.....The weekend is here. Looks like it will be really a nice one. 59.5 right now and 80 expected today. Good for local homecoming parade and all happenings around it.
Seemed to be quite a bit of traffic on the NS Frankfort line we can hear from here at times yesterday. Guess this is the busy season for grain cars and now so many ADM and {other}, tanks too.
Quentin
Good Saturday morning, everyone. Our local temps are ranging from mid 50s to low 60s this morning. Going to warm up to the mid 80s.
Coffee and other morning beverages are ready to go; on the warmer bar this morning: bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes, muffins, tater tots, biscuits & gravy, bagels & bear claws.
Everyone have a good day, and hope to see you all back in time for our pizza fest tonight.
cherokee woman wrote:Checked with the birthday boy, and he said the regular fish menu sounded good for his birthday. We'll just add a couple of his favorite pies to the dessert menu today.Fish:1. Cod; 2. Perch; 3. Catfish; 4. Salmon patties; 5. jumbo butterfly shrimp; 6. scallops; 7. clamsSide Dishes:1. corn on the cob; 2. fries; 3. baked beans; 4. hushpuppies; 5. cole slawDesserts:1. key lime pie; 2. zebra brownies; 3. apple pie; 4. peach pie; 5. pecan pie; 5. strawberry cobbler; 6. blackberry cobblerWilly, hope you're enjoying your birthday (even if you are in school today), and hope you enjoy your birthday meal and desserts.Just finished refreshing everything on the warmer bar. Hope you all enjoy your supper, and Willy, glad you liked your birthday pie and brownies! You all enjoy your supper, and have a good evening.
Checked with the birthday boy, and he said the regular fish menu sounded good for his birthday. We'll just add a couple of his favorite pies to the dessert menu today.
Fish:
1. Cod; 2. Perch; 3. Catfish; 4. Salmon patties; 5. jumbo butterfly shrimp; 6. scallops; 7. clams
Side Dishes:
1. corn on the cob; 2. fries; 3. baked beans; 4. hushpuppies; 5. cole slaw
Desserts:
1. key lime pie; 2. zebra brownies; 3. apple pie; 4. peach pie; 5. pecan pie; 5. strawberry cobbler; 6. blackberry cobbler
Willy, hope you're enjoying your birthday (even if you are in school today), and hope you enjoy your birthday meal and desserts.
Just finished refreshing everything on the warmer bar. Hope you all enjoy your supper, and Willy, glad you liked your birthday pie and brownies!
You all enjoy your supper, and have a good evening.
afternoon
matt has come home from school with a part for a grandparents day presentation.very beautiful day out today.This morning I followed a trail along the river to the railroad bridge over the Auglaize.I haven't been back there in a loong time.Now that matt is older we can go hiking back there.I followed the y101 to the maw today.the trainmaster was on board with the crew.They had a slug for extra power as they pulled 30 cars out of the maw siding.Tommorow will be going to the corn city.
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").
....I come from an area where one heard of it {Hominy}, more from our elders. I never wanted to find out how it tasted or what it was. Never was served in our home as I was growing up. Just never wanted to know.
Wow....What a week of Dr's and specialists, but the end result has been pretty good. Also a week of dealing with changing {complicated}, insurance situations. Still more to do on that. Looks like that might come out pretty good too.
Then.....I suppose all of us {one way or another}, have had a notch or two of anxiety over first this country's and now spreading world wide....financial situation. Watched the market {at opening time this morning}, drop more over 700 points in roughly 5 min....!!! Wonder if that's ever happened before....Then it came back in the next 10 min. roughly 500 points.....!!! Hope we soon find a bottom. This is not fun.
But on the positive side....The sky is clear blue with of course bright sunshine making it a beautiful day....73 degrees right now and looking at projected 80's for Sat. and Sun.
Homecoming parade in our town of Yorktown tomorrow.....what weather for such an event. Have seen snow flakes on that day in the past. I probably need to do a mowing tomorrow too.
