PHOOEY!
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
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A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
Good Tuesday morning, everyone. Nice and cold here in KY. this morning. We have a temp downtown of 29 degrees, temps are in the low to mid 20s in the outlying areas. Really going to need to bundle up this morning for Produce.
Unlocking the closet door and letting Dan out. Dan, you sit down at one of the booths, and I'll get you some nice, hot, just-through-brewing coffee, glass of oj and breakfast.
On this morning's menu: turkey bacon, sausage patties, scrambled eggs, hash browns (or you can have tater tots), homemade buttermilk biscuits w/milk gravy and bits of sausage in it, bagels and bear claws.
Putting more chili in the Crock Pots to warm up for lunch. (Just in case I don't make it back from Produce in time.) And the Crock Pots are labeled Mild, Medium, and Hot, so you know which chili is which.
Everyone take care this morning, and stay warm.
morning
matt is delayed 2 hrs.main roads are fine but the backroads are slick.No one in the ditch that I saw.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time for a nap.Mookie here is your mug.
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").
Pager beat alarm clock by several minutes this morning - report of a car off the road. Fortunately our chief got there and found that it had been off the road for a while. Love my cell phone, but I wish people would refrain from calling in "accidents" unless they know they are truly an accident.
There were plenty of cars off the road and other such minor incidents this morning, and as I was headed for work on ice-covered roads, the fire dispatcher broadcast a lake effect snow advisory. Drove right into it. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad, so aside from running somewhat slower than usual, the trip was uneventful.
I'll be in the corner with the newswire, a bearclaw, and my tea.
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...
"Warm" is a 4 letter word today as it's 6 outside. Supposed to get more white stuff tomorrow, 1"-4" or 3"-6" depending on the station you catch. I guess Ms Moo told Ma Nature to keep that stuff up here!
I have a couple of "Irons in the fire" and am thinking of changing careers. Kinda scary but I think necessary. I've worked for the same company for almost 10 years now and have gone as far as I probably can unless someone dies or gets fired, neither of which I would wish for/count on. One of those irons has a lot to do with the topic of the magazine at the top of the page!
Dan
....Our area was subjected to 24 degrees a couple of hours ago and it's "warming a bit" since, but not very rapidly....We're being treated with very dry fluffly flakes floating down, but it's getting lighter now as I type. The weather system "wrap around" should be totally out of here by now, but this is no doubt just the last fringes of that system.
No winter tires on little truck yet....just the special sand bags in back behind the wheel wells, so must be careful. We'll leave the car in the sheltered space of the garage for now. Don't really have to go anyplace important except this afternoon have appoint. but that is just 2 miles away. Streets here froze last evening and produced some really slick spots according to neighbor who stopped in for a visit.
Since we're being told now we've been in a recession now for a year, I wonder if people will start to look out into next year sometime and have a little hope of seeing a turn around....Let's hope so.
Saw the CN RR president on MSNBC's Squawk Box financial program this morning and they were questioning him on what they have been able to do to cut expenses, etc.....He seemed to believe they were "weathering" the turn down as good as could be expected, etc....
............And would you believe, the sunshine just broke thru...Maybe there is hope ahead. The snow fluttering down is so dry it is just lazily falling to the ground. Still just minimum on the ground.
Quentin
Wow - I read the paper, wached 3 news channels and didn't get as much interest out of any of them as I did the diner.
I saw Tree's snow - also around great lakes (south). Wondered about anyone in that area.
So Dan came out of the closet and going to become a locomotive engineer? Just like real news services, we don't have all the facts, but we have enough to make a news story!
Q - don't you just love how the govt denied we were in a recession for all of 08 and we always thought we were, and come to find out, we were! (If it walks like a duck.....)
CW - I could use some chili and a hot water bottle. It will be hovering somewhere around 50 today with lots of sun, but I am chilled and need something warm. My personal hot water bottle is at work.
Jay - I think one of the best investments we ever made was our snow blower. And we rent. And our landlord cleans our walks and drive. But he is our age, has several properties and sometimes it is late in the day before he gets here. Work starts for the Driver at 6 am, so love the snow blower. Plus if Millie doesn't start, the snow blower is powerful enough it could drag you to work!
Off to find something....we are easily amused!
