SMF

fallingwickets wrote:...is that a selfie?????????????????? haha

He does have some resemblance to me, but I am prettier.

For some, it is a holy day.

I think NASA's launch procedure protocols are easier to follow than this article's coffee making process.

Prepping for transport to Cheyenne is underway. Piston valves have been removed from the chambers and primary connecting rods are in the process of removal. No date has been set thus far for the beginning of the move. (tracks need to be laid from the display to the main line) http://img.photobucket....

Squire wrote:One that's true are the words spoken by Sam Shepherd just before the first Space launch, "Dear Lord, please don't let me fuck up".

Do you mean Alan Shepard? (Sam Shepard played the part of Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff", so that may be where you got the name from)

WooHoo! Another huge update.(though not Union Pacific related) An official campaign has been initiated to raise funds in order to restore Norfolk & Western #611 to running condition. http://fireup611.org/the-611/ https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/p480x480/1011720_10151527839...

* There have also been efforts afoot to restore the S.S. United States , the biggest, fastest, greatest steam-driven passenger ship ever built in this country. Consistent funding has been hard to come by. I hope she ends up as lucky as the Big Boy. You can follow the efforts to restore the "Bi...

Squire wrote:What . . . they letting you out once a month now?

I have to ration my amazingness. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

'scuze me whilst I bring this thread back from the dead... Ok. It is finally official. Union Pacific has acquired #4014 and will be sending her to Cheyenne for restoration to operating condition. http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/heritage_and_steam/2013/0723_4014.shtml http://www.steamlocomotive...

Not even the Ape would post that link here. You sir, gots balls.

*insert tasteless joke about lathering here*

FGCU makes the Sweet 16!!!

In related news... A Hobbit named Frodo has apparently overthrown Sauron.

a bacon cheeseburger with peanut butter and strawberry jam on it. :shock: :shock: :shock: My god, my heart and arteries just went into shock :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Good thing I did not mention that I almost had it "Lutherized". (replacing the bun with two glazed donuts) :o

This week I went to the Florida State Fair and ate a PB&J bacon cheeseburger. Yes... a bacon cheeseburger with peanut butter and strawberry jam on it. My heart should be exploding with the same force as that meteor in Siberia at any moment now.

brothers wrote:How did you find this?

My Bizzaro-Fu is strong.

Not sure whether to put this here or in the Gentlemen's Parlor. Oh well.. now you can have that "Rugged Outdoorsman" scent any time you want.

http://campfire-cologne.com/

drmoss_ca wrote:.... The secret is to get a seat in the shade that is close to the beer concession. Eventually it all makes sense and becomes quite entrancing.

Umm..... get enough beer in you and EVERYTHING becomes quite entrancing.

Buy a new knife. Problem solved. You can thank me later.

Recently, there have been rumors floating around about what the Union Pacific Steam Shop has been up to. They have been squirreling away funds for a secret, unnamed project for some time, and over the summer, the 15 year overhaul of locomotive #3985 has been quietly halted and those funds shuffled o...