Tompkins Mill
@tompkinmill.bsky.social
Retired. Interests: Southern Railway, home maintenance, reading, writing, FreeCad.
My wonderful wife has tolerated my quirks for 50+ yrs.
I lean blue. No Kings.. ever!
My wonderful wife has tolerated my quirks for 50+ yrs.
I lean blue. No Kings.. ever!
Slow winter compost
The future of slow changes
It always happens.
The future of slow changes
It always happens.
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Slow winter compost
The future of slow changes
It always happens.
The future of slow changes
It always happens.
Showing my age I remember getting mail with MRR issue with Timesaver!
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Showing my age I remember getting mail with MRR issue with Timesaver!
So.. no doubt you know about “human composting” and signed up for it? Is it available up where you are? It looks like a good replacement for “burning” which I found better than coffins and graves or burial at sea. Right now my ashes will be near a railroad track..
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So.. no doubt you know about “human composting” and signed up for it? Is it available up where you are? It looks like a good replacement for “burning” which I found better than coffins and graves or burial at sea. Right now my ashes will be near a railroad track..
To my knowledge.. no. Nuts do not break down fast. We dump them beside the compost enclosed.One year City park requested citizen nuts…I don’t think they were expecting us to show up with twenty full paper grocery bags.. supposedly they were going to plant nuts. No requests since then😂😂😂
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
To my knowledge.. no. Nuts do not break down fast. We dump them beside the compost enclosed.One year City park requested citizen nuts…I don’t think they were expecting us to show up with twenty full paper grocery bags.. supposedly they were going to plant nuts. No requests since then😂😂😂
Not knowing what you have local… there are a few that can brew “tolerable”tea..(a memory from my “days (daze🤫)of yore.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Not knowing what you have local… there are a few that can brew “tolerable”tea..(a memory from my “days (daze🤫)of yore.”
The child seems to have grown some moss since we visited. Ahhh.. getting older. Soon fruticose lichens will start a growing too.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The child seems to have grown some moss since we visited. Ahhh.. getting older. Soon fruticose lichens will start a growing too.
It “appears”some slight “blobs” of “adhesive” are standing up enough on the inside of rail to misguide the lighter tender etc. Also some railheads might be slightly out of alignment.(giggle) my wife wonders why I need/have several track gauges near parts of layout.want real challenge I build mine.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It “appears”some slight “blobs” of “adhesive” are standing up enough on the inside of rail to misguide the lighter tender etc. Also some railheads might be slightly out of alignment.(giggle) my wife wonders why I need/have several track gauges near parts of layout.want real challenge I build mine.
I built a plywood 18 inch high platform large enough to stand on but small enough to store and move.even added a safety “lip”to minimize “walking the plank.”still haven’t found a comfortable way to do wiring under the layout..
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I built a plywood 18 inch high platform large enough to stand on but small enough to store and move.even added a safety “lip”to minimize “walking the plank.”still haven’t found a comfortable way to do wiring under the layout..
My “intro” posted on
BS.. ? As for my reality ..nuts and leaves are falling.. we’ve picked up and dumped near compost over 120 gallons of hickory nuts and oak nuts.Leaves are in piles to be chopped finer (later) to be in compost. We’ve been doing this for over 40 years. Trees over 70’ tall.
BS.. ? As for my reality ..nuts and leaves are falling.. we’ve picked up and dumped near compost over 120 gallons of hickory nuts and oak nuts.Leaves are in piles to be chopped finer (later) to be in compost. We’ve been doing this for over 40 years. Trees over 70’ tall.
November 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
My “intro” posted on
BS.. ? As for my reality ..nuts and leaves are falling.. we’ve picked up and dumped near compost over 120 gallons of hickory nuts and oak nuts.Leaves are in piles to be chopped finer (later) to be in compost. We’ve been doing this for over 40 years. Trees over 70’ tall.
BS.. ? As for my reality ..nuts and leaves are falling.. we’ve picked up and dumped near compost over 120 gallons of hickory nuts and oak nuts.Leaves are in piles to be chopped finer (later) to be in compost. We’ve been doing this for over 40 years. Trees over 70’ tall.
The WORLD has a lot of militancy..
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The WORLD has a lot of militancy..
