Still busy, filled up two Costcos in the Kansas City area this morning, then another Muskogee turn. Thermometer was a yo-yo today, went from 50 by Kansas City to 90 near Muskogee, then back down to 64 near Springfield, MO. Drove through one hailstorm this morning, thankfully it wasn't the one with three inch hail that I heard on the weather radio. Hopefully the twisty thingies stay away from me tonight..........
Randy Vos
"Ever have one of those days where you couldn't hit the ground with your hat??" - Waylon Jennings
"May the Lord take a liking to you and blow you up, real good" - SCTV
Hi
Ns sent and eastbound as I got off work today.Matt was busy stuffing envelopes and found we were a little short.So we got that corrected.Now we have the stamps as well so his graduation annoncements will be going out.Not sure how his school is planning to hold graduation yet.Some schools it's virtual,others it's a drive through.Need to get Matt on that project.
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").
afternoon
Ns was clear after work.At 2pm we had a flyover from our local fighter squadron.Could here it in the warehouse.Matt's mail is mailed.Got an update on some friends they are doing ok.Chores to do here.
Just got the word this afternoon that I'm negative for the Coronavirus. As they want to get the ball rolling on my cancer treatment (whatever insurance will pay for), they re-tested me.I was out on foot for a while this afternoon, including over a mile along the tracks. I got a good westbound manifest with a whole heap of power on the point (eight units or more!) and a single DPU midtrain. Lots of good stuff to check out, and the exercise will eventually do me some good (just wiped me out today).
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 news, Carl!
How is Pat doing?
We are holding well here where I live.
Johnny
CShaveRR Just got the word this afternoon that I'm negative for the Coronavirus. As they want to get the ball rolling on my cancer treatment (whatever insurance will pay for), they re-tested me.I was out on foot for a while this afternoon, including over a mile along the tracks. I got a good westbound manifest with a whole heap of power on the point (eight units or more!) and a single DPU midtrain. Lots of good stuff to check out, and the exercise will eventually do me some good (just wiped me out today).
Keep on truckin', Carl!
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
CShaveRRJust got the word this afternoon that I'm negative for the Coronavirus.
Outstanding! Now you just have to stay that way.
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...
Johnny, Pat is doing well. Her external signs (temperature, energy level, and appetite) are all good. She didn't get a test...my oncologist ordered one for me because of what they hope to be doing with me in another few weeks.
evening
Ns sent a westbound intermodal after work today.Came home and mowed the swamp.Mother nature has us under a freeze warning.Still glad tomorrow is Friday.
My 8-year-old grandson and I managed to park near the UP transcon through town on two occasions today, and witnessed a total of four trains. He was quite happy that we didn't get skunked.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Ns was clear after work today.Much cooler too.Need to keep Stacey's flowers inside tonight.Also got word that Summerrail 2020 in Marion is cancelled.Waiting for Sis to come.Going to go visit brother in Edgerton.Hopefully this visual chat can work at the nursing home.
So, it's just past midnight on May 9th, 2020, and this is northern New York...
For real...
Welcome to my world . We had a huge snowfall on Mothers Day a few years back. The Lake is still frozen as can be, won't start changing colour and breaking up until June 10th or so.
If it makes you feel any better... I hereby award you with the prestigious "Honour of the SnowFlake of Northern Saskatchewan" .
Its a fine thing and even though it is burdensome at times, it's nice to know you're not alone.
Spent the evening with my wife and youngest son checking out the bioluminescence in waves stirring up the red tide. What made even cooler was seeing the reflection of Venus on the Pacific.
MiningmanIf it makes you feel any better... I hereby award you with the prestigious "Honour of the SnowFlake of Northern Saskatchewan" .
Why, thank you. I think.
What's worse is that I've already mowed twice...
We got about 3" here at the house.
One would think this would melt off fairly quickly, but it's still only +29F and not forecast to really warm up until later in the week...
We had the temperatures for it here, but the gray clouds blew past in the afternoon, no doubt headed for northern New York.I got one pass at the front lawn done yesterday, which is probably the first time I pushed that mower in over a year (heart-valve problems and replacement last year; COVID weakness this year). It's sunny, and should be warmer today, so I might be able to get a little more done out there (after "Wait-Wait").Larry, in a way your picture of your poor truck reminds me of the shot Houston Ed posted of himself...the snow was not enjoyable!
