V8Vega Last night on 13.3 I saw In Cold Blood, a true story and I feel the movie is true to what happened. A real good movie, at the end they show one of these guys getting hanged and I think it is authentic as to how they did it back then. It is dramatic to the witnesses but all over in a fraction of a second to the guy getting hanged. Therefore not cruel or unusual. I also saw a place in the Sun recently, another real good movie, it won all kinds of awards. It has a young Liz Taylor, possibly her 1st movie and she is very pretty. Most of the time when I see pictures of her she is about 40 and OK but not super.
Last night on 13.3 I saw In Cold Blood, a true story and I feel the movie is true to what happened. A real good movie, at the end they show one of these guys getting hanged and I think it is authentic as to how they did it back then. It is dramatic to the witnesses but all over in a fraction of a second to the guy getting hanged. Therefore not cruel or unusual.
I also saw a place in the Sun recently, another real good movie, it won all kinds of awards. It has a young Liz Taylor, possibly her 1st movie and she is very pretty. Most of the time when I see pictures of her she is about 40 and OK but not super.
In Cold Blood is one of those movies I've watched countless times. It is true to the book which is one of the best I have ever read although there are some questions about it's authenticity. For example it described conversations between victims on the day they were murdered. How could anyone know what might have been said between them. Other than that it is pretty factual. Recently I read that Perry Smith and Dick Hickock were suspects in the murder of a Florida family while they were on the lam but neither the book nor the movie dealt with that.
I liked that scene early in the movie when a Santa Fe passenger train roared through Holcomb, Kansas and threw two mail bags out on the fly.
CentralGulf Uncle_Bob I voted. I feel like a nice dunk in some nitric acid to get clean now. I think the voting is heavier in past years, in our area anyway. I think the mood there was more one of grim determination than of "I actually want my person to win." There were no people electioneering, but there were several near-cornfield meets in the lot. Fun times. Yeah, I did my civic duty too. I am now drowning my sorrow in red wine. (pretend its a wine glass) This was my first time voting at this precinct. It is the most rural I have ever seen. Only four officials and just two voting booths. There was no line, no electioneers, and no poll watchers. I was in and out in just a few minutes. CG
Uncle_Bob I voted. I feel like a nice dunk in some nitric acid to get clean now. I think the voting is heavier in past years, in our area anyway. I think the mood there was more one of grim determination than of "I actually want my person to win." There were no people electioneering, but there were several near-cornfield meets in the lot. Fun times.
I voted. I feel like a nice dunk in some nitric acid to get clean now. I think the voting is heavier in past years, in our area anyway. I think the mood there was more one of grim determination than of "I actually want my person to win." There were no people electioneering, but there were several near-cornfield meets in the lot. Fun times.
Yeah, I did my civic duty too. I am now drowning my sorrow in red wine. (pretend its a wine glass)
This was my first time voting at this precinct. It is the most rural I have ever seen. Only four officials and just two voting booths. There was no line, no electioneers, and no poll watchers. I was in and out in just a few minutes.
CG
Our county (Knox, OH) went back to paper ballots this year. They were having too much trouble with the electronic machines which weren't that old. It sped things up quite a bit. Whereas we had only two machines, they set up 6 voting booths which were nothing more than 3 sided cardboard viewblocks standing on a table. The ballot required you to fill in an oval next to your candidates name. When done, you took it over and fed it into a scanner which presumably read it, counted it, and then dropped it in a bin at the bottom in case a manual recount was necessary. It wasn't, thankfully.
Evenin'.....
Janie I'll have a large cup of decaf if you would be so so kind....
I took off from the stuff related to All the organizations I work with today. decided to just stare at the computer for a while, then went over to the Value Store to buy another bottle of contact cement as I was running short on the old bottle.
Spent the rest of the day laying some track down in the trainroom. Got the siding basically installed at Milo Mills (the new area of the layout).
Blackie just threw up a hairball while I was typing... Guess I better go clean it up. That is the way this week has been going I guess.
My quotes for today:
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” -George Carlin
“Meow” means “woof” in cat.” ― George Carlin
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Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Evening all!
Sitting outside in front of the fire pit with a beer. It's starting to get a little chilly, so I'm going to have to either throw a couple more logs in, or put some additional clothes on .
Cudaken - good news on Sharon. Had the ticker stopped during surgery myself a couple years ago and wouldn't wish that on anyone. Well, maybe some of the talking heads on TV, but no living creature with a brain.
Didn't have to worry about staying up Tuesday night , as I was already up at w**k. Company is short on night staff, so I agreed to get a little OT and pick up an extra 13 hour shift. Well, no good deed goes unpunished. Crazy busy all night. Ended up putting over 350 miles on the truck, and got off the 3 hours late. Wednesday night was almost as bad. Had to run several errands after I got off Thursday morning, so when I finally hit the sack , I slept for almost 11 hours straight.
Been spending a lot of time thinking about/looking at track plans. Originally I was planning on a modular setup, but that seems to be going to the wayside. I have the luxury of a large unfinished basement but I really need to at least decide on how I want to use the rest of it before I go hog wild with a layout.
Well, my beer is empty , so I guess I'll leave the fire and head on in. Night all!
Evening Diners
Flo, Ed and I will have a beer please!
Work Stunk Did get a tad of overtime playing "What Does Jerry Think He Sold". I swear he is dumb as a box of rocks.
Good News for the day! Sharon got to go home today, I am sure the Hosptal Staff is delighted! I love my daughter, but she has only 2 speed! Sweat and B--ch. (Sorry Steve) With her being in pain, I am pretty sure what gear she was in!
Foot Front Well the new Left Shoe now seems to be fine finally! It only took 8 visits to Hanger Clinic! But, the right foot that had not been having any problems, well the new inserts did not work right. After one day of wearing it I saw a impression on the instep and stopped wearing it. Think that will be a easy fix I hope. I go back Monday moring before work.
Thanks to all that servied.
Cuda Ken
I hate Rust
yougottawanta FRRYKid - Wow sounds like Christmas came early to your home ! You are starting a forest ? How many trees do you estimate you have to make ?
FRRYKid - Wow sounds like Christmas came early to your home ! You are starting a forest ? How many trees do you estimate you have to make ?
More correctly Christmas came to the layout. My layout is not where I live. It is on the ranch where I grew up. Ironic also that you mention Christmas. The starting point for these trees are the branches cut from artifical Christmas wreaths. I have had the branches for quite a while and finally decided to experiment with them.
As for the quantity, I honestly have no idea. Part of it depends on how thick I put the trees. I have only made about 15-20 with only a small number actually being planted. I liked the way they turned out, mostly. I trim the needles before I apply the turf. The needles are a fairly light green that shows up quite badly against the dark green turf mix that I use after the adhesive dries. As a result I have to do some further trimming. I hope that some spray paint that matches the general color of the turf will blend the needles that still show better.
I will also need to cover the hills with some brown turf that I purchased to get the hill base to a brown rather than the white that it is now.
I also have a few Woodland Scenics tree frames that will also be used at some point. I just haven't decided where yet.
Good morning ...
Jim ... The Hidson Bay switcher looks like it is ready to be scrapped.
jecorbett ... I recall reading about In Cold Blood. I did not see the movie, but the scene you described would be good to watch..... Our county uses a similar method for voting.
Dennis ... It is amazing how much we accumulate. I don't think I will ever yally up how much I have spent on model trains.
Ray .... Your new tracks look great.
Ken ... It is good to hear Sharon could go home from the hospital.
FR RY ... SOunds like you have a good source of trees for your layout.
.....
Yesterday's Vet Day parade was very nice. ... I like a small town parade where many people know each other.
My surgery date is rapidly approaching. I will go to Nashville Wednesday for surgery Thursday.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
Spent four hours of my Veteran's Day mostly parked on Interstate 40.
An eastbound tractor tailer cab crossed the median in Crossville (not a pun) and struck a westbound fully loaded car hauler and at least one other vehicle. Three dead, multiple burning vehicles, and traffic backed up half way to Knoxville.
I was somewhere in the middle of it. It took me three hours to go three miles, mostly in granny gear. Put 120 miles on the vehicle yesterday, and about 1200 on the clutch.
CG: I hate being trapped on the interstate. Been Through Crossvile serveral times.
Garry: good luck on the surgery, one fo these days the ole gall bladder must go.
