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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:59 PM

A balmy -4.3 here, with a promise of WIND...  Should be interesting tomorrow. 

As for dinner (and late-night snack)...  Anything warm will do.

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Posted by Willy2 on Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:08 PM

 mudchicken wrote:

Gotta go find Willy and see if the weather machine is stuck on "snow" for weekends....

This one doesn't look too bad, Mudchicken. Although, the way this weather has been lately, I wouldn't rule anything out.

Here in Omaha, tomorrow looks nice and then we take an arctic plunge. One of our local meteorologists said that beyond tomorrow, we may be lucky to have a single day with a high temperature of 20 degrees or higher for the next two weeks. I think we'll see a few days above 20, but it is going to be cold. It doesn't look like much snow is on the way though.

Dinner this evening was delicious, CW. Thumbs Up [tup]

TTFN.

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Posted by Forty-two on Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:40 PM

Clever.  I'll bet you said that to your old boyfriend.  It looks like your lover in South Dakota has a dirty mind.

If you want me out of here, why do you keep dragging me back?

Don't use the Kentucky jelly on the toast!

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Posted by railcar on Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:55 PM

Forty-two

Not much to do with your life than pick on a couple of girls.( not to say they could not take

care of them self's).

Better hurry and get back under your bridge.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:56 PM

NAH nah nah nah nah!!!!!

Have a nice evening you DOPE, and good riddance. Don't let the door slam your hide when you leave the Diner.

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Posted by CSXrules4eva on Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:58 PM

MOVING ON TO A DIFFERENT SUBJECT...

CW since I didn't eat anything, can I have some chicken and dumplings, and green peas and carrots please? I would also like a slice of chocolate cake please. Can I have a sprite to go with supper tonight too. I think I'm going to need it tonight. Dinner [dinner] Big Smile [:D]

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Posted by louisnash on Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:11 PM
 Forty-two wrote:

Clever.  I'll bet you said that to your old boyfriend.  It looks like your lover in South Dakota has a dirty mind.

If you want me out of here, why do you keep dragging me back?

Don't use the Kentucky jelly on the toast!

 If you're going to make fun of KY, we would love to have you come visit!!! We have some really nice places that we can show you. Our LAKES our beautiful this time of year!!

You just need to MOVE ON!!

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Posted by Willy2 on Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:45 PM

Moving on from the current subject...

I have decided to get daring and create my own weather website. It's nothing too fancy and I still have some work to do on it, but I've got enough of a start that if anyone wants to check it out, please feel free to do so. I'm not a weather wizard and being 16 years old I do have to use at least some of the information given from other real meteorologists, but much of what I forecast does result from my own interpretation of the computer models and my own common sense, so my forecasts are unique to the others.

In the future I may go ahead and add some train pictures that I take and little recaps of my train watching adventures, but for now it is all weather. I didn't want to get into the whole html deal because that would surely just confuse me beyond belief, so I took an easier route and used a website that gives templates and all the author has to do is add information and links. If you check it out, I hope you enjoy. Smile [:)]

Here's the link: http://www.freewebs.com/meteorologistwilly/

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:00 PM
 louisnash wrote:
 Forty-two wrote:

Clever.  I'll bet you said that to your old boyfriend.  It looks like your lover in South Dakota has a dirty mind.

If you want me out of here, why do you keep dragging me back?

Don't use the Kentucky jelly on the toast!

 If you're going to make fun of KY, we would love to have you come visit!!! We have some really nice places that we can show you. Our LAKES our beautiful this time of year!!

You just need to MOVE ON!!

Brian(KY)

 

Any Particular LAKES in mind??  I Can Definitely think of a couple that would be QUITE NICE, especially this time of year. You're Very right, it is a great time of year to visit!!

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Posted by Datafever on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:03 PM
CW, thank you so much for going to the trouble of making chicken and dumplings.  Absolutely delicious.  Dinner [dinner]
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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:04 PM

Willy - Nice start! 

