Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[railfan619]

Good eveing everyone how was your 4th of july hope everyone kept safe. Mine was okay I was working that day so I really didn't get to do much. Oh happy B-day CW hope you had a good one. The grass is getting greener up here in the midwest well in most parts anyway. Well I am getting pretty tired now so I will see you all tomorrow[:D][zzz][zzz]

[Anonymous]

Hello! Been a bit!! I heard something about chocolate cake???

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

well cw I'll just have to put you on the calendar then.as for cake mookie is the keeper of the chocolate cake.
stay safe
joe

Joe lives to see another day......[:D]

[JoeKoh]

well cw I'll just have to put you on the calendar then.as for cake mookie is the keeper of the chocolate cake.
stay safe
joe

[cherokee woman]

Sorry to disappoint you, Carl and Joe: my birthday was May 5th; just wasn't
able to get them renewed until now. Buuuuut, if anyone has chocolate
birthday cake available, I'll gladly take a slice or two!![dinner]

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

CW has a birthday?well [bday]. well just put 1 candle on the cake otherwise we'd have to have larry on stand by.if the cake is chocolate mookie will be standing guard.
stay safe
joe

....and for your dining pleasure at the DD&CS, we now present JoeKoh on the spit![:D]

CW's warming up the coals right now! Got your Nikes on? RUN!!!!~!![(-D][(-D][(-D]

[JoeKoh]

CW has a birthday?well [bday]. well just put 1 candle on the cake otherwise we'd have to have larry on stand by.if the cake is chocolate mookie will be standing guard.
stay safe
joe

[CShaveRR]

Do we have a birthday coming up soon, Cher? [;)]

[cherokee woman]

Morning everyone! Think this will be mostly a "Help yourself" day. Have
several errands to run today: especially to get my driver's license re-
newed. But hate having to pay $20 to get it renewed. Cost of getting
them renewed here went from $8 to $20 on July 1st.[V][:(]

[JoeKoh]

i'll take a quick bite too.and a do not disturb sign on my door.long first night back at work
stay safe
joe

[tree68]

Hmmmm. Think I'll grab a quick bite of breakfast and keep quiet - looks like most of the denizens of the Diner are sleeping in...

[Mookie]

^~^ ?

[cherokee woman]

Tom, know what you mean about pets and the fireworks!! Had a little border
collie many years ago, who absolutely HATED any kind of fireworks. We would
have to put her in the house on the 4th, and someone would usually have to
stay with her. That was my first border collie. I had another one, that came to
me from one of my brothers, after my Mama passed away 17 years ago. She
got stolen out of our yard. Miss her so much!! She didn't seem to like the
fireworks either.

[espeefoamer]

I celebrated the 4th by riding behind a diesel built by the AMERICAN Locomotive Company.Went to the Fillmore & Western railroad for the train ride and other festivities. They had a car show and fireworks in the evening.Train was pulled by a GP30 and an ALCo S6. It was a great day[:D][8D]!
When I got home one of our cats clung to me like glue.He had been terrified all day by the constant noise.I live in a neighborhood where firecrackers and especially M80s are EXTREMELY popular[:(!][xx(]!I'm glad I wasn't there!

[Randy Stahl]

Yes the snow has melted and the mud has dried up, even went to the local beach and was nearly blinded by all the bright white skin ,( no offence Sara.)

[jeaton]

Speaking of weather, I see Randy Stahl made a couple of posts today. The snow in Maine must have melted.[(-D][(-D][(-D]

Jay

[JoeKoh]

Zuchinni yuk??? a little batter a little salt good stuff!!! had those and mushrooms and broccoli yesterday at the in laws.we got a sprinkle that was it for rain.have a safe night everyone.
stay safe
joe

[eolafan]

July 4 here in Western Chicago burbs brought hot weather (and again today) and we had first measurable rain in about 120 days (about a quarter inch at most) but it drove us into our neighbors garage for our annual neighborhood picnic but we had fun anyway with bar-b-q and lots of salads and desserts, yummy, then the fireworks but most were rained out as we had a brief downpour at the scheduled time for the works. Oh well, a good time was stil had by all.

[cherokee woman]

There's plenty of both kinds of Mountain Dew on hand here at the Diner:
along with just about any other kind of soft drinks.

Went and did the produce this morning. Produce truck had a [b]NEW[/b
driver: got lost, and it was almost 11:30 when they showed up.
Got potatoes, zuchinni (yuck) and little tiny vidalia onions. And that was it!![:(]

Supper tonight will be beef pasta and leftovers from yesterday.

