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WW&F Railway Museum Discussion => Whimsical Weirdness and Foolery => Topic started by: Ed Lecuyer on July 18, 2017, 08:46:29 AM
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Would the phrase "Crank up the ol' telegraph machine" be considered a mixed metaphor or an oxymoron?
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Where did you encounter this phrase? ???
Jeff S.
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Are you sure it isn't telephone machine? Didn't know you could crank a telegraph.
Tom C.
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If the area around the firebox is called the "backhead" why isn't the smokebox referred to as the "fronttail"?
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Sounds like my kind of question!
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Or why do you drive on a Parkway and park on a Driveway?
Ah, English, so hard to learn for non-native speakers.
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At the Oxymoron Museum are:
Wireless Outlets,
Silent Alarm
Down Escalator
a way to Top Floor
Rooms for:
Recent Past
Primitive Advancements
Authentic Models
Restored Ruins
Extinct Life
Current History
Private Exhibits
Lost Discoveries
New Artifacts
Civil War
Neo-Classic
Virtual Reality
Individual Collections
Permanent Loans
At the cafeteria there is
Jumbo Shrimp
and you can watch
Reality TV
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This is beginning to sound like a Stephen Wright routine. ;D
Jeff S.
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You might be right Jeff, I cringe that the next rendition will be a Sheepscot version of Lake Wobegon tales from the woods. ;D
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"Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." Gee, what could be wrong with that?
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Just remember:
"In any given group half the people are below average."
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If the plural for goose is geese, why isn't the plural of caboose: cabeese?
Or, if the plural for rhombus is rhombi, could the plural of caboose be cabi?
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When do steps become stairs? ???
Jeff S.
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When does an OLD CRANK become HUMAN?
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When he heads for the W.W. & F. RAILROAD!!!
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When my wife's motorcycle friends ask "what's your ride", and I respond "a two-cylinder external combustion 1891 Portland", am I asking for a fight?
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I think if you say - an 1891 Portland twin, I'd bet you'd get the Scoobie-Do "Baawrumf". Then you'd have some splain'in to do...... ;D
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If a train leaves Chicago travelling east at 60mph while a train leaves Boston travelling west at 50mph, at what point will positive train control prevent us from having to answer this question?
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The answer may depend on whether CSX goes ahead with their rumored proposal to single-track the ex-NYC Water Level Route. :(
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If the plural for goose is geese, why isn't the plural of caboose: cabeese?
Or, if the plural for rhombus is rhombi, could the plural of caboose be cabi?
Or, if the plural for moose is moose, then the plural of caboose should also be caboose.
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EVERYBODY out West here knows the plural of moose is MEESES! ;D
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Seeeeee.......... I thought it was either mooses or meeses.....
Plural of Moose is Moose. Who ever heard of such a thing. And don't get me started on small trout with horns.....
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I thought Meeses was plural for Mouse. As Jinx the cat would say, " I hate meeses to pieces!".
Jeff S.
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That would make the plural of caboose "cabeeses". And that would just be plain silly.
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OK,,,,,, I have to ask. What is the significance of the colors and numbers of colored squares by each name?
Is it associated with the titles everyone gets based on their contributions to the forum?
Are contributions graded based on their quality, cleverness or contribution to the real mission of our railroad?
Just wondering......
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Bill,
I think it's based on quantity, not quality.
Jeff S.
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Honestly - I don't know. I think they used to be stars before the forum software was upgraded.
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Yes, there used to be stars before the upgrade. The number indicate generally the number of posts and your "title".
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Thanks..... What about the color? And the status of the titles?
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I believe that Ed's and James' squares are different colors due to their moderator status.
Jeff S.
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I believe that Ed's and James' squares are different colors due to their moderator status.
Jeff S.
We are just not worthy of such distinction....I am lucky, since I am a newbie, that my color did not start as Infrared. ;D
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Ok, here's what the colors mean:
Red: Administrator
Blue: Moderator
Yellow: Everyone else
Then there are various number of stars assigned based on the number of posts. 10 posts gives you the first star (and the "rank" of "Gandy Dancer". Then they go up from there to 8 stars, "Superintendent" (3000 posts.)
At some point I should change the graphics to be little #9 number plates or something clever. If I get some free time.
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I thought they were cab-signal aspects.
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Thanks Ed.
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About 11pm MST last night (Friday) in the middle of my WW&F post the screen came up saying connection not possible, gave up after several re-tries and a check of my computer. Anybody else notice? If not, must've been Windows 7 server probs.
Never happened before.
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If I won a 2-8-0 locomotive, would that be a Consolidation prize?
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If I won a 2-8-0 locomotive, would that be a Consolidation prize?
No....that would be a “Bald-Win!”
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OY!
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If I won a 2-8-0 locomotive, would that be a Consolidation prize?
Who moderates the moderator?
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If I won a 2-8-0 locomotive, would that be a Consolidation prize?
Who moderates the moderator?
The Porter.
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If I won a 2-8-0 locomotive, would that be a Consolidation prize?
Who moderates the moderator?
The Porter.
I thought Porter was an ALCO-holic beverage????
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and no one has cabin fever!
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Cabin fever? For some of us, going crazy is not such a long trip. (OK, I'll say it before anyone else does, "Speak for yourself, John.")
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Put THAT in your caboose and-
...errr...
...nevermind! :-\ ;)