Given the common practice of looking at things in the short term, not helped by the recent growth of CBR in general, it's hard to say what's going on. General oil usage has peaks and valleys, and it's really necessary to look at a number of factors, including historical data, to tell what's up.
F'rinstance, how much of an effect has this incredibly mild fall had?
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But isn't this just a temporary decline in oil shipments and like all things cyclical will come back again? Or is this a decline because of pipelines that have been built recently so rail shipping isn't as necessary?
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Since the thread has been...diverted (NOT going for the obvious pun), I will briefly address the topic by appending this quote from this article
According to data from the American Association of Railroads, oil-by-rail shipments across the nation are down by 13 percent over the past year.
Gullah is spoken in the Sea Islands and parts of Lowcountry. It's Creole-based, spoken by descendents of slaves. On Okracoke the few true locals speak with a strong accent to each other and would say for example, "hoy toyd" for high tide.
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jeffhergert Here I thought from the title that we were going to hear of the adventures of that fine old Norwegian and his wife Lena. For those that don't understand, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_and_Lena Jeff
Here I thought from the title that we were going to hear of the adventures of that fine old Norwegian and his wife Lena. For those that don't understand, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_and_Lena
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Here in Houston, we just call it "the payroll"....
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I do not know about Georgia and Florida (I had not heard of calling a section in either of those states "Low Country"), but the Low Country in South Carolina extends up to the Fall Line--the line where you find falls in rivers--and is much larger than the section (around Charleston, particularly) where Gullah is spoken. Above the Fall Line, you have the Up Country--where I grew up; it is also called Piedmont, particularly in the western part of the state.
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Dakguy201 schlimm I do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL <snip> I didn't realize there was a High Country in FL!
schlimm I do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL <snip>
I do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL <snip>
Every Interstate overpass is the High Country! But after driving down I95 and Florida Turnpike to Homestead - it is the trash dumps. They tower over the surrounding areas.
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And my first thought was that it might be about bullfighting.
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schlimm do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL, GA and SC, they speak Gullah.
I believe that's it. Couldn't remember the name of it.
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Norm48327 Murphy Siding My relatives live in North Carolina. Nothing they say sounds like standard english to me. Of course they say the same thing about us flatlanders. Do they live on Ocracoke Island? Those folks speak what sounds like a 'whole nuther language'.
Murphy Siding My relatives live in North Carolina. Nothing they say sounds like standard english to me. Of course they say the same thing about us flatlanders.
Do they live on Ocracoke Island? Those folks speak what sounds like a 'whole nuther language'.
I do not recall a weird accent there, but in the Low Country in FL, GA and SC, they speak Gullah.
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Murphy SidingMy relatives live in North Carolina. Nothing they say sounds like standard english to me. Of course they say the same thing about us flatlanders.
schlimm ˈȯi(-ə)l It's two syllables, of course, in standard English.
ˈȯi(-ə)l It's two syllables, of course, in standard English.
Georgia is All and Nebraska is "look at the high price!"
and Murphy persons in east Tennessee pronounce it "EARL"
That's how my relatives down south pronounce it. (Like ol' Miss, not like potato ole) We see a lot about the change in oil traffic in North Dakota and Canada. With the price of oil changing so drasticaly, is there a big effect on oil moving everywhere else in North America by rail?
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