Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Junctionfan]

How's this for irony? The fire station at Minden, Saskatchewan burned down. Also a car wash.......

[mudchicken]

CW, you can give your dancin' shoes a rest. Finally got a little rain and a drop in the temperature to 90. Sliders and Belly Bombers all around please!

[Anonymous]

HOT! HOT! HOT! I mowed today! I now weigh only 99 lbs!

I need some collddd tea!

[eolafan]

It' s just before 6 p.m. here and it is still 99 with a heat index of 106. They say it will get down to about 80 tonight but I have a feeling it will be a little better than that...perhaps 75 or so if we are lucky. Stay tuned.

[cherokee woman]

Joe, I'm really glad that the air in the Diner is cranked all the way up: otherwise,
not sure how much cooking I'd be doing.

Pat, only saw him perform once, about 20 years ago. He was here in Louisville
for the Derby Festival's Phillip Morris country music show.

[railfan619]

Yea he was really good last night he even did some songs that I have heard before. He even talked with some of the people in the audince.

[JoeKoh]

hot here with a dew point near 80.had a little shower this morning but just made it worse.weatherman says 1 more day then relief in sight.I hope so.the ac is cranked in the diner so stay as long as you want.
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

Our current temp is 91, with 100 degree heat index. We've been in the
house all day, drinking water and lemonade.

Pat, haven't heard anything on Don Williams in quite a few years. Bet he
still sounds as good as ever, right?

[espeefoamer]

It's hot out here,too. Supposed to be in the high 80s today.That is cooler than it has been all week.It has been in the high 90s and low 100s![B)][xx(]

[eolafan]

100 and holding here in Aurora, IL at 4:28, I think we've seen the worst of the heat for today as it should now begin to cool a bit as the sun begins to set in the western sky. No signs of any storms in the area. It is at times like this that I realize why I could never live in the far south like Florida or Texas, I just can't take this heat for very long.

[railfan619]

Yeah white castle sounds really good. But anywho I drove up to the dells last night to see yea Don Willams and I have to say it was a really great show. [:D][8D][:D][8D][4:-)]

[doghouse]

77 for the high here in northern Maine. No White Castle, though.

[cherokee woman]

Yeah, Willy, I do also have the White Castle sliders on today's menu also.
Just forgot to mention it this morning, when I listed today's food choices.
(For those who are uninformed as to what White Castle is, it's a hamburger
place, shaped like a small, square castle. Hence, the name, White Castle.
They have very good square-shaped hamburgers. There's even a movie out
about two guys traveling around, trying to find a White Castle in New Jersey,
after seeing a commerical on tv.

[Anonymous]

I would be happy if all you Wisconsinites would just send some water down the Rock River. Two of the local good ol boys drove 4x4s across river on Friday night. We did it in 89, back when I was into 4bys. Just take off the fan belts and put her to the floor. 44 inch tires, a lift kit and much alcohol (in the operator, not the motor) usually do the trick. The old Ford versus Chevy thing runs strong between 4x4 owners. We never considered Dodge owners to be a viable contenders.[(-D]
Joe (the keyboard player in the band) bought a kayak. Took it out on the Rock, and ended up walking most of the way. Not enough water to support a kayak! Sad.
They close the dam at Sterling/Rock falls so all the big money boats in the marina can run and all of us downriver can't even put in a 16 foot flatbottom to fish.[banghead]
Anyway, going to stay in the AC today and stay cool and get ready for 3rd shift tonight. It's going to be miserable in there tonight. The plant is that 8 story cement building right next to the interstate in Rochelle with the cross on the top. The first floor is air conditioned in production areas but the rest is not. 7 stories of cement absorbing this heat and sun is not going to be pretty by 11 tonight.
CW- bring on the sliders!!!!!!! Perhaps we should inform the "non-knowing" what sliders are before they order some up.[(-D] That's okay, I'll eat any that get sent back.
I can kill a 20 pack. I look at it as a interior body cleansing.LOL Just skip the pickles, I always pick them off anyway. They dilute the true Slider flavor!
Well, will stop in for breakfast tomorrow and plenty of liquids after tonight.
Go Cubs, let's pluck some red feathers today!! I'll take 2 out of 3! D-Lee for MVP!!!!
Willy, over and out

[railfan619]

Good morning everyone how is everyone hope you'll are staying cool. Boy it's hot out there temps here already 95 and still climbing.[8D][8D]

[Modelcar]

.....This is going to be a hot one....90 here in Muncie at 11:35 am...and that means they very well could reach the projected for this afternoon of 97-98 with high humidity.

