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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, December 21, 2006 3:20 AM

Those are nice Randy...pretty expensive tho!  One of those might have to go on the Dodge toy when funds permit. 

Think I'll throw some ham 'n bacon in the crock pot...should be ready for a late breakfast around 9 or so.  I'll top off the coffee pot, OJ, and milk containers for the morning.  All someone has to to is turn on the coffee so it'll be hot!  There's 10 lbs of bacon, 14 dozen eggs, and 8 lbs of corned beef hash ready to be fried sitting in the fridge.  Let's see...dishes are done, hammocks and chairs cleaned...that should be about it.  See everyone after a nap!

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Posted by rvos1979 on Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:51 AM
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Heck, Willy see if you can make that snow gizmo work up here!  I hate brown Christmases with passion!  Kinda like turning me into the Grinch but that's another story...

There's nothing like using '4H' in the snow.  Traction...sweet traction!  All the naysayers who spout about not needing 4WD sure are appreciative of it when they need to be pulled out of ditches.  Need a 4x4 wrecker anyone?Mischief [:-,]

I agree with you, Dan, nothing like 4wd in the snow, especially with half a ton of engine sitting directly over the front axle!! 

Speaking of 4wd trucks, if you're looking for a bombproof front or rear bumper, check these guys out:  http://www.buckstop.biz   I dont think it can get much heavier than these: 1/4 inch steel center section, 3/16 inch outer section, built in winch mount, 2-inch reciever, and removeable grille guard.  As soon as I can get enough money saved up, I want to get these for my truck.

Copcarss, hope you manage to get home before Christmas, sounds like Denver has a real big mess on it's hands right now.

See everyone later.....

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Posted by SactoGuy188 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:44 PM
 cherokee woman wrote:

Okay, I've got another round of vegetable beef soup, beef stew, cornbread, chicken  breasts, and dumplings ready for supper!  You all just mosey up to the tables/booths/counter, after a side trip to the warmer bar, and eat to your heart's content.

 

I'm right here getting a big bowl of beef stew and cornbread! Dinner [dinner] 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 5:16 PM

Okay, I've got another round of vegetable beef soup, beef stew, cornbread, chicken  breasts, and dumplings ready for supper!  You all just mosey up to the tables/booths/counter, after a side trip to the warmer bar, and eat to your heart's content.

 

Joe, there's containers in the fridge , ready for you to take to work with you.  

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 4:32 PM

yes need to drive carefully in winter weather.a lot of people around here get a remidial course with the first snowfall/ice conditions.(ask the defiance cops about the 281 bridge over the maumee river).

just take it easy and watch out for the other people and big rigs on the road.going in early to load trucks tonight.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by edblysard on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:49 PM

Guilty as charged...the swamp was down a few inches, so we turned on the sprinkler, and forgot about it...

Will see the super and put in the request!

 Willy2 wrote:
 Mookie wrote:

Tree seems to be stuck on something.

Willy - you need to learn to drive and then we will talk about rain, then sleet, then ice and then snow.  Maybe you can just make it snow at your house. 

When it is icy, Driver has to throw a tarp over me and put me in the trunk so he can get me home.  I am scared to death of being on the "cell phone boulevards!"

But this is the last winter before I start driving, so I want all of it I can get before I have to drive through it!

Chris - Yes, ultimately it is Ed's fault since he's the one running the pipeline. Last night, if you looked at a satellite image, there was just a solid band of clouds and precip lifting up out of the Gulf of Mexico into this storm system. This system really has an incredible amount of moisture, but the cold air is limited to the western third of the system. Still, Omaha could pick up some snow tomorrow night, but not nearly as much as I would like.

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:33 PM
 Mookie wrote:

Big Muddy - got de boys hitched up to the sleigh? 

You going home by snowmobile?  Or spending the rest of the week at the towers?  Order in Pizza and tip the guy a lot!

Big Smile [:D]

You want the boys to (a) pull (b) go on command and (c) all in the same direction at the same time??Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

It's already too late. All you can see of da boyz is their furry black flagpoles and the tips of their ears.

Scottie Union Local 1 demands I shovel a path from the doggie door across the patio to the grass in the backyard.

I may have to take some of the other folks here home in my beast. Slow going around all the abandoned cars on the sidestreets...

 

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:31 PM

Heck, Willy see if you can make that snow gizmo work up here!  I hate brown Christmases with passion!  Kinda like turning me into the Grinch but that's another story...

There's nothing like using '4H' in the snow.  Traction...sweet traction!  All the naysayers who spout about not needing 4WD sure are appreciative of it when they need to be pulled out of ditches.  Need a 4x4 wrecker anyone?Mischief [:-,]

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Posted by Willy2 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:28 PM
I know, by the end of the winter I'll probably be so sick of snow I'll never want to see it again in my life. The irony is just terrible! Shock [:O]Wink [;)]

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Posted by CopCarSS on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:25 PM

You know...a couple weeks ago I was wishing for a lot of snow...

Be careful what you wish for Willy! Wink [;)]

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Posted by Willy2 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:22 PM
 Mookie wrote:

Tree seems to be stuck on something.

