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Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2004Another Moterest Bites UP Dust
It appears motorists in Odessa Texas have given up being hit by trains and are now just driving right into them. http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw061504b.htm Bruce On 6/15/04 9:55 PM, in article _EOzc.6226$Gh1.136@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com, "Bruce Favinger" <bwftex@swbell.net> wrote: > It appears motorists in Odessa Texas have given up being hit by trains and > are now just driving right into them. > > http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw061504b.htm > > Bruce Shades of the old Texas Aggie joke. Darwin Award nomination, anyone?  SignatureBrian Ehni Paul, Don't be too quick to judge the folks in Odessa. Way back I operated a bunch of wells in a nasty place called the Sand Hills just south of a junk pile know as Jal, New Mexico. I got to spend quite a bit of time in near by Odessa because it was the closest place I could get a hotel or an apartment to stay in that was only somewhat roach infested, had warm to hot water or had an air conditioner instead of a swamp cooler. Midland was a little further and was larger than Odessa so it sucked even bigger. I knew that I wouldn't spend my whole life out there but if I had to I might just have driven into a train myself. Bruce > Shades of the old Texas Aggie joke. Darwin Award nomination, anyone? Sorry Brian, I meant to say Brian not Paul. Bruce > Paul, > Don't be too quick to judge the folks in Odessa. Way back I operated a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > Shades of the old Texas Aggie joke. Darwin Award nomination, anyone? On 6/15/04 10:52 PM, in article BtPzc.6238$1L1.1699@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com, "Bruce Favinger" <bwftex@swbell.net> wrote: > Paul, > Don't be too quick to judge the folks in Odessa. Way back I operated a [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >> Shades of the old Texas Aggie joke. Darwin Award nomination, anyone? Not to single Bruce out, but I will anyway. 8^) Why do people keep responding to me as "Paul"? My reply to address says "Brian Paul Ehni", and my signature block even omits "Paul". If I hadn't read the whole message, I wouldn't have even known it was addressed to me. SignatureBrian Ehni >Why do people keep responding to me as "Paul"? Whatever you say, Vinny :-) Dieter Zakas Pseudonym, NJ > Why do people keep responding to me as "Paul"? My reply to address says > "Brian Paul Ehni", and my signature block even omits "Paul". If I hadn't > read the whole message, I wouldn't have even known it was addressed to me. We're apalled. SignatureSteve Caple > > Why do people keep responding to me as "Paul"? My reply to address says > > "Brian Paul Ehni", and my signature block even omits "Paul". If I hadn't > > read the whole message, I wouldn't have even known it was addressed to me. > > We're apalled. Poor fellow has an identity crisis, he does not know who he is. SignatureWill N Scale - Credit Valley Railway www.muskokacomputes.com/CVR_Home.htm > On 6/15/04 9:55 PM, in article > _EOzc.6226$Gh1.136@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com, "Bruce Favinger" [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Shades of the old Texas Aggie joke. Darwin Award nomination, anyone? Shouln't qualify. The wrong person died. The driver survived. SignaturePlease note; return email address has changed. It is now farosenbaum@sbcglobal.net. Emails to Earthlink will be ignored. The Gratiot Valley Railroad Club bi-annual train show and sale November 7, 2004, at the Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center. Macomb County Michigan. Please visit our Web Site Click here: http://www.gvrr.org/ On 6/16/04 5:28 AM, in article vhVzc.1769$Pt.1499@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com, "Frank A. Rosenbaum" <farosenbaum@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> On 6/15/04 9:55 PM, in article >> _EOzc.6226$Gh1.136@newssvr24.news.prodigy.com, "Bruce Favinger" [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Shouln't qualify. The wrong person died. The driver survived. You're correct. Honorable Mention, perhaps. SignatureBrian Ehni > It appears motorists in Odessa Texas have given up being hit by trains and > are now just driving right into them. > > http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw061504b.htm > > Bruce "A Ford Tempo that struck the fifth car of the 65-car train." "According to witnesses, the car attempted to go around the crossing guards," What was this moron doing??? Trying to ge between the cars??? SignatureWill N Scale - Credit Valley Railway www.muskokacomputes.com/CVR_Home.htm >> It appears motorists in Odessa Texas have given up being hit by >> trains and are now just driving right into them. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > What was this moron doing??? > Trying to ge between the cars??? Perhaps he thought he could turn his car into a convertible, or else think the underbody of the freight car was high enough for him to drive underneath ?? D'oh ... SignatureJeroen "JN-Scale" Braamhaar <tsunami@xs4all.nl> There's no N Scale like Japanese N Scale! On 6/16/04 6:31 AM, in article acWzc.14496$XY6.1624046@read2.cgocable.net, >> It appears motorists in Odessa Texas have given up being hit by trains and >> are now just driving right into them. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > What was this moron doing??? > Trying to ge between the cars??? I recall seeing with my own eyes a Lotus Europa drive UNDER one of those monster DOWX tanks cars with dual trucks at each end. For those who've never seen a Europa, you don't get into it so much as put it on. SignatureBrian Ehni >Lotus Europa< When I was younger it was my dream car! On 6/16/04 7:59 PM, in article 10d1snsosejqg7a@corp.supernews.com, "Jon Miller" <atsf@inow.com> wrote: >> Lotus Europa< > When I was younger it was my dream car! Me, too. Saw one on the showroom floor in Houston, TX. Bright lemon yellow with black leather interior. What I got was an MGB-GT, so that was OK, too. SignatureBrian Ehni > >> Lotus Europa > When I was younger it was my dream car! > . . . > What I got was an MGB-GT, so that was OK, too. From "dream" to "OK" pretty much sums up the relationship between the lowered bread van and the pregnant Spridget. SignatureSteve Caple >I recall seeing with my own eyes a Lotus Europa drive UNDER one of those >monster DOWX tanks cars with dual trucks at each end. > >For those who've never seen a Europa, you don't get into it so much as put >it on. I can vouch for that. I had one and it was an even tighter fit then my old XKE Jaguar. The only tighter car I met was the tiny honda GT which was too small for me to get my 6' into though my 4' 10" Wife loved it as it fit her perfectly. alas I fear i could no longer get into any of those lovely old sports machines as they seem to have shrunken over the years (I can not have become larger. That is not possible) cat >>I recall seeing with my own eyes a Lotus Europa drive UNDER one of those >>monster DOWX tanks cars with dual trucks at each end. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I can vouch for that. I had one and it was an even tighter fit >then my old XKE Jaguar. Back in my grease monkey days, I had the opportunity to work on a Europa. I found I had to take my shoes off to test drive it, as the pedals were too close together for my boots to work only one at a time... Jeff Sc. Gunboat, Ga. Don't bother to reply via email...I've been JoeJobbed. > Back in my grease monkey days, I had the opportunity to work on a > Europa. I found I had to take my shoes off to test drive it, as the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Jeff Sc. > Gunboat, Ga. That's nothing. I had the same problem with my brother's 1973 Corolla. Regards, DAve >Back in my grease monkey days, I had the opportunity to work on a Europa. I found I had to take my shoes off to test drive it, as the pedals were too close together for my boots to work only one at a time< The Europa was really a racing car that barely qualified to be driven on the street. You don't drive with boots but with racing shoes<VBG>. I remember seeing quite a few (Gary Player specials ???) Similar to the Ford GP40 (?). It was supposed to be illegal in CA but I saw one with CA plates (somebody knew somebody). >alas I fear i could no longer get >into any of those lovely old sports machines as they seem to have >shrunken over the years (I can not have become larger. That is not >possible) Someone should have told the owners not to leave the vehicles out in the rain - they will shrink when wet. I can drive my Triumph Spitfire under semi-trailers. Parked only, of course! I have to duck, as the top of my head is the highest point in the car! Can also drive under most parking garage gates - very handy.... :-) Kevin Rhodes Westbrook, Maine >I recall seeing with my own eyes a Lotus Europa drive UNDER one of those >monster DOWX tanks cars with dual trucks at each end. > >For those who've never seen a Europa, you don't get into it so much as put >it on. >I can drive my Triumph Spitfire under semi-trailers. Parked only, of course! I >have to duck, as the top of my head is the highest point in the car! Can also >drive under most parking garage gates - very handy.... :-) I had one of them many years ago. A fun car. If I could post a sound file of the Duke Boys, and that novelty horn the General Lee had, I would... Signature__________________________________________________________________ This email scanned by Norton AntiVirus "I don't drive fast, I fly low" Drew Bunn Ainsley Specialized Transport bunn_a@hotmail.com > What was this moron doing??? > Trying to ge between the cars??? On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:55:54 UTC, "Bruce Favinger" <bwftex@swbell.net> wrote: 2000 > It appears motorists in Odessa Texas have given up being hit by trains and > are now just driving right into them. Back in the old days ('20s to '40s) this was a common form of accident. Unmarked crossings or ones with just a crossbuck didn't give a motorist much warning at night and a freight train in those days had no reflectors. As a result it was quite easy to drive into a freight train at night without suspecting until the last minute that one was there. OTOH anyone driving around crossing gates is attempting suicide. Signatureernie fisch |
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