cherokee woman wrote:Can't forget the fries, now, can we? Message From:The Cook
I'll even share mine with Matt...
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
First and Formost, I would like to say happy b-day to Nora!! May you have many more to come!! God Bless.
Well, in regards to CW staying up until 4am, um..............................................Mutt and CW were waiting at the Airport for me at 12:18am Eastern Standard Time, (Which would be REGUALR, time) lol. So in reality we all went to bed at 4:30.....................................................
I personally didn't get up until High noon!
Lets see what is going to happen today...............................um................................nothing to exciting.....................................um... I think it's just going to be a nice quiet day of rest.
matt will be glad to share your fries larry. glad sarah arrived safely and I hope your package nora arrives safely.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
blhanel wrote:Sarah's back in Louisville? You better be careful, girl, they'll turn you into a full-time waitress!
Mookie wrote: ........Table for two in the corner please! I am expecting a nice young gentleman for fine food and a couple of cups of milk, so we need a quiet corner. His name is Willy and we are going to discuss the aspects of UP vs BNSF, a conversation I fully expect to find most enlightening! Madame La Mook
........Table for two in the corner please!
I am expecting a nice young gentleman for fine food and a couple of cups of milk, so we need a quiet corner. His name is Willy and we are going to discuss the aspects of UP vs BNSF, a conversation I fully expect to find most enlightening!
Madame La Mook
Hello everyone. I think I'll have some lemonade, I'm worn out from all this heat and humidity we've got.
Mookie: I'm so sorry that I wasn't able to show up for breakfast this morning! As I said yesterday, I have work study every weekday until next Thursday from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM and no computers are allowed. I hate to postpone things until July 27th, but I'm not sure what else to do. Is there any way you could come in on Saturday or Sunday?
I just don't know what to do! I'm invited in for a nice breakfast and railroad discussion and what do I do? I show up at 4:30 in the afternoon with the lame excuse that I was working at school (something that I never want to do during the summer again) to help pay for tuition. Shoot me an e-mail tomorrow and we'll figure something out.
Willy
rvos1979 wrote: Kozzie: Squincher is bottled by an independent company, I've seen it in soda cans as well as small pouches (tear off top, add water, drink). As far as I know, it comes in orange, fruit punch, and lemon-lime, also saw grape when I worked for the railroad. At Stoughton Trailer here in Wisconsin the company buys the stuff by the palletload. The orange tastes a lot better than the same Gatorade flavor, and I believe the fruit punch is about the same. Didn't get a drop of rain tonight, but had severe weather north and south of us. Supposed to be about 85 tomorrow, with much lower humidity. Gunite all
Kozzie:
Squincher is bottled by an independent company, I've seen it in soda cans as well as small pouches (tear off top, add water, drink). As far as I know, it comes in orange, fruit punch, and lemon-lime, also saw grape when I worked for the railroad. At Stoughton Trailer here in Wisconsin the company buys the stuff by the palletload. The orange tastes a lot better than the same Gatorade flavor, and I believe the fruit punch is about the same.
Didn't get a drop of rain tonight, but had severe weather north and south of us. Supposed to be about 85 tomorrow, with much lower humidity.
Gunite all
Thanks Randy. We need rain down here big time, so if you can organize some to slip "down under" that would be good.
Dave
Evening All
We hit 101 today. NO FUN. I sure am glad I was off. Our high for tomorrow is listed as 102.
Everyone into the pool. Oh WAIT ! I don't have a pool, therefore, give me 2 HUGH slices of that Mississippi Mud Ice Cream Pie.
Everyone Take Care
Hey, it was 104 °F. where I was today. And we're not getting any breaks in the heat until next week.
I hope the Depot Diner has a huge refrigerator filled with cold sodas--we'll need it!
cherokee woman wrote:What would everyone like to have for lunch today? Going to make today's lunch and supper a"You ask, and you will receive it" day.Message From:The Cook
How's about White Castle. That's where I am headed around high noon today.
Everyone have a great day and stay cool.
Brian (KY)
CW - For lunch, I would like a green salad with mmmm grilled chicken on top. Ranch dressing. Maybe some fresh fruit mid morning?
Willy - not a problem on the breakfast. CW and company sat with me so I wasn't alone. We will get together before school starts and visit. I am so excited. You get to go to school and I don't have to.....
It was quite a surprise opening the door for the paper this morning - hard to breathe. Now I know what Houston Ed means when he sez it is hard to breathe down there when the humidity is so high. Ugh. But I would still rather have this than the ice and below zero that we seem to attract. Finally found some really "cool" places to visit when it is hot.....(heading to the walk-in fridge)
Mook
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Morning all, and a belated to Nora! Hope you had a great one!
