Running Bear's February 2019 Coffee Shop
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Bruette
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Karl you can always make me laugh
You sir are an extremist and you worry too much. There really are pockets of civilization here in the city that are worth saving. Not to mention the over 1.5 million jobs many counties residents come into the city for. Come back to the center with me and find happiness We can fix this if we try!Look what happened when they tore down many of the housing projects in the city. Section 8 spread to other areas. Some areas of the surrounding counites are just as bad and in some cases worse than the city now. I see them, I deliver to some of them.
Yesterday I was in delivering in our old neighborhood, 21214 and 21206. Many of the streets have not changed. Clean yards and well kept houses, good people. On the outside they look different than the original owners, but in all other aspects they are the same. They work for a living and many own the homes they live in. Simply put, they are good productive people. They are not as easily noticed, they are too busy working and taking care of their families to be noticed.
We have created a culture where some people don't rely on themselves. It has become generational, the "family business" and it is proliferating. Mothers don't get married because they lose their benefits. Kids grow up with no father. Fathers feel no sense of responsibility. It's just like Richard Nixon said it would be.
It's not just the government, many business are to blame as well. They exploit people by under paying them and then the underpaid workers get what I call corporate welfare, supplemental income, food stamps, housing and medical care paid for by you and me. People working full time and receiving government benefits is nothing more than corporate welfare. To many people and corporations have their hand out. I just like you I'm growing tired of giving to them!
There are no simple solutions and no one person or party has the knowledge, experience or ability to solve this problem. Someday soon we have to come together and solve the problems.
santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning Everyone. 20° and mostly cloudy. Three or four days ago it was 81°. Not expected to get this cold again in the next ten days, probably not until next winter actually. Gradual warmup with temperatures in the 60's beginning Monday for about another week at least. Our average daily range for this time of year is 35° - 58°. Sadly, the ground outside is quite mushy from two days of rain and I cannot plant anything in the garden.
I spent a few hours out in the train shed yesterday. I am continuing to add more ground cover, and I did the second half of the meat market parking area. Did a little weathering on the slaughterhouse part with weathering powders and finally attached the loading dock stairs and subsequently the loading dock to the structure, since I had determined the final positioning in regard to the adjoining market.
Joe - I know what you mean regarding the sick people at the infusion center. Sad in some respects.
Good luck with your taxes. I respectfully disagree with one minor point in your post #319. All of the middle class folks that I know and informally polled over the last year have reported lower taxes, even though many didn't realize it until I suggested comparing their deposits with the previous year. I don't know any upper class folks to ask! What will bite you, Louis, Sherrel and others in high tax states is the reduction or elimination of the SALT deduction. I and all who I polled live in Texas where there is no state or city income tax. Otherwise I agree regarding the underachievers et al. See rant below.
Mike - That is one crazy drunk jumping aboard the engine. Wow! So many lives were put in danger.
Greg - You're certainly making some progress "re-habbing" the layout.
While we're discussing taxes, let me relate one "free-loader" that my wife prepared taxes for yesterday. This single mother of four worked four months and earned $12,000 last year and had $175 withheld. She could have worked all year since her mother who lived in her house, cared for her kids, but admitted to my wife that the 12K was the limit before they started cutting her benefits. Now that the tax return is finished, she is getting a check for $7600 from you and me. Call it laziness, gaming the system or all of the above, it just isn't right. If that lady worked 12 months, she would have earned over $36,000, well above poverty level; and well above the $19,600 that she will actually earn, and probably still wouldn't have to pay taxes. My wife hates doing these types of returns.
Today would have been my late dad's 90th birthday. Sadly Lucky Strikes called him home fifteen years ago.
Everybody have a great day. Today is National Boy Scout Day. I was one sometime in the last century.
I spent a few hours out in the train shed yesterday. I am continuing to add more ground cover, and I did the second half of the meat market parking area. Did a little weathering on the slaughterhouse part with weathering powders and finally attached the loading dock stairs and subsequently the loading dock to the structure, since I had determined the final positioning in regard to the adjoining market.
Joe - I know what you mean regarding the sick people at the infusion center. Sad in some respects.
