Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[JoeKoh]

juice and coffee are ready to go.plenty of mugginess here for anyone.hope the birthday gal doesnt have to drive around any railyards today.
stay safe
joe

[cherokee woman]

Yes, plenty of birthday wishes here for the birthday gal!! Know she'll
have a good one!

Breakfast this morning, since it's so warm & muggy, will be: cereal with
your choice of fruit in it: apples, peaches, blueberries, bananas, whatever
you want in your cereal.

Think lunch today will be: hamburgers w/sauteed onions. (Will be better
for you to go back to work afterwards: you won't have the raw onion breath.)

Will accept suggestions for supper tonight until noon .

[locomutt]

Yes,HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the aNonymous Lady !!! [bday]

[Anonymous]

I don't have my secret decoder ring today?????

[Mookie]

psst Tom - it is Nora, but don't tell anyone. I hear she is around...22?

[rvos1979]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

....Believe that Poker winner took home over 7 mil.....

7.5 million, and the top 500 or so positions got money out of the deal. I think there were around 6,000 entries for the 10,000 dollar buy-in main event. ESPN is to start brodcasting this years' tourney every Tuesday night, I guess.

Good money, but you gotta go through 6,000 people and two weeks solid of just playing poker.

Randy

[Modelcar]

...One must choose to go through such a grind to have a chance and for the survivor, it's a winning pot. I'm no expert for sure, just recently have watched some of it on TV and it can get interesting.

[locomutt]

This from CW: Since noboby has made any suggestions for the supper menu;
It looks like spaghetti & meat balls,tossed garden salad,garlic bread,and of
course usual choice of desserts.(pies,ice cream,etc.)

[TrainFreak409]

7 million? That could buy some serious trains....

[Mookie]

CW - we need some watermelon - the one thing you should always have on a hot day!
(darn - there is a fly in here....) and corn on the cob and, and, and....oh boy!

[CShaveRR]

...and don't forget the birthday cake with Norange decorations!

After a bike trip to Elmhurst in a few minutes (12 miles, plus or minus, round trip), I'll be back for an icy cold Diet Dew! Temp is currently "only" 87 degrees. Nice breeze, too.

[cherokee woman]

The Norange birthday cake is ready. We just need the birthday gal!!

Mookie, didn't forget the watermelon. Have it with seeds, and the
seedless watermelon also. Enjoy your watermelon, Milady!!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

psst Tom - it is Nora, but don't tell anyone. I hear she is around...22?

OH!! She's a baby!!!

[bday]

[Mookie]

She will be most pleased to hear that!

Thanx CW - always need a little watermelon - ok a lot of watermelon!

[tree68]

Watermellon a good thing. Whoever said it wasn't the heat, it was the humidity is dead right. Been so bad here lately that you break out in a sweat if you change your mind.

At least we can't complain about how dry it is. 2 2/3" of rain since the 13th. A couple of towns got hit so hard yesterday that they were calling in neighboring fire departments to help pump basements. Flooded streets in the aftermath of scattered severe T'storms are becoming common. We got 3/4" in less than 45 minutes a few nights ago.

Nice quiet day here at the house, at least so far. I have custody of Daughter's Dalmatian for the next few weeks. She leaves for Zambia on Friday.

Gee - new house, birthday. "N" is a busy girl!

Now, for something cool to drink.

Oh - and please do drink lot's of appropriate beverages in this heat. Sent one to the hospital yesterday who, despite her insistence that she'd had enough to drink, was severely dehydrated. Appropriate beverages are water and sports drinks. Colas, coffee, tea, and other caffienated drinks are taboo for rehydration as they take too long to absorb, or cause you to eliminate the very fluids you need. A little advice from the medic...

[Mookie]

Hey Doc! Wondered where you were.....

Could have used you this weekend - had a little trouble keeping my eyelids from slamming shut and my mouf dropping open. Even while watching trains - (it is soooo relaxing!) Can't believe I didn't get whiplash! [:D]

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

Watermellon a good thing. Whoever said it wasn't the heat, it was the humidity is dead right. Been so bad here lately that you break out in a sweat if you change your mind.

...

Oh - and please do drink lot's of appropriate beverages in this heat. Sent one to the hospital yesterday who, despite her insistence that she'd had enough to drink, was severely dehydrated. Appropriate beverages are water and sports drinks. Colas, coffee, tea, and other caffienated drinks are taboo for rehydration as they take too long to absorb, or cause you to eliminate the very fluids you need. A little advice from the medic...

Yeah, the humidity has been very bad out here as well.

When you say tea, do you mean canned tea, herbal tea, or what? Because I drink a lot of REAL tea, not that canned stuff.

