Good afternoon everyone. (Grabs plate of roast beef with green bean, mashed potatoes and cole slaw )
By the way, did any of you experience problems surfing the Web today? Around 7:00 am PST his morning, I was having trouble accessing many web sites (they were either loading slowly or sometimes not at all. ). I think someone online said there may have been an Internet "backbone" problem causing the slow web surfing....
Larry, sounds like you've got a real good souvenir there! We've got sunshine here, now; so maybe we'll make it to the projected high of 49 this afternoon!
For our Sunday Dinner today:
Roast beef w/green beans, mashed taters & brown gravy, corn, your choice of cole slaw or garden salad, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/plenty of butter, and, for dessert, your choice of chocolate cake w/chocolate icing and homemade/baked apple cobbler w/ice cream (whatever flavor you want, that is in the freezer).
Enjoy your afternoon and your dinner, and take care.
Ray - that sounds good! Mom didn't like the price of bananas here last night, so we didn't get any, though.
Windy here today - starting to hear many wind related calls on the scanner.
Had to come to work to let a technician in. Then it's off for a little shopping and then back home. DIL acquired a flag that flew aboard AF1 on the recent mission to the desert and I can't find a frame for it, so I gotta build one.
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...
Good morning! I've been up for roughly an hour, and right now our temp here in Sioux Falls is roughly 18 degrees. It's supposed to warm up here to about 32 degrees this afternoon, quite a nice change compared to what it was like here a full week ago.
I had three over-ripe bananas on my kitchen counter last night, so I made myself a loaf of banana nut bread with two of them. The recipe that I used was once used by dining car chefs of the Northern Pacific Railway. I am letting it age a few days before I slice into it to eat it, but if anyone is interested here is the recipe:
1/3 C. shortening, 2/3 C. sugar, 2 eggs, 1 & 3/4 C. sifted flour, 2 & 3/4 tsp. baking powder, 1 C. mashed bananas, 1/2 c. chopped English walnuts, 1/2 tsp salt.*
*Salt is optional, and I don't use it in anything when I am baking.
Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Stir together flour, salt and baking powder. Add to creamed mixture alternately with mashed bananas, blending well with each addition. Stir in walnuts. Pour mixture into a well-greased 9" x 5" loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes. Remove from pan, cool completely on rack. Wrap and store overnight for full flavor. Makes 1 loaf.
Ray ooo ooo ooOOOOOo
"There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run, when the wild, majestic mountains stood alone against the sun, long before the white man and long before the wheel, when the green, dark forest was too silent to be real." -Gordon Lightfoot
morning
mother nature is still blowing here in nw ohio.tempratures are suppossed to be back to normal readings for the week .CW thanks for breakfast.
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").
Good Sunday morning, everyone. After setting a high temp for 12/27 yesterday, we're back down to 38 degrees this morning.
Johnny, your supper for last night sounds pretty good.
Mookie, got any more railroad jokes? I like them. (Maybe you and I can get into mischief together, what do you think?)
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate, hot cider and hot water for tea are ready. On the counter this morning: cinnamon rolls, bagels, bear claws, and muffins.
You all have a very good morning, be careful going out today (holiday travelers returning home, you know) , and I'll see you all later.
I found a Mudchicken joke: After surveying property along the New Hampshire and Maine border, some engineers decided the boundaries needed to be changed. So they stopped to tell a farmer that he was no longer in Maine but in New Hampshire. "Good," said the farmer. "I couldn't take another one of those Maine winters." *
And for Willy and me: "Just keep driving and when something changes, you know you are out of Nebraska!"*
Off to do mischief....
*Readers Digest
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Don't know if we set a record high today but it was nice outside.The wind has really picked up right now.Cw thanks for the pizza.met some old friends and made new friends.Please also welcome our great nephew Ean into the world.he weighed 9lbs 3 oz and was 21 inches long.Mamma and family doing fine.
cherokee woman Gee, I thought that all this time, it was northerners who talked funny: not us southerners. You mean to tell me I've heard wrong all my 56 years?!?! Oh well, on to our Saturday Night Pizza Fest: 1. Anchovie 2. Cheese w/extra cheese 3. Goetta 5. Hawaiian 6. Pepperoni/mushroom 7. Supreme 8. Italian sausage calzones Well, we set a record here in Louisville today: our new high is 71 degrees for this date. Winds gusted to 39 mph. Now, wonder what tomorrow will bring us.
