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Posted by zugmann on Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:23 PM
Page 10.  Is that cool or what?

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by rixflix on Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:43 PM

Thousand-leggers are water-seeking critters. I drowned one in my tub three days ago, ground one in my disposall yesterday, and buttocked another on my toilet seat today. I love this place!!!

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Posted by rixflix on Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:50 PM

Thousand-leggers are water-seeking critters. I drowned one in my tub three days ago, ground one in my disposall yesterday, and buttocked another on my toilet seat today. I love this place!!!

Almost forgot about caterpillars (back to railroads) We saw them in trainlike formations on East Broad Top's dormant rails between Woodvale and Alvan years ago. The only way to go in rough foliage. They squished in orange, purple and green colors.

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Posted by Ted Marshall on Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:29 PM
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Trust me... It won't get locked... This thread is doomed to complete deletion. Wink [;)]

I hate eating crow, but it's beginning to look like this time I must. Ashamed [*^_^*]

 

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Posted by erikem on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:00 PM
 Ted Marshall wrote:
 Ted Marshall wrote:

Trust me... It won't get locked... This thread is doomed to complete deletion. Wink [;)]

I hate eating crow, but it's beginning to look like this time I must. Ashamed [*^_^*]

 

Bet that crow would taste good with some Habanero sauce.... You might want to ask Dilbert's accounting department on the best way to cook crow Sign - Oops [#oops] - that was cooking pigeons, uh never mind.

Looks like the thread got hijecked by the sillies... A lot more fun seeing people blowing off steam (gotta keep a train theme here) by being outrageously silly than verbal fistfights. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:14 PM

This is the thread that never ends.

It goes on and on my friends.

Someone started typing it not knowing what it was,

and they'll continue typing it forever just because,

(With apologies to Shari Lewis)

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:21 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axQu5G79n1M

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:27 PM

Phoamer Fred needs his meds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9MA0eW8yyw

 

 

 

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Posted by Ted Marshall on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:28 PM
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Posted by RRKen on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:29 PM
 Murray wrote:

Phoamer Fred needs his meds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9MA0eW8yyw

Look, meds will not help that kid.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:34 PM

More Adventures of Phoamer Fred:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_oCyzja0sg

 

 

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Posted by Steam Is King on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:36 PM

So how offensive can this thread be if it has attracted almost 4,000 views in only four days and three hours?

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:37 PM

Stop that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qySRctwsAI

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Posted by RRKen on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:40 PM
 Steam Is King wrote:

So how offensive can this thread be if it has attracted almost 4,000 views in only four days and three hours?

Chico  

It could not be that none of us are making any sense at all.   Silly I tell you, silly!  Alright....... get on with it!

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:41 PM

And now...News for Parrots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Kx9CyYPAQ

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Posted by RRKen on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:43 PM
 Murray wrote:

And now...News for Parrots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Kx9CyYPAQ

 This thread needs this.......  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C59WyX-tJD4

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:45 PM

And from our "screball comedy" archieve:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxyb4Xma4Rs

 

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Posted by CNW 6000 on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:49 PM

The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions.

It'd be nice to get back to that.

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Posted by RRKen on Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:53 PM
 CNW 6000 wrote:

This thread is (to me) the most useless, neanderthal, juvenile, and lame waste of server space. 

The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions.  Had I seen this thread back then...I'd have never joined and branded this whole site as a waste of time.  For the sake of Kalmbach I hope that those who enjoy these kind of boorish posts don't detract from their business and drive potential members/subscribers away.

Thanks for helping to make this site that much less credible & enjoyable.

I resemble that comment.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 13, 2008 12:01 AM
Dan, everything that I have seen posted on this thread has been in tasteful (albeit silly) good humor..nothing in here that I can see as being profane or unacceptable in a public forum.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by csxengineer98 on Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:40 AM

there is more to life then just trains!!!!!!!...

its nice to cut loss and have alittle bit of fun and be silly at times.. no hummer will make you bitter and well..just an unpleasent person to be around in general...yes i know this is a train forum.. been hearing that from people for years and i cant even count how many times it has been said in this thead alone..but geeze..its only a message bored.. in MY oppion it shows that we are human and like to have fun too... if it was all just shop talk ALL the time..this place would become dry and be like reading a text book with no pics on how to turn sand into silicon micro chips for the RFID tags they put in dogs from the pound.. granted some people might find that good reading..but i dont.. i like to have some fun from time to time and at work..im all about trying to make the job as fun as i can in order to keep my sanity..(what little of it is still have that is)..... the same goes with any messagebords i post on...

