THAT OVERNIGHT TV IS UPSETTING-- NOT JUST THE NEWS CONTENT WHICH IS ALWAYS GRIM, BUT THE ADS.... ESPECIALLY THE LIST OF THINGS I HAVE TO WATCH FOR IF I-- DON'T-- /OR ALTERNATELY-- DO-- TAKE SOME PILL OR ANOTHER.-
ALONG WITH THE ADS I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE STUFF DOES...- FROM BREATHING, TO VACUUMING YOUR NOSE TO, SHIPPING LETTUCE IN FREIGHT TRAINS...
WHY DO THEY RUN A FREIGHT TRAIN AD? THAT IS ONE THING I HAVE NOT DONE IS HIRE A FREIGHT TRAIN.... WELL....... ACTUALLY ... I DID...
MOST OF YOU KNOW CRAZY ACRES STARTED OUT AS 2 ADJACENT PROPERTIES... EACH ABOUT 6 ACRES. I BOUGHT ONE AND MY HUSBAND BOUGHT TH E OTHER.- AND THE DRIVEWAY SPLITS THEM.---SEEING AS HE HAD MOVED INTO MY HOUSE IN LYNNFIELD, I TOOK MY MONEY AND SPENT IT ON "MY SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY" AND IF HE WANTED TO LIVE IN A HOUSE, HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD IT- MY SIDE WAS TEH BARN, AND TEH VERY SMALL GUEST HOUSE- WHICH WAS FINE WITH ME- SINCE I SPENT MORE TIME IN THE BARN ANYWAY. IF I HAD A PLACE TO SLEEP THAT WAS WARM AND DRY, THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED..
SOOO..... KICKING AND SCREAMING ALL THE WAY, HE BUILT THE HOUSE. NICE HOUSE- A BIT NORMAL..
SO I DECIDED I NEEDED A CABOOSE- ON " MY SIDE"--- AND WENT TO EIRE PENNA WHICH WAS THE CABOSSE SUPERMARKET AND SPENT THE DAY CLIMBING INA ANF OUT OF CABOOSI. FINALLY DECIDING ON NUMBER 267504? THE PURCHASE PRICE OF $2500 INCLUDED DELIVERY TO MY "LOCAL CONRAIL YARD" WHICH WAS CHELSEA JUST NORTH OF BOSTON. . IT TOOK A FEW DAYS-- ONLY BECAUSE THEY DRAGGED IT ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND TO GET IT HERE... BUT .. I HAD A PHONE NUMBER I COULD CALL.. AND TEHY COUD TELL ME EXACTLY WHERE MY #2675040 CAR WAS.
I THEN HAD TO HIRE A CRANE AND WIDE LOAD TRUCKING COMAPNY TO TRANSPORT IT TO IPSWICH ( I THINK $2000)-- I HAD DRAGGED SOME RAILS INTO POSITION WITH A MULE I HAD AT THE TIME
THEM THINGS IS HEAVY- BUT THE MULE WAS STRONG- AND AFTER ABOTU 2 DAYS EFFORT I GOT 2 RAILS LINED UP PARALELL THE CORRECT DISTANCE APART.
I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT-- THE CABOOSE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE WHEELS--- HERE WERE 2 SETS OF WHEELS WITH A HOLE IN THE TOP-- AND THE CABOOSE HAD 2 PINS THAT JUST DROPPED INTO THOSE HOLES--- THERE WASN'T EVEN A COTTER PIN !! ---ONCE INPLACE THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF IT FLYING UP OFF THOSE WHEELS. WE PANNELED THE WALLS WITH PINE BOARDS AND CLEANED IT UP IN GENERAL.IT WAS VERY NICE TO HAVE DURING MY KIDS COLLEGE YEARS-- THEY COULD DRINK AND MAKE WOO,WOO ,NOISES WHILE HOLDING ONTO THE RAILING IN THE CEILING.
TEH DETAILS- FOR THOSE OF YOU EXPECTING TO BUY CABOOSI-- THEY DO MAKE A VERY STRANGE APPARTMENT FOR 2 PEOPLE WHICB CAN BE PARKED IN TRTAIN YARDS FOR ( LONG AGO) 50 CENTS A NIGHT... IF YOU CAN MANAGE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT INVOLVE TRAIN YARDS, IT IS A HUGE BARGAIN.. AND THEY CAN BE ATTACHED TO A FREIGHT TRAIN VERY INEXPENSIVELY...
HAVING THAT CABOOSE THERE WAS WHAT MADE ME REALIZE HOW NICE IT WOULD BE TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR PLACE TO SIT THERE... HENCE THE T TENT. THERE WERE 2 PROBLEMS WITH THE CABOOSE, IT WAS AN INDOOR THING-- AND... TO CLEAN IT UP , I HAD A SANDBLASTING TRUCK COME AND BLAST OFF THE 9000 LAYERS OF PAINT-- ALL OF WHICH I AM SURE WERE LEAD PAINT.. WHICH THEY VACUUMED UP AS BEST THEY COUDL.. BUT I DECIDED TO PLOW UNDER ALONG WITH MY ASPARAGAS PLANTS WHICH WERE NEXT TO THE CABOOSE.
SO THAT IS MY STORY ABOUT FREIGHT TRAINS.
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BACK TO LEARNING TO LIVE ON AN ELECTRICAL DIET.
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CP DONNA FROM MONTANA IS HERE AS OF LAST NIGHT SE GOT HERE JUST IN TIME FOR ME TO GO TO BED.
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Hi Carlene,
I know you've heard stories like this many times before, but I just came from my neurologist and wanted to tell you. Despite having a "degenerative" disease, my coordination and walking is better than a year ago.
It doesn't take much to know what has changed in my life! Jim calls Ava my thinking walker. I had hoped to get a dog, and I had hoped if I got one, it would make getting around easier. Although I knew that George and other dogs had made huge differences for their persons, I hadn't begun to hope that Ava could improve my mobility.
Thank you doesn't begin to say what I'm feeling.
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I finally HUNG UP THE CLOCK WITH THE DOG WAGGING TAIL--
TO DO SO I HAD TO REMOVE MY PERMIT TO BUILD AN OUTHOUSE WITH A DRIVE UP WINDOW TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERIDGES. ( WITH A SEATING CAPACITY OF 2 )
I WILL PUT THAT IN THE NEW BUILDING WITH MY BUILDING PERMIT.
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P.S. ? THE CABOOSE?---- I SOLD IT--- PROVING I AM NOT THE ONLY NUT IN THE WORLD.
