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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:41 PM
She doesn't clique, she's my sister!

I'm glad to see her drop by, and you'll never find me in the Diner!

Mr. Zug, if there is a clique, it's probably because a few of us have met each other in person, purely because we have been Forum contributors. This doesn't mean that we like or tolerate everyone we've met (I know I'm pure poison to someone out there, and that feeling is mutual), but perhaps we know each other just a shade better. My wife puts it best: these people that we've gotten to know are our peers--we have at least one thing in common, and we have become close enough as friends to find other common interests, or an appreciation for the things we don't have in common.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:02 PM

CShaveRR
She doesn't clique, she's my sister! I'm glad to see her drop by, and you'll never find me in the Diner!

 

Why is this thread developing into what mookie does or does not do, or to what sites she goes to within trains.com?

Why is this even relevant?

 

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Posted by Mookie on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:17 PM

Murray

CShaveRR
She doesn't clique, she's my sister! I'm glad to see her drop by, and you'll never find me in the Diner!

 

Why is this thread developing into what mookie does or does not do, or to what sites she goes to within trains.com?

Why is this even relevant?

 

It is very irrelevant.  Mookie moves around and no one really cares.  Next question?

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:21 PM

Mookie
It is very irrelevant.  Mookie moves around and no one really cares.  Next question?

 

OK...Whatever floats your boat.

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Posted by RRKen on Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:23 PM

Murray

Mookie
It is very irrelevant.  Mookie moves around and no one really cares.  Next question?

 

OK...Whatever floats your boat.

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Posted by K. P. Harrier on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:27 PM

? ? > ! !

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Posted by tbdanny on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:29 PM

The initial response to this thread reminded me of a story I'd heard about a famous author (can't remember who).  He wanted to know how sales of his book were going, but was a bit short of cash at the time, so he just sent a one-character telegram: '?'.  Sales of his book were going well, so his publisher replied with '!'

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:34 PM

Murray
Why is this thread developing into what mookie does or does not do, or to what sites she goes to within trains.com?



     Just in following the logic here-  you seem to object to the fact that a thread started by Mookie about nothing, has turned into a thread about Mookie?

     ' Seems maybe you should start a thread by Murray.  Then nobody would be surprised, if it turned into a thread about Murray.  Tongue

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:35 PM

zugmann

Murphy Siding



    Note that she said: ^  +  ^  =  ^~^    not: ^  +  ^  =  *******  Mischief 

yeah. If I (or any of us non-clique members) started a thread like this, it'd be gone by now.  And we all know it.

It's starting to look  like something that needs a solution by doing set theory. What set, when devided by itself , becomes a subset within a larger set?

(^ + ^ + ^~^ / ^ + ^) / ^<^ x !^ = y?

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:39 PM

blownout cylinder

zugmann

Murphy Siding



    Note that she said: ^  +  ^  =  ^~^    not: ^  +  ^  =  *******  Mischief 

yeah. If I (or any of us non-clique members) started a thread like this, it'd be gone by now.  And we all know it.

It's starting to look  like something that needs a solution by doing set theory. What set, when devided by itself , becomes a subset within a larger set?

(^ + ^ + ^~^ / ^ + ^) / ^<^ x !^ = y?



y?

why not?

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Posted by LNER4472 on Sunday, January 17, 2010 10:52 PM

 Answer:   !

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, January 18, 2010 9:00 AM
Mookie

It is very irrelevant.

It's not irrelevant--it's a kitty!

Irrelevant is big and gray and has a trunk.

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Monday, January 18, 2010 9:07 AM

CShaveRR
Mookie

It is very irrelevant.

It's not irrelevant--it's a kitty!

Irrelevant is big and gray and has a trunk.

And it has TUSKS!!!

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Posted by tomikawaTT on Monday, January 18, 2010 9:12 AM

Mookie

ChuckCobleigh
Mookie

 

Mookie

On the other hand, some of us may have imagined you heading to Japan looking for a Stationmaster job.

If I thought I had a chance at that job.....

If you did land the job, not only would you get a chance to wear that silly stationmaster's cop cap (and the ugly black uniform that goes with it) but they'd paint your face and paw prints all over the MU car!

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, January 18, 2010 10:30 AM

tomikawaTT

Mookie

ChuckCobleigh
Mookie

 

Mookie

On the other hand, some of us may have imagined you heading to Japan looking for a Stationmaster job.

