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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:49 PM

chocolate cake pizza!  Love it!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, December 10, 2011 5:12 PM

Evening everyone.  Finally got to the grocery store this afternoon, to take care of just about all the grocery shopping for the month.  Still need to go back Monday, so I can get a turkey ***, for here at home.  (Don't worry, I've got a couple of turkeys and a couple of hams to have here in the Cafe for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.) 

Here is our PIZZA FEST menu for tonight:

01.  Anchovie

02.  Canadian bacon

03.  Cheese

04.  Chicago style

05.  Goetta

06.  Ham & green pepper

07.  Hawaiian

08.  Italian sausage

09.  Pepperoni/mushroom

10.  Supreme

Desserts for tonight:

01.  Chocolate Cake

02.  Chocolate pie

03.  Peach cobbler

04.  Strawberry cheesecake

Everyone have a good evening, take care, and see you all in the morning.


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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:40 PM

.....Is that at the expense of your Tourist RR unit....?

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:26 PM

Modelcar
Larry, who is designated to put the train back on the track.....?  And was there damage to the track structure....Rail turned, etc.....?

A Syracuse wreck contractor handled the re-railing, while another handled the track repairs.

A rail was displaced (spread), cause as yet undetermined.

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:15 PM

.....J, make sure that "polar air" travels north of Indiana enroute to NY.

This morning we were treated to 20 degrees.  Our coldest yet, but full sunshine now, and for several days according to the weather people.

Larry, who is designated to put the train back on the track.....?  And was there damage to the track structure....Rail turned, etc.....?

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, December 10, 2011 11:49 AM

Mookie

Tree - I will send the polar air (4 above) for you.  Keep it.  No need to send it back and no charge.

Frosty Mook

Standing around the derailment site, shooting pictures on Friday, I was very glad I'd donned the long johns that morning.  It's not the cold so much as the wind.  I can weather -40, if the wind isn't blowing...

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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:45 AM

Tree - I will send the polar air (4 above) for you.  Keep it.  No need to send it back and no charge.

Frosty Mook

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:37 AM

Left Utica last night on dry roads (after the local NRHS chapter's annual turkey dinner - yum!) only to hit light snow about half way home, and fairly heavy snow for the last quarter of the trip.

The lake effect machine is working to the south of me now, but the sun is out here, with a moderate amount of snow on the ground.

"Recovery" today (always have to hoe out the truck after these trips to the railroad), and off to our PBS station to run camera for the quilt auction tonight.

Looks like our Polar Express incidents will go off as planned tonight, after Thursday's derailment.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:02 AM

Good Saturday morning everyone.  Nice and cold with a temp of 25 degrees here in Louisville this morning.  The high today is to be about 36, maybe 37 degrees F., with plenty of sunshine that's not going to warm us up much. 

Joe, thank you for coming in early and fixing breakfast this morning.  Everyone have a good day, keep safe, take care and I'll see you all back in this evening for our pizza fest.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:38 AM

good saturday morning

breakfast is ready.juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go too.worked at the school santa shop yesterday.work is still busy busy busy.will take some pizza for tonight.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, December 9, 2011 1:04 PM

....Our weather worked out pretty good.  Just a very light skiff of snow overnight.   Almost 35 degrees now, and to be sunny Sat. & Sun.

No snow on the ground now.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, December 9, 2011 12:35 PM

Got to go out for another appointment within the hour, so thought I'd better get in here and post the menu for the rest of the afternoon and evening:  our Friday Fish Fry:

FISH:  Bass, Catfish, Cod, Flounder, Haddock, Halibut, Perch, Salmon patties, Shrimp and Tilapia

SIDE DISHES:  Baked beans, corn on the cob, hush puppies, fried breaded mushrooms, mac & cheese, fries (reg. & curly), cornbread, slaw and salad

DESSERTS:  Chocolate cake, yellow cake w/caramel icing, blueberry pie,pecan pie, and the following cobblers:  apple, cherry, peach blackberry

Hope you all are having a good afternoon, and I'll try to get back in later this evening.


