Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[locomutt]

As CW said,we had a decent Thunder shower a bit ago,went from the
high 80s to the low 70s;of course it's still quite humid.

Joe;I guess that must mean the the "Diamond" is,uh,"Flawless"!!

[espeefoamer]

Still broiling in the 80s,90s and even 100s in some places around here.I'll take you up on lots of lemonade and Gatorade to cool.off.Weather guy said no relief for around two weeks.

[JoeKoh]

Joe, Walt says to be sure and check out how many carats that diamond is!! 

Lunch is ready for today:  we've got our usual Friday Fish Fry going, and the first batch of fish and
fries are just about ready to dish up. 

Made extra tea and lemonade, and went and got several cases of Gatorade.

cw matt made somemore lemonade for you.as for the diamond trains are riding over it instead of bouncing over it.

stay safe

joe

[cherokee woman]

Well, we had a nice thunderstorm awhile ago.  Clearing up now, at least for a bit.  Could possibly have
some more rain, wind, thunder, lightning later on. 

I've got some more fish in the deep fryer, and in another deep fryer is fries.  Also have hushpuppies and
slaw, and for dessert, you can have your choice of apple, blackberry, or peach cobbler w/ice cream.

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The Cook

[rvos1979]

Randy, watch what you say about lead balloons. I believe it was The Who who witnessed another band in concert, and predicted that they'd crash like a lead balloon. Lo and behold, the band found out about it and re-named themselves Led Zeppelin (or so the story goes, I guess).

Yeah, Keith Moon and John Entwistle were a bit off on their prediction, weren't they?

Quick triva Chris- which two bands were unlucky enough to follow Led Zeppelin in concert in 69-70?

[CopCarSS]

Talked with a friend of mine at work, we came to the conclusion that this would fly like a lead balloon, but we never go there anyway, we'll just have to see what happens.

Randy, watch what you say about lead balloons. I believe it was The Who who witnessed another band in concert, and predicted that they'd crash like a lead balloon. Lo and behold, the band found out about it and re-named themselves Led Zeppelin (or so the story goes, I guess).

[rvos1979]

Morning/Afternoon everyone.....

Well, finally shut off the AC for the first time in over a week, it's only 70 degrees out, forecast high is 74.  Tanks of Gatorade and Squincher are still topped off (I fill them up every night after I get done with work).  Not supposed to get above 80 untill Monday which is figuring into my theory that every time I go to my parents, it get's hot.

Was a news story yesterday on what the mayor of Madison was going to do about the annual Halloween party, the plan this year is to close off the street, charge five bucks a head, and limit the crowd size to 50,000.  Talked with a friend of mine at work, we came to the conclusion that this would fly like a lead balloon, but we never go there anyway, we'll just have to see what happens.

See everyone later.

[cherokee woman]

Joe, Walt says to be sure and check out how many carats that diamond is!! 

Lunch is ready for today:  we've got our usual Friday Fish Fry going, and the first batch of fish and
fries are just about ready to dish up. 

Made extra tea and lemonade, and went and got several cases of Gatorade.

[Anonymous]

Depot Diner & Coffee Shop Thread for Everybody  

Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.  

We are going to have a cool down today, the high temp is only going to be 101 with a heat index of 110.  Tomorrow and Sunday we might have to break out the long sleeve shirts as we are dropping down into the 90s. 

I think someone else is sneaking into the diner late at night and eating the Mississippi Mud Ice Cream Pies.  But with temps in the 100s I can't blame them. 

I have 3 working days until a five day vacation to Missouri.  

Duchess is sick and throwing up all over the floor.  By the time she lets me know she needs to go out I don't have time to get her outside.     I am not a happy camper.

Time to Go.

Everyone Take Care

 

 

[JoeKoh]

howdy

been busy.will take some muffins with us after a nap.going to check that new diamond in Deshler.

stay safe

joe

[tree68]

Lots of weather here last night.  Was driving back from Syracuse after picking up my daughter's Dalmatian (they're headed for the Jersey shore via Sarah's home territory) and hit rain coming down so hard that it was 30 mph and 4 ways on the interstate...

Of course it was still dry at the house.  Took care of that at 2 am - 6/10ths of an inch of rain in an hour, plus all the usual fireworks.  I understand it took the phones out (mine's VoIP). 

