Tank Smith Wrote:
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>
. . . As I recall, we weren't able to finish both sides
> in the evening and had to restart in the morning.
> In the sunlight we saw that the blue shade turned
> out pretty good and were feeling good about the
> results, but were subsequently interrupted by the
> yard crew servicing 487 and putting the train to-
> gether. So about 45 mins before traintime, I was
> still up on a ladder finishing the fireman’s side
> close to the depot when Fritz Bauer came trot-
> ting out to see what was happening. I asked him
> what he thought, and his exact reply was, in his
> German accent:
>
> “It looks like a g-- d--- potty seat!"
>
> He then turned around and trotted back in the
> depot. Everyone else liked it, though.
Thank You, Tank -
I did meet Fritz a few times, and can well imagine him saying
"Gott verdammte potty seat". IMHO, anyone who has "discovered" the NGDF only in the past five years or so should read the thread starting at [
ngdiscussion.net].
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