Subj : More Various Things
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Fri Jun 18 2021 07:28:00


Hi Ky!

 >   > 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....
 KM> Call in the elephants!

They perform by Zoom too?!



 >   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.
 KM> Same here, if I'm paying attention.

I just had a flashback to an incident on the news a few years ago:
someone walked into a train!  Good news: train was going very slow and 
the idiot got by with only minor injuries.  


 > 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.
 KM> Track is 100 feet from my door and the next crossing about 400
 KM> feet down the way, so I get 'em full blast. And we're a slow zone
 KM> (supposed to be 15mph speed limit, tho outbound are often going
 KM> faster).
 
The closeness of the tracks reminds me of the _I Love Lucy_ episode 
where Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel are on their way to Hollywood, stop 
at a cabin hotel in the middle of nowhere.  As the train goies by the 
cabin shakes and bounces, the bed slides from one side of the room to
the other.


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

I'll admit to being part of the take 'em or leave 'em group, but do 
admire the design, strength, sometimes the grafitti.  Never had the 
opportunity to get acquainted.


 > 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.
 KM> Now that we don't get around here, not least because the
 KM> neighborhood would shoot back, with better aim.
 
<snortle> That's what's needed: consequences!  By the news reports it 
seems like a lot of guns are out there but seems all by the criminals.  
(The rest of us are protected by little stickers we got at the dollar 
store: "Warning! These premises are protected by a false sense of 
security!")


 KM> [We have a stand-your-ground law that extends to protecting other
 KM> persons and property.]
 
I'm not sure what Iowa has.  I do like the concept of not only being 
able to protect one's own person and property but neighbours': neighbour
isn't home, I see someone break in, call 911 and then (if reasonably 
safe) detain.  ...Might have to order delivery: Davenport police are 
sometimes very slow to respond to low-level reports.  At least here in
Bettendorf they're generally near-instant response.


 
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