Usually my dog has issues with thunder, but having the Dal around (he's deaf - "Thunder?  I don't hear no stinking thunder!") and unfazed by the storm apparently led her to believe it was alright, and she slept peacefully, albeit next to me on the bed, throughout most of the storm.

More storms forecast for today, but that's fine.  I've got to call on my friend the farmer to bale the lawn anyhow...

It is my Friday, though, and I'm skipping working on the railroad this weekend, so maybe I can get it mowed yet...

[CopCarSS]

Morning All,

It's Friday! (well, excluding people like Jim who have an altered schedule...sorry Jim). There was much rejoicing. I'm still trying to decide on Sunday plans. Saturday is a bit busy with errands and cantoring duties at church. Sunday's possibilities involve climbing Quandary Peak, tackling a new trail with lots of waterfalls on the SE side of RMNP, heading out on the Moffat Line for some railfanning, heading up to the "Loop" (the railroad...not the downtown area of Chicago), or perhaps a combination of some of the above. I guess I'll just have to see how the mood strikes me Sunday.

Mutt, let me know how you like Lightroom, or if there's anything I can do to help you learn it (though I'm still learning it myself...so I'm not sure how much help I can be).

Well, I suppose I must be on my way. Hope you all have a great day!

TTFN!

[cherokee woman]

Good Friday morning, everyone!!  Well, we are getting a little bit of rain here this morning.  So far, just
enough to make the air more muggy and sticky!!

Coffee, juice, iced tea and lemonade are ready.

For breakfast this morning, there are doughnuts and blueberry  and bran muffins.
Since Mookie isn't here today, think I'll go take a little nap in the hammock.

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The Cook

[cherokee woman]

Just came by to take a dip in the new swimming pool.  Good thing the chef is dumping the ice sculpture in the pool when the buffet line is taken down.  I'll take a salad and a glass of ice tea then call it a night.

Jay

Gee Jay:  I didn't know there was an ice sculpture on the buffet table.  Someone must have brought that
in after I left last night.  Maybe Sarah brought it in, then put it in the pool

[Anonymous]

You know these "threads for everybody" are getting way out of hand. 

Now for a piece of that Mississippi Mud Ice Cream Pie. 

I hear the bed calling.  Good night all.

 

 

[blhanel]

Good evening everyone, late night here catching up after actually getting out for a couple of hours of railfanning.  Carl, 1995 was a no-show, at least from 6-ish to 7:40, when I decided it was getting too dark for a good picture.  HOWEVER, I did get lots of shots of lots of action, including an incredibly lucky catch of eastbound-meets-westbound dead center on the Cedar River bridge, something that would have been impossible up until a few years ago (without casualties and clogging the river with rolling stock, anyway)!  I have several westbounds cataloged, and will get them posted soon on rrpicturearchives, so maybe you can figure out whether I was early or late.  Another interesting catch- one of the westbounds had a BNSF engine second-in-line.  Well, time for bed- busy weekend coming up!

[jeaton]

Just came by to take a dip in the new swimming pool.  Good thing the chef is dumping the ice sculpture in the pool when the buffet line is taken down.  I'll take a salad and a glass of ice tea then call it a night.

Jay

[locomutt]

When It Gets To a 106;SELL!!!!

Our temps. didn't get as high as the "weather guessers" had said,
but with humidity,etc. the "Heat index"was still extremely high!!
It's still about 82 deg. right now,feels like about 90 something.
Hope that pitcher of tea is a BIG one!!!

Chris;I downloaded that program;now to get,or take time to
totally understand it!!
It looks to be challenging!

[SactoGuy188]

It is now 105 °F. outside as I type this.

I'm glad I made a big pitcher of iced tea last night, because I'm going to need it!

[Anonymous]

Evening guys and GIRLS!

I loved your Idea so much James, I superseized it.

I lied Jim- I don't have a smart car- I was just fooling with your head, actually I find it easier to walk everywhere. Walk to the train station to get on the train to take me to the train yard where i work, Bike- I'd say take a bus- But I'm a germophobe - lying again, we don't have busses in our area.

I could take a taxi- I could save the money to.

Hey Jim- in my past life- or now that i'm older it feels like it, I ran a lawn cutting.. Green, that's pretty conveniant...  buisness and I have advice for you on your grass. When it gets warm out like holy mother warm, Don't cut your lawn. Once cut, it will be cut too close to the roots, and the blades of grass will go into shock and your lawn will go yellow. Besides when it's really warm, The Grass HARDLY grows, actually it grows at about a rate of 7% of what it usually would!

