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Kelly Anderson

June 23, 2021 11:57AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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et&wnc Wrote:
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> I good friend of mine who had almost 20 years on
> me, when I was a teen, told me, "ride them while
> you can," as you never know when the plug will be
> pulled.
> 18 ran at Mt Hood for a very brief time and taking
> his advice to heart, I drive down there with my
> wife and we had a very nice day of it. Very
> soon after that, the fires got dropped and she was
> moved elsewhere. I doubt I'll see her in steam
> again, but yeah, ride them while you can!

As David P Morgan put it, "No patent on permanence."

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SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	drgw0579	June 22, 2021 07:18PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	guymonmd	June 22, 2021 08:37PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	et&wnc	June 23, 2021 10:38AM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Kelly Anderson	June 23, 2021 11:57AM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Samart	June 22, 2021 08:40PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	michael	June 22, 2021 09:16PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Rader Sidetrack	June 22, 2021 09:21PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Brian Norden	June 22, 2021 10:28PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	superfleet	June 23, 2021 09:16AM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Greg Scholl	June 23, 2021 10:32AM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	evankamp	June 23, 2021 11:43AM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Greg Scholl	June 23, 2021 02:44PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	jim pallow	June 23, 2021 12:49PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Earl	June 23, 2021 12:51PM
Re: SLRG #18 Ready to Leave Alamosa	Tomstp	June 23, 2021 02:55PM
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