Depot Diner & Coffee Shop

[cherokee woman]

KNOCK, KNOCK: 

[cherokee woman]

SactoGuy, Produce Tuesday is where we get produce from groceries, like Kroger,
and other local grocers, who have excess.  I sign in people coming for the produce.
The people tend to show up early:  around 7 a.m. (although there are some who like
to come between 6:15 and 6:45, so they have a low number, and get "first come,
first serve".  Today's offerings were 10# bags of potatoes, watermelons, bags of
carrot sticks, lettuce, and slaw mix.  That was all they had for us today. 

Lunch specials today:

1.  leftover chicken stir fry
2.  vegetable beef soup
3.  cream of potato soup
4.  PB&J or grilled cheese sandwiches with the soups

If anyone has any requests for supper tonight, please let me know, and I'll try to
get it prepared and ready for any supper take-outs by 4 p.m. EDT. 

Message From:
The Cook

[Mookie]

Since I don't want to play favorites, I will toss this out for someone to do.  If you know this one, don't ruin it for the rest.

 

I have a knock-knock joke.

You start......

 

[CShaveRR]

That's good, Siskitty!  Now can you manage to arch your back at just the right time?

I was chasing a butterfly, but it proved elusive today--excess baggage.  That, however, frees us up if we should need--or want--to go to venues beyond the local crossing.

Daughter called and asked about Rochelle.  I said she should check it out for herself!

[Mookie]

BC - like this .....  ^~^-----------------------------------------------------------!

[CShaveRR]

//In.

//looks around, checks closet, pets kitten.  Tusk, tusk!  Wipes nose for her.

//suggests that she lie stretched out on floor to trip up the guy who just grabs food and leaves; points out vulnerable ankles.

//Out.

[SactoGuy188]

Breakfast is on the warmer bar:  bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits
and gravy, bagels, and blueberry and oat bran muffins. 

(Grabs plate of sausage, scrambled eggs, and an oat bran muffin )

By the way, what is "Tuesday Produce"?

 

[CopCarSS]

Morning All,

Well my plans for shooting fall color this weekend at the Georgetown Loop might be a repeat of last weekend's Autumn / Snow mix. It seems that we've got a double cold-front shot headed our way and snow levels will be even lower than last weekend. Hmmm...still should be photogenic, though.

Don't have a whole lot more to post, so I suppose I should head about my business. Hope you all have a great day!

TTFN

[JoeKoh]

sounds like the same old story. people building houses without doing any research.been busy night at work.will put an extra blanket in the hammock for mookie so she doesnt get to chilled.

stay safe

Joe

[Mookie]

Was that Kevin I saw going out the door?  I haven't seen him for ages.  Nice to see the couch didn't permanently crease him!

I had to get out my fall fur nightgown last nite.  Little chilly around the Cat Haus. 

Nose drooling this morning.  Let's see......one tissue here, one tissue there......

Not bad.  Look like a ferocious, tusked animal.  Or an idiot.  Take your pick.

Train horns!  Long story short - the railroad had the tracks along a local highway on edge of town long before the people moved into that area.*  The developers wanted access to the rental property they put up in the area - ergo - crossing went in.  Now the train horns are too loud, too long, too many, too noisy, too annoying.  These poor people can't go outside, can't swim, can't open windows, can't breathe, can't have any fun (wink, wink) according to the developer, so now he wants to close said crossing.   And it is the railroads fault!  The engineers deliberately make too much noise! 

*Sir Mud - 44th and Cornhusker

I am going to hide in the closet!

Moo!

 

[cherokee woman]

Good Tuesday morning, everyone!

Kevin, glad to see you came in last night.  Please come by and see us more
often, o.k?  And, if you want to bang your silverware on the table, go right
ahead:  just doesn't mean that you'll be served any faster

Coffee is on, juice is made, and I've got hot water for tea and cocoa.

Breakfast is on the warmer bar:  bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits
and gravy, bagels, and blueberry and oat bran muffins. 

I'll be back after I get through with Tuesday Produce.  Everyone take care, and
have a great morning.

Message From:
The Cook

[tree68]

Should I do that little kid thing and take a knife in one hand and a fork in the other and bang the ends down until my meal is served or would that be considered rude?

I think that is proper manners... in Borneo or something...
 

Or perhaps a northwoods lumber camp...

[Anonymous]

MMMM MMM lunch was delicious...


I'm waititng on supper....


should I do that little kid thing and take a knife in one hand and a fork in the other and bang the ends down until my meal is served or would that be considered rude?

I think that is proper manners... in Borneo or something...
 

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

Well, our lunch and supper menu specials today are:

1.  Italian spaghetti casserole w/garlic bread sticks (the spaghetti casserole is
     Mutt's maternal grandmother's recipe, with a few additions of his own).  It  is
     VERY, VERY good, too!!  I gain weight, just thinking about it. 

2.  Chicken Stir Fry

Ray, good luck on the job interview this afternoon, and our prayers are with you,
also. 

