Why: "A Nice Little Place to Run Up the Post Count."

[edblysard]

That thread was started because some of us actually care what the other posters think...unlike you, who seem to think that if a post or thread isnt something the great Jim wants to read, then it is crap.

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Well, you should know about crap...so far, every post of yours I have read has been some pretty solid crap...

You sound like one of those 50 year plus adolescents...you whine and cry about everything, and insult people till you get what you want..sorta like most teenagers.

You are a insulting, rude bore, with a narrow, mean mind..but, after looking at your bio photo, a rather broad backside, consistent with someone who not only sits on it most of the time....but speaks from it too...

Thank god you found a job you are well suited for, please run back to the mueseum and continue to take out the trash, I understand that janitorial service is a fast growing industry, and really needs people with entry level skills like yours.

[Anonymous]

Some Lone-Star state guy said this:

“That thread was started because some of us actually care what the other posters think...unlike you, who seem to think that if a post or thread isnt something the great Jim wants to read, then it is crap.”

Well gosh, you got me here…I absolutely post to every thread on this forum, giving it a plus or minus rating. Yep, your right, I’ve taken control of the TRAINS FORUM.

Got a great joke told to me by an Oklahoman, as follows:

What is the difference between an Oklahoma cowboy and a Texas cowboy; Give up?

The Oklahoma cowboy wears the BS on the outside of his boots!

“Well, you should know about crap...so far, every post of yours I have read has been some pretty solid crap...”

Yep, I certainly have put out the crap, I almost feel like a Texan!

“You sound like one of those 50 year plus adolescents...you whine and cry about everything, and insult people till you get what you want..sorta like most teenagers.”

On my real job, which is operating heavy equipment, as a UNION MEMBER, I passed up 35 minutes of breaks, no drinking here, I don’t like wine!

“You are a insulting, rude bore, with a narrow, mean mind..but, after looking at your bio photo, a rather broad backside, consistent with someone who not only sits on it most of the time....but speaks from it too...”

Yes, it took some living to get to both the broad***and insulting, rude, boring, narrow minded, mean fellow that I am! Yes, I have nothing to offer!

“Thank god you found a job you are well suited for, please run back to the mueseum and continue to take out the trash, I understand that janitorial service is a fast growing industry, and really needs people with entry level skills like yours.”

Most folks want to be in operation of the trains, well me too, BUT, I also enjoy service, and if janitorial services are needed…I can do that, and would enjoy it!

Jim

[Anonymous]

Is it hot in here, or is it just the flames?

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by equinox

Is it hot in here, or is it just the flames?

Nope, its not hot, just an old man commenting on some stuff!

Jim

[eolafan]

There is a very old saying that goes something like..."Keeping up with the Jones's", well we are all trying to outdo each other in "star" count, so there is really no difference here.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

There is a very old saying that goes something like..."Keeping up with the Jones's", well we are all trying to outdo each other in "star" count, so there is really no difference here.

eolafan,

Yes, there is a difference. Within this thread; "A Nice Little Place to Run Up the Post Count," the point is to score points for another star.

My point is that a person can rack-up points towards Trains "STAR SYSTEM" by passing along news that helps everyone better understand railroading!

Jim.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033


My point is that a person can rack-up points towards Trains "STAR SYSTEM" by passing along news that helps everyone better understand railroading!

The point of thread was exactly that. If a member is posting to rack up stars, for whatever bizarre reason, have them post the "me too's and CNN headlines there, vice disrupting other forums. However our latest starchaser has little regard or consideration of others.

[eolafan]

I agree with dharmon in that some folks on this forum seemingly respond to any and all threads with little or no useful information simply as a way to rack up post count in order to get yet another star.

WHY RUN UP THE POST COUNT?: To get another star.

WHY GET ANOTHER STAR?: To make yourself look good to your fellow posters, OR to simply get ego satisfaction.

[chad thomas]

I don't know but it translates into wasting my time. Disrespectfull in my opinion. Nothing on these forums irritates me more than opening a topic only to find nothing has ben added but usless posts.

[2c]

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

I don't know but it translates into wasting my time. Disrespectfull in my opinion. Nothing on these forums irritates me more than opening a topic only to find nothing has ben added but usless posts.
[2c]

Amen! [:-^] (Tee Hee Hee - Couldn't resist...)

[zardoz]

And yet, here we are, posting away on this useless thread.

At least most of this silliness is confined to a couple of threads, and not polluting the other ones.

Interesting to me, is that in this forum we have some threads that seem to be at about a 12 year old level, and we have other threads (like the one on dynamic braking, and about concrete ties) that are so very interesting, informative, and show high levels of intelligence.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Disrespectfull in my opinion. Nothing on these forums irritates me more than opening a topic only to find nothing has ben added but usless posts.

[2c]

LOL! I couldn't agree more....

[eolafan]

With all that needs to be said on this subject having been said, this will be my very last post on this subject....HOPE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE SPIRIT OF THE MOMENT.

[Overmod]

There's something to be said for having a "lightning rod" thread, not just for OT postings of interest to members, but to get the more-or-less-totally-worthless posts flowing nicely to an appropriate electron sink.

Reminds me of a different kind of "null device" provided for e-mail reflectors back in the days before massive spam... had an innocuous name -- "[e-mail]" (don't remember what the xxxx was, but might have been ieee). People who knew what it meant would understand what it did... the unwary could plug away to their heart's content and 'do no harm'.

Remember the line from 'Desiderata' (*not* 'Deteriorata' ;-}): "even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story..." It may be important to give them a playpen -- HERE, for starters -- for their 'storytelling' that satisfies their egoboo or whatever without compromising bandwidth for the more serious among us...

[shrek623]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Trains Magazine is America's Railfan Publication. It sponsers this forum, thanks. I don't understand, with so many railfan happenings, why a thread would be needed, and created just to increase a posters star count?

Within the railfanning arena, there is so much news, why is there a thread on increasing a persons posting record, if there is no value in the posting? This is just crap.

Some railfan posts 100 real follow-ups to threads, and another post 1000 me tooos.

It isn't about the number of posts, its about the quality of the post...

Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236

ME TOO!!!

Hey, I'm getting close to 100 posts, what'd you expect me to do.

Shrek

[Anonymous]

I expect you to post into the 100 post level! GO, GO, and GO.

Jim

[canazar]

Wow, didnt realise smoking was allowed in this forum. (some serious flamin)

Well, if someone wants to post B.S. not much you can do about it. Except, just scroll down.
Two reasons I come here is to learn and be entertain. The education part is pretty self explaining. This forum is full of info both prototype and modeling (which is were I usually lurk) info. But the entertaining factor is good too. A good write up on a trip, or a great "Shoulda been there story". But also sometimes people make a dork of themselves and that cracks me up too. KInda like watchign Jerry Springer. Watchin these messed up folks is sad waste of time, but, upside, it makes you feel better about your family when you realise that they arent that bad after all.


John k

[dharmon]

Keeping the fun in dysfunctional

[Anonymous]

I never met a Texen that didn't have an ego 20 times the norm. I see GW Bush has contained both health care and fuel cost to the nation. He has also made life for the blue collars better! Wrong....

GW BUSH has one agenda, making the rich richer, thats what they do in Texas.
BTW - GW Bush, thanks for driving my electric bill through the roof, gosh you were not embarresed at all when your Buddies sold kiliwatts back and forth, then sent the inflated watt through the wires to Nevada.

