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Posted by pcarrell on Saturday, February 2, 2008 10:13 AM
 saronaterry wrote:

PC: My wife cut her hair after 11 years and donated it to Locks of Love in memory of the last Mrs.OBrien who passed to *** cancer.(Ya gotta love the current Mrs OB,Huh!!??!). Got the cut for free for donating it.

Yeah, I did that when I got mine cut a few years ago.  I had hair to my waist and got a crew cut.  What can I say, I'm an extemeist!  My daughter only ended up cutting about 6 inches.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Saturday, February 2, 2008 10:10 AM
 GMTRacing wrote:

Jeff - another steam engine? Love the switcher but please - are you sliding over to the dark side with Fergie?

What can I say? I was a steam freak in my younger days. I got that particular steamer in the late seventies. It was made by Bachmann and has a pancake motor. It still runs.

Good morning.

Today's Weather for:     
Sundown, LA  71446-6114      2/2/2008

Wind Chill:  38°F
Humidity:  86%
Dew Point:  38°F

So Far Today
High:  42°F
Low:  38°F
Rain:  0.00"
Rain Rate:  0.00"/h
Gust:  7mph SE

Today    High: 68    Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. South winds around 10 mph.     

Tonight    Low: 52    Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. Warmer. Lows in the lower 50s. Southeast winds around 10 mph.

This building is from an old AHM kit that I got back in the late seventies.



I've added several more structures to the left rear side of the layout.



I put in a new interlocking tower on the west end.



Same structure as the first photo. This time it's lit in a night shot.


 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Saturday, February 2, 2008 8:08 AM

Good Morning, Janie - I'll have some waffles,

cup of coffee,

 

and a glass of Ed's OJ, please.

Thanks, Terry!

A bit warmer in Cape G. today - it's 28 F (-2 C) and heading for 44 F (7 C) by the afternoon, with none of that white stuff to come today. YAY!! So, somewhat cold (but not by Johnboy's or CN Charlie's standards... Whistling [:-^]), but not bad compared to other places.

Garry, I liked your other pics on WPF of those RDA buildings. Thanks for the info on how you did them.

Well, I'll be working on my waffles for a while. There's plenty, if any of the rest of you want some, and Janie's got the waffle iron all heated up and ready for you. Dinner [dinner]

 

Blessings on your weekend,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

 

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Posted by saronaterry on Saturday, February 2, 2008 7:38 AM

Oh, GREAT. Top of the page on a WEEKEND!At least there'll be plenty of dishes!

Terry

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Posted by rtraincollector on Saturday, February 2, 2008 7:00 AM

Thanks all and yes it was my 53rd geeze . Thats okay I called my old boss on the 29th he turned 97 and was working everyday till about his 96th.

Had a pretty good day got taxes done and it only cost me $302 to the feds and $124 to have them done so a lot better than I expected still have to do 1/2 year for VA.

That will probally be done monday . (VA. is only about 50 miles away. )

We had a lost here in the park last night glad no one got hurt but a trailor burnt to the ground.

 

Well all take care

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Posted by saronaterry on Saturday, February 2, 2008 6:46 AM

Morning.

PC: My wife cut her hair after 11 years and donated it to Locks of Love in memory of the last Mrs.OBrien who passed to *** cancer.(Ya gotta love the current Mrs OB,Huh!!??!). Got the cut for free for donating it.

LEE: Ed sent PMs and E-mails to us ,seemed to work OK.As soon as the CFO has her cup of coffee I'll try the new address and resend the map!Also:

Col.1      Col. 2    Col.3

Loaded   Safe     Worry-free

Lean     Swift

            Shipped

Pick one from 1,one from 2(w's are kinda hard.Plus only one pot of coffee this A.M.)

Terry

 

 

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Saturday, February 2, 2008 3:46 AM
 

Good Morning from Tipton IN ! Big Smile [:D]

Clown [:o)]

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, February 1, 2008 11:01 PM

Howdy:

Lee ........ Limping Slowly & Weakly

Jeff ........ Please explain the really neat 0-6-0.

Der, JR, JimCG, Paul ........ thanks for the remarks on the RDA buildings. I posted more pix just now in WPF. I had purchased 3 different RDA kits on ebay a couple of years ago, intermixed the parts, and already made other buildings from the pieces. The stone walls and other parts are made of styrene. I really like the stone detail. The roof details on the large building are entirely from the RDA kits. The chimneys on the small building were made from some scrap pieces i had, but RDA also includes chimneys. The hoist on the upper floor's large door was fabricated from pices in my scrap box.

Happy Model Railroading

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Posted by Paul W. Beverung on Friday, February 1, 2008 10:49 PM

Evening Gang: It's been a busy day again. Mary Ann and I went out for breakfast and then went into the hospital to see Baby Lara. She's now 5lbs 3oz. When we got back home we went out and I did some final grading on the pad site for the new container. We then trimmed trees along the road up the hill to the site. The truck had to back up the hill to place the container. After that we waited and did some more clean up. The truck finally got here about 5pm. He had some problems with traction backing up the hill so we hooked the new tractor on and gave him a pull. We finally got the thing in place and he left. Tomorrow I'll have to get it into alignment with the other one and level it up. There is also a work day over at the live steam track. I don't know if Mary Ann will let me sneak over there.Whistling [:-^] We'll see.

We got the electric bill for John's place out at his ranch. Normally it is $13 but this one was for $144. Needless to say we are going to have a talk with the electric company. Grumpy [|(]

Garry I really like that stone building. It reminds me of an old mill building in Cedarburg Wisconsin. Did you get the kit at your LHS?

RT: Happy Birthday.Happy B-Day [bday] So what did you get? Tongue [:P]

PhillNrunt: As to the weather. " I know nothing, I see nothing, I hear nothinggggggg."Whistling [:-^]

PC: Add my congrats to your son. Thumbs Up [tup]

Well I guess I'll hit the sack.

Good Night All

 

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Posted by JimRCGMO on Friday, February 1, 2008 10:37 PM

Evening, Chloe - just a cup of hot cocoa for me at this point in the evening, please. Thanks! 

SilverSpike wrote:

der5997:

...Och the noo! Surely a braw lad like yourself could get outside of a wee snackie like that with nae trouble atall.Clown [:o)]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Jim...uhhh..too much of that Glenfiddich eh! Or is that your real accent!

Hey, Ryan - Der5997 is DerJohn (one of our Nova Scotian Diners), not me (JimRCGMO)...Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] How's the roundhouse roof coming along, by the way? I couldn't find your post about the material - what are you using for the material on your corrugated roof panels? Hope you're taking care of that sore throat. Yeah!! [yeah]

Lee - how about: "The Mid-West's Rails to the Future" (?) or "Low, Slow and Wicked"? Wink [;)]

CN Charlie, that's something else with your Westie - hope he never mistakes your leg for the other dog(!)... You're probably right on the weather from your and Johnboy's area. Of course when it gets way down here and meets up with all the moisture from either Jeff's or Paul's neck of the woods, maybe that's where the snowy stuff comes from. Confused [%-)] Or not!

Garry, I like those RDA buildings (have a few of their kits that I need to assemble). Did you get them from RDA directly or from auctions, or where? They look nice in those colors, too. Thumbs Up [tup] Oh, and I might be able to answer DerJohn's question and JR's - the kits come with a lot of detail pieces (but I think Garry added something on some of those vents, right?), and the walls are cast with those stone details as part of the walls (plastic injection-molded, if I recall correctly). The RDA kits are really nice ones! Thumbs Up [tup]

Well, I'd best get ready to hit the sack. Got the weekly laundry done tonight (early), since I'm on-call tomorrow and might have to get out late tomorrow night (or early Sunday a.m.). Got to get my rest tonight.

