The pot of coffee is always on [even after 2 years have passed]. Come on in. Sweet ice tea too.

[mitchelr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dougdagrump


Everybody must be out buying "Powerbal Lottery" tickets, it's very quiet in here for a saturday especially with the weather like it is. [|(] [:o)]

Let's hope Chief doesn't win the PowerBall, 'cause that much money would buy a mess o'GRITS...


Mitch[}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

[tschmidt]

Hey laz - I think curling is great. I wi***here was a rink around here to play it.

Our whole family just made a feeble attempt at bowling. That is one gsme that you must do quite often to be good. It was painfull that I don't do it often!

TomS

[ChiefEagles]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cnw1995

Well, I've had an interesting morning. The youngest got his head caught in the slats of a rocking chair while I was out dropping off the daughter at the mall. Had to cut him out. Then, while he was allegedly taking a nap...well, let's just say he's still got some work to do with his potty-training and I'm giving the carpet cleaning machine a real workout - all this and the bride has invited people over for dinner....

[:D][:D][:D] Glad mine are grown.

QUOTE: Originally posted by dougdagrump


Everybody must be out buying "Powerbal Lottery" tickets, it's very quiet in here for a saturday especially with the weather like it is.

QUOTE: Originally posted by mitchelr

Let's hope Chief doesn't win the PowerBall, 'cause that much money would buy a mess o'GRITS...


Mitch

Some couple in NC just won 4 million and NC does not have its lottery going yet. [:0]

Cold and rainy. Did snow some but too warm to stick. Miss Edna's was the usual crowd. Bought nothing. Talked to Roy for a long time. Got some great tips [on trains and travel on United].

Hungry. Later

[Buckeye Riveter]

Live from Lake Chautauqua, New York
It’s Saturday Night!!!!!


How much deeper would oceans be if sponges didn't live there?
If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?
If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the OTHERS here for?
Ever wonder what the speed of lightning would be if it didn't zigzag?
I got rid of my wife. The cat was allergic.
A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station.
A scientist crossed a skunk with an owl. He's got a bird that smells but doesn't give a hoot.
Why are all the dumb blonde jokes one-liners? So men will understand them.
Name ten animals from Africa. Nine elephants and a giraffe.
Two's company, three's a crowd but what is four and five? Nine.
Which sexual position produces the ugliest children? Ask your mother.
Can I have a return ticket please. Certainly, where to? Back here, you fool.
The thief stole a calendar. He got 12 months.
Man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
Man who drive like hell bound to get there.
Crowded elevator smell differently to a midget.
Roses are red, violets are blue, I was born beautiful, but what the hell happened to you?
Do step ladders have real parents?
How do you keep an idiot in suspense???
..........
...........
........huh!!!

Yes, boys and girls I finally figured out how to get a computer connected to the internet here at warm and wonderfully Lake Chautauqua, New York using a telephone line.

Last night stopped in and wished Tom’s wonderful wife a Happy 30th Birthday. Drank a beer and met some of Tom’s friends. Tom announced that he is having an ox roast this summer and we are all invited to his house. I expect that when I get the announcement out, over 100,000 will be at Tom’s for the Woodstock type of concert this summer.

Baby Buckeye is with us on this trip to Western New York because tomorrow she has a special present for her Pop. She is going to take him skiing for his birthday. After my surgery two years ago, I made a list of “I want to do this” while I was still on drugs. Learning to ski was somehow mistakenly put on the list along with riding a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

I tried to talk to the Chief this week, but Pam wanted to go get ice cream. He had to hustle off to the Tasty Freeze so he could sit in the bed of the pick up and eat soft serve. Suthern entertainment is entertaining.

By the way is a minus 25-wind chill really cold? [8D] I might need to wear my long pants tomorrow. [:D]

Jim, my prayers are with you, your wife and new baby, Cecelia.

Don, one of the worst phone calls I ever remember receiving was from my wife telling me my dog had died while I was away from home. The photos today are great memories.

Have a good day or evening, wherever you are.

[Roger Bielen]

Buckeye, great points to ponder. I just sent them off to a couple of friends. Wonder how long before they circle back.

