Nice picture, Bob! Reminds me of a couple of the ones we had around here back in November!!
We had a very nice visit with our friend this morning. He was down here for his company, and was able to stop for a short visit. Had to make a trip to their Jeffersonville, IN location. Hadn't seen him in a couple of years, so was glad to see him. And, of course, he's a railfan, so we did much train talking!
See you all are doing a good job on the soup, and leftover pizzas. Think I'll grab me a couple of slices of supreme, and a small bowl of veggie soup while I'm in here. Little bit hungry, right about now.
Dan
good afternoon
pictures say a thousand words.thanks for sharing.going to get matt off the bus and get some trains this afternoon.we have some sunshine.
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").
I'm guessing that the driver failed to see that 10'-8" sign posted just before the bridge.
Rain all night and today, more this afternoon.
Mexican sounds like a plan! Ole'!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Hey Joe. A friend sent me this picture from Tennessee.
A balmy 12 so far. We're forecast to get 8" of crystalline white 'sun' tonight. WOO HOO!
I seem to be in the minority for the requesting of more snow....
Currently we have 13 degrees here in Sioux Falls, and it is supposed to warm up to about 26 degrees later this afternoon. We had received three to four inches of snow in the last 72 hours. I braved the cold yesterday and went to work, although I really should have stayed home. I'm finally going to call my doctor's office and book an appointment with him. My sinuses are a mess and I've been coughing up a lot of crud. I went to bed Sunday night burning a fever, but at least THAT had broken. My supervisior at Wendy's knows I am planning on seeing my doctor and is not expecting me to be back to work until I've got all this crud out of my system.
Is there any soup here in the Diner? I did brew myself a crock pot of chicken noodle soup yesterday and it sure is good, better than what you would get in a can at the grocery store. I've got enough leftover soup to last me a few days.
Ray
Good Wednesday morning, everyone. Kind of slept in a bit this morning. Just now getting in here. Joe, thanks for fixing the coffee, juice and hot chocolate. Got the beagles, bear claws and some biscuits, gravy, sausage, bacon, and scrambled eggs ready now, and on the warmer bar.
For lunch today, there's Mexican Fiesta fare leftover from last night, and I've got a big pot of vegetable beef soup on that big pot on the stove. Hope no one minds having soup and leftovers this afternoon. Expecting company around 10 or so; if I'm not back in here right at lunch time, just grab a bowl, ladle and help yourself to the soup; or grab some of the leftovers from last night.
morning
juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go.matt is off to school.time for a nap.a beagle won the dog show last night so lets have some for breakfast.
Joe
Inch or so of snow on the ground already - and it's really fine - not wet, but still more dense, and heavier. Definitely giving the snowblower a workout in the morning.
Ice on the rail is likely going to depend a lot on the hardness and the thickness. In most cases the first unit is probably going to crush it off the railhead and life will go on as usual.
A bigger problem is ice in the flangeways at crossings. It can derail you.
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...
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
We spent the weekend in Palm Springs, CA visiting some family from Minneapolis out snowbirding for the week. (This is convenient to the former SP Sunset Route.)
Desert temperature was 81 degrees, low humidity, blue skies, slight breeze and nice mountain views. Doesn't get any better than this. My cousin talked to her son back in the Twin Cities and after hearing the weather report didn't want to get on the plane to fly home.
Mexican fiesta sounds delish!
They are threatening us with upwards of a foot of snow overnight. Better get up when alarm rings in the morning - instead of hitting the snooze several times.
The wind is out of the east, so I believe them.
afternoon
we have another round of light snow right now.It was perfect for matt to go sledding on the hill out back today.Quentin there are alot of towns with factories closing and moving on.healthcare?? don't get me started.Cw thanks for supper tonight.It's appreciated.
Well, since no one has requested anything special for today, guess we'll stick with our TUESDAY MEXICAN FIESTA. On the warmer bar: tacos (hard & soft shells), burritos (beef & bean, and beef enchilada style, Spanish fried rice, enchiladas, quesadillas, mild & medium salsa and con queso, and non-alcoholic strawberry margueritas.
Desserts: just the regular chocolate cake w/chocolate icing, yellow cake w/caramel icing, and white cake w/white icing.
