Fish, slaw, fries. I'm full!
Hopefully work will be a little less zoo-like next week. At least I have a three day weekend (it's my regular work schedule).
I'll miss pizza night tomorrow - another fire department banquet....
Got an email from the trainmaster - rules classes at the beginning of May. Won't be long and we'll be running trains!
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...
how about some more fish?real tasty today and I like the coleslaw too.the maumee & western had a special delivery today.they got a new engine. while we were there CSX had a non stop with a stack train east and a up led powder river coal empty west. also we saw some gvsr ore jennies at omni source too! wish the water would shut off for awhile.
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").
JoeKoh wrote:Randy did you get to use a 5 dollar metra pass?stay safeJoe
Joe
Yes I did, Joe, and that is the only way to fly on the weekends, five dollars for the four trains I rode on Saturday. Was packed, though, due to the St Patrick's Day festivities, we were full in each direction. Metra should think about expanding their weekend service, it's great for a day or two in the Chicago area.
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
Fish sounds great.randy did you get to use a 5 dollar metra pass? We would have it we had more time in chicago.Carl showed matt all the diamonds from lombard to downtown.looked at next weeks weather we need a boat to get around.
Man, what a week it's been......
After a week off last week, it was back to the grind this week, and to start it off, we started UPS trailers. Right now I feel like I got ran over by those trailers. And to top it off, we ran only one line last night, as the UPS line was about three to four days behind in production.
Had a good time on my week off, though, which included a few trips on Metra into Chicagoland. Stopped in LaGrange and got a few shots, which are posted in Mark Hintz's Fuzzyworld 3um. Took a bunch around my hometown, as well, have yet to get to the photo processing on them, though.
Grilled fish? //ZING!!// I'm there!!
See everyone later....
Oatmeal sounds good for a gray, rainy day. It is too bad that there are no BNSF lines near me, I actually think overcast light brings out the orange better than direct sunlight.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Mookie wrote: blhanel wrote: //yawnsCloudy and dreary here this morning. If anybody is looking for me, I'll be over yonder in the recliner. ^?
blhanel wrote: //yawnsCloudy and dreary here this morning. If anybody is looking for me, I'll be over yonder in the recliner.
//yawns
Cloudy and dreary here this morning. If anybody is looking for me, I'll be over yonder in the recliner.
Why do I get the feeling that I should've brought my tin boots?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
morning
CW had to get matt on the bus.will take some breakfast.yesterdays storms has caused some problems with the areas phone(911) and our isp servers too.could't check email until now this morning. after matt is done in school he will be on spring break.looks like we'll need the boots and the umbrellas next week. stayin dry
Good Friday morning to one and all!! It's a little cool here this morning. Not sure exactly what the temp is, but it's definitely chilly this morning.
Coffee is on, juice is freshly made, and there's hot chocolate and hot tea this morning.
On the warmer bar, you'll find: turkey bacon, sausage patties & links, fried taters, scrambled eggs, homemade buttermilk biscuits, sausage gravy, oatmeal, toast, bagels and bear claws.
Hmmmm, wonder where Mookie and Joe are this morning. Also, Ray doesn't seem to be in yet, either. I'm awake and in here this morning. Where's the rest of the gang?!?! They must be sleeping in this morning.
Message From:The Cook
Well, I don't get too technical with the weather. All I know is that the forecasters are wrong enough about Champaign-Urbana that a lot of people don't pay attention too much in the city. We have a knack here for having the worst of storms part like the Red Sea right around the city. Someone mentioned something about being in the bottom of a long, shallow valley (an Illinois valley, not to be confused with a valley in a place that has >1000ft difference in topography).
I could use a healthy plate of this and that. I need something to much on while I watch the flashes in the sky. Nothing nearby and rarely any sound, but it still looks pretty.
tree68 wrote: Willy - you're absolutely right about peoples perceptions of the weather. If it's whatevering here it must be whatevering everywhere.Back when I was taking night classes at our local community college I was standing on a balcony at the student union one night before class and watched a rain shower pass. Half the parking lot was wet, half was dry....If you need some help in the upper air observation department, let me know - I did that for four years in the Air Force.... I can launch a weather balloon with the best of them.Speaking of weather balloons reminds me of how they have been 'mistaken' for UFOs, which reminds me of a thread on a local forum here wherein someone noted that since the advent of cell phone cameras, we haven't heard much about UFOs...
