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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Sunday, February 1, 2009 7:10 AM

cherokee woman
so what would you all like to have on the Sunday Dinner menu?  Burgers, chili, bbq wings?  Or what would you like?  Let me know, and I'll fix it right up.  

 

I think BBQ wings and chili would hit the spot, if you please. 31 degrees and clear in Carolina at sunrise. Thanks for breakfast and C U for supper.

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, February 1, 2009 8:33 AM

I'm not big on wings, but a loaded cheeseburger sounds good.   So does the chili.   We do have some French or Italian bread to go with it, right?

One popular event in this area is a "French Festival".   Aside from the 10,000 pastries and a big flea market, the signature of this event is its parade, which invariably includes several bagpipe bands, usually from just across the border in Canada (you can see Canada from there). 

After the parade many of the bands will return for individual performances, and oftimes all of the pipe bands will mass for a number or two.   Since all of them learn the same songs, and bagpipes only play one key, it's not hard to do.  It's a beautiful sound to hear all of the pipes playing together.

Sometimes some of them will get a little off with the melody, though, and then it's the most goshdarn awful caterwauling you could ever hope to hear.

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, February 1, 2009 9:34 AM

 "Hamburger Helper" with Italian Bread sounds very good!

(not much on "Wings" myself)

 

The Louisville area is down to about 95, 000 still without power;

four deaths associated with the storm, mostly carbon monoxide

poisoning; such as bringing charcoal grills into house, generator in

garage attached to house.

 

Had a house fire early this morning, not storm related, but two

children died as a result of the fire.

 

Q, the Ohio is pretty full now, not sure we want to see it rising

much more due to the "Thaw"!

(may cause more problems than we need here.)

 

The last several days if you went out of the house, you had to

be very careful and not slip due to the ice; now with a bit of a

thaw, you have to watchout for falling ice!

 

Very much enjoy hearing Bagpipes playing, but growing up,

my Dad about ruined that for me; he got an LP, enjoyed playing

it so much, would put it on the turntable at 6:00am to wake

up the household!  (FULL VOLUME!)

Like I said, I enjoy hearing Bagpipes played;

Mom, Sis & I rebelled!!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, February 1, 2009 12:00 PM

afternoon

csx is having signal problems here in nw ohio.mookie there are 5 new bnsf pumpkins coming your way.Carl got the q 351 that had 1 missing car and 1 extra car.He sent us a produce train that we saw near Hamler.going to get cleaned up and take a nap this afternoon.then tonight its watching the superbowl.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, February 1, 2009 12:40 PM

Okay guys & gals, here's the menu for this afternoon and tonight:

1.  BBQ wings  2.  Chili  3.  hamburgers  4.  cheeseburgers  4.  sloppy joes  5.  choice of fries, potato chips for potato wedges  6.  popcorn  7.  Italian bread and french bread  8.  deep fried mushrooms  9.  various deli meats, if you'd like to make a sandwich using the Italian or french bread.

For those watching the game tonight, I hope you enjoy it, and have a good time.

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Posted by piouslion1 on Sunday, February 1, 2009 1:11 PM

Black Bear, Stiky Fingers, Amazing Grace, or Scotland the Brave would sound pretty good to me about now.

For the uninformed, thoses are among the most popular bagpipe tunes around the world,

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, February 1, 2009 4:16 PM

The local pipe bands have a medley of two or three (including Scotland the Brave) that they often do.   I have no idea what the others are.

Here's hoping your favorite Super Bowl team wins, if you have one (I don't).

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, February 1, 2009 5:14 PM

I can remember seeing a Bugs Bunny cartoon once where our infamous rabbit attacks Yosemite Sam who is decked out in Scottish attire and is playing the bag pipes. Bugs thought that Sam was being attacked by some kind of 8-legged monster. Laugh

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Posted by blhanel on Sunday, February 1, 2009 9:54 PM

Well, my favorite team did not win (Kurt Warner is a Cedar Rapids native), but at least it was close. 

piouslion1

Black Bear, Stiky Fingers, Amazing Grace, or Scotland the Brave would sound pretty good to me about now.

For the uninformed, thoses are among the most popular bagpipe tunes around the world,

Reminds me of the performance that Il Divo gave at the Coliseum in Rome...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMVxzEueJ6A

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, February 2, 2009 5:23 AM

Good Monday morning, everyone.  Here in Louisville this morning, we have 35 degrees F, and not much of a breeze.  Temp's not going to rise much today, as they're predicting a high of only 39.  Our local school system, JCPS here in Jefferson County are still closed, but school officials say they'll be open tomorrow.  Only two of the catholic schools are closed today, one elementary and one high school.  

Coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider and hot water for tea are ready; on the warmer bar this morning:  turkey bacon, sausage patties and links, scrambled eggs, oatmeal, bagels and bear claws.  

Maybe we'll see more of the ice and snow melt today.  That would be really nice:  to be able to walk outside, and not have to worry about falling on the ice that's left.  

Congratulations to Steelers fans, and condolences to Arizona Cardinals fans.  It was a close game, from the looks of the final score, but, unfortunately, someone has to lose.  Arizona, better luck next time.  I didn't watch the game, but imagine that you all played your hearts out.  

Everyone have a good morning, and take care!!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, February 2, 2009 6:49 AM

good morning

matt is on time and on the bus.it was a good game last night.lots of people at work had the super flu so we did what we could and went home.time for a nap.Mookie here is your coffee mug.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Bergie on Monday, February 2, 2009 8:54 AM
Good morning,

New month, new edition of this thread. I'm locking this so one of you can start a February 2009 edition.

Thanks,
Erik
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