Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Mookie]

v~> - hear there was quite a wind through Wisconsin!

Messed up my "do" clear down here!

Who is this Jay that thinks Mookie and Driver may help with carpet? Anyone know this person? Hope he has a doctor that specializes in knees, backs and strained muscles. [censored]

Well, my last 1/2 day Friday for this year. School starts on Monday - so back to full days on Fridays (thank goodness)

And going to crank up the oldies on the radio - I am all alone in my dept! [:D]
Boss, co-worker and IT person all on vacation!

It's Party Time!!!!! Just the radio, the work, no meetings, no interruptions and me!!!!!

[cherokee woman]

Good Friday morning, all! Jay, looks like your rain is headed our way.
You all know that the Diner/Coffee Shop is always open, so if anyone
needs shelter, come on in! I'll fix plenty of sandwiches, and hot meals
for everyone.

Breakfast this morning comes from our Ky. State Fair, that is going on
now. We'll have grilled hamburgers, and ribeye steak sandwiches.
Anybody want to come and go to the Fair with us?!?

[rvos1979]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton
Wisconsin has become tornado alley this afternoon and evening. Very severe storm in Stoughton where Randy V. hangs out. We are fine in Delavan, but a lot of all around us. Hope Randy and everybody else here doesn't have to camp out at the DD&CS as a temporary shelter.

Jay

You're not kidding, Jay!!!

We saw the first one get itself rolling around 18:20 or so, during our first break at Stoughton Trailer. We stood around in awe watching it for a few minutes, untill we realized it was heading in our direction!!!! We made a bee line for the shelters at work, and stayed there for about a half hour. The north side of Stoughton got hit hard, took out a bunch of homes and US 51 was still closed on my drive home at two in the morning. The word going around work was that there was about eleven of them in all, and I39-90 was shut down for a time. I guess also, the warning sirens at work went off well before the civil sirens did.

Other than that little fiasco, I'm doing fine, still have a house to come home to, thanks for the offer. I'll just raid the fridge for a late night snack and talk to y'all later in the day, about noonish.

Randy

[blhanel]

Heard a news highlight second-hand from the wife that there were 27 tornadoes in all between La Crosse and your neck of the woods today, and several deaths as well. Doesn't surprise me as hot and humid as we got this afternoon. I'll take a fudgcicle, thanks.

[jeaton]

I broke down and agreed that we should go forward with the project to install a composit wood floor for our family room and kitchen. Timing is good, because a family friend has aggreed to do the instalation gratis-after Matt and I remove the old carpeting and, below that, the vinyl flooring. I don't know what hurts worse, the work or the $$$$'s. I am tempted to buy an Amtrak tickets for Mookie and driver to come over and lend a hand. Somehow I think it would take more than a free ride to talk them into it.

Wisconsin has become tornado alley this afternoon and evening. Very severe storm in Stoughton where Randy V. hangs out. We are fine in Delavan, but a lot of all around us. Hope Randy and everybody else here doesn't have to camp out at the DD&CS as a temporary shelter.

Jay

[cheese3]

mmmm...fudgcicle

[cherokee woman]

Carl, hope you've enjoyed your peach pie by now.

Hope everyone enjoyed the beef pasta for supper tonight. It's been awhile
since I fixed that.

Plenty of frozen pops and fudgcicles left if anyone wants any. As a matter
of fact, I'm going to go get a fudgcicle for myself.

Later.

[railfan619]

Good afternoon how is everyone well We got some big weather type stuff headed.For us but that could be a good thing because we could use the rain. But the good thing is I'll put out the rain bucket for anyone that will also need some of the rain to [:D][:D]

[locomutt]

Carl,
I think your pie was put in a safe place ("pie-safe") with
instructions for others to keep "paws" off (no Mookie,not
just you;but everybody!)[:D]

[CShaveRR]

I'm back (again)!

After physical, was taken to Joe's Crab Shack by wife, daughter, and granddaughter. Ate well, but left some room for teh peach pie that CW promised to save me. I don't doubt her sincerity, but that was before everyone decided that it would make a good breakfast!

So--if another one has to be baked in time for supper, I'm here to help!

[CSXrules4eva]

Wow yes today must be a slow day her in the diner. Whats going on?? Because, this morning in the heat of rush hour over here in Philly at around 7:30 there was vertually no one on the road??//////////////// that was very interesting. It took me about 10 and 3/4 mins to get to work, which normaily takes me 20 or 16 mins. I made great time and I also clocked on eairly since I was there eairly.

Today temp wise wasn't so bad it got up to about 80 something. Once again we're suposed to get some rain but, did that come about?????????? NO. At work today I got to go out on a road test in a Fire Truck. To those of you who know the greater Philly area it was Penn Wayne Valley Fire Dept. Ladder 21. That was pretty cool, I've never really been in one except to drive one around the parking lot and park it.

CW din din tonight sounds great!!! beef pasta,green beans,
and salad. I'm going to ask if I could have some chesse on the salad please [:D]

Carl I didn't know I made the sun come out for you up there in Muskegon. I think it was because of the sun comming out in the great state of PA in which it was cloudy. Like I said yesterday it was because we both were on "regular time" lol.

