Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[blhanel]

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Did someone say cinnamon rolls?

Well, I did "spring" ahead last night, but I sure don't feel like springing anywhere this morning... Thank God for the wake-up assist, getting a round of natural fireworks here at the moment. If it weren't for the heavy-duty surge protection I'm using, I'd shut this baby down right now.

[Modelcar]

...Wow....11 clocks and or watches to master over to the new time....3 of them did it all by themselves....{including my watch}....I didn't realize we had that many time pieces aroound the house. What I'm not understanding though is the "clock" right here on the computer....It still is reading 7:18 as I type and it is set automatically...So we'll have to see what happens there. It's the only one yet to be on the "new" time...Oh...forgot one out in the family room...One on the video recorder....Must do that one yet....

[Modelcar]

....Well, now I've set the computer clock...Not sure what is happening there...I've never set it before.....Doesn't matter it reads the new {for Indiana}, time now....This is the first time we've set our clock to DST in many years...Just went into effect today @ per our Gov. {My man Mitch}....Maybe someone else's man....

[blhanel]

Sounds like your watch is better than mine in that respect, although I found a Timex with the perpetual calendar (mechanical date that never needs to be reset) that I really like. I do have a SkyScan Atomic Clock on my office wall that automatically adjusts for Daylight Savings. It will be interesting to see how it fares next year when the changeover gets moved up three weeks, as I'm not sure how the changeover point is controlled or recognized.

[Modelcar]

Brian...{IA}: Yes, the watch changed over in fine fashion during the night...It's a "La Crosse" brand. My weather station is radio controlled too and it did it's job fine, and the older "Radio Shack" unit always performs perfect....Don't have any "modern" clocks in the office here {on purpose]....One is a Waterbury Regulator probably 90 some years old ticking away and it doesn't seem to know how to make the change so I helped it along and it's with the others now ticking away with the correct time....Another right in front of me...{just a quartz battery unit}, required my assistance too...so we're pretty well up and running on the correct time again.....

[cherokee woman]

Good Sunday morning, folks! Boy, I sure can use this coffee this morning. My
eyes feel like they're full of sand this morning! Stayed up too late, talking on the
phone with someone.

Nance & Bob, hope your anniversary was very good.

Joe, thank you so much for putting the coffee on. And for making the juice this
morning. Think I'll have a glass, along with my coffee. I'll take a couple of those
cinnamon rolls.

Sun is shining here this morning; but, we're supposed to get some more rain
later this evening.

Brian, gonna have to find me one of those Timex watches.

Everyone have a great day, and will see you back in here for Sunday Dinner.
On the menu today will be fried chicken (made sure it was none of Mudchicken's
direct relatives), mashed taters, creamed corn, peas.

Dessert will be: a white cake w/white frosting and fruit cocktail.

[jeaton]

Q

Your computer clock will automaticly change if you tell it you are in Eastern Time rather than Indiana Time.

The problem I have with Daylight time is that there is nob or button to change my body clock and so it is running late for two-three weeks.

A mere 40 degrees here, overcast with a threat of cold rain or snow showers. I am cabin fevered to the max.

In a couple of weeks we are going to Indianapolis to get Matt registered for school and then down to Cincinnati for the weekend. If spring won't come to us, then we will go to spring.

Jay

[CShaveRR]

Jay, we're finally getting a few signs of spring here, and we're not too far south of you. Our weather could turn nasty later today.

[Modelcar]

Jay.....I'll check into the area of "set the clock" and see what all is there as far as adjustments. But I have already simply gone into it and changed the hour setting and now we're in business...The computer is a little over 2 years old and I've never had to set the clock before...{we here in Indiana did not change to DST until today}, and the minutes were always within 2 or 3 sec. of my radio controlled watch so I assumed it would change over last night...{the hour change}, but nothing doing...No problem, we're ok now.