YGW: Some rare tubes can start at $80 a piece while more plentiful ones start at $3
Garry - Best wishes to you on the surgery, along with a speedy & comfortable recovery.
Tom
Pittsburgh, PA
Hi Gang,
Hope you are all having a great week end and winding down from all the political hype of the past while.
Garry, Just wanted to say best wishes for your surgery from North of the Border as well. We'll be expecting a good report in a few days.
Not much going on here, I did a little RIP track work the last couple of evenings and must get to that track realignment I spoke of earlier. But, I am at work today and tomorrow so that will have to wait for awhile too.
Did get the work bench in the garage cleaned off yesterday ( no connection to the RR. ) But I was getting annoyed that when I went out there to do anything there was no place to set anything down. So the time had come. Afterwards it was still nice out so I did some Christmas decorating. Nice to do it in warmer weather than the usual Frost Bite Weather.
Well all for now as I have to do my final rounds.
Johnboy out..........................for now
from Saskatchewan, in the Great White North..
We have met the enemy, and he is us............ (Pogo)
FRRYKid:
FRRYKidI hope that some spray paint that matches the general color of the turf will blend the needles that still show better.
What about spraying the trees before adding the foam? That would avoid having a monotone colour in the forest.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Johnboy:
Will you come and clean up my workbench too? Please? Pretty please??
Actually I'm going to have to clean it up because I want to make it much smaller. Currently it is about seven feet long which really means seven feet to pile things on. Given the amount of use that it has gotten over the last 10 years or more it only needs to be about three feet long, if that. Just enough to hold a vice and give a flat surface to work on. The four feet gained will be enough space to park my snowblower or lawnmower in season.
Garage space is now at a premium so that I can build the layout. The backyard shed went in yesterday. It is beautiful by the way - board and batton with a rolling door that I just love! That means a bunch of stuff gets moved to the shed and the radial arm saw gets relocated to the other side of the garage.
Best wishes to all, especially Garry!
hon30critter FRRYKid: FRRYKid I hope that some spray paint that matches the general color of the turf will blend the needles that still show better. What about spraying the trees before adding the foam? That would avoid having a monotone colour in the forest. Dave
FRRYKid I hope that some spray paint that matches the general color of the turf will blend the needles that still show better.
That's what I had in mind. Paint the armatures before I adhere the foam. Sorry if I wasn't clear on that point. A monotone isn't really possible as the foam is a mix of three different colors.
Took today off from w*rk. Playing with a couple of different projects. (Cutting up a boxcar to get the right doors installed as well as getting styrene glued to a bunch of Tichy windows to get them to fit in some Walthers modulars walls.)
Flo, I will have a please and if Ed makes it in give him one as well and the Bar Tap. Yeh Flo, he won't mind paying.
Work Front Yet another worth less day. Had a mom and her son come to look at futons for collage, OK might be a good up, but he seemed a little young to me? He will need the futon in Aug 2018? Pretty much how the whole day went. I am just glad I got a new Lee Child's Jack Reacher book to read. It is called Night School.
Garry Good luck on the surgery! Have them install a re-charging port this time around!
Train Front Worked on the Mighty B&O F7A to lube it's motor. Ed was right I did not have to cut any wires. Quite again, well to quite! Sounds off again! See why you took the QSI decoder out of the PA you are sending. Funny thing is I have never had a problem with my BLI Steam with QSI?
Later, Ken
Good Morning, Diners...
Just a cup of Earl Grey for me, Flo. Thanks...
Busy weekend here at the homestead. Much of the day was taken up by collecting leaves, five acres worth... and more to do tomorrow. I have a tow-behind vacuum mulcher which is a handy machine but it sure fills up fast!
I had a few friends over for a Veteran's day op-session All went well, no wrecks, the Digitrax gods were happy and a good time was had by all.
Mrs. Pullman went to Penninsula, OH where the Cuyahoga Valley Line operated several special trains for the Veterans and she volunteered to help out. A very successful day. Now the Polar Express begins and she will again volunteer for that... in an elf costume
YGW, you asked about YouTube videos. I think I have about thirty-five. I would really like to edit and post more, perhaps this winter??
https://www.youtube.com/user/gmpullman/videos
Jim, about the vaporizing text. I was having that problem for a while and a few others here, too. Maybe you could use a text editing program (Word) so you can type away and have it auto-save, then copy>paste to the forum. You can also have different text and color this way, too.
