Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[tree68]

The disaster at the mine was unfortunate at many levels, from happening in the first place to the confusion about survivors. I'm sure that everyones desire to have the miners found alive colored a lot of what happened in the end. I also have no doubt that providing a false report was the furthest thing from anyones mind when it happened.

My thoughts are with all involved.

[blhanel]

Sounds like someone overheard a cell phone conversation in the church where all the family members were gathered, misinterpreted what was being said, and spread the news that they were found alive. The news media, naturally wanting that to be the outcome, jumped on it without verifying it. The world saw the result...

[locomutt]

Brian,

I believe you just hit "the nail on the head".
It should not have happened;......no matter.

[Anonymous]

I think someone really scrwewed up with announcing it when info was too incomplete. I hope the surviver recovers.

[mudchicken]

Just passing through, again....

JoeKoh & Nora: one of YOUR horses got loose. NS-9368 was the #2 unit on a BNSF loaded grain train headed south to Houston tonight in Denver on BNSF.

Can I get a refill on my Diet Coke 55 Gallon IV-Drip please? Work never slow-ed down during the holidays and the squirrel factory is now in overdrive.... [|)][|)][|)]

[cherokee woman]

Mudchicken, you can have all the Diet Coke in your IV you want to have.

And do you need anything for the squirrels??[}:)][:D]

[Modelcar]

...Speaking of foreign power....saw various messes of it passing through here today....Even the lead Engine on a west bound CSX freight was a NS GE unit and right before that on the Frankfort line..{NS}, heading west, was a trio of power with one of them a Union Pacific unit with the big American Flag flying high on it's side.....It was not leading but was 2nd in line. And the 3rd unit was a NS unit still in prime paint....

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Mudchicken, you can have all the Diet Coke in your IV you want to have.

And do you need anything for the squirrels??[}:)][:D]

The squirrels already cleaned out the bird feeders here. (Waits 'till the Scottie & the Westie doze off and then drop in[:D][:D][:D] - IF the dogs catch a squirrel or pigeon in their field of view, the varmit/vermin alarms go off![:D]

[banghead][banghead][banghead]

[cherokee woman]

Good Thursday morning, everyone! Well, our morning temp is now 41, and,
if I remember correctly, will be slowing dropping today, to mid 30s by late this
afternoon. Looks like winter is back, but by Sunday & Mondays, will be back
in the 50s.

Breakfast this morning will be oatmeal & toast, or turkey bacon, sausage,
scrambled eggs, or sausage w/sausage gravy & biscuits.

Lunch today will be open-faced roast beef sandwiches, with mashed taters
and gravy, and green beans, with a garden salad.

Dessert special today, individual fried apple pies in a half moon shape.

[JoeKoh]

how about some apple pie and milk for breakfast??? csx had alot of bnsf power on their trains when I got the time to watch them.
stay safe
Joe

[tree68]

Lunch sounds good - might sub in some fries for the mashed taters, though. Still need that gravy...

38 here now, and raining, and looks like that's the day for us here. Got past the white Christmas and now the snow is slowly disappearing. I'm sure we'll get more, but sometimes not.

[Mookie]

I was wondering if the chicken had tracked through here!

I am feeding some of his distant relatives - we have corn and peanuts out for them - which the bluejays find fascinating. Their only real threat is the two-footed terrors next door being outside.

Hey MC and BC - I saw.....drum roll........Engine # 6050 - an SD40 if my information is correct - painted in original Illinois Central livery and with the Operation Lifesaver Logo on it. Good find, huh?

I would have run out to pat it had I been able to get out of the seatbelt, the car door, the car and walked about 25 feet all at the speed of sound.

I took notes instead!

"It is so nice to be home Mookie"

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

I am feeding some of his distant relatives - we have corn and peanuts out for them - which the bluejays find fascinating. Their only real threat is the two-footed terrors next door being outside.

Of all the birds that show up at my feeders (which I stock with black oil sunflower), bluejays are the biggest "chickens." They are first to run at any disturbance. Chickadees are by far the boldest. If you can stand still near the feeder long enough (and it's not too cold), they will eventually land on your bare hand to pick up the seed you're holding in it. Pretty neat.