[railfan619]

Good afternoon everyone how are we doing today hope everyone is staying cool temp in southeast wisconsin is hovering about 89 or 90 but. The weather people said some releif is on the way by wed. We sould be getting some rain which will be really good for us. If we get enough of it I send some buckets down so the rest of you can get some much needed rain to[:D][:D][:D]

[JoeKoh]

I think the birthday gal is still hiding either that or her 2 boys have her tied up.made some more lemonade for tonight.
stay safe
joe

[locomutt]

Hope can she get 'untied' soon,so she can enjoy the good meal
thats ready,along with the "Norange" cake,and the giant meatball
with a candle on it!![:D]

[cherokee woman]

Nora: "come out, come out, wherever you are!" We want to wish you a
Happy Birthday, girlfriend!!

Looks like everyone's enjoying the spaghetti and meat balls. Do you like
the small meatballs I made? Almost mini-meatballs, aren't they?

Where in the heck is our esteemed owner of this establishment?!?! I see
him in other places on the forum, but haven't seen him in here!

[Anonymous]

Evenin' all. Just dropped in to let everyone know I'm still alive (just very tired) Double shifting sucks. Now they're talking about sending some of the stupidvisors to our other facility in Rochelle. When it rains, it pours. Only not for real in N. Illinois. Elm trees are dropping leaves like fall here on the sandbar. Well, going to do the three "S"s and go in and faaaallllllllaaslleeeep [zzz] [zzz] [zzz] Willy

[Nora]

Thanks for all the birthday wishes; I just got home from work and rarely visit this thread at any rate (would rather eat real food than talk about imaginary food, which has been one of my problems all along).

Jay (age 4) says that twenty-ten is what comes after twenty-nine. So we'll say I'm twenty-ten -- that's better than Charlie (age 2.5), who insists for some reason that I am now sixty-two!

For my birthday at work I got to see my very first Norange engine with the new logo. I still don't care for it but it was at least neat to see one in person for the first time.

[mudchicken]

'Bout time you made an appearance!

[bday][bday][bday]

[cherokee woman]

Nora, glad you had a nice birthday. Just remember the comments from
your boys, and when they each reach their 29th birthday, you can tell them
what they said when you turned 29!! They'll never believe they said that!!

Breakfast is all laid out for everyone. Produce truck will be back today, and
I'm getting ready to head out the door soon. Hopefully, we'll get some GOOD
produce today, and not things that are wilted, turning brown, etc. Maybe they'll
even have some watermelons for us!! Keep your fingers crossed, Mookie.

[Mookie]

[{(-_-)}] hmmmmmm[:-^] gonna make some lunch items.....

Let's see - potato salad - bag of salad mix and one, no, two potatoes. Ok - simple enough. Kinda pretty with the red skins still on. Pretty crunchy which is always good...

Next - want to make Fishy Paws, but CW didn't order goldfish, so will go with a recipe I saw in the paper......Stone Soup. Well, ok - cold water and a stone. Whatever. Humans eat the strangest things. [wow][tup]

Now to the important part of the lunch -

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[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TrainFreak409


When you say tea, do you mean canned tea, herbal tea, or what? Because I drink a lot of REAL tea, not that canned stuff.

The problem is the caffiene - a natural diuretic. You're trying to get fluids in you, and your body is trying to get them out.

Add to that something called "osmolarity." That's how fast your body can absorb a liquid. Water has a value of 32 - soaks right it. Most sodas are in the 700 range - takes them a long time to absorb. Sports drinks are around 320 - a good value. Cranberry juice is about 900. The problem with a caffienated soda (especially "Dew") is that they have caffiene, the diuretic, and high "osm's", so you're thirsty, have to p**, and have a big lump of soda laying in your stomach making you uncomfortable.

Herbal teas probably aren't a problem in that respect. Even regular tea isn't as bad as coffee or a lot of colas.

There - your health lesson for the day...

[JoeKoh]

about time nora came in here.mookies right time to go to bed.not a good night at work. a couple pop tarts please.
stay safe
joe

[CopCarSS]

Tree,

Why couldn't you have told me this a couple years ago? I had to learn my soda lessons the hard way. When I first started climbing mountains out here, I'd always throw some water and some pop into the bag. Yeahhhh....bad idea. Not only does the pop not help the dehydration situation, it adds unnecessary weight which helps one dehydrate one even faster (which is already a real problem while exerting oneself up a 14,000' mountain on a hot day).

Needless to say, I've learned my lesson, and carry water only while climbing now. Also throw in a bottle of water purification tablets. Sure, the water tastes terrible, but when one is really thirsty, one doesn't notice it so much.

By the way, a belated [bday] to the birthday girl. Enjoy your twenty tenth!

[cherokee woman]

Well, got potatoes, cucumbers, onions and salad mix. Sorry to say, Mookie,
they didn't have any watermelons for us. What a bummer.

Lunch today: BLTs with your choice of potato chips or french fries. Too hot
and muggy to be standing over a hot stove and oven.

Think supper will be salad night. Will fix large garden salads for everyone.
Ice cream sandwiches and orange cream pops for dessert.