[jeaton]

Q

Obviously, a manual reset is as good as anything, but when you mentioned that your computer clock didn't change, I wondered why. Turns out that the program controling the clock, which I assume comes along with the Windows operating system, lists Indiana as a separate time zone.

"INDIANA-GET IN LINE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE."

Interesting to me that the software program for that did not get an update to fix the little glitch. Leads me to wonder if a future change in the start date for Daylight Savings will result in an online program update.

That and other items of earth shaking consequence.

Jay

[JoeKoh]

good evening had some rain today might get some rumbles tonight at work. need a plate for work tonight
stay safe
Joe

[tree68]

CW & Mutt: DUCK!. Carl - you might want to keep a weather eye out, too. You've got a tornado watch as I write this, and maybe even a thunderstorm warning...

Looks like quite the night in the Ohio valley. More red watch boxes than I've seen in a while...

Got a call from my son in WA. His wife is in the St Louis area right now, and was at a mall when they told everyone to get IN THE BASEMENT! Haven't heard if they actually got hit with a tornado, but the roof of a restaurant in the area of the mall ended up on some cars in the mall parking lot....

It's spring!

[switch7frg]

Wow!!!!
Just got back from 3 other pages across the street & down the block . Quite a bit of discussion bout engineers & truck drivers . Have need to get out of stream. I hope you have some crosshatch apple pie w/ ice cream topping and coffee hot . CW I know I can count on you. >>> Shirl & myself feel very lucky to be one of the 5 drivers to survive the first 6 mos. after ten yrs of sucess. After 5 yrs . & many dollars paid out the Rattler is finally mine , since Friday . Now Peterbilt of St. louis wants me to go in hock for another one . Aint' dat cool ?? , or cruel ?? No way . A disaster at a certain iron& bridge works some yrs. back helped me to get the one we have now. The crane made a new back door ,dash & convertable top on the other truck while I watched . Not cool at the time . Anyhoo hope the nasty storms didnt' do harm to you folks. Just another day at the Diner ? Hope Nance & Bob has the best of blessings yet to come . You folks have any kind of evening you want. Jlm & Shirl .

[jeaton]

Jim

Sure hope you didn't make any disparaging remarks to that crane operater. I'll join you for a cup of coffee and a piece of pie and maybe a conversation about life in the real world. Might pick up a thing or two myself.

Just went over and checked the weather radar. Lots of red rolling up I-43 out of Beloit but it is moving quite fast and will probably be out over Lake Michigan in the next half hour or so. Then another blast of cold clear air from Canada hanging out for the next few days.

Jay

[Modelcar]

Jay, we've been screwed up on time here in Indiana for years and years...This is our first time with DST in decades.....I will go look at the clock settings and see what all can be done there....Just haven't done so yet. We've been under severe threatening weather for several hours this evening and now the nasty stuff has finally for the most part moved over to Ohio.....Believe Indiana will report some nasty damage upon daylight tomorrow morning.....We dodged a weather bullet here once again....Thank the Lord. It was all around us....Bad stuff...!

[jeaton]

Q

I understand why Indiana wanted out of the Daylight Time. Being on the western edge of the Eastern Time Zone and then adding an hour means it is dark getting up to go to work and the sun is still shining an hour after bedtime. I have often gotten confused about the "local" time when I have been driving through Indiana in the summer time, but now the old cell phone takes care of that problem.

Glad to hear you did not have super serious weather. We got heavy rain and lightning but no wind problems. All quiet for now.
Jay

[switch7frg]

Jay;>>
At best I recall the whole deal took nano seconds. There were no words spoken to the operator, just disbelief of the event. E.M.T, got my heart back to where it belonged. Then the headshed & the neckties took it from there. It was settled out of court with the provision to not to make { waves} >>>nuff said. For a long time lookin' over my shoulder . well you get the drift. Some times life can be difficult . We would like to think those times are gone, as evedent of 5 yrs. & friday. Never but never look over your shoulder, some thing or some one might be gainin' on ya' .
Very good apple pie & hot coffee . CW sure has a way with a pan & a stove. Aint' we all lucky ?? , dont' ya think so? Respectfully Jim.

