Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[JoeKoh]

well mookie set the green collar down and take a nap.you'll have coffee and juice when you wake up.matts looking forward to going west.
stay safe
joe
ps maybe they'll let us borrow the nkp 765 and bring it on over.[;)]

[cherokee woman]

Good morning everyone. Seems I had problems sleeping last night. Didn't get into
a nice sleep until about 3 a.m. this morning.

Pat and Mookie, here's your omelets. Hope everyone enjoys them this morning.
If anyone doesn't want an omelette, let me know and I'll fix you something else.


Working on my first cup of coffee, and trying to plan the lunch and supper menus
for today.

Chris, glad to know you're all right. Everybody's been wondering about you. It's
good to see you back.

[Modelcar]

...Nice morning under way here in central Indiana.....Grass growing fast...New tires on tractor, and now ready for next mowing....Believe we might head for our "trail" a bit today with granddaughter and a little bike riding.
Weather people say some rain moving in later today and some threat {again}, of nasty stuff sometime tomorrow...maybe not as severe as this past one. Hope not.

[cherokee woman]

Yeah, Quentin, we've had a light rain for about three hours now. Not supposed to be
anything too severe, though. Sure hope not. Local power company still has somewhere
between 500-600 people waiting to get their power back from Sunday.

Lunch today will be: Baked pork chops w/ pork flavored stuffing, potatoes, peas &
carrots.

Still trying to figure out a supper menu for tonight. Will post that around 2 p.m. EDT.

[Anonymous]

Mornin' All

Our last few days have been mostly cloudy with a little sun here and there. It might rain for a 1/2 hour then be cloudy for hours then the sun come out for an hour or so and then the whole process starts over again. [B)] It did a slight rain this morning about 8 to 9 and now the sun is out.

National dopler radar is showing a lose cluster of rain all around the mid central states right now. It looks like our sun will not be out for much longer according to the radar.

It is 70 now with a 15 to 25 mph wind. Rain chances increase throughout the day until they hit 60% tonight with strong thunderstorms predicted. With the sun out that will just make it worse when the storms come. [B)] [8]

Today is Monday again, my how fast time flies on my weekend. [:(]

We had a derailment near Bald Knob yesterday killing the truck driver who pulled into the train's path. The train derailed and both mainlines were blocked. They hope to have at least one line open by this afternoon. Things are really screwed up here because of it too.

Well, everyone take care.

[SactoGuy188]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...Grass growing fast...

I noticed that on my front yard, too. Looks like I'll have to mow the front and back yard lawns this afternoon before the next wave of storms come into the Sacramento, CA area. [:)]

[blhanel]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie


So I am surprised at how quickly we can get across Iowa and into Illinois.

You know what will make the trip seem even quicker? Follow US-30 all the way across. Long sections in both the western and eastern sides of Iowa follow the UP transcon very closely. And, if you're careful and watch for the small sign, you can take alittle detour just west of Boone and get close-up and personal with the Kate Shelley bridge!

I've got the day off today, gotta take my wife down to the Surgical Center so she can get her trigger finger fixed (years of working in electronics assembly has taken its toll).

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SactoGuy188

QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar

...Grass growing fast...

I noticed that on my front yard, too. Looks like I'll have to mow the front and back yard lawns this afternoon before the next wave of storms come into the Sacramento, CA area. [:)]

Just heard from girlfriend in La Quinta - they had no rain, but big wind! Had to take down a tree from it. She said they desperately need rain.

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by blhanel

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie


So I am surprised at how quickly we can get across Iowa and into Illinois.

You know what will make the trip seem even quicker? Follow US-30 all the way across. Long sections in both the western and eastern sides of Iowa follow the UP transcon very closely. And, if you're careful and watch for the small sign, you can take alittle detour just west of Boone and get close-up and personal with the Kate Shelley bridge!

I've got the day off today, gotta take my wife down to the Surgical Center so she can get her trigger finger fixed (years of working in electronics assembly has taken its toll).

I will pass this on to the Driver! The 'not-so-sterile" interstate....

[cherokee woman]

Okay, folks, here's the supper menu: we will have a buffet smorgasbord tonight:
meat loaf, fried chicken, pork chops, salisbury steak, ham steak, mashed taters,
cream style corn, green beans, peas; and as a special treat, managed to get some
fresh corn on the cob, specially brought in by an engineer who had a little bit of
extra room in the cab.

Desserts tonight will be apple cobbler and peach cobbler.

[CopCarSS]

Mook,

If it is possible, Kate Shelly is really worth the detour. An impressive bridge with a neat railroad history.

Chris

[JoeKoh]

well they lowered the forcast for the rain totals but we'll see how much we do get.very nice outside right now.Matts screening went well.one of the screeners doing colors asked matt a color and he said thats a lunar signal.then he said white.trainwatching does help little ones learn.
stay safe
Joe

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

one of the screeners doing colors asked matt a color and he said thats a lunar signal

The look on the screeners face must have been priceless.....

[CShaveRR]

Li'l sister, I'll echo the sentiment about the Kate Shelley Bridge (might suggest saving it for the trip home, though, as I'm anxious for you to get here). I believe it's still the tallest (or longest--can't remember which) double-track trestle anywhere, and it's a real eye-popper (we stopped there on the way out to see you).

Matt didn't say "clear" for green and "approach" for yellow, did he, Joe?

Vacation days are lined up now.

Jay, I'm afraid we might as well ask for a ride on the old MILW through Rochelle.

[CSXrules4eva]

Well first thing is first Finally Chris has come back to the Diner!! Yes, we need to see some more of Chris' wondeful pics. hehehehe Oh what is this I hear about you playing some rollor hockey Chris? I played roller hockey for five years durring my off season when I played ice hockey. It's alot of fun isn't it?? hehehehe.

Cw I think I will take some meat loaf, mashed taters, cream style corn, green beans. Can I have some sprite to go wit that please?

UM..... lets see what did I do today...hummm accadentally fell asleep in my Business Mamagement 115 class. It got boring my professor started rambling on and on and on about Marketing Anylsis and Stratigies. Sometimes I wonder why do I have to take this class??? I'm a mechanical engineer major not business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE!

[Anonymous]

Well Toay it is cloudy, long day at school but this week is flying!

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva

Well first thing is first Finally Chris has come back to the Diner!! Yes, we need to see some more of Chris' wondeful pics. hehehehe Oh what is this I hear about you playing some rollor hockey Chris? I played roller hockey for five years durring my off season when I played ice hockey. It's alot of fun isn't it?? hehehehe.

Cw I think I will take some meat loaf, mashed taters, cream style corn, green beans. Can I have some sprite to go wit that ple?

Sarah, of course you can have a Sprite with your cobbler. Which cobbler do
you want: apple or peach?

[cherokee woman]

And to everyone else, the smorgasbord is set out, and ready for you all to go to
town on eating it. Please eat to your hearts' content, as I don't want to be putting
a whole bunch of leftovers in the fridge.

[blhanel]

Mmmmmm, g)#$^*oo@$d s$%*(tu)@#ff!

Shouldn't type with my mouth full...

[mudchicken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva

Well first thing is first Finally Chris has come back to the Diner!! Yes, we need to see some more of Chris' wondeful pics. hehehehe Oh what is this I hear about you playing some rollor hockey Chris? I played roller hockey for five years durring my off season when I played ice hockey. It's alot of fun isn't it?? hehehehe.

Cw I think I will take some meat loaf, mashed taters, cream style corn, green beans. Can I have some sprite to go wit that please?

UM..... lets see what did I do today...hummm accadentally fell asleep in my Business Mamagement 115 class. It got boring my professor started rambling on and on and on about Marketing Anylsis and Stratigies. Sometimes I wonder why do I have to take this class??? I'm a mechanical engineer major not business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE!

