68 trick or treaters, 33 degrees. I think there's a connection.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
I don't know how he got them to sit that still and be that sober -
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
edblysard Halloween faries.
Halloween faries.
Awwwwwwww!
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...
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Quiet night, trick-or-treater-wise - not too many kids in town these days. That runs in cycles, I think.
I had about 8, total, way down from years ago.
Of course, I might have missed a few when we got a fire call with a neighboring department. No damage - just some overheated outlets due to a wiring problem.
The rain mostly held off, never amounting to much more than a light mist. More troubling is that blue depicted on the radar to the north of us (in Canada).
I stopped in for lunch at a fast food place today. Several of the employees were in costumes, including the young lady who took my order. Her costume was simple - just a T-shirt with a skeleton rib cage on it. I did notice that she seemed to have a "baby bump," and when she backed away from the counter, I saw that below the "rib cage" was an infant skeleton...
Pretty clever. The shirt looked almost looked like she'd fabric painted it herself. If so, she gets kudos for the idea, and for a great job creating it.
Our booth for the Syracuse train show is almost all set up (usually that's a Saturday morning rush-rush thing). A little more to do, but not much.
afternoon
damp and chilly here in Nw Ohio.Ns had a frieght in the siding.Matt made the honor roll at school.Need to go pick him up from his first jr high dance.
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").
zugmann I deserve more respect than this. Don't know if I can keep doing this. Nothing to do with this forum. I just need to type it out somewhere.
I deserve more respect than this. Don't know if I can keep doing this.
Nothing to do with this forum. I just need to type it out somewhere.
Murphy Siding As a great philosopher once said: "I tell ya- I get no respect. When I was a baby, I was so ugly my folks used to tie a porkchop around my neck, just to get the dog to play with me."(Sorry man- the made me do it.)
As a great philosopher once said: "I tell ya- I get no respect. When I was a baby, I was so ugly my folks used to tie a porkchop around my neck, just to get the dog to play with me."(Sorry man- the made me do it.)
A most incredible death-defying feat! You've quoted two different comedians in the same post.
23.....above!
Hey Porkchop - it's 29 degrees this morning here in the south - what's it doing up there? Might want to shut that north door?
Evening
ns had the local uptown when I left.Everything happened at once when we got home.Matt got his new lenses for his glasses.We also went to old neighborhood and raked some leaves.Csx ran a westbound ethanol train with UP and BNSF power.Ghosts and gobblins coming soon for trick or treat.
joe
zugmannI deserve more respect than this. Don't know if I can keep doing this.
Hey, Zug, WE respect you. Even in the morning...
Beyond that, I suspect I know what you mean... Not specifically, but in general.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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CShaveRRThey have a new place lined up (in Lompoc),
Spent lots of time in Lompoc (lom poke, not lom pock), "The Valley of the Flowers." I was stationed at Vandenberg AFB for something over a year. Really liked it there. If I were to move to CA, that's where I'd want to go.
The area is known as "The Valley of the Flowers" because one of the major seed companies raises flowers there for the seeds. Believe me, acres and acres of sweetpeas are a sight to see...
mudchickenT-minus-2 days and counting to moving day.........
My daughter's saying exactly the same thing. They have to be out of their student housing in Goleta (California) on November 1. They have a new place lined up (in Lompoc), but that isn't effective until November 14. Fortunately, they have a temporary spot lined up. This will probably be the roughest move they have to make, because of what's going on there. My son-in-law just got a new job (we hadn't known that he was unemployed for two weeks before that), which requires some adjustment, and our little guy (in age...15 months) is at the stage where he's able to get in the way, and also able to discern that things are far from normal.The s-word is still in the forecasts for Friday afternoon here.
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)
T-minus-2 days and counting to moving day.........
brr getting chilly out there.Did the gutters and some yard work.Getting ready to take Matt to confirmation class.ns had a freight in the siding and the local was moving cars when I left work.
