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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, March 25, 2004 5:12 PM
A friend of mine in another plant went to wyoming one year took some pics in a up yard.got some good shots of cnw equipment there.I sent them to Brian whos friend is in the hospital.Now this guy I work with had no idea what these train pics would do.I told him the situation and thanked him for what he did.So basically what goes around comes around and made everybodys day a little better.
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by dharmon on Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:11 PM
Bring your couch Kev, the penalty box is moving to the desert.......but Vegas isn't too far away...cool .......gambling and Marge Hellenbarger
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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:02 AM
Kevin, Kevin, Kevin - you have met Dan, Dan, Dan haven't you!

Both of you should go to area 51.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:52 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz

QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

RIIIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT

Your not fooling anybody (said in my best Monty Python English accent)


And Now for something Completely Different:

My Hovercraft is Full of Eels.
[:D]


Kevin,

That dictionary go me into trouble a few times, too.[;)]


Yeah, I tend to get slapped by a lot of women too--

Wait, you were refering to that, right?
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Posted by zardoz on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:44 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

RIIIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT

Your not fooling anybody (said in my best Monty Python English accent)


And Now for something Completely Different:

My Hovercraft is Full of Eels.
[:D]


Kevin,

That dictionary go me into trouble a few times, too.[;)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:37 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

RIIIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT

Your not fooling anybody (said in my best Monty Python English accent)


And Now for something Completely Different:

My Hovercraft is Full of Eels.
[:D]
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Posted by dharmon on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:27 PM
RIIIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT

Your not fooling anybody (said in my best Monty Python English accent)
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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:23 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Kathi Kube

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Sorry Willy,

They got you hook, line and sinker. Mookie doesn't really exist. "Mookie" is an employee of Kalmbach publishing, usually Kathi Kube, who generates topics and makes posts. Who you met was an actress, hired by Kalmbach to portray the character. Their polls have shown that railfans seek to have a friendly, matronly figure that shows an interest in trains....becasue our mothers never did. They created Mookie to fill this void in our lives that we never had, which would generate greater interest in the forums and in turn increase circulation of their publications. Sorry to be the one that had to break it to you. [;)]


Whoa. Wait a minute. Huh?

Mookie, was I in Chicago yesterday or was that you???

I'm so confused!!!!

Kathi ... or Mookie? Who am I again?
Kathi - Mookie wouldn't know how to start for Chicago. She gets lost in a small closet. So Kathi was in Chicago and Mookie was in never-never-land as usual!

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Posted by Kathi Kube on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:24 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Sorry Willy,

They got you hook, line and sinker. Mookie doesn't really exist. "Mookie" is an employee of Kalmbach publishing, usually Kathi Kube, who generates topics and makes posts. Who you met was an actress, hired by Kalmbach to portray the character. Their polls have shown that railfans seek to have a friendly, matronly figure that shows an interest in trains....becasue our mothers never did. They created Mookie to fill this void in our lives that we never had, which would generate greater interest in the forums and in turn increase circulation of their publications. Sorry to be the one that had to break it to you. [;)]


Whoa. Wait a minute. Huh?

Mookie, was I in Chicago yesterday or was that you???

I'm so confused!!!!

Kathi ... or Mookie? Who am I again?
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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:13 AM
You guys laugh - but one of my credit cards has a train on it! BNSF Credit Union, of course!

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:15 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Joe,
It aint the $1000.00 for cake that has AMEX calling, its the $1000,000.00 for the SD70Mac in BNSF Green and Cream they wanted to know about.
Hope Mookies accountant isnt A. Anderson.

Well, it is a gold card, right?

Ed

with a special paw print next to the builders plate right?[:D]
stay safe
joe

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Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:00 PM
Joe,
It aint the $1000.00 for cake that has AMEX calling, its the $1000,000.00 for the SD70Mac in BNSF Green and Cream they wanted to know about.
Hope Mookies accountant isnt A. Anderson.

Well, it is a gold card, right?

Ed

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Posted by Modelcar on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:52 PM
Willy2: You received really high marks from the top cat....Mookie, so that should be good enough for all of us. Personally, I think an open weather thread would be great. We sure are entering the "active" time of weather...and we here in Central Indiana know a bit about rough weather including tornado action.

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Posted by Willy2 on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:45 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz

Willy2,

When Mook mentioned the weather symposium you attended, I checked your profile, and noticed an interest in weather.

If you are interested, feel free to email me (as opposed to boring everyone on the forum) regarding weather stuff. I've been a storm spotter for the National Weather Service for many years, and have been involved with weather since I was about your age.

Or we could start our own thread about weather here in the Forum. It is the beginning of severe weather season!

