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Posted by Victrola1 on Friday, December 7, 2012 3:17 PM

Plans for what may have been the First World War had they been carried out.

http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa050902a.htm

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 7, 2012 12:17 PM

Here is the link for radio coverage of most of the significant WWII events:

http://archive.org/search.php?query=WWII%20AND%20collection%3Aradioprograms

Very interesting listening.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 7, 2012 8:07 AM
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Posted by Victrola1 on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:52 PM

It would seem that if the Supreme Court stood behind the decision of a lower court on the issue of filming police, then the same scenario would fit the TSA Administrators and employees.

Recently, the TSA said that filming the TSA was terrorism and that anyone who films the TSA is a terrorist. Additionally, a reporter for Infowars was threatened with arrest because he was filmingTSA operations at an airport. So, now what will the TSA do?

http://www.infowars.com/supreme-court-puts-tsa-in-precarious-position-over-filming/

Eleanor Roosevelt's Secret Service agents were photographed with her when she traveled by rail. If Eleanor were alive today, would photographing security at the station bring threats of arrest.

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Posted by AgentKid on Sunday, November 25, 2012 3:34 PM

21st Century automobile review writer gets a chance to review a fully restored 1969 Corvette! A great read:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/driving-back-to-basics-and-joy-with-a-1969-corvette-stingray-convertible-1.1047750

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 24, 2012 11:46 AM

Modelcar

Murray

Here's an episode of the old 50's program "Highway Patrol" starring Broderick Crawford.

Great Train Yard Acty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7Ib0S-COM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXvDNQEgKyE&feature=relmfu

 

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Murray.....That brings back memories....I haven't opened your " youtube" TV shows yet, but I will later, and i remember Brodrick used '55 & '56 Buicks for patrol cars.....Black and whites.

Quentin, that that episode is from 1958.  Mr. Crawford is driving a 1958 Buick Century.

 

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Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, November 24, 2012 10:01 AM

Murray

Here's an episode of the old 50's program "Highway Patrol" starring Broderick Crawford.

Great Train Yard Acty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7Ib0S-COM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXvDNQEgKyE&feature=relmfu

 

Enjoy Cool

Murray.....That brings back memories....I haven't opened your " youtube" TV shows yet, but I will later, and i remember Brodrick used '55 & '56 Buicks for patrol cars.....Black and whites.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 23, 2012 8:40 PM

Here's an episode of the old 50's program "Highway Patrol" starring Broderick Crawford.

Great Train Yard Acty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7Ib0S-COM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXvDNQEgKyE&feature=relmfu

 

Enjoy Cool

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:57 AM

Agnes Moorhead (Endora from Bewitched) portays Eleanor Roosevelt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BgIHcFudNs

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:40 AM

FDR actually moved the Thanksgiving holiday in 1939.  There was a big uproad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsgUBcoI8w

 

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:38 AM
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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 10:22 PM

I have two responsibilities this year. 1--show up at one daughter's house Thursday evening for dinner. 2--show up at the other daughter's house Sunday evening for dinner.

The last few years, my responsibilities were to get my wife and myself to the house of whichever daughter was serving dinner on Thursday, and to buy some sliced turkey for my wife's home consumption, as well as baking two pumpkin pies to take to the daughter's house.

 

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:29 PM

Well, our Thanksgiving is postponed this week, it's a work day for Lady Firestorm so we're putting it off until Saturday.  My preparation?  Staying out of Lady Firestorm's kitchen while she's working her turkey magic!  I'll be safely sequestered in the Chugger Barn until it's dinnertime.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:17 PM

I'm the "run to whatever store is opemn because we forgot something" person.....

 

 

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 6:31 PM

    I'm the grocery shopper-every week  in fact.  I'm also the roadie-somebody has to clean up. Dinner

Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:23 PM

While preparing for this Thanksgiving, I keep a sharp eye on the fiscal cliff. 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 4:39 PM

Eleanor asked me to interject a new question that is more appropriate for the holiday:

What is YOUR job in preparing for thiliday?  Do you cook...clean...watch the kids...supervise?

