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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:56 AM

SJ, you'd have to trust me on this one.  It's a nice "mom and pop" place, safe, good clientele, good food, and a step out the door to see trains.  Nothing threatening around it.  And main lines of both NS and CSX are within a few hundred feet--NS is the one visible right outside.  And Pat likes it...'nuff said!

But I have taken a couple of bicycle trips that went right through downtown Gary.  One time I got a flat tire, and remembered thinking, "This might make a lot of sane people nervous..."  But I was able to buy a patch kit (didn't have a spare tube), and sit on the steps of City Hall to fix it (temporarily...not so good at patching, but it got me to the edge of town, where I waited for rescue at Miller).

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:47 AM

Good Thursday morning and Happy Valentine's Day to you all!  Received a 3-piece box of Valentine candy from Allie Cat this morning, along with a Valentine bag of Skittles.  Although, even though there wasn't a message on it, the box of candy could have been from her big sister, Shelby.  The Skittles are still unopened, but the little box of Whitman's is gone, gone, gone.

Have a Valentine heart shaped cake out of the oven, and it has cooled and been iced and decorated, ready for you all to dig into.  Also have roast, taters & carrots in the oven, and will be ready for your lunch in just a little bit.  There's also plenty of it for supper tonight.

We got a little bit of snow yesterday morning, but it didn't stick around too long at all.  Even with the heavy, almost white out conditions for a little while.  High yesterday was in the mid to upper 40s, so nothing stayed around for long.  Sun is shining right now, and we're to see highs today in the low 50s. 

Everyone take care, have a great day and keep safe.

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, February 14, 2013 8:44 AM

Joe:  Kisses

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:52 AM

Good Morning

Dull and snowflurries here..about an inch expected....

Mookie:  London ON has a few areas of that sort...you tend to want to go through them rather quickly....Whistling When they recently did a grade separation here they went all out up here..even put what could be called observation deck on it....Wink

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, February 14, 2013 6:34 AM

good morning

Happy valentines day!!! Breakfast is ready.We have heart napkins and cups today.We have candy hearts to with railroad sayings on them.I was trying to find the one that said "big boy" on it but I think Mookie found it first.Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:13 PM

BC - after visiting with der Chicken, I haven't placed Gary IN really high on my list of visiting spots.  And before I get a rotten tomato from Gary lovers, there are places in Lincoln that are not high on my visiting list. 

Millie goes really fast thru those areas to get to our watch site and she never, ever goes there after dark!

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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:17 PM

SJ, remind us not to take you to the restaurant we found in Gary, then, just the other side of town from where MC took those pictures.  It's a nice enough place, but to get to it you drive over roads and under bridges (and over tracks) just like that.  We hope to make it there for lunch tomorrow, on our way to the Land of Ice and Snow (and no trains Sad ).

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:24 PM

MudC:  Let me know when it gets closer....

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 4:07 PM

Tree - had to replace the CO detector a year ago.  If any go off, I will pass out from fright and have to be carried out!

Sir C - maybe feed da boyz a goose dinner?  I was rooting for the scottie and the sheep dog.  And the westie - memories of Andy.  Did you see that English Bulldog - walking toward the camera, it looked like a walking footstool!  And the French Bulldog - they actually do look like they are grinning!  How funny!

From the pix you send me, I don't blame people for not wanting to do your work.  I wouldn't drive by let alone stand in some of the places you go! 

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3:37 PM

(1) Replaced all six smoke detectors in October and will change batteries come "spring forward"....It's not only "is the detector working?", but also is "the sensor working?". After one failed and drove BossHen nuts in the process, replaced them all. The CO detectors are another story entirely.

(2)BarkBrothers are bummed. No scottie or westie placed this year at Westminster. Get 'em next year!

(3) Mooks: We had two people go down with rotator cuff surgery and another to knee replacement. Posted two job openings and neither has filled yet. (to cover working in the field)  Nobody wants to travel or be away from home that's qualified. Lot'sa "sugar-boots" out there. The demographics got warped and where the heck did the work ethic go?

(4) BOC - will be in your backyard in less than 20 days.

