for the WAPO, then shop the Market.
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Mikulski's Bakery, would that have been Barbara Mikulskis' family?

My God Mother worked at the Northeast Market. I can't recall the name of the shop. They made Maryland fried chicken and western fries. I loved those western fries!
 
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santafewillie said:
Good Morning All. Clear and 69° here on the SFW estate. Might hit 90° today, just 89° yesterday. Thunderstorms predicted for the next 4 days. If they indeed happen, they will be a month late. May is normally our wettest month, but this year, only about 3" versus a normal 7"-8". I've been watering the garden as a result.

Uneventful grocery trek yesterday, gasoline is still in the $3.06-$3.09/gal range except at the major oil places like Exxon or Chevron where they are charging $3.29. I did note that egg prices are falling but produce is going up.

Later I picked more onions and my first 6 Cherry Tomatoes. I held off on the Green Beans until today. Had to mow east and north of the train shed, today will be the backyard between the house and pool. Still filtering the pool water, it's taking longer this year, but the water temperature has just climbed to 78°, almost bearable for use.

Speaking of the train shed, all that I did out there yesterday was to run a few trains - it's been a few days.
From the archives, here's a few "down the line" scenes.
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Jeff - For watching carb intake, mashed Cauliflower is a great substitute for mashed potatoes. Zucchini Squash can be cut into french fries or made into pasta with a Spiralizer.
Troy - Here's hoping for a rapid recovery.

Today is National Donut Day. Freebies are generally given out at leading retailers if they are your thing. I don't eat them, too much sugar and carbs.

Everybody have a great day, the weekend is next.
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W H E R E s W I L L I E

he needs an apology….I need a layout fix

(i wrote a sentence thought about it and immediately deleted it!!!

I do not come to the coffee shop for coffee, sorry Flo et a.l, I come for my photo fix, AND then I might go comment on an associated thread e.g. TLOC.

We have all made mistakes in our day, and someone needs to man up and apologise, because I do not think Willie is coming back without one. I smell bacon…..mmmmffff no going bycotting_ Free Willie Free Willie (omg what a name lol)
 
Jaz avalley said:
W H E R E s W I L L I E

he needs an apology….I need a layout fix

(i wrote a sentence thought about it and immediately deleted it!!!

I do not come to the coffee shop for coffee, sorry Flo et a.l, I come for my photo fix, AND then I might go comment on an associated thread e.g. TLOC.

We have all made mistakes in our day, and someone needs to man up and apologise, because I do not think Willie is coming back without one. I smell bacon…..mmmmffff no going bycotting_ Free Willie Free Willie (omg what a name lol)
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Jaz, I have read and reread the edict as Troy properly called it, it is great to have a professional journalist among us.

I don't see it as personal. I can see how it could be taken personally. But no names were given.

No one has tried to enforce the edict.

I say we ignore the mistaken edict and get back to our regularly scheduled programing.
 
I believe forgiveness paves the path to peace.

I also believe forgiveness does not need to be requested. It can be freely given.

Not only forgiveness for others. We must also learn to forgive ourselves.

In my experience forgiveness removes the burden of carrying regrets and hard feelings.

My God Mother taught me these things. By implementing them they improved the quality of my life immensely.

"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" That does it, now I'm going to be banned! ;) :D:cool: I'm joking of course! In my ten years. The only person I can remember who got banned from this forum was making physical threats against other members via private message. There may be others I'm unaware of.

Our moderators do such a respectable job they usually go unnoticed. It reminds me of a sports official, or umpire. Nobody notices them until they make a mistake.

We forgave the British for burning Washington DC in 1814 ;)
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We forgave Japan and Germany as well, now all three are among our greatest allies!
 
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Morning you all

As for Louis' point of going back to the traditional coffeeshop vibe:

I'm trying to give the mod team room to amend the ONLY rule instituted beyond Bob's Road House rules (Be Nice, No Poly-tics or Religious discussions). My hope is that they've had time to mull things over and it will be reversed by this afternoon.

Here's a non-hobby pic of my wife's melon after I scooped its innards out.

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Jaz avalley said:
W H E R E s W I L L I E

he needs an apology….I need a layout fix

(i wrote a sentence thought about it and immediately deleted it!!!

I do not come to the coffee shop for coffee, sorry Flo et a.l, I come for my photo fix, AND then I might go comment on an associated thread e.g. TLOC.

We have all made mistakes in our day, and someone needs to man up and apologise, because I do not think Willie is coming back without one. I smell bacon…..mmmmffff no going bycotting_ Free Willie Free Willie (omg what a name lol)
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Bruette said:
Jaz, I have read and reread the edict as Troy properly called it, it is great to have a professional journalist among us.

I don't see it as personal. I can see how it could be taken personally. But no names were given.

No one has tried to enforce the edict.

I say we ignore the mistaken edict and get back to our regularly scheduled programing.
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Still not seeing any new commenters, the ones that so called had a problem with the coffee shop that changes had to be made.
 
Good morning..... Another empty coffee shop and no waitress. Looks like self serve again.

Louis- Looks like some mixed feelings on the Chessie heritage unit from CSX. Some were looking for a full paint job but they explained in the B&O unit that they were showing today (front of engine) and the past which is the rear of the engine. It's different from NS and UP and I like different.
 
The forum had]s gone mad, usually people are asked to take their non railway stuff to the forum and stay off threads, surely talking about rail’ways in the railway coffee shop should NOT BE A CRIME

This rubbish should in in the skip
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the bin
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and buried fast
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give me my railway fix I WANT IT NOW
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CambriaArea51 said:
Still not seeing any new commenters, the ones that so called had a problem with the coffee shop that changes had to be made.
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Really, one or two complaint's caused all this, c'mon, you've been round the block same as most of us, I very much doubt it, if maybe 15-30 (have we even got 30) member's had complained, then I can believe it, but that would also mean at least three people you know where the ones that must have complained, assuming there was a complaint to start with, what's that phrase lawyer's like to use, you and others are "assuming fact's not in evidence"
 
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