Good afternoon, folks. Well, it's good to see you back, Jess. I'm glad to know that you all fared well during the ice storm up your way.
We only had 27 people at Produce this morning. They brought: cole slaw mix, bags of sausage gravy, bananas, potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Here is the menu for the rest of the day:
1. Chipotle Tomato Soup
2. Cheesy quesadillas
3. Tacos
4. Burritos: beef & bean, beef, and beef enchilada style
5. Enchiladas
6. Chimichangas
7. South of the border Snapper
8. Black beans & rice
Today is definitely not a day to be outside around here. Raining now, and I think it's freezing rain. But, at least everyone driving by the house, seem to be driving safely.
Hello My Friends,
I'm still out here.
Having been without power due to the ice storm I've been off line foir a while but everything is back on and I hope to catch up on some past posts.
Sorry if I haven't gotten back to some folks here, I've had my hands full with trying too keep the house warm for my Wife who is disabled.
I managed to keep her and the dog warm and keep supplies and dry wood in the home.
It has been a hard storm on everyone I know in the New England area.
When I returned too work as an EMT we spent the whole shift doing welfare checks on the elderly and I'm happy to say that we had no deaths on our check list like the last ice storm.
We are grateful for the electricity being back on, life is much easier now.
I hope and pray that everyone here has their electricity too stay warm with.
Peace and best wishes too all.
Jess.
Good Tuesday morning, and welcome to the cold zone. Mookie, here's your coffee! I've also got the juice ready, along with hot chocolate, hot cider and hot water for hot tea.
On the warmer bar: oatmeal, toast, bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy.
Cannonball, good to hear from you. Glad to know you got the card.
Well, we managed to bite the bullet here in the Metro Louisville area. Our streets are clear, and the kiddos have school today. But, if we still lived out in Bullitt County, the schools are closed there. They have about a quarter inch of freezing rain & sleet under the snow they got. We may get more here, later, around mid morning in our area. But the temp is in the low 20s, with wind chills in the teens.
Guess I'd better start getting ready for Tuesday Produce. I'm almost surprised that there aren't any cars parked out front yet.
You all enjoy your breakfast, and I'll see you all later.
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CW &Walt , got your xmas card today from snail mail. Also got Snowdog EMail. The Statue is very touching, since we are a military family , ( Navy) . The bad weather I mentioned the other day has hit here in Malfunction Jct. . A nasty crash happned on I 40 e/o Flag. , glad I called off on the ABQ. Frt. haul this week end. Still cant' send e mail yet. See ya later Cannonball
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CW, thanks for supper. It actually got rather nice here after the rain stopped. I think it got up to around 73 or so, but it won't last. Storms is comin, just wait. Had a quack visit today, and he didn't like what he saw in my eye, so I got hustled over to the eye clinic. There, they found that when I had pink eye, I also had shingles on my eyeball, and that's where the current discomfort is coming from. Tomorrow shall be barber day, the wife has decreed, just cause I am getting a simian look about me. Some people are never satisfied.... Cheers
Tom
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A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
Well, we're already down to about 27 to 29 degrees here in Louisville. Just got back in from taking the dog (Winter) out, so she could do her business, and it's COLD!!
So. . . . I've heated up the chili and the soup and cornbread, and have put it out on the warmer bar for tonight. Also made up some more PB&J sandwiches and as you all want them, I'll grill some grilled cheese sandwiches.
Joe, there are containers in the fridge, with your name on them, so just take your pick for work tonight.
afternoon
well the cold air has arrived.tommorow afternoon we get a mixed bag from mother nature.Cw thanks for supper.time to help matt with his homework.
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").
MookieMy solution is to stick him in bed headfirst and solve a whole array of problems. (snoring, cold shoulders, stick feet out because too hot
......Now that really is high power {yours}, and high tech cure....If that window is on his side....don't forget those plastic window supliments we talked about back a week or two ago.....
Boy, couldn't handle having the heat vents shut off....Believe our bedroom thermostat is set at around 68.
Quentin
Q - I have gone thru 2 electric blankets and 1 electric throw. They all failed either in or right after the first year. I got tired of trying to have them fixed, so just use them as blankets. I loved them, but The Driver always turned his side off. Now he is complaining about his shoulders being cold (it is draftier on his side of the bed)
My solution is to stick him in bed headfirst and solve a whole array of problems. (snoring, cold shoulders, stick feet out because too hot.....)
rvos1979 Q, I thought the first day of winter was the 21st?
