Good Wednesday morning all. Johnny, I'm glad that Ricki got to come home yesterday! That is very good news. Hope Tom is doing all right, haven't heard anything from him.
We're starting the day out with a temp in the mid 20s, going for a high in the low 40s. Going to the grocery later this morning, means bundling up.
Coffee, juices, etc., are fresh and ready to go. Regular breakfast items on the serving station.
Everyone take care this morning, keep warm and keep safe.
Battered Banged and Bruised but they ended up on the good side of the scoreboard thanks to the Defense.Good Night all.
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").
And now, from cars to sports--Joe, your boys did it! They certainly made a wonderful start in the first half, but somehow they almost fell down in the second half. Still, I must say that in the Southeastern Conference they play football, with a school or two having a bad year.
Does anybody know what BBV Compass is? I never heard of it before (nor of pinstripes in football).
Bedtime half an hour ago.
Johnny
tree68 ....And the '62 Super Sport had 4 on the floor Larry....{That transmission was born in the enineeing lab where I worked}. Later that car got a set of headers....bigger carb.....and a "350 hyd. cam"....Liked it so much we didn't replace it until '68. Sure puts my '62 Chevy II to shame (four banger, three on the tree).
....And the '62 Super Sport had 4 on the floor Larry....{That transmission was born in the enineeing lab where I worked}. Later that car got a set of headers....bigger carb.....and a "350 hyd. cam"....Liked it so much we didn't replace it until '68.
Sure puts my '62 Chevy II to shame (four banger, three on the tree).
Quentin
tree68Sure puts my '62 Chevy II to shame (four banger, three on the tree).
Larry, I also had a '67 Rambler American 220... 3-Spd manual....completely stripped model (to include radio delete).....BUT...She had a great heater..and I never got stuck in the snow....
Quentin, all this talk about everyone's first cars has gotten me wanting my first one back, a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda. Purchased used in 1970.
Larry, in below freezing weather after we had a fire run, we'd make sure the pump was drained and no water remained in the pump housing; several times in very cold weather and on a fire scene, we had to "employ" heaters to direct "warm air" underneath the pumper to make sure the pumps kept working.
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
On a weather note, the lake effect machine is in high gear over Oswego County right now....
It drifted south this afternoon. Before doing so, a lot of drivers on I-81 found it was easier to slide into the ditch than stay on the road...
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...
switch7frg Quentin; my first (power car) was a 41` Chev coupe . That was a poured babbit rod called a cast iron 6. WOW what a hoot . The next powerhouse was a 49` L-190 Binder, few automotive lovers know of this one. It had a honker 450 red diamond engine . My last muscle car was a 99- mod. 379 ~ 475 hummi'n cummins , Petey car . Now all the speed and power has gone with time. Been replaced with a 4.2 liter - 150 ford deluxe , 2009 . Sure has a nice heater and defroster~~ Acond. also. Ahhhhh those were the days , hmmmm heard that somewhere. Cannonball
Quentin; my first (power car) was a 41` Chev coupe . That was a poured babbit rod called a cast iron 6. WOW what a hoot . The next powerhouse was a 49` L-190 Binder, few automotive lovers know of this one. It had a honker 450 red diamond engine . My last muscle car was a 99- mod. 379 ~ 475 hummi'n cummins , Petey car . Now all the speed and power has gone with time. Been replaced with a 4.2 liter - 150 ford deluxe , 2009 . Sure has a nice heater and defroster~~ Acond. also.
Ahhhhh those were the days , hmmmm heard that somewhere.
Cannonball
Cannonball................If my memory serves me correctly, your first "cast iron six" would have been all of 216 c i. Actually, both '41 Chevy's and '41 Fords had a pretty good history of being good cars way back then...
Murray Quentin, I had a '64 Ford Galaxie 500.....
Quentin, I had a '64 Ford Galaxie 500.....
Murrary.....In that time frame....my vehicle would have been a 1962 SS Impala coupe 327, all black.
Deggesty cherokee woman: Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster. Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day: SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup. FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice. LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp. CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special. COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli. Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins. Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband! Ah, the cars we had when we were young--a 1938 Chevy which I had when I was a senior in high school, then a 1950 two-door fastback Chevy, which I bought in 1960 and drove for two years. Now, almost fifty years later, we feel that (unless something drastic takes place) we have bought our last car. Today was Homecoming Day! I went in, earlier than usual, and almost immediately people at the hospital began getting all in order to get Ricki out of there. We were both glad to get her home--and she is, in some ways, doing better than she was before the stroke almost four weeks ago. We expect more improvement, as she will have therapists coming here for a time (we do not know how long). Has anybody heard from Tom as to how he is doing since his bout with the medical profession?
cherokee woman: Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster. Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day: SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup. FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice. LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp. CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special. COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli. Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins. Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband!
Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster.
Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day:
SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup.
FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice.
LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp.
CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special.
COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli.
Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins.
Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband!
Now, almost fifty years later, we feel that (unless something drastic takes place) we have bought our last car.
Today was Homecoming Day! I went in, earlier than usual, and almost immediately people at the hospital began getting all in order to get Ricki out of there. We were both glad to get her home--and she is, in some ways, doing better than she was before the stroke almost four weeks ago. We expect more improvement, as she will have therapists coming here for a time (we do not know how long).
Has anybody heard from Tom as to how he is doing since his bout with the medical profession?
First: Johnny....we hope "Homecoming" will be good therapy for Ricki.....and then more improvement with the Therapists coming to your home.
Another automobile memory: A 1949 Chevrolet 4-door Fleetlne...Light green. Chevy's top model then and it was $1,875 new. An excellent car. Took good care of it, but I was young then, and it got lots of miles put on it....68,000 in 23 months.
Uncle Sam wanted me to go help....so, Dad sold the car {to "southern car buyers", which we seemed to see often in our area of Pennsylvania then....Some time later, they stopped in at our Esso Station and ask if {my family}, had any more like that 4 door Chevy...They pulled another car with it to one of the Carolina's, and had no trouble at all.
It certainly was faithful to me while we had it.....Still, one of the vehicles in our garage here is a Chevy.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Johnny - After reading about Ricki "getting out", I can't help but think of one of the letters quoted in the article about Mssrs Morgan and Beebe in the latest issue of Trains... It was about a stay in the hospital.
Tina - (Good to hear from you!) I've never encountered problems with water in the tanks freezing - if they're full, that's a lot of mass to freeze, even at some pretty cold temperatures.
I have had the tubing feeding the pressure gauges freeze up, and even yesterday, there was slush in some of the hoses as we drained them. I've seen hoses that were flowing water start to freeze up, too. If it's below freezing, we have to keep nozzles flowing at least a little so they don't freeze.
Even the main pumps on the pumpers can freeze if it's cold enough. We keep our pump 'dry' until we're ready to use it - on a longer response on a -40F night, we could be dealing with a solid chunk of ice if we didn't. It's happened. The piping around the pump can definitely be a problem - doubly so because if it freezes solid it might split the pipe.
We were drafting from a pond which was frozen over, which meant the water we were fighting the fire with was probably pretty close to freezing, too. I know we were freezing.
The bigger ice problem is on the ground. A fifty pound bag of salt from my garage got used up before the highway department showed up with more sand/salt mix. Fortunately, the warm spell over New Years had gotten rid of what snow we had, so we could see the ice on the ground.
Of course, it's not hard to find pictures of fire buildings that are completely covered with ice. I've been to one or two of those...
Late last night, as it gently snowed outside, a knock on my door by a neighbor alerted me to the fact that some of the rubble was still burning. Two thousand gallons of water later (delivered via the deck gun) it was out.
cw thanks for supper.csx was busy this afternoon.Tina glad you like the dvd.Come back when you can.off to make some popcorn for tonight.mamma is making hot chocolate.
cherokee woman Back in those days was when cars were cars!! Nowadays, you can't tell one make from the other. My first car was a 1973 Plymouth Duster; second car was a Plymouth Volarie. Wish I still had my '73 Duster. Going to be changing the daily menus around. Tuesdays, instead of being Mexican Fiesta, will now be Chinese Day: SOUPS: 1. Wonton soup, Egg drop soup; Chicken noodle soup; vegetable w/bean curd soup. FRIED RICE: Beef fried rice; chicken fried rice, special fried rice; vegetable fried rice. LO MEIN: Plain; roast; chicken; beef; shrimp. CHOW MEIN: Beef, Chicken; Shrimp; House special. COMBO PLATTERS: Moo Goo Gai Pan; Kung Po Chicken; Sweet & Sour Shrimp; Seafood Combo; Pepper steak; Boneless Spare Ribs; Sesame Chicken; General Tso's chicken; Chicken w/broccoli. Tuesday Produce and Bread/Pastry went fairly well this morning. We only had 42 people for Produce. I didn't stay for the entire Bread/Pastry giveaway, just long enough to get a loaf of potato bread and a package of whole wheat English muffins. Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm and take care. And Tina, hope you make it a little more often!! You've been missed around here, along with your husband!
Way back.....My fun automotive stuff included: '57 Corvette....Later: '68 SS Impala 427 Custom Coupe.
It is always nice to visit and say hello, Paula.
Joe, the DVD is lots of fun and yes, I continue to enjoy it.
