Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[railfan619]

Good morning everyone how are we all doin today fine and dandy. I hope well today is monday and it will be my first full week of work at my new job which I'm really execited about but anywho how was everyone's weekend fine I hope well that's about it from this end hope to be talkin to you all soon.[:D][:D]

[JoeKoh]

mookie
your not the only one to see critters.just at sunset here was coming back from the store and i saw a deer run across the road 100 ft ahead.well he wanted to join his friends in a spring wheat field.was about 30 i would guess.wasnt sure if i saw bambi or not. matt and i watched dumbo this weekend on the tv. he liked the pink elephants on parade.
stay safe
Joe

[Mookie]

^00^ - Wow - How apropos - mouse in a coffee cup.

I was feeding the livestock in the backyard at dark-30 this morning, had peanuts and corn in my hands, turned on the porch light and opened the back door only to look into two really beady eyes standing just off the "patio". I keep two pans of water out there and have moved them up close to the back door to keep them leaf-free and so they don't freeze as fast. Those scary eyes were heading for the water and a drink. It took one look at me and loped off into the darkness. I felt a little rattled by it, but after all, all animals have to drink water!

So add to the livestock list of squirrels, bluejays, a crow, one rabbit and now a possum.

This isn't our first - we have had several sightings and one huge one was hit by a bus on our very busy street. So we will probably never have more than one maybe two.

Now I am fully expecting (since I put out peanuts) to find Dumbo out there some morning!

Exciting weekend train-wise.

Gotta find my brush - my fur is still standing on end.

[cherokee woman]

Good morning everyone! Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day today.
Sure was a good weekend. Nice sunshine, and the temps weren't too
bad, either.

Breakfast this morning: oatmeal & toast, with bacon; or, you can have
sausage, biscuits & gravy and and scrambled eggs.

I've got some beef stew and cornbread for lunch special today, and there
are tuna sandwiches, bologna & cheese, ham & cheese sandwiches
that I'm making for lunch.

Supper tonight will be breakfast-themed: sausage or turkey bacon with
pancakes.

[jeaton]

Larry-Thule it was. I suspect that your friend has yet to thaw. In the summertime, one not only kept the window closed, but also used heavy dark construction paper to completely block the view. It was that or have the sun on your face at 1 o'clock in the morning.

Jay

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

I'm hoping so! Friday looked good down by you, but Thursday and Saturday might be a little wet (I know your house-guest would prefer snow, but we'll take the warmer temperatures, thank you). We'll bring umbrellas.

HMmmmmm,hope she doesn't pack a "snow board",'cause it definitely
isn't looking like that. Now if she wants to put a "skate board" in with
the luggage,that might be very cool;plans are to go to our "Extreme Skate
Park" one day...............
(Louisville has one of the BEST in the country,Tony Hawks has
even filmed a couple of his videos here.)

If you don't want to mess with the "bumberchutes",we have several...........
both the "compact" models;and there's one you would like,an extra
large one,with nothing but "comic strip" characters from our local
paper on it !!![:D]

[CShaveRR]

I'm hoping so! Friday looked good down by you, but Thursday and Saturday might be a little wet (I know your house-guest would prefer snow, but we'll take the warmer temperatures, thank you). We'll bring umbrellas.

[locomutt]

Cannonball & Shirl;definitely GOOD LUCK with your trip to the
Western part of our U.S. of A. Hope all goes well for you !!
If you get up towards the Tucson,San Manuel area,please be sure to
look up nance69 and her husband Bob. They are long time Forum members;
and some of the best people you ever want to meet !!

Joe;hope you are correct about that,because our "weather persons"
are basically saying the same thing,we ARE looking forward
to some "warmer" weather,but..................still got a ways to go yet.
And yes,"Big Bird" touches down tomorrow afternoon,so we'll have at
least one guest then !! Definitely looking forward to the "warmer" weather
so we can do some good "railfanning" !!!!
If I remember the "long range forecast" correctly,our other guests should enjoy
some of the "supposed" warmer weather also.

Carl; "elsewhere" has bicycle racks on the fronts of all their busses,
if it's out of the shop,you could bring with you.
However,other people will be inside,watching another person riding outside !!! [:D][}:)]

[JoeKoh]

Cannonball & Shirl
good luck on your trip west.Cw will take some diner into work tonight. might be a bit warmer for your visitors according to our weatherman.
stay safe
Joe

[tree68]

Watching trains around here this morning would have definitely required a vehicle - or some very warm clothes. 6 AM temperature was -15... But sunny!

