no stack trains today on csx.did see a unit ethenol and 2 talconite trains though.lots of mixed frieght cars and autoracks going back and forth.the thermometer on the bank at deshler said 43 degrees.we'll take that.thanks for supper CW.time to get cleaned up for work.
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").
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)
Hot turkey sandwiches? I'm all over that like, well, gravy!
Just found out I have some excess vacation to use up. Means I'm only working one more day this year!
Unless something happens and I have to come in anyhow...
Mild weather. Thirty six right now. Just warm enough to melt the snow (especially the stuff packed on my driveway) but not too fast (don't need any flooding).
Found out this past weekend that DIL's Dr thinks she'll deliver early. Maybe a Valentine's baby!
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...
I've put out some turkey, bread, lettuce, cheese, etc., so you all can make your own sandwiches for lunch. There's also some mashed taters and gravy that I fixed a few minutes ago. If you want, you can make your sandwiches open-faced, and put some of the gravy over the turkey and bread.
At 12:13, the sun is shining brightly, and it's getting warmer out. May even take a walk, later on, if I can just get the energy to go for a walk.
....25 degrees starts our day and it's clear but of course the sun hasn't come up over the horizon as of yet. To be warmer today than yesterday, so should be a pretty nice day.
If the forecast remains the same, we're to see some possible {just possible}, precip late tonight.
Quentin
CW thanks for breakfast.your rain is going to be rain/snow here in nw ohio.going to be a tough night to go back to work.i'm used to 1st shift hours now.
Good Wednesday morning, everyone. It's not too bad out this morning: 35 degrees, going for a high today in the mid 50s, with a possibilty of rain coming in after midnight. Joe, good to know everyone made it home safely.
Coffee just finished brewing, juices are ready, and there's hot chocolate and hot tea available. On the warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, oatmeal, toast, homemade biscuits w/sausage gravy, hash browns, bagels and bear claws, and Christmas cookies.
For those of you going back to work today, be careful out there, with all the "After Christmas" shoppers that will be around everywhere. And everyone have a great day!!
Had some abundant sunshine this afternoon.Matt and I went out and took some sticks to G+G wood pile from the wind storm a few days back.we got most of them.matts aunt and uncle made it back home from columbus and now everyone is all snuggled back in thier beds.well not quite everyone.
Joe
I've replenished everything on the warmer bar, and the cold items are in the front cooler.
Hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas, and remembering the REASON FOR THE SEASON !!
Seems the local tv stations have given everyone the day off: we've not had any local news this morning or afternoon. As Mutt said, the scanner has been very quiet today. Wonder when all heck will break loose.
Merry Christmas All!
It's a very nice, quiet day here, even the scanner (Fire & EMS) has been
relatively quiet also. Temps. in the 50s, feels more like a "Spring Day"
than a "Winter Day".
Sightings of "Bubba Claus" were reported in very southern Ky. (Tn border) but
none around here, although I'm surprised, as there are several small towns
just south of us that seem to welcome him more than the other.
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!!
(1) No egg-nog to be found anywhere in Denver yesterday after 1 pm
(2) 4 inches of snow and still falling today (it was 53 degrees yesterday)
(3) Grampa and Bubba Claus must have hit it off
Sounds like a winner, CW. Merry Christmas to you and Mutt, and I'll be over in a few. I love fruitcake....
Lance, thanks for your help in the kitchen this morning. Greatly appreciated!
On the warmer bar: turkey, dressing, hot homemade biscuits and dinner rolls, shelly beans w/onion & red potatoes, corn, dumplings (no chicken with them today);, fruit salad, potato salad and pistachio salad are in the cooler.
Desserts: jam cake, chocolate cake, pumpkin, pecan, cherry and apple pies, along with egg nog (non-alcoholic) and boiled custard, along with chocolate fudge and peanut butter fudge and fruit cake, if anyone likes fruit cake.
WISHING ALL OUR FORUM FAMILY/FRIENDS A VERY BLESSED JOYOUS CHRISTMAS, WILLED WITH PEACE, LOVE AND LAUGHTER.
A nice, peaceful Christmas day. A bit gray and 35, but we can live with it.
Here's hoping that everyone got everything they wanted for Christmas (or they can find it at the store when they return it).
....South Carolina seems a bit warmer than Indiana this morning...We're at 25, but nice and clear and sun is shining brightly in my east window of our home office here. No snow on the ground. The nasty wind has moved on, so for our Christmas day..{to be near 40}, looks rather nice seasonally.
Yes, this is the Lord's Day. We should remember it that way.
Good Christmas Morning
may peace love and joy be with you and yours today and always.
Joe mamma and matt
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our friends here in the Diner!!
Coffee is ready, juices are freshly made, and there's hot chocolate, hot water for tea, and we also have some hot apple cider this morning.
Brought in doughnuts, muffins and cinnamon rolls for breakfast this morning.
Also have the turkey for the Diner in the oven now, and it'll be ready around 1 p.m. EST. Now, I'm working on preparing all the side dishes.