Good luck with your taxes. I respectfully disagree with one minor point in your post #319. All of the middle class folks that I know and informally polled over the last year have reported lower taxes, even though many didn't realize it until I suggested comparing their deposits with the previous year. I don't know any upper class folks to ask! What will bite you, Louis, Sherrel and others in high tax states is the reduction or elimination of the SALT deduction. I and all who I polled live in Texas where there is no state or city income tax. Otherwise I agree regarding the underachievers et al. See rant below.
Mike - That is one crazy drunk jumping aboard the engine. Wow! So many lives were put in danger.
Greg - You're certainly making some progress "re-habbing" the layout.
While we're discussing taxes, let me relate one "free-loader" that my wife prepared taxes for yesterday. This single mother of four worked four months and earned $12,000 last year and had $175 withheld. She could have worked all year since her mother who lived in her house, cared for her kids, but admitted to my wife that the 12K was the limit before they started cutting her benefits. Now that the tax return is finished, she is getting a check for $7600 from you and me. Call it laziness, gaming the system or all of the above, it just isn't right. If that lady worked 12 months, she would have earned over $36,000, well above poverty level; and well above the $19,600 that she will actually earn, and probably still wouldn't have to pay taxes. My wife hates doing these types of returns.
Today would have been my late dad's 90th birthday. Sadly Lucky Strikes called him home fifteen years ago.
Everybody have a great day. Today is National Boy Scout Day. I was one sometime in the last century.
kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
OK, Louis, you've gone too far with that picture, now I'm triggered!!
GarryCBQ
Well-Known Member
Good morning ....
It was 67F at noon yesterday. This morning it is 20F. Winter returned.
Louis .... That is a creepy photo, but it is more scary that some people take her seriously. We are supposed to replace airplanes with high speed rail. Dumb. We can't take the train to Europe. Her ideas on socialist policies and excessive taxation would be catastrophic if implemented. ...... I think your conversation about what the culture has become clearly shows government should stay out of personal lives. That also explains the demise of US cities.
Willie ... You are correct, the middle class benefitted from the tax cut. Also, lowering taxes for high income people is helping to grow the economy, increase jobs, and increase incomes. That works well each time Congress does that. .... That is a remarkable story about the freeloader and her taxes. Remarkably, the definition of government says nothing about being a source of funds to pay living expenses for individuals. .... Sad to learn about your Dad..... Boy Scouts. I was one way back when. Also, I was a Cubmaster when my son was a kid.
It was 67F at noon yesterday. This morning it is 20F. Winter returned.
Louis .... That is a creepy photo, but it is more scary that some people take her seriously. We are supposed to replace airplanes with high speed rail. Dumb. We can't take the train to Europe. Her ideas on socialist policies and excessive taxation would be catastrophic if implemented. ...... I think your conversation about what the culture has become clearly shows government should stay out of personal lives. That also explains the demise of US cities.
Willie ... You are correct, the middle class benefitted from the tax cut. Also, lowering taxes for high income people is helping to grow the economy, increase jobs, and increase incomes. That works well each time Congress does that. .... That is a remarkable story about the freeloader and her taxes. Remarkably, the definition of government says nothing about being a source of funds to pay living expenses for individuals. .... Sad to learn about your Dad..... Boy Scouts. I was one way back when. Also, I was a Cubmaster when my son was a kid.
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LOUIS - That photo is frighting ... as well as her "plans"!
34 to start off the day here .. warming to 56 later on. (anymore, below 60 is cold to me) Another series of rain is forecast starting tonight for parts of three days - not much expected from this one.
Took the mutts to the dog park yesterday afternoon for an hour or so, They had loads of fun sniffing butts - I did not partake of the festivus! Was not very crowded at all ... maybe 25? other doggies.
Found a car that I want to check out, it's 65 miles away over on the coast accross the mountain range - google says 1:35 driving time -- yuk!
Will check in later if Louis leaves me room? Just kidding, I enjoy MOST of what you say!
34 to start off the day here .. warming to 56 later on. (anymore, below 60 is cold to me) Another series of rain is forecast starting tonight for parts of three days - not much expected from this one.
Took the mutts to the dog park yesterday afternoon for an hour or so, They had loads of fun sniffing butts - I did not partake of the festivus! Was not very crowded at all ... maybe 25? other doggies.
