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The Flat Wheel Diner and Cafe, January 2010 Edition

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:12 AM

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Sorry, Larry, they sent me to a place across town today,

No big deal.  I know you wander up this way from time to time, so I thought I'd take advantage of the opportunity for a face-to-face should it arise. 

After I finish up my bearclaw, it't time for errands.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:00 PM

Hey everyone.  Made it back in, after all.  And, before I forget to mention it, again, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY , DEGGESTY!! Happy B-DayHappy B-DayHappy B-DayHappy B-Day

I also forgot to ask you what your favorite meal would be for today, and your favorite birthday dessert.  But, I hope you will like what we have in store today:  Walt has made his grandmother's spaghetti casserole, and we have fresh garden salad, and your choice of Italian bread, garlic bread, or garlic Texas toast.

Dessert:  How about chocolate cake w/white frosting, pineapple upside down cake, and yellow cake w/chocolate frosting

Johnny, hope your birthday is being a very good one so far, and that you are enjoying it to the fullest!!

 

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Posted by bubbajustin on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:25 PM

Happy Birthday DEGGESTY!

Afternoon all.

Having problems with the internet now. That’s why I haven’t been able to get on.

There is a big dust collector fire here at the local steel mill in Attica IN. Attica VFD just got toned out, and also advising at this time they can’t get the main gate open, so the have to use the east gate.

Have a good evening

Justin

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:53 PM

Cw thanks for supper.Justin hope everyone is okay.Those fires in the pipes can be tricky.Time to get ready for work tonight.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:18 PM

cherokee woman

Hey everyone.  Made it back in, after all.  And, before I forget to mention it, again, a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY , DEGGESTY!! Happy B-DayHappy B-DayHappy B-DayHappy B-Day

I also forgot to ask you what your favorite meal would be for today, and your favorite birthday dessert.  But, I hope you will like what we have in store today:  Walt has made his grandmother's spaghetti casserole, and we have fresh garden salad, and your choice of Italian bread, garlic bread, or garlic Texas toast.

Dessert:  How about chocolate cake w/white frosting, pineapple upside down cake, and yellow cake w/chocolate frosting

Johnny, hope your birthday is being a very good one so far, and that you are enjoying it to the fullest!!

 

Thanks, Paula. I did have boiled corned beef on my birthday last month. Chocolate cake is one of my favorites--and I do not get enough pineapple upside cake (once, when I was in college, I had more than I could eat at supper and--horror of horrors--I did the forbidden and took a bowl of it to my room to eat later, and managed to get the empty bowl back without being detected; our waitress almost always would bring me a bowl of dessert in addition to the little bowl of it that everyone was served).

It's good to hear that you have received good medical reports. Keep the good work up.

Johnny

 

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:04 PM

Johnny - Happy Birthday!

I'm not sure who sent us the freezing drizzle, but you can have it back.  At least I got my shopping, etc, done first.  Could make for an interesting night.   Gotta decide if I want to pre-treat the driveway.   I saw a state DOT truck out today with nothing but salt in the spreader...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:04 AM

good morning

Larry I agree.We do not need any freezing drizzle here either.The guessers are saying we might have some tonight into tomorow.Thankfully tonight is friday for us.Cw I am taking some oatmeal and orange juice.Time for a nap.Errands to run this afternoon.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:49 AM

Good Thursday morning, everyone.  Joe, you're welcome, and Johnny, I'm glad I remembered the little thing about pineapple upside down cake!  Glad to know you enjoyed your birthday. 

As Joe said, there's plenty of oatmeal, toast, bagels, bear claws, and the other breakfast items on the serving station, along with the coffee, juices, and hot beverages. 

Think I'm ready for a "nap" myself, Joe.  Everyone have a good morning, stay warm, keep safe and take care. 

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Posted by Willy2 on Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:21 AM

Happy belated birthday, Johnny! Happy B-Day

Well, second semester is underway. My classes this semester are Psychology, Sociology, World Literature One, Calculus II, and Spanish. Every student must complete at least one semester of a foreign language, whether they want to or not, so I'm stuck with it, despite the fact that I already took four years of Spanish in high school. This is also the only semester out of my entire college career that there are no atmospheric sciences courses. I did luck out with Calculus. My first Calculus class was supposed to be today, but the professor is out of town, so the start of the class is delayed until Tuesday.

The weather has warmed up considerably. Our high yesterday was 41 degrees and we're headed for the mid 30s today. I thanked my friend from Tuscon, Arizona for bringing some nicer weather back to Omaha with him when he came back from winter break.

Hope everyone has a great day today!

