tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5769946780242853127..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: This Is So Cool - And Then It's So NotThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29517310321822008362015-02-11T09:45:50.949-08:002015-02-11T09:45:50.949-08:00@ Anyong. That was a gripping account. Your surviv...@ Anyong. That was a gripping account. Your survival seems to have been against the odds. Yours are the sort of injuries that are with you to the end.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20721469285320870252015-02-10T15:00:01.419-08:002015-02-10T15:00:01.419-08:00I dunno, Willy, is that a good thing? They say ma...I dunno, Willy, is that a good thing? They say matches sometimes burn brightest just before they burn out.. or some shit like that. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81893552778972290222015-02-10T14:59:44.020-08:002015-02-10T14:59:44.020-08:00This is the same kind of winter in 1963 when my mo...This is the same kind of winter in 1963 when my mom and I were hit by a train. Only the road and track had been plowed and only the smoke stack could be seen when my mother was about to cross the track. She turn the car to the right to hit the snow bank and the car slid up against the track. It hit us and threw us 125 feet up the track on the opposit side. My mom had to be cut out of the car and we both spent six months in hospital. An act of God incident prevailed.. Today I am now paying for all the injuries I suffered including 3 back injuries. Did CNR care? Nope ..not one iotta. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-63306227462572503432015-02-10T14:55:52.043-08:002015-02-10T14:55:52.043-08:00MoS
You've become the new Simon on Progs, you...MoS<br /><br />You've become the new Simon on Progs, you own the most read :)WILLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507295892199741837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-88327162280566274122015-02-10T13:44:46.957-08:002015-02-10T13:44:46.957-08:00As with every other deregulated industry, governme...As with every other deregulated industry, governments are allowing this. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-14490002601903968602015-02-10T13:24:35.751-08:002015-02-10T13:24:35.751-08:00Thanks for that insight, Bruce. Most of us probab...Thanks for that insight, Bruce. Most of us probably think of trains as just a pleasurable way to travel. Now that you raise it, I do recall seeing rail ploughs clearing tracks but I'm pretty sure that was years ago. It sounds like we've let rail safety slide. I know I had a lot of trouble with how the engineer handled the Lac Megantic train - applying some brakes but not nearly enough. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19345504015762941372015-02-10T13:08:26.314-08:002015-02-10T13:08:26.314-08:00No, this is most certainly NOT cool! As a former f...No, this is most certainly NOT cool! As a former freight Conductor, it is very easy for packed snow and ice to get into the flangeway (at road crossings) or elsewhere and DERAIL the train. Were it not for 'efficiencies' and crew cut-backs and no overtime, a plough extra would've been called to clear the tracks BEFORE running a train full of special dangerous commodities.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437179695468187898noreply@blogger.com