Found a car that I want to check out, it's 65 miles away over on the coast accross the mountain range - google says 1:35 driving time -- yuk!
Will check in later if Louis leaves me room? Just kidding, I enjoy MOST of what you say!
montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Good morning. Starting the day off at +10. Accuweather ain't so accurate. They had forecasted a low of -15. If it reaches the mid 20's, I may plow the driveway. We had been getting an inch or so every day and have around 8" now.
Yesterday was a pain in the butt with having to go in for the MRI. Also my wife wanted me to get my ribs checked out. I had a bad coughing fir Monday and must have torn a muscle (or 2) around the rib cage. Had to sleep in the recliner the past 2 nights. Can't lay flat or it feels like a knife going into the ribs. Never had anything like this before, but the doctor did say that he has actually had people break a rib coughing. It is getting better.
Louis - That is one crazy woman. Where is this country going ??
No more politics. Just couldn't pass up the opportunity.
Willie - There are so many people around miking every cent they can out of the government, and we're paying for it.
Here's a rail picture for today.
Later
Yesterday was a pain in the butt with having to go in for the MRI. Also my wife wanted me to get my ribs checked out. I had a bad coughing fir Monday and must have torn a muscle (or 2) around the rib cage. Had to sleep in the recliner the past 2 nights. Can't lay flat or it feels like a knife going into the ribs. Never had anything like this before, but the doctor did say that he has actually had people break a rib coughing. It is getting better.
Louis - That is one crazy woman. Where is this country going ??
No more politics. Just couldn't pass up the opportunity. Willie - There are so many people around miking every cent they can out of the government, and we're paying for it.
Here's a rail picture for today.
Later
Beady
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More about politics: Why rant about things that everyone knows aren't going to happen, like replacing air travel with rapid rail? The fact is, there are a lot of ideas floating around in the aether, some more reasonable than others, and some crazy ones that can be amended into something practical. To my mind, more good has come from ideas that were initially crazy than from those that were good right out of the gate. Space travel jumps to mind.
Bottom line being, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Bottom line being, don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.
Beady
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Thinking about planes and trains: I kind of like the idea of replacing short commercial flights with passenger rail. For instance, the flight from Detroit to Chicago is 90 minutes, tops, and the two cities are already connected via Amtrak (6-8 hours?). If the trains could be upgraded to rapid rail...
Another thing. With modern telecommunications, there is little need for a businessman's (or politician's) physical presence in any particular location, especially on a few hours' notice. So, what's the need for him to travel cross-country or internationally?
Another thing. With modern telecommunications, there is little need for a businessman's (or politician's) physical presence in any particular location, especially on a few hours' notice. So, what's the need for him to travel cross-country or internationally?
kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
Hi Gang
I need a little info from the ones who have ridden the Durango & Silverton. The subject of "altitude sickness" has come up. I've never heard of it, and she is panicking about getting sick on the honeymoon, wanting to defer the trip til next summer, and instead honeymooning in Florida.
Anyone experience it??
I need a little info from the ones who have ridden the Durango & Silverton. The subject of "altitude sickness" has come up. I've never heard of it, and she is panicking about getting sick on the honeymoon, wanting to defer the trip til next summer, and instead honeymooning in Florida.
Anyone experience it??
Greg@mnrr
Section Hand
Good Morning Everyone.....sunny and clear, but windy and cold with Wind Chill Advisories. It's a good day for the basement!
First order of business is to vacuum the layout room's carpet squares. It's been awhile and there's a lot of wire insulation and pieces of plastic parts on the carpet, not to mention small parts that disappeared into space.
Willie: Don't speak about taxes, the latest promised tax cut for me never happened and I'm paying more taxes this year than last year. There sure are a lot of people playing the system and its got to stop before one quarter of the population is supporting the other three quarters. Don't let me get started on the high quality, free medical care that's offered to the masses in Milwaukee. Enough said!!!
Looking for some easy projects to finish. I have 30+ ore cars that could use some more Woodland Scenic's ore pieces added. I could string a train of ore cars that would cover more than half of my main line.
Since I drove last Saturday in the dark for the first time since my cataract operations, my night vision is much improved after the cataracts were removed. Now I am really considering joining a model railroad club which meets at nights and then I could run my long ore unit trains. Sorry Chet, but the Livingston model railroad club is too far to drive. My twin Atlas Classis Milwaukee Road U-Boats will pull like crazy up a grade working in a consist.