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:38 AM

Willy - At least you can use the Spanish, although the Latin I took in HS has come in handy from time to time....

Still some freezing drizzle in the forecast, but so far it's had no effect here.  We're actually teasing the freezing mark right now.   I should go clean some of that packed snow off the driveway!

In the meantime, though, I've got to muddle through some proposed changes to our EMS squad's bylaws. 

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:20 AM

Sunshine plus today here in central Indiana.....Well accepted too....and the much warmer temps...To be a bit above 40 by late afternoon.

January is moving right along.....Wonderful.  Gaining daylight now both morning and evening....sneaking up now on a total increase of daylight to near half an hour.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:28 PM

Good evening, everyone.  Walt and I have had a very busy day.  We're getting a new furnace, so we've had to move things around, etc., to get ready for the furnace to be installed.  We have worked our hind ends off, believe you me!  I think we are both tea totally worn out.

Supper tonight:  burgers, cheeseburgers, and your choice of fries or onion rings, with garden salad. 

Believe it or not, our official high today reached 50 degrees!!  It was down right balmy today.  Won't have that temp again tomorrow, though, as we're to start getting off and on drizzle sometime after midnight. 

Everyone have a very good evening, stay warm, keep safe and take care.

 

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:56 PM

Ooooh!  CB, medium well, swiss cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato.  Actually, some bacon would be good, too!  And onion rings.  My virtual arteries are going to take a beating tonight!

Just back from the bylaw meeting.   It's now my job to turn the proposed changes into resolutions so we can vote on them at the next board meeting.  This'll take some time.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, January 15, 2010 6:01 AM

Good Friday morning, everyone.  Nice outside this morning.  We have had a little bit of drizzle this morning, but nothing right now. 

In about three hours, the men will be here to get started on putting in the ductwork, and installing the new furnace.  So, guess someone will have to take care of our Friday Fish Fry for me at lunch time.

But I do have the coffee, juices, and hot beverages ready to go, along with the regular Friday morning doughnuts, danish, and muffins on the serving station. 

I will try to get back in, but I don't know how long we'll be unable to get to the puter, as Mookie says.  Everyone have a good day, keep warm, stay safe and take care.

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, January 15, 2010 6:53 AM

good morning

happy friday! we just have some drizzle but none of it is frozen so matt is on time today.We'll see how this afternoon looks.We might go find some trains when he gets home from school.Today is the halfway point of the school year already.Cw thanks for the breakfast.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Friday, January 15, 2010 7:20 AM

Good morning and thanks for breakfast. 26 and partly clear in Carolina an hour after sunrise. Paula, the part finally came in and our furnace will be repaired later today. Congrats on yours, A busy day is in store. I'm waiting on a plumber in a few minutes and then the furnace man. All for a good cause, tho. Everybody take care and stay warm.

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Posted by switch7frg on Friday, January 15, 2010 10:54 AM

Hi to all in the Diner; pretty day here in the mtns. 68deg. on the back porch. Birds are chirpin' dogs are barkin' kids are screamin' Out on I-17 Jake brakes boomin' to slow down for the exit to I-17 paridise. Topic of the day is the (speed buggys)  radar to help DPS pay the salary of troopers. The state is broke ?? .  Life is good.~~~~~

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, January 15, 2010 11:56 AM

switch7frg
Out on I-17 Jake brakes boomin' to slow down for the exit to I-17 paridise. Topic of the day is the (speed buggys)  radar to help DPS pay the salary of troopers. The state is broke ?? .  Life is good.~~~~~

 

Sounds like you might be monitoring the "CB or 2M Ham activity out there}, from the rockin' chair {at home}, Cannonball.......

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Posted by bubbajustin on Friday, January 15, 2010 3:40 PM

Afternoon all. I don’t feel so GreatDead, So I’m Just poking my head in the door to say hi, and have a safe evening.

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Posted by switch123 on Friday, January 15, 2010 7:17 PM

Humm,

Interesting place.

Where's the cat?

(there is a chocolate paw print on the drain board)

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Posted by rvos1979 on Saturday, January 16, 2010 6:25 AM

Was wondering the same question......

Getting time to start playing on I-81 today, headed for Rhode Island with stuff to make some rugs.  Nice thing is, it's a light load, will not have to drop a gear at all on the hills, will actually be able to hang out in the left lane going uphill, which is nice (I think I-81 is the busiest Interstate in the east, It really needs to be widened, but Virginia is broke, of course.)

Quick trucker's breakfast (hold the coffee, I don't drink any), then off to the races...... 

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, January 16, 2010 6:42 AM

The coffee is about finished brewing and I've mixed a fresh batch of orange juice. For breakfast this morning we have eggs cooked anyway you might like them, oatmeal, buttermilk pancakes with hot, maple syrup, bacon and pork sausage links. We also have bear claws and donuts. Chef

We have 16.5 degrees F. here in Sioux Falls this morning. In a couple hours I will be going out to help stuff W-2 forms into envelopes for my sister-in-law who owns an employment agency.

I am now retired, primarily due to some medical issues I have, and I am contemplating going out to Gillette, Wyoming to spend nearly a full month with one of my sisters in early February. Should be fun!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:27 AM

Good Saturday  morning, everyone.  Ray, thanks for taking care of breakfast this morning:  everythings looks so good.  Hope you enjoy your retirement!

Well, the funace guys did not make it out yesterday.  By 12:30, I called, and it took the guy a few minutes to remember who I was.  Then, he apologized, saying he "forgot to call and let us know they were having troubles at another location, where they had been working, and wouldn't be able to make it to our house."  Supposedly, they will be here "first thing Monday morning". 

I was so ticked, I couldn't see straight.  So was Walt and Sarah.  Here we were waiting for them, and they forget to call us.  Banged Head  Oh well, life goes on.

Everyone enjoy your Saturday, keep safe, warm and take care.

 

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Posted by bubbajustin on Saturday, January 16, 2010 7:47 AM

Morning Ray, CW.

CW, I feel for you. I’m not trying to put my mom down here, but we had a plumber come out last week to fix this sewer smell we have. They said they got it fixed, and my mom paid the guy. Only to find out later that we overpaid them by $100! She called them, and they refused to repay the money.

Yes, it was Mom’s fault, but for them to deny us the $$$… We were ticked too.

Ray, thanks for the pancakes and eggs sounds good!!!

We are looking at adopting a MinPin, the lady we want to adopt from won’t send back e-mails. I hope she does!

Have a safe day!

Justin

 

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Posted by switch7frg on Saturday, January 16, 2010 1:27 PM

Quentin; you guessed the secret. Some things are hard to let go of . Super cb 2 way communicater didn't go with Rattler, as it is set up in the ( service alley)  my garage. ~~~~However the green lite on the tip of the tenna doesn't lite up any more.LOL

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Saturday, January 16, 2010 2:41 PM

bubbajustin

Morning Ray, CW.

CW, I feel for you. I’m not trying to put my mom down here, but we had a plumber come out last week to fix this sewer smell we have. They said they got it fixed, and my mom paid the guy. Only to find out later that we overpaid them by $100! She called them, and they refused to repay the money.

Yes, it was Mom’s fault, but for them to deny us the $$$… We were ticked too.

Ray, thanks for the pancakes and eggs sounds good!!!

We are looking at adopting a MinPin, the lady we want to adopt from won’t send back e-mails. I hope she does!

Have a safe day!

Justin

 

PS: switch123... Sign - Welcome to the forum, and the Flat Wheel Diner, and Cafe!

Justin, what is a MinPin??

The house that I live in was built originally somewhere between 1890, and 1910, and one of the problems that I have with owning it is that roughly every six months I have to bring Roto Rooter or Drain Master in here and have my main sewer line cleaned out. Two weeks ago it started backing up over the drain in the basement floor while I was in the shower, and being unemployed, I called my brother-in-law and let him handle it for me. Fortunately, I did not have water all over the floor.

My brother-in-law is a plumbing & heating contractor and he installed a new furnace and a central air conditioning system for me about 8 years ago. He would have been glad to have taken on a project for Mutt and CW had he been living in Louisville.

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 16, 2010 3:00 PM

CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Justin, what is a MinPin??

I'm not Justin, but the answer is a Miniature Pinscher.

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, January 16, 2010 3:02 PM

switch7frg
However the green lite on the tip of the tenna doesn't lite up any more.LOL

.....The green light, that sounds neat Cannonball......I'm thinking perhaps just when the mike button was in use.....

 

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, January 16, 2010 3:12 PM

afternoon

well not the best days for train pictures but we did see some interesting stuff. A local member of the Garrett model rr club ran some trains for us on the layout.We will take a pepperoni and mushroom pizza please.Going to relax.Matt is running trains on our layout.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by krump on Saturday, January 16, 2010 5:24 PM

Cowboy  Hi everyone,

been awhile since I was last on the website and this forum.   thought I'd drop in for a mocha and cinn bun and see what was going on.  Happy new year, I hope that things are going well  - is this the newest version of the Elliott's diner discussion ? starting to recognize a few people

 

cheers, krump

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