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Mookie
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Christmas Shopping
Posted by Mookie on Monday, November 7, 2005 6:33 AM
I don't want to brag, but this past Saturday, the driver took me out to look for a diamond!

We found one, too - under a bridge at Oreopolis Nebraska - where the UP and BNSF lines cross.

Oreopolis is a signpost and thanks to Mr. Love's directions (how apropos!), we found it just fine.

So if you are looking for something for the little woman, I suggest diamonds!

Mookie

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JoeKoh
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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, November 7, 2005 6:42 AM
mookie
they have diamonds at hamler deshler leipsic and 3 sets of them in fostoria.mamma has seen all 3.
stay safe
joe

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Posted by tpatrick on Monday, November 7, 2005 7:26 AM
Marion has some very nice ones, too. And a tower from which to view them.[:)]
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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, November 7, 2005 12:34 PM
Congratulations, li'l sister! Have you ever been given a diamond like that before?

They sparkle at the right angle of the sun, too!

Just think of them as a big "X" with a lot of little "O"s going over them.

Oh, the places we could go along those lines...but won't!

BC (trying to stay out of the doghouse!)

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, November 7, 2005 12:53 PM
Brother Carl - think new blueprints for a bigger doghouse are in order!

SJ

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, November 7, 2005 2:33 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Brother Carl - think new blueprints for a bigger doghouse are in order!

SJ


If BossHen wants a bigger rolling pin for x-mas, I'm outta here. The dogs (alias "the boyz") have already deeded-over their doghouse to me.[:D]

BC - Is this the replacement blueprints for your circa 1929 stuccoed (as in what are they hiding under the stucco that's deficient?) perch and fishbowl?

[banghead][banghead][banghead]
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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Posted by CSXrules4eva on Monday, November 7, 2005 3:21 PM
Mookie I really do like your analogy (spelling) of diamonds(interlockings) to diamonds (rocks) nice nice nice.....

For Christmas I would be happy with just seeing a diamond here in PA or a diamond in general.... I've never ever seen one before and I don't think PA has any due to all the hills, valleys, and mountain ranges here in this great state of Penn's Woods.
LORD HELP US ALL TO BE ORIGINAL AND NOT CRISPY!!! please? Sarah J.M. Warner conductor CSX
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Posted by Modelcar on Monday, November 7, 2005 4:36 PM
...Oh yes....Pennsylvania has their share of diamonds....Can't be specific but it's a big state and some have to be located there......

Quentin

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 7, 2005 10:02 PM
Now Idaho, the gem state, probally has none.
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Mookie
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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 6:30 AM
Sarah - thank you!

I had such a good time looking for this "diamond", I thought it would be nice if all the gentlemen on the forum took their ladies "shopping". Who knows, someone may end up with a real "rock" out of the venture!

Mookie

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 1:29 PM
Sarah, my wife suggests that the absence of diamonds in your area and the abundance of coal may have something to do with each other. Nothing that a few geological epochs wouldn't cure.

I would be more than happy to take you diamond "shopping" if/when you visit this flatland country!

Carl

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 1:32 PM
Of course, SJ, you have the same invitation. The Chicago area is known for its supply of high-grade diamonds. Railroads hate 'em, railfans love 'em!

I get to see one outside my window at work 8/5 (slightly less than 24/7).

Carl

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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 1:34 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098

Now Idaho, the gem state, probally has none.


There is one in Sandpoint.
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Posted by CopCarSS on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 1:42 PM
[:-^]A kiss on the hand might be quite continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend!

-Chris
West Chicago, IL
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"In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration." ~Ansel Adams

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 1:48 PM
Ah Gentlemen - no need to send me thank you notes from your spouses, girlfriends, etc.

Always happy to help out with Xmas ideas!

Mook

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richardy
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Posted by richardy on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 3:01 PM
Sorry Mook, my wife will not be impressed with an diamond interlocking unless it is interlocking diamond rings.[:D]
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Posted by Nora on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 3:07 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva


For Christmas I would be happy with just seeing a diamond here in PA or a diamond in general.... I've never ever seen one before and I don't think PA has any due to all the hills, valleys, and mountain ranges here in this great state of Penn's Woods.


There's one on the New Castle Industrial Railroad in New Castle, PA...not sure what it is that it crosses, but it is definitely a diamond...
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Posted by BR60103 on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 10:55 PM
For 25 years I took my wife over 3 diamonds in the morning and 3 others in the afternoon. (West Toronto Junction)

--David

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Posted by espeefoamer on Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:01 PM
I have my eye on a diamond at Colton,CA.
They say diamonds are a girl's best friend,I guess on Christmas,I'm about to find out[;)][8].
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Posted by Mookie on Friday, November 11, 2005 6:43 AM
How romantic.

Some men have found out that if you buy the mined one(s) first, the other may become more acceptable!

As well as a new flat screen DVD, a new truck, a new surround-sound stereo.......

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