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  1. Michaelson

    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    It's been a LONG time since I logged in here. I was one of the original moderators, and sat on the Queen Mary with Michael Key back in 2001 when he first told me of his plan to start this website. Has it been that long? Wow? Good to see folks are still using the joint. Regards! Michaelson
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I guess my 'pet peeve' is when I pull up a news service like NBC and click on an article to read, only to have a video pop up at the top of the article to SHOW me what the article says! If I wanted to watch a news film story, I'd have clicked on 'video', but I didn't....yet I'm STILL forced to...
  3. Michaelson

    Town Clocks

    Always one of my favorite clocks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pf9YluAU64 Regards! Michaelson
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    Amusing quotes from people mis-dating you

    Well, depends on the area you were from. Fedora's and leather jackets were pretty much the standard 'uniform' for steel workers and railroaders in my town 'back in the day', and I wore them LONG before Indy ever hit the screen, or was even a germ of an idea in Lucas's head. The elderly lady in...
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    Amusing quotes from people mis-dating you

    Years ago I was taking my daughters around trick-or-treating. I was wearing my standard fedora, leather jacket and was otherwise nicely dressed in what would probably be seen as 'blue collar' dress of the 20's thru '50's, when an elderly lady handed my girls some candy, looked up and said...
  6. Michaelson

    Largest steam locomotive on Earth to run again!

    The Allenheny was also referred to on the C&O and an H8 and used quite a bit on the Columbus Ohio run out of Russell, Ky. The reason they had all their pumps on the smokebox of the engines was because the engines kept getting bigger and bigger on the C&O, but the tunnels of West Virgina didn't...
  7. Michaelson

    You know you are getting old when:

    The first real inkling I had that I was starting to get long in the tooth was a few years ago in Scotsdale, AZ. I went into an old radio/TV station museum and realized every piece of equipment they had on display as 'ancient technology' was equipment I had used to make video productions when it...
  8. Michaelson

    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    'Emergency brake'? What a luxury! My cable was kinked and I NEVER had one. It was always an adventure driving the car. ;) Anyway, sorry to drag the conversation away from the question. Regards! Michaelson
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    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    Yep. It was getting harder and harder to keep going, and quite frankly, it was getting harder and harder on me driving it everyday to work in every type weather. Living in South/Central Tennessee you just don't find parts. No heater in winter when it's 17 below zero, but 120 degrees inside in...
  10. Michaelson

    Spring is almost here...

    Already went through our first round of Spring time tornado watches and warnings, so our week of Spring is just about over....then right into Summer! Regards! Michaelson
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    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    Mine is just me and my old 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe, which now resides in a collection in New Jersey. Regards! Michaelson
  12. Michaelson

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Hear hear and amen, Brother! I smile because I, too, remember them well, and though the stereotype 'chrome/tailfins/ducktails' of the era were part of it, they were in no way part of MY history during the period. I remember being scared when the rumors of nuclear war existed, performing the...
  13. Michaelson

    What Does The FL Think of So-called Black Friday?

    Come on down to Tennessee. Our Walmarts still sell brown eggs. ;) Regard! Michaelson
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    What Does The FL Think of So-called Black Friday?

    I saw it start to ramp up back 22 years ago when the store I worked at started opening up early for 4th of July sales. I left and never went back. It's just gone downhill from there. This year they stated that the biggest seller Walmart had was the $.29 towel, and folks were actually fighting...
  15. Michaelson

    "The Vanishing El" (1950)

    I enjoyed the heck out of that. Thank you for posting! HIGH regards! Michaelson
  16. Michaelson

    Does anyone else hate the 'Regards' signature

    I still love 'talking shop' too, old friend! Good to 'see you'. :D HIGH regards! Michaelson
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    Does anyone else hate the 'Regards' signature

    Yep, nothing more than standard email etiquette 101. I've been using it and 'High regards' since 1996, and will continue to do so. Regards! Michaelson
  18. Michaelson

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Yep, at least on the railroads and coal mines of West Virginia and Southern Ohio at the turn of the 20th century. That said, though, a road apple or horse apple is still the same. A turd. An alley apple was half a paving brick. ;-) Regards !Michaelson
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    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Old 1930's union strike term...."alley apple". It was half a street paving brick, easy to carry and conceal in a jacket pocket, kept as a weapon during strikes, and easily discarded if approached by police. Regards! Michaelson
  20. Michaelson

    Things You Learn as an Old Car Driver

    After driving a 50 Plymouth every day for 8 years to work, I can say it's a love/hate relationship, that's for sure. Brake lights were not electric switches at the base of the brake pedal, but are actualy in the brake line. When the pressure starts rising from the pressure of the brake being...

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