Subj : Re: More Various Things
To   : Barry Martin
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Thu Jun 17 2021 08:11:00

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Daryl!
> 
>   > Plus dailydensen's mastery of the language are mediocre.
>   MP> All our message bases are belong to him.
>   BM> Darn! I was hoping for massage basses!
>   DS>   Deep throated guys rubbing your back...or maybe the bearded
>   DS> ladies who retired from the circus. :P
> 
> Sometimes one gets what one gets....

Call in the elephants!

> 
>   DS>   If the wind is blowing right, I can hear the train whistles
>   DS> several miles away...and knowing the milepost of the crossings, I
>   DS> can tell how far away he is.

Same here, if I'm paying attention.

> I don't know that detail but in winter the sound of the train whistles
> travel a greater distance (or seem to); some seem to be heard 'forever',
> blowing their horn at approaching crossings, through the crossing, then
> what seems like a few seconds later warning for the next crossing.
> 

Track is 100 feet from my door and the next crossing about 400 feet down 
the way, so I get 'em full blast. And we're a slow zone (supposed to be 
15mph speed limit, tho outbound are often going faster).

But I love trains, so I don't care. :D

> Unfortunately Davenport (next city over) has a lot of shooting and
> shots-fired incidents.  "Good news" is the general area where occurring
> is about six or seven miles from the house.

Now that we don't get around here, not least because the neighborhood 
would shoot back, with better aim.

[We have a stand-your-ground law that extends to protecting other 
persons and property.]
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