good morning
time for bed.still busy.Randy hope the 4 wheelers keep out of the way today.
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").
....Cool, {23 earlier}, but nothing but blue sky and sunshine. extended forecast appears to be rather decent the next 7.
Quentin
Good Afternoon fellow Railfans,
Sorry I missed breakfast, W**K got in the way this morning so I didn't have a chance until now to make my morning rounds and stop in for coffee. Over the weekend I finally got all my old Camcorder video tapes uploaded to the PC taking up nearly 1TB (996GB) of disk. Now to get a backup copy to another drive for safe keeping.
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Happy birthday, Randy.
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)
Whew! It has been a very busy day, here at home. Getting everything arranged to bring in the Christmas tree. It will be brought in after Sarah gets back home from a fire run. Then I guess we'll start decorating it tomorrow afternoon/evening.
For supper tonight:
1. Sloppy Joes w/fries & garden salad
2. Grilled chicken w/your choice of fries or mashed taters, milk gravy, corn, peas & carrots, broccoli spears w/cheese sauce
The last I heard, our temp made it up to 52 degrees this afternoon: that was at 4:10 this afternoon. Everyone have a good evening, take care, and see you all in the morning.
Good Evening. I think I will go with the Grilled Chicken today.
15°F now and partly cloudy. We had what the weather office calls "light snow" every hour for about a day and a half, over Saturday and Sunday, and it has added up. I haven't seen an actual amount but it is covering everything pretty well.
I was out visiting over the weekend, and today has been very busy. I swear everyone on my e-mail contact list has has written me with unrelated questions that need answers. I'm done with that now, so I am going to relax and enjoy my supper.
No new local RR news.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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See some footprints going thru the diner. Looks like people are out shopping and then dining.
Enjoy your nice weather cuz if you are east of here, you will be getting moisture. Has been cloudy all day and 40 or thereabouts, but the 4 corners is cranking up some precip and it will be here tomorrow some time and maybe Wed. Will send it on as usual.
Happy Birthday Randy. I keep forgetting we are both December birthdays. You know the feeling I am sure - here is your birthday and Xmas present all in one.
No Fair....
Houston Ed has almost the same problem - lots of people get very wobbly on his bd and then make a whole lot of noise!
And - on a railroad note - saw a whole train of spine cars with hollow tubes on them - 3 sizes, so they will telescope into each other. Heading east and bet they will be part of a wind farm somewhere. Pretty exciting, since we only usually see coal, coal and more coal or empty, empty, empty....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Randy!!!
Hope It Was A Good One!!
Christmas Tree looks good in it's stand, will look LOTS better after lights garlands, ornaments, etc. are added!
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!!
Good Tuesday morning everyone. 41 degrees this morning, going for a high in the mid to upper 50s later on this afternoon. Supposed to get up into the 60s tomorrow.
Quentin, I want to tell you I really like your new avatar. That is a really nice picture of you and Jean. You 2 make a very lovely couple.
Coffee is on and ready to go, along with juices, and other morning beverages. On the warmer/serving bar this morning: bacon, eggs, toast and cereal.
As Walt said, the Christmas tree looks very good in the tree stand. Now, this afternoon, it'll be fun, fun, fun decorating it. It is a beautiful Frazier Fir. I took a couple of pictures of it, when they brought it into the house, and Walt took a picture, after it was up.
Everyone have a very good morning, take care, and I'll see you all this afternoon, after Tuesday Produce.
morning
work still busy busy busy.mookie maybe those are more for van wert and paulding county.They have sprouted up really fast.Time for bed.Cw thanks for breakfasts and supper.Modelcar like your new picture.
Joe
Good Morning Fellow Railfans, it's 18F outside so bring on the pot of coffee please...
Getting rid of my old junk car today but after 120K it was a good ride while it lasted
Mr. Lion - I casually watch the used cars for sale on my bank website. Most of them have just about that much mileage and they want at least one arm and a few fingers for them.
What does/did a lion drive? Might be something of verbal interest to Quentin. Or might just make a good-sized planter for the diner yard. CW & I could sit in it and honk the horn!
....Thank you Paula for the kind words. By coincidence, we two were united in mariage today, 53 years ago, in Winchester, Va.
We'll go and have a good meal {Jean's choice}, today, and that is at Ruby Tuesday. She will be having their excellent Salmon...Me, I'll have to find something that sounds good when I get there. They have the best salad bar of any establishment in Muncie.
We have a bit warmer morning. Was 33 when I first checked earlier this morning. So far, being lucky with min. of snow...1.5" so far this season.
And we thank others for their Avatar comments too....
That photo was one we had taken at a local photogapher and it included our little "doxie" pup setting on my lap too...I cropped it on here after scanning the original to the computer. I was amazed how close and sharp it compared to the original from the professonal photographer.
A "Lion's" car......One that must have a heavy roar, and brute strength.
Quentin and Jean, Happy Anniversary!! You both are blessed to have had 53 years of marriage: may you have many more to come.
Produce went well this morning. Even though it was a little warmer out this morning, we went inside. And stayed in for the Bread/Pastry truck. On the truck today: cabbage (really big heads again), peach yogurt, mustard greens, onions, potatoes and cucumbers.