Last evening, having a snack in the truck at McD's. in town....and next to the NS's Frankfort line an evening train came in from the west and {as they do almost everyday....drop off a cut of cars}, and that brings the engines right up to where we are parked. All 3 were Union Pacific 6 axle units. Was surprised to see no "running lights", I'm referring to lights at the steps to get up into the engine, etc....3 of them just sounding like 1 or 2 notch doing their work at setting off cars, etc.....and many NS auto carriers included in the consist of 2 cars permanently connected at the center and riding on one truck....All of the consist sounding smooth.
Late this morning, passing the same area noted {horn blowing right now on that line}, a great % of the train were tankers....Many ADM units, but wondered if some wern't Ethanol tanks.
Mookie wrote: Happy Birthday Willie! One more year and you will be Nebraska Legal. Gee, you get to go to school on your birthday! You are so lucky!
Happy Birthday Willie! One more year and you will be Nebraska Legal. Gee, you get to go to school on your birthday! You are so lucky!
I'm home from school, but now I have to work from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM. How fun!
Thanks for all of the "Happy Birthdays"! I think the best thing about being 18 is that I'll be able to vote in the election this fall.
Now I think I'll just have some jumbo shrimp, hushpuppies, fries, a slice of key lime pie, and a zebra brownie to sustain me through my work shift this evening.
Willy
Not like the axle counts are always right - I've heard accounts of defect detectors reporting an odd number....
Got all of the kids fire safe for another year (I hope). I do the fourth and fifth grade programs. The fourth graders get a little fire science and see the engine (pumper), the fifth graders walk over to the fire station and hear about 9-1-1.
Gotta go mow while I have the chance.
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...
Dan
, Willy!
CNW 6000 wrote: CN had a coke train trip a detector this morning and they stopped on the south side of Oshkosh. "Hot Axel detected. Axel 206." Funny thing was I know the conductor personally and he didn't find anything when he got there. He'll have a story to tell at the MR club the next time I see him. I felt bad for him though: hiking all the way to the 56th car for nothing!
CN had a coke train trip a detector this morning and they stopped on the south side of Oshkosh. "Hot Axel detected. Axel 206." Funny thing was I know the conductor personally and he didn't find anything when he got there. He'll have a story to tell at the MR club the next time I see him. I felt bad for him though: hiking all the way to the 56th car for nothing!
Excuse me, Dan, but the engineer in me needs to be nit-picky. It seems to me that the math isn't quite right on that one- axle 206 should be the third axle on the 52nd car, assuming the engines are all four-axle. If the engines are six-axle, then he wouldn't of had to hike even that far. Or does the detector somehow ignore the engine axles?
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Happy Birthday Willie! I hope that there's many returns for you.
Long day at work today: final prep for the bench press contest and then tomorrow is the big day. I've got athletes from 3 states coming to the Y. Hope it goes well!
The hominy I tried was at a restaurant in Tennessee. It was white and tasted like a corn cob. I guess if it had been with salt and butter, it might have been OK, Plain is for the birds...
Today is quack day, and hopefully, he will take the boot off my hoof and I can get back to living. It's just my luck that a heavy downpour is predicted just when I need to get in the building....
Still just 69 degrees and I don't understand how we can have a thunderstorm with it this cool, but the weather boffins still call for one later.
Happy birthday Willie. All the best from Carolina.
Later.
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)
I also want to take a moment to wish Willie a happy birthday! And I hope your day will be a good one, Willie!
I've eaten grits once before when I had friends who lived in the deep south down in Louisiana, and it was something I didn't care for.
Right now we have 50 degrees here in Sioux Falls, and I think it is snowing out in Deadwood in the Black Hills.
I'm gonna be making a trip out to one of our local Perkins restaurants with an application for employment in a couple hours. I'm not having much luck in finding work or an extra employer who will give me the hours that I need, and it's a bit depressing. Last night when I went to bed I found myself wishing I could go to sleep and never wake up! But on the other hand, if I maintain a positive attitude, it should get me in the door somwhere.
Ray
Willie!!!!
Hominy is very good; Grits aren't!!
And it is better than asparagus! (what isn't?! )
Mook, I guess you'll be having lunch today at some place other than the Cafe then! ?