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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Friday, December 9, 2011 10:13 AM

No problem at all. I was glad to help you solve a family mystery, and just wish it could have been a positive response. Merry CHRISTMAS to you and yours

Tom

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Posted by switch7frg on Friday, December 9, 2011 9:51 AM

Tom;  I made a typo on my last post. The name is Raymond  Gene  not Bobby Gene. I guess I was thinking  of Robert Edwin.  Anyhow this is all history now  and time to be left alone. 

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, December 9, 2011 8:54 AM

cherokee woman

Stourbridge Lion, I also pulled up your blog, and looked at a few of your pictures and a couple of videos.  Very nice!!  Beautiful scenery.  Thumbs Up to your and your wife.

 

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Posted by bubbajustin on Friday, December 9, 2011 8:39 AM

Mornig all!

Litle bit of snow on the dirt this morning.

Coffe sounds good.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, December 9, 2011 8:39 AM

cherokee woman

Stourbridge Lion, I also pulled up your blog, and looked at a few of your pictures and a couple of videos.  Very nice!!  Beautiful scenery.  Thumbs Up to your and your wife.

 

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Friday, December 9, 2011 8:33 AM

Good Morning fellow Railfans!

It's 16F with Fog this morning but who cares, it's FRIDAY!!!!!!!  Got more video tapes uploaded last night but will a ways to go.  Had this old camcorder since 1999 so lots and lots of tapes to get through.  Weather forecast looks to be good to finish up the X-Mas lights outside this weekend.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, December 9, 2011 5:08 AM

Stourbridge Lion, I also pulled up your blog, and looked at a few of your pictures and a couple of videos.  Very nice!!  Beautiful scenery.  Thumbs Up to your and your wife.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, December 9, 2011 5:03 AM

Good Friday morning everyone.  Currently 31 degrees and slightly frosty, looking out the front door this morning.  Supposed to see a high around 47 degrees today. 

Well, I did go see the ophthalmologist yesterday afternoon.  I have had 2 major strokes that affected my vision only.  Have lost 1/4 of my vision in each eye.  So far, not having to start putting any drops in my eyes for the glaucoma.  Guess we'll see what happens when I go back to her in June next year.

Coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider, hot water for hot tea and juices are fresh and ready to go.  On the warmer/serving bar this morning:  bacon, eggs, sausage, and an assortment of doughnuts and danish. 

Everyone have a good morning and take care.

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Posted by switch7frg on Thursday, December 8, 2011 4:59 PM

 Hoo Haw !! went to ( Bust Buy )  and got a new mouse . It has 1 unblinking red eye. Hope for no new trouble on the set.  

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Posted by switch7frg on Thursday, December 8, 2011 4:54 PM

Tom; thank you ever so much for the name. That was the last hope for finding ( Bobby Gene). I would guess he was not the  only  man who  vanished during those tough times in a family. There is only one cousin left in his family~~~ me. May we be the first to wish  you a MERRY CHRISTMAS.  

                                        Respectfully,  Cannonball & Shirl

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, December 8, 2011 11:49 AM

Good Morning Mookie!

Yes, the wife is a converted Railfan.  She had no interest in the hobby when we first got married but after taking her on a few Steam Engine tourist train rides she got hooked and became my side kick on nearly every Railfan trip since.  It's still not her hobby but she enjoys taking the back roads with me on the hunt to photograph historical places / equipment and enjoys taking rides on the trains with me being an extra photographer!  Our "RRAdventures" topics are design to give you the feel you are traveling with us and they are a mixture of her photos, my photos, and videos told in story format.

My family has been in Colorado since 1885 when we arrived by Wagon Train and became homesteaders!  There has been 5 generations that have called Colorado home now...

"My blog" is currently getting rebuilt at it's new home but most of it is loaded now.  I still have our 2008 and 2009 trips and part of 2010 to get loaded but it covers RR trips dating back to 1972.  If you become a "follower" it's a great way to keep informed when something new is getting posted.  Since joining the Trains.com forums I have started doing my Trip Reports here but the blog will keep you informed which forum they have been posted in if you missed one going forward.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, December 8, 2011 11:11 AM

Being curious by nature, I went into Stourbrige Lion's blog.  Amazing.  Now if the Lion will give us some details:  your wife is a railfan also?  The blog looks like many years of photography - any details on how it started?  Colorado is such a vast area of sight-seeing experiences - are you a native? 

I must be very careful with my curiousity because as a fellow Coloradan (Mudchicken) knows, when I can get my claws into him on a personal visit, I question him to death on railroad details. 

If anyone has the time to go thru the blog a little slower than I did, you will enjoy a top-notch vacation and never leave your favorite puter chair.  And.... no commercials! 

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Posted by bubbajustin on Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:13 AM

Good morning all! Coffee sounds good! Coffee

Little bit of frost on this morning. Looks to be chilly this comming weekend!

If you happen to be in the Indianapolis IN. area next Saturday I invite you to come out to the Great Train Expo at the state firgrounds! Make sure to come find cINtraks N scale club!

Hope you all have a good day!

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, December 8, 2011 8:15 AM

Good Morning Fellow Railfans!

It's 26F today as I arrive at work.  Last night I got another 2 hours of video uploaded of past trips.  This time it's Alaska and it was great watching the Alaska RR ride section I have not seen in years!

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Thursday, December 8, 2011 7:44 AM

Cannonball, that was Robert Edwin Kline, Gunners Mate Second Class from NY state. HTH

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, December 8, 2011 6:25 AM

morning

cw thanks for breakfast.time for bed.guessers say some snow for tonight.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:45 AM

Good Thursday morning everyone.  A cold 29 degrees here in Louisville this morning, with a wind chill in the mid to upper teens.  Brrrrrrrr.

Coffee, juices, hot chocolate, hot cider, and hot water for hot tea are all ready to go.  Breakfast is on the warmer/serving bar.

This afternoon is when I go back to the ophthalmologist.  Guess I'll be starting my glaucoma treatments, getting the drops.  Yuck, I can't stand putting drops in my eyes.  Guess I'm gonna have to get one of those contraptions to put over you eye, to keep it open, while you put in the drops.   

On a sad note, noticed that Harry Morgan passed away yesterday at age 96.  I can remember him all the way back to where he played Pete on the Spring Byington show, December Bride, then having his own show, Pete and Gladys, which was a spinoff of December Bride.  Then, many years later, came M*A*S*H and his roll as Col. Sherman Potter.  R.I.P. Mr. Morgan, you will be missed.

Everyone have a good morning, and hopefully, I'll see you all later this evening.  There should be plenty leftovers in the fridge for you all, in case I don't make it back in.

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 9:34 PM

switch7frg

Smile, Wink & Grin   Bakelite for sure Quentin.  I was a wee lad  of 7 at that time. How ever through the years  I found the real meaning of  Dec. 7 This was brought home to me in 2005 when we went to Pearl Harbor. My dad had a nephew that was kind of a black sheep . He could not find a job with the WPA so he left home to  Cal.  in 1939. He hardly wrote home to uncle Ed . There  he joined the Navy in 1940.  No one ever heard from him again. Ifyou ever get to Pearl Harbor look for the name of  R.E. Kline on the memorial wall . No one in our family has been able to find out if  it is Raymond  Eugene  There is no list of kinfolk for him.  So it makes what is left of the family wonder~~ The navy won't tell his name.

                                                        Respectfully, Cannonball

Cannonball...........That's an unusual story, and a sad one.  I was within 400 mi. of Hawaii, when crossing the Pacific, but never have been there.  That memorial constructed on top of the battleship has to be a somber place....

 

Quentin

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