[Anonymous]

eola, still here? It's already 101 on therm in arbor.

[eolafan]

Sounds like "Feast or Famine", doesn' t it? It's 92 and climbing to 102 here in Aurora. No, we would not have liked the winds you got up there in America's Dairyland, but we sure could have used some of the rain! Chicago Tribune had major articles on the extreme drought here this morning and the disaster it is causing to the farmers near here. Rain is forecast for Tuesday along with moderate cooling into the mid eighties.

[rvos1979]

Just got off the phone with my parents, they lost two large tree branches from the storms yesterday, one nearly took out my sister's car.

Lost a few branches around here near Madison, not too bad, though

Weather report saying we could see the same thing Monday thru Wednesday around here, but temps should moderate after today's pressure cooker[xx(][xx(]

A bowl of Cheerios, please, CW, with 2% milk or better. I appreciate it.

Randy

[cherokee woman]

Mudchicken, I'm doing my best.

Breakfast this morning: your choice of these cereals:
Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, Cheerios, Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa
Pebbles. Golden Grahams, Alpha Bits.

Sunday Dinner and supper will be: country-fried pork chops with
mashed potatoes (real potatoes cooked and mashed, not instant
taters), and mixed veggies, along with a nice salad.

Dessert: peach pie w/ice cream, and blueberry cobbler. (If some-
one has any ripening blackberries, bring them in, and I'll make
some blackberry cobblers for tomorrow.

[mudchicken]

102 Degrees in Denver today...5 Days in a row over 100.....Ma Nature is a confused little girl.....Keep dancin' CW!

Toasted Feathers

[jeaton]

Still cool up in the Northwoods and some light rain today. Word from the homefront that the rain has been a big help on my lawn and I am certain has been a godsend for the farmers.

Randy- Wausau stations reported trees down and power outages in the Stevens Point area. There were pretty heavy rains in the Wausau area but just North of the Marathon/Lincoln county line in Merrill, it was just a light rain. So it Goes.

RL Nice thing about the DD&CS. Every railroad in the country runs past our depot. Even steam will be found from time to time. Enjoy.

Willy- Careful not to put too stress on the leg when you crack that whip. With a commute like that you could pretend that you are in California.

Jay

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

What have we done wrong here in metro Chicago? All the rain seems to always go either north into WI (as it did today) or south into IN (as it did last week). Please, we need some rain here, our vegitation looks just terrible.

Well, I've been trying to get my Cherokee ancestors to send some rain,
not only to Illinois, but also to Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona; guess my
ancestors must be ticked off at me, since it looks like they're not listening
to me[:(]

[rvos1979]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

What have we done wrong here in metro Chicago? All the rain seems to always go either north into WI (as it did today) or south into IN (as it did last week). Please, we need some rain here, our vegitation looks just terrible.

Would you have liked the 70MPH winds that went along with these storms today?

Haven't heard any damage reports yet, sure to be some soon.

Will try for Monday[swg]

Randy

[eolafan]

What have we done wrong here in metro Chicago? All the rain seems to always go either north into WI (as it did today) or south into IN (as it did last week). Please, we need some rain here, our vegitation looks just terrible.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the BIG welcome CW. Train layouts are always fascinating to see. Hope to have an O gauge layout with Lionel trains some day myself.
It's quite HOT here also, 101 feeling like 105 according to the weather.com people.
Also very dry, but some possible rain in the forecast for early part of week.
Thanks again,
Roland

[cherokee woman]

RL, [#welcome] to the Depot Diner and Coffee Shop. Did you check out
the train CD collection, and the train layouts? Neat, aren't they? Hope you
drop in quite often. Always glad to see people in our fine establishment!!

The weather is so miserable here in Louisville that neither Mutt nor I have
stepped one foot out the door (except to get the mail when it came). Even
though our front porch is covered, there's no breeze to speak of, and it's
hot, hot, hot, hot[:0]

[railfan619]

Yeah same here to but I staying in the house tomorrow because it is going to be way to hottttttttttttt and I hate real hot weather.[8D][8D]

[Anonymous]

Heavy Rain here in Janesville!! 3rd time this week.

I guess I'm mowing tomorrow.

[JoeKoh]

hot here and they are calling for heat index sunday of 100+?keep plenty of water and juice on hand.
stay safe
joe