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)
Good Saturday morning everyone. Joe, thanks for making the sausage patties. Sometimes, it's a real bother getting the sausage all ground up, then having to make the patties, isn't it? I can remember very well, Mama bringing in the ground sausage, and getting all the spices ready to put in it, and mixing it up well, before making the patties.
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate, hot cider and hot water for tea are ready.
I've started frying sausage, and there's also turkey bacon, hash browns, scrambled eggs, grits, oatmeal, toast, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/milk gravy, bagels, bear claws, blueberry muffins, bagels, bear claws and buttermilk pancakes w/plenty of syrup (blueberry, strawberry, and maple).
Around 2, 3:00, I'll start making up the pizzas for tonight's pizza fest.
Our thermometer is showing 16.2 degrees outside, but according to the morning news, temps are ranging anywhere between the low to middle teens. I haven't heard what the wind chill is this morning. Supposed to reach a high in the mid to upper 30s this afternoon. So, we should start to see some of this ice melting.
Everyone enjoy breakfast/brunch, have a good day, doing whatever you need to do today, doing errands, or just 'chilling out'.
Good morning, it's Saturday. Thanks for breakfast. Currently, 27 degrees and cloudy in Carolina. CW, when I was a child, I can remember hog killing time, and the sausage mill, mixing the peppers and other spices very well. Looking back, I even remember the making of lye soap by some folks who helped out. I can remember back to when I was in a stroller, and sometimes wax nostalgic. Everybody stay warm
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)
Ah, home at last....
Had fun in Paducah and the surrounding area Thursday night, had to run the left lane on some of the four-lanes in the area, due to fallen trees. Not all the four-wheelers know what to do when the traffic lights go out, either (four-way stop).
Got my W-2 in the mail, so probably will go have taxes done on Monday, see how much money I have coming back, though am doing good right now, finished up on all my debt last year.
Have to go help my sister this morning move a television at her workplace, it's one of those old monstrosities from the 60s, she can't move it herself.
Until then, will relax and enjoy breakfast.
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
....Our start for the day is with bright sunshine in my eastern window and with a temp of 4.2 degrees. Clear skies, and looks like calm winds out there. Hope it warms up a bit today....Not sure how much of that it will do.
I have a temp readout on my start page here that gives me the reading in Paisley, Fl....Have some family there and it now reads 40 degrees. That's about 35 plus miles west of Daytona.
That Ice storm must have really upset the power grid as Randy mentions down south of us a few days ago....We were lucky to have that go south of us. We had our terrible mess like that back in 2005 in Jan....It looked like a massive huricane passed over us.....Tree trimmers were here from about 9 states to get us back in operation. This time we were lucky....just a foot of snow. Even that is unusal for us here.
Quentin
Breakfast to go, please. I slept with BNSF all nite. Even heard Amtrak come in from west around 4 am. Didn't hear it leave to go to Omaha, tho. Maybe they are all still at the depot sleeping in.
So will head out and go new chair shopping. 25 year old recliner now needs to rest. Will give the yards a chance to get done sweeping out the dust from all the trains they ran and check in on them later today.
Arrivadirt
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
rvos1979 Not all the four-wheelers know what to do when the traffic lights go out, either (four-way stop).
More like they simply think "no light, no control, I don't have to stop!" The issue can be self-correcting, though, when two like-minded drivers arrive at the same time....
We have the same problem here when the lights go out.
Nice and sunny here today, if cold. Got lots of errands to run, so that's a good thing.
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...
tree68locomutt 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.
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.
one of them.)
Now can I buy just the cord for the snowblower, or do I have to
buy the entire thing? I'm sure the cord is cheaper!
4 Way Stops? Around here, most people have forgotten their
"Driving Manual" ( four blondes at a 4-way stop)
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 morning, all. It’s bright and sunshiny here, with a low in the mid-twenties.
Thanks for the sausage, Joe. Preparing grits is not as onerous as it used to be–soak the grits all night, and then stir for about twenty minutes as you cook. Now, you don’t have to remember to start the night before, and you stir for only about three minutes.
As to traffic light failure, it is amazing that around here most people do understand that it is treated as an all-way stop. The only problem comes when you have three to six lanes, including turn lanes, in each direction, and you are not sure when conflicting traffic has really stopped and it is safe for you to go. I certainly would not want to tangle with anything, much less an eighteen-wheeler.
We keep kerosene lamps as well as candles and a kerosene heater in the house, and we have a crank-powered radio.
Randy's mentioning driving in the left lane reminded of my trip home for Christmas my first year in college. About Erwin, Tenn., I caught a ride with semi driver who would have taken me into Asheville. However, at the Tenn.-N. C. line, there is a spring on the east side of the highway which kept flowing after the pipe under the highway had filled up and frozen–so the spring was flowing over the highway. In general, only the southbound lane was covered with ice, so the man drove on the left side–until we came up behind another truck whose driver had stayed on the right, and was stopped on the ice. We could not get around him, and had to stop. My driver was able to ask the driver of a car that came up behind us to take me on in to Asheville. I made it home the next day, after spending the night in Montreat, N. C., at the home of a college friend
Mutt, Larry explained about the starter cord YESTERDAY.
Johnny
Thanks Johnny, I got That; just don't want to buy a snowblower
for 1000.00 dollars when a buck .99 will buy me a rope to clear off
our sidewalks. (or shovel that costs more, and takes longer to use!)
maintainers,inspectors and hotboxes oh my!!!! Csx is having a busy day.Cw glad to help with the sausage.Matt and I did look around.Main roads were ok but the back roads were slippery.How about some pepperoni mushroom and sausage pizaa for supper?That sounds great.
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").
Deggesty: When I was a kid called the spring "spountain on the mountain". Is still there but I-26 has repaced US23 so have to get off at the top of the mountain. BTW for those of you who don't know that 7.5 miles downhill was a 25 MPH nightmare surpentine and had many down hill runaways. I-26 still is a 6.5 % downslope northbound with many runaway ramps. About 6 miles I believe.
Sorry, 'Mutt - the only way you're going to get the driveway cleaned with just the rope is if you use it as a whip....
Missed the local auto parts store. Gotta go into the "big city" anyhow, so I'll see if I can get what I need there.
The day's activities took a bit of a hit from a tragedy overnight. A local FD ambulance was on the scene of a medical call when the patient brought out a rifle and shot one of the EMTs. He had run with a number of area squads, so a lot of people are feeling the loss.
We all know there's an element of danger in what we do, but that's not one of the things we routinely expect around here.
More to do.
It's snowing again...
Sun still shining here with temps in high 20's.....but wind has picked up.
Oh Tree! How tragic! Why do the crazies always pick on children and people trying to help. If they are that enraged or suicidal, kill themselves and leave the innocents out of it.
Went out shopping for a chair. Now have 2 new chairs and a new foam bed. I am so tired of having aches and pains from the uncomfortable chairs we have in the house and our bed, so pre-spent my refund.
Got a sturdy wing back for the living room and an old-fashioned looking rolltop desk wooden chair for the puter. Has the rounded bow back with spindles and arms. Very comfy.
Bed and puter chair arrive next week. Wing back is being upholstered to match a low back chair we already have.
Now the Driver wants a new fishing pole and a new harmonica for his part. Can you imagine that? I am trying to talk him into a big stick out of the yard next door and two spoons.
Spent the day outside in a sweatshirt after 10 am. 63 here with 36% humid. and 70 in Houston. Yesssssss! 31st of January and I am a tad warm in a sweatshirt!
I would imagine when the rest of the USA is having spring, we will be snowbound. Just our luck.
And I was right - BNSF ran a few coal trains - no engines we hadn't already seen before. Did see one KCS as we were leaving town to go shopping. Was 2nd unit on west bound coal train. But yards were pretty quiet all afternoon.
Must get work done so I can watch Cops tonite.
Mook
Larry, I'm so sorry to hear about the loss you all had up there. I agree with Mookie: why didn't he just kill himself, and leave the innocent who were trying to help him, alone?!?! That is such a tragedy.
Mookie, sounds like you and Driver have had a busy day!! Hope you can have a relaxing day tomorrow!
Here's our Saturday Night Pizza Menu:
1. Anchovie; 2. Canadian Bacon; 3. Cheese w/extra cheese; 4. Goetta; 5. Hawaiian; 6. Pepperoni/mushroom/sausage; 7. Supreme; 8. Italian sausage cazones
Think later on, I'll pop some popcorn, and make some hot chocolate for everyone.
Yes, Larry, it is sad that anyone should be so deranged that he would even hurt, much less kill, anyone who is coming to give help.
Mookie, Ricki (my wife) and I agree that Driver should get at least a new fishing pole and a new harmonica. Be careful; you may have to be your own driver. Can he play spoons?
Paula, your pizza looks good; I will have to find something else for Ricki, since she doesn't care much for pizza.
Johnny - no - he just dirties the spoons.
As long as Driver can move, he will drive. He can't afford the holes stomped in the floorboard and the dents in the dashboard if he rides shotgun. (yes, I am a good, experienced driver - but it's the rare person that he will ride with)
He will get his new harmonica and fishing pole, but not without some fun from me....
Good pizza, CW - mine was chicken and mushroom left over from last nite.
Clear and very cool here in Winston-Salem. When I left for work this morning at about six it was 28 degrees by the bank clock. This afternoon it got up to about 45 or so. If I could share this with you folks up in the Northern latitudes I certainly would send it your way.
Pizza was good Miss Paula, perfect for a Saturday night.
PL
Won't the harmonica scare the fish away?
Just be glad he doesn't want bagpipes.
(I do play some harmonica, and have a "chanter" which is what you use to practice bagpipes. I just don't own bagpipes yet...)
ohmigosh - do not, repeat, do not put any ideas in his head! This is finally one hobby that he hasn't thought of and he isn't going to hear about either!
I have seen him fish - trust me - he has both hands and both feet busy and his mouth is busy biting his lip. He's pretty serious about this "hobby".
There's the bad joke which defines a gentleman as a man who knows how to play the bagpipes and doesn't. A variant substitutes saxophone for bagpipes.
Ricki's older daughter, Katie, learned the bagpipes about twenty years ago, and played (not all the time) until she married. Three or four from a local bagpipe group played the recessional at her wedding. Two were present at the rehearsal, and even though I knew they were going to play, the first note startled me, especially since I was standing right by them.
One summer, when we were up at Snowbird (it's a summer resort for Ricki and me; we do not ski), Katie was up there also. One afternoon, she practiced in the condo, and when she stopped, she heard applause in the hall--some of the employees had gathered by the door, and expressed their appreciation.
Did you hear about the Scotsman who had a big problem getting dressed? He nearly kilt himself....
It's a joke son....
Then, there was a very sad looking Scotsman sitting in a bar. An american tourist noticed him and asked what the problem was. He replied "Hoot mon, I got a bad case a yoors." The American asked "What's yoors?" With a smile, the Scotsman replied "I'll have a straight scotch, thank ya for askin."
Tom: It's official!!!!!
You get the "groan" award ......
G'nite
Critic!
Good Sunday morning, everyone! We have a temp this morning ranging from 38 to 41 degrees F. Looking for a high in the low 50s, with plenty of sunshine! Maybe we'll get rid of more of the ice and what little bit of snow we had this week.
I really like the bagpipe jokes. Know a guy (brother of my best friend while growing up) who plays the pipes. Guess he still plays them. I'll have to ask him the next time I hear from him.
Coffee, juice, hot chocolate, and hot water for tea are ready.
On the warmer bar this morning: turkey bacon, sausage patties, pancakes and waffles.
I imagine a lot of people will be watching the Super Bowl tonight, so what would you all like to have on the Sunday Dinner menu? Burgers, chili, bbq wings? Or what would you like? Let me know, and I'll fix it right up.
Wishing you all a very good morning, and take care.
We certainly have plenty of snow to finally start to get rid of....36.9 right now and looks like a sunny morning in a few min. when the sun comes up.
When it does melt, it will be flowing right thru Louisville.....Keep an eye on it....
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