I settle for just having the obs from my little weather station on my computer.  Could probably move them onto the web, though...  A project for another day!

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Posted by Datafever on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:07 PM
Very nicely done, Willy.  I know that there are a lot of people who are very proud of you.  Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by blhanel on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:08 PM

What's your weather station look like, Larry?  Mine looks like this-

 

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:19 PM

I don't think LaCrosse sells my model any more.  It's similar to this:

The best part (after the wireless sensors) is the connection to the computer.  I don't have a clue how to extract some of the readings directly from the weather station.

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Posted by blhanel on Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:27 PM
Mine's the same, wireless sensors and a USB link for the computer.  I'm in the same boat as you, haven't bothered to figure out how to upload the data yet.  I do know that I need to access Oregon Scientific's website to download their software for the link.
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Posted by rvos1979 on Friday, January 26, 2007 12:49 AM

//Yawn// Evening everyone.....

I'll be glad to get back to work next week, this week is wreaking havoc on my sleep cycle.  Just trying to keep my sanity untill Monday when I go back to work.

Had an odd event happen while I was playing poker tonight, while dealing, the first three cards I dealt face-up were 7-7-7, and the very next hand I dealt I turned up 6-6-6.  So, if 7-7-7 means lucky and 6-6-6 means the devil, does that make me a lucky devil??Evil [}:)]Evil [}:)]Evil [}:)]  Maybe taking third place tonight had something to do with it, now I only need two more final tables before I have a full set of pint glasses.

See everyone later.........

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, January 26, 2007 4:35 AM

good morning

brrrr. juice coffee and hot chocolate are being made.how about some oatmeal too? we have apples & cinnamon,maple brown sugar and strawberries and cream.going to get matt up soon so he can have his breakfast and get him on the bus.

stay safe

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Posted by Railfan1 on Friday, January 26, 2007 5:23 AM
Good morning. I'll just have some OJ and toast this morning.
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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 26, 2007 6:02 AM

v~^ - wow - little mud in here to clean up.  See there are a few rocks gone from our small pile in the corner.  Thank you to all my defenders. 

While you were all working so hard, I was home listening to the BNSF run all of their trains out of our local yard.  I wish I could have stayed awake to count them all.  Business is good.

I heard a blurb on the news that NE had a derailment somewhere - I was in the kitchen with my head in the dishwater, looking for goldfish and the driver said they flashed a picture of a cream and green on its side and lots of tinkertoy cars on the ground.  Anyone know anything? 

Going to grab the paper, the coffee and the hammock.  If 42 comes in today, maybe we should talk face-to-face.  Less mud to clean up later.

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, January 26, 2007 7:50 AM

Good Friday morning to all!  The weather is nice and chilly here in Louisville, current temp about 23 degrees.  

Joe, thanks for making breakfast this morning.  Went to sleep just after 10 last night, and the next thing I knew, it was 7:20 this morning.  Joe, that hot cereal breakfast looks very good this morning.  Just can't decide between the maple brown sugar, or the strawberries & cream.  

I'm not going to say anything about the incident last night, except that I was very upset.  Mookie DESERVES everyone's respect around here;  whether it's in the DD/CS, or one of the other places around here.  

Everyone have a great morning, and be sure to be back in around 11, 12 EST for the beginning of our FRIDAY FISH FRY.

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, January 26, 2007 9:06 AM

 blhanel wrote:
Mine's the same, wireless sensors and a USB link for the computer.  I'm in the same boat as you, haven't bothered to figure out how to upload the data yet.  I do know that I need to access Oregon Scientific's website to download their software for the link.

I'm up on the computer - in fact, I have hourly obs data saved for something like two years now.  Haven't turned it into anything yet, but maybe one of these days.  Not really interested in real-time on the web...

It's the controls on the weather station itself I don't know how to operate....  Sigh [sigh]

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 26, 2007 9:33 AM
I have a weather rock. 

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, January 26, 2007 9:49 AM

 Mookie wrote:
I have a weather rock. 

