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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, October 9, 2010 10:10 AM

.....And our "Summer" weather continues.  Just beautiful out again today.  For me, shorts and short sleeve shirt.

Yes, I know it's past labor Day, but I fly under the radar of the "fashion police".

To be 80 today.

Everyone enjoy the great weekend.

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Posted by switch7frg on Saturday, October 9, 2010 10:33 AM

 Smile   Thanks to all you folks who remembered our day .  We have come a long way in life since Daleville , Ind.  The best of good wishes to all of you . ~~~ respectfully , Shirl and Cannonball

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Posted by locomutt on Saturday, October 9, 2010 11:54 AM

switch7frg

 Smile   Thanks to all you folks who remembered our day .  We have come a long way in life since Daleville , Ind.  The best of good wishes to all of you . ~~~ respectfully , Shirl and Cannonball

Cannonball, A belated Happy Anniversary wish from me; guess I forgot.Sad

And a Happy Birthday wish to "Boss Hen", aka Pat Tucker Happy B-Day

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Posted by Deggesty on Saturday, October 9, 2010 1:32 PM

 "Usually see the daylight peeking out around this time.  (We are still on EDT, aren't we?)"

Yes, Paula, four weeks from tomorrow, you may go back to EST, having observed Atlantic Standard Time for more than half the year (and, looking at how far west you are, you should observe Central Standard Time (New Orleans local mean sun time) year round. And, we out here at the Crossroads of the West will go back to observing Denver local mean sun time after having observed New Orleans local mean sun time for too long.

We had our first fire in the living room fireplace this morning; it was nice.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, October 9, 2010 6:06 PM

How's everyone doing tonight?  All right, I hope!  Did a phone call to Denver earlier, but had to just leave a Happy Birthday message on the ans. machine/voice mail.  There was no local 6:00 or 6:30 news this evening, so don't know if we made the projected high of 90 today or not.  But I can surely say that it was WARM here.  I even put the ac upstairs on AC, from the auto fan it has been on for two, two and a half weeks. 

Our Saturday Night Pizza Fest is now on the serving station and under way:

1.  Anchovie

2.  Canadian bacon

3.  Cheese

4.  Chicago style

5.  Goetta

6.  Hawaiian

7.  Italian sausage

8.  Pepperoni/mushroom

9.  Supreme

And yes, there is plenty of chocolate cake w/half white, half chocolate icing.  There's also plenty of ice cream to go with the cake (it does have one birthday candle on it, so whoever gets the first slice, can blow out the candle for Boss Hen).

Everyone enjoy, have a great evening, and take care.  See you all tomorrow!

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, October 9, 2010 8:24 PM

switch7frg

 Smile   Thanks to all you folks who remembered our day .  We have come a long way in life since Daleville , Ind.  The best of good wishes to all of you . ~~~ respectfully , Shirl and Cannonball

A belated good wishes for all of the best to Shirl & Cannonball...

Item:  80 degrees here and bright sunshine all day.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Saturday, October 9, 2010 8:30 PM

How bout us gamecocks? Woopie wahoo tukkara tika kunda! Dasoon warumph! Jawohl

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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:15 PM

That was quite a game.  Congrats to coach, team and ..... you!

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Posted by Deggesty on Saturday, October 9, 2010 10:11 PM

And how about those Tigers from Auburn and Baton Rouge?That was some catfight in Lexington once the Wildcats got going.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, October 10, 2010 6:26 AM

Good Sunday morning, everyone.  We currently have 54 degrees here in Louisville, going for a record breaking high of 90 for today. 

Happy B-Day greetings and wishes going out to Willy2 this morning!!  Happy Birthday, Willy!! I hope it is a very good day for you!

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are freshly made and ready to go.  On the serving station this morning, to celebrate Willy's birthday:  Bacon, sausage, pancakes &  scrambled eggs.

Willy, enjoy your day, and may you have many happy returns.

Everyone enjoy your morning, take care going to Church, work, railfanning, or whatever you have in store for your day. 


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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, October 10, 2010 6:32 AM

good morning

had a great time with momma yesterday.We did stop in the corn city on the way home and watched some trains.Our california pen pal is in Chicago this morning.He needs to get on the southwest chief to go back home today.Going to get Matt from G+G here in a little bit.I am sure he had a great time.Breakfast and juice and coffee are ready to go.

stay safe

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Posted by Willy2 on Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:12 AM

Thanks CW! I do believe pancakes and sausage are just what the doctor ordered!

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, October 10, 2010 12:22 PM

Oh What a beautiful Sunday....Clear skies....of course, lots of sunshine and projected to reach at least 84 this afternoon.  Dry still.

Getting ready to start towards Texas Road House, but waiting until 2 pm as this is our University's Home Coming Week.  So we can expect lots of people at our eating places.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, October 10, 2010 1:48 PM

Well, just finished doing my exercises.  Back isn't hurting quite as much today, as it did when I finished doing them yesterday!  Walt is watching the Bengals game ( I think), and Sarah's watching a movie or something in her room.

For our Sunday Dinner this afternoon and evening, you will find on the serving station:  Roast, taters and carrots, your choice of green beans, peas & corn, broccoli w/butter sauce, chocolate birthday cake w/whatever flavor ice cream you want with your cake. 

According to our home page, our current temp is 88 degrees.  It is very warm/hot outside.  House feels pleasant this afternoon.  Everyone enjoy your meal, afternoon, and take care.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, October 11, 2010 5:31 AM

Good Monday morning everyone.  Currently 60 degrees and fair skies here in Louisville, KY this morning.  Going for a high again of around 90.  I think yesterday, we topped out at 91 degrees.  Hopefully, we will get some much needed rain in here Wednesday.

I'm also sending out Birthday Greetings Happy B-Day Happy B-Day to Aimee Blysard today!  Aimee, hopefully Ed may drop in, and see this message, and let you know we're thinking of you on your special day!!  Hope you have a Very Happy Birthday, and may your birthday wishes come true!

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are freshly made and ready to go.  Mookie's coffee mug is clean and on the counter for her; but I'm not filling it until I see her come in the door. 

 Well, I don't know what to say about the Cincinnati Reds.  I guess they've played so hard all season, that they have worn themselves out?  They sure haven't looked, in the playoffs, like they did during the regular season. 

Everyone have a very good morning, keep cool, if you're in this unseasonably warm "autumn" weather, and take care.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, October 11, 2010 5:57 AM

morning

weather guessers say warm today with maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon.Not a good day in the  river city last yesterday.If you are going to only bat .200 in a series you can't give up any runs or extra outs.At least they have a good young core on the team and this bad taste will make them hungrier for next year.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time to get matt on the bus.It will be back to work time tonight.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, October 11, 2010 6:20 AM

Joe - looks like a lot of college football teams have the same problem.  Lots of surprising scores lately.  Keeps things interesting.

Another nice day here in paradise.  A nice fall this year.  Had snow last year at this time.  It can wait!

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Posted by blhanel on Monday, October 11, 2010 12:24 PM

On the subject of the Major League Baseball Playoffs, I only have one comment:

^@!(%  Yankees.SoapBox

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Posted by Deggesty on Monday, October 11, 2010 12:34 PM

Mookie

Joe - looks like a lot of college football teams have the same problem.  Lots of surprising scores lately.  Keeps things interesting.

Another nice day here in paradise.  A nice fall this year.  Had snow last year at this time.  It can wait!

Yes, not only have some scores been surprising, but occasionally winning with a high score does not help in moving up in the rankings--Utah pasted Iowa State, and dropped in the ranking (not that I am particularly a supporter of Utah, except when it comes to playing "that other school" which is a little bit south from here; I am, in general, a Southeastern Conference, Western Division, supporter--a nephew went to Auburn, and a niece went to LSU).

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, October 11, 2010 5:29 PM

blhanel

On the subject of the Major League Baseball Playoffs, I only have one comment:

^@!(%  Yankees.SoapBox

DITTO!!

(seems we lost our simile for that)

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, October 11, 2010 6:00 PM

Well, the only other thing I have to say about the Philly/Cincy game is:  hopefully, the Reds will do better next year! 

The menu for tonight will be leftovers from yesterday:  roast,taters, carrots, and there's also some roast for open-face roast beef sandwiches w/mashed taters and beef gravy. 


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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, October 11, 2010 6:37 PM

.....Another warm, real warm, and dry Monday.

Nice new moon out tonight. 

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, October 11, 2010 6:43 PM

Busy, busy, busy. 

Chicken BBQ didn't do as well as we would have liked.  People were somewhere, but not at the BBQ. 

Nice day, though - which may have been where the people were.  Nice today, too - beautiful fall weather! 

Of course, the next time I have a major outdoor activity, it's supposed to rain - which will get all those school kids coming out to see the fire equipment on Friday wet.  Not good.  Hopefully if it is raining, it'll just be scattered showers and we'll stay dry.

Making plans to visit with some relatives before Mom heads back to AZ on Thursday.  Lotsa visiting.

Dinner was great - got to go cut up some cantelope for dessert.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 5:04 AM

Good Tuesday morning everyone.  Larry, thanks for the cantaloupe!  I'm sorry about the low turnout at your BBQ.  Unfortunately, we missed our local Great Louisville fire drill Sunday:  they didn't promote it, and all three of us would have liked to go to it this year.  After all, we had very good weather Sunday, wasn't too hot out, and the weather was very good for picture taking.  We didn't even see anything written up in the paper about it, like they usually do.  Oh well, maybe we'll have better luck next year.

Along with some of Larry's cantaloupe, we have some watermelon (seedless variety), bagels, bear claws, bacon, sausage and scrambled eggs for breakfast this morning. 

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

It is very warm here this morning, with a temp of 69 degrees at 5:59 a.m.  Some areas, especially to the west of us, are seeing a little bit of rain drops.  But we get a better chance of rain tomorrow, and will have more fall-like temps tomorrow, with highs in the low to mid 60s.

Will be getting ready for Tuesday Produce in a little bit.  Then,wait for about an hour, hour and a half, for the Bread Truck to show up.  Everyone enjoy your breakfast, have a good morning, and I'll see you all later.


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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:04 AM

Good morning from Carolina. 61 and clear about 15 minutes before sunrise. I have been up a while.  Some big happenings in the Carribean with the split up of the Netherlands Antilles and other Dutch posessions and that has made the wireless very interesting the past few days. Naturally, a remote antenna switch went belly up last night and I had to stay up and get that taken care of. Still up, in time for breakfast. And thanks Paula for fixng it for us.

Everyone take care and have a great day.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:51 AM

morning

cw thanks for breakfast.highs in the 70's today.some schools were delayed for fog but matts on time and on the bus.Last night was busy first night back at work.Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 10:24 AM

Well it's about time!

RAIN! - WOOHOO! (that & the CSX radio spot on DENVER radio this morning Confused)

StormStormStorm

// wonder how Mutt is doing around HURRICANE Paula?

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 10:30 AM

......Our late "Summer" weather continues.  Sunny and dry and...warm.

Update:

Anyone else note the Ft. Wayne passenger depot is to be or Is being demolished.  Our morning paper had the short article.

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Posted by bubbajustin on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:03 PM

Afternoon all.

At school, almost ready to go home after a long day of work.

Train watching tonight at Attica Interlocking. Hopefully we can catch 20T.

Stay Safe.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 4:30 PM

mudchicken

Well it's about time!

RAIN! - WOOHOO! (that & the CSX radio spot on DENVER radio this morning Confused)

StormStormStorm

// wonder how Mutt is doing around HURRICANE Paula?

 

Not sure what Mutt will say, but I don't think anyone around here would like to mess with Hurricane Paula!  (Remember, folks, I'm part Irish and part Cherokee Indian!)  Even though the Cherokees were a peaceful tribe, people didn't like to get them wiled up!!  The Pharmacy almost found out what it was like to cross me this afternoon!!

For supper tonight, we have:

1.  grilled boneless chicken breasts, w/your choice of broccoli w/cheese sauce, brussels sprouts w/butter sauce, or peas & corn combo

2.  grilled Angus sirloin steaks w/ same selection of veggies from #1

Produce went well this morning, even though we only had 50 people today (that was counting our 5 helpers).  The truck brought;  cabbage, cilantro, cucumbers, bananas, and something else, that I can't remember now.  The bread truck had all kinds of bread, bagels, doughnuts & mini brownies.

We did have some sprinkles this morning, and several times this afternoon, the breeze has picked up, and it looked like it would start pouring, but nary a drop yet.  Think our high today was 79. 

Everyone have a good evening, take care and I'll see you all in the morning.

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