Re: D&RGW: Apache Crossing, long ago . . .
| August 10, 2018 07:21PM |
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Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Roger Hogan Wrote:
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>
> > All it needs now is some fence.
>
>
> SOME fence, Roger?
>
> Several hundred board feet, far as I can
> tell. Best we can hope for, IMHO, is that
> someday, "By God and By Otto",* Johnny Coal will
> get the telegraphone poles reinstalled . .
> .
>
> - Roosso
>
> * Back in the olden days, folks around
> Silverton and in Rio Grande Southern territory
> swore by Otto Mears — if he couldn't do it,
> nobody could. I'm figurin' that a modern
> equivalent – when it comes to video, anyway
> – would be "By Drone and By Roger" . .
> .
Mr. Cole stills tells me he is going to get-er-done someday. Friend Russ thanks you for the very nice comment.
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> Roger Hogan Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > All it needs now is some fence.
>
>
> SOME fence, Roger?
>
> Several hundred board feet, far as I can
> tell. Best we can hope for, IMHO, is that
> someday, "By God and By Otto",* Johnny Coal will
> get the telegraphone poles reinstalled . .
> .
>
> - Roosso
>
> * Back in the olden days, folks around
> Silverton and in Rio Grande Southern territory
> swore by Otto Mears — if he couldn't do it,
> nobody could. I'm figurin' that a modern
> equivalent – when it comes to video, anyway
> – would be "By Drone and By Roger" . .
> .
Mr. Cole stills tells me he is going to get-er-done someday. Friend Russ thanks you for the very nice comment.
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