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Posted by SactoGuy188 on Monday, January 21, 2008 10:50 PM

Good evening everyone. (Grabs some pork chop abracadbra from crock pot)

It's going to be unsettled weather for the next few days--we'll get on and off rain. In fact, a rainstorm is coming my way according to the Weather Underground web page. 

 

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Posted by blhanel on Monday, January 21, 2008 10:49 PM
Good evening, all- here to report that Joanie's knee surgery went as scheduled and planned, and she's recovering quite nicely.  Just a partial knee replacement, and the surgery was over with by 6 PM this afternoon, and she was standing up by the bed before I left tonight.  She may even come home tomorrow!   Gotta get to bed here, as I'll need to run the snowblower before I head back down there in the morning.
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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 21, 2008 2:24 PM

....CW:

Saturday, we put gas in my little truck for 2.76.....

But of course, that can't be allowed to happen very long as the oil compainies must make that boat payment and today, it's right back up to 3.06.   Now they can rest easy again.  30 cents in one shot.

Pretty nice increase....Avg. gas tank capacity around 18.  So that equals $5.40 per filled tank....Nice raise.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, January 21, 2008 10:46 AM
CW, while I am thinking about it, how about some corn fritters from time to time. Thanks

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 21, 2008 10:42 AM

Quentin, it would be nice to see increased rail activity, and lower prices at the gas pump!!  Although, when Sarah and I were out Saturday afternoon, I did notice that around the local gas stations we passed, the price for regular unleaded was $2.72 a gallon.

Still have some hot breakfast on the warmer bar for our patrons on the west coast; for those of us on the east coast, lunch is just about ready to be set out on the counter:  Crock Pots with pork chop abracadbra, and a couple of more Crock Pots with roast, taters & carrots.

Ray, sorry to hear about the break-in at work.  But glad to know no one was in there at the time, and no one hurt.  For someone to steal a charity donation, is the lowest form of low you can get, in my book!!

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 21, 2008 8:53 AM

....The Monday morning report here a bit earlier:  11 degrees.....A "warm up".  It is better than yesterday and again, the sun is shining.  But they are saying late tonight we might start getting a bit of snow...1 to 3" by Tues early afternoon.  Then it moves on.  But I see where the Low will pass us to the north a bit and always the worst of any Low system should be to the north of the "Low".....So we'll hope the snow is minumum.

So far for January, we can't complain and it's sure moving on rather fast.  February, a bit shorter and then into March, the transition month.....Anything can happen.

Trains.....I believe with the economy slowdown....we're witnessing a bit of rail traffic slowdown thru our area too.  Shouldn't be any great surprise.  Now I'd like to see the same situation occuring with oil prices considering the lowering of demand throughout this country.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, January 21, 2008 7:31 AM

Good morning. It's still pretty cold here in the Dakotas, although not quite as cold as it had gotten here yesterday. Right now we have a temp of 7 above 0, and the wind chill factor here is 8 below 0. It is snowing here and I looked out my front door a half an hour ago and I had a half an inch of fresh snow on my front deck. We are expected to get anywhere between 2 and four inches of snow before the end of the day.

Today is Martin Luther King day and I have to work, oh well. I count myself lucky that I have a job to report to. The Wendy's where I work was robbed early Saturday morning. We figure that who ever was on the night crew forgot to lock a door at closing time and the thieves simply walked in. They were able to break into the office and trashed it, but were not able to get into the company's safe. They did make off with a plastic box of donations intended for the Dave Thomas Foundation for underprivileged kids, and it really bugs me that anyone would take money intended for a charity!

The breakfast menu that CW posted sounds pretty good to me, I'm hungry. I hope the rest of you out there all have a good day. Stay warm!

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, January 21, 2008 5:40 AM
Thanks to both of you for the pancakes. It's always good to have friends you can rely on. We missed out on our snow Saturday. It stopped at the county line..... It has dropped to 21 now in Carolina and may drop another one or two by daybreak. At least the campaign telephone calls are over. We were literally flooded by calls from McCain and Huckabee. Maybe we can nap in the afternoon again. Thanks again for the pancakes. Ta

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 21, 2008 5:33 AM

Good Monday morning to one and all.  We have a current temp of 15 degrees at 6:28 a.m., going for a high of 35.  Then, tomorrow, a chance of 1 to 1 1/2 in. of snow, turning to rain.  Ah well, such is life in the Ohio River Valley, I guess.

Coffee, oj, oj/tangerine, hot chocolate, hot cider and hot tea are ready and waitin' for you all.  And on the warmer bar, you'll find:  turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, and the thick buttermilk pancakes w/maple syrup, that Tom requested for breakfast.  

