Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[cherokee woman]

Good morning, everyone! Finally got my eyes open (I think), and I'm now
getting coffee on, and making the juice. Also got the water heating for
hot chocolate/cocoa and tea.

Mookie, what kind of party decorations do you have, and what kind of party
are we having? I haven't heard anything about a party, but I'll be glad to help
you with the decorations.

Breakfast this morning will be oatmeal and toast, or you can have sausage
and sausage gravy with homemade biscuits.

Wonder who brought in the electric blanket. We don't have one, so it wasn't
Mutt or me. Hope that particular rocker is by an electrical outlet.

[Mookie]

Rats! Sounds like Ed has the situation under control!

I think I should start gathering all my decorations for a party we are (I hope) having next week. About Wednesday to be exact. A party of silence! The day started at 4:30 am (I was up fortunately) with a ruckus next door. "He" moved out for about the 3rd or 4th time. Driver said that would happen - it's time to move, so I will disappear while you pack and move and then when you relocate, I'm back and "I love you!".....

Sick!

Just announced that February will be cold and nasty. Anyone notice there is a small electric blanket on one of the rockers? O^~^O

[edblysard]

Yeah, but it was a Rice University rat that ate the cable insulation, which means it was a very well mannered and impeccably dressed rat...[:D]

Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxt30

Thanks Walt !! Looks like a great bunch of Railroaders & " Good Eaters " here as well !! [:D][:D] I'll be back tomorrow to check the menus !!
Thanks, John

John
welcome to the diner. nice to have another buckeye come in.Matt and I like to watch trains at milepost 82 willard sub or just go to deshler. Mookie forgot another rule
DONT MIF THE CAT [xx(]
cw always provides a great menu and service with a smile.
stay safe
Joe
ps mookie i checked the newswire and houstons commuter rail is having a rodent problem.wi***o go and help out?[;)]

[blhanel]

Did somebody say chocolate?[dinner]

[CShaveRR]

Bring chocolate for brownie points?

[(-D][(-D][(-D]

[csxt30]

Hi Scott ! ( trainutz ) Thanks for the welcome & I'll remember the chocolate ! I see you're in the bicycle business, that's good to hear ! I'm a Schwinn factory trained bicycle mechanic, or was, I worked in a bike shop & my boss sent me to their school they used to have way back in the 60s ! Later I had my own bike & hobby shop. Used to be big in R/C planes & helis also. Back to 0-gauge trains again, now ! Thanks again, John

[Anonymous]

John, welcome to the Diner! One thingI have learned here is that it pays to carry chocolate with you for brownie points with CW or to distract Mookie[swg]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva

I think we should go back to the Horse and Buggie days.

I can arrange that... [:D]

We've recently been joined in the area by several Amish families - horses and buggies and all. Of course, you only have to go a few miles west into Lancaster County....

[csxt30]

Thanks for welcome CSXrules4 eva !! [:)] I remember being in your city when I was in the Army, & was really taken in by it ! On pass I would ride the trains there & go to the Ben Franklin Inst. of Technology. I went to the Zoo too ! A great city & all those people on the sidewalks ! I'm from a smaller place ! Have you gotten on the RR yet ? Guess they have jobs on the Internet .
Yes, great food here & thanks again, John

[Anonymous]

I am board...... Don't have any Homework today..... Riding Amtrak on Friday.....

[CSXrules4eva]

Well, it seems as if I missed some action the couple of days I wasn't on here.
John welcome to the diner, as you found out in only a couple of days, we have the best food here in the ENTIRE US of A!! [#welcome].

Well, my day was slow, it was productive but slow. Part of the slow ness came from the wind outside today. Man was it cold, and yes the wind was howwwwwwwling, big time! AND.. everytime I went to drive a truck or to drive my vehicle the wind resistance attempted to push me back. Darn it, I'm not too happy about that because, I had to burn up more 2.59 a gal gas, just to stay at road speed. I think we should go back to the Horse and Buggie days.

CW thanks for that delicious tuna melt with garlic bread,with mixed veggies. I really did enjoy that one. Now I think I will have some fruit Jello please. [:D]

[locomutt]

Kevin,
Glad you're back in here;and yeah,CW & I are quite happy to
be back in here after being off for about a week.(very unexpectedly)[:(][xx(]

Now,maybe you can stick around longer,or a least visit more often.[:D]

[Anonymous]

Well, Well! Glad to see the Diner is back in together!

