Seen on the street in Kyiv.

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

"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, A/K/A Dolt-45,
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

Friday, January 12, 2024

Because It's Friday

One of the last turns of this locomotive:



I gather that earning a new boiler certificate is neither cheap nor easy.
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3 comments:

CenterPuke88 said...

From 2007, an explaination of the actions necessary to repair/overhaul/recertify a steam locomotive in the UK. Costs in excess of £100,000 then, likely much steeper now. Note the extensive metalwork repair and replacement listed.

https://5637.co.uk/overhaul/

1/12/2024 10:17 AM
Stewart Dean said...

Dunno about cert there, but here in the US, if you do one, it has an expiration date...so there's no point (for an operation like Steamtown) in doing it to a loco they don't use regularly...like the BigBoy they had there.

1/12/2024 4:25 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

10 years, Stewart Dean

1/12/2024 5:50 PM

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