edblysard With the heat index, felt like 108, official temp was 100….ya know it’s hot when your boots and gloves are squishy…. Heat advisory continues through Thursday, expected to hit 101 tomorrow. Hey Carl, Hell aint sounding so bad right now,
With the heat index, felt like 108, official temp was 100….ya know it’s hot when your boots and gloves are squishy….
Heat advisory continues through Thursday, expected to hit 101 tomorrow.
Hey Carl, Hell aint sounding so bad right now,
My furnace kicked on last night, and I'll be packing a heater for my camping overnight at Deshler...
Daytimes around here are quite pleasant right now, but night time is sweatshirt weather.
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Mookie Had a freight coming from the east thru the yard, going west. Had tankers that were marked Tar Oil on the side and a caustic placard. Any one know? And - a CSX DC unit.
Had a freight coming from the east thru the yard, going west. Had tankers that were marked Tar Oil on the side and a caustic placard.
Any one know?
And - a CSX DC unit.
Tar oil is another name for oil extracted from the shale and sands in Canada, the process also can remove heavy metals from the sands such as vanadium, nickel, lead, cobalt, mercury, chromium, cadmium, arsenic, selenium, copper, manganese, iron and zinc.
Several processes are used to extract the oil from the sands, the oil itself is very thick, like tar or asphalt in some cases, so it is also dissolved and removed with a chemical leaching process using a solvent to make it more liquid.
The unrefined oil product is caustic, and can be made more so depending on which solvent is used to extract the oil.
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afternoon
work is still busy busy.It is moving day for our pastor's fiancee. Matt and I are going to go help unload here in a bit.Mother nature is binging more rain our way. The tonka toys and MOW tools cars haved moved elsewhere on NS.Hope Ed doesn't get too crispy in Texas.
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").
CShaveRR Yup... (sorry--I thought this would be the link to the "Hell" sign in Michigan dripping with icicles, but no luck. Maybe Larry can get one...he lived closer to the hinges of Hell than I did!)
Yup...
(sorry--I thought this would be the link to the "Hell" sign in Michigan dripping with icicles, but no luck. Maybe Larry can get one...he lived closer to the hinges of Hell than I did!)
I probably have that somewhere. I did swing through there on my was out of town a couple of years ago, but it was in summer. Only about 40 miles from where I lived.
Good MorningWe got down to 45 here...mmmmm....could Fall be around the corner so early? ??Since we are having a somewhat statutory/not quite stat holiday a lot of grocery stores etc are closed but not other stores....Doing some of the planning stuff today...need to measure out the space at the Lair of Doom...think that may be just the name for that studio as well, lol!!Anyhow...have a good one!!
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
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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)
Good Evening.Good BBQ, good friends, good beer....what else could one ask for...oh...great sunshiny day!! BBQ'ed up a few ribeyes with some dry rub mixed in and a whiskey infused BBQ sauce I made up...plus baked potato and grilled veggies as well....lots to be had too!!
Deggesty: We had something like that a few days ago...in fact a series of them...it kept raining, would stop, up goes humidity, start pouring again...was ridiculous here!!
Ed, you make me think of the two months that I spent in Baton Rouge in the summer of 1953. I do not remember how warm it got--but I do remember that after a shower of rain it was hotter than before, for the water that had hit the streets evaporated quickly and there was more moisture in the air than there was before the rain fell.
Johnny
Ok,
Now you guys are just bragging!
Yes Carl, welcome snow…it was 100 today, rained for a few minutes around 1 pm, then went right back to 100 degrees…nothing like watching steam rise out of the ballast to make you think how fun some snow might be!
Go check the lakes…..
Did I just see a quote from Mr. Blysard saying that he "might welcome" some snow? Folks, Houston might get some snow, but "welcome" was the last word I'd ever expect Ed to say in that regard!If Houston gets snow and Ed welcomes it, I'm driving to Michigan to check out the lakes around Hell--they'll definitely have frozen over!
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Good MorningSunny and a high of 70 today....Today church then BBQ time .... not much else...Have a good day!!
