Mar 16, 2024
#579 was in the shops in the fall of 1972, and was lined up next to a small collection of retired power. Three years later 579 was gone as well :-(
—orc Sat Mar 16 21:51:04 2024
Mar 15, 2024
A mac that’s newer than the 2012’s I’ve been using. This one has nothing replaceable on it, and to replace the battery (which this one needs) involves taking the entire computer apart to even get at the battery, and then you need to dump acetone on it to melt the glue that sticks the battery into the case.
It’s not one of Apple’s finer moments, but Dust Mite has doesn’t need a computer for very much.
—orc Fri Mar 15 23:57:40 2024
Mar 08, 2024
Mar 01, 2024
There’s a jelly sale at the Big Big Store
—orc Fri Mar 1 23:23:20 2024
Feb 23, 2024
Dust Mite helps me with a patch request
—orc Fri Feb 23 23:50:13 2024
In the middle of coming back from the courthouse after filing to change my legal name & sex. Note the rakish angle of the saddle; I’d hit a pothole and the silly thing slid back and down (the one good thing about this is it reminds me that I need to set up an appointment to do some additional repair work.)
—orc Fri Feb 23 16:55:36 2024
Feb 21, 2024
Not in La Crosse (the only time I saw #550 in North La Crosse was while it was being shipped to the breakers in Milwaukee), but in iron ore service in the UP.
—orc Wed Feb 21 18:19:58 2024
Feb 20, 2024
A BLW S-12 in the Milwaukee’s North La Crosse yard about 3 months (I think) before I imprinted on the platonic ideal of road switchers (the 4 alco-rebuilt rsc-2m roadswitchers that frequented the area until they were sent to the breakers in 1976.)
—orc Tue Feb 20 22:42:07 2024
Feb 16, 2024
Still life with fruits and Mite
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What? It’s ART, damnit!
—orc Fri Feb 16 23:44:34 2024
Feb 09, 2024
Making up another batch of salad
—orc Fri Feb 9 23:33:26 2024
Feb 08, 2024
This one was taken in 1972, which was around the time I became aware of the Milw’s RSC-2ms
—orc Thu Feb 8 01:28:05 2024
Feb 02, 2024
It lasted three days, so I’ve gotta make another one
—orc Fri Feb 2 23:21:36 2024
This year’s first batch of candied citron is being inspected by QA.
—orc Fri Feb 2 23:17:30 2024
Jan 26, 2024
It’s been a while since I last made red beans & mite.
—orc Fri Jan 26 19:03:46 2024
Jan 22, 2024
Behold the adorable floof!
—orc Mon Jan 22 23:31:41 2024
Jan 19, 2024
The ornaments were made in New Jersey (in 1959 or 1960; as far as I know you can’t get American made blown glass baubles anymore). The Dust Mite, on the other hand, is an undocumented immigrant from 2005 or so.
—orc Fri Jan 19 21:52:48 2024
Jan 12, 2024
There were show flurries this afternoon (as part of the temperature crashing down into the low teens (around -9C; 16°F in imperial units) – more snow is expected to follow tomorrow, when the temperature’s gonna get down to -11C, which will be just grand for this particular patch of allegedly temperate land) and Dust Mite wanted to pose for a portrait in the snow.
Look carefully! There were actually a few snowflakes scattered around!
—orc Fri Jan 12 21:19:59 2024
Jan 05, 2024
A newly wrapped scratching post awaits the safety inspector’s verdict.
—orc Fri Jan 5 23:29:31 2024
Jan 03, 2024
I may not be fit enough to take the GT up to Ripplebrook this month, but it can serve the equally important job of taking returns to the post office & UPS.
—orc Wed Jan 3 20:35:21 2024
Jan 01, 2024
I took the Traditional Randonneuse out for a 10 mile loop this afternoon, and managed to successfully not freeze my fingers and toes off.
—orc Mon Jan 1 22:48:13 2024
Apparently ex-Union Pacific SW10 #96 was the motive power for this year’s Holiday Express (Polson Logging’s vest-pocket mikado #2) was on the other end of the train, but was running along with a clear stack, even when going upgrade.)
—orc Mon Jan 1 22:43:05 2024
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