Re: A REALLY different approach ... 
| June 16, 2015 04:51PM |
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I dunno, John -
Watchu wanna bet that the very next day after the GRAMPS logo was painted on a UTLX
frameless car that somebody in the yard wasn't paying attention and allowed oil to over-
flow, or at least dribble on the tank, after he (or she) turned off the filler valve - in which
case it would be a matter of mere moments before soot from the locomotive assembling
the cars into a train would render the logo more-or-less unreadable.
Besides, pancake syrup (or blackstrap molasses) plus cocoa powder should be easy to clean off - it's even been suggested (via a p-m from a party who shall remain nameless) that the operator could sweeten the deal by providing a free pancake breakfast the day after the charter, so that these (presumably hi-fiber) pancakes could be used by attendees to wipe down said frameless tankcars * ...
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think ... "
p.s. IMHO, it's extremely important that we Phraud-O-Graphers stick together, and not waffle on this one.
pps. 1940, John. IIRC, that's why that loco guy, Roosso, wanted to have a 75th Anniversary GRAMPS train this year.
* This person did not make it clear whether (s)he expected that said pancakes would be used to remove the maple syrup / blackstrap molasses from the cars before the consumption of same by the aforementioned attendees, or whether only surplus pancakes remaining after breakfast would be employed for this purpose ...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2015 07:43PM by Johnson Barr.
Watchu wanna bet that the very next day after the GRAMPS logo was painted on a UTLX
frameless car that somebody in the yard wasn't paying attention and allowed oil to over-
flow, or at least dribble on the tank, after he (or she) turned off the filler valve - in which
case it would be a matter of mere moments before soot from the locomotive assembling
the cars into a train would render the logo more-or-less unreadable.
Besides, pancake syrup (or blackstrap molasses) plus cocoa powder should be easy to clean off - it's even been suggested (via a p-m from a party who shall remain nameless) that the operator could sweeten the deal by providing a free pancake breakfast the day after the charter, so that these (presumably hi-fiber) pancakes could be used by attendees to wipe down said frameless tankcars * ...
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think ... "
p.s. IMHO, it's extremely important that we Phraud-O-Graphers stick together, and not waffle on this one.
pps. 1940, John. IIRC, that's why that loco guy, Roosso, wanted to have a 75th Anniversary GRAMPS train this year.
* This person did not make it clear whether (s)he expected that said pancakes would be used to remove the maple syrup / blackstrap molasses from the cars before the consumption of same by the aforementioned attendees, or whether only surplus pancakes remaining after breakfast would be employed for this purpose ...
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/16/2015 07:43PM by Johnson Barr.
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