Listening to the people running the snow blower over the parking lot and sidewalks, across the street from us at the Baptist Church. Thankfully, only one person rang our doorbell this morning, around 9, 9:15, wanting to know if we'd have Produce today. Told him I didn't think so, as I'd not seen anyone show up, especially the two ladies who are in charge of it.
You all have a good afternoon, stay warm, and take care!!
....Yes, Ryan.....I know Jean and I think how we drive to our daily routine stops now and not just casusually drive without proper planning how we get there.
Yes, healthcare subject....A total story {and a long one}, in itself.
Quentin
Hey Quentin, I hear what your saying! The dreded "R" word is showing signs in many places around the country like your city. And when big companies move out or close up shop, it's the smaller ones that supported them that end up closing too, and the people who worked there move out as well, causing a ripple effect. I believe your take on the price of gas has many people thinking twice about making extra trips and curbing their entertainment dollar too!
Don't get me started on the state of our health care system....
over for now....
What's for lunch today??
.....Just a diner comment across the counter: Our fair city of Muncie is showing pretty serious signs of how the economy downturn is effecting the area.
In the past 2 months we've lost 5 restaurants in our town....! Another one listed in our morning paper. Granted, we seem to have many and they keep building more but for those who say high fuel prices, etc....and all the rest is not effecting people's lives, I believe are in denial. Believe we're into serious trends for a while. Here, along with that, 2 very large manufacturing plants have been effected. {Of course, some of it is changing economies}. Large Chevrolet plant is now rubble.....and the BWA plant will be open for another year yet and then....it's gone...!! Has been in operation for about 107 years and at one time employed 6,000 people. All this has to be making a serious down trend in available spending monies.
I had mentioned just recently I thought rail traffic is down a bit too, and then recently in an hour I witnessed 4 thru trains passing. But I still think rail traffic is not as much as it enjoyed last year.
...I believe we've dodged another weather system....! Forecast of anyway from 3 to 8 or so inches of snow and as of this morning I must almost stretch it when I say we recieved 1" overnight and really it's about finished for this area and moving on.....
Almost forgot how low our morning temp was....Believe it was 17 above. Right now: 22 and pretty bright but overcast.
We too can experience extremes of weather here as they do out on the Plains.....Very hot and humid....or just simply very nice conditions and not very serious Winter.....and at times very serious Winter conditions. Avg. annual snowfall here: About 27". Area elevation helps to control some of that: 937' at the airport.
We can experience very cold conditions for brief time period....Since we've been in Indiana I suppose the coldest we had here. {But we were in Florida}, was reported to be as low as -30 plus....!!
And no frozen pipes from it. Smartly, I had let heat in both bathrooms and kitchen remain at about their normal level in our absence. Thermostat in each room.
passengerfan wrote: Good Morning Everyone.My first time to reply to this group. I see everyone is depressed by their local weather. Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but was working in my garden yesterday getting it all cleaned up for spring planting in a couple of weeks. Temp here yesterday in the sixties and the next seven are more of the same. Will just have to sit here with my second cup of coffee and remember the old days when I lived in those frigid temps. TTFN Al
Good Morning Everyone.
My first time to reply to this group. I see everyone is depressed by their local weather. Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but was working in my garden yesterday getting it all cleaned up for spring planting in a couple of weeks. Temp here yesterday in the sixties and the next seven are more of the same. Will just have to sit here with my second cup of coffee and remember the old days when I lived in those frigid temps.
TTFN Al
We have only extreme weather here in the true midwest: 9 degrees is winter and dry as a bone and 109 in summer with humidity higher than the temp. 1 day each for spring and fall. Gosh what more could you ask for - all that variety!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Well, went out to check (just around the porch steps), have about a half inch if ice, and one branch/limb out of the pine tree in the front yard. Total amount of snow looks to be about 3 1/2 inches of snow over the half inch of ice. Very glad to see that no one has shown up for Tuesday Produce, cause I ain't doing it today!! I don't feel like falling on my behind!
Passengerfan, to the Diner and Coffee Shop! Hope you come in often to visit.
larry 2 friends of mine had a house fire that they had to deal with yesterday.the people even had a couch in front of the front door!!! good thing no one was home when it started.we had a little snow overnight but not too bad.the birds were happy to see us this morning.filled up the feeders.Cw thanks for breakfast.
