Sometimes it takes me a couple days to catch up, sorry about that..... Where's Sawnee....???
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I love some Tal Wilkenfeld. Bad A$$.Was hanging out at a bowling alley with cousins and one gave us yungins a QUARTER and we flew to the jukebox and everybody got to hear 16 tons . . . . 5 times. Song lives in my head and Party List.
Me too, Many moons ago, I when I was a boy about 4. A boy across the street got some toy soldiers. We played and I went home took them with me. My little companion came to get them back. Mom asked me to get them. I did. She told me to tell him I was sorry. I wasn't sorry. She then proceeded to spank me until he cried and went home. When Dad got home he explained, Mom was to be obeyed. That was fine. Order was established.
As many moons passed I grew larger and stronger. I learned to throw stones. I was dangerous. Dad explained that it was risky behavior. I needed to be careful. That when I broke a window, to expect the physical discipline of a promised spanking. Then as predicted, an errant ricochet and crash. The driver stopped, knocked on the door, showed Pop the busted window. Dad paid and I received a class "A" butt busting spanking. A couple of hours later, he brought me some ice cream and explained something about keeping promises. Last spanking, after that it was all financial restitution for poor little oh me. I was 10 years old and old enough to work.
There are a bunch of Wells in this area.
Sometimes it takes me a couple days to catch up, sorry about that..... Where's Sawnee....???
I loved old Tennessee Ernie Ford....
I do, but I can't hand out his phone number.Yeah, where's Sawnee? Anyone know how to contact him? Considering his recent health problems, I'm kinda concerned.
I do, but I can't hand out his phone number.
In a couple days I will call him.
Me2 & I miss the invocations. Thanks for making noise.Yeah, where's Sawnee? I'm kinda concerned.
I've traveled extensively on British and German rail. Good call on population density. Works great in the northeast corridor. Fairly profitable up there. Outside New England to DC, US service operates at a huge loss.There in one and only one reason why the U.S. has limited rail passenger service: you cannot make money in rail passenger service if your service is competitive with air and bus. The U.S. railroads are private business not supported by the federal government. The European railroads are state owned and get massive subsidies.
I started to work for the railroad in May 1968. The railroads were in the process of getting out of the rail passenger business as it was forcing them into bankruptcy. Amtrak was started in 1971 and was forced on the U.S. carriers by the federal government. Now all these years later we still struggle with what we are forced to accept.
The U.S. carriers are still trying to figure out how to deal with Amtrak as they dictate terms. Every time a rail passenger is killed by Amtrak they come after the private railroad company even though we have no control of the operations of Amtrak. We always win but we have to keep a fleet of lawyers ready.
Now that I have made the initial statement, I want to explain that all Amtrak service is not negative. From Washington D.C. to Boston, MA the line is electric and is designed for highspeed service. It makes money. It is 437 miles of high speed rail and you can get from DC to Boston really fast. The reason it makes money is that the population density in that area is high enough to justify rail service, plus the speed of the rail is better than flying from D.C. to Boston. Outside of that one corridor, I do not know of another area of the country that is near the population density as the northeast.
On the other hand, England, Scotland and Western Europe is densely populated and the distances are short. From London, England to Paris, France is a whopping 213 miles. London to Berlin is 690 miles. London to Paris is about like Louisville, KY to Nashville, TN. Louisville to New York city is 738 miles which is longer than from London to Berlin.
The United States is big and is built for air service because it is faster and cheaper.
Yeah, where's Sawnee? Anyone know how to contact him? Considering his recent health problems, I'm kinda concerned.
Sir and all, I and a couple others have been in contact. He is well.
Good to hear. Has he indicated whether or not he will be posting again? I'm not asking for the reason for his absence.
I do, but I can't hand out his phone number.
In a couple days I will call him.
There in one and only one reason why the U.S. has limited rail passenger service: you cannot make money in rail passenger service if your service is competitive with air and bus. The U.S. railroads are private business not supported by the federal government. The European railroads are state owned and get massive subsidies.
I started to work for the railroad in May 1968. The railroads were in the process of getting out of the rail passenger business as it was forcing them into bankruptcy. Amtrak was started in 1971 and was forced on the U.S. carriers by the federal government. Now all these years later we still struggle with what we are forced to accept.
The U.S. carriers are still trying to figure out how to deal with Amtrak as they dictate terms. Every time a rail passenger is killed by Amtrak they come after the private railroad company even though we have no control of the operations of Amtrak. We always win but we have to keep a fleet of lawyers ready.
