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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Sunday, December 13, 2009 6:17 AM

Good Sunday morning folks! It looks like I am the first one in here this morning, so I will take charge of serving breakfast. On the menu for breakfast this morning we have blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon and pork sausage links, coffee and orange juice, and there is also a a couple pans of cinnamon rolls on the counter.....they just came out of the oven. Enjoy! Chef

I hope the rest of you are all having a very good day, stay warm!

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:28 PM

Brrrrrrrr!

After driving through lake effect to get to Utica (with a stop in Syracuse to see grandson, of course), it was a cold windy batch of trips on PE.  Friday night, especially, was very windy, and that defined "cutting." 

Lake Effect - Drove on mostly clear roads, with some blowing snow until I hit the edge of the band.  Then 10 miles of "I could almost walk faster" with visibility occasionally reaching the point where holding a paper napkin in front of ones eyes would be better.  Had to stop numerous time because all reference points disappeared.  Then sunshine and dry roads for the rest of the trip.

Four full PE trains - the last train Saturday night included a group of 110 - Girl Scouts and there chaperones and families.  Quite the bunch!

Off to bed.  FD breakfast in the AM....

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Posted by jeaton on Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:01 PM

And most of the US Routes in that area aren't that great for cars, either.  Give me the flat lands for driving any day.

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Posted by rvos1979 on Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:37 PM

Jay:

RE: I-40:  Considering that it is 50mph for at least 20 miles through the gorge, with no passing allowed, trucks can stack up there in short order.  I-26 was not too bad for a saturday, only downside to that route is it's about 75-100 miles longer, and it's the only other truck route in the area, most of the US routes prohibit through trucks.  Will take some time to clean up I-40, they have to do a bunch of blasting in the area to cut back the rock outcropping so this doesn't happen again for a while. 

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Posted by jeaton on Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:21 PM

Happy Birthday neighbor.  Spent a few of mine working or on the road.  A quiet bar works, but then I didn't have to drive an 18 wheeler the next morning.

Your mention of I-40 being closed reminded me that one of our (summer time) trips down to Gainesville, GA we took I-40 around the east side of the Smoky's.  Some of the heaviest truck traffic I've ever seen outside of a metro area.  Sure no kind of speedway. 

Watch for the ice.  Wisconsin out of salt or the money to spread it-one...  More junk weather on the way until Tuesday and then more cold.  Maybe you can get them to reconsign the load to- I don't know-Miami Beach?

Jay

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Posted by rvos1979 on Saturday, December 12, 2009 9:53 PM

So what does one do for his 30th birthday?  We go over the highest point on the interstate highway system east of the Mississippi, Sam's Gap, NC/TN, on Interstate 26.  At over 3700 feet elevation, it's the highest I have been on the highway, fairly pretty up there, too.

Got to Remington, IN tonight, decided to park here and stay out of the freezing rain that is falling.  Thanks for dinner, CW, was delicious.

Well, off to bed..... 

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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, December 12, 2009 6:06 PM

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY  Randy!!!!

Hope it's been a Great One and you've been able to stay Warm!!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, December 12, 2009 5:37 PM

Okay, let's see if this post goes through.  Randy, your pepper steak and veggies are ready and on the warmer bar.

There's also the pizzas for our Saturday Night Pizza Fest.  Canadian bacon, cheese w/extra cheese, pepperoni/mushroom, goetta, Hawaiian,Italian sausage, and supreme.

Everyone enjoy your supper, especially Randy, as it's your birthday, stay warm, dry and safe and take care.

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Posted by bubbajustin on Saturday, December 12, 2009 10:50 AM

Hello all, and happy birthday Randy!!!

We are quite busy now getting ready for the holidays. Having a BSA Christmas party today Got a birthday cake for me today.(Birthday is tomorrow.) I will be taking it down there to the party today to share with friends. It has the NS logo on it, My favorite!

