Modelcar wrote:.....Good morning to all Diner patrons....Our morning starts with rather bright conditions, nothing added overnight and a 32.9 temp.
.....Good morning to all Diner patrons....Our morning starts with rather bright conditions, nothing added overnight and a 32.9 temp.
Semi overcast with light rain/drizzle, temp about 43 degrees, only supposed to
get to about 48 degrees today here in the Ohio Valley.
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!!
cherokee woman wrote: Saturday brunch menu: turkey bacon, sausage, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, cream of wheat, grits, country fried ham w/redeye gravy, hash browns, home fries, are now on the warmer bar. In the cooler: pineapple chunks and cantaloupe chunks. And on the counter, we have all kinds of doughnuts, danish, and muffins.
Saturday brunch menu: turkey bacon, sausage, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, cream of wheat, grits, country fried ham w/redeye gravy, hash browns, home fries, are now on the warmer bar. In the cooler: pineapple chunks and cantaloupe chunks. And on the counter, we have all kinds of doughnuts, danish, and muffins.
Good morning everyone. (grabs big mug of hot coffee and a plate of sausage, hash browns and a danish)
It's 38 degrees outside as I type this. It's going to be very cool in Sacramento today.
Alas, I got bad news from my brother: his wife's sister in South Korea passed away from cancer. I did offer my sympathies for him, and it's small wonder why the work on his house with new carpeting still hasn't been done yet.
It's a promising 33 outside right now, but they're also promising near zero tonight. Another cold night on the train. But the kids (and a lot of the parents and grandparents) do make it worthwhile.
Major fire in an apartment building in the county seat last night. Some 40 people have probably lost everything, just in time for the holidays. While there have been rumors of nefarious doings out of the building for years, I'm sure that more than a few folks lived there simply because the rent was low and it was all they could afford.
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...
Starting tonight's SATURDAY PIZZA FEST a little bit early tonight; we'll be attending a Christmas Party, so decided I'd post the menu before we leave. On the menu:
1. Anchovie2. Cheese3. Goetta4. Hawaiian5. Pepperoni/Mushroom6. Pepperoni/Sausage7. Special8. Supreme
Hope you all enjoy the pizzas, and see you all later.
Message From:The Cook
cw thanks for the pizza.it was bright and a beautiful morning.we did have some areas of fog though.tonight is when its going to get tricky with the freezing rain.we had quite a triple play at st.joe indiana today.first an ns came south with 6 tanks on flat cars.then a leaser and a conrail came south with auto parts boxcars.then ns 5348 lead its train.it had an operation lifesaver logo on it.we made it to garrett but the clouds started to move in so we went back home.matt did see jingles the reindeer on the way home too.
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").
Sacto Guy, there are Calzones on the menu also, since your request.
Think CW just forgot to list it.
Larry, that is very sad to hear about that fire, especially this time of year.
It's very unfortunate that a lot of fires like that happen around holiday time,
fires that should have been prevented. People that can't afford it, wind up having to
pay for it in the long run.
just in for a quick drink of water. no freezing rain yet. a major cause of some fire around here are those scented candles that are left unattended.a local report said they are coming out with battery operated ones now.
Joe
A Good, cold, frosty Sunday morning to everyone out there!
I am serving breakfast this morning and on the menue we have buttermilk pancakes, french toast with maple syrup, bacon and pork sausage links, scrambled eggs with diced ham, oatmeal, cinnamon rolls with lots of butter, homemade bananna bread and bananna nut muffins.
The coffee is about finished brewing, and I've mixed a fresh batch of orange juice, and we also have pineapple juice and hot chocolate, made with milk and Hershey's chocolate syrup this morning for those of you who might want it......not the imitation powdered stuff.
It's 11 degrees here in my hometown of Sioux Falls, and we had a light dusting of snow late yesterday afternoon. I will be off to work within the next two hours. I hope everyone out there has a good day.
Stay warm!
Ray
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
thanks for breakfast.we have a freezing rain advisory until 10 pm tonight.not a nice day today.going to take it easy going to work tonight.
Good Sunday morning everyone! And Ray, thanks ever so much for fixing such a wonderful breakfast this morning!
All we had last night was rain, rain and more rain. After we got home from the Christmas Party, there was an accident up at the intersection. Mutt and I heard a noise, and we both went to the front door, me with cordless phone in hand. Called 911 and reported it. Fire dept. had to get someone out of the van, and they were loaded onto the stretcher.
There have been so many accidents at the intersection, in the 19 1/2 years we have lived here. The intersection south of our house, has seen a few accidents, but not as many as this one intersection.
You all have a good day: rest, relax, stay dry and warm, and keep safe!!
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)
....Have not been outside yet to see the conditions, but it doesn't look like much rain activity overnight. Temp is reading just a bit over 33, so seems we've stayed steady all night. That's about what we had as I went to bed. See no ice hanging on anything.
Have not looked at TV weather yet. Last night we were on the fringe {the south side}, of freezing rain, sleet forecast for this line and north. Advisory until noon today. Don't know if that is still the same.
Quentin
It's about 50 degrees here now, to get up to 60 something today with continued rain in the forecast. We've even had thunder showers this morning. Dense fog advisory this morning. Extended forecast for this week is showing warmer than normal temps.,
and rain chances at least to/through the middle of the week.
Accident last night, there was no "actual" rescue, F.D just had to "pop" a door so
E.M.S. could get person out. As CW said, we've seen more than our share of accidents there, seems people are always "running" the traffic light, don't seem
to have enough patience to wait for it to change.
Sunday Dinner is now on the warmer bar. On today's menu:
1. Roast, taters, carrots, onions w/cole slaw, green beans, corn, cornbread
2. Chili (to warm your bones on this cool, rainy day
3. Chicken & dumplings
Hope this menu meets with everyone's approval!
Hey ya'll, just checkin' in before I finally get to stop at home for the first time since May on my way to my first base assignment in Dover DE. I'll be doin' wirin on the big mammer jammer C17.
Six months of tech school have done wore me out...
Adrianspeeder
USAF TSgt C-17 Aircraft Maintenance Flying Crew Chief & Flightline Avionics Craftsman
....Adrian, I must have missed a link. Did you leave Engineering School to take a turn in the military...?
cw thanks for supper.adrian is using the military to help with his electronics training.ice is starting to taper off now.
adrianspeeder wrote:Hey ya'll, just checkin' in before I finally get to stop at home for the first time since May on my way to my first base assignment in Dover DE. I'll be doin' wirin on the big mammer jammer C17. Six months of tech school have done wore me out... Adrianspeeder
Adrian, Thanks very much for checking in, hope all goes well with this career.
I'm a bit like Modelcar, I think I missed something that said you'd joined the military.
I probably could say something because you joined "That" branch of service, but I won't.
Congrats for joining and serving your country no matter what branch of service you're in.
GO ARMY!!!!
Adrian - Congrats on your progress. USAF is, of course, the only way to go, as myself, my son, and my daughter-in-law will attest (My son and I are both USAF vets, DIL is still active AF).
Dover is a nice base, although I'm sure the area has changed a lot since I did a TDY there in the early 70's.
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Finished another week of Polar Expresses (I ran Saturday and Sunday) - about 1400 people for the four trips I worked.
Our loading of the first trip today was punctuated by a CSX manifest blowing through town at speed. Nothing special about that, but about 10 cars from the marker we spotted a large chain about 20' long dragging from a flat car. It was long enough to do some serious damage, and spread chunks of ice from the roadbed onto the station platform. Our conductor called CSX to report it, but it was out of sight by then, so we don't know what they did. None of our crew or passengers was affected.
The incident should serve as a vivid reminder of why you don't stand too close to the tracks. This think would certainly have killed anyone it hit at that speed. Wish I had video. It was impressive.
Good Monday morning, to one and all! Still having periods of rain, mostly light, and will have rain off and on all day. I'm beginning to get tired of all the rain: but it's better than getting sleet, freezing rain or snow.
Coffee is ready, along with fresh juices made, and there's plenty of hot water ready for hot chocolate and hot tea. On the warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage patties and links, homemade buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy, hash browns, scrambled eggs, and buttermilk pancakes (regular and whole wheat), with plenty of maple syrup, and bagels and bear claws.
Adrian, congrats on your progress in the Air Force. I know you'll continue to go a good job, and I hope you'll continue to drop in and let us know how you're doing, and say "HI" to everyone here.
Larry, sounds like you had another good weekend on the Polar Express! Hope that CSX did get that chain taken care of!!
You all have a great day, and I'll see you all later.
Just flagging through here to say - will be here today, gone tomorrow.
100% ice and snow tonite and tomorrow - getting too advanced in age and longevity to need to come into work during that mess. So will plan to take a day off tomorrow and leave the skating to the youngsters that don't mind. And yes, I will send it east, so enjoy!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
yeah matts school is closed today and if we get what mookie gets today he'll be closed again tommorow.
cw thanks for breakfast.
....This elongated ice, sleet, freezing rain pattern stretching from the southwest on across to Michigan and points east, is really staying with us...Such a steady weather pattern, seems unusual. Also the type of weather seems unusual. Hope the Winter pattern has not changed over to this.....This kind of stuff REALLY spells trouble to anywhere it passes.
So far, we've been lucky. Temp has not varried over 3 or 4 degrees here for days and fortunately, we seem to be on the very southern fringe of it as it passes. Right now {again}, the temp is: 34.5. Seems it's been there for days.
Min. freezing here so far....Hardly any on streets and or roads. Same for wires....and I'm thankful for that as this is a 100% electric home. Did have some on top of the little snow we have...and on our mail box, I noted it yesterday morning. Haven't been out to the mail box yet this morning but doesn't look like we got any precip during the night.
So hope everyone can ride it out until this system breaks up and the pattern changes.
Mookie, just stay in, and stay warm tomorrow! You'll definitely be SAFER that way!!
I've warmed up everything left from Sunday Dinner yesterday, and it's ready and waiting on the warmer bar. There's plenty, so if anyone wants to take containers home for your supper tonight, have at it!! (And there will probably be enough left over for supper tonight here in the Diner, as well. If not, I'll fix something else for supper. Maybe thin rib eye steaks and some sauteed mushrooms & onion?!?!
It's still around 50 degrees around here, so far the "Nasty Stuff" is missing us. (for now)
Just rain, semi warm temps. in the forecast for the next several days.
(the way the maps look, we may be catching up on the earlier rainfall deficit
for here, know some of the southern states could really use this.)
I'm sure Millie has a set of chains, but could Madam LaMook use a set for herself?!
( may have to put an extra letter in the mail to Santa)
locomutt wrote: I'm sure Millie has a set of chains, but could Madam LaMook use a set for herself?!
I DO have chains! But since I doubt I will venture out until Wed - they are safe in the closet until them.
I have ear pods, ear muffs, 2 sets of chains, boots, 3 winter coats, mittens - several - everything but a line running from the back door to the garage that The Driver could hook me to - rappel to the garage....
See you on Wed!
CW thanks for supper.matts anxious to do some work. going to have him help with presents.
Leftovers from lunch have been replenished on the warmer bar. Joe, you have an assortment in a couple of containers, for you to take to work tonight. A little bit of everything for you.
Supposedly, for the next 24 hours, we won't have any rain. Only a 20% chance during this time period. That would be nice: then, I don't have to worry about getting soaked, standing out in the morning, taking names for Produce.
Everyone have a good evening!!
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