montanan
Whiskey Merchant
Good morning all. 26 degrees with a light dusting of snow to start off the day.
Ken - Enjoy the trip to PA. Hope you'll let us know what went on up there. Living in Montana, the are little if any model railroad goings on up here. Just have to entertain myself I guess.
Joe - Glad you're enjoying the new wheels. I have been searching for months and months for a new vehicle and Ford may be the way I'll be going. I want a car for transportation and don't want all of the technology that car makers are expecting us to pay for even if we don't want it. A touch screen is probably my biggest gripe. Last year we went to another city for a bowling tournament and were riding with friends who had a new Ford Explorer with all of the bells and whistles. Everything from the radio to the climate control were controlled through the touch screen, just like the Ford Fusion I had for a rental car in Daytona. I really found that it was a really bad distraction if you have to use it while driving. My friends also don't really care for it BUT after doing some research I found out that you can order a new Fusion with conventional controls and no touch screen. That could be an option, but I am not really into the colors that they are offering. It seems that almost all of the new cars are offered in the same drab colors. Black, white, silver, a charcoal gray and perhaps a red or a blue. Up here a gold or champagne or gold color is the best as it can be dirty with our winter roads and still look good at 20 feet. The Fusion used to have that kind of color but it was discontinued. I like black to look at, like your truck, but up here with all of the gravel roads we have, they are a pain to keep clean. My '59 Impala, a '62 Studebaker Hawk and my first car, a '51 Hudson Hornet are black and are a nightmare to keep looking good. I am cured of having any vehicle with dark colors, at least up here.
Willie - I am working from home today. Before we let the dispatcher go, I may have come to the office one day a week for a couple of hours, but we are working on a way to keep my time here to a minimum. I don't want to pat myself on the back, but I know too much about the industry and know so many people that the only way I would get let go would be if the company closed the doors. The guy I work for is a good friend. I was his boss at another company years ago before he started his own company. He wants to keep me happy.
Eric - Ever figure out what happened to your images ?? If you work on those trees, let me know how they are to work with. I really like the way Davids came out. Aspens are a common tree up here I I have a perfect place for an Aspen grove.
Garry - This one is for you. One sweet looking locomotive.
Ken - Enjoy the trip to PA. Hope you'll let us know what went on up there. Living in Montana, the are little if any model railroad goings on up here. Just have to entertain myself I guess.
Joe - Glad you're enjoying the new wheels. I have been searching for months and months for a new vehicle and Ford may be the way I'll be going. I want a car for transportation and don't want all of the technology that car makers are expecting us to pay for even if we don't want it. A touch screen is probably my biggest gripe. Last year we went to another city for a bowling tournament and were riding with friends who had a new Ford Explorer with all of the bells and whistles. Everything from the radio to the climate control were controlled through the touch screen, just like the Ford Fusion I had for a rental car in Daytona. I really found that it was a really bad distraction if you have to use it while driving. My friends also don't really care for it BUT after doing some research I found out that you can order a new Fusion with conventional controls and no touch screen. That could be an option, but I am not really into the colors that they are offering. It seems that almost all of the new cars are offered in the same drab colors. Black, white, silver, a charcoal gray and perhaps a red or a blue. Up here a gold or champagne or gold color is the best as it can be dirty with our winter roads and still look good at 20 feet. The Fusion used to have that kind of color but it was discontinued. I like black to look at, like your truck, but up here with all of the gravel roads we have, they are a pain to keep clean. My '59 Impala, a '62 Studebaker Hawk and my first car, a '51 Hudson Hornet are black and are a nightmare to keep looking good. I am cured of having any vehicle with dark colors, at least up here.
Willie - I am working from home today. Before we let the dispatcher go, I may have come to the office one day a week for a couple of hours, but we are working on a way to keep my time here to a minimum. I don't want to pat myself on the back, but I know too much about the industry and know so many people that the only way I would get let go would be if the company closed the doors. The guy I work for is a good friend. I was his boss at another company years ago before he started his own company. He wants to keep me happy.
Eric - Ever figure out what happened to your images ?? If you work on those trees, let me know how they are to work with. I really like the way Davids came out. Aspens are a common tree up here I I have a perfect place for an Aspen grove.
Garry - This one is for you. One sweet looking locomotive.
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