.....64 plus degrees here in central Indiana with overcast skies this morning. Looks like possible rain at times today but not an all day rain. Calm, no wind.
Just seems to be a typical 4th {weatherwise}.....So often this is the typical 4th weather here.....Cooler, and a bit of rain. So far, I've kept the windows closed....Don't know what the humidity is outside. Will find out in a few when I walk down the driveway for the paper.
Starting tomorrow, we're to get warm.....and humid.
Quentin
good morning everyone
Cw thanks for breakfast.ray good luck with the interview.Mamma wanted to go to toledo yesterday and some areas were flooded out.We have some chores and then we are going to grandma and grandpas to watch the fireworks.Saturday matt and I are going camping.Everyone have a safe 4rth of July.
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").
tree68 wrote: Modelcar wrote: ....About 1 today....Jean and I got stuck in the church for a half hour waiting for the rain to stop. We had stopped in to put envelopes in the pews and we had what looked like an extended cloud burst....Water at places we have not seen it recently on our way out. But our rain gauge at home here {2 hrs. later}, shows only 1.5". I would have wagered we'd see 2" plus. And perhaps it did not rain as much here....just 3 miles west of church.When I was attending our local community college, I usually went directly from work so always had a few minutes to kill. One afternoon I was standing on the patio outside the student lounge, watching a rainshower pass. You could see the line in the parking lot - rain on this side, none on that. Pretty amazing.
Modelcar wrote: ....About 1 today....Jean and I got stuck in the church for a half hour waiting for the rain to stop. We had stopped in to put envelopes in the pews and we had what looked like an extended cloud burst....Water at places we have not seen it recently on our way out. But our rain gauge at home here {2 hrs. later}, shows only 1.5". I would have wagered we'd see 2" plus. And perhaps it did not rain as much here....just 3 miles west of church.
....About 1 today....Jean and I got stuck in the church for a half hour waiting for the rain to stop. We had stopped in to put envelopes in the pews and we had what looked like an extended cloud burst....Water at places we have not seen it recently on our way out. But our rain gauge at home here {2 hrs. later}, shows only 1.5". I would have wagered we'd see 2" plus. And perhaps it did not rain as much here....just 3 miles west of church.
When I was attending our local community college, I usually went directly from work so always had a few minutes to kill. One afternoon I was standing on the patio outside the student lounge, watching a rainshower pass. You could see the line in the parking lot - rain on this side, none on that. Pretty amazing.
Larry, that is pretty amazing; one of the best ones I've seen over the years, is while I was still in the National Guard and flying; was seeing a rain storm over a lake, it was raining on one shore, but quite dry on the other.
What was really Awesome, was seeing Both ends of a Rainbow at the same time!
Ray, very Good Luck on the interview, hope all works for you!
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!!
Mookie,
I can do the watermelon, and maybe a bit of the icecream...and leave the rest of the sweets for Beth...like she would leave any for someone to try!
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CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote: I've got a job interview this morning at 8:30 with one of our HY-VEE grocery stores, and while I am shooting for a full time position, I would be happy if they offered me part time work. I've got a couple cousins in Grand Lake, Colorado who are praying for the outcome of this interview, and I could use all the prayers I can get! If anything positive comes out of this job interview, I will let you all know of it later.
I've got a job interview this morning at 8:30 with one of our HY-VEE grocery stores, and while I am shooting for a full time position, I would be happy if they offered me part time work. I've got a couple cousins in Grand Lake, Colorado who are praying for the outcome of this interview, and I could use all the prayers I can get! If anything positive comes out of this job interview, I will let you all know of it later.
Good luck, Ray- I hope you can add your friendly smile to one of their aisles!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Good Morning Cafe-goers.
Happy 4th of July to one and all.
Hope your holiday is a happy, healthy and safe one. Please keep our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen in your prayers and they fight to ensure we continue to have the ability to enjoy this special day in our countries history.
"Murray" - USAF Retired
Murray, you are so right: let us all take time today to remember our military personnel who are currently on active duty!!
Ray: good luck on the interview!!
The first round of our July 4th grill-out is now underway. We have two "bars" set up: 1, the warmer bar, to keep the meats warm, and the 2nd one is strickly for all the cold foods and desserts. They both have domes over them, to keep the insects out of our food.
We're in between light showers/drizzles for now. Although, it looks like the clouds could open up at any time. Everyone, enjoy your holiday meal, and the afternoon.
My interview this morning with HY-VEE went fairly well for me. I sat down and talked with a very nice gal who's name is Penney. The only problem that I did have is that when she asked me to give her a discription of what I do at Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, my mind kind of went blank for a moment. I did tell her that I kind of see myself as a team player who is more than willing to help others do their jobs. Penney told me that they are looking mainly to hire part time people and I responded that even though I am looking for full time work, I would be happy to accept any part time work that HY-VEE might offer me, and one of the last things that I said to her is that I want to demonstrate that I really want to work, and she wrote that down.
I think I will be going back to this store tomorrow morning to basically let Penney know what kind of hours I will be available to work. I was not able to give her a definitive answer as to what kind of hours I would be available to work. I should be able to work something out between HY-VEE and Wendy's if HY-VEE offers me employment. Penney did tell me that there is a possibility that I will be called for a second interview.
Ray
mudchicken wrote:SEND US THE WATER CW - California and Colorado (front range and plains) are burning again.
The "Water Buckets" I'm familiar with; (for Firefighting & National Guard helicopters)
generally only hold several hundreds of gallons of water .....with the rain that we've
had the last two days, it would take a month (or longer) to fill a bucket!
Would be very Happy to send it otherwise.
(privilege? of Crewing one a couple of times)
Maybe You, Boss Hen and the Scotties could/should do a big Rain Dance!
(if you haven't already)
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Ray: They could have used you at our local McD's this morning at breakfast. They, unfortunately, didn't get one order right. They had two lines - one to get the food and the 2nd to return it either for lack of part of it, or cold. I stood back quite awhile and watched them (having been in restaurant business.) It looked like a sale in a bargain basement - pure chaos. I ended up with only 1/2 of one order, no silverware, 2/3's of two other orders - but....I got the coffee right and with extra cream and sugar for the Driver and the Old Engineer. I did so want to jump in and help them out! They just needed a little, teeny bit of organization somewhere between the kitchen and the cash register.
Good luck on the job! There isn't much out there right now.
Mook
Mookie wrote: mudchicken wrote:SEND US THE WATER CW - California and Colorado (front range and plains) are burning again. Move to eastern Nebraska... what we have here won't burn...
Guess Asparagus really only "smolders" and not burn?!
good morning
beautiful and sunny today and tommorow.going to go watch csx make some turns in deshler.might have some reroutes and other surprises too.going to pick up some more wood on the way and we can't foget the marshmallows.
joe
Good Saturday morning, everyone. Did everyone have a nice 4th of July celebration? We sat out on the front porch, and watched and listened to the fireworks going off in the neighborhood. Boy, was it smoky around here last night, along with it being foggy, after the rain got out of here.
Coffee, juices and teas (hot and cold) ready and waiting. On the warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage (links & patties, pork, turkey and all natural), buttermilk pancakes and scrambled eggs. And there's also some canatloupe, pineapple slices and watermelon.
I hope you all enjoy your day, and whatever you do, and wherever you go, be careful out there and take care, so you can make it back in tonight for our Saturday Night Pizza Fest.
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)
....Been over on the Cajon Pass post responding to K P's good updates and photos....About 45 min. ago...our weather instrument registered 66 degrees. It's overcast too. Looks like it shows little signs of possible breakup now....It is supposed to be a rather warm and sunny day.
I'm kind of counting on it to be dry to do another mowing.
The 4th was quiet around here....and a bit of very light rain at times.
I went over to my sister's house for dinner at 5:00 yesterday and got home at about 9:00 PM. Right away I proceeded to light a few firecrackers when some dumb girl next door to me started yelling at me, "Knock it off!!" I lit a total of 4 Black Cats when I heard "I'm gonna call the cops!!" I won't say what I yelled at her in response, but if she had come outside and politely asked me to quit lighting firecrackers instead of being a B**** about it, she might have gotten a more positive response from me.
People all over my neighborhood last night were lighting fireworks, which of course is illegal within our city limits, and our police officers are spread too thin to be able to do anything about it. And of course the noise didn't let up until after 11:00 PM here. I think that if I were to go for a walk along the bike trails which run alongside the Sioux River, I would find alot of debris from fireworks.
Ray ooo ooo ooOOOOOo
(yawn)....am I allowed to do that in front of everyone?
Well, we were in the house after 5 pm last nite. Fireworks with report and bottle rocket types are illegal and yet between the M80's+ and whistle of bottle rockets, I felt like I was in a bunker. Doesn't seem to be a shortage of gas $$$ to go to Missouri to buy the illegals, drive them back here and spend more of the $$$$ people don't have to blow up the city for two days. Figure my neighbors must be extremely wealthy!!!!!
Stopped for the most part by midnite (that's the one law they seem to observe) and then at 7:15 (whilst checking the backs of my eyelids for holes) heard some more loud banging. No rain, just lots of thunder! Retaliation?
Must find some coffee.
Mookie- I've heard it been said that if you are going to spend your hard earned money on fireworks, then you might as well be burning it. I've got 144 x 3 bottle rockets on hand and the only reason I seldomly light any of them is that I would end up littering the parking lot of the credit union across the street from me.....and they should not have to clean up after me! And yes, there are a lot of good things that I would rather be spending my money on, something that I can permanently enjoy, such as music on CDs, railroad books, video tapes and CDs.
Ray - it sounded to me like they burned up the equivalence of the Congressional payroll for a year. Viva la ban - might as well burn that off the books, too. And that wasn't even the city's part of it, either. The city cut services past the bone and then blows up the north side of Lincoln each 4th.
Walt - won't get close enough to asparagus to see if it burns.
locomutt wrote: Mookie wrote: mudchicken wrote:SEND US THE WATER CW - California and Colorado (front range and plains) are burning again. Move to eastern Nebraska... what we have here won't burn... Guess Asparagus really only "smolders" and not burn?!
Doogie (one determined scottie) just digs it up lately so I can't tell you if it smolders...the asparagus patch is a moonscape....the wire garden fence that protected the asparagus is a wreck.
.....Stopped and purchased some lunch and Jean and I pulled over to the depot {under a shade tree}, and had a bit of lunch in the truck.
Was about to leave and heard the Newcastle DP talking about "you can leave behind number so so, etc....", so we waited a bit and soon heard the horn as it worked it's way down past our mall and past the depot....A very long double stack train....Very smooth headed south....Containers from China, Italy and wherever else....Must have been well over a mile long. Noted just 2 flat wheels on the whole consist. Really sounded smooth as it glided past. 2 6 axle GE's on the head end making it all happen.
All this on the Newcastle line @ about 3 pm. Lots of bikers out today {our trail is right beside it at that location}.
Good evening, everyone!
Mudchicken and Tom, we have to keep a close eye on our dog, Winter, whenever we have her outside: she likes to use her nose, to dig in the dirt in the flowerbeds, and under the pine tree and try to tunnel under the fence. And, she's good at opening doors.
Meant to post the pizza menu for tonight, earlier: but, I fell asleep, sitting in my rocker/recliner. Mutt woke me up. Good thing I had the pizzas all ready to pop into the oven! But, now they're out of the oven, sliced, and put on the warmer bar. The pizzas for tonight are:
1. cheese
2. goetta
3. Hawaiian
4. pepperoni/mushroom
5. Mexican
6. supreme
7. pepperoni & cheese calzones
You all have a good evening, and enjoy your pizzas.
Good Sunday morning, everyone! Looks like it will be a rather warm day around our home area. I think they are calling for a high of 90, with the humidity rising also. (yuck)
Here's coffee, fruit juices, lemonade and tea (cold and hot).
On the breakfast bar: cinnamon rolls, several flavors of muffins, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, and buttermilk pancakes and waffles. And we've got cantaloupe and watermelon chunks in the fridge.
Does anyone have any requests for Sunday Dinner today? If so, please let me know as early as possible, so I can start preparing our meal for the day.
....I don't think we'll see 90 today but it does look to be mostly sunny and we're starting out with {now}, 66 degrees. So plus 20 for the projected high today.
We have 75 degrees here in Sioux Falls, and the humidity is sitting right at 75%. The temperature here will hit 85 or a little better than that before this day is over with. Tomorrow it is supposed to be a bit cooler here.
Right now I am taking care of some mundane, routine chores, such as doing a load of laundry and I just finished scrubbing the toilet in my bathroom, and UGH!! , it needed it.
CW, thanks for fixing breakfast for all of us, I think I'll grab a couple pancakes and a cinnamon roll while I am in here. I am hungry this morning. I've got a package of Betty Crocker blueberry muffin mix and I might just make myself some blueberry muffins before I head for work at 11:00.
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