The woodpeckers (I get two varieties) love the suet feeder, and I do have a couple of squirrels who meader by from time to time. It all makes for some easy amusement.

[Mookie]

Tree: I gave up indoor pets for a variety of outdoor livestock - squirrels, birds, rabbits. They don't track up the kitchen floor, but I feel like meals on wheels and the garbage lady (m-t corn cobs, peanut shells!)

Mook

[tree68]

I can usually count on at least one unplanned sunflower plant each summer....

[Modelcar]

....Another FEMA train with dozens of house trailers...{about the size of a large vacation unit...}, headed south through Muncie this morning...I suppose still destined for the Delta south...I sure hope they are getting to the people down there that need them.....Sure has been vast numbers of them travel through here in the last several months....

[JoeKoh]

we have a downy woodpecker that is king of the feeders. he pushes everyone away while he eats.even the squirrels dont mess with him.
stay safe
Joe

[Mookie]

mmmm - woodpecker stew.....mmmmm

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

mmmm - woodpecker stew.....mmmmm

Is that a replacement for the chicken that you've been after so long ?[}:)]

[Mookie]

Mutt: feathers is feathers!

[CSXrules4eva]

Well since everyone is talking about little critters I might as well tell you guys about mine. I have a pond out in the back yard of my house, it was built, constructed and is maintained by myself. The pond is about 1500 gals all together. I have all kinds of fresh water fish in my pond koi, commets, subunkins,...ect. I also have crawdads or "little lobsters", tad poles, frogs, and snales in the pond. The pond has alsp attracted all kinds of insects, including dragonflys. There is also a creek very close to my house, the Wissihickon Creek. I also don't live too far from the Schuykill River, which happens to be were I retreived most of my aquatic life and aquatic plant life. The Schuykill River is also the river in which a viriety of my recorded data on river activity durring certain storms comes from. I do this for my own enjoyment and for the Wissihickon Valley Watershead Association, in which I am a member.

[cherokee woman]

Supper tonight is whatever sandwich you find in the cooler by the counter.
(And none of the sandwiches has any feathers in them). Here at home,
our supper will be leftover chicken & dumplings.

[cherokee woman]

BREAKING NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA!!

DAVE (Kozzie, to most of us) has just emailed us with really, really
great news:

HE IS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED IN MID APRIL!!

We wi***hem the best of happiness and joy in their future together.

[Kozzie]

Thanks Paula! I wasn't sure if I could get on the forum soon.
I have managed to get on during this morning's (our time ha ha) coffee break! I'm still emotional and not quite back to sleeping and eating properly from all the excitement - hey, I can afford to loose a few pounds! (Which I have...ha ha)
hey - I'd better update my profile a little......

Dave

[Modelcar]

...We wish you all the best Dave....Happiness and a great life together....

[locomutt]

Dave,Thanks for letting us "up over" people know !!
For my[2c]; Congrats,Best Wishes,and everything else
that goes along with an announcement like that.[:D]

[Kozzie]

Quentin and Walt - thank-you for your thoughts and best wishes too - much appreciated! [:)][:D][;)]

I don't always have the opportunity to respond on the Forum, and appreciate it when I can. I hope to have internet access where I am moving to in the months ahead, so in between time, my visits will be even more irregular . Thanks for your patience in advance. [;)] [:I]

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their comments on RR subjects, and especially for everyone's help with questions I have asked.

Some of you, like Ed, Quentin, drephpe, Mudchicken, Walt and Paula I have had the privilege and opportunity to get to know even more, through direct email, and I intend to keep the contacts going. [:)]

I hope to make some more comments before I finish up here at work next Wednesday. [;)]

Dave

[Modelcar]

...It's always great to communicate with you Dave....It's fun "talking" to your great country and learning your way of life.

[jeaton]

Dave Congrats to you and your lady. THE KEY QUESTION! Does she like railroads?
(If she doesn't, it's not a deal breaker, at least it works OK for me).

Jay

[Kozzie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...It's always great to communicate with you Dave....It's fun "talking" to your great country and learning your way of life.

Quentin - I feel the same about "talking" to you up over. [;)]

Dave