The Coffee Shop (a place to chat) Est. 2004

[Anonymous]

Hi Duce, happy to hear things have been going good for you. What job did you take with the BNSF?

[der5997]

Good evening CS people. Just a quick drop in for a night cap. Nothing to eat, as I 'm virtually stuffed from all that good food in here just lately.

Chuck and Kathy, I second Dick's second suggestion.  Like the Aero ad says on TV "Just let it melt".  When we first came to Sober Island the winters were so mild that our neighbours, who had moved from Ontario had the handle of their snow shovel fall apart from disuse! 

Really like this new message posting format, I agree with you Ryan .

Must get to bed, Goodnight all, and God Bless. 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Today has seen a huge temperature drop here in Louisiana, from 80 to 32. Check out the data.

Wind Chill:  24°F

Humidity:  63%

Dew Point:  23°F

So Far Today High:  80°F Low:  35°F Rain:  0.03" Rain Rate:  N/A"/h Gust:  32mph WNW

 

That was a huge drop! With it came steady, though not really heavy rain and lots of wind. I could feel my car being buffeted around on the way home from work, and it weighs over 2 tons!

As far as snow goes, we don't need any down here, y'all please keep it up north.

Here's what's happening tonight.

Now through 10:00 PM CST November 30, 2006
	Low: 30     Through 10 PM...patches of drizzle and a few light rain showers will affect portions of central and south-central Louisiana...generally along and east of a line from Alexandria to Grand Chenier. Rainfall amounts of little more than a trace are expected.
Rest Of Tonight
	Low: 30     Mostly cloudy with patchy drizzle in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Much colder. Lows around 30. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.

[grayfox1119]

Ohhh my God !!!!! I hit reply and all the nice features are here finally for all us Vista and IE 7 people!!! WOW !!!!  How sweet it is !!!!  FERGIE will be so happy, ........I think !!

We set a record today for high temperature, it hit 69 degrees, the old record was 67 set way back in 1881.

JEFF: 32F? And it's raining???  Man you are right on the border of snow!!!

DUKE: Did you get into that pie eating contest again ??

MIKE: Looks like the midwest is really getting socked!! Were're next, high winds, driving rain, then turning much colder on Saturday, with a near miss of a Nor'easter on Monday, just flurries on the perimeter of the LOW.

Time to hit the sack, see you guys in the CS tomorrow.

Bon soir mais amis,

[james saunders]

Morning all...

 Just saying G'day and dropping the shrimps off.

 I'll be chasing a steamer on sunday, and i'll be testing out my new Scanner I got last night! There will be pictures and video for your enjoyment.

 
Anywho, i'll leave you to it...

 

Oz 

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

12-01-06

[LSWrr]

Good morning all,

I posted some pictures on my www link below in the L.S.&W. album.  Last night I finished the first section to the layout.  I have to do some minor touch-ups here and there and have plenty of room to add some more detail to the module, but the roundhouse, turntable and coaling tower is good to go.

Next is the east and west yards and the approach to the locomotive shops.

The weather up here just did a 180, looks like freezing rain and snow this weekend.

 

Lee

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 It's going to be a nice but cool day here in west central Louisiana. I'm heading in this morning for a flu shot, then on to work. Here's the usual morning weather report.

 Leesville, LA  71446      12/1/2006

Wind Chill:  25°F
Humidity:  78%
Dew Point:  25°F
 
So Far Today
High:  33°F
Low:  31°F
Rain:  N/A"
Rain Rate:  N/A"/h
Gust:  25mph NW
 
High: 50 °F
Low: 29 °F

Today  High: 52    Mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph diminishing to around 10 mph this afternoon.  

Tonight  Low: 28    Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Light and variable winds.

Bacon and eggs sound good this morning.

[Anonymous]

Good morning

Happy MRRing

[JimRCGMO]

Good morning, CS'ers! Zoe, I'd like some of those eggs (scrambled) with a waffle and some maple syrup that I think Dick left behind the counter yesterday. Yum!

 We didn't get a lot of snow or ice last night, but it's cold here in Southeast Missouri. North of us got more of the ice and snow, so Inch and Jerry, you might want to watch out (and get that snow shovel ready - or contact your friendly neighborhood kid with one)! And those of you in Indiana may want to stock up on the milk, bread and rocksalt.

 Got to get ready to head out for work, though with this cold weather, I expect there to be few people coming in. Should be able to make some headway on the paperwork, I hope.

 Take care, and if you have to drive to your HD today for MRR supplies, drive carefully!

 Blessings,

 Jim in Cape Girardeau

[pcarrell]

  HEY PC,, NOT me, I'm a bearded blond and remmber. Just noticed it looks more like you than anyone else round heres.

Can't be me!  I don't have any tat's!

So who was that mystery pie eater?

 

I see a lot of people's weather looks a lot like ours!

Ugly out there, huh?

 

So, it's Friday already!  What's everyones plans for the weekend?  I'm hoping to get more benchwork done.

[NeO6874]

Cleveland, Ohio
Currently: 56°F Light Rain

Wind: South at 15 MPH
Humidity: 80%
Dewpoint: 50°F
Barometer: 29.42 inches and falling

Wind: South at 24 KPH
Humidity: 80%
Dewpoint: 10°C
Barometer: 996 millibars and falling

Last updated: 10:00 am EST December 1, 2006

 

well, at least it's still warm here... it is/was forecasted that today the high would only be in the low-mid 30s..

 

 

Noting much else is happening here... I found a couple of nice things on ebay, although they're still a few days off from where I feel I could bid and actually win. So, guess I'll check back on them on Monday and see if they've gotten too rich for my blood...

[pcarrell]

It's coming your way Dan.  Did you see my map?  That's live!  I'll be sending you a big dose of cold real soon!

[LSWrr]

Dan-

 

Check out this eBay guy: thefavoritespot  He has been selling DCC ten wheelers, starting price is 1 cent.

 My stuff didn't sell last week :(

Lee

[LSWrr]

Looks like we are getting the "Delux Sample Pack" of weather today! 

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AT INDEPENDENCE * UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. * AT 9 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.6 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST BETWEEN 18 AND 18.5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL THEN FALL OVERNIGHT AND DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING. * AT 18.5 FEET...EXTENSIVE FLOODING OCCURS ALONG GLEESON... CHARLES...FRANCES...AND STONE STREETS. CANAL ROAD WILL BE FLOODED IN PORTIONS OF VALLEY VIEW. MANY ROADS ALONG THE RIVER MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELLING NEAR THE RIVER TODAY.

A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND CROSS LAKE ERIE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION... WHICH WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE AS THE COLDER AIR RAPIDLY SPREADS OVER THE REGION.

A major winter storm will impact the Midwest and Northeastern States today with rain, wind, snow, ice, and severe thunderstorms. Low pressure will track northeast from the Midwest, into the Lower Great Lakes today, and will be responsible for the wide variety of weather.

[SilverSpike]

Only 24 days until Christmas...... 

Rain started late last night and now we are getting the brunt of the storm through the North East. Hope the wind is not too bad, but I heard there might be a few gusts here and there.

Paul, email sent! I will post the images on my hosting server and then give you the links for posting them in the forum.

Philip, nice recipe, and have you made the South African Melktert or Milk Tart?

Plans for the weekend? Try to wrap up all the Christmas presents and put them under the tree, then have a few more to buy this weekend. Also, going to try to finish my staging area on Saturday.

Perry, nice photos from the layout, thanks for sharing.

Jerry, are you reading Fried Green Tomatoes?

How did I miss the pie eating contest!!!!!

Jim, glad you made out okay with the storm, seems like it is reducing in size here too.

Hope everyone rides out this weather today and tomorrow!

Cheers,

Ryan

[inch53]

Afternoon, coffee Cloe please,

Well made it through the night ok, the power was out for over 3 hours, guess it could have been worse. Not much snow or ice here, but Bryan and me had doc appointment in Effingham this morning. A 45 minute drive took little over an hour, roads were bad tween Greenup and there going, but ok coming home.

Dick and Jim,,, the bad part of the storm went west and north of us here, but we did get the rain. Creeks are still runnin half full.

Mother should be home this afternoon, be good to have her back, cookin fur ones, no fun.

Best get a move on befre KC wakes up from her nappy

inch

 

[pcarrell]

Philip, nice recipe, and have you made the South African Melktert or Milk Tart?

I was thinking of making it for Christmas.  Since you like to cook I thought I'd share and see what you think of it?

Plans for the weekend? Try to wrap up all the Christmas presents and put them under the tree, then have a few more to buy this weekend. Also, going to try to finish my staging area on Saturday.

A very worthy passtime!

