Re: The fate of old cabeese . . . and geezers
| August 19, 2017 12:41PM |
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Tomstp Wrote:
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> . . . It sat [there] until it actually rotted and fell apart.
> One day a front loader picked up the pieces into a
> large container and it went away.
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> Come to think of it, that may happen to you and me
> someday!
Speak for yourself, Tom -
I hope that my desiccated remains will be used to sand the flues of #489 as she rounds the cliff at m.p. 317.3 . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/19/2017 12:42PM by Russo Loco.
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> . . . It sat [there] until it actually rotted and fell apart.
> One day a front loader picked up the pieces into a
> large container and it went away.
>
> Come to think of it, that may happen to you and me
> someday!
Speak for yourself, Tom -
I hope that my desiccated remains will be used to sand the flues of #489 as she rounds the cliff at m.p. 317.3 . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/19/2017 12:42PM by Russo Loco.
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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