Must be telling you it's cold about now? Must be forecasting lightness followed by darkness too...Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, January 26, 2007 9:56 AM

 Mookie wrote:
I have a weather rock. 

Mookie, are you of Scandinavian descent, possibly Norwegian??

I have a weather rock in my back yard. If it's wet, it's raining. If it's white, it's snowing. If it's gone................we've got gale force winds!!!!!

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, January 26, 2007 9:59 AM
 CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote:

 Mookie wrote:
I have a weather rock. 

Mookie, are you of Scandinavian descent, possibly Norwegian??

I have a weather rock in my back yard. If it's wet, it's raining. If it's white, it's snowing. If it's gone................we've got gale force winds!!!!!

Ray                                                                                                                 CANADIANPACIFIC2816

Some folks tie a string around their weather rocks and hang them up.  Then, if the rock is swinging, they know it's windy.

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 26, 2007 10:20 AM
 CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote:

 Mookie wrote:
I have a weather rock. 

Mookie, are you of Scandinavian descent, possibly Norwegian??

I have a weather rock in my back yard. If it's wet, it's raining. If it's white, it's snowing. If it's gone................we've got gale force winds!!!!!

Ray                                                                                                                 CANADIANPACIFIC2816

.50 German/.50 English.  A constant war. The English does something and the German always disapproves.   But I was married to a Norwegian many years ago....does that help?

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Posted by jeaton on Friday, January 26, 2007 10:34 AM
 tree68 wrote:
 CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote:

 Mookie wrote:
I have a weather rock. 

Mookie, are you of Scandinavian descent, possibly Norwegian??

I have a weather rock in my back yard. If it's wet, it's raining. If it's white, it's snowing. If it's gone................we've got gale force winds!!!!!

Ray                                                                                                                 CANADIANPACIFIC2816

Some folks tie a string around their weather rocks and hang them up.  Then, if the rock is swinging, they know it's windy.

In the Northwoods, a hanging length of Paul Bunyon's logging chain served as a wind speed indicator. 

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Friday, January 26, 2007 10:38 AM
 Mookie wrote:
 CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote:

 Mookie wrote:
I have a weather rock. 

Mookie, are you of Scandinavian descent, possibly Norwegian??

I have a weather rock in my back yard. If it's wet, it's raining. If it's white, it's snowing. If it's gone................we've got gale force winds!!!!!

Ray                                                                                                                 CANADIANPACIFIC2816

.50 German/.50 English.  A constant war. The English does something and the German always disapproves.   But I was married to a Norwegian many years ago....does that help?

I kind of thought you might be Norwegian since you mentioned that you have a weather rock. The weather rock IS a Norwegian invention.

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Posted by Willy2 on Friday, January 26, 2007 10:43 AM

Brian - I saw your comment about a current conditions page. For now it will just have to be a link to what Omaha/Eppley is reporting because I don't actually have my own weather station. I do plan on getting one, and once I do I will set it up so that it displays the data on my website.

I'm planning on making some changes to the format. One of the special features a person can add is called a shoutbox and that is where people can leave questions and advice and I can answer them. Once I make that, I'll just use the guestbook for comments so that if I have to answer a question, it won't be like I'm signing my own guestbook.

I've been telling some people at school about the site because I would like it to gain some popularity and actually be used by people in Omaha for weather information. I know that'll take some time, but eventually I might able to gather up some loyal fans. Cool [8D] Thanks to everyone for checking it out!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Friday, January 26, 2007 11:02 AM

All righty, folks:  our FRIDAY FISH FRY is under way.  On today's menu, you will find:

1.  Cod

2.  Catfish

3.  Perch

4.  Whitefish

Side dishes will be:  fries, cole slaw, hushpuppies, and corn on the cob. 

Desserts today:  chocolate cake, apple pie, cherry pie, peach pie, and pecan pie.

Everyone have a great lunch, and a great afternoon.  Sarah & I are going out so I can do a little bit of shopping, so I won't be back until supper time.

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