Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

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I almost forgot,

Happy Thanksgiving!

Even if you're not Canadian, eat a lot. Poutine and Maple Syrup from The Great White North earn bonus points. And watch some hockey!

 

[RhB Michael]

about the height:
yes those trees are big, but they are more or less to real scale. the "normal" trees you buy from the big names, aare mostly shrinked and not true to scale (in my opinion).

I think that is an accurate statement. I've seen some very large/tall trees along the RhB, and nothing I've seen in HO comes close to the height of these trees.

I used O scale trees in many areas of my layout and I think they look great.

 

[RhB Michael]

I almost forgot,

Happy Thanksgiving!


Even if you're not Canadian, eat a lot. Poutine and Maple Syrup from The Great White North earn bonus points. And watch some hockey!

Eating a lot is not happening here. I finally got my weight down to a steady 150 pounds after my hospital stay, and that's where I'm keeping it.

 

[chadbag]

30 cms is Imperial 11”

Actually about 12”. A 12” ruler is very very close to a 30cm ruler. 11” is a hair under 28cm

 

[RhB Michael]

Yep, and a modern standard length scale 1/87 European passenger wagon is 303mm buffer to buffer. TWINDEXX wagons are 306mm buffer to buffer. They take up a lot of yard space.

 

[Boris]

One of the few decisions 1st with Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet and now Craig Abel of Berkshire Hathaway that I disagreed with. Total missed opportunity for BNSF to have purchased or merged with NS. Even now Berkshire is saying no to adding CSX to the fold. The total ease of traffic moving coast to coast totally outweighs what opponents have come up with. Just bypassing the Chicago corridor for any railroad going coast to coast is worth it.

Not sure why railroads are being treated any differently than how easy it is to buy or merge US airlines? Airlines are much more monopolistic than railroads ever will be. The cost of flying has been drastically affected by mergers over the last 12 years. Restrict a route to competition and watch the ticket prices. Of course most Congressmen, Senators and staff either fly reduce tickets or free. There are no free rides on the railroads for them. Just saying

Your points are right on. (Of course, when the shoe is on the other foot...).

Railroads are still suffering for the shenanigans of the 19th Century, and the total arrogance they convey to the public. (Even when something is not their fault).
Airlines were the corporate darlings of the Post WW2 Era, flush with subsidies and use of publicly owned facilities. Railroads were dismissed as a bunch of whiners.
That still holds.

 

[Boris]

I almost forgot,

Happy Thanksgiving!
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Even if you're not Canadian, eat a lot. Poutine and Maple Syrup from The Great White North earn bonus points. And watch some hockey!

Ad from an Ottawa supermarket chain, as heard on the Senators game recently: Frozen whole turkeys for $1.99 on October 14.
How could you of all people forget Thanksgiving Day in Canada. eh?

 

[Kusojiji]

Never heard that phrase for them but its defiantly fitting, especially if my stuff goes thru Chicago.

If it routes to St, Louis its usually next day.

Well, one of the packages has now gone through Dallas/Ft. Worth. I thought once they left O'hare, they'd be coming here. I guess somebody's grandma or brother in law needed to charge some bail out hours.

 

[Kusojiji]

Good morning all. Up at 0400 today for whatever reason. Speaking of mail, I should be receiving two packages from Marco's side of the planet - an OO scale 0-6-0 steamer and a whole bunch of painted crew for a lot of my ghost trains. Only 11 days. Would have been less if not for the long weekend.

Beat that Un-Supervised Payout Sharing!!

Another thing I need to sink my teeth into, I better get that molar fixed before it breaks up more. I just had a sliver break off just now. I shouldn't have any crunchies in my mouth from drinking coffee! I saved the sliver. Maybe the dentist can grind it up, mix it up with epoxy and use it as a filler when hot gluing on that cap that fell off earlier.

I don't remember what Thanksgiving day was for, but if related to the harvest, it makes sense that Canada celebrate it earlier. Do they stuff the bird with poutine? If so, that sounds like something I would eat.

Well, have a good day and good to see all made it home or are traveling safely.

 

[Kusojiji]

I got another one: Un-Scrupulous Profit Sharing. OK, that's enough for now. Hurting my brain trying to think of these...

 

[bnsf971]

I got another one: Un-Scrupulous Profit Sharing. OK, that's enough for now. Hurting my brain trying to think of these...

Uncle Sam's Package Smashers.

 

[DeaconKC]

Good evening folks, hope you are all doing well. We've had a fine day here so far, heading out in a few minutes for dinner with family here in town. Good local place with excellent service usually [hope I didn't just jinx that]. Earlier went for some errands, still 92 out, got the van washed and picked up a few things at Walmart. Hopefully I am over the bug I picked up, I seem to have it on the run anyway. The ongoing sorting continues in the train room, almost to the point of being able to get the new desk assembled and put in there.
You guys have a great night, God bless!