Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[tree68]

Peeps? Let me check with my sister (in Aurora, CO). All she needs is a long fork and a campfire (she says they are fantastic toasted!)

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

rice krispy treats sound good for a dessert treat today.melt some peep marshmellow animals and you can get peep treats in different colors.
stay safe
joe

Joe - I have yellow mudchickens and pink bunnies for my one co-worker that can only eat with one hand. (she would go through the entire box if I let her use two!) No one else will come close to them, but she loves them. She is also high energy - wonder why?

Mook

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

Maybe the cherry pie will come out on the real day (2/22, for those who are too young).

Want to hear about a combination of pain and pleasure? I'm hoping it will be warm enough in the morning for me to bike to my dental appointment (just the checkup, I hope!).

Then again to work in the afternoon. I should let the world know that I'm working with a hump conductor who, if he had the sense to look out the window, would still need an interpreter for what he saw! Talks a good line, though--maybe they'll make a manager out of him.

BC ! You have my former boss! He bluffed his way through 10 mos before our department finally challenged him on how little he actually knew and he quit! Hope springs eternal!

[JoeKoh]

rice krispy treats sound good for a dessert treat today.melt some peep marshmellow animals and you can get peep treats in different colors.
stay safe
joe

[cherokee woman]

Good Tuesday morning, everyone! Well, looks like we might be coming out of
the freezer today! Our current temp is in the upper twenties. and our high today
is to be right about 40! That'll be a heat wave, won't it, folks?!?!

Mudckicken, sorry about the chicken noodle soup last night. How about the next
time I make soup, I make it mushroom soup with alphabet noodles in it, instead?

Breakfast is all ready, and on the warmer bar: turkey bacon, sausage patties &
links, biscuits, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, and hashbrowns.

I'll be back in a bit; getting ready for those people wanting to sign in to get produce
this morning. Should be hearing the doorbell ring any time, now.

I'll let you all know what the surprise desserts will be a little bit later this
morning. PROMISE!!

[CShaveRR]

Maybe the cherry pie will come out on the real day (2/22, for those who are too young).

Want to hear about a combination of pain and pleasure? I'm hoping it will be warm enough in the morning for me to bike to my dental appointment (just the checkup, I hope!).

Then again to work in the afternoon. I should let the world know that I'm working with a hump conductor who, if he had the sense to look out the window, would still need an interpreter for what he saw! Talks a good line, though--maybe they'll make a manager out of him.

[railfan619]

HI and good eveing to you all how is we all doin tonight fine and dandy I hope well I'm almost done with my training at my new job which is good cause then, I can start to have some real fun but anywho. It was a pretty good day here in wisconsin with temps up around 25-33 degress which. Felt really good compared to just a couple of days ago when the high temp was -10 or something like that. ANyway hope everyone has a great night and I will be talkin to you all in the morning. TIME FOR SLEEP [zzz][zzz][zzz][zzz]

[mudchicken]

I vote for snickerdoodles and a pot of people-noodle soup[}:)]

(threaten my feathered friends will ya'[dinner][dinner][dinner])

No cherry pie today?

[cherokee woman]

Good guess, Brian, but: no. Everyone keep guessing!!

[blhanel]

Chocolate chip cookies!!!

[cherokee woman]

Have plenty of soup (both vegetable beef and Carl's Hearty Soup) for supper
tonight. Will also have grilled cheese sandwiches to go with the soup.

Got a couple of surprises in the works for desserts tomorrow. (Just want you
all to try to figure out what I'll be baking tomorrow.)[}:)][:D]

[Anonymous]

Well I went railfanning today and had a lot of fun. Just got done with my Fantasy Baseball Draft.

[JoeKoh]

the soup is deliciious cw the sun sure helps on a cold day like today.
mookie saw the same situation in deshler saturday.mr csx train was southbound and stopped at a red signal.then after about 30 minutes they contiued on.probably waiting for the leipsic diamond with ns to clear or xn to clear.
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Well, made it back from the library, and the lunch sandwiches are disappearing
mighty fast!! Looks like I'll have to make up some more. I've also put on a pot
of beef vegetable soup, and a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, and a
pot of Carl's Hearty Soup (made with turkey).

[switch7frg]

Bingo!!>>>Mutt I hope you get an extra big slice of that delicous choc. cake. We remember those times ,the car was parked on a slight hill and the tires were a little warm. about 3 min. later , car decided to slide back into nice fence & lilac bush.
Some things are never forgotten. got to go to Big Box store &get household goods.
UMMMM that choc.cake smells good & it's not even thawed yet . CW keep the coffee pot plugged in ....please . The web server said Error,,hope ya get reply.