Message From:
The Cook

I would like everyone to know that my interview with McKennan Hospital here in Sioux Falls went very smooth for me. I was interviewed by two different gentleman and I was asked some tough questions, but I think I handled it all very well.........especially with the second part of the interview where I sat down and talked with the man who heads up the hospital's housekeeping program. Time will tell. They are going to interview a few others and I should have an answer by this Friday.

I was asked if I would be willing to take a part-time job in the event that what I had applied for went to someone else. I said, "Absolutely, because it would be better than NOTHING!"

CANADIANPACIFIC2816

[CopCarSS]

Evening All,

Sorry I was a bit sparse over the weekend. While Willy and Mook were dodging tornadoes (if you can dodge a tornado, you can dodge a ball?), I was up playing in the snow. Whooops! Did I just use the "S" word? Sorry about that. Just to prove the point, here's a couple shots from my excursion up to RMNP:

He he he...seriously, it was kind of fun. When I parked at Bear Lake, the snow was just starting to fall. By the time I got back, maybe an hour to an hour and a half later, there was more than 2 inches of snow piled up on my car!

I just wish I had remembered to bring my mittens. I have a pair that can "open" up to allow one to use one's fingers when extra dexterity is needed (for example, when using a camera). Lo and behold, without any kind of hand protection, my fingers were so numb by the end of the day that I was operating the camera by look rather than feel (e.g. I had to watch my finger press the shutter button because I simply couldn't feel it!). Still, a lot of fun.

Next weekend I'll be headed up to the Loop to catch some color up there. C&S No. 9 should look great surrounded by gold! (But I thought they mined mostly silver in Georgetown...........hmmm.....)

Also, one other note to the midwestern crowd: I finalized dates for my trip to IL. I'll be getting in town around 9:30 on November 15th, and will be leaving around 6:00 in the morning on November 28th. I'll be staying at White Pines State Park (NW IL) on the weekend of the 17th through the 19th. Not sure if any of you have schedules that will work with that, but I would love to get together with you if possible.

Anyways, I suppose I should be on my way. Hope you all have a great evening, and I'll catch you tomorrow!

[cherokee woman]

Joe, here's two plates of spaghetti casserole for you and Matt, and a plate of
chicken stir fry for Mama.

Got some more stir fry simmering on the stove;  just need to scramble some
eggs to add to it, and it'll be ready in about 1/2 hour. 

Desserts tonight:  apple, peach and cherry cobblers w/ice cream, chocolate
cake, and more ice cream. 

We're currently getting rain again, and you can feel it's cooling down outside.
Supposed to get down to 46 tonight.  Guess I'd better find some long pants
for tomorrow morning. 

Message From:
The Cook

[CShaveRR]

Joe, you might have better luck with a research grant--something about a diet of fries...

[JoeKoh]

yeah hmm a growing boy grant?never heard of it.but we can try.

stay safe

joe

[Mookie]

CW

matt and i will take the pasta. mamma wants the stir fry.Mookie as young lad in high school I grew over a foot as well and changed shoe sizes3 times.I have a nephew who is now 6' 7".As for mat we'll just back the grocery truck up to our driveway and send auntie mooks the bill.

cp2816 good luck on your job.its alot easier keeping steady at a 40 hr job then 2 part-time jobs.

stay safe

joe

Auntie Mooks pleads poverty.  Try the Fed Gov.  I hear they send $ to everyone! 

[CShaveRR]

I had to resort to MapQuest, but I finally found Surprise--or at least where it used to be!

By now, Ray's probably waiting nervously; I hope it goes well for him.  Steady employment sure beats any of the alternatives (with the possible exception of retirement, he says as he thinks enviously toward New England).

Now back to my part-time jobs (assigned today to keep me occupied on my day off from gainful employment).  A newsletter needs editing--the grass has finally gotten as mowed as it's going to, today.

[JoeKoh]

CW

matt and i will take the pasta. mamma wants the stir fry.Mookie as young lad in high school I grew over a foot as well and changed shoe sizes3 times.I have a nephew who is now 6' 7".As for mat we'll just back the grocery truck up to our driveway and send auntie mooks the bill.

cp2816 good luck on your job.its alot easier keeping steady at a 40 hr job then 2 part-time jobs.

stay safe

joe

[Willy2]

See, See - I told him!  Yes I did....Yep, Yep.....!  I am going to hold a class in meteorology "weather prediction for Eastern NE".....I could save Willy2 a lot of $ in college!  And there was a surprise in Surprise NE.  (Yes there is a Surprise NE)  They had a tornado.  Oh BC - I can see you having a tussle with this. 

I'm baaaack....can you tell....

^

Trust me, it's not too hard to tell when you're back!!

The later in the evening it got and nothing developed I was becoming more and more certain that it would all develop in Iowa, just because that is the way it always ends up and also the dryline and cold front were fast approaching. I'm surprised you didn't get any rain at all. The radar did show a couple of little cells that looked like they went right over Lincoln. The National Weather Service still hasn't rated the tornado that hit Omaha, but my guess is F0 or F1.

Lots of homework already and there is still one more class to go. Off to do some of that homework right now.

