Comments on: Broken and Never to Fly Again http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/ Redball R-Square of your broken Nav and Intel Systems keeping you oncourse to the truth! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:07:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Fix4RSO http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-352 Fix4RSO Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:22:21 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-352 Wha-Hooo! Becky nailed it! ;) I love that series of lines from Charlie Brown. Every time something gets all messed up and I have to fix it, I always say, "Rats. I got a rock." Hmmm ... seems like we're collecting quite a few train folks! Coolness. Now I really need to dig out all my train pictures ... pressure is on. Wha-Hooo! Becky nailed it! ;)

I love that series of lines from Charlie Brown. Every time something gets all messed up and I have to fix it, I always say, “Rats. I got a rock.”

Hmmm … seems like we’re collecting quite a few train folks! Coolness. Now I really need to dig out all my train pictures … pressure is on.

]]> By: Becky http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-349 Becky Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:32:52 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-349 <i>“I got a rock.” Who said those famous lines? </i> Charlie Brown in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Poor kid went trick or treating, and "All I got was a bag of rocks." P.S. I like trains, too. “I got a rock.”

Who said those famous lines?

Charlie Brown in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Poor kid went trick or treating, and “All I got was a bag of rocks.”

P.S. I like trains, too.

]]> By: buckpennington http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-348 buckpennington Sat, 08 Apr 2006 19:09:57 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-348 There's a BIG yard in Clovis, and a VERY cool RR museum that's a labor of love for an old retired NSA guy. This man was stationed at Harrogate, UK and Alice Springs, Australia (among other "exotic" locations) and has had a life-long love affair with railroads. So much so that he bought the old passenger depot in Clovis and turned it into a <b>first class</b> railroad museum. One of the "unsung" and largely unknown treasures in New Mexico. Maybe I'll post about it some day... My Clovis ex-girlfriend's father was a railroad man, an engineer, and she grew up riding trains all OVER the southwest (free passes, and all that). I picked up a LOT of RR lore from that woman, not to mention meeting quite a few retired RR folks she knows, and listened to their stories. If you think USAF folks have good war stories, then you should hear some of the RR guys talk! There’s a BIG yard in Clovis, and a VERY cool RR museum that’s a labor of love for an old retired NSA guy. This man was stationed at Harrogate, UK and Alice Springs, Australia (among other “exotic” locations) and has had a life-long love affair with railroads. So much so that he bought the old passenger depot in Clovis and turned it into a first class railroad museum. One of the “unsung” and largely unknown treasures in New Mexico. Maybe I’ll post about it some day…

My Clovis ex-girlfriend’s father was a railroad man, an engineer, and she grew up riding trains all OVER the southwest (free passes, and all that). I picked up a LOT of RR lore from that woman, not to mention meeting quite a few retired RR folks she knows, and listened to their stories. If you think USAF folks have good war stories, then you should hear some of the RR guys talk!

]]> By: Fix4RSO http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-346 Fix4RSO Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:56:53 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-346 Oh my, HOG HEAVEN!!!! You're near a classification yard! Whoo-Hoo!!! :) Man, living vicariously through you I am. (my best Yoda voice) Oh, if you are thinking of music, Buck, "I wanna rock!" is Twisted Sister. I'll wait for a few other guesses ... one clue, use your "way back" machine to days of old (not too old). Oh my, HOG HEAVEN!!!! You’re near a classification yard! Whoo-Hoo!!! :)

Man, living vicariously through you I am. (my best Yoda voice)

Oh, if you are thinking of music, Buck, “I wanna rock!” is Twisted Sister.

I’ll wait for a few other guesses … one clue, use your “way back” machine to days of old (not too old).

]]> By: buckpennington http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-345 buckpennington Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:53:05 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-345 <i>“I got a rock.”</i> AC/DC? :-D “I got a rock.”

AC/DC?

:-D

]]> By: buckpennington http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-344 buckpennington Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:51:40 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-344 They don't streak, they lumber, they crawl, they creep (most times)... accompanied by lots of blasts from the train whistle (do they still call them that?), because the crossing is unguarded. :-) And sometimes, they <b>stop</b> for what seems like an eternity, blocking traffic into and out of the park. There's a big ethanol plant about a half-mile or so down the way, and a lot of the train activity is switching tank cars in and out of the loading siding. That, and the tracks that run by are on the "main line" (if one can call it that!) between Clovis and Roswell. So...we get about six or eight trains a day. They don’t streak, they lumber, they crawl, they creep (most times)… accompanied by lots of blasts from the train whistle (do they still call them that?), because the crossing is unguarded. :-)

And sometimes, they stop for what seems like an eternity, blocking traffic into and out of the park. There’s a big ethanol plant about a half-mile or so down the way, and a lot of the train activity is switching tank cars in and out of the loading siding. That, and the tracks that run by are on the “main line” (if one can call it that!) between Clovis and Roswell. So…we get about six or eight trains a day.

