D.D. & C. S. (Same folks just a brand new coffee shop--everyone welcome)

[rvos1979]

I'll get the pressure washer......

Sent a picture into railpictures.net last night, found out they accepted it today.  Lessee if I can get the right address this time.....

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=170972

Hope this works.

EDIT:  Cool, I got it to work!!!

[CopCarSS]

Congrats on the photo, Randy. Nice night shot!

[locomutt]

Randy, VERY NICE PICTURE!!!!

 

Mook,Bio-Hazard Suits that small are very hard to find;

back when,we had a hard time finding one to fit me!! 

 

Willy2,Congrats on the 1,000 +  posts!! 

(just PLEASE KEEP The "Weather Machine" under control!) 

[JoeKoh]

Randy

nice shot.we will be heading to G+G house tonight for supper and going to watch the game over there.

stay safe

joe

[Datafever]

Way to go, Randy!

I'll have some of that cream of broccoli soup, please.

Whew - the weather is just gorgeous today.  It's almost at 70 already with only a very slight breeze.  Made the morning walk just a tad uncomfortable. 

[Anonymous]

Seventy degrees? In Wyoming in January?  And it was 14 this morning in Reno! I'm living in the wrong place, time to move........

 

Bill

[blhanel]

Awesome shot, Randy!

I'll chime in on the disbelief concerning temps in the vicinity of the Tetons- aren't you really somewhere else, datafever?

[tree68]

That's a sweet picture - and a night shot to boot!

Be careful with those hoses around Ms Mook.  The voice of experience speaking, here...

[Datafever]

Seventy degrees? In Wyoming in January?  And it was 14 this morning in Reno! I'm living in the wrong place, time to move........

 

Bill

Sorry for the confusion, Bill.  I'm still in San Jose.  The location is where my avatar was taken. 

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

Canadianpacific-

I have had similar dealings with Hobbytown USA (in general).  I used to be quite heavily involved with RC racing and was Semi-Pro.  To make a long story short...neither I nor my sponsors would shop there if we were given the keys to the store and a blank check.  Most HT USA's I've ever dealt with are the epitome of bad hobbyshops/retail establishments.  Many of the 'store policies' rip the customer off and make for lots of bad blood. 

Hobby Town's corporate headquarters is in Lincoln, Nebraska. Within the last several minutes I had sent them an e-mail detailing my experience with their gift card. I told them that I feel that their ridiculous policies like this are WRONG and if it were not for Bob Hoff and his wife who own and manage our local Hobby Town store, and have become good friends of mine over the last few years, I would not do business with Hobby Town at all. I doubt that I will get any kind of a response from Hobby Town's corporate headquarters, but if I do, I will share it with the rest of you folks out there. At least I for one, have spoken up on this issue.

Ray                                                                                                         CANADIANPACIFIC2816

[Datafever]

Bravo, Ray.  That's one of the things that makes our economic/political system so great - we CAN complain.  And yes, sometimes companies really do respond to customer complaints and change policies.

[CANADIANPACIFIC2816]

If I don't get a response to my e-mail from the corporate headquarters of Hobby Town, I will go one step further. I will mail a formal letter of complaint to Hobby Town's headquarters.

I am in the process of writing a letter to an old friend of mine who practices law in Deadwood, South Dakota,  a letter which I had begun last week, well before this incident with our local Hobby Town even occured. I am going to ask him if he has ever heard of this kind of a situation in a retail environment and what he thinks of it. I don't want to sue Hobby Town. I only want to see them drop their ridiculous in-store policies, which I am sure are turning off a lot of other hobbyists besides myself.

Ray                                                                                                              CANADIANPACIFIC2816

[Datafever]

I sure hope that he's heard of it.  It isn't anything new.  Back in the days, it was possible to buy gift certificates - which had expiration dates in the 1 to 2 year range.  Gifts cards are really just the same thing.

EDIT: except with gift certificates, if your purchase was less than the amount of the certificate, you got cold hard cash back.  With gift cards, the only thing that happens is that the value of the card is decreased. 

[tree68]

Cold, windy, and the lake effect machine is kicking in just south of us.  Hope it stays down there...

Lots of meetings tomorrow, much as I'd like to sleep in.

[blhanel]

Oh-oh...

Our local weather prognosticators say that winter will be arriving here in all its glory on Saturday.

Willy must've pointed the weather machine east.

[chad thomas]

Wow!!! I miss a week and you all moved to a new diner. You all arn't trying to ditch the fat kid are you? Just kidding. Hope everyone is doing OK. I've been busy lately, actually haveing to do something productive instead of surfing the net all day. I hate it when work gets in the way of my railfanning.

[CNW 6000]

Morning!  I'll flip on some lights.  Let's see...coffee on, juice chilling, milk chilling, water ready for tea.  Beverages...check.

Toaster ready, bread and bagles standing by.  Cream cheese, butter, jam, p-nut butter standing by.  Ginormous pan of scrambled eggs heating and will be ready in a while.  Ginormous pan of bacon heating and ready soon.  Batter made and standing by near the waffle maker.  Syrup and toppings standing by.  Food...check.

Ready for another day!  It's day two of my internship.  After yesterday let's see...16 hours down and 404 to go!  C-ya later!

[Mookie]

%^~^% - Got mah new cologne on this morning - Got mah hair re-done.  Straighten out the new fur coat and if someone so much as moves a hose, there will be he... er, there will be a whole lot to pay!

