Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[Noah Hofrichter]

Ooo! Ooo! I'll take an order fo that with a slice of Peanut butter and a slice of Banana pudding.[dinner][dinner]

Noah

[cherokee woman]

Good Sunday morning to everyone!! Hope you all have a beautiful day today. For
Sunday breakfast, we'll have all the usual menu items.

For Sunday dinner we have:

Roast beef with gravy, potatoes, carrots and onions

cole slaw,

green beans and corn

And for dessert, we'll have any of the following you want:

banana pudding
coconut cream pie
chocolate pie
peanut butter pie
key lime pie
lemon merange pie
And chocolate cake

Okay, everybody fill your plates and eat up!!

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton

OK- For those of you who are musicians or just appreciate music or both. (i'm category 2).

My step daughter, Melissa Lander, sits second chair clarinet for the US Army Field Band concert band component. They tour throughout the US, performing concerts with the Soldiers Chorus. As you might expect, their concerts have patriotic marches and medlies, but also include a variety of classical and pop works arranged for concert band. Considered by their peers to be one of the best concert bands in the country, their performances are always free. If they stop in your town, check it out.

Jay

I would doubt your stepdaughter in the band then,but,I have had the priviledge of hearing them. Been a few years.[:)]

[Anonymous]

Speaking of Music- If anyone has seen the movie "school of rock"

That is a good movie!!!!

[jeaton]

CW. You betcha. Fact is it's a merged family-3 hers, 2 mine, add two spouses (one from Louisville!!) makes 7, all really great kids.

Jay

[cherokee woman]

Jeaton,

I KNOW you are one very PROUD papa. Wouldn't mind hearing her and them myself. [:I]Sorry, Jeaton: I failed to notice the "step" in your sentence. But imagine
you feel as if she's your daughter, so you probably ARE a proud papa, right?[:)][:p]

[jeaton]

OK- For those of you who are musicians or just appreciate music or both. (i'm category 2).

My step daughter, Melissa Lander, sits second chair clarinet for the US Army Field Band concert band component. They tour throughout the US, performing concerts with the Soldiers Chorus. As you might expect, their concerts have patriotic marches and medlies, but also include a variety of classical and pop works arranged for concert band. Considered by their peers to be one of the best concert bands in the country, their performances are always free. If they stop in your town, check it out.

Jay

[cherokee woman]

Joe,

Do you big metal spoons or big wooden spoons for Matt? Have both on hand.

Now, let's see about some breakfast for everyone:

We'll have all the regular breakfast item: bacon, eggs, sausage, gravy, biscuits, oatmeal, coffee, juice, pops for those who don't drink coffee or tea, and MILK for
Matt. Also have cold cereal.

[JoeKoh]

well i can play the drums and matt can back up on the pots and pans. where are those big spoons?
stay safe
Joe

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Tree - I love Foggy Mountain Breakdown" - would have to play the Beethovan version, tho. Can play a little by ear - better now than when I was younger. But could bang out some Mozart for you and make it sound like bluegrass! [8)]

They all laughed at me when I tried to play the piano,when I went to sit down,
the bench wasn't there.[:D]

Mook,if you play by ear;doesn't that give you a headache[?][:D][}:)]

FYI I sarted college life off as a Music major,don't ask what happened.(French Horn)

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Mookie sings and it sounds like a YOWL.....

Is that just aYOWL,or MEOWYOWL![:D][}:)]

[JoeKoh]

ok matt likes onion rings too and with fair season around now we can get them realllly big!
stay safe
joe

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Mookie sings and it sounds like a YOWL.....

Perhaps La Mook would do better with some poetry:

School's Out

The house is quiet
Only the ticking of the clock
The random barks of a watchful spaniel
(She 'protects' most of the neighborhood)
And my own labors
Mar the stillness.

Suddenly, with a roar and a hiss
The bus arrives, and as quickly departs
Leaving behind two gleeful children
Who race, shouting, to the house.

Exploding through the door
They pummel me with notes
And papers
And all the news of their day
In a mere five minutes
And are gone.
Off to play.

[Mookie]

Mookie sings and it sounds like a YOWL.....

[tree68]

<In best waiter's voice> Dinner Is Served! [dinner]

<Sounding more like Mom>No pushing! There's plenty for all! No fencing with the knives! I'll get more gravy! Yes, there are more rolls! Whadya mean you want your potatoes mashed? Mash 'em yourself! CW is making the cobbler - you can have some when you clean your plate! EAT YOUR VEGETABLES!

<Waiter's voice again> Geez - like a bunch of kids! [:o)]

[cherokee woman]

Okay, so let's get the bluegrass music started! What's taking you guys so long?!

Larry, is the yankee pot roast about ready?

Mookie, can you sing, and if so, how about Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever,
Amen"? That's locomutt's & my song. And have a good, safe weekend.

[Mookie]

Tree - I love Foggy Mountain Breakdown" - would have to play the Beethovan version, tho. Can play a little by ear - better now than when I was younger. But could bang out some Mozart for you and make it sound like bluegrass! [8)]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

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Tree, don't ever accuse my daughter of playing a violin...violists are pretty sensitive about such things![:(!] It only looks like a (big) violin. I doubt that she could play your request...who composed it?[;)][}:)]

OK... Misread violist as violinist, and figured if she was learning from a principal violinist it would be the violin, and it's only a short trip from there to fiddle...[swg]

The famous American masterpiece "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" was written by the noted composers Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

Locomutt - I have a practice chanter (it's the part of the bagpipe you actually play) and can work through a couple of tunes with it, but I really do need the lessons, so if/when I get a full set of bagpipes the caterwauling won't be any worse than anybody elses...[;)]

One part of the local French Festival parade that I really enjoy is the 5 or 6 pipe bands that usually participate. The "massed band" that usually occurs after the parade can turn into a nasty mess, though. 34-40 bagpipes... Think about it.

