Trains.com

The Flat Wheel Cafe and Diner, November Edition

15176 views
356 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    January 2002
  • From: Omaha, Nebraska
  • 1,920 posts
Posted by Willy2 on Thursday, November 5, 2009 9:02 AM

JoeKoh

good morning

Speaking of other homework the weather guessers might get an "A" if the weather holds on like they say.Time to pay some bills and get a nap.

stay safe

joe

And speaking of weather guessers, this weather guesser got a 100% on his third atmospheric sciences exam! Yay!

It is sunny and 43 degrees to start the day here in Omaha. We're headed for a high of 64 by late afternoon.

Not much else to report this morning. I hope everyone has a good day!

Willy

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Defiance Ohio
  • 13,324 posts
Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, November 5, 2009 7:02 AM

good morning

Cw thanks for breakfast.Matt is on time and on the bus.he had a special homework assignment last night.They wanted him to make a time line of special events that has happened to him so far.For 2009 I sent a picture of him on the front of the 4449 at Steamfest.Speaking of other homework the weather guessers might get an "A" if the weather holds on like they say.Time to pay some bills and get a nap.

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").

 

  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Florence, SC
  • 1,614 posts
Posted by grampaw pettibone on Thursday, November 5, 2009 6:18 AM

Good morning and thanks for breakfast. Paula, I am glad you are feeling better and hope you have a good day. I am up early after chasing the Chesterfield Islands on the wireless. Might as well have gone to bed! Everybody gave a great day.

Tom

COAST LINE FOREVER

It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)

A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Louisville, KY
  • 9,002 posts
Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:43 AM

Good Thursday morning, everyone.  I'm feeling a little bit better this morning, thank goodness!  Looks like things were a bit on the slow side in here last night. 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are ready to go, everythng freshly made.  And regular breakfast menu items are on the warmer bar.  Everyone have a good morning, take care, and I'll see you all later.

 

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Florence, SC
  • 1,614 posts
Posted by grampaw pettibone on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:39 PM

Good evening and thanks for supper. It was a nice day in Carolina with partly clear skies and a high of 71. Right now, it is 62 outside. I am not within eyesight of the CSX "A" line, but can hear it well. There has been an awful lot of movement since last night. Things must be on the improve.  Everyone sleep well and C U in the morning.

Tom

COAST LINE FOREVER

It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)

A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Louisville, KY
  • 9,002 posts
Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 4:41 PM

tree68
Also found out I have to learn the "If you're happy and you know it" song/game before I visit in November....

 

Larry, you can google "If you're happy and you know it", or just go to the electronics section of your nearest Kmart, Walmart, etc., and check out the kids' songs section.  Although, they may have them in the Toy Department, too.  Not sure.  Haven't had the need to check that out for the last 8 years.

For supper tonight, there's some of Mookie's meat loaf, etc. left, and I have managed to fix the following:

1.  Vegetable beef soup and 2.  Cream of Broccoli soup w/your choice of PB&J, grilled cheese or tuna melt  subs

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Defiance Ohio
  • 13,324 posts
Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 4:40 PM

howdy

mookie thanks for the container for work.Cw hope you keep getting better.Larry glad granddaughter is getting better.My friend had to pick up his child from school for a dentist appointment and there were 2 kids with fevers.Mom and dad just sent them to school.Lots of bugs going around.Matt got to look at the new 24.we also found a lost Maw unit at Cecil.won't be coming to Defiance until all the stored cars are out of the way.Time to get things around for work.

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").

 

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Northern New York
  • 25,024 posts
Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 3:52 PM

Update:  Granddaughter home from hospital and bout with asthma.

Also found out I have to learn the "If you're happy and you know it" song/game before I visit in November....

LarryWhistling
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...

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Denver / La Junta
  • 10,820 posts
Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 3:28 PM

CNW 6000

mudchicken

(2) RE: UP's Hunters On The R/W Warning from above: Maybe put a .50 caliber ball turret on the hi-rails and locomotives and let the railroad shoot back? (Where is our favorite crash test dummy Dan when you really need him?)

What did I do now?  LOL!

Mr. Harmon - The one doing the super-secret stuff out in the leaky rowboat. (we need a new Kissymycinderfinder saga)

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: At the Crossroads of the West
  • 11,013 posts
Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 3:18 PM

Mookie
Quentin - if it is the one they had in our paper - that is exactly where I would want to be everytime I visited.  Unfortunately, they get all excited when I try to go there.

You mean they are not glad to see you? They must not have had the proper raising.Smile

Mudchicken is not the only one with refinery excitement in/near the Rockies. This morning, up in North Salt Lake, there was an explosion at a refinery. No personal injuries, the fire was put out in ten minutes, but several homes nearby were damaged so badly that they are unhabitable. It seems that a diesel fuel-carrying line began leaking and, somehow, the fuel came into contact with some hydrogen (no explanation has been given)--and, KABOOM! At first, I thought the report was about the refinery fir on the east side, then I realized that it was local.

Johnny

Johnny

  • Member since
    June 2001
  • From: US
  • 13,488 posts
Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 12:49 PM

Modelcar

Mookie

And the UP is being very positive about the "acquisition".  How nice in this day and age that competitors can be positive about something like this.  Thumbs Up

Jen......Morning Muncie StarPress {in business section}, has a photo along with the BNSF Buffett purchase article....of Lincoln, Ne showing their BNSF RR yard with many parked engines.  I looked, but did not see...{is it Millie}, parked along the fence.......

Quentin - if it is the one they had in our paper - that is exactly where I would want to be everytime I visited.  Unfortunately, they get all excited when I try to go there.  But there was a nice picture of our capitol in the background.  This and a hot air balloon are the only ways I am every going to get into the middle of the yard!  Millie isn't very big, so she should be able to sneak in there and drive around w/o being spotted - shouldn't she?  Confused

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Louisville, KY
  • 9,002 posts
Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 12:16 PM

Mookie, thanks for the meat loaf for lunch.  Think I'll see if I can eat a little slice of it, think I'll bypass the cake for now.  (You know I'm not feeling well when I turn down cake w/chocolate icing/frosting!)

Everyone have a good afternoon, and I'll try to make it back in later on.

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
  • Member since
    December 2005
  • From: MP 175.1 CN Neenah Sub
  • 4,917 posts
Posted by CNW 6000 on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 11:27 AM

mudchicken

(2) RE: UP's Hunters On The R/W Warning from above: Maybe put a .50 caliber ball turret on the hi-rails and locomotives and let the railroad shoot back? (Where is our favorite crash test dummy Dan when you really need him?)

What did I do now?  LOL!

Dan

  • Member since
    October 2006
  • From: Allentown, PA
  • 9,810 posts
Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 10:55 AM

mudchicken
(2) RE: UP's Hunters On The R/W Warning from above: Maybe put a .50 caliber ball turret on the hi-rails and locomotives and let the railroad shoot back? (Where is our favorite crash test dummy Dan when you really need him?)

'Paintballs' for real would be fair enough . . . Smile,Wink, & Grin

"This Fascinating Railroad Business" (title of 1943 book by Robert Selph Henry of the AAR)
  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Denver / La Junta
  • 10,820 posts
Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 10:33 AM

Mooks:

(1) Want some mustard to go on that dog? I'm sure we can scavenge a bun from around here somewhere.

(2) RE: UP's Hunters On The R/W Warning from above: Maybe put a .50 caliber ball turret on the hi-rails and locomotives and let the railroad shoot back? (Where is our favorite crash test dummy Dan when you really need him?)

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: At the Crossroads of the West
  • 11,013 posts
Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:28 AM

cherokee woman
refinery fire?

Fire? I thought they were watching a refinery Christmas tree (refinery fir).Laugh

Johnny

Johnny

  • Member since
    February 2002
  • From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania
  • 13,456 posts
Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:17 AM

Mookie

And the UP is being very positive about the "acquisition".  How nice in this day and age that competitors can be positive about something like this.  Thumbs Up

Jen......Morning Muncie StarPress {in business section}, has a photo along with the BNSF Buffett purchase article....of Lincoln, Ne showing their BNSF RR yard with many parked engines.  I looked, but did not see...{is it Millie}, parked along the fence.......