GW BUSH never met a programe that helped the working class that he didn't want to CUT. GW Bush likes to help the rich by stealing bucks from the poor.

This guy never worked a day in his live. He is the silver spoon in the month, if Harry Truman was around, he'd kick this silver spooner out!

Jim

[Anonymous]

You've never met me. I don't have a big ego and I'm surely not a cowboy, don't own any boots. We're not all like George Bush either. Take a chill pill.


m

[cherokee woman]

[#ditto] and AMEN, brother!!

[dharmon]

Yeah..me too! ..I haven't met a Texen I liked either...we should run 'em all out. Those dern Texen's...'specially since some folks get them mixed up with those Texans which are some wonderful folks......

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by canazar

Wow, didnt realise smoking was allowed in this forum. (some serious flamin)

Well, if someone wants to post B.S. not much you can do about it. Except, just scroll down.
Two reasons I come here is to learn and be entertain. The education part is pretty self explaining. This forum is full of info both prototype and modeling (which is were I usually lurk) info. But the entertaining factor is good too. A good write up on a trip, or a great "Shoulda been there story". But also sometimes people make a dork of themselves and that cracks me up too. KInda like watchign Jerry Springer. Watchin these messed up folks is sad waste of time, but, upside, it makes you feel better about your family when you realise that they arent that bad after all.


John k

The only dork I see here is you, if you took the time to vote, we see you voted for the exploiter, GW BUSH. The fellow that never saw a working man's program he didn't want to cut, that never held a croney bill he didn't support.

Let's allow Texas and GW Bu***o leave the Union. BTW George thanks for protecting the southern border!

Jim

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

[#ditto] and AMEN, brother!!

Hey Cherokee Woman, if you were really an Okie, you'd be pissed.

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Let's allow Texas and GW Bu***o leave the Union.

I'd like California and Massachusetts to secede. We'll keep Nevada because we need somewhere to dump our nuclear, or as we like to say it, nucular waste.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Let's allow Texas and GW Bu***o leave the Union.

I'd like California and Massachusetts to secede. We'll keep Nevada because we need somewhere to dump our nuclear waste.

heh heh LOL....

.......and on the return, empties can be used to bring out all the boxers and briefs that need to be un-knotted.....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

You've never met me. I don't have a big ego and I'm surely not a cowboy, don't own any boots. We're not all like George Bush either. Take a chill pill.


m

In 1971 I visited Texas, becauses I was a native Californian I was spit on, for no other reason. The best part of being in the middle of Texas is that you're halfway to the exit, the border.

Why should I take a chill pill, everyday GW BUSH erodes the middle class, he needs to take a chill pill. Oh, I understand that Neal Bush is benifiting from the "No Child Left Behind" BS he's selling the software required to score the program!

Jim

[Anonymous]

This has turned into a fun place! Now if we can just get them Texans to leave!

Jim

[mustanggt]

making fun of Texas, flaming for no reason, this topic is USELESS[V]

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mustanggt

making fun of Texas, flaming for no reason, this topic is USELESS[V]

Nah...it's just been a full week.....

....we've had a crusader
....now a couple of martyr wannabe's
... just need a saint to appear and we'll have a trifecta!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mustanggt

making fun of Texas, flaming for no reason, this topic is USELESS[V]

Yes it is useless, but some jerk from Huston started it, and after my 1971 introduction to Texas, I'll never play second fiddle again. And of course the quality of the BUSH family certainly speaks to the values of the rich, and shoving the down and out under!

Jim

[Anonymous]

Maybe it's just my keen intuition, but get the feeling that this is a very "angry" thread, and yet I can't seem to look away, sort of like a (and pardon the horrible pun here) train wreak. [;)]

But now down to the reason I am posting here:

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Trains Magazine is America's Railfan Publication. It sponsers this forum, thanks. I don't understand, with so many railfan happenings, why a thread would be needed, and created just to increase a posters star count?

Within the railfanning arena, there is so much news, why is there a thread on increasing a persons posting record, if there is no value in the posting? This is just crap.

Some railfan posts 100 real follow-ups to threads, and another post 1000 me tooos.

It isn't about the number of posts, its about the quality of the post...

Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236

So let me get this straight....you are against the thread that Dan started (in jest really) as a place to "run up the posts", and yet in the time since you have started this thread you have started two others with that general idea as the subject. So I guess I am just wondering if you are trying to be funny or just ignorant, because at least for me, I can't really tell?

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry![;)]

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Let's allow Texas and GW Bu***o leave the Union.

I'd like California and Massachusetts to secede. We'll keep Nevada because we need somewhere to dump our nuclear waste.

heh heh LOL....

.......and on the return, empties can be used to bring out all the boxers and briefs that need to be un-knotted.....

...and hoppers full of shoulder chips.....

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Let's allow Texas and GW Bu***o leave the Union.

I'd like California and Massachusetts to secede. We'll keep Nevada because we need somewhere to dump our nuclear waste.

heh heh LOL....

.......and on the return, empties can be used to bring out all the boxers and briefs that need to be un-knotted.....

...and hoppers full of shoulder chips.....

and cow chips

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by corailfan

Maybe it's just my keen intuition, but get the feeling that this is a very "angry" thread, and yet I can't seem to look away, sort of like a (and pardon the horrible pun here) train wreak. [;)]

But now down to the reason I am posting here:

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Trains Magazine is America's Railfan Publication. It sponsers this forum, thanks. I don't understand, with so many railfan happenings, why a thread would be needed, and created just to increase a posters star count?

Within the railfanning arena, there is so much news, why is there a thread on increasing a persons posting record, if there is no value in the posting? This is just crap.

Some railfan posts 100 real follow-ups to threads, and another post 1000 me tooos.

It isn't about the number of posts, its about the quality of the post...

Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236

So let me get this straight....you are against the thread that Dan started (in jest really) as a place to "run up the posts", and yet in the time since you have started this thread you have started two others with that general idea as the subject. So I guess I am just wondering if you are trying to be funny or just ignorant, because at least for me, I can't really tell?

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry![;)]

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

I'm just ignorant, except there are some in Texas, that really are more ignorant than I, or is it just me....

GW BUSH has not done one thing for working families, period. Hey Texas, name one thing GW has done to make working families lives better. I can name 35 things GW has done to cement the rich to receive more money at the expense of us poor people.

Question:

"What do you call 25 republican businessman in a Dark Dallas Basement?

Answer:

"A wine cellar!"

Jim

[gabe]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by mustanggt

making fun of Texas, flaming for no reason, this topic is USELESS[V]

Nah...it's just been a full week.....

....we've had a crusader
....now a couple of martyr wannabe's
... just need a saint to appear and we'll have a trifecta!

Of all weeks to decide I need to take a step back from the forum and get some work done. Does this caped crusader have a name. And a martyr? What did the martyr do, offer CSX to reroute their hazardous chemicals through their back yard?

Sorry . . . I am no saint.

Gabe

[dharmon]

LOL.....

..now that's funny.....a basement in Dallas.....

[gabe]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

QUOTE: Originally posted by mustanggt

making fun of Texas, flaming for no reason, this topic is USELESS[V]

Yes it is useless, but some jerk from Huston started it, and after my 1971 introduction to Texas, I'll never play second fiddle again. And of course the quality of the BUSH family certainly speaks to the values of the rich, and shoving the down and out under!