But until the pager goes off, tomorrow I will be trying to figure out possible buildings for my smaller towns  (yet to be built) on my layout. The town I have on the current layout (or the edges of it that are on the current layout space) seems about right for heavier-duty/brick or concrete buildings (DPM, Roberts Printing kitbash, Lauble's Linen, and a Pola 2-stall enginehouse), but for the smaller town's buildings, I wouldn't think they would be brick construction, as they're smaller and set in the Southwestern high desert. That's why I liked those buildings in GMR 2008(?) - they look more like a small town's buildings. I tried to find the GMR 2008 today at Barnes & Noble, and the other night at the grocery store, but no luck either place. Sad [:(]

Prayers for healing for those ailing, and the rest of you, drink your glasses of Ed's OJ to ward off any colds and such!

 

Blessings,

Jim in Cape Girardeau (Not To Be Confused With - Der5997)Wink [;)] 

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, February 1, 2008 10:06 PM

Allo Again,

    I'll have a slice of that left over Key Lime pie please and one more coffee please. Excellent repast today Ryan - made me forgo pizza day and that's rare.

RT - Happy B-Day [bday] If a bit late and many happy more.

Lee I agree with Der - Your Road to Success is more personal.Thumbs Up [tup]

Garry - I really like your new buildings. Did the stone building come as plastic or a casting ?

Jeff - another steam engine? Love the switcher but please - are you sliding over to the dark side with Fergie?

Der - no problems with corrosion as we run water pump lube for protection (we're not allowed antifreeze on the circuits - too slippy when it gets on the track). Do have problems holed rads from rocks though. Have you tried putting extra weight on the track to sink it into the AMI roadbed? I line up weights, let them sit overnight and no problems. Mostly I don't even use nails. Try a test piece first. The first time I tried it I sunk the ties too far in.

Paul - if you go broke whilst retired and get a job you then trade in the ROF for a BOF (broke old......) and join the rest of us BWS (broke working stiffs).  

   Spent a bit of time working on vents and a water tower for the new building. Then I need to figure out the roof stuff for the rest of the factories.  For now it's time to get some sleep. Catch Y'all tomorrow.    Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, February 1, 2008 9:44 PM

RT, I almost missed it!  Happy Birthday!

 

JR, I know what you mean.  I'm all for every kid getting to play.  He just likes the challenge I guess!

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Posted by der5997 on Friday, February 1, 2008 9:27 PM

Good evening Diners: The storm has just started, and I've just finished...ballasting a section of mainline and a passing track, that is.

It's the track from the west end of my upper tunnel down to the river where I've a double track bridge. (Cornerstone, IIRC) So now I have a relatively small amount left to complete; from that bridge down past the container dock and around to the west end of the lower tunnel. I'm going to ballast inside the tunnel a piece because I've had trouble with track nails not holding in the AMI roadbed right there.  They tend to ride up, and the locos find them, which is a tad inconvenient, doubly so since they are in the tunnel. So, I figure the ballasting will solve that problem for good.

 

...and it's RT's Birthday, so   hope you're having a good one RT,   Mike, that's an elegant cake you arranged there!..and thanks for RT's jokes!

 

PC:  Grand your son had another banner game.  I guess he knows we're proud of him too?

 

NorthernPhil:

I really have a lot of fun here
...that's key isn't it?  Probably time to move on when it's not, on a permanent basis.My 2 cents [2c]

 

Terry:

Haven't got to the last 2 yet, still need to build benchwork!
...probably best do that before you pour the water!Whistling [:-^]

 

Ryan:  Hope your throat has repaired itself over the day.Angel [angel]

 

Garry:  Does that stone RDA building come with those roof details, or did you add them?

 

Mark:  That fever sounds too grim to even do mrr while off school! Hope it's over for you now.Angel [angel]

 

JR:

making radiators in aluminum.
...any corrosion problems with the coolant using Al?

Lee: Either

America's Road to Success
, or
America Rides our Rails to Success
...but to involve the business reader, why not "Your Road to Success"?

Goodnight all, and God Bless.  Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.Angel [angel]

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by inch53 on Friday, February 1, 2008 8:54 PM

Evening, a barley pop please Cleo

RT, sent me this, so it's his fault

Senior questions???

Q: My wife is going through menopause. What can I do?
A: Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When
you are done you will have a place to live and have your trains

Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your 60+ year old husband?
A: Tell him you're pregnant.