You all have a good and safe day!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:28 AM

Good Saturday morning, everyone!

1.  Adrian, good luck and best wishes on your "new deployment".  Stay safe, take care, and let us hear from you from time to time, so we know you're all right.

2.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RANDY!!  Hitting 30 isn't so bad.  Hope you have a very good birthday today!!  I hope you'll be able to stop in sometime this evening, so you can have pepper steak w/all the sides, and your special Cherry Pie Birthday Pie!!  And I got two # candles to go in your pie:  a 3 and a 0.  Thay way, hopefully, Larry and the rest of our resident Cafe/Diner firefighters won't be exhausted tonight, by so many birthday candles!!Wink Smile,Wink, & Grin

3.  Joe, thank you for taking care of breakfast!  I've been up since about 5:45, but have been slow making it to the puter. 

4.  We'll be having our regular Saturday Night Pizza Fest, along with Pepper steak and veggies for Randy's birthday supper

We still have a morning temp of 21 degrees, and we're to get up to about 37 degrees today.  Looks like there will be plenty of sunshine.  Everyone enjoy your day today, be careful wherever you go, whatever you do today, so you can make it back here safely tonight.

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, December 12, 2009 5:20 AM

Good morning

Randy Happy Birthday tomorrow.We are going to be stopping at G+G house to pick up matts bibs.One of the straps needed some sewing done.We are going to see what the old NYC line has running.Then Matt will get to see Santa at the wauseon depot where they will have trains running inside too.Breakfast is ready.Juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready too.Will be ready for pizza later tonight.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by rvos1979 on Friday, December 11, 2009 9:46 PM

Rumble-rumble-rumble....  Idle the truck to keep the fuel warm.....

About 24 out here in Candler, NC, with clear skies, got done picking up some paper for wisconsin earlier, taking rest before I head out tomorrow.  Will be interesting day, because in order to get to Knoxville, TN, from here, have to go east, then north, then west, due to I-40 being closed in the gorge.  News reports predict a spring opening of this segment after cleaning up and blasting out some more of the mountainside.

Thanks for dinner, will try to pop in here tomorrow, will be three decades old (and still wondering how I managed to live this long!!) 

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, December 11, 2009 8:33 PM

.....Best wishes for you Adrian on your "new" mission.

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Posted by adrianspeeder on Friday, December 11, 2009 7:52 PM

 N'eway was rollin' along the last few weeks gettin' projects done and have some new pictures to post here soon from this summers vacation and then on yesterday... "Hey, what are you doin' next week?"

Umm, not too much.

"You are deploying."

Ohhhhhhh.

So all packed up with a quickness like and I'm rollin' out to a new place I've never been before.  Starting off with -20 degrees and a colder winter ahead.

Yay.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, December 11, 2009 5:42 PM

I am back from town now.CW thanks for supper.Mookie thanks for the hammock.Naps are GOOD.Matts cousin Bryce liked the video we did of trains that he didn't want it turned off.We have another trainwatcher in our family for sure.How about some popcorn??Matt is watching the Polar Express.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, December 11, 2009 5:19 PM

Mookie, that 4 degree temp with the breeze will definitely make a person feel colder than a block of ice, that 4 ft wide by about 6 ft. long!  My feet are still so cold, it's unbelievable.  I can hardly bend my toes, they're so cold.

Looks like we've really been slow in here this afternoon.  Did everyone go out Christmas shopping this p.m.? 

I've fixed some fish:  cod, perch, salmon patties and jumbo butterfly shrimp, along with corn on the cob, mac & cheese, fried breaded mushrooms, fries, onion rings, and hush puppies.  That is all on the warmer bar, and there's cole slaw and garden salad in the cooler. 

Desserts tonight:  yellow cake w/chocolate icing, yellow cake w/caramel icing, and apple, peach and cherry cobblers. 

You all have a good evening, keep warm and safe and take care.