Quentin

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Northern New York
  • 25,024 posts
Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:05 AM

Mookie
Tree:  re granddaughter, this may be something she will eventually outgrow.  Let's hope this is the case. 

Growing out of it has been the consensus on the "Facebook" comments by friends of my DIL.  She's getting to the point where she will be able to communicate that she's having a problem, so we can hope that she'll be able to get treatment at home or wherever earlier and avoid an acute situation.

It's not a fire station, but I had to send my FD pager back in for repairs.  Whatever they did last time didn't work.  I feel kind of naked without it clipped to my belt.  I still get the dispatches by cell phone (text), but that doesn't help at the house, where the cell phone doesn't get enough signal.

LarryWhistling
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...

  • Member since
    June 2001
  • From: US
  • 13,488 posts
Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8:52 AM

Tree:  re granddaughter, this may be something she will eventually outgrow.  Let's hope this is the case. 

They closed our fire station!  Sept 24, they covered the sign and cleaned out the whole place!  I really miss all the commotion and noise. 

Reason - evidently sewer backup and plumbing problems.  They completely cleaned it out and have been working on fixing the problem.  Wish they would hurry.  I don't sleep nearly as well without them "sirening out" about 3 am.  Kind of like making trains noisless.  Very comforting to know someone is out there in the wee hours. 

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Northern New York
  • 25,024 posts
Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8:07 AM

Wow - eight threads on the first page (as I write this) about the BNSF deal. 

Starting to get consistent nights below freezing now, with snow included in the forecasts.  I don't see any major accumulations for the near future, but Ma Nature has a way of sneaking up on us, too...

Good morning for a bearclaw and some tea.

Big model train show in Syracuse this weekend.  I think I'll do some advertising for the RR by wearing my uniform.  Sunday it's hose test time with the fire department.

Next week's gonna be short - Wednesday is a federal holiday and Friday is my regular day off.  ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

Been tracking granddaughter's condition - she may have asthma (at 18 months) and spent the last two nights in the hospital.  Hopefully she'll be home today.

LarryWhistling
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...

  • Member since
    June 2001
  • From: US
  • 13,488 posts
Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 7:21 AM

Sir Mud - think the railroads should go back to cow catchers?  Maybe on the sides, too? 

I'll take one of those hot dogs.  Should be well done!

Joe - hear Ohio is getting some casinos.  Wanna bet?  Guess Nebraska will be going railroading even more!  The morning paper is yelling - it is so excited! 

And the UP is being very positive about the "acquisition".  How nice in this day and age that competitors can be positive about something like this.  Thumbs Up

CW - 'tis the season.  Switching from sorta hot to sorta cold - this year at least.  I actually made meatloaf and mac & cheese (all from scratch) last nite - will put out the leftovers for lunch.  Dessert will be yellow cake with chocolate Cool Whip frosting - maybe...Whistling

Off to do some much needed farming (on facebook).  Always wanted a garden, but they are a lot of work.  This is much easier!  Don't have to cook the produce, either!

 

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Defiance Ohio
  • 13,324 posts
Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:57 AM

morning

Cw thanks for breakfast.hope you feel better soon.matt is on time and on the bus.time to get a nap.

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").

 

  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Denver / La Junta
  • 10,820 posts
Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 6:53 AM

CW: Nobody hurt, but Valero (who now owns the combined Conoco and Diamond Shamrock refineries) had one heck of a torch going for a while,

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Louisville, KY
  • 9,002 posts
Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 4:55 AM

mudchicken
(Sorry about all the hot dogs and marshmellows getting looted from the larder)

 

Good Wednesday morning!  Mudchicken, you can raid the larder any time you want!  Were there any injuries in the refinery fire?  I sincerely hope not.  

Starting out at 40 degrees this morning, going for a high of 55 today, with sunshine.  

Coffee, juices and our other morning beverages are ready, as well as hot water ready for hot tea and hot cocoa.

