Happy Spring Railfans!
Sorry I've been away for a few days, work has been a bit overbearing so not much RR fun time. Been warm here for a few days now but heading to be more seasonal which is nice; no need to rush Summer getting here.
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
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Sir C - you best finish the story or I am calling da Boyz to have a chat with you!
You know how they love to "chat"......
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
It all started with kids skateboarding on the side of I-25 at 9:30 AM yesterday............................
Good Wednesday morning everyone. Everyone be very quiet, so we don't wake up the Mookster, before she's ready to wake up.
Looks like another beautiful day today, going for a high of 84 degrees. Seems like everyone's allergies are kicking in a month early. On the local news this morning, they had one of their reporters at an allergist, getting tested for allergies (he didn't think he had any). Turns out, he's allergic to just about everything. Poor guy. I know my nasal allergies have kicked in with a bang. Will need to take my allergy pill in about an hour, so I can quit sneezing, and wiping my nose. My meeting went well yesterday afternoon.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And breakfast is ready and on the warmer bar: bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes w/maple syrup, and some kiwi.
Have started the Crock Pots going with pork chop abracadbra and brown round steak w/mushrooms and cream of mushroom soup for lunch and dinner/supper.
Have a great morning everyone, take care and see you all later.
^@^ - do not disturb
afternoon
mamma says thanks for the birthday wishes.been working on chores outside.have some projects to do tomorrow.Cw thanks for supper for 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").
.....Again, hope we don't have to "pay" for this unusual Summer like weather. I retired for the night at 12:45 am.....and with the bedroom window all the way open all night.
At bedtime the amb outside temp was 72 degrees...! That, on the so called last night of Winter...!
Quentin
Almost forgot: Happy Birthday to Stacey Kohnen!!!!! . Stacey, may you have a great day, and many, many more birthdays to come your way.
Good Tuesday morning everyone. Sorry about not making it back in yesterday afternoon: weather was just too gorgeous to be inside at the puter. We made it up to 84 degrees yesterday, should be between 84 and 86 for a high today. No rain in sight, until Friday and Saturday, then we may have a few spotty storms, or just showers come rolling in.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar: bacon, eggs, cereal, toast and some fresh cantaloupe and watermelon chunks.
Remember, I probably won't be back in until 6 p.m. or so, as I have that business appointment for this afternoon. Everyone take care, have a great day and see you all much later.
.....Weather. And it continues. Last day of Winter, and we had the lawn chairs out in front of the garage / house, driveway this evening just like we do on a Summer evening.
82 degrees early evening. Can't say we've ever done that before. Looks like another mowing is going to be necessary either tomorrow or Wed.
A few years ago, when my late aunt was selling her cottage (a family icon for 51 years), she was gifting some of the stuff around the cottage to her nieces and nephews.
One item I got was a 14' aluminum rowboat. But it's been sitting in the back yard ever since. One of my fellow firefighters happened to mention that he was looking for such a boat, so I offered it to him. After finally establishing a fair asking price (how much is a 45 year old aluminum rowboat worth?), he bought it. One less thing to move around the yard when I'm mowing...
Now if I can get the sailboat seaworthy again... Today would have been great, although I'm sure the water is still plenty cold. We were in the low 70's today, and it looks like the rest of the week will be just a nice!
Of course, I'm working at an outdoor show, pushing the railroad, over the weekend.
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...
Ed - I got to thinking about the OTR drivers saying Lincoln. I bet they meant Lincoln County - North Platte is in Lincoln County.
News reports say that Bailey Yard was (probably partially) closed overnite until noon today. Driver sez saying Bailey Yard means about 1/3 of the middle of Nebraska. Did get some houses, but was isolated to the western part of NP.
Peace be with you. Today is the last day of winter and Carolina had a high of 86! There have been some thunderstorms out and about, but none here.
The boss took the girls the the beauty parlor, and they came home not knowing how to act. At least, now,they are good looking like I am.
That's about it from Pettibone's mortgage manor, so everyone take care and stay safe.
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)
nice day here in nw ohio.doing chores.work is just work now.counting down to spring break next week.Cw thanks for supper for tonight.
Ed - CW - I am blushing from the concern, but the only accuracy in the bad weather was that they had a tornado at North Platte. Heard it knocked over some rail cars @ Bailey Yard, but that was the extent of it.
The only thing that Lincoln got hit with was high humidity. Been watching a big rain band heading up from the south, but it gets right to the edge of Lincoln and then evaporates. Have had tiny sprinkles and sun all morning. Gets my window sill wet and then dries it off.
We may eventually get wet, but it won't be anything more than a gentle rain.
Ed - might ask your OTR buddies if they are sure they know where Lincoln is - we get mistaken a lot for Omaha, but we are the quiet one in their shadow.
Ed, I had not heard of the severe storms in North Platte, or Lincoln. Sure do hope that Mookie and others are o.k.
Anyone Heard from Mookie with all that Nasty Weather that ripped Nebrasky to Shreds last night Yes I know she is no where near North Platte but a few of my OTR buddies were saying Lincoln got hit hard with Sevre Thunderstorms also.
