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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
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David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Up too soon for how late I got to sleep, but it should be a winning day. It was a very winning day. First, my low fuel light picked a beautiful place to come on, just a few miles from my destination and, even better, so that the first gas station I came to was at $3.309. Last I looked, the cheap places in Naperville were at $3.659, which is down considerably from a couple weeks ago. Then, I saw lots of cool trains and got to ride some of them. I even managed to get into and back out of the Kiddieland train. If you're ever in the Michigan City area, I highly recommend Hesston Steam Museum. They also have steam tractors and stationary engines. I especially wanted to see the trains I remember from when I was a kid, the ones from Brookfield Zoo. They were running a couple of the zoo cars behind an ugly Czechoslovakian engine. Then I got back to Chicago just in time to see the 3rd new electric locomotive built for Amtrak to use in the northeast. They're being built in Sacramento and shipped east on the front of regular Amtrak trains. The first two went to the testing center in Pueblo; this one is going to where it will be used. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Up too soon for how late I got to sleep, but it should be a winning day. Here the price of 87 octane gas is $3.799 a gallon and that's the lowest price available for the moment. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Up too soon for how late I got to sleep, but it should be a winning day. The Texaco mini-mart down the street from me has been at $3.999 cash/ $4.099 credit since the first of the year. The Valero station 3 blocks away is currently at $3.849 cash/$3.999 credit. #%*(%$($#^*(! California special formulation gas and (^*%^(^*&*(! high gas taxes. So NOT winning at the gas pump. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Up too soon for how late I got to sleep, but it should be a winning day. Way cool, Dave. Way cool. I was on a train only once, in my youth. Steam locomotive, as I recall. The surge of power every breath it took astounded me. Here is something that might astound you........ "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Thomas Send message Joined: 9 Dec 11 Posts: 1499 Credit: 1,345,576 RAC: 0 |
Any Given Sunday Win |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Good morning win. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
Winning even though it's Sunday afternoon, and I really should get up and see all the glorious summer sunshine. It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Good morning all, beep. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
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Nick Send message Joined: 11 Oct 11 Posts: 4344 Credit: 3,313,107 RAC: 0 |
Another kettle gone "phutt"!!!.....post. The Kite Fliers -------------------- Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes. |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
I had to buy a cheepy USB key board as the start-up function does not see the wireless key board. Win, Beep, Beep! |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
Posting on a warm morning... Same here - 82F at 0800, predicted 110F Already refilled the water buckets, will set a soaker hose near the patio to help keep the kitties comfortable before I leave for Bingo. Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34258 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Just winning. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Way cool, Dave. Mark, Mark, Mark. Yes, it's nice to listen to a steam engine work, but it's so much better to be there, to see it, to breathe the coal smoke. (Not so much the oil smoke, but UP has a good reason for using oil in its engines. Coal cinders tend to start grass fires in the arid west.) Even diesel exhaust somehow smells better from a train than from a truck or bus. And yes, to feel the surges; more than once, riding steam excursions, I have felt that, especially when we were moving slowly, trying to just move a few more car lengths, applying power without releasing the brakes. You feel the car surge and hear the single chuff every couple of seconds. I miss that feeling. Get yourself up to Duluth when North Shore Scenic Railroad is running SOO 2719 (Fridays and Saturdays, August 16 to September 14). Keep an eye open for Milwaukee 261 to run a trip somewhere. Ditto for SOO 1003, based in Hartford, WI (I like this engine; an organization I belong to ran a pair of excursions with it on September 22 and 23, 2001, but our ticket sales pretty much stopped cold a week and a half earlier). Donate to Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom so they can get C&NW 1385 running again. Illinois Railway Museum in Union is working hard on getting Frisco 1630 back together and running again. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Gotta' take LSM shopping, back later. Beep |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
A rare weekend post for me. Got a call today during lunch-my 75 year old Mom went in for Emerg surgery last night @ 2am. She's out & stable but it was bad. She had a Peptic Ulcer that perforated her bowel. They drained 3/4 of a gallon of infected fluid from her belly. She's already dealing with a weakened immune system due to Myasthenia Gravis treatment so we can't see her until Tuesday at the earliest. Serious prayers needed for the next few days as she's in a very compromised position. Also for my 85 yr old father who is just exhausted. All this after Izzy on 6/9, now Suz's Aunt (who survived an aneurysm a month ago) passed Saturday morning & I attended a friend's funeral Friday before work. Feel like we have a dark cloud hanging over us... |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65745 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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