Ed while you are on the RIP track the switchman is getting ready to line the switch to your "main line", you are on the wed. night prayer chain for a full recovery.
Resptfully, Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Okay, ya'll gonna have to go easy on the Mookie,,,My e-mail is
renaissance-man@sbglobal.net
Write me direct if ya would, ya'll are giving the Mookie overlord some...I will ansrewr, just takes time.
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They were yellow ones in there!
zugmann edblysard I will get better, I will return, in what form I don’t know, but I will be back! Better be back. Or else the forum will have to turn to people like me for RR wisdom. And the forum is not ready for that.
edblysard I will get better, I will return, in what form I don’t know, but I will be back!
Better be back. Or else the forum will have to turn to people like me for RR wisdom. And the forum is not ready for that.
I'm not on here all the time, but have been around long enough to read and benefit from much of your knowledge Ed.
I really enjoyed the piece you wrote in the magazine some years ago about what it was like to hire on with the PTRA, and my own later experience hiring on with CN was not dissimilar.
Get well soon, looking forward to reading many more of your posts for many years to come.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
Just 2 minutes ago, I was directed to this forum site via a post on Facebook. And what I saw first was Jen's writing. No use to try to describe my feelings from what I first skimmed over and realized what I was reading. So we won't go into that. Ed....My warmest thought occurred when I read "I believe in God".....Yes, that pleased me to read that. I'm a Believer as well Ed. Nothing more important than one to understand what that means. But for now. I shall enter you and your family on my nightly Prayer List, that I do right before heading to bed. With Prayer, we're talking to the Lord....asking for the Lord's presence to help...a friend.....A long time friend. That we shall continue doing my friend. And for your family too.....Quentin
Quentin
Mookie/Jen,
Until you posted I had no idea Ed was having health problems. He is not one to complainn and he has consistently been one of the most informative and respected posters on this forum.
I am much older than Ed and also have been a smoker most of my life. I can only wish that Ed be granted a reprieve like my older sister was.
Norm
Electroliner 1935like your daughter, Jen.
Electroliner: I am going to take that as a high compliment. Actually, I am closer to your age and older than Houston Ed by at least 10 years. Beth is his daughter - I am just Mookie/Jen - but he was my mentor when I first started the forums. He and Mudchicken were always there for me and silly questions. Trust me - I had some major silly ones, too.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
edblysard you have no idea what a gem she really is. I will get better, I will return, in what form I don’t know, but I will be back!
Ed, I am very happy to read your last post. As we get older, we learn how precious life is and how much we would like to keep living. We also find we appreciate more the friends we have and what they mean to us. Especially those like your daughter, Jen.
I have appreciated all of your posts and your sharing of your experiences with us. Thank you. May you beat this and stay with us as long as you can.
And Mookie, Thanks for the info.
Very sad to hear of this. Hoping for the best.
Thank you Mookie, for alerting us.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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I'm at a loss for words as well. Very sorry to hear this..
Ed, thanks for taking the effort to type what you did. I know it was not easy, and you did it for all of us, your loyal readers. And thanks for your faith. That in itself will help you, and we do truly look for your total recovery and return.
Ed, I wish you all the best. I have enjoyed the bright sunshine of actual knowledge and experience you brought to the forum. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
edblysardI will get better, I will return, in what form I don’t know, but I will be back!
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer, any other railroad, company, or person.t fun any
As Charlie Brown would say "Rats!". Ed is in our thoughts and prayers. I know that Ed has a sense of humor, as we've seen it a lot on here. Besides, photos of him always show that twinkle in his eye like Sam Elliot or Robert Duvall. So, I hope if Ed can't read this, he has someone read it to him. If he is reading it himself, I -l-l t-y-p-e r-e-a-l s-l-o-w.Give 'er hell cowboy!
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Looking forward to your return in whatever form.
- Erik
Ed, it seems like just yesterday you were reporting from Houston on the hurricane. I hope everything goes well.
Mr. Blysard, get well soon. I'm looking forward to more of your posts.
And that's enough about religion. This is about Ed, not how an individual wishes to express their concern for him and his situation. I don't care if you pray for someone, or just keep them in your thoughts. And neither should anyone else.
Ed - You've always been a leader on this forum - hopefully you'll beat this and be back as your old self soon.
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...
daveklepper Norm, I respect your opinion about religion, but I do have hard evidence to prove you wrong on one respect. I can attach proof of this statement presented not to prove anything religious, but simply to provide more peace between people of different views: Today's religions respect one another. "My belief system is true for me, but I respect that your belief system is true for you." This is true whether your belief system is atheism or any of the world's rellgions. Obviously it is not true if "your" "religion" demands that everyone think like "you." I just received a marvelous document that proves this, and I'll be glad to share it with anyone writing me at daveklepper@yahoo.com. And let us not get into a religious discssion with bringing up current excesses and mayhem they cause. I can even prove that at one time worldwide Islam was a very tolerant religion. And I think most Muslims still are. I certainly did not mean that because I pray for Ed's health that you should also. And I certainly did not mean that people should pray the way I pray. And the others who said they have Ed in their prayers also did not insist that you also pray. OK?
Norm, I respect your opinion about religion, but I do have hard evidence to prove you wrong on one respect. I can attach proof of this statement presented not to prove anything religious, but simply to provide more peace between people of different views:
Today's religions respect one another. "My belief system is true for me, but I respect that your belief system is true for you." This is true whether your belief system is atheism or any of the world's rellgions. Obviously it is not true if "your" "religion" demands that everyone think like "you."
I just received a marvelous document that proves this, and I'll be glad to share it with anyone writing me at daveklepper@yahoo.com.
And let us not get into a religious discssion with bringing up current excesses and mayhem they cause. I can even prove that at one time worldwide Islam was a very tolerant religion. And I think most Muslims still are.
I certainly did not mean that because I pray for Ed's health that you should also. And I certainly did not mean that people should pray the way I pray.
And the others who said they have Ed in their prayers also did not insist that you also pray. OK?
Dave,
While I respect your opinion I do not think this is an appropriate time to discuss religion. We are discussing the possible fate of one highly respected poster on this forum. I think it only appropriate that we all should wish him well. Ed has been an informative poster who has provided tons of information. I've had private conversations with him and wish him nothing but the best possible outcome.
Same goes for Carl's daughter Linda. I wish her the best. I have a friend who is a ten-year survivor of breast cancer. She is now 54 but ten years ago her family and friends were seriously concerned. With appropriate treatment and positive attitudes Cancer can, if not be beaten, can at least be held at bay.
I can thank my 'lucky stars' that I've never had cancer. It runs in my father's side of the family and I am a smoker. Nobody ever said truthfully that fate determines your future. Dieties aside as once said, 'You pays your money and takes your chances'. Life isn't fair and sooner or later we all meet our demise. In the mean we can all hope Ed beats the bad things in life.
My post was not intended to criticize anyone but meant to offer moral support to those in need of it.
Deggesty Ed, I have long appreciated your posts, and I am grieved to learn of your health difficulties. May you and your family have all the support you need.
Ed, I have long appreciated your posts, and I am grieved to learn of your health difficulties.
May you and your family have all the support you need.
Count Ed, Aimee, and the girls in my prayers for Ed's speedy recovery. Houston is at the forefront of Cancer treatments, MD Anderson is a destination that often comes up in conversations arount this neck 'o the woods. I am sure Ed will have the best of care, and prayers from many others around this country, possibly around the world.
daveklepper I respect your opinion about religion, but I do have hard evidence to prove you wrong on one respect.
And I believe that Kalmbach has been quite explicit about not wanting ANYTHING religious posted on this forum. All of you claiming to be 'praying" are just exerting your religious preferences on everybody else, and as such constitute 'contentious' subject matter.
Get well Ed, sorry this happened in your thread, but these guys take liberties they shouldn't have
Johnny
Randy Stahl I can't think of any words...
I can't think of any words...
Ed, I noticed that we had not heard much from you lately. I always looked forward to your posts as the voice of knowledge and reason when the rest of us were getting carried away with speculation and off-the-wall ideas. We all wish you the best and look forward to hearing from you for a long time.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Ed, I'm praying for your return to good health.
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