Its been a gloomy day here today, a high of 42 early and falling all day with drizzle on and off. Temps. at 35 now with rain/sleet in NW GA heading this way.

Took some time to run the trains today. Did a switching move changing the reefers out at "Betty's Baking". Had to move a string of coal hoppers that were parked on the line serving Betty's. Those dispatchers don't give a darn where they park the consists they don't know what to do with.

[tmcc man]

Buckeye, you never cease to make me laugh when you post things like that on here. I always laugh. Thanks for that.

[Anonymous]

Good afternoon to all in the pot. well what a departure from thursday sunny 70 now it is 10
and snowy. this evening there was a program on PBS about Global warming Heheh.
got a derailmant on my layout on the back side. nothing serious but it has the track circuts
RED and i have to rerail them before i operate any more. traffic seems to be moving on the big main seen a west bound Emptys. with a big UP and conrail unit. nothing much going on
any one going to watch the race tomarrow??
NStrackman
MP-N369

[Anonymous]

Here is the T&S 15 gang that I was a part of a few years back.

[tmcc man]

I wonder if anyone will get this?
A man walks into a local Ford dealership. He says to the technician "I need my Ford truck repaired." The technician replies "Where is your truck?"The man replies "30 miles down the road." The technician replies "You walked 30 miles to the dealership?" The man replies "No, I took 30 Ford's to get here."

Okay, if you did not get it, my definition of FORD is Found On Road Dead, so that is how I made up the small paragraph above. I have 2 other terms as well, Fords Only Roll Downhill, or Fixed or Repaired Daily. That is why the guy had to take 30 Fords to get there, because they were all soon Found on the Road Dead.

[wrmcclellan]

Buckeye - good ones!

Gonna learn to ski huh? Good luck! I am taking my son and some frineds of his in March to Copper Mountain for Spring Break. Since you will be an expert by then, come and join us!

Don - Sorry about your dogs. Tough when you have to put them down.

Chief and I spoke for a while on the phone this afternoon. Had a good talk about TMCC, TPC's, and such.

Have a great evening all! Watching Olympics.
Roy

[1688torpedo]

Colin- Sounds like that man would have been better off with a mule hitched to his Ford![;)][:)] Or better yet the mule hitched to a wagon with a carrot on a pole in front of the mule![:)] Conserve Gas and save plenty of $$$$$ also.

[csxt30]

Good Evening Everyone !
That's great, everyone talking to one another from here. I had the pleasure of talking to NS Trackman, Tom, today !! [:D] Nice talking to you Tom ! Oh, nice picture of your crew up there, too ! You didn't mention which one you are !! [:D]
Well, good to see Buckeyes' Sat. Night Live, I was still waiting for Sat. Morning Live ! [:D][:D]
Now, I wonder if TSchmidt has any idea how many of us will show up for the OX-Roast !! I'm not that far away !! [:D][:D]
Off to work tomorrow for me, & hope all have a nice weekend!

[tmcc man]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 1688torpedo

Colin- Sounds like that man would have been better off with a mule hitched to his Ford![;)][:)] Or better yet the mule hitched to a wagon with a carrot on a pole in front of the mule![:)] Conserve Gas and save plenty of $$$$$ also.

I just thought to myself that a FORD is probably more stubborn than a mule to get moving.

[wrmcclellan]

BTW - holding off SNOHIZO attack. Below freezing all day, but no freezing rain, sleet, etc. Finally getting to use the firewood we bought last fall. Fireplace running all day. Go REBS.

[Anonymous]

A train cloides with woman on a horse. Stop me if you have heard this...


Arkansas surgeons were playing golf together and discussing surgeries
they had performed.

One of them said, "I'm the best surgeon in Arkansas. A concert pianist lost
7 fingers in an accident, I reattached them, and 8 months later he
performed a private concert for the Queen of England."

One of the others said. "That's nothing. A young man lost an arm and both
legs in an accident, I reattached them, and 2 years later he won a gold
medal in field events in the Olympics."

The third surgeon said, "You guys are amateurs. Several years ago a woman
was high on cocaine and she rode a horse head-on into a train
traveling 80 miles an hour. All I had left to work with was the horses
blond mane and a big @$$. Now she's the Senator from New York."

