I still use "account", as in: I didn't see anything, account I was down in the nose". I really love "See no failure to comply" :>) Mike -- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go t
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:21:02 -0800 (PST)
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Mike et al..."Down in the nose" replaced "Puttin in a fire" when diesels replaced steam..I was never involved in any kind of "incident" where a fireman was involved when he was not..."back in the eng
How about..."getting the DOPE" on something??? Pete How about things were "abolished"? It was never just ended or discontinued. I always remember a time when a special agent arrested a trespasser and
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Pete..... I still use "I was down on the deck puttin' in a fire" once in a while :>) Of course, nobody knows what it means LOL When the BN gave Bob Richardson the mechanical records out of the C&S ro
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:51:25 -0800 (PST)
The thing about it, it sometimes was truthful. On a hand fired engine, firing was almost a full time task. Besides shoveling coal, you had to watch the water glass. I know the hogger was susposed to
Mike et al...I love to do that...throw out old terminogy to see what happens...My wife always said.."Why do you do that stuff nobody understands it and they think you're weird... My reply..."That's t
Pete, I agree that it is nice to be old. Second childhood. Can do things you normally wouldn't do in your earlier years and use the excuse "gee, I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do that" Kinda li
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:32:04 -0800 (PST)
They don't THINK I'm weird. They KNOW I'm weird and proud of it. Any way, I know what I mean when I say "I sent it 'by wire' and 'when practicable' ". I get upset when some young person says "at the
Practicable is almost an essential word to use in railroad correspondence. Another "weird" explanation is that a single track is not "train tracks"...It takes 4 rails to have " tracks" I've got some
Mike...LET'S HAVE THOSE STORIES. Pete Pete..... I still use "I was down on the deck puttin' in a fire" once in a while :>) Of course, nobody knows what it means LOL When the BN gave Bob Richardson th
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:47:02 -0800 (PST)
Another one was the abbrevation "Messers." for plural of "Mr." That hung around for way to long. -- On Sun, 12/16/12, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote: From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jp
Keep 'em coming John....I may yet have enough to write some kind of "dissertation" on this matter...Phil W...help me out here too. When my round tuit gets here I'll post a list and solict comments an
Ok, here's one.... First off, I do know that being "down on the deck" was a legitimate reason for not seeing anything, I was down behind the boiler enough when I was the one-man crew on the R&GN Ry.
Author: Lawrence Brigham <larry5925@embarqmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:09:10 -0500
To Pete Here is one for you. Larry B larry5925()embarqmail.com On 12/17/12 12:23 PM, "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com" <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote: Keep 'em coming John....I may yet have enough to write some k
Thanks Larry..you're causing me to run out of excuses.....The recent "project" is among several I've been going to.."get to this next winter"...well several WINTERS have gone by since then...well. "m
Author: Lawrence Brigham <larry5925@embarqmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:40:06 -0500
Larry B larry5925()embarqmail.com On 12/17/12 2:34 PM, "Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com" <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote: Thanks Larry..you're causing me to run out of excuses.....The recent "project" is among se