]]> By: Fix4RSO http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-343 Fix4RSO Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:45:33 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-343 I'm fightin' with my Nikon negative scanner right now. I haven't had it hooked up in a very long time ... seems I might need to 'craigslist' this old one and buy a new one ... grrrr ... this means my photos are gonna take a bit longer than I thought. "Rats." ... "I got a rock." Who said those famous lines? I’m fightin’ with my Nikon negative scanner right now. I haven’t had it hooked up in a very long time … seems I might need to ‘craigslist’ this old one and buy a new one … grrrr … this means my photos are gonna take a bit longer than I thought.

“Rats.”
…
“I got a rock.”

Who said those famous lines?

]]> By: Fix4RSO http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-342 Fix4RSO Sat, 08 Apr 2006 18:07:19 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-342 Sorry Buck, I was pokin' fun to get my other hobby out there - trains! It must be because I cannot get a "bird" fix anymore that trains are the closest thing to standing next to a C-130 or SR-71. The mystique is intense ... amazing how these masses of metal and men move down the rail all hours of the day. Sorta like the Air Force - well, OK, not really. :) At least the pilot can bank the aricraft. A train engineer is kinda ... stuck ... JUST TURN UP THE TV!!! Or, succumb and go stand outside, 20 feet from the railhead, and get tugged as she streaks down the tracks ... Sorry Buck, I was pokin’ fun to get my other hobby out there - trains! It must be because I cannot get a “bird” fix anymore that trains are the closest thing to standing next to a C-130 or SR-71. The mystique is intense … amazing how these masses of metal and men move down the rail all hours of the day.

Sorta like the Air Force - well, OK, not really. :) At least the pilot can bank the aricraft. A train engineer is kinda … stuck …

JUST TURN UP THE TV!!!

Or, succumb and go stand outside, 20 feet from the railhead, and get tugged as she streaks down the tracks …

]]> By: buckpennington http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-340 buckpennington Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:55:15 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-340 Hey! I didn't say "I don't like trains..", coz I DO. I said I didn't like the <b>noise</b> the trains make when they're rolling by <i>El Casa Movil</i>. Where I'm docked is a choice, and I'm free to live with or change that choice at any point in time. In the mean time...the noise still bugs me! :-) Hey! I didn’t say “I don’t like trains..”, coz I DO. I said I didn’t like the noise the trains make when they’re rolling by El Casa Movil. Where I’m docked is a choice, and I’m free to live with or change that choice at any point in time. In the mean time…the noise still bugs me!

:-)

]]> By: Fix4RSO http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-306 Fix4RSO Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:57:30 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-306 OK, Laurie, one pic up, more to go ... :) OK, Laurie, one pic up, more to go … :)

]]> By: Laurie http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-304 Laurie Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:26:35 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-304 Eagerly awaiting big iron. Eagerly awaiting big iron.

]]> By: Fix4RSO http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-303 Fix4RSO Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:59:56 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-303 Lou - you make a great point and I should make this site faster. My Dad is on dialup and it takes forever to load his favorite sites. I'll make these snaps smaller and then provide a link that will load the "huge" version for those totally into full screen plane photos! :) Thanks for reminding me. I get in such a hurry I forget to do the little things for those that like to visit my site. Take care! Lou - you make a great point and I should make this site faster. My Dad is on dialup and it takes forever to load his favorite sites. I’ll make these snaps smaller and then provide a link that will load the “huge” version for those totally into full screen plane photos! :)

Thanks for reminding me. I get in such a hurry I forget to do the little things for those that like to visit my site.

Take care!

]]> By: lou http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-302 lou Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:27:47 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-302 I have the slowest computer in the West, but I waited and waited for all of the pictures to come up - only two did, but I will try again later. I do not know anything about planes, but when we drive to Altus, OK, I love watching the giant planes circling, touching down, and rising again. Awesome! I can certainly understand TSMP. I have the slowest computer in the West, but I waited and waited for all of the pictures to come up - only two did, but I will try again later. I do not know anything about planes, but when we drive to Altus, OK, I love watching the giant planes circling, touching down, and rising again. Awesome! I can certainly understand TSMP.

]]> By: Chief RZ http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-301 Chief RZ Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:09:38 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-301 We flew over to Kuwait from Dover via Maron on a C-5 in 2004. Fully loaded with three moving stock and about 14 other air pallets, sitting in the 100 seat deck on top. A good ride, much better than the C-141 "cattle car" in 1996 to Hungary. We flew over to Kuwait from Dover via Maron on a C-5 in 2004. Fully loaded with three moving stock and about 14 other air pallets, sitting in the 100 seat deck on top. A good ride, much better than the C-141 “cattle car” in 1996 to Hungary.

]]> By: Laurie http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-300 Laurie Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:43:56 +0000 http://fix4rso.com/2006/04/04/broken-and-never-to-fly-again/#comment-300 Buck, Buck (sadly shaking my head)..... your not supposed to *live* near the tracks, you just go there every once in awhile to see the trains. Not when you want to watch television. Buck, Buck (sadly shaking my head)….. your not supposed to *live* near the tracks, you just go there every once in awhile to see the trains. Not when you want to watch television.

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