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Posted by Modelcar on Friday, October 5, 2012 3:41 PM

.....A damp, overcast, and rainy day.  Did I say it is cool too...51 right now, so that signaled me it's time to turn on some heat in parts of the house.  So....did so here in the office....family room....main bath.....and my bedroom...Just enough that the thermostats clicked.

So  far, haven't needed to do so, with sunshine and really enough heat coming off such stuff as the family room flat screen.....lights, and computer in here, and lights.

And since it's to be down in these numbers most of our weekend, nothing was going to help keep it up to living temp.  So added a bit of heat.

Still mowing, and now a bit of heat added....Doesn't really sound like they go together, but perhaps so, if needed.

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, October 5, 2012 3:19 PM

Afternoon all.  Turning overcast outside, but rain's not supposed to be in until around 9 p.m. tonight.  Went to the library late morning and then stopped at grocery for a few things, in plenty of sunshine the whole time I was gone, which was about 2, 2 1/2 hours. 

Here is our Friday Fish Fry menu:

FISH:  Bass, catfish, cod, flounder, haddock, halibut, perch, whitefish, shrimp (jumbo, popcorn) and Tilapia

SIDE DISHES:  Baked beans, cole slaw, corn on the cob, cornbread, fries, hush puppies, macaroni & cheese, deep fried breaded mushrooms

DESSERTS:  Chocolate cake w/chocolate icing, yellow cake w/caramel icing, apple, blackberry and strawberry/rhubarb, and pecan pies; apple and peach cobblers, with plenty of ice cream, whatever flavor you wish.

Everyone have a good evening, take care, and Mudchicken, hope the 'white alert' has disappeared from your area.

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Posted by MidlandMike on Friday, October 5, 2012 2:01 PM

Winds out on Lake Michigan are keeping the ex-carferry Badger in the port of Ludington today.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, October 5, 2012 10:35 AM

rainy friday today but at least it's friday.Fall fest is going to be inside of Matt's school.Cw thanks for a quick lunch.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, October 5, 2012 8:07 AM

White Stuff Alert!

(woke up to falling whiteness this morning / and two scotties went out black & dry....came back white and wet!)

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 blownout cylinder on Friday, October 5, 2012 6:16 AM

Good Morning

Well...here in London ON the start of the cool down is upon us...yesterday we hit 77F today? 57F and falling...tomorrow will be the high of 50F...with a little tinkly shower or two....

We had to water the trees around here ourselves pretty much through the whole summer as we seem to  have had about 25-30% of the rain we usually get around here...and, apparently we look to be settling into a below normal pattern for the fall as well...yay.

Today will be not a relaxed day for moi...as I have a few things to still do...such as HD things have piled upGrumpy...so I better be working here...Whistling

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, October 5, 2012 4:58 AM

Good Friday morning all.  Sorry about not getting back in yesterday, but things were just too busy around here, after I got home from my 4 hours of 'work'. 

Mudchicken, it's 30 degrees cooler for you, because all the hot air left via airplanes, road vehicles, etc.Smile, Wink & Grin

Dan, congraultations on becoming one of the forum moderators.  I know you'll be fair in your decisions. BTW, did you find some of the chocolate cake you brought in for Tuesday?  I tried to 'hide' some so that you'd get some of your cake!

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  On the warmer part of the serving station this morning:  sausage, bacon, eggs, toast, made from scratch buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy and fried taters; or, you have a good selection of doughnuts, danish, long johns, muffins, bagels and there's also some bear claws this morning.

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

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Thursday, October 4, 2012 11:07 PM

rvos1979
Sorry Dan, didn't look until just now, flew up and flew back down. Gotta keep the wheels moving if I want to make money. Maybe next time, whenever that may be.....

Nice out now, hopefully it's this nice in Alabama on Saturday, see everybody later.....

No hard feelings Randy.  Bills come first - believe me I know that!

Walt - thanks.  I'm just trying to help out.

Long days this week - my new (real world) responsibilities had me at 40 hours at around 12:30 on Wednesday.  5 AM to 5 PM today...tomorrow another 6 or 7.  Beats the alternative I say. 

