mudchicken...off to start turning rocks over.
I hope those U of Iowa rocks were hiding lots of good stuff...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Well, the rain has started, but is in drips at present. The sideways blowing stuff is thankfully somewhere else.
My friend, Dan, was from here, but lived in Nicaragua and taught math at the American Missionary School. He lived with an adopted son. He was an interesting person in many respects and will be missed by people in several countries and states in the U S. Thanks for caring.
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)
grampaw pettibone A sad day here. A good friend of mine, age 56, passed away in his sleep night before last. He had been saying how bad he felt for the past week or so and that he needed an operation. How we manage to overlook the signs that in hindsight, fairly shouted at us!
A sad day here. A good friend of mine, age 56, passed away in his sleep night before last. He had been saying how bad he felt for the past week or so and that he needed an operation. How we manage to overlook the signs that in hindsight, fairly shouted at us!
Tom....that is sad......Did your friend live alone....Did something prevent him from getting the medical help.....? Too young to pass on....
Seems this massive Low system with all the moisture, is getting in place and will be providing lots of rain / snow and ice to some areas. Our activity started at 9:10 this morning....Light snow to now steady rather light snow but grass is now covered....Forecast for our area now is anywhere from 3 to 6".....Farther east and south some areas {Wash / Phila}, area might see up to 15 to over 20" of the stuff.
Right now, we're above freezing: 35 plus derees and slowly warming. Believe we'll miss the worst of it.
Quentin
Hello from Winston-Salem, NC:
I would hope we could see 50ish today Mr. Tom, seems that we will have some cold rain for a while here in the Piedmont. Has snow and ice last night and turned to rain about eight this morning.
Justin, the girl looks like she is at home, I would agree with Mr. Tom on that.
We lost one of our young people earlier this week, a student at NC State. A truly sad time for us here in WS.
Thanks for the coffee Miss Paula,
Piouslion
AKA: Roy
Mooks:
Slid thru Lincoln last night about 8:30 pm last night - be glad you're inside. Lotsa people had their ditchfinders on between Lincoln and Council Bluffs. NDOR's plows are obnoxious with all their lights, but a welcome sight (appears they got a late start)....More people in the ditches at Ashland (outlet mall area)then on the road.
...off to start turning rocks over.
Chilly Feathers
good morning
cw thanks for breakfast.matt is on time and on the bus.it is slipper day for his class but he will need his boots by the time he gets home from school.Tom sorry about your loss.I need to go to town and pay our property taxes.County gets a little miffed if you don't.even with the snow its still friday!!! keep the ditchfinders in the off position.
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").
CW - to the window!
Tom - Sorry for your loss. Good friends are hard to find... and harder to lose.
Lady was the name of my first dog; glad we have another Lady among us.
Ugh - snow still doing what it was meant to do - aggrevate! Going to be a long weekend!
Blah!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Good mornng, it's Friday. 38 and cloudy, getting up to 50 later. The weather boffins say we could get 2-3" of SIDEWAYS rain today, and that we might as well leave our umbrellas home. Hammercy
Justin, the new girl is a real looker and seems to be adapting to her new life very well. I think she is a keeper.
Everybody have a great day and stay safe.
Good Friday morning, everyone. We currently have a temp of 36 degrees F., with steady, light rain. I'm sitting here at the puter, w/the front door open, watching the rain hit the pavement.
Justin, Lady sure is a cute little puppy! Your Mom looks pleased with her!! I'm sure you all are really enjoying her.
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate, hot cider and hot water for hot tea are all fresh and ready to go.
On the serving station this morning: the regular variety of doughnuts and danish, along with the regular bagels and bear claws.
Mookie, I'm not too worried about the weather, as we're to stay in the mid to upper 30s today, but it's looking like we could get, on Tuesday next week, 3 to 5 inches of snow (that bad, bad 4-letter word).
Mookie, here's your coffee mug, and your blankie for the hammock! Or would you like it in one of the rockers, where we can look out the window at the trains going by this morning? Seems like some pretty good traffic moving this morning!
Mookie Mutt - get ready for a Thurs-Sun thrill!
Mutt - get ready for a Thurs-Sun thrill!
NOT THRILLED AT ALL!!
Back eased up some what, so I could a least get to the 'puter and do whatever.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
bubbajustin Like Walter says.. "I just stood in front of the IRS building and flipped em' off!"
Like Walter says.. "I just stood in front of the IRS building and flipped em' off!"
Hmm, who tipped you off that it was me?!
Nice looking dog.
Cute little friend Lady is . Is she part dachound?? Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
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I missed the noon news here: had to go pick up my prescriptions for the month. But, from what I saw on the 6 a.m. news & forecast, we are only supposed to get one to two inches. That will be all right with me, as temps are supposed to be in the mid 30s. Hopefully, that will hold true!
The serving station has been restocked with beef stew and cornbread, salad, and I believe there is a pot of mild chili on there, also.
Not sure if Walt will make it back online and in here this evening or not: his back decided to start shooting pains throughout his back, so he's flat against the couch.
Everyone enjoy your supper, whether it's 'here in the Flat Wheel', or at your own home, have a good evening, batten down the hatches, if you need to due to bad weather, and take care.
Afternoon all.
Had a good day at school today. Looks like we will be getting hammered by 4-6inches of snow. Everyone batten down the hatches, and get ready for a cold spell!
I’m currently looking at scheduling my Freshman Classes. I’m wanting to know what classes I should take in order to have better chance at getting hired on with the railroad industry. Any pointers?
Have a good evening,
Justin
CANADIANPACIFIC2816 Mookie Happy Day, Jay, again. All trains are good - donchaknow.... Here's my taxes - go ahead and mail them when you are done. I included my bank account numbers so they can finish taking out all the $$$.... Thanx Mook Seriously, Mookie, 95% of our elected representatives in Washington, D.C., are crooks and scum otherwise, and I would not trust them with my bank account numbers. And if given the chance, I would hang all of them!
Mookie Happy Day, Jay, again. All trains are good - donchaknow.... Here's my taxes - go ahead and mail them when you are done. I included my bank account numbers so they can finish taking out all the $$$.... Thanx Mook
Happy Day, Jay, again.
All trains are good - donchaknow....
Here's my taxes - go ahead and mail them when you are done. I included my bank account numbers so they can finish taking out all the $$$....
Thanx
Mook
afternoon
well haven't gone to town yet.waiting for matt to get off the bus.recieved package from california pen pal.getting ready to send one back.weather guessers are saying depends where the storm tracks as to how much snow we are to get.Mutt looks like you and CW are in the bullseye.Tonight is friday.Cw I am taking some chili to work for supper tonight.
Mookie Walt - need blanket and mug and.....rain bonnet. We are getting rain, then ice, then snow, then great irritation for 4 days. The rain is nice, the ice is scary and the snow is .....white...... I think someone with the handle "diningcar" should be a good cook. May have to change his name to "lunchbox"? Remember when Houston Ed said his wife was a commercial cook? She would watch tv and then cook during commercials? My professional cook has a tendency to do that. Makes me nervous, but he hasn't burned anything lately. Knock wood. Have my eye on a house that is literally a ROW from the BNSF main line and our favorite xing. Just don't know what to do with the lady living in it. Not enough room for 3.....Of course, if one of those fairly fast MT coal trains comes in from the east and goes on the #1 track to go around the yard and keep going out of town, decides to fall over - we could have a house full of BNSF memorabilia. Exciting!
Walt - need blanket and mug and.....rain bonnet.
We are getting rain, then ice, then snow, then great irritation for 4 days. The rain is nice, the ice is scary and the snow is .....white......
I think someone with the handle "diningcar" should be a good cook. May have to change his name to "lunchbox"?
Remember when Houston Ed said his wife was a commercial cook? She would watch tv and then cook during commercials? My professional cook has a tendency to do that. Makes me nervous, but he hasn't burned anything lately. Knock wood.
Have my eye on a house that is literally a ROW from the BNSF main line and our favorite xing. Just don't know what to do with the lady living in it. Not enough room for 3.....Of course, if one of those fairly fast MT coal trains comes in from the east and goes on the #1 track to go around the yard and keep going out of town, decides to fall over - we could have a house full of BNSF memorabilia.
Exciting!
I Got your mug and blanket down; the rain bonnet I didn't think about because it's not raining here!! (and it's not Sunny either!)
MookieHappy Day, Jay, again. All trains are good - donchaknow.... Here's my taxes - go ahead and mail them when you are done. I included my bank account numbers so they can finish taking out all the $$$.... Thanx Mook
JoeKoh good morning its about 5 miles for us to the tracks.If we hear a train on the scanner in the yard we can meet him at deleware bend or sherwood.Walt ther is a program for the computer that can show you where the trains are.Its called ATCS.I am sure someone in Louisville can hook you up.Q 509 is about ready to leave the yard and track inspectors are ready to get on the track.matt was on time for the bus.As for taxes they are done.Cw thanks for breakfast.time for a nap.got to go to town this afternoon. stay safe Joe
its about 5 miles for us to the tracks.If we hear a train on the scanner in the yard we can meet him at deleware bend or sherwood.Walt ther is a program for the computer that can show you where the trains are.Its called ATCS.I am sure someone in Louisville can hook you up.Q 509 is about ready to leave the yard and track inspectors are ready to get on the track.matt was on time for the bus.As for taxes they are done.Cw thanks for breakfast.time for a nap.got to go to town this afternoon.
Joe
Thanks Joe for that info, don't have ATCS on 'puter but am quite aware of. Wouldn't make a lot of difference, by the time we heard it, got out the door, it would have passed by anyway.
(I don't/can't run like a teenager anymore.)
Get a lot of my info from Yahoo Groups. (Ky Railfanning, Louisville Railfanning.)
......No snow. {yet}.....Normal Winter temps this morning and overcast, but bright sky...
But.....We're under a Winter storm condition coming this way. The latest weather maps I've seen this morning shows us on the northern edge of this massive stuff coming up from Az , NM way.....Seems it will start {in this area}, overnight and right now....the map showed 1 to 3" of the stuff, but local forecasts are leaning more to the 6" area by Saturday morning.
It would be typical to have another 5 or 6" snow fall....We've had one several weeks back and two a season {of that size}, is about normal here....Annual avg. snow fall in our area near 27".....But they don't seem to know it's exact path yet.
We'll see what really happens by this time tomorrow...On the edge or a bit more of it. W V folks seem to be on line to get up to 12" of the stuff as it heads east. Home area of Pennsylvania will be in it's path too for at least some of it....Elevation in that home area is roughly 2,000' and that invites snow....
Good Thursday morning, everyone, and sorry about getting in here so late. It seemed I couldn't get fully awake this morning (that, and Walt was up and getting on the puter when I first woke up). Went back to bed and didn 't wake up again until just before 9.
Walt, thanks for getting the coffee started, fixing the juice, and heating the water for our tea drinkers.
Since it is now 9:30, I've set out some muffins, bagels and bear claws, and there's plenty of birthday cake left. Jay, you, especially, get at least two more slices of it! And Mookie and I will be more than glad and happy to help eat what's left from the big sheet cake.
For lunch today, I'm making beef stew with the steaks left over from last night. And there'll be fresh-from-the-oven cornbread to go with it, and tossed salad.
There will probably be plenty of have for supper tonight. You all know I make big pots of the stews and soups around here! But if you want anything different for supper, let me know, and I'll get to preparing/making it.
Today is supposed to be a pretty good day around here. High about 45, maybe just a degree or two cooler. Then, sometime after midnight tonight, the rain comes back in. Supposed to start as a wintry mix to the north and east of us, so hopefully, we'll only get the rain, until Saturday morning, when we could see 1 to 2 inches of snow.
Thanks for the birthday greetings-early is OK. I'll be back in the corner drinking coffee, eating cake, giving advice, expounding on the meaning of life, and all that.
Anybody seen any good trains lately?
Jay
"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics
locomuttModelcar locomutt Don't know what CW has instore for supper, but steaks on the grill and watching trains go by gets my vote! ....Never heard you mention before Walt that you could see trains from your home. Real trains...? Ha.... Quentin, actually, if you walk out our front door and follow our sidewalk to the main city side walk and look to the south (left turn, and in Fall and Winter when there aren't any trees blooming, etc.)we can see the NS tracks; (ex K & I T ) not well, and about 2 1/2 blocks away. Not great for seeing things in detail, but we can see them.
Modelcar locomutt Don't know what CW has instore for supper, but steaks on the grill and watching trains go by gets my vote! ....Never heard you mention before Walt that you could see trains from your home. Real trains...? Ha....
locomutt Don't know what CW has instore for supper, but steaks on the grill and watching trains go by gets my vote!
Don't know what CW has instore for supper, but steaks on the grill and watching trains go by gets my vote!
....Never heard you mention before Walt that you could see trains from your home. Real trains...? Ha....
Quentin, actually, if you walk out our front door and follow our sidewalk to the main city side walk and look to the south (left turn, and in Fall and Winter when there aren't any trees blooming, etc.)we can see the NS tracks; (ex K & I T ) not well, and about 2 1/2 blocks away.
Not great for seeing things in detail, but we can see them.
One block to the west of me is the mainline of the Ellis & Eastern Railroad. The Ellis & Eastern is owned by Concrete Materials and they haul the raw aggregate which goes into the manufacturing of concrete. They have four locomotives, two of them are GP-10s, and I am not sure what the other two are. They may be a variation of an SW-1200. The C&NW used to run trains over this line up until 1988 when they abandoned operations in this area, and Concrete Materials purchased the line. This railroad line was originally laid by the Rock Island in 1893, I think, because there is a two-span bridge which crosses the river northwest of my house and the builder's plate on the south end of the bridge indicates that it was erected in 1893.
Up early today, 4:30 AM, but its later now. WE may get more rain in the AZ mountains at Prescott and snow at Flagstaff. The gound remains saturated from the storms two weeks ago.
My wife and our youngest daughter (who is having a milestone birthday) leave on 2-5 for a six night stay in Paris so I will be the "Chief cook and housekeeper" for several days which leaves dear wife with apprehensions. I have told her about the meals in Kentucky hosted by CW and several of you and she suggests I take my meals with you. My reputation, not entirely earned, is that I can cook anything but no one can eat it.
Anyway I shall have more time for these conversations and truthfull RR stories. Aren't they all.
tree68Heck, it's 13 miles to the nearest tracks for me (not counting the N scale stuff upstairs). I can hear the DS on my home scanner, but it would be rare that I could get from home to the tracks in time based on what I normally hear.
Heck, it's 13 miles to the nearest tracks for me (not counting the N scale stuff upstairs). I can hear the DS on my home scanner, but it would be rare that I could get from home to the tracks in time based on what I normally hear.
Heh, it's less than 25 feet to the "O" Scale stuff here.
If we go west out of the house, we can go right to an NS control point; an interlocking about 4 blocks away; a lot of my pics. have come from there. We hear things on the scanner, but generally aren't fast enough to get over there and see things while they're happening.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jay!!! I got confused on which day it actually is/was, hope it's a Great one.
Hope it's not a real "Taxing" day!
Coffee is on, (and water for tea) stuff is on the "Warmer Bar", and CW will be in later for the real breakfast menu. (or if somebody else gets there first.)
Mook, your cup, (and blanket) are down and ready to go!
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