Good Saturday morning everyone. Tom, good to see you've been in this morning.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, including nice hot water for our hot tea drinkers. On the warmer/serving station this morning: bacon, sausage, eggs, made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits, milk gravy, fried taters, country fried ham w/red-eye gravy, cantaloupe, watermelon, papaya, kiwi, pineapple slices. Good selection so you can pick out what you want for breakfast.
Temperature is definitely, along with the humidity. Temp's in the mid to upper 70s, going for a high of 90 this afternoon.
Everyone have a very good day, take care, and I'll see you back in here this evening for our pizza fest.
good morning
cw thanks for breakfast.going to be a triple h day today.mamma is at the store right now.going to work on some chores.
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").
....Yes the weather pattern {Tom}, seems to be locked in for the past week and maybe the new week upcoming. We have temps forecast to be in the 90's each day this coming week.
Seems a massive High system is stagnant over the lower mid section of the country, blocking east / west movement of weather systems, and with the clockwise rotation bringing up humid / heat from the deep south.
We are really getting dry here. Stopped mowing, and letting the grass longer rather than shorter to help it survive thru this heat. it's certainly not growing much without more rain currently.
Did use the edger last evening to take care of ragged edges of grass out over driveway and all around the house {have gravel}, and like to keep that edge {where it meets the lawn}, neat.
Setting on our patio last evening watched some Humming birds come and take Nectar {sp?}, from a collection of flowers around that area, but none came to the feeder.
Several Yellow birds active now too.
Our low this morning was 73 and will get close to 90 today....So....much time will be spent in here where it's comfortable.
Lunch....Somewhere, but not sure where yet.
Quentin
Gee, with only 2 other people having been in today, wonder if anyone will even be in here tonight for Saturday Night Pizza Fest. But, here is the menu anyway. One large of each of the following:
1. Anchovie
2. Canadian bacon
3. Cheese
4. Chicago style
5. Goetta
6. Ham & green pepper
7. Hawaiian
8. Italian sausage
9. Pepperoni/mushroon
10. Supreme
Our temp ended up only being about 86 degrees: had a lot of cloud cover for most of the day. Only a couple of time today, has the sun been shining. But you can definitely feel the humidity creeping up.
Everyone have a nice evening, and take care.
I'll take a slice of the Canadian Bacon and a slice of the Hawaiian--find something else for Ricki, since she doesn't care for pizza.
It's been warm--in the nineties-- and a little humid, but we have survived since the humidity has not overpowered the swamp cooler.
Johnny
.....Having worked in Az. desert country many years ago, I remember low humidity is required for the swamp cooler to function.
But....with low humidity, the air felt just like coming out of an A/C.
We leased a building to run our truck test work out of, and it was cooled by swamp cooler. No problem with the humidity there.
Howdy, on the second last night of the 2011 Calgary Stampede. 73° right now.
Being Saturday night you know where to find me, chowing down on one of CW's Pepperoni/Mushroom pizza's.
Then it is off to listen to the radio (kicking it, old school; as they say) to listen to the semi-final night of the famous Chuckwagon Races at 8:00.. The station, MIX 1060 AM has been broadcasting the races almost continually since the late 1920's, when it was CFCN. CFVP 6030 khz Shortwave. I have been following the races almost continually since 1971. CBC-TV will broadcast it on a tape delay starting an hour later.
Everyone enjoy their Sunday.
YEEE-HAW!
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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good Sunday Morning
already sticky.Weather guessers say triple h's for the next 2 weeks.Breakfast is ready.Juice and coffee are ready to go to.Tonight is back to work..
Good Sunday morning everyone. Joe, thanks for coming in and taking care of breakfast, since I decided to sleep in this morning! Woke up at 6:30 (well, Trapper jumped on my pillow, waking me up). Moving a little slowly this morning. Guess with the humidity climbing back up, my bones and joints are feeling it.