KEN,
Those are both PRR 2-10-0 I1s in the photo. (good eye, though) My M1a is in the roundhouse. That's a neat photo you have of the Brazil Little Joe! I have a modeling friend in Brazil and he sent me one of those and some passenger cars. Neat Stuff.
The garden railroad is DC track power with Aristo-craft Train Engineer throttles and turnouts are either hand-throw or AIR power! The air cylinders are neat!
The caboose is our "cabin-in-the-woods" no layout but sure is a fun place to sit back and sip a few... I am just learning how to set up Flickr albums but here is a bunch of photos of the construction.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskEjPkvc
I hope that link works... like I said, I'm new to Flickr.
I'm not sending you a PA (unless you really want one... I have a bunch) I'm sending you a new sound decoder from a Walthers Erie E8. It should sound pretty close to an E7. Now that my visitors have left, I can get to packing-up your CARE package
I'm glad to hear that your daughter's surgery went well.
I hope everyone is well and my thoughts and prayers go out to those who are not so well.
Here's a few views of the caboose interior...
That's Cicero, what a character!
...and the Captain's chair. My nephew gave me a pair of hi-back seats out of his C-N van.
Two for lunch!
Regards, Ed
Good morning..... I'll have oatmeal and OJ , please.
Ed.... The caboose interior is fantastic. Thanks for showing the photos.
Bear ... The news is reporting a big earthquake. I hope you and your family are okay.
Thanks, everybody for the best wishes for my surgery..... It should be relatively minor this time.... My implanted defibrilator and pacemaker will be replaced because its battery is nearly depleted. The doctor says, he does not expect to replace any of the leads connecting to my heart. If the leads are okay, the proceedure will not be too extensive. ... I have been a heart failure patient for 15 years, and the implanted device did save my life about 8 years ago. When my heart stops beating it restarts the heart with an electric shock. ..... I will have a normal routine here until Wednesday when I go to Nashville for Thursday's surgery.
CHeers, everybody.
In Cold Blood, I only saw it when it came out. The original home invasion. The Army has Drop Tables. The less you weigh, the further you drop; the range being 5-8 feet. Evidently the calulations have always been flawed which gave rise to the electric chair and the gas chamber.
YGW You are right, seizures disqualify one from having a commercial license, unless you don't tell the examing doctor that you have seizures.
Ed Fantastic project. Does the toilet flush prototypically?
Garry Battery change easy peasy.
Went to Mainline Hobbies near Gettysburg. They have a great selection of detail parts...Details West, Details Assciates, Cal Scale, Precision Scale. Prices are, well, retail, but they have things that Modeltrainstuff does not stock.
There were some amazing deep reds in the trees, that are otherwise past their prime. It's sunny and cold this weekend, 37 at almost 11 am.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Just dropping by to say hello to friends.
Petra and I live a very withdrawn life, after we were being held up and robbed by two non-natives at a traffic light. They yanked the door of our car open when we stopped at a traffic light and pointed a long and sharp knife at Petra´s throat. I was able to get my wallet out and throw it away from the car. The two went after it and we were able to escape unhurt. I reported the robbery to the police, but they gave us little hope that the robbers would be properly prosecuted. Luckily, there were only a few bucks in my wallet so we didn´t suffer a big financial loss.
We are still in a state of shock and leave our home only when it is absolutely necessary. I wish we could leave this country to a safe place.
I hope you understand that I don´t feel like posting when our daily life has taken such a dramatic turn.
All the best!
Ulrich!
What a horrible thing to have happen. I'm glad you weren't injured, at least physically. I understand your mental anguish.
Smart thinking to throw the wallet!
We have missed your contributions and I hope your life can get back to some semblance of normal soon.
Take care!
A quick hello, to all...
Garry, Thanks for the compliments and "Good Luck" on your surgery!
BigDaddyEd Fantastic project. Does the toilet flush prototypically?
Yes, Amtrak style. That is, not just dumped on the "track" but into an R-V holding tank that can then be emptied into the septic system. Works pretty well.
Ulrich— Thanks for stopping in to say hello. I feel sad for what you have to tolerate. I was held up ay gunpoint back in 1977 and still have the occasional "flashback" to that awful experience.
