STAY OFF THE TRACKS

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Even better after a plate of biscuits and gravy!
All this food thalk has me hungry.
I think I will start a pot of navy beans friday night, and have beans and cornbread sat afternoon.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

If you do navy beans, you will have to change from Stay Frosty to Stay Away!

Jen

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Even better after a plate of biscuits and gravy!
All this food thalk has me hungry.
I think I will start a pot of navy beans friday night, and have beans and cornbread sat afternoon.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

If you do navy beans, you will have to change from Stay Frosty to Stay Away!

Jen

[Mookie]

QUOTE: [
Just for your Mookie, there are some people who make chocolate gravy. I just can't bring myself to try it. I'm sorry, a southern boy likes real gravy and chocolate gravy just doesn't even sound right.

Half a pot of coffee and still asleep. Wake up Jim. [:p] You know you type much better when you get sleep and then wake up from it. My sleeping has been screwed up for about 3 weeks now.

YUCK! Chocolate is good, but not that way. What do they put it over - Peppermint Potatoes? [xx(]

I know what you mean about the sleeping - I can't get there fast enough. Been told I can shut of the light and be asleep before the room gets dark...I don't know - I never stayed awake long enough to find out!

Mookie

[Mookie]

QUOTE: [
Just for your Mookie, there are some people who make chocolate gravy. I just can't bring myself to try it. I'm sorry, a southern boy likes real gravy and chocolate gravy just doesn't even sound right.

Half a pot of coffee and still asleep. Wake up Jim. [:p] You know you type much better when you get sleep and then wake up from it. My sleeping has been screwed up for about 3 weeks now.

YUCK! Chocolate is good, but not that way. What do they put it over - Peppermint Potatoes? [xx(]

I know what you mean about the sleeping - I can't get there fast enough. Been told I can shut of the light and be asleep before the room gets dark...I don't know - I never stayed awake long enough to find out!

Mookie

[vsmith]

Beans Beans
The Musical Fruit
The More You Eat
The More You Toot!

Not quit a Haiku, but what the hey...

[vsmith]

Beans Beans
The Musical Fruit
The More You Eat
The More You Toot!

Not quit a Haiku, but what the hey...

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Beans Beans
The Musical Fruit
The More You Eat
The More You Toot!

Not quit a Haiku, but what the hey...

As Ann Landers would say - "the last time I heard that I kicked the slats out of my crib". But it fits with the eats....[:)]

Moo

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

Beans Beans
The Musical Fruit
The More You Eat
The More You Toot!

Not quit a Haiku, but what the hey...

As Ann Landers would say - "the last time I heard that I kicked the slats out of my crib". But it fits with the eats....[:)]

Moo

[Anonymous]

Mookie,

Congratulations on the 4 Gold stars!!! The smoke must be rolling from your keyboard!! (and if it's smokin', watch out that it doesn't ignite whatever Ed and the boys are doing with those beans)

Jeff

[Anonymous]

Mookie,

Congratulations on the 4 Gold stars!!! The smoke must be rolling from your keyboard!! (and if it's smokin', watch out that it doesn't ignite whatever Ed and the boys are doing with those beans)

Jeff

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by valleytenderfoot

Mookie,

The smoke must be rolling from your keyboard!! Jeff

How does the old joke go?

"Do you smoke after sex? I supposed you never Looked !!!"

Sorry folks, I couldnt resist....

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by valleytenderfoot

Mookie,

The smoke must be rolling from your keyboard!! Jeff

How does the old joke go?

"Do you smoke after sex? I supposed you never Looked !!!"

Sorry folks, I couldnt resist....

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by valleytenderfoot

Mookie,

The smoke must be rolling from your keyboard!! Jeff

How does the old joke go?

"Do you smoke after sex? I supposed you never Looked !!!"

Sorry folks, I couldnt resist....

See Ann Landers quote above. You guys really do need to get some new jokes! These are dusty with age!

And - what can I say - I type for a living! [:o)]

The Mook

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by valleytenderfoot

Mookie,

The smoke must be rolling from your keyboard!! Jeff

How does the old joke go?

"Do you smoke after sex? I supposed you never Looked !!!"

Sorry folks, I couldnt resist....

See Ann Landers quote above. You guys really do need to get some new jokes! These are dusty with age!