Willy - you're absolutely right about peoples perceptions of the weather. If it's whatevering here it must be whatevering everywhere.
Back when I was taking night classes at our local community college I was standing on a balcony at the student union one night before class and watched a rain shower pass. Half the parking lot was wet, half was dry....
If you need some help in the upper air observation department, let me know - I did that for four years in the Air Force.... I can launch a weather balloon with the best of them.
Speaking of weather balloons reminds me of how they have been 'mistaken' for UFOs, which reminds me of a thread on a local forum here wherein someone noted that since the advent of cell phone cameras, we haven't heard much about UFOs...
You'll be the first person I look to when I feel ready to start getting really techinal and getting into upper air analysis, etc.
This Saturday I'm going to the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium which will be held in Lincoln. Weather permitting, they will be launching a weather balloon and then monitoring the data throughout the day. That should be quite interesting. If I have any questions, I'll ask.
Willy
In response to some criticism at school over last night's thunderstorms, I posted the following to my blog on my website:
Interpreting a Forecast
- Today at school I heard more than a few people say something along the lines of "Well, even though the forecasters said it was going to hail last night, I didn't get any hail at my house. They were wrong again... what a surprise." Taking these sort of comments into consideration, I think it is time to do some explaining.
A meteorologist will never ever say that it is 100% certain that it is going to rain, hail, lightning, etc. If one does say something like that, they shouldn't even be a meteorologist. Nothing is ever certain when it comes to weather. As an aspiring forecaster, I never say that anything is certain. I might say something like this: "Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds are possible this evening." or "Severe thunderstorms can be expected this afternoon." Just because I say that severe thunderstorms "can be expected" it doesn't mean that severe storms are absolutely going to happen at any one spot. I'm only saying that somebody in the general area will probably get severe weather. Unfortunately, the public often takes this to mean that there will be hail where they live and then when it doesn't hail, they say that the forecasters were wrong again. "The general area" can vary between forecasters, but it is never one certain spot. "The area" usually refers to a portion of the state, or perhaps even as few as five or six counties, but never one exact location. This whole deal about the "exact location" is very important, as you shall soon read...
Severe weather is often rather locallized. One location might get hail while only a mile to the north, no hail will be reported. An example: Quarter sized hail was reported 1 mile south of Papillion yesterday evening while folks in LaVista, only a mile or two to the north, didn't get any hail. The hail is only going to occur in the areas affected by the core of the storm. If you're outside the storm, don't expect hail.
The bottom line: If a meteorologist mentions the possibility of hail, wind, etc, it doesn't mean it's absolutely going to happen... there is just the potential that it will happen and the public should be prepared in the event that it does occur.
This picture is for all of the people who said it didn't hail. This stone fell in Ithica, Nebraska yesterday evening: -
I figured this would be a great topic for a blog and at the same time it would help people understand forecasts a bit better.
I was informed today that my school newspaper is doing an article on me and my website. They interviewed me and took a couple of pictures. The school paper will be out next Tuesday, so I can't wait to see what they wrote.
I recall seeing a picture of lightning striking a tree next to a farmhouse. There is one teeny-tiny tendril of the bolt forking off to the TV antenna. The TV got fried.
I lost a perfectly good phone once (it was in a "fire pull box") because my daughter called me at work to tell me that we had a fire. Right in the middle of the raging thunderstorm that caused the fire. Lightning hit the phone lines somewhere and that was that for the phone....
Do we have any platters? A plate looks kind of small for tonights meal....
Looks like we weren't the only ones troubled with t-storms this morning.