Now that I have made the initial statement, I want to explain that all Amtrak service is not negative. From Washington D.C. to Boston, MA the line is electric and is designed for highspeed service. It makes money. It is 437 miles of high speed rail and you can get from DC to Boston really fast. The reason it makes money is that the population density in that area is high enough to justify rail service, plus the speed of the rail is better than flying from D.C. to Boston. Outside of that one corridor, I do not know of another area of the country that is near the population density as the northeast.
On the other hand, England, Scotland and Western Europe is densely populated and the distances are short. From London, England to Paris, France is a whopping 213 miles. London to Berlin is 690 miles. London to Paris is about like Louisville, KY to Nashville, TN. Louisville to New York city is 738 miles which is longer than from London to Berlin.
The United States is big and is built for air service because it is faster and cheaper.
I have almost the same story, but I think it was 2006 for me....I have been on this site officially since 2005 but was here before that too without an account. What keeps me here now is the decent people I have now come in contact with versus where I have been.
I didn't know you're a roofera waltzing piss ant
Ha. I dId a little bit of every type of construction work when I was young, including a little roofing, Rooster.45° ➫ 78° Party cloudy
I didn't know you're a roofer
Does CSX still have that train?Hello folks of the D-League. We got a little snow last night. It is maybe a spotty one inch, but it is already up to 33.4°F so it will probably melt pretty quickly as our high today is to be 39°.
On railroad trips, my first one was as a kid with my dad. Then I worked for the railroad and on my home line passenger service was free, so I used it some. The longest trip was Louisville, KY to Jacksonville, FL and also the reverse. That is a long trip because you go through Alabama and then across Florida. It takes about 16 hours if I remember correctly. When I worked in Baltimore, MD I would always take the fast Amtrak if I had to go to Phily, New York or Boston. Those were good trips as you could make them day trips and enjoy a drink on the way back.
My best rail trips were in Evansville, IN. I was the District Sales Manager for CSX. At the time my CEO was Dick Sanborn. We ended up really enjoying each other company. He had a private train that we used as a sales tool. He would come to Evansville and I would invite 6 customers for a night out on the train. Depending on operations needs we would either got west toward St. Louis, east toward Louisville, North toward Chicago or South toward Nashville. The private cars were originally owned by the brother in law of King Edward VIII, the king that abdicated the throne after he married an American woman. It was a private car with two bedrooms, a dining car and a coach car with an open deck on the back. The cars were straight out of the 19th century.
We would start out the night on the open deck where you would have drinks and smoke long cigars. Then go in and eat steak and lobster. Then back out to relax and tell lies. Those were wonder trips and it would blow our customers away. It gave our customers, and me, a taste of how the ultra rich used to live.
867-5309.I do, but I can't hand out his phone number.
In a couple days I will call him.
Good morning D, cold here with a dusting on the ground! Can't believe what I am watching outside, some guys are putting on a roof on my MOM'S old house!!! 32 degrees!!!
Going to hand out another Thin Blue Line shield at 12 today, STATE TROOPER of the year.
I hope the D, has a great day. Prayers for all!
I don't know. I have been retired for 21 years and that was back in the 1980's.Does CSX still have that train?
Hello folks of the D-League. We got a little snow last night. It is maybe a spotty one inch, but it is already up to 33.4°F so it will probably melt pretty quickly as our high today is to be 39°.
On railroad trips, my first one was as a kid with my dad. Then I worked for the railroad and on my home line passenger service was free, so I used it some. The longest trip was Louisville, KY to Jacksonville, FL and also the reverse. That is a long trip because you go through Alabama and then across Florida. It takes about 16 hours if I remember correctly. When I worked in Baltimore, MD I would always take the fast Amtrak if I had to go to Phily, New York or Boston. Those were good trips as you could make them day trips and enjoy a drink on the way back.
My best rail trips were in Evansville, IN. I was the District Sales Manager for CSX. At the time my CEO was Dick Sanborn. We ended up really enjoying each other company. He had a private train that we used as a sales tool. He would come to Evansville and I would invite 6 customers for a night out on the train. Depending on operations needs we would either got west toward St. Louis, east toward Louisville, North toward Chicago or South toward Nashville. The private cars were originally owned by the brother in law of King Edward VIII, the king that abdicated the throne after he married an American woman. It was a private car with two bedrooms, a dining car and a coach car with an open deck on the back. The cars were straight out of the 19th century.
We would start out the night on the open deck where you would have drinks and smoke long cigars. Then go in and eat steak and lobster. Then back out to relax and tell lies. Those were wonder trips and it would blow our customers away. It gave our customers, and me, a taste of how the ultra rich used to live.
Thanks Austin.Hey Bert. I'd planned on driving out to KY today, but my management and wife were not in favor of the idea because of COVID. Looks like my next trip out will be on April 17.
I tried to call, but I lost my nerve.867-5309.
I tried to call, but I lost my nerve.
That line was from the song.