Mook
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Well Conductor would be a first stop. We'll see if anything develops.
MookieQ - don't you just love how the govt denied we were in a recession for all of 08
J.....Yes, they danced around that fact about as long as possible. I'm sure millions of citizens would have had the answer sooner....
ModelcarMookieQ - don't you just love how the govt denied we were in a recession for all of 08 J.....Yes, they danced around that fact about as long as possible. I'm sure millions of citizens would have had the answer sooner....
Personally, I think most of the government officials and probably half the U.S. citizens were in denial, that we were already in a recession.
The three different chilis are on the warmer bar, in pots labeled ' mild', 'medium' and 'hot'. There's also some more PB&J and grilled cheese sandwiches.
We only had about 60 people show up for Produce this morning. When I left to come back home, we had had 57, but I happen to know that several other people were just coming in.
Dan, good luck in becoming a railroad conductor. Are you trying for a freight train conductor? Do you have any passenger trains in your neck of the woods? (I honestly cannot remember if you have any passenger trains up there or not.)
You all have a good afternoon, and stay warm and keep safe!!
Freight CW...no PAX service up here!
It's a slowdown when your neighbor loses his job. It's a recession when you lose yours.
spokyone It's a slowdown when your neighbor loses his job. It's a recession when you lose yours.
SC Tom - what is going on with you? You sound disgruntled....
Mookie actually I am gruntled, not disgruntled. The Phooey was my editorial on life in general. Like Mel Brooks said, life stinks......
well in the words of ron white if life throws you lemons make lemonade..add something else you have a party!!! computers at work are causing us fits at the wrong time of year.Matt ended up being closed today.Cw thanks for supper time to get cleaned up and head for work.
Joe
Tom, sounds like you've had a really bad day today. Would a bowl of mild chili and a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches help you feel better? Or would something else help soothe you?
And speaking of the chili, I've heated some more of all three kinds, and put back out on the warmer bar. There are PB&J sandwiches on the counter, and I've got the grill heating for anyone who wants a grilled cheese sandwich (es).
After Produce this morning, I saw one of the ladies next door to our house, picking up small pine branches. I asked her if she was gathering kindling, and she replied in the affirmative. She also told me that she will be back, and get some of the pine needles, to take home. Said she puts down a layer of pine needles, then a layer of sweet potatoes, and repeats, until she has used all the pine needles and sweet potatoes. She said layering them between layers of pine needles keeps the sweet potatoes firm and they don't spoil. That is something I have never heard. I've heard of doing that with fresh vegetables and using straw, but never have heard of anyone using pine needles before. As the old saying goes, "Live and learn something new everyday."
Aw Tom - you can't be down too far - you always have us. And free good food! That makes you one lucky person!
grampaw pettibone Mookie actually I am gruntled, not disgruntled. The Phooey was my editorial on life in general. Like Mel Brooks said, life stinks......
Mr Tom: (I can call you that, because we are Gentlemen of a Southern Persuasion)
Presently 36 degrees F and clear in your part of Carolina with clear skys and a low of 30 tomorrow morning at about 6:00 AM. This comes with a high of 57 and lows tomorrow night of about 30. The sky will be Carolina Blue with good temps that are sure a lot better than here in the Piedmont. Besides your team did have a winning season (as did mine).
There's a quote form the ballad of Sir Andrew Barton I think that Germanicus would remember as well:
Fight on my me Sir Andrew Says, a little I'm hurt but yet not slain.I'll but lay me down and Bleed awhile then I will rise and fight again.
It ain't over till its over,
Roy
Good Wednesday morning, everyone. Not too bad around Louisville this morning. Here in the city, we have 35 degrees this morning at 7:08. Looking for a high of 54 today, with a slight chance of rain coming in sometime later this evening, and changing to snow between 5 and 8 a.m tomorrow.
Tom, I hope things are better for you this morning. You've got all kinds of good friends here in the Cafe; remember: we're here for you.
Coffee, orange juice, orange-tangerine juice, apple juice, hot water for tea, and hot cider are all ready for you all this morning.
You all enjoy breakfast, and have a very good morning.