[Mookie]

Down to two people - both men. Very scientific - they looked at the video taken in the shop at the time the ticket was sold.....stay tooned!

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Boy for a few minutes Mudchicken was in serious trouble. Rumor had it that it was a person from Colorado that was claiming the prize. Rumor has since been killed off.

Mook

As if the exploding pop cans here weren't bad enough.......Whew![:-^][:-^][:-^]

[Mookie]

Boy for a few minutes Mudchicken was in serious trouble. Rumor had it that it was a person from Colorado that was claiming the prize. Rumor has since been killed off.

So we are still waiting. There is a population of citizens that live under the open skies in that area, so maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy lots of stock in adult beverages. Just in case.....

Mook

[Modelcar]

.....Another day of sunshine is unfolding for us.....about 12 degrees warmer this morning than yesterday....{Still no zero}, here yet.....Hope it continues like that too.
When I heard Lincoln, NE being involved over the weekend with the PowerBall of course my mind wondered...just COULD it be....but from what I'm reading above I guess not....But that is bringing it mighty close....!
No snow here ....just temps in the teens this morning....and now to get warmer as the week goes on.
On water pipes {above}, It's been my experience if one keeps them reasonably enclosed and out of the wind they will not get into much trouble.....I have water pipes in outside walls at two places in this house...one bathroom {in to under the vainty and in to serve the kitchen and all outside walls have blown in cellulose {sp?}, insulation and of course no wind can get to them....and in 35 years {since we had it built}, no freezing...! Heat is in the ceiling too....Cable heat....
Hope everyone will feel some of the warm-up that we will be experiencing here this week.....
One other note on subject.....Have 2 outside water faucets {of course the kind that are supposed to be non-freezing}, but in addition to that, I install "insulated mittens" on them I purchased someplace just for the protection purpose...Just for a bit of added protection....

[Mookie]

Well, you can all breathe a sigh of relief. The closest we came to that power ball tix is about 3 blocks away, where we sit trackside. I hope the silence is because they are smart enough to call professionals before they claim the prize.

I had a good chunk of it spent before Driver got up yesterday morning - to get it out of his billfold. Had to send it all back! Including the lottery ticket! Bah!

But I did have this scenario -

Sunday afternoon - nice SD70 cab - you could see Jim and Tim in their comfy seats, probably sharing some hot chocolate (more marshmellows Jim?) with their shirtsleeves and window cracked slightly - (little too warm in the cab for you Tim?) Getting paid to be comfy.

Two people sitting in 21 degree weather trackside (wind chill 17) bundled up and trying not to run the heater until almost fatal frost bite, with stupid grins on one of their faces.
Ever try to write with mittens on?

Everyone smiled! I would like to think it is because we were all happy with our respective situations and not because we think someone is off their trolley!

[JoeKoh]

cw
the cat might have a day off because of presidents day.but like i said before those bnsf engines would look interesting with paw prints on them.and i would like to see the crew put a real big boy in her backyard(after she buys a bigger yard)[;)]
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Good morning all! Nice and cold this morning, so I've got the coffee ready, and
hot water for cocoa, and will heat some milk for anyone who wants hot chocolate.

Breakfast this morning: sausage, sausage gravy, biscuits, turkey bacon, oatmeal,
toast, and diced some potatoes that are now frying in the skillet.

Going to be a very busy day around here. Got to finish putting the junk out for
pickup starting tomorrow. Saw in yesterday's paper that they were postponing
it one day, due to today being Presidents Day. Also have to take some
books back to the public library this morning.

I've got some roast beef, and meat loaf sandwiches made up for lunch.
And just in case we know the Powerball winner in Lincoln, there's a chocolate
cake that's been taken out of the freezer to thaw. I'll take any excuse to have
chocolate cake for us all to eat!!

[M636C]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

If a kitty shows up here wearing a diamond collar, we will know just who was the lucky one from Lincoln, Nebraska.

The news has even hit the TV here in Australia!

$365 million dollars (before tax, of course)

We are all waiting for the winner to reveal him (or her) self.

M636C

[rvos1979]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

Never did hear if the Polar Bears made their dip in Lake Mendota. Randy V.?

Jay

Jay:

According to NBC 15 in Madison, the event was cancelled due to the lake freezing over as fast as they could remove the ice from the hole. The annual fraternity baseball game on the ice went ahead as planned, though.

