Saw this on FB last night and it truly shows how NOT to drive a car; very sad results...
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.....They {weather people}, said after the clouds moved on we'd have sunshine....Well they certainly have....The sky is clear, and of course, sunshine. Above freezing, and to warm into the upper 40's again today. Some Feb.....Just keep it coming.
Paula, noted that batch of weather that will be passing below South of us, and on east. If it tracks as they think it will, we'll not see anything from it. But it does have a bit of moisture so there will be snow in it's track.
Various flowers are continuing to push up out of the ground here....Of course it's too early for that, but that's the kind of Winter we've been having.
I note we will have some action at Daytona today with Sprint Car practice. Time is moving on, and race day less than 2 weeks away to kick off the new season.
Anyone interested: Time today 11 am and 2pm...on Speed channel.
When we spent Winters in Florida, we used to visit Daytona at this time of the season, to watch the Sprint Cars run tests and practice. Most of the cars at this time of action are still in primer paint with temporary numbers on them. Price of admission: Free.
Quentin
Good Saturday morning everyone. Joe, thank you very much, for taking care of opening up this morning, and fixing breakfast.
We have a temp of 34 degrees, going for a high in the mid 50s this afternoon. Then, sometime late tonight, rain, possibly a mix, changing over to snow in the morning. But we're not supposed to have much, if any, accumulation, in our immediate area. Most of the snow fall will be towards Lexington and eastward/southeastward, where they could see 6 to 8 inches of snow.
Everyone enjoy your day, take care, and see you all later this evening.
good morning
Justin well done young man.was watching CSX roll by yesterday at FC.The y101 had cars for the Maw.They also had a rail train laying rail west of town.Breakfast is ready.Juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready too.Going to go to Stryker and see a presentation about the Toledo and Indiana RR.It was an interurban line.Going to look at some NS when thats done.Will be back for pizza later.
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").
The Bark Brothers applaud your efforts Justin.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Justin, very proud of you and your family!! Wouldn't it be nice, if the animal shelter gave you & family, one of the labs to take home with you, just for calling and letting them know about them being stuck in there?
Our temp is already in the low 50s, think 51 or 52, with plenty of nice sunshine.
Did get to the library this morning. Mookie, I went to the Mystery section, and checked out a few Cat who. . . books to reread. Sure do miss Ms. Braun: she was my all time favorite mystery author.
I have our Friday Fish Fry ready and on the warmer bar:
Fish: Bass, catfish, cod, flounder, haddock, halibut, perch, salmon croquets and salmon patties, shrimp (jumbo butterfly) Talipia
Side Dishes: Baked beans, corn on the cob, baked cornbread, macaroni & cheese, macaroni salad, potato salad, cole slaw, fries (reg. & curly), hush puppies, mixed greens, turnip greens, spinach, deep fried breaded mushrooms
Desserts: Chocolate cake w/white icing, yellow cake w/chococlate icing, rice pudding; pies (pecan, apple, blueberry) cobblers: peach, strawberry, and apple dumplings
Everyone have a good afternoon, take care, and see you all later.
.....A star in your "crown" Justin, and your family, for bringing the right help to take care of the pups in need...Like to hear {successful}, events like this.
Good Day Railfans!
Right now it's 29F and Sunny on it's way to a forecast high of 38F. Our major IT project kicked off last night as right now things are going smoothly (knock on wood!). Still working on my new Rocky Mountain Empire blog bring online my D&H collection, today's uploads are all about HO Scale flarcars...
Morning all!
60* here in Pensacola Florida. Looks like it's going to be cloudy today. I got over to Mobile, Alabama yesterday for some railfanning. Saw 6 trains in just over 3 hours. Not bad not bad at all! We did get to do something heroic of sorts... We were down by the Mobile River (i think it was the Mobile River) railfanning. we were perched atop a small bluff just behind a large transmission line tower that overlooked the CSX main out of town. The tracks cross the river on a swing bridge to allow for occasional barge traffic to go down the river. Any who, this transmission line tower had what I'd say was a 5' deep concrete liner surrounding it. Inside the liner were all sorts of weeds ad trees that had grown up inside.
Anyhow, after seeing the first two trains go through, I went back to the Tahoe to wipe my EOS 7D's card clean onto the external hard drive when I glanced down into the pit. Lo-and-behold, there laid three skinny, hungry chocolate labs laying in the weeds!!! Mom called the humane society and they came and rescued the animals. It was a fitting end to a great day of train watching!
After this all happened, I got to thinking. We are just a bunch of mumbling bumbling railfans from Indiana, and we came all the way down to Mobile, Alabama to railfan and we stumble upon three dogs. If we didn't go railfanning that day we wouldn't have seen those dogs and they probably would have laid there and starved to death. I think it's just amazing how the good lord works.
I think that god is also a railfan. ;)
Have a stellar day all!
-Justin
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Joe - it is good that guests don't need a guest room and can sleep anywhere. Probably bring their own food, too?
Got to see some coal trains yesterday. Weather cooperated and actually had a car window down. Got a good dose of vitamin D, too.
CW - reading J A Jance right now. She is a pretty good read.
Tree - our fire station across the intersection makes a good alarm clock. Absolutely every day, they "go off" between 7 and 8 am. One of the busiest ones in the city, and the engine and paramedics have to pull out onto a very busy street and into a very busy intersection. They make it look easy - even the big truck.
Must find some coffee - for real! But it is downstairs and I am upstairs and sometimes that seems like several blocks away! It is one of those mornings.
Good Friday morning everyone. Joe and et al, breakfast is now on the warmer bar (sorry I slept in a couple of hours this morning). Coffee, juices, and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go, joining the doughnuts, danish, muffins, bagels and bear claws, along with bacon, eggs and toast on the warmer bar.
Didn't do much last night, just worked a couple of Seek & Find puzzles, and reading one of the books that Walt got me for Christmas. Have almost read all the books he gave me. Love to read!!
Everyone have a good morning, take care, and see you all later.
good friday morning
matt is on time and on the bus.chores and a nap.maybe if the guessers are right we can see some sunshine and trains this afternoon.houseguest is comfortable on mammas lap.Cw thanks for breakfast.
joe
Out playing with a neighboring fire department's aerial tower ladder tonight. I spent my time as "safety" at the base of the ladder, but a trip up in the bucket can be a real "E Ticket" ride...
Rained all day. Still raining. Sheesh.
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...
During a Railfanning road trip (Jul 31, 10) we were heading south on a back-road from Sedalia, CO towards Palmer Lake, CO when we spotted TWO (2) strange cows out in a field next to the road and when we got close enough to see they were Camels I had to stop and take a few shots. Not something one thinks you would ever see in Colorado (outside a zoo) yet there they were...
Been out for my weekly walk. Walk slowly for about 2 hours, so my knee doesn't give out on me. Actually, if the weather cooperates, I try to walk like that a couple of times a week. Sometimes, its only once a week.
Tom, I hope everything goes all right for you, at the doctor's. It is no fun, whatsoever, to be feeling under the weather.
Darren, where did you find the camel?? Nice picture.
For the rest of the day, here's what we have on the warmer bar:
1. Sloppy Joes w/salad and fries
2. Italian spaghetti w/salad and Italian bread, or, if you prefer, garlic Texas toast
3. Pinto beans w/baked cornbread and fried taters or fries
Everyone have a good evening, take care, and see you all later.
Darren - they really need to put markings on that rail car.....
grampaw pettibone Bruce, I did a log search on those calls and had no hits
Bruce, I did a log search on those calls and had no hits
Tom, thanks for taking a look at that, I appreciate it. I hope your medical procedure goes well.
Joe, I liked the note about the message board on the viaduct. We have a new bridge across the Bow River here, that is creating all kinds of controversy. If a message board was put up at that site, and the message content was left to the readers of one of Calgary's newspapers, they would have to cover the sign as an affront to public decency!
Was out yesterday and bought a new TV. Trying to watch much TV on one with a 4" screen is not easy. The funny thing is, that with it connected to the digital set top box, I believe it is showing the clearest picture it ever did.
They still haven't shown the temp for 9:00 AM but at 8:00 this morning it was 9°. There are a few clouds and it is supposed to make it to 37° by this afternoon.
No local RR news.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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Good Morning Modelers!
It's 17F and Sunny heading for 40F and they say it should be a nice weekend; to bad I have to work this weekend.
Good morning and peace be with you. 48 and cloudy in Carolina. The high is expected to top out at 67 with rain later and maybe more tonight. We shall see. We are 22" below normal and really need the stuff. Most of the area is under a red flag posting and even a little bit would help.
Paula, thanks for breakfast.
I have a medical situation that requires a dr visit, and please wish me well in getting worked in this afternoon.
All for now. Everyone take care and have a great day.
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)
Good Thursday morning everyone. 46 degrees here in Louisville, KY this morning, going for a high in the mid 50s later this afternoon. Rain should be ending here a little bit later this morning, and everything drying out.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar.
Hope everyone has a good morning, take care and see you all later.
Good afternoon/evening everyone. This is the first time I've been in today, since when I tried to get in the door this morning, received a message that everything was down, due to maintenance. So, I went ahead and did the Suzy Homemaker routine of getting caught up on laundry.
For your eating enjoyment tonight:
1. Pork chop abracadbra w/onion, corn, broccoli w/butter sauce, cauliflower w/butter cheese sauce, and made from scratch buttermilk biscuits.
2. Pinto beans, fried taters and baked cornbread.
Everyone have a very good evening, and see you all tomorrow.
....I don't recall seeing that photo Larry, but I'm aware that lightning can behave in very strange ways. Sometimes some photographer gets to show us...how strange.
Quentin - you may have seen the picture of lightning striking a tree next to a farmhouse. One tiny finger from the bolt is extending from the main bolt over to the TV antenna. According to the caption (I think it was in LIFE magazine), the TV was toast.
Very close call early this morning. We (FD) were dispatched for a car fire near a building, as called in by a passerby (2AM). By the time we arrived with the apparatus, the owner and one of our assistant chiefs had dragged the truck away from the house, but not before some siding was scorched and a smoke trail was left on the eaves.
Had the passerby not been passing by, we'd have been dealing with a roaring house fire in that very old (and well seasoned) house.
switch7frg Quentin ; oh the time of GM cars was great then . Ms. Shore sure told us about them ,to mention of the ladys. My 46 Chevy coupe is gone. However , I still have my 1955 bride. We also had a 49 Chev2 door and a 53 4dr, next was a 55 98 Holiday Olds. This was the last car owned for several yrs. Then began a string of trucks IHC and finally a few Red Oval 379s . Oh~~ some trucks were shipped by trains to St. Louis or Kansas City to be picked up. Cannonball P.S. I wonder where the years went.
Quentin ; oh the time of GM cars was great then . Ms. Shore sure told us about them ,to mention of the ladys. My 46 Chevy coupe is gone. However , I still have my 1955 bride. We also had a 49 Chev2 door and a 53 4dr, next was a 55 98 Holiday Olds. This was the last car owned for several yrs. Then began a string of trucks IHC and finally a few Red Oval 379s . Oh~~ some trucks were shipped by trains to St. Louis or Kansas City to be picked up.
Cannonball
P.S. I wonder where the years went.
Cannonball....I'll send you a nice pic of a 53 Chevy Bel Air Hardtop....This is just like the one I purchased when I came home after Uncle Sam was finished with me. Also, a special {non production}, vehicle with Diana in it....
afternoon
guessers calling for rain.City wants a new message board for the viaduct until the construction is complete.Have a few ideas what the sign should say.Cw thanks for supper.work is still very busy so I must go.
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
A little trivia on the power of lightning strikes.
About 1940, back at my home in Pennsylvania, we had a floor model radio, typical of the era....and Dad had a copper wire antenna installed for it, and it was about 100' in length.
He also had a grounding pipe driven down into the ground next to the house near where the antenna came into the house.
During an electrical storm....A terrible crash and lightning at the same time...{extremely loud, and massive flash}, occured, and the end result was: The tuning / vol. knobs flew off the radio a distance of about 28 ft. and slammed into the wall. I believe the power was interupted at the same time to the house. Needless to say, that was the end of the radio. And....we never did find any little bit of that copper wire am antenna outside the home.
No fire occured. No other damage. But that probably was the worse bang / crash sound I ever have heard.
I remember we had a Shepard type dog at the time, and it was so badly afraid of storms after that. No one was hurt, and nothing else in the home was damaged.
At that time, the AT&T cable that ran across the nation was located just perhaps 50' to the south of the home, and it was thought the lightning might have hit and run along that cable close to the home, but also got the copper wire antenna, and {Philco} radio.
Goooooood morning everyone!
About 40* here in Pensacola. Looking for a high of 71* later with slight cloudiness.
Caught my first "new" CSX painted locomotive. Had a good ol' GEVo with the new "How Tomorrow Moves" logo.
Good looking locomotives indeed!
Have a swell day alll!
-justin
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