Quentin, the car is my son's. Pretty neat, eh? My dad had a 69' Dodge Charger. Tony's car is a modern version, of course. But I sure feel fortunate to have been a teenager when those muscle cars were popular.
mbkcs Hello All! and a belated Happy New Year.
Hello All! and a belated Happy New Year.
......Like the Camaro
good morning
phase 1 complete.planning can continue.going to get a nap in.Cw thanks for breakfast.Off work tonight to see what our big ten team can do in its bowl game.(hopefully alot better than the rest on Jan 1st).Tina glad to hear from you.I hope your dvd worked for you.
joe
Good morning to Everyone! Especially to Tina, who made a very early arrival here to the Cafe/Diner. Tina, a Belated Happy New Year to you and Mark! Hope you'll be in a little more! Miss seeing you here.
Coffee, juices, etc., are fresh and ready to go. Regular breakfast menu on the serving station.
I've not heard the temp this morning, but when I booted up the computer, it is showing that we have a current temp of about 35degrees outside, supposed to get up in the low to mid 40s today.
Tina, I can't answer your question. And it is a very, very good one. I would be interested to hearing what Larry and our other current or former firefighters have to say on that subject!! Thank you for asking it.
I had to visit after reading about Larry's fire fighting. I never did much fire fighting, and most of my EMS work was in Texas...really cold days were rare and didn't last beyond a few days at a time. Curiosity here...does the water in the tank of the engines/quints, etc ever freeze? I know the water can freeze as you spray it, and I think I remember that hydrants can freeze, but how does consistent freezing temperatures affect the water in the quint?
And I hope you've rested since then. What hard work!
tina (not lurking...really... :)
Boy, stuff laying all over in this diner, cats, dogs, trees.......
Started work on the second of two spine car kits I have had for over 10 years, but never put together. Also finished up two Difco air dump cars, remounting trucks and couplers on both. Still have about 16 pig flats to finish, on top of a bunch of cars to swap out couplers on. And I haven't even started on the locomotives.....
Tried making chicken and dumpling soup again today, turned out much better than the first time, due to the fact I used a smaller tube of biscuits. Have plenty left for a good lunch tomorrow.....
See everyone later....
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
5:55 AM wake up call. Structure fire, flames visible. Two houses from mine. It was built as a store in 1870, and has seen other uses as well, including the second floor, which served the meeting place for the International Order of Odd Fellows from 1906 until the 1960's.
Due to the many void spaces in this old building, we were there until after 2 PM.
I'm pooped.
Mookie Monday - blah! But I was busy today. Fixed a big veggie salad for supper tonite. Did dishes until I was goofy - er.... It is 40 degrees here! This makes winter so much more bearable. I am sitting in a south window with the sun coming in - makes me drows.....
Monday - blah! But I was busy today. Fixed a big veggie salad for supper tonite. Did dishes until I was goofy - er....
It is 40 degrees here! This makes winter so much more bearable.
I am sitting in a south window with the sun coming in - makes me drows.....
Wake up!!! And Go Take A Na............
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Fixed a beef roast this morning, first thing, so you've got, for lunch/supper:
1. Beef roast w/mashed taters, beef gravy, broccoli, brussels sprouts, corn, and crescent rolls or dinner rolls, whichever you prefer.
2. Choice of vegetable beef soup w/cornbread or
3. Selection of cold cuts w/all the fixings for sandwiches.
Currently have a temp of around 27, 28 degrees w/sunshine, and breezy conditions. Nice day.
Low 20's this morning....lots of sunshine too. So, looks like we're in for a pretty nice January day.
So now I hope much of the nation can look forward to a possibility of a much better new year.
But from what I watched on my morning news / political shows I'm not looking forward to what might happen in our government. My wish is, to look forward and try to work together and fight the issues that are working against us....One example: Expectactions of 4 dollar plus / gal of gas this coming year and on and on......
back to work for us last night.Back to school for Matt today.he is on time.weather guessers say possible snow by the end of the week.Working on phase 1 for a summer plan.Need to check with my boss at work before we can do phase 2.Cw thanks for breakfast.
Good Monday morning, everyone. We have a nice 21 degrees F., this morning, with clear skies and frost. Supposed to make it up to the low to mid 40s for a high this afternoon.
Coffee, orange juice, orange/tangerine juice, apple juice and pineapple juice are are fresh and ready to go, along with hot chocolate, hot cider and hot water for tea. On the serving station this morning: bagels, bear claws, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, and biscuits w/sausage gravy.
Mookie, your coffee mug is all cleaned up and ready for you! Our rockers are placed by the picture windows, so we can watch the trains, and catch up on whatever we need to catch up on.
You all have a very good morning, and take care whatever you'll be doing/wherever you're going today. Anyone have any meal suggestions for later on today?
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