Good afternoon!
It is a very nice afternoon, at least that's the way it looks out the window. Rumor has it there could be some snow tomorrow night, but nothing significant.
Anyway, I don't have anything special to say today. TTFN.
Willy
My cheeks hurt from laughing!
Poor chicken - he is such a softie, he probably scraped a spot in the snow so they could graze!
I will take some chili - it is cool, but not cold here today. Love grilled cheeze and need a glass of chocolate milk to go with it.
I really can't get over our neighbors. We have 3 trash cans on wheels out back. They keep putting one out the night before garbage day for pickup, which is what you should do. However, the landlord pays extra to have it picked up in the back yard, so the tenants don't have to put them out by the curb. Had to write them a note this morning as we brought the container back to their usual place. (if we didn't bring them back, the collectors might figure we weren't doing the backyard thing any more.)
I wonder if they gift wrap their garbage, too?
They are just too good to be renters. Driver actually got a nap yesterday afternoon. He has never been able to do that before with anyone renting next to us at any of our locations!
Speaking of naps.....
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She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
tree68 wrote: Well, chili has a predictable effect on me, but I don't have anyone I need to impress today, so what the heck? Haven't had a grilled cheese sandwich in next to forever, either. Maybe MC can get into a sideline herding elk. However, after being herded all day by 200 ton locomotives, I'd guess it would take more than some guy on a horse to an ATV to spook them...
Well, chili has a predictable effect on me, but I don't have anyone I need to impress today, so what the heck? Haven't had a grilled cheese sandwich in next to forever, either.
Maybe MC can get into a sideline herding elk. However, after being herded all day by 200 ton locomotives, I'd guess it would take more than some guy on a horse to an ATV to spook them...
Maybe it turns out that they're just a bunch of railfans. Might be some pictures of BNSF/UP security busting them for trespassing.
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Quentin
Mookie wrote: 1435mm wrote:Today is my first day off work since August 20 . Except for e-mail, of course!S. Hadid And what type of work do you do?
1435mm wrote:Today is my first day off work since August 20 . Except for e-mail, of course!S. Hadid
Based on previous posts, I think it's travelling through airports....
morning
will help myself to some breakfast.busy night at work last nightdid meet a father son duo from pennsylvania yesterday watching trains.they were glad to find deshler.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Limitedclear wrote: jeaton wrote:Case anybody is wondering, appears that the mudchicken has taken a side job herding antelope. And I just thought it was hunting season... LC
jeaton wrote:Case anybody is wondering, appears that the mudchicken has taken a side job herding antelope.
And I just thought it was hunting season...
LC
Not sure about antelope season, but bambi season opens this Friday in Wisconsin.
Another side item/joke: Mr Cheney was out hunting on election day. Wonder if he caught another politician?
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Q
I think that line was kicked around in a thread sometime back. I had a memory of reading about a run-away on that hill and the magazine index brought up a story in the Railroad Reading section of the April, 2001 Trains.
Of course, my copy of that issue has been misfiled. As I recall the run-away happened not long after the Penn Central merger. The Pennsy use a couple of locomotives with dynamic braking to aid speed control going down. Under the rearranged maintenance program, the units had just returned from an ex-NYC shop where there was not a clue of the purpose of some "gadgets?" installed in the locomotives. Guess what?
....Trivia comment:
In our Sunday paper {TheStarPress}, we find a feature of a local reporter takes an auto trip to various locations of interests and writes up and article of it..
This week was a trip down to Madison, In. to do a report on how the city established a road such as it was then back in the 1800's, up from the Ohio river to Indianapolis and on up to the northern part of Indiana so goods could be delivered from boats on the Oh. river, etc...Trade.
Then an improvement came with the building of a railroad to do similar tasks. But to get up from the river level it required getting up 400 plus ft. of elevation and that was a heavy task in building the railroad. Well, most railfans know about the 7,000 ft. stretch of that railroad built on a 5.89% grade to open the transportation window up from the river and on up to Madison upper levels and on out beyond, etc...
The writer made a final comment of "probably no one is going to drive down to Madison to see an old abandoned railroad track..." No not just anyone, but almost any railfan would certainly drive quite a distance to see a 5.89% {old main line}, grade that is still in place....A fact totally lost on the writer.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Good morning, folks. Joe, thanks for bringing the doughnuts this morning, I think I'll grab one along with a cup of hot coffee.
It's a bit on the chilly side here in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, I rolled out of bed at 7:00 and we had at that hour a temperature of 37 degrees. It feels more like 30, and we have a cloudy sky. Rain is in the forecast for around 11:00 this morning and then throughout the rest of the day.
I am in the habit of checking out the weather conditions in other parts of the country, and I've noted that it is just a bit warmer in Louisville, Kentucky, although Louisville too, is socked in with cloud cover.....but it is supposed to be fairly nice later this afternoon, with Louisville having some bright, sunny weather and a temperature that will max out at 51 degrees.
Well, I've got to go to church this morning, so I think I'd better hit the shower and get myself cleaned up.
Ray CANADIANPACIFIC2816
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
good morning
juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go.we also have some doughnuts too.need to get ready for church and matt needs to get ready for sunday school.
Joe
evening.need some pepperoni and mushroom pizza please.just some passing flurries now.If you need to go to Columbus ohio i would get there asap.by next weekend it will be jammed full.
Well, the ol' personal weather station is showing 30.01" of precip for the year, so far. And it's still raining here.
Lunch today was the volunteer appreciation luncheon for the railroad. Got some good news - money for fixing up track is forthcoming! Our primary goal on the Adirondack is service all the way from Utica to Lake Placid. We can get another 5 miles under our belts (at least good enough that we can run excursions on it) with this. Only, what, 50 left to go!
Hawaiian, as usual.
blhanel wrote:Hey Randy, I've been trying without success to figure out your avatar shot.
louisnash wrote: cherokee woman wrote:Taking requests for pizza toppings for our SATURDAY NIGHTPIZZA FEST. Please have your orders in to me by 2 p.m. EST.Message From:The Cook HAPPY VETERANS DAY!! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. It's also my brother's birthday, but we're having his dinner tomorrow night at my parents home. I know I missed the deadline for orders but can I please get one large goetta pizza and one large hawaiian tonight. Everyone stay warm. It's downright cold. Brian (KY)
cherokee woman wrote:Taking requests for pizza toppings for our SATURDAY NIGHTPIZZA FEST. Please have your orders in to me by 2 p.m. EST.Message From:The Cook
HAPPY VETERANS DAY!! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
It's also my brother's birthday, but we're having his dinner tomorrow night at my parents home.
I know I missed the deadline for orders but can I please get one large goetta pizza and one large hawaiian tonight.
Everyone stay warm. It's downright cold.
Brian (KY)
I'm a vet so I'll say you're welcome to the thanks, but my contribution was very modest and so I will also send thanks to those who were or are seriously in the thick of things.
The holiday has been nice to me. 41 years ago, I was due to get out on 11/11, but because it was a holiday, I wasn't out until the next day. Got an automatic big pay raise for going over two which meant my reimbursement for unused leave also took a big jump.
Only problem with the holiday is that the entire federal government, including the post office takes the holiday. So I get no mail today. How about only military personnel get the day off and for thanks everybody else stays on the job? (grumble, grumble)
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