charlie hebdoRevisionism. You used the term originally because you felt put out that Metra commuters were delaying your Hiawatha ride to or from Milwaukee. Implicit in your repeated remarks was the notion that they should defer to your schedule since they were carrying lunch pails to work. 1. Few are, most are office workers and executives. 2. Even if they were factory workers, does that make you entitled to the ROW?
It's so nice we have someone else that can explain what I was thinking at the time (ha-ha). Though most readers would doubt you have those powers. I never said anything about what the term was related to or in what context it was used, so I am not sure how you can claim "revisionism". I merely explained how it was derived.
CMStPnP zardoz Didn't that whole "Joe So-and-So" thing start with T.Rump's "Joe the Plumber" fiction? I always thought the "Joe..." thing was more like a generic, slightly caustic term, not an attempt at real nastyness. After all, what's so bad about a lunchpail (unless it's a real pail)? The term was invented entirely by me :) I have to say it is almost become like driving around a fine fin tailed Cadillac. Joe is a common name like Joe Smoe. Lunchpail gives it that nice penny-pinching always on a tight budget twist. Anyways, it is getting old. :)
zardoz Didn't that whole "Joe So-and-So" thing start with T.Rump's "Joe the Plumber" fiction? I always thought the "Joe..." thing was more like a generic, slightly caustic term, not an attempt at real nastyness. After all, what's so bad about a lunchpail (unless it's a real pail)?
The term was invented entirely by me :) I have to say it is almost become like driving around a fine fin tailed Cadillac. Joe is a common name like Joe Smoe. Lunchpail gives it that nice penny-pinching always on a tight budget twist. Anyways, it is getting old. :)
Revisionism. You used the term originally because you felt put out that Metra commuters were delaying your Hiawatha ride to or from Milwaukee. Implicit in your repeated remarks was the notion that they should defer to your schedule since they were carrying lunch pails to work. 1. Few are, most are office workers and executives. 2. Even if they were factory workers, does that make you entitled to the ROW?
zardozDidn't that whole "Joe So-and-So" thing start with T.Rump's "Joe the Plumber" fiction? I always thought the "Joe..." thing was more like a generic, slightly caustic term, not an attempt at real nastyness. After all, what's so bad about a lunchpail (unless it's a real pail)?
As an old retiree, I get the senior rate and a ten ride ticket is $31.00 for my "D" zone (20 - 25 mile) rides. I can not operate my car for 15 cents/mile, nor 30 c/m regular rate. And during rush hour operation, there are express trains that run non-stop for about 20 of those 25 miles and make the trip in under 30 minutes. No way can I drive into Chicago in 30 minutes in the rush hour. And parking in Chicago. Nuf said. I recently attended a politician initiated Metra complaint session for the BNSF route. Many complaints and some are (IMHO) justified such as train delays and some from winter issues. When eleven car trains carrying 1500 people on four minute headways get stopped by someone not willing to wait for a crossing to be clear puts themself in front of a train operating seventy mph, it messes up more than the ROW. But BNSF has problems operating cars way past their prime with some from the late fifties. These have non-modular airconditioning units which are rard to replace and they are having failures. The State has now after four years without having a budget funded a capital program (with tax increases) that will allow the purchase of new equipment. Overall, I am happy with the service.
CSSHEGEWISCHEnough of the "Joe Lunchpail" pejorative
After all, what's so bad about a lunchpail (unless it's a real pail)?
charlie hebdo Something in the attitudes of cheesheads.
Something in the attitudes of cheesheads.
The fares aren't that steep unless you ride much more than twenty miles from the downtown stations. Besides, a monthly ticket can knock down the fare by quite a bit from single rides.
Lunchpail Joe would not be compensated at a level to be able to afford to ride METRA. Three Martini Lunch Joe would have the financial resources to ride METRA and with the alcaholic intake, the requirement to ride METRA rather than drive.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Charlie, you didn’t like it so I took it off.
And I am an Illini Badger forever. I know both sides of the rivalry.
charlie hebdo Gramp Illini Badger forever. Weasel. You edited your obscene insult.
