Ray, welcome back! You have been missed around here.
I also want to wish a Happy Birthday to Duff:
Mookie, lunch is ready, and we can take our plates out to the picnic table, which has been placed in the sun! On today's menu:
1. Steak w/baked potatoes, sauteed mushrooms and garden salad (especially for Duff, on her birthday)
2. Leftover chili from Monday
Duff, have a very happy birthday, and enjoy it to the max!!
tree68Roads aren't too bad, but the heavy snow has taken down some trees/branches, all too often with wires involved
Wow....That kind of stuff shocks one back into reality. None of such around here yet...{a blessing}. Today, right now....it's 42.8 degrees and mostly sunny skies. Minimal wind.
Want to get a mowing done but it's to be warmer tomorrow so may let it slide another day for the warmer weather. Think I'll run the truck thru my favorite car wash....already got the haircut accomplished. Wife shopping down in Indy and I'm to wait for her to get back so we can go to lunch together....No problem with that.
Headaches.....! That had been a problem with me for many years of my life. Dr. worked on it years ago and finally a daily med. was prescribed...slight blood thinner. That was a turning point. I would get headaches to the point I'd have to be in a darken room and lay down and be quiet along with over the counter headache pills and sometimes it would not cease for many hours. For years now that problem has been reduced to a very bare minimum. Not really much of a concern anymore.
I do have a prescription med. available to take if I get the migraine serious type headache, but rarely have to do so anymore. And I'm thankful for that as serious headaches can be terribly debilitating
Quentin
Well, work delayed opening, as did a lot of schools. Roads aren't too bad, but the heavy snow has taken down some trees/branches, all too often with wires involved.
Still snowing a little, but temps are above freezing. Forecast for Friday is 55 degrees, it'll all melt...
Bearclaw and tea. Got some hot projects to work on.
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Good morning everyone. It will be a bright sunshiny day here in the flatlands. And a bit warmer to - into low 70's tomorrow. Will seen it along to you just as soon as I have warmed up.
Tree: I wondered about your area. Saw the snow on the morning tv and had to laugh when you answered my quesiton.
Gentlemen - headaches. They sound like sinus, but also a male form of migraine. Men get a little different headache than most women, but in either case, when the Driver gets his, I use hot compresses and OTC pain killers. Put the compresses (as warm as you can stand) over your eyes and nose area. Or run hot water in the sink and breathe in the warm humid air. My girlfriend used to make herself some hot tea and then as she was drinking it, would hold the cup next to her forehead. Just be careful!
Usually the hot compresses will dilate the blood vessels and ease the pain a little. Also, try rubbing the cords in your neck. Right at the base of the skull. Gently. You sometimes can find a sore spot right there. None of this should cost you much more than your time, but you might get some relief.
CW - some of the above might be helpful to you also. And think about changing your pillow. I went to a straight feather pillow (non-allergenic) and can shape it pretty much the way I want for comfort. Even a cheap pillow would help, just not for as long.
Off to do mischief. Maybe antagonize the neighbors and talk to the squirrels.
CW - want to have lunch on the patio? I will bring my appetite.....maybe a few peanuts.
Mook
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Tom, what you have described sounds like what I was dealing with five years ago. I had a constant, dull ache in my left eye for a long time, I went to see my doctor and he in turn sent me to a specialist........and the specialist could not find anything wrong. I had just gotten back from a cruise-tour of Alaska and this condition almost ruined the trip for me. I have since then had a couple minor flare ups of the same condition. Please go see a doctor if this does not let up!
Ray
RAY!!!! We were getting concerned about you. It is good to know you are OK. Thanks for the wishes about my headache. I hardly ever get these things, but this one has stuck with me. Seems to be in the area of my left eye. Paula, I don't know if it is sinus or what, but that is normally not an issue with me. Take care Ray, and don't stay away so long anymore, ya heah?
Tom
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Good morning! This is my first visit here since Trains Magazine made all the changes. Right now we have a temp of 28 degrees here in Sioux Falls, and it had gotten down to 14 or 15 degrees here a couple nights ago. I might grab myself a bear claw to go with my oatmeal for breakfast this morning.
Tom, I too hope that you are able to get rid of your headache soon. I know that it's no fun waking up with one in the morning.