[JoeKoh]

supper sounds great.we got some more lemonade.2 weeks?do i smell birthday cake??
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

After the really good breakfast of peach pie, for lunch we'll have: leftover
beef stew and cornbread.

Supper tonight will be: beef pasta; veggies will be: cabbage,green beans,
and salad (your choice of Ceasar or garden).

[Anonymous]

The diner slipped to page 2. [:0] [B)]

Must be a slow day. [:(]


I love my job. [;)] [:D]

Well anyway, these two weeks of it. [8D]

Who knows what happens in two weeks. [:0]

Everyone take care. [:)]

[JoeKoh]

CW
breakfast sounds good to me.I'll go get some more milk.
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Hey, Mookie: I like your idea: Peach pie for breakfast DOES sound like a
great idea. So. . . .that's what we'll have for breakfast. We get our fruit,
and we'll count the pie crust as toast: we'll pretend it's peach jam/jelly on toast
for breakfast. That will be the breakfast special this morning.

[Mookie]

Got my bib on...

Ready to go.....

Can't do lamb, however....can't get it up to my mouf...nose gets in way... Ugh....

Peach pie for breakfast would be ok - fruit and bread? Yum!

[jeaton]

I'll take a piece of pie. Greater's for the ala mode? Would go good with coffee, but that would keep me awake half the night.

By the way, we ought to set up a couple of banquet tables near the back wall so Mark can come in and spread out all his stuff. I figure about 12 feet of blank wall space might work for the post-it-notes reminders of all the things he has to try to get done over morning coffee. He probably could use somebody to around to yell at when things are so frustrating that some steam just has to be let off. We could rotate. It would be a good cause so, I'll volunteer first.


Jay

[cherokee woman]

Carl, good to have you back. And I'll save you some peach pie, to have after
your physical is completed.

[CShaveRR]

You may have to send Mark some peach pie in the Allah mode!

(I'll take my peaches without the cream, please!)

I'm back (did you all miss me?) When I asked Sarah to say hi for me, I was under a tree alongside the Musketawa Trail in Ravenna, Michigan, attempting to stay dry in a sudden downpour that occurred early on in my bike trip. Talking to Sarah made the sun come out--in more ways than one!

The Musketawa Trail is the former PRR line from Muskegon east toward Grand Rapids. I may have mentioned this before, but I've had the rare (at least among living railfans) privilege of having ridden trains over this line on more than one occasion--always in the cupola of a GTW caboose, and, unfortunately, always after dark.

Later that evening, I visited the great train-watching spot at the end of Judd Avenue, viewing CSX's diesel facility and the east end of Wyoming Yard. I read somewhere about how a picnic table had been placed here for railfans. Well, I got there, and it looked like a card table and a couple of folding chairs to me! However, said chairs were already occupied by fans. And in the first ten minutes of being there I saw two eastbound manifest freights (one CP, one CSX powered by a couple of BNSF SD70MACs) and a remote-controlled yard move headed by a former GE four-axle unit (CSXT 9241--now a radio receiver) and an MP15AC that was mislabelled as an MP15T on the side of the cab.

Wish me luck--tonight and tomorrow morning I have to fast, in preparation for a physical and discussion of a couple of chronic ailments.

[coborn35]

Hey Railfan not to bring you down but today is Wednesday..............................

[railfan619]

Good eveing everyone how is every body doin. Fine I hope well anyway the week is finally coming toan end which is very good thing because I am tired and just want to sleep Oh yeah My churchs festival is this week end too maybe I will see some of you there this weekend which will be great. [:D][:D]

[CSXrules4eva]

Yes supper sounds great!!!!!!! I really could go for some beef stew and some cornbread. I think I might have more than one slice of that cornbread.

Well it's about 89 degrees here now but, I don't want to be hott I want it to RAIN!!!

[JoeKoh]

Cw supper sounds great.Mark sometimes being low man on the totem pole does have its advantages.rest well.
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Supper special tonight: beef stew and cornbread. Dessert will be: peach
pie ala mode.

[doghouse]

Hey Mark, try some of the local fare. Kibbi, grapeleaves some babaganoosh or tabule. Most Arabic food is low fat. The desserts, however, 95 kilos in no time.

[cherokee woman]

Lunch special today: pork chop sandwiches w/potato chips; tuna casserole;
along with regular lunch menu items.

Our weather today is kind of overcast, a little bit of sunshine every once in
awhile, and doesn't feel too bad. Current temp (according to our outdoor
thermometer is right at 80, with sunshine.

[TrainFreak409]

It's a little after noon here, and I don't think it has broken 70. What's going on? Is Mother Nature sick? Shouldn't it be scorching hot right about now? What's happening? I'M CONFUSED![:O][:P]

[coborn35]

Kinda cludy and windy up here.
Already had a muffin (HUGE!!!) for breakfast.

[Modelcar]

Wednesday morning is just fine in central Indiana....Sunny and windows open kind of weather....Doing some kitchen updates and misc. other stuff around the house these past 2 days...[Contractor, not skill I have...}, and we're progressing....Breakfast was coffee and a big glazed donut...and I'm about ready to head to lunch...Getting hungry.