General Discussion

Deggesty:

Television weather reports?

Considering that TV itself was just aborning as a commercial medium immediately post WWII, it was a given that someone would have to be the first to give a TV weather report/forecast.  Eliot appears to have been one of the first.

good morning

thanks Tom for breakfast.going to be a drizzly day here in nw ohio.Going to take a nap then this afternoon we need to go to town.Tonight is friday.yeah!!

stay safe

joe

just finished decorating for Xmas.  If I don't do it now, there just doesn't seem to be time to enjoy it after thxgvg.  Besides, it is only one Charlie Brown Tree, one small table top tree, couple of stockings, a wreath and a Maxine throw pillow - the one about sitting in front of a dead tree and eating out of your socks.

Weather nice.  Looks to be sunny and maybe in 50's.  Perfect for out of town guests this weekend.  Two from Colorado and one from Florida.  None staying here.  I love guests like that!    Could it be that they all know they would have to sleep leaning against a wall?  Actually, there is no vacant wall - maybe just sit on the stairs and sleep? 

Mookie:

Perfect for out of town guests this weekend.  Two from Colorado and one from Florida.  None staying here.  I love guests like that!    Could it be that they all know they would have to sleep leaning against a wall?  Actually, there is no vacant wall - maybe just sit on the stairs and sleep? 

I got into the habit of stuffing the guests into a closet-- Actually the most number of people we had to find space for was 6. That was a challenge--

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Good Morning

Have rain be rainin' and fog be foggin' under really dull skies--Current temperatuure is sitting at 9C going to a high of 11C---

We's be getting some of our decoratin' done today--next week will be our everything go up week.

Have a good day people!!

BOC - we used to be two and a cat.  Cat passed on and we gained 1/2 a bathroom! 

Just heard the score - Amtrak 1 - Lincoln resident 0.  Early this morning.  Just had to go around those gates!  Would have been the California Zephyr headed to Omaha and Chicago. 

Same reason they put those gates around a cemetery.  People are just dying to get in - and always around!

Sad....

What's so hard about waiting? News articles say Amtrak was going 50 mph. At that speed, it takes less than a minute for the entire sequence of gates going down, train going by, gates going back up, to occur. I really hate to be cynical, but one of my favorite phrases is: The mother of idiots is always pregnant.

grampaw pettibone:

Yes Quentin, ESSO was a great company. Remember the EXTRA KICK with hta?

Yea, Tom......and "A tiger in your tank".....Atlas tires, with a great guarantee.....Golden Esso....Esso Extra.....And of course just plain Esso. Our station was built in 1938 and serviced rt. 30 that passed thru and {1938}, bypassed our little town, which is where our station was located.

Back then The ESSO operation {Standard Oil}, was highly regarded as a quality product.

Willy;   That is an excelant phrase ~~~ LOL  , also one size fits all.

                                                                        Cannonball

Mookie:

Same reason they put those gates around a cemetery.  People are just dying to get in - and always around!

And, there is a cemetary in Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line from Bristol, Virginia; no one living in Virginia may be buried in it.

Back to ESSO--my oldest brother began working for Standard of New Jersey (ESSO) when he finished his graduate school work, and he worked for the same corporation and its successors until he had to retire on account of his health. He worked at the refinery in Baton Rouge. So, I bought ESSO gasoline when I could.

Johnny

.......ESSO:  Eastern States Standard Oil.....It really was regarded as a great company and good products back when.....

afternoon

got errands done.looked at CSX and saw all red at FC.The Maw had a cut of cars in the siding.Cw thanks for supper.Its friday and its Ohio State vs the team from up north night at work.we even have a few Irish fans as well.

stay safe

Joe

Joe, since you've thanked me for supper, guess I'd better let you all know what is for supper!!

1.  Sloppy joes w/fries and garden salad

2.  Fried chicken livers (for anyone who likes chicken livers, like Walt and myself)

3.  Beef noodle casserole w/carrots, peas and carrots

Dessert:  yellow cake w/chocolate icing and apple cobbler w/ice cream

Everyone have a good evening and take care.

When I was a kid my  My neighbor ran an Esso station in Elizabeth NJ for many years.

Modelcar:

grampaw pettibone:

Yes Quentin, ESSO was a great company. Remember the EXTRA KICK with hta?

 

Yea, Tom......and "A tiger in your tank".....Atlas tires, with a great guarantee.....Golden Esso....Esso Extra.....And of course just plain Esso. Our station was built in 1938 and serviced rt. 30 that passed thru and {1938}, bypassed our little town, which is where our station was located.

Back then The ESSO operation {Standard Oil}, was highly regarded as a quality product.

My Mom used Esso Extra in her big Pontiacs.  My Grandma used Esso Plus in her 49 Hudson.  My Grandpa...He put Gulf in his '51 Henry J.

I had an Uncle who was a Chief Engineer on oil tankers...he would bring Esso tankers into the Bayway Refinery in Linden NJ

Deggesty:

Mookie:

Same reason they put those gates around a cemetery.  People are just dying to get in - and always around!

And, there is a cemetary in Bristol, Tennessee, just across the state line from Bristol, Virginia; no one living in Virginia may be buried in it.

Back to ESSO--my oldest brother began working for Standard of New Jersey (ESSO) when he finished his graduate school work, and he worked for the same corporation and its successors until he had to retire on account of his health. He worked at the refinery in Baton Rouge. So, I bought ESSO gasoline when I could.

Johnny