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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:22 PM

good day today.hope our luck continues tomorrow.cw thanks for the snack.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by switch7frg on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:19 PM

Thumbs Up  Big Smile Greetings of the best to you and your bride.  And to many more.

                                                              Respectfully, Cannonball

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:18 PM

My sister is probably fretting - she lives in Aurora.  One of their favorite camping spots was burned over a few years ago in another of the major wildfires there.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:02 PM

cherokee woman

MC and Darren, how close are you all from those wildfires? 

I'm about 20 miles away from the major one in Centennial.  One of my co-workers has property within the BLUE area which is where the new 6,500+ home evacuation zone is at.  There are 15+ fire crews of the ground (~400) and several air teams attacking this but still at 0% contained...

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:46 PM

Tom, congratulations to you and your Mrs. on your anniversary!!  Best wishes to you both. 

MC and Darren, how close are you all from those wildfires? 

We started out this morning, at 5:00 a.m., with a temp of 42 degrees.  By 8 a.m., when I went 2 doors up for Produce, we were down to 40 degrees.  Think we may be at 69, 70 degrees right now at 4:35 p.m.  It was really cold out there, considering what it has been in the mornings.  One of my helpers, who is originally from NYC, said he was feeling the cold this morning, so he went back in his house, and got a thicker jacket to put on.  We did take the produce inside the gym this morning.  The heat wasn't turned on, but it was still warmer than being outside.

Here is our Chinese menu for  this evening:

1.  Appetizers:  Shrimp egg rolls, Fried wonton, crab rangoon

2.  Soups:  Wonton, egg drop, chicken rice

3.  Fried rices:  roast pork, shrimp, beef, chicken, special, and vegetable

4.  Lo Mein:  plain, vegetable, roast pork, chicken, beef, shrimp

5.  Swet & Sour:  pork, shrimp and chicken

Dinner Combos:  Moo Goo Gai  Pan, Sesame chicken, Seafood Combo, Pepper steak, Chicken w/broccoli, Kung Po chicken and boneless spare ribs

Hope you all have had a good day, enjoy your evening, take care and see everyone in the morning (before I go back to the doctor for me test results).

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:21 PM

CONGRADS!!!!!!! Bow Bow Bow Bow

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:07 PM

March 27, 1971. A date which will live in infamy! The wife and I celebrate 41 years today.....

Tom

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:06 PM

Afternoon Railfans!

Sadly a second person has been found dead in the fire zones today as the main fire is still 0% contained.  I have seen confirmed reports / photos that air assaults are well under way so hopefully they can get this thing beat down soon...

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Posted by bubbajustin on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:56 PM

Golf today.Grumpy

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:09 PM

Sunshine 73.  3 more degrees before the sun sets.  Perfect car wash weather. 

Keep sniffing the air.  All I am getting is pollen.  And itchy eyes!

Trains uncommonly quiet lately.  Tues is usually a good "noise" day, but have heard nothing since really early this am.  Wonder who's working where to cause the slow down.  Sigh

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:10 AM

.....31 earlier this morning.  Warming up now and will continue.  No frost here....Grass was hardly wet.

Believe atmosphere dry....Blue sky, and sunshine.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:34 AM

Good Morning Railfans...

Here is the latest news; the largest of the fires which broke out around 5:30PM grew from 15 acres to 3,000+ acres in a matter of hours do to strong winds.  They evacuated 900+ homes already and were fighting the fire from the ground only yesterday do to the winds but I believe I heard an air assault started this morning now that the winds have slowed down.  There are several other fires that have broken out all across the front range as yesterday our humidity dropped to 5% and with no snow/rain now for nearly a month it didn't take much to start them.  Smoke in the city is not as bad this morning.

My thought go out to those impacted and still in harms way this morning...

One fatality, homes lost in Lower North Fork Fire in Jefferson County

http://www.9news.com/news/article/259104/339/Large-fire-scorches-Jefferson-County

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:04 AM

Cold here as well.  The sun is out, though.

NWS has advised that things are going to be a bit dry here for a while - all the worse for fires.  We generally don't get wildland fires that can be measured in any more than a few acres, but they tend to run into inhabited structures a lot faster.

That, and we aren't really set up for fighting fires of the magnitude MC is seeing.

Fortunately, there's a statewide ban on outdoor burning until the middle of May.  At least if someone starts one, we can take comfort in the fact that they may well be facing a $500 fine.  Publicize a few of those and people get smart really quickly...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 6:35 AM

morning

a bit frosty this morning here in nw ohio.need to set out the trash.mom wants to go shopping.will look for trains along the way.Cw thanks for breakfast.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:52 AM

Good Tuesday morning everyone.  Gee whiz, the weather out towards Colorado sounds like mid, late July, thru August/September with the wild fires starting already.  Mud, will be praying for you all to get some much needed rain, along with anyone else who is having a dry, dry spring.

Really enjoyed the weather here in Louisville yesterday. afternoon.  Took another long, slow walk.  The weather was a tad cool and breezy, so when I started out, had on a medium weight sweat jacket.  By the time I was walking back towards home, had to push the sleeves up.  But really enjoyed the walk. 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  Breakfast is on the warmer bar. 

Everyone have a good morning, take care, and hopefully, I'll be back in later.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, March 26, 2012 8:55 PM

The smoke plume is showing up on radar!!!!!!!