CW i'm Glad your back, the cooking while you were gone wasn't you know... the best...

Mook has been reading those cooking books upside down or somehting...

Well i'm going to run now... far...

[:D]

Really glad to have you back!!!

Kev.

[csxt30]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxt30

Thanks Walt !! Looks like a great bunch of Railroaders & " Good Eaters " here as well !! [:D][:D] I'll be back tomorrow to check the menus !!
Thanks, John

John
welcome to the diner. nice to have another buckeye come in.Matt and I like to watch trains at milepost 82 willard sub or just go to deshler. Mookie forgot another rule
DONT MIF THE CAT [xx(]
cw always provides a great menu and service with a smile.
stay safe
Joe
ps mookie i checked the newswire and houstons commuter rail is having a rodent problem.wi***o go and help out?[;)]

Hello Everyone and thanks for the welcome Joe !! Heard that willard yard gets pretty busy from tome to time. We send quite a few cars there from Ashtabula, where I work. I hear some times they can't handle everything. One of our yardmasters left here a while back, to go to Willard as a Trainmaster. Real nice younger fellow, out of the Navy.
Cherokee Woman : great menues again !! Just look out if you have stuffed peppers or cabbage rolls, I'll be over !! [:D][:D]
Thanks, John & all have a nice evening !!

[tree68]

Abby Hoffman - AKA Barry Freed

He hid out about 20 miles from me, on the shores of the St Lawrence River. As Barry Freed, he was active in the formation of "Save the River," a conservation group that still exists, formed originally to fight winter navigation on the St Lawrence. Folks around here were thoroughly surprised when he "came out."

When he was interviewed by Barbara Walters, they took her by boat from the mainland to the island he was living on with Joanna. The catch is that there is a very servicable bridge (an international one at that) - they could have driven over. But they wanted to "fake them out," and have them believe otherwise.

Your trivia for the day...

[techguy57]

Brother Carl- Once again in my neck of the woods. I'm at work right now, probably just up Roselle Rd or at least just a hpo skip and a jump away. Harper College, where I have been working since I switched jobs in November is right at the corner of Roselle Rd. and Algonquin Rd. (Rte 62). I'll probably be in the PAC if you go by![8D]

CW-As Carl was saying Hoffman Estates was incorporated as a village in 1959. It is named after some of the first landowners, Sam and Jack Hoffman. Thats all for today's history lesson. I'm off to learn more about fall protection safety![^]

Mike

[CShaveRR]

Hoffman Estates is a suburb (with a name like that could it be anything else?) of Chicago, west and slightly north of the city by about 25-30 miles. No rail service whatsoever now, though with Metra's "down-the-road" STAR line it would receive service over new trackage and the EJ&E line, which comes close to it. Biggest claim to fame is that it's the location of Sears' headquarters.

It's been around as long as I can remember (so it predates Abby Hoffman's notoriety), and it shows on a map in the 1969 history of the Chicago area that I was just looking at ro research a reply for the question thread. I don't think it got very big until recently, though.

[cherokee woman]

Hmm, Carl, have to ask this question: Where is Hoffman Estates?
Doesn't have anything to do with Abby Hoffman, does it?!? And yes, I usually
make up enough tuna salad so that anyone else who wants some, can have
some.

Speaking of tuna, the supper menu tonight will be: tuna melt with garlic bread,
with mixed veggies. Also got some more brownies in the oven, to have for
dessert tonight, with some mixed fruit Jell-O.

[CShaveRR]

I'll have some of that tuna salad, too, if you don't mind sharing or can make more!

Actually, today is not a hump day for me. I've laid off so we can visit the son-in-law, who's in the area at company expense for a training session. We get to go to one of those fancy suite hotels on a street with a strange name that is probably a frontage road off the Interstate.

At that point, I wish we could move the Depot Diner, busy tracks and all, to Hoffman Estates!