Q: How can you avoid spotting a wrinkle every time you walk by a mirror?
A: The next time you're in front of a mirror, take off your glasses.

Q: Why should 60+ year old people use valet parking?
A: Valets don't forget where they park your car.

Q: Is it common for 60+ year olds to have problems with short term memory
storage?
A: Storing memory is not a problem, retrieving it is a problem.

Q: As people age, do they sleep more soundly?
A: Yes, but usually in the afternoon.

Q: Where do 60+ year olds look for fashionable glasses?
A: On their foreheads.

Q: What is the most common remark made by 60+ year olds when they enter
antique stores?
A: "I remember these!!"

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Posted by CNCharlie on Friday, February 1, 2008 8:41 PM

 Good evening diners!

 Ryan, keep the menus coming. Not only are they interesting from a RR point of view, they are darn tasty too! I liked today's Blue Plate Special and the Pie du Jour was Key Lime , nothing finer. To cap it all off, you paid. Wow.  Hope that sore throat doesn't turn into something nasty.

I have been reading all the posts about the storms many of you are getting. Johnboy and I aren't responsible. We only send the nice crisp cold air along with blue skies and a brilliant sun to gleam off your freshly fallen snow. The air we send is too cold to hold moisture anyway. Hope it does clear up for you though as while sometimes exciting there can be a sinister side to storms.

Speaking of weather, Jeff I hope you post your report tomorrow as they are far more interesting than the monotonous weather reports here. I especially like the parts with temperatures above freezing. By the way, those billboards look great. I'm off to my LHS tomorrow and will see if they have any.

Anyone see that thread on the Trains forum about their favourite streamlined steam loco? I had to get a plug in for the CPR F2a Jubilee. I would dearly love a model of one but it won't likely get beyond the dream stage. Division Point is coming out with a brass version this year of the F1a which is similar but it will be at least $1500! Besides I would just have to get a train of CP passenger cars, which likely won't go around my curves, so I've just talked myself out of a silly idea. I'll just stick to CN, yes that's best. Help me Jim, I may need counselling.

There's a dog snoring at my feet, amazing how loud a little Westie can be. She's resting up for some TV viewing later. Yes she does watch and if a dog or other animal appears on the screen you have about 2 seconds to change the channel or she leaps off the sofa to attack the set with lots of barking and growling thrown in for good measure. Since she can't actually bite the TV animal she bites our other Westie if he is foolish enough to be anywhere near the TV.

See you soon.

CN Charlie

 

 

 

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Posted by fec153 on Friday, February 1, 2008 8:23 PM

LAUGH  SMILE & WORK

            OR

LOAD     SEND  &  WORRY

 

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Posted by fec153 on Friday, February 1, 2008 8:23 PM
LAUGH  SMILE & WORK
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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, February 1, 2008 6:44 PM

Good evening,

I need some advice from the Trackside diner think tank.....  I've been brainstorming with friends on a slogan for the LS&W and here is what came from the meeting:

America's Road to the Future...

America's Road to Success

The Mid-West's Road to the Future.

The Mid-West's Road to Success

Success Moves Promptly, Economically and Dependably on Our Rails

America Rides our Rails to Success

Success Moves on the Rails of the L. S. & W

What do you think?  Maybe someone here has something more clever, funny or whitty?

Lee

PS: GMT thanks again for the stuff ( you sure I don't owe you anything?)

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Posted by GMTRacing on Friday, February 1, 2008 6:40 PM

Good Evening All,

    Still bucketing down rain here - hasn't refrozen yet but i'm worried. Still at w..k making radiators in aluminum.

PC - It's a matter of philosophy I think. I have no problem with the mandatory play rule and think it really benefits the whole team as instead of riding the bench everyone has a chance to show what they have. In Pop Warner, when my middle sons' team went to the national finals in Florida they had gotten there as a complete team often with all the mandatory minutes taken care of in the first half. It was a benefit as with play and coaching oppourtunities depth in the roster was achieved. There were many teams they beat that featured a group of "superstars" who couldn't carry the rest of the team to victory because no time was spent on the "backups". I never looked on it as charity, just the full use of the potential on the team. On the other hand, my older sons team featured some characters who thought they were too good to attend practice. When game time came they were there and would get the start and a majority of playing time over kids that had worked hard all week. Every time these same characters let the team down in the big games because they couldn't go the distance.

