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Thread #117547 Message #2535523
Posted By: GUEST,Uncle Fred
08-Jan-09 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Art is REALLY ticked off at AT&T !!!
Subject: RE: BS: Art is REALLY ticked off at AT&T !!!
Proud to hear about your electric chair,,,I mean scooter! I need to ask you about something important. In the phrase, 'a train of doozy layoffs, well know to us all, the 'bos accommodations called the Wabash Cannonball.' I naturally assumed that 'layoff' referred to a railcar on a sidetrack,(which could have been a luxurious private car or a boxcar) but I haven't been able to find an actual source that uses 'lay-off' that way. I need to know before it's too late. Incidentally, there is a wonderful website put up by a guy named J.Nixon that has many beautiful pictures of railroad cars. Just google railroad cars J. Nixon and you'll find it. Was Paul Durst any kin to the comedian Will Durst?