Our meal for the rest of the afternoon/evening: Mexican Fiesta:
Tacos (hard shell and soft shell), burritos (beef, beef n bean, enchilada style),
Cheesy quesadillas
Cheese beef nachos
Chipotle tomato soup
Gazpacho w/shrimp
Fajitas
South of the border Snapper
Enchiladas
Chimichangas
Getting a few sprinkles of rain every so often, not enough to wet the streets, which is a good thing. Everyone have a good afternoon, take care, and I'll try to get back in later.
Happy Anniversary Quentin and Jean!!!!!!!!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Quentin & Jean!!!
We've succeeded in having a great afternoon meal as mentioned earlier we would do for our celebration today.
Ruby Tuesday was the place...{an excellent one here in Muncie}. And the food was very good.
Jean had The Dockside Trio: Salmon...Tilapia....and Shrimp and the sides and trimmings
I went for the excellent Rainbow Trout with Almonds and special butter flavor, and the excellent salad bar...
So we were successful in that endeavor.
And a special thanks to all, for the nice words, re: Anniversary.
We actually started a bit late, but no problem. Seemed to work ok.
Congradulations Quentin and Jean on 53yrs. In todays world it is good to see a marriage of this many years. Hope you have many more. We have 56yrs and counting.
Respectfully, Cannonball & Shirley
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Mookie Mr. Lion - I casually watch the used cars for sale on my bank website. Most of them have just about that much mileage and they want at least one arm and a few fingers for them.
It was a 1995 Dodge Intrepid ES. The AC electronic sensor started to fail awhile back so when you needed AC the most it would not turn on. Then the Driver side Bucket Seat broke and I had a brace holding it up so I could drive from the front rather then the back. The final kicker was the engine gasket failed and Preston went into the engine with unknown damage to the internals. All repairable but at a cost way above it's worth and with our age/health it was getting tough to get in/out of with it's low profile. Plates, Emissions and Insurance were all do in January which meant it had to be operational so junking it made since before putting another dime in it.
Sadly it was time to go to the scrap yard...
Late to the party today - CONGRADS Quentin and Jean!!!!!!!
We have 23 years and counting here........
Happy Anniversary Quentin and Jean.
24°F now. Been a nice day. so nice I should have gone out and finished my Christmas shopping. If I don't quit procrastinating I am going to get really jammed up.
No new RR news today.
Good Wednesday morning everyone. It is about 44 degrees outside this morning, and we've had spotty rain throughout the night, that is beginning to head north and east of us, mostly around the Seymour, IN way. The guessers are saying we'll reach 64 degrees today, after only getting up to 52 degrees yesterday.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer/serving bar, and as a special treat this morning, I've put out some of the Christmas cookies I've been baking. Might even try to make some fudge.
Everyone have a good morning, take care and see you later.
We're lucky....Morning temps. were in the mid 40's...Believe we had rain all of the overnight. Normally, this time of the season, it would be snow.
So far, just the 1.5" I've mentioned before, for this season. Would be nice if it could continue, but sometimes...that's not the best either. Tends to mess up the structure of whatever season we're in, and we pay for it sooner or later in some way, weather wise.
Pretty bright, white sky now, and not raining. Should "warm" to above normal today.
Again, to all who wished us nice words for our anniversary, thanks.
Good Morning fellow Railfans.
It's 29F this morning and I need coffee NOW! Now where in the heck is my morning paper as it's not on the driveway so which one of you took it. Beware of the Stourbridge Lion today he's in a grumpy mood.
Stourbridge Lion Good Morning fellow Railfans. It's 29F this morning and I need coffee NOW! Now where in the heck is my morning paper as it's not on the driveway so which one of you took it. Beware of the Stourbridge Lion today he's in a grumpy mood.
Drank the coffee, too. Nothing exciting there. Maybe later.....
Licked the tops of the rolls, donuts and muffins. Delicious. Help yourself.
Where else but the Diner can you get such good service...?
Tree - looks like you are going to be the recipient of all the water we didn't keep. Like Quentin, we have had rain for 24 hours and it was a wet rain - but no snow and no ice! Got rid of most of our snowbanks, too. But headed pretty much NE to whatever is up there. (lakes, another country, a couple of states, whatever....)
Off once again to do more
Indeed, looks like a wet Thursday, but the temperature drops for the weekend with scattered snow showers forecast.
Hopefully we'll have a dry spell for the Polar Express trip that night. Not so much for the crew, but for the passengers. Many arrive in their PJs...
Meeting tonight, followed by a party. Tomorrow it's back on the road for a few days on the railroad and the wrap-up of the season for the trains.
Time to get my packing done...
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afternoon
taking a break today.Mr & Mrs Modelcar congrats on 53 years!!! We have our houseguest back as our neighbors had to go give hugs.We gave hugs and told them to drive safely.
Csx and the city are still going back and forth about the viaduct.Going to get things around for work tonight.Hopefully we don't need to play row row row the buick when we go to work tonight.
cw thanks for supper.
...Thanks Joe. We survived with a low key, but good day.
Some weather...! It's 54.9 degrees right now.
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