Gramp Illini Badger forever.
Illini Badger forever.
Weasel. You edited your obscene insult.
He didn't even do it right. It would have to be "Forever Illini Badger."
I still can't figure out why New Jersey and Massachusetts drivers don't have an obscene little acronym or initialism. Perhaps it is no more necessary than just mentioning one of those state names in an appropriate tone of voice...
In any case, can we all agree not to use "Joe Lunchpail" as a pejorative here, going forward?
n012944 CMStPnP n012944 Joe Youtuber, the expert on track speed..... no12944, click on his screen name and read his activity, 80% of his posts are trolling others.......no real positive contribution to the discussion via posting. Just hangs out for his opportunity to make a negative comment somewhere. So, wouldn't have the 20% been positive? I am glad you took a breather from expanding your Youtube knowledge to check ALL of my posts, and come back with a breakdown of them. Nice to see what you do with your free time. By the way, I don't think you know what a troll is, otherwise you might not care for yourself much. Anyone that uses the "Joe Lunchpail" is just trolling the Metra riders, whom you seem to have a real jealousy issue with. Seek help. Maybe even watch a Youtube self help video.
CMStPnP n012944 Joe Youtuber, the expert on track speed..... no12944, click on his screen name and read his activity, 80% of his posts are trolling others.......no real positive contribution to the discussion via posting. Just hangs out for his opportunity to make a negative comment somewhere.
n012944 Joe Youtuber, the expert on track speed.....
Joe Youtuber, the expert on track speed.....
no12944, click on his screen name and read his activity, 80% of his posts are trolling others.......no real positive contribution to the discussion via posting. Just hangs out for his opportunity to make a negative comment somewhere.
So, wouldn't have the 20% been positive? I am glad you took a breather from expanding your Youtube knowledge to check ALL of my posts, and come back with a breakdown of them. Nice to see what you do with your free time.
By the way, I don't think you know what a troll is, otherwise you might not care for yourself much. Anyone that uses the "Joe Lunchpail" is just trolling the Metra riders, whom you seem to have a real jealousy issue with. Seek help. Maybe even watch a Youtube self help video.
I suspect there is a back story there that explains his obsessive resentment of Chicago and Metra.
An "expensive model collector"
GrampSome people have a hard time laughing at themselves.
Whenever I rent a car in Milwaukee with Illinois plates I always tell the counter person with a laugh.........now I can drive 25-30 mph over the speed limit, cut people off, and blow my horn at any trival item without worrying about upsetting anyone............I am always met with laughter.
One thing I don't get though. Put them on a freeway and Illinois drivers are speed demons. Put them on a Metra train and they are all content to mope along at speeds well below what the track can support and they get all hot and bothered when you point this out to them.
CMStPnP I think I saw that on another youtube video..........
I think I saw that on another youtube video..........
CMStPnP, Some people have a hard time laughing at themselves.
GrampEver heard of FIB’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnFU_5PuwMg
Only a Wisconsinite would display such a vulgar vocabulary. Such words are banned on this forum.
CSSHEGEWISCH Enough of the "Joe Lunchpail" pejorative for us daily commuters.
Enough of the "Joe Lunchpail" pejorative for us daily commuters.
It is Joe Youtuber's try at an insult and trolling. He has some weird obsession with Illinois, it seems to be fueled out of jealousy.
Ha-ha-ha, knew the day of reckoning would arrive at some point. First will be the leveling of fees collection and cost sharing of Chicago Union Station. I am pretty confident I can guess what the number two issue will be and it is not going to make Joe Lunchpail happy.
Excerpted from a letter to one of the Editors at Railway Age Magazine from Amtrak explaining their recent actions concerning Chicago Union Station.......
"“Our Chicago Union Station action was simply about removing the extra general and administrative (G&A) expenses associated with a redundant corporate entity, nothing more sinister. Metra’s actions are all about trying to obfuscate the incredible deal they have been getting as the majority users and minimal funder of their most important station location, and deferring the soon-to-come day where they, like their NEC brethren, need to pay their fairly allocated share of operating and capital costs. "
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