Thanks for fixing breakfast, Joe. I'm hungry this morning! While it is a bit cold here in Sioux Falls, it is not nearly as cold as it has been earlier this past week. Right now we have a temp of 10 degrees above 0, and there is no wind right now, so that helps a lot. It is supposed to get up to 30 here this afternoon.
I will be headed for work in about an hour, got to work a six hour shift today at Wendy's. I will not complain though, if the flakey manager there would give me more hours to work I'd be happy. I am looking at submitting applications for employment with a few other places just to survive. I am living from pay check to pay check and the money is slipping through my fingers almost unknowingly, but then that's the way life is for a lot of us.
I hope everyone has a good day. Stay warm!
Ray
good morning
we have a cold wet snowy type of morning.going to turn into freezing drizzle.Matt went out and played with his cousins.when we came home we waited at harris road for 3 trains to go by.2 stack trains and an empty powder river coal train with up power came by.Dan congrats on the promotion.we have juice coffee and hot chocolate available.Eggs bacon and pancakes are coming up.will be back later tonight for pizza fest.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Dan
Dan, very glad to see you back in here! You were definitely missed around here. Hope you'll continue to make your presence know in here! Congratulations on the promotion at the Model Railroad Club last night.
Everything has been replaced on the warmer bar for our FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY, including all the side dishes, and cole slaw and salads are in the cooler, above the desserts.
Thankfully, our temps will be warming up tomorrow. I've been trying each day to get outside and take a very short walk, in the afternoons. Come back with very, very cold feet and toes that feel like ice cubes.
I'm sure Driver takes good care of Millie. Probably keeps him from becoming a scratching post!
Since it's been a while I thought I'd pop in. Here's a 'Dan Update' for anyone who wants to read it:
Work's been a zoo lately...wild tigers and rhinos everywhere! DUCK AND COVER!!! I suppose it helps that I can still dodge, duck, dip, dive, & dodge pretty well (Name that movie!).
Got 'promoted' at the Model Railroad club last night. Now I'm the official secretary and webmaster. Things are moving along with my module and the club layout. If anyone wants to see pics let me know and I'll send them to you or redirect you to where they're sitting now.
Wedding plans are finalizing. We're now down to less than 8 months as of last Sunday. Thankfully, due mostly to lots of pre-planning, we've avoided most drama. My photographer suggested that I see about getting pics taken on a locomotive...somehow that idea didn't sit well with the fiancee...lol.
I'm still going through some old pictures from when I was a kid 20ish years ago. Found some neat ones (posted now in Trackside Lounge) of CNW's 1385 and other steam engines. I'm still looking for the ones of me at the helm of 3 SD40-2s.
So that's about it. Everyone behave and stay warm!
Cannoball, Congratulations on everything, especially Freaking out The Bank!!
Hope your Big party is a success and doesn't get out of hand. (did you invite any
of the "Smokies" that you've encountered out there?!)
Mook, I thought "Millie had a last name.......... The Car"!!
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Cannonball congratulations!!! we should be getting the title for the mattmobile soon.We made the last payment this month.Mammas catching up on her rest and I'm taking a break from chores.should be done by the time matts off from school.well back at it.
joe
switch7frg wrote: CW & Mutt; as of yesterday about 3:30pm we are owners of the farm instead of the bank. There was much hand wringing from the bank because the debt was paid off early. HEH HEH , tough luck. 7 yrs. paid off in 2yrs. The sale of ( Rattler) did the job. Now our long drive way is called Rattlers Lane. The only truck I own is old ford 1/2 ton , no chains or binders or ratchet straps, just a crowbar shovel & hammer in the tool box. Truckin' aint' easy any more. Big party tonite w/ popcorn, cider and a movie ~~~ WOW big time. Ahhh, life is good. Best of good blessings to you and yours. Respectfully, Cannonball & Shirley
Cannonball, sounds good! Your party for tonight sounds pretty good, also!!
Our FRIDAY FISH FRY is just about ready to be put out on the warmer bar. In the way of kinds of fish, you've got your choice of anything from catfish to whitefish, with every kind of side dish you can imagine, from corn on the cob to greens, with all the regular desserts we always have on hand.
Those of you who won't be in over the weekend, take care and have a good, relaxful, restful weekend, and the same goes for those who will be around over the weekend.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Clutter? I'm working on getting rid of it, but I've got so much built up that putting "this" away means having to clean "that" first, so there's a place to put it. It gets circular after a while and I get dizzy, so I just sit down and watch a movie on TV...
Bearclaw and some tea for me. Hope we've got plenty of bearclaws - they seem to be getting popular.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
locomutt wrote:She hasn't put one of the legs of it on your foot yet has she?!
She hasn't put one of the legs of it on your foot yet has she?!
I've had a couple of close calls so far...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Brian, you really do have to maintain a good pathway for the walker, don't you?!
We're up to about 14 right now, maybe it will make it to the mid 30s by afternoon.
.....2.5 degrees this morning....{5.0 now}, but no wind. Beautiful sunshine warming us as it is clear. No wind. Now, the warmup starts.
Men can run things around the house Jen....Like the vacuum cleaner...do it all the time. Neat is part of the program on our side too.....
Quentin
Good morning! I am a late riser this morning, didn't get out of bed until about a half an hour ago. I think I'll grab a bear claw and pour myself a cup of hot cider while I am here.
Right now we have 13 degrees here in Sioux Falls, and the wind chill leaves us at 0. It is supposed to warm up to about 22 degrees here later this afternoon, and we are supposed to see the temp climb into the upper 20's over the weekend. It is kind of cloudy here, but I don't think we will be getting any snow today. I have noted that right now the weather conditions in Louisville, Kentucky are almost the same. Louisville has a temp of 11 degrees right now, but at least there is no wind.