Jim


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Been an "official" Skywarn type for just two years, but worked with NSSL in the early days (via USAF), maintained AF weather equipment for 8 years (including rawinsonde), and grew up at the upper end of tornado alley (in SE Michigan). The most significant weather events I deal with these days are winter-related, but I still love watching it.

It's good to know that some kids have an interest in something besides video games and expensive sneakers...

And they thought the firefighters were bad....[;)]

I think that a weather topic would be a good idea! First I'll need to get approval from anyone who thinks it would be a good idea ( Mookie, Zardoz, ed, etc. )

Here in Omaha there is a chance for thunderstorms tonight and there may be severe hail on just about any day from Thursday through Saturday. It is looking interesting as temps in the 70s and warmer humid air move in. There will also be a stationary front across the area. I would like a good thunderstorm to wa***he gravel off the streets from the snow plows.

Again if anyone approves of a weather topic let me know and I'll see if I can't get one going!

Willy

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:15 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Dan - now that I have quit laughing - you don't know how many times that has crossed my mind - that people would think the Mookie is a plant by Kalmbach! However, the royalty checks are still "in the mail" - along with the company credit card - somewhere.

$1000 for Chocolate cake??[:)] better check with the office.
stay safe
Joe
If someone is buying for that - I will bake one MYSELF!

check your email I sent you some recipies[:D]
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:53 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz

Willy2,

When Mook mentioned the weather symposium you attended, I checked your profile, and noticed an interest in weather.

If you are interested, feel free to email me (as opposed to boring everyone on the forum) regarding weather stuff. I've been a storm spotter for the National Weather Service for many years, and have been involved with weather since I was about your age.

Or we could start our own thread about weather here in the Forum. It is the beginning of severe weather season!

Jim


[#ditto]
Been an "official" Skywarn type for just two years, but worked with NSSL in the early days (via USAF), maintained AF weather equipment for 8 years (including rawinsonde), and grew up at the upper end of tornado alley (in SE Michigan). The most significant weather events I deal with these days are winter-related, but I still love watching it.

It's good to know that some kids have an interest in something besides video games and expensive sneakers...

And they thought the firefighters were bad....[;)]


I'm not working with the NSSL, but I am the Assistant SKYWARN Coordinator for Shelby County, OH. We work very closely with the EMA folks (in fact, in their building). Amateur call: KC6NLX
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:50 PM
Mookie that's nice what you wrote about him he is a very nice guy

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Posted by espeefoamer on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 2:28 PM
It's great to know that there are still some good kids out there![:)]We hear so much about the other kind .[:(]There is hope for this country after all![:)]
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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:51 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Dan - now that I have quit laughing - you don't know how many times that has crossed my mind - that people would think the Mookie is a plant by Kalmbach! However, the royalty checks are still "in the mail" - along with the company credit card - somewhere.


Well on my mind numbing (not too difficult when you have a small mind) drive to work, I thought of something more terrible and horrific that it would be something from a K.P. Harrier topic......what if Mookie isn't really human at all.....she/it is a MookBot. Probably created in an evil Kalmbach / Union Pacific / CIA / North Korean plot to to influence railfans young and old. Her prime directive is to achieve the matronly profile and then slowly inject propaganda into our minds............she may even be directing countless sleeper Bots worldwide....Nora, the seemingly mild manned curious mother of two (and one NS engine???) and Me.....the mysterious woman who writes in red......ITS A PLOT I'M TELLING YOU!!!!!!!!! WHERE IS KPH? I've got to go now and find my tin foil hat before she starts trying to read m y m i n d a gggain ......................


Mookbot?

Are you still on pain killers?

Go to Area 51 and wait for me!

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:33 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Dan - now that I have quit laughing - you don't know how many times that has crossed my mind - that people would think the Mookie is a plant by Kalmbach! However, the royalty checks are still "in the mail" - along with the company credit card - somewhere.

$1000 for Chocolate cake??[:)] better check with the office.
stay safe
Joe
If someone is buying for that - I will bake one MYSELF!

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 12:32 PM
Bring on the weather - it interests everyone - whether you have weather or not. We will make it a separate issue so people will know to read or not to read....

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:05 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz

Willy2,

When Mook mentioned the weather symposium you attended, I checked your profile, and noticed an interest in weather.

If you are interested, feel free to email me (as opposed to boring everyone on the forum) regarding weather stuff. I've been a storm spotter for the National Weather Service for many years, and have been involved with weather since I was about your age.

Or we could start our own thread about weather here in the Forum. It is the beginning of severe weather season!

