First on the real one.
And take a look at the March Popular Mechanics. It has a good article on debunking Katrina myths.

Oh, and also an article on red light cameras. Including a mention about the cameras in Portland, OR which produced a 140 percent increase in rear end collisions at monitored intersections.
While a Texas Transportation Institute study found that lengthening yellow light times cut down dramatically on red light running. But that doesn’t make any money.

Just what we need! battling open comments threads.
But what the heck, when you offer not much else this is as good as it gets.

Will the real Friday open comments thread please stand up?

I don’t have enough caffeine in me yet to deal with this confusion.

#2
Maybe lengthening the yellow will help to a certain extent, but we have here in Houston some drivers who will run the red light if you extend the yellow to a minute or two,,,they simply don’t give hoot.

David, you seem awful facinated by that first pic, I’m startin’ to wonder about ya there bud….=D

THIS IS THE EMBEDDED OPEN COMMENT THREAD WITHIN THE OPEN COMMENT THREAD. OK, BEGIN BLOGGING:

Much as I hate to legitimize this “poser” Opem Comments Thread by posting here, my conscience requires that I expose it for the pefidy it is.

There is no HEADSHAKER on THIS Thread…therefore, it cannot be the TRUE Open comments thread..

AND NO FREAKING COWBELL!!!!

Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription.. is more cowbell!

#6 Yes, please leave Phil alone. Enough. He is a great golfer and has broken the “best Pro with no Major victories” media led curse. And he is a lefty. At least in golf. No more Brokeback PGA pics. Or we will have to frame the RhINO pic.

Thread cloning. Is this legal?

#1 jphilb…About Popular Mechanics, It’s always been a neat magazine, but started a subscription with them, after a long hiatus, because a friend showed me an open letter from the editor defending the advertising of guns in his magazine. He didn’t let the P.C. crowd intimidate him.
Check out http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BTT/is_172_28/ai_n6204195

OOPS…BTW…That Benzion is one cool, smart dude,(sucking up here, hee hee)!

Cowbell added!

This is the opium cements thread

Today’s a good day. We have HeadShaker back and cowbell to boot. Now all I need is caffeine…

Is Phil in the new movie “Brokeback Golf”?

#15 Smacktle,

No wonder I’m having such a hard time waking up.

Go ask Smacktle… when he’s ten feet taawwwll.

Writing captions for pictures is made difficult for me by not being able to turn it political, especially if I can’t lampoon the Democrats. I know the liberal readers find it unfair that I pick on Democrats but let’s face it, their actions and comments generate the most humor.

So here’s all I got for those pictures.

Picture No. 1

1) Damn that windmill!!!

2) Are you sure this is the way one calls for “birdies”??

3) This is the last time I have one of those super spicy bean burritos before I tee off.

4) My shot bounced off the tree and hit me in the “family jewels”.

Picture No. 2

1) I’m not monkeying around, I’m a Demoract, damn it!!!

2) I hope Angeline and Brad adopt me.

3) I’m the product on in breeding.

Picture No. 3

1) I’m on a corporate crusade to save Krispy Kreme.

2) I’m a Kindergarten Krusader for less nap time.

3) I’m a “Crusader for Hire”!!

And for that updated picture:

1) If the Stones can do it, so can we!!

2) Damn!! The clothes still fit.

3) Aren’t you a little too old to audition for “American Idol”???

LST, please give me something political that I can work with. Especially those Democratic icons:

1) That wantabe moderate, Mrs. Bill Clinton

2) That over-the-hill, can’t swim, Ted Kennedy

3) The king of flip/flop, John Kerry

4) That wooden statute, has been, Al Gore

5) That minority and hopefully soon to be extinct party, the Democrats.

You want more cowbell? I GOTTA HAVE MORE COWBELL

NOTE: The difference between your humble moderator and the editor, is I know what you need when you say you need MORE COWBELL.

David Benzion,

I had tended to subscribe to the “Early Bird” axiom concerning this morning’s open-comments thread, until you stepped in to dispell and confusion.

I am reminded of the FEDEX “prehistoric” overnight delivery commercial played during the Super Bowl, where the huge foot stomps down at the end.

#20

Thank you Squawk;

I was about to point out that a picture of Cowbell doesn not equal Cowbell. Now that I’ve had my Cowbell, I can relax and go to work, safe in the knowledge that i have found the one, true, Open Comments thread and that all others were merely Leftist plots to deny me my Cowbell.

Benzion, how can you put up those funny pictures and omit Angry Baby?

Here is a link to where you can see the FEDEX ad.

http://www.ifilm.com/superbowl?htv=12&htv=12

Now that Squawk is a man who knows cowbell.

“I’m tellin’ ya… fellas… yer gonna want that cowbell… on the track.”

Cowbell link added to the front– hat-tip Squawkbox!

Shameless plug time.

May I submit this picture for inclusion in the vast LST photo archives as representative of the Main Stream Medias efforts to sniff out news stories.

NOTE: Not my work, i stole it off the web.

I saw this on Ebay via Maulkin and think maybe we
could invite her to an LST bar blogging tour event.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6034322259

What happened to Feagan? Did he leave permanently?

OK I was waiting to make sure this was the “right”
open comments thread.

Why doesn’t LST have a store where I can buy my
LST T-shirts and bumper stickers etc… so I can
show off my allegiance? You guys are into making
money and free advertising right?

We could have individual shirts made up ie:

The Squawkbox shirt (this one would probably
sell the most, I overheard 2 girls talking about
the Squawkbox and how he is so cute etc.. at a
restaurant the other night)
The Dude shirt
The Headshaker shirt
The Matt Zilla shirt
The BigIron45 shirt (this one would be a big hit among gun owners)
The T-Bone shirt (any steak lovers out there?)
The Sarge shirt (plenty of veterans out there)

The possibilities are endless!

Speaking engagement with Cindy Sheehan
Current bid: US $1,150.00

Gee, I don’t know… sounds a little light. If she’ll go US $1,500.00 I might be willing to listen to her. Oh… you mean I have to pay her? Nevermind.

Pic#1:
“Brraaaaap….. aaaah….”

#2
Shelia Jakson Lee without makeup….

#3
“Gott Mitt Uns”

#4
All those years of practice and instruction at Julliard finally payed off for Gene…. “Gene really explore the studio space…Explore the space”…..

Smackie, I run a screen printing business…. T shirt screen printing business….. I make mouse pads too… and coffee mugs…. This is obviously a shameless plug and should be seen as such…. I too have thought of contacting LST to see if they would be interested. Shameless capitalism is a wonderful thing……

#28 How much for her to not show up.

In a strange lattice o’ coincidence, I thought of this:

I saw you talkin’
to Christoper Walken
on my TV screen

#29 - if he did, he didn’t announce his intentions. Hopefully not, he was a good ‘agitator’ and kept me on my toes…

Tired today. My daughter brought home a baby think it over doll yesterday. She was already sure she wasn’t ready for kids, but that little doll stressed her (and her sisters) out. I told her this morning when I was dragging her tired butt outta bed to think about this single night when one of these little schmuck boys out there want to hit her up for sex. Just multiply this one night times 18 years…

28: That might actually be really, really funny. And it’d certainly get us some facetime on Malkin and stuff. Methinks it’s time for some right-wing shenanigans.

Wait, there’s this disclaimer:

Cindy retains the right to refuse to speak to groups antithetical to her cause or offensive to her beliefs.

#19 how about this?

http://www.sacredcowburgers.com/leftovers/showpics.cgi?lipstick_on_a_pig

Zilla;

You forgot to mention the FEAR MONGERING as to WHY she retains that right:

Note: Because of the obvious potential for right-wing shenanigans

#30 -

Also include the ones with the really cool names:

Maltboy
Neocon
fasternu

and don’t forget the ladies:

Sallyloudmouth
BSue
Phoenix

If I can get Jane Fonda and Cindy Sheehan together for a book signing/speaking engagement, I’ll stand outside and sell packages of Red Man for outrageous prices!!

#41 - dang. I KNEW I shoulda picked a better name than jimb.

jimb
#43

LOL! Me too. Gotta think up a good ‘un!

Please break out your hankies and prepare to cry (with pride) when viewing this site:

http://www.beforeyougo.us

Look it’s Sheehan Fonda to the rescue.

Hmmm..

Is that the one that sings to let us know it’s over?

#43 & #44

Since Hamous added T-Bone to his name I think it
sets a precedent. I don’t know how they are charging, but you can change your name!

Sarge
#45

Great sight. We have almost lost our finest generation. We will never more see anything like that generation again. Not talking about our present armed forces, but the American people in general during those wars. ’sniff

#48 it’s not hard to change them, but I’m not as imaginative as Mike Martin/Araya Al-Queasy/The Dude…

#41 - What am I, chopped …. ham?

Smacktle
#48

Yeah, you are right. BTW, I think it was Gregg who changed his name to T-Bone.

Maybe we could do another contest next week?

hamous
#51

Sorry to leave you out. Also left out Hogfan and I know several others as well. Maybe one t-shirt will all the names with a lead in like, “These folks post at LST - Do you?” Or something like that. I’m just not as clever as some of you guys!

#50 Jimb,

Thanks for the vote of confidence but I’m not really all that imaginative… just bored.

You could be Jimbo The Right

#48 - Smackie, so as not to confuse, I started the upgrade process of switching from T-Bone to Hambone. Same bone, different meat. Hopefully have it completed this weekend. I wanted to create an animated image of the tbone pic morphing into the hambone but I’m graphics-challenged.

Squawk, remind me next time I see you to smack you around some for posting the link to that picture.

I’m waiting for Cindy Sheehan to announce her intention to run for President in 2008. The dem’s dream team will be Sheehan, Clinton and Kerry.

#54 - Mrs. Jimb may have something to say about that…

#45
thanks for the link. Good one.

hamous I’m sorry I got my meats mixed up.

jimb just add eam jimbeam or you could be:

jumpingbeans
jimbone r
jimmyjack

I would like to see a Sheehan/Dean ticket. I Have An Ugly Scream!!

#58,

Come on now Jimbo… you da’ man! Just march right in there and tell her how it’s gonna be!

/written from the comfort of my desk without Mrs. Dude watching

:->

I use G-mail as my “default” email reader. As things go I like the features. All my pop3 accounts are forwarded to that address. So is all the spam. G-mail does a fine job of separating the wheat from the chaff. HOWEVER there is one thou shalt not that no one warned me about. If you select all 300 spam for deletion do not, Do Not, DO NOT hit the “Not Spam” button and then confirm that the spam is not spam. Geez Louise now I have to filter through some 300mb of messages to re-mark the Spam as spam all the while more spam is coming into my inbox because GMAIL now thinks I like that stuff.

Just as a reminder if anyone feels the need to drop me a note for any reason at all (except if you are going to talk about my momma or my sexual proclivities) squawkboxnoise@gmail.com or my supercool addy squawkbox@lonestartimes.com is available to you. Please keep the forwarded jokes to a minimum most don’t make it through my spam filters.

So, what’s on the Benzion T-shirt?

Open Thread Thief?

Lunch

#64 Shannon

http://www.benzion.ru/picture/Jabotinsky.jpg

FYI if you so a search on Google pictures with
benzion pictures, the first pic that comes up
is the Rhino pic.

#67 - Wow. Even with safesearch turned on. Wonder what we would find with it turned OFF?

If you use Outlook, the best Spam filter I’ve ever used is Cloudmark Desktop http://www.cloudmark.com/desktop/?from=cnsmr-box

I never have to look at my Spam folder anymore and my Inbox is clean 99.9% of the time.

I know this is a little long, but couldnt find a link to it.

PRESIDENTIAL OBSERVATIONS BY THE SECRET SERVICE. Observations by Dave Kulow
—————————————–
We had a neighbor when I lived in DC who was part of the secret service presidential detail for many years. His stories of Kennedy and Johnson were the same as those I heard from the guys who flew the presidents’ plane.

Yes, Kennedy did have Marilyn Monroe flown in for secret “dates,” and LBJ was a typical Texas “good ole boy” womanizer. Nixon, Bush 41, and Carter never cheated on their wives. Clinton cheated, but couldn’t match Kennedy or LBJ in style or variety.

The information below is accurate: The elder Bush and current president Bush make it a point to thank and take care of the air crews who fly them around. When the president flies, there are several planes that also go one carries the armored limo, another the security detail, plus usually a press aircraft. Both Bush’s made it a point to stay home on holidays, so the Air Force and security people could have a day with their families.

WHAT WAS:

Hillary Clinton was arrogant and orally abusive to her security detail. She forbade her daughter, Chelsea, from exchanging pleasantries with them. Sometimes Chelsea, miffed at her mother’s obvious conceit and mean spiritedness ignored her demands and exchanged pleasantries regardless, but never in her mother’s presence

Chelsea really was a nice, kindhearted, and lovely young lady. The consensus opinion was that Chelsea loved her Mom but did not like her. Hillary Clinton was continuously rude and abrasive to those who were charged to protect her life. Her security detail dutifully did their job, as professionals should, but they all loathed her and wanted to be on a different detail. Hillary Clinton was despised by the Secret Service as a whole.

Former President Bill Clinton was much more amiable than his wife. Often the Secret Service would cringe at the verbal attacks Hillary would use against her husband. They were embarrassed for his sake by the manner and frequency in which she verbally insulted him, sometimes in the presence of the Secret Service, and sometimes behind closed doors. Even behind closed doors Hillary Clinton would scream and holler so loudly that everyone could hear what she was saying.

Many felt sorry for President Clinton and most wondered why he tolerated it instead of just divorcing his “attack dog” wife. It was crystal clear that the Clinton’s neither liked nor respected each other and this was true long before the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Theirs was genuinely a “marriage of convenience.”

Chelsea was much closer to her father than her mother, even after the Lewinsky scandal, which hurt her gravely. Bill Clinton did in fact have charisma, and occasionally would smile at or shake hands with his security detail. Still, he always displayed an obvious air of superiority towards them. His security detail uniformly believed him to be disingenuous, false, and that he did nothing without a motive that in some way would enhance his image and political career. He was polite, but not kind. They did not particularly like him and nobody trusted him.

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN:

Al Gore was the male version of Hillary Clinton. They were more friendly toward each other than either of them were towards former President Clinton. They were not intimate, so please don’t read that in. They were very close in a political way. Tipper Gore was generally nice and pleasant. She initially liked Hillary but soon after the election she had her “pegged” and no longer liked her or associated with her except for events that were politically obligatory.

Al Gore was far more left wing than Bill Clinton. Al Gore resented Bill Clinton and thought he was too “centrist.” He despised all Republicans. His hatred was bitter and this was long before he announced for the Presidency. This hatred was something that he and Hillary had in common. They often said as much, even in the presence of their security detail.

Neither of them trusted Bill Clinton and, the Secret Service opined, neither of them even liked Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton did have some good qualities, whereas Al Gore and Hillary had none, in the view of their security details.

Al Gore, like Hillary, was very rude and arrogant toward his security detail He was extremely unappreciative and would not hesitate to scold them in the presence of their peers for minor details over which they had no control. Al Gore also looked down on them, as they finally observed and learned with certainty on one occasion. Al got angry at his offspring and pointed at his security detail and said, “Do you want to grow up and be like them?”

Word of this insult by the former Vice-president quickly spread and he became as disliked by the Secret Service as Hillary. Most of them prayed Al Gore would not be elected President, and they really did have private celebrations in a few of their homes after President Bush won. This was not necessarily to celebrate President Bush’s election, but to celebrate Al Gore’s defeat.

WHAT IS:

Everyone in the Secret Service wants to be on First Lady Laura Bush’s detail. Without exception, they concede that she is perhaps the nicest and most kind person they have ever had the privilege of serving. Where Hillary patently refused to allow her picture to be taken with her security detail, Laura Bush doesn’t even have to be asked, she offers. She doesn’t just shake their hand and say, “Thank you.” Very often, she will give members of her detail a kindhearted hug to express her appreciation.

There is nothing false about her. This is her genuine nature. Her security detail considers her to be a “breath of fresh air.” They joke that comparing Laura Bush with Hillary Clinton is like comparing “Mother Teresa” with the “Wicked Witch of the North.”

Likewise, the Secret Service considers President Bush to be a gem of a man to work for. He always treats them with genuine respect and he always trusts and listens to their expert advice. They really like the Crawford, Texas detail. Every time the president goes to Crawford he has a Bar-B-Q for his security detail and he helps serve their meals. He sits with them, eats with them, and talks with them. He knows each of them by their first name, and calls them by their first name as a show of affection. He always asks about their family, the names of which he always remembers.

They believe that he is deeply and genuinely appreciative of their service. They could not like, love, or respect anyone more than President Bush. Most of them did not know they would feel this way, until they had an opportunity to work for him and learn that his manner was genuine and consistent. It has never changed since he began his Presidency. He always treats them with the utmost respect, kindness, and compassion.

Please pass this on. It is important for Americans to have a true inside understanding of their President
/

HA! Answered my own question! With safe search off, the rhino pic disappears! Go figure…

Ok, found the link for #70:

http://asmalldoseofreality.bloghi.com/2006/01/17/the-secret-service-knows-that-democratic-presidents-and-their-wives-in-some-cases-have-been-skunks.html

Marc
#70

Here is a link
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1566235/posts

Just a suggestion if you will copy paste the title of most any forward email in Google.com

All you blog techies out there. I’ve learned how to blockquote, but I can’t remember how to bold or italicize. I think Gregg or Squawk listed a site to get these from, but I can’t find it on any of the threads or from Google. help!

Marc, thanks. Such a huge difference between Pres. Bush and his detractors. While conservatives may disagree with him on several issues, all of us respect him as a person.

Whereas the Clintons and Al Gore were just trash, either in their private life or in their political dealings.

Harris Poll: Majority of Americans believe railroads should move more of the nation’s freight and passengers

http://snipurl.com/mfq3

Here you go pmartin.

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/html_cheatsheet/

Let’s try this again.

Harris Poll: Majority of Americans believe railroads should move more of the nation’s freight and passengers

http://snipurl.com/mfq8

Shannon, thanks dude! I’ll put it on my favorites.

‘An Observer’ = just doesn’t have much of a ring to it; yea - I know.

#78 - Wil, you’re in the rail business, right? Is there any chance that the rail industry will take over the passenger lines again? After 30+ years of Amtrak its obvious the government can’t do it.

79

These guys around here are too fast for me. I’m lucky if I can get something blockquoted.

#80 - It’s better than “A voyeur”!!

#82 - Yeah, I hate to admit that I am technologly (is that a word?) challenged. I asked someone about HTML the other day and they are still laughing at me!

#81 - That was the trade off in 1971 when Amtrak was created by the Nixon Administration. It would take an act of Congress to get the railroads to restore service.

LOL Wil. Who/where did they conduct that interview? The guys at AT&SF and the hobos at the freight yards? How many people who work for the railroads outside of New England take a train to work? Take a poll here and find out how many Americans want to give up taking their car to work? I note the magazine has the word “Progressive” in it. That makes it suspect immediately in my book. Wbo are the publishers of this magazine, who do they donate to politically, who do they vote for?

Harris is a respected polling company.

pmartin
#83

It’s better than “A voyeur”!!
_____________________________

Wazzwrongwiddat?

