Okay, everyone, supper is now on the warmer bar: pork chops, and all the sides. For dessert tonight, you've got your choice of: chocolate cake, apple pie, and blueberry cobbler, along with ice cream.
And Joe, there's a plate ready for you, in the fridge, with you name in big, bold print.
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Willy2 wrote: tree68 wrote: Willy2 wrote: Well, instability just wasn't strong enough to support severe thunderstorms this afternoon, so not much happened. This weather had better get a bit more exciting soon, or I might leave Nebraska for someplace that actually gets decent thunderstorms and not these little things that just spit out a bit of rain and then move on. Patience my child. The year I did support for NSSL we had almost nothing at all when we were working. The 'worst' storm of that 6 weeks came on an off day. We sat at the Big Boy in Midwest City and watched the temperature drop 20 degrees in 15 minutes....You're square in the middle of tornado alley and the season is still young. Be careful what you wish for....Just thinking - I don't have any real contacts in the Air Force weather world anymore - but you are very close to the USAF Global Weather Central at Offut AFB. Maybe if you wrote them a nice letter you could get a tour!I know I need to be patient, but it's hard when people in all directions are getting great storms and I'm just getting some light rain and a rumble of thunder. One of the colleges I'm considering is the University of Oklahoma in Norman, so maybe things will be better down there. A tour of Global Weather Central at Offutt would be great for this summer. I'll have to get that letter written sometime soon!
tree68 wrote: Willy2 wrote: Well, instability just wasn't strong enough to support severe thunderstorms this afternoon, so not much happened. This weather had better get a bit more exciting soon, or I might leave Nebraska for someplace that actually gets decent thunderstorms and not these little things that just spit out a bit of rain and then move on. Patience my child. The year I did support for NSSL we had almost nothing at all when we were working. The 'worst' storm of that 6 weeks came on an off day. We sat at the Big Boy in Midwest City and watched the temperature drop 20 degrees in 15 minutes....You're square in the middle of tornado alley and the season is still young. Be careful what you wish for....Just thinking - I don't have any real contacts in the Air Force weather world anymore - but you are very close to the USAF Global Weather Central at Offut AFB. Maybe if you wrote them a nice letter you could get a tour!
Willy2 wrote: Well, instability just wasn't strong enough to support severe thunderstorms this afternoon, so not much happened. This weather had better get a bit more exciting soon, or I might leave Nebraska for someplace that actually gets decent thunderstorms and not these little things that just spit out a bit of rain and then move on.
Well, instability just wasn't strong enough to support severe thunderstorms this afternoon, so not much happened.
This weather had better get a bit more exciting soon, or I might leave Nebraska for someplace that actually gets decent thunderstorms and not these little things that just spit out a bit of rain and then move on.
Patience my child. The year I did support for NSSL we had almost nothing at all when we were working. The 'worst' storm of that 6 weeks came on an off day. We sat at the Big Boy in Midwest City and watched the temperature drop 20 degrees in 15 minutes....
You're square in the middle of tornado alley and the season is still young. Be careful what you wish for....
Just thinking - I don't have any real contacts in the Air Force weather world anymore - but you are very close to the USAF Global Weather Central at Offut AFB. Maybe if you wrote them a nice letter you could get a tour!
I know I need to be patient, but it's hard when people in all directions are getting great storms and I'm just getting some light rain and a rumble of thunder. One of the colleges I'm considering is the University of Oklahoma in Norman, so maybe things will be better down there.
A tour of Global Weather Central at Offutt would be great for this summer. I'll have to get that letter written sometime soon!
You may want to contact a member here on the boards by the username RedGrey62. I believe he is assigned to AFWA at Offutt. He may be able to get you in for something, although I don't know him too well.
Boy I sure miss having full acess to JAAWIN. There are some great products on there. I was with the 209th WF, TXANG.
Sorry to butt in.
zardoz wrote: Willy2 wrote: I know I need to be patient, but it's hard when people in all directions are getting great storms and I'm just getting some light rain and a rumble of thunder. "Great" in this context might not be the correct adjective.
Willy2 wrote: I know I need to be patient, but it's hard when people in all directions are getting great storms and I'm just getting some light rain and a rumble of thunder.
I know I need to be patient, but it's hard when people in all directions are getting great storms and I'm just getting some light rain and a rumble of thunder.
"Great" in this context might not be the correct adjective.
It's one of the paradoxes of storm chasing - you may see the "mother of all tornados", but then you have to consider the havoc it is causing.
I think we got your wind here in northern New York tonight. T'storms blew though about 7-ish with some really gusty winds. Took down some trees, a few of which managed to tangle with power lines. We were out at my place for about 45 minutes. The weather station only registered about a 15 mph gust, but I could tell the winds were higher than that.
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.....A very nice day here in central Indiana but we too had above average winds. No rain though.
Quentin
blhanel wrote:Sounds like you have the same problem with your weather station that I have with mine- too many mature trees around to block the full force of the wind. They could be reporting 40 MPH winds at the airport, and the strongest gust I get would be 20.
I would guess she had it full of horses, or it probably would have wound up in the ditch.
