afternoon
had some rumbles roll through today.Matt had a tornado drill at school.Wind has shifted and the temprature is going down.time to ge things ready for work.Matt is finishing up his homework.
stay safe
Joe
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Seasonal temps today, but it actually got pretty warm this afternoon. And like Jen...out there on the Plains....we had a bright red spot come right over us about an hour or so ago, and just a brief bit of rain....hail...and wind, and it was gone.
Quentin
Good Thursday morning everyone. 46 degrees and mostly cloudy skies at 8;07 a.m. Was raining when I awoke at 7 a.m.
Jen and Quentin, we got a little bit of rain, and lots of wind, but no hail. Areas above and east/southeast of us, had the tornado watches/warnings; but as far as I know, nothing serious anywhere.
Still have the cotton-pickin' headache. Sneezing up a storm.
Coffee, juices, hot water for tea and other morning beverages are ready to go. Usual breakfast fare is on the serving station.
Thinking about fixing a pot of vegetable beef soup for lunch and supper tonight. What do you all think? Does that sound good?
.....Just a few light snow flakes in the last hour this morning. Ground is getting warm, so nothing on the ground, but it was just brief anyway.
Last night we had a short blast of rain....hail {small}....wind, and then it was gone...headed east. Understand down in Noblesville, 30 - 40 mi south of us, hail was golf ball size. Some wind damage too in that area. Saw some trees down, etc., on 11 news.
Over in our home State of Pa., noted they were showing tornado activity on the weather channel near Greensburg, Pa....Very unusual to have such activity in that area....Damage, unknown to us at this time. This is March.....Transition, weather time, and we understand we're open for any kind of weather. 33 degrees here now. Overcast.
Good Morning Everyone. I'm feeling better today than I have in a week and a half, it seems.
22°F with a windchill of 12°, and for something completely different "Light Freezing Drizzle". I haven't seen the official definition for that, but it seems like you would be splitting hairs a couple of different ways.
I saw pictures of the tornado damage in PA on the news last night. It is one thing to have damage from bad personal decisions from people reacting to weather conditions, but it would be such a helpless feeling to have weather damage that is purely weather caused. Wind damaged houses and such.
I am here early enough for breakfast because I am watching a Curling game live from Denmark. Canada's last game in the round robin. I see from the commercial breaks that the NCAA Playoffs resume tonight. I hope you all have teams in the running.
Have a good day and thanks for breakfast CW.
Bruce
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Dag, it has really been slow in here today: not one person in here since this morning?
Our current temp is somewhere in the mid to upper 30s. Brrr time again.
For supper tonight, there is:
1. Vegetable beef soup w/cornbread
2. Tomato soup w/saltine crackers or oyster crackers and grilled cheese sandwiches
If anyone shows up in here tonight, have a good evening, keep warm and take care.
Good Afternoon. The Light Freezing Drizzle turned in to freezing rain and created a real smash 'em, bash 'em drive this morning. Lots of road closures, lots of wrecks.
26°F with a wind chill of 16° now. Another inch of snow forecast in the next 24 hours and a half inch more for Saturday.
No new local RR news.
CW, thanks for a late lunch.
That wood smoke (and grass smoke) flavor in yer vittles today is brought to you by the great state of Colorado where water be scarce and the sky rains ashes.
And now back to your regularly scheduled mayhem....
Good afternoon all! Mother and I went Railfanning today. I feel totally stupid though… Let me explain:
Good afternoon all!
Mother and I went Railfanning today. I feel totally stupid though… Let me explain:
We pittled around getting coffee at the gas station in Lafayette before heading up to the depot for some train watching. We missed two trains in that time. One, on the NS main track two. It stopped at Lafayette Jct. Well, just as I was ascending the steps to the pedestrian bridge, a CSX manifest rumbled by yet again missing a good shot. Then, we saw the headlights of a fast westbound rounding the curve on what appeared to be track two!!!! The same track as the stopped freight was on!!! I ran for the hills yelling “Train wreck!” I watched in horror as the fast freight rumbled smoothly past the stopped freight. It was on track 1. L I missed another good shot there.
I did end up getting a really nice photo of an Ex- SOUTHERN GP38-2 high hood. I also met another railfan friend today.
Last night we had dime size hail come through in a pretty bad thunderstorm. Iit was in the 70’s yesterday afternoon, and I got the garden all tilled up and ready to plant. It was snowing today a little bit.
Have a good evening all!
-Justin
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....Believe this facility needs some rehab.....Traffic seems to be getting lighter with each passing week.
CW ; soup and corn bread sounds real good .Shirl had eye surgery for cataract on left eye on tues. Been busy looking after her , with drops in eye. Three kind of lube and one antibiotic to hold off infection. Day two~ fuzziness is going away and colors are brighter. Next week , repeat on right eye. A wakeup call for me to get eyes checked for new glasses when she goes for eye check up Mon. I reckon been staring at that white line too long on the road.HEH HEH . A piece of apple pie and sassafrass tea for desert . Time for her eye drops.
