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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 4:23 PM

afternoon

the cat was buried in paper today.I was loading semi trucks.Cw thanks for supper tonight.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by cherokee woman on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 11:12 AM

Good Tuesday afternoon to all!  First time I've been on the computer today.  Since no one else has been in today, I think we'll have brunch this afternoon.  So, mosey on over to the warmer bar, and you will find:  bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, pancakes, biscuits & sausage gravy, fried taters and home fries; in the cooler:  slaw, garden salads, sliced tomatoes, cantaloupe, watermelon and mushmelon.

Desserts:  plenty of cakes (chocolate, etc.), pies  and cobblers.

Drinks:  coffee, tea, lemonade, fruit punch, and grape Kool-Aid.

And for supper tonight, we'll have our MEXICAN FIESTA.  Hope to see you all in here this afternoon and tonight!!

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Posted by switch7frg on Monday, September 3, 2007 9:44 PM
Randy; glad to hear from you. I was wonderin' where you was . We know the tired feelin' well these days as we made 3 trips in 2 wks. to Mont. & N.D.from SLC. Will be layin' up here in Casper for a day to catch up to time and log books with the help of our cheat sheets . D.O.T. can be pickey /pickey at times. Welcome to the road , and be alert we need more lerts LOL  ~~~~~ Respectfully, Cannonball & Shirl

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, September 3, 2007 7:38 PM
 tree68 wrote:

Mutt - Coated the driveway and put a skim coat of concrete on the front walk.  That's labor enough.  I do need to vacuum, though. 

A couple of burgers, with, and some potato salad would certainly hit spot about now.  Maybe an ear of that corn.  The three-bean salad sounds good, too.  Tough call between the lemonade and some sweet iced tea, but the peach ice cream is a no-brainer.

 

 

Well, we've had a semi quiet day here ourselves, watched a DVD or two and helped 

daughter run an extension cord and vacuum out her vehicle.

(boy does that job suck!!) 

(unfortunately, we didn't get to do any train watching!) 


 

That Peach Ice Cream does sound really good 

 


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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, September 3, 2007 5:51 PM

Cw thanks for the container for work.Csx was rather busy today.matt and I checked the progress in leipsic.they will have a connector track for ns/csx for the ethenol plant.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, September 3, 2007 5:06 PM

Mutt - Coated the driveway and put a skim coat of concrete on the front walk.  That's labor enough.  I do need to vacuum, though. 

A couple of burgers, with, and some potato salad would certainly hit spot about now.  Maybe an ear of that corn.  The three-bean salad sounds good, too.  Tough call between the lemonade and some sweet iced tea, but the peach ice cream is a no-brainer.

 

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Posted by Railfan1 on Monday, September 3, 2007 5:02 PM
Yup, it's work as usual for me. Thanks for the dinner.
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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, September 3, 2007 4:52 PM

Anyone ready for eating?!?!  Below is a list of things hot off the grills:

Roast, hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, steaks (porterhouse, t-bones, rib eyes, sirloin), pork chops, corn on the cob, 'baked' potatoes, steamed broccoli, red and yellow peppers, purple onions.  Right from the fridge:  cole slaw, three-bean salad, various Jell-O salads, potato salad, macaroni salad, tea, soft drinks, Gatorade, lemonade, fruit punch, tropical punch.

Desserts:  brownies, chocolate cake, homemade, hand churned ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, butter pecan, peach and strawberry.

Joe and Lance, just in case you two go back to work tonight, there are several containers apiece for you, to take to work tonight.

Hope everyone has enjoyed your holiday weekend, and also hope you enjoy the cookout tonight.

 

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Posted by locomutt on Monday, September 3, 2007 4:03 PM
 tree68 wrote:

 

Beautiful day out today, so I believe I'll go labor in the yard!

Uh Tree, I think you're the wrong sex!!

(or having very strong sympathy pains!) 

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, September 3, 2007 10:06 AM

Wow - Busy weekend!

Speaking of holiday traffic - had to make a run to daughter's house Friday night to retrieve my digital camera (she used it for a wedding - come to think of it, she like's to experiment - I'd better check the settings) which normally takes about an hour and change.  Traffic going town to Syracuse wasn't bad - all the vacationers were headed north.  The trip back was a little different, however.  I still don't know what caused the five+ mile traffic backup.  I gave up and took a U turn back to the last exit and travelled a parallel US highway past the blockage.

Busy weekend on the railroad - we carried over 300 on Sunday, which is pretty impressive for the summer season.  Fall colors will bring out 200+ per train.

Good thing Adrianspeeder hasn't been around, with all this talk about Fords. 

Of course, that's why I drive a GMC...

Beautiful day out today, so I believe I'll go labor in the yard!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Monday, September 3, 2007 7:07 AM

Good Monday morning and HAPPY LABOR DAY to all!!  All this talk of vehicles, makes me wish I could afford my dream vehicle:  a Dodge Dakota.

Joe, thanks for making the coffee, juice and bringing in the doughnuts!!  In a couple of hours, I'll be putting things on the grills for this afternoon's cookout.  Got everything prepared, and in the fridge, before I went to sleep last night.

Looks like we'll be back in the nineties today, and the next two, three days.  Then, rain supposedly coming in Thursday and Friday, with highs in the mid to upper eighties.

Everyone have a good morning!!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, September 3, 2007 6:22 AM

good morning

happy labor day.hope you get to sleep in our get the day off.matts sleeping in.matt and I will check out the trains after he wakes up.

stay safe

joe

juice coffee and doughnuts are on the counterWink [;)]

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, September 2, 2007 11:25 PM
 edblysard wrote:

Look on the bright side, if it follows all the other Ford trucks...use the cruise control enough, and you can have a nice bonfire to boot!

Anyone got marshmallows?Big Smile [:D]

August 1995 - 1993 Ford Bronco/Company Truck - in front of my house - 2am - Been there, done that. (The recall letter for the electrical ballast in the steering column showed-up three weeks+ later after the Car-B-Que. Three years before that had an F-150 fuel pump run-amok and fill the oil pan/crankcase and any other engine void with fuel. Lucky that one didn't go up in flames.)

Mutt: If 'da beancounter alienates a few more stockholders after bonehead decisions made at corporate backfire on the end-users in the field, there will be changes made. Life in Corporate America - consequences.

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, September 2, 2007 10:53 PM

 mudchicken wrote:
Unfortunately, with a clueless beancounter left in charge of company fleet vehicles, what you get is not much.

 Is this anything like the movie "Clueless in............."

Maybe if they get different "beancounters" you all wouldn't have to worry so much.

Ed, very much like your style of thinking about "Rams Horns" 

 

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, September 2, 2007 9:00 PM
 NightrainAFD1987 wrote:

So dar I am happy with my Saturn, a reliable car that gets me from point A to point B

 

If I want a pickup sometime soon I would be in the market for a Toyota Tundra.

 *goes in fridge for some leftovers*

_as long as the bed is empty those are fine - Put 'em to work and the you have a horse of a totally different color as our competition discovered. (New Chevy K-2500's showing up over there after a really bad experience with the big riceburners)

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Posted by NightrainAFD1987 on Sunday, September 2, 2007 8:50 PM

So dar I am happy with my Saturn, a reliable car that gets me from point A to point B

 

If I want a pickup sometime soon I would be in the market for a Toyota Tundra.

 *goes in fridge for some leftovers*

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Posted by edblysard on Sunday, September 2, 2007 8:23 PM

Look on the bright side, if it follows all the other Ford trucks...use the cruise control enough, and you can have a nice bonfire to boot!

Anyone got marshmallows?Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, September 2, 2007 5:35 PM
Unfortunately, with a clueless beancounter left in charge of company fleet vehicles, what you get is not much.
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by edblysard on Sunday, September 2, 2007 4:46 PM
Give me one with Ram's horns and a Hemi.....and that little SRT package!Cool [8D]

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, September 2, 2007 4:43 PM

MC sorry to hear about your luck.the best trucks wear bowties.anyway we made it to G+G house.we are being summoned for supper.heads up chicago there is a nice warbonnet(bnsf 100) coming your way on a grain train.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, September 2, 2007 4:32 PM
 mudchicken wrote:
 locomutt wrote:

Mudchicken: They make "Band-Aids" that big?!Mischief [:-,]

(I just hope no one other than Lurch was hurt!) 

At the moment, the back end of Lurch looks almost as ugly as the front end. I don't know if Fix Or Repair Daily even has started spare parts into the distribution network yet.

The only thing damaged/injured beyond "Lurch" is the shop manager's pride. I did kid him about not being able to shove the whole piece of crap over a very high cliff . He now hates the truck almost as much as I do.

Fix Or Repair Daily, Found On Road Dead....Don't make me even think of one of the other ones, it WILL be censored!!Mischief [:-,]

If you all feel that way, guess it wouldn't go over a cliff if you pushed it!Evil [}:)]Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by rvos1979 on Sunday, September 2, 2007 12:40 PM

Afternoon everyone...

