Running Bear's May 2026 Coffee Shop
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Good morning Coffee Shop, it's Wednesday and 46°F (8°C)!
Weather:
Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Showers likely toward daybreak. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph becoming northwest. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Have a great day!
I went, that night, to see and hear the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and they were good. But for me it was her opening act that I will always remember all so fondly.
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I later asked her husband, well known drummer Russ Kunkel, if there was, by even a slight chance a recording--a tape--of her singing that song. Perhaps in a box underneath the stairs or something like that.
Sadly he said "there are no boxes under the stairs"...and thus...her tune is lost to the ages, remembered tonight only by me.
I do have to chuckle at my sister and her dubious interpretation of this Kim Carnes song. A case of misunderstood lyrics once again.
Sis told me many years later she heard Kim's words as (@ or about 2:08) "All the boys think she's a spazz...." A spazzmatic, if you will.
But no...Kim actually sang it "All the boys think she's a SPY...she's got Bette Davis eyes.
Here's a taste, a song called "let it go" and it has nothing to do with Frozen,
and yes, at 89 years, she's still with us.
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Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired NS Signal Construction Gang Signalman
Weather:
Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Showers likely toward daybreak. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 5 mph becoming northwest. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Have a great day!
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Snowman
Well-Known Member
Dark...with scattered darkness. And film at eleven. Unless still dark, in which case...not.
Bill Tidler Jr.
Retired NS Signal Construction Gang Signalman
LeAnn Rimes. I saw her in concert some years ago from the second row and she was amazing. She had an accompanist on the piano and that was all but she didn't need anything else.
Snowman
Well-Known Member
Love it, and that's exactly the way it goes when you hear one of the angels up close somehow. I had a chance to listen to Nicolette Larson (after she had reached her peak and when her light was fading) with just her acoustic guitar one night at a club right here. She played her version of this tune: Tanya Tucker: "My Arms Stay Open All Night.:"LeAnn Rimes. I saw her in concert some years ago from the second row and she was amazing. She had an accompanist on the piano and that was all but she didn't need anything else.
I went, that night, to see and hear the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and they were good. But for me it was her opening act that I will always remember all so fondly.
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I later asked her husband, well known drummer Russ Kunkel, if there was, by even a slight chance a recording--a tape--of her singing that song. Perhaps in a box underneath the stairs or something like that.
Sadly he said "there are no boxes under the stairs"...and thus...her tune is lost to the ages, remembered tonight only by me.
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Snowman
Well-Known Member
Karen is still the one who amazes me. When she let it out it sounded like someone who was carrying a personal, foldable if needed, FULL blown concert hall. She was a waif...but had a lung cage (you couldn't see it, but it was there) like noneother.
Snowman
Well-Known Member
I do have to chuckle at my sister and her dubious interpretation of this Kim Carnes song. A case of misunderstood lyrics once again.
Sis told me many years later she heard Kim's words as (@ or about 2:08) "All the boys think she's a spazz...." A spazzmatic, if you will.
But no...Kim actually sang it "All the boys think she's a SPY...she's got Bette Davis eyes.
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migalyto
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Good morning all!
Another below average northern Illinois day, Currently its 38F with the high of only 55F. Should be mostly sunny most of the day
so we have that going for us. Tomorrow we climb back into the mid 60s.
Nothing much else going on at the moment. Do have a load of laundry and some other minor things to get done.
Have a safe day everyone!
Another below average northern Illinois day, Currently its 38F with the high of only 55F. Should be mostly sunny most of the day
so we have that going for us. Tomorrow we climb back into the mid 60s.
Nothing much else going on at the moment. Do have a load of laundry and some other minor things to get done.
Have a safe day everyone!
kbkchooch
"retired" conductor
Let's throw one more on that pile. I may be dating myself here, but Grace Slick. Not the pop crap from the later Jefferson Starship stuff, but her solo stuff. Her solo album titled "Dreams" has always been a favorite of mine.
Here's a taste, a song called "let it go" and it has nothing to do with Frozen,
Patrick
What, me worry?
Morning all,
45° and cloudy with a high of 57° predicted. Much warmer tomorrow.
Been extremely busy since I was last here. Seems people are forgetting to pay attention to obvious hacker crap. Let's see, a vendor website gets hack and tries to get into our system, only being able to hurt a single pc, so the user goes to another PC to get onto the website and blows that one up. At least we got a warning and was able to stop her attempting a 3rd computer. So we had a cleanup on both aisles 6 and 9...lol
Not sure what the critter was, but got some Bonide Repels-All. Sprinkled the area and hole heavily and after a couple days put some grass clumps that would need to be moved and so far, no change. Been slowly adding small gravel back into the hole with no change. I suspect it moved off. The hole gets filled in this weekend.
45° and cloudy with a high of 57° predicted. Much warmer tomorrow.
