2nd Annual Chessie Awards

[dharmon]

It's that time again, to recognize the members of the forum that make this such an ..uhh....an....interesting place to be. The awards will be held at the Depot DIner and Coffee shop. Please wear something nice or else everyone will make fun of you and gossip behind your back when you walk the red carpet.

All righty then.....at the end of Day 3, the nominations so far....(I had to alter a few but tried to keep the intent). To minimize space I will post this at the top of the thread. Categories and nominations are open to all.....

And I corrected the Cheesie to Chessie...sorry

Most popular thread (non-fiction)....- dgwicks for "The MIlwaukee Road"
- talbanese for "Why did the Penn Central fail?"
- Tracy15 for "Coal Mines"
- Randy Stahl for Smoke, Sparks, and Scary Noises

Most popular thread (fiction)....
- detective_cinderdick for "Don't worry detective_cinderdick is here"

Most knowledgable poster.....
- Mark W. Hemphill
- M636C (Peter)
- Limitedclear
- Overmod
- Randy Stahl
- oltmannd

Practical railroader of the year...
- mudchicken
- BaltACD
- kenneo
- PNWRNNM
- arbfbe
- CShaveRR
- artmark
- Old Timer
- shrek623
- ValleyX
- zardoz
- arbfbe

Wise and sage counsel....
- Edblysard
- Mookie

Best questions posed to the forum...
- jeaton
- gabe
- ericsp
- MP173

Best Postress......
- Mookie
- cherokee woman

Most humble poster...
- Rick Gates

Humorous poster....
- dharmon
- vsmith (sorry Vic, you stay)
- zardoz
- Limitedclear

Most formidible fantasy locomotive picture...
- vsmith

Most Personalities attributed to a single individual (Sybil Award).....
- Clevelandrocks / trainfinder22 / kissmycaboose / detective_cinderdick
- Evil engineer / Evil conductor

Most controversial post........
- Anything by Clevelandrocks (et al)
- Doggy for "Does anyone know what happended to Rickey Gates of Conrailwho caused the big Wreck in Chase, MD"
- Doggy for "Do You support Rule G"
- Aw heck just about everything Doggy posted

Most conspiracy theory based post......
- trainfinder22 (et al) for "The Death trains are coming! Boxcars with shackles..."

Best adaptation or hijacking of a thread....
- dharmon for "Don't worry detective_cinderdick is here"

Person most likely to end up president of a major/minor/shortline Railroad.......
- Limitedclear

Favorite ferro forum fire fighting foamer
- locomutt
- tree68

Most unintentionally humorous post...
- Clevelandrocks (et al)

Most talk of mass transit in the Boston area
- Clevelandrocks (et al)

Person most likely to be abducted by Aliens...........
- Clevelandrocks (et al)
- Sterling1
- Doggy

Most likely candidates to be sent to the couch.......
- dharmon
- vsmith
- KevinsthemissingRRman

The Missouri Lifetime Achievement Award - for most postings and saying nothing.......
- Sterling1

Automotive insight...
- CShaveRR
- modelcar

Best food entree, food item or beverage....
- Mudchicken for himself
- Tree68 for acres of BBQ
- Limitedclear for his pea soup
- Matt and JoeKoh for chocolate cake (and missing fries)
- cherokee woman for best all around food preparation and menu coordination
- NJMike for non-alcoholic beverage (OJ..the drink)
- Junctionfan for best alcoholic drink

[espeefoamer]

11) Most Conspiracy Theory based post... And the winner is( pause, open envelope) Boxcars With Shackles[:)](much applause).

[cherokee woman]

wise and sage counsel: Ed Blysard

best postress in a supporting role: Mookie

humorous poster: Dan Harmon

favorite ferro forum former fire fighting foamer: locomutt

[cherokee woman]

person most likely to be abducted by aliens: tie between
cleveland rocks and sterling 1

[gabe]

Can the same person be nominated for more than one position under different names?

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by gabe

Can the same person be nominated for more than one position under different names?

You may nominate any person and/or create a category...those were just some examples from last year's..

[Anonymous]

Interesting.

12) I know of at least one RR President who is already on the forum and several other officials...

LC

[JoeKoh]

found the mat all clean now. Most informative poster has to be Mr. Mark Hemphill.Subject that was the most watched and anticipated the files of Detective Cinderdick.
stay safe
Joe

[mustanggt]

Most talk of mass transit in the boston area: drumroll please....... Clevelandrocks![8D]

[M636C]

OK Guys,

Because I live on the other side of the world, it is convenient for me to read posts whicle sensible residents of the USA are sleeping.

One night this week I saw a posting entitled "Need a Mechanic" (or something like that). There were two posters named "Evil Engineer" and "Evil Conductor", who had not been seen before (or since). This seemed to me to be an obvious case of multiple (forum) personality disorder, worthy of Jim Carey's performance in "Me, Myself and Irene".

I can't really think of a title for the award for this. I haven't found the posting since and don't neccessarily believe that it was there, but there was no reason for greater hallucination at that time than normal (for me).

Dan usually sees all of these oddities - perhaps he could nominate an award for this type of posting!

Peter

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

OK Guys,

Because I live on the other side of the world, it is convenient for me to read posts whicle sensible residents of the USA are sleeping.

One night this week I saw a posting entitled "Need a Mechanic" (or something like that). There were two posters named "Evil Engineer" and "Evil Conductor", who had not been seen before (or since). This seemed to me to be an obvious case of multiple (forum) personality disorder, worthy of Jim Carey's performance in "Me, Myself and Irene".

I can't really think of a title for the award for this. I haven't found the posting since and don't neccessarily believe that it was there, but there was no reason for greater hallucination at that time than normal (for me).

Dan usually sees all of these oddities - perhaps he could nominate an award for this type of posting!

Peter

With regard to personality disorder, I think it's safe to say that Clevelandrocks, trainfinder22, Detective_Cinderdick and kissmycaboose are all one and the same. You can tell by the consistent misspelling of certain words, the irrational statements, and the wild suggestions that his/her/its posts all come from the same person.

I think Evil Engineer is someone new, but Evil Conductor is probably someone else who uses the forum regularly and created an alias to pick on Evil Engineer.

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C
[One night this week I saw a posting entitled "Need a Mechanic" (or something like that). There were two posters named "Evil Engineer" and "Evil Conductor", who had not been seen before (or since). This seemed to me to be an obvious case of multiple (forum) personality disorder, worthy of Jim Carey's performance in "Me, Myself and Irene".

I can't really think of a title for the award for this.

How about the Sybil award.

[Sterling1]

How 'bout this for a possible:
Craziest poem yet non related to RRs and still on topic of food and RRs

It's just my suggestion, ugrade it if you want.

[Sterling1]

How 'bout this for a possible:
Craziest poem yet non related to RRs and still on topic of food and RRs

It's just my suggestion, upgrade it if you want.

[tree68]

Most Controversial Post: Just about anything by Clevelandrocks, trainfinder22, Detective_Cinderdick and kissmycaboose

[Anonymous]

With a total of six Cheesies, the winner is the Saga of Cinder ***. It swept the "Most Entertaining" and "Most Printed Topic" categories. It not suprizingly picked up the "Best Film Noir Story" and easily got the "Best Topic Started By Trainfinder22-Cinder_Dick-KMC7-etc.". dharmon was also able to get the "Best Story Adapted from Garbage" Cheesie. This phonomial topic also waked away with the "Most Anticipated for a New Post". Somehow it didn't win the "Best Topic of the Year", probably because of it's banishment in certain parts of the world.

Somehow Cinder was also nominated for and won "Best Film Editing" from the Moving Picture Association and the "Best Album" Grammy.

[jeaton]

Most incomprehensible post-Sterling1.

Also nominated in Cat. #25 MLA Award.

[locomutt]

[#ditto] To above,with the addition of cat. #13 [:)]

[Mookie]

Best Chicken - Mudchicken

Best BBQ - Tree

Best Cake - Matt (Joe)

Best Cook - CW

Best OJ - NJMIke

Best (ahem) Alcoholic drinks - Junctionfan

OK - so it isn't all about food - Best Car Man - Brother Carl/Modelcar (two different types of cars!)

[Anonymous]

I liked Smoke, Sparks, and Scary Noises. I have found Overmod's insights enlightening also, though for most poeple his technical jargon can be criptic.

Sorry I haven't been around much, I've been a combination of busy and tired.

[cherokee woman]

Most likely candidates to be sent to the couch: Dan, Vic, and Kevin the
RR man. Speaking of Kevin, WHERE is he?

[ajmiller]

Are these the Cheesie awards, or the Chessie Awards? Dharmon spelled it as Chessie over in the diner thread.

some of the best threads:
"The Milwaukee Road"
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=22066

"Why did Penn Central fail?"
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=23197

"Coal Mines"
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=21559

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Humorous poster....
- dharmon
- vsmith
- zardoz

I hearby gracefully bow out of the competition for this catagory, as Dan's "Ballad of Cinderdick" Homeric epic story blows any meager jokes I posted right off the tracks!!! Greatness must be acknowledged...
[bow][bow][bow][bow][bow]

[Mookie]

So glad you wrote - have another nominee - Best Picture of Year - especially in the locomotive category - VSmith!

[espeefoamer]

Most Unintentionally Humorous Post...
Clevelandrocks (et al)

[Junctionfan]

Was I nominated for the award that L.C recieved?[:D][:-^]

[jeaton]

New category. Least Likley to Wear Out the Shift Key

csxengineer

[jeaton]

The Honorable Richard J Daily Memorial Award "read what I think, not what I type", aka dumbest mistake in a single post. jeaton for referring old streamline passenger cars with upper level observation seating as "Doom Cars"

Jay

[D)][D)][D)][D)]

[jeaton]

For ties, will everybody get the Chessie statue?

Jay[%-)][%-)]

[ericsp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

One night this week I saw a posting entitled "Need a Mechanic" (or something like that). There were two posters named "Evil Engineer" and "Evil Conductor", who had not been seen before (or since). This seemed to me to be an obvious case of multiple (forum) personality disorder, worthy of Jim Carey's performance in "Me, Myself and Irene".

Here is a theory as crazy as him. Either the aliens or the people in the black helicopters got him.