Good Morning, Zoe - I'll have a JR regular and a glass of Ed's OJ, please. Thank you, ma'am.
Busy place lately here in the Diner. Zoe, have they checked about the second car for the Diner yet? We sure may need it, with everyone making it in on a daily basis. 
Rob, good idea - get the carpet laid down, and immediately get your door up to stake out your layout space. Otherwise, that circus will grow and fill the rest of the train room! ]:O] Sounds like when your wife starts to put some of her stuff down on the 'Plywood Prairie', she may realize there might be a bit of a problem fitting everything in there...
And I'll have to wait for the 'cheater' photo of your 'walking stick' critter.
YAY!! Jerry's home!! 
Good to see you posting from home again, Jerry, even if it's brief posts. Get your strength built up and take good care of yourself and Sallie. 
We've been saving you a seat in the Diner.
Unca Roggie, don't get too discouraged - we can't 'rescue' everyone out there who doesn't "get it".
You did your best, and if one of 'em decides they want to 'take the plunge' later, they'll know who to contact for more info. 
Oh, are you sure that someone didn't scoop up some ballast from outside of the Diner and put it on a plate for you?
And Barry, I think you and Lee have the idea down pretty good. I'll have to keep that in mind (especially once my grandson gets a little older and comes over to visit). By the way, Barry - has Spring ever watched someone in your house fixing tea? Maybe he's smarter than we (already) thought!
Lee - she wants more purple cars?? You might have created a monster there. 
(Are there that many (2?) RR's who had purple in their color schemes?) Gee, must be bad when the Coast Guard gets sent home! 
Robby, excellent job on the propane tanks! You give me something to aim for, every time I see one of your weathering jobs! 
Who makes that kit? If that's the Central Gas kit (Walthers), I have that in my 'to be assembled... someday' stack.
Barry and CN Charlie (and Johnboy, if you're listening in) - no problem on the weather we're getting in the Midwest (and east), unless of course you actually can controll the weather and deliberately sent it down here....
In that case, we want to talk wih you about some other mods to our weather, okay?
And I understand that CalifTom would love to have some of your weather, right, Tom? (Something about Remington liking those Norwegian winters...)
NSJoe, best wishes on your exams next week (and study up hard for those)!
Galaxy, good to hear from you, and maybe pick an easier kit to start back up with (one you can leave on the workbench in between, so you get 'tempted' to do 10 minutes here, 10 there, and before long - surprise! - you'll have it all together!). Stop by again soon, y'all hear? (Jeff, did I say that about right? )
Paul, your day sounds busier than about any of the rest of us. We'll prop you up in the booth next to Duke, and you can catch up on your rest. 
Oh, on those timeouts - I got a response back from Bergie on my email to him, thanking me for sending him the error message text, and saying that they're working on the problem. So help is on the way (once they get the gremlin traps put out...)
Ray, the poles look good - are the insulators for telegraph (and RR utilities) white in your area? I always thought they were either clear or a kind of clear greenish color.
Wasn't sure from your post - Luke, did you mean your TV is 'retro' and back to plain ol' black & white now?
Buggy, good that at least you didn't have anything to shovel off your walks and driveways...
Stay as warm as possible - I realize you folks down there aren't used to that kind of temps.
Ryan, how wide will your upper level be that you're adding?
Johnboy - that's downright nasty cold (even if they say it's a "dry cold" - yeah, right!)! Hard part is, all that cold doesn't completely kill off your flies and skeeters, does it?
Since Johnboy has the TOP, I
might just add some scrambled eggs, strips of bacon and a stack of
waffles please, Zoe - and could you bring that coffee pot around when
you get a chance, please? Thanks!
We're 'only' supposed to drop to about 9 F by tomorrow evening, so we're only catching the edge of that Alberta Clipper that our eastern Diners are getting hit with this week. Thank Heaven for small favors.
I forgot to post last night or Monday, but at MRR club, I spent most of the evening cutting and stripping wires for feeders for the layout there. One of the other members kept revising his count of how many more black or red wires I needed to cut, and I started threatening him after a while of that.. It's amazing how many feeders that a long, multiple tracked yard needs, not counting the rest of the layout!
Just bring my breakfast by the window booth when it's ready, Zoe. Thanks!
Blessings and prayers (and a warm place to be today),
Jim in Cape Girardeau