Jim

But he has a point: If you are going to play in Texas you got to have a fiddle in the band.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE:
Of all weeks to decide I need to take a step back from the forum and get some work done. Does this caped crusader have a name. And a martyr? What did the martyr do, offer CSX to reroute their hazardous chemicals through their back yard?

Sorry . . . I am no saint.

Gabe

Nor is your draft dodging, coke sniffing, silver spooned president, that never worked a day in his life, who never passed a bill in support of the working class. This guy can't even sercure our southern border because his business buddies want a well established under class.

Jim

[Anonymous]

Let's see how long it takes for this one to be locked/deleted.

[gabe]

For the record, I was born in Illinois, I live in Indiana, I never voted Republican (nor Democrat) a day in my life, and I have never been to Texas--although I will not pass judgment on them like you do.

By the way, I am disapointed in myself for being so immature to even respond to you, but Ed got it right on the head with you. I don't know that much about Texans, but I know Ed has exhibited more class in any one of his posts than you have in all of yours combined. And, I don't think Ed has ran off any other fellow members of the forum like you have.

I didn't say this earlier because some people whom I respect were responding to you, and I didn't want to clash with their opinoins of you.

Sorry to turn up the heat in here everyone else; I understand that this kind of stuff isn't what you are looking to read.

Gabe

Gabe

[Junctionfan]

So now I can still take matches into an airport but no longer a lighter? What kind of wisdom is this? Must be a new logic I'm not aware of........

[eolafan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

LOL.....

..now that's funny.....a basement in Dallas.....

Since the topic has gone from one of post count to bashing Texams, I'm back for a while.

If houses in Texas had basements I would expect somebody would tear down their house so they could use their basement as one enourmous barbeque pit., since that seems to be what they do best down there (unless you count riding at 100 mph in a 30 mph zone in your six wheel pickemup truck with a gun rack and 12 guage behind the seat while chewing tobacco (oh, how totally gross).

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by eolafan

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

LOL.....

..now that's funny.....a basement in Dallas.....

Since the topic has gone from one of post count to bashing Texams, I'm back for a while.

If houses in Texas had basements I would expect somebody would tear down their house so they could use their basement as one enourmous barbeque pit., since that seems to be what they do best down there (unless you count riding at 100 mph in a 30 mph zone in your six wheel pickemup truck with a gun rack and 12 guage behind the seat while chewing tobacco (oh, how totally gross).

Well...shah.....

How do you expect kids to learn to shoot at signs....standing still?

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033
Nor is your draft dodging, coke sniffing, silver spooned president, that never worked a day in his life, who never passed a bill in support of the working class. This guy can't even sercure our southern border because his business buddies want a well established under class.

Jim

Interesting thing about Bush passing bills.

First, according to the Constitution, the President doesn't pass bills, he can only sign them or veto them. It's up to Congress to pass bills. Presidents can promote or initiate legislation, but it's up to Congress to pass them.

Second, Bush has not vetoed one bill in his entire 4+ years in office. Quite astonishing really. I wish he would veto some spending bills.

And about Texans. It was another Texas president, Lyndon Johnson, who gave us a big chunk of the welfare state/government bureaucracy that you seem to be a proponent of. So maybe you should think twice before messing with Texas.

Besides, the Bush family is really from New England anyway. John Kerry/Ted Kennedy country.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dougal

Let's see how long it takes for this one to be locked/deleted.

What is so sad, is that you do not even understand just when the rust belt was sold out for what Ronald Reagon called the new service industry that would power us into the 21st centruy.

Although not a big fan of Spiro T Agnew, Richard Nixon's vice president. Sprio stated that it was absolutly un-American to export jobs over-seas....Seems today's republicains are tripping over themselfs providing legislation to do just that, export jobs from America.

The other day I was marked by the right wing as a liberal, I said I'm as liberal as Richard Nixon...

Jim

[edblysard]

Scott,
He started this, and the other threads, because he needed a place to run up his posting count.

Most of the time, when he replied to any other thread, it dies, because he interjects his rabid anti Bush sentiments into it...therefore giving lie to his claim that all he wants to do is pass on railroad related news.

What he really wants to do is blow his own horn...and he seems to be a master at blowing....horns and whatever else he can find.

As for being spit on in Texas, the instant he opened his mouth...well, that should be self explanatory...

Jim, next time you in Texas, trust me, we would all be glad to expedite your travel to the border, the tar and feather are free, on the house so to speak!

By the way, I noticed you seem real proud of being around heavy equipment...noticed in your bio photo you seem to take your heavy equipment with you every where, and your right, it must require a lot of skill to get that beer gut close enough to the dinner table to trap all the food before it falls in your lap.
Wait, you don’t have a lap...oh well, you know, waste not, want not!

Scott, by now you might have realized that Jim, and a few others, are nothing more than forum trolls, they surf forums, looking for places to espouse their politically rabid views, or just simply pick a fight, because most of them have no life outside the monitor...for obvious reasons.

If you read his, and the others posting, what you come away with is the basic "What Jim did on his summer vacation" or the “I don’t understand what your saying, so I will call you stupid to get a response" style of posting.

Note that even when he trades insults, his skill level is barely above the standard high school adolescent level.

To quote his original start to this thread, note he first insulted the thread Dan created, called it crap...

He then turns around, and in a sideways manner claims his postings are quality postings about railroading, but within three further posting, he is bashing GW Bush, or making some other political statement, often so out in left field as to be incomprehensible...babble for babbles sake.

You know how it works; ask yourself a question, just so you can answer yourself in the next posting, therefore upping your posting count....

Which, of course, is the real point to Jim having started this thread in the first place, it gives him a place to rant, rave, and generally show off his lack of skills or grasp of any issue that doesn’t directly involve him...you know, like food, beer, ...food...ummmm, beer...heavy equipment, union membership, more beer...you know, his kind of topics.


Uh, Jim...about that quality issue;
Any plans on including even a little bit in any one of your posts?

[Anonymous]

Boys, boys boys...I've been in South Texas since 1981, and Mexicans were sneaking across the border then, as now. All they want is a place to work and do a lot of jobs you wouldn't. It's not GW's fault, it's nobody's fault.


Crap, swallowed my tobacco...Augggggh, the banjo fell off my back.


m

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by gabe

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by mustanggt

making fun of Texas, flaming for no reason, this topic is USELESS[V]

Nah...it's just been a full week.....

....we've had a crusader
....now a couple of martyr wannabe's
... just need a saint to appear and we'll have a trifecta!

Of all weeks to decide I need to take a step back from the forum and get some work done. Does this caped crusader have a name. And a martyr? What did the martyr do, offer CSX to reroute their hazardous chemicals through their back yard?

Sorry . . . I am no saint.

Gabe

Well since you asked....

We started with the star chasing crusader, spbed fired up to disrupt the diner and forum at large. Next we had railroadman and now Jim here, come in blazing with both barrels over the some folk's (well okay ......my) actions regarding the crusader, apparently willing to martyr themselves for their cause.....so ....if a saint shows up, we get the hat trick.....

[Anonymous]

Go Dan! Woo Hoo!!!!

[ajmiller]

Saint Bergie is going to come and send us all to /dev/null.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE:
Interesting thing about Bush passing bills.

First, according to the Constitution, the President doesn't pass bills, he can only sign them or veto them. It's up to Congress to pass bills. Presidents can promote or initiate legislation, but it's up to Congress to pass them.

Second, Bush has not vetoed one bill in his entire 4+ years in office. Quite astonishing really. I wish he would veto some spending bills.

And about Texans. It was another Texas president, Lyndon Johnson, who gave us a big chunk of the welfare state/government bureaucracy that you seem to be a proponent of. So maybe you should think twice before messing with Texas.

Besides, the Bush family is really from New England anyway. John Kerry/Ted Kennedy country.

Look at you, a youngen giving me a civics lesson. That's so funny, I was assuming that you understood that a republican controlled house and senate under republican controlled direction would take some controlled direction from the administration, GW BUSH, Mr never worked a day in his life, born of the silver spoon.

Excuse me, in High School during the mid sixties, I actually had a civics class. Something, you as a young person never had!

Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236

[edblysard]

If houses in Texas had basements I would expect somebody would tear down their house so they could use their basement as one enourmous barbeque pit., since that seems to be what they do best down there (unless you count riding at 100 mph in a 30 mph zone in your six wheel pickemup truck with a gun rack and 12 guage behind the seat while chewing tobacco (oh, how totally gross).

Now, now...

You dont put the shotgun behind the seat, its too hard to reach there...ya let your lady friend hold it...thats why they call it riding shotgun!

The 30-30 goes in the gun rack, the .357 goes under the seat, and your buck knife goes on your belt...

And we dont drive no hunnerd miles an hour...them swamp runner tires get kinda wobbley around 90...

Any we chew 'bacca fer a reason, so we can spit on them pesky Californians...
although I am kinda partial to Wintergreen Skol...make better spit!

Now, about that BBQ pit...ya got any house in paticular?

We could put a dance floor where the driveway was, and a bandstand in the back yard...if ya can find a house in Texas with a basement, that is...

Might even find a catchy name for the place, ya know, like Gilley's....

Now, ya'll come soon, we leave the light on....

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard


If houses in Texas had basements I would expect somebody would tear down their house so they could use their basement as one enourmous barbeque pit., since that seems to be what they do best down there (unless you count riding at 100 mph in a 30 mph zone in your six wheel pickemup truck with a gun rack and 12 guage behind the seat while chewing tobacco (oh, how totally gross).

Now, now...

You dont put the shotgun behind the seat, its too hard to reach there...ya let your lady friend hold it...thats why they call it riding shotgun!

The 30-30 goes in the gun rack, the .357 goes under the seat, and your buck knife goes on your belt...

And we dont drive no hunnerd miles an hour...them swamp runner tires get kinda wobbley around 90...

Any we chew 'bacca fer a reason, so we can spit on them pesky Californians...
although I am kinda partial to Wintergreen Skol...make better spit!

Now, about that BBQ pit...ya got any house in paticular?

We could put a dance floor where the driveway was, and a bandstand in the back yard...if ya can find a house in Texas with a basement, that is...

Might even find a catchy name for the place, ya know, like Gilley's....

Now, ya'll come soon, we leave the light on....

Heck...if someone in Dallas had a basement...I believe that would be what a realtor would refer to as an indoor pool.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller

Saint Bergie is going to come and send us all to /dev/null.

As long as we are civil to one another, I doubt that Bergie will delete this thread.

Jim

[dharmon]

I think I just swallowed my dip.....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard


Scott,
He started this, and the other threads, because he needed a place to run up his posting count.

Most of the time, when he replied to any other thread, it dies, because he interjects his rabid anti Bush sentiments into it...therefore giving lie to his claim that all he wants to do is pass on railroad related news.

What he really wants to do is blow his own horn...and he seems to be a master at blowing....horns and whatever else he can find.

As for being spit on in Texas, the instant he opened his mouth...well, that should be self explanatory...

Jim, next time you in Texas, trust me, we would all be glad to expedite your travel to the border, the tar and feather are free, on the house so to speak!

By the way, I noticed you seem real proud of being around heavy equipment...noticed in your bio photo you seem to take your heavy equipment with you every where, and your right, it must require a lot of skill to get that beer gut close enough to the dinner table to trap all the food before it falls in your lap.
Wait, you don’t have a lap...oh well, you know, waste not, want not!

Scott, by now you might have realized that Jim, and a few others, are nothing more than forum trolls, they surf forums, looking for places to espouse their politically rabid views, or just simply pick a fight, because most of them have no life outside the monitor...for obvious reasons.

If you read his, and the others posting, what you come away with is the basic "What Jim did on his summer vacation" or the “I don’t understand what your saying, so I will call you stupid to get a response" style of posting.

Note that even when he trades insults, his skill level is barely above the standard high school adolescent level.

To quote his original start to this thread, note he first insulted the thread Dan created, called it crap...

He then turns around, and in a sideways manner claims his postings are quality postings about railroading, but within three further posting, he is bashing GW Bush, or making some other political statement, often so out in left field as to be incomprehensible...babble for babbles sake.

You know how it works; ask yourself a question, just so you can answer yourself in the next posting, therefore upping your posting count....

Which, of course, is the real point to Jim having started this thread in the first place, it gives him a place to rant, rave, and generally show off his lack of skills or grasp of any issue that doesn’t directly involve him...you know, like food, beer, ...food...ummmm, beer...heavy equipment, union membership, more beer...you know, his kind of topics.


Uh, Jim...about that quality issue;
Any plans on including even a little bit in any one of your posts?

[gabe]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

I think I just swallowed my dip.....

I was just trying it for the first time, it is now all over my computer screen . . .

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033
Look at you, a youngen giving me a civics lesson. That's so funny, I was assuming that you understood that a republican controlled house and senate under republican controlled direction would take some controlled direction from the administration,

And you forget that the Senate Democrats can pretty much filibuster anything that won't cause them PR problems.

QUOTE:
GW BUSH, Mr never worked a day in his life, born of the silver spoon.

You keep leaving out the part of him being a New England aristocrat, which is what all elected officials really are, if not before election, then after they get to Washington. People like you who keep begging the government heal you or make your problems go away are responsible for creating these kind of leaders.

QUOTE:
Excuse me, in High School during the mid sixties, I actually had a civics class. Something, you as a young person never had!

Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236

If my generation's education was deficient, it was only because of forty years of continual lowering standards by the liberal left that ruled Congress from 1955-1994.

[chad thomas]

Jim, Are you trying to be an................Take your Bush bashing somewhere else. This is not a political forum and all you are doing with your name calling is making a *** of yourself. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard


Scott,
He started this, and the other threads, because he needed a place to run up his posting count.

Hey, wet behind the ears, I could give a *** about my posting figures. One should not assume stuff.

QUOTE: Most of the time, when he replied to any other thread, it dies, because he interjects his rabid anti Bush sentiments into it...therefore giving lie to his claim that all he wants to do is pass on railroad related news.

When I reply to a thread it is either stated as fact or opinion, it is always obvious!

QUOTE: What he really wants to do is blow his own horn...and he seems to be a master at blowing....horns and whatever else he can find.

Yep, I do blow a horn for good old republican values. Yes, I also tot my own horn too, I have an ego, and enjoy when folks read my narratives and view supporting photos. Gosh, is this now a crime under the TSA right-wing?

