Rep Retirement Lodge 90: This Poll Sucks!!!

[CollegeHockeyAddict]

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Please read this post only if you have a sense of humor.

I just got this from a buddy of mine.

Yesterday on Oprah there was a story about a little girl. It was a sad story. She had been abused most of her life. Earlier this week social services intervened and took her out of the abusive environment. Oprah asked the little girl "if there was one place on earth you could pick to live where would it be?" After much thought the teary eyed little girl looked up at Oprah and said "I want to live with the University of MN Gopher hockey team." To Oprah's astonishment she replied with "why the University of MN hockey team" to which the little girl replied "because they can't beat anybody"

The Gophers were definitely in a giving mood on Sunday. They made some great tape to tape passes to set up goals. Unfortunately, it was for the wrong team.

[wolverineTrumpet]

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My Grandpa passed away. My mom was crying when she called to tell me. I wish I could give her a hug (which is exactly what her brother said to her when he called and told her the news).

[bostonewe]

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My Grandpa passed away. My mom was crying when she called to tell me. I wish I could give her a hug (which is exactly what her brother said to her when he called and told her the news).

I'm so sorry, wT. *hug*

[Beer Pong Horn]

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I was all excited to post this link and then noticed they aren't running this weekend (11/21 - 11/22). Next time, eh.

http://www.trolleyride.org/

Yeah... my bad. Should've told my museum's management not to install the water main until NEXT weekend.

There's a big pit in front of our ready barn where two streetcars are located, the one car available is out of service for brake issues, and our other location is closed for the weekend too. If the g's come down to cityslickerville again though, or if they have a bit of time Saturday morning, I can give them a tour of our backshop and all three cars

[Beer Pong Horn]

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My Grandpa passed away. My mom was crying when she called to tell me. I wish I could give her a hug (which is exactly what her brother said to her when he called and told her the news).

*hugs* Condolences to you and yours.

[Hammer]

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Sorry, sweetie.

[MarkEagleUSA]

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My Grandpa passed away.

So sorry to hear of your loss.

[Greyeagle]

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Sorry WT.

Yeah... my bad. Should've told my museum's management not to install the water main until NEXT weekend.

There's a big pit in front of our ready barn where two streetcars are located, the one car available is out of service for brake issues, and our other location is closed for the weekend too. If the g's come down to cityslickerville again though, or if they have a bit of time Saturday morning, I can give them a tour of our backshop and all three cars

You run that? I had no idea....

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Sorry WT.



You run that? I had no idea....

Hah! No, I'm just a lowly volunteer, but our group's small enough that I can pretty quickly track down the leadership.

[CollegeHockeyAddict]

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My Grandpa passed away. My mom was crying when she called to tell me. I wish I could give her a hug (which is exactly what her brother said to her when he called and told her the news).

*hugs*

[Greyeagle]

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Hah! No, I'm just a lowly volunteer, but our group's small enough that I can pretty quickly track down the leadership.

Still....very cool. Doesn't San Francisco run an old Twin Cities streetcar they have in their collection during the summer months?

[CollegeHockeyAddict]

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I still miss my grandma (on my dad's side) and it's been almost 7 years now. I was alot closer to her then any of my other grand parents. I would give anything just to spend an hour with her. She was such an awesome person.

[Beer Pong Horn]

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Still....very cool. Doesn't San Francisco run an old Twin Cities streetcar they have in their collection during the summer months?

They do - several sisters to one of ours (a 1947 PCC car, art deco style and wicked quick for something of that vintage), and one is painted in Twin City Rapid Transit colors like ours. There's a number of ex-TCRT PCCs floating around, several cities picked them up to make new old-style streetcar lines after their careers in Cleveland and Newark.

Five of the early 1900s TCRT-built standard cars are running too - three with us (one that served in Duluth), one in Maine and another in Wisconsin - as well as a smattering of other builders' cars that served in Minnesota. We're restoring a few more.

[bigblue_dl]

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Sorry to hear wT

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Today's hump day is not going well in the world of wT. Yesterday we had a meeting with the boss' boss where were told a bunch of our work is going to China and we will be having layoffs affecting our department between now and Christmas. Of course we weren't told how many. Only that our overhead costs are currently at 50% when they should be around 18% (mostly due to not selling product.......write more checks!).

I'll be writing one soon for the Houghton trip...if you don't get laid off, I'll assume it was because of me.

You may need to do the "penny in a jar" method then. I understand it can be an excellent benchmarking tool

I'm unfamiliar with the "penny in a jar method"...not that that should surprise anyone.

My Grandpa passed away. My mom was crying when she called to tell me. I wish I could give her a hug (which is exactly what her brother said to her when he called and told her the news).

Sorry, trumpet

*hugs*