[Anonymous]

West Virginia is the only state to be created from another state
(Virginia...in 1863).

Berkley Springs, a resort town, has more massage therapists than
lawyers.

Berkley Springs is the only place in the US to boast:"George
Washington bathed here."

W.V. has had the nation's lowest crime rate for the past 26
years.

During the Cold War, a sprawling 112,000 sq. ft. Bomb shelter
was built to shelter members of congress in the event of a
nuclear attack. It's located beneath the famous
Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV.

White Sulphur Springs has the only private residence in the
US that is made out of coal.

The city of Bluefield, WV bills itself as "America's
Air-conditioned City." They back up their boast by
serving free lemonade anytime the
temperature reaches 90 degrees.

St. Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton was the site of the
first Mother's Day celebration in 1908.

Two West Virginia men have built castles for their wives.
Stephen Elkins built "Halliehurst" in 1890 for his wife Hallie Davis
Elkins...the only woman in American history to be the
daughter, the wife, and the mother of a US senator.

In 1885, whiskey distiller Taylor Suite began building Berkley
Castle for his new bride, Rosa Pelham, who was
31 years his junior. He died in 1908, a year before
the project was finished. Rosa completed the castle
but went on the squander her inheritance on extravagant
living and wild parties and ended up losing the castle
and living in a shack and raising chickens make
ends meet.

Philippi, WV was the site of the first land battle of the Civil
War.

The first officer killed in the Civil War was General Robert S.
Garnett (Confederate) at Corricks Ford (Near Parsons in Tucker Co.)

In 1921, West Virginia became the first state to have a sales
tax.

The mother of Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, was born near
Romney, WV.

The largest single shipment of matches...20 railroad cars
full...was sent from Wheeling, WV to Memphis, TN in 1933.

In 1947, Chuck Yeager, a native of Hamlin, WV, became the first
person to fly faster than the speed of sound.

The Old Stone Church, in Lewisburg, was built in1796 while George
Washington was President and has been in continuous service ever since. (It
is Presbyterian)

At the end of the "Guilded Age" in the late 1890's, the town of
Bramwell, WV had more millionaires per square mile than any
other city in the
US Many of their mansions have been restored and can be
visited by the public.

With an average altitude of 1,500 f! eet, WV is the highest state
east of the Mississippi.

The first brick street in the world was laid in the city of
Charleston in 1873.

The first concrete street in the world was laid in the town of
Webster Springs, WV in 1903.

Indirect artillery fire (action against an unseen target) was
used for the first time in military history at the Battle of Fayetteville on
May 20, 1863 by a 19-year old Confederate, Sgt. Milton Humphreys.
Virtually all modern artillery fire is now indirect fire.

James Rumsey of Shepardstown, WV invented the first steamboat.
After he died suddenly in England, while raising funds for his project,
his friend, Robert Fulton, took his plans and completed the work
and is now credited with the invention of the first steamboat.

In 1956, Cecil Underwood (age 34) became the youngest governor
in the US In 1996, Underwood ran again and became the oldest governor in
the US

The hardwood flooring in the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in
New York was manufactured by the Meadow River Lumber Co. of Rainelle, WV.

West Virginia has the oddest shape of any state. This was
because Union officials, during the Civil War, arranged all the pro-Union
counties of Virginia into a state which then seceded from that Confederate
State.

And may we add, Mingo County, WV, the Heart of the Billion
Dollar Coal Field is home of the "Coal House", which holds the Chamber of
Commerce.
It is located in the county seat, Williamson and is constructed
entirely of local coal cut into blocks.

And lastly, WV was the first state to utilize food stamps!

Are You From, WV?

[Anonymous]

A blonde was shopping at a Target Store and came across a silver
thermos. She was quite fascinated by it, so she picked it up and asked
the clerk what it was. The clerk said, "Why, that's a thermos; it keeps
hot things hot and cold things cold."
"Wow, that's amazing! I'm going to buy it!" She bought the thermos and
took it to work the next day. Her boss saw it on her desk and asked,
"What's that?"
"Why, that's a thermos; it keeps hot things hot and cold things cold."
Her boss inquired, "What do you have in it?"
"Two popsicles, and some coffee."

[Anonymous]

A man and his wife were sitting in the living room and he said to her, Just so you know, I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug."

So.....................

His wife got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all of his beer.

[Anonymous]

haha these redneck jokes are too much. keep em coming, they got me in stiches.[:D][:D][:D]

[laz 57]

TSCHMIDT,
Leave it up to my brother low and behold he made a O scale curling rink with players with brooms.
Gonna look for em this weekend at Allentown?
Got ta have a curling ring?
CURLING RULES.
laz57

[laz 57]

Oh yea COFEE POT CONGA on the 700th page.
laz57

[ChiefEagles]

QUOTE: Originally by Buckeye Riviter
A scientist crossed a skunk with an owl. He's got a bird that smells but doesn't give a hoot.

What would you get if you crossed a skunk with a buzzard? A Buckeye. [:0][:p][;)]

LAZ, getting ready to hit 14,000 post to the Coffee Pot. Also, April 15 is the next birthday of the Coffee Pot. Guess we will get another "Buckeye Video".

Well, made it through the movies until a little after 9 PM. Then I just woke in the recliner. Off to bed.

REBS, repelled the Yankee assault. Fair skies but a little cold. The snow and sleet did not even stick. Stayed above freezing.

Good night.

[tmcc man]

Good morning everyone
Well, so far I have nothing planned for the day. Nothing else to say, so see you guys later.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: haha these redneck jokes are too much. keep em coming, they got me in stiches.

Thank you Fred.

Good to know humour and civility are still alive and will.

May be that those traits are limmited by chronic left lane crusing or copious amounts of fine ground corn consumption:D

[Anonymous]

An elderly W Va woman had just returned to her home from an evening of Church services when she was startled by an intruder. She caught the man who was an escaped felon from Ohio and to no surprise had stolen a car and using only the left lanes driven across the Ohio River at Parkersburg and was now in the act of robbing her home of its valuables and yelled,


"Stop! Acts 2:38! " (Repent and be baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven.)



The Cleveland area miscreant stopped in his tracks. The woman calmly called the W Va Stae police and explained what she had done. As the officer cuffed the man to take him in, he asked the burglar,

"I realize you are a buckeye bandit, but why did you just stand there? All the old lady did was yell a scripture to you."

"Scripture?" replied the burglar. "She said she had an Ax and Two 38's!"

Todays project is a water tower.

[ChiefEagles]

Morning all. Cold [22 degrees] and sunny. REBS will drive that cold back up Nawth. They will surrender soon as they are colder than us good ole Southern boys. [;)] Off to early Church. Don't know if I'm going to Sunday School or go with wife to Wilmington to see Youngest. Have a good one and God bless.

[mitchelr]

Good morning from beautiful Gettysburg, PA where it is a balmy 12 degrees. At least there are no GRITS flying, we have repulsed the invaders once more.

Off to church and then dinner at my folks house. Probably eat and then snooze through the NASCAR race. Wake up in time to see #24 take the checkers.[;)][;)][;)][;)]

Mitch[:D][:D][:D]

[Blueberryhill RR]

[code]Good Morning from Blueberryhill[/code]It is 3 degrees outside with a wind chill of 12 below.
But it is SUNNY. If that makes a difference.
Well, that was a good race yesterday. Hershey's 300.
Today ought to be great.
Other than watching the 500, I plan on taking it easy today. Slept good last
night. And, I gained another 2 pounds. Slow but, sure.
Well, y'all have a great day and enjoy the warm weather, where ever it is.
Talk to ya later.
Chuck

[darianj]

Good Morning all.

OK...Who ordered all the Cold Weather?[:(]

Wooh HooH...Double Star!

[Roger Bielen]

GRITS NEWS

From the pages of AARP Magazine.

St. George, South Carolina, consumes more grits per capita than any other city in the world. So each year the town hosts the World Grits Festival: a three-day fete featuring, yes, a "Roll in the Grits" game. (April 7-9; www.worldgritsfestival.com)

Chief, better reroute those boxcars to the south-east instead of north for a week or so.