[edit] I just noticed that I'm "Top-O-the Page"! Everything's on my tab, Brunhilda... I don't know how that happened unless a post was deleted??
Regards to all...
Ed
Afternoon Diners,
yougottawanta Angel - Why not build a section that can be added to the layout ?
Angel - Why not build a section that can be added to the layout ?
I thought of it multiple times, but my problem always comes back to as well it continue as a continuous layout or as a stand alone without really be connected.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
Whale! Lookj who is back.
Should keep your car doors locked. Some of ours lock automagically when ewe put them in gear.
And I thought Germany *was* a safe place to live. Out here in North Dakota is ok, but in the big cities they are holding riots over the outcome of the election.
If you stay indoors, they win.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Hi Ulrich,
So glad to hear from you. But very sorry about the news you had to share.
I am with Br, Elias in that you can't let them win. You must continue your life as it is as much as possible, but being very careful indeed and being very warry of place that would be more prone to that sort of activity.
I know that sounds so juvinile under your situation, but it is what it is and you have to run with that. Hopefully, thhis situation that has spread itself far and wide will finally be contained and be sent to some swampy crocodile infested hole to live out their lives.
My best to you and Petra as always.
Johnboy out....................
Ulrich, it is good to hear from you even though the news is not good.
A friend of mine live in North Carolina, in what I would have thought was Mayberry (a TV fictional town where Andy Griffith was sheriff) It turns out they have gangs. He was in his 80's and in obvious poor health. Walking his dog, he was approached twice by local youths asking for money, as in "give me all your money old man." He would play the bumbling old man and fish around in his pocket and pull out his gun. They immediately lost interest in his money.
I have another friend who immigrated from France. He posted a video of Paris a couple days ago and there are matresses and garbage all over the sidewalks. The world is turned upside down.
This is not an errant piece of flex track, this is New Zealand after the earthquake.
We had a bit of a scare this past week. The wife was getting her hair cut on Tuesday morning when they called & said she was having some sort of an health episode. What they described to me suggested she might be having a stroke. I worked an ambulance on the fire dept. so I am sort of familar with that. I had them call 911 right away & she was transported to the hospital. The emergency room also thought she might have had a mini stroke, but a cat scan, bloodwork, & other tests seemed to rule that out. Wednesday they decided to look at her heart & did a chemically induced stress test as well as other procedures. Bottom line, no explaination as to what had happened. So they released her late Thursday afternoon. She is fine now & isn't having any problems, but I'm keeping a close eye on her.
We went railfanning as usual this weekend, & it was another good one. 13 trains on Saturday, & 14 today. The usual mix of NS locomotives with foreign power of Citirail, Canadian Pacific, BNSF & Union Pacific thrown in to keep it interesting. Saturday the NS "Erie" heritage unit showed up as well.
There is a local that shows up every weekend that today had a slug in the lead. It always does have 1 or 2 slugs in the consist, but this is the first time I've seen one leading. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen a lot, only that I've never seen it. I'm lucky in that I usually do see something new or different when railfanning. Sometimes it might be an intermodal container or an old box car lettered for some shortline, etc. Somebody mentioned Christmas lights in a previous post. Who ever it was, your not alone in your thinking. I put the ones that hang from the gutter up on Wednesday morning. The ones on the railings can go up later, but I won't have to deal with a ladder that feels like an ice cube for those. Been putting them up early for a couple of years now. They wont get turned on until sometime after Thanksgiving though. I'm still trying to figure out where this whole year has gone. Didn't get 15% done of what I hoped to. That's about it from here. Have a great week & remember to have fun.
There is a local that shows up every weekend that today had a slug in the lead. It always does have 1 or 2 slugs in the consist, but this is the first time I've seen one leading. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen a lot, only that I've never seen it. I'm lucky in that I usually do see something new or different when railfanning. Sometimes it might be an intermodal container or an old box car lettered for some shortline, etc.
Somebody mentioned Christmas lights in a previous post. Who ever it was, your not alone in your thinking. I put the ones that hang from the gutter up on Wednesday morning. The ones on the railings can go up later, but I won't have to deal with a ladder that feels like an ice cube for those. Been putting them up early for a couple of years now. They wont get turned on until sometime after Thanksgiving though. I'm still trying to figure out where this whole year has gone. Didn't get 15% done of what I hoped to. That's about it from here. Have a great week & remember to have fun.
