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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 42 F and windy on the way to work. High today will be 49 F but the wind chills will be in the low 30’s and high 20’s. Yesterday was a weird and nasty weather day. We had cold temperatures with a biting rain. Some areas had snow. Roads were closed and there were...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    I just went out for lunch and the temperature is 38 F and there are snow squalls a couple miles to the east. Some roads are snow covered and in a few cases closed. I don’t think we will hit that 46 F mark. The rain and the wind are really nasty. It actually stings when it hits your exposed skin.
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was a wet and raw 39 F as I headed onto the leaf-slick roads this morning. The traffic report read like a litany of accidents. It seemed like you couldn’t get any where with some sort of delay. I even saw some snow flurries. Our high today is supposed to be 46 F with the...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 43 F as I rolled out this morning. High will be 60 F. We had a busy weekend with Popcorn Show and Sales and Cub Scout Fitness Day. This was the last weekend for the Show and sales and the popcorn sales end Friday. No trains this weekend. Since popcorn will be...
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    Weekly Photo Fun 10-24/10-31

    Jeffery The coaling tower is coming along nicely! Charlie Neat pic! Chessie4155 Nice crossing scene!
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 38 F as I rolled out of the driveway this morning. High today is supposed to be 62 F. They say we will get rain tonight and tomorrow. This is a busy weekend. We have the last weekend of our Cub Scout Popcorn Show and Sells. I am not sure what we are going to do if...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 37 F as I headed out. Our high today will be 57 F. We are under a Freeze Warning for the overnight. Last chance to get those plants in. No modeling last night. We had our monthly Cub Scout Pack Meeting. Tonight I may have a chance. My daughter has an away...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 41 F on the way this morning. Our high is supposed to be 53 F. It looks like Autumn has finally arrived. I pulled the air conditioners out of three of the four bedroom windows last night and covered the big a/c unit on the first floor. The heater has been coming...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was a chilly 44 F as I rolled onto the highways this morning. High today will be 62 F. My daughter’s volleyball team finally broke out of their slump and won a match. They are 5 and 3 for the year with 4 games to go. I did not get any modeling in last night. Not...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was a cold frosty 39 F this morning. Our high toady will be 63 F. We had a bit of frost this morning. On Saturday night I pulled the filter out of the fish pond and sunk the water lilies. I also had to bring in the tropical plants from the front porch. Now it is time to...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was a chilly 50 F as I left this morning. High today will be 64 F. A front came through last night and the temperature went from 80 F at 6:30 PM to 55 F by 8 PM. For a while last evening the wind kicked up and the sky got dark like a real nasty thunderstorm was coming...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 64 F when I head off this morning. High today will be 79 F. We may get some thunderstorms this evening. We had our library visit last night with the Cub Scout pack. We had 22 out of 23 scouts make it. Afterwards came home and watched the Phillies win the National...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 63 F this morning as I headed out. High today will be 77 F. I had to drop my daughter off at school early this morning. Her class/team is going to Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair. Yesterday was crazy. My daughter had an away volleyball which they lost 25-14, and...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It was 58 F as I begrudgingly hit the roads this morning. High today will be 80 F. I cut some branches off the tree in the front yard to keep it away from the house. I also cut off some dead branches. I did, however, get some train running in. I also organized a few...
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    Come on back to the caboose and get a cup of coffee [or sweet ice tea] - Part VI

    Good morning folks It is a crisp 55 F as I type. No work today since it is Columbus Day. The kids have school, however. We had an extremely busy weekend dedicated to Cub Scout Popcorn. We ran four set-ups at three locations from 8 AM to 4 PM, and another one on Sunday. It was worth all the...