....Thought I did see {on the news}, the area of Kearney, NE did get hit rather nasty yesterday or overnight.
Trivia: The only radio station I ever picked up on my crystal set when I was a teenager back in Pennsylvania.
Quentin
Willy - the Lincoln airport (our official guage) always misses the best part. Little further into town we got 1/2 inch. (or so they say on the radio)
Quentin - Kearney is a nice large small town. Just big enough to be interesting and small enough to be still a little ruralish (is that a word)?
Jesse - had a dog similar to a Jack Russell when I was a kid - very smart dog! Very good dog for kids, too.
Looks like New York city should go out of the construction business. Maybe build things no taller than 2 stories?
A bit of trivia - our state capitol building is 400 feet tall and last I heard they won't let any buildings be built taller than the capitol. New York are you listening?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Guess it's about time for serve you all some lunch, right? On our Friday Fish Fry menu today:
1. Icelandic cod
2. Flounder
3. Haddock
4. Perch
5. Rolled oysters
6. Jumbo shrimp
Side dishes today: corn on the cob, fries, hush puppies, baked beans, and cole slaw.
And yes, Jess, that's apple pie you smell baking in the oven. Only had one slice left, so had to bake a couple, three more, so we'd have enough for dessert today. Other desserts today: blackberry, cherry, peach and pecan pies.
Mookie wrote:(wonder when Joe will be back with us? Anyone know? Joe? R U There?)
(wonder when Joe will be back with us? Anyone know? Joe? R U There?)
Last I heard, Joe was in Richmond, Va......total Confederate territory; you don't think
they found out that he was from the North and detained him as a..........?!
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!!
Good news:
Over the last few weeks I've been submitting job applications for a summer job. This morning I got a call from Arby's for an interview. The interview was at 3:00 PM and at the end of the interview the manager told me that he's going to hire me. I will start training on Tuesday and I'll start my regular shift the week after that. The wage is pretty decent too. Plus, it will only be 20 to 25 hours per week, so I'll still have plenty of time to enjoy my summer. Good deal all the way around.
Willy
Willy2 wrote: Good news: Over the last few weeks I've been submitting job applications for a summer job. This morning I got a call from Arby's for an interview. The interview was at 3:00 PM and at the end of the interview the manager told me that he's going to hire me. I will start training on Tuesday and I'll start my regular shift the week after that. The wage is pretty decent too. Plus, it will only be 20 to 25 hours per week, so I'll still have plenty of time to enjoy my summer. Good deal all the way around.
Did you hear if it was UP or BNSF that fell over around Kearney/Aurora/Grand Island? I am tempted to say BNSF.....maybe?
Mookie wrote: Willy2 wrote: Good news: Over the last few weeks I've been submitting job applications for a summer job. This morning I got a call from Arby's for an interview. The interview was at 3:00 PM and at the end of the interview the manager told me that he's going to hire me. I will start training on Tuesday and I'll start my regular shift the week after that. The wage is pretty decent too. Plus, it will only be 20 to 25 hours per week, so I'll still have plenty of time to enjoy my summer. Good deal all the way around. I'll take one of the market fresh turkey/chicken sandwiches. They are super-licious!Did you hear if it was UP or BNSF that fell over around Kearney/Aurora/Grand Island? I am tempted to say BNSF.....maybe?
My guess is that it was UP, since they go right through Kearney. However, I'm not sure.
Congrats on the job, Willy.
I just posted a link to some incredible pictures of the aftermath of the Parkersburg/New Hartford tornado over in this thread.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Good morning
we are back in nw ohio.the rain stayed away until after we dropped off my sister and my Dad.I got home last night and was attacked by matt.My brothers condition keeps on improving.His body is adjusting after having his "hitchhiker" removed.I did get a peek in dowtown richmond and at clifton forge while we were down there.We even had lunch at the southern railway deli(missed an ns train).the triple crossing is a block away.We shall return south when things get settled down.going to go back to bed.Thanks to all for the thoughts and prayers.
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 Saturday morning, everyone. Nice rainy morning here in Louisville. Joe, glad you made it home safely. Hope your brother continues to improve!
Coffee is brewed, and fresh juices are in the fridge. On the breakfast/warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage (links & patties, all pork), scrambled eggs, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, nice, thick buttermilk pancakes w/plenty of maple syrup and blueberry syrup, fried taters, bagels, bear claws, and there's some doughnuts left from yesterday morning, that are still very soft.
You all enjoy your breakfast/brunch (depending on what time you get into the Cafe), and have a great day. See you all back in here tonight for our Pizza Fest.
.....I don't know the extent of damage in the Indy area yet.....Just wrote a note to our daughter in south Indy....Nasty bad weather passed over and thru there last night.
I think there is major damage in Indianapolis. I haven't had the TV on yet....That's my next move here. Reporters were reporting of roofs being blown off large buildings {schools..?}, and houses smashed and trees down everywhere....I really don't know yet.
Do know it {the nasty weather system, with tornados}, passed just south of us here.....Right on the edge of our county.
So better go see what I can find out.
To be a pretty nice day here....Overcast now and 70 degrees. Reached 91 degrees here yesterday.....What a difference a week can make.
Edit: Just checked on Indy TV news.....Reporter in skycraft {helicopter}, showing large appartment complex with 2nd story smashed and roof blown off other parts of it...flooding on parking lots....debris everywhere. Not sure of "big picture" yet.
After spending a week with my Mom and brother (and his family) in N.C. over the holiday we are now back in IL for what promises to be a glorious weather weekend. Right now it is in the high sixties with low humidity and a few wispy clouds overhead. Thanks for getting breakfast ready CW...haven't been here for a while so hope you are doing much better these days).
I hope to get trackside today for a few hours of foaming and wish the rest of you folks a wonderful weekend.
Hi Elofan Jim! Glad you were able to pay us a visit, here in the Flat Wheel Cafe! You know you're welcome in here all the time!!
I am doing much better; thank you for asking. Beginning to have more problems with the left knee, but guess that's par for the course, with having to put more 'pressure' on it, to help the right knee continue healing.
Did you, by chance, go back a few pages, and see the pictures that were taken last Saturday, of the RJ Corman steam special that went through our area?
Now, it's time for our Saturday Night Pizza Fest. On tonight's menu:
1. Anchovie
2. Cheese
3. Goetta
4. Hawaiian
5. Pepperoni/mushroom
6. Italian sausage
7. Supreme
8. Calzones
And the following dessert pizzas: apple, cherry, peach and strawberry.
Also have plenty of iced tea (sweetened & unsweetened) and soft drinks.
Enjoy your pizzas, and everyone have a great evening!! (Larry, I saved a few slices of the Hawaiian pizza for you. It's in the fridge, with your name on the container.
Willy - a perfect day in the true midwest! In low 80s, south breeze, few clouds. Very nice day! Got to see a few trains, sit in the park and Driver got to do a little fishing. You did good!
CW - will have a slice of pizza - just can't make up my mind which one. I just barely tasted most of them, but can't decide...
Oh well, kinda full right now....
Welcome home Joe!
Off to bed. Someone else can keep nite watch.
Mook
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)
Good Morning all.
Boy is Larry going to be mad when he finds out I ate a slice of his Hawian pizza, I couldn't help myself...Lol!
I've been here all night trying to catch this darn mouse before breakfast, the thing is a crafty as they come, I set a spring loaded trap and could hear him laughing as the thing snapped my fingers, I don't use poision because it is crule.
I brought my Jack Russell Terrorist in thinking that she would get rid of him and when I came back out into the dinning area from the walk in freezer I caught the mouse and my JRT playing cards, I can't seem to win this one.
Oh well, I give up, the mouse wins and on the drive home my Jack Russell Terrorist informed me that the mouses name is Carlton.....great, just great!
Have a good day everyone and if you turn your back and find a small bite mark in your sandwhich you'll know that Carlton is alive and well.
PS. Don't tell the health code inspector about Carlton or my dog said he was moving in with us!
Yikes.
Jesse Red Horse of the "Java" Tribe.
good morning
juice coffee and cinnamon rolls are ready to go.News from virginia keeps getting better and better.Going to catch up on chores and relax today.I go back to work tonight.
Good bright, sunny Sunday morning to all.
Tom - you must have been very alert cuz I slept like a person with no worries!
Joe - sounds like good news from your area! Plus you get to go to work! Can't beat that with a stick!
