Jay - in honor of your birthday - you can send an honorarium to my favorite old people's home. Have it there by next week - we are checking in the 1st of March! Many more of these cold, creaky mornings and we will go by Valentine's Day!
I keep saying that getting old ain't for sissies, as many of us on here can attest!
Oh - and I filed my own taxes, but have a comment - Fed is easy - State makes it so complicated. Why?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
I slept in this morning. Currently we have a temp of 1 below 0 here. The wind is out of the west at 12 mph, leaving us with a wind chill of about 20 degrees below 0. It's going to get a lot colder than this here over the weekend. I would be out submitting applications for work at a couple of places, but yesterday I decided that in view of what today's weather conditions would be like, I would simply stay home and not try going anywhere. My feet are subject to freezing all to easily.
We could have roast ground hog for lunch this afternoon...........I don't know about the rest of you out there, but I've about had enough of winter already!!
Ray CANADIANPACIFIC2816
Morning All,
Temp at -8ºF and windchill at -35ºF this morning. Will try to type more when I thaw my person!
-ChrisWest Chicago, ILChristopher May Fine Art Photography"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams
Iowa Brian - nose not wet? We will call my vet - Dr Feelgood 555-hack!
OK, that's better.
Well, despite the frigid cold, I'm thinking that you all will be able to find me trackside somewhere along the Moffat Line this weekend. Just found out that UP1989 will be on the point of the Ski Train. How cool is that?!?!?! If all goes well, I should have some nice shots for you all on Monday. Wish me luck!
Meanwhile, I've got to go take off a plan, and then head out to run a couple errands. Hope you all have a great weekend! TTFN!
Good afternoon, and Chris, good to know you've thawed out, also! Be sure to bundle up real, real good, so you don't become a human popsicle!!
Okay, I know I'm running about a half hour late, but lunch is finally on the warmer bar: the fried fish: cat, cod, perch, halibut, along with fries, hushpuppies,and corn on the cob are on the warmer bar. In the cooler, you will find: cole slaw, apple, cherry, peach and pecan pie, along with chocolate/white/yellow cake (made a big sheet cake, and divided it into three sections). There are also bowls of freshly made garden salads in the fridge, on a tray).
To those I might not see later on, and will be leaving for their work-free weekends, have a great, dry, warm and safe weekend, and see you Monday. To everyone else, see you later on this afternoon.
Message From:The Cook
Shadow - 6 more weeks of winter!
No Shadow - 6 more weeks of 10 degree spring!
Moo....
CW no problem helping out.some youngins where I work at dont know the meaning of the word work.Brian hope you feel better soon.Jay happy birthday next week.Matt and I will take some fish for supper tonight.We will see how in did in school a bit later.
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").
Mookie wrote: Shadow - 6 more weeks of winter!No Shadow - 6 more weeks of 10 degree spring!Moo....
psst its snowed here on my sisters birthday(5/15) back in 1984.
We survived all the tornados, rain, and all that muck that was passing through here. It was ...interesting. The cold is gone, but will be returning by this weekend, Bummer.
All the tornadoes hit around Orlando, even if our entire area was for a tornado watch, the whole North Florida, South Georgia area. It was pretty bad though. Nothing hit around us thank the Gods. We just got lots of rain and wind.
Lunch, I think I will have some fries, steak fries with Ranch dressing...hmm.....can I have a French dip with those fries as well?*drool*
NightrainAFD1987 wrote: All the tornadoes hit around Orlando, even if our entire area was for a tornado watch, the whole North Florida, South Georgia area. It was pretty bad though. Nothing hit around us thank the Gods. We just got lots of rain and wind.
I'll have to give my son a call and check on him when I get home- he and his wife live on the west side of Orlando.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
Nightrain, glad to hear you all only got the wind and rain!
Iowa Brian, hope your son & daughter-in-law are all right.
I've got tonight's FRIDAY FISH FRY ready. The fish, hushpuppies, and fries are on the warmer bar, and the cole slaw and desserts are in the cooler. Hope everyone enjoys their supper. Maybe later on this evening, we can pop some popcorn in the fireplace popper, and have a nice evening here in the DD/CS, listen to CDs and tapes of train songs, or even turn on the train layouts, and listen to the trains running, in between the real trains running up and down the tracks.
