Happy Birthday Bergie!!!

Granny74

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Posted by Granny74 on Friday, January 7, 2005 11:24 PM

Happy Birthday, Bergie and many more. May the coming year bring you peace of mind, contentment, and prosperity! Thanks for making this a great forum!
Nance and Bob from AZ

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Willy2

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Posted by Willy2 on Friday, January 7, 2005 4:07 PM

Happy birthday Bergie! Thank you for all you do for the forums! [bday]

Willy

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Noah Hofrichter

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Posted by Noah Hofrichter on Friday, January 7, 2005 3:51 PM

A [bday] Erik! May you have many more good ones!

Noah

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espeefoamer

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Posted by espeefoamer on Friday, January 7, 2005 2:20 PM

Happy birthday Bergie[bday]!Thank you for everything you have done for this forum[:)].Have some ice cream and cake,and in the words of the king,Thank you, thank you very much.[bday] [bday] [bday] [bday] [bday]
Bergie has NOT! left the building[:)]!

Ride Amtrak. Cats Rule, Dogs Drool.

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wcfan4ever

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Posted by wcfan4ever on Friday, January 7, 2005 12:35 PM

Happy Birthday Bergie! I was gonna mention the Kate Shelly Bridge as well. Its a great place to watch trains. Ames is always nice too. The curves and higher speed through town is nice along with the AHS (Automated Horn System).

Dave Howarth Jr. Livin' On Former CNW Spur From Manitowoc To Appleton In Reedsville, WI

- Formerly From The Home of Wisconsin Central's 5,000,000th Carload

- Manitowoc Cranes, Manitowoc Ice Machines, Burger Boat

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jeaton

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Posted by jeaton on Friday, January 7, 2005 12:13 PM

Bradley!! No wonder you are at least as smart as my son Greg. (BA, '96)

"He's not dead, he just went home." Agent K, MIB

"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics

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mudchicken

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, January 7, 2005 12:04 PM

Bergie.

You wobble into the river city from cheeseland and you are forgetting about Boone Valley Scenic and the Kate Shelley Bridge just to the north at Boone (west of Ames)?
(Best get your pictures of the bridge now before that changes at the end of the summer...hint, hint)....Put some of that newfound wisdom (that comes with age) to work.

Dirty Feathers

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west

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Bergie

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Posted by Bergie on Friday, January 7, 2005 11:44 AM

You guys (and gals, of course!) are the best. Thanks for all your kind comments.

LC: If you must know... 34

Dave Nelson: Some Friday afternoon, you and Keith need to show up in his squad car and force me to join you at Waterford Ave. I can't believe it's been over a year since I said I'd join you guys. Yikes!

Madam Von Mook: Yep, me and Elvis. I typically have a few out of body experiences on each birthday and inexplicably start speaking like the King. Still can't dance though. You better be a good girl... on Saturday I'm going to be two-thirds of the way to your place. To celebrate my birthday, I'm going to Des Moines to watch my alma mater (Bradley U.) play basketball against Drake. Of all the things I never thought I'd want to do on a birthday! Driving to Des Moines? I must be nuts. I told my wife that once we're west of the Quad Cities I'll set the cruise control and hook a bungee cord from the bottom of the steering wheel to the bottom of the driver's seat and get some shut-eye. She didn't get it... I don't think she's ever experienced I-80 across Iowa (or I-O-way as my grandfather used to pronounce it, God bless `em).

My New Year's resolution is to meet more of you in person this year. Maybe a little "family reunion" is in order. Although, if I can't find time to get together with Keith Schmidt and Dave Nelson to go railfanning on the other side of Milwaukee, I'm not sure I should start stirring everybody up about a big get-together. [:o)]

As the King would say, "thank you, thank you very much." Any Des Moines hot spots I need to know about?

Bergie

Erik Bergstrom

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Kathi Kube

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From: Waukesha, WI
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Posted by Kathi Kube on Friday, January 7, 2005 9:15 AM

Happiest of birthdays to you, Bergie.

Kathi

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jjlamkin

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From: Peoria, Illinois
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Posted by jjlamkin on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:17 AM

Happy Birthday Erik!!!

Jim

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dknelson

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Posted by dknelson on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:09 AM

Happy Birthday, Bergie. We hope to see you out railfanning soon -- or at least when the warm weather returns
Dave Nelson

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 7, 2005 8:02 AM

Happy Birthday to the "King" of the forums (in more ways than one I suppose from reading Mookie's post)!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great day!!!!!! We appreciate what you do here!!!!

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Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 7, 2005 7:23 AM

ps - Bergie is same day as Elvis - I see the resemblance!

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

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Mookie

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Posted by Mookie on Friday, January 7, 2005 6:25 AM

Ah - an auspicious (or suspicious) occasion that will require a shipment of kibbles and tuna your way!

Didn't think you were going to get the chocolate cake did you?

Oh - and you've got another wrinkle in your birthday suit!

Tee Hee

Mookie

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

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Junctionfan

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Posted by Junctionfan on Thursday, January 6, 2005 11:35 PM

Happy Birthday! Make a wish.

Andrew

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:58 PM

Happy Birthday Bergie!!! May you have many more and keep up the good work on keeping the forums clean.[bday]

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tree68

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:54 PM

Felicitous Natal Greetings, oh wise and gracious arbiter of the forums!

Larry Whistling
Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house)
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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 8:58 PM

Heavens to Bergatroid!!

How many candles is it this year?

LC

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 8:46 PM

If there is anyone here that deserves a big [bday] its you! Hope you get to watch trains all day long!

[bday] Bergie!

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 8:25 PM

Happy birthday Bergie.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 8:03 PM

To our favorite Internet Cop:

[bday] and many, many more!

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jeaton

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From: Rockton, IL
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Posted by jeaton on Thursday, January 6, 2005 7:35 PM

Happy Birthday young guy.

Rumor has it that in honor of the occasion there will be no bad language, insults or general flaming through the weekend. Should have been longer but everybody had a different opinion on the length of the extension. [banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead]

Jay

"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo Possum "We have met the anemone... and he is Russ." Bucky Katt "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." Niels Bohr, Nobel laureate in physics

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 7:15 PM

Bergie Happy Birthday!!!

[bday]

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kschmidt

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Posted by kschmidt on Thursday, January 6, 2005 6:55 PM

Happy Birthday, Enjoy and Best Wishes

Keith

Keith Schmidt KC9LHK You don’t bring nothin with you here and you can’t nothin back, I ain’t never seen a hearse with a luggage rack. George Strait Check out Flickr Train Photo Page

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cherokee woman

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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, January 6, 2005 6:55 PM

Bergie:

[bday] [bday] [bday] [bday]

And a big THANK YOU! for all you do to give us these forums.

May you have the best birthday ever, Saturday, and may you get
lots of presents, have plenty of cake (whatever your favorite flavor
is), and, of course, ice cream to go with the birthday cake.

cherokee woman "O'Toole's law: Murphy was an optimist."

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miniwyo

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Posted by miniwyo on Thursday, January 6, 2005 5:29 PM

Happy Birthday Bergie!! Thank you for everything you do here!

RJ

"Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling

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locomutt

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Posted by locomutt on Thursday, January 6, 2005 5:16 PM

[bday]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

Thanks for keeping us in line!

And Please, have A :

[bday][bday][bday]

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!