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Posted by switch7frg on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 10:51 AM

 Whistling  Tom; I agree with you .  Is the ( clean election law)  in effect?   If it is , I wonder what dirty election laws would be. Here in Az. mud slinging is the norm, not quite  lead slinging yet.  The spin doctors are working over time. Looking forward to Nov. 3rd. also.  HEH HEH     Cannonball

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:55 AM

Yes, it will be wonderful to be past 11-2-10. We may not like all the results, but we will no longer be bombarded by great proclamations. Ricki and I have already voted, by mail, so we have been able to ignore the supplications "vote for me," debates, and discussions since. Generally, it seems that when a candidate has nothing real to offer, or is afraid to stand on his record, he resorts to character assassination.

Our morning temperature was in the low thirties--and we had more snow in the night (I have not estimated how much). The sidewalk and driveway were covered, but the schoolchildren going by pretty well got the sidewalk clean; the driveway is slowly being cleared by the warmth of the sun. Brances of the maple in the back yard is bowed by the weightof the snow on the leaves; so far as I know nothing is broken (it suffered enough several years ago when a heavy snow came in the midst of winter).

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 1:54 PM

afternoon

I am too ready for the ads and calls to stop.Worked outside this afternoon.After today mother nature is going to bring us back to reagular tempratures.Waiting for matt to come home then we have an errand to do in town.Then it's time to get things for work.I found some leftovers in the fridge for supper tonight.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:04 PM

Johnny:

When you have no argument, insult your opponent - Cicero

Modern less than talented miscreants seem to have taken that to heart.

Tom

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:17 PM

The wind blew her hair into her face.....

The wind blew her hair into my face.....

The wind blew her hair into the street....

Embarrassed

NNW @ 33mph....

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:39 PM

Here in Louisville at 3:33 p.m., we have a temp of 77 degrees!  Beautiful sunshine, and a nice breeze.

Mookie, I love your little poem!!

Along with the leftovers Joe found in the fridge, we also have for this afternoon and evening:

1.  Beef stew w/cornbread

2.  Clam chowder

3.  Oyster stew w/oyster crackers

I had to run an errand this morning, and coming home, heard a couple of older ladies discussing the pre-election rhetoric.  I looked over, and said to them, "Wonder if they (the candidates and other powers that be), if no one voted, wonder if they would get the message that we're tired of all the mud slinging, etc., and change their tunes!"  One of the ladies looked at me and said, "You know, you may have something there:  I never thought of that!"

Everyone have a good afternoon, take care and see you all later.

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:47 PM

Mookie

The wind blew her hair into her face.....

The wind blew her hair into my face.....

The wind blew her hair into the street....

Embarrassed

NNW @ 33mph....

So, the wind snatched her bald headed?Big Smile

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:22 PM

Wig, maybe?

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:35 PM

...........Still have some gusting winds, but not of the storm damage kind.   Lots of people experienced damage in our State.  Must pay attention to news this evening to find out more.

Drove to Indy this morning, and some wind plasts were hitting the automobile, but nothing realy serious.  Yesterday, some 18 wheelers were blown over on interstates here in Indiana.

Moderate temps today and quite a bit of sunshine.

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Posted by spokyone on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:46 PM

'Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!

I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap...
..
I'll stop right here..


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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 4:53 PM

^~^ - you have a cat?   AND a lap? 

Cool! Shy

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, October 28, 2010 5:41 AM

Good Thursday morning everyone!  Johnny, I love your poem,!  Gee, if Dan Harmon were still around here, he would make a story up, using some of us here on the forums, as characters!!  Larry, do you still have the link for Detective Cinder.....?

We currently have a temp of anywhere between 61 and 63 degrees.  Our temp is will be slowly dropping throughout the day.  Our "high" for today is to be upper 50s, for the Metro area.

Coffee, juices, hot cider, hot chocolate, and hot water for hot tea or instant coffee are fresh and ready to go. 

On the serving station this morning:  bagels, bear claws, cinnamon rolls, turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits & sausage gravy.

NWS has confirmed several tornadoes from Tuesday.  One in western Ky., one southeast of us in Mt. Washington, KY in Bullitt Co.  I forgot where the other one was. 

Quentin, we also had a couple of semis overturn Tuesday.  One was on I-65 in Bullitt Co.

Everyone have a good morning, take care, and see you all later.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:38 AM

Dropped the wind and the temperature like a box of rocks.  30 degrees and only noise is neighbor dog preaching again.  Fur today, sandals tomorrow.  Ah Fall....

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 28, 2010 7:12 AM

morning

according to the guessers here the fur is going to be needed for quite awhile.yesterday while on an errand Matt and I saw a csx engine getting ready to have a traction motor changed near Fc here in town.Didn't have time to watch the Hulcher crew work.Cw thanks for breakfast.Time for bed.Going to help with Matts afterschool program today.Then he is going to join his cousins in trick or treating.resse peanut butter cups if you please.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:24 AM

We're having an overcast morning here....and accompanied with still gusting winds, and temps just in the 40's.  So, it doesn't feel too comfortable out there yet today.

Leaves blowing around.  Soon as we have a little warmer day, we'll fire up the John Deere again, and do another pass over the yard for actually some mowing...{recent rainfall has allowed some growing}, but especially to mulch leaves that have been blowing around these past few days.

I can get rid of them that way, If I don't let them accumulate too much.  So far, the wind has moved them around enough that hasn't been a problem yet.  It's pretty bright {and still}, overcast right now...

{CW}....wind capable of blowing over a running semi, 18 wheeler, must really have some serious push behind it....But we know it happens.  The interstate {I-69}, is somewhat famous to have several spots, and especially between rt. 32 south to Indy....that the wind blows across it sometimes severely.  In fact, in one area, some years ago, they planted some kinds of brushy, thick greenery along side an area of that part of it, to help minimize the wind blasts.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:11 AM

Good afternoon from Carolina. At present, 74, breezy and scattered heavy rain. I had to rouse meself up and haul the girls to the beauty parlor and back. Somehow, I managed to see a S C Central freight and a northbound Amtrak. For some reason, CSX had one of their mains blocked with a train. I am trying to find out why and am hoping it's not something serious .

Everyone take care

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, October 28, 2010 12:54 PM

On our noon news, our temps had dropped to the mid 50s, so it is still cooling down outside.  So far, the house is comfortable.

For the rest of the afternoon and evening, here are your meal choices:

1.  Chili w/your choice of PB&J, grilled cheese, or tuna salad sandwiches

2.  Leftover beef stew, oyster stew, clam chowder or vegetable beef soupfrom yesterday

3.  Sloppy joes with fried or chips, slaw or salad

Now, I'm going to go and do my back exercises.  You all take care and see you later.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Thursday, October 28, 2010 1:54 PM

I monitored the scanner to see if I could find any info on the manifest blocking CSX track 2 this morning. Other than find out it was Q491, nothing else was said and eventually, it headed south.

Thanks for lunch, Paula. All the best on your execises and I hope it makes you feel better.

FWIW, we now have a sunny sky and 76 degrees. Quite a change from 3 hours ago.

Tom

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:10 PM

Went to lunch with Hulcher.  Had frog legs.  After lunch, entertainment by Hulcher employee.  He tried to hide from all the cameras in the yard and people in the area, but he forgot - foamers carry binoculars. 

All go - no show  Embarrassed

But, not much in the train department.  They only had about one inbound from north open and nothing going south.  Will try again on Saturday. 

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Posted by rvos1979 on Thursday, October 28, 2010 9:15 PM

Evening everyone......

Well, missed all the wild weather completely, was in GA when it all blew through, paced a line of storms out of ATL on I-85 all the way through South Carolina, and by the time I ran back on I-40 yesterday, everything died out.  Ran through the I-40 gorge in NC, there is now a large hole where the mountainside used to be, and a new rockslide fence at the bottom.

Sitting in Matthews, MO, until Saturday morning, ran out of hours to drive, so have to restart my 70-hour clock.  I think I can keep busy in the truck for a day.....

See everyone later.... 

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Posted by bubbajustin on Friday, October 29, 2010 5:06 AM

Good morning all,

I’m finally on fall break. Whew! We do need a break! Dad and I went rail fanning yesterday at Lafayette Jct., and saw a total of 4 trains so it was a pretty good day overall. Today, I’m going to my Grandma’s house to help her out with some housework. I took the liberty of preparing breakfast for everyone. CW can take a break today! Biscuits and gravy, pancakes, eggs and bacon are all on the warmer bar with the usual stuff as well.

Have a good day all!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, October 29, 2010 5:33 AM

Hi Justin!  Good Friday morning to you and everyone.  Thank you so very much for fixing breakfast for us all this morning.  Everything looks very good.  You did a great job! 

We have a current temp of 42 degrees here in Louisville this morning.  Going for a high in the upper 50s, low to mid 60s for today.  Have fair skies at the moment, not going to get as cool as they originially predicted, as we have some cloud cover this morning.  But definitely jacket weather out this morning, and today.  I do believe autumn weather has finally arrived in our area. 

Everyone have a very good morning, take care and I'll see you all later.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 29, 2010 7:20 AM

thanks for breakfast Justin.saw lots of good stuff yesterday while helping with matts after school program.a pair of mookies came east.a pair of ups went west.plus lots of other trains in between.matt had fun going with his cousins trick or treating too.this dad is going to bed.going to get some yardwork done later this afternoon.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, October 29, 2010 2:18 PM

Currently 53 degrees here in Louisville.  Maybe we'll see the projected 54 in a bit?

Our regular Friday Fish Fry is now on the serving station.  All the regular types of fish, along with all the regular side dishes. 

Desserts:  Chocolate cake w/chocolate icing, yellow cake w/caramel icing, pies (apple blueberry, cherry, peach and pecan; cobblers:  apple and peach).

Everyone have a good afternoon/evening, and take care.  See you all later.

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Friday, October 29, 2010 2:35 PM

Thanks Paula. I am a bit late getting in here today... 64 and clear this afternoon, with the mugginess gone for a while.

Everyone take care and have a great evening.

Tom

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, October 29, 2010 3:53 PM

.....Well, Friday...and I've had my fish for today.  Lunch in near by Yorktown at Osborne's.  Grilled white fish from Alaska.  Pretty good.

Plenty of sunshine around here today.  Not a bad temp for Fall...Grass has grown some now, since we recieved an inch of rain in the past week.

Can't do anything about it today though....Not quite up to power...Must be some sinus draining.  Appetite ok, but just not with it too well.  Hopefully this won't last too long.

Note a bit of "railroad news" we're helping with over in the Post:  "EMD to build new plant in Muncie, In."  Sure hope that really does become a reality, as that would increase the awareness of railroads here, and the employment is something any area would love to have.

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Posted by bubbajustin on Friday, October 29, 2010 3:55 PM

Looks like Munci will be getting a new locomotive plant!

Thanks for Supper CW!

Terror threat happend today everyone. Explosives bound for I belive Chicago were stopped.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 29, 2010 6:23 PM

thanks for supper CW.Glad there is good news for jobs in the midwest.Truck is loaded and ready for Deshler.The museum will be open for the final time this year.Matt is putting some trains together to run on the layout.Going to get the radio on so we can listen to football.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, October 30, 2010 6:06 AM

good saturday morning

breakfast is ready on the warmer bar.coffee and juice are ready to go too.Matts school(Tinora) won its football game last night to finish 10-0.They are waiting to see who and where they play in the state playoffs.We are off to the corn city.Then tonight matt wants to trick or treat at G+G house.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, October 30, 2010 6:15 AM

Good Saturday morning everyone.  Joe, thanks for taking care of breakfast this morning.  You beat me in here by just a few minutes!  It is on the cool side here in Louisville this morning, with a temp in the low to mid 40s.  Supposed to get up to about 69, 70 degrees today. 

Joe, hope you all enjoy your day!  And, I know Matt will really enjoy trick or treating at Grandma and Grandpa's tonight! 

Everyone have a great day, and I'll see you all tonight for our Saturday Pizza Fest.  Take care!

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