[Cox 47]

Afternoon all....Cold windy icey day here but not as bad as it could have been.....I'll have a pork burger drag it thru the garden ...tater logs and a Nehi red belly washer please....I decided to put the layout back in order so I could runs some trains over the week end then close it up next week...got it all ballasted more groud cover down touched up the backdrop and "planted" trees on one of the 'hills"...Smells like Sallie's hair spray in here[thats what I used for glue to glue some Woodland turf to the poly fiber balls trees]....had to do it inside to cold to go out....Ryan...no I am reading her new book its pretty funny but not quite so much belly laugh stuff....She is a talented writer I got to know her in my disk jock days she did some country comedy stuff for RCA that I played on the air alot...Sallie had a bad day today got her down for her nap and I think I'll take one too...You all have a good one...Jerry

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I got to the health unit this morning and was 12th in line for the flu shots. As a result, I was only 30 minutes late for work. We knocked out 76 ammo boxes today, a good days work. I never realized how much there is to putting those things together.

[Paul W. Beverung]

Evening Gang: Mary Ann and I went to the not so local hobby shop in Denton Tx to pick up a Thomas The Tank Engine train set for the grandkids. The 10 year old will be able to have fun with it and the 18 month old can watch. Of course grandpa might get to play too. There both girls but that doesn't mater. My cousin had a big American Flyer setup and she was a girl. The best part of the trip was that Mary Ann was along. It's about a 45 minute drive up to there but he gives a good discount and will order anything you may need. I found a MDC taper side ore car behind the other MDC stuff. It was marked $6 the msrp and he gave it to me for $4. I also picked up a section of code 55 N gauge track and a pack of N gauge 36 inch wheel sets. NO! I am not going iNvisable scale. I'm going to use the track for mine track and the wheel sets to make mine cars. All in all it was a good trip.

We spent the morning vacinating the cows and calfs. The vet came out and we got the job done in about 2 1/2 hours. Tomorrow we'll go in to town for feed and to the post office then home and I'm going togo over to my friends track to spend the day running the live steam stuff.

Well it's time for bed and I still have to check the E-mail

[Paul W. Beverung]

I don't know what is going on here but I just tried to post and when It didn't. I tried again and got the double post sign, but still no post on the form. I'll see what happens to this.

Well strange things are happening. Now there both here??????????

So I'll say Good Night All

[rtraincollector]

Your just a double post we know it lol. Evening all well boy did I make a couple of boo boo this evening (must be getting tired) I went to put a bid of $9.06 for a train crossing (O gauge) and missed the decimal point and again when I did a bid of $20.36 glad they didn't really go for more than I wanted well the first one ended up costing me $13.05 but that's okay will save on combine shipping and deal on the other 2 I won from same seller.

 Went to walley world today and found these construction ERTL John Deer items so thought they would go great on a couple of empty flats I have.

 

 

well talk to you all later

 

[Hoople]

Sorry guys, I didn't have time to make it yesterday.

We had a 2hr late start yesterday, and today we had normal schedule.

The snow seams to have started to move on towards the east.

I don't have much to do,  seeing as its weekend. Maybe a should give Glacier gravel a go.

Did I tell anyone I like random facts?

Well, here are some.

You are more likely to be struck by lightning than get in a plane accident.

You are more likely to be in a donkey related accident than being struck by lightning.

42.73% of statistics are made up on the spot.

[rtraincollector]

You have a better chance of being hit by lightening than winning the lottery

[james saunders]

Good evening all...

Today I saw something i'll never ever forget, playing cricket today, all was going well, when our attention turned away from the action in the middle, to one of our players, He had a fatal hear attack and passed away at 2:22pm, He was only 49. Too young. Play was abandoned out of respect, and paramedics tried to revive him for over forty minutes, to no avail, they said he went peacefully and quickly. 

 

Thanks for listening.

 Oz

 

  

[wetidlerjr]

Good morning ! from Indiana.

12-02-06

[LSWrr]

Oz,

I have to admit, if it was my time to go I would want to be doing something I enjoy.

 

Lee

[rtraincollector]

Sorry to here of your lost of a freind but like you said it was quick and fast so at least he didn't suffer I'm sure he will be missed.

Morning girls I'll have the country special scrambled eggs, sausage, Toast (make mine english muffins please), 2 hot cakes, and hash brown potatoes. Oh yeah a big glass of Ed's O.J.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 Good morning.

 James: Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. 49? He was only a couple years older than I am.

Leesville, LA  71446      12/2/2006

Wind Chill:  30°F
Humidity:  79%
Dew Point:  28°F
 
So Far Today
High:  38°F
Low:  34°F
Rain:  N/A"
Rain Rate:  N/A"/h
Gust:  6mph NNE
 
High: 56 °F
Low: 31 °F

Today  High: 55    Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds becoming north around 10 mph in the afternoon. 
 
Tonight  Low: 35    Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. North winds around 10 mph.

Since today is the 2nd day of the month, I have nothing to do today except deposit my SSI check, get the grocery shopping done, do the monthly preventive maintenance on the car and maybe get some layout work done.

Pancakes today, please.