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!!
Hominy - it is good. Little butter and salt and it is good to go. It doesn't have a bad taste - in fact it only has a slight corn taste and needs the butter and salt. Use the yellow, not the white. Better flavor.
Have eaten hominy all my life - I was told that way back when, they soaked corn in lye - but that was back when they had drugs in Coke. Driver likes it over browned pork chops - then steamed together so the hominy picks up the flavor of the pork.
Trust me - it isn't as smarmy as asparagus!
Off to find some - porcupine meatballs for lunch. Yum!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
willy
a cool start here in nw ohio.matt is on time and its friday.leaves are turning and tempratures will be great.Going to have breakfast with mamma then time to find some trains.Tommorow matt and I will be in the corn city.
joe
Good Friday morning, everyone. I'm getting a late start this morning, aren't I.
Willy, HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY! Hope you have a very good day today!
Coffee, juice and our other morning beverages are ready, and the Friday morning doughnuts and danish are on the counter, along with bagels and bear claws.
You all enjoy your breakfast, and have a good morning.
Hominy is basically unground corn and is served as grits. I am unaware of the pretreatment process, but will accept the idea. Hominy used to be very popular in the South, and more so during the depression. I have tried it once, and that was too many times. Regular grits are OK, but not the other way.
Currently 66 degrees and cloudy in Carolina with a chance of more rain and thunder.
Everybody take care
Good Morning: up early today to get to a breakfast meeting.
Cloudy and 65 degrees here in Winston-Salem with no wind, might get up to 75 with a few more Fall showers.
Have a Great Day
PL
Willy2 wrote: CNW 6000 wrote:What's "hominy"?I'm not sure what goes into it, but I do know that my mom loves the stuff. I took a taste of it once and vowed to never taste it again!
CNW 6000 wrote:What's "hominy"?
I'm not sure what goes into it, but I do know that my mom loves the stuff. I took a taste of it once and vowed to never taste it again!
From Wikipedia:
Hominy or nixtamal is dried maize (corn) kernels which have been treated with an alkali of some kind.
The traditional U.S. version involves soaking dried corn in lye-water (sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide solution), traditionally derived from wood ash, until the hulls are removed. Mexican recipes describe a preparation process consisting primarily of cooking in lime-water (calcium hydroxide). In either case, the process is called nixtamalization, and removes the germ and the hard outer hull from the kernels, making them more palatable, easier to digest, and easier to process.
As far as I'm concerned, I don't care to even try it. Too many other great things to eat out there...
Modelcar wrote:....Looks like the value of anything has been brought into question.
....Looks like the value of anything has been brought into question.
Q; you just brought up a very good one. In this day and age, what is the value of "Anything"
(define "anything")
Joe, guess I'd better post something for supper, since you've already thanked me for it! On the warmer bar tonight:
1. beef & noodles w/sides of peas & carrots, hominy
2. cream of broccoli soup w/grilled cheese sandwiches
3. your choice of burgers or cheeseburgers w/your choice of fries or onion rings
Pondered all afternoon to come up with something different, but couldn't think of anything, so decided on the above items.
You all have a good evening, and take care.
watching trains and eating freshly made cupcakes priceless.Matt and I showed Lucy and Bryce the 509 (westbound) and the 501 (eastbound).CW thanks for supper.Going to be a nice weekend for watching trains anywhere in nw ohio this weekend.
CNW 6000 wrote: Mookie wrote:Dan: Da Mookie has 9 available fingers for any gold/diamond rings you would like to surprise her with.....While I will keep that in mind, I don't think my wife would be so open-minded! LOL!
Mookie wrote:Dan: Da Mookie has 9 available fingers for any gold/diamond rings you would like to surprise her with.....
While I will keep that in mind, I don't think my wife would be so open-minded! LOL!
locomutt wrote: Mookie wrote:Dan: Da Mookie has 9 available fingers for any gold/diamond rings you would like to surprise her with..... Hmmm, I thought you were a collar person!
Hmmm, I thought you were a collar person!
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