morning
matt is on time and on the way to school.Cw thanks for breakfast.Modelcar we help take care of our neighbors here too when it snows.Cookies make good payment.Time for a nap then we need to run errands in town.
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 morning, it's Thursday.... 48 and cloudy in Carolina with rain likely. Paula, you never did clarify if Sarah still works for CSX or is a fireperson now. and BTW, thanks for breakfast. Larry, that was Quentin with the snowy driveway. Mine is a mudhole. Everybody take care
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)
Sarah is still a conductor with CSX, just on furlough at this time; she is also a member of a volunteer fire department, located about 3 miles from our home.
Menu for the rest of the day: 1. chicken ala king; 2. Italian spaghetti w/garlic Texas toast and garden salad; 3. hamburger macaroni & cheese casserole.
At 12:19, we have a current temp of 28.9 F, may see 31, 32 for the high. They showed a couple of businesses locally, (Home Depot & Pep Boys), with humongous lines of people waiting to buy generators. Home Depot even had people who spent the night in their store, so they could manage to buy a generator this morning. One truck came in from a store across the river in Jeffersonville, and those were sold out in just a few minutes. That was at 5 a.m. this morning. Two hours later, another truck came in with about 120 generators on it, and those went quickly also.
Joe, glad Matt was able to get to school this morning. Our public schools, and the private schools won't open back up until Monday. In the extended forecast, we're supposed to have more snow coming in Monday. They can't tell yet, how much will be coming in then. Hopefully, no more than a dusting.
I hope our warm weather (low about twenty, high in the thirties) can get over east to help the cold folks out. Out here, we barely got even a trace of snow yesterday, but lake effect was reported this morning inthe are north and east of us.
Tom, the White House guard's fear remind of my experience with a violin. I was visiting a college friend who had a violin, and I tried fiddling with it a bit. Since I had to think carefully as to where I had to stop each string, it did not sound good. On a later visit, the violin was missing a string; I think the lady of the house requested that it be taken off before I arrived. I haven't touched one since.
Johnny
.....The old Jack Benny radio and TV show was always working that violin of his into the storyline somehow. And the word was actually in so many words....."play it if you like, but somewhere else....".
Oh yes.....Jack and Rochester.
Our temp rose just above freezing here for an hour or two this afternoon but don't see much of any melting of this stuff.....It's now back to 31.5 a bit after 4 pm. But that's certainly a lot better than what we saw here a week or so ago. Believe we're to get down to about 10 tomorrow morning. At least no more snow today. Snow flurries are possible next day or two though.
Hope this massive shot of winter was our peak for the season. Muncie paper indicated this morning we received the biggest one time snow fall since about 1950. I wonder about that. I'm reminded of the blizzard of Jan. 78 which I thought produced somewhat more. We were stranded at home here for 4 days and my BW plant was shut down for the first time in 60 years.
Stopped at our brand new bakery shop out on our side of Muncie late this morning and purchased sweets for our snow clearing neighbors and had some good hot coffee and sandwiches while we were there but had to wait so long....Didn't mind as it just opened yesterday and understand things get a bit messed up on a new opening....Anyway, they brought our food and 14 dollars to the table with "you had to wait so long it's on us"....Didn't expect that nor thought necessary, but that's the way they wanted it.
Guess that's good business practices....But we would still go back anyway, as they have the best donuts, etc.....Have had for years in the downtown mainstore. Business name: Concannon's.
Quentin
I never listened to or watched Jack Benny the first time around, but usually get a healthy dose of his radio shows on "Those Were The Days." Predictable humor, but that's half the fun!
But if you think violinists have it bad, pity the poor violists. Viola jokes are a complete genre of sarcastic humor. Usually they're funny to outsiders, but some performing violists (my daughter, for one) don't appreciate them.
Q: Why is a viola called "bratsch" in German?
A: Because that's the noise it makes when you stomp on it.
___________________
Q: You're in a bank, and a guy comes in holding a violin case--what do you do?
A: You get down and cover your head, because the case may contain a submachine gun, and he might use it.
Q: You're in a bank, and a guy comes in holding a viola case--what do you do?
A: You get down and cover your ears, because the case may contain a viola, and he might use it.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
I took piano just so I wouldn't have to carry it around.
Taxes done. Snow done through next week. And I am done, too.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Cw thanks for supper.we had to hold the bus at school.matt snuck on when he was suppossed to wait.We got our errands done and matt had time to play at his aunts house for awhile.Mookie here is some hot cocoa.Time to get stuff around for work.Its friday (on 3rd shift)for those who keep track.
Snowing again.
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...
tree68 Snowing again.
CShaveRR A: You get down and cover your ears, because the case may contain a viola, and he might use it.
........Those are great Carl.....Funny stuff.
Mookie tree68 Snowing again. Gets old after a while, doesn't it.
Nah.
Light stuff. Pushed it up and down the driveway with the shovel. See how it looks in the morning. If there's too much a pull on the starter cord of the snowblower will take care of it.
tree68 Mookie tree68 Snowing again. Gets old after a while, doesn't it. Nah. Light stuff. Pushed it up and down the driveway with the shovel. See how it looks in the morning. If there's too much a pull on the starter cord of the snowblower will take care of it.
Good Friday morning, everyone. Current temp here in Louisville is about 27 degrees, and that's supposed to be the high today. Temp's just not going anywhere today, to help get rid of all this ice and snow we have.
Coffee, hot chocolate, juices, and hot water for tea are ready. On the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, muffins, donuts (all the chocolate covered, cream filled, including the long john donuts,glazed, cake, and danish (apple, cherry, raspberry, peach).
We're getting a very light snow shower at 6:20 a.m. It's so light, you have to look at the street light, in order to see it. Supposed to be a dusting, to about half an inch added to the mess we already have. Everybody enjoy your breakfast, have a good morning, keep safe and take care.
Good Morning all it makes me cringe to hear your morning weather reports from back east and I hope you are all safe and sound. Here in the Central Valley the only snow we ever see is if we drive to the Mountains. Speaking of the Mountains the snow pack is only 36% of normal so it looks like the drought will continue in Golden State.I can't remember seeing Lake Shasta and several other reservoirs as low as they are. All of the weather systems have gone to the north of us through Washington and Oregon. I lived in snow country for more years than I care to remember and to be honest don't miss it at all. Occasionally the thermometer drops to 32 degrees but that is brief and warms in the daytime to the mid fifties or better. That is winter in the central valley. As usual the farmers are complaining at the lack of rain and that they might have to curb there water use for the benefit of Southern California. Even Californians need something to complain about.
At least we can train watch in comfort year round.
Al - in Stockton
Thanks for serving breakfast this morning, CW. It's a cold morning here in Sioux Falls and that hot chocolate you've got on the menue this morning sure sounds good. It's about 12 degrees above 0 here, and it is supposed to warm up to about 41 tomorrow afternoon.
I am still waiting for my brother-in-law to give some attention to my furnace. It's my understanding that he had to order a part for it. I shut down my furnace entirely prior to going to bed last night and the heat is now slowly coming up. When I paid my gas bill last month it was only $18.45. My most recent gas bill amounted to $107.00, which doesn't make any sense to me.
I am supposed to have the entire weekend off, both Saturday and Sunday, but I am afraid it's gonna be a little too cold here to do any serious train watching. I have some reading to catch up on and I've got the last few issues of TRAINS awaiting my attention.
Stay warm, folks!
Ray
good morning
matt is delayed 2 hours this morning.mother nature was blowing the snow around good last night.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time for a nap then we are going to do chores.hopefully the q 508 got thier bad car set off last night.
DeggestyLarry, I'm sorry, but I cannot resist asking, "Where can I find a snowblower starter cord that will take care of the snow if I pull it?"
Well.... There's a little more to it than that..... Beats spending a half hour or better bent over a snow shovel, though...
Actually, I just got the pull rope on the thing fixed. Broke it last winter and had been relying on the electric starter. That's OK, unless I stall the machine out at the end of the driveway, beyond the reach of the extension cord.
Cleaned a couple of inches off the driveway last night, and a couple more this morning.
It's still snowing. And now they're talking a possible Nor'easter over the weekend.
Al - Texas and California are my two favorite go-to states for visits. Spent quite a bit of time visiting the San Jacinto/San Diego/Anaheim area. Christmas there always meant shirt sleeves and warm sun. My husband who is from Downey but lived in SD said that a cold day meant long pants.
But I do still like the changing of the seasons - all except the winter one.
Got taxes filed. Food in fridge. Now ready to take on BNSF tomorrow and see if they still have anything left in the yards to run or if they will be bringing in all new.
Meant to tell you - saw CZ go through about noon last Saturday. They are due in around 5 am. Probably shocked a lot of people to go across Nebraska in the daylight. No wonder no one knows where we are - they never get to see it in the daylight! Ok - so there isn't a lot to see - unless you are a railfan....
Mookie
.....Sunshine blazing in my home office window here this morning....Had a skiff of snow overnight but that won't make any difference to the foot or so on the ground now. 17 degrees here this morning and we'll expect to see mid 20's this afternoon.
J....I envy you to already have all the 1099's, etc....ready to go with the income tax filing. We need one or two of them yet and then, we are ready to turn it over to the tax man to do his thing. Electronically file them and bingo in 10 days or so, the results.
So we're upon the weekend and we hope the big storms are few in numbers and perhaps they all go out into the Atlantic away from us.
Headed to do some shoping this morning and will try to find some of the little 3-D glasses to see that commercial upcoming over the weekend on TV....Football, commerical at end of 2nd qtr., I believe they said. I have never witnessed 3-D program on a screen {theater}, as that was tried when Uncle Sam had me overseas many decades ago and hope to see what this effort might look like. Might become more popular and some regular programs broadcast in that format in the near future. We'll see....
Larry,
The last time I had to use the blower I had to give it a "Horizontal Slam Adjustment" after thawing it out with some "colorful metaphors". It started right back up...my theory is out of fear of the scrap heap!
I talked to my buddy who hired on with the CP yesterday. He had his GCOR test and got 97% on it which was the best in his class. He was excited!
Thanks for the grub and I'll be lurking about for a while.
Dan
Dan, how's your cousin doing? Hope everything is all right.
Here's the lineup for our Friday Fish Fry:
FISH: cod, perch, halibut, haddock, flounder, clam cakes, rolled oysters, shrimp
SIDE DISHES: baked beans, cole slaw, fries, hush puppies, fried mushrooms
DESSERTS: chocolate cake, pies: apple, blueberry, cherry, peach and pecan; and, if anyone wants them, we have: blizzards, slushies, icees,snow cones (that's Mutt's contribution to today's menu!)
well as long as the snow cones aren't yellow that would be ok.went into town to wash off the road salt off the van.saw the y 101 with some cars to go back into the yard and q 501 also came eastbound as well.Cw thanks for supper.going to go finish helping with the laundry.
Our cousin is still undergoing testing. Nobody's exactly sure why/how many/if they'll come back. From what I gather she's on some good medication that really gets her tired easily.
We had a clear, cold day today--sun really brightened things but it was too cold to form any slush anywhere. Tomorrow, we may break the freezing mark, but it will come with wind and precipitation attached. Naturally, that will be the day for some outdoor errands after work.
UP says they're no longer hiring. We're supposed to have had some furloughs, but as far as I can see the most recent new-hires at our yard (this past October) are still working. I was training (or refreshing) a CRO yesterday, who'd been off since before Christmas, due to medical issues. We had plenty of work today; an extra job was put on at our end of the yard. The receiving-yard car count didn't go down too much, in spite of our work today. Yesterday, we had that yard almost emptied out, but I suspect that that was because some trains from the east were delayed by (to quote our President) "What--a little ice?"
Good news on the surgical front--polyps were benign.
Joe, no "Yellow Snow", but there would be plenty of "Ozone Flavored"
whatevers here! (from where the Live Wires contacting the mixture on
the ground.) Still about 170, 000+ without electricity; don't know when
they will get it back; the powers that be, are saying a week +.
For our local area, they are saying as far as the power outage goes, this
IS worse than the "Hurricane" of Sep. 2008. Don't know about other parts
of the Commonwealth, or other states that got hit.
Dan, thanks for info. on cousin, hope all does go well and she makes
a complete recovery.
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!!
locomutt Still about 170, 000+ without electricity; don't know when they will get it back; the powers that be, are saying a week +.
I can identify with that. The Ice Storm of '98 yielded similar results, and we were square in the middle of it. In some cases the repairs were so hasty that they're still dealing with them 10 years later.
Carl, that's truly good news, that the polyps were benign. Keep the good work up, and get them out as fast as possible if they give a hint of giving trouble. For several years, I did not get a test that I should have, and my doctor was satisfied with the result of the occult blood test annually--until blood showed up a little over three years ago. As a result, I had a foot of sausage casing cut out, then went through radiation and chemo. (No hair loss; after the chemo was over, my hair and beard turned a little darker than they had been, but they are not back to dark brown and red, yet.) My blood test last week showed a CEA of 0.
Mostly sunny here today; it was in the low twenties, with no wind, this morning, so I had a brisk walk.
I think I have last year's tax returns calculated, and will send the money closer to the deadline (no non-interest paying loans to the government).
Paula, (or whoever gets to the kitchen first), more grits and sausage coming in the morning?
I made up some sausage patties for in the morning but as far as grits I'll have to let paula do that.Just after midnight here in nw ohio.CSX has been very busy.Would like to be watching in deshler but its a bit cold for that.They also have a frozen switch to deal with in Holgate.Will be back later this morning for breakfast.
Joe
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