RUSS,
YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT. TWO REASONS I SAY 24s THOUGH:
1. WHEN I WORKED IN DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNTING AT 547 I'M SURE I
PROCESSED INVOICES FOR "#24 MANGANESE FROGS" FROM UNITED STATES STEEL.
2. I GREW UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AND RODE THE OLD ROCK
ISLAND "DUMMYS". OSCAR LIMESTALL, ROCK ISLAND GENERAL MANAGER AND
LATER VP OF OPERATIONS LIVED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. I WAS SITTING
NEXT TO HIM ONE EVENING ON THE WAY HOME AND WE HAD A CROSSOVER, 15MPH
AROUND 47th ST AND I RECALL HIM SAYING "I WISH I HAD THOSE 24s THAT
MURPHY HAS", REFERING TO THE BURLINGTON. THAT'S WHY I SAY 24s. I
COULD BE WRONG THOUGH SINCE I MADE THAT STATEMENT BASED ON ANECDOTAL
STATEMENTS AND ASSUMPTION.
BRAD
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