Evening Railfans!
Well, we topped out at 102F breaking the record high
FIRE NEWS: News at this hour show the fire line on the north side has been broken and several homes are on fire at this time.
Darren (BLHS & CRRM Lifetime Member)
Delaware and Hudson Virtual Museum (DHVM), Railroad Adventures (RRAdventures)
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....Thanks friends. Final part of the surgery was done today almost on schedule, just after noon.
Success in connecting the colon back together. Now we're praying for a successful recovery / rehab. She is still sedated today / tonight, than next they'll try to remove breathing mach. / ventilator.
Prayers do help....! Thank you.
Quentin
Hi Quentin....I just got home to San Antonio from Shreveport when I saw your new update on Jean.
Our prayers and good wishes for a rapid recovery go out to you both.
Joe, a belated birthday wish to you. Hope you had a great one.
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 Morning
We are going to see sun and a high of 78F today..and no stickiness involved....
We are getting ready for our neighbourhood yardsale today....I'll be doing the sales rap for our corner of the crescent.......this oughta be good..considering what I look like now...
Have a good day!!!
Joe: Birthday wishes from this one as well...hope it was a good one!
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
Good Saturday morning all. We got to 89 degrees yesterday for our high. Looking at plenty of sunshine, with a high today of 90 and 91 degrees for tomorrow, with an air quality alert for both days.
Quentin, I'm happy to hear good news for you and Jean.
Mookie, I thought I was the only one around here who liked butter pecan ice cream! I'll have to make sure I have more of that flavor on hand, won't I? That is my favorite, after chocolate ice cream.
Barry, hope your treatment session went well yesterday. Glad your insurance will be able to take care of the damages from the storms.
Sarah had the day off yesterday, so yesterday afternoon, the three of us loaded up in her Jeep, and went out to St. Matthews and played pool (or billiards). Guess I did a little better than I normally do, when shooting pool, as I surprised myself at a couple of the shots I got yesterday.
Heads up for anyone who might be traveling I-65: as you're going NB or SB, there is only ONE lane OPEN in each direction: road repairs started yesterday, and will be continuing until sometime in July. Randy Voss, got your ears on??
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. And our Saturday Brunch is on the breakfast/warmer bar/serving station: bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, toast, biscuits, sausage gravy, red-eye gravy, country fried ham, pancakes, etc.
Everyone have a good day, take care, keep hydrated, and I'll see you all later this afternoon/early evening for our pizza fest.
Good Morning All:
Currenlty 71 here in Alamo City. Expected high of 100.
Enjoy your Saturday!
afternoon
thanks for the birthday wishes.took a cat nap after last night and chores this morning.need to go give my niece and sister birthday hugs.We recorded a train last night and the DJ for the museum party played the Chicken Polka!!! Cw thanks for the pizza tonight.Also thats a big 10-4 on the orange alert.A co-worker has a daughter they come down and visit near you.
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").
Thanks Friends............
Okay, need to make a correction on my "Traffic Alert" from this morning: it IS I-65, but most of the work is on the Kennedy Bridge, from Indiana into Louisville, KY. Guess I was still half way asleep this morning, when I typed that.
Did get out and took my walk this morning, got home just about 11:00, and I was beginning to feel the heat. Really felt it later this afternoon, close to 2:00, after I got into Kroger, to get a couple of things for us to have here at home for our Sunday Dinner, and meals for next week. Started to feel sick of my stomach, and one of the workers went and brought me some nice, cold water. That certainly did the trick. (Yes, I forgot to follow my own advice, and left the house without my bottle of water: won't be forgetting that again!)
Quentin, how's Jean doing today?
Here is our Saturday 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 tonight:
1. Peach cobbler or blackberry cobbler w/ice cream
2. Pineapple upside down cake w/ice cream
3. Icebox lemon cake
Everyone enjoy your dinner, your evening, take care and see you all in the morning.
Good Evening
Well, our part of the yard sale did pretty good...$900 ..a few others had about the same but most were in the $200-300 area. So my rap bit must have done the trick....even if I look like a bedraggled little muffinhead....
Anyways...we had a good time and saw a lot of folks from around the area...so that was a fine day to be had...
Cherokee woman: YIKES!!! Good thing you were where you were!! Hydration is a good thing on these days!!
.....Paula....I just returned from the hospital. They thought they could take the breathing tube out this morning, but didn't go ahead with it.
Something that she wasn't alert enough yet. This afternoon, she was opening her eyes somewhat, and the feet / legs moved occasionally.