Switch - Enjoy Phoenix. My mother and sister live there. I like to visit, but still value the seasons and don't relish having a water bottle glued to my hand from April to October. It is, after all, a dry heat.

Aside from the real railroads there, make sure you get over to the Scottsdale Railroad Park - ride behind a pint sized steam in the cooler months, and the local live steamers have track there as well. Rode behind the steamer, but couldn't get away to see the little guys.

[cherokee woman]

Supper tonight: beef stew and cornbread. Mutt and I busy around the house, so
that's the quickest thing I could think of: just put everything in the Crock Pot, and
let it do the cooking while we catch up on other work.

Sun's shining here, and outdoor temp is somewhere between 38 and 40. Not
too bad an afternoon.

[railfan619]

Good afternoon everyone how are we all doin today fine and dandy. I hope well my weekend is about to end in about 1hr cause I got to go to work today. I'm takin UWM skiing today and tonight it won't be to bad but I really wante dto just relax this weekend but oh well not much I can really do about that. OH CW since i don't know what's for din din yet can you save me some under the warmer for later tonight. Thanks.[:D][:D]

[Modelcar]

Cannonball: Interesting stuff on your experience with Muncie....As you probably know, that packing Co. is long gone...since back in the '70's I believe.
You would see a tremendous difference around Ball Hospital now too...Much larger.
Our 20 is NW of Muncie about 5 miles....just north of Yorktown. Called Westbrook...Built around a golf course back in the mid to late '60's.
Let us hear how your trip works out as you make your way west...Good Luck.

[switch7frg]

Modelcar, Mutt , CW, JoeKoh , Mookie & the rest of the page Diners.>>>>

Been very busy yesterday . We take the time to thank all of you for the concern shown to us . The bed bug hauler is loaded & on his merry way. The pickup truck & van is loaded on Rattler chained down tight . Spent the night in Xenia for a basic lesson on laptop use of wireless. Now ready to go.
Weather & road conditions determine how long it takes Phx. area .Shirl & me trade seats bout 2 hrs. for 8 or 9 hrs. then tie up for the night. Hope to make Az. in 31 hrs. >>>>
Modelcar ; Muncie is special to us , our 2nd son was born @ Ball State hosp. in 58. At the time I was drivin' w/Rayburn trkng. w/ Hugh & Sid . Wehauled into Meyerhoffer packing . Not a sweet job , but somebody had to do it . we liveed on So Macedonia st . next to NY C & NKP tracks & the switch tower . If the Diner gets a distorted or burbled post from us , its' cause of washboard road or buttons too close together on laptop . We will stay safe as can be . Good blessings to you all.
Cannonball & Shirl.

[CShaveRR]

I'm sure the kitten would enjoy your "little something" very much, Jim--good thing she has the weekends off!

[cherokee woman]

Joe, thanks for putting the coffee on, and making the juice. Is Matt back with the
doughnut holes? I'll take a couple of them, to have with my coffee. And one of
the chocolate, cream filled doughnuts I brought in for everyone today! Looks like
we both thought along the same lines for Sunday brunch today.

[JoeKoh]

good morning
made some fresh coffee and the juice is on.matt went to get some doughnut holes.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

Hi All

Here is a little something to go with your morning coffee. ENJOY [:D]

http://www.castlemountains.net/flashmar/A_Cup_Of_Joy.swf

Someone emailed me that link, but as usual, I can not tell you who. [;)] [}:)] [:p]

[JoeKoh]

larry you got the wind we got today but the sun was out and it was ok to watch trains in the truck.will take some pizza for a snack.i'll put the rest in containers for everyone.
stay safe
joe

[tree68]

Ham and pineapple here, if you please!

News Item (for real!), local pizza shop owner arrested for messing with the help - which is usually teenaged girls...

And speaking of Thule, 4-6" of snow here today, with a good dose of wind, and the temperature is dropping like a rock. The ol' home weather station is showing 9 degrees, and the chill factor has been sub-zero...

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

Sarah
I spent a summer in Greenland. Really. Pre-snowboards so there was NOTHING to do. I think the Air Force may still run BMEWS up on the ice cap-less it's been scrapped in favor of satellites. Enlist for an assignment up there and you will get all the snow you will ever want! (No trains, though.)
Jay

Thule? I knew a guy who spent a year there - liked to sleep with his window open...

[CShaveRR]

Back in--a slice of pineapple, please!