Gee, I thought that all this time, it was northerners who talked funny: not us southerners. You mean to tell me I've heard wrong all my 56 years?!?!
Oh well, on to our Saturday Night Pizza Fest:
1. Anchovie
2. Cheese w/extra cheese
3. Goetta
5. Hawaiian
6. Pepperoni/mushroom
7. Supreme
8. Italian sausage calzones
Well, we set a record here in Louisville today: our new high is 71 degrees for this date. Winds gusted to 39 mph. Now, wonder what tomorrow will bring us.
Supper tonight--yours sounds good, but my wife would not go for it. We will have left over prime rib roast (she will eat that with me, though she prefers chicken, lamb, bacon (not ham), and fish).
Johnny
grampaw pettibone A salesman was driving through a small Texas town a few weeks ago and was taking in the scenery. In front of a church, he saw a manger scene. As he was admiring it, he noticed that three of the figures were wearing fire helmets. This bothered him no end, and he decided that he would eat lunch at the diner (!) and ask somebody about it. The waitress brought him a glass of water, and he asked her why the three figures were decked out in fire helmets. She advised him that he was totally ignorant of the bible, which plainly stated that the three wise men came from afar. Get it? A far. They were wearing far helmets. It's a joke son.
A salesman was driving through a small Texas town a few weeks ago and was taking in the scenery. In front of a church, he saw a manger scene. As he was admiring it, he noticed that three of the figures were wearing fire helmets. This bothered him no end, and he decided that he would eat lunch at the diner (!) and ask somebody about it. The waitress brought him a glass of water, and he asked her why the three figures were decked out in fire helmets. She advised him that he was totally ignorant of the bible, which plainly stated that the three wise men came from afar.
Get it? A far. They were wearing far helmets.
It's a joke son.
kinda like seeing a bar fixin to run from a far about to eat far away anything that gets in its way cause he recons it's cooked hot & he's hungry
PL
Southern people have never learned how to speak proper english. I once had friends who lived down in Louisiana who I thought spoke rather funny. I don't know were they are today and I kind of miss them!
Ray
Tom:
Jimmy Carter talked about "all" - black gold.....
Gotta love those accents!
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)
.....Partly sunny with low flying clouds...{must be fog}, just flying by, headed north....Higher light fluffy stuff almost stationary. Winds to match all the excesses here this morning.....Temps now in mid 60's...! Looks like we might top our high record for today...{67}. A formula for nasty weather if everything meets and mixes correctly. But mostly sunny right now.
Quentin
Tom, you give me reason to want to be back in the Upcountry–warmer than it is here, but I could do without the icestorms we had when I was growing up.
It’s still cold here; in the low twenties this morning. Not much snow fell yesterday after we got the sidewalks and driveways cleared off, but this morning I will go out and clear my driveway apron off again, for a nasty snow plow came by and put chunks of ice and snow onto it (this is not at all unusual). Most of the streets and highways are now open since the snowstorm has moved on.
CNW 6000Supervisory Contractor, coffee mug in hand
..........Ah, that fits.
Modelcar MookieOff to watch the Driver as he cleans the basement! This is where I get to play contractor J.....Sounds like you may not be the "hands on" type contractor.
MookieOff to watch the Driver as he cleans the basement! This is where I get to play contractor
J.....Sounds like you may not be the "hands on" type contractor.
Supervisory Contractor, coffee mug in hand!
42 and foggy today. I wonder if CN will be moving much this morning, guess I'd better go check!
Misty had her first ultrasound yesterday. Pretty neat to see the little one, only 6 cm long! Neat and scary....but good scary! LOL!
Dan
Wow, one week back we awoke to -9F with -35F wind chills and TODAY we awoke (albeit a little later than normal) to +50F and THUNDER STORMS which are melting the snow and ice VERY QUICKLY...actually much too quickly as it is causing flash flooding around here today and tomorrow. Sometimes you simply can't win for trying!
CW - I have read before bed since I was a kid and that is the best relaxer there is. Or have a really good movie on tv - one that you are dying to see the end and - yep - sound asleep until the credits.
Tree - safe trip home!