 

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, March 26, 2012 8:49 PM

Share?  Dinner

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, March 26, 2012 8:48 PM

SMOKE we have in plenty tonight...

A large plume of smoke can be seen in the southern foothills of Denver near Roxborough and Conifer. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)

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Posted by zardoz on Monday, March 26, 2012 8:38 PM

mudchicken

Smoked feathers.

mmmm yum; with a little butter and parsley....Dinner

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, March 26, 2012 8:16 PM

Lions, chickens, copcars  and most of Denver here running air conditioners not to mitigate the heat, but rather the smoke. Methinks we will be on the national news tomorrow morning.

I'm told that large red and purple orb to the west is the sun.

Mooks: Bring in the laundry and close them windders, it's coming your way. Smoke is as thick as fog.

Smoked feathers.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, March 26, 2012 7:04 PM

evening

nice but cool day here in nw ohio.the weather channel said a freeze could damage the asparagus crop!!! Matt and I did some history on the miami and erie canal today.going to get ready for tomorrow.Cw will grab a snack for tonight.good night.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, March 26, 2012 6:52 PM

Sadly my concern this morning has already become true, Fires! have broken out...

Several fires break out near Aspen Park, Keystone and in Morgan County

http://www.9news.com/news/article/259012/339/Residents-evacuated-due-to-fire-in-JeffCo

 

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Monday, March 26, 2012 9:57 AM

Good Morning Railfans!

Remember last month when I was talking about record snow fall and we ended at #2 in history for February; well, we are now looking at the driest March in history and breaking record highs along the way.  Summer may have gotten here all too soon which means we might be looking a lots of fires coming this year. Sigh

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, March 26, 2012 8:53 AM

....Oops....Down to 46 this morning earlier.  But full sunshine is blazing in my eastern home office window here.  Some clouds.

So, I'm not going to complain about the weather.  In fact, still have my shorts on as I've been wearing for some time now in this unusual weather in March.

Hope we don't see any hard freeze.  All blossoms have been out for some time now, and seem to be lasting a bit longer this season.  Everything that should be green....Is...And very pretty.  Including my yard.  Sis in law said it looked like green velvet in a photo I sent her right after the last mowing.  I don't say it's quite that nice, but it is "nice".

To be sunny today and tomorrow.

Wishing all a good work week.

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, March 26, 2012 7:32 AM

The warm weather and no moisture/green vegitation to go with it has red flag warnings up all over the state here. One range fire, measured in square miles (264), not acres, already has put firefighters in the hospital with serious burns after the wind changed directions in northern Colorado. Both of the big railroads here are very careful to make sure any locomotive in the terminal can't carbon-up before being sent out of the terminals.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by tree68 on Monday, March 26, 2012 7:16 AM

Both of the teams I was favoring are out of the tournament, so I really don't care.

I hope this weekend wasn't a harbinger of summer.  The sun went down Friday night and has now come back up on Monday morning.  The weekend was gray.

Not that I saw much of it, having spent most of my time indoors at that local outdoor show (?!?!).  Got a lot of interest in the railroad, though, especially from folks looking for an outdoor activity like our "River and Rail" or "Bike and Rail."

I'm also hopeful that today's fall-like weather (29F right now) doesn't mean that last week was summer...  In reality, it's just more seasonable, but all that nice weather we've been having certainly spoiled us.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, March 26, 2012 5:58 AM

Good Monday morning everyone.  What a beautiful day yesterday.  Got to Church for Sunday School yesterday morning, and remembered that I was supposed to fix something to bring to Church:  we had a visiting church yesterday, and we were to all fix something to bring for dinner after.  But we seemed to have enough. 

Well, it looks like Saturday will be a Battle of the Bluegrass down in New Orleans.  Seems like just about everyone around here are going nuts already:  vehicles going by, honking their horns and some of the cars have UK and U of L flags on their vehicles, as they drive along, honking their horns.  If I heard correctly, this is the first time that UK and U of L have played together since 1975 in the tournament. 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  Breakfast is on the warmer bar:  bacon, eggs, cereal, toast, cantaloupe, watermelon, papaya and kiwi.

Everyone have a good morning, take care, and see you all later.

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, March 25, 2012 8:24 AM

.....Low clouds burning off....seems to be mostly fog.  To be a nice day...Dry.  56 when I first looked earlier this morning.

So, maybe the car to church today and let the truck rest.

Late afternoon Nascar Sprints to watch out west.  Temps here today no doubt a bit cooler, perhaps in high 60's. 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:45 AM

good sunday morning

the concert was great last night.time to get matt ready for sunday school.going to be a sunny day here in nw ohio.will watch the NCAA later.Breakfast is ready.Juice and coffee are ready too.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:41 AM

Good Sunday morning everyone.  Looks like it is going to be a beautiful day, although with partly cloudy skies along with sunshine.  High will be in the mid to upper 60s, I think is what I heard. 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are freshly made and ready for consumption.  On the warmer bar this morning:  cold pizzas, and breakfast wraps w/bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs and cheese, blueberry muffins and pancakes w/maple syrup with your choice of bacon or sausage.

For our Sunday Dinner,  I have the Crock Pots/Slow Cookers going with Vegetable beef soup and Sloppy joes, and we'll also have some subs/hoagie sandwiches, and maybe fix some more pizzas for game watching.

Everyone have a good morning, take care going to Church, work or going rail fanning.  Come 2:20, I'll be glued to the TV set, to watch my Wildcats play.  Goooo Cats!!

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

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