Good thing it wasn't full grown. They can be nasty. Do they return them to the wild or send them to another Zoo? I know a guy in Colorado who has them as frequent visitors to his yard. Won't let them in the house though.
Enjoy the quiet. Better than having a row constantly going on.
Norm
Gee, and I thought all of the missing lynx were in Washington...
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Norm48327 Do they return them to the wild or send them to another Zoo?
Do they return them to the wild or send them to another Zoo?
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
All our zoo "lost" was a couple of peacocks. They were males and not "lost" for long. However, capture was a little labor intensive.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Chilly this morning. Thirty degrees and hard frost.
some sprinkles this morning.sunny this afternoon. crane still sitting outside the warehouse.Local was waiting to go back west uptown. time to run some errands.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Snow to the south and southeast of us - mostly sunshine here today.
Actually got a couple of important projects going today - finally.
Just checked out a neighboring fire department's new pumper - nice rig. We have to wait a year to get ours, but it'll be worth the wait.
Off to other challenges!
<> - like my Halloween costume?
Very fetching! Although I didn't think green was your color.
Are you going wear that for trick-or-treating?
zardoz Very fetching! Although I didn't think green was your color. Are you going wear that for trick-or-treating?
You know the difference?
I was going to go as an insurance salesman, but my three piece suit (ahem) no longer fits...
afternoon
Mookie your bnsf units are coming back home. An empty coal train and a stack train were pacing each other between Hamler and Holgate today. You know it's windy when there are whitecaps on the Deshler resivours. We are back home warming up now.
Tree - is that part of your "conductors" uniform or your go-to-meetin' suit?
Joe - We will be out tomorrow and I will watch for them.
Item in local rag: New Bar in Arena. We have a brand new arena in what was formerly part of the CBQ/BNSF railyard - right around the old depot. They had to build a new Amtrak depot, move rails, clean dirt, etc.
I was intrigued by the name, so read the article - going to be a small-scale Las Vegas type bar - all blinky and with dancing, DJ's, etc. It is in what is called "The Railyard". (How apropos!)
Last line of article explained the name of the bar......."Rule G". Snicker, snicker! How clever!
MookieTree - is that part of your "conductors" uniform or your go-to-meetin' suit?
That would be the "go to meetin'" suit... Or was.
Today pretty much defined miserable, weather-wise. Cold (40-ish), windy, and raining. Yuck! I can handle one or two at one time, but all three makes for, well, a miserable day. At least I had no pressing work to do outside...
Work done for today. Getting stuff around for tomorrow. Watching the weather. trick or treat might be a washout on Thursday.
Wow! 70 yesterday - 51 today. Sending snow up to Murphy! It's ok - you can keep whatever arrives!
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Weird Day (or Detective KissyMyCinderCaboose moved to Colorado?)
http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/362136/222/Train-hits-fleeing-suspects-car
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/shooting-suspects-car-gets-stuck-on-train-tracks-but-trio-flees-before-train-smashes-into-car (News Flash: Burlington Northern died 17 years ago)
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Just was part of a survey crew that leveled through the call center of a major insurance company while they were all busy answering questions. (Da floor is sinking - all those folks doing a Jimmy Hoffa cement shoes lookalike contest finally became a void under the concrete floor?)
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Saw the aftermath of what a Subaru looks like when it tries to sideswipe the rear corner of a BNSF Suburban hi-rail this morning in a chain collision on I-25.
Mookie Wow! 70 yesterday - 51 today. Sending snow up to Murphy! It's ok - you can keep whatever arrives!
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
KUSA - Commerce City Police say train hit an empty vehicle stuck on a railroad track belonging to the suspects of an earlier case of shots fired.
I'm guessing this means they were stockholders in BNSF?
Warren Buffet might take umbrage with that. (Then again, the dim-bulb newsies still think BN still exists)
ns took the crane to work today but brought it back, The Ns local was uptown gathering empty cars. need to do more chores.
Joe
Read the news bit. It's not only the bad guys who are stupid. Reporters qualify too.
Well, Sir C - as usual, you leave me with questions.
Were you working with the survey crew at the time? Can you give me a detail or two of how this "accident" happened?
Did the Hi-Rail get "bit" while on the tracks or on the road? Sounds like on the road? Should always travel on tracks!
Murphy - will send new hole
Norm: TV weather is just as bad. They don't know how to pronounce the names of cities in the state they are now living in and the puter-generated news on the screen needs a healthier spell check!
ARRRR!
Mookie, I can name two places in Mississippi whose names are mispronounced by many, who look at them and think they know how--Biloxi (which is B'LUXi) and Pass Christian (which is Pass CHRIST(I as in IS)iANN). Also, many people think that the Mississippi Delta is down at the mouth of the River, not knowing that it is well north, in Mississippi, and is bounded by hills on the east and the River on the west; Greenville and Greenwood are in the Delta.
There is a proper name in South Carolina (I am not sure that anybody bears it now) which would really give the unlearned fits. For several years, my district was represented in Congress by "Dick" Richards--who went by his middle name, Prioleau (Pray Low), at home. He had an uncle and a cousin of the same name. Don't ask me where the name came from.
Johnny
Johnny - I have seen names in some states that I can't get past the first 2 letters w/o mangling them. But I am not standing in front of a camera, earning a living and mangling them when I should have done my homework to make sure I know exactly how they are pronounced. And who proofreads the spellcheck?
Today I guess mangle is good! And correct spelling is optional.
Shows you have a good edumacation!
In some ways, you can't blame folks who aren't familiar with local pronunciations for massacre'in' names.
F'rinstance, I'd bet the greater portion of us here would pronounce Madrid, NY as muh-DRID.
Locally, it's pronounced MAH-drid, with the emphasis on the first syllable.
Native American names (common around here) can be a challenge.
And, Larry, it's not just around Upstate New York, but all over the country. Consider the native names that have French spelling, such as Guyandotte, Ouachita, and Quebec (remember that the French pronounce "qu" as 'k."
As to Guyandotte, the first time I read the French name "Guillaume," I pronounced something like "Gwee ome," and my mother corrected me, and pronounced it more like "Wee ome"--very little different from the English "William." And, I have seen the second one spelled "Washita"--which is the English spelling for the name.
You guys should live in Chicago...I mean, Cha-CAH-Ga!Everything is pronounced just like it's spelled, regardless of origin.
Mozart (the street): MOSE-art.Goethe (the street): GO-thee.Des Plaines (the street, the river, the suburb): Dis-PLANES."You" has a singular (you) and a plural (yous).But Illinois still has a silent S.
And in Michigan we have Charlotte. The emphasis is on LOTTE, contrary to the pronunciation of the same city in North Carolina.
I won't comment on the pronunciation of Illinois. It would be deemed political.
And, there is a Shallotte in North Carolina, down near the coast. I think that the accent is on the second syllable.
I grew up in Lancaster county, South Carolina, and I learned to accent the first syllable--and everyone I have known with that name accents the second syllable. I am not sure about the pronunciation of Lancaster in Pennsylvania or in Virginia, though I think that the Tidewater Virginians accent the first syllable--at least that is what I heard from family members; my father was born in Lancaster county, Virginia, but he died when I was two years old, so I do not remember hearing him say it.
I don't know if we should move on to the pronunciation of family names, but I will mention mine: Degges. Ricki would say, "If you hear it, you can't spell it; if you see it, you can't pronounce it." It was originally "Degge," but around 1830 or so, the "s" was added (I have no idea why). Seeing it, people want to make two syllables of it; when answering the telephone I am asked if I am John Deg ges; my response is, "This is John Degges." Most people apologize, and I will tell them that it is not a common name. A Methodist minister was addressing me as "Brother Digges" until I asked him if he ate iggs for breakfast. Others have confused us with another family--Diggs or Digges, and there census records with our named spelled with an "i."
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