Firefox:
I clicked your link, hovered over the .gif and operated the right mouse button.
In the menu appearing, I chose “Copy Image Link” and pasted that as my comment, hitting “Return” for good measure.
Those are probably 1 liter steins… Close to a quart, for my American brain.
A quart of most liquids weighs about two pounds, same as 1 liter weighs 1 kg… And the steins themselves are thick glass that probably weighe more than the beer.
Looks like she’s carrying 13 of them.
At least 50, maybe 70 pounds.
She may look delicate, but if I were you guys, I wouldn’t go messing around.
I could too…but I used a tray. (I’m a guy, but on the fairly small side of things.) One time, lunch hour, I dumped a tray of five dinners right in front of the table…big mess. Rushed back to the kitchen, gave them the ticket and asked for a rush repeat. By the time I had the mess all cleaned up, it was ready for the second try. Success that time. And the customers were back to work on time, and left a big tip – most of which went into the kitchen.
Pere Marquette 1225 is an N-1 class 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotive, built in October 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) for the Pere Marquette Railway (PM) in Lima, Ohio. No. 1225 is one of two surviving PM 2-8-4 locomotives, the other being 1223, which was on display at the Tri-Cities Historical Society near the ex-Grand Trunk Western (GTW) coaling tower in Grand Haven, Michigan, and both have the distinction of being the only surviving Pere Marquette steam locomotive left in preservation. No. 1225 was well known to be the basis for the locomotive used in the 2004 film The Polar Express, earning itself the nickname “the real Polar Express”.
The PM used No. 1225 in regular service from the locomotive’s construction in 1941 until the railroad merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1947; It remained in use on C&O’s Michigan lines until 1951. Avoiding the scrapyard, No. 1225 was acquired by Michigan State University in 1957 and put on static display.
In 1969, a group of students took an interest in No. 1225, and in 1971, the Michigan State University Railroad Club was formed and began work to restore it to operational status, an effort that culminated with its first excursion run in 1988. The locomotive, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is now operated by the Steam Railroading Institute for use in excursion service on the Great Lakes Central Railroad based out of Owosso. No. 1225 will also eventually run alongside Chicago and North Western 175, which is presently being restored to operating condition.
That sounds about right for the time. The same thing would happen here in the UK in some circles. “Why didn’t you give that place to a woman or a child?” Would be the accusation.
Don’t remember if I shared this here–my first hound was a mix, half basset half Shar Pei. Cute little bugger. As a puppy he was small enough to stand on my hand and not hang over much.
The kids, because he was a hound dog, wanted to call him Elvis. I said no. If the dog got loose, I didn’t want to be that guy…running around the neighborhood asking everyone if they’d seen Elvis.
I’m hoping this is the joke that I’d like to think it is, and not that there’s actually a person who placed this ad for real.
Thats probably hoping too much, though, isn’t it…. sigh….
Or I suppose it could be a scam… the seller looking for some sap to fall for it. But in that case I think he’d say he’s an archeologist or an antique dealer, not that he works at Walmart.
Those brownstones were row houses…. mostly built with one shared wall between adjacent ones.
What looks like demolition on the remaining house is probably bits of the front walls of the ones that used to stand on either side, remnants of which have yet to be removed.
Their interior side walls are now the exterior walls of the standing house, which will probably need some sort of siding or sheathing to withstand the New York weather.
If you look at the top picture, you can see that anything beyond the bay windows or door arches are part of the next house.
Oh yes. Thought about her.
Our beloved cat Romy died about two hours ago, We have a Wake in the middle of the night here in Germany.
All of our beloved humans and pets reunite in Paradise.
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Wow!
♫ Me ♪ and my ♪ sha-dow ♫
♫ Strollin’ down the a-ven-ue ♫
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I was going to say that I wonder how often she is struck by lightening… but I decided to ask Mr Google.
The answer is an astonishing ± 600 times a year!
By comparison the most struck building in the US is hit about half that often…
But the statue stands very tall and alone, surrounded by water and clad in copper… a verifiable lightening rod.
She’s very well grounded, though, and supposedly undamaged by it.