I don’t know nuthin’ ’bout no voyeurs! Sounds french to me. Seems to be just a fancy-shmancy way of saying “Peeping Tom”

All I want to know is whether or not these people interviewed think that railroads are the safest, most energy efficiet, most cost effective, reliable, way to accomplish freight and people movement with the least environmental impact.

I would suspect that not all of these points would line up in favor of railroads, but I guess I would need to see data to be for usre…

Squawk
#87

I guess we had better ask An Observer. hee hee

This is funny. I never saw a chocolate lady (i.e., a lady covered with chocolate) before!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184408,00.html

Wonder if it is good for your pores?

Wil, that poll reminded me of this one:

WASHINGTON, DC–A study released Monday by the American Public Transportation Association reveals that 98 percent of Americans support the use of mass transit by others.

“With traffic congestion, pollution, and oil shortages all getting worse, now is the time to shift to affordable, efficient public transportation,” APTA director Howard Collier said. “Fortunately, as this report shows, Americans have finally recognized the need for everyone else to do exactly that.”

My sentiments exactly

#89 – jimb I would rate as follows:

safe, very. Compare with other modes that interact with highway traffic

most energy efficient, defiantly.

cost effective, depends on the goods being shipped, of course

reliable, good record there but again it depends on the product

least environmental impact, big yes here Just compare the size of rights of way with highway and barge.

Matt
#92

Now if we could just all the liberals to ride the trains, we would clear up the freeways for us conservatives driving our eeeeeeevvvvilll SUV’s!

#92 - Can’t you find something less than six years old? Anyway, officials in the DFW Metroplex found that taxpayers would pay for the other folks to ride. It’s a start.

#95 - I’m all for that.

91

Are these these chocolate ladies what Mayor Nagin wants in New Orleans?

#94 - Yeah, but they sure are noisy every half hour from 10pm to 6am whilst I’m trying to sleep. Man, I gotta get me some double insulated windows and blown-in wall insulation!

100

This is the same Harris Poll that on Nov 2, 2004, said Kerry would win Ohio?

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=515

#99 - hamous, they built the tracks after you bought you house?

Wil you yourself have said that the railraod is at
or near capacity on moving freight. How can they handle anymore?

We need bullet trains like the Japanese and others
have that go 300KM per hour (186 MPH) then people
might ride the train. Our trains are too slow.

Wil, Where is that George Bush train you told us about? I want to take my kid.

#103 - correct, which means more abandoned rights of way will have to be put back in service such as the old line from Rosenberg to Victoria.

Smacktle
#103

Geez, I hope you’re not giving Metro any hints! How would you like to see that in downtown Houston? Seriously, I have a friend who goes to Japan all the time and he really likes the trains. Aside from the train jumping the track and crashing into an apartment, I haven’t heard much bad press about them.

The U.S. is by far the most advanced country in the world and we still cannot solve our transportation problems.

Wil,

I think St. Louis has the one of the best ideas. Elevated rail. Out of everyone’s way, doesn’t stop because of a little rain, etc. I might go for that!

Smacktle, The GHW Bush locomotive, UP4141 is scheduled to arrive in Houston tomorrow afternoon around 3pm. Hyde’s in Spring would be a good spot anytime after noon.

The old Katy tracks are gone now. They are being replaced by something needed since 1970.

pmartin, good example. I rode that line from the river to Lambert several years ago. They used elevation and old rail rights of way to stay out of the automobile traffic. It has been very successful.

#109 - What? More concrete? Sorry but I think that was a big mistake. Same with the Bellaire sub.
BTW were you having some rail issues Tuesday? I’ve been away for a few days?

110
I suppose “success” depends on how you define it. Do you have any idea what the per passenger, or passenger mile, government sudsidy is?

111

Yeah, same old stuff. That’s life in the transportation business.

Wil, can you give me directions from 45 I’m not
sure where Hydes is.