Mookie wrote:Hi to Joanie - get better fast otherwise you will never get your house back in order (sorry Brian)
Hi to Joanie - get better fast otherwise you will never get your house back in order (sorry Brian)
Hey, I'll have you know I do a pretty good job of keeping the house in order! Besides, can't let things get in the way of her walker... and she's doing better every day, last night was the most restful night of sleep she's gotten since the surgery.
We've got -2 degrees here yet, still waiting for the warm air to get here.
morning
we have 0 degrees here now.matt is off to school.maybe 40 by monday??hmmm we'll see.time to get mookie her chocolate doughnut,oops she found it already.stay warm.
CW - got a bellyache, my teef itch, can't get out of the hammock - it was perfect!
Hey easterners - it is 20 here this morning - and that is above....celebrate! Must be spring! Remember my slogan - on 2/2 if he sees shadow, we have 6 more weeks of winter, doesn't see - we have 6 more weeks of 10 degree spring!
It is 20, so must be early spring - eh?
No seminars now until February - then several each week. But they won't be all day ones. Just the short annoying ones.
Sir C - found something you can plant with the asparagus - egg plant. Why would anyone eat something that resembles a purple egg? Ugh!
"GOOOOOOOD FRIDAY MOORRRRRRNING, DINER PEOPLE!!" (Thought I'd do my Robins Williams impersonation from the movie, "Good Morning, Vietnam".) Must have woke up in a wierd mood this morning!
Yes, it's Friday, and no, we're not having our usual Friday doughnuts this morning. Instead, it's just the plain ole everyday breakfast of turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hot oatmeal w/toast, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, fresh baked bagels and bear claws.
Coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider and hot tea are all ready to be poured, and there's fresh oj, oj/tangerine and orange/pineapple juices this morning.
Our current temps are not quite as cold as some of you. But we do have 12 very cold degrees, and I haven't heard them say the exact wind chill temp. Guess they don't want us to know what it really feels like out there this morning.
Mookie, how did your taste test turn out yesterday?!?!
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)
A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
Mookie wrote: cherokee woman wrote: Desserts: Apple Brown Betty, chocolate cake w/chocolate icing, and yellow cake w/caramel icing. And plain cheesecake for Tom.Everything will be ready by 12:30 EST, so come on back in, and take your pick. Let's see - 12:30 EST - that's 11:30 CST and it is now 11 am CST - which means - there is a "cake" test that must be performed before it goes "on the road"......excuse me while I perform test.....
cherokee woman wrote: Desserts: Apple Brown Betty, chocolate cake w/chocolate icing, and yellow cake w/caramel icing. And plain cheesecake for Tom.Everything will be ready by 12:30 EST, so come on back in, and take your pick.
Desserts: Apple Brown Betty, chocolate cake w/chocolate icing, and yellow cake w/caramel icing. And plain cheesecake for Tom.
Everything will be ready by 12:30 EST, so come on back in, and take your pick.
there is a "cake" test that must be performed before it goes "on the road"......
excuse me while I perform test.....
ummm I didn't hear the test siren go off.better check that too.matt and I went into town and got our ears lowered.going to be a chilly night tonight.brian keeping you and joanie in our prayers.time to get stuff around for work.
cherokee woman wrote: 2. Beef stew w/Ray's homemade bread and cornbread3. Chili
2. Beef stew w/Ray's homemade bread and cornbread3. Chili
Good afternoon, everyone. Nice food choices! (grabs bowl of beef stew with homemade bread from Ray )
We're going to have bouts of rain for the next week or so. So what's this thing called global warming?
It had gotten down to 19 degrees below 0 here last night, to say nothing of wind chill. Right now our temperature is 8 degrees above, and there is no wind.
I just had lunch with my sister and her husband at one of our local Perkins. I am going to teach my sister how to bake bread sometime next week. It is just a matter of finding out when I will have a day or two off from my job next week.
I heard this morning that the BNSF dumped several carloads of corn near downtown Billings, Montana in a derailment and that it will take them a few weeks to clean it all up. The grain was loaded at Madison, South Dakota and the train was headed for Washington state.
Good afternoon from Iowa, where we established a new record low this morning for this date: -20 degrees. And that's not wind chill. Since then we've bounced back quite nicely- my weather station shows 6.3 degrees ABOVE zero, and the sun is shining brightly.
Back to playing nurse here, TTFN!
....Jen, that stuff you are sending east for us over the weekend and beyond....will warm up before it gets here...{Somehow}, as your comment of 30's will be high 40's here Sunday and beyond....Now that's according to our crack weather people.
Still a bright day here with the cold falling down from up north and some wind...Saw wind chill figures on an Indy station within this past hr. is -11. Sure makes it feel good in the home office here to look out and see it bright, but most of all, the nice temp right here at my computer.
Guys: thanks for the suggestions. Today's meals will be:
1. Pepperoni pizza w/jalapeno peppers & mushrooms for Cannonball2. Beef stew w/Ray's homemade bread and cornbread3. Chili4. Shepherds' Pie w/bread sticks
The last time I checked our outdoor thermometer, it showed a current temp of 18, and that was about three hours ago. I know it's even colder now, because my hands are so cold, I can hardly type! (And yes, I'm inside the house.)
Good morning, all. It was 40 earlier in Carolina, but will be colder tonight. I don't have trouble getting the girls back in when its pretty cold, but when it warms up, they get stubborn!! I spent the morning talking to Europeans on the wireless. Some nice folks there. CW, I will side with beef stew and chili, if you don't mind, with maybe some plain cheesecake for dessert. My thanks. Gotta go, my pillow is calling my name....
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