Larry, you might try bribing your local postmistress with chocolate chip cookies or something of that nature. A few weeks ago I treated the counter clerks at our local downtown post office with homemade chocolate chip cookies. After sampling her first cookie, "Jody" looked at another clerk and said, "Now we owe Ray, big time!"
Ray
Good Friday morning, everyone. Looks like a pretty nice day on the horizon for everyone. We have a current temp of around 65, 66 degrees, going for a high of 85 today, with sunshine and less than a 20% chance of popup showers.
Coffee, and other morning beverages are ready, and the usual doughnuts, danish, bagels and bear claws are on the warmer bar.
Everyone have a great morning, and talk with you later on.
Larry, depending on timing, you might see my truck today. Will be headed toward downtown Buffalo shortly (cringe, at least tandems are slid to 40-foot mark), then headed toward Milwaukee and MillerCoors. Come Wednesday, I get a short vacation, it's county fair time.
See everyone later.....
Randy in Pembroke, NY
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
MurrayQuentin...the best Ford I ever owned was a '64 Galaxie 500 with a 390 engine
Murry......In thinking back, 1964 was a year Ford had a high visibility quality advertising campaign ongoing....So maybe it {quality control},was making a difference in what they were producing.
Quentin
Evening all.
Had a good day at grandmas today. Helped her get some things done for the family reunion tomorrow. I got to be the first one to sample her famous brownies! Yummy! Anyway, I figured I would drop in and get a bite of fish before me and Dad go to “OK” the new metal roof on our church.
Speaking of that any of you all know if the following is ok…
The metal that is exposed is isn’t straight.
They removed all the shingles.
Didn’t put foam under the metal.
I was Just wondering. Seeing how they were drinking beer and Jack Danials while doing the job kind of took me by surprise if you know what I mean…
The road to to success is always under construction. _____________________________________________________________________________ When the going gets tough, the tough use duct tape.
Finally getting back in here: we had more computer problems today. Received a Windows Security Alert that our virus protection wasn't on, and had no way to get it back. Spent over 2 and a half hours with technical support lady down in Shreveport, LA. Still don't have the virus protection, and probably won't have it until sometime Monday. So, we have to watch what sites we visit from now until then.
If anyone is around, I've put out some fish (cod and perch), along with some fries, hush puppies and mac & cheese on the warmer bar.
And for dessert, there's ice cream, M&M cookies, and chocolate chip cookies.
Everyone have a good evening, and take care.
hello from michigan!!!!
had a good trip up here.we are in our hotel and they have a free computer here! we went to Durand and saw a non stop meet at the diamond.We walked around the steamfest(our tickets are not until tommorow).we waited and saw the 4449 come in from its all day excursion.people are trying to get in the hotel here and all the area hotels are full.Matt is excited for tommorow.time for bed another early rise in the morning.
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 am back after a sign in problem. When I tried to enter the forum site, a screen told me that the site was not available. I tried the home page and accessed it with no problem, but the forums were unavailable. On the home page, I finally noticed, after several days that I was not logged in. I did so, and shazzam, I have the forums back. Odd... Anyway, mornin all. 71 degrees and cloudy in Carolina this morning, with a chance of lightning later today. Yall enjoy Owosso.
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 folks! CW hasn't been in here yet, so I will take the responsibility of serving breakfast this morning. The coffee is about done brewing and we have orange juice ready for pouring. On the menue for this morning we have buttermilk pancakes, french toast, hot maple syrup, pork sausage links, bacon, hash brown potatoes and scrambled eggs.
I hope the rest of you out there are all having a good day!
Good Saturday morning, everyone. Tom, glad to see you're back!
Joe, glad you all made it up there o.k., and it's good to know that you all are already having a very good time. I know you all will enjoy your day today!
Coffee, juices, and hot water for tea are ready. And on the warmer bar this morning: made from scratch buttermilk pancakes, turkey bacon, sausage links & patties, scrambled eggs, made from scratch buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, and cinnamon rolls and blueberry and strawberry muffins are all on the warmer bar.
Woke up at 6 a.m. to a thunderstorm rolling through the area. Looks like we'll have a pretty good chance of storms from today on through at least next Friday. Our temp this morning is about 70 degrees
I hope those of you who went to Owasso have a great day, and take care of yourselves. Also hope those of us who couldn't go, will have a great day, doing whatever you need to do today, to get things taken care of, and everyone take care and stay safe and sound!
