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The Flat Wheel Diner and Cafe, January 2010 Edition

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, January 7, 2010 7:18 AM

It looks like I am the first one in here this morning. The coffee is brewing and I just pulled a couple pans of cinnamon rolls out of the oven. Otherwise, breakfast this morning will consist of blueberry pancakes, bacon, pork sausage links and scrambled eggs. Chef

It's another cold morning here in my hometown, currently we have a temp of -4 below 0. It will be considerably worse than this come tomorrow when the wind chill will hit -30 below 0 or greater than that.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 5:00 PM

mudchicken

Getting thawed out with a big cup of hot cider and sitting carefully after a couple of big falls (left more than just footprints today, more like craters Clown). Even Mr. Coyote , who watched us most of the morning, was carefully picking his steps.

Mudchicken, sorry to hear about your fall.  Know you will be very sore for the next few days.  Been there, done that a few hundred times, at least:  in snow, and just walking down the stairs.  I won't talk about the times I've fallen walking UP the stairs. 

The bean w/ham soup and cornbread are now on the warmer serving station.  Along with some meatloaf and fixin's.  (I made two meatloafs yesterday, so there'd be enough, just in case people decided to come back in.)

Well, the current weather report is calling for the snow to start sometime after midnight, will most definitely see it by about 4 a.m.  I know one local TV station is going to start their newscast a half hour early, signing on at 4:30 in the morning. 

Take care, you all, stay safe and warm, and take care.

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 4:23 PM

Right now the track forces, even in the southern part of the country are doing little because the ground and ballast section is frozen solid. They'll save up their pennies for spring, summer and fall when they can do the most good.

This morning, the temperature went from 30 to about 10 in twenty minutes. Currently ice fog and light snow. The survey crew I was with could only see about a few hundred feet and their optical instruments magnified everything to white-out conditions.

Getting thawed out with a big cup of hot cider and sitting carefully after a couple of big falls (left more than just footprints today, more like craters Clown). Even Mr. Coyote , who watched us most of the morning, was carefully picking his steps.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 3:17 PM

afternoon

well we are under a weather advisory until friday morning.Matt did have school today but some schools in our area did not. Just going to take our time and be careful.Cw thanks for supper.Cannonball and Modelcar I might have part of your answer about trains.CSX is trying to stretch every maintanence dollar with fewer MOW workers and they want to combine trains so they use fewer crews.The longer your train in this type of weather the more problems it can create.The more slow zones a train encounters the longer it takes to get from terminal to terminal.Just my observations.Time to get stuff for work.

stay safe

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 2:34 PM

 

Cannonball.....I wondered about that too.  Seems to me, decades ago, trains were running in all kinds of weather...And I'm referring back to steam days.....and specifically, over in Pennsylvania, including the lines around the mountain areas too.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 1:12 PM

Cannonball, thanks for the compliment.  Although, sometimes I do feel like a wimp.  And thanks for your suggestion of the bean soup w/ham and the pone of cornbread.  That is now on the stove, in the big soup pot for tonight.

For Lunch, there's meatloaf and fixin's from supper last night. 

I will be so glad when my feet finally decide to warm up.  So tired of my feet staying ice cold.  Just like several of you all, I imagine!!  The sun may be trying to shine a little bit around here, but it's definitely not helping warm things up. 

Everyone enjoy your lunch, have a good afternoon, and I'll see you all later.

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Posted by switch7frg on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 10:42 AM

Tree;  I saw on a thread where trains were stopped because of snow or cold.  Aside from liaibility are todays trains not designed to run in those conditions?? 

                    ( out on a limb ) I don't recall steamers having that problem in the midwest .       Cannonball

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Posted by switch7frg on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 10:22 AM

CW ; you are not a wimp. You are smart enough to stay in the house to put on a nice pot of ham & beans /w skillet corn pone for supper.LOL It is a balmy 33 deg. and breezy here in the mtns.  ~~~~Cannonball

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 8:28 AM

....17 degrees here now....but we're on target for 3 to 6" of the stuff coming at us tomorrow morning.  Wind with it too, and of course the cold is still here...{Below normal}, by up to 15 degrees recently.  Our snow fall so far this season has just been 7.5" so, so far that's not too bad......Just unseasonably cold recently.   Wind to be with the stuff tomorrow too and it's a dry snow that will drift easy.

Noted it was 27 in Tampa and 35 in Miami this morning, so it's wide spread.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 8:04 AM

Still snowing here.   Nothing debilitating (tell that to the drivers who continue to find guard rails and ditches), but it's still snowing.

Time to take the trash out.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 6:44 AM

Morning

Paula thanks for supper last night and breakfast today.we had some freezing drizzle overnight so matt is delayed 2 hours.Weather Guessers say 4-8 inches of snow coming depending which guesser you listen to.Going to get a nap then its chores this afternoon.Shovels are at the ready.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 5:25 AM

Good Wednesday morning, everyone.  At least I hope you all will be in here today.  Looks like no one at all came in last night.  Sad  I've gotten everything cleared off the serving station, and everything cleaned up, and starting all over for this morning.

Coffee, juices, hot beverages are all ready to go.  On the warmer serving station this morning:  bagels, bear claws, turkey bacon, pork sausage, hash brown potatoes, scrambled eggs, homemade buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy. 

The weatherguessers are still predicting 3 to 5 inches for us starting sometime after midnight tonight, with winds gusting to 30 mph, and drifting snow.  No offense to Dale or any of our other Canadian friends, but call this stuff back to Canada, please.  WinkTongue

You know, guys, it's just not the same here with Mookie gone.  I hope she'll come back, soon, after all the brew ha ha dies down totally.  And we need some others back who seem to have 'vanished into thin air'.  I put that in little quotes, because I see them elsewhere on here, so I know they're still around. 

Everyone have a good morning, enjoy your breakfast, stay safe, warm and take care.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:42 PM

Went out to the grocery, post office and bank this afternoon, about 2:15.  Got all errands done, and was back home just before 4:00.  It wasn't too bad, until I was standing in the bus shelter, waiting for the bus to come home.  Then that breeze had a definite bite to it! 

They are predicting for us to get between 3 to 5 inches of snow Thursday.  Supposed to start snowing here around 4:30 a.m. Thursday.  Not looking forward to that at all. 

Joe, there is still some soup, and I've also made a  meatloaf, with green beans, and mashed taters & gravy. 

Everyone enjoy your supper, have a good evening, stay warm and take care.

 

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Posted by bubbajustin on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:40 PM

Hello all, hope you are all doing well.

Had a good day at school today. Snow has begun to fall here. Could get up to 5 inches with this front.

Have a good evening.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:37 PM

Hello---

It's CCCOLD out there----oh and damp!! Our street got them ol' busted pipe blues again this morningDead--thank goodness it was on another circuit and not oursWhistling

We got another 6" of snow this morning --- and then we managed to spend a couple of hours getting freezing drizzle of all things!!Grumpy----now we're just getting more snow again--Sigh

I had to pick up some more survival groceries as there is now talk of even more snow coming over the next coupla days-----When Spring coming?

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 2:08 PM

afternoon

I hope that Iowa wins too.That can give the big 10 a winning record in bowl games for a change.Cw soup and sandwhiches are fine for us here in nw ohio.Cold and occasion flurries from the lakes.Mother nature is going to send more snow thurs/friday here.Going to help mamma with chores.matt will be home soon too.

stay safe

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 2:02 PM

Still cold here....but not as cold as some of you are reporting.  Drove granddaughter back to Indy this morning...{40 mi. to our meeting place}, and the temp varied only 2 degrees in the total trip of going and coming back.  13 to 15 degrees, but the wind was blowing the white dry snow across the interstate making it felt against the car.  That area would make a good place to install wind turbines to produce electricity.  That section even has special bushes planted along the highway to help with the often nasty winds....

Cold to continue all week here....The Low is pumping that northern cold down around us as it's been doing now for almost a week.

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Posted by blhanel on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 12:19 PM

spokyone

Minus 9 again. I have cancelled all activities for today. Except for eating and watching the Orange Bowl tonight.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 11:08 AM

Well, I did not go out to Produce this morning.  It's just too cotton-pickin' cold for me.  Could have stayed in the house, and put the people's names down through the door, but didn't want that extra coldness coming into the house.  Go ahead, and call me a wimp:  today, I am one.

For our lunch today, I've warmed up chili, vegetable beef soup and cream of broccoli soup, and just took a fresh batch of cornbread out of the oven. 

Next question is:  do you all want our regular Tuesday Mexican Fiesta tonight, or do you want something different tonight?  Whichever you all decide, just let me know, o,k?

 

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Posted by spokyone on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 10:22 AM

Minus 9 again. I have cancelled all activities for today. Except for eating and watching the Orange Bowl tonight.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:55 AM

A balmy 12.5 degrees here in the north woods, and it looks like that system up in Maine is still tickling us occasionally with a flurry.

Too cold to take the Dal for a walk today when I check the mail - his feet suffer in the salty slush on the roads and I'm not about to carry him.  Seventy-five pounds is bad enough as a dead load.   A squirming dog would be a bit much.

Off to the chores for the day.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:30 AM

Good morning. 20 and clear in Carolina, staying cold all day. Gotta take the girls to the beauty parlor early, and whilst they are getting done, will hit the barbershop to gussy meself up. The wife slipped on some ice in town yesterday. She is sore and irritable, but otherwise ok. Everyone take care

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:19 AM

CW, it's about 39 degrees colder here in Sioux Falls. I got out of bed at 5:30 this morning and our temp here is about 14.5 degrees below 0. I'm going to spend the day here doing some serious house cleaning and do not plan to leave the house at all! We have another two to five inches of snow coming within the next couple days, but nothing like what we got just before Christmas. I hope the rest of you out there are staying warm!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 5:02 AM

We're waking up to a temp of 12 degrees this morning.  I'm hoping no one shows up for Tuesday Produce this morning.  It is too cold to be standing outside waiting for the gym to open up, putting names down on a list.  (Plus, I'd love to go back and crawl under the covers, and go back to sleep!)

Coffee, juice, and other hot beverages are ready to go.  On the warmer serving station, you'll find all the regular breakfast menu items. 

Maybe I should put in a call for our forum members on facebook's Farmville and Farm Town to start bringing in some of their produce to the Cafe/Diner!

Everyone stay warm, if you can, and take care.

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, January 4, 2010 1:51 PM

Well Randy they are calling for freeze warnings in Florida.My brother sent me an email saying,"close the &&&&&& door".Cw that soup sound perfect for supper tonight thank you.Matt should be coming home soon.Going to see what he has for homework.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by rvos1979 on Monday, January 4, 2010 12:46 PM

Yep, it's still cold outside......

14 in Burlington, will hit 19 today, if we're lucky, forecast is not to get above 21 rest of week.  River went down some (had a flood warning all weekend), but still mostly froze over, will probably be like that till spring.  Should be interesting starting semi tomorrow, hopefully boys in Richfield left my truck plugged in, and the sleeper heater going, or I will have a case of bottled ice when I get back.  Suppose now would be a nice time to ask for a run to Texas or Georgia, and stay down south for a while.......

Have been puttering around with layout last few days, installing Kadee couplers on all my equipment that lacked them, and finishing the benchwork.  Will probably wait until the next time I come home to start working on installing sound decoders in some more of my engines, need to get a few 4-axle engines ready to switch my paper mill, when it gets built.

See everyone later.... 

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Posted by Willy2 on Monday, January 4, 2010 11:57 AM

cherokee woman

Good afternoon.  We currently have a temp of about 20 degrees, supposed to get up to 25.  So, on that note, here is the menu for the rest of the day:

We have heat in the house, but it's not helping much, with these very bitter cold days, to do much good.  You have to sit right in front of the heat to even feel any warmth.  Maybe we'll all get lucky, and spring will definitely arrive EARLY!! brrrrrrrrrrr!

Goodness, I'd be happy to see the temperature get to 20 or 25 degrees. Our low temperature last night was 20 below zero and we haven't been above 10 degrees for three days now. Right now at noon it's still 4 below.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, January 4, 2010 11:34 AM

Good afternoon.  We currently have a temp of about 20 degrees, supposed to get up to 25.  So, on that note, here is the menu for the rest of the day:

1.  Freshly made chili (mild and medium, with the hot sauce, and hot picante and salsa to add if you prefer your chili "fire alarm 4 or 5")

2.  Freshly made vegetable beef

3.  Cream of broccoli

There's also freshly baked cornbread (two different:  one is sweetened just a bit, and one is not sweetened at all) to go along with the soups

4.  Burgers, cheeseburgers w/fries and your choice of slaw or garden  salad

We have heat in the house, but it's not helping much, with these very bitter cold days, to do much good.  You have to sit right in front of the heat to even feel any warmth.  Maybe we'll all get lucky, and spring will definitely arrive EARLY!! brrrrrrrrrrr!

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, January 4, 2010 11:27 AM

....20 plus degrees here in central Indiana now, and with what must be a thin layer of overcast as it is very bright.  No more snow....just a few cold dry, small flakes visible at times.  16 was our unofficial low here this morning.

So far....we've been treated to light snow only....no heavy accumulating stuff like so many on here are talking about.  Since, 12-7-09, {the first this season}, we've had a total of 7.5" here.

But this is to be a cold week.  Trivia:  Have gained 13 min. of daylight in the evening since the low point.

 

 

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Posted by ValleyX on Monday, January 4, 2010 9:35 AM

 

Have to be honest, I seldom ever pass through this topic, partly because reading about all that food and knowing that its only VIRTUAL food, makes me hungry, makes my mouth water, and I can't really pull up a chair and make a glutton of myself.  Believe me, it's just as well, I daresay we can all say that.

Tree, your comments about your pound puppy caught my attention, though.  My sympathies to you, our little pup turns 10 in a few days and she's really starting to show some aging signs.  Still, she's healthy overall and we try to keep her that way.

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