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 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:27 AM

Morning

Another dull day here...sigh

Have a bunch of things need done here ....again...off to do dem......have a good day!!

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 7:07 AM

Joe - in this economy - someone decides they don't need a job?  Incredible!

Tree - all 3 working here.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:37 AM

morning

Breakfast is ready.Juice and coffee are ready.Interesting night last night. Two workers decided that they really didn't need a job after all. As for our smoke dectectors they are working and ready for battery replacement come the time change. Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:23 PM

Not a good week or so for fires around here.  Two houses were heavily damaged in one incident in the south of the county, and a resident who normally medicates to sleep escaped when a neighbor spotted flames at his house before he called it a night (it was a good stop besides).  The resident of a trailer succumbed to as yet undisclosed (but not suspicious) causes when his home burned last weekend, and a fire in a neighboring county has claimed a life tonight.  Firefighters are still on the scene of that one.

How are your smoke detectors?

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 7:34 AM

Good Morning

Welb..we are back to our usual dull dull dull dull days again...several dull days are forecast for us..winter can go now...really...Grumpy

Today I have to go find something for Audrey...Valentine' Day ....yay....Whistling

See what other type of mischief I can get into as well..Mischief

Have a great day!!!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:38 AM

morning

it's  Fat tuesday.matt is on time.chores and errands later. Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, February 11, 2013 5:32 PM

As has been noted here in the past, I like to feed the birds - they can be entertaining, if a tad expensive (40 Lbs of black oil sunflower seed is almost $30 now - vs about $12 for 50 Lbs before the big ethanol 'boom').

Still cheaper than "cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women".....

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, February 11, 2013 4:05 PM

zugmann

"Weather weenies" can make foamers seem normal.

And they even have their own channel on cable!

Can you imagine a 24-hour channel full of just railroad shows (real and model), with "reality" shows like "Train Chasers," and "Railroad Police - LA?"  Never mind breathless, round-the-clock coverage of major incidents and events...

As has been noted here in the past, I like to feed the birds - they can be entertaining, if a tad expensive (40 Lbs of black oil sunflower seed is almost $30 now - vs about $12 for 50 Lbs before the big ethanol 'boom').

Just took a look at the feeders and counted 6 cardinal pairs - a personal "best."  They tend to congregate at the feeders at dusk, but this is the most I've seen at once.  Word must be spreading!

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Posted by zugmann on Monday, February 11, 2013 3:32 PM

Murphy Siding


      Both Friday and Saturday evening news had the local weathermen so excited they were going to pee their pants.  One guy did his entire weather "event" in one, 90 m.p.h.. five minute blast, without taking a single breath.  He was just so excited that the blizzard to end all blizzards was happening on his watch.  He was so overwound, he used the phrase "..and it's downhill from there"  at least a dozen times.

"Weather weenies" can make foamers seem normal.

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Monday, February 11, 2013 2:29 PM

Mookie

Got a foot of snow in our panhandle and far north.  We got a 40mph wind yesterday.  Seems like a good trade-off! 

Sunny, but 32 and cold today.  Little windy.  Week promises to be much better. 

Going to go sit by the mailbox and wait for my boiled owl award.

Moo....

  Re:  page 11 scoop.....Bow   I had read that story, and didn't make the connection.

      Both Friday and Saturday evening news had the local weathermen so excited they were going to pee their pants.  One guy did his entire weather "event" in one, 90 m.p.h.. five minute blast, without taking a single breath.  He was just so excited that the blizzard to end all blizzards was happening on his watch.  He was so overwound, he used the phrase "..and it's downhill from there"  at least a dozen times. Dead

    We got 1.3" of snow.  Of course, some of our *local* viewers got over a foot of snow....but they're 400 miles away..  My son said, if they have to name another one of these blizzards to end all blizzards, that they should call it something realistic....like Blowhard, or Windbag.

     Now, if I can just figure out the boiled owl reference...Huh?

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, February 11, 2013 12:55 PM

Got a foot of snow in our panhandle and far north.  We got a 40mph wind yesterday.  Seems like a good trade-off! 