[JoeKoh]

will take a little mountain dew to get ready for tonight.First night back to work after the forth.everyone will want their trucks loaded first.
stay safe
joe

[Junctionfan]

Do your cats use your stomach or even lower as a spring board to get to the top of the couch you are lying on?[B)][soapbox] Mine does............

[CShaveRR]

Darn! Just missed Sarah again.

Between "my sister" Mookie and me, I think the Diner goes through more Mountain Dew (diet here, thanks) than any other soft drink. I prefer the caffeine-free variety (imported from Michigan) myself, but probably drink more of the regular high-powered stuff.

Had a nice train-watching picnic at lunch with my wife. The only problem: no trains! The scoot was lined up but running late (that "heavy passenger" was being loaded again!), and was on the center track due to rail testing on its regular track.

[CSXrules4eva]

Lets see what happend to me yesterday. OH I went to the fireworks downtown in Philly at the Art Musam (spelling) on the Ben Franklin Parkway. OH my I should of brought my video camera down because so many crazy and interesting things happened. First they close the main accesses to the Parkway Martain Luther King Dr and Kelly Drive, so ovisiously the only alternative is I 76 (east). So of course that was jammed packed (go figure), and it took me and my gandmom 30 mins just to go 1/4 mile down to the next exit were we parked. Then we had to walk 3 miles on West River Drive aka Martin Luther King Drive, allong the Schkill (spelling) River. We get closer to the Art Musam then I see people siting on the overpass bridges and I say to myself, "Out of all the years I've been going to Philly's fireworks I haven' t thought about that!!" I noticed while the fireworks were going traffic on both sides of the 76 expressway were at a stand still. The poor police were trying to get to an emergancy and only got less than 1/8 of a mile in about 1 hr. Anyway, after the fireworks were over about 5 seconds later I hear a freight train come through and I mean the engineer leaned on the horn, he/she did this off and on for about 10 mins. That was awsome!!!!

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel

Wish we could have a pet to enjoy here, but my wife is allergic to cats and afraid of dogs. Oh well, I'll play with the friends' and relatives' pets when we visit them and not worry about caring for them... Hey, does the diner serve Mountain Dew? I like my caffiene good and cold!

See...you are smarter already and just came in the diner! Pets are wonderful, but a lot of work!

Mt Dew - beverage of choice after coffee! Even the diet is decent!

So come to the diner every so often and enjoy our menagerie! We have cats/dogs and an occasional pig er....pain!

Mz Catty!

[}:)]

[mudchicken]

....and set on STUN[:D]

[blhanel]

Wish we could have a pet to enjoy here, but my wife is allergic to cats and afraid of dogs. Oh well, I'll play with the friends' and relatives' pets when we visit them and not worry about caring for them... Hey, does the diner serve Mountain Dew? I like my caffiene good and cold!

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

I'll have a coffee please. Just watched my cat chase a cricket through the house. She must be 11 years old now and still acts like a kitten sometimes.

Don't let age deceive you;Beside the fact we celebrated America's birthday
yesterday,CW & I had the "Honors" of providing a birthday party to two of our
cats.No. 1 turned 18,and No.3 14. They still think of age in terms of months,not years!!
DO NOT LET No. 1 anywhere near a mouse;catnip,or real!! I almost[xx(]feel
sorry for the mouse. (NOT!!)

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

I'll have a coffee please. Just watched my cat chase a cricket through the house. She must be 11 years old now and still acts like a kitten sometimes.

Mine's 12+ and can be just as playful... (Try a laser pointer sometime.) She has finally discovered that if she wants attention I'm now the only game in town. Loves to have her head scratched and will "place" your hand with a gentle application of claws.

[CShaveRR]

I could see at least six different municipal fireworks displays from my vantage point at work last night. Heard about four "grand finales" that I couldn't see. When I came home our neighbors were lighting and smoking up the sky--I went downstairs and didn't come up for a couple of hours.

Should be a pleasant day today; I'm in the mood for another train-watching picnic! Unfortunately, Tuesday is generally a slow day around here, and this having been a holiday weekend it might be a little slower than normal. Intermodal and coal traffic doesn't seem to follow those rules, though, so who knows?

[Junctionfan]

I'll have a coffee please. Just watched my cat chase a cricket through the house. She must be 11 years old now and still acts like a kitten sometimes.