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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Monday, May 24, 2010 8:57 AM

It's going to get a little hot and sticky here in Sioux Falls for the next few days, our temp is supposed to top out at 86 degrees this afternoon, and right now the humidity is at about 42%.

Meanwhile, I can not get my central air conditioning system to run, and my brother-in-law had installed it for me about 10 years ago. Right now he and my sister are down in Jamaica for their son's wedding, so I will have to wait until they get home. But, I can survive all this, as I've got two fans in my basement and a ceiling fan in my bedroom.

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, May 24, 2010 8:56 AM

cherokee woman
Well, I watched the series finale of Lost last night.  Did any of you watch it last night? 

Unless I saw the opening credits, I wouldn't even know I was watching it.  Never saw any part of a single episode.

I'm sure my daughter is in mourning, though.  She loved the show.

Off to the day's hot projects.   Looks to be a nice one, already over 70.

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, May 24, 2010 7:41 AM

CW - it is a very humid humidity.  Fans just moved the air around and not much cooling going on at all. 

Tree - take care.  Retirement ain't for sissies, either! 

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Posted by spokyone on Monday, May 24, 2010 7:10 AM

cherokee woman

Well, I watched the series finale of Lost last night.  Did any of you watch it last night? 

Barbara & I only missed one episode in 6 years. So last night was special. We watched all 4 & a half hours. It was a great show. Did you like the ending?
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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, May 24, 2010 4:57 AM

JoeKoh
has the gatorade truck rolled in yet??

 

Good Monday morning, everyone.  73 degrees this morning, here in Louisville.  High  today will be "89", but I'm thinking we'll probably see at least 90 degrees this afternoon.  Very uncomfortable night sleeping last night, even with the ceiling fan on in the bedroom, along with another fan on the floor.

Yes, Joe, the Gatorade truck rolled in two weeks ago.  We have plenty of Gatorade on hand!! 

Coffee, juices are fresh & ready to go, along with cold Gatorade, iced tea (sweet & unsweet), cold milk, chocolate milk, strawberry milk, and, of course, there's hot water for our hot tea drinkers.

Well, I watched the series finale of Lost last night.  Did any of you watch it last night? 

Our 'next door neighbor' finally got out of the nursing/rehab center yesterday.  Walt and I were out on the porch, and saw them take her out of the ambulance.  For right now, she is across the street at her sister-in-law's house.  Guess they decided to keep both of them over there, and take care of the two of them together.  Her sister-in-law has Alzheimers, and I think it'll be easier for our neighbor's two daughters to have them both together, so that they aren't going back and forth across the street, caring for them. 

Everyone have a good morning, stay as cool as you can, and you all take care.

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, May 23, 2010 9:29 PM

Whew!  Busy weekend!

We "detailed" and installed the sound system in our primary pax car, did some work on the camp car to make it habitable for the season, painted/stained some picnic tables, got the flag put back up on the train order signal mast, and generally cleaned.

I drove home on autopilot. 

I'm pooped.  Time for bed.

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Posted by Deggesty on Sunday, May 23, 2010 8:02 PM

mudchicken

Stay away from the spaghetti bowl and nobody in he diner gets hurt!DinnerDinnerDinner

And, if you stay away from Salt Lake City's Spaghetti Bowl (Two interstates, one state highway, and several street off and on ramps) you are less apt to get hurt.

I'm slowly catching up on my email.

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, May 23, 2010 5:36 PM

Joe - sending you some heat and humidity.  Enjoy.  Will trade for lemon pie?  Shy

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, May 23, 2010 3:57 PM

afternoon

well grandma had lemon mmmm pie for dessert today(according to matt).It was pretty tasty.Time to get ready for work tonight.Tommorow afternoon its me and the mower vs the swamp.has the gatorade truck rolled in yet??

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, May 23, 2010 2:54 PM

.....Yes it is warm.  Today's heat is Summer like.  Humidity too.  It's to be similar all this coming week.  And not much breeze here either.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, May 23, 2010 12:43 PM

spokyone

 A very early good morning to you Paula. I've got some pinto beans in the dutch oven and ribs are in the smoker. Some slaw & corn bread, and Sunday dinner will be ready.

Bob, you've got my mouth watering!  Are you, by chance, sharing that with us here in the Flat Wheel? 

If not, I happen to have some pork chop abracadbra in the Crock Pot, along with potatoes and a little bit of onion.  To go with it, there's fresh tomatoes, sliced and there's also cole slaw and cornbread.  And, I've also got some ribs going on the smoker grill, and another Crock Pot w/pinto beans in it.  They should be ready by about 6, 6:30 tonight, Mookie! 

Not sure what our current temp is, but Walt and I just came in from the front porch, and it is mighty warm outside.  And not much of a breeze at all.

 

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, May 23, 2010 9:53 AM

ribs....(drool)

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Posted by spokyone on Sunday, May 23, 2010 6:09 AM

 A very early good morning to you Paula. I've got some pinto beans in the dutch oven and ribs are in the smoker. Some slaw & corn bread, and Sunday dinner will be ready.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, May 23, 2010 5:39 AM

Good Sunday morning, everyone.  I trust all of you had a great day yesterday.  This morning ,we have 63 degrees, going for a high of 90 today.  They (weatherguessers) are saying we're to have a very warm and sticky week. 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  On the serving station this morning:  bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, bagels, bear claws, cinnamon rolls and blueberry muffins. 

Wishing everyone a very safe morning.  Anyone have any requests for Sunday Dinner?!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, May 22, 2010 8:35 PM

evening

cw thanks for the pizza.the sun finally came out this afternoon.we went to deshler but on the way home we watched the q 324.they usually work off of track 1 but they were on track 2.This ment they had to use the crossover near harris road to switch.They also had NS units for lead power.Backed up road traffic and some train traffic for a time.time to get cleaned up so we can get up for church in the moring.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by spokyone on Saturday, May 22, 2010 8:10 PM

cherokee woman
6.  Pepperoni/sausage


Two slices of the number 6 with extra sauce and a cold Mountain Dew.

We had a great day in NW Illinois. Sunshine & a soft wind. I puttered around outside, then Barbara & I went for ice cream.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, May 22, 2010 6:36 PM

Not much going on, either here in the Cafe/Diner or here at home.

But, here is our pizza menu for tonight:

1.  Cheese w/extra cheese

2.  Goetta

3.  Hawaiian

4.  Italian sausage

5.  Pepperoni/mushroom

6.  Pepperoni/sausage

7.  Supreme

There are two extra large of each, and if we need more, they're in the freezer, ready to put into the oven.

Everyone enjoy, have a great evening, and take care.

 

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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, May 22, 2010 5:44 PM

BNSF is fantastic.  We parked there to watch trains and suddenly the yard became a no-person's-land.  Went to eat breakfast and could hear all the whistles. 

Went back - ditto.  Went to bookstore and could hear all the train horns running like mad.

Went back around 3pm - nothing, zip, nada. 

Came home - have south windows open and yep - you guessed it. 

How do they do that?

Quentin - go to our favorite Netherlands web cam, click on multi and you can watch one of 6 pix.  The best one is a "birdie" cam.  A nested pair of "Hobby Falcons" and their new brood.  Put the regular webcam in the background and you can watch both! 

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, May 22, 2010 9:43 AM

.....Our Saturday morning is fog like overcast, but is to give way to sunshine later today, and then several days with more sunshine and.....much warmer.

So....In a short while {after grass dries}, we'll be on the John Deere, and then another spouting to clear Oak leave fuzzies from it.  Oh, yes....it's time to start trimming shrubs too.  They have been growing like wildfire...!

TV news is telling us of lower gasoline prices....and that happening with the approaching Memorial Day weekend.......???  It really has come down almost 30 cents here in the last week or so...

Sounds good to me with our desire to head east to Pennsylvania home area for several days this coming holiday.  An annual occurance.  lots of old freinds to see at our little home town Memorial Day celebration....One of the largest in the county....For decades.  Perhaps 70 years plus.  Back in early years of it, of course it was Decoration Day.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, May 22, 2010 6:33 AM

Good Saturday morning, everyone!  We have 63 degrees this a.m., going for a high of about 83, 84 degrees with plenty of sunshine.  Tomorrow, will be close or right at 90 degrees, with very sticky conditions for much of next week.