Sunny, but 32 and cold today.  Little windy.  Week promises to be much better. 

Going to go sit by the mailbox and wait for my boiled owl award.

Moo....

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, February 11, 2013 12:04 PM

Raining, in the 40's, Mother Nature is toying with us again.  When it gets cold again, everything will freeze solid as a rock.

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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, February 11, 2013 10:38 AM

......No sunshine here today....but it is on the mild side for temp.  Windy, and overcast.

Won't complain, as we've had no snow now for some time....and we'll just work our way out of Winter, quietly...Yea, I wish...but that's the way it is now.  Time to go find lunch.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, February 11, 2013 10:29 AM

Good Monday morning to all.  Nice sunshine this morning, with temps to be in the 50s today; but rain/winter mix supposedly coming back in Wednesday.  Had a very busy weekend, even without the girls here.  My sister-in-law and I left my brother sleeping Saturday, and we went shopping.  I bought myself a couple pairs of new shoes, a new blouse, a pair of leggings and a pair of jeans.  Also bought a new pair of sheets for the bed; yesterday, while my niece and I were gone to Church, my sil went out and bought a new comforter for the bed.  As soon as their laundry is done, I'll be washing the sheets and comforter, and putting them on the bed.  We had a really good time, Carolyn and I, just being out of the house, and having a Girls Only Outing. 

Mookie and Larry, gonna have to find that article and read it! 

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

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Monday, February 11, 2013 7:21 AM

Good Morning

All kinds of slop and goop out there this morning...we had some freezing drizzle and rain earlier ...now it is just good old drizzle...winds expected later on today...

Going out a little later to meet the gang at our usual hangout...then off to see what is on sale at WallyWorld...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, February 11, 2013 6:25 AM

good morning

it's Monday.Breakfast is ready.Hope everyone in the NE is dug out.Temps to drop this afternoon according to the guessers.Time for bed.Chores and errands later.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:00 PM

Mookie

Tree - you got your ears on?  ^~^

I was there when the picture was taken, but I can't be seen behind the crowd.  The conductor on the walkway is not me.  I'm better looking...  I've got a couple of pictures taken from a different angle.

He's holding a microphone in his hand - part of a portable PA system I have that we used that day. 

That was the first day of our anniversary event - I was the utility guy, and must have walked five miles up and down the yard, taking care of switches and anything else that needed attention.  I was easy to pick out in my yellow hardhat and safety vest.  Looking very closely at the picture, you might just catch a glimpse of my vest this side of the bay window.

The second day I was one of two engineers on our locals, wherein I was running the RS18u (1845) furthest from the camera.

It was a busy two days. 

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Posted by Modelcar on Sunday, February 10, 2013 7:37 AM

It seems Winter is relenting to more mornings with temps over the freezing mark.  This is another one.  Believe we are to have less critical temps all of the coming week.  Like that.  Snow has gone down the drains here some time ago and we've been treated to seeing the grass much more now....Wonderful.  {But we'll certainly see more of it {snow}, at times}.

Church late this morning, then to the Sunday meal at one of our railroad side, restaurants after church.  Double track east / west CSX is just across rt. 32 here.  Roughly 20 to 25 trains daily....Not sure how many on weekends.  It's not unusual to see perhaps two trains while having a meal there.

Wishing everone that posts here a good week ahead.....

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, February 10, 2013 7:34 AM

Good Morning..

Plenty of sunshine here this morning..going up to ...tada!!...36F later on...yay!!!

Got a few things to do myself today..such as replacing popped bulbs and resetting clocks and such...seemed a power surge decided to come long and make my day...Confused

Have a good one!!.

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Posted by Mookie on Saturday, February 9, 2013 9:41 PM

I am so excited!  I think I am on to something!

The latest Trains (March) has an article on Page 11. 

But the 1% possibility that I may be wrong - I don't want to jump up in the middle of the forum and crow.

So, if our resident engineer will either confirm or deny - then I may win the boiled owl award for paying attention - even if I am a little light on the for sure part of it. 

Tree - you got your ears on?  ^~^

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