Yeah, wind was out of the south Sunday- going down I-74 would've had them going straight into it, which isn't as bad as bucking a cross-wind on I-80.
thank you all for the congrats. now i have to learn how ro type one handed. so if mt typing looks sdtrange, i have my hands full.
the delivery was fast....but of course painful. but i look at thus little girl and say its worth it in the end
i hink i will just have some fruit for now, we'll see what else i am in the mood for later
NightrainAFD1987 wrote:thank you all for the congrats. now i have to learn how ro type one handed. so if mt typing looks sdtrange, i have my hands full. the delivery was fast....but of course painful. but i look at thus little girl and say its worth it in the end i hink i will just have some fruit for now, we'll see what else i am in the mood for later
Duff, another congrats to you, hubby & beautiful baby girl, and welcome back in, it is very good to hear from you. I do imagine that you do have your hands full!
And what's wrong with typing "One Handed"?!?! That's the Only way I know how to type!!!!!
(took typing in high school 40+ years ago and still can't really type!)
Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!
Good Tuesday morning, everyone. Looks like it's going to be a rainy day around here. Oh well: it's Produce Day, so it's usually bound to rain.
Duff, welcome back! How's little Sadie doing? And how're you doing?
Coffee is brewing, fresh juice is made, and we've got hot chocolate and hot tea this morning. Even have some Diet Dew for mudchicken, if he makes it in.
On the warmer bar, you will find: turkey bacon, sausage, and pancakes (regular buttermilk pancakes, and whole wheat pancakes), and scrambled eggs.
Everyone have a good morning, and I'll see you all after I get through with Produce Tuesday.
Glad things are going good for you Duff. Cw thanks for breakfast.i'll get mookie her coffee cup.little cooler today.that rain might show up on wed.
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").
Yessss..... it was wet over nite! We had a nice thunderstorm and a couple of gallons of rain about 2 am. It is supposed to rain on and off all day! Go for it! Windy again today! Ah Spring! Cooler, too!
Landlord digging up ground to put in a wall out front. Of course, the rain will interfere with it, but by end of week, we may have a new look.
CW - I will have some of coffee since Joe was so nice to get down my mug. A side of bacon and toast sounds good this morning! Not exactly continental; more American?
Mook
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
The Produce truck came really early this morning: 9:02! The lady in charge, had not even shown up yet. So we went ahead and unloaded the truck, and waited until she got there. On the truck today was: 10 lb bags of potatoes, 5 lb bags of lettuce, cucumbers, red peppers that were wilting, overripe bananas and oranges.
Got lunch going now, and in about a half hour, on the warmer bar you will find: open-face roast beef sandwiches with mashed taters and gravy, cole slaw or garden salad, homemade applesauce, and homemade biscuits and cornbread; also have quite a bit of pork chop abracadbra left from supper last night.
P.S. If anyone has any special requests for supper/dinner tonight, PLEASE let me know, o.k?
anyone like goulash or a salad? Sunday's dinner was chow mein.....it was good......
Beef and noodles? How'm I doin' CW?
Maybe we should ask people to post their favorite dishes - that aren't the usual meat and potatoes? I like Bun Bo - which is a Vietnamese dish! (Noodles, meat and veggies)
Anyone else want to contribute something a little out of the norm?
Fried mac and cheese balls are different. I kinda like tuna fish casserole too.Or how about salmon grilled while laying on a cedar plank? The Injuns on Blake Island in Puget Sound do this with Irish potatoes. Then they sing and dance. Fabulous evening.
Edit: Mook. Singing and dancing is optional.
Spoky- I am so glad you threw in the part about singing and dancing!
I am intrigued - how do you fry mac and cheese balls? Just make round items out of the cooked m/c and fry them in hot oil? Hmmm - I bet that might be kinda good.
Brian - I would have never put spam and hamburger together. I do like both, so I may have to try that out! Always looking for fast, cheap and easy.....mostly easy!
All righty, everbody: you're going to have a feast tonight, will all the meal suggestions I've received. Be sure and be back in about an hour, and on the warmer bar will be:
goulash, chow mein, beef noodles, Bun Bo, open-faced pizza burgers, tuna fish casserole. Side dishes will be: green beans, corn, garden salad,mac & cheese (fixed the regular way), and we'll have all the regular desserts.
Spokyone Bob, if you'll please email me your recipe for the fried mac/cheese balls, I'll put them on the menu in a couple of days.
Another dumb food question, but what in the world is goulash and what is a pizza burger? I think I will take some veg salad and chow mein untill I find out exactly what everything else on the menu is.
emmar-The confused beginner cook
cherokee woman wrote:Emma, it's not a dumb food question. Goulash is a spicy Hungarian dish made with beef, onions, red peppers andpaprika. And Brian's open-faced pizza burgers are made with hamburger, spam, grated cheese and Prego sauce.
Dan
zardoz wrote: Willy2 wrote: I know I need to be patient, but it's hard when people in all directions are getting great storms and I'm just getting some light rain and a rumble of thunder. "Great" in this context might not be the correct adjective.Not so "great" when your family is cowering in a crawl space as they see the tornado descending on their home that they have worked their entire life to build.Or not so "great" when someone you know is a cripple due to being struck by lightning.Believe me, Willy, when I say to you that I once shared your enthusiasm for exciting storms. Fortunately (or unfortunately), my years of experience have caused me to see storms from a completely different perspective. Storms are quite fascinating, the destruction they cause is not.