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, December 11, 2009 11:34 AM

Joe - hammock is yours.  If it swings it causes a breeze and makes it even colder.

CW - yesterday it was really nice in here.  Today it is cold.  I am not sure why unless it is because we have a south breeze along w/our 4 above temp.  Hmmm....

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, December 11, 2009 11:21 AM

Not sure exactly what our temp is outside right now, but it's still coooolldd.  We just can't seem to get warm, even here in the house today.  Hope we're not all trying to come down with colds for Christmas.

I've warmed up the soup, stew and chili from last night.  There's fresh cornbread to go with the soup and stew, and plenty of crackers for the chili.

If you all want our regular Friday Fish Fry, just let me know, and I'l lfix it for supper tonight. 

Everyone keep warm, keep safe and take care.

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, December 11, 2009 11:12 AM

.....Finally, rising temps.  Now 24 plus.  Clear sky, no wind.....and bright sunshine.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, December 11, 2009 10:57 AM

Hi

happy friday.I have been helping with the santa shop at matts school this morning.Found an envelope for a little girl who lost her money for the santa shop.This is a fundraiser for the local PTO who buys playground equipment etc etc for the students at the school.Need some soup and sandwhiches to warm up.Its sunny but cold here in nw ohio.Going to take a quick nap then its back to town with matt to pick up mammas Christmas flower.His cousin Lucy was selling them for their school.Mookie may I borrow the hammock??

Stay safe

joe

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Posted by blhanel on Friday, December 11, 2009 7:51 AM

mudchicken

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13969065

Update: Not a coal train, but rather an EB junk (manifest freight) with a covered hopper hanging off the bridge. I feel sorry for the folks out there on the ground in near zero weather.

Looks like a string-line derailment.

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, December 11, 2009 7:24 AM

Sunny, if cold, this morning in my neck of the woods.  About 10-15 miles south of me, however, one will encounter the lake effect band at the east end of Lake Ontario. 

I have to figure out if I want to try going to Utica via Syracuse or through Lewis County.    Of course, if I go through Syracuse, I can stop in and visit the grandson....

Packing for an overnight between two nights of Polar Express.  Next to last weekend!

Gotta rush back for the fire department breakfast on Sunday morning.  Sure am glad my Sunday afternoon is clear - for napping!

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, December 11, 2009 6:11 AM

Good Friday morning, everyone.  I hope you all are staying nice and toasty warm.  Not as 'cold' here as it's been, we have a temp of 23 degrees this morning, going for a high in the mid 30s. 

Coffee, juices hot chocolate and hot water for hot tea are ready to go.  There's also hot cider for mudchicken and anyone else who wants cider this morning.

On the warmer bar this morning:  bagels, bear claws, there's a small selection of doughnuts and danish, along with hot turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and biscuits & gravy. 

Mudchicken, hope things are beginning to improve in your neck of the woods out there! 

Everyone have a good morning, and I'll see you all later.  Right now, I'm thinking about going back to bed.  Woke up kind of early, and puter has been a pain the the behind this morning, what with automatic updates, and secuirty running all the different scans. 

 

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Friday, December 11, 2009 6:08 AM

Good morning all you snowbirds. 34 and clear at sunrise. This is the coldest night this season, and of course, the furnace decided to act up. PTL, when the heat pump had to be replaced a while back, I opted for electric heat as a backup. A high in the 40s is expected with a low of 24 tonight. I used to have a friend who would choose weather like this to go swimming in the creek. I had better sense, and let him have his fun. Everybody have a great day, stay safe and warm

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:05 PM

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13969065

Update: Not a coal train, but rather an EB junk (manifest freight) with a covered hopper hanging off the bridge. I feel sorry for the folks out there on the ground in near zero weather.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:44 PM

Well, I made it back from  the doctor's office.  X-ray showed no damage to my right knee!  But it is pretty bruised and tender. 