Cannonball
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mudchicken; we have regular forest trash burns for the folks with breathing problems for their enjoyment , some of which on windy days get out of hand and then are called " controled burns" Have fun on your rounds tomorrow. ~~~ Beware of the mayhem.
Quentin, maybe the resident cook (myself) needs to just leave and not come back. It seems like when I'm not around, more people come in here.
Morning everyone. Up early waiting for the Curling to start.
CW and Quentin, I don't think it is the cook's fault there seems to be a loss of traffic lately. I've kind of noticed a drop in overall traffic on the forum. If you look around, all of the old players seem to be about, it just seems there are no topics that get people excited lately. I'm sure US railfans are feeling down, especially after weeks of reading about HSR project cancellation's, and reading about others that are unhappy with PTC. I think maybe there just is a lack of good news lately to get people out and talking. I noticed there was even a lack of activity on the Roanoke Web Cam thread, although oddly enough, that may be because it seems to be working better.
This isn't the first time I've noticed one of these drops. I recall it happened in the summer of 2009 and Al-in-Chicago, I think it was, even started a thread about that, which actually got people out and talking.
This seems to be an awful lot of opinion from someone who has been awake for less than half an hour.
Getting back to our normal early morning topic, the weather, it is 22°F here with no windchill this early in the morning, and of course the snow continues.
I was also going to mention that I watched the movie "Gran Torino" starring Clint Eastwood last night. He may be old, but he still makes a good movie. There were some great lines but they are all too politically incorrect to repeat this early in the morning!
I will check in later during the game and see what ideas other folks have about how things are going on around here.
good morning
well we have been busy busy busy.We took Matt to school along with a cabinet for the school carnival. It's for a raffle prize.As the weather gets nicer more chores are calling me outside.matt's snow mountain has vanished.I was able to catch a switcher being used for the y101.Going to get a nap.more chores this afternoon.Going to need a big bowl of popcorn for the basketball game tonight.CW you and Walt share with Buckeye fans?? Maybe I need to be like the kitty and lurk in the shadows.
AgentKid Morning everyone. Up early waiting for the Curling to start. CW and Quentin, I don't think it is the cook's fault there seems to be a loss of traffic lately. I've kind of noticed a drop in overall traffic on the forum. If you look around, all of the old players seem to be about, it just seems there are no topics that get people excited lately. I'm sure US railfans are feeling down, especially after weeks of reading about HSR project cancellation's, and reading about others that are unhappy with PTC. I think maybe there just is a lack of good news lately to get people out and talking. I noticed there was even a lack of activity on the Roanoke Web Cam thread, although oddly enough, that may be because it seems to be working better. This isn't the first time I've noticed one of these drops. I recall it happened in the summer of 2009 and Al-in-Chicago, I think it was, even started a thread about that, which actually got people out and talking. Bruce
The interest level seems to be very low now....Perhaps as we move out of "Winter" mode and into Spring / Summer brightness, we'll all be out and about more and see things to comment on. Example: I must get over by the Progress Rail project site and see what activity can be seen getting ready for that new business to begin in the former ABB facility.
Another is a few miles west of me, and it is the railroad spur to be built into Park One, the location of Brevini Wind....manufacture of Wind Turbine gear sets. They will be shipped out on the N S spur that will connect to the Frankfort line.
CW....No reason for you to stay away....When you have something to say, do so, just like the others on this forum. just my
Well, it seems like real life is going to intrude on my sports viewing and I am going to have to bring my DVR to bear on the rest of this game and the one at noon MDT.
I was wondering though if some of the comments being made on the pages loading slowly thread are maybe a reason for the lower attendance in the Cafe recently. We shall see.
Have a good day.
All forums go through slumps. On a local board I help moderate someone espoused the opinion that it was because of "censorship." That usually means a thread they have an interest in was locked...
I suspect things will pick up again. Spring is here, so a lot of folks are doing the outside stuff they put off all winter. As soon as it warms up here (it's just freezing here right now, if sunny), I'll be doing very much the same thing.
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Sometimes we just run out of things to say, too!
NL cam - those are "tawny owls" in the nest box. And the Battling Bickersons are still making just noise.
No trains today - ran them all yesterday, so we went to Lowes and got some birdy saucers for baths, got a sammich and went to lake to watch the ducks. We have Buffleheads right now - boy are they fast! They must have small motors attached to their aft.
Cloudy and cold - about 36 and windy. Snow maybe tonite. Had trace last nite. Bah - Spring!
Pooh....
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MookieNL cam - those are "tawny owls" in the nest box. And the Battling Bickersons are still making just noise.
I suspect they may be "with young" (or at least egg(s)), as one of them brought home "takeout" the night before last. Apparently the all-night diners there also serve mice...
Heard some cows bellerin', too. Must have been on the owl cam as that was the only non-railroad sound I had open.
evening
well its official.matt is now on spring break.I took him to see the switcher for y101.q 324 had nothing to pick up in the yard.q 393 went west with 2 norange BNSF units and everything that willard could put on.The popcorn is ready for tonight.help yourself.
Whew! What an evening. We received a phone call, around 5:30, to go across the street, to our neighbor's 83rd Birthday Dinner. This is the one we call Mama Elizabeth, who actually lives 'next' door to us, but is still recovering from whatever had her in the nursing/rehab center a year ago. Her daughter fixed a very good supper: ham, chicken wings, cabbage, corn on the cob, fried apples, green beans. We didn't stay for the ice cream and cake. Maybe I'll post a couple of pictures I took over there tonight sometime tomorrow.
See, I told you, if I stayed away, everybody would be back in. Going to get ready to watch the UK/Ohio State game. I'll have to go up and watch it on the TV in our bedroom. Walt will want to watch the news on the downstairs TV. Joe, thanks for fixing the pop corn. Nice treat for game watching (no matter what game). See you all tomorrow.
somdays there ain't no nuthin' goes right . security says theres a problem . puter malfunction bye fur now ~~~ sheesh
Cannonball, your tale of Shirl and cataracts reminds me that Ricki had both done (separately, of course) several years ago, and after she received the cataract lenses in her glasses her vision was improved, as well as the macular degeneration would let her. May Shirl not have that complication.
Heavy snowfall this morning, which stopped by three (it was only a light fall about 1:30 in the afternoon) in the afternoon.
Johnny
Good Saturday morning everyone. Finally got to sleep about 1:40 this morning. The little female cat woke me up about 7:45 this morning. Joe, I'm sorry the ballgame last night didn't go in y our favor. But it was a very good game, and the score stayed tight all the way through.
Coffee, juices, hot chocolate, hot water for tea, and other beverages are all ready to go. Getting a nice Saturday brunch ready to go on the serving station.
Everybody have a good day, take care, and I'll try to post a couple of pictures from last night sometime this afternoon.
Good morning. Good to see you here this morning CW.
I have been up so long today already it seems like I should have lunch. Due to the time difference with Denmark, the first semi-final game for the Canadian women curlers went at 3:00 AM MDT. So being the Curling fan I am, I did the only logical thing and went to bed about 10:00 last night and set my alarm for 2:50 this morning. We won that game and now we are in the semi-final against China which just started 20 minutes ago. Next on the agenda after this game is a nap!
A quick check of the weather shows the coolest temperature I've seen this week, 20°F with no windchill, and snow still in the air. The end of the snow has now been pushed back to Sunday. That would mean nine straight days of continuous snow. It seems like we have had some recent winters without nine separate days of snowfall altogether.
Everyone have a good day and may your team win in the NCAA games this afternoon. Imagine watching sports at a sensible time!
Well, Canada beat China and now moves on to the gold Medal game against Sweden tomorrow. At the more reasonable time of 7 AM.
I'm not as tired yet as I thought I would be so I guess I will go out now and do something useful.
Well, as promised, here are a couple of the birthday pictures I took last night. The first is of Mama Elizabeth & her cake, and the second picture is one of Walt and me with her.
In all, I think I took about 17,18 pictures last night. About 3 or 4 more than Walt took. But, we all had a good time and enjoyed ourselves.
Well, we are getting rain. Started a few minutes ago. A little bit later, the wintry mix of rain/snow will commence. Looking for 1 to 2 inches, just on grassy area, and, of course, bridges and overpasses.
Here's our Saturday Night Pizza Fest menu:
1. Canadian bacon
2. Cheese
3. Chicago style
4. Goetta
5. Hawaiian
6. Italian sausage
7. Pepperoni/mushroon
8. Supreme
9. Anchovie
10. Ham & green pepper
Everyone enjoy, have a good evening, and take care.
....Snow...CW, we really don't want to see any more of that stuff. Dry here today, and still on the cool side. Jet stream has sagged down below us, so the colder stuff can freely move this way.
Believe next week is to be back to more normal temps.
Had about 20' of shrubs along the west end of the house removed today.....It will be retrofited back to gravel...{shale, as we easterners say}, have a couple feet of gravel all around the house that is not driveway or patio. Much less to trim. Keep reducing that total. Too much work to keep after them.
Don't think they are talking about any rain / snow over the weekend here.....Certainly hope none appears. Kind of getting that out of our daily routine system now.
A decade or so ago I remember a photograph in the Muncie paper of a fellow with his horse and slay out for a last season ride....and that was April 6th...But that was out of the ordinary. A couple of inches of the stuff, but it melted rather quick.
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