An issue then that still exists How long it take on MANY routes, costs, and getting to and from depots. Not to mention sharing with freight trains. For me flying to Denver even five hours by AMTRAK 36 hours plus.🤭 costs are even close.. so what is YOUR fact based solution. Cost?
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
An issue then that still exists How long it take on MANY routes, costs, and getting to and from depots. Not to mention sharing with freight trains. For me flying to Denver even five hours by AMTRAK 36 hours plus.🤭 costs are even close.. so what is YOUR fact based solution. Cost?
Perhaps, you should reconsider.. recently I’ve just been sitting on the ground gathering nuts(hickory). Too many “nuts on media.. your words will bring laughter to my family.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Perhaps, you should reconsider.. recently I’ve just been sitting on the ground gathering nuts(hickory). Too many “nuts on media.. your words will bring laughter to my family.
The notion of petitionary prayer brings to mind the word ludicrous…
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The notion of petitionary prayer brings to mind the word ludicrous…
In 1968 I was carrying three forms of ID to my precinct: drivers license, voter ID and draft card. After voting I got a beer in a bar that didn’t card.. I did NOT vote for Nixon! Civil Rights March was in my rear view mirror… so was Chicago🤬🤬🤬🤬🤯
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
In 1968 I was carrying three forms of ID to my precinct: drivers license, voter ID and draft card. After voting I got a beer in a bar that didn’t card.. I did NOT vote for Nixon! Civil Rights March was in my rear view mirror… so was Chicago🤬🤬🤬🤬🤯
When I wake from a bad dream, I sit up,turn on bed side lamp,take a few deep breaths, turnoff light and go back to sleep. Now I’m older… I might also get up and empty my bladder. But then…not as many bad dreams.😴
October 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
When I wake from a bad dream, I sit up,turn on bed side lamp,take a few deep breaths, turnoff light and go back to sleep. Now I’m older… I might also get up and empty my bladder. But then…not as many bad dreams.😴
The actual “Crescent” was limited to sort of a “crescent path” from Washington DC, Atlanta and and New Orleans. Much of it double track mainline and no steep grades. BTW…many of the passenger cars are/were designed for other roads and just painted SRY..even my one short passenger is not correct.🤫🤫
October 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The actual “Crescent” was limited to sort of a “crescent path” from Washington DC, Atlanta and and New Orleans. Much of it double track mainline and no steep grades. BTW…many of the passenger cars are/were designed for other roads and just painted SRY..even my one short passenger is not correct.🤫🤫
I hope I don’t come across “preachy”but sounds like the R.C.hook is/was set deep. I’ll suggest myths and groups of others are mechanisms of boundaries not freedoms.Learning “to fly” can be an adventure or a challenge..
October 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I hope I don’t come across “preachy”but sounds like the R.C.hook is/was set deep. I’ll suggest myths and groups of others are mechanisms of boundaries not freedoms.Learning “to fly” can be an adventure or a challenge..
Hmmm if you are “not religious” why the notion of after life..s and after what you wrote sure seems sort of Judaeo-Christian- Muslim. 😏
October 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hmmm if you are “not religious” why the notion of after life..s and after what you wrote sure seems sort of Judaeo-Christian- Muslim. 😏
The biggest “wrong” is the red cab roof. Manufacturers “copied” the “Red” that the “Excursion group” put on 4501 in the 60s. But then the green was wrong too. Only passenger engines (4-6-2 & 4-6-0) were green. I rode SRY back in 1950’s🤫🤫🤫🤫
October 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The biggest “wrong” is the red cab roof. Manufacturers “copied” the “Red” that the “Excursion group” put on 4501 in the 60s. But then the green was wrong too. Only passenger engines (4-6-2 & 4-6-0) were green. I rode SRY back in 1950’s🤫🤫🤫🤫
Speaks volumes about some voters,too many politicians, selfish citizens,leaders, and way too many people who say they are anything but members of many mainstream religions. Hmmm… did someone just scream: “let them eat cake.” ?
October 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Speaks volumes about some voters,too many politicians, selfish citizens,leaders, and way too many people who say they are anything but members of many mainstream religions. Hmmm… did someone just scream: “let them eat cake.” ?