May you all have a great, HAPPY and SAFE day with your family!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS
I Hope you all have a great day with your loved ones.
grampaw pettibone wrote:Good morning all. Well, it's a big event day. I get to ride 100 miles, look at my sister in law and listen to her while she explains that dinner will be ready at 5 pm instead of the noon meal she promised. It's a yearly ritual and never varies.... 54 deg here in Carolina and expecting thunderstorms, so I have been disconnecting the wireless and trying to get ready for it. I hope we are back before that stuff gets here. I have been singing Christmas carols of late, and my wife told me I should be on the stage. "Really" I asked. "Yes", she replied, "but the stage don't run no more, so take the Amtrak." I am still studying on what kind of complement that was. Good day to all. Ta
Memo from Santa:I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer serve Georgia, Florida, West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas , or Alabama on Christmas Eve.Due to the overwhelming current population of the earth, my contract was renegotiated by North American Fairies and Elves Local 209. As part of the new and better contract, I also get longer breaks for milk and cookies so keep that in mind. However, I'm certain that your children will be in good hands with your local replacement, who happens to be my third cousin, Bubba Claus. His side of the family is from the South Pole. He shares my goal of delivering toys to all the good boys and girls; however, there are a few differences between us , such as:1. There is no danger of the Grinch stealing your presents from Bubba Claus. He has a gun rack on his sleigh and a bumper sticker that reads: 'These toys insured by Smith and Wesson.'2. Instead of milk and cookies, Bubba Claus prefers that children leave RC cola and pork rinds (or a moon pie) on the fireplace. And Bubba doesn't smoke a pipe. He dips a little snuff, so please have an empty spit can handy.3. Bubba Claus' sleigh is pulled by floppy-eared, flyin' coon dogs instead of reindeer. I made the mistake of loaning him a couple of my reindeer one time, and Blitzen's head now overlooks Bubba's fireplace.4. You won't hear 'On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner, and Blitzen...' when Bubba Claus arrives. Instead, you'll hear, 'On Earnhardt, on Andretti, on Martin and Petty.'5. 'Ho, Ho, Ho' has been replaced by 'Yee Haw' And you also are likely to hear Bubba's elves respond, 'I her'd dat .'6. As required by Southern highway laws, Bubba Claus' sleigh does have a Yosemite Sam safety triangle on the back with the words 'Back Off.'7. The usual Christmas movie classics such as 'Miracle on 34th Street' and 'It's a Wonderful Life' will not be shown in your negotiated viewing area. Instead, you'll see 'Boss Hogg Saves Christmas' and 'Smokey and the Bandit IV' featuring Burt Reynolds as Bubba Claus and dozens of state patrol cars crashing into each other.8. Bubba Claus doesn't wear a belt. If I were you, I'd make sure the wife and the kids turn the other way when he bends over to put presents under the tree.Sincerely Yours,Santa Claus
I am taking a few minutes out of my kitchen, to let you all know I'm still around! Our turkey bird is in the oven, and I need to get the shelly beans on in a few. Of course, in with the beans will be onion and some new red potatoes. Then, when the turkey bird is just about done, I'll be putting my dressing in the oven, and chill the cranberry sauce (jellied).
Not sure what our current outside temp is, as I've been too busy in the kitchen. But the sun is shining brightly, and it is a bit breezy out. Not too bad, though.
On the warmer bar, for your lunch, there is: leftover Italian spaghetti, garlic Texas toast, and some pork chop abracadbra. I didn't think anyone in here today, would like to have a pre-Christmas turkey and all the trimmings. That will be ready in here, tomorrow.
MERRY CHISTMAS EVERYONE!!
We ended up with 8 inches here along with some pretty strong wind as well- I don't know how strong because my weather station anemometer is apparently iced up. Things are gradually improving, though; both of our kids and their spouses are on their way up to Grandpa and Grandma's in Minnesota, and we're headed there ourselves tomorrow morning (gotta fulfill church obligations at Christmas Eve. service tonight).
Merry Christmas everyone, see ya'll in a couple of days!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
We here in Aurora, IL have 23F at 10:53 a.m. on Christmas Eve and are cleaning up in many areas around here from yesterdays horendous wind storm...the winds at Midway Airport regitered gusts over 80 mph last night! Looking on the bright side, we didn't get the snow our neighbors up in WI and MN got (up to and over a foot in some areas), but just a dusting but Oh, that wind!
My better half put the Christmas turkey in the brine (first year she has used that preparation for our turkeys, and the Thanksgiving one was simply wonderful, wish she had found the recipe years back), and we will need some things from the store before calling it a day.
Hope you are all well, happy and reasonably prosperous this Christmas holiday and here's hoping for an even better 2008! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!
The word around here (probably the third busiest shopping day of the year, after "Black Friday" and Boxing Day) is stay off the roads. As many motorists have managed to do already today (albeit unintentionally). The wind is subsiding, but we got a couple of inches of snow already, and there's more in the forecast.
I'm sure I'll be around, but here's my wishes for a safe and happy holiday.
Modelcar wrote: So could be worse weather wise.
So could be worse weather wise.
....We're almost there....On the final wind-down. Our wish is for all accumulated families can enjoy this day and again tomorrow as it all finalizes...
Here, we'll get things together today by heading out within the hour for some breakfast and do a finish up of a few things to do yet...{Not Christmas presents}. One thing is run the vehicle thru a car wish and get the salt off it. It is cold and dry now and will be until at least Thursday.
It's overcast and dry and 27.5 degrees and with some left over wind from yesterday...Perhaps 10 to 15 mph at times.
Everyone enjoy.....
Edit Update: And now...at almost 3 pm, we have bright sunshine and 35.1 degrees. All the skiff of snow from yesterday has been erased...Gone. Wind is down now to maybe 5 mph....Much better.
To be dry tomorrow and warmer. Sounds good.
Truck is now clean too....
Good morning-
We have 19 degrees here in Sioux Falls and the wind is out of the NW at about 10 mph. Today is supposed to shape up to be a pretty nice day later this afternoon, despite the cold.
I have been listening to the news reports pertaining to the house fire which I had mentioned in my last post. The individual who died in this fire was either my friend's wife or daughter. This kind of event I would not want to wish on ANYONE, and it has sort of taken some of the joy out of my Christmas, and I feel badly for David and his family. There is some speculation that the fire was caused by either lights on a Christmas tree, or a candle that was left burning unattended when my friend and his family went to bed.
Ray
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