You'll be hungry, but happy...
Finally got just about everything done for the big FD training day tomorrow - handouts ready, audio-visual up and tested, food for lunch acquired. Got a couple of crock pots full of chili brewing yet, and a couple of minor issues to deal with, but it looks like we're ready.
If everyone who says they'll be here is here, we'll have over 80 attendees from at least 12 fire departments. That's a really big deal, when "big name" lecturers who pay a visit to the area don't get that sometimes.
We are covering a training requirement - OSHA says we need to have an 8 hour safety refresher each year. A lot of people like to get it done all at once, and since we'll have a variety of presenters, they won't be stuck listening to one person drone all all day.
Sounds like a good night to hit the sack early.
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...
Thought I would drop by for a Saturday night Pizza.
45° and overcast here in town now. It is a very bad day to try to drive east of here however. Snow, blowing snow, and visibility down to near zero. That fine weather extends all to way to the Saskatchewan border.
The weather man was saying just the other day that we have been running a couple of degrees above seasonal for a while now. Not a lot of new snow, but cool enough to not melt all of the snow we already have. This is the second winter now like this, maybe a new climate cycle. For many years before this we would get snow followed fairly quickly by a Chinook wind that would get temperatures up to around 50° and melt the snow right off. I like that kind of winter better, but for some it seems the Chinook winds can precipitate migraine headaches because of the significant change in air pressure.
Everyone take care and enjoy your long weekend.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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good morning
Getting ready for Church and Sunday school.Breakfast is ready.Got word Matt's cousins will be bowling near us soon in a tournament.Going to go cheer them on.
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").
If you're wondering why the "TILT" sign is lit in the diner, look no further......
Since Monday morning, have driven about 3500 miles, got the truck through it's 175,000 mile checkup, been in one high-speed chase (passed me doing about 90-100MPH in Maryland), saw a classic Autocar wrecker, and found out I can go from Baldwinsville, NY, to Birmingham, AL, in 30 hours legally......
I'll be passing out in the corner, then waking up Monday morning to do it all over again, this time including a stop at Madison Kenworth (getting warranty items fixed) and a stop in Richfield to pick up a replacement PrePass Plus. (EZ-pass quit two weeks ago, you need that in toll country.....)
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Randy, the RoadRunner.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
One of these days when you're in B'ville, I'll have to find a reason to come down that way.
Gee - my daughter lives in B'ville... That could be a reason!
Got through our big training day, although the truck is sitting outside the door waiting to be unloaded. We had 81 firefighters in attendance for the day and it appears that a good time was had by all. They certainly polished off the chili in fine fettle - five different kinds from mild to hot to venison.
Now I get to start getting ready for a small train show in Syracuse next weekend...
Monday is done.matt is off today for presidents day.We are off to the YMCA this morning.might see what we can see on csx on the way home.Breakfast is on the counter.
Good Morning
CCold and sunny this morning...posta get to 38F later on this evening..and, of course, do it's raining kinda thing tonight....
Off today, so get to do a fair bit of trainroom stuff...after spending all day yesterday and Saturday doing honey do and get things...
Have a good day!!!
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/
Happy Monday to everyone. Sun shining here in 'Sheeptown' this morning, with a temp somewhere in the 40s, going for a high of about 60(?) this afternoon; then rain coming in sometime this evening, thru tomorrow morning.
Have lunch/supper ready for you all: grilled chicken breasts and grilled pork chops, w/baked taters, broccoli w/cheese sauce, corn and dinner rolls. Hope you all enjoy.
Everyone have a good day, a great week; take care and keep safe.
Rest up day.
Near zero here this AM. Rain forecast for Tuesday (and maybe some freezing rain and/or lake effect. Should be an interesting day.
Broke down and bought a miter saw today. Got some projects coming up that will make it quite useful.
Gee - is it already almost time for supper?
Wons! Maybe if I don't say it, even in print, it won't happen?
6-12 of the white mantle late Wed and all Thurs. I haven't a clue where it will go when it leaves us, but might not be a bad idea that if you live east of Nebraska, you might want to invest in a dog team and sled. We aren't quite the vacation spa center of the US yet, but we are really working on it. We are going for AZ East - no water and getting warmer all the time. Gotta work on getting rid of the humidity and getting more golf courses!
Mookie 6-12 of the white mantle late Wed and all Thurs. I haven't a clue where it will go when it leaves us, but might not be a bad idea that if you live east of Nebraska, you might want to invest in a dog team and sled.
6-12 of the white mantle late Wed and all Thurs. I haven't a clue where it will go when it leaves us, but might not be a bad idea that if you live east of Nebraska, you might want to invest in a dog team and sled.
There's a couple of things going around Facebook, etc, regarding winter storms.
Both essentially say the same thing -
East coast - "Nemo"
Michigan (or upstate NY) - Wednesday...
We'll start the fans....to alter {if necessary}, the direction of such white stuff, and direct it north up over Ill, Mich and points NE....We hear talk of 'stuff" for Thur & into Fri...How much...not known yet.
