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lumberjim · 01-03-2019, 08:49 AM

Just hope it wasn't the birbonic plague.

Carruthers · 01-03-2019, 11:07 AM

Whatever the cause, I think it's safe to say that he's stuffed.

Gravdigr · 01-03-2019, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Just hope it wasn't the birbonic plague.

Frealz.

Diaphone Jim · 01-03-2019, 11:32 AM

Maybe he was just done. Did you check his popup button?

Gravdigr · 01-03-2019, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

Maybe he was just done. Did you check his popup button?

Also a good one.

Gravdigr · 01-03-2019, 12:11 PM

He damn sure didn't have the flew.

Glinda · 01-03-2019, 01:05 PM

OMG. You people stop right now with all the cleverness. You are KILLING me.

Gravdigr · 01-03-2019, 03:03 PM

Yeah, if this bunch ain't good for nothing else...

Gravdigr · 02-05-2019, 12:47 PM

There's a house on either side of the road about 75-100 feet beyond those tracks. I would lose my mind (repeatedly) if I had to hear that clanging bell for a half-hour.

Happy Monkey · 02-05-2019, 12:49 PM

Or, as the real estate agent would say, "charm".

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2019, 06:28 PM

I use to live 50 ft from the tracks in the station at Secane. Electric commuter trans, didn't make that much noise. But every morning at 1:20 AM, a diesel work train came through doing about 12.3 mph. Because it had to cross North Ave then pass through station they were required(or just took perverse pleasure in) blowing the air horn steady from a quarter mile before the street/station, til a quarter mile after it.

By the way, did you notice the 2nd car from the right? There's the problem, we gotta build a wall along the border up north.

Carruthers · 02-06-2019, 09:33 AM

I stopped in Torrington, WY, on several occasions and huge coal trains trundled through the town over a level crossing about every twenty minutes.

The air horns weren't too much of a nuisance but I was slightly alarmed that the building shook as trains passed.

I've just looked at Google Earth and the motel is 175 yards from the track!

Gravdigr · 02-06-2019, 10:45 AM

Around here the protocol is apparently three short blasts of the horn, followed by three long blasts, followed by three short blasts when approaching a crossing. Every crossing.

Every. single. crossing.

There are seven crossings within 3/4 of a mile of my house.

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They blow the horn there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there...nine times.

No matter the time.

Clodfobble · 02-06-2019, 10:49 AM

There's a major thoroughfare RR crossing a few miles from our house that's right in the path to the kids' school... And more importantly, immediately parallel to the highway. When a train comes through, it backs up traffic a few miles down the road toward our house in one direction, and on the other side it stops all traffic on both the access road and the highway for up to 3 exits back. And the trains routinely come to a dead stop just like that rural one above.

Anyway, they have a major construction plan to fix it that will elevate either the train or the traffic (couldn't tell from the blurry specs in the local paper) to keep them flowing independently, and also somehow involve a roundabout. Plans call for something like 2.5 years of construction, but they assure us they will keep the minimum 2-lanes-in-each-direction open during that time. I'm just going to keep taking the back way home, myself.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2019, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Plans call for something like 2.5 years of construction, but they assure us they will keep the minimum 2-lanes-in-each-direction open during that time.

Oh ye of little faith... you be smart.

01-03-2019, 08:49 AM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Just hope it wasn't the birbonic plague. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-03-2019, 11:07 AM	#2
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Whatever the cause, I think it's safe to say that he's stuffed. __________________

01-03-2019, 12:11 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	He damn sure didn't have the flew. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-03-2019, 03:03 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Yeah, if this bunch ain't good for nothing else... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-05-2019, 12:47 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	There's a house on either side of the road about 75-100 feet beyond those tracks. I would lose my mind (repeatedly) if I had to hear that clanging bell for a half-hour. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-03-2019, 11:32 AM	#4
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Maybe he was just done. Did you check his popup button?

01-03-2019, 01:05 PM	#7
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	OMG. You people stop right now with all the cleverness. You are KILLING me.

02-05-2019, 12:49 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Or, as the real estate agent would say, "charm". __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

02-05-2019, 06:28 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I use to live 50 ft from the tracks in the station at Secane. Electric commuter trans, didn't make that much noise. But every morning at 1:20 AM, a diesel work train came through doing about 12.3 mph. Because it had to cross North Ave then pass through station they were required(or just took perverse pleasure in) blowing the air horn steady from a quarter mile before the street/station, til a quarter mile after it. By the way, did you notice the 2nd car from the right? There's the problem, we gotta build a wall along the border up north. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2019, 09:33 AM	#12
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I stopped in Torrington, WY, on several occasions and huge coal trains trundled through the town over a level crossing about every twenty minutes. The air horns weren't too much of a nuisance but I was slightly alarmed that the building shook as trains passed. I've just looked at Google Earth and the motel is 175 yards from the track! __________________

02-06-2019, 10:45 AM	#13
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Around here the protocol is apparently three short blasts of the horn, followed by three long blasts, followed by three short blasts when approaching a crossing. Every crossing. Every. single. crossing. There are seven crossings within 3/4 of a mile of my house. They blow the horn there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there (nine times), and there...nine times. No matter the time. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-06-2019, 10:49 AM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	There's a major thoroughfare RR crossing a few miles from our house that's right in the path to the kids' school... And more importantly, immediately parallel to the highway. When a train comes through, it backs up traffic a few miles down the road toward our house in one direction, and on the other side it stops all traffic on both the access road and the highway for up to 3 exits back. And the trains routinely come to a dead stop just like that rural one above. Anyway, they have a major construction plan to fix it that will elevate either the train or the traffic (couldn't tell from the blurry specs in the local paper) to keep them flowing independently, and also somehow involve a roundabout. Plans call for something like 2.5 years of construction, but they assure us they will keep the minimum 2-lanes-in-each-direction open during that time. I'm just going to keep taking the back way home, myself. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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