Joe, sorry to see our Reds lost last night. Was sorta hoping they'd sweep those dang Cardinals. Maybe they'll win this afternoon, right? We Reds fans will just have to hope.
As you said, Joe, going to be dealing with the 3 H's for awhile. Everyone remember to keep hydrated, have a good day and take care. See you all later.
....Hot....Dry....Humid....Guess that will fit todays forecast again. 73 when I first looked this morning. Headed for low 90's.
Church, and then later probably Olive Garden.
Scattered thunder showers possible early this coming week....Some could be severe...No wonder, with this heat index. I assume it will be spotty. Rain badly needed, but there is a threat of severe storms with it wherever it might occur.
Good morning from Alamo City. Continued hot and dry here. Currently 79, with an expected high today of 103.
Here's more on the drought in Texas:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/texas-exceptional-drought-21290
Stay cool and enjoy your Sunday!
They didn't have any available hoggers for my job today, so we got annulled.
Have to love an unexpected day off.
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zugmann They didn't have any available hoggers for my job today, so we got annulled. Have to love an unexpected day off.
Geez...My job never gets annulled....
Unless of course there are no govt civilians to watch us contractors work....
It's amazing. When I first bumped down here, they never had trouble finding people to work. But they want to have bare bones staffing, they cut jobs, and they treat the people that stay like crap. And surprise! Now they can't find anyone to come in on their day off.
Oh well. 90s all week here. Going to feel like TX weather.
zugmannIt's amazing. When I first bumped down here, they never had trouble finding people to work. But they want to have bare bones staffing, they cut jobs, and they treat the people that stay like crap. And surprise! Now they can't find anyone to come in on their day off.
Yep....Funny how that works.....
Well, we had an excellent day here for the final day of the Calgary Stampede. A high in the mid-seventies and it is still 72° now.
The Chuckwagon Races were won by a driver who has won it 12 times now, which is a record. He started racing when he was 17 in 1969 and I have been watching races since I was 17 in 1971, because he was there. I really enjoyed it.
Fortunately, no news is good news on the RR front around here.
Now I will have to put my Cowboy Hat away until next July.
Good Monday morning everyone. Bruce, just because the Stampede is over, doesn't mean you have to put your cowboy hat away: just wear it anyway!
Hope everyone had a good weekend. Our weekend was quiet, and that is a good thing. Going to be hot, hot hot this week. Temps won't be too bad, in the low to mid 90s most of the week; but the heat index will be 100+ with the off chance of popup showers/storms every afternoon, early evening.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, and breakfast is on the warmer/serving station.
Everyone have a good morning, keep safe, take care and see you all later.
Good morning. 65 degrees in Carolina on a Monday morning. The boffins guess it will top out in the high 80s, but will be 100+ in a few days.
We had a good weekend here, no ruckus or upsurges. I hope yall all can say that as well.
Everyone take care and peace be with you!
Tom
COAST LINE FOREVER
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A contentious woman is like a constant dripping! (Solomon)
Zug - I dealt with the opposite problem Sunday. Scheduled trainman was iffy to start with, and didn't show on Sunday, so I worked, instead of kicking back in my own (very dry) back yard.
Of course, I wouldn't have been there to ask if I hadn't made another unscheduled trip on Saturday (see the "Rare Mileage" thread).
All for 8 bucks worth of food vouchers...
After a week or so of very dry weather, I woke this AM to thunder, and the radar shows we'll get another hour or two of decent rain, anyhow. I'm not going to complain, even if the vacationers might get their activities dampened.
Time for breakfast, then I take the truck to the shop for a (hopefully) final fix on an ongoing problem.
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77 and very muggy already this morning.1st shift office people came in and found air conditioning no workig too good.They aren't too happy.Larry hope things get fixed right on your truck.Cw thanks for breakfast.going to stay inside where its cool.
^()()^ wow - extended heat/humidity wave.
This small abode is getting smaller every day. Last out of here on past Thurs and won't go out until at least Wed.
No snow, tho.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
A GPS figured into the overheight bus hitting a low railroad bridge just north of Syracuse a while back, and now another GPS figures into a truck hitting another low RR bridge just east of Syracuse....
Gotta ban bridges.....
Mookie Gotta ban bridges.....
How much of that block of ice that the cat is perched on is still left?
Well, got our laundry done, before the temp and head index started getting really bad. Now, I can 'relax' for the rest of the afternoon.
For the rest of today, here is the menu:
1. Vichyssoise soup
2. Tuna salad sandwiches
3. Eye of round steaks w/diced tomatoes and mixed vegetables, fixed in the Crock Pot
Desserts: Your choice of ice cream, ice cream sandwiches, or apple cobbler w/ice cream (Anybody catching the "theme" for today's meals?
mudchicken Ban Syracuse?
Ban Syracuse?
Not that I have anything against the people of Syracuse, it is just a funny looking word.
75° now, with a high of 84°. But as the weatherman noted; our winter ran so long and was then followed by a wet spring, there is so much moisture in the ground we received a thunder and hail storm watch by 10:30 this morning.
As to GPS devices, I think low height bridges attract them like iron shavings are attracted to a magnet. We have a low bridge here in Calgary. The road runs under the east/west CPR mainline between the Elbow River and the east throat of the old Industrial Yard. The road runs parallel to the Elbow River and ran to the original industrial area of Calgary. After WWII the industries moved out to more truck friendly industrial parks, and the road fell into disuse. When the streets of Calgary outside of the downtown core were being paved with asphalt, that road only rated a tar covering over the gravel.
By the end of the '60's going through there was like driving through "The Land That Time Forgot". In the '90's some businesses opened up there and the underpass was rehabbed and repaved. But because the road ran beside the Elbow River they couldn't dig the road down any deeper without running into water table issues. And when it comes to raising the tracks in that location the phrase "absurd amount of money" springs to mind.
About this time GPS devices came on the scene, and they were leading all sorts of tall vehicles to become wedged under that bridge. Mini-buses, cube vans, step vans, truck campers, and every other type of truck up to semi-trailers, were jammed in under there. I don't know if GPS units got smarter, or it just happened so often it was no longer news worthy, but it must be five years since I heard of it happening.
No new RR news at the moment, but these thunder storm watches concern me, what with their potential to precipitate flooding.
Everyone have a good day.
larry thanks for the story.a few grumbles of thunder but no rain.time to get ready for work.
Joe
.....No change. 95.9 as our high here today. Bone dry. Possible chance of thunderboomers, but it at best, would be spotted around the State.
Have not mowed for over a week. Seems to be lasting better than neighbors who had mowed real short. So, since it's not growing much now, I'll try to leave it alone until we get some rain. And it was just fertlized again last week.
Did manage a bit more of shrub trimming early this morning before it really got hot...It was humid and I couldn't work very long, but did get two more finished.
Good Tuesday morning everyone. Very warm this morning, with a temp in the low 80s (think I saw the temp listed at 84 degrees at 5:00 this morning). High will be up in the mid to upper 90s. yuck!
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. On the serving station this morning: bacon, eggs, sausage, bagels, bear claws, cantaloupe, watermelon, kiwi, papaya, strawberries, blueberries, and some fresh from the tree cherries.
Ended up getting a skeeter bite last night, when Walt and I went out to water the flowers. Hate skeeter bites with a passion! The dang critter must have gotten up in the shorts, as the bite (and itching) is right on the outside of my upper thigh. Oh well, life happens, doesn't it.
Everyone stay as cool as possible, keep hydrated, and I'll see you all later, after I get through with Tuesday Produce/Bread Truck.
morning
rain went around us.co-worker said he had 1 1/2 iches in his rain guage.another warm day today.Cw thanks for breakfast.time for bed.chores later.
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