[SactoGuy188]

1.  Italian spaghetti casserole w/garlic bread sticks (the spaghetti casserole is Mutt's maternal grandmother's recipe, with a few additions of his own).  It  is VERY, VERY good, too!!  I gain weight, just thinking about it. 

(Grabs plate of spaghetti casserole and a couple of garlic bread sticks )

[cherokee woman]

Well, our lunch and supper menu specials today are:

1.  Italian spaghetti casserole w/garlic bread sticks (the spaghetti casserole is
     Mutt's maternal grandmother's recipe, with a few additions of his own).  It  is
     VERY, VERY good, too!!  I gain weight, just thinking about it. 

2.  Chicken Stir Fry

Ray, good luck on the job interview this afternoon, and our prayers are with you,
also. 

Message From:
The Cook

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

I've got a few people in my own church praying for a positive outcome in this job interview for me.

Add at least a couple of your forum friends to that.

Thanks much, Brian. I appreciate the prayers and support of the friends that I do have in this forum.

Ray Loftesness II                                                                             

CANADIANPACIFIC2816

[SactoGuy188]

Cannonball, the smell of burning leaves in the autumn around here, will get you a visit
from the fire dept., (possibly police also), along with a hefty fine.    But, sure do miss
that smell in the autumn. 

I remember burning leaves way back in the late 1960's in Sacramento as a little kid. I do remember that smoke from all that burning was pretty bad, though.

By the way, can we have ground beef casserole for lunch? (Gawd, I wonder do people nowadays even KNOW how to make a decent casserole....)

 

 

[blhanel]

I've got a few people in my own church praying for a positive outcome in this job interview for me.

Add at least a couple of your forum friends to that.

[CShaveRR]

SJ, when I was about Willy's age I grew a whole foot in one year.

(Never figured out how I got along with only one before then!)

Oh--and I'll bet the alphebetizing project won't last too long (you see, after the apples and the apple pie and the applesauce comes the asparagus...)!

[jeaton]

Morning.  Absolutely fabulous weather here on the Maine coast and I will not be on here very long.  Just waiting for the coffee lady to return and then we are off to the wilds.

The natives are smart enough to stay away from the tourist haunts, so the people we speak to have an accent that goes along with their license plates from midwestern states.  Still, there is a chance we will meet someone who talks like Dani's grandmother before we leave the state.

Have a good day.

Jay

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

CW >>>> Deelishus dinner today. We enjoyed it very much, and practising for the big event in Nov.Now the earth has tilted more to cool , how bout some buckwheat pancakes , short stack with maple syrple withsausage links / scrambled eggs  for breakfast ? beverage optional. AAH the smell of burning leaves in the fall . Cannonball.

Good Monday morning to all!  Well, we had a terrific day yesterday.  Met mudchicken and
Boss Hen, and had dinner with them at Texas Roadhouse.  Very good meal with very
good people!  Also fantastic conversation.  I could have listened to them both, all night
long; but they had to be up early this morning for meetings, so it was an early night for
us.  Wish the visit could have been longer. 

Coffee is on, and I've made fresh oj, and oj/tangerine (both no pulp).  There is also hot
tea and hot chocolate/cocoa for anyone wanting either of them.

Got Tree's bagels ready for him, and we also have bacon, sausage links and buckwheat
pancakes w/plenty of maple syrup. 

Watching for rain to come in in our area.  Supposed to be here shortly. 

Cannonball, the smell of burning leaves in the autumn around here, will get you a visit
from the fire dept., (possibly police also), along with a hefty fine.    But, sure do miss
that smell in the autumn. 

Message From:
The Cook

I agree with the statement that Cherokee Woman made about how burning leaves in the autumn can get you into trouble with the fire department. When I was a kid during the early 1960's, my Dad was cleaning out the basement and was hauling a lot of junk out to the alley where he had a bon fire going. It was 1964 or '65 and the Sioux Falls Fire Department had opened a new engine company just south of us, and on the other side of the alley. There was an old gentleman in the neighborhood who was kind of an uncle figure to all of us kids and we used to referr to him as "Uncle Bud". My Dad had gone into the basement to collect another pile of stuff to burn when a couple fire fighters came down the alley to find Bud standing there, watching the fire. They said to him something like, "Don't you know that it is illegal to be burning anything in this alley?" Uncle Bud covered for my Dad with this response, "What fire? I don't see no fire. Do you see a fire?" The fire department must have thought that Uncle Bud was off his rocker.

I got out of bed at six this morning, and at last report we had an outdoor temperature of 42 degrees, with some drizzle coming out of the clouds. It is not supposed to get much warmer than 50 degrees this afternoon. I will be facing a job interview this afternoon at 2:00 with one of our local hospitals. My line of work is custodial/light building maintenance and I had applied for a position on this hospital's housekeeping staff. It will be full time if they offer me the position. It has been a long time since I last worked a full 40 hour job, I've been getting by with a couple part time jobs for the last several months. I've got a few people in my own church praying for a positive outcome in this job interview for me.

CANADIANPACIFIC2816