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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 1:50 PM

spokyone

It's a slowdown when your neighbor loses his job. It's a recession when you lose yours.

Then I had proof in May 08! 

SC Tom - what is going on with you?  You sound disgruntled....

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Posted by spokyone on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 1:00 PM

It's a slowdown when your neighbor loses his job. It's a recession when you lose yours.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 11:44 AM

Freight CW...no PAX service up here!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 11:43 AM

Modelcar

Mookie
Q - 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!!

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:19 AM

Mookie
Q - 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....

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:13 AM

Well Conductor would be a first stop.  We'll see if anything develops.

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:07 AM

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?  Wink  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

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 8:43 AM

....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.

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 8:06 AM

"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! 

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 7:33 AM

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.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 7:04 AM

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

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 5:24 AM

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.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Monday, December 1, 2008 10:30 PM

PHOOEY!

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, December 1, 2008 10:10 PM

Let me out!

[bang bang bang]

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, December 1, 2008 9:33 PM

switch7frg
On my(our) long driving years , have seen  and been there especially the site on pg. 57 near Winslow Az.on the way to ABQ. NM

 

Cannonball....I don't have my "new" current issue of TRAINS as of yet....But the area you are listing in your note I'm anxious to see.  As you probably remember of me writing of it before...The Kingman area and on down to Topock, and up over the old, old route 66 to Oatman, etc....testing automatic truck transmissions 38 or so years ago.  I really enjoyed doing that assignment....1969 to 1971.  Even in on Ford Motor Co's Yucca Flat testing location....Around their 5 mi. track too.

I'll look forward to see the new issue.

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Posted by switch7frg on Monday, December 1, 2008 9:22 PM

Quentin,  could that be they were shared horspower/ hrs.???. Tues. I got my Dec. issue.  Could not put it down for some time. The story on pg. 42 really hit a good note with me. On my(our) long driving years , have seen  and been there especially the site on pg. 57 near Winslow Az.on the way to ABQ. NM.  ~~ Was starting to get over the ( wanderlust fever ) then this came along .  I guess the Road is in my blood. Thank youMr. Bachman.  

                                    Respectfully, Cannonball

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, December 1, 2008 8:48 PM

Drove through some rain on the way home, and there was lots of snow in the usual snowbelt areas, but not in my yard.  That's good.  Didn't feel like clearing any snow anyhow...

Visit with grandbaby and her parents was great.  She is this close to crawling!  Remembered Gramps, too - plenty of quality time together!  

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Posted by jeaton on Monday, December 1, 2008 8:44 PM

Neglected to service the snow blower last spring and the d*** thing flooded and had to sit for 20 minutes before it finally popped.  Thanks be for electric start.  Finished the work and took it to the shop for a good tune-up.  I paid less than 5 for it two years ago.  Similar models are now on the floor for over a thousand.  Not only am I going to get it serviced frequently, I think I will wrap it in a nice warm blanket after every workout.

On my way to Maryland Friday, I'm stopping in DC  to say hello to a friend.  He is returning from an assignment in Orlando that day.  I suspect that if he weren't bound by the Military Code of Justice, he would just hang out in Florida for the next 3-4 months.  I am so tempted to just sack the tax business and find a shack on a remote Carribean Island.  Even one without trains.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, December 1, 2008 4:58 PM

went into town and got our pooch tags and played post office.looked at FC and saw the maw switching cars and csx welding on the diamond.we have some more light snow falling now.Cw thanks for supper.time to get cleaned up and go to work.

stay safe

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, December 1, 2008 4:36 PM

Bird is home and working.......Boss Hen and I spent a thrilling night at Mile Marker 5 on I-80 in Council Bluffs parked for 3 hours on Saturday night courtesy of the Iowa DOT trying to de-ice the bridge into Omaha with multiple jacknifed semis littering the landscape. Crawled into Denver at 8PM Sunday with 8 inches of new snow on the ground.