I have the day off today, but I'd rather be working. I've got a few issues of Trains awaiting to be read, so I reckon that is what I will be doing this afternoon.
I hope the rest of you out there all have a good day!
Ray ooo ooo ooOOOOoo
morning
SG hope you get feeling better soon.Cw thanks for breakfast.Sunny and 50 later this afternoon.going to work on some leaves after a nap.Well the news was obvious this morning.with a big visitor coming tommorow and where they are having the rally they said parking could be a problem in defiance.they could use the old B&O coach yard behind the jr high but the city has lots of pipe for sewer projects stored there now.
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 morning everyone. (Grabs big mug of coffee and a couple of bear claws). Unfortunately, this cold is still running me down like a dead battery.
Tom, do you suffer from sinus infections? I do, and I've had a headache like that for a week now. Usually, later in the day, it will ease up, so that I hardly even realize I have the headache.
Good morning, it's Wednesday. 33 and clear 15 minutes before sunrise in Carolina this morning. I've had a headache for several days now, so I won't be up too awful long this morning. Everybody stay warm and safe
Good Wednesday morning, everyone. Nice chilly morning here; temp is in the mid 30s, w/a windchill in the low to mid 20s.
Coffee and other hot beverages and juices are ready.
You'll find all kinds of things on the breakfast/warmer bar this morning, ranging from turkey bacon to hot cereal to bagels and bear claws, and everything in between.
Have a good day, you all.
Sing along, now -
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
Cars in ditches aren't delighful,
So you better not need to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
I am kinda hoping they'll delay opening work in the morning, though....
Matt and I went into town and got our ears lowered.Then we had another quick errand.Drove by the yard.the mow crews were putting the tonka toys back on the flat cars.didn't have time to stay and watch.Cw thanks for supper.
We sit in a bowl. You literally go from high on the edge of town, down town. Don't have any really steep hills like Omaha does, but we do have some elevation or declination every so many blocks.
Holmes Lake is our city dam. We sit on most of our water, not next to it.
I found several benchmarks on the topo map at ~1150 (mostly near the college), with elevations at Holmes Park over 1300'.
That's well over the 250' at my house, but well under the 1700+ where I usually run on the railroad...
blhanel According to my handy-dandy Road Atlas here at work, Lincoln is at an elevation of 1189 feet, which is 459 feet higher than my neck of the woods (downtown CR).
According to my handy-dandy Road Atlas here at work, Lincoln is at an elevation of 1189 feet, which is 459 feet higher than my neck of the woods (downtown CR).
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
MookieSnow not a problem now. Sunshine and into the 60's for the rest of the week. But we had our really hard frost last nite - 25 or thereabouts. Nose sez thank you
....Curious Jen...What's the elevation of the Lincoln area....?
By the way, we're to see some sunny and warmer weather as the week unfolds. looking forward to that.
Edit: Forgot to include ours....937' at the Muncie airport. We're down stream a bit, so estimate our location to be about: 900'.
Original home area in Pennsylvania: 2100 to 2200'.
Good afternoon, folks. It was very windy and cold, waiting outside to sign in people for Produce, and waiting for the two ladies who run it, to arrive.
Tom, I also emailed Ray; but, unless I've gotten an email in the last few mintes, I haven't heard anything from him, yet.
Our regular Tuesday Mexican Fiesta is now on the warmer bar. Everything ranging from chis & tortilla chips, tamales, tacos, burritos, Spanich rice, etc., is ready for you all to have your pick or picks.
Will go check emails, and then, I think it's time for a nap, as I'm about to fall asleep here at the computer as I'm typing. Enjoy your lunch, everyone, stay safe this afternoon, and take care.
Brian. We are wishing the best for Joanie. My sister Rosemarie is 3 score and 12 with 2 new hips and 1 knee. This is she & hubby at wedding reception 2 weeks ago.
Good morning everyone.
Yikes! What did they do to the look and feel of this place?! Anyway, I feel kind of bad because I'm suffering from a cold.
Can someone make a pot of French onion soup to make me feel better?
MookieWhen you "work" overnite on an emergency, how does that affect your day job? Do you still have to report as usual, as soon as you can come in, or 24 on 24 off, so take the day off?
My "day" job is 7:30-5. The organization has a pretty liberal policy regarding administrative time off for such situations - up to 40 hours per year (have to bring a note from the chief). Some supervisors tend to look the other way if we're an hour or two late, too. Most people realize that the volunteers are our first line of defense around here.
