Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Modelcar]

....Good clear pic's Walt, but red tape is right across Sarah's face......

[cherokee woman]

Quentin, Mutt said to blame the wind for that one. She was reluctant to have her
picture taken anyway.

I even made a few trips with them railfanning. Really enjoyed it! Today, we went
over to the Va. Ave. interlocking, and it was really rocking over there. We saw a
light engine move, a transfer job from one main to the line going to another
small yard and tank washing facility; then we saw three more trains: one right
behind one, and a passing meet on the other track. Sarah said she wanted to
see some action on her last trip over there before leaving, and she got her
wish, big time! (This was in about a 45 minute time span.)

Got some popcorn popped for you all to enjoy. And there are the usual snacks
for the late night people.

[JoeKoh]

good morning
well spring arrives this afternoon about 2 pm our time.they are still saying the snow will go south of us but if you live in Indy or dayton lookout.better get the juice and coffee ready.and better get the big mug out for mookie with all the snow she got.
stay safe
joe

[tree68]

Quite the blaze there, 'Mutt. To get an idea of the resources needed to extinguish a fire of that size (as opposed to simply letting it burn out, which often happens), apply the formula area divided by three times the number of floors. A building 100x200x2 floors fully involved needs well over 13,000 gallons of water per minute. Not sure how big this building was, but now you see why they dumped nearly every firehouse in the city.

Closest I came to fighting fire this weekend was when someone (not a friend of the fire department - we've had issues with the individual before) called in the fire in the BBQ pit when we first lit it off. We create a base of hardwood, then add charcoal later. Add some lighter fluid to the hardwood and it flames a bit. Wasn't so bad for us, as we were already up and around, but the two mutual aid departments probably didn't appreciate the early wake-up.

Speaking of the pit - sorry I haven't been around - my fire department cooked and sold 700 halves of chicken, with the usual salads and beans, on Sunday. Had to make the salads and do other preps on Saturday. Actually sold out, which was nice. We always move all the chicken, but sometimes some of it goes for discount prices. All in all, a really good event.

Mookie's meal is in the cooler with a big sign on it DON'T MIFF THE CAT.

[cherokee woman]

Sure hope Mookie makes it in. Joe, her big coffee mug is ready and waiting to have
coffee poured into it, as soon as she comes in the door.

Breakfast is on the warmer bar: bacon, eggs, toast, sausage, biscuits, sausage
gravy, scrambled eggs. There's even some English muffins on the warmer bar,
if anyone wants them this morning.

Since we'll be gone to the airport, I've made up sandwiches and put in the cooler
for lunch today. See everyone later.

[blhanel]

Have a safe flight, Sarah.

[Modelcar]

CW....Louisville must be a pretty good rail fanning location....Sounds like you get to see lots of activity in a short period of time. I've passed thru your area many times but only on I-65 and from that {one is busy watching the rapid traffic}, I've seen very little rail action. Oh, yea, did land at your airport some years ago on the way to Florida.

[railfan619]

Good morning everyone how is we all doin today fine and dandy. I hope well nothing really much has happened yet today besides it is still cold and it's the 1st day of spring now only if the temp would go up to around 50 maybe 60 that would be really nice instead of temps only in the 30's but anywho like I said not much happenin over here but if something does you will be the 1st to know. OK

[JoeKoh]

well i hope sarah has a safe trip home.im getting out the sandwhiches for lunch that cw made.we also have some vegtable soup,tomato soup or mild chili to go with the sandwhiches if you want.did someone forget to shovel a cat path so mookie could get here today?we are back to work tonight ourselves.
stay safe
Joe

[Anonymous]

What a morning!

Had everyhting from Hot Wheels to Jammed hand brakes to Equipment dragging this morning!

Hopefully the PM trip will be like usual!!

I'll take a coffee.. make it an irish one...

[mudchicken]

'Bout time to see if Mookie got buried in a snowpile somewhere in Lincoln? Kinda quiet around here!

[Modelcar]

...We're being threatened with a first day of spring weather system coming in from the southwest....Reports of from 2 to 4" to 10".....Believe the heavest is going just to the south of us...{I sure hope so}. Believe the reality will be somewhere between 2 and 6" of the stuff. Surely can't last long now with the ground being warmer, etc....

[JoeKoh]

yeah my dad said they might get some snow too.its nice to be further north for a change.im going to make some beef stew and cornbread for supper.and I do agree the snow wont be around very long.
stay safe
Joe

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

I'm going to make some beef stew and cornbread for supper.
Joe

Here's my bowl....

[cherokee woman]

Joe, thanks for making beef stew and corn bread. You must have read my
mind; because that's what I was going to make supper, because that's what
I started making, after we got back from the airport. With the stew and cornbread
we both made, we should have plenty for tonight's supper, and lunch tomorrow.

Man, it's too quiet here in the house with just Mutt and myself.[:(][:(]

[CShaveRR]

I just woke the Kitten from her nap. She's safe, cozy, curled up, and warm. They have about seven inches of snow so far, and expect about that much more. She's hoping to be in tomorrow.

I, on the other hand, probably won't be here as often as before. My schedule is changing again, and that will allow me to pop in for dinner when it looks good, but that's about it. No more late-night snacks, because there will be no more late nights.

And as for our weather, I'm hoping that the leftovers from SJ's storm continue to track south of here. We were promised a precipitation-free week. We're now over 200 miles on the bike, though it will stay home for the next couple of days.

