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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:10 AM

It ain't over 'til its over - as someone said.  Single digits this weekend, so everyone muffle up!

Must wait for Joe to come in and build up the fire.  I moved some furniture around.  The blanket is next to the fire; the hammock is beside the fire; the big coffee cup is in front of the fire.... Don't you just love "cozy decorating"? 

CW - how about some mac & cheeze for lunch?  Maybe work in a meatloaf - with taters and gravy.  And warm bread pudding for dessert - with.....what else.....butterscotch sauce and whip cream.  Fooled you - you thought I would say the "c" word!

Ah CW - you da cook!  Approve [^]

 

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Posted by Railfan1 on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:17 AM
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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:01 AM

morning

a balmy 5 degrees this morning.got matt onto the schoolbus.here mookie i will start up the fireplace for you so it will be nice and warm here.Cannonball glad you are feeling better.hope you get on the road again soon.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:29 AM

Good morning.

It's supposed to warm up to about 20 degrees here later this afternoon. Right now we have a temp of 9 degrees above 0. The wind is blowing out of the south/southwest at 12 mph, leaving us with a wind chill of 6 below 0.

I could use a cup of hot chocolate right now.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:36 AM
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Ooh. I just returned from Sioux Falls area. Cold Windy Cold Windy Cold Windy. 5 below in Yankton.
Chili or any hot soup would be good. Wind chill? Dangerous

You were in my neck-of-the-woods and you didn't let me know you'd be coming up here?? I would have enjoyed meeting another member of this forum and we could have had lunch together!Sigh [sigh]

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Posted by CopCarSS on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:39 AM

Morning Everyone!

Brian, nice shots!

Well, it's starting to snow outside, so that must mean that it's a weekend, and I don't have to go into work, right? Wait, it's not? Willy, you must have bumped a knob on your weather generator. The snow got here early this week!

Well, I've got a couple plans that have to be finished by this afternoon, so I guess I had better be on my way. Hope you all have a great day!

TTFN!

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Posted by spokyone on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:45 AM
 CANADIANPACIFIC2816 wrote:
 spokyone wrote:

Ooh. I just returned from Sioux Falls area. Cold Windy Cold Windy Cold Windy. 5 below in Yankton.
Chili or any hot soup would be good. Wind chill? Dangerous

You were in my neck-of-the-woods and you didn't let me know you'd be coming up here?? I would have enjoyed meeting another member of this forum and we could have had lunch together!Sigh [sigh]

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:18 AM

Chris - do you still have your eagle picture?  Can you repost it in the diner so I can admire it one more time. 

I love that picture!

Moo....

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Posted by CopCarSS on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:45 AM

Mooks,

Not sure which one you were referring to, so here's a few:

Hope those work!

-Chris
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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:50 AM
 Mookie wrote:

 

CW - how about some mac & cheeze for lunch?  Maybe work in a meatloaf - with taters and gravy.  And warm bread pudding for dessert - with.....what else.....butterscotch sauce and whip cream.  Fooled you - you thought I would say the "c" word!

Ah CW - you da cook!  Approve [^]

 

 

Okay, Mookie:  meatloaf is just about ready to go into the oven.  I've got the bread pudding started, and working on the butterscotch sauce.  Will start peeling potatoes to cook and "smash" in a few minutes; then I'll start on the mac & cheese.

Chris, all those eagle pictures work for me, and I bet they will with Mookie, also!

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:56 AM

What a majestic bird!  My favorite is the eagle on the tree branch, but like CW said - I like them all.  We see a few hawks around here, but nothing that great!

Thanx, Chris

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Posted by Datafever on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:51 AM
Good morning, everyone.  I won't bore you with the details of the beautifully warm weather out here, lest there are some that might become jealous... Captain [4:-)]
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Posted by Willy2 on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:25 AM

Chris - Did you take those pictures of the Bald Eagles? They are beautiful!

It is snowing pretty hard here right now. I'm not expecting too much accumulation though since the system is a fast mover. An inch seems like a good estimate right now.

Hope everyone has a good day!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:50 AM

Okay everyone, lunch is on the warmer bar:  the requested meat loaf, mac & cheese, mashed taters and gravy, from Mookie.  Help yourselves, please don't be shy:  I made plenty of everything, so we should have enough even for supper tonight.

Chris and Willy, that snow is headed our way.  Should be in sometime around midnight, or a little later in the wee hours of Thursday morning.  Current predictions are anywhere from 1 -2, or 2 - 4 inches for our area.  Guess we'll all just have to wait and see.  Since we have the ice/snow melt, it'll probably head somewhere else.

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Posted by rvos1979 on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:26 PM

Baby it's cold outside!!!

A whopping 9 degrees outside right now, supposed to get to 17, I doubt that will happen, though.  This weekend is supposed to have highs in the single digits, lows will have the negative sign included.  Willy and Datafever, could I see you both out behind the woodshed, Please?  Need to discuss something with you.......

Thanks for the meatloaf, CW, it was great.  See everyone later...... 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:44 PM

Chris nice shots of the eagles. in Defiance county nesting eagles have returned. currently there are 5 nesting pairs that have been spotted. Glad to see them come back. Cw will take some of the blue plate special for work tonight.Time to get matt off the bus. need to go to town to find so birdseed for our local birds.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:48 PM
 Mookie wrote:

What a majestic bird!  My favorite is the eagle on the tree branch, but like CW said - I like them all.  We see a few hawks around here, but nothing that great!

Thanx, Chris

maybe the kitty should come to Hinckley ohio in mid march for the buzzards return to ohio?Dinner [dinner]

stayin safe

joe

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:59 PM

Kitty has seen the swallows at Capistrano, the starlings in the trees on main street and the pigeon officials in the yard.  Why not! 