#113 shannon I had a customer tell me that a load was not 122″ wide, the driver even got a ticket for it and the customer still swears to me that
it’s not wide. Some of my customers are nuts, I
try to get rid of them, even treat em like dirt,
but they keep coming back because I’m the only
one that doesn’t try to screw them over.

#112 - Let me climb up on my soapbox for a second and say: ahem,

Years of inaction by political leaders in Washington D.C. have brought Amtrak to fiscal crisis. Through user fees, trust funds and other general revenue tax funds, this country builds and maintains roadway and airway infrastructures while throwing crumbs to passenger rail transportation.

It is time that our lawmakers become serious about supporting a truly balanced transportation system. Surely the events of September 11 show that America needs a strong national intermodal transportation system.

Thank you my fellow Americans

#102 - Nooooo, that’s why I purposely didn’t say “Man, they need to relocate those train tracks!” The fact that I bought my house after the tracks were put in doesn’t make them any less noisy.

115

This morning was insane, Smack. Had a load in OK City. Dispatcher sent a double drop that was 4 feet too short in the well. It was a “must load today”. Finally found a truck in Dallas. Its being loaded right now, eight hours late.

Ahem My Turn

Rail in America is a dying form of trnasportation that only flourishes in land locked ares such as New York and Chicago.

Rail will not succeed in the houston area because people like their cars.

Thank you
You may return to your rat killin

If it was not for customers and brokers a trucker’s life would be heaven.

LOL I crack myself up

Oh yeah and chicken coops, taco shacks and smokey. They get on a truckers nerves too.

115 Continued

Tell me, how does a carrier go out and order permits (Had to have the dims to that,RIGHT?) and then send the wrong trailer?

And the DOT….. I’m done now.

Squawk, you would have loved me as a broker.

Directions for both pick up and drop, coffee
anytime of day and your pick of any lot lizard
during your overnight stay.

#119 - If rail is dying in Houston what is that keeping hamous up at night?

Wil I found Hydes. If I go there am I just gonna
see the train go by or will I be able to take a picture with my son standing in front of it. If
it’s not going to stop, where can I see it when it’s stationary or is that even possible?

Smacktle
#124
My pick of Lot Lizards? Damn let me get another rig and get back on the road.

And lose my business
My home,
My wife
my dog. Oh no not my dog.

Forget it.

Wil Barnes
#125
Freight

As for public transportation my statement stands.

BTW Wil as a trucker I fully support rail freight. Rail made my life easier.

Here is a cool one for you train enthusiasts. No real practical value for moving people to and from work now, but it is fun. I haven’t been on it in a few years.

They love us too Smack. Addresses, telephone numbers, etc. etc. Everything we can do to make it go smoothly for them.

#114 - Hyde’s is in Old Town Spring. Get off I-45 at FM 2920 and go east. When you get to Keith Street in Old Town turn left. The road curves around and you will see the tracks on the left. Hyde’s is on your right with a big picnic area. Good food and cold beer. I wish I could join you.

Shannon do you have your own brokerage? or do you
work as a contractor for somebody.

Anyone that thinks the Katy Freeway did not need to be expanded hasn’t traveled it for the last 50 years. Preposterous.

Wil, I personally would like to see passenger trains come back. My grandmother worked as the Chief Switchboard operator at Southern Pacific all her life. As a young teen, I would love to go sit with her and answer calls. You plug in one cord, they ask for an extension, and you plug the other cord into that extension. I also traveled free on Southern Pacific as a kid! What a great time! Coming in from Clovis, NM to Houston in the summer to stay with my aunt!

133

contractor

I fried my brain today, so after reading through the comments, the only thing I can comment on is the t-shirt idea. Personally, I have too many articles of clothing already. What I would buy, though, is an Official LST Cowbell.

I know around Washington, DC, they used to have commuters drive their cars up onto the trains, and the trains would take them into Washington. NOW that to me was a good idea.

Isn’t there a train museum in Galveston? Seems I read about one there but don’t know if it is still there.