I can always use vacation time, too. Sometimes the call really doesn't interfere with work (or my relative state of being awake), but I just need some downtime after the call, so I'll take the day off.
It's gotta be a big one before I'll leave work. With a half hour travel time back to our district, a lot of times the trucks would be back in the station before I even got there.
Tree: I was wondering if you were having to shovel your way around or not.
When you "work" overnite on an emergency, how does that affect your day job? Do you still have to report as usual, as soon as you can come in, or 24 on 24 off, so take the day off?
Et al: landlord over yesterday to get rid of all our leaves. He mows and then uses his 9000 hp leaf blower. I almost need ear pads inside the house with the windows and doors shut. But we are clean and sparkley once more.
Snow not a problem now. Sunshine and into the 60's for the rest of the week. But we had our really hard frost last nite - 25 or thereabouts. Nose sez thank you.
Quentin - I now know why old people drive Buicks. Millie has had only the usual tune-ups, oil change, new battery, new tires and new brakes. Not bad for a 6 almost 7 year old that was used as a rent-a-car for the first 2 years. Having said that - something will fall out of the bottom now.
But she isn't horribly expensive to repair, so far. Not the most luxurious car, but very good for us.
Off to work on puter. Have another free one - this makes the 3rd one we have received from people who either upgraded or cleaned house. Already took mouse and keyboard from "other" one. They are both Dells and eventually I will own a brand new one. But for now, these work just fine. Need to bring "new" monitor upstairs to replace this old one, which is 2 inches smaller at about 10.5 inches across. Have to type with my nose pretty close to the screen. Someday - flat screen monitor to match the small flat screen tv next to it.
As they say - one day at a time.
34 degrees this morning. Nice, crisp, sunny fall day. Time to sit trackside and see what CaNoodle has to offer. I may have some good news to share with you all in about a week.
Thanks for breakfast and YAY 3000 posts (2nd time lol!).
Dan
.....A bright partly sunny crisp morning....37.6 degrees right now. Not much wind. See my neighbor across the street has a crew already started ripping off the old roof to renew it....That no doubt is a cool spot to start the day. But it's dry and they should be ok.
See world markets are on the upswing this morning....Would be nice if we finally could see the end of the financial bleeding.
Would like to get across the lawn to cut the grass but also mulch leaves as I go that have blown over on us....Maybe we can get to that tomorrow when it's a bit warmer....{projected}.
Truck into the dealer yesterday to have their computer tell us it was running "lean"....and it was cured by repairing two cracked vaccum lines. "Check engine soon" light was telling me it needed checked....was running fine.
Snow.....Not yet in this area, and I'm with Walt....not really looking for any.
Of course at these temps....we could see some flakes at anytime when conditions are set up to produce them.
A little gasoline trivia: Filled up our car yesterday @ $2.35 / gal. Best in a long time....Surely OPEC will continue to "cut" production to try to prevent any lower pricing, but then some will start to "cheat"....They will want to be "selling more". Will be nice to see them battle it for now.
A wet morning and not much sleep.
A coastal low is drifting our way, bringing lots of wet stuff that they say will change to white stuff, up to 12" at higher elevations subject to lake effect. Fortunately I live at a lower elevation and just outside the "snow belt."
Started yesterday tired due largely to the house fire. This morning a little after midnight a young man decided to see how many telephone poles he could take out with his pickup. Just clipped the first, completely sheared the second without stopping, then sheared off a third, where the truck stopped.
I ended up in the ambulance assisting the crew working on him. He's probably at a trauma center by now (our local hospital isn't a trauma center). I'm just pooped.
Bearclaw, tea, and some toothpicks to prop up my eyelids.
good morning
a cool start to the day.weather is due to improve further in the week.Friday is looking real good.talked with my dad last night. 2 of my brothers are coming up to visit.One from virginia and the other from tennessee.we might need some extra large pizzas come saturday night CW.Also on thursday Sen. McCain has chosen to visit here in Defiance. Ohio will play a big role in the election as usual.Time for a nap.When Matt gets home he can help with some raking duty.
Dan, you can even keep the flurries up that way!! We've got your
all's COLD air; and that's More Than Enough for now!!
Chris, Nice Pictures.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
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