QUOTE: As for being spit on in Texas, the instant he opened his mouth...well, that should be self explanatory...

One of the fellows unloading my truck asked me where I was from, I answered him, other than that never said another word. But, apparently in Texas during 1971, this was enough to cause others working with him to spit on me.

QUOTE: Jim, next time you in Texas, trust me, we would all be glad to expedite your travel to the border, the tar and feather are free, on the house so to speak!

After being spit upon in Killeen, Texas - I don't think I'll ever spend a vacation moment in that place!

QUOTE: By the way, I noticed you seem real proud of being around heavy equipment...noticed in your bio photo you seem to take your heavy equipment with you every where, and your right, it must require a lot of skill to get that beer gut close enough to the dinner table to trap all the food before it falls in your lap.
Wait, you don’t have a lap...oh well, you know, waste not, want not!

Wow! Yep, I'm not so trim anymore, but when you get older, you'll understand such things really are not important.

QUOTE: Scott, by now you might have realized that Jim, and a few others, are nothing more than forum trolls, they surf forums, looking for places to espouse their politically rabid views, or just simply pick a fight, because most of them have no life outside the monitor...for obvious reasons.

The "liberal media," which is funded by conservative companies will never tell the truth, being old, I feel an obligation to give an alterative view. Sorry my view doesn't represent your ideal view of America. But, Isn't wonderful, that we can have different views and still be patriotic to the home land!

QUOTE: If you read his, and the others posting, what you come away with is the basic "What Jim did on his summer vacation" or the “I don’t understand what your saying, so I will call you stupid to get a response" style of posting.

Yep, that is exactly how I write stuff, I do it in the first person, sorry that turns people off, I'm glad 20 or 30 people read my reports. I report things for my need to communicate.

QUOTE: Note that even when he trades insults, his skill level is barely above the standard high school adolescent level.

To quote his original start to this thread, note he first insulted the thread Dan created, called it crap...

Gosh, went up to the top, didn't see what you where talking about, maybe you need to get drug addicted like that Russ Limbaugh guy, you no, that moral searchlight to the right that was buying drugs from southern illegal.

QUOTE: He then turns around, and in a sideways manner claims his postings are quality postings about railroading, but within three further posting, he is bashing GW Bush, or making some other political statement, often so out in left field as to be incomprehensible...babble for babbles sake.

Yep, I certainly understand babble, GW BUSH does a lot of that!

Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236

[vsmith]

WOW

This thread is the most fun we've had here since that last visit to "Missouri" a couple years ago[;)][:P][(-D][D)]

[espeefoamer]

Who was it that started this thread,complaining about people running up their post counts?HINT: He has more posts on this thread than anybody else,mostly political rants against President Bush....

A....It's Jim[:(!].

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Jim, Are you trying to be an................Take your Bush bashing somewhere else. This is not a political forum and all you are doing with your name calling is making a *** of yourself. Grow up.

Chad,

I think you need to go back and read the thread from start to finish. I didn't start this discourse. But by god I'll finish it, and as a matter of growing up, you need to grow up. The world is filled with different points of views, and if your not adult enough to except that, maybe you need to go back to school. I have not called anyone posting here a name!

Jim

[espeefoamer]

Jim,when you went to Texas,they didn't spit on you because you were from California. It was because they read your tirades on this forum[:(!]!

[Anonymous]

vsmith,
Ya gotta love it, don't you? It HAS been a real blast!

Also, I've been meaning to compliment your "signiature". It's definitely one of the best ones here.

Jim, I wish you'd said earlier that the spitting thing happened in Kileen. That answers a lot of it.


m

[chad thomas]

OK Jim, by god you go and show us that we all need to grow up. You da man.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

Jim,when you went to Texas,they didn't spit on you because you were from California. It was because they read your tirades on this forum[:(!]!

Thats funny, yep they spit on me in Killeen, Texas during 1971 for what I'd say in 2005 on this board. Makes sense to me!

You know, maybe you need to educate yourself on just what Christ was doing here, it wasn't about supporting what was popular!

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

Jim,when you went to Texas,they didn't spit on you because you were from California. It was because they read your tirades on this forum[:(!]!

Thats funny, yep they spit on me in Killeen, Texas during 1971 for what I'd say in 2005 on this board. Makes sense to me!

Or maybe they were just good judges of character

[chad thomas]

OK now we got politics and religion. Way to go!!!

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

OK now we got politics and religion. Way to go!!!

Saint...we need a saint for the hat trick.....

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

vsmith,
Ya gotta love it, don't you? It HAS been a real blast!

Also, I've been meaning to compliment your "signiature". It's definitely one of the best ones here.


m

Thanks on the sig [:D], been a fan of it for several years now, looking forward to the movie but with reservations, it looks like they've really deviated from the original storyline and usually, that ends up badly.

We'll see, I'm ready, I know where my towel is![;)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

OK Jim, by god you go and show us that we all need to grow up. You da man.

I don't have to show you anything, the facts speak for themself. I stand by what has been written and is posted here...The world is a big place, and should have many points of view.

Jim

[espeefoamer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

vsmith,
Ya gotta love it, don't you? It HAS been a real blast!

Also, I've been meaning to compliment your "signiature". It's definitely one of the best ones here.


m

Thanks on the sig [:D], been a fan of it for several years now, looking forward to the movie but with reservations, it looks like they've really deviated from the original storyline and usually, that ends up badly.

We'll see, I'm ready, I know where my towel is![;)]

Be sure to stick a fish in your ear[:p]!

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

vsmith,
Ya gotta love it, don't you? It HAS been a real blast!

Also, I've been meaning to compliment your "signiature". It's definitely one of the best ones here.


m

Thanks on the sig [:D], been a fan of it for several years now, looking forward to the movie but with reservations, it looks like they've really deviated from the original storyline and usually, that ends up badly.

We'll see, I'm ready, I know where my towel is![;)]

Be sure to stick a fish in your ear[:p]!

Oh yeah....I remember now....yesterday ...railroadman...comes in the Diner and starts blasting away.....so I looked at his profile.. Arnold Rimmer...and I thought that sounds familiar.......so I looked it up .......that was one of the characters on "Red Dwarf."...Nice.....a hologram....

[ajmiller]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

vsmith,
Ya gotta love it, don't you? It HAS been a real blast!

Also, I've been meaning to compliment your "signiature". It's definitely one of the best ones here.


m

Thanks on the sig [:D], been a fan of it for several years now, looking forward to the movie but with reservations, it looks like they've really deviated from the original storyline and usually, that ends up badly.

We'll see, I'm ready, I know where my towel is![;)]

Be sure to stick a fish in your ear[:p]!

I wonder if the answer is still 42.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

vsmith,
Ya gotta love it, don't you? It HAS been a real blast!

Also, I've been meaning to compliment your "signiature". It's definitely one of the best ones here.


m

Thanks on the sig [:D], been a fan of it for several years now, looking forward to the movie but with reservations, it looks like they've really deviated from the original storyline and usually, that ends up badly.

We'll see, I'm ready, I know where my towel is![;)]

Be sure to stick a fish in your ear[:p]!

Oh yeah....I remember now....yesterday ...railroadman...comes in the Diner and starts blasting away.....so I looked at his profile.. Arnold Rimmer...and I thought that sounds familiar.......so I looked it up .......that was one of the characters on "Red Dwarf."...Nice.....a hologram....