It's still been warm a mile up, but I really haven't had much of a chance to experience that (drat!) as I've been busy taking care of being two people at work (my boss is out of town, so I have to be him and me!). So I'm not sure, but heading out into the heat and going trackside just might be a reprieve!
Meanwhile, was playing around in Lightroom last night (I've posted another thread about this with links to the download). I think it's going to take a little getting used to, and there's still stuff that will only be done in Photoshop, but I really think there is a lot of potential, especially when it comes to streamlining ones workflow.
Well, I guess I had better be on my way. Hope you all have a great day!
TTFN!
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
All the hot weather around (we've been pretty mild for the past few days, thank goodness) reminded me of another "shelter" function our FD social hall can fulfill - a "cooling center." Heard them mentioned in stories about some city or another that was suffering record heat. We are already on record as a shelter in case of other natural disasters.
A nice salad with chicken sounds good for lunch!
Soda is OK for slow rehydration and "recreational" use, but for serious rehydration, stick to sports drinks (such as Gatorade or Squincher) or just plain water. Why? Soda doesn't absorb into your body very fast, and many have caffiene - a diuretic, and hardly what you need if you're already dehydrated... For rapid rehydration - two bottles of water and a bottle of sports drink (or the equivalent) in that order.
cherokee woman wrote:Also, they'll be delivering two 30 count cases of chicken sandwiches.Message From:The Cook
I certainly hope they are not "muddy".
Mookie, if Willy makes ever makes it to your office make sure and show him a certain steam engine photo.
Anyone want any hot weather, I will be more than happy to share? I will gladly trade a trainload of hot air for some nice cool Canadian air. Right now it is 87 with a heat index of 94. The actually temp is suspose to go up to 102. I might have to use the bathtube as a pool this afternoon. (Now where is that rubber Ducky?)
Our gas went up to $3.08 for premium unleaded recently. Therefore, railfanning is pretty much a no go for a while. I spent almost $45 the other day to fill up a Ford Ranger.
jhhtrainsplanes wrote:Our gas went up to $3.08 for premium unleaded recently. Therefore, railfanning is pretty much a no go for a while. I spent almost $45 the other day to fill up a Ford Ranger.
Our regular unleaded has been $3.07 for about a week so far. Premium is ~ $3.17. Why are you using premium unleaded gas in a Ford Ranger? Mine, with the 4.0L, doesn't specify that kind of gas. Wouldn't it be less expensive on regular 87 octane?
Dan
Good morning everyone. The high is supposed to be around 100 °F. today but with an ugly 50% humidity! I'm definitely staying in as much as possible for obvious reasons!
Like I said, I hope the refrigerator is stocked full of cold sodas, especially 7-Up and Coca-Cola Classic!
EDIT: You might want to order more White Castle hamburgers--I love them!
blhanel wrote:I hope the virtual ones don't have the same after-effects as the real ones!
So I spend lunch hour messing around in Lightroom. I re-processed this image using LR (as opposed to my previous workflow involving RAW conversion in RSE and sharpening tweaks and re-sizing in PS):
That's a picture of Puke (no, I'm serious...this is Puke, and he performs with Snot) taken at the Renaissance Fest over the weekend. Overall, I'm quite excited about LR, and it seems like it will provide a great means of processing pix (from RAW or JPG) when extensive work is not necessary on an image (that'll still require the use of Photoshop).
I would encourage all of you that do much picturating to download this (although beware...it does seem like a bit of a memory hog...but then again, so is Photoshop) Beta version. If you find features you'd like to see added, Adobe has a forum available for voicing your thoughts on what the retail version should be like. I've already suggested one big issue (they provide lens corrections for chromatic aberrations and vignetting, but no corrections for barrel/pincushion distortion, perspective corrections, etc.)
Meanwhile, I suppose I should head back to work. Catch you all later!
afternoon
busy busy busy.got done mowing the yard and watering the flowers and tomato plants and saved some for myself. that felt great. any of those white castle burgers left? I'll take them for lunch tonight. need a large lemonade to go please.
joe
If I've got this figured out right, I should have lurked long enough to post the 15,000th "item" here.
Hot again tonight--chance to try out our new a/c. I'm hoping the storms make it here to cool things down. The warm temperatures have wiped me out to the point that I wasn't able to fully enjoy the relatively cool day we had yesterday. Did have a great couple of hours with daughter and granddaughters, though--and the older one may turn into a railfan, after all!
As long as the virtual White Castles come with virtual bicarbonate, you should be OK.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
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