Subj : Re: Various Things (1) To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Feb 19 2023 14:47:00 Barry, BM> Hmmm: on the one hand if you cut the boxes and put them in your BM> container they will weigh it down a bit and so lessens it flying off in BM> the wind. On the other hand the wind knocks over the recycling BM> container and the cardboard pieces fly off in the wind -- usually just BM> to the edge of your yard! If they are too large, they get stuck in there. The trash and recycle trucks have a "claw" that grabs the container, and lifts it up into the truck to empty it...then they set it back down on the ground. Sometimes, they do it so haphazardly, that it ends up being tipped over. They want to do the same job, with less people. Along that line, with all the mess with the 2 derailments from Norfolk Southern (first in Ohio, then in Michigan), this is going to revive the call to put extra crew on the train, to watch for things like smoking or flaming wheels (hotbox) as the train goes down the track (they did that years ago, before getting rid of the cabooses). Apparently, one of the defect detectors failed, and the dispatchers didn't notify the crew. The lawsuit attorneys already smell blood in the water, and I'm sure heads are going to roll. People and animals are dying from health related issues, and there's "a chemical rainbow" in the water. The thing is, many hazardous materials and chemicals can only be shipped by rail. If you think our economy is bad now, stop all the shipments of ethanol, gasoline, LP gas, and related hazardous materials...and watch the price of everything skyrocket. The wacky environmentalists want to ban the LP gas stoves, and anything powered on gasoline. Yet, the electric cars are catching fire (many ferries have banned them from being on board), and an EMP will crash the power grid. Their goal is like Satan's...he wants to destroy all human life on the planet...and according to Scripture, he will nearly do it. BM> As for wx, yesterday we had a severe storm warning which locally BM> fizzled: only 3 to 4 inches. Iowa City (about an hour's drive west) BM> got 10 to 12 inches. We have a risk of severe weather twice this week...Wednesday and Saturday. So, that means more downtime. BM> Plus the Uber/Lyft drivers won't accept! That's why if I'm getting something, it's very small, like I can put in a small bag, like getting an ink cartridge for the printer. DS> laments "Maybe we should call an Uber". :P BM> Well they are getting old! Aren't we all?? BM> They've been talking of adding a spur (?) so Amtrak can stop at the BM> Quad Cities. Would either be Moline or Rock Island (IL) -- vaguely BM> recalling the track was available to make the connection but don't BM> recall about the station. Probably easier to build the station than BM> lay the track! I saw something about that. The Iowa-Interstate Railroad is along the former Rock Island line, and they are restoring several items recently donated by the Union Pacific Railroad, including the Challenger 3985 steam locomotive. BM> I know: I ordered some USB batteries and big sticker on the box it BM> contained batteries and 'forbidden on passenger flights'. (USB BM> batteries: rechargeable via a USB charger.) The Lithium batteries are starting fires now. I remember Al Lewis (who played Grandpa on The Munsters...I loved his laugh, as well as Frank Gorshen, who played "The Riddler" on the Batman TV Series), who did a commercial for the secret to long life -- "lithium batteries". DS> You could open a big can of worms there. BM> Yummm! Family size! That would give me gas and indigestion. But, if you can get the worm and fish on and off the hook in record time, does that make you a master baiter?? (yes, I did just go there) . Daryl .... Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?? === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .