Boy am I glad Nebraska isn't in the Midwest, as everyone seems to claim.
The Saskatchewan Screamer just went from Denver to Chicago and completely missed us. They just said it made a mess of the midwest....
What a happy mistake!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Snowed all day, then changed to rain. Yuck.
Local model RR club open house tomorrow. I'll be there to "sell" the railroad.
Syracuse model RR club open house Sunday. Ditto, but I'll probably have some help.
I think I've got everything ready.
Bad drivers department: Got a call from the town highway superintendent this afternoon. He'd gotten a call from the state DOT. Seems one of their plows backed into the grade door (man door) at the fire station, damaging it with the salt/sand spreader. They were concerned we wouldn't be able to get in if we had a call. Turned out we could, especially after I ground some material off the door.
They're fixing it. It wasn't like it was a new plow driver, either - he's been turning around in front of the fire station for 15 years....
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...
The "Health Fair" wasn't much. There were several from Tuesday Produce, who went over for it, and none of us were too happy with it. They didn't do any screenings, just had information you could pick up, along with little freebies: manicure sets, toothbrushes, crayons, pens, pencils, pedometers, Frisbees. They did have some bottles of water, apples, bananas, oranges, and some sub sandwiches. It was a disappointment, as the flyer on the gym door, stated that there would be various health screenings.
You all have a good evening, and see you tomorrow.
Mookie Boy am I glad Nebraska isn't in the Midwest, as everyone seems to claim. The Saskatchewan Screamer just went from Denver to Chicago and completely missed us. They just said it made a mess of the midwest.... What a happy mistake!
Yes, Paula....that seemed to be pretty nasty. The system passed north of us and across northern Indiana and Michigan and on east...But, our little pup, Ella, just told me she wanted to go outside, and we went and opened the verticles on the patio door, and....Bingo..! Snow flying around. Bad winds all day and it made it look like Winter, which we've had little of so far. Perhaps a half inch out there now.
Ella truned around and flew back in on her chair.. Can't hear any wind blowing from in here, but it still is.
Quentin
Whoever sent the wind can have it back. It's keeping me awake...
good saturday morning
cold and windy outside.mother nature left us a little snow but not to bad.going to be a good day for more inside projects.breakfast is ready on the warmer bar.will be back for pizza tonight.
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").
Good Saturday morning everyone. Joe, thank you so very much, for coming in early, and taking care of breakfast! I decided to just be lazy this morning, and am just now getting the puter booted up, and signing on to anything. Slept pretty well last night.
Need to go to the library, and pick up a couple more books that have come in, that we had on the Reserve list, then be back home in a flash. Our current temp is about 33, 34 degrees, and the sun is working on peeking out.
Everyone have a good morning, take care with whatever you'll be doing today, and see you this evening for our pizza fest.
....It's changed from overcast to sunny and still a bit of wind. Not as much as yesterday though. I'm counting the bit of snow flying around here last night just a "skiff"...That's about all it was. No half inch.
25 degrees early this morning....and will get into the mid 30's, but tomorrow back in the upper 40's again.
Morning paper indicates our new Brevini Wind, gear mfg. has secured several contracts to make gearsets for units other than Wind power windmills. They have been slow to get started in the very large gear sets, due to the world economy being what it's been now for several years.
I'm wondering if they ever got started on the NS rail spur connection that must connect that industrial area with the Frankfort line. I haven't checked on it for sometime. 3 or so miles from me here....
But the new contracts are welcome...Paper indicated 30 to 50 more employees to be hired with these contracts newly achieved.
Sorry Tree, Pushed wrong button and sent you our 50 mph winds from the other day. Corrected it and sent you the snow that missed us, instead....
My bad....
Got right in and out of the library this afternoon; the hardest part was waiting for buses to return home! Seems like they were both running late. And it sure was cold and dreary, with occasional wind gusts and snow flurries flying around.
Pizzas are ready and on the warmer bar. Later on, I'll pop some popcorn, and make some hot chocolate and heat up some apple cider.
Have a good evening, you all.
Mookie Sorry Tree, Pushed wrong button and sent you our 50 mph winds from the other day. Corrected it and sent you the snow that missed us, instead.... My bad....
The snow didn't amount to much here, but it looks like the Adirondacks got some - which I'm sure the winter sports enthusiasts appreciated.
Need good weather tomorrow so I can drive down to Syracuse for the second model RR event of the weekend.
Got several possible volunteers today - they took applications and sounded promising.
Maybe we'll have some luck in the same vein tomorrow.
pizzas were great Cw.Time for bed.
Greetings everyone! Hope your Saturday went very well!
Currently 26 here in the Hoosier State. Man I hope spring "springs" soon! Saw 2 trains today and got a shot of one of them. Pretty stellar. Also saw a CSX train with BNSF power leading. VERY RARE in these parts!
Just got Mozilla Firefox. If you don't have it I recommend getting it. Really is better than Internet Explorer.
Church in the morning. Thanks for supper CW, your the best!
Be safe all and have a good Sunday tomorrow!
-Justin
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Good Sunday morning everyone. I'm not sure what our temp is, but supposed to get up to mid to upper 50s this afternoon. Hopefully, we'll see sunshine today, and less wind blowing around.
Justin, I, too, prefer Mozilla Firefox. Walt prefers Chrome. Whenever I've tried to use that, I have nothing but trouble, so I'm sticking with Firefox.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar: bacon, eggs, sausage, blueberry muffins, some doughnuts and pecan rolls.
Have a couple of Crock Pots/Slow Cookers going with our Sunday Dinner: roast, taters, carrots, and we'll have gravy from the roast, dinner rolls and made from scratch buttermilk biscuits. Haven't decided on dessert yet: anyone have any ideas for our dessert today??
Will be heading out to Church in about 3 hours. Everyone have a beautiful morning, and take care.
Peace be with you. 36 and clear in Carolina this morning, expected to make it to 59 later today. We had more than an hour's worth of rain Friday which was so heavy we could hardly see the road. Afterwards, the weather people announced that we had a whopping .43" total. I just wonder where their rain gauge is and what is above it!
Thanks for breakfast, and everyone have a safe and warm 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)
....The story here in central Indiana is a cool sunny start. Dry, no snow. Bright sunshine, which we've been receiving an enormous amount this Winter season....a bit different than normal.
Expect it to get into the 40's at least by afternoon.
Being a Nascar fan, I'm paying attention to the forecast of rain over Florida this afternoon....Seems we're going to have interuption from it if the weather people are correct. Just looked at their radar over Florida and it certainly does look "iffy".
Would hope Dianica gets a better chance to try her driving skills today than she's received in the last two competition events there this Speed Weeks events she's driven in. Two wrecks, put her out....and not really her fault. 5' 2"....and 90 lbs....! Wow...in the 3400 lb. car.
Looks like Ford has a bit of a jump on the speed, but Chevy's been to winner circle so many times in this event, I'd not wager too much either way.
Just for a wild guess.....Kurt Bush, now driving a Chevy on an outside chance to take the checkered flag....But who knows. Hope the rain will allow the race to have a good run.
morning
matt is off to sunday school then to G+G house.Been catching up on chores and taking care of the houseguest.She is suppossed to be going home Monday or Tuesday.Sunshine and no wind are making it for a good day here in nw ohio.Back to work tonight.Cw thanks for the brunch.
Joe
Have been home from Church for about 45 minutes. After services, they treated us to dinner (We visited another church home today). Meats were chicken wings and fish (although I didn't see the fish), some kind of wraps, not sure what was in them, salads, baked beans, corn pudding, and for desserts, they had pineapple upside down cake, chess pie, "dump" cake, which had mangoes and nuts, peach cobbler, cookies, and some kind of cake. Really enjoyed the Church service and the comeradary with others. And it looks like you all have done a good job on what I had in the Crock Pots/Slow Cookers. And there is still plenty left for the rest of the afternoon/evening.
Checked our outdoor thermometer after getting home, and it read 57.6 degrees. No wonder it felt so good outside. Hardly any breeze, which is helping it feel so nice and warm. Beautiful day all around.
Everyone take care, and see you all later on.
Afternoon all, and HAPPY RACE DAY!
I don't know about you all, but I sure did like that CSX hat that Regan Smith had on during his interview! Good to see railroading back on the public map.
Sunny here in the Hoosier State today. School in the morning. Can't wait until spring break!
Be safe everyone!
.....Florida, rain. No race until noon Monday. Bummer. Believe that's the first time a cancellation was necessary for the Daytona 500...Meaning at the "new track", starting in '59.
Good Monday morning everyone. We are starting out with a temp of 50 degrees, and a light breeze. Feels nice outside this morning. No rain expected until late tomorrow night, into Wednesday afternoon. Should be a beautiful day around here.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And breakfast is on the warmer bar.
Everyone have a good morning, and hopefully, will see you all later.
Peace be with you. 47 and cloudy in Carolina at present. The guess is for a high of 57 and some rain.
CW, thanks for breakfast. Could we possibly have some cheesecake later on?
Well, the oscars passed with little notice here. I completely forgolt about them, so you can see what a fan I am. Some of my friends are rabid NASCAR fans and are torqued off because of the delay. One of them decorates her car as a shrine to Dale Jr every race and is fuming. Also, so ist das leben!
Everyone have a great day.
....A very nice sunny morning here in central Indiana...{mid west}....And once again, we see a nasty weather system coming and going to pass well above us on its eastern trek. We've been lucky this season. Seems that's the weather pattern for this Winter, as many times that is the kind of weather that passes over us on it's move on out east in a "normal" Winter.
I too am an interested Nascar fan, but I see no reason to be angry about the delay....That's Mother Nature, not in our control, or Nascar's control. And the first report I've seen earlier today, is prejecting almost the same weather pattern for today in Daytona.
The difference being, they seem to be saying it might be out of there by 5 or 6 this late afternoon....So it's a question when the track might be dry. 2.5 mi. of pavement is quite a bit to dry. Believe they said it takes up to 2 hrs. to do so.
I believe it's their intent to get the race run today, even if it's under the lights. And good lights they do have.
Here....We should be well into the 50's this afternoon as it was 40 earlier this morning. If it continues this "different" weather....we're going to see grass greening....! But we have plenty of time to have snow yet. But the average temps are rising on the graph now as we go forward towards Spring.
Wishing a good start in the new week for all.........
Good Morning Railfans!
Work is starting to slow down again so I have a bit more time to spend time here with friends. It's 26F here today and once again they are talking about snow falling tonight. It's already the 2nd most snowiest February in history here and if we officially get another 2.1" before the month is over we break the 1912 record.
Have a great day everyone, time to make my rounds.
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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grampaw pettiboneCould we possibly have some cheesecake later on?
Hey, now - this is a family forum. Oh - you mean the food kind of cheesecake...
Good turnout at the Syracuse train event. Talked to a lot of people and may have convinced a few to come ride - maybe even several to volunteer with us. Many had already ridden on the line, but we piqued their interest in things like our "Bike & Rail" and "River & Rail."
Playing catch-up here at the house, since the weekend was a total loss for doing things here. But it was good for railroad stuff.
Not much into car racing. I figure they could just draw straws and let the top ten race the last ten laps. It would save a lot of wear and tear on their cars, and it's kind of a crapshoot anyhow.
.....Hummm....But Larry, the remaining drivers beyond the first 10 are interested in that $$$ for their position at the finish line too...! Of course the amount works it's way back thru the "pack".
And at Daytona it's sizeable. Don't remember just how much, but perhaps even last place comes in at something like $80,000....!!
The winner will be accepting over a million...!
afternoon
sunshine here in nw ohio.guessers saying 57 and rain with maybe thunder on wed.time to help matt with homework and get ready for work.
Well, I finally get to have a chance at the computer: Walt has been downloading his pictures from his week in Jacksonville, FLA. I would have gone with him and Sarah, but we didn't have anyone reliable to house sit and take care of the kitties. So, next time Sarah gets to travel somewhere, it will be my turn to go with her.
Believe our temp made up into the low 60s today. Very nice, but a bit breezy, which made it seem a wee bit cool. Otherwise, a good, sunshiny day.
Here is the menu for tonight:
1. Burgers and cheeseburgers w/fries, and salad
2. Steaks w/salad and steak fries
3. Meat loaf, mashed taters, gravy, green beans and salad or slaw
And, for DESSERT: Cheesecakes: strawberry, cherry, chocolate, and plain
and peach cobbler w/ice cream
Everyone enjoy your evening, take care and see you all in the a.m.
Good Tuesday morning everyone. 36 degrees here in Louisville this morning, going for a high of 63 again today. But the clouds will be increasing later this afternoon, and rain expected sometime late tonight.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar.
Mookie, your little namesake is a real handful: almost every time we open the door, to come inside, she zooms through the door, and flies straight upstairs. She's in here now, and has been for at least a half hour. She won't come near me, so I can get her, to put her back outside. And with the other 2 sleeping members of this household, I can't make a a whole lot of noise, trying to catch her. Do you have any suggestions on getting an outside kitty back outside, when she darts in through the door????
Everyone have a good morning, and I'll see you all sometime this afternoon, with our Mexican Fiesta (unless one of you has a different request for today).
CW - move?
Remember - you can't herd a cat.
Rain here today. But temps around 50, so we are going out! Need some fresh air.
Q may not be up for awhile since he may have stayed up to watch the D500. Wonder how they will top the half-time show for next year?
Coffee time!
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