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Skriven 2013-04-05 20:24:43 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 35670 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Railroad Stuff
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> Sounds like time for body and fender work.  No contest.

-> You'll see his write up (probably) in this packet. It's gone from a mild
-> annoyance to really bad in less than a year.

 RH> They can do that.  At least now he has a good excuse for an afternoon
 RH> nap.

He will have an early morning one, has to be at the hospital by 5:45 for
7:15 surgery. That means we leave here around 5; I'll be ready for an
afternoon nap when it's all over.

->  RH> You have to start wondering if some of the women had crushes on
 RH> some
->  RH> of the firemen.(LOL)  There's an old story about a WWII GI who got
->  RH> dear-johned because he wrote his girlfriend every day. She fell in
->  RH> love with the mailman.

-> I think I recall reading about that. Not sure if any of the girls in
-> that dorm had any relationship with the firemen. Do know that some
-> (student) firemen were arrested for arson my senior year of school,
-> including, at least one of my classmates.

 RH> Oof.  That happens once in a while.  A fire bug sets the fires so he
 RH> can put them out.

There was a case of that in and around where I grew up in the mid 70s.
Guys were caught and properly dealt with.

->  RH> At least he's doing it now while he's in charge of where it goes.
 RH> The
->  RH> market for Standard gauge trains tanked a few years ago.  It'll go
->  RH> back up again in another 10 or so, most likely.  The first
 RH> generation
->  RH> collectors are dying off.

-> Dad has contacted a buyer of train collections but his e-mail is messed
-> up right now so doesn't know if he's had an answer. Talked to him (dad)
-> briefly last night and found out that nugget of information.

 RH> Can't help with the email, at least from here.

We can't either, need to talk to my brother and tell him what to do.
Then he can tell Dad what to do, but trying to tell Dad directly, over
the phone, is almost impossible.


->  RH> Yes to both. It was a mix.  Some was made for souvenir collectors,
 RH> but
->  RH> some was from the dining cars.  I have one of the food service
 RH> manuals
->  RH> too, but that isn't going anywhere.  It's from the Pennsy.

-> Everything in large quantities or scaled for reasonable? Probably a lot
-> of stuff that would scare the food cops now for being too high in
-> calories, fats, etc.

 RH> They were normal size plates, or if anything a little smaller than the
 RH> modern ones.  Railroad food was all cooked fresh, so the food police
 RH> ..tough noogies. :-)

Railroad police had to make sure things stayed at the right temps in the
fridges, etc. Actually, not railroad police probably but various health
departments.

-> -> doesn't have any of the latter but has some collector's plates
 RH> (gifts)
-> -> featuring trains. Those are not for food use tho.
 RH> ->
->  RH> Most aren't.
 RH> ->
-> They're just wall decoration, and the walls in the house are covered
-> with railroad stuff, needlework, pictures of grand (and great grand)
-> kids..................you get the pictue.

 RH> Sounds like home, literally.  My niece's pictures are on table tops
 RH> though rather than walls, and there's an oil of my two cats above the
 RH> fireplace where a large format photo of a Colorado train used to be.
 RH> I don't like it much, but it was a gift from a friend who thought I'd
 RH> love it.  I like the live cats better, unless they're making pests of
 RH> themselves.

Good intentions--did it capture the cats "personalities"?

->  RH> It wouldn't surprise me.  It used to a a popular app on Facebook.

-> I don't do Facebook so couldn't tell you one way or t'other.

 RH> It's a great way to keep up with family, get coupons, etc.  I use it
 RH> to keep
 RH> up with a lot of my church's missionaries, especially those halfway
 RH> around the world.

I still don't want to get sucked into that; I don't have enough hours in
the day most days as it is.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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