If I thought I had a chance at that job.....

If you did land the job, not only would you get a chance to wear that silly stationmaster's cop cap (and the ugly black uniform that goes with it) but they'd paint your face and paw prints all over the MU car!

Chuck (ROFLMAO after seeing that on NHK)

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Posted by CopCarSS on Monday, January 18, 2010 10:49 AM

blownout cylinder

And it has TUSKS!!!

And now I'm going to have Fleetwood Mac in my head the rest of the day. Wink

BTW...good to see you, Mook. Big Smile

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 18, 2010 2:40 PM

kolechovski is the winner!  Alex Trebek (Jeopardy) can be proud of you for spotting an Incorrect Question. ( I originally had used the 'shift' key, but the Caps Lock key is more shifty Whistling and didn't flow as nice - and those who read newspapers or watch TV know that style is much more important than substance.)

I grew up on typewriters; the Cap Lock key raised the whole type case to a second row of type, not so with the keyboard.  I was astounded that the early Electromatic electric typewriters would automatically type a row of hyphens if you pressed harder on the key. 

Then came the computer keyboard.  Caps Lock, as kolechovski notes, works only for letters.  And now every key will spew out many characters if you keep the key down.  Oh for the good old days.

We now return you to the regularly scheduled program.

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Posted by doghouse on Monday, January 18, 2010 5:36 PM

Mookie

tomikawaTT

Mookie

ChuckCobleigh
Mookie

 

Mookie

On the other hand, some of us may have imagined you heading to Japan looking for a Stationmaster job.

If I thought I had a chance at that job.....

If you did land the job, not only would you get a chance to wear that silly stationmaster's cop cap (and the ugly black uniform that goes with it) but they'd paint your face and paw prints all over the MU car!

Chuck (ROFLMAO after seeing that on NHK)

Chessie started small and look where it got her.  Now she is collectable!

Wasn't chessie male, or was that peke?

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Monday, January 18, 2010 6:14 PM
doghouse

Mookie

tomikawaTT

Mookie

ChuckCobleigh
Mookie

 

Mookie

On the other hand, some of us may have imagined you heading to Japan looking for a Stationmaster job.

If I thought I had a chance at that job.....

If you did land the job, not only would you get a chance to wear that silly stationmaster's cop cap (and the ugly black uniform that goes with it) but they'd paint your face and paw prints all over the MU car!

Chuck (ROFLMAO after seeing that on NHK)

Chessie started small and look where it got her.  Now she is collectable!

Wasn't chessie male, or was that peke?

In 1935, according to the C&O historical site, she got two look-alike kittens and a mate, Peake.

That sounds reasonable.

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Posted by bubbajustin on Monday, January 18, 2010 7:23 PM

This is my view…

If BNSF Railway had a kitten logo/mascot…. Mrs. Mook would be it!

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Posted by switch123 on Monday, January 18, 2010 9:00 PM

Mr. Zugman,

Sorry if I am stepping on toes here, but it seems as if the lady only made a funny post, which a lot of other people find amusing.

Yet you jumped on her with both feet it seems.

Why, and what clique are you referring to?

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Posted by kolechovski on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:25 AM

Archlosser, funny you should mention typewriters.  That brings back *ding*
quite a few memories.  I remember the caps lock holding down the *ding*
upper row on those, so you are correct.  Being on the bottom of the *ding*
technogolical gap (and monetery one) back in high school, I was *ding*
surprised when I handed in a typewritten report to the teacher, who *ding*
recommended that next time I used a smaller font.

"!??  but, I only have one font!"

I also find it interesting the different styles of typewriters there were. *ding*
Some, as you mention (mainly the electric ones), would repeatedly *ding*
type a letter when holding down the key.  Some, would type once, *ding*
and hold the letter-hitty-thingy (I forget what it's called now) against *ding*
the paper while you held down the button.  And some, if you hit a *ding*
couple keys too fast (or had Fat Finger Syndrome), would jam the *ding*
letter-hitty-thingies against the paper, and you had to manually force *ding*
them back down.  And how badly my fingers hurt after typing a report*ding*
...and that was with the electric ones!  I don't know how anyone could *ding*
stand the manual ones!

Wow.  I actually remember the typewriter.  An object kids would ask *ding*
the same thing as they do record players-"What's that?"  Does this *ding*
mean I'm old?  BTW, your individual screen sizes may influence how *ding*
this post appears.  I did the best I could to make it appear uniform.  I *ding*
hope it's enough.