On the warmer bar this morning:  oatmeal, toast, bacon, bagels and bear claws.  (Woke up on the sick to the stomach side this morning, and don't want to look at too much food this morning.)  

Everyone have a good morning, and I'll see you all later.  Maybe one of you can give me an idea or two for lunch and supper menu.

 

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
  • Member since
    December 2001
  • From: Denver / La Junta
  • 10,820 posts
Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 6:11 PM

It's Stupid Season again:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21508778/detail.html

On top of that, we were all watching a refinery fir for a while from our perch on the 9th floor.

(Sorry about all the hot dogs and marshmellows getting looted from the larder)

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: At the Crossroads of the West
  • 11,013 posts
Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 2:54 PM

Modelcar

Cannonball, my big time helper is John Deere.....It really has been a good product for my use.

 

And yes Johnny, if one doesn't let the leaf cover accumulate too thick, mulching works pretty well.

Yes, John Deere made a lot of friends. I haven’t kept up with his products since I finished high school, but I knew a little about them then.

There was a cotton grower near Denmark, S. C., who owned several of the A’s (or B’s; I don’t remember just which)–and none of them had an electric starter; the men who ran them had to grasp the flywheels and pull on them to start the engines. Since he did not have to start one, it did not bother him, but it certainly bothered the drivers, especially on a frosty morning. (This was told me by one of my classmates, who lived in Denmark until he had finished the seventh grade.)

I understand that John Deere stood behind all of his products, with one exception, which he might not make any more.

Johnny

Johnny

  • Member since
    February 2002
  • From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania
  • 13,456 posts
Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 2:31 PM

Cannonball, my big time helper is John Deere.....It really has been a good product for my use.

 

And yes Johnny, if one doesn't let the leaf cover accumulate too thick, mulching works pretty well.

Quentin

  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Florence, SC
  • 1,614 posts
Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:51 AM

Good afternoon. Running late, but here I am. 66 degrees and beautiful blue sky in Carolina. Not a cloud in sight. The girls like it so much that they won't come in. I wish Warren Buffet would take an interest in CSX and take it on too.... Everyone take care

Tom

COAST LINE FOREVER

It is better to dwell in the corner of a roof than to share a house with a contentious woman! (Solomon)

A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Louisville, KY
  • 9,002 posts
Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 11:04 AM

Deggesty

It's nice to have the sun come up properly again--though it does shine into Ricki's face if she is sitting in the living room, so I don't open the curtains early in the morning. Has anybody ever seen the numbers on how much energy is saved by having the lights on an hour earlier in the morning?

Johnny

 

Johnny, I don't think I've ever seen the numbers.  You still have to turn on your lights when you enter a room, and you can't see anything!  

For the remaining meals today, I've fixed the following:

1.  Tacos and burritos (soft and hard shell tacos, and the burritos, are any way you want them.

2.  Italian spaghetti w/meat sauce, garlic bread and garden salad.

Just after noon, and we have sunny, clear skies, with a current temp of 53, and the high is supposed to be about 56.  So, it's not going to get as "warm" as I reported this morning.  I'm pretty chilly here in the house.  Wonder if I'm trying to come down with some bothersome bug.

Everyone have a good afternoon, keep safe and take care.  See you all later.

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: At the Crossroads of the West
  • 11,013 posts
Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 10:15 AM

Quentin, I'm with you on mulching grass and leaves. I haven't bagged grass in so many years that I have forgotten when I last emptied a bag. And, I haven't raked leaves, except to get them away from a fence so I can grind them up. Just think of theplastic bags we don't send to the landfill! Last Saturday, I made the first run with the leaf grinding--the linden had lost almost all its leaves, and the maple had a lost some of its while most were still green. This morning, almost all of the remaining maple leaves have turned, but few have fallen--and the *** willows are still green.

It's nice to have the sun come up properly again--though it does shine into Ricki's face if she is sitting in the living room, so I don't open the curtains early in the morning. Has anybody ever seen the numbers on how much energy is saved by having the lights on an hour earlier in the morning?

Johnny

Johnny

Join our Community!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

Search the Community

Newsletter Sign-Up

By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy