Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Anonymous]

Jay, in the 25th?

[jeaton]

Memories of Cam Rahn Bay. Nothing like 110-120 in the sun to make 90 at night chilly. No food to match the station cafe offering, though.

Jay

[Anonymous]

That does it: I'm cancelling my plans to attend the Baghdad Flower Show.

Larry

[Anonymous]

Jay, we've got a flower bed in front of house the same way with gravel. About the only thing that will grow in there is Mums and Daylilies. Mama wants me to rent a Bobcat and dig it all up and replace with dirt. Looks like a fair amont of rain heading across IA towards us today. Keep praying! Willy

[jeaton]

Willy

We did get a storm with a fair amount of rain last Saturday night. Thanks.

Dry since then. Been dumping a lot of water on a couple of large brown areas on my front lawn. There is an ancient gravel driveway about 6 inches below these areas and the ground dries very fast. Drainage is so good that maybe it is actually over a piece of railroad ROW designed and installed by Mudchicken.

Very hazy overhead today. Could be some rain on the way or just smog.

Jay

[Anonymous]

Well, it sounds like a lot of people got wet last night. Maybe we tapped into some kind of power with everyone doing rain dance last night. Like the pyramids in Eygpt.
THE POWER OF THE DINER! Awesome.
Tom, am keeping and eye on the green blob in Iowa heading our way. Hope it makes it into IL and Wis. Usually when it hits Moline and the bend in the river it splits and goes right around Erie. Listening to weather channel, sounds like you did have some fireworks out your way Mookie. Did you spend the night hiding under the bed with the dust bunnies? Maybe you could use that new Supreme Court ruling to get rid of the neighbors. [:D] Eye Candy?? [:O] [:O] He must be made of catnip.
Stay [8D] Everyone Willy

[Modelcar]

...Weather people in Indy say the area will be back up to 89 today. Believe our rain has and is moving on out of here {northeast}, and humidity and later heat will replace it. Our street was covered with water two hours ago...at a typical location it gathers during a hard rain but it is now pretty much run off. But the amount of rain we've had in past 12 hours will really do some good.

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by RIRR80

Maybe we could have a contest. See who could fry eggs on side walk first, with all the Diners welcome to join. I'll lay my money on NW Illinois. Willy

The tin roof of the porch on the house we painted Sunday was ready for cooking, for sure. I had to get down on my hands and knees to paint under a couple of sills. I didn't stay there long...

And we'll take some of that rain. They keep promising it to us, but it all stays south of the Thruway...

[locomutt]

Modelcar,
We actually did have some rain overnight(3:00 am or so).
Not really sure of amount,but definitely enough to 'wet' the
grass,and make a few small puddles on streets.
Although the temp. here is a bit lower this morning,I won't
say the bit of rain did anything for the humidity.

Willy,guess your 'rain dance' did some good after all.

[Anonymous]

There is a big green blob heading towards lower Wisconsin this morning (In Iowa now). Please pray it hits us!!!

[Modelcar]

Locomutt.....We have been blessed with more rain overnight...Believe most of it fell early this morning. The thunder noise woke me and that was between 5 and 6.
Just went out and checked the rain gauge and WOW....Another inch of rain on top of the inch we got late yesteday afternoon....!! Now that much rain will do some good.
Corn in the fields here is at least waist high...and growing fast and with this rain and if the heat continues it'll grow 10" in the next 24 hrs.......And look out, the yards will resume their growth too. Mine has already added much green...

[Mookie]

Fire in the sky overnite - paws covered eyes! .86 on rain so they tell me. One time the noise from above drowned out the noise from next door! [^]

Have a super lawn mower - he comes over just when it starts to get long. Course, we pay him rent, too!

We don't have a pool, so he is our yard "boy". Nice eye candy, too.

([:I][:I] Now I am blushing!)

[cherokee woman]

Good morning. Getting ready to do the produce run this morning. Have
set breakfast out on the food bar: bacon, sausage, biscuits & gravy, oatmeal
and cereal.

[Anonymous]

Sorry Jay, had to step out for a second. Son called, was running late home from work. Daughter in law has to leave for work at 10:45. had to go keep an eye on the "angels" for a few till he got there. Drove by bank, it's still 83 at 11!! Does feel as though it's trying to blow something up. Jay, did you guys get any rain Sat. night? Was playing at Polo IL up by Rockford and it rained pretty hard about 11. Was watching the race in West Allis and it was dowhpouring there. Anyway the beat will be on 1 and 3 like the Indian music, so if we all get together like Woodstock and chant and dance in our prospective areas, maybe SOMEONE will get wet. (In best Lawrence Welk voice) uh-one-anna-two-anna-three! GO! Wiily

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...Finally, we were located at the right place......Some black clouds moved in and we got 1" of rain about the 6th PM hour and no high wind just the needed rain.

Modelcar,
CW & I were out this afternoon,she had some books to return to library,so I decided to
go with her. About 91 degrees here,fairly decent breeze. On return trip,after we got off
of one bus ready to transfer to the one to get home,breeze really picks up,thunder rings
from the skies that are darkening,we're looking for some shelter,thunder really reverberating
now,10 or 15 specks of moisture hit us,no wait,it may have been a flock of low flying birds![V][xx(][sigh]

[jeaton]

Willy

You're the musician. Give us a beat on 4 and we'll improvise. A couple of inches here would do us just fine.

Jay

[Anonymous]

CW- didn't see you come in. Yes, ice cream samiches for all. AND lemonade. I'm buying! Willy

[Anonymous]

Yards here on the sandbar are completely brown. Looks like the dead of winter. Corn is curled and reaching, looks like acres of pineapple. Beans are curled up and wilting. Farmers are in trouble! Even the larger elm tree leaves are curling up. The only part of my yard that's green are the flowerbeds, and that's due to the sandpoint and sprinklers running almost 24/7. If I let mama's plants die I'm afraid there will a rituallistic sacrificing of one of the ROCK'S engines upstairs. We need rain bad. Anyone got any good tips on how to do a rain dance? Willy

[cherokee woman]

Think I'm about ready for some more ice cream sandwiches.
Anybody else want some? And Joe, thank you so very much
for making more lemonade!! As much as I love iced tea, in
this hot weather, iced cold lemonade hits the spot nicely.

[Modelcar]

One more thing Tom....I've been mowing at 3 1/2" for a month or more now...Longer cut allows it to shade out any unwanteds somewhat and helps to preserve it in dry weather.

[Modelcar]

...One factor may be my yard has annual treatments....4 from Spring through Fall. Just our west side has a fair amount of shade, the rest gets a bunch of sun. The shady part does grow faster, all the time raining or not.

[Anonymous]

My only saving grace is my yard is very shady!!! Still with no rain its hasn't grown at all. The front is starting to turn for the worst!!!

[Modelcar]

Tom....I don't know....my yard has been hanging in there very well....In fact this is the longest period I've gone between mowings...1 week. Prior to that it's been every 3 to 4 days between mowings. It has been staying greener this dry spell than it usually does....and I don't really understand it. This time though, it was looking like it was in the beginning stages of getting brown. Now we'll get a green up with the 1" of rain we got...Lucky us.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...Finally, we were located at the right place......Some black clouds moved in and we got 1" of rain about the 6th PM hour and no high wind just the needed rain. Lucky...It's been around the area but just pop up stuff and this time we got lucky and was under one of them. Really needed it. And I got my yard mowed and all finished up this morning. Water puddles on the street even....Haven't seen that in some time.

What are you talking about? I have a mower but who needs it???? I haven't mowed in 3 weeks!!

[Modelcar]

...Finally, we were located at the right place......Some black clouds moved in and we got 1" of rain about the 6th PM hour and no high wind just the needed rain. Lucky...It's been around the area but just pop up stuff and this time we got lucky and was under one of them. Really needed it. And I got my yard mowed and all finished up this morning. Water puddles on the street even....Haven't seen that in some time.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

I think some nice, ice cream sandwiches sound real good for supper, tonight, right, everyone?!?! Like
someone said in an earlier post, it's too hot to be cooking! Guess I'd better stock up on plenty of
cold cuts until we get a cooling rain!!

Hello!! I've been waiting for this day!!! I'll have 2nd, 3rd, 4th PLEASE!!!

[dinner]

[JoeKoh]

yes defineately to hot to cook.more lemonade on the way.taking some gatorade to work
stay safe
Joe

[cherokee woman]

I think some nice, ice cream sandwiches sound real good for supper, tonight, right, everyone?!?! Like
someone said in an earlier post, it's too hot to be cooking! Guess I'd better stock up on plenty of
cold cuts until we get a cooling rain!!

[Trainnut484]

Just a friendly reminder for crews and those at, soon will be, and/or working trackside in the summer heat. Be sure to pack alot of bottled water, something to snack on, and a place to get in out of the heat. Have a safe summer [8D].

Take care,

Russell

[Anonymous]

Maybe we could have a contest. See who could fry eggs on side walk first, with all the Diners welcome to join. I'll lay my money on NW Illinois. Willy