So the same care continues, and I suppose that process may be attempted again tomorrow morning.
Did get to talk to the surgeon this morning and he checked several readouts and her incision and her general display, and he said to her we're going to get you out of here Jean....Things are looking good overall....So hopefully it will advance a bit more tomorrow.
104 here today. Mudchicken going to get a tin cup from the back of the diner and go in the frezzer and swim in it.
The fires are creating some bizzare "Bronco sunsets". Who said orange doesn't occur in nature?
Good Sunday morning all. Quentin, I like the sound of the doctor's statement to Jean! That sounds very good, indeed!
Barry, yes, I'm glad that I was inside the store, and not out on the parking lot: they'd probably have called an ambulance, and I wouldn't have gotten what little shopping that needed to be done, done. And I still have that bottle of water, with just a little bit of water left in it. It's in the fridge, staying cool (on the way home from the grocery, I have one of those insulated shopping bags, and in between sips, it was kept in that bag to stay cold.
Mudchicken, keep as cool as you can: you have about the hottest job I can think of, along with firefighters, who are out in the heat a lot, along with our other railroad workers, who are out in the heat, by the steel rails. Bet they don't get much relieve even after the sun goes down.
Coffee, juices, Gatorade, lemonade, iced tea, milk are all fresh, cold and ready to go. On the breakfast bar this morning: bacon, eggs, toast, homemade cinnamon rolls and blueberry muffins.
Everyone have a good morning, take care going to work, Church, or wherever else you have to go this morning, and I'll see you all later this afternoon. We're supposed to have temps in the mid to upper 80s by noontime, and at least 93 degrees by 4. So it is going to another hot one out there today. And yes, with our humidity, going to probably feel like it is in the 100s.
We are currently dull dull dull with little tiny dribblings going on out here...59F going to oa high of 81F with not much humidity...
Going to have some things to finish off here...I started recording a bunch of my own music recently and am in the process of actually editing the lot down...what a job this is....then I am going to try to get some train stuff done today and see if I can run some trains through the area I had to rebuild...again
Have a good day!!
Good morning all.............Paula, yes, we Pray for a good productive day in recovery for Jean.
We'll be heading to the hospital soon.
Today, we're to have another hot one, than I understand we're to have some lower temps this coming week.
My lawn is turning "dry"....Hasn't been like that for some years...No rain here for weeks. I believe some is possible later today....so they say.
morning
hope the guessers are right.It's back to work tonight.cw thanks for breakfast and supper.
Hello Railfans...
We hit 104F yesterday and they say we will be over 100F again today...
Fires are breaking containment as well as more started. Several more homes have been lost all over the state as Colorado burns. It's a sad weekend here for lots of folks...
Haven't smelled any singed feathers yet....altho the heat may get my favorite chicken!
I had to do a road trip today and go to the hardware store. I have a PHD in (ahem) the best seat in the bathroom, which I got when I was a single mother for many years.. So armed with all my learnings, I went and got a new "seat".
Now I am going to attempt to put it on the throne.
And while on my road trip home, I stopped by the tracks for about 20 min. Do you know that trackside is not air conditioned! Millie is, but didn't want to waste the air, so sat with all 4 windows down and about croaked. Mah really cute pink glisten band worked great. Saw an EB coal and a WB MT. WB was $$$$ train - all BNSF gons.
Looks like FL and surrounding area might get a little rain and wind?
Off to work mah magic!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Good Afternoon..
We got 30%'ed on this morning..now that it is saying that there is a 60% chance of those ol' t'underin'boomers...nuttin'
Had some neighbours show up for an impromptu operating session..6 show up...nothing untoward happened...YES!!!
To all who are currently suffering from wildfires...please take care out there...
Afternoon everyone.
61° and partly cloudy again today. We have had some brief but intense rain over the last day or so, but nothing like what is happening west of us.
There has been serious rain and flooding west of Revelstoke and over past Sicamous, BC. The CP website reported rocks, trees, and other debris falling onto the mainline in some places, and in others flooding is washing out the roadbed under the tracks. The latest I saw said they were hoping to have the line opened soon.
But I also see that there are severe storm warnings with the possibility of tornadoes for the SE of Alberta and the SW of Saskatchewan. So there is a lot of bad weather around us.
Quentin, I hope Jean continues to show progress.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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My, what a looooooong day I've had: up at 5 this morning, showered, washed hair, fed indoor cats, fixed myself some breakfast, got ready for Church, went with the lady to pick up everyone (and found out we were attending a different Church today). Finally got home just before 2 p.m., found Sarah getting ready to leave for work, and Walt out riding his bike. Took a nap after he got home, washed Sarah's breakfast dishes, fixed Walt's and my supper. I'm just about ready for night-night, and it's not even 8 p.m. yet. Speaking of supper, here is what we have on the warmer bar:
Italian spaghetti w/garden salad and your choice of garlic Texas toast or baked Italian bread.
Dessert: Raspberry cheese cake, chocolate brownies w/nuts, ice cream and yellow cake w/chocolate icing.
The last weather report I heard was on the 6:30 local news, and I believe they said our high today was 97 degrees. Did not hear the heat index, but believe me, it was really hot when we came out of Church, after eating lunch. Our Church van must be low on 'freon', as it was definitely not cool in the van, either this morning, or this afternoon coming home. So the a/c went off, and we had all windows open.
Hope you all have had a good day, take care, and see you all in the morning.
Mookie Haven't smelled any singed feathers yet....altho the heat may get my favorite chicken! I had to do a road trip today and go to the hardware store. I have a PHD in (ahem) the best seat in the bathroom, which I got when I was a single mother for many years.. So armed with all my learnings, I went and got a new "seat". Now I am going to attempt to put it on the throne. And while on my road trip home, I stopped by the tracks for about 20 min. Do you know that trackside is not air conditioned! Millie is, but didn't want to waste the air, so sat with all 4 windows down and about croaked. Mah really cute pink glisten band worked great. Saw an EB coal and a WB MT. WB was $$$$ train - all BNSF gons. Looks like FL and surrounding area might get a little rain and wind? Off to work mah magic!
They are cutting winter wheat on the prairie ASAP before it burns in a prairie range fire.
Dry thunderstorms and 102 outside the house right now.
Good Evening..
It was kind of dribblefesting here a little bit ago again..supposed to see some thunderbumpers come through a little later though...
Tomorrow I have another appointment at the oncology clinic for treatments then afterwards go home and relax....sheeesh. Who said I wasn't ornery?
mmmmm..seems a thunderboomlet is approaching here...
Good Monday morning all. Temp around 73, 74 degrees this morning, going to the mid to upper 80s this afternoon. Believe tomorrow is to be our "cool" day, with a high around 84 degrees. Have heard a couple of forecasters say we may see 100 degree temps by the weekend (and that's actual temp, not heat index).
Coffee, juice, Gatorade, lemonade, iced tea (sweet & unsweet) , hot water for hot tea and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. The breakfast bar is also ready to go, with plenty of things for you to choose from for your breakfast.
Everyone have a good morning, take care and see you all later.
.....A nice morning to start the week. Expect temps in lower 80's today. That's welcome. But later in the week, here comes some extreme heat again.
Jean..............Yesterday, breathing / vent tube removed, but ox. problems in the afternoon.....EKG and C T scan tests run to check heart and to see if any blood clots in lung....Both tests: EKG, similar to April..{Good}.........C T, no blood clot in lung. Of course good.
Hoping for a better day today.
Prayers welcome. Thanks.
Nice weekend on the railroad, more or less.
Spent Saturday in the engineers seat. Sunday I was the conductor, but I had a student, so I let him do everything...
On the way back in to the station on our first trip Saturday, I saw some interesting clouds. As I was running at the time, I couldn't stop and look more closely, or take pictures, but I'm pretty sure I saw a wall cloud.
As we arrived at the station, we were met by a cloudburst, wind, and pea-sized hail. After thoroughly soaking the flagman at the crossing, we pulled into the station - and most of the passengers stayed on the train until the rain let up. Can't say as I blame them...
Sunday was much drier - the rain didn't start until we parked the train at the end of the day.
Cloudy today - but not much rain in the forecast. The petunias are looking pretty good...
Joe - happy belated birthday.
Quentin - sounds like progress. My thoughts are with you.
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...
Got the old sun out and a high of only 67F forecast here..winds from the north at 30mph...
Got the chemo/radiation thing to go to as well today...better be off and do this...
Quentin: Thoughts and prayers for Jean and yourself...
It's Monday again Railfans...
It's been 100+ now for a few days with more coming which is 15+ above normal. Water levels are so low that commercial rafting in the Yampa River is shutdown. We now have 12 major fires burning here in Colorado causing historical damage; ~300 homes lost so far
Quentin, prayers coming from our mtn. church to Jean and you. hoping for a great recovery to her
Respectfully, Cannonball & Shirl
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
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