   For myself, i've been on very successful well funded teams and little struggling teams and much prefered the struggle and occasional success against the odds. Not sure any of this makes much sense, but put me down for real teamwork and sportsmanship I guess.

   Time to test the radiators.     J.R.

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Posted by LSWrr on Friday, February 1, 2008 6:37 PM

Evening all,

I think Fergie is responsible for our bad weather here today!  The winter storm arrived in a MESS! Rain, turned to snow, turned to sleet, turned to rain, turned to freezing rain, turned to snow, and now it's raining again and windy.  The stuff that was on the ground this morning was something frozen, but it felt like you were walking in gravel.

Terry: try       LSOULE@AMERITECH.NET

Lee

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Friday, February 1, 2008 5:35 PM

No report today. Been too busy for that.

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Posted by Flashwave on Friday, February 1, 2008 5:32 PM
 Hoople wrote:

Hi all.

Haven't been in in awhile, mainly becuase I caught this lousy 7 day fever. Got it on monday or sunday, so I didn't go to school at all this week. Sore throat, fever, cough, it's not bad. It's gotten better now, so I can move around and do stuff.

 

Later.

Mark

Sory to hear your ill, Get Well Now.

Never had an echo in here before. before before before. Sorry.

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Posted by Hoople on Friday, February 1, 2008 2:16 PM

Hi all.

Haven't been in in awhile, mainly becuase I caught this lousy 7 day fever. Got it on monday or sunday, so I didn't go to school at all this week. Sore throat, fever, cough, it's not bad. It's gotten better now, so I can move around and do stuff.

 

Later.

Mark

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Friday, February 1, 2008 1:53 PM

Hello again ....

Here's a photo of the industrial buildings for my town of Prairie View.  I originally had a European style factory building here, but I decided it did not look like a building you would see in rural America. The two new buildings are from RDA (Railway Design Associates) kits. They are the smaller building with the Frisco trailer and the larger stone building next to it. My older European building will be in a town now under construction called "Valley Heights".

GARRY

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Posted by ModelTrainLover on Friday, February 1, 2008 11:47 AM
well we have a winter weather advisory in effect here.
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Posted by SilverSpike on Friday, February 1, 2008 11:46 AM

Howdy folks!

Woke up with a sore throat this morning, and I had just finished a 10 day supply of antibiotics on Monday for a sinus infection. Hope I don't get that again!

Started working on 2007 taxes and so far we owe some money, going to have to make another detailed pass to find some missing deductions! UGH!!! I hate tax time!

If you guys are getting tired of the daily special lunch and dinner menu just let me know!

 Cox 47 wrote:

 Hows the roof coming on the roundhouse?


I finnished the 3 coal piles yesterday..I am thinking about trying to scatch a couple of older 40 foot house trailers for the miners and their family...I checked of the Nu com models and they are nice but just to rich for me...Shouldn't be to hard to scratch up...gotta have a couple of old cars on blocks and a dish in the yard...

Jerry roof has an initial application of my corrugated card stock, still have the back side to do! Sounds like you got quite a bit of modeling going too yourself, the coal piles and miners has my interest!

Jeff nice night time shots, you know that Marlon Brando movie in the bill board was shot in New Orleans.

Phil/Flip thanks for decoding the CS from the way back machine! I see that history continues to get re-written every day!

Flash and others, those 403 errors that you were getting typically is a result of the web server getting overloaded and cannot supply the requested information, or web pages. Sometimes this means that the web server service needs to be stopped and started or the server has to be bounced or re-booted. Since many of you had this issue around the same time, I am sure the issue was on Kalmbach's end and not yours.

Dang Flash, your post went in 8X, maybe punched that Submit key a few times too many before the server fully processed the posting.

