Wednesday, August 20, 2025

[Zephyrus52246]

Morning all,

Headed to 84 today, a cooling trend from the weekend.  Still quite humid, however.  

Going to Cedar Rapids today to get TSA precheck stuff done.  Two trips planned for October, hopefully that will get us through quicker.  

I think this is a Grumman Albatross amphibian aircraft. 

Jeff

[deemery]

Bands of showers and cool here, high predicted of 67.  That's the effect of the hurricane passing offshore.  It'll warm up for the rest of the week as that storm pumps more tropical weather behind it.  We're off for our annual pot-luck at one friend's house.  Wife made gluten-free brownies, I'm making a couple tapas dishes.  So not much train work today. 

dave

[KentuckySouthern]

60s and grey in MI this morning, the better half is off with her daughter on a road trip and I have the morning to myself. 

FedEx says the Starlink package is coming today.  Our copper DSL has been particularly atrocious the last couple of days. 

I have an Amazon return to drop off at a UPS outlet and then PT this afternoon Everything really aches with the weather change. 

I enjoyed the Albatross, Jeff.  Neat looking craft.  Flight aware info on that craft  https://www.flightaware.com/resources/registration/N7025N   https://www.flightaware.com/photos/view/84357-831bf67717b816a4a07b38ca012103f63efe5849/aircrafttype/U16 

It's looking like the Atlantic rough weather season is stirring up pretty good.  Tapas, Dave?

All I got....

KS

[deemery]

"Tapas" - small dishes served in Spanish bars, often salty (to encourage people to drink more   ).  

I'm doing 
•  olives and cheese
•  little smoky sausages poached in red wine (put the sausages in a frying pan with a bit of oil, get them to brown.  Then turn the heat down, pour in some red wine, and let the wine mostly cook off.)
•  marinated carrot salad (carrots, onion, garlic, cumin, toasted pine nuts, raisins - but I used dry cranberries, olive oil and vinegar)
•  broad beans with ham (2 cans of broad beans drained.  roast pork from the deli- sliced thick then diced, garlic, olive oil, Spanish sweet paprika, quartered cherry tomatoes, a bit of wine vinegar.  I have some toasted shallots to put on top.)

dave

[GeorgeD]

Another great picture, Jeff.  I saw one of those up in last Anchorage last year.  It's a nice to watch sea planes iction.

I'm out of the hospital and the procedure went well.  The staff was very professional and friendly, but I was still glad to be sprung.  I'm not a good patient.

George

[Jerry]

Afternoon

Glad everything went okay George!!

Jerry

[Zephyrus52246]

Great news, George!  Hopefully a quick recovery.

Jeff

[jbvb]

I'm glad too, George.

It's an overcast afternoon on the NH seacoast, but it isn't raining here at the moment.  I spent the morning getting ready for my trip to the Midwest Old Threshers' Reunion, where I'll (surprise, surprise) work on their on-site trolleys and maybe their track, then haul visitors around when the show starts next week.  Then the check for a $1.2M bequest to Seashore Trolley Museum came in and I spent a while investigating why we got it (the deceased's son had been an active member before he passed 17 years ago).  Meanwhile, I'm told a set of used trolley trucks I'd originally been tagged to unload got hung up in US customs trying to cross from Canada.  Truck timed out, they're headed back to their origin.  If that gets straightened out before Labor Day, someone else gets to unload them. Then I'm back in the bullseye.

If it isn't one thing, it's three things...

[GPdemayo]

Afternoon all.....

[KentuckySouthern]

Great news George. What a marvelous age we live in.

Dave, re: salty stuff to cause one to drink, my cheap watering holes lean toward a big bowl of way too salty popcorn..."would ya like another draft with that ?"

[Rick]

I'm out of the hospital and the procedure went well.  The staff was very professional and friendly, but I was still glad to be sprung.  I'm not a good patient.

George

Happy to read this.