So best wishes to all, and hugs to those who will accept them.

Carl

[james saunders]

thankyou for the welcome guys and girls, jost a quick hello today, i may pop my head in later this evening, i have to get back to work....



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James

[Anonymous]

Lets hope Mookie can make it in today if not we will have to find someone to take her place. I do need more O.J. and Noodle Soup. Hope Sarah had a good flight back.

[germanium]

Greetings, everyone -
I'm afraid mudchicken will have to wait for his rain - we need it badly in the south of England (two dry winters and a dry summer), but if you remind me I'll send you what's left over.

[mudchicken]

Germanium:

Looking at about 4 inches of wet snow now turning to ice. (Was promised 10-16 inches by Ol' Badguess the wanna-be weatherman)...At least the prairies won't be burning the next few weeks. Wondering if Ma Nature is going to even out the average moisture all at once this year. Sounds like Cyclone Tree was douing that to Kozzie, M636 and the others in Australia. Hope they surface OK..............

Mud

[Kozzie]

Mudchicken

Thanks for your thoughts.

Cyclone (Hurricane) Larry grew to a category 5 storm with 290 kph (170mph) winds as it crossed the coast up in far north Queensland. Hundreds of homes severely damaged/destroyed in the city of Innisfail and other smaller towns.

30 people injured but no fatalities - everyone is shaking their heads in wonder about that.

Power cut to much of the area affected. State Emergency Service volunteers and 150 of the Army have been mobilized to help.

The Queensland State Premier has declared a State of emergency for the area affected which then releases State and Federal funding.

Huge areas of banana, avacado and paw paw (papaya) crops have been absolutely flattened. Going to hit the farmers up there real hard.

One of the biggest storms to hit the mainland in many years.

I'll try to keep you all posted for more details.

Dave

[Mookie]

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[cherokee woman]

Kozzie, glad to hear from you!

Mookie, glad you could make it in today.

Breakfast is on the warmer bar. You've got your choice of bacon, sausage,
scrambled eggs, biscuits & gravy, pancakes or waffles.

I fell back asleep, after waking at 5:30. Now, I've got people ringing the door-
bell, to sign up for Produce this morning.

We've had a little bit of snow this morning. Not too sure what it's doing out
right now, if anything. Supposed to be getting a mix of rain, snow, sleet later
on this morning.

Will be back in time to dish out the beef stew or chilli for lunch.

[JoeKoh]

good morning
well if you go to school in cincinnati its probably closed today.glad to see mookie could make it in today.now matt can come out with you and make snowmen.
stay safe
joe

[tree68]

Gee - I turned on the TV last night (I always leave it on the Weather Channel when I shut it off), and there they were - Live from Lincoln! "Must be a pretty significant weather event, if they sent someone there," I says to myself. And apparently is was. I don't know why they are complaining about a foot of snow, though - that's just a dusting!

[cherokee woman]

Well, just dropped back in to let everyone know: have it on very good authority that
Sarah did make it home a-o.k., albeit quite a bit later than scheduled: her flight was
delayed here for several hours. It was quite late when she called here, to let us
know she had made it home.

[jeaton]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Well, just dropped back in to let everyone know: have it on very good authority that
Sarah did make it home a-o.k., albeit quite a bit later than scheduled: her flight was
delayed here for several hours. It was quite late when she called here, to let us
know she had made it home.

And everybody complains when Amtrak is late!!!
Jay

[jeaton]

Have been quite busy and only able to check in for a lurk or two.

Lincoln makes the big time, a hot time in the old town-Louisville- and a big fire, too. Safe travel home for Sarah, Kozzie reports in that he is well, but the Queensland farmers suffer severe damage...AND, it is noted that Kevin checked in on something about starting locomotives.

I must be back in the regular universe.

Jay

[Mookie]

Unofficially 13 inches of snow. Driver has huge snowblower, we had no trouble getting here at 5:20 am, then find out at 7:30 am that the building is closed for today. So - I have a fridge, a powder room, big screen tv, radio, hot coffee/tea/hotchocolate and lots of telephones to play with! And......a puter to the world! Ah - home sweet home! Even the furniture is comfy! Beats staying home and watching UGH - daytime TV!

Our street dept has done a nice job and public schools are closed this week for spring break. So while it is a little quiet in the building - it is just close to purrfect! Can't beat this with a stick!

Contented Moo....

[Modelcar]

...Kozzie...{Dave}, checked with your email address a day or two ago inquiring if that Cyclone would get to your area....and this morning I see on your post you are fine. Good news. Did see some video of Australian storm damage...Looked severe.
Jen.....I saw reports of Omaha on the news of up to 25" of snow this latest storm dumped there....We here in Muncie, have been catching forecasts of up to 11" of the stuff heading to us...Didn't happen, at least not yet. It was to start last night about midnight and continue until late afternoon today with this massive band sweeping across here...But, it didn't even do ANY snowing here until about 8:30 this morning and now we have perhaps a half inch or a bit more, with some wind. Snow is very dry. And, it is to wind down this afternoon so we may have dodged a bullet.
Just 50-60 miles south of us..{Indianapolis}, much earlier, they were blasted with snow up to 4" or so for the morning rush hour traffic causing slide offs, etc.... Temp here now is 29 degrees. Sunny weather is forecast for tomorrow with warmer temps...Perhaps this will be about the end of this stuff this season. Hope so, even though we've gotten away with a rather bland winter here.