[blhanel]

Yikes, Jim, that's quite a story.

We dodged that same weather bullet here tonight, but not by much. Tornado touched down briefly in Washington, IA, about 50 miles south of here. We got alittle pea-sized hail. All is calm now, but another windy day is slated for tomorrow. Gotta call it a night here and catch up on my sleep.[zzz]

[mbkcs]

"Back home again, in Indiana..." Indiana, my Indiana...duh duh duh..duh duh duh duh duh...Indiana, my Indiana, duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh..."

Shame on me, I went to Butler and can't remember the fight song...but IU! Can't remember the words.

I remember 1976 tornados that took out Xenia. Spent most of the day in my next door neighbor's basement on the eastside of Indy. Brian, any bad weather in Solon?

Jay, have fun in Indy.

[blhanel]

You've been in Solon, or know someone there?

They might've gotten more serious hail down there, we had a severe warning for the southeast corner of the county earlier.

[mbkcs]

QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel

You've been in Solon, or know someone there?

They might've gotten more serious hail down there, we had a severe warning for the southeast corner of the county earlier.

Yeah, my brother and his family. I will keep ya'll in prayer.

[jeaton]

Indy and fun? That's kind of an oxym... Oh wait. I remember that back in the days of my midlife childhood, I went to the 500 with a couple of friends, a trunk full of beverages and the ca***o get into the infield. I behaved myself.

Ah, these days I am sure having coffee at the Starbucks on the Butler campus will be all the fun I need.

[Mookie]

^~^ - I have been posted at the door to do a foot count! So be sure you let me know who belongs to those feet and I will check you off as you come in.

We must find out ASAP that all of our forum people are safe!

On a lighter and happier note - we got gobs of rain - nothing seriously battering and it washed all the BNSF locomotives here and Millie, too!

Moo

[louisnash]

Us folks here in Northern KY are fine, Mookie.
We did have one of the most terrible wind gusts that I believe I have ever been through for this area. Just a few loose limbs that fell out of the trees was about it.

We really didn't have much lightning where we are. Just some major wind.The electric went out about 15 minutes before Grey's Anatomy was over. So we weren't to happy about that.

Take Care All,
Brian (KY)

[germanium]

I don't need to a calendar to tell me when Spring's here - at the local DIY store you can see husbands with that haunted look in their eyes, remembering (or being helped to remember) that new kitchen/bathroom they promised their wives months ago. Underlines the natural artfulness of wives, suggesting that while their husbands are watching football, being answered with a "yes dear" to shut them up - well fellas, now you gotta deliver !!

[cherokee woman]

Good morning, everyone! Well, we made it through the storms last night. For awhile,
the NWS radio was going off every few minutes. Quite a downpour, with thunder,
lightning, hail, and wind. Had a tornado warning for a bit over in the eastern part of
Jefferson County. Need to remember and call my sister, and make sure they're all
right this morning.

Curently, we are at 60 degrees, but the temp is to start dropping, and around early
evening, be down in the 40s.

Switchfrg, so glad you enjoyed the apple pie. Did you try any of the cake? Looks
like half of it is gone, so someone must have enjoyed it!

Breakfast this morning will be: sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits & gravy.

As Mookie said, everyone PLEASE check in, so we know everyone made it through
the storms last night!!

[JoeKoh]

yep were here and accounted for.some grumbles outside while at work and lots of rain but nothing to serious.going to be cool and a little wet for opening day in Cincinnati.going to need some of those 3 way chili dogs to keep people warm. also G W himself is there today to throw the first pitch.
stay safe
Joe

[blhanel]

[zzz] I'm
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here...
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But only because the wind blew me into work...

[Mookie]

Quentin (Modelcar)?

Jim (Trains and Planes?)

[jeaton]

We are fine here. I'm like Brian, stayed up to late keeping watch.