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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:14 AM

sneaking in - took the early morning off to go to another diner with the Driver.

ssshhhh - Happy Anniversary to a certain fowl pair!  Many, many more, too!

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:54 AM

....Rain gauge in last 24 now = 1.35".  Cloudy and temp in low 50's.

On and off rain most of this week.  We of course need the rain but this is not as "nice" as last week's, 70 - 80's....

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:12 AM

Good Tuesday morning, everyone!  Well, our rain guage showed 4 inches of rain, since noon yesterday, when it started raining here.  My neighborhood, where I grew up, has gotten right at 5 inches.  Supposed to have rain, off and on, all day today.  

Lance, glad to have you back with us!!  

Larry, congrats on the little girl!!  Bet Grandpa will spoil her  rotten!!  

Dan, you must have read my mind, for a meal today:  I was planning on putting beef stew on in the Crock Pot!!  Thank you for taking care of it!!  I'll put the cornbread on, around 10:45, so it'll be ready, when the stew is.  

Went for my second visit for the outpatient PT yesterday.  After all the exercises were over, they added electricity to the ice pack yesterday.  Was only supposed to feel a tingle, but I was actually feeling pain.  I managed to withstand the pain, until I only had a couple of minutes left of the treatment.  So my therapist said that was good.  

Hope everyone has a good day, also hope everyone getting rain, stays as dry as possible.  At least it isn't storming, just a nice steady rain, sometimes coming down moderately heavy.  

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:35 AM

good morning

dan that stew smells great already.rainy day here in nw ohio.good day for sleeping.

good night.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Railfan1 on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:26 AM

Sounds great. I've really missed all of the great cooks around here.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:24 AM

Glad to have you around!

I'll get the crockpot going with some stew for lunch.  Cubed steak, taters, corn, carrots, and home made broth.  So thick you can eat it with a spoon.  The aroma of this stuff should keep people in here all day!

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Posted by Railfan1 on Monday, October 22, 2007 4:15 PM
Hi everybody, I'm back. I had to be absent for a while due to technical troubles. I've got so much to catch up on. It's good to be back.
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, October 22, 2007 3:05 PM
 Modelcar wrote:

....I have a little digital I carry in my little run around truck, and would you believe it was still laying beside the computer here from when I downloaded some shots this weekend...

Never fails huh......

Pretty much that's the case.  When you see something neat you don't have batteries, or the camera itself!  The last one I missed was a trio of patched SP units on the CN in town.  I realized what the engines were and raced to get ahead of them.  Got there in time, jumped out and realized the batteries were almost dead.  I had enough juice to turn the camera on and then they died.....Banged Head [banghead]

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, October 22, 2007 1:57 PM

quentin

I heard this year that indiana arts train had pictures of how the railroads affected the civil war.Tree congrats to you and the kids.just tell them the first one comes when it wants the rest take 9 months.yard is mowed and checked the downspouts.almost time to get matt of the bus.

stay safe

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, October 22, 2007 1:31 PM

....I have a little digital I carry in my little run around truck, and would you believe it was still laying beside the computer here from when I downloaded some shots this weekend...

Never fails huh......

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, October 22, 2007 1:14 PM
Sounds neat.  No pics?

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, October 22, 2007 1:13 PM

....Driving back home from in town Muncie in the past hour, and stopped for a train by the "trade school"...and on the Frankfort line of NS, we were first in line and the first 3 or 4 brand new special enclosed cars, pretty long ones...painted a maroon color with big white lettering "Indiana Historic Train"....So they must be set up to carry the historic story {of Indiana}, to wherever.  Cars were long but not the extra height of the big volume box cars, etc.....They were headed west.

They looked brand new, so possibly not in use yet.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, October 22, 2007 12:53 PM

Congrats Tree!  May all go as well as it can for all involved.

Time for soup...where's my bowl.....

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, October 22, 2007 12:21 PM

Congratulations Tree!  Does that make you a Grandma?

And we can name her Denise for all the aunts and uncles in the diner and if they ever have a boy - Denephew!

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, October 22, 2007 11:34 AM

And this just in from the son -

It's (going to be) a girl!  Not due until March, but through the magic of modern medicine...

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, October 22, 2007 11:20 AM
Sounds like a great place to watch Mookie.  All I usually get is the CN and if I'm lucky the WSOR.  Sometimes 1-2 TPH, sometimes 9-10 TPH.  If I feel adventurous I can go to Fond du Lac and try to watch there in the yard but that's dependent on if the crews are in a bad mood.  Sometimes they call the NFDL PD even if we're way off property.  Lately they've been pretty touchy but with a pedestrian killed recently and a tractor also hit recently near there I can understand why.

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, October 22, 2007 10:16 AM
 grampaw pettibone wrote:

Mookie, it must be nice to have all that watching opportunity. Here, we have the CSX A line, which is active after dark, but kinda sparse during daylight.

Tom - we really do have a spectacular place to watch.  It is private property, but the people are so nice about just driving around us - and are closed on weekends, so that's when we go there.  It sits just literally feet from 6 tracks - which run into and out of our yard.  And they tell us they run about 100 trains through there in a day's time - so we see usually at least 10-15 - depending on how long we can sit there.  If they put in a porta-potty and lunch counter, people would live there!  (no - I am getting to old to start a new business....)

