Whew! Am I tired: had 71 people show up for Produce this morning. Had 20 waiting for me, when I went up there at 8:00! Nice crowd, and nice produce today: cabbage, cauliflower, naval oranges, greens, celery, and russett potatoes.
Anyone about ready for TUESDAY MEXICAN FIESTA? Everything's just about ready to go on the warmer bar: beef & bean burritos, beef burritos, tacos, enchiladas, tamales, Spanish rice, etc.
Mookie and Tom, glad you're enjoying the rockers we brought in! And I even have a space heater by the window, so you can stay warm, while you're watching the trains go by!!
The lady who is in charge of the Center got there at 9:00, so only had to stand/sit out in the cold for an hour, and the Produce Truck showed up at 9:40, so that wasn't too bad. Most of the people piled out of their vehicles, when the door was unlocked. Imagine they decided to save on gasoline, and come inside the warm building.
Everything is now on the warmer bar, so head on over, and fill your plates. (If you're half frozen, I'll fix your plates, and bring them to your booth, table, or the counter, wherever you are sitting.
Message From:The Cook
Grampaw - if you don't mind a little frost bite - I have the perfect spot! Right next to the right-of-way. In the summer, with the car windows down, the trains are close enough to effect the wind when it is blowing. Ah....very nice!
Mutt - beagle to go please! (with cream cheese!)
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
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)
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Probably ought to get the snowblower out of storage and make sure it runs...
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...
Joe - I know. I heard from De Nephew in CA - 60 degrees and going up. Whine & Cheeze!
Our city licenses all cats and dogs. They drive better than most of the people.
Grampaw - you can sit with me - I am a Grammaw. CW got us some good rockin' chairs.....
morning
mookie here is your coffee.my brother was whining in a email that florida was getting lows in the 50s.well we got an 800 number for him.been real busy at work.as for MC hes hiding out in some holler somewhere i'm sure.after todays nap need to go downtown and buy a dog tag.13 years we have had sunflower.maybe i can see if they have cat tags too.(some counties in ohio do now).
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").
to quote a famous oracle - "yawn".....think a little cup of coffee will help that out. Need to roll out my cup - the one that looks like a barrel and has a lid on it.
Anyone seen Sir Muddy? Wonder where he is hiding?
Nice day today - in the 50's and I have to do a little Xmas shopping. Not a lot, just a little. Would rather go watch trains, but can't do both and be home before dark. (I think there is a movie title in there somewhere)
Guess I will wait in the hammock until Joe gets here to fill my cup for me.
Good Tuesday morning all! Nice and cold here in Louisville this morning, temp is right around 31, 32 in our downtown area, in the upper 20s in the outlying areas. Think I should bundle up real good this morning, for TUESDAY PRODUCE.
Coffee has just finished brewing, fresh oj, oj/tangerine, and pineapple juice are ready, as well as the hot chocolate and hot water for hot tea.
On the warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage patties, hash browns, scrambled eggs, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, oatmeal, grits, and cream of wheat.
You all have a good morning, and I'll see you whenever I get through with TUESDAY PRODUCE.
cherokee woman wrote: Gee Joe, Mamma and I must have been on the same wave length: chili is what I've fixed for supper tonight, here in the Diner. Mild, Medium and Hot. And they're all marked on the warmer bar, so no one gets hot when they want mild, or whatever. Plenty of crackers to go with the chili, and there's grilled cheese sandwiches and pb&j sandwiches to go with your chili.
Gee Joe, Mamma and I must have been on the same wave length: chili is what I've fixed for supper tonight, here in the Diner. Mild, Medium and Hot. And they're all marked on the warmer bar, so no one gets hot when they want mild, or whatever. Plenty of crackers to go with the chili, and there's grilled cheese sandwiches and pb&j sandwiches to go with your chili.
Good late evening everyone, and thanks for the chili! (Grabs bowl of mild chili with crackers)
Keep the "comfort food" coming!
Got containers made for you, Joe, for work tonight. And Lance, too, if he's still around here. Haven't heard from him for awhile. Hope he's o.k.
afternoon
chilly here this afternoon.mamma is making chili for supper tonight.its mild so if you want a bowl come on over.
Mookie wrote:I bought a cake mix to make a chocolate cake to bring in - ate the cake mix - box and all......Welllll - the picture looked really good.....
I bought a cake mix to make a chocolate cake to bring in - ate the cake mix - box and all......
Welllll - the picture looked really good.....
Just so long as you didn't eat a box of "Frosted Flakes"!! (Tony the Tiger ain't got nothing on you!!)
Are you sure(?) that you want to recind the order for nothing?
Candles and extra fire extingushers are already in the mail, am having to work very hard
to get the extra firefighters on their way. (seems dispatch had to call an "all hands" to
get them there.)
(they are coming by train, so be watching your favorite place.)
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!!
Sorry Mookie: like Matt, there's something already in the mail, headed your way. But, you know, we will be here in the Diner Friday! Thursday, I'll be baking a fresh supply of chocolate cakes, along with some other baking and cooking. Speaking of cooking, here's today's menu:
1. leftover meat loaf, mashed taters w/gravy, shelly beans, etc., from Sunday Dinner
2. hamburgers w/sauteed onion, relish, cheese and whatever you'd like on your burger
Currently, we have 36 degrees outside, with a very nice breeze. But, the sun is shining (even though it's not warming anything or anyone up outside).
Hope everyone has a good afternoon, and I'll see ya in a little bit.
....Our temp dropped rapidly from yesterday afternoon to overnight and into the mid 20's this morning. But we're high and dry here this morning. 26.1 here right now.
No snow produced here with any of the fast moving storm over the weekend. Threat of some snow flurries later this week.