Tree, thank you for the right formula of physics. Ididn't figger my figgers in the right direction. Ahh the laws of physics.
Respectfully, Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Good Monday morning everyone. Yesterday was such a beautiful, gorgeous day. Our high yesterday was about 82 degrees. Currently, we have 64 degrees here in Louisville, going for about the same high today, possibly a degree or two warmer, with plenty of sunshine. Maybe our grass will totally dry out, so we can do our first cutting.
Coffee, juices, and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar.
Everyone have a great morning, take care and see you all later.
switch7frg Quentin; I bet that is a beastly job to clean the front window from all the bug smash from going at that speed. ~~~ Just a Sunday Funnys Cartoon. Former Truck bug smasher Cannonball
Quentin; I bet that is a beastly job to clean the front window from all the bug smash from going at that speed. ~~~ Just a Sunday Funnys Cartoon.
Former Truck bug smasher
Cannonball
Cannonball.....I'd say you had become an expert on that subject with your over the road experience...!
Well, another St Patty's Day Chicken Barbeque is in the books. Last year we had over 100 halves left over, so we cut back. We could have sold most of them today - more people that I'd like were turned away.
Moving a ton of freight 500 miles on a gallon of fuel requires that a lot of tons get moved all at once.
Around 70 here today, and more of that to follow. Spring appears to be here, although I'm not sure we ever had winter. Could be an interesting spring, though, judging by some of the weather. The EF3 tornado in MI was about 40 miles from the old hometown.
cw yes very busy.church,G+G house then off to the Ymca for the sunday school.Had a great day.Back to work tonight.Thanks for supper.
Gee, sure looks like things have been very slow this morning. Guess everyone is out enjoying the beautiful warm weather.
If anyone does come in, I've kept my word from this morning , and have the grills going. So you will find, on the warmer bar:
Steaks, pork chops, chicken, veal cutlets, shrimp, Tilapia, baked beans, corn on the cob, slaw, potato salad, macaroni & cheese, pistachio salad, Jell-O gelatin in Cherry, Strawberry and Mixed Fruit
For Dessert:
Peach cobbler, blackberry cobbler, strawberry and cherry cheesecakes, yellow cake w/chocolate icing.
Enjoy the afternoon, take care and see you all later.
While watching a program , in the Ad . time a CSX train was said to haul 1ton of freight 500 mi. with 1 gal. of fuel. That really caught my eye. ~~~ How is this possible??
Just curious, Cannonball
Good Sunday morning everyone. Temp in the upper 50s, low 60s this morning, with all the rain out of our area, heading eastward. Should make it back up into the mid to upper 70s today. Should be a pretty good day.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast is on the warmer bar, consisting of bacon, eggs, toast, and, if anyone wants, cold pizzas from last night.
Been up for a couple of hours, gotten hair washed, shower in and kitchen taken care of. Now, I can relax for a couple of hours, until time to get ready for Church this morning.
Think after Church, I'll get the grills going, and grill out for our Sunday Dinner. How does that sound to y'all?
Everyone take care going to Church, work, rail fanning, whatever you have planned for today, and see you all later.
It has been a beautiful day around here, but now we're getting rain, was really pouring a few minutes ago, with heavy winds, thunder and lightning.
Here is our Saturday Night 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:
1. Shamrock shaped cookies
2. Shamrock-shaped yellow cake
3. Peach cobbler
Enjoy, have a good evening, take care and see you in the morning.
....Oh boy....What a beautiful "Spring" morning. The full works. Sunshine...blue sky.....and warmth.
Several things to accomplish...One, is to take some items over to Goodwill....But one other thing just might not wait until Monday as I had planned. That is...Awake the tractor, and make sure the tires are up to where they should be, and do the first mowing....It's growing like wildfire now, especially since the fertilizing several days ago.
I don't mind doing that. I love this time of the year, and with the exceptional weather we've been having....{actually most of the Winter}, it's so nice. Blossoms bursting out....Leaves, and everything that grows is coming to life...early...!
So we'll get started soon after a few minutes on here.
Happy St. Pattys day all!
Thanks for the stellar breakfast Joe!
Looks like it's going to be a nice day today. Might get out and do some poking around the tracks. Who here hates the gas prices? It's almost 4 bucks a gallon!
-Justin
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Good Saturday morning and Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone. And yes, this Irish kid is wearing green today: green slacks and a green sweater (lightweight, open weave), so I won't get too warm this afternoon, wearing it.
Joe, thanks for the green eggs and ham. That is a very fitting breakfast for today. I will be baking cookies, which will be shaped like shamrocks, and decorated accordingly.
Going to go look at the bus schedule, and head to the store, to see if they've gotten the corned beef briskets in. Sure do hope so, as that is what we were wanting to fix for today (here at home). We'll have our regular pizza fest menu for tonight, unless you all wish to have something different. Just let me know, okay? Meanwhile, everyone have a good day, looks like it's going to be another gorgeous day, with only a 30% chance of some rain/thundershowers around our area.
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