And - what can I say - I type for a living! [:o)]

The Mook

[JoeKoh]

hey does a kangaroos parents mind if the kids eat crackers in Bed
stay safe
joe and matt

[JoeKoh]

hey does a kangaroos parents mind if the kids eat crackers in Bed
stay safe
joe and matt

[Anonymous]

I'LL GO ONE BETTER!! IN THE SUMMER OF 1966 NEAR MENDON, NY. ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY MAIN LINE, A MAN DECIDED TO END HIS LIFE AT AROUND 7 PM. BY PULLING IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN AT THE LAST SECOND. THE DAILY P&L JCT TURN OUT OF MANCHESTER WITH A PAIR OF RS-2s ON THE HEADEND OF 32 MOSTLY EMPTY COVERED HOPPER CARS, STRUCK THE 59 FORD AND SHEARED OFF THE FRONT END AT THE FIREWALL. THE VICTIM WAS PULLED OUT OF THE CAR WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND THROWN UNDER THE LOCOMOTIVE. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS THE LOCAL AMBULANCE, FD. AND RR EMPLOYEES PULLED A BADLY DISMEMBERED BODY FROM UNDER THE TRAIN. I WAS 16 AT THE TIME AND I CAN STILL SEE THE SCENE IN MY MIND JUST AS IF I WAS LOOKING AT IT NOW. THE PASSENGER SECTION OF THE CAR WAS SPUN AROUND BUT HAD VERY LITTLE DAMAGE. THE ENGINEER WAS TAKEN HOME AND I HEARD A FEW YEARS LATTER FROM A RR MAN THAT IT WAS A LONG TIME BEFORE HE RETURNED TO WORK. THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40 MPH AT THE TIME THE CABOOSE STOPPED AT THE CROSSING. I ALONG WITH A FEW FRIENDS WALK THE TRACKS THERE WHILE HUNTING A COUPLE WEEKS LATER AND FOUND SOME SMALL BONES AND TISSUE FROM THE VICTIM. AFTER THAT WE AVOIDED THAT SECTION ON OUR HUNTING TRIPS. A MONTH OR SO AGO I WAS WALKING IN THAT SAME STRECH OF ROADBED ( NOW ABANDON) WITH MY DOG AND REMEMBERED THAT NIGHT 37 YEARS AGO. IN 1970 I JOINED THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT. AND ON OCASSION SOME OF THE VETERANS WOULD BRING UP THAT NIGHT. THEY CALLED IT A BASKET CASE BECAUSE, WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. AS I SIT BY A CSX (ex NYC) CROSSING IN FAIRPORT ON OCASSION. I NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HECK PEOPLE THINK WHEN A TRAIN ROLLS BY AT 60 PLUS, ALL THAT WEIGHT AT SPEED. GUESS I NEVER WILL UNDERSTAND. EVERY KID IN SCHOOL SHOULD SEE THAT FILM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SHOW THEM THE WHOLE TAPE. MAYBE THEY WOULD CATCH ON. WELL I GUESS YOU STRUCK A NERVE IN ME ON THIS ONE. THANKS TOOLEY

[Anonymous]

I'LL GO ONE BETTER!! IN THE SUMMER OF 1966 NEAR MENDON, NY. ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY MAIN LINE, A MAN DECIDED TO END HIS LIFE AT AROUND 7 PM. BY PULLING IN FRONT OF THE TRAIN AT THE LAST SECOND. THE DAILY P&L JCT TURN OUT OF MANCHESTER WITH A PAIR OF RS-2s ON THE HEADEND OF 32 MOSTLY EMPTY COVERED HOPPER CARS, STRUCK THE 59 FORD AND SHEARED OFF THE FRONT END AT THE FIREWALL. THE VICTIM WAS PULLED OUT OF THE CAR WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND THROWN UNDER THE LOCOMOTIVE. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS THE LOCAL AMBULANCE, FD. AND RR EMPLOYEES PULLED A BADLY DISMEMBERED BODY FROM UNDER THE TRAIN. I WAS 16 AT THE TIME AND I CAN STILL SEE THE SCENE IN MY MIND JUST AS IF I WAS LOOKING AT IT NOW. THE PASSENGER SECTION OF THE CAR WAS SPUN AROUND BUT HAD VERY LITTLE DAMAGE. THE ENGINEER WAS TAKEN HOME AND I HEARD A FEW YEARS LATTER FROM A RR MAN THAT IT WAS A LONG TIME BEFORE HE RETURNED TO WORK. THE TRAIN WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40 MPH AT THE TIME THE CABOOSE STOPPED AT THE CROSSING. I ALONG WITH A FEW FRIENDS WALK THE TRACKS THERE WHILE HUNTING A COUPLE WEEKS LATER AND FOUND SOME SMALL BONES AND TISSUE FROM THE VICTIM. AFTER THAT WE AVOIDED THAT SECTION ON OUR HUNTING TRIPS. A MONTH OR SO AGO I WAS WALKING IN THAT SAME STRECH OF ROADBED ( NOW ABANDON) WITH MY DOG AND REMEMBERED THAT NIGHT 37 YEARS AGO. IN 1970 I JOINED THE LOCAL FIRE DEPT. AND ON OCASSION SOME OF THE VETERANS WOULD BRING UP THAT NIGHT. THEY CALLED IT A BASKET CASE BECAUSE, WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. AS I SIT BY A CSX (ex NYC) CROSSING IN FAIRPORT ON OCASSION. I NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HECK PEOPLE THINK WHEN A TRAIN ROLLS BY AT 60 PLUS, ALL THAT WEIGHT AT SPEED. GUESS I NEVER WILL UNDERSTAND. EVERY KID IN SCHOOL SHOULD SEE THAT FILM THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SHOW THEM THE WHOLE TAPE. MAYBE THEY WOULD CATCH ON. WELL I GUESS YOU STRUCK A NERVE IN ME ON THIS ONE. THANKS TOOLEY