Been extremely busy since I was last here. Seems people are forgetting to pay attention to obvious hacker crap. Let's see, a vendor website gets hack and tries to get into our system, only being able to hurt a single pc, so the user goes to another PC to get onto the website and blows that one up. At least we got a warning and was able to stop her attempting a 3rd computer. So we had a cleanup on both aisles 6 and 9...lol
Not sure what the critter was, but got some Bonide Repels-All. Sprinkled the area and hole heavily and after a couple days put some grass clumps that would need to be moved and so far, no change. Been slowly adding small gravel back into the hole with no change. I suspect it moved off. The hole gets filled in this weekend.
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
48°F out there this morning. Good morning folks. We might see 58°F for a high today. I need to check my calender and my latitude. 58°F is about 10-12° below normal for here this time of year. Cloudy too, so that isn't helping either.
Hope you all have a good day. Servus!
Hope you all have a good day. Servus!
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
My vote: Ann Wilson of Heart.
RhB Michael
RhB Lokführer
I'm a big fan of Karen Carpenter.
TLOC
Well-Known Member
Good morning. I was maybe 14 when I heard Grace Slick sing White Rabbit for the 1st time. Blew me away. I will listen to anything by Diana Ross including as a Supreme.
Weather here is gloomy at 41f degrees feeling like 33 and heading to 53. We could use some rain but not much chance until next week Tuesday per the 10 day guess per my WeatherChannel app
Heading to a work session today. The last framework going in. About 60’ of straight shot yard framing. 30” wide. Should be easy enough as there will be 4 of us including the owner. He’s super super organized and my cut list for the material is already sitting on the saw. After clean up the chop saw leaves the lower level of the house heading to the garage. No more cutting in the layout room after lunch this afternoon. He has 2 guys coming in after lunch as we lose the morning 2 and we will cut the 5/8” drywall and lay it on the framework. After that it’s just cork and track work for the next few sessions. He prefers just 2 others to work on his track laying and I’m not one of them anymore. I’ve been relegated to the cork laying and wiring crew which is fine with me. I will with a helper weather the rails and ties he’s hoping starting in July.
One of the guys coming to the session today just finished drywalling one of 3 of his former chicken sheds in April while we were traveling. Started at Christmas cleaning and then adding a concrete floor. He didn’t tell any of us until last week when he showed his plans. He will be doing a 3 level layout. He was telling me last night the staging room is 10’ wide x 60’ long. He wants to complete the framing and track for the staging and then slowly venture out into the main layout just starting out along the walls. He has the framing materials cut but now wants help! The chicken sheds have been empty since Covid when he lost 3 farm employees to the virus. When I saw them the 1st time 3 or 4 years ago I said what a great place for a layout. They are all 60’ wide and 320’ long with 9’ to the rafters. He has divided the space and we will be in a 60x 60’ room to start. He was a big shot $$$ at the local healthcare software giant and purchased the farm about 20 years ago. He retired a few years ago and might be 60 now. He’s been a helper on the build Crews since I met him after Covid so maybe 5 years now? He’s been operating when he can get on the crews. No one knew he was even thinking of this. Told me last night he’s been picking out the good and bad ideas of the places we’ve work at.
Should be a good day
Weather here is gloomy at 41f degrees feeling like 33 and heading to 53. We could use some rain but not much chance until next week Tuesday per the 10 day guess per my WeatherChannel app
Heading to a work session today. The last framework going in. About 60’ of straight shot yard framing. 30” wide. Should be easy enough as there will be 4 of us including the owner. He’s super super organized and my cut list for the material is already sitting on the saw. After clean up the chop saw leaves the lower level of the house heading to the garage. No more cutting in the layout room after lunch this afternoon. He has 2 guys coming in after lunch as we lose the morning 2 and we will cut the 5/8” drywall and lay it on the framework. After that it’s just cork and track work for the next few sessions. He prefers just 2 others to work on his track laying and I’m not one of them anymore. I’ve been relegated to the cork laying and wiring crew which is fine with me. I will with a helper weather the rails and ties he’s hoping starting in July.
One of the guys coming to the session today just finished drywalling one of 3 of his former chicken sheds in April while we were traveling. Started at Christmas cleaning and then adding a concrete floor. He didn’t tell any of us until last week when he showed his plans. He will be doing a 3 level layout. He was telling me last night the staging room is 10’ wide x 60’ long. He wants to complete the framing and track for the staging and then slowly venture out into the main layout just starting out along the walls. He has the framing materials cut but now wants help! The chicken sheds have been empty since Covid when he lost 3 farm employees to the virus. When I saw them the 1st time 3 or 4 years ago I said what a great place for a layout. They are all 60’ wide and 320’ long with 9’ to the rafters. He has divided the space and we will be in a 60x 60’ room to start. He was a big shot $$$ at the local healthcare software giant and purchased the farm about 20 years ago. He retired a few years ago and might be 60 now. He’s been a helper on the build Crews since I met him after Covid so maybe 5 years now? He’s been operating when he can get on the crews. No one knew he was even thinking of this. Told me last night he’s been picking out the good and bad ideas of the places we’ve work at.
Should be a good day
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