CW ; Glad you are OK ~~~ On 5-5- @7: 18 one of the modems on the wireless went PHFFFT. On 7:19 pm tried to reboot~~~ no luck. The wireless lad come today at 3:15pm , plugged in a new modem . Now is time to look at 46 e mails . Sorry to have dissapeard , hope you have a full recovery. The best of blessings to you.
Respectfully, Cannonball
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good morning
happy train day.Juice coffee and rolls are ready.Bacon eggs and waffles will be coming up soon.Busy day.Matt has a ballgame then we help a friend move to a new house.the only train thing we will see today is the maw mainline.maybe i can take the scanner and listen in on trips back and forth.
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").
....What...again.....No one in here....47 degrees right now and the sun is peeking up over trees and appears we'll have a sunny day. Hear a train in the distance {on Frankfort line}, which is about a mile away. So perhaps a nice Saturday in the making.
Maybe even a yard mowing day. Still only one Humming bird has been seen.....We're beginning to wonder if he was just passing thru on the way north.....??
Everyone have a good weekend.
Quentin
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)
.....Tom, you need to have some anti mosquitoe spray and not let them "rob" you of your favorite spot to observe the nice evening.
Seems like you will get rather warm there today. We're coming off a few days of overcast and off and on rain {which we needed}, and it will start to warm back up again.
The rain has brought up new grass we planted {25 or so lbs.}, to fill in damaged spots done by last season's drought. Like to keep my yard really nice. Once brought up our area on satellite and it was very evident we had the darkest green lawn on our street here in our addition....It surprised me but the image was sure convincing. Could even see my John Deere sitting out on the driveway where I park it each mowing to clean it off after the mowing.
Cannonball, thanks for the wishes. They're very much appreciated. Sorry to hear about your modem problems. Going to knock on wood, that ours keeps working!
Joe, thanks for making breakfast this morning! Everything looks real good, think I'll have a little bit of everything.
Tom, we had our oak tree cut down last year. It had too many limbs falling out of it, every time we had a thunderstorm, and we were afraid one of them would hit the house. It was almost exact center of the backyard. But, we're still doing battle with the squirrels. And hope you back is feeling better. Back aches are no fun for anyone.
Our weather today is going to be on the cool side: it's currently in the mid to upper 50s, and our high today will be around 73 or 74.
You all have a good day, and I'll be back in later, to start making up the pizzas and calzones for tonight.
Well, I've gotten everything cleaned off the warmer bar, from breakfast, and have gotten the pizzas made up, and am taking them out of the oven now. On tonight's menu:
1. Anchovie2. Cheese3. Pepperoni/mushroom4. Supreme5. Hawaiian6. Goetta7. Pepperoni/sausage/mushroom8. Calzones
Dessert pizzas for tonight: apple, cherry, peach and strawberry
CW - Driver took me out for Chinese tonite, so must pass on pizza. However, there is always breakfast tomorrow....
Rained all day today - only stopped a couple of times for just a few minutes, but we still managed to eat lunch out, have coffee out and sit in the park for awhile. Then home for a quick nap and out for the chow mein.
Driver gave me a card a long time ago - had a covered wagon on the front - it said "Ate Out Again".... inside it said "It was Good". He said that was becoming our lifestyle! Can't find a thing wrong with that!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie wrote: CW - Driver took me out for Chinese tonite, so must pass on pizza. However, there is always breakfast tomorrow....
You'll be back for a snack later! You know what they say about Chinese food.
Did I see Hawaiian on the warmer?
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Got the Weather Channel on - glad I'm not in the mid-south. They are getting hammered - 2" hail, several fatalities. I think it's staying south of CW, Sarah, and Mutt, but I'm not promising anything.
tree68 wrote:Got the Weather Channel on - glad I'm not in the mid-south. They are getting hammered - 2" hail, several fatalities. I think it's staying south of CW, Sarah, and Mutt, but I'm not promising anything.
It's staying South and West of us for now, but after midnight and on into tomorrow,
"They" are saying we're to get Very Wet; with slight to moderate risk of any severe stuff.
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!!
happy mothers day.going to be a soaker all day today.we got the big stuff out of the way yesterday so our friend just has to hook things back up.The IC maw unit was sitting by the college.The cars need to get to the siding.We could also see the muddy mess that was left after the latest derailment.Juice and coffee are ready.we are getting the pancakes and sausage ready to go too.
Good Sunday morning, and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Moms out there, and here on the forums!! Mookie, Duff, Nora, Nance, Kathi, Stacey, and anyone else I'm forgetting this morning, hope you have a terrific Mother's Day!!!!
Joe, you beat me to the punch this morning. Would have been in about a half hour ago, but we had a storm go through, so stayed off the puter. The wind picked up for a bit, and you could really hear it blowing outside. Don't mind telling you, I was watching the windows!!
Breakfast looks pretty good, Joe. Everyone have a great day, and I'm working on a very good Sunday Dinner for the Moms around here, along with the rest of us.
Also want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Bob, Nance 69's hubby!! So, we have TWO cakes today for dessert: birthday and Mother's Day cakes.
....56 degrees. Overcast....and it has rained during the night. Won't be a very nice day for the Mother's holiday. We still can use the rain, but would be nice for sunshine today. Believe that's to be back tomorrow.
It is a beautiful, sunny morning here in the true midwest. But the furnace ran overnite and is warming my feet right now. Supposed to be 60's and very windy for Mother's Day.
Thanx CW - I "talked" with daughter by e-mail already this morning.
Happy Birthday Bob. Bet you have had sun and warmth all weekend. I will send the warmth on east just as soon as I am done with it.
cherokee woman wrote: Good Sunday morning, and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Moms out there, and here on the forums!! Mookie, Duff, Nora, Nance, Kathi, Stacey, and anyone else I'm forgetting this morning, hope you have a terrific Mother's Day!!!!
Mookie, glad you got to talk with daughter! Know that was a terrific conversation!!
The birthday and Mothers Day cakes are ready; but first, before anyone can have either have a slice of Mothers Day or Birthday cake, you have to eat your dinner!! On today's menu:
1. Fried chicken w/all the trimmings (mashed taters, corn on the cob (yellow & white, both), cornbread, spinach or broccoli/cauliflower mix w/cheese sauce, sliced red tomatoes, garden salad, and applesauce.
2. Beef stew w/cornbread, garden salad and applesauce.
Happy Mother's Day!!
My dad and I have a couple of special gifts to give my mom today. I got a really nice bracelet for her and my dad purchased a ticket for her to get a hot stone massage at the local beauty salon.
It was an interesting night here. Our neighbor's tree got blown over and landed in our yard, narrowly missing our own tree. My new weather station didn't seem to have any problems though. It's an Oregon Scientific weather station, so I believe it is pretty high quality.
Pray for everyone who experienced the tornadoes last night. I hear that the death count is well over 20 now.
Willy
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bob, Hope it's good one!!!!
It's Still Very Wet and Windy here, and the temps have been dropping all day, believe it's
right around 50 right now. I think the rain is supposed to "Slack up" by a bit later
this afternoon, but it had better hurry as the afternoon's almost gone.
The wind is not supposed to let up until late this evening. Been blowing 40-45mph all day,
with a few gusts up to about 60.
Just called Mom and chatted for a bit.
It was sunny here, but the big storm system has pushed some clouds our way. Still not sure if we'll see any rain.
Mom says we could send the rain out their way (Arizona). It's apparently been dryer than usual.
Larry, I called to wish Bob Happy Birthday, and Nance a Happy Mothers' Day, and they said the same thing: we could send some of this rain their way. I couldn't say Happy Mothers Day to my mama and mother-in-law, so I just looked up to Heaven and told them Happy Mothers Day.
Got another round of Sunday Dinner just about ready to put on the warmer bar. So you all can help yourselves to some good food.
Willy2 wrote:It was an interesting night here. Our neighbor's tree got blown over and landed in our yard, narrowly missing our own tree. My new weather station didn't seem to have any problems though. It's an Oregon Scientific weather station, so I believe it is pretty high quality.
Same as mine?
What was your max gust last night?
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afternoon
matt went to G+G house.he was able to check the strawberry plants and apple trees.Tommorow is a big day as he gets to go to the zoo with his classmates.Cw thanks for supper.
blhanel wrote: Willy2 wrote: It was an interesting night here. Our neighbor's tree got blown over and landed in our yard, narrowly missing our own tree. My new weather station didn't seem to have any problems though. It's an Oregon Scientific weather station, so I believe it is pretty high quality. Same as mine? What was your max gust last night?
Willy2 wrote: It was an interesting night here. Our neighbor's tree got blown over and landed in our yard, narrowly missing our own tree. My new weather station didn't seem to have any problems though. It's an Oregon Scientific weather station, so I believe it is pretty high quality.
My LaCrosse has been up and running for several years now. It's connected to the computer, which never gets shut off, and I have hourly obs recorded pretty much since I put it up.
The temp and rainfall data is fine, but living down in a valley, I don't get the winds I'd be getting up on the flats, which is a bummer. My highest gust ever is only 30 mph, and we've had substantially higher winds more than a few times.
....I've been interested in having a wind speed indicator now for several years but have never taken any action to get one. I know I'd see some rather alarming figures of wind here if one was in place.
I do have a piece of La Crosse equipment though....An electronic watch with the time corrected by the Atomic Clock in Colorado....Love it...It's always correct. Catch a radio signal tone and look down at it and it is reading zero seconds. Have had it in use now for about 3 years.
I'd like to have a La Crosse wind instrument. Guess I should take another look. This is the season we can get some nasty winds around here.
Complete weather stations are usually under $200. That'll include wind, temperature, humidity, a rain gauge, and they're usually wireless to boot (within range) so all you have to do is change the batteries every now and then. Some even have solar panels!
Your biggest challenge may be getting the sensors up where they need to be.
Most will also connect to your computer if you want to go that route:
This is the display from mine, just captured.
Identical.
Our max gust was 33.3 mph. Our backyard is a little sheltered, though, which probably explains the low speed. Most spots around the area were gusting between 40 and 50 mph.
I haven't figured out a way to get this one to connect to the computer. I actually I think I read in the manual that it can't be connected. I wonder if there is a way around that?
....That's neat Larry. Good data on readout. I already have a wireless indoor / outdoor temp....Atomic clock feature and of course calendar. It's by Sharper Image. Just change the batteries once a year. And I continue to use my actual rain gauge for read out. And, it's worked rather hard these last 24.....Probably approaching 2" by now. We actually need the rain.
Willy2 wrote:Our max gust was 33.3 mph. Our backyard is a little sheltered, though, which probably explains the low speed. Most spots around the area were gusting between 40 and 50 mph. I haven't figured out a way to get this one to connect to the computer. I actually I think I read in the manual that it can't be connected. I wonder if there is a way around that?
A year or so ago we had a storm come through that produced a gust of 34.5 MPH. So far this year, the highest gust we've had came today- 27.1 MPH out of the north. We're in the same situation, in the middle of a neighborhood with mature trees that really knock the wind down.
Mine came with a USB cable that plugs into the left side of the display, and their website has free software that you can download to utilize it. So far I haven't taken the time to delve into using it. I will someday, though- I want to keep better records of deltas over time.
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