CW,
Would love to have some fish, but we are doing some home made chicken noodle soup. The way I have felt today, I am hoping it'll make me feel better. The cold is catching up with me. I am in and out of hot and cold all day, and it takes a toll on you.
Everyone have a great weekend. For everyone in the deep freeze, be very careful out there. They calling for some minus 20 windchills here in the Northern KY area. I can only imagine what it's going to be like up in the plains.
Brian(KY)
Wow - Pulled into town (it's a small town) to the sight of red lights all over the place, and a school bus sitting there with it's "4 ways" on. Stopped at our Social Hall (funeral service tomorrow - spiffing up and preparing food for wake) and found out that a kid took a shot at the bus with a .22. There were kids on the bus, but no one was hurt. Sheesh!
Fish sounds good tonight. Snowing like the dickens, which will make a long ride out of my trip south for a meeting of the board of the railroad tomorrow. Gonna be a long weekend.
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larry thank goodness no one was hurt!!! they are calling for snow to go along with the cold too tommorow.i havent heard anything yet from my family in florida.Brian hope you get better soon.I will make some popcorn for snacking later.good night to stay inside.
joe
Hope you hear from your family soon. out here now, the sun was shining, and it was warm. They say that the cold is gonna come back later in the week.
I'll just take a large Pepsi. Not really hungry tonight
Thanks for the concern, guys. I came home tonight and immediately took two acetaminophen and a nap- now I feel somewhat better. Also called the kids, they're doing just fine- daughter-in-law woke up from a bad dream to the noise of the storm already in progress. Of course, my son slept right through it.
I'll take a big bowl of that popcorn, please.
//plugs a quarter into the jukebox and selects "City Of New Orleans"
TO OUR TWO BRIANS: HOPE YOU BOTH FEEL MUCH, MUCH BETTER TOMORROW!!
And to Iowa Brian, glad to hear that son & daughter-in-law are safe and sound. Your son sounds a lot like Mutt: several years ago, we were under a tornado watch, then warning, and he slept through the entire thing. Fotunately, nothing came around our neighborhood, except a lot of rain and thunder & lightning.
Joe, thanks for popping the popcorn!!
And Brian, here's a LARGE bowl of popcorn for you!! And you picked a very good selection on the jukebox!!!
CW, the fish was delicious.
Have a good night, everyone.
Before I leave, I have just enough time to listen to "King of the Road" on the juke.
Yikes! I better tell everyone out here in Washington to stop complaining about the weather. I just got done with my weather report final in Earth Science class at school and everyone was whining about the 27 degree low I predicted for tonight. After reading everyones posts A little bit of cold is nothing. Heck I think some of you wouldn't even consider this cold.
Well everyone keep warm, dry and safe in the winter storms.
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Good Saturday morning to all! Well, so far, we're down to 18 this morning, will be down to about 0 in the morning. For the weekend, our highs will only be in the 20s, with windchills around 0.
Coffee is ready, along with juice, hot chocolate, and hot water for cocoa and tea.
I've fixed a BIG breakfast for everyone this morning: turkey bacon, sausage, sausage gravy w/ homemade buttermilk biscuits (only the best for our friends and patrons here), oatmeal, grits, fried taters, hash browns, tater tots, scrambled eggs, western omelettes, French toast, regular buttered toast fixed in the broiler.
Everyone have a terrific Saturday, stay warm, dry and safe, whatever and wherever you go today.
good morning
brrrrrrr. juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready.who would like some hot oatmeal this morning?going to be dressed in layers today while we go see my mom and dad.but defineately to cold to go ice fishing on grand lake today.
And a good, COLD Saturday morning to everyone out there!
I will be leaving the warmth of my house within the next two or three hours to work my part time job at Howes Oil Company, and I thank God that where I work is barely two blocks from my front door. This is one of the coldest mornings we have seen in this part of the country in a long time. Currently we have 10 degrees below 0, the wind is blowing out of the west/northwest at 13 mph, leaving us with a wind chill factor of 31 degrees below 0.
I will be taking a thermos of coffee to work with me, and I am hoping that when I get to work this morning, I will not find any frozen plumbing to have to deal with, like I have in the past.
I wish Bergie or someone would create a new smiley face that we can use in our posts, maybe one with a blue face and ice cycles hanging from his ears and his chin.
I hope everyone out there has a good day!
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