Subj : Re: moving or not was: CFBBS To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Tue Jul 02 2019 15:12:50 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Jun-2019 11:37 <=- NB>> Continuing answering messages offline and away from home... Just NB>> happened to think about whether or not my date/time stamps are NB>> being preserved... I've been answering a little at a time... NB>> today is the 19th, this message at about 7 pm... BM> No idea: all the messages come in with the timestamp of when imported BM> to this system. Some day in my free time I'll have to see if can BM> figure out what isn't configured properly. That's true... even though it appears that Tiny's bbs isn't messing with my date/timestamp, you'd still not see mine... maybe I should just make a practice of putting them inside the message.... Of course, it usually isn't all that important... ;) BM>>> According to a comment from Daryl earlier Amtrack and others BM>>> rent/lease/have some sort of access and use agreement. NB>>> Right... and that was my understanding as well, even before he made NB>>> the comment... BM>> To share tracks would make sense: a lot less expensive compared to BM>> building a unique set, some of the expense of building one's own BM>> tracks is offset by leasing/renting the track. NB>> Indeed. It does make a lot of sense... :) BM> And same for other shared transports. I think some of the pipelines BM> are shared: AFAIK don't have a Shell crude oil pipeline and a Casey's BM> crude oil pipe (latter is a regional brand). ...Read some time back BM> the crude oil source was sometimes the same (say, from Alaska oil BM> fields) and transported through the same pipeline and somehow separated BM> at the far ends -- something else to check out in my free time! That would make sense.... Also, regional brands might not refine their own oil into gasoline, but get it from other/major refineries.... :) BM>> And there was something in the news a few days ago about train funding BM>> in Illinois but at the time wasn't clear on how affecting the proposed BM>> line for here. So the trains will continue, we just don't know where. NB>> Just have to pay attention when it comes on the news.... and keep NB>> your eyes open for when things do change... :) BM> Nothing seen since, though doesn't mean nothing happening! Quite true.... just not hitting the news.... :) BM>> years ago I did see some of the workings of a mechanical BM>> watch: lots of gears and things going back and forth. Looked rather BM>> complicated. So time-shift to back then, probably essentially the BM>> same workings, created and assembled by hand. Accuracy has to be very BM>> high, so can't cheat and save money by not taking the time to polish BM>> burrs or use wobbly parts. NB>> Back then, watchmakers generally took pride in their workmanship... NB>> so there is less chance that there had been that sort of shoddy work.. BM> True, was more "I made this watch" than "I put this part into the BM> watch and shoved it down the line". Exactly... :) BM>>> Appears to be permanent. And half-heard on the TV news the railroad BM>>> was going to or considering installing a flood wall along their tracks. BM>>> No idea how that would interface with the city streets, Opening at BM>>> the street but when the railroad would close because of an impending BM>>> flood that would block the street..... NB>>> Could be interesting... Many of our crossings are a bridge over NB>>> the street (and sometimes the bridge over the tracks)... there NB>>> are still plenty of at-grade crossings... We don't have as much NB>>> risk of flooding near most of the tracks here, though.... BM>> Sort of snickering at the bridged crossings. The downtown Davenport BM>> area has quite a few railroad bridges crossing over major streets. BM>> The problem is when the bridges were built trucks apparently were not BM>> as tall, now quite a few get 'eaten' by the bridges: tops get peeled BM>> off. NB>> I don't think that that happens all that often here... at least I NB>> don't hear much about it happening... BM> Probably a rarity, though years ago have experienced some rather BM> narrow and probably short bridges oth there where could probably BM> happen. Here mostly happens with the larger semi's but also the BM> mid-sized one-piece trucks. Some just aren't very friendly to the larger vehicles.... although they generally are fairly well marked in advance... BM>> Yes, all the bridges have height markings, the problem ones have all BM>> sorts of warning signals and devices: metal tubes suspended to 'gong' BM>> when hit to warn will hit the bridge, various other measuring methods, BM>> all also turn on warning signs.... Clunk! Munch-munch-munch!! NB>> Yeah... too many are functionally illiterate... or think it NB>> doesn't apply to them... and often, one finds that physics isn't NB>> as flexible as one seems to think.... BM> Apparently! Could see it if happened more with rental-type trucks BM> driven by 'amateurs': people who usually drive cars and don't think to BM> look at the "clearance: 11'8"" signs and thinks it applies to what BM> they're temporarily driving. OTOH happens a little too often with BM> commercial drivers who should know better. Maybe they just don't keep in mind what their own clearance actually is... You'd think that would be a basic, but.... ;) ttyl neb .... If you eat yogurt, you'll have lots of culture. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .