Good Morning, 36°F and a few clouds right now. Going up to 37°F this afternoon. Bit of a windchill though, W 14 mph now, dropping to W 9 mph later.
I should not have dropped by for pizza during the commercial break last night. When I got back, the whole dynamic of the game had changed, and what had been a clash of the titans turned out to be an unexciting finish won by the expected favourite. Today's $100,000 game will be a repeat of last years game between a team from Scotland, and the Canadian team that won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Hopefully it goes better than last year when the Canadian Skip made such a bizarre/bonehead shot to end the game that it made the news portion of the evening news, weather, and sports programs for the next two days. The poor man was on next weekends sports programs using slo-mo replays and tel-illustrators to defend his actions. When asked why he didn't take the shot Canadians from one end of the country to the other saw he should take, his only defense was "I didn't see the shot". Long in the future his obituary will say that he won a gold medal, and that he made that quote.
After the game I will go up to my mother's place for supper, and whatever household fix-up's she needs me to do.
Here's hoping all the right football teams (whoever you may be supporting) win, and I will see you again at this time tomorrow.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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Well, the sun is out, but that hasn't helped much. It was -9F at dawn. Now (almost 11) it's -7F. At least I got the snow off the driveway so the sun can melt it dry.
The snowblower didn't want to start, though - just too cold. I wanted to use it because the snow had drifted somewhat, which usually means heavy, but it wasn't too bad.
Off to other projects.
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...
Ditto most of Tree - we actually have an igloo on our temp avatar! And it drifted. I don't have a clue how much we received, but Omaha said 8" there. Wish Willie would post here - would like to get info w/o having to go hunt it down, which on weekends is next to impossible.
But sun out now, so makes the day feel better.
We have an 8th day this week. Today is ache day. Ibuprophen hasn't kicked in yet, so even hair hurts.
Isn't it spring yet?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Bruce, when we had our C band satellite system, I really enjoyed watching curlng on the CBC feeds. There is a lot that I don't understand, but had a good time nevertheless.
45 and clear in Carolina. up from 21 at 0900
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)
Well, according to my homepage, we seem to be in a holding pattern: still shows , at 1:38 p.m., 25 degrees for current temp. Sun is shining, but not very brightly.
Here is our Sunday Dinner menu:
1. Chicken and dumplings
2. Sirloin or T-bone steaks w/ salad, steak fries, green bean casserole, broccoli w/cheese sauce
Here in Louisville, we're having #1. I have the chicken on boiling. In a few, I'll go back to the kitchen, and start mixing the dumpling dough, roll it out, poke it w/holes, cut it up and put it in a pot of cream of chicken soup.
Everyone have a good afternoon, take care, and keep warm.
Ooh! Ooh! Chicken and Dumplings! Some nice, fresh sourdough bisquits on the side, maybe some lima beans (a favorite of mine).
It's almost 2pm, and we've struggled all the way up to -1.4F...
The bird feeders were pretty much empty, so after shovelling the driveway I headed out to fill them up (it takes about 4-5 gallons of sunflower seed to top them off if they're all empty).
When I got to the newest feeder, which I built so it would hold more seed - thus needing fewer refills, I found a sparrow had gotten inside. Of course, the sight of a bit "thing" wearing a safety yellow coat didn't do a thing for its nerves. Even after I opened the top it wasn't doing well on getting out, so it got a little boost from a gloved hand.
Back to projects.
Larry, I'm adding lima beans to today's menu. That is also one of my favortie veggies, as well.
Well, even though I personally didn't see them, Walt saw about a half dozen robins in out front yard awhile ago! Not even Groundhog Day, so wonder if this is a sign that we'll have an early Spring this year!! Sure would be nice, with all this cold weather we've had since the end of September, early part of October.
afternoon
Matt and I went to town today.Found q 160 stuck at west standley(harris road).They were out of time.Cold weather is really playing havoc on the signals.Cw will take #1 for supper tonight.time to get things for work tonight as well.
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").
Wow - The "lion" hasn't roared lately. Must have been hibernating. Maybe it warmed up a little where he is.
I can has pie along with cookie, too!
PL - welcome back!
The only robins we'll be seeing around here tonight will have "Swanson" on them. Currently -25F and it isn't even bedtime...
Good Monday morning everyone. Roy, good to see you made it in yesterday evening. Hope you have a great birthday Thursday, and we'll be thinking of you!
We have 26 degrees this morning, with a few flurries. Our Jeff. Co. Public Schools are open, but outlying area schools are either closed, on a 1 hour delay or 2 hour delay. I haven't heard what our high is to be today, but did hear that our high yesterday was 28 degrees.
Coffee is ready, along with all the other morning beverages. Regular breakfast menu is ready and on the serving station.
On a sad note this morning, I saw that Jack LaLanne passed away yesterday at age 96. I remember his TV exercise show. Mama and I both exercised right along with him. (Maybe I should have also had his healthy drinks!)
Everyone have a good morning, keep warm, take care and see you all later.
good morning
well last night we started at 5 degrees and it has risen to a balmy 13!!! wow!!.we have some light snow for today.matt is on time and on the bus.Csx sounds busy this morning too.going to get a nap then chores to do this afternoon.Cw thanks for breakfast.
It appears we bottomed out at around -25F overnight. All the reports I'm seeing seem to confirm that.
The home weather station, which wimps out at -22F is just now showing -21.8F, so we're warming up. A little. We didn't make it above zero yesterday.
Gotta finish phase II of yesterday's project, and head for the fabric store for the next project.
Good morning, 20°F right now, up to 39°F later, with more wind and a few clouds. Considering it was -15°F last Sunday when I went out for my paper, and it is only the last week of January, I am sitting here waiting for the other shoe to drop.
I read where Pittsburgh and Green Bay won their respective games. Hope that makes everyone happy. The Curling game yesterday turned out to be something of a dud, entertainment wise, and folks on The Sports Network forum seem to agree with me.
Up at my mother's place last night, and I taught her how to use the Bosch Tassimo coffee maker she got for Christmas. The one with the little disc's that you put in the machine and it makes a single cup of coffee at a time. A persnickety looking thing with flimsy looking plastic parts inside, but it works quite well. I made myself a cup of Nabob coffee, and it seemed to have so much caffeine in it that I said to Mom that she probably shouldn't be making any Starbucks Coffee with it, as she would probably start doing cartwheels across the living room! Not recommended for 81 year olds!
Altogether interesting as I can remember when I was very young seeing Mom and Dad heating water for coffee on our coal stove.
Everyone have a good day.
Checked the weather station at our fire station when I went after the mail. It showed -31F around 5AM...
All the way up to -11.5F right now (almost 11AM)...
The Curling game yesterday turned out to be something of a dud, entertainment wise, and folks on The Sports Network forum seem to agree with me.
While it can have its nailbiting moments, I've never thought of curling as being particularly exciting... But some people say that about baseball, too.
tree68 But some people say that about baseball, too.
But some people say that about baseball, too.
Actually, MLB is the only big money pro sport I do follow. As for the NHL, you don't follow hockey in Canada as much as it is an all encompassing, all consuming, mind enveloping fog, not unlike something you would see on an episode of Star Trek. It follows you. I have to scan the hockey headlines every morning just to be able to appear to be a with-it human being.
As for the weather, I don't know what the weatherman was drinking with his OJ this morning, but it is a dark dreary day. So much for a few clouds.
Heat wave now....33 plus degrees. Had light flurries for a while this morning, but that moved out, and it's just overcast {and warmer}, now.
Quentin
tree68 Checked the weather station at our fire station when I went after the mail. It showed -31F around 5AM... All the way up to -11.5F right now (almost 11AM)... The Curling game yesterday turned out to be something of a dud, entertainment wise, and folks on The Sports Network forum seem to agree with me. While it can have its nailbiting moments, I've never thought of curling as being particularly exciting... But some people say that about baseball, too.
Larry, I have a friend up in White River Junction, VT. Around the same time it was 25 below there.
Here's more from the Burlington Free Press:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20110124/NEWS02/110124006/Temperatures-drop-below-30-in-parts-of-Vermont
Modelcar Heat wave now....33 plus degrees. Had light flurries for a while this morning, but that moved out, and it's just overcast {and warmer}, now.
Quentin, did you get your truck looked at today?
matt is done with his homework.cw thanks for supper.going to get things ready for work.
Joe
Pardon me, everyone, for not being in since this morning. But, we have had a problem here at home: a burst water pipe. Plumber is still here, trying to get it fixed.
I've put out leftovers for you all: soups, stews, chili and chicken & dumplings.
Everyone have a good evening, take care, and hopefully, I'll see you all tomorrow!
Good Tuesday morning everyone. A very comfortable 37 degrees F. here in Louisville this morning, with a little bit of drizzle and patchy fog. Going for a high of 41 degrees today.
Coffee, juices and the rest of the morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, on the serving station. Along with the regular weekday breakfast menu.
Everyone have a good morning, take care, and I'll see you all after I get finished with Tuesday Produce/Bread, Pastry Truck.
cw hope the pipe was an easy fix.matt is on time and on the bus.chores and errands this afternoon.Time for bed.Thanks for breakfast.
Good mid-morning. I'm off to a late start, aren't I? 37° here, up to 41° later. The guessers (I like that expression the more I read it) are again calling for sunny skies this afternoon. We will wait and see how well that works out.
CW, hearing about you pipe burst reminded me that this week last year I had to stay in a hotel while my landlord had the flooring replaced in here because of a pipe leak in November 2009. That was the first time I ever used a hotel wi-fi system to keep up with the goings on here.
I hear the mainline west of Calgary should be operating normally by the end of this week.
Murray Modelcar: Heat wave now....33 plus degrees. Had light flurries for a while this morning, but that moved out, and it's just overcast {and warmer}, now. Quentin, did you get your truck looked at today?
Modelcar: Heat wave now....33 plus degrees. Had light flurries for a while this morning, but that moved out, and it's just overcast {and warmer}, now.
Murray.........believe we're in good shape now. Didn't know we wern't before, until the "check engine light", But to answer your question, Yes....Did our thing at the dealer yesterday morning. took about an hour and a half. New thermostat and something fed into the computer....?? The temp gauge does show it is running a bit warmer now. Still had plenty of heat from heater, but evidently the computer wanted a bit more for proper fuel mixure and "clean air".....
CW; you are not alone with burst water pipe. This is going around at this time of year.The south side social center had a water pipe burst and flood the kitchen. The ceiling fell down. What a mess. The county has to study this before repairs. Whats to study?, just fix it. Meanwhile , mold is growing. Thurs. is produce and bakery day and people will have to wait in the cold inside hall . However ,~~ hope springs eternal for the big fix. Stay warm and dry. Cannonball
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Afternoon all. Produce went well today. We had 73 people show up! They brought: sweet potatoes, onions, cabbage, 1/2 pint cartons of oj, and 1/2 gallon jugs of sweet tea (and it was naturally iced, too!). Also had more potato bread on the truck today, but no whole wheat English muffins. Oh well, maybe next Tuesday.
Cannonball, you got that right on the burst pipes.
Menu for the rest of the day/evening:
1. Tacos, burritos, Spanish rice, chopped lettuce w/diced tomatoes & onion on the side; tortilla chips w/your choice of salsa, picante sauce, and con queso.
2. Fried rice: beef, pork, shrimp, chicken and special with beef, pork, chicken & shrimp all together w/the rice, sweet & sour pork, Kung Po chicken, chicken w/broccoli, pepper steak, seafood combo and beef curry.
Kind of down in my back today. Guess it's from bending over and mopping up that ice cold water yesterday.And I figured if anything bothered me today, it would be my hands, from wringing out the mop and towels. Oh well, guess the aches and pain will subside in a couple of days.
Our current temp is 41 degrees at 2:23 p.m. Partly cloudy skies. The weather guessers are predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow by daybreak tomorrow, 3 to 6 inches in the southern part of Kentucky. Guess we'll see how much/little we end up with.
Everyone have a good afternoon, take care, and enjoy your meal.
got errands done.saw csx have a power move westbound.Going to get Matt from his after school program.need to get things for work tonight too.Cw thanks for supper.
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