On the breakfast bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage patties & links, scrambled eggs, hash browns, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/white gravy w/small pieces of sausage in it, bagels and bear claws, and fresh sliced pineapple.
calm start this morning.rain changing over to snow for tonight.going to be interesting going to work tonight.matt is on time and on the way to school today.Time for a nap.Mookie here is your coffee mug.
Thanx Joe - appreciate it.
PL - I felt better reading that and I am not even from or near the east coast. Unfortunately, we don't have the blue sky - but a gray one that is sending down a little frozen water. Being one that usually makes lemonade, however - I am sending it on to Iowa Brian in the form of frozen lemonade.
Mookiea gray one that is sending down a little frozen water
Thankfully, we don't have any of that winter foolishness this morning....Just blue sky and sunshine. 34 plus degrees presently. Not bad.
Tom....Our wish is for a better day today for you.
Watched the "Extreme Trains" last night....after the game. And the "game" results were richly rewarding....We beat the L A Lakers {our Pacers}, in the last fraction of a second playing time.....by one point...!!!! 117 to 116. Wow.
Good morning-
We got an inch of fresh snow here earlier this morning, and it's COLD here, with a temp of only 12 degrees. The wind is out of the SW and it makes it seem even colder than that, I heard over the radio that we have a wind chill factor of 2 or 3 degrees above 0. I am paying bills today and will leave home just long enough to walk 2 blocks to mail them, otherwise I'm not planning on going anywhere today.
I was supposed to have tomorrow off as well, but one of my co-workers got called up for jury duty, so I will be covering for him. This means I will have at least another 6 hours toward my next pay check.
I've got a couple pork chops thawing out on my kitchen counter and I plan to cook them in barbecue sauce in one of my crock pots along with a couple carrots and a couple small potatoes. Anyone care to join me for dinner tonight?
I hope the rest of you out there all have a good day. Stay warm!
Ray ooo ooo ooOOOOOo
Morning everybody. 35 and sunny in Carolina this morning. Thanks to all for the support. I am better this mornig, but still a tad down, but it will pass. Mookie, I think you are on to something there....
On the way out the door later this morning (have to work late tonight) with some errands to do first. Thanks for the cofee and the bear claw on the way out.
Hope the day is a good one for you Mr. Tom. I'm happy to answer you post at any time.
Have a great one folks,
PL
A bit late for work this morning - a woman slipped on the black ice in a driveway and took a trip to the hospital.
Gotta take the Dal to the vet this afternoon - he has a nodule on a hind leg and it's not going away by itself.
The tea and bearclaw were great....
Not as cold here as down south, by the sounds of it. Ten AM and it's 31 here...
2-4 of the white stuff scheduled for today. I'm going to bale tomorrow and head east for a long weekend in MD. By train. Maybe it will all melt while I am gone. Riiiight!
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
Mookie Unfortunately, we don't have the blue sky - but a gray one that is sending down a little frozen water. Being one that usually makes lemonade, however - I am sending it on to Iowa Brian in the form of frozen lemonade.
Unfortunately, we don't have the blue sky - but a gray one that is sending down a little frozen water. Being one that usually makes lemonade, however - I am sending it on to Iowa Brian in the form of frozen lemonade.
But it doesn't look yellow!
I've been sitting here at work this morning watching with amusement some construction workers out front- they're using a backhoe and a couple of bobcats, doing their best to finish up grading around a newly-poured sidewalk, in spite of the fact that the ground is frozen and has a couple of inches of snow on top of it, and more is being added every hour. It will be interesting to see how that sidewalk holds up next summer, considering the conditions it was poured in...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Brian, think it will be all 'cracked up' come summer time?!?! (I know: bad Paula, baaaadd Paula)
Just got home from making a trip to the grocery store. But I have lunch ready and on the warmer bar: It's Mexican Fiesta time:
1. Burritos (beef, beef & bean and beef enchilada style)
2. Tacos (hard shell and soft shell)
3. Quesadillas
4. Enchiladas
5. Fajitas
6. Spanish rice
7. Shredded lettuce w/minced onion and diced tomatoes
Desserts: The following cobblers: apple, blackberry, cherry and peach
You all have a very good afternoon, stay as warm as possible, and take care!!
Brian,Since you're from Iowa I would have thought you knew the cardinal rule of snow:If it's yellow, don't eat it!
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