Flat Wheel Cafe/Diner, 3rd Quarter

[tree68]

BC - Very nice.

A couple of years ago, I had some "spare" money and decided to see if I could come up with a new 12 string.  My pie-in-the-sky was an Ovation, wired. 

Walked into the local music store, and there it was, on sale.  It's home now...

[tree68]

And a little excitement on the Interstate highway nearby - tanker carrying 10K gallons of Diesel on fire...

Airfield crash rescue truck called from military base to assist.

Not in my district, fortunately. 

They've been paving that section of the highway - wonder if there was any damage to the road itself...

[rvos1979]

BC:  Nice little axe there, I'm partial to Gibson myself, what with Les Paul's hometown just up the road a bit.  I also prefer the bass, have an electric one sitting around somewhere, should get back in it again (with a whole bunch of other things I should do......).

Larry:  That will be a hot one for a while,  glad I'm at the house, at least until Tuesday morning.....

[blownout cylinder]

Larry:  Oh I'll be expecting some road damage from that fire....

This axe will be my little wonder...I played it for awhile back at the shop..it really has good action...and the trem arm abuse I put it through does not knock this thing out of tune...

[tree68]

Turns out it was the rear wheels, not the load.  Pucker factor for responders was up there for a while though.  First cop on scene reported the rear third of the trailer was ablaze...

Enough excitement for one night.  Time for bed.

[narig01]

tree68

Turns out it was the rear wheels, not the load.  Pucker factor for responders was up there for a while though.  First cop on scene reported the rear third of the trailer was ablaze...

Enough excitement for one night.  Time for bed.

Couple of years ago stopped to help a driver with an axle fire. His truck was a tanker.  I 65 in Ky in the middle of nowhere. Called 911 on the cell as a precaution.   The driver and I managed to get it out with fire extinguishers.  The fire deptartment showed up about a minute later.  Then another then another, then Ky State Police, local sheriff, more fire trucks.  The first  fire truck hosed the axle down(good practice to cool off a potential fire). In the next 20 minutes we must have had just about every emergency vehicle within 50 miles(or so it seemed).

      I do not fault 911 for their response. If things had gotten out of hand it could have been messy.  The cargo was a solvent based ink. 

      It did look kind of like overkill after a few. It took close to an hour for the state police to get all the other emergency vehicles off the scene.

 

       It has been hot down here in Hope.  Got up to 105F. Blah. 

Thx Ian

[cherokee woman]

Good Tuesday morning all.  Forgot to set my alarm for this morning:  foruntately, I managed to wake up on my own.  Just got the coffee on, and, fortunately, I made the juices last night.  Breakfast will be ready in a few minutes. 

BOC, I like that guitar!  I used to have a guitar, not electric, though.  Gonna have to ask my nephew if he still has my guitar.  He borrowed it, along with the record albums, to teach himself how to play.  I know he doesn't have the records anymore, but not sure about my guitar. 

Going to be another hot one, already really warm outside, and the sun isn't even up yet!  So far, though, we haven't had to move Tuesday Produce into the gym, due to this heat (except for the bread truck, when we were getting that on Tuesdays).  We always had that inside, on three tables. 

Everyone have a good morning, take care and I'll see you all this afternoon.

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning

Going to be something of a mix of sun/cloud with the proverbial 60% chance of those ol' t'underin'boomers today....oh...and very boggy and sticky as well

Got some bills to pay and stuff to buy today as well...might get to go by the LHS to see the gang ...

I have a bit of a collection going here anyways....4 guitars, besides this one and a bunch of other stuff...I ended up getting a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier amplifier a few months ago as well...

[tree68]

narig01

It did look kind of like overkill after a few. It took close to an hour for the state police to get all the other emergency vehicles off the scene.

It took almost three hours to get the SB lane open last night - don't know what time they finally opened the NB lane, where the truck was.  I was asleep by then.

If memory serves, there were six fire agencies on scene, plus the state police, sheriff's office, EMS, and eventually, DOT.  The truck company brought in another tanker to offload the damaged rig, and last I heard at the time the wrecker was an hour out.

Made for a long night for some folks...

[CNW 6000]

Sounds like a case for the "Rule of Thumb" theory.

[Stourbridge Lion]

Good Morning Railfans!

I've been out of town for the past 10 days and this might give you a clue to where I have been...

 

[narig01]

Blown Out Cylinder.  Guitars sound neat.

Stourbridge Lion.   Enjoy the scenery.  It been about 40 years since I was that way.

Here in SW Ar it's already  +85f and supposed to be another triple digit high today.

Everyone have a good day.

Thx Ian

[grampaw pettibone]

Peace be with you.

CW, I don't have to set an alarm. Two of them run to the bed and boof at me. Works every time.

81 and sunny in Carolina, headed for 91 and thunder later.