Dan, I woulda thought the big H on his forehead was a dead giveaway!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE:
Be sure to stick a fish in your ear[:p]!

Yep, my fish has legs.

Hey kido, I think you need to go back to the book. That fellow didn't come here to save the rightous. If your going to talk the talk, mabe you need to walk the walk.

Jim

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ajmiller

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

vsmith,
Ya gotta love it, don't you? It HAS been a real blast!

Also, I've been meaning to compliment your "signiature". It's definitely one of the best ones here.


m

Thanks on the sig [:D], been a fan of it for several years now, looking forward to the movie but with reservations, it looks like they've really deviated from the original storyline and usually, that ends up badly.

We'll see, I'm ready, I know where my towel is![;)]

Be sure to stick a fish in your ear[:p]!

I wonder if the answer is still 42.

Yes, but whats the Question? [:0][;)][alien][alien][alien]

[edblysard]

espee...

Its called bait and switch...he will insult you, then when you point it out, he says all he is doing is telling the truth...and makes noise like he is being reasonable...then, if you are foolish enough to respond to him again, he insults you again..its how trolls get their jollies...

Narrow mind, big gut...lonely, bitter person with nothing worth while in his life other then the arguments and fights he can pick.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

espee...

Its called bait and switch...he will insult you, then when you point it out, he says all he is doing is telling the truth...and makes noise like he is being reasonable...then, if you are foolish enough to respond to him again, he insults you again..its how trolls get their jollies...

Narrow mind, big gut...lonely, bitter person with nothing worth while in his life other then the arguments and fights he can pick.

I really enjoy you folks, will you quote my bait and switch. You can't, its not there! The hole thread is in black and white, it'll be easy, cut and paste. Make me eat my words!

Jim

[chad thomas]

As Zephoid Bebelbrox's second head would say "Yea"

[chad thomas]

My response was to Ed. wasn't quick enough.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

Yep, my fish has legs.

Wouldn't eat it then.....might not be fish.......but...

...we could make some really cool boots out of it......[:p]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

The hole thread is in black and white, it'll be easy, cut and paste. Make me eat my words!

Jim

I thought there were a lot of "holes" in this thread.

[techguy57]

Wow!

Ed,
I don't suppose Jim services fire alarm systems on the side. I could've sworn I just dealt with him last week.

Hell, I'm a Yankee from Indiana and spent 3 months living in the Kilgore/Longview TX area and no one spit on me. Must 've been doing something wrong.

Jim, I had talked with you before with no issues but where exactly in this post have you been civil? Sorry, but I think Christ would say turn theother cheek rather than I'll fini***his by golly. Geez, even a liberal like me knows that one.

Mike

[edblysard]

Hey Dan,
The Army got one right for once!

Mike,
How did you like all those oil derricks?

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

Jim,when you went to Texas,they didn't spit on you because you were from California. It was because they read your tirades on this forum[:(!]!

Thats funny, yep they spit on me in Killeen, Texas during 1971 for what I'd say in 2005 on this board. Makes sense to me!

Or maybe they were just good judges of character

[techguy57]

Ed- They were probably about the weirdest thing to see after driving solo 15 hours straight from Indianapolis. I worked for Texas Shakespeare Festival when I was there and we'd practice sword and stunt fighting under one of the at Kilgore College. I don't think I'll ever forget those. Kilgore College also has the East Texas oil museum. And of course the Rangerettes. I hope not to forget them either. I had a great time down there.

You wanna hear something really funny? The thing I miss most about Texas is the food. Even the fast food. I can't get Taco Bueno or Whataburger up here, and only get sweet tea if I make it myself. At least my soon to be in-laws have a house in Branson so I have them bring me up a case of Shiner Bock each time they come up. Time to start planning a road trip I think, all of this talk makes me want a Charburger![:D]

Mike

[edblysard]

Mike.
Life without Whataburger...how sad!
Still trying to figure out a way to FedEx one out to Dan in California.

Ed

[Junctionfan]

Ouch!! I have just heard that the opposition is going to pass a non confidence motion against the federal government sparking an election.

See what misusing the peoples money and lying gets you....

Politicians take note.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by techguy57

Ed- They were probably about the weirdest thing to see after driving solo 15 hours straight from Indianapolis. I worked for Texas Shakespeare Festival when I was there and we'd practice sword and stunt fighting under one of the at Kilgore College. I don't think I'll ever forget those. Kilgore College also has the East Texas oil museum. And of course the Rangerettes. I hope not to forget them either. I had a great time down there.

You wanna hear something really funny? The thing I miss most about Texas is the food. Even the fast food. I can't get Taco Bueno or Whataburger up here, and only get sweet tea if I make it myself. At least my soon to be in-laws have a house in Branson so I have them bring me up a case of Shiner Bock each time they come up. Time to start planning a road trip I think, all of this talk makes me want a Charburger![:D]

Mike

<Homer Simpson voice> ...Ohhh Whataburger......Ohhhh Shiner Bock....

...wait a minute..I have some of that in the fridge.....hold on......

..much better...nothing is better than a Shiner Bock after sharpening pointed sticks in the garage to poke through the bars of the cage at the second hand lion....

[techguy57]

IF you come up with a way to do so, can I request a bacon egg and cheese BOB and a couple of breakfast taquitos?

Mike

[Junctionfan]

"Here's Johnny!!"............Oh wait a moment; that's the Shinning not Shiner.

[edblysard]

Sure, as so as I can figure out how!

Ed[:D]

[Anonymous]

God I love Whataburger...I wonder why they've never ventured out of Texas. Mike, my favorite is the sausage egg and cheese BOB. The spiciness of the sausage vs. the softness and sweetness of the bun...Ahhhhh. I didn't grow up in Texas, but my sons did, so they load their tea with sugar (well, Splenda actually).

Shiner Brewery is about 25 miles from where I live. Great little town. Bock in pitchers is the BEST. I don't drink no mo, but I still have the memories...

mike e

[brazos87]

Best Whataburger in the World? Right off I-35 in Hillsboro!!! Make mine a double with cheese and jalapenos! One post closer to a star of my very own and I hope I made someone mad with this post!

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brazos87

Best Whataburger in the World? Right off I-35 in Hillsboro!!! Make mine a double with cheese and jalapenos! One post closer to a star of my very own and I hope I made someone mad with this post!

Double with cheese and penos........you're okay in my book.....

[Kozzie]

Is the Shiner Bock a black brew? Sort of like the British beer called Stout? We have a black beer down here called Bock and tastes like a weaker version of Stout...

Dave

[dharmon]

It's dark, heavier than a lager, but not black and bitter like a stout....almost kind of sweet. When I was in college, you either liked it or didn't......and it was cheap..a full keg for under $30. Then all of the sudden it became a trendy beer ...... but hard to find outside of Texas.

I have become kind of partial to Coopers....

[brazos87]

Shiner is to beer what Blue Bell is to ice cream. Thanks dharmon!

[dharmon]

WOW..Shiner, Blue Bell and Whataburger in the same thread on a trains forum......throw in some babes, Threadgill's chicken fried steak and bring back the Southwest Conference.....and it may be what heaven is like.

[brazos87]

Now let's not get carried away--Arkansas was in the SWC. It was "perty" nice to have the only "furriners" to set foot on Texas soil as the Razorbacks. The Red River Shootout dunt count as most of the Sooners were texens 2 sturt with. I haf 2 agreeeeeee with the jenjus from the Land of Fruits & Nuts that texus is alot bad.

Reality has sunk in. It likes like the Left coast liberal is so bad that California won't keep him, and Massachusetts won't take him!

[edblysard]

Dan,
Just caught the "second hand lion"...
excuse me, I have to go out side and breath a little...the kids think I have lost it, again!

[zardoz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

OK now we got politics and religion. Way to go!!!

Saint...we need a saint for the hat trick.....

How about the Pope ? (old or new)

[Anonymous]

How about BBQ and Mexican food...Any favorites Ed, Dan, or other Mike?

m

[techguy57]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mehrlich

How about BBQ and Mexican food...Any favorites Ed, Dan, or other Mike?

m

I 'd almost forgotten but there was a BBQ place in Kilgore called The Country Tavern that had the best darn brisket I've ever had! Then there was Bodacious BBQ where everything was awesome! I got spoiled on it too and last time I was in Texas (San Antonio last year) I almost sent back the brisket I had because it just wasn't the same. There was also Crazy Bob's BBQ in Kilgore.
Lupe's was the mexican place we frequented most . Excellent burritos.

The afore mentioned Charburger Stockade is also a restaurant local to Kilgore that specializes in, yep you guessed it, Charburgers! They are kind of a broiled sloppy joe complete with a browned hamburger bun and are phenomenally good tasting. Another good place is Big T's where once a week the lunch special was a very large chicken fried steak meal for $6. I can feel my arteries cloggin g just thinking about them.[:p]

Mike

[chad thomas]

What, are we opening another diner ? Is there enough bussiness to support two ? [(-D]

[Anonymous]

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

It's Babe season....

I'm busy watchin'...

LC

[Anonymous]

Chad,
Nope, just runnin up the star count!

mike

[espeefoamer]

Anyone else notice that this thread has more posts,and more pages,than the original"A Nice Little Place To Run Up The Post Count"? Does this mean anything?

[espeefoamer]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

It's Babe season....

I'm busy watchin'...

LC

It's rabbit season.Duck season.Rabbit season.Duck season...[:)]

[edblysard]

Funny and ironic way of thumbing your nose at the thread starter...we can all get extra stars here at his expense....

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

Anyone else notice that this thread has more posts,and more pages,than the original"A Nice Little Place To Run Up The Post Count"? Does this mean anything?

[locomutt]

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

It's Babe season....

I'm busy watchin'...

LC

It's rabbit season.Duck season.Rabbit season.Duck season...[:)]

It's Duck season ? Methinks we should all 'duck'
(wascally wabbit)

[dwRavenstar]

Glad to see this thread take a turn. The Bush Bash was becoming rhetorical.
Not that I was at all surprised.

Dave Wyland (dwRavenstar)

[adrianspeeder]

[chad thomas]

It might be a long nap.

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Funny and ironic way of thumbing your nose at the thread starter...we can all get extra stars here at his expense....

QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer

Anyone else notice that this thread has more posts,and more pages,than the original"A Nice Little Place To Run Up The Post Count"? Does this mean anything?

I'm certainly not insulted...if the purpose is served..the medium is irrelevant..

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by techguy57

Wow!

Ed,
I don't suppose Jim services fire alarm systems on the side. I could've sworn I just dealt with him last week.

No, I have never done fire alarm systems. And no, you didn't have to deal with me last week!

QUOTE: Hell, I'm a Yankee from Indiana and spent 3 months living in the Kilgore/Longview TX area and no one spit on me. Must 've been doing something wrong.

It wasn't Kilgore-Longview, Texas - It was Killeen, Texas home to Fort Hood. I wasn't from Indiania, I was from California. There was a big difference during 1971.

QUOTE: Jim, I had talked with you before with no issues but where exactly in this post have you been civil?

Well, I never ever called anyone anything...Check it out. Its in black and white, didn't call any one; stupid, fat, ugly or anything else. However, I did remind Christens that Christ didn't come to save the rightous.

QUOTE: Sorry, but I think Christ would say turn theother cheek rather than I'll fini***his by golly.

Yep, Christ would absolutly turn his cheek, to the money changers that continue to exploit the have-nots. Don't know how well traveled you are, but in my travels through these United States, I've seen third world pockects of poverty. Churches using his name continuing to support the system, which seems not to be able change these pockets of poverty,

QUOTE: Geez, even a liberal like me knows that one.

Oh, as long as you get your "Starbucks" and every now an again you hook with a cause in the thrid party, donate a buck or two....When was the last time you got dirty.

I'm as libral as Richard Nixon, who in his day and age was a rebublicain, today he'd be considered a no-good progressive!

JIm

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brazos87

Shiner is to beer what Blue Bell is to ice cream. Thanks dharmon!

And, how could you real Texans watch some corporate empire take over Pearl, and Lone Star. In my travels all over America, I always enjoyed sampling the regional brews.

When in New England having an ice cold beer, it was Narragansett, in western Pennsylvania it was Rolling Rock, in the northwest it was Olympia, in the almost west it was Coors. And one can't forget a western brewer Falstaff. Yes, I forgot to mention St Louis and Milwaukee, these brewers ended regional brewing as we knew it, no mention of them.

Jim

[dwRavenstar]

Gawd, even the hapless churches are getting slammed (on Sunday, no less).

It wasn't the now "National" brewers alone that put a kink in the regional brewing concept. Look at the layout you're working on and you'll see the real culprit, well, you'll see the tool that made the effort plausible anyway.

They say the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth because their supply of beer had dwindled and the area provided the environment that would allow them to grow the grains and whatnot needed to fill the tankards. St. Louis and Milwaukee were strong brewing centers because they were lightning rods for German and European settling (folks who had the talent and desire to whet the pallats of their neighbors. In old photos you see the men heading off to work with that small bucket in their hands. They weren't toting Campbell's soup for lunch and bringing the empty vessel home for another day tomorrow. On the way home they would stop and get their evening's beverage in that little bucket.

You bought your day's drinking and no more because there was no dependable refrigeration to keep it fresh for longer than it took to drain a pint or two. Once that secret had been translated it was time for all hades to break loose.

Breweries could deliver suds further than an afternoon's wagon ride away and larger purchases by the drinking masses became very popular. In come the railroads and their brand spanking new technology, the reefer. A partnership was born. One hand washed the other in a frothy mug and the larger breweries used their wealth and business talent to advertise and cajole until the name of Captain Pabst was better known than that of the current First Lady. Over time dragons grew into monsters and America's drinkers developed a national perspective of their daily past time.

Attack anyone you like, pick a daily victim if it suits your inner need but don't insult the jockey when his ride betters your pick in the third race. The regional breweries that have been absorbed or dried out by the bigger guys went that route because it was their best business decision at the time. In hindsight many of them might well enough see that they had made a mistake or they had fallen victim of their individual circumstances at the time. No decision by the individual drinker made it happen unless they were guilty of ordering what was available at the corner watering hole rather than going somewhere else for their brew.

Regional breweries are still thriving. On my trip back to Pa. next month you can bet I'll be drinking a couple of Genesees before my flight back lifts off. Except for nights my wallet was a bit light back in my early twenties I wouldn't have washed a sick dog in Rolling Rock. Oddly it's offered as a Premium beer out here in the Midwest. Go figure.