Miz Mook - Anything I caught on the plane wouldn't have kicked in for a few days - I was stuffed up almost from the moment I landed at Skyharbor. That's not to say that I didn't catch something on the plane, but that was secondary.
Of course, it's pretty dry here right now - minus 17 overnight - but the house and work both have humidifiers (big-un's at work).
The cold temps were probably responsible for a house fire this morning - completely afire when first units arrived, along with reports of someone possibly still in the house. So far it appears that no one was inside, but the place is a total loss and fireground operations are no fun in this weather. Everything freezes. At least the wind isn't blowing, although a gentle breeze carried the smoke for miles.
Good Tuesday morning, all. Well, our temp is anywhere between 30 and 32 degrees F, with freezing rain. Haven't heard the exact snow total, but from what I can see out our front door, it looks to be about 3 to 5 inches. Haven't gotten out with a yard stick this morning yet, to measure.
All the schools around the Metro area are closed, along with some businesses. And other businesses are opening 2 or 3 hours late this morning.
Plenty of hot beverages are ready: coffee, cider, tea, hot chocolate. And I've made some fresh oj and oj/tangerine this morning. On the warmer bar: oatmeal, pancakes & sausages, scrambled eggs, toast, bagels and bear claws.
You all stay warm, dry, and take care. See you after awhile. OH: do I have any meal requests for today? If so, speak up!!
Tree - I am going to print and cut and post on my desk! I didn't know you lived in Nebraska, and Brian didn't know you lived in Iowa! Now I have to include Northern New York in the True Midwest?
And are you sure you got it in AZ and not just on the plane? You should probably put a plastic bag over your head if you are going to fly......
They should box our seminar and sell it as something to stand on in a flood - it is dry. Won't go for the afternoon session today - they don't need my input quite yet. Will send my assistant in my place. After all, I taught her everything I know (almost) and she will be the future of the department. So she can do the prep work for me.
Next week will be another story.
So to celebrate - I am going to have CW make me some chicken and spinach and swiss crepes with holly sauce.....yum.....it's virtual - she can make anything!
Meantime coffee and glad to see so many of us back in our places.
Oh and - we have had two sinus infections right here at this desk - my co-worker/friend Kim and myself - and we didn't even to fly or sniff different air. It is something horrible going around (kind of like an election) and it takes 3 weeks to recover, so relax and rest!
Ray - Take care of that! I'm still recovering from a week in arid Arizona. My boss even noticed today, and when I told him why, he said his girlfriend had the same thing happen when she visited Arizona a few weeks ago.
Still snowing to the south of me, but it's just cold here - just under 8 degrees as I write this. The wind has subsided, though. I was on a airfield today and it was simply brutal.
Of course, we have a winter storm watch for tomorrow. Keeps life interesting. People who live in more temperate climes don't always understand the appeal of living here.
In the summer, we look forward to the cooler days and beautiful colors of fall.
In the fall, we look forward to the blanket of snow, winter sports, and cuddling up under a warm blanket with a good book or movie.
In the winter, we look forward to warmer weather and the end of all that danged snow.
In the spring we look forward to the greenery, warm weather, flowers, and the end of the mud.
Go back to "in the summer..."
We are currently getting snow. It started about 4 p.m., and just after 5, Mutt and I went out to sweep the steps and sidewalk, and put down ice melt. Yes, Joe, spring is just about month, month & a half away. Can hardly wait!! I know we've not had the snow, ice and sub zero temps, but I am ready for spring, and warmer weather.
Got more beef stew and cornbread out on the warmer bar for supper tonight. Or a late lunch for those on the west coast! And I've also got some hot chocolate ready, along with some hot cider and hot tea, as well as hot coffee. (Sorry guys: no hot toddies allowed in here!)
Joe and Lance, got containers ready and in the fridge, with your names on them for work tonight. Hope you both can get back in to pick them up!! Everyone stay warm, and take care tonight!!
Cw
thanks for supper.as far as the snow goes each day we get closer to spring.the water has slowed going down here in defiance but at least its going down.
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