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Posted by rvos1979 on Friday, August 17, 2012 10:35 PM
Ok, let's see if this works from my phone......

In Cartersville, GA, tonight, doing a reset on my log. Also had my greaser fixed, was a bit overactive the past week, went through a bit too much.....

Well, off to the sleeper, should be in tomorrow.....

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, August 17, 2012 10:07 PM

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, August 17, 2012 10:06 PM

I don't think I posted the video I helped assemble for the Adirondack Scenic's 20th Anniversary Celebration (at least not here in the diner), so here it is.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, August 17, 2012 4:30 PM

According to the computer, our current temp is 83 F. out at the airport.  Our thermometer is showing 80 F.  Been a very lovely day, with an on again, off again breeze blowing, but had a good walk anyway.

Our Friday Fish Fry is ready and on the warmer bar:  Catfish, haddock, halibut, Tilapia, perch and shrimp.  Side dishes include:  baked beans, corn on the cob, mac & cheese, mixed greens, slaw, potato salad, and deep fried breaded mushrooms.

Desserts:  chocolate cake w/white icing, yellow cake w/caramel icing, yellow cake w/chocolate icing, apple and pecan pies and peach cobbler.

Hope everyone has had a good day, enjoy the weather and your evening.  See you all in the morning.

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 17, 2012 2:42 PM

Not even a full moon and we have crunches and car accidents. 

High of 79 and the skies are not cloudy all day, all nite or into next week. 

Saw a couple of in and out coal trains.  Also a remote doing a backing into the yard with a rare caboose guiding them in.  Nice change of scenery.

Long day already and only 2:30 p....maybe a nap is in order.  Yessssss.....

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, August 17, 2012 6:43 AM

morning

not a good trip home.had to wait for an accident to be cleared up.We and the Buick are ok.The firefighters had to call lifeflight.As far as gas goes a friend filled up both vehicles for 26 cents.There was a major malfunction with the computer system.georgeous weather this weekend for Deshler days.Cw thanks for breakfast.Need to get Matt's stuff around for his camping trip.

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").

 

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, August 17, 2012 6:29 AM

Goooooood Morning

Going to clear up and be a bit cooler today..all of 72F of it...

Getting some work done on the house today...new back awning and new back deck stairs being put in...after the old ones got crunched...

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, August 17, 2012 5:06 AM

Good Friday morning all.  Quentin, hope you have a safe trip to PA and then back home to IN.  Take care and enjoy your trip.

We are starting off with  a temp of 69 degrees here in Louisville this morning, after the thunderstorms that rolled through here last night.  Supposed to make it up to 81 degrees today for the high.

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  Breakfast is on the breakfast/warmer bar:  bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, bagels, bear claws and a nice selection of doughnuts and danish pastries.

Anyone attending our Ky. State Fair today is going to have beautiful weather for it.  Everyone have a good morning, take care and see you all later.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:35 PM

Quentin:  I should be taken in small doses and never very seriously!  Smile

Have a great trip.  Be very careful and be sure to bring donuts when you come back!  Dinner

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:58 PM

Mookie

Had a storm in the area!  Stopped over the city; made a lot of noise; 15 drops of water; moved on. 

Wow - it is too dry to rain.  Not unusual - happens every late summer, but not usually for this long.  Rain usually comes after Labor Day - we shall see.  As usual - if we get cold enough this winter to freeze, that is when we will get the rain....Grumpy

Going to join the landlord in the bathroom shortly.  (giggle)  He is going to change our "flapper".  I could probably do it, but with the price of new thrones - don't want to mess it up.  Driver sez he isn't touching it, since it isn't his.  Since he feels the same way about cleaning it, guess it must be mine and the landlords? 

Joy & Rapture!

That is a funny Jen...Especially the last part.

We're getting some of that strange stuff this afternoon and evening....Rain..!  Lord knows we need it.

But I'm hoping  it does as it's forecast to do....Get out of here late tonight, and follow the worst part of it that went southeast of us....Just rain here.

Want no rain tomorrow morning...'cause I have a clean car, and heading out east.  Forecast looks very good after this system does get out of here.

I have good timing....Morning paper indicated Indiana has increased it's gasoline prices faster in the past 2 weeks than ANY other State...What a nice record.

At least I can beat them on the way out of here....The car is full of fuel....and won't need to purchase any until I'm in Pennsylvania.

 

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Posted by narig01 on Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:04 PM

CW Sounds good.!  

It's +94F down here in Hope, Ar this afternoon.  Supposed to storm this afternoon or tonite.  I guess I should count myself lucky I've been inside all day. 

       From what Stourbridge Lion said I guess I should check my E Mail and do a little clean up there. 

Best to everyone.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:51 PM

Our current temp is somewhere in the low 90s, supposed to get up to 95??  Skies are clouding up; NWS radio went off a few ago, tstorm watch for several counties in Indiana, and 2 counties in southwest KY.  Nothing in our immediate area, so far.

Did finally make it to the store to pick up my prescriptions earlier this afternoon.  After I got off the bus up by the shopping center, the walk across the 2 parking lots was really, really hot.  Was very glad to get inside the store (Kroger has an in store pharmacy, so makes it easier to get there for prescriptions).  When I came out, sun had gone in behind the clouds, and looked like it could maybe drizzle anytime, but by the time I got off the bus, 1/2 block from home, sun was back out in full force. Go figure!