Everyone have a good morning, and take care!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, January 21, 2008 5:31 AM

good morning

juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go. tom here are your pancakes.no mail today so that means no letters from bill. By this time tommorow we could have some more white stuff on the ground.going to do some chores before matt and I head out to let mamma sleep.Its back to work tonight for me.As for the super bowl all the pressure is on the patriots.can they keep the perfect record??

stay safe

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, January 21, 2008 5:02 AM
Good morning, it's Monday....YECCCH. Nuff said. Currently 22 degrees in Carolina. It was supposed to get to 16 last night, but I don't think it will make it. Everybody stay safe and warm.  I am off on my eternal quest for thick buttermilk pancakes and maple syrup. Ta

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Posted by SactoGuy188 on Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:12 PM

Good evening everyone. Thanks for the beef noodle casserole and vegetable medley! Dinner [dinner]

And so, Super Bowl XLII will be the New England Patriots versus New York Giants. Could be an interesting Super Bowl, to say the least. Smile [:)]

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:31 PM

Well, it wasn't in the forecast, but the ol' home weather station shows -14 overnight last night.  It was pretty cold when I took the Dal for his walk, but I hadn't checked before I left, so I was surprised to see 9 at 9 pm.  If I'd realized it was that cold, he wouldn't have gone...

Had a good trip down to Utica today.  Did a little train watching and chatted with several fellow train crew members for a while.  Bought a centerbeam flat and some loggers, too.

The trip back home was another story, however.  While the trip down involved some light misting of snow and a bit of snow in the road for the last 10 or so miles, the trip north included heavy snow, limited visibility, and a fair amount of snow on the road.  But then I drove out of it, and after a little shopping and supper "in town,"  I arrived at the house under - clear skies.  Such is lake effect...

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:52 PM
BossHen will keep Joanie in her thoughts tomorrow - she will keep trying to postpone the inevitable. 30 feels like beach weather after 5 below in Ames on Friday. Piled up plenty of frequent driver miles in the past few days. Lurch protested a little as he passed 14000 and then 15000...and I discovered that I could put 28.4 gallons in a 25 gallon tank after the odometer's electronics failed between Goodland and Limon last night...Sleepy [|)]Sleepy [|)]Sleepy [|)]
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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:42 PM

Cw thanks for supper.csx has had its share of problems in the cold today.Matt has tommorow off for the MLK holiday so we are staying home with him tonight.brian we will keep Joanie in our prayers.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:06 PM

Molasses is also called "sweet sorghum molasses".  The definition of sorghum from Webster's Dictionary:  1.  any of a number of related cereal grasses with sweet, juicy stalks, grown for grain, fodder, sirrup, etc.  2.  a sirrup made from the juice of some of these grasses.  

The grasses grow like corn stalks, without the ears of corn.  Instead they have little seeds, about 1/16" in diameter.

I changed the Sunday Dinner menu.  Instead of Italian spaghetti, I've made the following:  Beef noodle casserole, veggie medley of broccoli, carrots, corn, kidney, garbanzo, and Italian beans and red peppers.  Also, there's a fresh batch of medium chili on the warmer bar. 

Hope you all are staying warm, and enjoy your Sunday Dinner.

Brian, tell Joanie I'll be thinking about her tomorrow.  I'm sure she'll do well!  Take good care of her!!

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Posted by blhanel on Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:34 AM
It's a balmy 5 degrees here in Iowa right now, which is 5 degrees warmer than it got all day yesterday.  Off to take care of honey-do's- Joanie's partial knee replacement is tomorrow, so I may be scarce for a day or two...
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Posted by Ham Radio on Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:31 AM

It's freezing here in Southern California, we may only get up to 64 degrees today.  Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

This morning we had Santa Fe French Toast (old AT&SF famous recipe), bacon and coffee.  All we needed was passing scenery looking out a dining car window, but we'll settle for the NFL playoff football games instead.  Chef [C=:-)]

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:41 AM

It's another cold morning here in Sioux Falls. Currently we have a temp of 13 degrees below 0, and the wind chill factor leaves us at -25 below 0. The temp here is not supposed to get above 5 degrees this afternoon.

Contrary to what CW says about molasses being made from a type of grass, it is actually a by-product of the refining of sugar from both sugar cane and sugar beets. My source of information is Wikipedia and last night I simply googled the term "molasses" and this is what I came up with.

On January 15, 1919 there was a huge disaster in Boston, Massachusetts involving a large molasses storage tank which collapesd. The details are too deep for me to go into detail, but if you google "molasses", you should be able to find this story on the internet. In all, 21 people lost their lives when some 2,300,000 gallons of molasses were spilled from this storage tank. People and horses were literally buried in it.

