A professor of mine at Northern Illinois University followed this belief. A
good discussion may well answer a question, but to be very good it must
leave a further question for thought and then a discussion at a later date.
John Almond Tucson
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On 1/27/11 11:53 AM, "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com" <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote:
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> Aint' it wonderful how much discussion this little matter has produced.
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> Mark Twain once said..."I continue to be amazed at how much information can
> be obtained with such a small investment of fact"..That may not be a direct
> quote, but you get the point....
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> I love it.
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> Pete
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert McNay <CptMatt@ameritech.net <mailto:CptMatt%40ameritech.net> >
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> >
> Sent: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 12:36 pm
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Trip February 19, 1966 - St. Louis to Hannibal
> Behind 4960
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> Oh man , I forgot about that. You could tell when the nuns were going to send
> something home with us, for our parents, because all 3 floors of the scholl
> reeked of the ditto fluid.
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> Rob McNay
> Chicago IL
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> --- On Thu, 1/27/11, dieselpop1 <dieselpop1@msn.com
> <mailto:dieselpop1%40msn.com> > wrote:
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>> > From: dieselpop1 <dieselpop1@msn.com <mailto:dieselpop1%40msn.com> >
>> > Subject: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Trip February 19, 1966 - St. Louis to Hannibal
>> Behind 4960
>> > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
>> > Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 10:12 AM
>> > In schools those machines were
>> > usually in small rooms. Woe to you if you spilled some of
>> > the fluid while refilling the reservoir.
>> > W. D. Hoy
>> >
>> > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> ,
>> > Robert McNay <CptMatt@...> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > My first job, after high school in the mid-70s, was
>> > working for the accounting department at Marshall Field's on
>> > State St. My biggest job was running the monthly
>> > sales/financial reports. Eighty-five copies of 80 to 100
>> > pages each, 2 sided, all run off of a "ditto" machine.
>>> > >
>>> > > The messy liquid, the stencils that were more fragile
>> > than a crystal goblet, laying out the individual pages to
>> > dry before running the second side but being careful that
>> > they wouldn't wrinkle or stick together. I ruined more
>> > shirts......
>>> > >
>>> > > The Xerox corporation should be granted sainthood.
>>> > >
>>> > > Rob McNay
>>> > > Chicago IL
>>> > >
>>> > > --- On Wed, 1/26/11, califconure
>> > <jonathanharris@...> wrote:
>>> > >
>>>> > > > From: califconure <jonathanharris@...>
>>>> > > > Subject: [CBQ] Re: CB&Q Trip February 19,
>> > 1966 - St. Louis to Hannibal Behind 4960
>>>> > > > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
>>>> > > > Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 10:48 PM
>>>> > > > I believe what you mean is methanal
>>>> > > > (=formaldehyde). I vividly recall the sickly
>> > sweet smell
>>>> > > > from school (elementary school through college).
>> > Methanol is
>>>> > > > methyl alcohol (so-called "wood alcohol"). Both
>> > are nasty
>>>> > > > and toxic.
>>>> > > > jonathan
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> ,
>>>> > > > "dieselpop1" <dieselpop1@> wrote:
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > The solvent was methanol.
>>>>> > > > > W. D. Hoy
>>>>> > > > >
>>>>> > > > > --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> ,
>>>> > > > Jpslhedgpeth@ wrote:
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > I'll bet nobody, or maybe just a few
>> > "old coots"
>>>> > > > know what Ted means when re refers to "Ditto
>> > Flyers....they
>>>> > > > smelled so good".
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > The "jelly" used in the "ditto" process
>> > had a
>>>> > > > very unique and special odor...Kind of sweet and
>> > very
>>>> > > > pleasant...I can't describe it, but I would
>> > recognize it
>>>> > > > instantly..
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > Right Ted
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > Pete
>>>>>> > > > > >
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>>>>>> > > > > >
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>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> > > > > > From: Theo <hi_jeanx@>
>>>>>> > > > > > To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com> >
>>>>>> > > > > > Sent: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 3:43 pm
>>>>>> > > > > > Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Trip February
>> > 19, 1966 -
>>>> > > > St. Louis to Hannibal Behind 4960
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > Way back, three Wesleyan students rode
>> > what was
>>>> > > > billed as the Last Steam Excursion Via the
>> > CB&Q out of
>>>> > > > St. Louis Union Station. The date was February
>> > 19, 1966.
>>>> > > > Handing out ditto fliers (they smelled so good)
>> > and getting
>>>> > > > $.50 dues, they recruited 110 others on the trip
>> > to fight to
>>>> > > > save CB&Qs steam, with their ultimate effort
>> > what became
>>>> > > > the Monticello Railway Museum. I don't remember
>> > much of the
>>>> > > > rest of the trip, but the early action was
>> > spectacular on a
>>>> > > > nearly windless, grey day that allowed the 4960's
>> > plume to
>>>> > > > rise majestically perhap 400 feet, with hundreds
>> > of people
>>>> > > > on the top of the levee in a
>>>>>> > > > > > strictly-enforced photo run-by line
>> > getting a
>>>> > > > thousand shots and movies (there were 800 people
>> > on the
>>>> > > > train at least).
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > The museum needs a slide or photo of
>> > that event
>>>> > > > to use in its PowerP show history being put
>> > together.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > If anyone can find something they could
>> > use, it
>>>> > > > will be to great thanks.
>>>>>> > > > > >
>>>>>> > > > > > Ted Lemen
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