Willy - you need to learn to drive and then we will talk about rain, then sleet, then ice and then snow.  Maybe you can just make it snow at your house. 

When it is icy, Driver has to throw a tarp over me and put me in the trunk so he can get me home.  I am scared to death of being on the "cell phone boulevards!"

But this is the last winter before I start driving, so I want all of it I can get before I have to drive through it!

Chris - Yes, ultimately it is Ed's fault since he's the one running the pipeline. Last night, if you looked at a satellite image, there was just a solid band of clouds and precip lifting up out of the Gulf of Mexico into this storm system. This system really has an incredible amount of moisture, but the cold air is limited to the western third of the system. Still, Omaha could pick up some snow tomorrow night, but not nearly as much as I would like.

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Posted by CopCarSS on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:18 PM

Hey Willy.

All this moisture is a result of a moisture pipeline headed up from Houston Ed's neck of the woods, right? Hey Ed, can you tell someone to turn off the tap? I think we're good!

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:13 PM

Tree seems to be stuck on something.

Willy - you need to learn to drive and then we will talk about rain, then sleet, then ice and then snow.  Maybe you can just make it snow at your house. 

When it is icy, Driver has to throw a tarp over me and put me in the trunk so he can get me home.  I am scared to death of being on the "cell phone boulevards!"

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:13 PM

 Datafever wrote:
Whoa - someone has a severe stuttering problem... Laugh [(-D]

Trying to fix it - don't know what happened.  Did the post, did an edit, and got a mess....

 Edit - got it fixed.  I really hate to repeat myself.....Blush [:I]

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Posted by Datafever on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:11 PM
Whoa - someone has a severe stuttering problem... Laugh [(-D]
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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:08 PM

 Willy2 wrote:
I plan to keep tinkering with that thing until I can get it to snow here in Omaha! So, everyone better remain prepared for some crazy weather until I figure out how to make it snow where I want it to snow! If only it would snow 18-24" here in Omaha, but no, it's gotta be rain instead. SoapBox [soapbox]

I've heard there's a run on pitchforks and torches in Omaha......

 Something about "Frankenwilly".....

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Posted by Willy2 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:56 PM
 mudchicken wrote:

Mooks - Best be getting down before you get blown out of that tree.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HERE - From our 8th floor perch here in the Denver Tech Center (I-25 at I-225) we are watching waves of snow getting blown upwards at about a 30 degree angle. We are expecting 18-24 of snow inches by tomorrow morning.  Already have drifts 3 feet deep in the parking lot. Winds at 30-45 MPH out of the east. Willy can now quit tinkering with the Ronco Weather Machine in the back room, he' proven that it works....

Copcar last seen buried in a snowdrift in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. Lots of 2WD cars with baloney skin tires getting stuck and can't exit the building parking lot.

I-70 (Denver to Kansas) and I-70 (Denver to New Mexico) are being closed because of white-out conditions  and the small towns cannot handle too many stranded motorists.

I plan to keep tinkering with that thing until I can get it to snow here in Omaha! So, everyone better remain prepared for some crazy weather until I figure out how to make it snow where I want it to snow! If only it would snow 18-24" here in Omaha, but no, it's gotta be rain instead. SoapBox [soapbox]

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Posted by Datafever on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:54 PM
 CopCarSS wrote:

If you need me, I'll be over in the booth pestering Weatherman Willy finding out when I'll be able to catch a flight home for Christmas. Anyone even thinking of singing, whistling, humming or otherwise producing the sounds of that one song by Bing Crosby had better be wearing Brian's tin shoes! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Evil [}:)]

Do you mean that song that contains the lyrics "Home for the holidays"? Thanks to you, I can't get it out of my mind now.  Okay, everyone, all together now... 

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Posted by CSXrules4eva on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:52 PM
 JoeKoh wrote:

will take some of the blue plate special for work tonight. matt is bringing the milk for the cookies and other goodies.Sarah have a safe trip home to philly for Christmas.could you have santa send me a real philly cheesesteak sandwhich?these guys around here try but there is nothing like the original.extra green peppers please.

stay safe

joe

Joe I will do my best to get to you a true Philly Cheeseteak, I know of one place in Manyunk, Philadelphia where the Cheesesteak had it's beginging (sp) it's called Dellasantro's (sp). I don't know if they will overnight anything like that, but if they don't I will have to find out a way to send perishables overnight. Big Smile [:D]

Mudchicken stay safe in that major storm!

Can't wait for din din I'm starving! I'll take extra corn bread please Dinner [dinner]

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:50 PM

wow MC thats alot of snow.

Cw will need some beeef stew for work tonight.and the guys request extra christmas cookies too.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:37 PM

Big Muddy - got de boys hitched up to the sleigh? 

You going home by snowmobile?  Or spending the rest of the week at the towers?  Order in Pizza and tip the guy a lot!

Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:06 PM

Mooks - Best be getting down before you get blown out of that tree.

