Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Mookie]

I've gone blind!!!!!!

Oh.....

No - I guess it is just my eyes are leaking so bad, I can't see out of them. They feel like two pee holes in the snow (can I say that here?)

Got a new bed and they must have included ragweed in the mattress! But it sleeps like a board and while it will take some getting used to - don't have near the aches and pains I normally have when I get up.

Must bring up an old subject - went on vacation and got new neighbors while we were gone. So far - not too bad. 2 adults - 2 kids - 12 and 2 - and a flock of relatives. But - they are pretty quiet.

And - I figured out that somewhere after my generation, people took door-slamming 101 in school. We were taught - at the top of our parents lungs - not to slam doors. We lost that fine art somewhere in the 70's/80's.

Good thing as you age you lose your hearing - now you just "feel the earth move".

I, too, like Chris's picture. Now if I can just get the bird to visit our birdy baths! What an addition to the backyard wildlife!

That's it - time for @ [zzz]

[blhanel]

Thanks for the good reviews on my airshow shots, guys. I try to get something alittle different every time I go to one, otherwise I'd get bored. I think the shot of the business end of the F-18 is my favorite. I was hoping the Air Force would provide an F-117 or B-2 fly-by, but no such luck this year (I was on a radio development project for the B-2 several years back, so I have a vested interest, but I've yet to catch one in the air with my camera).

[locomutt]

Mudchicken;glad to see that you've survived long enough to at least make
it in and participate in some of the festivities in Honor of your [bday]

[and you can't be "Older Than Dirt",CW & I are closer to claiming that
title than you are.][(-D][(-D]

Brian(Ia.) enjoyed your Photos,especially the ones of THE "Blue Angels"
We enjoyed seeing them here in Louisville last month,even if it was
watching on TV and not live.[:)]

Chris,we would gladly send you some of the moisture,especially this
evening,but believe you'd have to take the "FOUL" weather
with it. We're under a severe T-Storm Warning all evening,and Southern
Indiana is being bombarded with Tornado Warnings as I type.[:(]

Your Signature picture is really outstanding,wouldn't mind having a
large one of those myself,hanging on the wall with our other Eagles.[8D]

[CopCarSS]

Afternoon All,

Thanks for the free meal ticket, Jim. Will be sure to use that!

Quentin, thanks as always for the kind words. The more I look at this picture and think about it, the more I think it was the definitive shot of the trip. I think I'm going to be printing that one at 11x14 and hanging it on the wall of fame (all my favorite shots) here in my office.

Brian, stopped by your gallery. Some really nice shots at the airshow. I liked the look at the tail end of the F-18. Kind of a neat excercise in bringing out the art in a set of angles. Thanks for sharing!

Well, must be off about my business. Have cantor practice at church, and then have a couple errands to run. Hope you all have a great evening!

TTFN!

[switch7frg]

Jim the COLA increase is an insult to you and your brothers of the rail . I would guess that is all they could afford after the head shed got their huge increases in salary & bonuses .>> The oil company truckers are in the same situiation <, brand new equipt. all sparkle & twinkle , but no money . What a bummer .
Brian( Ia. ) Glad you got pic's I sent . A really great shot of the F 51 liked that one. Good shots of the rest also . Cannonball

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

BD boy will have cream of crickets; worm salad and (shudder) asparagus.

For dessert - give him Egg Cream [^]

CW I think we are going to have to ban Mookie from the kitchen. Her cooking could get us "closed" by the Health Department. [:0] [B)] [8]

It might be safe to let her work the drink station tho. [;)] (That is since we have no alcohol. [;)] [:o)] [}:)] )

And don't forget some walnuts on one of those carrot cakes. [:p]

You know, since it is hot and I am here, I will have a piece of that Mississippi Mud Ice Cream Pie. [:p] [:D]

[Modelcar]

....CopCar....That is some awesome photo on your latest posts.

[tree68]

As I like to say - Some days 16, some days 60....

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

creak...groan...pop.....stagger....wobble.....splat[|)][|)][|)]


Half a barrel of diet Dew and an Advil please. Think I'll settle for German cucumber salad and Jagerschnitzel tonight.......pooped!

Brian: That many candles in Colorado right now will start the mother of all prairie fires right now!!!!. Don't light those rascals or it will rain ashes on Mookie and anyone in KS for a week. (Colorful Colorado will be Henry Ford Black)

[zzz][zzz][zzz]
Older Than Dirt Feathers

MC, your wish is my command.

But, for anyone who doesn't want that, I've fixed a roast, potatoes & carrots,
green beans, and cole slaw. Maybe you'd like a little bit of that, also!!

And, mudchicken, you're NOT old yet!! You've got a looooong way to go,
yet, before you are old. I hope you've had a very good birthday, so far today!!

[Trainnut484]

[bday] Mudchicken. Aren't you glad your BDay is on 6-7-6 instead of yesterday?

Take care,

Russell

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

BD boy will have cream of crickets; worm salad and (shudder) asparagus.

For dessert - give him Egg Cream [^]

No cracked corn?

(whisper) Don't tell MC, but I have used that terminology about him for some time......

[mudchicken]

creak...groan...pop.....stagger....wobble.....splat[|)][|)][|)]


Half a barrel of diet Dew and an Advil please. Think I'll settle for German cucumber salad and Jagerschnitzel tonight.......pooped!

Brian: That many candles in Colorado right now will start the mother of all prairie fires right now!!!!. Don't light those rascals or it will rain ashes on Mookie and anyone in KS for a week. (Colorful Colorado will be Henry Ford Black)

[zzz][zzz][zzz]
Older Than Dirt Feathers

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

BD boy will have cream of crickets; worm salad and (shudder) asparagus.

For dessert - give him Egg Cream [^]

No cracked corn?

[Mookie]

BD boy will have cream of crickets; worm salad and (shudder) asparagus.

For dessert - give him Egg Cream [^]

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

OK - I would like - creamed tuna on toast (with hard-boiled eggs and celery), tuna salad sandwich, a slab of tuna on the grill and for dessert...............carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. (veggies you know)

Thanx Jim!

(no, sardines are not a substitute, either!)

Mookie, your suggestion for lunch sounds pretty good!! so. . .today's lunch is
creamed tuna on toast (and the hard-boiled eggs and celery are in the creamed
tuna), tuna salad sandwiches, and, before it starts raining, there's a few tuna
steaks on the grill. Two carrot cakes w/cream cheese frosting are for dessert.
And we have fries, in case anyone wants them with their sandwiches.

Now, if only the birthday man will come in, and let me know what he wants for
supper, I can get started fixing it!! [C=:-)]

[Mookie]

OK - I would like - creamed tuna on toast (with hard-boiled eggs and celery), tuna salad sandwich, a slab of tuna on the grill and for dessert...............carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. (veggies you know)

Thanx Jim!

(no, sardines are not a substitute, either!)

[blhanel]

[bday], MC! In honor of the occasion, I'll plant a couple of token candles in the chocolate cake I brought with me.[:D]

We're getting rewarded with a nice day today after putting up with the storms yesterday- rode the bicycle into work. Turned over 50 miles on the new odometer... yeah, Carl, I know, [(-D][(-D][(-D]!

[Anonymous]

Good Morning All [:)]

Now I remember what else I wanted to say last night. The diner owes Mookie a nice supper. I bet she won't be having any chicken dishes tho. [;)]

And Chris gets a nice meal on us too. He started this page. [:)]

Well needless to say yesterday was not a good day for getting housework and yardwork done. [B)] So I better get going and accomplish something.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY M C and many more. [:D]

No chicken jokes please, they are getting a little fowl. [:o)] [:I] [:D]

Everyone Take Care

[CopCarSS]

[bday], MC! Hope you have a great one!

Brian, glad you made it through the Warning without any problems. It's kind of paradoxical for me. I'm always chasing storms waiting for the day when I actually see a tornado...and yet how can I derive pleasure out of something that has the potential to cause so much grief? Whenever I do find my first one, I hope it's in the middle of nowhere out on the plains (and there's a lot of nothing out on the plains, too).

Joe and Mutt, indeed send any spares in the rain department back west. It's going to be a very long fire season if many western states don't start seeing some moisture soon.

Larry, my uncles were both assistant chiefs on a small volunteer FPD back in IL. They had a lot of stories like yours. Come to think of it, they had all kinds of stories about the fire dept. Some of them were pretty darn funny, too.

Well, must be off about my business. Once again, many happy B-day wishes, MC!

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Oh Joe - send rain - it threatens, but it ignores us. So we will take any leftovers.

We've got a threat of rain forecast for today,Hopefully it will ignore us!!
You can have that if you want!!![:D]

I wondered why Mudchicken crossed the tracks today;guess it was to
get to his Birthday !!![(-D][(-D] [bday] Have A Very Happy One,and A Whole
Bunch More Also [bday]

[Mookie]

Oh Joe - send rain - it threatens, but it ignores us. So we will take any leftovers.

[JoeKoh]

[bday] to MC and as always thanks for your tidbits of info that you share with us.we are getting rain now. good sleeping weather for today.if no one minds I'll dust off the couch.
stay safe
joe

[cherokee woman]

Good Wednesday morning everyone!! Coffee is ready, and juice is made: made
some more orange/tangerine juice this morning.

[bday] Mudchicken!! Mookie, mudchicken's still a young bird, right?!?!
Mudchicken, hope you have a great birthday today! Now, what would you like
for your birthday supper tonight? You just let me know, and I'll fix it right up!!

To celebrate mudchicken's birthday, breakfast this morning is blueberry muffins,
or you can have a "mile high" omelette. (someone please let me know what's
in "mile high" omelettes, o.k?)

Mookie, Chicken Delight might be the omelette this morning!!

[Mookie]

%^~^%

[:-^] Chicken in the bread pan - pickin' out Dough! [:-^]

Old feathers is good feathers!

[bday] to a very special and now old range chicken! And the only chicken I know that drives a truck! Beat that you farmers!

I think in his honor - we should have - Chicken Delight - I'm gonna love to see what that turns out to be!

[(-D]

[Anonymous]

Evening All

I was way too tired after a 12 hour day to stop back in early this morning. I got in bed about 5 and was up before noon. [:(] I had a meeting to go to today.

Our COLA for the last 6 months is going to be . . . . . .01 an hour. Yes folks, you read it right, 1 cent an hour. Now isn't that a joke. NOT I don't know how they figured it out but EVERYONE knows that inflation and such has been more than 1 cent. The railroads are moving more freight and profits are up, yet the hourly employees get a 1 cent COLA. [:(!] [:(!] [:(!]

I see the diner owes MC a free dinner for starting the page. [:)] I wonder if he will have the Chicken Pot Pie? [:o)] [:D] [:o)] Or perhaps, chicken and noodles? [:p] [;)] [:I] I am sure that CW can fix him right up. [:D] [:o)] [:D] [:o)] [:D]

Kevin isn't mad at us. He is a real railroader now and just working. I don't think he has much time for us anymore. [:(] He is terrible at returning emails too. [V]

I think there was something else I wanted to say. Halftimers is setting in and I hear the bed calling.

Everyone Take Care

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mikeygaw

<sniff sniff> something smells good... and it's not burning building for once

a trucking wharehouse about a half-mile from me went up ended up being 5 alarms (mind you 1 alarm is 5 engines, 2 trucks, 2 chiefs iirc) plus one of the fireboats (the building was right by the Deleware river). The smoke was so thick it was showing up on the weather radar.

Dang - Missed another one! It'll be on the fire websites, I'm sure.

We burned an old, collapsed barn Monday night. One of the assistant chiefs was jokingly talking about starting a pool for what time some one would call it in (once it was no longer a threat, we packed up and left - with 12x12 timbers, it's probably still burning tonight (Tuesday)). He would have won. I was back out there about 10:30 for "it's really flaming up!" Heck, it was after dark. A match looks big then...

QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel
Was out near the UP transcon earlier this evening, and kicked myself for not having the camera- spotted an eastbound COFC being pulled by three units, the first two UP, the third CN.

The second law of railfanning - Always take your camera.
(The first law of railfanning is also the first law of railroading - always expect a train. Of course, the railfan corollary is that it won't show up until right after you leave.)

[dinner] Wonder what's in the cooler for a bedtime snack.....

[blhanel]

OK, airshow pics are uploaded- go take a look at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/85729295@N00/sets/72157594158214968

Was out near the UP transcon earlier this evening, and kicked myself for not having the camera- spotted an eastbound COFC being pulled by three units, the first two UP, the third CN.
[%-)]

[Mikeygaw]

<sniff sniff> something smells good... and it's not burning building for once

a trucking wharehouse about a half-mile from me went up ended up being 5 alarms (mind you 1 alarm is 5 engines, 2 trucks, 2 chiefs iirc) plus one of the fireboats (the building was right by the Deleware river). The smoke was so thick it was showing up on the weather radar.

[louisnash]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

cw
will take some of the above for supper for work(i'll eat my ice cream first)
brian careful with that skyline chili offer.really makes me hungry.
stay safe
joe

Joe,
If there is ever a chance for us to meet up in the area of Covington KY sometime, I would be more than glad to buy you some Skyline Cheese Coneys.

We'll have to see how things go.

Brian (KY)

[cherokee woman]

Brian, you're very welcome. Thought you'd like that.

Joe, your plate is ready, and in the fridge for you to take to work tonight.

Glad everyone's enjoying the beef pasta tonight.

Think I'm about ready for some ice cream!!