Quote from: keyboarder on February 27, 2015, 08:02:19 PM
Impressive Kathy and welcome aboard our forum!

She's been a member a year now.
Good poster, just doesn't have a lot to say. I find the engineer part fascinating, in that it was always a dream of mine to ride, since I literally spent the first quarter of my life next to tracks, and remember the disappointment in hearing they were shutting down my line and removing the tracks and overpasses in the early to mid 60s. 

I was the only one that longed for the sound of iron and steel fighting for equilibrium, while everyone else was happy the smoke and noise of the last hundred years was coming to an end.
I still have the date nails from the ties in the tracks dating back to the late 19th century.

Kind of silly when I think about it, but my dad and I used to walk the rails for miles, his father was an engineer as dad too worked on the rail, maybe it runs in the blood...

Quote from: Solar on February 28, 2015, 05:36:50 AM
She's been a member a year now.
Good poster, just doesn't have a lot to say. I find the engineer part fascinating, in that it was always a dream of mine to ride, since I literally spent the first quarter of my life next to tracks, and remember the disappointment in hearing they were shutting down my line and removing the tracks and overpasses in the early to mid 60s. 

I was the only one that longed for the sound of iron and steel fighting for equilibrium, while everyone else was happy the smoke and noise of the last hundred years was coming to an end.
I still have the date nails from the ties in the tracks dating back to the late 19th century.

Kind of silly when I think about it, but my dad and I used to walk the rails for miles, his father was an engineer as dad too worked on the rail, maybe it runs in the blood...

Kathy seems like a good poster.  I haven't bothered to look up any of her posts other than just the ones I've remarked about.  Only 33 posts so I just assumed (incorrectly too) that she was fairly recent. 

Nothing wrong with nostalgia Solar.  You mentioned walking the tracks with your Dad and I sense that that was an important reflective time for you.  Along those lines, I am reminded of the place that my Dad worked at for most of his life.  It was a cotton mill before it became a synthetics and polymer based company.  My Dad retired from there and I worked there with him until he retired and on until it closed down in 2000.  It was Reeves Bros. and then it ended as Amoco.  It was taken over several times but was Phillips Fiber when he worked there.  I used to wonder as I walked the floors of that 5 story building if I was putting my feet in some of the same places that his feet had been.  Talk about conservative?  Dad was a hard man to work for but noone ever accused him of not being fair and honest in his dealings.  If I think hard enough, I can almost see him coming into my office with a carry out plate of food from the local choke and puke establishment.  I miss him.

Thanks for the welcome, everyone! I've been a member for awhile but have been so busy that I've only lurked. 

   

Quote from: Solar on February 28, 2015, 05:36:50 AM
She's been a member a year now.
Good poster, just doesn't have a lot to say. I find the engineer part fascinating, in that it was always a dream of mine to ride, since I literally spent the first quarter of my life next to tracks, and remember the disappointment in hearing they were shutting down my line and removing the tracks and overpasses in the early to mid 60s. 

I was the only one that longed for the sound of iron and steel fighting for equilibrium, while everyone else was happy the smoke and noise of the last hundred years was coming to an end.
I still have the date nails from the ties in the tracks dating back to the late 19th century.

Kind of silly when I think about it, but my dad and I used to walk the rails for miles, his father was an engineer as dad too worked on the rail, maybe it runs in the blood...

  Oh, I have plenty to say, lol! Politically, I am a big Ted Cruz fan. Living in Texas, he has done a great job representing his constituents at the risk of RINO ire.   Someone commented  once that Cruz could probably use a food tester in D.C. b/c he's so disliked by the establishment. My kind of guy. 

Quote from: kathy s. on February 28, 2015, 03:36:59 PM
  Oh, I have plenty to say, lol! Politically, I am a big Ted Cruz fan. Living in Texas, he has done a great job representing his constituents at the risk of RINO ire.   Someone commented  once that Cruz could probably use a food tester in D.C. b/c he's so disliked by the establishment. My kind of guy.