Quentin
And here is my pic of my sister's new van, taken just before the weather got really bad on Saturday, just north of Madison,WI
If you look up "miserable" in the dictionary, you'll find our weather here last night and today as the definition. Yuk! The drive home last night in freezing rain, snow, and who knows what else - it was a slow go, and late, tired, etc. As I walked in from the parking lot, it was a near downpour.
Not that working the train this weekend was any better. Windy, sleet, freezing rain, slick platform, you name it. But the kids (and the adults) all have a ball, and that's why we do it. Our crew had to do some switching, which I luckily didn't have to help with. I helped put away a locomotive we borrowed on Friday - in the wind, snow, and cold, and found that it's really hard to say "twenty-four fifty-six" when your jaw as about frozen solid. I commented about it the next day, and one of the other crew members came in from the switching and said - "you know, you were right!"
I'll be back down there next weekend....
CSX made a pickup at Utica while we were doing some early prep work on Sunday. The conductor was suitable dressed for the mess outside, but the engineer was cozy in the cab, wearing a polo shirt....
mookie
uh well he might be from ohio but he is at LSU right now.... our thermommeter went up and down real quick yesterday and last night.a couple of young maples lost some branches in our woods next door because of the wind.glad we took care of some other trees earlier last summer.as for the big event coming up its too late mookie.matt has sent you something in the mail already!!!.its also nice to have so many firefights on standby when we do light the candles on your cake.
First things first - Willy, our condolences on your grandfather to both you and your parents.
2nd - I will now sing a rendition of a favorite Christmas song: "O Christmas TREE, O Christmas TREE! How messy is thy weather?" I couldn't resist! We got mostly cold temps, very little ice overall and just a miserable weekend. BLAH!
Joe - welcome to Nebraska. Our new head football coach is from Ohio State! Now we are getting somewhere!
I think the southeast got some rain finally. Need to hear from some people in that direction to make sure.
And the northwest -
OK - big week here - lots of mail in my slot, so will have to get busy early if I want to leave before dark.
NO CARDS......use the diner! It is the best way and then I can share with all. (For those wondering - I celebrate Pearl Harbor Day each year. It is my patriotic duty to light some candles to remember the day!) (There - try to wiggle out of that one CW/Mutt and Joe.)
Moo!
Good Monday morning, all! Nice and windy, and cold here this morning. Wind chill makes it feel like 21 outside. Brrrrrrrrr!!
Larry, thanks for the link! Very good video clip!
Coffee is ready, hot chocolate and hot tea are coming up. All the regular hot food items are out on the warmer bar, including the bagels and bear claws.
Hope you all have a great morning, and that you are all safe and sound!!
Modelcar wrote: ....Tree: Is that a station in the video.....? Very nice looking building. Looks like marble. Looks like a RR station should look. Too bad more of them don't.
....Tree: Is that a station in the video.....? Very nice looking building. Looks like marble. Looks like a RR station should look. Too bad more of them don't.
Utica Union Station. Still used by Amtrak, also houses government offices, a restaurant, several small shops, offices and gift shop for ASRR, and Greyhound. Kudos to the county for doing a superior job on restoring it to its former glory.
The meatloaf was fantastic as usual, along with the other things.
Q, we had a bit more than 10 min. of hard rain here. I looked at our rain
guage, and we got about a 1/2" in about 25 min. You are very correct about
it not being s@$w. It was still very warm then, (about 58 deg.) now down to
45 degrees at this posting.
Sacto Guy, the decaf sounds good, better than original suggested.
I've sort of just given up coffee period.......as it keeps me awake no
matter if it's got has caffeine in it or not;
although watching the BSC BS will put me to sleep in a hurry.
I'd much rather sit and watch trains, or train videos with a beer close
at hand. (at home, of course...if I can't watch trains, I hope I have a book
or magazine about them.)
locomutt,
Okay, forget about the hot toddy. How about a big mug of decaf coffee instead?
They're still going to need something to calm them down given what a mess the BCS system has become....
...Meatloaf, sliced tomatoes, rolls...sound good.
Storm update: At 5 pm we had about 10 min. of extremely hard rain....Good it was still warm and didn't receive that in snow. Check the radar {weather in motion}, on XP to see what just passed over us.
SactoGuy188 wrote: cherokee woman wrote: Meat loaf w/mashed taters, gravy, and shelly beans, corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, biscuits/and or crescent rolls, whichever you want, macaroni & cheese. I'll take that for dinner! But still, the hot toddy for any involved in the BCS voting still stands.
cherokee woman wrote: Meat loaf w/mashed taters, gravy, and shelly beans, corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, biscuits/and or crescent rolls, whichever you want, macaroni & cheese.
Meat loaf w/mashed taters, gravy, and shelly beans, corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, biscuits/and or crescent rolls, whichever you want, macaroni & cheese.
I'll take that for dinner! But still, the hot toddy for any involved in the BCS voting still stands.
Be very careful about promoting the "Hot Toddy", as original owner had requested
that all alcoholic beverages remain at home.
[due to the fact that underage patrons frequent this establishment.]
As far as picking the BCS, I'd rather stay in my recliner, looking out the window
watching trains........maybe I'll take a sip or two of my beer.
.....We really lucked out on the big storm moving across the country. Missed almost all of it here. Reports of a little sleet before dark last evening but I didn't see any. So must have been rather light. Then it started to warm up and by the time I went to bed, it was in the 40's.
Today, just a bit of light rain at times....very light. So we missed all of the snow activity of this system. Very lucky. Now, it is in the low 50's.
Well, we're not getting any rain at the moment; a little bit ago, it was a light drizzle. Dan, good to know that you got fiancee to work safely, and was able to pull the lady's van out.
Now, time to post the SUNDAY DINNER menu:
And for dessert: German chocolate cake and mince meat bars.
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