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:19 AM

.....1.8 degrees here right now in Muncie.  Sun is coming up and looks like it will be shining today.  That will help, but it will be cold all day.  No snow.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:34 AM

Good Sunday morning.  Nice and cold here in Lousville:  temp is 8 degrees, with a wind chill of -6.  Joe, thanks for making the hot chocolate, coffee, juice and fixing breakfast!  Bacon, eggs and waffles sound pretty good this morning!

Molasses is made from a grass called sorghum (pronounced sor-gum).  Especially in the south, you'll hear it referred to as sorghum molasses.

How does Italian spaghetti and garlic bread sound for Sunday Dinner today?  That's about all my brain can come up with this morning.  If not that, what would you all like to have today?

You all stay in if you can, today, and stay warm as well as staying safe!!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:41 AM

good morning

hot chocolate cofffee and orange juice are ready to go.we also have waffles bacon and eggs too.just let the dog back in and it is cold inside.Dan cold can cause problems.Its going to take a little longer for the q509 and 500 to pump air into the cars in defiance yard today.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:26 PM

I'll take whatever's hot.  Currently we're at -11 headed for the -18 range. 

I wonder how the cold affects operations.  I've heard tha cold makes steel more brittle...but just how brittle is it?

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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:24 PM

12 degrees here right now (EST) supposed to get to about 8 overnight with w/c -5.

That's supposed to be the coldest we've been here since the storm of 1994 when

we got to 22 below.

I know other people have it colder than we do, but we aren't used to it!! 

I think a Double Hot Chocolate will be in order. 

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Posted by SactoGuy188 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:55 PM

Good evening everyone. Thanks for the calzone! Dinner [dinner]

It's going to be another cold morning tomorrow with temperatures around the freezing. Shock [:O] We can use the hot chocolate!

 

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:29 PM

Since a few of us have talked about molasses today, I thought I would share my recipe for molasses/sugar cookies.

1 1/2 C. Shortening - MELTED (I use the stick form of shortening from Crisco, the yellow variety that resembles butter, it makes for a better cookie)

2 C. Granulated Sugar

1/2 C. Molasses (Brer Rabbit Brand)

2 Large Eggs

4. C. Flour

1/2 Tsp. Salt ( I would argue that salt is not necessary in a lot of cookie recipes, and because so many people have high blood pressure, I leave it out and you would not be able to taste the difference.)

2 Tsp. Cinnamon

1 Tsp. Ginger

Form dough into ping-pong sized balls, roll them in sugar before baking.

Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:54 PM

Joe and Matt, thanks for all your help with the pizzas for tonight.  Here's the list:

1.  Canadian bacon
2.  Cheese
3.  Pepperoni/mushroom
4.  Goetta
5.  Hawaiian
6.  Pepperoni/sausage/onion
7.  Supreme
8.  Anchovie
9.  Calzones

You two were a great big help making the pizzas, and baking them.  Thank you both so very much!

Everything's on the warmer bar.  And with my helpers today, there's an extra large pizza of each of the eight kinds on tonight's menu.  And there's plenty of hot chocolate for everyone.

You all have a terrific evening, by staying warm, and fill up on the pizzas!

 

 

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:18 PM

Rix - You've probably eaten plenty of sugar beets.  The sugar that comes from sugar beets and that that comes from sugar cane are virtually identical.

I used to use molasses to make the Dalmatian's treats (he's allergic to wheat, and the treats use oat flour instead), but lately I've been going with pancake syrup.  Still adds to the flavor and smell (along with the peanut butter), but isn't quite as sticky to handle.  Molasses is quite pungent.

I don't really care for ring balogna.  My memory of it is fried, with mashed potatoes.  Just leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth.  On the other hand, Croghan balogna, a local delicacy here, is good stuff.  It's sort of a smoked summer sausage.

Train show in at Utica Union Station tomorrow.  Weather permitting, I'll make the trip, but the forecast is for Lake Effect Snow through Monday AM, so I'll be watching the radar carefully.  Short of going by way of Lake Placid, I have to go through the "Belt" to get there.

Back to my projects.

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:02 PM

Ray....Those molasses cookies are great.  We purchase them here at one of our big box stores...{Meijer's}, and use their brand too....They are excellent.  Soft and chewy, etc...And by the way, if the cookies get hard {and you want them soft}, in the cookie jar, add a piece of bread to the container and the moisture transfers to the cookies, and bingo...They're soft again.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Saturday, January 19, 2008 3:40 PM

We had temps almost identical to Ray's this morning.  -11 ambient and w/c of -25/-30 range.  Now it's "up" to -6 ambient and w/c of -15.  Hold the phone and I'll get my shorts...

Actually I'm keeping busy by helping a friend at his tow truck business.  29 jumpstarts and 12 tows so far today.  Supposed to get -16 tonight.  I think I'll be busy!

Dan

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