The temperatures in my area were similar to Carl but we had clear to mostly clear skies all day. Not even a threat of rain or snow.
The latest date for snow when I was growing up, 50 miles south of Charlotte, N.C., was 25 April (Easter), in 1941. My wife told me it snowed in Memphis the same day. Talk about an Easter cold snap!
My wife always hopes for snow on her birthday, April 30th. Not a big snow storm, but a little spitting of snow. The last time she got it was 1994.
The other day at the sekf-checkout at Walmart I received back one penny in change. I always check the dates on my pennies. It's amazing long they stay in circulation. I saw it the wheat on the tails side first, so new it was older. I flipped it over and it had a 1935 date.
That's the oldest penny I've found so far. Last year I came across a 1927 nickel. When I find older coins, I think of where they might've gone since they left the mint.
Jeff
jeffhergert I always check the dates on my pennies.
Same here. You beat me by two years - I found I had a 1937 penny in my change yesterday.
I often wonder why they're still in circulation. I would think that most coins that old would be stowed away in penny collections or dresser drawers. Probably someone like us passes on and their family doesn't see any value in a bunch of small change.
When I had a paper route (fifth grade) Indian Head nickels were still in circulation. I collected them for a little while (remember the blue folders), then sold them at face value to a friend - folder and all.
We had a baby sitter at one time who had sticky fingers for anything cash - she must have been rifling through our dresser drawers because I noticed at one point that my penny collection at the time was gone. I"m sure the pennies were simply popped out of their spots in the folders and spent. We didn't put two and two together until later when we heard she'd pulled similar stunts elsewhere.
Evening
Had a decent day today.Saw remnants of snow being melted when we got to Bellevue.Ns sent us some decent trains to watch.Went to Willard from there.There was a W&LE train waiting to go east and that was about it.Not much left.No luck in Bucyrus or Mansfield either.Found some spots where Odot needs to fix on Us 30 for sure.Saw a csx train backing hoppers into Carey.No luck in Fostoria.Saw a few trains in Deshler including a rail train.Looked like 350 was following us home tonight.Guessers say Mother nature is sending rain for tomorrow.To all the mom's out there Happy Mother's day tomorrow.
Three inches of snow on the ground at dawn this morning. Zero now.
Welcome to May...
Larry, I, too, had a paper route at about that time. I remember the Indian-head nickels well, and the Mercury dimes, and half-dollars, pre-JFK. One nickel I got even predated the Indian-head variety...I can't remember what "heads" was, but the "tails" was an embellished "V" (Roman numeral five).Unusual pennies, nickels, and quarters still get taken out of circulation here. We have a wall hanging that is supposed to contain the quarters for all fifty states (two each, one for each mint). It got knocked down once, and we haven't reassembled it yet.
I find looking at the coins I get enjoyable, too. Glad I'm not the only one.
Stay well, everyone.
At one point I painted my bike copper metallic and stenciled "1909 S VDB" on the chain guard...
morning
Well J 715 came into town.They brought some more cars to scrap at Omni.They used the caboose to bring them from the yard.They also have a healthy cut of cars for the ND&W too.Q 166 must have had a hard time getting out of Chicago.He rolled by at 9 am.Mother nature is giving us some gentle rain now and then.Things to do here at home.
Ns was sending a "Carl" special westbound after work.Chores to do.Need to bring in the flowers again tonight for a frost.Hopefully we are done with those until fall.
Joe, I hope they have another one lined up for tomorrow. We may be going east (two counties into Indiana) for an anniversary trip. We don't intend to risk anyone's health, including our own, as we'll order lunch and take it elsewhere (unless the owners insist we stay, and we can fit in a corner with the 25-percent capacity limit). I'm just grateful that trains can be watched from the car.
I sent a 28-page sightings and research report to my friends yesterday. Today should be the snail-mail version of that for my Oregon friend...I was late last month, and he and his wife feared the worst, as they knew we had had the virus.It's supposed to be cool here today and tomorrow. We didn't get any snow overnight, though.
Ns was clear after work today.Came home and took care of the yardwork.Matt took he calculas test today.He takes a history test on Friday.After the read the results it determines if he gets college credit for those classes.Mother nature is setting up to send us some rain this weekend.Next week the are calling for highs in the 80's.The swamp will be growing gangbusters.
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