Raining here as I type.
Thought we were going to get hammered last night, but all the reds, yellows, and oranges stayed south of us, so all we got was some gentle rain.
Looks like we may be on the northern edge of some heavier weather, but the worst will again stay south of us.
Serving the last hours as fire chief - my successor gets appointed tonight. I've spent almost 12 years of my 35 years in the fire service wearing a white hat. But I'm still an active responder.
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...
Congrats on your retirement, again, Tree. I think you may have at least 2-3-4 more in your future. But this will free up time for you to fill in with something new. Keep us posted. Maybe a decent cruise line?
Well - Kearney NE - west of us about 130 miles - had straight line hurricane winds. I didn't know NE had hurricanes, but whose to argue with the media. Tore up UNK pretty well. Library out of commission for finals. We had a great rain. At least an inch or maybe a little more and it is still working on something. It is barely above freezing, so it has been wet up to now. Omaha had some baseball sized hail. Something for everyone! What a State!
We were sleeping with the ceiling fan on until last nite. Back to flannel nitey.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
The sun is still shining here in Shepherdsville; but about 10, 15 minutes ago, the wind was blowing like crazy. Had a very good breeze blowing in through the screen in the front door. But later on tonight, we have the possibility of some rain/thunderstorms, with a small chance of some severe stuff.
Larry, I second Mookie's congratulations on your second retirement! Will that allow you to go visit kids/grandkids more, along with more volunteer hours on the railroad?
Yes, indeed! Congratulations, Larry!I hope this will give you a little more time to head to the Midwest (Mookie's version or mine).
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)
CShaveRR head to the Midwest (Mookie's version or mine).
head to the Midwest (Mookie's version or mine).
In our warped geography (written by east coasters I'm sure), Cincinnati is midwest too.
Tree, hope the newbie knows how lucky he is having sage advice available to him. Have fun watching the newbie sweat the details and responsibilities he didn't see coming.
Sir C: You know that Cincinnati is only about 2 inches from New York. That makes Colorado the extreme west coast and California is in the ocean. But I will forgive you - since you are married to Boss Hen!
As of about 7:15 tonight, I handed my gold badge over to my successor after he was officially appointed to the position.
He's been my assistant chief for a couple of years, not to mention having been a member of a couple of other area fire departments, and is pretty much up on everything. I think he'll do fine.
All that changes response-wise, though, is that I won't usually be in charge. We do have a rule that the "first key in the door" is in charge until a ranking officer arrives, so I'll still be running a few scenes, and manpower is always an issue during the day.
There is the possibility of a trip further west this year. I didn't get to Michigan last year, and running on down I-94 to Chicagoland isn't that much of a reach. Don't know as I'll manage to get all the way to Nebrasky.
Then there's the railroad, which is the real time hog "in season." I already know I'm going to be in demand as we lost an engineer last year, another moved out of the area, and another will be scaling back. No rest for the weary...
Plan on being in Syracuse on October 15. If you got to Nebrasky, a whole gaggle of other folks would be trying to get there as well.
good morning
mother nature sending more rain today.saw an amtrak heritage unit and some private varnish go west this morning.time to send Matt to school.Larry congrats on the retirement.You know where the corn city is.Time for bed.chores and errands later.
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").
Good Thursday morning everyone. Cloudy here in Shepherdsville this morning; around 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., we were getting rain, and at one point, it was pouring buckets. I could hear it hitting the roof of this mobile home of my brother's. Could have another round later this afternoon, as the cold front moves in. But at least, the weather guessers aren't predicting anything severe.
Everyone have a good day, take care and keep safe.
Is spring weather going to come to Utah? Our mornings are still chilly (in the forties), and we do ahve some rain, though not enough to make certain we will not have to ration water this summer.
After many years of letting you see a dog, I at last changed my picture. Last week, Katie took a picture of me while we were eating supper, using her cell phone--but it came out on its side. She tried to turn it--and it still came to me on its side. So, I turned to a picture taken last May when I was visiting old school friends in South Carolina.