Thanks Terry for the RH kudos!

Garry from the B&O menu it seemed like they ran a tight ship in those dining cars! That Chicago Dog sure looks mighty tasty!

 der5997 wrote:

...Och the noo! Surely a braw lad like yourself could get outside of a wee snackie like that with nae trouble atall.Clown [:o)]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

Jim...uhhh..too much of that Glenfiddich eh! Or is that your real accent!

PC congratulations on the basketball game last night. Give him a high five from me! And nice picture of your beautiful daughter too, I'm sure you are a proud dad too!

PhinNRunt the short answer on New Orleans recovery is NO, nothing to draw people back in droves! The levee system is repaired but not to any kind of Category 4-5 hurricane status at all, just to back where it was before Katrina, but supposedly built the way it was "supposed to be". Just another Army Corp of Engineers failed project, and a few LA politicians and "brother-in-law" deals that lined more than a few pockets with tax payers dollars.   Did I say I was working on my taxes!!!

Looking forward to seeing that picture of the GATX SD40-2 coupled up with that D&RGW SD40-2T.

Happy B-Day [bday] Happy Birthday RT! Happy B-Day [bday]

 inch53 wrote:

RYAN,, you'll probably have the money saved n the tooth fixed by the time congress aggress and the money sent.

QUESTION,, what's every bodies SUPER BOWL plans. Our's Deb's brother n them are coming out n we're fixing tacos and some other things. Mother was watching the news and they had a camel picking the winner. Guess a guy writes the name of each team on his hand, then holds cookies, whichever cookies the camel eats, is the winner. He picked the GIANTS, hey guess the camel has been correct 80% in the last 8 or 9 years.

 

Mike you are right about that! And for the game we are just going to stay home for the Super Bowl, no real big plans in the way of food though.

Ed, okay.....beautiful day in Paradise aside, tomorrow is Groundhog Day, so maybe Punxsutawney Phil the prognosticator of all prognosticators will have some good news for us tomorrow! And the warm temp shipment will arrive soon. Please.....

Y'all have good in!


Today's Lunch and Dinner Specials

~ Northern Pacific ~
The Vista~Dome
North Coast Limited

~ Soup du Jour ~

c $2.95 b. $3.95

Beef and Barley

~ From the Grill ~

$6.95

Broiled Ham Steak Florida
Thick slice broiled with Sauteed Pineapple and Sweet Potato

~ Diner Special ~

$7.95

Filet of Lake Pike
with Tartar Sauce
A treat from the Land of Lakes

~ Blue Plate Special ~

$5.95

Cornish Game Hen
with Lingonberry Sauce
A delicious treat, Stuffed with a Rice Dressing and a Light Gravy

~ Vegetables ~

$1.50

Ryan Boudreaux
The Piedmont Division
Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger era
Cajun Chef Ryan

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Posted by saronaterry on Friday, February 1, 2008 11:16 AM
 egmurphy wrote:

Good Morning Coffee Clubbers,

A beautiful morning it is down here in Paradise.  Cool [8D]  Only around 70º out right now, but the sun is shining and I expect (make that ‘fear') that it will get a tad warmer.  But the coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course) is hot and tasty, so I'm enjoying things as they are now.

We have to head out to the orange grove later on, so I expect that the afternoon will be busy.

Flip:  The thread is still in my favorite list. Only problem is to get to the page I want.
You know that you can go up into the address window of the browser and change the page number, right?  That way you don't have to go through them page by page, if you need to get to page 100, for example.
If over 65 and retired,you are now a ROF. What are you when you have to go back to work? Just an O.F.???
Yup, that's probably about it.  There are probably more colorful terms for it also.

Flashwave - what was the deal with the multiple posts?

RT - Happy B-Day [bday]  Happy Birthday buddy!!  How many, 53?

inch:  what's every bodies SUPER BOWL plans?
1. Make chili, 2. Sit in recliner, 3. Watch game.  When we lived NOB we used to get together with friends to watch it and have a Super Bowl party.  Now that we live down here where U.S. style football isn't that big a deal it's just Fran and I watching the game.

