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CShaveRR
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:38 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

they don't even let me touch a locomotive these days...



[:0] you mean I am going to have to bring one to you???

Sigh

Mook



Thanks, Sis, but I don't need a locomotive here. Seven blocks away (6 1/2 blocks from my back yard) I have all of the locomotives I have time for, including plenty of SD70s and F40PHs. No Big Boys, but I did have a Challenger for a couple of days last year...

I go to work, and get plenty of SD38-2s (and occasionally an SD40-2, now) practically under me all day.

Carl

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CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)

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CShaveRR
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:38 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

they don't even let me touch a locomotive these days...



[:0] you mean I am going to have to bring one to you???

Sigh

Mook



Thanks, Sis, but I don't need a locomotive here. Seven blocks away (6 1/2 blocks from my back yard) I have all of the locomotives I have time for, including plenty of SD70s and F40PHs. No Big Boys, but I did have a Challenger for a couple of days last year...

I go to work, and get plenty of SD38-2s (and occasionally an SD40-2, now) practically under me all day.

Carl

Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)

CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)

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Mookie
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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:05 AM
6.5 blocks isn't close enough - I would love to live right next to the tracks. Can't see the comings and goings from 6 blocks away.

Did you just stand in awe of the Challenger? I know I would!

Mook

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Mookie
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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:05 AM
6.5 blocks isn't close enough - I would love to live right next to the tracks. Can't see the comings and goings from 6 blocks away.

Did you just stand in awe of the Challenger? I know I would!

Mook

She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw

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CShaveRR
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:52 AM
I just stood there, grinning like an idiot.

More fun was had by watching the uninitiated. They probably weren't expecting something that big, and definitely were surprised to see it blow by at about 50 m.p.h.!

(6 1/2 blocks has its frustrations...you can hear the trains most of the time, but it's too late to do much about it by then. I can't see anything until I'm about a quarter-mile from the tracks, which are precisely 0.62 miles from the house via streets.)

Carl

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CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)

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CShaveRR
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:52 AM
I just stood there, grinning like an idiot.

More fun was had by watching the uninitiated. They probably weren't expecting something that big, and definitely were surprised to see it blow by at about 50 m.p.h.!

(6 1/2 blocks has its frustrations...you can hear the trains most of the time, but it's too late to do much about it by then. I can't see anything until I'm about a quarter-mile from the tracks, which are precisely 0.62 miles from the house via streets.)

Carl

Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)

CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:54 AM
Bravo David, bravo LMAO [:o)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by David Voss

QUOTE: Originally posted by sooblue
You know......YOU could spell check each of these posts that way......

Hmm...okay.

yourYou're not suppostsupposed to actually say anything you know. YourYou're just suppostsupposed to be in the background with a sensercensor buttonbaseball bat.

On second thought, no way! There's neither enough time nor money in the world for me to do something as ridiculous as that. [:p]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:54 AM
Bravo David, bravo LMAO [:o)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by David Voss

QUOTE: Originally posted by sooblue
You know......YOU could spell check each of these posts that way......

Hmm...okay.

yourYou're not suppostsupposed to actually say anything you know. YourYou're just suppostsupposed to be in the background with a sensercensor buttonbaseball bat.

On second thought, no way! There's neither enough time nor money in the world for me to do something as ridiculous as that. [:p]
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Posted by sooblue on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:03 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by drailed1999

Bravo David, bravo LMAO [:o)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by David Voss

QUOTE: Originally posted by sooblue
You know......YOU could spell check each of these posts that way......

Hmm...okay.

yourYou're not suppostsupposed to actually say anything you know. YourYou're just suppostsupposed to be in the background with a sensercensor buttonbaseball bat.

On second thought, no way! There's neither enough time nor money in the world for me to do something as ridiculous as that. [:p]



*lol* I'm in stiches[:D][:D]
You know! I did put in BIG letters that I was just kidding.
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Posted by sooblue on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:03 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by drailed1999

Bravo David, bravo LMAO [:o)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by David Voss

QUOTE: Originally posted by sooblue
You know......YOU could spell check each of these posts that way......

Hmm...okay.

yourYou're not suppostsupposed to actually say anything you know. YourYou're just suppostsupposed to be in the background with a sensercensor buttonbaseball bat.

On second thought, no way! There's neither enough time nor money in the world for me to do something as ridiculous as that. [:p]



*lol* I'm in stiches[:D][:D]
You know! I did put in BIG letters that I was just kidding.
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Posted by zardoz on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:45 PM
Being relatively new to internet messaging, I would like some help with meanings of all these communications acronyms, such as LOL, LMAO, and so on. I'm sure they are abbreviations for commonly used phrases, but these two have me at a loss.
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Posted by zardoz on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 12:45 PM
Being relatively new to internet messaging, I would like some help with meanings of all these communications acronyms, such as LOL, LMAO, and so on. I'm sure they are abbreviations for commonly used phrases, but these two have me at a loss.
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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:01 PM
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My Err..Posterior Off
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
FWIW - For What It's Worth
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
VBG - Very Big Grin
B-Dubya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside every GE is an Alco trying to get out...apparently, through the exhaust stack!
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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:01 PM
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LMAO - Laughing My Err..Posterior Off
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
FWIW - For What It's Worth
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary
VBG - Very Big Grin
B-Dubya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside every GE is an Alco trying to get out...apparently, through the exhaust stack!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:25 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz1
Being relatively new to internet messaging, I would like some help with meanings of all these communications acronyms, such as LOL, LMAO, and so on. I'm sure they are abbreviations for commonly used phrases, but these two have me at a loss.


I posted a list of Emoticons & Acronyms for reference.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5925
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:25 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz1
Being relatively new to internet messaging, I would like some help with meanings of all these communications acronyms, such as LOL, LMAO, and so on. I'm sure they are abbreviations for commonly used phrases, but these two have me at a loss.


I posted a list of Emoticons & Acronyms for reference.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5925
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zardoz
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Posted by zardoz on Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:10 AM
BentnoseWillie & David Voss: Thank you very much !!
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Posted by zardoz on Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:10 AM
BentnoseWillie & David Voss: Thank you very much !!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:03 PM
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you are right Skeets - [:D] I am really chuckling this morning! It is so fun to come in an hour before I actually start to work and read the musings of a bunch of out-of-work comedians! But since I am as dedicated as the workers on the railroad, I always start work promptly at 6:30 am! I, too, like my job!

Mook
Whatdyamean, "out -of- work comedians"? I work for the railroad. That means I've got a regular supporting role in an on-going situation comedy. Like the retired "Daddy-O" used to say, "Better than t.v., and no commercials!"
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:03 PM
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you are right Skeets - [:D] I am really chuckling this morning! It is so fun to come in an hour before I actually start to work and read the musings of a bunch of out-of-work comedians! But since I am as dedicated as the workers on the railroad, I always start work promptly at 6:30 am! I, too, like my job!

Mook
Whatdyamean, "out -of- work comedians"? I work for the railroad. That means I've got a regular supporting role in an on-going situation comedy. Like the retired "Daddy-O" used to say, "Better than t.v., and no commercials!"
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