Gonna get chilly tomorrow & the weekend.  I'll be heading back to the woods for more hunting.  Kinda nice to have time and someone to go with!  Aedan should be joining me in around 4 or 5 years.  Will have to see how that goes.

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Posted by rvos1979 on Thursday, October 4, 2012 8:17 PM
Sorry Dan, didn't look until just now, flew up and flew back down. Gotta keep the wheels moving if I want to make money. Maybe next time, whenever that may be.....

Nice out now, hopefully it's this nice in Alabama on Saturday, see everybody later.....

Randy Vos

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, October 4, 2012 4:53 PM

Good Afternoon/Evening

Got all kindsa sun here as well as a good stiff breeze blowing...and, it got up to...TADA!!!...75F!!...tomorrow? Not so nice...

Had the CT scan thing today..hopefully it is all kaput..the cancer that is....

Might get to run some trains today...if'n certain HD list thingees do not show up...Confused

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, October 4, 2012 1:47 PM

We had a storm!  2 flickers of lightning (tiny, tiny) and 12 drops of water!  Yesssss.....

It is 54, but very sunny, so seems a lot nicer - especially if you stay on the south side of the building where it isn't windy. 

Interesting debate.  That's all I'm gonna say.

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, October 4, 2012 11:23 AM

Politicians left townThumbs Up

Unfortunately, they took the weather with themThumbs Down

 

Traffic in Denver returns to normal, but it's 30 Degrees cooler today.

 

Did we skip fall this year?

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 locomutt on Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:27 AM

Congrats to Dan (CNW6000) for being named a "Moderator" for the Trains Forums.Thumbs Up

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:04 AM

Good Thursday morning all.  Managed to sleep in until 6:40, so I've only been up just over an hour.  Think I needed the extra sleep. 

BOC, hope everything goes all right today, and that you'll be getting a clean bill of health today!! 

Our temp is in the upper 50s, going for a high of 80, 81 this afternoon.  But, I did hear something about maybe some snow flurries or very light snow showers for the weekend.  Definitely will like lower temps, but not looking forward to having any snow around here until more towards Halloween, or the first week of November!!

Everyone take care, have a good morning and see you all sometime this afternoon:  got a call from one of the ladies in our Dare to Care office last night.  She's not feeling well, and asked me to come in this morning at 10 and stay until 2 p.m., helping the other lady.  So that is where I'll be.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, October 4, 2012 6:32 AM

good morning

CW found the breakfast.thanks.Set out the juice and coffee.Guessers say hot chocolate will be in order for the weekend.Need to run errands this afternoon so it's bedtime.Tonight is friday.Tomorrow I go help at a fallfest at Matt's school.Hope I don't lose a gouard.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:40 PM

rvos1979
Nice day here in Bettendorf, IA, where you can sit in the sleeper with the windows and vents open and not cook. Supposed to get cool, though, might have a day where I have to fire up the heater overnight.....

Well, since I wrote the above, I got dispatched and loaded, am now about 20 miles north of Mount Pleasant, IA, headed for Oconto Falls, WI. Should be nice tonight, but cool tomorrow. Catch y'all on the flip-flop......

Any idea if you'll be around the area a while?

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 7:26 PM

BC - Here's hoping for the best for you.

Dreary day here today, but that's not a problem as I spent most of the day in the print shop turning out tickets for a local church's booster club.  Kind of a mist falling tonight.

Friday is our annual outing to the local elementary school, where we again try to instill some fire safety in the kids.  The paradox of any prevention program is that there's virtually no way to know if it's successful.  We can only hope that one reason we don't have any more fires than we do is because the kids have learned their lessons well. 

The program we do has been going for over 20 years, so it's entirely likely that we're seeing kids of some of the kids we saw "back when."

I usually handle the fourth graders, who get some fire science, are amazed by the thermal imaging camera, then get a tour of an engine (pumper) outside.  In the afternoon, I generally do the fifth graders as they visit the fire station.  Following a lecture on how the 9-1-1 system works, they get the run of the place, and sometimes we'll do a timed donning of our protective clothing (bunkers), much to the amusement and amazement of the kids.

It's a fun day.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:59 PM

Good Evening

Kind of quiet out here tonight...we got to see 74F and humid...made it feel like 84F....tomorrow is supposed to get even warmer...