Q, I thought the first day of winter was the 21st?
Randy: I'm not talking about the first day of winter....I'm saying, today is the day when the sun does not set earlier, in fact it sets one minute later and continues to set later to Jun. 21th. {Here in my part of the world}.
The 21st of Dec. is considered {in this northern territory}, the first day of winter and in daylight hours....the total minimum of daylight, considering when the sun sets and sunrise times.
Sunrise occurs later until about the 2nd week in January when it too starts to rise earlier, and hence adds to more daylight hours in each day.
But the 21th of December, using sunset and sunrise times, totals out to have the least daylight hours in the calendar year.
J.....You might cure bedroom temp by using a dual control electric blanket....A control for each side. But one word of caution....{we did it years ago}, don't get the controls mixed up.......That got pretty funny.
Ms Mook - I'll be dealing with that whole temp thing while Mom's here. I turn the heat down at night and snuggle into my waterbed. The upstairs is notoriously cooler, but I have a small electric heater and an electric blanket for her to use. Plus, I'll be kicking the heat up a few degrees and leaving it there during her visit. After she leaves we'll get back to normal...
The humidity is also a problem - the house gets very dry in the winter, which doesn't do me any good, but she'll probably be just fine. The humidifier will be running, none the less. One thing I hate about my visits to Phoenix is the dryness.
She called this AM - apparently the wx forecast for Wednesday (when she flies in to SYR) is spooking her. They're calling for some mixed precip but no major weather, from what I can see. Shouldn't be an issue.
Finally figured out how to fix a problem I've been dealing with, so no I have to go out and use the fix...
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...
Think our light rain has switched to a light drizzle; but temps are dropping. At 12:46, we're down to 35 degrees, and it is very windy outside. Some schools (though not our JCPS) are shutting down two hours early, so the kids can all be home, before the really bad stuff gets in. Temp will be about 28 by 5 p.m., and about 25 by 8 p.m. tonight.
I have fixed the following for the rest of the day:
1. A fresh pot of chili (very mild) with your choice of PB&J or grilled cheese sandwiches
2. Another fresh pot of navy bean soup w/ham and cornbread
I figured with just about all of us either in or going into the freezer, temp and windchill wise, something like this menu would help keep us all nice and warm.
You all have a good afternoon, enjoy your lunch, and please take care traveling or walking outside; and keep safe out there, too!!!!
Ah! Must talk fast to cover all this ground.
Q is right - we aren't at the winter solstice, but if I remember from last year - according to the Old Farmers Almanac - the times show that we will start gaining a minute or however it goes. OFA is different from solstice is where I am going with this.
(if this continues, I won't get through all my thoughts!)
In-laws.....Be there for your spouse. Keep your mouf shut and just show your pearly whites. And try to remember that the love of your life is the product of at least one or maybe both of these people, so they can't be 100% bad - altho it do make you wonder sometimes.
Randy - I like your solution.
Sir Chix - we are not quite as cold as you are - we are -3 but very sunny. You have had more snow and colder temps than we have. So until it warms up, I am shutting the door at the border.
All you folks east - good luck! It's coming and it ain't purty.
Driver was going to sleep in a sweatshirt last nite, so I opened the heat vent in the bedroom. He was snuggly warm and I was pushing blankets off. I am trying to regulate the temps in the house and two individuals, also. I need a bigger paycheck!
Thanx for coffee CW. I was cold and sleepy. Now I am cold and jittery! Will go sit by the stove.
Depends on when the sun touches the Tropic of Capricorn. That can vary by a day.
According to this site, howerver, Sun., Dec. 21, 2008, 7:04 AM EST (12:04 UT), marks the solstice—the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Dan, that is why I like driving semi, when one tires of family, one call to the friendly dispatcher does it all. Plan this year is to avoid my mothers side completely, fathers side is coming to house for xmas this year.
About 55 and the sun is out in The Rock, am #30 in line on the list for a load out, so will be at least tomorrow before getting a load, but hey, it's nice out......
Randy in The Rock, GA
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
.........And since I last posted, we've received about a half hour of the little ice pellets that made the roads white. But now it is getting very bright and nothing coming out of the sky. Believe the colder weather is good for us right now to kind of stop the ice forming and "raining" down on us. So far, we're in pretty good shape.
