Good day.
CW, would I be able to get a piece of pumpkin pie this evening on the way home from a family dinner?It is our Thanksgiving today.
Tomorrow (Tueday) we are having a national election.
Take care, everyone.
Nice! A steady rain and about 60. Good soaking before we go into winter will be nice.
Mutt - got the bowling before but had to leave it on my "other" puter when I left in a hurry. Glad to have it again. Still can't break 100!
Quentin - find it ironic that market goes down like a rock and gas prices do too? Still working on a correlation, but I am almost postive there is one! Can't take it all at once, maybe?
Need to find an umbrella and go out and wring out the squirrels.
Mook
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
......60 degrees here in our mid western part of the world this morning. Almost clear skies with some high cirus clouds only. Looks like a bright sunny day for the most part and will be around 80 degrees.
Best wishes to all starting the new week....From the info I'm seeing the Asian and European markets have soared over night....so must go get MSNBC up and running. Should mean a much higher opening for the US market.....Could we have hit the bottom.....!
Quentin
good morning
cool start here in nw ohio.going to be a nice day today.maybe after a nap might go look at csx.
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 Monday morning, everyone. Hope you all had a very nice weekend. We're currently at just about 60 degrees this morning, some outlying areas are in the mid 50s; going for a high of 84 today. Happy Columbus Day!
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are ready to go.
On the breakfast/warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, boiled rice (put some in a bowl, add some sugar, and milk),toast, bagels and bear claws. (Can anyone tell that I woke up hungry this morning?)
Wishing you all a very beautiful morning, and have a great day.
.....Our Frankfort line of NS has been very busy these past 6 or so hours. Very unusual at that time of the evening. Normal has 2 or 3 trains but seems one after the other clears this evening....I'm wondering if there as been a derailment, something that might have another route clogged that is sending traffic this way......? Or is it possible the grain shipments are just that heavy right now....
Well, we sold all the chicken (tried to save some for the Cafe, to no avail).
I used to help bbq the chicken, now I'm the guy at the door, collecting the money. Must be they trust me more with the money than the chicken.....
The riders on the Wine Train last night got a nice sunset, but I didn't have my camera out and missed it. After we ran the locomotive around the train, we passed over the Moose River again, and this time, while it was substantially darker, and the train was in motion, I did get one shot. It should have been shot with a tripod, but the effect from the train in motion was interesting, too:
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...
Mookie: thanks for jogging my memory!! And I even have Aimee's birthday listed on the birthday calendar!
AIMEE: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Hope you've had a very happy one, so far.
And Mookie, I'll join you in a slice of chocolate cake.
grampaw pettibone wrote:Mookie, I can remember my mother used to buy lard by the 5 gallon can, and can also remember seeing them in the store and helping her to get it into the house. One day, I stuck my finger in it and took a taste. That was the last time for that effort! Think tho, that back then, people ate lard and fatback, eggs and all kinds of grease, and they died of old age in their 90s some of them. Nowadays, with our Crisco, Mazola oil, broccoli and egg beaters, folks are keeling over in their 40s..... There must be some correlation. TTFN
While we are on he subject of what we remeber as good food to live with besides the occasional squash (or corn)casserole let us not forget the following from grandmaws (and my mothers for a time)kitchen:
Cracklin cornbread, bread sticks, hoe cake, yeast rolls, summer squash, newt potatoes, turnip greens with pepper sauce and potlicker to go with fired chicken, pork chops, ham, roast, quail or even rabbit.
Food fit for a king
PL
grampaw pettibone wrote:Mookie, I can remember my mother used to buy lard by the 5 gallon can, and can also remember seeing them in the store and helping her to get it into the house. One day, I stuck my finger in it and took a taste. That was the last time for that effort! Think tho, that back then, people ate lard and fatback, eggs and all kinds of grease, and they died of old age in their 90s some of them. Nowadays, with our crisco, mazola oil, broccoli and egg beaters, folks are keeling over in their 40s..... There must be some corelation. TTFN
Well, Mookie, thanks for the update on lard in the grocery stores. All Mama ever used it for was frying chicken, steaks, pork chops. The only time she used Crisco, was when she didn't have any/or enough lard left. I've always only used Crisco shortening.
Since Larry is out the firehouse(?) grilling chickens, guess we'll make do with some grilled chicken from our grill out back, here at the Cafe/diner. And, for anyone who doesn't have a taste today for grilled chicken, we also have some fried chicken.
Side dishes: corn, brussels sprouts, green beans, apple sauce, cole slaw, garden salad, mashed taters w/gravy
And, to commemorate National Fire Protection Week, there's some chili for anyone who wants some. (Mild, of course, no spicy hot today, unless you want to add some hot sauce to your chili.)
Desserts today: apple and peach cobblers w/ice cream, and chocolate cake and a spice cake w/sour cream icing.
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)
Morning all! Sunshine and 70 already. Heading to upper 70s for highs with blue skys. I won't look this gift horse in the mouth! Heading out to the rifle range to sight in the .22 for next weekend excursion. It'll be good to be in the woods sniping tree rats again.
Fortunately for me the road to the rifle range is within easy eyeshot of the CN mainline so I'm hoping to snipe some GEs and EMDs with the Canon (not the cannon-I'm not one of those guys!) since the light will be right.
Dan
CW - yes they do still carry it. It is usually kept in a kind of out of the way place and you won't find shelves of it, but you can still buy it. Some people still use it for pie crusts, but it is one item I just can't eat w/o problems. I have a pretty much cast iron digestive system, but lard can penetrate it.