Peace and happiness to you Jim. I'm just playing Devil's Advocate here. [}:)]

Dave Wyland (dwRavenstar)

[Anonymous]

Dave,

What a nice posting, but the forgotten factor in in all this is..regional brewers either became national players like Coors, or the brand died in its drinkers minds on merger with either a St Loius or Milwakee outfit!

And for GOD's sake, all this posting is always done with the eye towards fun, why else expend the energy! After all, I'm sort of a fat middle age guy, I'm kind of proud of that...

I just wonder what my trains star count is now?

Jim

[dwRavenstar]

But without the invention of the refrigerated rail car, the bottle cap and Pasturization of the product we'd all still be drinking suds that were brewed last night somewhere down the street.

Derision, attacks and affronts presented tongue-in-cheek might fit under the eye towards fun blanket but in the eyes of some folks it may well seem a tiny crib blanket being spread and nothing akin to a king sized comforter.

Dave Wyland (dwRavenstar)

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dwRavenstar

But without the invention of the refrigerated rail car, the bottle cap and Pasturization of the product we'd all still be drinking suds that were brewed last night somewhere down the street.

Derision, attacks and affronts presented tongue-in-cheek might fit under the eye towards fun blanket but in the eyes of some folks it may well seem a tiny crib blanket being spread and nothing akin to a king sized comforter.

Dave Wyland (dwRavenstar)

Hey Dave,

I'm loving your mind game...Everytime I post here, I get a Trains magazine point towards a star. As a side note, each one of those regional brewers out lived your postings about improved industrial production...LONG PAST IT. Maybe the demise of regional brewers was associated with advertising, witch has nothing to do with quality of the product!

Jim

[dwRavenstar]

Mind game huh?

Dad has always said you play up or down to the level of your competition. You see it as a game and I see myself playing down. Good luck with your star quest. I've better endeavors with which (yes, that is the proper spelling of the word) to occupy my time.

Ravenstar

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dwRavenstar

Mind game huh?

Dad has always said you play up or down to the level of your competition. You see it as a game and I see myself playing down. Good luck with your star quest. I've better endeavors with which (yes, that is the proper spelling of the word) to occupy my time.

Ravenstar

The game is that neither you or I have an investment in the discussion, we have just observed what happened, and are now exchanging the possibilities...I see your father didn't have an idea about the power of advertising.

Yep, must times I'm a downer, because I always speak the truth. BTW - thanks trains for giving me star points! Get a grip Yankton, like you had some new information on the demise of regional brewers!

Jim

[jabrown1971]

SP9033-Seems like maybe you missed the point of the thread....a nice little place to run up the thread count.......it is supposed to be fun, a place to say something just to say it. Seems like maybe you need to loosen up a bit. Instead of picking fights here with your own thread, go over there and laugh a bit. Have fun and please don't take this as a critisism, but rather an obsevation from someone with just two stars next to my name, and *** proud about it

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jabrown1971

SP9033-Seems like maybe you missed the point of the thread....a nice little place to run up the thread count.......it is supposed to be fun, a place to say something just to say it. Seems like maybe you need to loosen up a bit. Instead of picking fights here with your own thread, go over there and laugh a bit. Have fun and please don't take this as a critisism, but rather an obsevation from someone with just two stars next to my name, and *** proud about it

Yes, your right! I must loosen up...My God, I lied!

Jim

[Anonymous]

ttt

[techguy57]

QUOTE: Originally posted by SP9033
Oh, as long as you get your "Starbucks" and every now an again you hook with a cause in the thrid party, donate a buck or two....When was the last time you got dirty.

I'm as libral as Richard Nixon, who in his day and age was a rebublicain, today he'd be considered a no-good progressive!

JIm

Jim,
Shows how little you know about what you are talking about. If you knew me and what my job is like you'd know I get plenty dirty moving steel counterweights and unloading trucks. If you knew me and what I do to help some of my significant other's families' stores then you'd know I'm often up to my elbows in drywall, mastic and paint just to name a few. And if you knew anything about me at all you'd know that I've worked hard to get the things I have and to be wherre I am in life. But you wouldn't know that because you think this forum should be entirely about trains, despite the fact you've spent the majority of your time in this particular thread bashing Dubya (if you want my views on the President I'll be more than happy to discuss them with anyone somewhere else). But the folks who understand that this forum is more than just about trains, that understand that its a way for train enthusiasts to get together and talk and most importantly to connect, are the folks I can say do know me and what I'm like. Those people, people like Dan, Ed, Jen (Mookie), Gabe, Carl (cshaverr) and a host of others understand that personal contact and connections can open up a lot of doors in life that would otherwise be shut. They also understand that sometimes facts and figures are not the most interesting aspect of railroading. I greatly appreciate that attitude and that I can have good relationship with folks like these who I probably wouldn't get to meet and talk with if it wasn't for this forum. My advice to those who don't like it's format: please feel free to contact the administrators at Trains.com or simply just go somewhere else. That certainly goes double for you Jim.

Sincerely,

Mike Vanlandingham

[dharmon]

Cold whack fo shizzle!

Yeah

[techguy57]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Cold whack fo shizzle!

Yeah

[:D]Oh, Dan...If you ever want to have your own tv sitcom, I'll be happy to help out anyway I can! Seriously funny stuff as always.[:D]

Mike

[Junctionfan]

What is wrong with this tunnel? I downloaded a tunnel saying it is big enough to fit double stacks and so I installed it, (Auran Trainz) and run a double stack train. Guess what happens, they lied. I now have 90 40 foot containers on the ground..............DOH!!!

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

What is wrong with this tunnel? I downloaded a tunnel saying it is big enough to fit double stacks and so I installed it, (Auran Trainz) and run a double stack train. Guess what happens, they lied. I now have 90 40 foot containers on the ground..............DOH!!!

Cold stone whack fo shizzle!!!!!

talk about some mad 'tainer stacking whacking skills!!!

[techguy57]

[#ditto]

[Anonymous]

I hope Shiner doesn't go the way of Lone Star and Pearl, absorbed by larger companies, like Jim said. But IMO, the Shiner product is much better than either Pearl or Lone Star and probably better likely to stand on it's own. And if you're ever down this way, it's worth it to go see their brewery.

mike

[edblysard]

Pearl, Lone Star?
You mean there is someone besides the drunks who drank that stuff by choice?

Ed

[Anonymous]

Mr. Ed,

I've had both, on occasions when nothing else was available. Pearl, especially is pretty nasty. I can't imagine being drunk on either. Sheeesh, makes me sick to think about it.

mike

[brazos87]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Pearl, Lone Star?
You mean there is someone besides the drunks who drank that stuff by choice?

Ed

I always used Pearl as paint thinner, Lone Star as carb cleaner--and to think, we've lost out on these home grown industrial solvents!

Bring's a tear to my eye, I''ll drown my sorrow in a Shiner.

[Junctionfan]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

What is wrong with this tunnel? I downloaded a tunnel saying it is big enough to fit double stacks and so I installed it, (Auran Trainz) and run a double stack train. Guess what happens, they lied. I now have 90 40 foot containers on the ground..............DOH!!!

Cold stone whack fo shizzle!!!!!

talk about some mad 'tainer stacking whacking skills!!!

And foamy too. Majority of the containers were from Heineken.[:D] Quite the fizzle.....