Edit: And today is the day when the sun stops setting earlier....One minute later today and heading towards June 21th.
It's official - Old Man Farenheit has left the building....Minus 10 as I went out the door this morning, Minus 24 60 miles east of here. Railroads dealing with multiple pull-aparts and broken rails.
1 degreee above nothing.
"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
I see the real cold system has already effected some on the forum this morning. It is about to put a bunch of cold air thru here too...A little over an hour ago it was 32, and now it's 26.
There has been some moisture overnight and with the temps dropping it has stuff sticking together...Mailbox lid, etc....With the colder temps moving in I suspect we'll not get anymore rain....Moisture might be the little round balls of ice and or a bit of snow later. Last night, Indy was forecasting no more than a half inch of snow for this general area.
I am still putting off having the winter tires installed on my little S-10 but one of these days I know I will have to have it done. Do have my special sand bags in behind the wheel wells and that provides a bit more traction but still one needs the more rugged tires when winter gets rough.
Front drive car generally just rests in the garage when we have this stuff...No real reason to take it out.
We've had a total of 3" of snow since Nov. 9th. Those pic's I've seen from up in the Dakota areas is the real winter stuff and nothing to play around with. And the terrible ice storm up in NY and New England area....Terrible for those folks. Believe they are to get some warmer stuff like we had yesterday and that might help with the melting. Hope so.
CNW 6000 Question: How does one deal with in-laws that one absolutely can't stand? This could be a looooong holiday season!
Question: How does one deal with in-laws that one absolutely can't stand? This could be a looooong holiday season!
OOOOH, the age old question by one so young. As an expert on this subject, I can only say to make yourself scarce while they are about. They can't stay forever..... I have managed to do that for nearly 40 years now and it seems to have worked. Good luck, son
Well CW...my weather station said that it was -4 now. With windchill we're looking at -21! It is getting a bit chilly out there.
I'll grab a plate of whatever's hot.
Dan
Mid 40's at the house this morning, with a light rain. Didn't bother shovelling the snow off the driveway, but it's all gone now. Still a lot of snow in areas that got a bunch of it, though.
Temps are supposed to drop, but not into single digits AFAIK. That's a good thing. Mom arrives from Phoenix Wednesday evening, and she's not exactly used to this stuff any more...
Large tea (need the caffiene!) and a bearclaw, buttered and warmed on the grill, please.
Mornin all. I had to scrub my hard drive because XP got corrupted somehow. Haven't got the weatherbug back on the desktop, but it is cold in Carolina this morning. Thanks for breakfast and everybody stay warm
our temps are dropping too.going to be in the 20's by this afternoon with some snow showers.matt is on the bus for school.cw thanks for breakfast.time for a nap.better make sure the cat has her mittens on today.
Well, we here in the Louisville Metro area are now under a Winter StormWarning for this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow morning. They changed from a Winter Advisary at 5 a.m. We currently have 57 degrees outside, with light rain showers. Noon, we'll be down to about 48 degrees, and by 3 p.m., 32 degrees. With the rain having switched over from light rain to freezing rain/sleet/snow.
How's everyone else this morning, weather-wise?
Coffee, oj, pineapple juice, hot chocolate, hot cider, and hot water for hot tea are all ready this morning.
On the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, sausage, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, scrambled eggs and you have your choice of hash browns or fried taters.
Mookie, I've got your coffee mug down, and I'm ready to pour your coffee, when you get in.
You all have a good morning, stay warm and keep safe.
Randy
if you ever come near archbold ohio off the turnpike let us know.My Dad takes 127 south when he visits my brother in tennesee.he gets on I-75 closer to cincinnati.Cw thanks for supper.wind has been howling today.After sunday school matt helped G+G put up some decorations.Time to get ready for work.
edblysard Mookie, You can get here from there...and tomorrow will be warmer!
Mookie,
You can get here from there...and tomorrow will be warmer!
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Willy! Knowing you - the Arby's comment was very funny!
Tree: You are supposed to be in a closed vehicle and a little farther away for the wind effect. Millie has an air leak around the door handle and my side (the engineers side) always faces north, so any relief is very noticeable.
You have been a busy citizen this weekend.
It is 7, 8 or 9 degrees depending on where you are reading it and with a very gusty wind. W/o the wind, it wouldn't be too bad.
Off to do haircut on The Driver. Gotta see if I can cut something beside 1/2 of a Z in the back of his head.
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