Evenin' folks!
Janie, just a hot chocolate with marshmallos for the moment....
Spent the day at the Batavia, NY Train Show. The Secretary and I (superintendent) from the NMRA Division manned our booth all day. May have picked up a few new members actually. A couple stopped and asked us directly about how to join (we handed them all the needed paperwork....) and several others picked up the Railpass forms. I bought a used Accurail boxcar from an old friend who has been selling off his collection and put a deposit down on a beautiful NYOW Railroad Lantern. Quite rare so it was a bit more than some of the others..... My B-day present from myself, I guess. Will pay for it and take it home in a couple weeks as the seller will also be at the RIT Trainshow. The dealer was a presenter at one of our Division Meets a few years back. So he knew who I was when I asked about the lantern. I also presented a clinic at the same meet....
Tom, I do hope your wife is OK and there was no stroke during the incident. Those things can get very scarey! Will keep both of you in my prayers!
Quotes for today....
“Santa Claus has the right idea – visit people only once a year” ~ Victor Borge
“Happiness is having a large, loving, close-knit family in another city” ~ George Burns
“But I’m not so think as you drunk I am” ~ Samuel Smiles
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Flo, Ed and I will have a
Ulrich First great to see you post. Sorry it came to this to get you to post. As we get older we are more likely to be a vicitim. From my law enforcement days.
1 Look around a lot when walking or standing. Normally thugs won't attack someone that is alert. Staring straight a head and avoiding eye contact is sighn of being afraid.
2 Try not to come to a complete stop in traffic if possible. If you have to, leave your some room so you can move the car and all wise look for a way to get out of traffic. Side walk, turn lane or and even the wrong side of traffic.
Guess I was about 25 and I was robbed at gun point. I was told to hit the floor and I did. Thought to my self "I might die today". Looked at the robber and thought "Not today". Indianapolis Police Depratment took him to the ER.
OK Detail I left out, he was maybe 5'6" and maybe 120 pounds and when I looked up knowing fire arms I saw it was a Starter Pistol. He all so did not know he could Fly! So I am not stupid or brave, I just knew what I was looking at. Only way that starter pistol could hurt me was a power burn or get beat in the head with it.
Ed, how tall are you? I was looking at the "Potting Caboose" photos and you look like my Dad! If I did not know where the photo came from I would think it was of dad. Dad is about 5'9 to 5'10" and his and your forearms and his look the same sizes. E-8 QSI is fine. Like I would know the driffrences between a E-7, E-8 or a PA engine!
Train Front Messed with the Might B&O E-7A, still no sound? Well it is making not good sounds again but not as bad. This time around I am going to pull all the plugs out and take off the whole board and get a better look in side.
South Pacific 900 Switche engine. Bet I had not ran that engine in 4 years. As I was cleaning the wheels I was not sure if I was letting the smoke out of the decoder or dust was blowing out from the inside of the body. Guess it was dust, running it with the Bessemerr SD 7's for 2 hour now so it must be fine. Guess I will try to wire up a decoder in the B&O switcher that Ed sent.
Flo, please get Ulrich whatever he might want and put it on my tab.
I was a crime victim myself many years ago. I had a "lady" (and I use that term loosely) steal a box of checks out of my mailbox. She then proceeded to forge four checks at the bank! The only reason that it was caught was she had a teller that knew my signature and to her something didn't look right. The teller pulled the signature card and the signature wasn't right. The "lady" left her ID and then the "fun" began. (As the loss of the money was the bank's fault, the bank was forced to replace it.) The police found her, cited her, and released her (on what I thought should have been five felonies: 4 forgeries and theft from a mail box). In the process of delivering the reports and such to the local constabulatory, I found out she had just gotten out of Federal custody for that very crime: Forgery! I later found out that she had skipped town! Suffice it to say, to the best of my knowledge, she was never tried for those crimes. Even to this day, I still am not happy about it. But after a while I got to the point where I don't let it bug me. (Although I do ship my checks elsewhere so that that problem doesn't happen again.)
Chico says, Coffee's on Me!
I hope you all have a wonderful Monday...