My view from work yesterday, Frazier Peak above Milpitas at a communication site next to where they launch hang gliders. Didn't get a picture from Morgan Hill today, another scenic site. You can see the Alviso salt ponds in the background, the southern most reach of the Bay. The area is known as Monument Peak.
I wonder if Pete Townsend was sitting there when he wrote I CAN SEE FOR MILES
Logistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-5
I actually run a side business offering railroad DVDs. This one's from a photo charter I participated in last February on the Reading & Northern Railroad. Missing the snow already...
“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
I reckon it's an acquired taste, my friend! Being that I'm...erm...naturally insulated I have always went by the notion that you can easily add more layers in winter, but at some point the cops are showing up when this guy struts his birthday suit in August!
“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
I went to high school in Kodiak. I still haven't acquired a taste for snow. It probably doesn't help that my job is to keep snow removal equipment running. I probably should have thought that one out better.
In Fumo Pax Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
It probably doesn't help that my job is to keep snow removal equipment running. I probably should have thought that one out better.
That would probably have something to do with it. Same for those who own B&M shops...I'm sure they get tired of smoking all those cigars...NOT! Done my fair share of snow removal workin' on the railroad. Pic attaches for kicks and giggles of me, at 18, using the chain saw to remove low lying branches during a plow train in 2011.
“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
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“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
Thanks, buddy. My ISO was way too high in that bottom one, but it's still pretty cool. Not very often they let you stand in the tunnel...very sooty, VERY LOUD!
“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
Water plug in the railyard of the narrow-gauge East Broad Top Railroad in Huntingdon County, PA. It was used up until 2011 when the line shut down. The owner is currently looking for a buyer. Smithsonian Institute has listed this as the most complete example of a turn-of-the-century railroad, with all the buildings still fully equipped to build/service locomotives and equipment. Anybody wanna buy 30 miles of railroad with 6 original steam locos?
Sideling Hill Tunnel on the East Broad Top Railroad, bored in 1874.
One of 6 steam locomotives within the East Broad Top roundhouse at Rockhill Furnace, PA. They have lain dormant since the railroad closed in 2011...waiting for a new owner to come and resurrect them.
“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
From the mural along the river wall at Paducah Ky.
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From the mural along the river wall at Paducah Ky.
Wow! Whoever did that one had some serious talent. Lot of times they're not well proportioned.
“Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.” – George Burns
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quickly snapped this pic while corralling the dogs.
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I hate snow.
All it does is make me work long, wet cold and painful hours.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
It probably doesn't help that my job is to keep snow removal equipment running.
I probably should have thought that one out better.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Hometown, PA last fall
Nesquehoning, PA this February
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
Water plug in the railyard of the narrow-gauge East Broad Top Railroad in Huntingdon County, PA. It was used up until 2011 when the line shut down. The owner is currently looking for a buyer. Smithsonian Institute has listed this as the most complete example of a turn-of-the-century railroad, with all the buildings still fully equipped to build/service locomotives and equipment. Anybody wanna buy 30 miles of railroad with 6 original steam locos?
Sideling Hill Tunnel on the East Broad Top Railroad, bored in 1874.
One of 6 steam locomotives within the East Broad Top roundhouse at Rockhill Furnace, PA. They have lain dormant since the railroad closed in 2011...waiting for a new owner to come and resurrect them.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain