Testing, testing, Hallooooooo radio. To clarify a point, Saturday nights are for bathing, unless it is not needed. We do try to get at least in one in every quarter, tho, whether we need it or not. That is, unless it is too cold! One must put things in perspective.
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 pettiboneSaturday nights are for bathing, unless it is not needed
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Taking my bar of soap and heading outside. Willy and his buddies at the WLU weatherlab have a new prank.
Scorched dusty feathers followed by a hailstone chaser and now flash flood warnings. (Look out mookie-gato!) Going from 90's to high 40's/low 50's.....
Strapping the pontoons on the scotties. Will Lurch float?
good morning
breakfast is on the warmer bar.Juice and coffee are ready.Gatorade truck just made a delivery.Mom wants everything checked and doublechecked.We are having beef and chicken sandwhiches for matts bday party.We need to pick up his chocolate/ice cream cake as well.Hope mother nature doesn't rain too hard on us.Last night the Toledo sub got quite a light show from Columbus Grove to Deshler.Hope everyone can stay cool.Grandma Kohnen's rule #1 for Saturday night "you get a bath if you need it or not!!".
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").
We're looking really wet all day - should be fun looking at the fire apparatus at their outside displays today...
JoeKoh good morning breakfast is on the warmer bar.Juice and coffee are ready.Gatorade truck just made a delivery.Mom wants everything checked and doublechecked.We are having beef and chicken sandwhiches for matts bday party.We need to pick up his chocolate/ice cream cake as well.Hope mother nature doesn't rain too hard on us.Last night the Toledo sub got quite a light show from Columbus Grove to Deshler.Hope everyone can stay cool.Grandma Kohnen's rule #1 for Saturday night "you get a bath if you need it or not!!". stay safe Joe
Good Saturday morning, everyone. Uh, Joe, did I miss a birthday, as in Matt's birthday?!?! If I did, please accept my apologies, and wish a Happy Birthday for us.
Thank you, Joe, for taking care of breakfast this morning.
Sarah got called in to CSX this morning; she had to be in at 7:30, and will be hostling engines today.
Joe, you all have a great time today, and hopefully, you won't get too wet!
Larry, congrats on the eminent arrival of granddaughter #2, and enjoy your babysitting of GD#1! Hope you all don't get too wet on your burn today.
Seems like we did get some rain overnight, not the heavy stuff they were expecting, though. Although, we do still have the slight possibility of getting a little bit more this afternoon, with the popup showers/storms. But basically, we're to have a mostly cloudy day, with a high today in the low 90s.
Everyone enjoy your day, and I'll see you all back in here tonight, for our pizza fest.
Good morning from Carolina. 76 and thick fog this morning, headed for 97 and a thunderstorm later.
The wife has been seeing some quack who put her on a diet that is mainly asparagus, if you can believe it. I am so grossed out.
Everyone have a great day aqnd stay safe
MC - we got your "package" during the night - had bright light and loud bang in north bedroom! I nearly beat The Driver to death it scared me so bad. Sending it all east, so Brian, et al - hide!
Tom - gag.....
Matt - Have a happy one! Would really like to check out the cake before you eat it, however. Might have some problems I could fix....
Tree - happy trip. And what a nice reason to take one.
Moo....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
......All this talk of lightning, thunder and much rain.....None of those extremes here....Late last night, we did have a half hour or so of rather agressive rain pass thru here. Just a very few rolls of thunder.
Rain gauge: .85"
Humid and moderate in temp this morning...Overcast. Earlier I saw 72 for our early morning start.
Terrible loss at that flooded camp ground....Fatilities seem to be adding up in big numbers.
Quentin
Thanks for the birthday wishes for Matt.His birthday is on the 14th(Flag day).Everything is getting ready to go.Matt is finishing up by doing his "Mo".(mo is a little sweeper on the movie wall-e).We are also trying to have Matt's new cousin come to the party but she doesn't want to come out yet.
joe
Okay Joe, thanks for the update! His birthday is Monday, along with Sarah's. Got it written down in the memory banks!! (Along with being put on two calendars!)
Here is our Saturday Night Pizza Fest menu:
1. Cheese w/extra cheese
2. Canadian bacon
3. Goetta
4. Hawaiian
5. Pepperoni/mushroom
6. Italian sausage
7. Supreme
Desserts tonight:
1. Chocolate ice cream cake
2. Yellow cake w/white icing
Along with whatever flavor ice cream you want.
Yes, we did sleep through both Omaha and Lincoln last night. Sorry, Willy and Mookie, if you were down at the station to greet us. A storm in Nebraska (west of Omaha, so Willy can't be blamed) delayed our arrival in Denver this morning.
A few days ago (I do not remember if it was in the Lounge or Cafe), someone asked about the diet of moles (what does one feed a pet mole?); don't they eat earthworms? Of course, I never thought of keeping one as a pet, but agree with Quentin about the value of moles.
We drove out to Golden this morning, hoping to tour the museum--but it was raining, so we did not get to see the exhibits (95% are outdoors).
Matt, it's two days early, but I wish you a happy birthday . My grandfather would always wish me "Many happy returns," and I could not figure out what he meant until years later. He was saying, in effect, "May the day come back many times, with happiness every time."
Carl, you will be missed after you retire, especially when another mixed-up transfer shows up.
Johnny
Deggesty A few days ago (I do not remember if it was in the Lounge or Cafe), someone asked about the diet of moles (what does one feed a pet mole?); don't they eat earthworms? Of course, I never thought of keeping one as a pet, but agree with Quentin about the value of moles.
Yes, my value of Moles remains the same as it has been Johnny....I believe they are after Grub Worms as they do their tunneling.
Missed you Johnny by a few hours - Was at CRRM 2pm-5pm for a memorial service. (Did Ma Nature ever ruin that)..
Smell of wet fur x 3 is everywhere here.
Good Sunday morning, everyone. Very stuffy morning, with a temp of 80 degrees right now, going for a high of 93 today, with the regular chance of thunderstorms in the heat of the day.
Feels like I'm not alone in here this morning. Wonder who is with me. Anyway, coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.
On the serving station this morning: we have blueberry and strawberry muffins, pancakes w/syrup, and your choice of turkey bacon or sausage patties/links.
Hope you all have a blessed day, keep as cool as possible, and take care. If anyone has any requests for our Sunday Dinner, please let me know.
Good Sunday morning
Juice and coffee are on.Breakfast is on the warmer bar.Everyone got back home safely as we received the storms from colorado.It took a couple of branches down here but no flooding like in other places.Saw at yesterdays party future jobs for matts cousins and friends.Bryce must want to be a firefighter because he helped matt blow out his candles.Paige saw the layout and liked to run trains.Her little sister Lyndsey wants to be a mookie because she went and took bites of cake from everyone.Need to go on a quick trip to Celina and give hugs then its back to work tonight.
Joe: Being a Mookie is a very easy job! Pay is good, too!
Good morning, peace be with you. 80 and sunny in Carolina already, headed for 99 and HOT later with a thunderstorm thrown in. Yeccccch.
Johnny, it was me about the mole. A friend on Facebook had pix of her pet mole and I was wondering a few things...
Joe, tell Matt he has birfday greetings from South Carolina.
Evertone take care
For once, the mole talk is not about being at our place....That's a good thing.
Bright, muggy and dry. Just returned from church and the next venture is out to Olive Garden....Lunch with friends. Good Spaghetti there.
To reach 90 here today and possible thundershowers but should see some sunshine this afternoon too.
Afternoon, everyone. Nice and hot here in Louisville, although I'm not quite sure what our current official temp is.
Here is what I have come up with for our Sunday Dinner:
1. Made from scratch beef noodle casserole
2. Italian spaghetti w/meat sauce, garlic bread, and a nice cold garden salad. (You can have the garlic bread and salad with the beef noodle casserole, also.)
Desserts this afternoon: Apple, peach and cherry pies w/ice cream.
Everyone have a great afternoon, keep safe and see you all later.
mudchicken Missed you Johnny by a few hours - Was at CRRM 2pm-5pm for a memorial service. (Did Ma Nature ever ruin that).. Smell of wet fur x 3 is everywhere here.
We hope to leave in the morning, enjoying traversing (through and not around) the Rockies.
Incidentally, it was much warmer east of the Missouri than it is west.
cherokee woman Afternoon, everyone. Nice and hot here in Louisville, although I'm not quite sure what our current official temp is.
Right now, 140 mi. north: 85 degrees, and still dry.
After a soggy Saturday, today turned out pretty well. Burned down an abandoned farmhouse and a nearby outbuilding, the put everything in order and came home to finish getting ready to hit the road.
Granddaughter #2 hasn't made her appearance yet, so it looks like a relaxing (?) ride down I81, I83, I695, and I97 tomorrow. Haven't decided if I'm going down 301 and 4 or into Annapolis and down the "back way" to their house. Might rain, but I can deal with that. I can live without the "mixing bowl" north of Harrisburg, though.
Back to packing.
B-17 Silver Mist is flying around here today. Why they risk flying the plane in such rotten weather must be a concern for such a rare bird.
mudchicken B-17 Silver Mist is flying around here today. Why they risk flying the plane in such rotten weather must be a concern for such a rare bird.
Along the same theme: A rare bird, a Ford Tri-motor plane will be at our Muncie airport on June 17th to 20th....Rides for around $60 dollars. I'm not interested in flying in a 1929 airplane, but sure will be out there to get a good look and take pics. Hope we'll also see it take off and land, etc.
Interested in hearing how it sounds too....
Years ago, there was a museum at Santee, SC, called Wings and Wheels. They had several flying Trimotors and rides could be got rather reasonably. There were static exhibits of various warbirds and older civilian aircraft along with vintage automobiles and motorcycles. I haven't heard what happened to them after they picked up stakes and moved to Fla. It was a nice place to visit and I did so several times
When I talked to the guys at the C-5A Galaxy, they said they had flown with a B-17 aboard (with its wings off, of course).
It was fascinating watching those old warbirds fly, though (there was also a B-25, a P-51, and a P-40 there). A tradition at airshows now seems to be to pair up a vintage fighter with a modern version. The A-10 that flew with the P-51 isn't a large plane, but it dwarfed the P-51.
Mudchicken; is that warbirds home in your area?? Down the hill in Mesa AZ. there is another B-17 Sentimental Journey at Falcon Field. There is a C.A.F group there. The Queen is their star. Could it be the B17 you saw was just getting a wash job? LOL
Jim
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
On the news tonight, they related the return of a B-17D (I believe) in pieces from New Guineau. It took 20+ years and a million and a half $ to get her to Long Beach. The original crew have all died, but their families were there to see her home. It is intended to restore her to flying condition.
In 1997, PBS presented a documentary titled, "Frozen in Time" about a B-29 that emergency landed in Greenland shortly after ww2, and the efforts to restore it on site, and fly it out after being deserted for 50 years. Rebuilt engines and propellers, new tires and a bulldozer to build a runway, must all be flown to the site. Fascinating show.
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