Mark Fairchild said:

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Is that worse or better than it being in an elevator?

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I'm gonna call it a push...both are depressing and kinda funny.

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Got a little snow on your nose. :}

HEB has been playing a solid 90s playlist the last two times I've been there. I've enjoyed it.

Market Street last night was playing 80s alternative...I had a little jam session in the laundry detergent section...Tears for Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

I almost made this exact comment! Nothing but absolute bangers from the 90s lately at my HEB.

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If you were around in the 60s, 70s, or 80s there were only 2 men who should ever be called 007 BOND, JAMES BOND!
1. Sean Connery
2. Roger Moore
THAT IS ALL!

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I think it's time for a parody.

The Man With The Golden Goose styled after Bond but based on the Grimm tale!!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Goose

greg.w.h said:

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I think it's time for a parody.

The Man With The Golden Goose styled after Bond but based on the Grimm tale!!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Goose

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This made me laugh!

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Remember when...
You had to go to a Kodak hut or Fotomat center and actually get your pictures developed...
Now you just hit a photo icon on your phone.

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And collecting the little film canisters! Perfect for keeping tiny things in.

perfect for quarters to go do your laundry while living in the dorms.

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In light of things that show your age and fall ball around the corner, keeping it baseball themed, I submit the following movies from the early 90s:

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ensign_beedrill said:

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I miss seeing Southern Pacific locomotives and rail cars moving along rail lines across Texas.


Wikipedia: "Southern Pacific Railroad"


Southern Pacific Railroad Map


"The Southern Pacific was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

"The original Southern Pacific began in 1865 as a land holding company. The last incarnation of the Southern Pacific, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, was founded in 1969 and assumed control of the Southern Pacific system. The Southern Pacific Transportation Company was acquired in 1996 by the Union Pacific Corporation and merged with their Union Pacific Railroad."


The Southern Pacific Story

"Southern Pacific's strategy for gaining railroad influence in Texas and Louisiana was to purchase control of previously-established operating railroads. This included lines that connected El Paso, Texas with New Orleans, Louisiana. Texas state laws required separate legal entities operating railroads in that state and in response Southern Pacific would operate the Texas and New Orleans Railroad (T&NO). Commonly referred to as the T&L Lines, SP's operations east of El Paso spanned 3,713 miles of mainline trackage at its height."


The Cotton Belt Yard in Texarkana on July 4, 1973.


Southern Pacific Railroad Map


Southern Pacific trains in Hearne, Texas, in 1989.

Charlie 31 said:

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ensign_beedrill said:

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I miss seeing Southern Pacific locomotives and rail cars moving along rail lines across Texas.


Wikipedia: "Southern Pacific Railroad"


Southern Pacific Railroad Map


"The Southern Pacific was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company.

"The original Southern Pacific began in 1865 as a land holding company. The last incarnation of the Southern Pacific, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, was founded in 1969 and assumed control of the Southern Pacific system. The Southern Pacific Transportation Company was acquired in 1996 by the Union Pacific Corporation and merged with their Union Pacific Railroad."


The Southern Pacific Story

"Southern Pacific's strategy for gaining railroad influence in Texas and Louisiana was to purchase control of previously-established operating railroads. This included lines that connected El Paso, Texas with New Orleans, Louisiana. Texas state laws required separate legal entities operating railroads in that state and in response Southern Pacific would operate the Texas and New Orleans Railroad (T&NO). Commonly referred to as the T&L Lines, SP's operations east of El Paso spanned 3,713 miles of mainline trackage at its height."


The Cotton Belt Yard in Texarkana on July 4, 1973.


Southern Pacific Railroad Map


Southern Pacific trains in Hearne, Texas, in 1989.

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Growing up we played Rail Baron a lot and you could purchase the SP line (see the light green line along the southwestern part of the board:

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zpj0001 said:

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ensign_beedrill said:

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I'd like to know more about this engine with its cab (which looks like a parlor) sitting on top of the boiler. That seems...ungainly...?

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Hey, I found one in real life!!

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Hey! zpj0001 is out doing on the ground research. Nice job!

ensign_beedrill said:

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Hey! zpj0001 is out doing on the ground research. Nice job!

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Yes, but my heart skipped a beat when I first saw it was #305, until quickly I realized, no wait, we're below 160 already...whew.

ensign_beedrill said:

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Hey! zpj0001 is out doing on the ground research. Nice job!

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Yeah, my wife and I visited Baltimore and learned a lot about the B&O Railroad.

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Wikipedia: "Milwaukee Road"

The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986.

...In 1980, it abandoned its Pacific Extension, which included track in the states of Montana, Idaho, and Washington. The remaining system was merged into the Soo Line Railroad (reporting mark SOO), a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway (reporting mark CP), on January 1, 1986. Much of its historical trackage remains in use by other railroads.

The logo used by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road)


Map of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
*Thick red lines indicate trackage still operated by CP Rail.
*Purple lines indicate former MILW trackage now operated by other railroads.
*Red dashed lines indicate abandoned track.


Share of stock for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, issued 23 February 1878


Milwaukee Road's streamlined class A steam locomotive "The Hiawatha"

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I've taken the Hiawatha line from Chicago to Milwaukee. Very nice.

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If you are old enough to have endured this torture...
You grew up right!

aggiewilliford said:

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If you are old enough to have endured this torture...
You grew up right!

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And our high tech solution...

invariably get a kink in the tape and have to fiddle with it to straighten out.

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