Next week, Katie and I are going to Bristol, Tenn., to see college classmates, and a few other people--train to Chicago and Memphis, drive across Tennessee and back to Memphis, and then civilized comfort back here.
Johnny
Deggesty Is spring weather going to come to Utah? Our mornings are still chilly (in the forties), and we do ahve some rain, though not enough to make certain we will not have to ration water this summer. After many years of letting you see a dog, I at last changed my picture. Last week, Katie took a picture of me while we were eating supper, using her cell phone--but it came out on its side. She tried to turn it--and it still came to me on its side. So, I turned to a picture taken last May when I was visiting old school friends in South Carolina. Next week, Katie and I are going to Bristol, Tenn., to see college classmates, and a few other people--train to Chicago and Memphis, drive across Tennessee and back to Memphis, and then civilized comfort back here.
Johnny, If I had anything to do with the weather, I would send the 70-80 degree temps back your way. (along with the rain that's causing the Spring Summer Allergy season to kick in Full Force here...ACHOO! [about 65 degrees here in the Lou. Metro area right now with light to moderate steady rain, with the chance of some severe stuff later this afternoon, evening. Lots of Thunder & Lightening this morning; got about an 1" of rain then, looking at about another 1-1/2" before it's over.]
Hope you all have Safe and Enjoyable trip!
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Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Thanks, Walt. I trust that we will not have to abort the trip as I did last year because of Ricki's death. I had planned to visit one of my school classmates (whom I had not seen since 1954) on the way to Bristol, but had to come back here without visiting. When I mentioned to him the possibility of a trip in May, his sister (the one about a year younger than he; he and his three brothers had only six sisters) invited me to visit her in Florence, S.C., and a cousin of theirs (the sister of my best friend; she graduated the year before I did) and a classmate of mine, who lived on the other side of the street from my grandparents (I discovered, a few years ago, that she is a fourth cousin of mine) drove over from Columbia, and we had a wonderful afternoon together. One of the three took several pictures of us, and I am now using the one of me by myself.
mudchicken Plan on being in Syracuse on October 15. If you got to Nebrasky, a whole gaggle of other folks would be trying to get there as well.
I'll take you to Zeb's, or maybe even Dinosaur Barbeque!
Good Morning from kinda slipperyoutthereville...
We ended up with a coating of ice over ever't'in here but little bits of power outages scattered here and there...east of us ... a lot more...
Having something of a slow day here....so just kicking back a little......oh...and breakfast cart is ready as well...
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/
morning
finally Friday.chore day today.Matt is off to school.BC thanks for breakfast.
uuuuummmm.....well....there goes our day....
2 big poplar trees that sat in neighbour's back yard are now down across our backyard....and looks to have landed on opposite neighbour's garage... Kinda messy back here...gotta go...CYLTR!!!
blownout cylinder big poplar trees that sat in neighbour's back yard are now down across our backyard....and looks to have landed on opposite neighbour's garage...
Well, I hope you can clean it up yourself and don't have to pay to have it done. And I hope your neighbor's garage is safe. Last year a tree limb landed on my garden shed and broke a hold in the roof. With a piece of corrugated fiberglass I got from my son I was able to repair it.
Minor icing here - we appear to have been on the southern edge. Only a couple of "tree/wire" calls through the day around the county.
Still awfully wet, though. A lot of streams are running pretty full, and many low-lying areas are about as full as they can get.
John WR blownout cylinder big poplar trees that sat in neighbour's back yard are now down across our backyard....and looks to have landed on opposite neighbour's garage... Well, I hope you can clean it up yourself and don't have to pay to have it done. And I hope your neighbor's garage is safe. Last year a tree limb landed on my garden shed and broke a hold in the roof. With a piece of corrugated fiberglass I got from my son I was able to repair it.
Well...we managed to clear the tops of the poplar trees off the garage...there are a number of holes poked through and, of course, his van took a hit...the trees were standing in about 12" of water at my other neighbours house...guess what happened...over-saturated ground/ice build up/wind....poof down she went...took the other poplar down with it. Took portable sawmill to work on them....now we got ~230 board feet of poplar wood to muck around with....
