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Posted by JoeKoh on Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:16 PM

good evening

we have alot of pizzas here ready for supper.Matt and I wandered to Indiana along CSX.Did catch some ns moves on the former wabash at St.Joe.Chores to do and showers to take.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, February 9, 2013 8:38 AM

BOC - sounds like you're doing much better.

The sun is out here, but our friends "down east" are still getting hammered, and will all day.

Time to go clear some snow at our banquet hall.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Saturday, February 9, 2013 7:28 AM

Well...Good Bright Sunny Morning Everyone!!...

Wherein we are seeing sun and a high of 28F today...

I had a good day of rest yesterday....and we did take a walk around the neighbourhood...which was wonderful. 

Today I get to go with a friend to the grocery store to buy some supplies...and see just how much energy I recooped here...taking it kinda slow...is the name of the game hereMischiefWhistling

Well, got a few things need done here...better go do dis....Geeked

Breakfast at the ready....

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Posted by blhanel on Friday, February 8, 2013 9:29 PM

Yep, sounds like the prototype I ran last August at IRM...

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Posted by adrianspeeder on Friday, February 8, 2013 11:17 AM

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, February 8, 2013 11:06 AM

Oof!  Just walked down to the PO to check the mail, to the store for some bread, cleared a bit of the driveway (snowblower will make another appearance later) and topped off the bird feeders (hungry little buggers!). 

The wind has come up (10MPH here in the valley - hate to think what it's doing up on the "flats"), so drifting is becoming a factor, as is wind chill.  Parts of my driveway were bare pavement despite the couple of inches I think we've gotten since last I cleaned the thing.

Kids are all out of school, and the closing list for businesses and other activities is growing.

Wheeeeeee!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, February 8, 2013 10:04 AM

Hello everybody, and Good Friday morning to you all.  Gee, sounds like things have really been hopping around here(had to go back 3 pages to get caught up). 

BOC, hope you are doing better this morning.  Please take care of yourself. 

I myself haven't been feeling very well this week.  Thought that I had had a head cold, but according to the medicine the doctor prescribed, I've had a really bad sinus infection.  Doing a different antibiotic this time (Levofloxacin) once a day.  The other prescription was for Claratin, which I'm already taking, and it isn't working, so I refused to accept that one from the Pharmacy. When I called the doctor's office, I could hardly talk with the triage nurse, due to coughing so hard.  Cough suppression medicine wasn't sent, so still putting up with coughing fits.

We had beautiful weather yesterday:  our high temp was in the mid 60s, and was absolutely gorgeous.  Beautiful warm sunshine and no breeze. 

Everyone take care, have a good day, and everyone along the East Coast, hang in there, and keep safe.


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Posted by tree68 on Friday, February 8, 2013 9:43 AM

BOC - CHF is something I've seen quite a bit of.  I'm sure your life will now include diuretics and bananas.

Snow here since about 10PM last night, but only 3"-4" in the driveway this morning.  There's a bit of a breeze, though, so there's some drifting.  Doesn't look like the two systems have joined up yet, and I know we're going to be in it through tomorrow.

Looks like the east coast is going to catch this one full-on.  A lot of places are closing down - let's hope they get enough weather to justify it or next time everyone will be ignoring the warnings.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Friday, February 8, 2013 7:43 AM

Good Morning!!

mmmm...around here we are going to see about 4-6" of wet snow...being close enough to lake erie's north shore wherein they seemed to have gotten mostly rain...and no freezing either...we got away with it again...but...the school board still closed up the schools....Confused

Well, it was on Monday morning that I started having breathing issues..as in I simply could not breathe. Took until Wednesday at the hospital to get to the point that the fluid around my lungs got cleared away...and now I am t home....whew...but...the thing now of it is is that it is now  CHF...otherwise known as Congestive Heart Failure....ergo...low salt, low fat, low this low that...Sigh...but I is still alive!!!!MischiefSmile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, February 8, 2013 6:56 AM

happy friday

a little slick outside right now.Matt is on time though.Have errands to run this morning.Lunch with Mamma too.Breakfast is ready.Larry hope you don't have too many bender fenders or ditchfinder accidents today.Off to do some paperwork.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, February 8, 2013 3:59 AM

Ah Randy - our traveling weather man, with a great sense of timing....

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Posted by rvos1979 on Thursday, February 7, 2013 11:09 PM
Never have I been so glad to get south of Harrisburg.....

On my way to Eden, NC, away from snow. I think my sister is mad at me, she has had to shovel snow five of the last seven days, she wants a blizzard to hit next time I'm home.....

To the sleeper.....

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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, February 7, 2013 12:04 PM

Mookie

Sir C - don't let my daughter hear you say "bridge hopping" - she will figure it is a class like Zumba and want to enroll!  Blindfold

My muscles and joints want to dis-enroll, but don't have a say in the matter. Go back Monday and finish out that job. (we were told the water was only knee-deep....we are bringing the company yacht (rubber raft) on Monday...)
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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, February 7, 2013 9:54 AM

Just got the mail, and in it was a request for a fire department patch trade from . . . Russia.  The FD has patches from all over the world, but this is a first.