Lets hear about what you to in preparation for the Thanksgiving feast!!!!

 

 

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Posted by jeffhergert on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:17 PM

Firelock76

Per Zugman's comment about slavery down South and the poorly paid industrial workers in the Northeast, and few people knowing about the latter, you've got to remember that in the years after the Civil War American history was hijacked by the Ivy Leaguers, so much so that by the 1920's a Southern writer (wish I could remember his name!)  bitterly commented "The history of the United States is the history of New England!"   All the greatness in this country originated in New England, the rest of the country's people were just "also rans,"  at least according to the Ivy Leaguers.  And of course, NOTHING bad EVER happened  up North that the Yankees were responsible for!

 

A few years ago my wife bought me an old history text book she found at a local antique store.  The copyright date on my edition was around 1907, but the the first editions were older dating to the early 1890s. 

It is very apparent that there was still a lot of animosity by some Northerners (at least those writing the text book) against the South, almost 30 years after the war.  It's no wonder that the evils of others were highlighted while one's own evils are glossed over or ignored completely.

I must say the book is interesting in it's view points, on all of US history not just the Civil War.  To say it's not PC is an understatement.  Those today who are all for free speech and against burning books would probably flick their Bic (disposable cigarette lighter, for those that don't know) at this one. 

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Posted by John WR on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:44 AM

Firelock,  

To be honest I don't recall any New Englander bad mouthing that President whose name evades me.  I do  well recall New Englanders who were abolitionists and wanted him to act earlier and more forcefully against slavery.  I also recall a wing of the party led by a New Yorker, Horace Greeley, who wanted to simply let the Confederacy go its own way rather than continue the terrible war.  But I don't recall New England critics.  Perhaps you could enlighten me; I don't doubt but there were some.

After all, there is the tribute:

"And here we have good old Boston

 The home of the bean and the cod

 Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots 

 And the Cabots speak only to God."

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Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:14 PM

Quoting Firelock: "On the other hand, the Virginians hijacked the South's history of the Civil War, which is why we call it "Pickett's Charge", not the "Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge." "

Yes, there were brigades from several Divisions, not just from George Pickett's--and they were not all from the same corps. Incidentally, I was taught that it was the Charge of Pickett's Division--even though the men involved were from several divisions, including that of my paternal grandfather (born in 1842); General Pickett was in the I Corps (James Longstreet commanding), and my grandfather (40th Virginia Infantry) was in the III Corps (A. P. Hill commanding).

As to proper names for battles, the first major battle in Virginia was called by the victors, "Manassas," and the second battle in the same area was called by the victors, "the Second Battle of Manassas." The losers in both battles said they had fought at Bull Run.

 

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:29 PM

Re: Hostess - On some radio news program today (sorry, can't remember which one, or find it right now), one commentator said a major portion of the economic problem with Hostess was the high cost of sugar.  One potential buyer is a conglomerate from Mexico (something like "Bimbo" ?!?) that has access to lower-cost sugar from there. 

See also these news reports (love the 'hidden' title of the 1st one !): 

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165538723/sno-balls-chance-in-mediation-hostess-delays-liquidation 

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/hostess-unions-planning-mediation-avoid-liquidation 

- Paul North. 

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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:24 PM

Now John, take it easy, I wasn't slamming all New Englanders, just the snobby ones.  The fact remains there were some not-nice things that happened in all parts of the country but the late 19th and early 20th Century historians who just happened to be Ivy Leaguers gave their own part of the country a pass.  It's true, but it's not your fault, so relax.

Oh, and that fine gent from Illinois that someone should make a movie about?  Some nasty things were said about him in his lifetime that would make your hair stand on end, and not just by Southerners.  Some Boston Beacon Hill snobs had very little good to say about that "hick" from the midwest who thought he could be president.  Kind of proved them wrong, didn't he?  So did all those midwesterners who came to the fore during those years, like Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and Custer, to name a few.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:31 PM

Pardon the late arrival.

I like a couple of Twinkies every now and then.  For a change of pace, if nothing else.

I haven't seen any mention of the reports that the top executives all got huge raises last year. 

Apparently most, if not all, of those raises have been rolled back, but they still amounted to well over $3 million, given as the company was filing for bankruptcy.

Negotiations are reported to be underway that may allow the company to stay open.

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Posted by John WR on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:29 PM

Firelock,

As a New Englander without an Ivy League education please allow me to point out there before the Civil War there was another part of the country beside the north and the south:  The northwest which was the states west of the Appalachian mountains.  These states produced some important people such as Lewis Cass who gave us popular sovereignty, Stephen A. Douglas who gave us the first land grant railroads, the Mobile and Ohio and the Illinois Central.  Kentucky gave us Henry Clay who was pretty important in his day as well as a leading Senator and Secretary of War named Jefferson Davis.  And there was one other guy from that section of the country who some people think was important.  His name escapes me now.  Maybe if he had gone to an Ivy League school I could remember it.  What could his name have been?  Someone should make a movie about him for guys like me.

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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:46 PM

Firelock76

Per Zugman's comment about slavery down South and the poorly paid industrial workers in the Northeast, and few people knowing about the latter, you've got to remember that in the years after the Civil War American history was hijacked by the Ivy Leaguers, so much so that by the 1920's a Southern writer (wish I could remember his name!)  bitterly commented "The history of the United States is the history of New England!"   All the greatness in this country originated in New England, the rest of the country's people were just "also rans,"  at least according to the Ivy Leaguers.  And of course, NOTHING bad EVER happened  up North that the Yankees were responsible for!

Most people are shocked when they learn at the time of the American Revolution slavery was legal in ALL thirteen colonies, not just the southern ones, a fact that was conveniently swept under the rug.  As a matter of fact it was legal in ALL the British New World colonies.  New England gets the credit for the first Thanksgiving in 1621, but in fact the real first Thanksgiving took place in Virginia in 1619.  AND, believe it or not, the first anti-slavery legislation (banning importation)  was passed in Virginia in the 1760's, but the act was squelched by the British Parliament.

On the other hand, the Virginians hijacked the South's history of the Civil War, which is why we call it "Pickett's Charge", not the "Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge." 

Aw, that's enough for now, I don't want to bore anyone and I'm tired! 

But it looks like we swung to the other extreme.  My grandmother actually started working in a silk mill when she was 14.   Her parents vouched (lied) about her age so she could support the family.   Seems like we completely ignore that little part of American history.

With slavery, you usually kept your investments alive.  Workers?  There's a thousand more lining up... save the goodwill for the mules.

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


  

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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 5:33 PM

Per Zugman's comment about slavery down South and the poorly paid industrial workers in the Northeast, and few people knowing about the latter, you've got to remember that in the years after the Civil War American history was hijacked by the Ivy Leaguers, so much so that by the 1920's a Southern writer (wish I could remember his name!)  bitterly commented "The history of the United States is the history of New England!"   All the greatness in this country originated in New England, the rest of the country's people were just "also rans,"  at least according to the Ivy Leaguers.  And of course, NOTHING bad EVER happened  up North that the Yankees were responsible for!

Most people are shocked when they learn at the time of the American Revolution slavery was legal in ALL thirteen colonies, not just the southern ones, a fact that was conveniently swept under the rug.  As a matter of fact it was legal in ALL the British New World colonies.  New England gets the credit for the first Thanksgiving in 1621, but in fact the real first Thanksgiving took place in Virginia in 1619.  AND, believe it or not, the first anti-slavery legislation (banning importation)  was passed in Virginia in the 1760's, but the act was squelched by the British Parliament.

On the other hand, the Virginians hijacked the South's history of the Civil War, which is why we call it "Pickett's Charge", not the "Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble Charge." 

Aw, that's enough for now, I don't want to bore anyone and I'm tired! 

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Posted by Victrola1 on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:50 AM

World's longest chocoloate train displayed in Brussels

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90782/8026598.html

It apparently lacks that luscious, creamy filling of hydrogenated vegetable fats whipped to perfection. Still, what better way to deliver twinkies.

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