Terry:  am I using the right E-mail address, the one under your name at the end of your posts?
Have you tried just using the ‘email' button at the bottom of one of his posts?  What about having him email you, then you can respond to his email.  Sounds strange that you two can't seem to get in touch.

I'll drop back later this evening.

Hasta luego,

Ed

Yup, tried that too, Ed!

Terry

Terry in NW Wisconsin

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Posted by egmurphy on Friday, February 1, 2008 10:56 AM

Good Morning Coffee Clubbers,

A beautiful morning it is down here in Paradise.  Cool [8D]  Only around 70º out right now, but the sun is shining and I expect (make that ‘fear') that it will get a tad warmer.  But the coffee (from the mountains of Veracruz, of course) is hot and tasty, so I'm enjoying things as they are now.

We have to head out to the orange grove later on, so I expect that the afternoon will be busy.

Flip:  The thread is still in my favorite list. Only problem is to get to the page I want.
You know that you can go up into the address window of the browser and change the page number, right?  That way you don't have to go through them page by page, if you need to get to page 100, for example.
If over 65 and retired,you are now a ROF. What are you when you have to go back to work? Just an O.F.???
Yup, that's probably about it.  There are probably more colorful terms for it also.

Flashwave - what was the deal with the multiple posts?

RT - Happy B-Day [bday]  Happy Birthday buddy!!  How many, 53?

inch:  what's every bodies SUPER BOWL plans?
1. Make chili, 2. Sit in recliner, 3. Watch game.  When we lived NOB we used to get together with friends to watch it and have a Super Bowl party.  Now that we live down here where U.S. style football isn't that big a deal it's just Fran and I watching the game.

Terry:  am I using the right E-mail address, the one under your name at the end of your posts?
Have you tried just using the ‘email' button at the bottom of one of his posts?  What about having him email you, then you can respond to his email.  Sounds strange that you two can't seem to get in touch.

I'll drop back later this evening.

Hasta luego,

Ed

The Rail Images Page of Ed Murphy "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home." - James Michener
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Posted by JimRCGMO on Friday, February 1, 2008 10:56 AM

Morning, Diners! Zoe, how about a nice omelet,

glass of Ed's OJ,

 

and a cup of coffee, please?


Thanks, Jerry! Ah, I see Garry's "packing heat" in his lunch today. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Are those jalapenos in there with the onions? 

Well, we got about 6 inches of snow/stuff yesterday and last night. When I was getting ready to go out and broom off the car, I couldn't find my left glove. Hmm, probably left it in the car (have done that before). As I'm going out the door, I see this little bump of snow next to the car. Yup, the glove was out all night and got a coating of snow. So the glove is in one corner of my office at the moment, drying out. Oops [oops]

Only supposed to reach 30 F today, so unless the sun shines a lot, the snow won't be going away. Side roads were a little tricky, but bigger roads and streets were fine for (sane) driving. We have a small contingent of co-w**kers in today - no Drs., about 7 or 8 support staff, two nurses, and all three crisis therapists (including me, since I have no appointments today). Usually on Fridays we have one of the Drs. here, plus several of the case w**kers doing paperw**k and a dozen or two support staff in our office.

Happy (official) Happy B-Day [bday], RT! Nice cake that Deb made for you, too. Thumbs Up [tup] Any special birthday plans for today or tonight?

Sounds like some of our Diners from Indiana and Ohio (and maybe Garry in KY) had more white stuff than we did. Of course, you're just saving Dick and Colby and our eastern folks from having to use their snowblowers as much.Wink [;)] Inch, good that you were able to get some more pellets. Weather like this makes me wonder if there are apartments in my price range that have some other options for heat than electric (just in case...). But probably not.

Best I get back to it now - got a little of the paper stuff to get done and caught up on today.

 

Blessings and a warm place,

Jim in Cape Girardeau 

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Posted by pcarrell on Friday, February 1, 2008 10:50 AM

 Cox 47 wrote:

PC...You got a beautiful daughter...She musta got her good looks from your wife? LOL

She gets it honest!

Philip

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