Sarah:
(1) All of us number crunching techies need to be civilized and cultured techies (on second thought...nah! - Although Boss Hen continues to try with me[8D])
(2) If Professor Insomniac MisManager gets to you again, look at it this way: The Business Administration course of study was created by a New England mechanical engineer working in the mills. He wanted somebody else to take over the mundane and boring administrative tasks so he could concentrate on problem solving and innovating in the factory. He'd roll over in his grave if he saw what it became in this day and age. [:0]Wade through all the garbage in the lecture, tear it apart and see if he was going after a certain concept.[|)][|)][|)]

[mudchicken]

RE: Da Mooks in d' other Land of Corn at da Bridge

She's gonna have to go right past the shops at Boone (Boone Valley Scenic) to take the back road into the bridge....She may forget the bridge or she can fill us in on Uncle Pete's efforts to build the replacement bridge.

[cherokee woman]

Good Friday morning, to everyone! Hope everyone is well this morning.

For breakfast this morning, we have muffins: blueberry, apple cinnamon, and
bran. There's also some strawberries and cantaloupe chunks.

Everyone have a good day, and if you're in the path of the rains today, try to stay
as dry as possible.

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva

UM..... lets see what did I do today...hummm accadentally fell asleep in my Business Mamagement 115 class. It got boring my professor started rambling on and on and on about Marketing Anylsis and Stratigies. Sometimes I wonder why do I have to take this class??? I'm a mechanical engineer major not business!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE!

Sarah - trust me - that will be good training for those long, long, long meetings that someone that likes the sound of their own voice will make you attend. Possibly as often as once a week!

Mookie

[cherokee woman]

You're right, Mookie. I always hated our Friday morning meetings. It was bad enough
listening to the boss ramble on; really hated it when they "brought in" someone to
talk to us about even more boring stuff. Guess that's why they decided to bring in
doughnuts on Friday mornings to keep us awake. [8][}:)]

[Mookie]

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Wet feet!

Had some rain here last nite. Trees (real ones) did an exercise class. You know, bend way over and try to touch the ground. Then put your limbs up and shake them all around. Squirrels looked like small brown flags hanging out of the trees!

But it was no biggie. They said 60 mph winds - which is never a tornado, just a good wind around here. No damage that I saw other than a few lights out. Most of it north of us. Humidity was so bad, we went to summer sleepwear and a fan all night. Ah.....

I am off to look for a Mudchicken so he can 'splain to me more details about the bridge.
Talk slow MC - I write slow!

Mookie

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

You're right, Mookie. I always hated our Friday morning meetings. It was bad enough
listening to the boss ramble on; really hated it when they "brought in" someone to
talk to us about even more boring stuff. Guess that's why they decided to bring in
doughnuts on Friday mornings to keep us awake. [8][}:)]

An important (and frequently overlooked/ignored) thing about meetings is that they should always be scheduled so they have a wall to run up against - like lunch, opening (as in stores), or quitting time. Most bosses aren't going to pay overtime so they can hear themselves talk.

Not long ago my boss retired. Micromanager - meetings all the time. New boss came on - no meetings!

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie... Trees (real ones) did an exercise class. You know, bend way over and try to touch the ground. Then put your limbs up and shake them all around. ...

The only thing this Tree bent last night was an elbow - fire department meeting and nominations of officers, followed by refreshments...

[Mookie]

Tree - I am laughing! Re: meetings - our boss used to have our meetings at 10:30 and run them right into lunch (anywhere from 12 to 12:30). He fixed the problem by rescheduling them at 10:00 and now runs them right up to noon!

My best friend (female) had meetings where everyone stood for the entire meeting. She said they lasted about 5-10 min max!

So elbow bends decently? Firefighter physical training?

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[JoeKoh]

morning
rain has stopped here for now.plenty of puddles for matt to jump in.it is friday today which is really good.MC might want to include pictures too explaining bridges to mookie.dont want a cat to fall into the water.
stay safe
Joe

[blhanel]

Good morning, all- looks like we escaped the heavy rain here during the night, it all went north of us and soaked the IA/MN border. I am breathing a sigh of relief, as I just put down some grass seed the other day and didn't want to see it rearranged to areas that didn't need it.

Joanie's operation went well, she should a good strong grip in her hand again in a few days.