Mookie, I wan't trying to fall.  We were walking up to catch the bus, to go to Sarah's fire dept.'s Christmas Dinner.  The sidewalk was covered with leaves, and there must have been a rock or tree branch under the leaves that tripped me.  It took both Walt and Sarah to get me up off the ground. 

There's more of the soup, stew and chili set out on the warmer bar for supper tonight.  There's even some fresh-from-the-oven cornbread to go with the stew and soup.  And crackers, if anyone wants crackers in the soup or chili. 

Hour official high today was 28, and it's still quite windy around here.  Everyone stay warm tonight, enjoy your supper and take care.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:14 PM

Been off puter today - 9 year old grandson over for day and he had issues to take care of on the puter.  Facebook matters, you know. 

So I am just now getting my puter back. 

One thing about this weather - if misery loves company, we had a national epidemic. 

Tree - congrats for the 3rd time.  Maybe this one will have grandpa's cookie duster?  Big Smile

CW - you are going to have to learn to stay up right.  Either that or Mutt will have to install training wheels. 

School is on for tomorrow - 3 days straight it has been closed.  And what is so deceptive is that yesterday and today the sun was out in full force.  On this side of the window it looked so nice out. 

Sir C - I heard the UP had a derailment somewhere up around Fremont area about Tuesday?  Makes this particular storm even more expensive.

Willy - did you get home ok?  Just remember, you wanted this and I am going to make sure that all the snow that our landlord has piled up out back gets shipped up to you for Xmas! 

Now everyone start thinking black ice.....Grumpy

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:01 PM

grampaw pettibone
Well, the SC Gamecocks are going to the Papa Johns.com bowl, whatever that is. This brings up a good question. Whatever happened to the old bowls like sugar, gator, rose, bluebonnet, etc. Now it is so and so .com and the old nostalgic names are gone by the board in favor of all inclusive advertising gimmicks. We are less for that. End of soapbox.

Tom, I’m glad to know that someone else is disturbed by the proliferation and re-naming of bowls.

The Sugar, Gator, and Rose Bowls are still there, but the Sugar Bowl game does not go to the SE Conference Champion this year, as it used to, but to the loser of the championship game. Properly, Alabama should be playing the second-best team in the nation there for the national championship, especially after the way the Tide washed the Gators back to their swamp last Saturday. As to the Bluebonnet Bowl, it is still played, but under the name "Alamo Bowl."

You didn’t mention the Peach Bowl, but it is now the "Chick-Fil-A Bowl." Another one was the Tangerine Bowl, which for a time was called the "Florida Citrus Bowl," and now goes by the name "Capital One Bowl." I’ll allow the Liberty Bowl (first played in Philadelphia in 1959, and moved to Memphis after a few years because Philadelphia is no place for an outdoor game in early January), but I have the impression that a large number of bowl games sprang up because many schools felt that they were left out of the opportunity to show how good they were after the scheduled season was over. Waah!

By the way, what do you think of this: ten of the twelve SE conference teams are playing in bowls (albeit some are of the new-fangled) the season; does any other conference boast of this proportion?

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:25 PM

BRRrrrrr

well had to go back into town for mamma.Due to this mornings viaduct incident the y101 is running its loads now.The engine is having problems with the cold weather.Cw thanks for supper.MC yes things happen in 3's.Thank goodness tonight is Friday.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:14 PM

Poor Uncle Pete:

(1) Derails a bunch of empties on a merchandise train out by Kit Carson on the KP out on the prairie yesterday.

(2) Derails a loaded coal train in Colorado Springs this morning. (BNSF's train)

(3) Just derailed another loaded coal train in Coal Creek Canyon on the Moffat Line on a bridge with cars dangling off the bridge and closing the highway underneath about an hour ago.

http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=128641&catid=222

Some days it doesn'y pay to get out of bed (in Colorado)...and who says the rule of things happening in threes isn't still in play?

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

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