.....And we too had rain pass over us overnight. Don't know how much yet, but any amount will help. {Checked the gauge... .400"}.
68 degrees now and overcast and the potential is there for more rain to pass by here today.
Edit: It appears the terrible tire problem {of last year's Indy Brickyard 400 race}, has been solved by Good Year. It's being noted by several name drivers, Jeff Gordon, Stewart, J. Burton....several others they have run upwards of practice runs of 35 plus laps and tires are doing well....Last year, tires were failing or showing tire cords in less than a dozen laps. Seems tires will not be an item from faulty design....this year.
Tomorrow being the big outing of Nascar at the famous Indy 500 track, so we'll hope it clears enough for that. Weather people indidate it probably will be ok for the race....Hope so.
Hear a train horn in the distance as I type...Probably over north of us just a mile on the Frankfort line of NS. Still think it is a bit busier lately.
We had a monsoon here again- got 1.5" in less than an hour. Today looks like it's going to be a peach.
Back to the master bathroom remodel...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
...Anyone see the program on Modern Marvels, "Truck Stops" last night....Pretty interesting. Surprised at the custom "cab additions" of comfort {almost like home}, for truck tractors available now.
Also, noted of the now available...dual fuel pumps for fueling an eighteen wheeler at some truck stops....fuel pumps at both sides to enable a faster fill up....and so on. Didn't see all of the program, but what I did see was interesting.
One super Truck Stop having every conceivable product {for truckers}, and even entertainment...{theater}, and much, much more....
Morning all!
Thanks for the pancakes CW.
As Quinton said, a bit of rain blew over last evening. I have a family reunion to go to so I hope the most of it holds off until late tonight.
Have a good day all, and for all of you up there at Steamfest, tell 1225 to get well, and have a fun time!
PS, Quinton, I did see the program. It was pretty cool to see how you can customize stuff. Now if we could just figure out how to put a sleeper behind the cab of a Gevo... Better yet, chrome the exuast stack!
Rain cleared out around here by mid morning, then we had another mild thunder shower around 2:30, 3:00, but the sun is back out, and the rain is totally out of our immediate area.
I don't know how many will be around here tonight, but I have fixed a few pizzas for our Saturday Night Pizza Fest:
1. Canadian Bacon 2. Goetta 3. Pepperoni/Mushroom 4. Hawaiian 5. Supreme 6. Cheese w/extra cheese 7. Italian sausage calzones
And there are plenty of chocolate chip and M&M cookies for tonight, along with ice cream for us to have for dessert tonight.
Hope everyone has had a great day, and hope your evening is just as good. Everyone take care, and have a good evening.
It's hot (from the low seventies in the morning to the upper nineties) and dry ( a little shower last night may have helped some) out here.
Last night was a noisy night as many celebrated the arrival of the main body of the Latter Day Saints on 7/24/1847. We have had a rodeo, a horse parade, other parades, and, yesterday morning, the Big Parade of the year.
I'm almost through with the house painting, with a little touching up to do here and there, and painting a couple of doors.
Take care; if you can spare it, send us a little rain.
Johnny
Good Sunday morning, everyone. Just got in from the other thread on the Trainfest in Owasso. Nice looking photos from there.
Coffee, juices, lemonade, Gatorade, iced teas, and hot water for hot tea are ready. And on the warmer bar this morning: bagels, bear claws, pecan rolls, cake and yeast doughnuts and raspberry and apple danishes.
Everyone have a great morning, and take care.
Quentin:
The "condo" sleepers are nice, offering most of the comforts of home, at the drawback of extra weight and length. They are also pricey, sometimes costing as much as the rest of the truck.
All the big "chain" truckstops (Pilot, Petro, TA, and Flying J) are set up with a main pump, and a "satellite" pump, avoids throwing the nozzle under the truck to fill the other tank. Had a comical episode at the Pilot in Carlisle, PA some months back, guy in a rental truck couldn't figure out how to operate the pump, he didn't know you have to turn on the main pump first, then turn on the satellite to fuel on the Passenger side of the vehicle.
If you ever get a chance to take I-80 out to Iowa, stop at the TA in Walcott. It's listed in the guinness book of records as the worlds largest truckstop, with space for over 800 trucks. Have been there several times, and have not seen the entire place yet. I believe they have a website, search for 'Iowa 80', and you should find it.
At the house now, will be leaving shortly to go back to the truck, then up to Neenah, WI, to pick up a load for Alabama, should be back in Wisconsin Tuesday night if all works out well.....
Still recovering from "relative overload". One more day! Hopefully back to abnormal by tomorrow.
Pood-Mook
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
rvos1979If you ever get a chance to take I-80 out to Iowa, stop at the TA in Walcott. It's listed in the guinness book of records as the worlds largest truckstop, with space for over 800 trucks. Have been there several times, and have not seen the entire place yet. I believe they have a website, search for 'Iowa 80', and you should find it.
I've been there several times as well. It's like stopping at a mini-mall. I love the old pick-up perched on the "rocks" in the middle of the food court area...
rvos1979 The "condo" sleepers are nice, offering most of the comforts of home, at the drawback of extra weight and length. They are also pricey, sometimes costing as much as the rest of the truck.
Randy, I can imagine the costs of some of these "upgrades" must be tremendous.
And the extra length is something I've wondered about....Such as maneuvering a rig with a tractor having an extremely long WB.
Good afternoon, you all. Been taking kind of a lazy afternoon, after getting Sunday Dinner going in the Crock Pot. It will be ready in about and hour, hour and a half: beef roast, w/taters & carrots. I've also mixed up some homemade dinner rolls, and they will go into the oven, just about the time the roast is ready. Also on tonight's menu: broccoli, green beans, corn, garden salad, cole slaw, fresh from the vine ripe tomatoes.
We've got a very nice, comfortable sunny day, with temps in the low to mid 80s (I think, haven't really paid any attention to the thermometer outside).
You all take care, and enjoy the rest of the afternoon and evening.
I just got a Facebook. I can’t figure it out.
CW, supper is good. THX! Our family reunion was good. Had fun, and a band played the Wabash Cannon Ball! WOO HOO! Well, off to see what other things on the forums might interest me.
PS, Did any of you watch the program on the Discovery Channel on Walter Cronkite? I thought it was a good program
Looks like I have a HUGE supper too eat! No one has even touched it!
Good Monday morning, you all. Looks like another beautiful day for us here in Louisville, although it's to be a bit warmer than it has been: predicted high today is 88 degrees. Possibility of more rain coming in sometime late tomorrow, continuing thru Friday.
Coffee, juices, iced teas and hot water for tea are all ready and waitin' for everyone.
The regular breakfast menu of bacon, sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy are on the warmer bar.
You all have a very good morning, and talk with you later on.
Goom Mawning... 75 and overcast again in Carolina and calling for lightning later today. I had relatively good weekend. We got some shopping done and the pantry is stocked for a while, anyway. The wife has got the miseries and can't handle even a mild day's temps. It causes breathing problems, which concern me a lot! I hope her next quack visit will shed some light on this. Everybody take care
good morning
matt and mamma are eating breakfast.we are ready to head back to NW ohio.had quite a few rainshowers pass over yesterday.We spent the day at Port Huron Michigan at the St.Clair river tunnel.After we get home and unpack we are going to go see a tree in deshler.
I have never seen a tree or Deshler. Bet there will be pictures!
Have a line of showers sneaking up on us and then disappearing when they get close. We can't talk rain out of anyone this time of year.
CW - I found some steaks we need to use up - how about an old fashioned steak fry for tonite? Even Winter will get a bone.
MookieCW - I found some steaks we need to use up - how about an old fashioned steak fry for tonite? Even Winter will get a bone.
You've got it, Mookie, so here's the menu for the rest of the day:
Fried steak w/mashed taters & your choice of: brown gravy or white (milk) gravy, green beans, sliced carrots, lima beans, green beans, homemade applesauce w/cinnamon, homemade biscuits, cornbread.
And for dessert, your choice of yellow cake w/chocolate icing, fudge brownies, blueberry cobbler or strawberry cobbler w/ice cream.
Evening.
Steak sounds good! Thanks CW!
Well, a pretty normal day today. Joe, if you could, check your e-mail when you get time!
Thanks!
Justin
MookieI have never seen a tree or Deshler. Bet there will be pictures!
Running commentary in the lounge. Sitting in the shelter at Deshler with Joe, Matt and Mama, along with some other local fans. I'll get pictures up later.
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