[techguy57]

Hey everyone! Just stopping in for a quick cup of coffee and to say a quick welcome back to CW and Locomutt, since I haven't yet! Hope everything is going well! I guess that coffee will have to be to go, got to go onstage and move an orchestra shell around!

Mike

[cherokee woman]

Mookie, for you and me, I usually have plenty of tuna salad made up, so we can
"slightly" reduce the caloric intake. But, you know, all these guys needs big meals
like this to keep them working!! [:I][;)]

[Mookie]

Joe - I would LOVE to go! Not sure I would ever get around to attacking the problem, tho.

MMM Cw - my fur is getting tight. Gotta stop eating in here! The food is too good!

Tree - be careful - going over those hills, you know!

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxt30

Thanks Walt !! Looks like a great bunch of Railroaders & " Good Eaters " here as well !! [:D][:D] I'll be back tomorrow to check the menus !!
Thanks, John

John
welcome to the diner. nice to have another buckeye come in.Matt and I like to watch trains at milepost 82 willard sub or just go to deshler. Mookie forgot another rule
DONT MIF THE CAT [xx(]
cw always provides a great menu and service with a smile.
stay safe
Joe
ps mookie i checked the newswire and houstons commuter rail is having a rodent problem.wi***o go and help out?[;)]

[blhanel]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Good morning, everyone! Well, here it is, "hump day" again! Getting close
to the weekend, aren't we?

Coffee's on, juice is made, and have hot water for tea or hot chocolate.
Breakfast this morning will be something different this morning:

country fried ham w/red eye gravy, home fries, and scrambled eggs.
We'll also have the usual turkey bacon, sausage, biscuits & gravy to
add to the menu.

Lunch today will be: country fried steak (making sure it's real nice and
tender) with milk gravy and mashed taters, and peas and carrots, and
creamed corn with homemade biscuits.

Mmmmm... I think I'll just hang around here all morning![dinner]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie
Only rule is - don't use the hammock between 6am and 2 pm. It is (ahem) closed for inspection during those hours.

I'll attest to that....[xx(]

Ma Nature is threatening us with all sorts of dire consequences today - up to a foot of snow at higher elevations - but no sign of it yet. Thought it was starting last night. Snowed like the dickens, but quit after a half inch...

It may be hump day, but it's till looking up hill for rest of the week for me. Busy!

[Mookie]

(brownie)^~^(brownie) mmpfff....good!

Got my hair ^~^ and nails !!!! !!!! done last nite. Someone was a little confused and mixed them up. Was going for the old BNSF green and orange look, but wanted the orange on top. [|(]

At least the diner never messes up! Welcome John. Only rule is - don't use the hammock between 6am and 2 pm. It is (ahem) closed for inspection during those hours.

Mookie

[cherokee woman]

Good morning, everyone! Well, here it is, "hump day" again! Getting close
to the weekend, aren't we?

Coffee's on, juice is made, and have hot water for tea or hot chocolate.
Breakfast this morning will be something different this morning:

country fried ham w/red eye gravy, home fries, and scrambled eggs.
We'll also have the usual turkey bacon, sausage, biscuits & gravy to
add to the menu.

Lunch today will be: country fried steak (making sure it's real nice and
tender) with milk gravy and mashed taters, and peas and carrots, and
creamed corn with homemade biscuits.

Everyone have a great day, and I'll be back in in a little while. Need to
find Mookie. Think I hear her around here, just need to find her. Too
cold for her to be out on the hammock, so will check her usual hiding
places.

[csxt30]

Thanks Walt !! Looks like a great bunch of Railroaders & " Good Eaters " here as well !! [:D][:D] I'll be back tomorrow to check the menus !!
Thanks, John

[locomutt]

John,

You know I have to eat good;both here,and at home......Of course I am
just a bit on the predjiuced side when it comes to that.[:I]

Thanks for taking time out from the CTT side to visit with us over here;
hope you keep coming back;maybe make this your second home ![8D]

[csxt30]

Thanks Cherokee Woman !!
I keep looking for Walts' posts, but I never catch them ! This looks like a real Real Railroders Diner !! The food sounds fantastic here !! Keep up the good work, you must be slavin' in the kitchen from sunup to sundown !! [:D][:D]
I know Walt eats good there !!
Thanks, John