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Posted by Modelcar on Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:58 AM

Yes, the system coming up from the south with all the moisture and expected to meet with the nasty one coming from the upper Great Lakes area will form a Nor Easter storm of a rather large magnitude....

Boston and further north in New England...and even points south to NYC are looking at one to two feet and some, much more possible....Looks like a bad one for many in that region.

Sun is shining on my computer screen here thru my east window this morning, here in eastcentral Indiana.  Temps are even above freezing.  So, I'm not complaining.  Have added over an hour of daylight now from the low point, and we're on the journey to Spring....Of course we'll have some Winter hic-ups on the way, but January is behind us.  Thankfully.

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:36 AM

Mookie

Wow - did you say something naughty to get all that bad weather? 

We haven't had a bad winter in ages.  It's been years since I asked the town plow guys to wing down the banks in front of my house so I can see to get out of my driveway.

The outdoor sports fanatics are always glad to see it snow - you can't ride a snowmobile or ski on bare ground.  I really don't mind.  Leave a little extra time for your travels, or just stay where you are.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:26 AM

morning

Matt is off to school and errands are done.chores to do later.Mother nature is going to give us something tonight/tomorrow.Guessers not sure what yet.US 24 is back open now.Breakfast is all set.Tonight is Friday.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 9:14 PM

Wow - did you say something naughty to get all that bad weather? 

We have had such nice weather the past 2 days, it almost scares me! 

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 9:13 PM

Yeah - We're under a winter storm watch here in the wilds of northern New York, too. 

It'll all depend on how it tracks and how the winds run.  If the system is big enough to bring in moisture off the Atlantic to us, we'll be in for it.

In the meantime, it's a tad cold here, great weather for a structure fire (not), which I just got back from.  It was a neighboring department's call, but we're automatic to them.  A chimney fire that either overheated the surrounding structure, or else the chimney itself failed (cracked).  It was nine degrees when I got back to our fire station. 

They got a good hit on it - by the time I got there they were overhauling the thing and we were on our way home before too long.

For now it's time for a bedtime snack and bed.

 

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Posted by zardoz on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:55 PM

Mookie

somebody on tv is spreading a rumor that there is a huge snowstorm heading for Chicago, then Boston and New York....

Where did that start! 

Canada.

The low pressure center started as an "Alberta Clipper", but is taking a path further south than normal; because of this, the storm will be able to tap the moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and turn it into snow. Milwaukee is expected to get up to 7" from this system (with another large-scale storm by Sunday or Monday.

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Posted by mudchicken on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:31 PM

All we get is drizzle and that started about 90 minutes ago. Must be getting water piped-in from somewhere else.

Been playing bridge hopper all day, sun-up to sundown.Sleep

BNSF has attack geese guarding their bridges.

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:24 PM

somebody on tv is spreading a rumor that there is a huge snowstorm heading for Chicago, then Boston and New York....

Where did that start! 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 2:59 PM

still cleaning up 24.Seems the person pulled out on front of traffic.Csx has an engine to fix in the yard.Also the NS high hood looks ready for pick up.Time to check on Matt's home work.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:20 AM

Quiet in here.  All the better to kick back with my tea, bearclaw, and newspaper.

Sunny and seasonably mild here at +26F.  There's some snow (good ol' lake effect) to the south.  Fellow fell off the roof across the county this morning and the medivac helicopter couldn't fly because of weather "elsewhere," which would be south, where the trauma center is.

Joe - that must have been some pretty solid fog...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 6:41 AM

morning

guessers are calling for sunshine today.US 24 west of Defiance is still being cleaned up after yesterdays accident. 12 trucks(one had ethanol) and some cars hit a wall of fog.Breakfast is all set.Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 6:41 AM

morning

breakfast is ready.matt is on time.chores and errands later.Time for bed.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, February 4, 2013 9:40 PM

zardoz

May I suggest checking out the Trackside competition this week (vol 203); I hear that the reader submission is quite nice....Smile, Wink & Grin

It is quite nice, and it definitely got my vote!Smile, Wink & Grin


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Posted by zardoz on Monday, February 4, 2013 7:43 PM

May I suggest checking out the Trackside competition this week (vol 203); I hear that the reader submission is quite nice....Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, February 4, 2013 11:21 AM

Have you noticed at the underpass - they only have about 2 pieces of equipment working and you don't see a flock of people working. (outside)  I watch them work on the MH line and they will have usually, no more than 2 people.  One day they had one person setting up the barricades, doing the work and then taking down the barricades and hauling them away.  And these weren't small barricades - they were for blocking the street. 

Driver sez they are efficient and can work with small crews. 

And at the underpass, they move the dirt from one place to another and yet manage to look like they get a lot of work done. 

What's the hole with the light at the top going to be? 

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, February 4, 2013 10:36 AM

One neat part about having two monitors on my computer now is that I can watch both the Mierlo-Hout and Helmond webcams at the same time...

Two trains at once in Helmond right now - and the folks disembarking from the first to arrive are busily crossing the other track as the other train arrives...

Locally (NNY), it's cold, but the sun is out.

I wonder when they're going to finish that underpass at the Helmond station...

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