Another part of the French Festival I enjoy is the pastries....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Jim:

RE: Sasha

We understand the loss. Hopefully playing "over the rainbow bridge" with our 6 Year old scottie "Clyde" who also developed lung cancer. Frustrating to have them sit and look at you with the "I don't understand what's wrong" look.

Mr. & Mrs. MC

I know what you mean. [:(!] [V] [:(]

Sasha was so loving and didn't in any way deserve what happened to her. She became so weak she wouldn't eat, she fell down the concrete steps trying to go potty outside, then was even too weak to go outside. All she did for her last few days (Tuesday AM to Thursday AM) was lay on the floor, she was even too weak to get up on the couch. That Thursday AM we went to a specialist who could "look" inside her lungs. My regular vet said there were about 4 choices 3 of which they could deal with. The specialist found out it was the 4th choice and nothing could be done. It was unreal how quickly she went downhill. That last 3 or 4 days was just hell. I never had any trouble from her. She was just tooooo good, she really was. I cannot praise her enough. I miss her so. [:(]

On the way to the specialist she laid her head on my shoulder. The look in her eyes was nothing but love. I think she knew how bad she was. It was all sooo sad, so very, very sad. There will NEVER be another Sasha. [:(] [V] [:(!]

[locomutt]

[CShaveRR]

No, the musical talent doesn't come from Carl, thankfully! Mother-in-law was a singer and pianist good enough to sing in symphonic choruses and to accompany other vocal and instrumental soloists. She probably would have had a real career had she gone to college beyond one year, but she instead lives it vicariously through her granddaughter.

Carl, on the other hand, took courses on music appreciation in school...so he can play the radio and CDs with the best of them.

Tree, don't ever accuse my daughter of playing a violin...violists are pretty sensitive about such things![:(!] It only looks like a (big) violin. I doubt that she could play your request...who composed it?[;)][}:)]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

Tonight's special:

Beef liver and onions. mmm mmmm goooddd!!

I am reminded of a radio commercial I used to hear in Oklahoma City. The ad was for a pizza place, and consisted of a guy complaining about having liver and onions "every night" for supper. The problem, he said, was that it was liver one night and onions the next...

It WAS better heard first hand...

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Bout time the diner got a little class!

Since Carl's daughter is an accomplished musician - anyone else here play an instrument? Carl? Where did she get the talent?

Anyone else here play anything beside the radio and video games?

Mookie on piano....

Hmmmmmmm - Yankee pot roast, etc (sure, I'll cook, and I'm sure Duchess will take care of the pots and pans, anyhow), with some music!

I play a couple of stringed instruments, but with Carl's daughter's violin and Mook's piano, our trio would be better off playing bluegrass (I play guitar and a little banjo). Carl - does your daughter know "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"?

You're all lucky I've never had time to learn bagpipes...

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

Friday Dinner: Well it's summer so everyone is up to their ears in hot dogs and hamburgers. How about some Yankee pot roast and all the usual trimmings?

[8D]Larry,

Yankee pot roast sounds good. Are you fixing it for us[?][:p]

Now, let's concentrate on BREAKFAST!! How about some oatmeal with whole wheat
toast? That sounds pretty good this morning!

BTW, we got lucky with the storms last night. They all hit well south of us. No flickering
lights, no storms in our local area, except in the southern part of the country. We just
had a nice, gentle rain.

[Mookie]

Bout time the diner got a little class!

Since Carl's daughter is an accomplished musician - anyone else here play an instrument? Carl? Where did she get the talent?

Anyone else here play anything beside the radio and video games?

Mookie on piano....

[CShaveRR]

The diet's reasonably intact...vigorous exercise helps.

Who's playing? The Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, of course! Daughter takes lessons from the principal violist. The nicest thing about their concerts (I mean besides the quality music) is that they're free. And the new music pavilion has to be seen to be believed!

[UPTRAIN]

What a sad story Jim, I remember when my first puppy got run over, it was so pitiful to see him crying and yelping as he died, something I'll never forget, I was only 6. But I'll always love that little Poodle named Sugar.

[tree68]

Friday Dinner: Well it's summer so everyone is up to their ears in hot dogs and hamburgers. How about some Yankee pot roast and all the usual trimmings?

[locomutt]

Okay,somebody give us an idea for supper tomorrow.[:)]

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Noah Hofrichter

DaveBr, glad your out of that tunnel, it can be dangerous in there wiht all those trains that go by on that main line.

Well, tonight I'll take a nice slice of Coconut pie. Had a good day today. We got to go to Wisconsin Dells with my cousins who are up from New Orleans. We got to go on the Ducks, wich are boats that were used during WWII, and some were later used in Korea. They have I think about 50 ducks or so, maybe a little less, but they only use about 20 a day. They go on land and water, so they splash down in the Wisconsin River and on Lake Delton lake. It's a really neat trip, with the guide telling really corny but Funny jokes. It was really good day, as I said, so I'm a happy camper tonight. Also hoping the WSOR local comes tonight, so if he does I'll be happy there to.

Noah

Noah,
Glad you had a good time,hope you saw the model railroad;as I understand,
It's one the best anywhere.
How's the A.R.K. going?