Maybe next time we can get stranded on the bridge over the Iowa Interstate yard at MM 3 ?

Cold Dirty Feathers

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, December 1, 2008 2:14 PM

Dan has been locked in the closet until further notice.

CW - a grilled cheeze with some bacon inside!  Yum - and pleeze

Wonder if the bird made it home?  Maybe he is roosting for a day or so.....

Time to eat! Dinner

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, December 1, 2008 12:54 PM

CW it's possible that your socks were warm to the point that they made your feet sweat which then pulled heat out of your foot.  I've had that happen!

Mookie...I can send you some snow and wind if you want it...I have extra! 

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, December 1, 2008 12:34 PM

no snow. no sun. no warmth. no moisture.

Blah!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, December 1, 2008 12:33 PM

When I came home from the store, about an hour ago, it was really snowing.  It was all you could do, to see in front of you; but it was only sticking to the grassy areas.  That was good.  Now, it's all melted away.  

For lunch and supper, I've fixed some chili (three batches):  mild, medium and hot (but not over 3 alarm).  And I'm fixing grilled cheese sandwiches and PB&J sandwiches to go with the chili.  I think that will be very good, on a day like today.

If anyone wants anything else, just let me know, and I'll fix it right up.

Now, to go find another pair of socks, and a different pair of slippers, to try to warm my feet!!  They feel like ice, and I have on a thick pair of socks (guess I need to find some thicker socks for this winter).

 

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, December 1, 2008 12:19 PM

jeaton

4 inches to clear with the snowblower this morning and my chief operator beat it out of town back to school yesterday.   Grrrr.

We had a similar amount this morning too.  I actually enjoy operating my snowblower...but then I enjoy trimming, edging, mowing, and cutting too.  I'll probably get some salt/sand out when I get home. 

One one the locals on CN could be heard over the scanner saying something about frozen sand in the sander.  That can't be fun to remedy.

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Posted by blhanel on Monday, December 1, 2008 12:06 PM

jeaton

4 inches to clear with the snowblower this morning and my chief operator beat it out of town back to school yesterday.   Grrrr.

Laugh

I've got our snowblower out of the backyard shed and into the garage, ready to go, but I think I'll leave it be for this one.  Not enough accumulation to worry about here- Mother Nature aughta take care of it in a day or so.

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Posted by jeaton on Monday, December 1, 2008 8:22 AM

4 inches to clear with the snowblower this morning and my chief operator beat it out of town back to school yesterday.   Grrrr.

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, December 1, 2008 8:19 AM

.....We're escaping the worst of the winter conditions that are passing thru the midwest in general.  Believe we're on the southern fringe of the results of the Low passing thru the area.  We do have light fine snow flakes coming down but roads are just wet.  34 plus degrees right now.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, December 1, 2008 7:30 AM

morning

we have light snow showers this morning.matt is on the bus and off to school.Cw thanks for breakfast.As far as this coming weekend we have that already covered.Csx track inspectors are calling out the welders for track 2 here in town.Tis the season.Time for a nap.

stay safe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, December 1, 2008 5:18 AM

Good Monday morning to one and all.  Little blustery outside this morning, as I opened the front door to retrieve the newspaper.  Believe we had a little bit more rain, or maybe some snow flurries overnight.  If it was flurries, nothing stuck overnight.  The roads are just damp; so, you know that'll cause a whole bunch of problems, in a little bit, when people start getting out on the highways to go to work and school.  

Happy December 1st, also.  Coffee just finished brewing, and I've made fresh oj, oj-tangerine, and there's also apple juice & pineapple juice; along with hot chocolate, hot cider and hot water for tea.

On the breakfast bar this morning:  oatmeal, grits, toast, bacon, sausage, biscuits & sausage gravy, bagels and bear claws. 

Mookie, I managed to get your coffee mug down, and whenever you get in, I'll meet you over by the fireplace and the rockers.  We need to do some planning for next Sunday (and I believe you know what I'm talking about).  Wink

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