So unlike what your teacher said: Procrastinate. Add a week, but if your a type a bum-head, i mean personality.. and likes everyhting all organized, fancy doo dah day, adjsut the lawn mower to the highest setting possible, then cut

And remember, all  pre-2004 Lawnboys have a 2-cycle gas-oil mixture of 32:1.

And my last bit of advice involving mosquito control via Lawnmower- Add a smigin of 2-cycle oil to your 4 stroke lawnmower. It creates a lot of smoke, and will surely kill of the mosquitos for that night, and if you hate your neighbors- it'll scare them off aswell, or make them call the police.

So Jim, how are you doing?

[CNW 6000]

Dan, what side dishes would you like me to fix, to go along with the steaks and burgers?

I could do some corn on the cob, baked beans or pork n beans, and whatever else you'd like to have.

Grill's hot!  Shoot some corn and pork 'n beans up if you could.  I also found some chicken breasts in the freezer for those that don't like venison!

[railfan619]

HEY everybody how is we all doin tonight fine and dandy.I hope well it's thursday and only one more day until the weekend which is a very good thing cause. I have had very hard week but anywho how is everyone else doin. That's about it from this end hope everyone has a good night and I will talk to you all tommorow

[james saunders]

Morning guys and GIRLS

just a quick stop to say G'day!


Gotta scoot

[CopCarSS]

Evening All,

Well, got some thundershowers rolling through right now, and the temp has definately taken a refreshing drop today. Rain is always greatly appreciated, but alas...I think the Springs got more of that today.

Caught the Rocky Flats job both inbound and outbound today. Had a couple patched DRGW geeps, spliced by an SP non-patched geep (sorry didn't get numbers or models...was a bit too far away). Still, it was a pleasant treat, and kind of fun to take a trip back a couple years.

Joe, you'll have to tell Matt his lemonade is wonderful! Just the way I like it, not too tart or too sweet!

Well, hope you all have a great evening!

TTFN!

[JoeKoh]

will take a plate for work and Thank Goodness its friday!!! matthew made some more lemonade.

stay safe

Joe

[cherokee woman]

Dan, what side dishes would you like me to fix, to go along with the steaks and burgers?

I could do some corn on the cob, baked beans or pork n beans, and whatever else you'd like to have.

[CShaveRR]

We got about 3/4 inch of rain locally (local--as in our front yard).  Almost had a tornado scare at work--wall of clouds looked pretty wicked.  Gave UP 1995 a flashy sendoff, back toward Hanel country.

No purring allowed today--have to go up to Michigan (for a funeral) now! 

Out (or in--whichever).  And still missing.

 

[blhanel]

You think they got hit bad...  We had a nasty line of storms through here at about 3am, had a recorded 82mph wind gust, and lots of rain.  Weather scanner was going nuts for about two hours with severe T-storm and flood warnings.  Lots of wind damage around here, power stayed on though.

Now THAT qualifies for the "one of those days" definition in your sig...

[rvos1979]

St. Louis is CLOSED.  Our company HQ put out a memo this morning that the St. Louis office (Kirkwood/Webster Groves on the UP Sedalia Sub main track) has no power and that a good part of the town is dark after a night of severe T-Storms and 100 MPH winds. Trees down everywhere, rubber duck taking on water.

Afternoon all......

You think they got hit bad...  We had a nasty line of storms through here at about 3am, had a recorded 82mph wind gust, and lots of rain.  Weather scanner was going nuts for about two hours with severe T-storm and flood warnings.  Lots of wind damage around here, power stayed on though.

Last night at work could be akin to the 'Bad Day at Black Rock' theme, we were down one guy who called in sick, had to send a welder down to starts to do welding for them, and another welder injured himself bad enough to require a trip to the ER and stitches.  We got everything out, but couldn't fill the FedEx line back up before 2:15 am.  At least we got overtime out of the deal.

Well, it's only 74 here in Madison right now, high is supposed to be 85, not sure if we'll hit it though, lots of cloud cover.  Air is still thick, hopefully will dry out later.  Stay cool everyone.

[JoeKoh]

hey mookie matt has some cousins that looove to play beauty palor!

running for cover

stay safe

Joe