Been dropping down to lower 60s here at night. A few more degrees and it is sweatshirt weather.
Better than that high 70s for a low stuff we were getting a few weeks ago.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Next two weeks look to be cooler here...lower to mid 70's with so-called heat indexes of..oh...mid 80's at worst.
We have been having quite a few wet days up here though...want some?
It was 101 also here in San Antonio Ed.
Yep... gotta love the 2 seasons of Texas: Summer & January...
101 degrees without the heat index….even the little breeze we had in the yard was hot.
I am so looking forward to our “other” season…known here as “not summer”,( we only have two seasons here in the swamp…summer and not summer)….might even welcome some snow around Christmas!
If I was there, I would be velcroed (spell check going nuts!) to Boss Hen, too! Between the bears and lightning and thunder.....and I know from experience you are closer to the latter than we are here in flatland!
Mooks: Saw it, There are 3 videos to that restaurant's bear episode. (Edelweiss has been one of my favorite places since the early 1980's)...Boss Hen got introduced to it early on. The bear has good taste. Ja!
http://www.krdo.com/news/edelweiss-dumpster-diver-bear-hits-social-media/-/417220/21316186/-/q889naz/-/index.html
The last video shows him on night 3 being discouraged by a tack strip. Hope we get some water back up in the hills before Mr. Bear becomes a statistic.
The asparagus barrier out at the border is getting plenty of water. Unfortunately, we are not getting water here, just light and noise. (Da boyz are stuck to BossHen like Velcro during t-storms)
Did y'all see the video from Colorado Springs (Mud, got your ears out?) of the bear that was behind a restaurant checking out the dumpsters? He decided it should be a to go order, so he used his front claws to roll the dumpster off camera. Maybe he had rolled out a fridge earlier?
Good MorningHad an early morning here...needed to get some stuff to our church for next weeks garage sale and then it was off to the university to catch some football practice sessions....then off to the mall for coffee with the gang...then off to Walwart to pick up another camera...Nikon Body with two kit lenses...and an iPad....then...home....sheeesh, lol!Have a good afternoon/evening!!
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morning
Breakfast is all set.Mother nature is going to dry out here in Nw Ohio.Going to find some trains somewhere.Tomorrow is Mission Festival at our church.Afterwards will probably be a lengthy session at our pastors garden railway.Time to get chores done for now.
Good Early MorningWe did get dumped on again tonight...a li'l ol' flashkaboomer gave us about 3/4" of rain in 10 minutes here...they come, dump on our'n heads and leave just as quick...Was pretty quiet at the office today...got home about 7 and went out for a coffee...mmmm...some coffee that turned out to be...took until just about 30 minutes ago!! lol!Anyhoooo...have a good night's sleep or whatever!!
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Good MorningI am typing this with one hand...Spring is all cuddled on the other one, lol!!!We are a little warmer this morning, but that will not last long as we will be back under those ol' t'underin'boomers this afternoon...76 today...70 tomorrow...As I finished the filework yesterday my office work will be a lot lighter ...and I am off next week...heeheehee...
I suspect we may see some grey skies and the occasional shower for our railfan weekend. But they're a hardy lot. Would be nice if it's dry for the night photo shoot.
Headed for the railroad a little earlier than planned today - they've got a couple of big groups and need some extra help.
need to go to town. The route 127 garage sales are going to get wet today and tomorrow.Breakfast is all set.Going to get my ears lowered and my teeth cleaned.
Good EveningWe actually had sun today...a whole days worth!! And, I finished all the ding dang file work that needed done..a few reports went into some HR files too...:johngrudenface:We also ran some trains around here...just to bug the little Spring....:)Anyhow, have a good night!!
Truck's ready for pickup. Planning to ride the mountain bike up to pick it up (7 miles - easy), if it'll quit raining. And the radar is OOS, so we're depending on those further out - which don't see the low stuff...
At least I'll be able to get the truck loaded up for the big railfan weekend. I'm not even there yet, and I already have a list of stuff to do...
Ns stuff still in the siding. Saw a lone engine pull and empty string of MOW cars westbound. Work is still busy busy. Tonight is Friday.
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