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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 4:48 PM

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Will you have sun flowers growing in the yard next summer ?

They do sprout from time to time.  If they're not in a bad spot, I'll let them go.  Otherwise, they get mowed.

The bigger issue is the deepening mat of seeds and hulls under the feeders.  The grass grows through it, making it hard to rake out...

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 4:40 PM

evening

Made deliveries after work.Ns had the local working.Csx in Defiance sent an eastbound auto parts/auto rack train.Chores to do.

stay safe

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 2:59 PM

tree68

When the engine first fired up, something came flying out of the exhaust.  On closer inspection, it was sunflower seeds.

Apparently, some varmint or bird wanted their own private stash.  

Will you have sun flowers growing in the yard next summer ?  Varmit probably was squirrels.  Had to place all my "goodies" into metal trash cans plastic lined !

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 6:52 AM

Most plastics found around the house are soft enough for any rodent to chew his way through.  Mice are a possibility although I would think that squirrels or chipmunks are more likely.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:18 PM

mookie
mouse?

mudchicken
squirrel. 

Wrong cartoon.

More likely mouse than squirrel.  Some seed gets spilled where I store it (in a metal trash can) on the back porch, and that wouldn't be a long haul.

The squirrels don't usually venture to the porch, generally going from the "woods" out back direct to the feeder.

OTOH, back when I stored the seed in a plastic trash can (in the same location), it got chewed into, and I don't think that was mice...

We may never know...

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 5:02 PM

squirrel.

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Posted by Mookie on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 4:38 PM

tree68
sunflower seeds.

mouse?

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 4:12 PM

Only got about 4" of snow, but I didn't feel like shovelling so I fired up the snowblower.  Six passes up and down the driveway and I'm done.  It was so fluffy I almost put the machine in "road gear..."

When the engine first fired up, something came flying out of the exhaust.  On closer inspection, it was sunflower seeds.

Apparently, some varmint or bird wanted their own private stash.  It's gone now.

It's not like I don't keep seed available all winter (upwards of 30 Lbs a week).

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Posted by JoeKoh on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 2:25 PM

afternoon

Ns had some cars from the local in the siding.Going to do chores.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by tree68 on Monday, January 29, 2018 5:29 PM

Back from the big show (finally).  Stopped in at our yard, and then our office to say Hi, and bid our executive director fairwell, and ended up in a two hour meeting on communications issues.  I am so ready for bed.  I can't handle those long drives like I used to.

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, January 29, 2018 5:11 PM

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Congratulations, Larry, on meeting Randy!  I am officially jealous!

(We are thinking about a mid-South tour sometime this year...not sure whom I could meet up with on this.)

 

The seven degrees of mookie...Kevin Bacon eat yer heart out. Congrats you two - Now if Randy would slow down going from DIA to SLC, we could close another loop.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, January 29, 2018 2:26 PM

afternoon

Snow squalls here in Nw Ohio.Ns ran a westbound with mixed power and mixed frieght as well.The local was working uptown as well.Tonight going to local college.Seems they are going to open classes at Matt's school where he can get college credit.And it's free.I told Matt yes you may.Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, January 28, 2018 4:24 PM

Congratulations, Larry, on meeting Randy!  I am officially jealous!

(We are thinking about a mid-South tour sometime this year...not sure whom I could meet up with on this.)

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Posted by JoeKoh on Sunday, January 28, 2018 1:52 PM

afternoon

More snowmelt today.Csx was running trains today.Back to work tomorrow.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Sunday, January 28, 2018 5:39 AM

tree68

Had a nice chat with Randy Stahl at the big train show in Springfield this morning, thus meeting another denizen of the Forum.

Kalmbach has a booth, but no one from Trains is staffing it.  I did stop by briefly.

 

Indeed , It was nice chatting with you and your crew, I may see you this summer. They are making me take my vacations...

