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I'd like to know how we got stuck with this mess in the USA?

I talked with OUR friend Deryck this morning 06:00 EDLST. His good housekeeper is looking after him…his back is not too badly hurt…just used some muscles he hadn’t used for a while. He is waiting on floor covering and a new washing machine.

He has been advised to stick to Branch Railroadian matters and leave the household maintenance to the alien work force. They have them over there too.

Deryck assures me that his railroad budget hasn’t been called into play, with the purchase of that new washing machine.

We must insist on him giving us a full report at least once a week, eh, Mike ?

So thet’s how ye spell “our” , I thunk it were ower . Still an’ all , Cuzzes , Deryck dun good pleasin’ the greens with his ressicklin , now he shud practice wrasslin’ a bit mo’ then the dang masheen wudna bit his back .
Cuz Fred , y’all ever strung yo’ empties up on balin’wire to play a toon or too ? Wind blows ower the tops and meks fahn moosic I’ll help yer empty sum , if’n yer like .
Hang loose now .

The EU Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.

As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as “Euro-English”.

In the first year, “s” will replace the soft “c”. Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard “c” will be dropped in favour of “k”. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome “ph” will be replaced with “f”. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.

Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent “e” in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing “th” with “z” and “w” with “v”.

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary “o” kan be dropd from vords kontaining “ou” and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl.

Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.

If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.

The Lone Railroader said:
The EU Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility..
Between school and university, I spent a few months at a Handelsschule in Heidelberg, whose aim was to make other Europeans familiar with German for business use. Unfortunately, the British students had a hard time practising German, since the assorted Scandinavians, Dutch, Belgians, French, Italians, Spanish et al preferred to practise their English on us, outside the classroom.

Interesting, I studied German at Bad Toelz, South of Munich, Germany and Russian in the Lenin University in St. Petersburg. Students would speak to me in English and I would answer in their’s.

The Lone Railroader

Interesting…

As a young lad back in the 40’s, I learned to swear in French on the streets of Montreal. The French speaking Canadians, I met and swore at, learned a lot of English swear words from me.

Too bad we all couldn’t get together and swear at each other in a common language like the so called “Stagnant” language; Latin.

Today; with all sorts of “Culturists” going around trying to promote the use a whole bunch of different languages, we run into the problem that causes so much of the troubles of the world…“The greatest seperators, and causes of war and disagreement; Language differences and Religion”

…but then, it isn’t politicaly correct to suggest such nonsense…I’ll be called a bigot and all sorts of things just for suggesting that any religion could cause problems…let alone a language that might be foreign to me.

Fred Mills said:
Interesting.....

As a young lad back in the 40’s, I learned to swear in French on the streets of Montreal. The French speaking Canadians, I met and swore at, learned a lot of English swear words from me.

Too bad we all couldn’t get together and swear at each other in a common language like the so called “Stagnant” language; Latin.

Today; with all sorts of “Culturists” going around trying to promote the use a whole bunch of different languages, we run into the problem that causes so much of the troubles of the world…“The greatest seperators, and causes of war and disagreement; Language differences and Religion”

…but then, it isn’t politicaly correct to suggest such nonsense…I’ll be called a bigot and all sorts of things just for suggesting that any religion could cause problems…let alone a language that might be foreign to me.


Fr.Fred,

It didn’t take a foreign language in Switzerland, all it took was a dialect 2 or 3 cantons removed and let the fun begin. :wink:

Hey , cuz , they be fillosofizin agin . Reckon they be tryin’ to shut us out ‘cos we don’t talk inglish . Thats racist , or sump’n like .
Meantime , it’s shine week, so I gots things to sample .
see yerz , if’n I kin see after the samplin’

Fred Mills said:
"The greatest seperators, and causes of war and disagreement; Language differences and Religion"
Now all the earth had one language and the words were common [to all]. 2 And men moved east, and they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they settled there. 3 And they said to each other, each to their fellow, "Come. Let us make bricks, and let us bake them with fire." They used brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come. Let us build a city for ourselves, and a tower, the top of which reaches the heavens. So let us make a name for ourselves lest we be scattered over the face of the entire earth." 5 But Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of man had built, 6 And Yahweh said, "See! The people are one and their language is the same for all of them. And now they have begun to do this; in the future nothing that they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come. Let us go down and let us confuse their language so that they will not understand each other's language, each will not understand their fellow." 8 So Yahweh scattered them from there over the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city.