...What!?  A typo!  And no more white-out!?
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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:06 AM
White-out?

I remember (a) typewriter erasers and (b) correction strips--sort of like white carbon paper.

I went through a lot of correction fluid when typing stencils for mimeograph machines, too.

I cheated...looked at what I was actually typing, so I would ignore the "ding" and go closer to the margin.

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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:28 AM

switch123

Mr. Zugman,

Sorry if I am stepping on toes here, but it seems as if the lady only made a funny post, which a lot of other people find amusing.

Yet you jumped on her with both feet it seems.

Why, and what clique are you referring to?

I guess the irony is lost on most folks. 

 

Any other topic that drifts even slightly off topic, (or on a topic that is still related a lot to railroads) gets the moderator lock.  But yet here we have a topic that has nothing to do with anything and it stands.  Even though there are already 2 off-topic threads that are allowed to stay (which is also beyond me, but I really don't care, except to occassionaly poke fun of the pretend-diner).

If I (or many others) started a topic like this, it'd get locked.  But apparently this is a "chosen" poster.  Whatever.  Not my sandbox.  I'm just amused by the special treatment for some people.  

 

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


  

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:45 AM

It may be totally irrelevant, but so far it's managed to avoid politics, religion, profanity, or any semblance thereof. 

Some threads can't seem to get past the first page without doing so.  There lies the rub.

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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 11:48 AM

tree68

It may be totally irrelevant, but so far it's managed to avoid politics, religion, profanity, or any semblance thereof. 

Some threads can't seem to get past the first page without doing so.  There lies the rub.

 

hear about that XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXX  XXXXXXXXX that wants to buy the Rohr Turbo trains to start a commuter service for  XXXXXXXXXX only?  He's going to compete with amtrak b/t albany and Grand Central STATION.

 how's that?

PS. GE's suck.

 Edited by Murphy Siding, for the benefit of our XXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXX  who may be reading this. 

Sorry zugmann  The Evil made me do it.


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


  

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Posted by schlimm on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:06 PM

 Hilarious!!

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Posted by CShaveRR on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:27 PM
mmmm...SJ, if you set out a baited troll trap, you might want to check it...

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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:10 PM

zugmann
 

hear about that XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXX  XXXXXXXXX that wants to buy the Rohr Turbo trains to start a commuter service for  XXXXXXXXXX only?  He's going to compete with amtrak b/t albany and Grand Central STATION.

 how's that?

PS. GE's suck.

 Edited by Murphy Siding, for the benefit of our XXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXX  who may be reading this. 

Sorry zugmann  The [CENSORED] made me do it.


 

 C'mon now, don't get into religions unless you want to start a philosophical discussion on free will and the [CENSORED].


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


  

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Posted by switch123 on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:33 PM

zugmann

switch123

Mr. Zugman,

Sorry if I am stepping on toes here, but it seems as if the lady only made a funny post, which a lot of other people find amusing.

Yet you jumped on her with both feet it seems.

Why, and what clique are you referring to?

I guess the irony is lost on most folks. 

 

Any other topic that drifts even slightly off topic, (or on a topic that is still related a lot to railroads) gets the moderator lock.  But yet here we have a topic that has nothing to do with anything and it stands.  Even though there are already 2 off-topic threads that are allowed to stay (which is also beyond me, but I really don't care, except to occassionaly poke fun of the pretend-diner).

If I (or many others) started a topic like this, it'd get locked.  But apparently this is a "chosen" poster.  Whatever.  Not my sandbox.  I'm just amused by the special treatment for some people.  

 

So what you are saying is no one is allowed to be funny here, or only certain people are allowed to be funny, or you are not allowed to be funny?

If so, this would be the first forum I have ever visited where funny was not allowed, well, except for my brother in laws mortuary owners forum.

Talk about a bunch of people really lacking a sense of humor.

I looked at the Flat wheel Diner and the other coffee pot Lounge thing, and didn't see any problem with either one, most of the forums I have belonged to have something like them, (expect my brother in law's)sort of chat threads, I guess.

So, yes, the irony is lost on me.

Personally, I thought this thread rather humorous, and because my wife is a cat breeder and belongs to a few cat breeders forums, I knew what the symbol meant.

I was wondering why she, (I assume Mookie is female from the gender references) was only listening instead of participating.

I think I know now.

Sorry to have been a bother.

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