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, January 27, 2018 9:13 PM

Had a nice chat with Randy Stahl at the big train show in Springfield this morning, thus meeting another denizen of the Forum.

Kalmbach has a booth, but no one from Trains is staffing it.  I did stop by briefly.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Friday, January 26, 2018 3:08 PM

afternoon

More snowmelt today.Ns sent a westbound stack train when I left work.Chores to do.

stay safe

joe

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Posted by tree68 on Friday, January 26, 2018 8:24 AM

CSSHEGEWISCH
Various American accents can be interesting, especially when you realize that both you and the person on the other end of the phone can barely understand the other person's accent.

I once saw a reply to someone who complained that us Yankees could only speak one language, while many Europeans were fluent in several: "I speak a pretty good New Yawk, my Texas isn't bad, and neither is my New England.  I can get by in California, but the deep south bamboozles me..."

Or something to that effect.

Off to the big Amherst Railroad Show in Massachussetts.  If you happen to be there, stop by the Adirondack booth in the Better Living building.  I'll probably be in uniform.  I'd say I'd be the tallest one there, but our volunteer coordinator is taller...

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Friday, January 26, 2018 7:59 AM

Accents can be a challenge.  I have no real problem with various British and Commonwealth accents, caused by too much time handling a rugby ball; or with Polish accents, caused by growing up where I did. 

Various American accents can be interesting, especially when you realize that both you and the person on the other end of the phone can barely understand the other person's accent.

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:17 PM

tree68

 

 
jeffhergert
You would think (at least I do) that they would use the correct name in their presentations.

 

A presentation is the product of its author, of course.  

Sometimes a word just sounds wrong to someone - they can't wrap their head around it.  So perhaps "advance approach" just didn't ring true for someone, and "advanced approach" thus entered their vocabulary, and that of a lot of other people who learned from them. 

Then, again, back when I was working, we were required to put our initials on our time cards for any time off we took - sick, vacation, etc.  So, we would "initial" our time cards.  I had one supervisor who never used a nickle word when a quarter word would do, and would pay you a visit to have you "initialize" your time card.

Anyone who's done any computer work knows that "initialize" means to return variables to their starting values.  I didn't think the supervisor would appreciate it if I took an eraser to the card...

 

Larry, your former supervisor's quarter word was counterfeit.

For several years now, I have gone back to the South at least once a year to talk with people who know how to talk. Going on six years ago, I was on the Skilled Nursing Floor here, and the speech therapist tried to correct my talking (The physical therapists and occupational therapists did get me back to being on my own.). About two years ago, she and I were talking, and I asked her if she gave up on me back then, and she said she had.

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, January 25, 2018 8:59 PM

tree68

 

 
jeffhergert
You would think (at least I do) that they would use the correct name in their presentations.

 

A presentation is the product of its author, of course.  

Sometimes a word just sounds wrong to someone - they can't wrap their head around it.  So perhaps "advance approach" just didn't ring true for someone, and "advanced approach" thus entered their vocabulary, and that of a lot of other people who learned from them. 

Then, again, back when I was working, we were required to put our initials on our time cards for any time off we took - sick, vacation, etc.  So, we would "initial" our time cards.  I had one supervisor who never used a nickle word when a quarter word would do, and would pay you a visit to have you "initialize" your time card.

Anyone who's done any computer work knows that "initialize" means to return variables to their starting values.  I didn't think the supervisor would appreciate it if I took an eraser to the card...

 

We had a priest from Poland once, Father Stan. He was a big, heavy guy with one big, hairy uni-brow and a thick, thick accent. He would always get chuckles out of the congregation. Instead of saying "God the Father", he would say "The Godfather".

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Posted by JoeKoh on Thursday, January 25, 2018 3:36 PM

afternoon

Ns had a MoW truck roll by.The local was also uptown when I left work.Came home to clean up and go give more hugs.Looked at Fc one the way home.Csx dropped some cars off to be scrapped.The ND&W has a few boxcars in the siding.They are probably waitng for CSX to pick up.Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by Deggesty on Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:43 PM

Often, what we hear at home when we are growing up takes precedence over what we are taught in school. I recall various schoolmates who, despite what our teachers repeatedly told us, still spoke in the way their parents had learned from their parents.... 

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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:24 PM

Both Jeff and Larry are correct, and I encountered both types in my career.
My best personal story about this was a pastor we had who from time to time would refer to "imbondagement" (or maybe I was misunderstanding "embondagement").  Why not just "bondage"?

So I went home and put an imbandagement on a paper cut I had acquired...

But yes, "advanced approach" would get a grimace from me every time.

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Posted by tree68 on Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:19 PM

jeffhergert
You would think (at least I do) that they would use the correct name in their presentations.

A presentation is the product of its author, of course.  

Sometimes a word just sounds wrong to someone - they can't wrap their head around it.  So perhaps "advance approach" just didn't ring true for someone, and "advanced approach" thus entered their vocabulary, and that of a lot of other people who learned from them. 

Then, again, back when I was working, we were required to put our initials on our time cards for any time off we took - sick, vacation, etc.  So, we would "initial" our time cards.  I had one supervisor who never used a nickle word when a quarter word would do, and would pay you a visit to have you "initialize" your time card.

Anyone who's done any computer work knows that "initialize" means to return variables to their starting values.  I didn't think the supervisor would appreciate it if I took an eraser to the card...

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Posted by jeffhergert on Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:04 PM

Carl will like this.  I spent the last two days in a safety class.  Much of it was reviewing and discussing videos (including from forward facing cameras) and pictures of past incidents.  Some happened on our railroads, some on others.  One incident involved complacency while following another train in signalled territory.  Signal indications were mentioned in the narration and/or narrative on the screen.  Each time in this, and actually when mentioned in any of the incidents, in this class a flashing yellow aspect-proceed prepared to stop at the second signal, etc-they called it an Advanced Approach.  I finally said it's Advance Approach, no "d" on the end.  There's a lot of employees who do that.  You would think (at least I do) that they would use the correct name in their presentations.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 2:51 PM

afternoon

rain/snow mix here in Nw Ohio.Ns had a stack train in the siding.They also had cars shuffled around uptown.Gave hugs today and will be giving more tomorrow.Chores to do.

stay safe

Joe

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Posted by erikem on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:26 AM

tree68

 Cabrillo I learned early during my time on the left coast.

FWIW, Cabrillo was Portuguese and his name should really be pronounced cah-brill-o. The again, Poway is pronounced Pow-way, but should be pow-I and Otay is pronounced O-tie but should be pronounced O-tay - so sayteh the late, geat Bob Dale (long time San Diego TV personality). Bob also pointed out that Palomar Observatory is on Palomar Mountain, which SciAm and SciNews used to get right and Sky&Tel still does get right.

There's some confusion as to the origin of the name "La Jolla" which is both the name of the community in the City of San Diego and an indian reservation near Palomar Mountain.

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:06 PM

tree68
You have to watch a few things - "J" and "LL", f'rinstance. For some reason, it took me a little while to figure out I was looking a signs on the highway for "La Hoya..." (La Jolla) And there's the "N" with the mark over it as "NY" in canyon. Cabrillo I learned early during my time on the left coast.

    Only a problem if you try to apply English rules to Spanish words.   In the alphabet I was taught, "CH", "LL", "Ñ", and "RR" were separate individual letters with unique pronounciation.   "CH" is same as English.   "LL" is like "Y" in Latin America and like "LY" in Spain.   "Ñ" is like "NY".    "RR" is a drawn-out roll like a motorboat.

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Posted by Deggesty on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 7:35 PM

Back when I was much, much younger, I read something like that when a printing press being shipped to the place, someohow all of the type with the letter "g" was lost--so the printer could not spell the name fully.

Johnny

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