We do have a few turkey buzzards that fly around the park about 2 blocks from our house.  Do they count?  If I had some ambition, I would crank up Millie - during nicer weather and drive down to the Mo River and see if the eagles are down there.  It is warm water that comes out of the power plant and I hear the like to hang around there.  But - it is easier to have Chris do all the work and I just sit in my comfy chair and check it all out. 

Which brings to mind - Chris - do you have a picture of a mudchicken in a tree?  (I am going to get a nasty e-mail on that one!) 

 

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Posted by CopCarSS on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:48 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind words on the Eagle Shots. Willy, they're all mine (but sh....don't tell anyone, two were taken at the Phillips Park Zoo in Aurora, IL).

And Mook, I have yet to get a shot of the illusive Coloradoan Mudchicken. However, I've got a close relative. This is a ptarmigan, a member of the grouse family (I think) that lives up in the high country:

I suppose if I photochopped a couple terriers in there, it would actually be pretty close to what a real mudchicken looks like! Laugh [(-D]

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Posted by Railfan1 on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 3:24 PM
We're supposed to get 2-4 inches of ice/snow tonight. It should be fun getting home from work in the morning. Tongue [:P]
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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:55 PM

Okay, I've had a nap, and I'm back now, and have supper on the warmer bar:  meat loaf, mac & cheese, mashed taters w/gravy, etc.

Our indoor/outdoor thermometer is showing a current temp out of 30, and the current weather report on the news is showing 28 degrees.  So take your pick, as to the current temps here.  They are saying that we may have snow flurries around midnight, with the snow actually beginning around 4 a.m., with maybe an inch or two accumulation before it "warms" up tomorrow.

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Posted by Datafever on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:15 PM

Hey Randy -

 

 

Nyaa, nyaa, nyaa.

 

Ya gotta catch me first. 

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Posted by Railfan1 on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:42 PM
Mmmmmmmm. Meatloaf. Dinner [dinner]
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Posted by blhanel on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:55 PM

 Railfan1 wrote:
Mmmmmmmm. Meatloaf. Dinner [dinner]

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

Hey Chris, those last two deserve a "WOW", regardless of where they were taken.  The topic of eagles actually has me wondering if you folks have ESP- I've been hoping to get down by the UP's Cedar River Bridge this weekend and try my luck at getting both a train and an eagle or two in the same picture (when the weather gets this cold, the eagles congregate around the roller dam just downstream from that bridge). 

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Posted by mbkcs on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:08 PM
 blhanel wrote:

 Railfan1 wrote:
Mmmmmmmm. Meatloaf. Dinner [dinner]

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

.....if you folks have ESP- I've been hoping to get down by the UP's Cedar River Bridge this weekend ....

 Yes, I have ESP. I predict you will be very cold.

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Posted by CANADIANPACIFIC2816 on Thursday, February 1, 2007 5:40 AM

Good morning everyone!

Well, it looks like I'm the first one to arrive in the Diner here, better turn on some lights.

I'm leaving two pans of fresh cinnamon rolls on the counter here, fresh out of the oven, you folks better grab one while they are still warm.Chef [C=:-)]Dinner [dinner] I've got the coffee brewing and I've mixed up a fresh batch of orange juice.........and I've got the hot chocolate ready too.

It was 4 degrees below 0 when I left my house this morning. It's supposed to get up to about 19 degrees later this afternoon in Sioux Falls, but the weather for this weekend starting tomorrow is supposed to get brutal!

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, February 1, 2007 5:54 AM

Chris - I love the mudchicken shot!  They say we have some grouse around here, but I refuse to go out and part the weeds to look for them!  At least with the real mudchicken, I don't have to part the weeds - usually just open the door to a favorite restaurant and find him. 

Think I will have coffee and a warm cinn roll.  Yum....

Did anyone notice - when Willy opened his weather station, the bottom fell out of the temps?  I must ponder that for awhile. 

Maybe CW will make some hot beef or hot turkey sandwichs today.  Tongue [:P]  I will personally put a paw print well in all the smashed taters before she puts on gravy. (it's ok - I will clean after each print....!)

Must rest up for all that work.

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Posted by Datafever on Thursday, February 1, 2007 6:03 AM

Beef/turkey sandwiches with smashed taters for lunch?  Sounds good to me.

Someone needs to remind me to send Willy his bonus for the excellent job he is doing with that weather machine of his.  Captain [4:-)]

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, February 1, 2007 6:53 AM

Good Thursday morning to all!  Ray, thank you for bringing in the cinnamon rolls.  I'm getting one to have with my coffee.  Also, thanks for putting the coffee on and making the juice.

Our temp outside is around 26 degrees, and we have about a half to one inch of snow.  Our local school system is on a two hour delay this morning.  Temps are supposed to get up to the mid 30s, so guess it'll all be gone by tonight.  

Mookie, looks like you've picked the lunch menu today:  we'll have some hot beef sandwiches, along with hot turkey sandwiches w/mashed taters & gravy.  There'll be both beef gravy and turkey gravy, to go over the potatoes, so you'll all have your choice of which gravy you want to have.

I'll have it all  ready, around 11:15 EST.  Everyone have a great morning.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, February 1, 2007 7:05 AM

lunch sounds great. was listening on the radio (wlw)this morning sounds like CW you are the lucky winner chosen by willys snow machine.we aren't suppossed to get much but mother nature is going to open the freezer door.i'm sure we can package it up and send it further south.

stay safe

joe

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