Jim


[#ditto]
Been an "official" Skywarn type for just two years, but worked with NSSL in the early days (via USAF), maintained AF weather equipment for 8 years (including rawinsonde), and grew up at the upper end of tornado alley (in SE Michigan). The most significant weather events I deal with these days are winter-related, but I still love watching it.

It's good to know that some kids have an interest in something besides video games and expensive sneakers...

And they thought the firefighters were bad....[;)]

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Posted by zardoz on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:16 AM
Willy2,

When Mook mentioned the weather symposium you attended, I checked your profile, and noticed an interest in weather.

If you are interested, feel free to email me (as opposed to boring everyone on the forum) regarding weather stuff. I've been a storm spotter for the National Weather Service for many years, and have been involved with weather since I was about your age.

Or we could start our own thread about weather here in the Forum. It is the beginning of severe weather season!

Jim

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Posted by dharmon on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:07 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Dan - now that I have quit laughing - you don't know how many times that has crossed my mind - that people would think the Mookie is a plant by Kalmbach! However, the royalty checks are still "in the mail" - along with the company credit card - somewhere.


Well on my mind numbing (not too difficult when you have a small mind) drive to work, I thought of something more terrible and horrific that it would be something from a K.P. Harrier topic......what if Mookie isn't really human at all.....she/it is a MookBot. Probably created in an evil Kalmbach / Union Pacific / CIA / North Korean plot to to influence railfans young and old. Her prime directive is to achieve the matronly profile and then slowly inject propaganda into our minds............she may even be directing countless sleeper Bots worldwide....Nora, the seemingly mild manned curious mother of two (and one NS engine???) and Me.....the mysterious woman who writes in red......ITS A PLOT I'M TELLING YOU!!!!!!!!! WHERE IS KPH? I've got to go now and find my tin foil hat before she starts trying to read m y m i n d a gggain ......................
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Posted by jchnhtfd on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 9:45 AM
Kind of thought Willy had to be a great guy, from the posts of his I've read -- and with Mookie's paw of approval, well ! Keep it up, laddie!

For that matter, most of the young 'uns these days are still pretty good kids -- not much better than I was 60 or so years back, but not much worse, either -- it's just the few who are 'newsworthy' (read: antisocial -- good kids don't make the news!) who get the press, and give a distorted view.
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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:08 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Dan - now that I have quit laughing - you don't know how many times that has crossed my mind - that people would think the Mookie is a plant by Kalmbach! However, the royalty checks are still "in the mail" - along with the company credit card - somewhere.

$1000 for Chocolate cake??[:)] better check with the office.
stay safe
Joe

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 7:02 AM
Dan - now that I have quit laughing - you don't know how many times that has crossed my mind - that people would think the Mookie is a plant by Kalmbach! However, the royalty checks are still "in the mail" - along with the company credit card - somewhere.

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Posted by wabash1 on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 4:32 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by Willy2

Mookie is the nicest person I have ever met! We had a great talk about all of the places we like to watch trains. We also talked about trains of the past, why some engineers blow the horn more than others for the grade crossings, and about the yard in Lincoln. We also talked about our relatives who are conductors and engineers.

Yes, Mookie did catch me a little off guard when she asked who my favorite poster is besides herself. Everyone on this forum is my favorite poster and I thank you all for being such a great, kind group.

I had a wonderful lunch with Mookie. I am so glad that I got to meet her!
And Mookie, I try to be as good as I can be, but sometimes even I do get a little bit noisy, but not often. Thank you for a great day!

Willy




Sorry Willy,

They got you hook, line and sinker. Mookie doesn't really exist. "Mookie" is an employee of Kalmbach publishing, usually Kathi Kube, who generates topics and makes posts. Who you met was an actress, hired by Kalmbach to portray the character. Their polls have shown that railfans seek to have a friendly, matronly figure that shows an interest in trains....becasue our mothers never did. They created Mookie to fill this void in our lives that we never had, which would generate greater interest in the forums and in turn increase circulation of their publications. Sorry to be the one that had to break it to you. [;)]



Hey that dont bother me... I wouldnt care who it is as long as they have the company credit card lets eat.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 22, 2004 9:50 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon
Sorry Willy,

They got you hook, line and sinker. Mookie doesn't really exist. "Mookie" is an employee of Kalmbach publishing, usually Kathi Kube, who generates topics and makes posts. Who you met was an actress, hired by Kalmbach to portray the character. Their polls have shown that railfans seek to have a friendly, matronly figure that shows an interest in trains....becasue our mothers never did. They created Mookie to fill this void in our lives that we never had, which would generate greater interest in the forums and in turn increase circulation of their publications. Sorry to be the one that had to break it to you. [;)]
[:(]

Well, at least we still have Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and honest politicians! So much for myths!

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