One thing she can’t do, I guess, is walk it off.
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Hey, kitty – that’s a bird, ya know.
“He may be, but nobody’s perfect.”
https://giphy.com/gifs/boards-turner-9RWcytIJi3uYo
So why didn’t mine do that?
Firefox:
I clicked your link, hovered over the .gif and operated the right mouse button.
In the menu appearing, I chose “Copy Image Link” and pasted that as my comment, hitting “Return” for good measure.
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Now THAT’S skill! Not even a tray under them.
A tray would be harder… She’s holding the handles together in the middle of each layer.
Only the top one is loose…. though not really loose, cos it’s sitting on the handles.
Auch, Fraulein! Will you marry me?
I think you have to get in line.
Those are probably 1 liter steins… Close to a quart, for my American brain.
A quart of most liquids weighs about two pounds, same as 1 liter weighs 1 kg… And the steins themselves are thick glass that probably weighe more than the beer.
Looks like she’s carrying 13 of them.
At least 50, maybe 70 pounds.
She may look delicate, but if I were you guys, I wouldn’t go messing around.
Got THAT right! I was thinking the same thing.
Take a look at that belt she’s wearing. That’s not a light rig.
When my aunt was young she waited tables.
Mom said that she could carry six plates of food.
Girls are strong and able.
I could too…but I used a tray. (I’m a guy, but on the fairly small side of things.) One time, lunch hour, I dumped a tray of five dinners right in front of the table…big mess. Rushed back to the kitchen, gave them the ticket and asked for a rush repeat. By the time I had the mess all cleaned up, it was ready for the second try. Success that time. And the customers were back to work on time, and left a big tip – most of which went into the kitchen.
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From Wikipedia:
Pere Marquette 1225 is an N-1 class 2-8-4 “Berkshire” type steam locomotive, built in October 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works (LLW) for the Pere Marquette Railway (PM) in Lima, Ohio. No. 1225 is one of two surviving PM 2-8-4 locomotives, the other being 1223, which was on display at the Tri-Cities Historical Society near the ex-Grand Trunk Western (GTW) coaling tower in Grand Haven, Michigan, and both have the distinction of being the only surviving Pere Marquette steam locomotive left in preservation. No. 1225 was well known to be the basis for the locomotive used in the 2004 film The Polar Express, earning itself the nickname “the real Polar Express”.
The PM used No. 1225 in regular service from the locomotive’s construction in 1941 until the railroad merged into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) in 1947; It remained in use on C&O’s Michigan lines until 1951. Avoiding the scrapyard, No. 1225 was acquired by Michigan State University in 1957 and put on static display.
In 1969, a group of students took an interest in No. 1225, and in 1971, the Michigan State University Railroad Club was formed and began work to restore it to operational status, an effort that culminated with its first excursion run in 1988. The locomotive, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is now operated by the Steam Railroading Institute for use in excursion service on the Great Lakes Central Railroad based out of Owosso. No. 1225 will also eventually run alongside Chicago and North Western 175, which is presently being restored to operating condition.
I have a feeling the Stepside wasn’t sitting at the crossing just by chance…
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That sounds about right for the time. The same thing would happen here in the UK in some circles. “Why didn’t you give that place to a woman or a child?” Would be the accusation.
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It’s the “keep on truckin'” part that convinced me. Jesus was known to always sign his name that way.
Jesus lives just down the road from my place.
Is he still working at McDonald’s with Elvis?
Heh!
Don’t remember if I shared this here–my first hound was a mix, half basset half Shar Pei. Cute little bugger. As a puppy he was small enough to stand on my hand and not hang over much.
The kids, because he was a hound dog, wanted to call him Elvis. I said no. If the dog got loose, I didn’t want to be that guy…running around the neighborhood asking everyone if they’d seen Elvis.
They settled with Beethoven instead.
I’m hoping this is the joke that I’d like to think it is, and not that there’s actually a person who placed this ad for real.
Thats probably hoping too much, though, isn’t it…. sigh….
