All we need to do now is work out who is Big Dog , who is Me Too …
Well, I know who I am.
I got the official word this morning, via e-mail, all in caps.
Funny.
I didn’t think there was a period between the two "L"s in “HELL”.
But, that was word three.
He got the first two and the last word spelled right.
Surprisingly so.
OK… what am I missing here???
Curmudgeon said:
"is my memory going on the Fritz??"Odd.
I always thought your memory was on the Hans…
Hey Dave,
When it gets a little spotty, then it’s going on the “Fritz” (check him out on MLS, notoriously bad memory). 
Mike Morgan said:
All we need to do now is work out who is Big Dog , who is Me Too …
Mike, R-E-L-A-X, the way I heard it, it doesn’t matter! 'cause if you can’t lift your leg high enough, you’ll never make the grade. (that’s for the “Big Dog”) As for the MeToo, wasn’t that a French poodle?? What counts is: “Who has a sense of humour??”
Poor Dave, always getting picked on when he’s minding his own business. Oh wait, never mind.
Well , I have to say that Dave is not in the guide to forum types as are others on this forum–including me .
So he must be a saint , or they cannot find the words . I leave you to make up your own minds .
Mike
Curmudgeon said:
Well, I know who I am. I got the official word this morning, via e-mail, all in caps. Funny. I didn’t think there was a period between the two "L"s in “HELL”. But, that was word three. He got the first two and the last word spelled right. Surprisingly so.
Dave, There are people who have very sensitive email apps that will warn them or not permit them to send words such es HELL. The easy way out is HEL.L, obviously the “profanity police” in those apps is unilingual, otherwise it would accept “hell” as “bright” in German. BTW I’m sure glad I don’t get email like that.
I wish we could have everyone in this thread in one room together. I think we would have a great time !
What ? Drinking , you mean ? Sorry , I’m nearly legless already .
Mike
We were in a lengthy e-mail discussion with the Russian Sub folks back east.
The guy who WAS allegedly in charge, seems to have done nothing constructive, then in print said he never got a list or e-mail updates…
GAWD I love it whe I save stuff.
I called his bluff, caught him out, his last words, all in caps, was third word already posted, one and two were go to, last word had something to do with a sphincter-controlled orofice.
Curmudgeon said:
We were in a lengthy e-mail discussion with the Russian Sub folks back east. The guy who WAS allegedly in charge, seems to have done nothing constructive, then in print said he never got a list or e-mail updates… GAWD I love it whe I save stuff. I called his bluff, caught him out, his last words, all in caps, was third word already posted, one and two were go to, last word had something to do with a sphincter-controlled orofice.
D-A-V-E How could you!
That brought back memories! Way back in my former life I was Service Manager for a machine tool importing company. The GM had an at times selective memory (I guess we all do to a degree), which meant that “HJ the Smart Ass” wrote a lot of memos pertaining to various problems. Wouldn’t want to carry the can, if it could be avoided by “supporting” someone’s memory, would I?? He must have treasured them, kept them to the day of the outfit closing down. Then handed them back to me - I was doing contract service for them - with a smile and the comment: “They make for good reading. You had it right back then!” (15 years earlier)
Bryan Johnson said:Bryan
I wish we could have everyone in this thread in one room together. I think we would have a great time !
What we need to do one day is get the crew together for a LSC operating session. The logical place would be at Dave’s - large layout, gracious host, nice scenery (if it doesn’t &%#@& rain) and we all would “see the light” aka Battery Operation.
So we need to keep that in mind and keep Dave in a good mood (relative term).
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:Bryan Johnson said:Bryan
I wish we could have everyone in this thread in one room together. I think we would have a great time !(if it doesn’t &%#@& rain)
Is that’s even possible Hans ! Is that like summer in England ?
I could sit a listen to Mike and Timmy talk for an hour
oh yeah!!! now that sounds like fun! Almost as fun as watching hair grow
Oh , I dunno .
You may turn out to be quite a nice chap really .
Mike Morgan said:;)
Oh , I dunno . You may turn out to be quite a nice chap really .
Bryan Johnson said:
I could sit a listen to Mike and Timmy talk for an hour
I guess you could, best bring one of those simultaneous translation gizmos along. Could be hard slugging! The other item someone should bring is a list of the most commonly used RR terms (vernacular) for Mike M. Not that he keeps on talking about sleepers and next thing we know “Home Land Security” has the place surrounded looking for the British “Sleeper Agent”.
The problems with the North American Railways all centre on an inability to switch points , causing the engines to go
loco , derail and tie the sleepers in knots . Too much time is wasted bending over looking for golden spikes leaving people with a queer feeling ,especially round Broken Mountain where the cowboys spend their time mooning instead of loving their animals . Your engineers are drivers and our engineers don’t drive .Our conductors work with
orchestras while our gaurds look after the passengers . We know we’re right to run on the left . You will never make the grade with your level crossings because you are so short of engines that you run trains half a mile long blocking the crossing and forcing truckdrivers to try to race the train to such crossings so’s they aren’t held up while the half mile of train passes . These trucks are invariably petrol tankers which cause the train of gas tankers to go to heaven a bit early when the inevitable happens .
What a way to run a railway .
Mike
You’ve got it, mate!