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, October 22, 2007 8:22 AM

Good Monday morning, to one and all!  Well, will be getting ready in a few, for my next physical therapy session.  Appointment is at 11:00; but I've got soup going in the Crock Pots, so you will have lunch today:  in one is vegetable beef soup, and in the other is minnestrone (sp?)  There is also cornbread ready to go in the oven, if one of you could pop it in the oven for me.  

Sounds like everyone had a good weekend.  Supposed to get some rain, around 4or 5 this afternoon, going through the night.  You all have a great day, take care, and see you later this afternoon.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, October 22, 2007 7:46 AM

Good morning all. CW, sorry I missed out on that cheesecake. I had a situation here and had to have spagettios instead. Nowhere close to cheesecake, but that's life I guess. Mookie, it must be nice to have all that watching opportunity. Here, we have the CSX A line, which is active after dark, but kinda sparse during daylight. I don't have a clue about breakfast. Most likely, it will just be pot luck with emphasis on the pot.... Have a great day

Tom

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, October 22, 2007 7:18 AM

mookie

we saw vehicles from new york and missouri on our train watching mission in fostoria.matt had grandpas special breakfast this morning.hes all set for school.will be mowing later this afternoon after a nap.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, October 22, 2007 7:08 AM

I missed telling Tree to plant me some gladiolas over.......there, will be fine.  With our eternally good weather here in the diner, they can bloom year round. 

I read a series of books that have Grandma going to viewings just to eat the cookies and peek in the "box".  When I am really old, I will go just to look at the gladiolas! (and eat the cookies!)

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, October 22, 2007 7:04 AM

 

....Morning J:   I really wish the authorities would take a look at those vehicles for safety reasons....They are a full size van, and then to make the 15 pass. size vehicle they simply added a section back behind the rear wheels...{of course I'm talking about at the factory}.

Unfortunately, they are used by churches, Universities...etc., so young people generally are involved.  Bad situation.

I personally think they are not a stable vehicle when fully loaded with humans...!

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, October 22, 2007 6:11 AM

Q - had one of those big vans blow a tire north of Lincoln.  Church group - many seriously injured.  They are dangerous!  Plus this one had bad tires and was just an accident waiting to happen. 

MC - Early Xmas?  A white Halloween?

Saw the usual trains this weekend - at least the railroad is still running nicely.  Also saw a vehicle from Idaho and New Mexico at watch site.  Wonder if they read the forum or it was by word-of-mouth or just accidental.  They got a good show at any rate.

Nap in order.  Big nap! 

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:00 PM

.....Just a bit of local news:  Terrible accident over on I 69 this afternoon.  One of those 15 pass. vans....{always read they were unstable}, crossed the median, and the result was 5 people died.  Saw helicopters flying over yet this evening after dark.  Not sure their mission, but probably something about the tragedy.

About a year ago there were fatalities in another van accident no too distant from this one resulting in several deaths....

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:39 PM

Still here.

Big day tomorrow, son and DIL (and the rest of us) find out whether it's a grandson or a granddaughter....

Not much interest from me on the whirled serious - my team's not in it.  My son-in-law in certainly doing his share of praying for Boston, however.

Mid 70's here today - I managed to get the whole of the front flower bed dug up and the bulbs extracted, and just under half of it replanted (same bulbs, just re-arranged).  I may be looking for more places to plant bulbs, though - those danged things just keep multiplying!  Wish I was better at identifying them, too.  Should be an interesting flower bed next season....

Of course, all that work's gotten my appetite on overtime, so I'll be over in the corner....

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, October 21, 2007 4:19 PM

Cw that works for me for supper tonight at work.busy day after church.alot of farmers are out getting the corn off.after monday highs in the 50's.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:05 PM

I wish we had that up here...

CW I'll eat almost anything today or rummage around until I can find something that looks interesting.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:04 PM

Okay, since no one gave me any suggestions for Sunday Dinner, here is what I've come up with:  

Meat loaf w/mashed taters and gravy; fried chicken, fried pork chops; green beans, biscuits and white gravy; corn, mashed potatoes, and if anyone doesn't want biscuits, there are also some dinner rolls.  

Desserts today:  chocolate cake, pumpkin pie, apple pie, cherry pie, and strawberry cheesecake.  

Hope today's menu is to everyone's liking, and hope you all enjoy!!

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Posted by Limitedclear on Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:03 PM
 mudchicken wrote:

Better the Whirled Serious waited until next week. It has started to snow in Denver (and it was 80 degrees six hours ago) ...Looking at up to six inches by tomorrow night.

Hot Chocolate anyone?

Sigh [sigh] Gettin' the ski wax out. Puttin' the "Mr. Zogs" away for the season...

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, October 21, 2007 10:04 AM

The tourism, travel & ski resort people are going to be eating this up, especially if the national audience football game sees this tonight.

3-4 inches of the white stuff at 9AM, the dogs are out romping & rolling in it and it's still coming down heavy. The weatherman's predictions were a little on the low side? (somewhere in Omaha there's a snicker and a few guffaw's coming out of Willy's house...)

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west

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