Jesse - sure-fired mouse catching technique - had a mouse that I could not catch, even tho I had two cats in the house. Enter 1 slight-built girlfriend, one JFK type rocker with canvas seat straps and two cups of coffee.
Mouse got under seat cushion and was gnawing on the canvas, girlfriend sat down on chair not knowing about said mouse and after she left a few hours later - bingo - dead mouse in perfect condition, under chair. We even made the Omaha paper on that one. (entertainment column)
So try suffocation - it works really well. Girlfriend still available - not sure about travel.
CW - coffee in garden? I will go start the rockers in motion.
....Isn't that Dutch rail cam a winner....Haven't looked at it since we returned from the east a few days ago, but will do so sometime today. They really have the trains going by....rather fast too.
Much shorter trains. Of the one's I've counted, about 35 to 40 cars in the consist seems to be the avg. And the way one can hear people even on bikes passing by...
66 degrees here in sunny Indiana this morning. Calm and looks like it will be a rather nice day. Believe we do have a chance of some rain in the PM. The storms night before last really did rip in to many locations here in our midwestern town's and especially massive Indy. Haven't heard of any fatilities though....a good thing.
Next is get ready for church and then lunch....where....? Then must check {at least part of the Dover race}.....That should be a wild one today. Nasty track to race on. It reaches out and bites drivers rather quick when least expected.
Everyone have a good Sunday.
PS: Tom...do you do 2 meter Ham too...
Joe, Very glad everything seems to be going well in Virginia; hope that continues.
Jess, our cat really could care less about mice, she just looks at them; and then they
go to seperate corners; the dog will catch one every once in awhile (Husky/Shepherd
mix) as for me, I've named every mouse I've seen and been able to catch, and they
all have the same name: **********(Censored)
Mook, I think CW will be in shortly, something about getting coffee and chatting in
the garden.
Mookie, here I am! With a couple of mugs of coffee, and a couple slices of chocolate cake for us, and a cinnamon roll for each of us. Man, this rocker feels mighty good this morning. For some reason, I feel as if I've been in a Walk-a-thon this morning, and can hardly move.
Joe, welcome back, and glad that good news is still coming in from Virginia!! And, thanks so much for getting breakfast this morning!
Jess, you better catch that mouse, and please be quick about it, all right?!? I do not like mice, especially in my kitchen!! I'll have to sanitize everything in the kitchen, before I can start working on our Sunday Dinner for today.
Speaking of which, I think we'll grill out on the patio today. Some steaks, burgers, pork chops, brats, hot dogs, corn on the cob, "baked" potatoes on the grill, and have some baked beans, green beans, cole slaw, potato salad, and some macaroni salad, and slice some tomatoes. How does that sound to all of you?!?! I'll fire up the grill about 12:30, and start everything, so we should be able to eat right around 1:30.
CW - that sounds so much better than the leftovers we have around the cat house!
Q/Tom - if you get a chance to go on the Dutch cam during the wee hours of the morning (their morning not ours) it is so peaceful. I got in the other morning and it was raining - a nice quiet gentle rain. It was very relaxing.
Mo
Well, Sunday Dinner was put out about two hours ago, and it looks like I need to refresh a few things on the warmer bar! That pleases the cook, very much.
Could someone give me the link for the Dutch railcam?!?! That sounds like it would be very good to watch.
cherokee woman wrote: Well, Sunday Dinner was put out about two hours ago, and it looks like I need to refresh a few things on the warmer bar! That pleases the cook, very much.Could someone give me the link for the Dutch railcam?!?! That sounds like it would be very good to watch.
http://www.railcam.nl/
Just in time for sunset in the Netherlands.
afternoon
well we saw some interesting things on csx.the q 500 got a red signal put in his face at FC and we could smell the brakesmoke. then he set off the hotbox at the next detector. As far as we know he made it to garrett ok with q 149 trailing behind them.Cw thanks for supper its back to work tonight.
Red Horse - No problem with the pizza, I'm always glad to share!
Met the kids (and grandkid) in Balto for dinner yesterday, then returned to son's dark house in the aftermath of a pretty strong storm that took the power out. Lights came on at about 11 that night.
Spent the better part of today touring the DC fire museum and several DC fire houses. Pretty neat!
Right now I'm watching the grandaughter entertain herself...
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