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.

On the serving station this morning:  a good ole 'country breakfast' to stick to your ribs for your 'adventurous Saturday':  We have fried chicken, buttermilk biscuits w/gravy, country fried steak (fried in a good ole cast iron skillet), scrambled eggs, bagels, bear claws, fried taters, sausage, bacon, strawberry jam, blackberry jelly, grape jelly.

Everyone have a terrific day, and take care.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Saturday, May 22, 2010 5:39 AM

Good morning from asparagus free Pettibone Mortgage Manor, where we are taking applications from people with filet mignon, Italian spaghetti and other such novelties. 66 degrees and clear to partly clear in Carolna on a Saturday morning. Not normally up this early, but got up to see what worthwhile is on the wireless. Nuffin!

We are supposed to have a high of 84 and a thunderstorm later. The rain we can use.

Everyone take care and have a great day

Tom

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Friday, May 21, 2010 11:09 PM

I has spoken!

Tom

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 21, 2010 8:25 PM

grampaw pettibone

Murray
Asparagus Recipessparagus is delicious and healthful!

Yuck, yuck, double yuck and phooey. Bleahhh. Nuff sed

LOL...  How do you really feel Tom???  Cool

 

 

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Friday, May 21, 2010 8:21 PM

Murray
Asparagus Recipessparagus is delicious and healthful!

Yuck, yuck, double yuck and phooey. Bleahhh. Nuff sed

Tom

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, May 21, 2010 7:52 PM

MC - keep your feathers dry and Lurch between the lines.  You are the only chicken I really do like!

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Posted by bubbajustin on Friday, May 21, 2010 7:14 PM

Evening all.

We had some sightings of a tornado today apparently by some trained weather spotters in our county. We were headed into Lafayette at the time, so we weren’t in the path of the storm, but we sure could see it!

Now the skies are broken, and all sunny and with good lighting.

See you all later!

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, May 21, 2010 5:52 PM

DC: Will keep an eye out for that one. If you haven't seen it - take a good look at Las Animas Jcn (re-arranged); North Junction/Springfield is missing and all the fuel tanks at LJ are gone. Machovec is totally different (and take a look at all the hydraulic switches below Las Animas Junction). Vroman and Ruxton extensions are on hold. Stratford has quite a big connection track addition. New Elevator at Walsh and there are changes in Pueblo Yard.

(at least you won't be stranded in lower east armpit, er-um Boise CitySmile,Wink, & Grin, the depot even got out of town.) 

Mooks: I just got confirmed that I must be at Savanna on Sunday, so I go the I-80 fast route. (what sleepSleepy? )....Let bossHen tell you her railroad widow stories. (She's off playing anyhow, gonna knit me a crash net.)...strapping the rocket pods on Lurch right now. Gotta remember to toss out the tin shoes to Brian as I go by.

 

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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Posted by diningcar on Friday, May 21, 2010 2:27 PM

Am off to Colorado for Memorial Day week. Down where the BNSF loaded coal trains head toward TX.

MC, do you have any advice about where to go or not go? I am not talking about dins of inequity but any new RR events or new construction.

This September the American Assn. of Private Rail Car Owners are having their annual convention at the Pueblo Union Depot. There will be twenty or more private cars parked in Pueblo. Following the Pueblo events (9-20 to 9-22) their special (Amtrak operated) train will depart Pueblo on 9-23 for La Junta, then through Las Animas Jct. and Boise City, OK to Amarillo where it will overnight. Then on 9-24 it will depart AMO for Clovis, Belen and arrive in ALB the evening of 9-24. MC, I may be riding some of that (will decide later) so if you are in the vicinity we can meet for reminiscing and maybe a bite to eat.

 

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, May 21, 2010 2:14 PM

Sir C:  A lady never tells!  Blush

You should do the honors since you are his senior peer. 

Does Boss Hen know about "Savanna" whats-her-name?

Laugh

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