morning
i hear the pitter patter of paws this morning.better get some coffee and juice around.tha hammock is clean.as for the weekend here better keep the umbrella handy.
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").
Joe: I ran all the way in here to tell you that Deshler is in the new Locomotive magazine! And Matt found it before I did! Drat. He is just faster!
Don't ya just LUV Chris's Noth Cayolina accent? We need more of that to off-set the hard r's of the diner - (warsh my furr!)
Chicken flies back home w/o incident.....Hmmm......need new lure in tackle box.
Rain here yesterday - winding up to smack everyone east of us. Looks like Carl and Modelcar are getting a dose this morning. Houston Ed even had a small shot. Then the rest of you (snark, snark!)
CW - in honor of TGIF - I had a little help and pre-made some waffles. You will notice they all have an imprint in the middle of them. These are paw-paw waffles. There was one that I had to throw away - I accidently sat in it and it looked more like kiss than a paw. (giggle) Maybe should have saved it for posteriority.
Groan...
That's bad even for me!
(slinks out door to garden to wait for Briankle)
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Looks like we'll be seeing some of that rain on Saturday and Sunday - which will make the leaf-peepers less than happy. Hopefully they will be scattered, with some sun in the middle, and not enough to knock all the leaves off the trees.
Carl - Beach U!
One of our trainmen is learning to be a conductor - he's got the job on Sunday. He worked as conductor a couple of weeks ago, and ended up working the train alone - taking tickets, etc, etc. First thing he said to me last time he saw me (I couldn't work the day he was conductor) was "Did I miss you!"
I'll be there to bail him out on Sunday. The first run is the worst - we push the train, so somebody has to be at the other end calling clear track and crossings. No time to collect tickets if you're standing in the vestibule. Heck, I even punch a smiley face on the kids tickets...
And we won't even talk about narrating the trip....
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...
Mookie wrote:Joe: I ran all the way in here to tell you that Deshler is in the new Locomotive magazine! And Matt found it before I did! Drat. He is just faster! Don't ya just LUV Chris's Noth Cayolina accent? We need more of that to off-set the hard r's of the diner - (warsh my furr!) Chicken flies back home w/o incident.....Hmmm......need new lure in tackle box. Rain here yesterday - winding up to smack everyone east of us. Looks like Carl and Modelcar are getting a dose this morning. Houston Ed even had a small shot. Then the rest of you (snark, snark!) CW - in honor of TGIF - I had a little help and pre-made some waffles. You will notice they all have an imprint in the middle of them. These are paw-paw waffles. There was one that I had to throw away - I accidently sat in it and it looked more like kiss than a paw. (giggle) Maybe should have saved it for posteriority. Groan... That's bad even for me! (slinks out door to garden to wait for Briankle)Joe, thanks for making the coffee and juice this morning.Mookie, thank you so much for fixing the waffles this morning! They are definitelyeye-catching, with the paw prints in the middle. Kind of makes a nice indentationfor the butter to go into. Just got through putting chili on for today's lunch. That will do nicely, for anyone whodoesn't want fish today. It is raining here. Had already started when I awoke at 5:55. About 20 minutes ago,it was really pouring, when I looked out the kitchen window. Now, it has slacked upfor awhile.Everyone stay as dry as possible, and have a good, safe morning.Message From:The Cook
Morning All,
Not a whole lot to report here. Just another day in paradise I suppose!
Mooks, grabbed a paw-paw waffle. Good stuff! (And it reminds me of IL...I have a friend who used to live in Paw Paw, IL).
MC, depending on what the weather does to me, I may have to come visit you out at CRRM. According to weather.com, it looks like it could be a cold, rainy, snowy day up in Georgetown. Sometimes that's great for photo ops, but then again, sometimes the photographer gets a little tired of being soaked to the bone in cold conditions.
Well, I've got a couple bids that I have to get out today, so I must 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
Waffles for breakfast this morning sounds pretty good to me. I'll have to stop in at the Diner and grab a couple of them.
I've looked up the weather for Louisville, Kentucky where Locomutt and Cherokee Woman live, and they are definitely getting some rain, and they are going to be pretty well socked in with rain all day. The weather conditions here where I live are pretty much the same. It rained here almost non-stop yesterday, and I just looked out my front door and it kind of looks like we might have more rain coming. As long as it doesn't start snowing here until at least the very end of October, I'm happy. But if and when it does start snowing, I'll take that anytime over freezing rain.
CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Chris No Accent - where were you transplanted from originally, if I may be so bold as to ask! Ah what the heck - I will ask anyway, cuz I am nosey!
My daughter is from Nebraska, lives in Bemidji and sounds like a native.
I lived in Oklahoma for a year and all the people from NE that had to move down there, started sounding like natives after a few months. (THEY were calling US Yankees!)
Mookie wrote:I lived in Oklahoma for a year and all the people from NE that had to move down there, started sounding like natives after a few months.