[vsmith]

Thanks TOOLEY for reminding us that this IS an important topic and maybe we are getting a little carried away with the joking, but hey we all need to have a couple of laughs now and then.

P.S. Mookie, I'll try to update my jokebook....

[vsmith]

Thanks TOOLEY for reminding us that this IS an important topic and maybe we are getting a little carried away with the joking, but hey we all need to have a couple of laughs now and then.

P.S. Mookie, I'll try to update my jokebook....

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

hey does a kangaroos parents mind if the kids eat crackers in Bed
stay safe
joe and matt

Joe! That is a Matt joke!!!! And it is actually funny!

Got one for Matt - Who do you call when you have a sore toe?

A toe-truck

(I won't sign this one!)

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

hey does a kangaroos parents mind if the kids eat crackers in Bed
stay safe
joe and matt

Joe! That is a Matt joke!!!! And it is actually funny!

Got one for Matt - Who do you call when you have a sore toe?

A toe-truck

(I won't sign this one!)

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

hey does a kangaroos parents mind if the kids eat crackers in Bed
stay safe
joe and matt

Joe! That is a Matt joke!!!! And it is actually funny!

Got one for Matt - Who do you call when you have a sore toe?

A toe-truck

(I won't sign this one!)

Dear (I won't sign this one!)

Don't give us your day job. [;)] [}:)] [:p] [8D] [:)]

lol lol lol

P. S. Going to Missouri now for Pa's birthday. I plan on taking some nice nature pics along the way (if mother nature cooperates). Also I plan to get a few shot of the Frisco 4 8 4 # 4524 at Grant Beach Park. Anyone wanting a pic of it just email me and I will email it to you. Walgreens has "found" my lost roll of film. Another customer somehow got it but finally brought it back. I will see about getting these on a home page and sharing them with yall.

EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND [:)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

hey does a kangaroos parents mind if the kids eat crackers in Bed
stay safe
joe and matt

Joe! That is a Matt joke!!!! And it is actually funny!

Got one for Matt - Who do you call when you have a sore toe?

A toe-truck

(I won't sign this one!)

Dear (I won't sign this one!)

Don't give us your day job. [;)] [}:)] [:p] [8D] [:)]

lol lol lol

P. S. Going to Missouri now for Pa's birthday. I plan on taking some nice nature pics along the way (if mother nature cooperates). Also I plan to get a few shot of the Frisco 4 8 4 # 4524 at Grant Beach Park. Anyone wanting a pic of it just email me and I will email it to you. Walgreens has "found" my lost roll of film. Another customer somehow got it but finally brought it back. I will see about getting these on a home page and sharing them with yall.

EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND [:)]

[Anonymous]

HOW IN THE WORLD DID THAT HAPPEN? The last part wasn't a quote but it looks like it was. Weird.

[Anonymous]

HOW IN THE WORLD DID THAT HAPPEN? The last part wasn't a quote but it looks like it was. Weird.

[Mookie]

it's Friday and you are in Arkansas....

I won't sign this one either!

[Mookie]

it's Friday and you are in Arkansas....

I won't sign this one either!

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

I've seen enough near misses, all of which were the result of stupidity. I grew up in a neighborhood that was boxed in by railroad tracks, so I learned to keep a safe distance fairly early. Safety around the tracks is second nature to us in the hobby but it's hard to get the message to everybody else. Operation Lifesaver is the right idea but even when Metra has its safety presentations at various stations, people seem more interested in the freebies than the message.

[CSSHEGEWISCH]

I've seen enough near misses, all of which were the result of stupidity. I grew up in a neighborhood that was boxed in by railroad tracks, so I learned to keep a safe distance fairly early. Safety around the tracks is second nature to us in the hobby but it's hard to get the message to everybody else. Operation Lifesaver is the right idea but even when Metra has its safety presentations at various stations, people seem more interested in the freebies than the message.