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Posted by csxengineer98 on Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:40 AM

wooohoooo 11 pages... nice...

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Posted by Steam Is King on Sunday, July 13, 2008 3:24 AM
 CNW 6000 wrote:

The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions.

It'd be nice to get back to that.

Good golly, Dan, one thread out of 1,000 and you're letting it get under your skin? I just checked for ya and there are still plenty of other threads about railroading going on right now on the forum -- just what you're looking for. You make it sound like they've all disappeared or something. Any special reason you're fixating on this one goofy thread?

An example: some of us don't really care for the "diner" threads. You go there a lot, but they don't meet your stated standards for "learning from and listening to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions". That's fine. People go there to chit-chat and have fun. But just because it's not our cup of tea we don't go there and tell people how we think it should be.

These forums are something different for each individual, and everyone should respect that diversity. It's what makes the pot boil.

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Posted by challenger3980 on Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:15 AM
 RRKen wrote:
 CNW 6000 wrote:

This thread is (to me) the most useless, neanderthal, juvenile, and lame waste of server space. 

The reason I joined this forum was to learn from and listen to more experienced fans and rails talk about the industry, its history, and future directions.  Had I seen this thread back then...I'd have never joined and branded this whole site as a waste of time.  For the sake of Kalmbach I hope that those who enjoy these kind of boorish posts don't detract from their business and drive potential members/subscribers away.

Thanks for helping to make this site that much less credible & enjoyable.

I resemble that comment.

  If You don't like it, don't open it. both of your comments have done nothing but keep it alive, and bump it to the top of the page twice, and now a third time. I for one am a bit surprised it hasn't been locked yet, but it hasn't gotten mean, and I do find it rather entertaining, Especially those who get worked up thinking that it should get locked. No Harm, No Foul.

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Posted by solzrules on Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:02 AM

After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is. 

I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.

W T F?

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Posted by TimChgo9 on Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:34 AM
 solzrules wrote:

After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is. 

I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.

W T F?

I'm with Solz.... I saw the thread title, and the fact that it's pinned, and thought: "How in the he.. did that happen?"

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Posted by Ted Marshall on Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:30 AM
 TimChgo9 wrote:
 solzrules wrote:

After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is. 

I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.

W T F?

I'm with Solz.... I saw the thread title, and the fact that it's pinned, and thought: "How in the he.. did that happen?"

Laugh [(-D]   I'm beginning to think that this thread still exists just to spite me... Just kidding. One thing's for certain, either the moderators are trying to make some kind of point or they've just given up trying.

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Posted by selector on Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:39 AM
Peut-etre que c'est un peux des deux?  Maybe a bit of both?
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:14 AM
 Ted Marshall wrote:
 TimChgo9 wrote:
 solzrules wrote:

After my discovery that there really is more to life then sitting at a computer reading peoples' musings on the mundane in this forum I decided to cruise through and see what the latest is. 

I happened upon this thread and now I've only one qestion.

W T F?

I'm with Solz.... I saw the thread title, and the fact that it's pinned, and thought: "How in the he.. did that happen?"

Laugh [(-D]   I'm beginning to think that this thread still exists just to spite me... Just kidding. One thing's for certain, either the moderators are trying to make some kind of point or they've just given up trying.

I think there is a general feeling that this thread is proving a point, but I doubt that the point it is proving to the moderators is the same point it is proving to the ones making the fun-loving posts.  Neither point is the one I was making when in the past I objected to locking threads.  Others who made similar objections might feel the same way.

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Posted by Soo 6604 on Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:30 AM

 selector wrote:
Peut-etre que c'est un peux des deux?

Where was the "press 1 for English"?

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