I know a guy who makes furniture...and pens and stuff....
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cold and drizzly this morning.More rain on the way this week according to the guessers.Tonight is Matt's school carnival.Matt will have fun with his cousins.Breakfast is all set.
Joe
edblysard I know a guy who makes furniture...and pens and stuff....
Good evening to everyone. Had a very enjoyable day today: my brother & I went to his grandson's first tee ball game of the year, and his team won, 11 to 8. Those little ones were sooo cute. After they won, had shook hands w/the opposing team, they got cupcakes.
Have our Saturday Night Pizza Fest ready and on the warmer bar. Hope you all enjoy it; have a good evening, take care and keep safe.
OH: Johnny, like your new avatar! That's a very good picture of you. And hope you and Katie have a safe trip.
blownout cylinder John WR blownout cylinder big poplar trees that sat in neighbour's back yard are now down across our backyard....and looks to have landed on opposite neighbour's garage... Well, I hope you can clean it up yourself and don't have to pay to have it done. And I hope your neighbor's garage is safe. Last year a tree limb landed on my garden shed and broke a hold in the roof. With a piece of corrugated fiberglass I got from my son I was able to repair it. Well...we managed to clear the tops of the poplar trees off the garage...there are a number of holes poked through and, of course, his van took a hit...the trees were standing in about 12" of water at my other neighbours house...guess what happened...over-saturated ground/ice build up/wind....poof down she went...took the other poplar down with it. Took portable sawmill to work on them....now we got ~230 board feet of poplar wood to muck around with....
Poplar is some really good woodworking lumber and I need to build a couple of bookcases for extra storage.....reckon I could get some?! (although, I don't think I could get to Canada to pick it up.)
cherokee woman Good evening to everyone. Had a very enjoyable day today: my brother & I went to his grandson's first tee ball game of the year, and his team won, 11 to 8. Those little ones were sooo cute. After they won, had shook hands w/the opposing team, they got cupcakes. Have our Saturday Night Pizza Fest ready and on the warmer bar. Hope you all enjoy it; have a good evening, take care and keep safe. OH: Johnny, like your new avatar! That's a very good picture of you. And hope you and Katie have a safe trip.
One question she had concerned a cross at the top of my grandfather's stone. I was able to tell her that it meant that he was a Confederate soldier (he was born in 1842), and I then remembered that when I was in the fourth grade, my class brought more flowers to school on Memorial Day than any other grammar school class, and we had the honor of taking all of the grammar school flowers to the cemetary (about a mile each way; the excursion seemed to take forever), and placing them on Confederate soldiers' graves. There was a separate competition for the high school (grades 7-12).
Monday morning, Katie and I expect to leave at 3:30--when we board, we will head for our bedroom and get into our berths as quickly as we can.
good Sunday morning
Breakfast is all set.Time for church and Sunday school.Today is going to be the nicest day according to the guessers.Back to work tonight.
locomutt blownout cylinder John WR blownout cylinder big poplar trees that sat in neighbour's back yard are now down across our backyard....and looks to have landed on opposite neighbour's garage... Well, I hope you can clean it up yourself and don't have to pay to have it done. And I hope your neighbor's garage is safe. Last year a tree limb landed on my garden shed and broke a hold in the roof. With a piece of corrugated fiberglass I got from my son I was able to repair it. Well...we managed to clear the tops of the poplar trees off the garage...there are a number of holes poked through and, of course, his van took a hit...the trees were standing in about 12" of water at my other neighbours house...guess what happened...over-saturated ground/ice build up/wind....poof down she went...took the other poplar down with it. Took portable sawmill to work on them....now we got ~230 board feet of poplar wood to muck around with.... Poplar is some really good woodworking lumber and I need to build a couple of bookcases for extra storage.....reckon I could get some?! (although, I don't think I could get to Canada to pick it up.)
I don't know what your government might say about that either...
I've been looking at some recording studio desks to check out how one could put one together...have studio...need desk!!!
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