Chet: Pulled chest muscles do really hurt, but improve in a short time.
Mark: Weather forecasts played an important part of my professional life and I depended on the forecasts on a daily basis and the AccuWeather forecasts never seemed to be totally accurate. I think that they do so many areas of the county which forces them to do their forecasts too far in advance and that loses their ability to accurately do weather forecasts .
I used a weather rock instead. If the rock was wet, it was raining, if the rock was cold, it was cold, you get the drift.
Bruette: Pigs for being a clean and intelligent animals, their poop sure stinks. I used to drive by a a farmer do had just a few pigs and I needed to close the truck's windows when driving by if the wind was in the wrong direction the smell was terrible.
Back to model railroading.......the latest issue of Model Railroader arrived and Gerry Leone showed a great way to model peeling paint on a painted brick building. I have a Walters Cornerstone building kit that needs to be built and I'll try his technique on this building. I bet his method would work for modeling peel paint building signs as well.
That's all for now...
Greg
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No railroad pictures!
First order of business is to vacuum the layout room's carpet squares. It's been awhile and there's a lot of wire insulation and pieces of plastic parts on the carpet, not to mention small parts that disappeared into space.
Willie: Don't speak about taxes, the latest promised tax cut for me never happened and I'm paying more taxes this year than last year. There sure are a lot of people playing the system and its got to stop before one quarter of the population is supporting the other three quarters. Don't let me get started on the high quality, free medical care that's offered to the masses in Milwaukee. Enough said!!!
Looking for some easy projects to finish. I have 30+ ore cars that could use some more Woodland Scenic's ore pieces added. I could string a train of ore cars that would cover more than half of my main line.
Since I drove last Saturday in the dark for the first time since my cataract operations, my night vision is much improved after the cataracts were removed. Now I am really considering joining a model railroad club which meets at nights and then I could run my long ore unit trains. Sorry Chet, but the Livingston model railroad club is too far to drive. My twin Atlas Classis Milwaukee Road U-Boats will pull like crazy up a grade working in a consist.
Chet: Pulled chest muscles do really hurt, but improve in a short time.
Mark: Weather forecasts played an important part of my professional life and I depended on the forecasts on a daily basis and the AccuWeather forecasts never seemed to be totally accurate. I think that they do so many areas of the county which forces them to do their forecasts too far in advance and that loses their ability to accurately do weather forecasts .
I used a weather rock instead. If the rock was wet, it was raining, if the rock was cold, it was cold, you get the drift.
Bruette: Pigs for being a clean and intelligent animals, their poop sure stinks. I used to drive by a a farmer do had just a few pigs and I needed to close the truck's windows when driving by if the wind was in the wrong direction the smell was terrible.
Back to model railroading.......the latest issue of Model Railroader arrived and Gerry Leone showed a great way to model peeling paint on a painted brick building. I have a Walters Cornerstone building kit that needs to be built and I'll try his technique on this building. I bet his method would work for modeling peel paint building signs as well.
That's all for now...
Greg
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No railroad pictures!
montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Karl -Some people can be effected by the higher altitude. The main thing is not to do anything such as running, hiking or other activities that could cause you to get winded at lower altitudes. I live over 5,000 in altitude so I am somewhat acclimated but when I get to sea level, I have oxygen overload. My cousin (a flatlander from Indiana) though she was going to die when we took her to the Lewis and Clark Caverns which are near by at 8,200 feet. It is a bit of a climb up around a mile hike to the entrance. I am a smoker, but had no problems at all doing the hike up there, but she made the mistake of trying to keep up. My fault I guess.
Greg@mnrr
Section Hand
We went to Jerome, Arizona the old mining town at 7,200 feet and just walking up the sloped sidewalks I thought I was going to have a heart attack. Guess I wasn't used to the higher elevations coming from Wisconsin or was it because I was out of shape?
Neat town to visit with a railroad history.
Greg
Neat town to visit with a railroad history.
Greg
GarryCBQ
Well-Known Member
Greg ..... We have been there. Did you ride the Verde Canyon RR ? We did, and it was a great train trip.
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