Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, May 3, 2019

Because It's Friday

UP Big Boy 4014 has steam up.

That they have the boiler lagging on implies that everything under it has checked out OK.

It may not be long until we get to see a sight that hasn't been seen in sixty years: A Big Boy moving under its own power.

4 comments:

Eck! said...: Official word is it has under its own power backed out of the steam shop and will be at the christening tomorrow (May 4). The 4014 and 844 will then transit or Ogden for the Golden spike 150 years of transcontinental railroad celebration.

Eck!; 5/03/2019 2:16 PM
montag said...: At the risk of asking a stupid question, Chromed hubcaps ?; 5/03/2019 6:33 PM
Deadstick said...: Not hubcaps, journal box covers. They open up to grease the bearings. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQAzphmlVK8A72bD3o4FUSgjLSJtJT548RqIZWbEPNQTPvPtkch; 5/04/2019 9:18 AM
montag said...: Thanks Deadstick. It's good to see Big Boy wearing the full 'soup and fish'; 5/04/2019 7:10 PM