Tonight rain changing to snow overnight producing up to a half inch by noon tomorrow, then it will be out of here.....
Quentin
Good Morning...
Gonna be a messy day today...rain and snow mixture with a bit of windiness thrown in for good measure...oh...and now freezing rain...oh frabjious joy...
And, I got a follow up appointment with my doctor this fine morning...so I better off to do dis...breakfast cart at the ready as well
Have a good day!!
Morning
BC thanks for breakfast.Ma nature has opened the freezer.Still not sure what the guessers are saying yet.It's Nw ohio,we expect anything.Time for bed.Have some projects to work on later.
Not looking real promising here, weather-wise. There's rain on the radar, but the temperature here is only 20-something. It can't be good.
The town highway folks don't seem to be very worried, though. They do the maintenance on our fire trucks, and they decided to embark on that this morning...
Got an errand or two to run, then I'm planning on staying in for the rest of the day.
We were to have a half inch of snow on the ground when we first checked this morning, but didn't happen. Now it's blowing and snow flurries flying around so perhaps we'll get it now. I must go check the radar, and see if this stuff will be moving on pretty quickly, as forecast yesterday. Hope so.
No blizzards here yet (that'll mostly stay south of us anyhow), but it is snowing now. Gently.
Guess we are getting our now 6-12 something on Thursday. So east coast be patient. It should arrive just about the weekend!
I have had fits on here before about my lack of electronic skill or patience. My puter frustrates me at times; my cell phone won't be turned on since I might have to use it and the laptop I got for Xmas that has frozen up; offers nothing in the app store I would even think about; Siri - driving me nuts until I figured out she didn't know as much as I do about my location (so I turned her off) and even my cheap tv offers some frustrating moments!
So once again thanks to Reader's Digest - this one had me in tears!
"Using my cell phone to access the internet, I was plagued by pop-up ads. Blocking them required a confusing process that ended with this confirmation: "Your cell phone number has been added to be removed".
MOO
The winds are cold here...14F feeling like -5F out here...and blowing snow...and snowsqualls....and yada yada...
Got a few things need doing little later on...doctor appointment came out OK....good numbers in a lot of areas...not so good in a few others...still low white cell count...for some dang reason or other...
Breakfast cart set up and at the ready....
off to do dese t'ings....have a good day!!
BTW....my cellphone never has those popup thingees.....good thing too....
Good Wednesday morning all. Actual temp is in the mid to upper 20s, but with the windchill, it feels like 11 degrees outside, even with the sun shining.
By tomorrow afternoon(?) we'll probably see the rain starting, and then could see some sleet/snow join in. Or, they say, we could see nothing at all. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Here by myself right now: Allie went to Mommy's last night, Shelby is at school (although she has early release today, so she'll be home around 2:15, sil at work, and brother has gone to Borden, IN to see a friend of his.
BOC, thanks for taking care of breakfast. When you have your next checkup, hoping & praying that the white cell count will be looking a lot better.
Everyone have a good day, keep safe and take care, and see you all later.
Ms Mook - Duck! TWC says you're getting a good dose of the white stuff.
Got almost nothing yesterday, althought he brief warm-up and rapid cool-down left me with a driveway covered with ice. Whee!
The lake effect machine has settled in for Oswego County. A portion of the Interstate is closed due to an accident, possibly involving a bus.
Back to cleaning.
Our one to three inches has morphed to four to six inches coming after afternoon. The weatherliars are all in the back room rolling dice to determine the outcome.
mudchicken Our one to three inches has morphed to four to six inches coming after afternoon. The weatherliars are all in the back room rolling dice to determine the outcome.
afternoon
had to go spot clean the church this morning for the Lenten service.Guessers here are still guessing.Work is becoming really busy again.Chores to do.
They went high tech?
tree68 mudchicken Our one to three inches has morphed to four to six inches coming after afternoon. The weatherliars are all in the back room rolling dice to determine the outcome.Sheesh. We always used a dart board...
Three to five inches coming to a neighborhood near us, followed by a tenth of an inch of sleet...this is down from the worst-case scenario they were talking about last night. Doesn't matter...we'll still be watching trains tomorrow morning.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
We have been out all day, but before we left I checked the radar. We were under "blue" all day, but saw nary a flake. They say we are too dry to snow. It never reaches the ground. Now that I like! However, they are still calling for around 6-12 "something" by tomorrow nite. Think I will sit in the window tomorrow and watch "something".....
Madam LaMook - TWC has you square in the middle of the '12" to 18"' area as of a little bit ago.
Of course, their stock in trade is bad weather, but based on some of the other stuff they were showing on the weather map, they might be right. It's kind of a winter version of springtime severe weather, without the tornados. Cold air from the north, warm moist air from the south - voila! Snow! And prodigious amounts thereof.
morning
guessers say a mix for tomorrow morning here,then rain.going to be interesting for sure.Long night at work.Time for bed.breakfast is on the counter.
joe
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