Do you like the new scent - Eau de Pew...... a favorite of mine!

Joe - condolences.  Maybe you should have used the hometown team?

Randy - cool picture.  Those used to be my favorite Cornhusker colors until a couple of years ago.  Now I think more in terms of black and blue.

Hey this makes 2 days in a row!  This must be some kind of a record for me! 

Had the perfect overnite - (don't jump to conclusions!) - a very high wind all nite, but was tempered with the lilt of train whistles all night long.  This presents a problem.  We like to watch trains during the day, but they run most of them overnite.  Not sure I can get the Driver to park in that lonely, dark parking lot overnite with Millie running all nite.  And her seats recline, so it isn't like he couldn't get some sleep......  

Blather over - I brought in a big bag of kibbles and will share with anyone that wants cereal for breakfast.  Fish and liver flavored.

[cherokee woman]

Morning!  I'll flip on some lights.  Let's see...coffee on, juice chilling, milk chilling, water ready for tea.  Beverages...check.

Toaster ready, bread and bagles standing by.  Cream cheese, butter, jam, p-nut butter standing by.  Ginormous pan of scrambled eggs heating and will be ready in a while.  Ginormous pan of bacon heating and ready soon.  Batter made and standing by near the waffle maker.  Syrup and toppings standing by.  Food...check.

Ready for another day!  It's day two of my internship.  After yesterday let's see...16 hours down and 404 to go!  C-ya later!

 

Wow, Dan, you've really been a busy beaver this morning, haven't you!  Thank you for getting everthing ready this morning.  BTW, Good Tuesday morning, everyone!  I'm beginning to feel much, much better.  

Thanks to all of you, who have picked up the slack while I've been sick.

 

[JoeKoh]

ow ow ow ow ow. hard to sit down this morning.feels like we were mauled by some gators.sister in law already left messages on our answering machine.

Dan thanks for the breakfast.yep old man winter is in nw ohio now cold and I had to sweep snow off the porches.note that willy i said sweep not shovel!!! anyway matt had a great time at G+G house so its back to the regular schedule.

Mookie thanks for the condolances.here you have chocolate from the extra cake from yesterday.I got you a paper towel.

stay safe

Joe

[CopCarSS]

Hey Willy,

Just watched the weather folks last night. Did you forget to turn on the heater up in Alaska? Seems the folks up that way aren't happy with your decision, and are shipping some cold air this way, complete with some snow. Highs in the single digits? Lows in the single digits on the opposite side of the big goose egg? Man, I was planning to go out on the Moffat Line this weekend. The DRGW heritage unit is rumored to be out west someplace and headed back by then.

Oh well, I guess if all else fails, my pictures will be noise free if I go out (cold temperatures kill off a lot of noise from higher ISO shots on digital cameras...of course battery life is attrocious, but that's liveable.)

I think it's still early enough to make requests, right? Can we up the forecast temps by a couple degrees?

[mudchicken]

Chris:

I'm still trying to figure out how Willy got the weather machine's snow generator stuck on Thursday night into Friday. [here it comes again?!]

Frozen Mud

[Modelcar]

 

.....Forecast last night possible 1" of the stuff over night....but as usual....none.  Partly sunny again this morning.

[Willy2]

Yes, Mudchicken and Chris - a big cold snap with all the trimmings (snow, freezing drizzle/rain, sleet) is on the way. Actually, it may be more of a prolonged period of cold, rather than a snap. Some of the forecast models show very cold air for two weeks and beyond. Only time will tell.

[cherokee woman]

Willy, congratulations on your 4,000th post!  I forgot to mention that this morning.  

For Produce Tuesday, we got:  celery, iceburg lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes and strawberries.  Will have to go to the grocery, and get onions, and I can make a big garden(tossed) salad for supper tonight.

For lunch today, there is beef stew w/cornbread, and cole slaw.  Along with plenty of chocolate cake, pecan pie, and apple pie for dessert.

On the supper/dinner menu tonight, will be:  Italian spaghetti casserole (Mutt's grandmother's recipe), along with the fresh garden/tossed salad, garlic bread, garlic Texas toast, along with the above mentioned desserts from the lunch menu.

Does anyone have any other requests for tonight?

Message From:
The Cook

 

[Datafever]

Willy, congratulations on your 4,000th post!  I forgot to mention that this morning.  

4,000?  Hmmm...  Due when?  In 2010? 

I see that Chris is right about the cold air moving in.  The San Jose forecast calls for lows below freezing by the end of the week.

CW, I would make a request for dinner tonight, but that Italian spaghetti casserole looks way too tempting.

[JoeKoh]

3 orders of spaghetti casserole please with garlic bread. Matt loves it.

MC hope you guys dont get hammmered too bad. have a co-worker coming to denver next week. going to be flying out on monday from detroit.might have a looong wait at the airport.

stay safe

joe

[blhanel]

Mama Mia!  You-a don't need any a-more-a!

[cherokee woman]

PLEASE FORGIVE ME, EVERYONE! Sometimes my fingers pick the wrong key, and my eyes don't catch it, even after proofreading several times.

Guess I need to go see the eye doctor, and see about getting these glasses replaced, BIG TIME!  (Guess I provided laughs for everyone today, huh?!?!)

[Datafever]

CW, let me assure you that it isn't just you.  Almost 1/3 of the time, I need to edit a post after I have posted it.  And I consider myself to be a very good speller.