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Union Pacific, The Musical! During my mis-spent youth in the Union Pacific Drum & Bugle Corps, I knew this song well (We did quite a stirring rendition of it, if you're into that sort of thing). Turn up your speakers, and get ready to rock out, '70's corporate style! :-)...

So how is this thing supposed to fill and then rinse? It looks like maybe there is a place for a supply hose on the inside of the tub, but no hose. Also, if there is a hose, how is the hose regulated? Or is it supposed to be filled with a bucket, like I did? Lastly, the drain hose is unwell...

Insides. Once I cleaned it up, the washer part worked well. Had to fill it with a bucket (no hose), but other than that, it was fine. The spinner, however, makes noise, but doesn't move. If we can get the spinner to work, we are going to install it in our camper. Not that we really NEED a...

Control Panel....

I was wondering around the yard at the South Tacoma St. Vincent de Paul (which really is an amazing place - lots of fun vacuum stuff there) when I found this interesting little Penncrest "Semi Automatic", complete with "work & play" option. Of course, I had to buy it. Here are some...

Apart from a very few people in the front of the line, who would even know the employee was knocked down until they happened to trod upon him? Even then, what could they do? A mob is almost impossible to control: If a good Samaritan wanted to help, there would be literally no way for them to...

Good one, Jeff :-) There's no need to "outlaw" anything. There is a need for businesses to take responsibility for their actions, particularly on their property. What happened at that Wal-Mart was inexcusable. They could have done many things to circumvent it. Simple things, like making an...

Wow! I missed that Feather River detour! I would have been there in a second. I might have even been able to persuade John to come along (Being an Amtrak employee, a ride on a train is not his idea of fun. But something like that might bring out his hidden railfan ;-) Here in Seattle, we have...

Caltrain owns the ROW between San Francisco and San Jose, UP owns from San Jose to Gilroy. VTA is working with UP to improve on-time by constructing some sidings and double tracking. Their current on-time is 86% As far as Capitol Corridor goes, their on-time average is also at 86% for the year...

The Capitol Corridor trains had 1,523,630 boardings last year, and are on track to meet or exceed 1.7 million boardings this year. (My dirty little secret for saving money to the bay area is to fly to Sacramento and take the capitol corridor to SFO. It takes longer, but that doesn't bother me...

I agree. That is a gorgeous little station, Ralph. There should be a way to preserve its character.

No huge food prep for me. I am doing this thing as simply as possible: Two turkeys, one for each day. A huge thing of dressing put together Wednesday night, half to bake one day, half to bake the next day. Two bags of potatoes, one for each day. Two pans of rolls, one for each day Two...

I don't remember the name of it, but I distinctly remember being freaked out by a CBS late night movie that had to do with Nazi zombies who could live underwater (or something like that) By the time it came out, my sister was away at college, and I was old enough to be home alone, so my...

And here's the close up.... She hasn't been detailed yet, but you get the idea.

Funny how these things happen.... I was in Tacoma today, and found ANOTHER one of these toasters, only older, and by Toastmaster. Here's a glam shot...

We have a double Thanksgiving this year: Thanksgiving proper will be, well, proper: Friends and neighbors for a traditional dinner. Friday, we're doing a second Thanksgiving for members of the crew of John's train that come in that morning, having worked on Thanksgiving Day. It will probably...

I come down solidly on the side of the customer, whether she knew she was getting away with something or not. Although I share the fear that the manager will get scapegoated for this. It really is a matter of training and development - something corporations pay lip service to, but won't...

The poor dear hasn't been cooling as well as she used to, so I was thinking maybe I would have it recharged, but I don't know where one would hook up the recharging thingy (if you'll pardon my extreme technical speak) Does anyone know where the recharge valve is on these beasts?

The passive-aggressive in me thinks you should come up with a really saccharine response directing them to the message board, and just keep sending it, so it looks like an auto-response. It will drive them crazy.

Not to take things in the opposite direction.... But here's a "classy" treatment of the standard Kraft Macaroni and Cheese that does nicely in a pinch. (I substitute the Ritz with buttered bread crumbs, and put everything in individual casseroles) * 1 package Kraft macaroni and cheese dinner...