For supper tonight, on the warmer bar, you will find: beef noodles w/leftover green beans, whole kernal corn, cornbread straight out of the oven, and for dessert, I've got a special treat for everyone tonight: fudgcicles, ice cream sandwiches, chocolate covered ice cream bars, and lime or orange sherbet.
afternoon
we had errands this morning and then mother nature let us have it with a thunderstorm so we shut down the computer for awhile.those blts sound delicious. well looks like matt handed me another coupler to replace so we'll get that done quick.
Sorry about being so late in posting the lunch menu; but, we had thunder & lightning about 11:45, and just now got the computer back up.
In the cooler, you will find the following sandwiches made up: BLTs, PB&J, tuna salad, and ham salad. Also, there are tossed salads and Caesar salads. On the counter, you will find tater chips and vegetable crisps (same things as tater chips, but baked instead of deep fried.
Everyone have a good afternoon, and I'll be back in in a couple of hours to post tonight's supper/dinner menu.
.....Electrical storms can be awesome. Just last week our neighbors daughter's home {a new 13,000 sg. ft. home}, Yes, thousands....was hit by lightning. Believe it was attracted by the Cable connection. Anyway, it blew the stone off the chimney and loosened it from the house, blew out all TV's...{many}, and burned up some wiring {but no fire}, and blew some stone and concrete away from a patio, etc....Didn't damage other appliances hence figured it came in on Cable to ruin TV's. Scary stuff....!
Quentin
Morning all! I'll snag a full plate today CW as I had to teach 3 fitness classes already this morning! On the positive side I'm done at 2 PM today so I'll take that! Plus it's supposed to be nice this afernoon and I might try to go take a picture of a train or something silly like that.
Dan
Good Thursday morning, everyone! Sorry about being so late getting in, but I had to wait my turn on the computer. Supposed to get a little bit of rain after awhile.
Coffee is ready, fresh juice is made (oj, apple, and oj/tangerine), hot water for tea, and hot chocolate.
On the warmer bar, you will find: turkey bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, tater tots, sausage gravy & homemade buttermilk biscuits and cinnamon-spice oatmeal w/toast.
Going to get out in the front yard in a little bit, and see if I can get the holly bush and burning bush trimmed before the rain comes in. Supposed to arrive here sometime mid morning.
Everyone have a great day, and take care of yourselves.
Ah Spring is sprung! I know it is spring because we had 80 degrees yesterday and 56 today. We had 3 hours of weather warnings and exactly 2 minutes of rain.
Sir Chicken - the gentlemen were surveying from our corner across the street to the Greek House. Problem is they picked a frat instead of a sorority. Should have guided them a little farther north.
They do this each spring and fall - you can't seem to walk very far before you trip over one of them and I always feel like I do when someone is trying to take a picture - I don't want to walk in front of the tripod thingie. Then since our building is "different", the arch students are in here sketching every so often.
Tree, if I ever don't have the Driver around, I am going to get a bigger blanket and ear muffs for thunderstorms. I can deal with any kind of weather but lightning! I sleep with a small pillow that lays nicely across the eyes.
Joe - send Matt to my house - I keep thinking I should plant something, but it is always me.
Off to find some trouble - I am sure I will be very successful!
La Mook
Krazykat112079 wrote: We're expecting big storms tomorrow. I love them, but my boss freaks out. She always says that she has to go home to comfort her dog, but I think it is more the other way around.
We're expecting big storms tomorrow. I love them, but my boss freaks out. She always says that she has to go home to comfort her dog, but I think it is more the other way around.
I responded to a difficulty breathing call some years ago. It was in the morning, and we'd had one of those early morning thunderstorms rumble through. We treated and transported.
We later found out that the problem wasn't physical. The elderly patient's dog had recently died. All through her life, she had always had someone to bounce off during storms, be it her siblings, her parents, her husband and family, or a dog that needed to be consoled, taking her mind off the storm.
That morning was the first time she had ever had to endure a thunderstorm all alone.
The doctor prescribed a new dog.
Light sprinkles here now. Fifty-Five tomorrow!
Crackers and some super sharp cheese, with a little brown mustard to give it some zing....
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