Been there, done that. Two years in OKC and you'da thunk....
chris
the cat has 9 lives and is a expert at avoiding trouble.however the reach of her claws is amazing(try to take her mug).yes mookie matt is becoming quite the railbuff and now with the numbers and letters ,shapes and colors now he is putting the geography together too.who says watching trains is a waste of time?staying dry here in ohio.
Joe
Cannonball: I've never heard of that being done before, I don't think it could be done now, the shattered glass coming out of the silo unloaders would wreak havoc on all the cows stomachs!!
Speaking of silage, got the field cleared yesterday, although it took some assistance with a second tractor to get through a few muddy spots and up the sand hill a few times. the last load was done in the rain, which turned the field into a giant Slip 'n' Slide! Made good use of the differential lock on the tractor, sliding around in the wet clay.
Mookie: The dissertation on different varieties of corn will have to wait until I get back home to my computer, down at the public library using theirs because of family's computer problems at home!
Will probably see everyone on Monday, have fun in the high country, elder Chris!
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Mornin Everyone
We had some rain last night after I got home from work. It was one of them strange rains. We had normal sky (no clouds) directly overhead but clouds around in other directions. So it might rain for 10 minutes then not rain for 10 to 15 minutes. It was like that until I went to bed.
We have a 40 % chance of rain through the weekend. The sun is hiding in and out of the clouds as I type.
We have leaves drying up and falling off the tries now because of lack of rain. It is still too early here for leaves to change color. But the last 3 or 4 years since it has been so dry we just have not had too much color.
The George Bush loco came in late last night. To my surprise it didn't have any rotten eggs on it or sacks of well you know what. It is going to KC for some new mods. I think it will head out before dark tonight.
Well everyone take care.
91rioja wrote:From just up the road from central NC in Virginia. Born and raised in Roanoke, moved to NC to go to college, and never left (except for 2 years in Houston TX if you can count that).You do know that curiosity killed the cat ch
Besides, I have 9 killings left......
Moo....
jhhtrainsplanes wrote: The George Bush loco came in late last night. To my surprise it didn't have any rotten eggs on it or sacks of well you know what. It is going to KC for some new mods. I think it will head out before dark tonight.
Good Afternoon.
Our rainfall total at my house was 1.40 inches so the forecasts were right again. It looks like quite the severe storm outbreak setting up across the Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois region today. Everyone from those parts, please stay safe!
Not much else new from Omaha today. I shall return on Saturday morning.
TGIF!!!!
Willy
I was vindicated today--took a look at the radar and decided I didn't want to bike. As we drove out, we got a brief, but intense, downpour. So I didn't have to apologize the length of the trip for getting Pat up.
After another strong shower in the morning (saw the lightning, but heard no thunder), it dried up. I think we may be in for something tonight, though.
Sister J (had to call you that, 'cuz I'm confessing), I had a great time today. Called the yardmaster at the other end to tell him about some cars (or sections of one car) that didn't show properly on one track. He got all upset at how he shouldn't be the one to mess with the tracks in the computer, how we should fix them if we screwed them up (we hadn't!), and so on. I said that I didn't have to tell anybody what I found; I thought I was doing him a favor. Then I hung up on him. He got on the intercom and he and out conductor started going at it. I don't think anything was resolved, but he came out looking like a big jerk, and I just sat back and laughed.
And if nobody fixed it, the computers may tell you that two units of a five-unit stack car were delivered to CSX, and the other three units are on the limbo track in our yard!
Rookie Chris: Mookie is my sister, because I adopted her. When I call her my "little sister" it deals mostly with her sense of curiosity and loyalty, not with age. So I'm proud to be "BC" (Brother Carl) to her. In non-virtual life, well...she might explain things to you next week.
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)
Good afternoon everyone.
Gawd, the wind outside is just insane! We had wind gusts as high as 30 mph with the average around 20 mph--leaves are everywhere on the ground.
some people on the forums we have met some we are still trying to meet.but anyways they have adopted matthew so matthew has auntie mooks and auntie paula auntie pat and uncles carl ,driver,walt etc etc. made some popcorn for tonight.looks like more rain on the way.good night for a movie.
The radar says we're wet here, but I don't think much is reaching the ground. Felt a few drops when I was walking back from the store.
Chicago (and most of eastern Illinois) on the other hand is under red shading, with some pretty nasty looking weather moving through as I speak. Hopefully that'll pass through here at night, and without too much nasty stuff - gotta keep those fall colors up so people will ride the trains!
Should be a busy day tomorrow, and Sunday.
We just got over an inch of rain in about 20 minutes. Basement is dry--for now! (Good thing, because that's where I am! No cords or connections on or near the floor.)
Tornado warning stopped Metra service on UP West and Northwest lines during rush hour. Trains were allowed to leave Chicago, then stopped at areas short of the warning zones until weather cleared.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
morning juice and coffee are ready to go.this change of the weather has my head stuffed up.not going to hang around and give it to anyone.
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