Tomorrow is the day of my CT scan...I hope the fricking fracking cancer is dead...better be...Grumpy

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Posted by rvos1979 on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:28 PM
Nice day here in Bettendorf, IA, where you can sit in the sleeper with the windows and vents open and not cook. Supposed to get cool, though, might have a day where I have to fire up the heater overnight.....

Well, since I wrote the above, I got dispatched and loaded, am now about 20 miles north of Mount Pleasant, IA, headed for Oconto Falls, WI. Should be nice tonight, but cool tomorrow. Catch y'all on the flip-flop......

Randy Vos

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Posted by bubbajustin on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 1:02 PM

Happy birthday Dan! 

Gloomy today... As it has been the past few days.  StormStormStormStormStormStormStormStormStormStorm ... Idea ... Umbrella !

Our fire departments annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast is coming up this Friday... YEP! Fall is in the air folks! Wink

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Posted by Modelcar on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 11:02 AM

,,,,,Overcast and 62 degrees here in our part of the world.  Much warmer tomorrow, then a major cool down for the weekend.  We  really don't need that.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 8:17 AM

morning

damp morning outside right now.had to run an errand.cw thanks for breakfast.saw an ns train go by as I was leaving work.Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 7:50 AM

Peace be with you. 77 and cloudy in Carolina thiis morning, headed for 86 and more rain later. We in this part of the state are officially drought free now.

CW, it was a cyber attack. The page just popped up when I got a redirect going into a page that I won't go back to again!

Everyone take care and stay safe

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:06 AM

Good Morning

Passing showers and a bit muggy this morning..going up to 70F today in the later part of the afternoon.

Everything has quieted down here...for the past couple of days relatives were 'swarming all over the joint'...as a certain song had it...oh...blast..now it is doing a loop inside my head...HmmGrumpy

This Thursday will be my CT check up to see whether I am clear of the bone cancer...I just hope I  am....Confused

Today? Relax and enjoy the day...and replenish supplies again...Whistling

Mookie:  >-.o<

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:30 AM

^~^

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:13 AM

Good Wednesday morning all.  58 degrees here in Louisville, going for a high in the low 70s this afternoon. 

Tom, how did they contact you and lock your computer?? 

Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go.  Breakfast is also ready and on the serving station:  bacon, sausage links, sausage patties, scrambled eggs, toast, biscuits, gravy, and tater tots are on the menu this morning.

Gotta get a move on, get the bills paid, and get ready for our workers to be here later this morning.  It's going to be another loooonng day around here.

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

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Posted by grampaw pettibone on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:43 PM

Evening all. I just got the computer back after an extortion attempt.Somebody claiming to be the FBI locked the system and demanded that I pay a $200 "fine" by way of a money order bought at KMart or CVS Pharmacy in order to get it unlocked!! They also said that having malware on a PC was punishable by a fine of $100K and 4 to 9 years in prison, so I had better pay up within 72 hrs!!. My buddy, who is in the business got things unlocked and cleaned up, PTL!

Things continue to percolate along here in Carolina. Nothing else to report except to wish Dan a belated happy birthday.

Everyone take care and stay safe.

Tom

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 3:28 PM

Mudchicken, I like your idea!!  Over half the phone calls that show up on our caller ID are political ads.  Sick to death of them!

Everything is heated/warmed up for supper and is on the warmer serving station. 

Our workers did not show up today:  they got the date wrong, and will be here tomorrow, sometime between 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.  And we had everything ready for them, and just waiting to load the 2 indoor cats into the carriers, and everything else ready for them to start work.  Grrrrrrrr.

Everyone have a good evening, take care, and see you all in the morning.


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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:40 PM

Getting ready for Debate-aggedon tomorrow in South Central Denver. Carmageddon move over. Security is shutting down an Interstate and major surface streets for five hours tomorrow including the evening rush-hour.

Neat excuse to play hooky or an early quit if I ever saw one... Might be voting for whoever proposes exterminating robocall firms and political marketing people first.Mischief

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Posted by MidlandMike on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:18 PM

Tree,  sorry to hear of the continuing opposition to the Adirondack tourist line.  We appreciate that you guys are there to carry on.  Keep up the good work.

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