Thunder here about 5AM, then it slowly warmed up to about +70F. Now comes the decline, and more showers (and maybe thunder). The white stuff has been mentioned by the end of the week, and the weekend looks like highs won't hit +40F.
One of the things I found when I cleaned out that box of stuff from work was a golf ball imprinted with a "Soo Line" logo. Probably came from my aunt, who worked for a lumber fowarding company and who regularly dealt with railroads. The business is closed now, but I wish I could have gone through and picked up some of the railroad items they probably had. I did get a 1957 Official Guide from her.
Its nice here in Alamo City. Currently partly cloudy and 82.
We have a shot for some rain on Thursday....always glad to have that!
yes Carl we heard that"S" word in our forecast too.Ns had an eastbound stack train going and the local uptown too.Got a phone call from the eye doctor.His family is from Lima and he liked the 765 cd we made.Better get done on the computer.Matt needs to type up an essay.
We're still above 70 as we speak, but the change will come slowly over the next several days. The trick-or-treaters may have some s**w to contend with.But today was marvelous, a great one for celebrating Kalmbach Day (I thought I already posted something about it, but cannot find it). A big shout-out to everybody Kalmbach! Thanks for a bunch of amazing magazines, and some great fora to participate in.
Absolutely gorgeous day in southeast Michigan today. Sunny and high near 70. I hope it lasts all winter.
Norm
evening
Ns train in the siding when I left work.Worked on yardwork.Ma nature is going to throw us a chill after the rain tomorrow.
Ghost train out and back with no casualties. Did get to practice my "slippery rail" techniques. It's a real challenge to get six or seven cars up a substantial hill (net 730 ft in 21 miles, including about five miles of 1.2%) even with two locomotives. Kept 'em rolling, though!
Just went through a box of stuff left over from my working days. It included a few things I'm glad I found, and a bunch of old travel documents I need to shred, as they have personal information on them.
Gloomy here. A thunderstorm came through last night at Utica right after all of the passengers were off the train. We'd seen it coming, but weren't sure when it would hit. Had some BB sized hail in it! Actually kinda odd for late October in the north woods.
went out this morning and csx had a traffic jam.Signal was out west of town causing the problem.The ND&W ran a train to Cecil.Had to go to the eye doctor appointment.Came back and low and behold they took another train to Cecil.My eyes checked out fine.Matt and Mamma need adjusting.Sunday school and Church tomorrow.
Murphy: go for the magnolia! I know we are a little farther south but a lot of yards here have them. You will have a lot of years when the blooms will freeze and then the stiff north wind will blow them away, but every so often you have a great spring & you will be so happy you have a magnolia.
burning bush & forsythia - fall & spring!
Deggesty Are those scrapped buses that you burn?.
Are those scrapped buses that you burn?.
Are those scrapped buses that you burn?
We had fire thorn (pyracantha) in front of one of the houses where I grew up, as well as nandina and spirea--and a Mother's Day (red) rose by the porch. At my grandparents house, where my mother, one brother (the others were all out in the world) and I moved after my grandfather died, the front yard was filled with all sorts of things his sisters had put out--a magnolia, oleander, pomegranate (nice and sour), tiger lilies, graveyard cedar, and so forth. The magnolia is no longer there. The back yard had a black walnut tree, a peach tree, an apple tree, a pear tree, Himalaya blackberry bushes, and fig bushes--all good eating. Two or three years, I helped my mother make pear mincemeat (I turned the meat grinder and sealed the cans when she put it up in cans).
Before moving here, I had scrubbery on one side and in front of half the house; when trimming it, I had to be careful not to squeeze when picking the trimmings up. The worst thing I did there was set some privet out by the back fence--right under a power line. I should have told Ricki, "No, I am not going to set it there!" but I did not think until I had to prune it back every fall; I hope the current owners take care of it; they did remove the scrubbery from in front of the house.
I let Katie take care of the yard here, which has many different flowers that were set out by previous owners--and pine trees, as well as a crabapple tree (food for deer).
Johnny
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