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HERE - From our 8th floor perch here in the Denver Tech Center (I-25 at I-225) we are watching waves of snow getting blown upwards at about a 30 degree angle. We are expecting 18-24 of snow inches by tomorrow morning.  Already have drifts 3 feet deep in the parking lot. Winds at 30-45 MPH out of the east. Willy can now quit tinkering with the Ronco Weather Machine in the back room, he' proven that it works....

Copcar last seen buried in a snowdrift in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. Lots of 2WD cars with baloney skin tires getting stuck and can't exit the building parking lot.

I-70 (Denver to Kansas) and I-70 (Denver to New Mexico) are being closed because of white-out conditions  and the small towns cannot handle too many stranded motorists.

The dim bulb schmucks over at Denver RTD that run the toy trains (light rail) are discovering too late that they should have installed switch heaters for the second time this year. The "dragons" on the freight railroads are earning their keep right now in plain view of the stranded passengers on the toy trains.

DIA (aka "Bagdad on the Prairie") is indeed in Western Kansas. Most folks don't want to believe that half of Colorado is flat, so I guess the Kansas Territory that Colorado was carved out of in 1876 will be getting some real estate returned. Most folks also tend to think that Denver is the only town in Colorado. (The tourism marketing folks did too good a brainwashing job...)

 

Placing an advance order for an industrial strength serving of hot cider. The snow shovel is going to get a workout tonight...

 

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Posted by rvos1979 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:40 PM

Mookie, I keep telling you, I don't look up because I might get hit by something on the ground!!

Not too much else going on in this neck of the woods, we're down to our final order of 100 UPS trailers for the year, should be done with them by a week from today, even with having the 25th and 26th off (day shift gets Friday off, too).  Have not heard yet on any news for 2007 in the trailer industry, hoping for another big year, but one can never tell in this business....

I think someone will have to give me a copy of that story, because I do not remember hearing it.  Oh well......

See everyone later..... 

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:20 PM
Methinks if Larry would repeat that story...there might not be enough tin to go around!  Mook...I'll make you that cake when you get down!  I better get my climbing gear and go get you I suppose...

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Posted by SactoGuy188 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:21 AM
 cherokee woman wrote:

1.  Vegetable beef soup and beef stew w/cornbread on the side (that's in the oven, baking)

I'll be right over for the beef stew with cornbread! Dinner [dinner]

It's right now 33 °F. as I type this. Shock [:O] 

 

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Posted by blhanel on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:12 AM
 CopCarSS wrote:

Read that to mean: The airport will likely be shut down with 2 feet of snow and winds at 30 or better (and the airport is in Western Kansas, so the wind blows quite freely). Doh!

Western Kansas has an airport?Tongue [:P]

If you need me, I'll be over in the booth pestering Weatherman Willy finding out when I'll be able to catch a flight home for Christmas. Anyone even thinking of singing, whistling, humming or otherwise producing the sounds of that one song by Bing Crosby had better be wearing Brian's tin shoes! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Evil [}:)]

See if Hertz will rent out a snowmobile suit and a snowmobile with Neverlost mounted on it- get on and head east!Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:49 AM

Well, since it looks like no one has any special requests today, you all will have to be content with whatever I fix for you.  Which is now on the stove/top and in the Crock Pot:

1.  Vegetable beef soup and beef stew w/cornbread on the side (that's in the oven, baking)

2.  Leftover dumplings to go with some grilled boneless skinless chicken breasts w/sides of  green beans, baked potatoes and garden salad.

Desserts today:  chocolate cake, Christmas cookies, fresh out of the oven this morning, which have been iced and decrated, and we've got egg nog and boiled custard.  And the egg nog is non-alcoholic, so don't even go there.

Chris, hope the weather clears up enough, so that you can catch your flight home.

 

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Posted by locomutt on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:20 AM
 tree68 wrote:
 blhanel wrote:
 Mookie wrote:

Angel [angel]  (wonder if anyone has found me at the top of the tree)

Someone look up!

Hey Larry, we need your ladder!

This reminds me of the story about how the angel ended up on top of the Christmas tree, but in the spirit of the season, I won't repeat it here....

 

Hmm Larry,if you had repeated that story here,you might be needing more than Brian's "Tin Shoes"!! Wink [;)]

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:55 AM
 blhanel wrote:
 Mookie wrote:

Angel [angel]  (wonder if anyone has found me at the top of the tree)

Someone look up!

Hey Larry, we need your ladder!

This reminds me of the story about how the angel ended up on top of the Christmas tree, but in the spirit of the season, I won't repeat it here....

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Posted by CopCarSS on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:54 AM

Morning All,

 Well I believe the powers that be at Amtrak must've heard me bad mouthing them lately. It would seem they hooked up with their buddies at NOAA and NASA to order up a good old fashioned upslope blizzard the day before I'm supposed to fly out of here. Read that to mean: The airport will likely be shut down with 2 feet of snow and winds at 30 or better (and the airport is in Western Kansas, so the wind blows quite freely). Doh!

If you need me, I'll be over in the booth pestering Weatherman Willy finding out when I'll be able to catch a flight home for Christmas. Anyone even thinking of singing, whistling, humming or otherwise producing the sounds of that one song by Bing Crosby had better be wearing Brian's tin shoes! Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Evil [}:)]

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