Not so "great" when your family is cowering in a crawl space as they see the tornado descending on their home that they have worked their entire life to build.
Or not so "great" when someone you know is a cripple due to being struck by lightning.
Believe me, Willy, when I say to you that I once shared your enthusiasm for exciting storms. Fortunately (or unfortunately), my years of experience have caused me to see storms from a completely different perspective.
Storms are quite fascinating, the destruction they cause is not.
When I say "great" I don't mean tornadoes. I know that I certainly don't want a tornado to hit my house and I know that nobody wants that to happen. Trust me, I know that tornadoes are not something to be taken lightly or to be considered "great".
Lightning is a different story. A lot of times if someone gets struck by lightning it's their own fault. They were on the golf course, or talking on the phone, or taking a shower, etc. They should know better.
I know what you're saying and I'm not trying to argue. However, I'm sticking to my opinion that the bigger/more exciting the storm is, the better it is.
Willy
CW will take some of everything for lunch tonight.Pizza burgers would be great.Thats a burger with mottzerella cheese on it and sometimes mushrooms and pepperoni too.got fries?? went into town and mowed for a former neighboor.matt even stopped by and saw his cousin lucy.we watched the trains go by their yard.willy looking at the wetaher map tonight you and mookie should have some weather to watch.ours will be here tommorow.
Wow - we have had 2 inches of rain - which I know isn't all that much - but for high and dry here, that is quite a bit! West of us about 10 miles that had over 4 and further west in central NE they had 5+. Nice, Nice Rain!
Willy - lightning terrifies me. I was washing dishes at our kitchen sink with a south window, last nite. Needless to say, a flash sent me into the living room until the storm had passed. It is spectacular to watch if you have wide open spaces and a safe place to watch from, but normally, I don't want it anywhere around me.
Spoky - that is my goulash - CW's is the correct one, but I just brown burger and add tomato sauce, small can of tom juice and spiral mac. I also add a little lite soy sauce to the browning meat. I use a non-stick pan and this gives it a little more of a browned flavor. Onions are optional and since I am allergic to them, we opt out.
Notice that the sun is out in the garden. The swing looks inviting, so going to hunt up CW and go sit out there awhile. Maybe some hot tea and a quiet visit. Where is Mutt? Joe will be in and off to sleep and we need someone to greet the rest of the people. Get up - lazy ol' Mutt! (can't say that to anyone else!)
good morning
well no recess outside for matthew today due to the rain.we are getting a good soaking.the robins are out on the ground looking for breakfast.mookie is right this makes for good sleep weather.thanks for the pizza burgers they were excellent.
Mookie wrote:Wow - we have had 2 inches of rain - which I know isn't all that much - but for high and dry here, that is quite a bit! West of us about 10 miles that had over 4 and further west in central NE they had 5+. Nice, Nice Rain!Willy - lightning terrifies me. I was washing dishes at our kitchen sink with a south window, last nite. Needless to say, a flash sent me into the living room until the storm had passed. It is spectacular to watch if you have wide open spaces and a safe place to watch from, but normally, I don't want it anywhere around me.Spoky - that is my goulash - CW's is the correct one, but I just brown burger and add tomato sauce, small can of tom juice and spiral mac. I also add a little lite soy sauce to the browning meat. I use a non-stick pan and this gives it a little more of a browned flavor. Onions are optional and since I am allergic to them, we opt out. Notice that the sun is out in the garden. The swing looks inviting, so going to hunt up CW and go sit out there awhile. Maybe some hot tea and a quiet visit. Where is Mutt? Joe will be in and off to sleep and we need someone to greet the rest of the people. Get up - lazy ol' Mutt! (can't say that to anyone else!)
Morning All; rainy, dreary here in this "Neck of the Woods". Had mainly light rain overnight, but do have a chance of heavier rain and slightly more severe weather
for later today.
And Mook, "Lazy 'ol Mutt" is up, and has been for awhile!!!!!
(probably already longer than he would like)
Mook, if you need your coffee mug, I'll get it and fill it for you, I know how much
trouble you have because of thumbs. (or lack of)
CW should be in very shortly for the Breakfast orders.
Mookie wrote: Willy - lightning terrifies me. I was washing dishes at our kitchen sink with a south window, last nite. Needless to say, a flash sent me into the living room until the storm had passed. It is spectacular to watch if you have wide open spaces and a safe place to watch from, but normally, I don't want it anywhere around me.
True story - My daughter is fascinated with the weather (I think she got that from me) and even managed to include a course in meteorology in her college coursework at Oswego. One evening during a thunderstorm she was standing on the back porch, out of the weather, watching the action. Lightning struck nearby in that flash/bang manner you know is close (apparently a tree about 500 yards from the house, from what I could discern the next day). Next thing I know she's tearing through the house, eyes as big as saucers, scared - well, you know. She still loves a good thunderstorm, but that was just a little too close.
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