The lawn guy is cutting the grass right now. His machine slung something againsy my BR window. It was loud enough to get the wife's attention at the other end of the house, but was deflected by the storm window with apparently no damage.

I had hoped that ESPN would have some Olympic coverage, but it looks like NBC has it all locked in. Guess that is that.

Everyone take care and stay cool.

[Deggesty]

tree68

And a little excitement on the Interstate highway nearby - tanker carrying 10K gallons of Diesel on fire...

Airfield crash rescue truck called from military base to assist.

Not in my district, fortunately. 

They've been paving that section of the highway - wonder if there was any damage to the road itself...

Larry, you did indeed have some excitement. The closest I eveer had to such was and event back in the forties, when we were living right where US 521 made a right angle turn. One morning a track carry gasoline turned turtle after making the turn in the road. Our house was about 100 feet back from the highway, so we did not worry, but the lady who lived right across the street from where the truck landed  left and visited her sister fro the day. As it was, apparently all the gasoline drained out, and tbere was no fire.

We did have several interesting events while living there, such as the northbound Greyhound bus keeping traight up the alley by our house instead of turning because he had used a tall hedge AT THE corner (which one my brothers pruned drastically one day) as his signal to tutn right, instead of looking at the official signs.

[Deggesty]

tree68

And a little excitement on the Interstate highway nearby - tanker carrying 10K gallons of Diesel on fire...

Airfield crash rescue truck called from military base to assist.

Not in my district, fortunately. 

They've been paving that section of the highway - wonder if there was any damage to the road itself...

Larry, you did indeed have some excitement. The closest I eveer had to such was and event back in the forties, when we were living right where US 521 made a right angle turn. One morning a track carry gasoline turned turtle after making the turn in the road. Our house was about 100 feet back from the highway, so we did not worry, but the lady who lived right across the street from where the truck landed  left and visited her sister fro the day. As it was, apparently all the gasoline drained out, and tbere was no fire.

We did have several interesting events while living there, such as the northbound Greyhound bus keeping traight up the alley by our house instead of turning because he had used a tall hedge AT THE corner (which one my brothers pruned drastically one day) as his signal to tutn right, instead of looking at the official signs.

[tree68]

Deggesty

We did have several interesting events while living there, such as the northbound Greyhound bus keeping traight up the alley by our house instead of turning because he had used a tall hedge AT THE corner (which one my brothers pruned drastically one day) as his signal to turn right, instead of looking at the official signs.

Would that be like the transit engineer, noted for hitting the mark at every station,  who badly blew a station stop one day?  When queried, he wanted to know "who cut down my tree?"

[cherokee woman]

Produce went well this morning:  potatoes, sweet potatoes, yellow squash, watermelons  and tomatoes.  Some of the tomatoes were really BIG ones, too. 

Forgot to mention it this morning, so will do it now:

Sending Happy Birthday wishes to our friend out in Wyoming:  Happy Birthday, Rj!!  Hope you're having a GREAT day, enjoy it to the fullest, and may you have many, many Happy Returns!!

Here is our menu for the rest of the day:

1.  BLTs w/garden salad, corn on the cob

2.  Beef roast w/potatoes & carrots and a little bit of onion, garden salad, green beans, slaw, corn on the cob and fresh baked cornbread

Desserts:

1.  A chocolate cake w/chocolate icing

2.  Yellow cake w/white icing

3.  Cherry pie

4.  Strawberry/rhubarb pie

5.  Apple cobbler

6.  Ice cream to go with any/all of the above listed desserts for today.

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

[tree68]

When it rains, it pours (unfortunately not literally).

Truck fire last night.  Today many of the same departments (plus units from all over our county and two neighboring counties) are dealing with a 100 acre grass/brush fire in the south of the county.  On top of that, one of the responding fire trucks was involved in an accident.

And the farmers on top of the hill have been burning off brush.  There's a statewide burn ban, but ag interests are exempt...

[Stourbridge Lion]

Afternoon Railfans!

Slowly getting caught up on local news and we have broken the record for most 90F+ days in a row while at the same time see this 11,900 feet

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21187400/mount-evans-tornado-could-be-second-highest-recorded

[Mookie]

tree68

Deggesty:

We did have several interesting events while living there, such as the northbound Greyhound bus keeping traight up the alley by our house instead of turning because he had used a tall hedge AT THE corner (which one my brothers pruned drastically one day) as his signal to turn right, instead of looking at the official signs.

 

Would that be like the transit engineer, noted for hitting the mark at every station,  who badly blew a station stop one day?  When queried, he wanted to know "who cut down my tree?"

The few times I get to drive - I have a particular fast food restaurant that I like for a salad for supper.  After giving the order, I have to make a left turn.  The second turn.  The first one puts me face-to-face with the dumpster.  Twice.....

[tree68]

It's raining, it's pouring, etc.

For some it's too much, too fast, though.  Already one cellar pumping detail being dispatched for a neighboring department.  Several severe thunderstorm warnings being bandied about as well. 

But we do need the rain.

[Modelcar]

....Have not mowed my yard for 31 days.  That's a 40 yr. record.

Spots that get shade, obviously have some grass, and even in front of the downspouts out about 10 ft. are green....and along the driveway edges and street edges, that funnel water...{what water}, the grass is long and green, but the rest of it....It will not recover until we somehow get rain.

This morning it was dark in the north....So I figured I better go down the driveway and to the mail box, and get the paper...Looks like it's going to pour.

Even the trees started to rustle and I thought here comes the advanced wind ahead of the front...So I hurried and got the garage door shut and came in and checked the radar.

In the last hour or so it showed me a big red line dropping down from the north.  Then the closer it got to Muncie it turned green, but it was a wide cover of it....And the leading clouds had wierd smooth lines all the way across the front advancing.

Seeing all the green, at least we're going to get rain....

Couldn't believe it.....all that passed, and not one drop of rain...!!

Within 20 or so minutes, the sun was shining, and has been all day and hot and hi humidity

What does it take.....?

We're down now 10" of rainfall for the year so far.

[Mookie]

Q - you living in Indibraska?  Mulincoln? 

[blownout cylinder]

Good Evening...

We got absolutely nothing today..just sun and hot and muggy temperatures....

Barry, from InvisiLondon Ontario.....

[narig01]

It only got to 98F today down here.  At least it didn't get over 100F. At 9pm it was still +91F.blah

Thx Ian

[cherokee woman]

Good Wednesday morning all.  Don't know what is going on, but we now have 3 police cars out in front of our house, plus the car that the first patrol car stopped.  They have been out front since 5:00 this morning.  I had just gotten up, when I heard the whoop whoop, and saw the red & blues from the bedroom window. 

Quentin, that front was supposed to reach us too, yesterday, and like your area, nada, zip, nothing.  I'm very glad that I went out about 6:30 and watered the flowers and tomato plants, along with Sarah's peach tree, and Walt's little walnut tree.  We had a tad bit of a breeze, but you couldn't feel any relief from it, could see the leaves on the tree barely moving. We made it up to 96, 97 degrees yesterday (official reading at the airport), and supposed to only get to 94 today. 

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

Other than what is going on outside our front door, don't know anything else to report this morning.  Everyone take care, keep as cool as possible, and I'll see you all later.

[blownout cylinder]

Good Morning from KindaHotVille...

It seems to be already sticky out, even if it is only 70F....Going to a high near 85F feeling like 97F...and no rain forecast.

Today, later on in the afternoon I will find out if'n more ding dang fricking fracking treatments are needed...I hope not...

Then, maybe afterwards, going to go by the mall and pick up some things to make the evening go by with a good taste..

[Stourbridge Lion]

Good Morning Railfans!

Another month is gone and a new one at hand.  Already 70F here heading for yet another 90+ day by the looks of things; missing those Alaska 60's I has enjoying last week.

All the digital photos have been download and backups are in progress.  Got 25.8G of video downloaded and processes which is about 25% and will still need to get a backup of that still.  No travel blog entries yet for the trip posted but will let folks know when each are there.

My thoughts out to all in need...

[cherokee woman]

Afternoon all.  Very, very warm outside:  don't even know what our current temp is, and don't really want to know, either.  Not even much of a breeze blowing, either.  Oh well, such is life for the first of August.

Here is our menu for the rest of the afternoon/evening: Chinese/Oriental:

Appetizers:

1.  Shrimp egg rolls

2.  Fried Wonton

3.  Crab Rangoon

Soup:

1.  Wonton soup

2.  Egg drop soup

3.  Chicken rice soup

Fried Rice:

1.  Roast pork

2.  Shrimp

3.  Beef

4.  Chicken

5.  Vegetable

6.  Special

Lo Mein:

1.  Plain

2.  Beef

3.  Chicken

4.  Shrimp

Chow Mein:

1.  Chicken

2.  Roast pork

3.  Beef

4.  Vegetable

Sweet & Sour:

1.  Pork

2.  Chicken

3.  Shrimp

Chop Suey:

1.  Chicken

2.  Shrimp

3.  Beef

Dinners:

1.  Moo Goo Gai Pan

2.  Kung Po Chicken

3.  Sesame Chicken

4.  Seafood Combo

5.  Pepper Steak

6.  Boneless Spare Ribs

7.  Chicken w/Broccoli8.  House Special Lo Mein

Hope you are all staying as cool as possible; have a good afternoon, take care and see you all later.

[Mookie]

need a big spoon - going to sample everything on the menu.  Then get a to go box...