She didn’t need to- I caught that… say hi to Jeff if you run into him!
Good Friday morning to you all!! And a cold morning, at that! Coffee, hot chocolate, hot cider, hot tea, as well as fresh juices are all ready for everyone.
On the warmer bar this morning: bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, hot buttermilk biscuits w/sausage gravy, oatmeal (hot cinnamon & spice and maple & brown sugar), blueberry muffins, bagels and bear claws.
So, gather around, and get yourselves some hot food in you to warm up your insides, and have a great day today. And, speaking of warming up, Emma, did your feet finally thaw? Sure hope so!!
I brought in the new US map I bought so I can take a little time and look up some of the cities that come up in the forum.
As I said before, some people have golf handicaps - I have major geography and history handicaps. Better late than never I guess.
Better raid the fridge and pack a burro - I won’t be back after today until maybe Tues morning, but have an all day meeting away from here and again Wed morning - so - maybe two burros…
Heard Amtrak this morning as I was coming into the building - different engine on the front and right on time! I like the other one better - and no - I have no clue which ones they run. Just that they sound different.
10 above all weekend - will take toaster to trackside…
You’re lucky- tomorrow we’re not supposed to make it above zero.[:(]
I’m sure you’ll see some “toasters” on the tracks (GE’s)… [;)]
We’re supposed to only get to 17 on Sunday, but otherwise the next 10 days look pretty seasonal and mild. I’m not complaining.
sunshine but cold windchills and its suppossed to get colder.after matt went off on the bus I picked up a friend and we went to see the doings in hamler.the derailment wasn’t bad and the cars were still upright.looks like the jointed track just gave way underneath the cars.well mamma is on her way home from the store.time to unload the van.
stay safe
joe
Good afternoon to you all! Our FRIDAY FISH FRY is now on the warmer bar. Today’s fish selections are: cod, perch, jack salmon, hallibut, haddock and shrimp. Hot sides: corn on the cob, baked beans,fries and cornbread. Cold sides: cole slaw, and garden salad.
Desserts: chocolate cake, yellow cake w/caramel icing, chocolate, apple, cherry, peach and pecan pies.
Mookie, when you go trackside this weekend, be sure you have a set of thermals on under your street clothes (maybe two layers of thermals might keep you toasty)! And anyone else going trackside this weekend, that advice goes for you also. Shoot, I’ve got a thermal top on, just here in the house today!
Everyone have a good afternoon, and if I dont’ get to talk to you before you leave for the weekend, those of you who won’t be around over the next three days, have a safe, warm weekend.
Had to help with parking detail last night for ~6 hours from 5-11 PM. It was a tad chilly and windy. It’s a good thing I’m so gravity friendly or I’d have ended up in MN! That and my feet literally froze in place twice. [:O][(-D]
…30.0 degrees in Muncie right now. Beautiful blue sky and bright sunshine. Stopped {first this year}, at our NS tracks…right besides the Mc D’s parking and had some lunch but no traffic. Truck was warm as we pulled in and the bright sun kept it that way. My kind of January {for here}…A good thing. But no trains.
A few days ago I went on a hike with my family and caught this old Providence and Worcester Railroad truck trailer with the old logo.
Nice picture, Tyler!
FRIDAY NIGHT FISH FRY is now on the warmer bar. Same list as from the lunch menu. Hope everyone enjoys their fish, fries, etc., and have a great evening. (Think I’m going to go take a short nap. Having trouble keeping my eyes open).
Here in Aurora, IL on Saturday it’s supposed to hit a “high” of 9F and a low of -2F…good times to wrap up on the couch with a blanket and a couple of dogs (or even better, the significant other of your choice) and snuggle with old movies on the TV until things warm up a bit.
We hit our high of about 43 degrees here around 4:30-5:00 this afternoon, down
to about 27 right now, and not supposed to get out of the 20s for the next day
or two.
Jim, your idea of curling up on the couch with warm… (fill in the blank)…sounds
very good.
(now to figure out which train movies we want to watch and what snacks to have.[%-)])
Tomorrow I’ll start carving up the last of the shoofly pies (wet bottom only) my mother always loads me up with at Christmas. I love the smell of molasses in the morning.
RIX
good morning
juice coffee and hot chocolate are ready to go.we also have pancakes eggs and sausage coming up.if you are in the icebox like we are please watch out for your neighboors and your pets.
stay safe
joe
Good morning everyone, it be Saturday! Currently 41 deg and rainy in Carolina on this primary day. The temp is already todays high and it will drop to 25 with SNOW tonight. Praise The Lord the primary will shut down the telephone calls. Yesterday, we got so many campaign calls I was tempted to take it off the hook. It was ridiculous.Yall stay warm
Good Saturday morning, everyone! Joe, thanks for making breakfast and the morning beverages!
Our temp at 6:00 this morning was 30, and it’s now down to 28 or 29. Going down to about 17 around 7 p.m. tonight, with an overnight low in the morning of 8 degrees. Can anyone say “brrrrrrrrrr”? And yes, I know it’s going to be colder elswhere, but for us, that is COLD!
You all have a great day, stay warm, and see you tonight for our SATURDAY NIGHT PIZZA FEST.
CW, you should move to South Dakota, then you will know what it really means to be COLD. Currently we have a temp of -11 degrees below 0, the wind is out of the west at 5 mph and this leaves us with a wind chill of 23 degrees below 0. I’m not looking forward to walking to work this morning. I got my heavy-duty parka out this morning…haven’t warn it in I don’t know how many years.
Save some pizza for me, I may be back tonight.
Ray
…Yes, I appreciate how cold it normally gets up along the northern border…Burr…Here right now, it’s 9.3 degrees. A drop from 29.5 when I went to bed last night around 12:30. But tomorrow morning if the forecast is still the same, we’ll have a few degrees below “0”. Wherever that is, it’s cold.
Sunshine now and just a touch of wind. Must go out and retrieve the paper and I’ll find out how much wind then…No snow.
Believe Monday morning will be a super cold one too and then we’ll have a bit of a “warm up”…yea, warm up…Off and on snowflurries this coming week. Guess this cold stuff is dropping down from the Yukon area…
…Rix…Expand a bit of what a shoofly pie is…
Wife Jean has heard of them and I just ask her what that is so she pulled out her recipe book and it’s not listed.