Murphy - just use a peel off stamp and a grabber. Stick anywhere - maybe on the forehead?
Johnny - The kitty litter.
Murphy - he is such a joker - he laughs really easily, and sometimes uncontrollably... so.....
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Mookie PEPE! That's where he went. Please send him home - pre-paid postage, if you will! We have missed most of him!
PEPE! That's where he went. Please send him home - pre-paid postage, if you will! We have missed most of him!
Johnny
How do you propose I get the stamp on him?
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Are you sure it was not a woods kitty? I understand that they are responsible for the burying of a lot of clothes. It's been a long time since I have seen one, but I smelled at least one on my last trip.
Suddenly I'm starting to see a lot of black squirrels aound, all over town. Today I saw a real odd one. It was in a semi-rural type, older neighborhood, where mowing the expansive lawn doesn't always get the neccesary priority, so it was walking near the road in some taller grass. The squirrel was black, with a real fluffy tail, and had a white stripe down it's back. Must be one of those french squirrels working it's way up from Nebraska. I didn't stop to ponder the issue.
Sir Chicken - we are in the process of drowning Kansas. Looks like it won't be coming up this way! Our power shield seems to be down as usual.
Mooks, Git yer schnorkel and periscope, plus dem Gucci feline frog flippers, ready. Wow! Simon's leftovers heading through Denver.
evening
NS coal train still there.Freight has joined it. Local has empties uptown.Swamp is mowed.Had a couple of wet areas but not too bad.Time to get cleaned up.
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").
Melanistic fox squirrel: Halloween is coming! So why not!
Black, white, brown, gray - the ones around here are all fox squirrels. Some have very odd pigmented fur. Word is that the blacks are a tad more aggressive, but this could be because people will feed an "oddity" more than a regular-looking squirrel. Ergo, competition for food has drawn the battle lines.
Here in the big city, the black squirrels lived on the north side of town for years. Then they moved to the central and now they are coming into the south end, which seems to say that they may have migrated from the states up north. Heading to Kansas!
they are dodging the orange barrels that are always on I-75.Ns has a coal train in the siding.they left the cars and took the power to do other things.Didn't see anything uptown.Time for chores. If ma nature keeps up this rain I'll need my pontoons back on my mower.
Murphy Siding Fox squirrel? You mean there's different kinds of squirrels other than their coloring? The only types of squirrels I'm aware of are regular tree squirrels, flying squirrels, and Rocket J. Squirrel
Fox squirrel? You mean there's different kinds of squirrels other than their coloring? The only types of squirrels I'm aware of are regular tree squirrels, flying squirrels, and Rocket J. Squirrel
We also have the kind of squirrels that drive their cars on I-75. They are the worst kind.
Norm
Marysville, KS proudly claims itself as a black squirrel town. http://www.marysvillekansaschamber.org/squirrel.html
Red squirrels here in the Denver area have a gray winter coat and a brown summer coat with a red chest. (brindle?) Chipmunks are a rarety here for some reason. And then there are the darned prairie dogs which are pests more than chipmunks or squirrels. (the CoDOW suck-truck comes around once a year to relocate at least some of them, especially around the local highway shoulders where they set up shop)
Where I grew up on the North side of Cincinnati, albino squirrels made a regular appearance. Seemed not to have a survival problem that much. (they tended to be noisier than their gray peers)
Used to see lots of black squirrels when I lived in Milford (SE Michigan). I've started to notice some here in northern New York lately.
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...
There are predominantly Fox Squirrels in southeast Michigan, but in the rural areas Black Squirrels are beginning to populate the area. Still somewhat rare but occasionally seen. The Fox Squirrels must be getting smarter. I haven't run over one in a couple of years.
Any squirrelologists out there? Our part of the world typically has brownish-red squirrels. Down along the Missouri River in S.D. there are towns that full of red squirrels. Council Bluffs Iowa, (I think) is where all the squirrels seem to be gray. This summer we've started to see black squirrels in our neighborhood. These are jet black and pretty furry. Would different colors of squirrels be different breeds, or simply color mutations?
ramrod UP should sue for damages. So should the crew. There is no excuse for a truck, even a lowboy, to get stuck on a crossing. The driver can see and avoid a high crown.
UP should sue for damages. So should the crew. There is no excuse for a truck, even a lowboy, to get stuck on a crossing. The driver can see and avoid a high crown.
Video of the crash. (ignore the title date... they messed it up).
http://youtu.be/AuH1Ogdx4cg
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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I think Modelcar may have wanted to post this in the Trains forum; but just so you'll see it, I'll link it here:
http://cs.trains.com/trc/f/1/t/238759.aspx
For some reason the picture buttons have decided to appear on this post, they don't usually...
Also, the new software dislikes active links to other posts, despite using the [url] tags.
mudchicken Being a state road, there will be questions asked. UNLESS the lowboy was defective, somebody responsible for the road's maintenance and design will be squirming in the hot seat .
Being a state road, there will be questions asked. UNLESS the lowboy was defective, somebody responsible for the road's maintenance and design will be squirming in the hot seat .
rain on and off today.Sun has come out now.Doctor called.Mamma's check up was great.Ns had a freight in the siding and there were cars for the local to pick up as well.Time for chores.
MookieTree - aren't you glad you don't have to walk the dog?
Might not be able to duck that one, either. Seems our weekend gift shop clerk may bring her dog in, in costume, for our Pumpkin Trains...
Stupid Zone Revisited: Trucker gets lowboy stuck on crossing in LA, Train crew in hospital because of stupid behavior of road agency and trucker. Close the crossing until the approach grades are fixed.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-train-derailment-injures-2/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/06/us-usa-louisiana-derailment-idUSKCN0HV0PF20141006
It appears a truck stop located on the opposite side of the tracks from US165 was where the trucker was headed to/from , connected by a state highway (LA-2), a main drag in Mer Rouge. Being a state road, there will be questions asked. UNLESS the lowboy was defective, somebody responsible for the road's maintenance and design will be squirming in the hot seat .
Mookie Busy day!
Busy day!
Same here. Just over 200 people between two trains, and I was the only crew member on the train (not counting the engineer). Kept me hopping!
Weather around 65-70 during the day with no rain. No problem there!
You can send that warm stuff here - I'm not sure it got above +45F all day today, after a sub-freezing start. At least I didn't have to work in the rain - it never got worse than cloudy all day, and the sun did peek out from time to time.
Now I'm home, and it's raining, but now I don't care...
Busy day! Saw 16 engines. 99% were on a train of some kind. 2 were NS that went around the wye, all by themselves. In a BNSF yard, and since I like NS, I was pleased with that! And a very mellow sounding CP in Dark Husker Red.
We were trackside about 2 hours.
Then went to our favorite city park. You know - the dam on the east edge of the city, 112 acres that holds back major rainwater. They closed it for a few days after last Tuesday's 8-10 inches of rain. Today, the ducks & geese had to get off the picnic tables, the squirrels took off the scuba gear and they were launching one Hobie paddle boat from the parking lot. 1/2 of the dock was still under water. Tuesday they stock about 3K trout. Perfect!
Definitely frost on the pumpkin here in Old Forge this morning! Reported temp of +32F, and the truck said it was +31F...
Gonna be a busy day today on the railroad. Yesterday the weather was beyond miserable. Today is going to be sunny, if cool (40s).
morning
damp and 41 here right now.no frost here in Nw ohio yet.Need to get ready for church and Sunday school.Going to go out this afternoon and see what csx has going.
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