Tree:
All: cooler weather headed east. Sir Mud is heading home to 55 degrees!
Ah!
just got a call from carl.the first car he got to put away was one we told him about yesterday.It was a flatcar with containers on it and a forklift.He said its going to oregon and its restricted to 40 mph.Larry chicken sounds great for dinner today.off to get matt to sunday school
....When the sun rises here it will work in a clear blue sky.....57 degrees right now but to be about mid 80's today. Did get to 85 here yesterday. My kind of October. We get this kind of weather occasionally in this month.
Did get my yard mowed late yesterday afternoon and it really looks nice now. Shrubs are all manicured for the cold season, so they will look like that until they start to grow in the Spring. Guess that's about all I can do now. No leaves to take care of yet but they will be falling soon. Some trees are golden and some now have shed some of the covering, but not right here.....
Good Sunday morning, everyone. Sounds like you all had a very good weekend, if tiring. Going to be a very warm day today: calling for at least 86 for a high today. Going to make it very warm for anyone going to the Great Louisville Fire Drill this afternoon.
Mookie, do they still have lard in the grocery store? I haven't seen (or noticed) any for a lonnng time. Although, I have to admit, I don't go looking for it, so it could be there, and I just don't notice it.
Larry, I don't envy you, having to grill all that chicken.
Coffee, juices, hot water for tea are ready. And on the warmer bar this morning: bacon, eggs, pancakes, waffles, sausage, bagels and bear claws.
Taking requests for Sunday Dinner, so would like some suggestions for you all, o.k?
You all enjoy your breakfast, and have a good morning.
Home.
Four trains, almost 500 people. May sound like much, but it was one of our better days this ear.
One train was stuffed - SRO, especially after we picked up the 22 canoes/kayaks and their riders.
The wine train had 68 happy riders (especially by the time we got back into the station.
Time for some rest. Four Hundred chicken halves await their fate Sunday.
Hi
what a fantastic day we had today!! We sent carl alot of up stuff back west.We saw a lot of tonka toys take the wye and go east twoards fostoria.Then we saw a southbound ballast train on the toledo sub.saw 2 cn zebras bring a sulphur east.A couple guys came over from fostoria said it turned south on the C&O.Met alot of old friends and made new ones too.Matt even got a csx hat!!! Matt is fast asleep.time for bed for dad.
Mookie:
Veggie shortening is usually what is used these days.
Mookie wrote: ^~^???? Cats Head Biscuits?????I think I have indigestion!
^~^???? Cats Head Biscuits?????
I think I have indigestion!
Catshead biscuits are what folks in many parts of Central Georgia call a breakfast biscuit. I picked the phrase up when I lived in Gray, GA (that is a very small town that is on the old Central of Georgia secondary line between Athens and Macon) where I spent my twenties back in the 70's. The term comes from describing a biscuit being as big around as a cats head. They tend to be,as a matter of custom, made with real lard, buttermilk and flour served in pairs with real butter as opposed to oleomargarine and with either sorghum syrup (pronounced surup) or my personal favorite of Fig or Strawberry Preserves.
When asked how I would describe them, the word good is an understatement.
Try them, you will like em. I'm fixin to make up a mess of em for breakfast tomorrow
Hello everyone! Think we just about reached or exceded our high for this date: 86 degrees here in Louisville today. Mookie, there are times when I'd like to put our trash bin or the recycling bin, so they can just go ahead and put the garbage (circulars, political ads, etc.) straight into it, and then they can bring the good mail up and put it in the mailbox! Need any help in the "doing damage" department??
Here's tonight's SATURDAY PIZZA FEST menu:
1. Anchovie
2. Cheese w/extra cheese
3. Goetta
4. Hawaiian
5. Calzones
6. Pepperoni/mushroom
7. Supreme
And for dessert: apple, peach and strawberry pizzas.
Everyone, enjoy your pizzas, and have a good evening.
Mr. Joseph: Didn't you mention a UPS train not long ago?
Caught one today and wondered if it was from you? Had all pigs (TOFC) lots of UPS and some other goofy ones, had BNSF 610 and 4739 on the headend with UP 7329 up there too. Was coming from the east - headed south and possibly west or on south. Sound like anything you have seen?
Did y'all hear The Dog Whisperer - the lady had a previous dog - a female - doberwoman. Took him a minute before he got it, but then he laughed and I helped him.
I am not going to mug my mailman. I am going to rope off the porch and ban him. He walked many miles to put one political postcard in my mailbox one day and an advertisement for old-age insurance on another. Have threatened to put a garbage can out there instead of a mailbox. Save me lots of steps!
Off to do damage somewhere!
Murray wrote: I grew up in the northeast (New Jersey), and I have this observation regarding grits.If you should ever find yourself having breakfast with a person from the south, here's a way you can have a lot of fun with them:Eat a bowl of grits just like you are having a bowl of Cream of Wheat (milk, sugar, and a pat of butter)...and watch their reaction. Its great fun!
I grew up in the northeast (New Jersey), and I have this observation regarding grits.
If you should ever find yourself having breakfast with a person from the south, here's a way you can have a lot of fun with them:
Eat a bowl of grits just like you are having a bowl of Cream of Wheat (milk, sugar, and a pat of butter)...and watch their reaction.
Its great fun!
Actually grits go better with scrambled eggs, sausage and cats head biscuits with country butter and Strawberry Preserves all washed down with some good coffee. But if you like your grits in a bowl I guess that is just fine, it is your right to do so and I will defend that right you have to be a real American.
Personally I prefer home fries, they have a better nutritional value than ground up scorched corn.
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