Thanks, CW, I get in as often as I can, but I really need to consider buying a laptop computer to take with me on the road so I can stay in touch better.  Truck is parked untill Tuesday morning, then back out on the road for two to three weeks again, can't stay out too much longer or too much mail piles up at the house.

Mudchicken, Kenworth is not too much better off right now, have heard reports of the new T660s with Cat motors catching on fire because the new emissions equipment is burning the underside of the cab and sleeper floor.  We drivers do not like that particular model anyway, there is no interior room, especially for some of us that are fairly large.

Be back later for lunch and dinner.....  

Randy Vos

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, September 2, 2007 12:09 PM
 locomutt wrote:

Mudchicken: They make "Band-Aids" that big?!Mischief [:-,]

(I just hope no one other than Lurch was hurt!) 

At the moment, the back end of Lurch looks almost as ugly as the front end. I don't know if Fix Or Repair Daily even has started spare parts into the distribution network yet.

The only thing damaged/injured beyond "Lurch" is the shop manager's pride. I did kid him about not being able to shove the whole piece of crap over a very high cliff . He now hates the truck almost as much as I do.

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Posted by SactoGuy188 on Sunday, September 2, 2007 10:58 AM
 cherokee woman wrote:

For our SUNDAY DINNER, I have fixed country fried steak, steak fries, mashed taters w/milk gravy, green beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, creamed corn, biscuits, cornbread and crescent rolls.  We also have cantaloupe and watermelon, chocolate cake, white cake w/red, white and blue icings, and apple, cherry and peach cobblers.

I'm definitely coming over for the country fried steak with steak fries, green beans and crescent rolls. Dinner [dinner]

By the way, keep out the beer--Michigan fans are really depressed over that loss yesterday from what I've read online. Sad [:(] 

 

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Posted by cherokee woman on Sunday, September 2, 2007 10:30 AM

Lance, thanks for making the coffee and fixing the juice this morning!  And Mutt, thanks for making breakfast this morning.  You did extremely well  on the eggs and waffles!! (And Mutt's right:  I have been very busy/occupied this morning.  Getting everything together and beginning preparations for the LABOR DAY COOKOUT for our Diner patrons, and any guests who come by tomorrow.)

For our SUNDAY DINNER, I have fixed country fried steak, steak fries, mashed taters w/milk gravy, green beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, creamed corn, biscuits, cornbread and crescent rolls.  We also have cantaloupe and watermelon, chocolate cake, white cake w/red, white and blue icings, and apple, cherry and peach cobblers.

Randy, glad you got a chance to stop in last night.  Just be careful out on the road, o.k?  And come back as often as you can!!

Enjoy your Sunday Dinner and have a great afternoon!!

 

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, September 2, 2007 9:11 AM

Well, since CW is otherwise occupied right now, guess I'll put my apron on and start

taking care of the orders. (I was doing a bit of maintenance on our "O" Scale layout)

She should be in shortly to take care of things.

 

Mudchicken, they make "Band-Aids" that big?!Mischief [:-,]

(I just hope no one other than Lurch was hurt!) 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, September 2, 2007 8:04 AM

morning

how about some eggs bacon and waffles??

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Railfan1 on Sunday, September 2, 2007 4:51 AM
Good Sunday morning everyone. Coffee is brewing and the juice has been squeezed. I'll leave the cooking to someone else though.
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Posted by mudchicken on Saturday, September 1, 2007 9:20 PM
Wink [;)]
 locomutt wrote:

 mudchicken wrote:
Well, Mooks could consider taking the hubcaps off the back truck of the DD40AX that Driver had to stuff and mount in their backyard. (on the side that touches the fence as opposed to the side that touches the back porch - who needs grass anyhow?)Big Smile [:D]

 Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

At least you don't have to cut it!!! 

(their backyard is THAT big?!Confused [%-)])

Millie shares the garage with a Big BoyWink [;)]Wink [;)]Wink [;)] [Before somebody else says it: Mookie has Driver and Millie was getting kinda lonelyShock [:O]]

ps - Lurch came home with a big OW-EEE today. Got attacked by a Grease Monkey in the shop. Back bumper is toast. The mothership is gonna have fun with this Tuesday morning after the coffee hits.

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Posted by rvos1979 on Saturday, September 1, 2007 9:05 PM
 Modelcar wrote:

....That really sounds like a much, much full day....

Oh yeah, do it in bumper to bumper traffic, everyone travelling for the weekend.......

Randy Vos

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