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I don/t respect HHH anymore.

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Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 8:08 PM

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Because he is the Gigalow of railroad managers. I loved him at CN/IC but he he came a gun for hire at Pershing Capital he lost my respect.

 

Ya ever think of trying spell check?

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Posted by Firelock76 on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 6:54 PM

NKP guy

My thoughts exactly!

Why blame Vice President Humphrey for anything?  Frankly, I miss the decency he brought to public service.

When in doubt, I always blame Nixon...for everything.

 

Does anyone here remember "Only a gigalo"?   I believe "Gigalow" is a town or suburb in the Scottish Lowlands near the Firth of Fifth.

 

Sure!  The Bing Crosby song from 1931, "Just a Gigolo."

Kind of depressing, it gained a dubious distinction as a "suicide song," after it was found on record players belonging to folks who ended it all after going bust in the Great Depression.

You can find it with a You Tube search, "Bing Crosby 'Just a Gigolo.'"

But if you play it, do yourself a favor and stay away from open windows above the 6th floor, gas ovens, firearms, sleeping pills, you get the picture?

 

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 6:19 PM

Hubert also lost the stadium named after hime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_H._Humphrey_Metrodome

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:58 PM

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Well, on a political note, my first toy train was an O-gauge set by Marx when I was maybe four or five.

Same here, but it only came out to run around the Christmas tree.  Wish Dad hadn't traded/sold it...

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:53 PM

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Sort of looks like an Alien Kidnapping....AlienAlienAlienAlien

OH! Wait. Hubert Horatio Humphry...He was a Pharmacist, and later a Politician from Minnesota....Closest he ever got to railroads was playing with his Ives Trains under the Christmas tree...At least until 1926 when Lionel and Gilbert bought it at a 'firesale'  [$73,200.00].Whistling  

Well, on a political note, my first toy train was an O-gauge set by Marx when I was maybe four or five.  (I didn't know Groucho was in the toy business.)

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Posted by wanswheel on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:03 PM

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Posted by NKP guy on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:38 PM

My thoughts exactly!

Why blame Vice President Humphrey for anything?  Frankly, I miss the decency he brought to public service.

When in doubt, I always blame Nixon...for everything.

 

Does anyone here remember "Only a gigalo"?   I believe "Gigalow" is a town or suburb in the Scottish Lowlands near the Firth of Fifth.

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Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 3:10 PM

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He never seemed quite the same after he lost to Nixon.  And he's been dead for a long time. 

Or did you get the initials wrong?  Seems more likely.

 

Sort of looks like an Alien Kidnapping....AlienAlienAlienAlien 

OH! Wait. Hubert Horatio Humphry...He was a Pharmacist, and later a Politician from Minnesota....Closest he ever got to railroads was playing with his Ives Trains under the Christmas tree...At least until 1926 when Lionel and Gilbert bought it at a 'firesale'  [$73,200.00].  Whistling

 

 


 

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Posted by RME on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 12:57 PM

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Keybounce by OP is my guess. (heh!)

Yeah, I was talking to Ray. 

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Posted by LensCapOn on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 12:50 PM

RME

He never seemed quite the same after he lost to Nixon.  And he's been dead for a long time. 

Or did you get the initials wrong?  Seems more likely.

 

Keybounce by OP is my guess.  (heh!)

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Posted by RME on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 12:44 PM

He never seemed quite the same after he lost to Nixon.  And he's been dead for a long time. 

Or did you get the initials wrong?  Seems more likely.

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Posted by LensCapOn on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 12:38 PM

So you don't respect him any more.

 

Do you respect him any less?

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Posted by Norm48327 on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 11:23 AM

CandOforprogress2

Because he is the Gigalow of railroad managers. I loved him at CN/IC but he he came a gun for hire at Pershing Capital he lost my respect.

Think he'll miss you? Huh?

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I don/t respect HHH anymore.
Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Monday, January 23, 2017 4:03 PM

Because he is the Gigalow of railroad managers. I loved him at CN/IC but he he came a gun for hire at Pershing Capital he lost my respect.

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