Joe - they have overpassed as much of the main line here as they possibly can. We are starting to look like LA. But - it is something new to watch. We have a spot where we can watch the bridge construction and the trains at the same time. Wouldn't that be a job - a contractor and a train watcher!!! Wow!
Q - we lost most of our snow thru melting yesterday. Colder today but no snow forecast. I sure enjoyed the 62 yesterday. Why can't the whole winter be 62 and the summer about 78. That would make us a perfect living spot - no forest fires, no mudslides (you can't slide too far on flat land), no earthquakes, no hurricanes and the tornadoes seem to always miss us. No excitement, so we live longer than most areas.
I have the new Readers Digest - found an article about state jokes. I will have to remember to bring it upstairs and share it with some of you. It is pretty funny. I think the Minnesota one has been on here before.
Off to watch the Driver as he cleans the basement! This is where I get to play contractor!
......Weather seems to be almost upside down again.....57 degrees here right now and headed for 66....Our record is 67. Friends down in north central Florida are complaining of 80 degree heat...Overcast skies here and a lot of it is moving fast and appears to be fog. Rain at times is forecast here today. And a possibliliy of strong weather in the area {like spring}, but believe that is a bit southwest of us....
Looking to be a decent drive back - mild temps all the way, with some rain enroute. I can deal with that. I like snow, but not when it affects road conditions.
Gotta get the truck packed. Now that the baby is up, I don't have to worry about the dogs barking and waking her up.
Sing along! On the road again!.....
Good morning all yalls. 47 degrees and fog in Carolina headed for 74 and partly cloudy later. Thanks for breakfast and everybody stay safe
Good Saturday morning, everyone. Joe, thanks for making the coffee and juice, and hot chocolate; and bringing in doughnuts! That menu sounds very, very good this morning.
RJ, it's good to see you were in last night. Hope you come back often: you don't have to wait until you're hungry to stop in here. Everyone is always welcome in here.
Mookie, it seems that now, whenever I pick up a book to read, I suddenly become very sleepy (and that's without having made any Sleepytime tea).
Joe, it's very warm here in Louisville this morning: 62 degrees (been that temp since I woke up about 3:30 this morning), going for a high of 70, maybe 71 degrees. Our record high for Dec. 27th is 69. So looks like we'll be setting a new record today.
You all have a great day, keep safe and take care. See everyone tonight for our pizza fest.
good morning
well its 50 degrees already here in nw ohio.we have a wind advisory plus a flood watch.heard the crews tell the westbounds to watch the US 24 crossing because of the fog last night.The relocation of 24 will take care of that as it will go over CSX by an overpass.Going to put on some boots and go watch some trains.Juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go.We also have some doughnuts brought in.
Good evening all! I got hungry and decided to stop in for a late dinner! I hope the kitchen is still open. :P A large cup of tea would make this brisk 5 degree night a bit warmer methinks!! Hope you all had a great Christmas and Santa was good to you all!
RJ
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mmm - Sleepytime - like I really need help in that area! I have a micro-switch placed so that when I sit down my eyes close...........
Mookie, here's a tissue for you. Would you also like a cup of tea? I have lemon zinger, Earl Grey, Sleepytime, and Peppermint, all herbal teas. Keep them on hand, for anyone who wants some, along with the regular teas.
Roy, Walt (Mutt) said to tell you "Thanks" for the recipe. He did get it. And, I thank you also. When we go to the grocery, I'll make sure to get some Italian dressing to use for the Snowshoe Chicken recipe! Can hardly wait to try it. Sounds really, really good!!
I got to hug a bird in a coat and boots - does that count?
Been a busy day here. Nose on a tirade! January thaw in December. 62 degrees today - 29 tomorrow. Never a dull moment weatherwise!
Did some much needed train watching! Saw 7 motors on the head end - and what looked to be a "clutter" of freight; car haulers, tankers, mt lumber cars, mt coal cars, and grain hoppers. It looked to me like one motor went out and cleaned out a lot of closets and came back with whatever no one wanted any more.
Talked to a friend after we left our watch site and he said we had just missed 8 motors headed into the yards. That's 15 motors going into the Lincoln yards this afternoon. Wonder if it will end up being a convention? Or if they are going to hide them in Wyoming?
Feel a sneeze coming on - anyone got a tissue?
Mook
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