Today was another day to stay inside, so I curled up under some covers and watched MASH (the TV series) on DVD. Almost through season 4, might hit the first disc of season 5 before I conk out tonight. Nothing like hot chocolate and a good DVD to keep one warm.

Randy

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Switch8frg

CW&Mutt:
Glad to hear you all are O.K.,no solid pipes { hard water}. Sorry ,my Malfunction Junction is here in Circleville , Ohio.It's nice you thought that. The place is at the top of a longgggg trying hill .In days gone by , thats's where went bang. It just happens there is a repair garage at the crossroad . How odd? huh. Just to cheer us folks up ,my friend Flatwheel said Phoenix has gone 120 days w/ no rain &temps in 60'&70's . Such a hardship ? Lot's of duststorms [cough cough] & polution advisory's . At least the air is clearer in these parts . No grit in or on choc cake. We didn't catch the supper menu , guess warmer bar will reveal good meal.Hope you all stay toasty warm &dry this night @ the Diner
Cannonball & Hurricane

Sounds like you must be at the intersection of U.S. 22 & U.S. 23.
Used to drive 23 towards Mi. all the time with some family.( 1st wife )
Just barely beat that 1975 "snow storm" back to Ky. Thought I never
would get through Columbus,roads had gotten REALLY bad !!
And from around Circileville,on down to Portsmouth,nothing but snow,
rain freezing rain,snow,rain,freezing rain,etc. That was one time I was
glad to be back home;as one of the guys I worked with,was originally
from Dearborn;got "stuck" up there for three days before he could even
get out of there to try to make it back down here.

Can't remember exactly what was for supper,but I do know that CW
left some good stuff out on the warming trays for ALL wayward
travelers.

[jeaton]

The heat wave continues. +10 at his moment. More warm tomorrow and by Tuesday the ice on the driveway begins to go. Our low the other night was last matched in 1999. I think that was also the last time we had a pipe freeze. I had forgotten that the kitchen pipes are susceptable. We had a minor problem, but the pipes promptly thawed with a little extra heat pumped into the storage space under the sink.

Never did hear if the Polar Bears made their dip in Lake Mendota. Randy V.?

Jay

[tree68]

Wow - Busy day here today. My FD has a little function each year for the members centered around Daytona - We rent a big screen TV and have lots of finger food. I'm stuffed! I'm not really into the racing, but it can be entertaining. Talking about drivers/cars borders on religion and politics, so we won't get into that here.

Jim - Foam insulation is fairly inexpensive and would definitely be worth the cost and hassle of installation (it's usually sold as insulation for hot water pipes). I have a spot where the wind can blow between the sill plate and the foundation if it's just right. I simply hung a piece of sheet plastic between the draft and the pipe and the problem went away. I think the plastic is still hanging there even though I plugged the leak.....

Cold weather continues, but it's in the teens. Lake effect machine is in high gear south of me, but only a dusting here at the house. Found out that Thursdays wind event stripped a few shingles off my house, but it took almost a full square (10x10) off the roof of our fire dep't Social Hall.

[switch7frg]

CW&Mutt:
Glad to hear you all are O.K.,no solid pipes { hard water}. Sorry ,my Malfunction Junction is here in Circleville , Ohio.It's nice you thought that. The place is at the top of a longgggg trying hill .In days gone by , thats's where went bang. It just happens there is a repair garage at the crossroad . How odd? huh. Just to cheer us folks up ,my friend Flatwheel said Phoenix has gone 120 days w/ no rain &temps in 60'&70's . Such a hardship ? Lot's of duststorms [cough cough] & polution advisory's . At least the air is clearer in these parts . No grit in or on choc cake. We didn't catch the supper menu , guess warmer bar will reveal good meal.Hope you all stay toasty warm &dry this night @ the Diner
Cannonball & Hurricane

[railfan619]

Good eveing everyone how is we all doin tonight fine and dandy. Ihope and oh yea stayin warm to I hope cause it is sure cold out side pretty much where ever you go and it's even colder here in wisconsin cause we still are in that deep frezee but it slowly moving away which is very good cause. I want the warm temps to come back but anywho hope everyone has a good night and I will be talkin to you all later. [zzz][zzz][zzz][:D]

[cherokee woman]

Sunday dinner/supper is laid out on the warmer bar. So help yourselves.

Did go ahead and make a chocolate pie and a chocolate cake for
dessert tonight. Hope that meets with everyone's approval.[C=:-)][dinner]