Seen in Print

[rogruth]

Where and when was this?

[webenda]

Where and when was this?

Somewhere in North Dakota, March 9, 1966.

The man in the photo is North Dakota Department of Transportation imployee, Bill Koch.

NOTE--There was no train under the snow, Koch was making a joke.

Reference: https://www.weather.gov/fgf/blizzardof66

[MurphOnMillerAve]

No wonder North Dakota has such good farmland, with all that meltwater, not to mention the glacier-ground-down levelness.

[rilynes]

Reminded me of an account in Bill Fisher's "30 Years Over Donner." Bill was a signal maintainer at Emigrant Gap on the SP. He often had problems with snow depth reaching up to the wires on the crossarms and shorting out the signals, etc. on Donner Pass. Snowshoes were, of course, standard issue for linemen on the Pass.

If you haven't already done so, find a copy - it's a read that fits this group to a "T"

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[HONDO74]

Rufus
Are these seen in print posting from facebook ??

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus
Are these seen in print posting from facebook ??

Where else could such be found......oh, never mind. Twitter..........

[webenda]

Rufus
Are these seen in print posting from facebook ??

Twitter..........

https://twitter.com/rachow/status/19827054321?lang=en
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/sta ... 7168071680
https://twitter.com/potus

[HONDO74]

Rufus
Are these seen in print posting from facebook ??

Where else could such be found......oh, never mind. Twitter..........

I don't use any of these so called social media, That is why I asked. In fact this forum is about as social as I want to get on the internet. On here all one has to due is deal with a bunch of smart As. Can't see having to deal with a bunch of idiots also.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus
Are these seen in print posting from facebook ??

Where else could such be found......oh, never mind. Twitter..........

I don't use any of these so called social media, That is why I asked. In fact this forum is about as social as I want to get on the internet. On here all one has to due is deal with a bunch of smart As. Can't see having to deal with a bunch of idiots also.

Neither do I. And, as such bastions of intelligence as I have posted examples of are there, I see even better reasons to avoid those sites to even a greater degree than before.

[rogruth]

I don't mind being a "smart As'.
Much better than being a dumb one.
I think.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I don't mind being a "smart As'.
Much better than being a dumb one.
I think.

There is always somebody - in real-life and playing them on-line - who thinks they know all and know best about this-or-that subject.

Look at the typical train forum - ssssooooooooooooooo many specialists; ssooooooo many experts! Who the frig cares? Let 'em yap. But don't let 'em undercut your own sense of worth or willingness to share persepctives. Each of us knows "stuff." Sharing experiences and knowledge, even the subjective stuff, is supposed to be fun and edifying. If some jackass doesn't feel he can leave his avocation to straighten-everybody-out long enough to open up his mind and accept and experience and learn new stuff, pity him/her, I say.

[HONDO74]

I don't mind being a "smart As'.
Much better than being a dumb one.
I think.

Much better than being an idiot on social media. But then think of all the entertainment value you could provide for Rufus.

Just look at all the entertainment that Trump is providing on titer.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I don't mind being a "smart As'.
Much better than being a dumb one.
I think.

Much better than being an idiot on social media. But then think of all the entertainment value you could provide for Rufus.

Just look at all the entertainment that Trump is providing on titer.

Yes, right up there with the average child of 12.

[rogruth]

I seem to be a straight man for Rufus quite often.
Somehow I don't mind because, I think, I usually learn something.