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Train horns. I am VERY ANGRY!
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by brazos87</i> <br /> <br /><br />If by chance this woman was around with steam, I'm sure she complained about the smoke!![:D] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Heh hehe... <br /> <br />After the last of my parents passed away a few years ago, I had trouble selling the house I grew up in for a decent price (local economy)...So, rather than make 2 house payments, I moved into my childhood homestead. <br /> <br />I'm a non foaming rail fan, Although I like trains ...I'm not one of those zealots who will r take rails side of every debate because they think doing so makes them cool or appear 'patriotic to the cause"...I see that rail is fully capable of being in the "wrong" on as many issues as it is on the right. <br /> <br />Train Horns are MUCH louder than they were in the late 1960's...MUCH louder. <br /> <br />Maybe that is good for crossing safety, but it ALSO means that this lady IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY in the wrong, just because she chooses to oppose the choo choo. <br /> <br />She may very well have some basis of legitimacy to her claim. <br /> <br />My house is (roughly) 1/2 mile from the nearest grade crossing, and esperially if the guy running the train becomes an idiot and REALLY LAYS ON THE HORN...it gets very annoying, and some of the engineers sound like they are playing with the horn for the first time in their lives, ..like some little kid or something. <br /> <br />Heh, if I lived right next to the track in those instances, I'd be pretty sore too.
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