George Sellios' layout

agreed. Greg's contention is that "North America" is a term for a section of the northern USA, at least the way I read it. I'm just trying to make clear that "North America" is the continent from Panama to the tip of Baffin Island, not some designated territorial area of the USA.

You mean North America or land/corporate ownership within the USA?

I'm taking this all tongue-in-cheek, BTW. My nlood pressure is still staying at its normal 128/72. Jay CNS&M Wireheads of the world, unite!

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On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 01:05:06 UTC, Mark Newton wrote: 2000

Just look at photos of steamers in the late days of steam, especially those that ran in bad water districts. Looking at a picture of an Espee cab-forward in clean condition you see mineral deposits running from the turret to the running board, deposits on the running board below the pop valves and deposits below the whistle. Anywhere steam was exhausted (or leaked) or water leaked there would be deposits. Since I never saw a steamer that wasn't dripping water I would say there were plenty of opportunities for mineral deposits. I will discuss blowdown in answer to another post.

If you think these deposits are easy to remove then you haven't been around any of our hard water areas.

In the good old days when the railroads tried to keep their passenger locos in good shape you didn't see the deposits on them as they were wiped down after each run. The freight units were not so lucky.

Having said all that you still need pictures to tell you how to position the deposits and how large and dense they should be.

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Ernie Fisch

The trout fishing's pretty good.

Eric

Mark Newt Eh? What successes?

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Eric

So is Georgia. That explains so much.

Eric

Jim Stewart wrote:

Australia is a penile colony.

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Eric

"JCunington"

See this humorous Molson Canadian advertisement (Ad-ver-tis-ment) that (gently) mocks the U.S.A.

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-- Cheers Roger T.

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of the Great Eastern Railway

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Roger T.

You ever eat any Vegemite? ..............F>

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Froggy

This older Molson Canadian advert sums up how Canadians feel about Americans and American dominance of this continent.

It (gently) mock the Americans.

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of the Great Eastern Railway

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No. USA means USA. America means the whole continent. See reference to "Humpty Dumpty" earlier in the thread. I think Canada may be the largest country in the world now that the USSR is defunct. I don't know for certain, because I suppose the remaining Russian Republic is still pretty damn big. Anyway, canada is more grass than I care to mow. Its a whole lot bigger than Amer.........uh, I mean the USA.

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Froggy

Aye, an' do ya s'pose 'e waz wearin' 'is Anorak too?

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Froggy

Look for an Irving station, or food processor, or oil refinery, or lumber mill, or big box store, coming near you!

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E Litella

Yeah, mate - we're all well hung!

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Mark Newton

Eat it? That's the LAST thing you'd want to do with it!

Mark.

(Who is UNASTRAYAN, because he thinks Vegemite is VILE!)

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Mark Newton

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, my oldest kid, who is currently a Chief Petty Officer in the U. S. Navy (which may give you an idea just how old and crusty I am), used to sing a parody of a ommercial -- something to do with "...you deserve a real burger today, at McLaughlin's..."

Real meat, with 25 % pork and 25 % lamb, ground at home with the beef; real Emmentahler for those who wanted Swiss, and Tillamook cheddar for those who did not understand real cheese....

What has happened to hamburger standards!!!???

... and by the way, here are special four letter word treats for the North Dakota idiot -- meat, lamb, pork.

Grind on that.

-- Jim McLaughlin

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Jim McLaughlin

Oh, did I make another typo?

:-)

Jim Stewart

Or is that Sigmond in his "Queen of the Desert" outfit?

Implantations, you say. Somebody said Viagra was made from vegamite.

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Jim Stewart

Have you visited St Kildas in Melbourne, OZ? They have the best tarts in the southern hemisphere....

Jim Stewart

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Jim Stewart

So, we leave out Belgium, Switzerland, Andorra, Monoco, parts of the Italian Piedmont, and parts of Western Germany....

How about the Corsicans who don't want to be French?

Jim Stewart

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Jim Stewart

Since Panama was a state in Colombia until Teddy Roosevelt wanted the mosquito ditch, where in Colombia does North America end and South America begin?

Jim Stewart

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Jim Stewart

That is not what they said in St Kilda...

Jim Stewart

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Jim Stewart

Well, as I don't live on those continents and the ships I was involved with were too big to fit through the ditch, why should I care? Washington perhaps?

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Gregory Procter

Actually, to correct myself, it's Ellesmere Island. I didn't have a map in front of me at the time and I have since looked at the globe because Baffin Is. didn't sound right.

I'm trying to find my copy of "Why Australia Is A Continent, Japan Is Not, and Greenland Is Up for Grabs", or something like that. In it, the author asks "What denotes a continent?"

Jay CNS&M Wireheads of the world, unite!

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JCunington

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