The bike is in the shop for its annual overhaul. The first half of next week is going to be cold, and the second half is going to be spent elsewhere anyway, so this is a good tiome to get it done.

[cherokee woman]

I've got the pizzas prepared for tonight's pizza fest, and will be putting them
into the oven in about an hour. The pizzas on tonight's menu are:
1. cheese
2. sausage & pepperoni
3. supreme
4. pineapple
5. special, with anchovies on it

JIM: there's a sausage & pepperoni for you to take to work with you, if you're
interested.

[railfan619]

Good afternoon everyone how are we all doin today fine and dandy. I hope well yesterday was my first day at my my new job and. I well liked it cause I already had two charters which is very unusal for a new guy like me cause when I was at my other company that would have never happened and according to the other drivers that. I talked to yesterday said it's like that every day but anywho. How is everyone else doin for today fine I hope. Well today is another cold day here in wisconsin with temps hovaring around 25-30 degrees and a strong wind but oh well that's really about it from this end hope to be talkin to you all soon. [:D][:D]

[Anonymous]

Morning All

It is cloudy here today but not much rain over night. I see that most of the rain is currently south of us but still in the state. That is good because Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas were in the drought and had severve grass and forest fires just a few months ago. They needed the rain. Actually most of the state needs the rain but I am in the truck on the weekends and having to work in the rain (in my bright orange reflective clown suit [:o)] [:0] ) is no fun. You get almost as wet wearing it as without it because you sweat in it so much. [V]

I stayed up late Thursday night and was tired at work last night so I slept late this morning. [:(] [8] [B)] That makes today go so fast and I have to be at work one hour earlier on the normal weekends because my job starts earlier. [8] So you can say I really am behind the 8 ball today. [;)]

I made another dozen cookies last night after work. [:p] All gone now. [:D] [;)] [:D]

I think a Little Ceasar's pizza sounds good today for lunch and supper. I just might have to do that. [:p][^]

If you have not checked out the Fairbanks Morse engine topic you should do so. The discussion of the British Deltic engine is very interesting.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=59239

I hope that is the correct link.

Take Care.

[jeaton]

Officially 22 degrees here, bright sun, forecast is calling for 31. I'll take it.

Today is the first Saturday in six that I don't have appointments. Not that I couldn't, but I am going to Chicago this afternoon to catch the Cardinal for Cincinnati. Eli is baptised tomorrow and then we are driving back home tomorrow evening. Originally I was going to drive but since the wife went there Thursday, that would be two cars making the trip. Train fare is 30 bucks less than I would pay for gas, beside it is a train and not a car. Who knows, I may have the new Trains to read on the trip. That would be perfect.

Assuming our business forecast holds, we are a little over halfway for this year. The pace slows up a little from now to mid-April and the 50+ hour weeks drop back to 40 or so. One thing I know for sure, three months a year is more than enough for me.

Speaking of working hard, I have several clients that work at the Chrysler Belvidere (IL) plant who have presented 6 figure W-2's. Seems like they have spent most of '05 on a 10/7 schedule. Makes me tired just to think about it.

Jay

[cherokee woman]

Joe, thanks for getting the coffee and cocoa ready, and putting the muffins in the
oven. Was up until almost 1 this morning, so I'm late getting in here this morning.
Was having too good a time with a phone conversation last night.

Everyone have a great day, and please make it back safely tonight for the pizza fest.

[CShaveRR]

It's coming, Quentin!

The wind shift hit us at 3:40 a.m., and the temperature dropped about five degrees per hour until the sun came up.

Sorry, no spare Mahler lying around here. Sarah, now that you've been indoctrinated into the seventh, you'll have to listen to Mahler #6. Talk about raw emotion! Daughter played in a performance a couple of years ago; we were both in tears.

[Modelcar]

...I'm surprised when I walked outside for the paper....It's rather warm, in the low 40's and not windy...Thought we were to get a change but maybe the wind arrives later. Didn't pay enough attention to report last night...too interested in basketball game....It was a bummer....{Pacer's}, went into O T and lost one of those cliff hangers...Lost another player to injury....That's {4}, off roster now...and it's beginning to hurt...Oh, yea...had another key player off on a one game suspension....for what, is a mystery to us....Now we have several games on the road and that gets rougher yet....!

[JoeKoh]

good morning
juice coffee and cocoa are ready to go.we also have some bluberry muffins in the oven.keep your hat on its going to be a cool windy day here.
stay safe
joe