Here is our menu for tonight:

1.  Grilled boneless/skinless chicken breasts w/mashed taters w/plenty of butter/margarine, choice of green sweet peas w/corn, broccoli spears w/butter sauce, baked cornbread & garden salad

2.  Sloppy Joes w/fries and garden salad

Hope you all have a good evening, take care and see you all later.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:14 PM

good afternoon

lots of yellow and green on the radar coming our way.matt is packed for camping for tomorrow.tonight is Friday.If anyone is around Deshler stop by the corn city Festival this weekend.cw thanks for supper.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:11 AM

Had a storm in the area!  Stopped over the city; made a lot of noise; 15 drops of water; moved on. 

Wow - it is too dry to rain.  Not unusual - happens every late summer, but not usually for this long.  Rain usually comes after Labor Day - we shall see.  As usual - if we get cold enough this winter to freeze, that is when we will get the rain....Grumpy

Going to join the landlord in the bathroom shortly.  (giggle)  He is going to change our "flapper".  I could probably do it, but with the price of new thrones - don't want to mess it up.  Driver sez he isn't touching it, since it isn't his.  Since he feels the same way about cleaning it, guess it must be mine and the landlords? 

Joy & Rapture!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, August 16, 2012 6:41 AM

Good Thursday morning all.  Beautiful skies and sun beginning to peak out.  Haven't heard the weather report this morning, but think we're going to have a nice day, particularly since our Ky. State Fair starts today, and goes to the 26th.  And, as always at State Fair time, we'll probably have quite a few very hot days.  But seriously doubt that we'll be going. 

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

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

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 2:04 PM

Afternoon Railfans!

Starting to recover from the upgrade and I am still working with IT on the major issue; biggest being the MASSIVE email messages that were going into the Inbox.  I think the issue is now solved and folks just need to adjust their profile settings based on if they want them or not.  It looks like allot of notifications that were not working on the old version kicked in with the upgrade and starting working.

I know I and others have other requests but can't say if we will get those changes or not.  Hang in there with us as we work through the issues.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:04 PM

Wow...  I thought I was lost here...coudl not find the Diner thread...but then realized I was in another forum...  :P

 

 

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:51 AM

Afternoon all.  Temps locally remain in the mid to upper 70s.  Wondering if we will make it to 89 this afternoon.  Walt has gone to the library, Sarah's out watering her plants and flowers. 

Here is the menu for the rest of the day: 

1.  Tacos, burritos, Spanish fried rice, mesquite grilled t-bone steaks and bone-in pork chops

2.  Chinese fried rice:  beef, chicken, pork, shrimp & special; sweet & sour shrimp; chicken w/broccoli; pepper steak; Moo Goo Gai Pan and beef w/broccoli

Everyone have a good afternoon, take care, keep safe and see you all later.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:50 AM

good morning

cw thanks for breakfast.time to go to town this afternoon.now its bedtime.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:50 AM

good morning

cw thanks for breakfast.time to go to town this afternoon.now its bedtime.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:55 AM

Good Wednesday morning all.  Still trying to figure out this new system, and what happens:  power goes out all at once, then comes right back on, and have to reset the DSL modem, etc., just to continue on the computer. 

BOC (Barry), glad to hear that you're feeling better. 

Louisville has a temp of 71 degrees this morning, going for a high of 89 this afternoon.  One of the local meteorologists commented this morning that his allergies were all messed up, and guess that's right:  my head was so full of stuff this morning, when I awoke, that I was actually dizzy and lightheaded. Took an allergy pill, and already beginning to feel some relief. 

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

Take care, have a good day, and maybe one of these days, we'll all have the new system figured out.

Angel cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."
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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:27 PM

Confused

uuummmmmm...what happened?

Go to emerg...end up there for a couple of days and come back to this?Confused

Oh well...why not enjoy the change of scenery....doctors have given me clean bill of health..at least as far as pain in chest in concerned...seems that my GERD did a number on the easophagous and it did a cramp thing..hence the pain....beep beep beepity beep.....Bang HeadSoapBoxOops

Well, I'm off to peruse the rest of the forum.....

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Posted by switch7frg on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:17 PM

 Well if it ain't broken , fix it anyhow. Some one will get to keep their job fixin things

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:41 PM

Sigh....

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:18 PM

grampaw pettibone

Why did they fix something that wasn't broken?

In their defense - we say the same thing every time things change. 

On the other hand, this is going to take some getting used to.  Kinda reminds me of MS Windows and other MS programs.  If there's a feature I use a lot, invariably the next version won't have it, or will make using it more difficult...

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:58 PM

Why did they fix something that wasn't broken?

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:32 PM

"Tap....Tap...Tap...Is this thing on?????"

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:18 PM

Not sure how I feel about the changes just yet.  Willing to wait a few days to try to get adjusted to the new look. 

I've put out cold cuts, bread, sub/hoagie buns, and all the fixings you might want for supper tonight.  Been a busy day, going to grocery and restocking, so just didn't want to/feel like fixing a lot for tonight.

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

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:32 PM

Welcome Back Railfans!

Looks like the site has been upgrade!!!!!!! Cowboy

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, August 13, 2012 6:06 AM

Good Monday morning all.  Everyone enjoy the day, take care, and see you all tomorrow afternoon sometime.

And Tom, glad you were able to relax and enjoy your birthday!! 

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

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