Joe,

JM>  The tracks for the mainline CSX (nee C&O) divide Huntington North and
JM>South*.  Many years ago, lost in the fog of time, viaducts were made
JM>under the tracks for traffic.  All are clearly marked X'x" clearance.

  You have to wonder if folks bother to read the signs.

JM>Yet there are truckers who ignore that and while the tops are not sheared
JM>off  (due to speed) they do get stuck and have to be towed out.
JM>  (*When Huntington was laid out in 1871, the tracks were on the edge of
JM>town, out of the way.  As time passed and the city grew people moved to
JM>the southside it was no longer a boundary).

  One did get stuck under a railroad overpass in North Little Rock, on
the south end of the yard, just north of the drawbridge over the
Arkansas River. Also, several of these overpasses note with warning
signs that "Road Unsafe When Under Water"...but you'd be surprised how
many ignore those signs as well.

JM>  I was raised as a Southern gentleman.  Part of that is opening/holding
JM>doors for others.  Some younger folk still do, but for many the person
JM>behind is on their own.  Also part of this was allowing older people to
JM>go first.

  On the ham radio nets, I address the men (especially the older ones)
as Mister John, Mister Roy, etc. -- and the ladies as Miss Connie, Miss
Virginia, etc. -- whether the ladies are married or not. When asked why
I do that, it's one word...RESPECT. If I give it, I know I'll get it in
return.

JM>>   I thought I had a dunce cap on order. <G>

JM>  I still have that with your name on it.
JM>  I was giving you a break.  

  LOL...it needs a sun visor on it to protect my eyes. <G>

JM>  For me the less snow and cold the better.

  I admit I like one good snow a year, but we normally get ice storms
down here. Back in 2000, we had back to back ice storms, and parts of
the state were without power for 6 weeks.

JM>> Now, we're on the flip side into Tornado Season

JM>  Picky, picky, picky.

  I'd say "sue me", but you wouldn't get much. I deactivated my Mom's
cellphone I was paying for her, because in her dementia, she dialed 911
when it was NOT an emergency, which is a no-no. Then, I called Comcast
to get a new promotion on the cable, but more so the high speed
internet. Doing both of those will save me $100 a month.

JM>  The birds will eat the bugs.

  I wish they'd eat the stinging insects.

JM>   Absolutely.  And once the rain is done, unless there's flooding, its
JM>gone.  Snow tends to stick around a long time.

  And, while the snow is pretty when it first falls, it gets dirty and
ugly in a hurry.

JM>  Some burning is natures way of cleaning out the dead wood so new plants
JM>can grow.  The ashes left also provide nutrients for the new plants.

  This is true. When a friend does the yard work, I let him mulch the
leaves and grass, as it provides nutrients for the soil.

JM>  I often think to myself when a car peels from a red light, "Better
JM>hurry, you don't want someone to beat to the next one".

  Really.

JM>>   As for the human version (Peter Sellars

JM>  He was so good, a fine comedian.

  And, a lot of the stuff was so absurd!!

JM>  I have many recordings of "The Goon Show" from the BBC in the '50s he
JM>starred in.  An insane program.

  I guess that's where "The Gong Show" got its name.

Daryl

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