Elliot´s Trackside Diner - January 2013 - Model Railroader Magazine

*mumble* *grumble *sneeze* *cough* *cough* *schnoz* *snort*

*Ahem* *phlem* *weeze*   morning coffee in the diner..

GOOD MORNING!!!

{I Think}

Today is Monday, January 14th, 2013.

I had a real rough night last night, so forgive me for being so late;

One may say "It gives me Cold Comfort", which is not exactly about head and chest colds....but still I'll throw in in here:

Meaning:

Slight consolation or encouragement in the face of a reverse

Origin:

This dates back to the 14th century. E. E. Allit. includes the line, "Lorde! colde watz his cumfort."

It was used in early literature by several authors, notable Chaucer and Shakespeare, who used it several times; for example:

The Taming of the Shrew, 1596:

GRUMIO: Am I but three inches? why, thy horn is a foot; and so long am I at the least. But wilt thou make a fire, or shall I complain on thee to our mistress, whose hand, she being now at hand, thou shalt soon feel, to thy cold comfort, for being slow in thy hot office?

King John, 1595:

KING JOHN: Poison'd,--ill fare--dead, forsook, cast off: And none of you will bid the winter come To thrust his icy fingers in my maw, Nor let my kingdom's rivers take their course Through my burn'd bosom, nor entreat the north To make his bleak winds kiss my parched lips And comfort me with cold. I do not ask you much, I beg cold comfort; and you are so strait And so ingrateful, you deny me that.

Stella Gibbons adapted the term for her 1932 parody of the classic rural novels of Hardy and similar authors - Cold Comfort Farm.

UGH!

EDIT: looks like I got top, so here is the Credit Card Daisy...its all on me for this page...oh, and bring me a full breakfast of: 2 eggs scrambled, 2 toast points, 2 sausages,a short stack pancakes, maple surple, extra butter and jellies, please!

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

 HO and N Scale.

After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.