Christopher…

After quoting that; we must invest you as a Branch Railroadian Archie Bishop…the office of Archie Bishop in Ottawa is open…since Bobby Farquhar left to gain fame in Kingston and “The Rock Piles”.

Mike Morgan said:
Hey , cuz , they be fillosofizin agin . Reckon they be tryin' to shut us out 'cos we don't talk inglish . Thats racist , or sump'n like . Meantime , it's shine week, so I gots things to sample . see yerz , if'n I kin see after the samplin'
I is telling ya, Cuz, it just ain't right!

We’s only gots two kind of shine hear…the fightin’ kind and the lovin’ kind…I’ve alway ben reel fon of the fightin’ kind, myself.

The Lone Railroader

With great trepidation I put my oar into this soup:

  1. Don’t use oil on your Kadees. Or on your wheelsets. As you said, it attrakts (sory, kouldn’t resist) all manner of sin. Instead, use graphite, but not the expensive stuff from Kadee. Get the same stuff from the big box hardware store intended for lubing locks. Bigger supply and a whole lot less $$.

  2. English is now the lingua franca of the world. Deal with it. Huh? Lingua franca? English?

  3. The greatest accomplishment of the Roman Legions was using and understanding Latin on a daily basis.

  4. The Shine I know is guaranteed to be not older than thirty days. It is what fuels the Chumstick River and Tumwater Northern RR.

Now, you are returned to your regularly scheduled program.

madwolf

Fred Mills said:
Christopher.....

After quoting that; we must invest you as a Branch Railroadian Archie Bishop…


Verily, Father, I think I am more of a loose canon.

Chris Vernell said:
Fred Mills said:
Christopher.....

After quoting that; we must invest you as a Branch Railroadian Archie Bishop…


Verily, Father, I think I am more of a loose canon.

Fr. fred

Oh good, we are having a Canonizing Party…How many attendeees should we expect?

Let’s see:

Single Malt…Check

Honey Brown…Voted Drink of the Branch Railroadians…Check

Chips…Check

Rack of Musk Ox…Check (Got to Barbeque something ya know?)

Large Drink Glasses…Check

Polka Music (Vogel UmPah Band)…Check

Check the list of invitees…Check

Any other items?

The Lone Railroader

Geeeeeeee Marvin!

How could you possibly forget the coffee and the doughnuts from Tim Horton’s???

And the smoked BC salmon for appies???

Chris Vernell said:
Fred Mills said:
Christopher.....

After quoting that; we must invest you as a Branch Railroadian Archie Bishop…


Verily, Father, I think I am more of a loose canon.

Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl. Cannoncocker’s Axiom.

various said:
Oh good, we are having a Canonizing Party.....How many attendeees should we expect?

Let’s see:
Single Malt…Check


Not allowed :frowning:

said:
Honey Brown....Voted Drink of the Branch Railroadians...Check
Not allowed :( (Well, a small one if no one tells the doc)
said:
Chips....Check
Not allowed :(
said:
Rack of Musk Ox...Check
OK, in moderation :) Bring on the rack of yak!
said:
Large Drink Glasses....Check
For water :(
said:
Polka Music (Vogel UmPah Band)....Check
Ain't got the knees or the puff for it :(
said:
How could you possibly forget the coffee and the doughnuts from Tim Horton's???
Coffee OK in moderation. Doughnuts a capital offence :( (OK, OK, so I eat 'em).
said:
And the smoked BC salmon for appies???
Yum, and allowed too. Yo ho Coho!
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
Geeeeeeee Marvin!

How could you possibly forget the coffee and the doughnuts from Tim Horton’s???

And the smoked BC salmon for appies???


HJ

Import duties on Tim Horton’s is very high…Unless we hold the Canonization at Fr. Fred’s…Hmmmm?

Prefer Alaskan Salmon…Used to catch many Kings and Silvers on the Kuskokim River River in the Summer…Seven 35 pound Kings in an hour wears your arms completely out!

The Lone Railroader