Or I suppose it could be a scam… the seller looking for some sap to fall for it. But in that case I think he’d say he’s an archeologist or an antique dealer, not that he works at Walmart.
He must be of South American heritage – Jesus is a common name there.
As it was in North Africa about 2000 years ago…
We have a lot of Mexicans in the US, especially here in California, and Jesus is a very common name among them.
I’m personally acquainted with three.
I was just assuming everybody realized the person who signed the book was probably Hispanic… but maybe not.
As PT Barnum (or was that W. C. Fields?) would say, “There’s a sucker born every minute”.
P.T.
Very very common name.
All up the west coast.
And the southwest.
May have to do with the fact those regions were Mexican before…
I know that you know.
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I want one. Does the convertible come in a hybrid electric model?
You could probably convert it, if you could find one. There’s probably a few still running in Cuba that you could buy for a reasonable price.
Google EV West.
Well, my budget wouldn’t support either one – the car or the conversion – but it would be way cool!
Ford Custom.
1949 assembly line in Dallas, Texas.
Must be colorized… on one site, the front car was blue.
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Something about this says “West Side Story” to me.
Probably the fact that that’s what it is.
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I don’t think I would call it “the last one standing.” It appears to have already been partly demolished.
“Batteries not Included?
Those brownstones were row houses…. mostly built with one shared wall between adjacent ones.
What looks like demolition on the remaining house is probably bits of the front walls of the ones that used to stand on either side, remnants of which have yet to be removed.
Their interior side walls are now the exterior walls of the standing house, which will probably need some sort of siding or sheathing to withstand the New York weather.
If you look at the top picture, you can see that anything beyond the bay windows or door arches are part of the next house.
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Guess he wanted a hug more than dinner.
Looks more like a big bowl of cream of rock soup.
Well, kibble in milk is pretty much the same thing.
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Or the one in the back let one rip…..
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This one is by John Leech, whose signature you can maybe barely make out at the bottom of the illustration.
This is from the first edition…
A Christmas Carol 1843.
I take it Cleo hung the stockings…
And chose them, I’d say.
Cleo looks so angelic there, sleeping by the fire. Hah! As if.
Oh yes. Thought about her.
Our beloved cat Romy died about two hours ago, We have a Wake in the middle of the night here in Germany.
All of our beloved humans and pets reunite in Paradise.
Other than when my dad passed, losing my pets have hurt the worst. You have my condolences.
Thank you.
❤️
Very sorry to hear that. You and your husband have my sympathy.
My sympathy. ♥
So sorry to hear.
Very sorry to hear that, never a good time. Please accept my deepest condolences.
All my Prayers, yes, you will see them again
I’m so sorry.
I’m so sorry. I think we all know how you feel right now. 🙁
I’m so sorry!
Really sorry to learn this, T. As a fellow cat owner, I know how much a part of family they become.
I do love the thought of reuniting in Paradise. There are so many I look forward to seeing again one day myself.
Yes, Happy Birthday, Stel!
You didn’t get enough of them.
not even close
You guys got me sniffling.
RIP, Candi..
I remember this… it was for Linda Dean.
Grant removed the “Goodbye, Linda” on the strip in the archives… but it’s still on your copy.
Never thought we’d need it for Stel.
I kept the “Goodbye Linda” version for my own archives.
Me too.
Christmas is on the horizon, I see.
Cleo wanted the stockings up early so they have time to collect more gifts.
She’s not counting on just Santa to fill hers to her satisfaction… She expects those who pass by to drop in a little present or treat each time.
20 days left, 20 or 40 or 60 little treats. That should work.
Does she do the same for Claude and Clara? Hahahahahaha… be serious. This is Cleo.
Meanwhile, the room has changed a bit while she’s been sleeping… Do you see the difference? Nine differences, actually.
X – 1. Missed the
I almost did too.
Same here.
Even after you pointed it out, it took me a lit of time to actually clue in to the difference.
There’s one more you may have missed. On the left, Cleo is dreaming of kibble, on the right she’s dreaming of howitzers.
She’s got you fooled.
She’s always dreaming of howitzers.
Kibble howitzers!
I wish.