J. S. Bach

Having been railfanning (trainspotting?) for a very long time, tonight was a first for me. The flashers at the CSX/J. A. Cochran Bypass crossing were flashing and the gates were down with nothing in sight. After a moment or so I heard a strange single-note air horn blowing for the crossing. A Sperry Rail Detector car slowly crossed the road. In all those years this was a first for me!

Hey, even I recognize and know a few lines of that one!

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

I do play the pipe organ: However just the Winchester chimes and the chiming of the hour (starts the service) when the regular organist has to do the prelude on the piano.

Ah, The proud birds with the yellow tail. I once flew back from Clark to Travis on a Continental military charter. There was a mid-flight fuel stop; Agana, Guam? I no longer remember.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

Better than being demolished!

A lot of the low-budget motels that I usually stay in have wall-mounted ironing boards and irons; I am referring to Days Inn, Super 8, Baymont and such.

That reminds me of an early jet-age joke: Breakfast in London , lunch over New York, dinner in Seattle, baggage in Rio de Janero.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

Ummm, that just may be a bad (or wrong) decision. I thoroughly enjoyed my parents photo albums and still have them.

Yesterday, my daughter emailed me, asking why I didn't do something useful with my time. "Like sitting around the pool, drinking beer isn't a good thing?" I asked. Talking about my "doing something useful" seems to be her favorite topic of conversation. She is "only thinking of me," she said, and suggested I go down to the Senior Center and hang out with the Fellas. So, I did and when I got home, I decided to play a prank on her. I sent her an email saying that I had joined the Senior Parachute Club. She replied, "Are you nuts? You're 75-years-old and now you're going to start jumping out of airplanes? "I told her that I even had a Membership Card and e-mailed a copy to her. Immediately, she telephoned me and yelled, "Good grief, Dad, where are your glasses?! This is a membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club. "Oh man, am I in trouble," I said, "I signed up and prepaid for five jumps a week! The line went dead. Life as a Senior Citizen may not be getting any easier, but it can sure be fun.

Having not watched tv here at Dacha Chester for many years (around 8 or so) for that very reason. I do have a 52" flat screen but only watch an occasional laser disc; again, almost mindless entertainment, but I control the content by selecting which disc I decide to watch. One that I particularly liked is DOWN PERISCOPE, a submarine-based comedy. Although what appears to be a WW2 Gato-class sub is used, the action seems to be based in the 1970s. A funny flick.

The long six-month cruise that I went on, I had almost everything in a large green bag and a small travel bag. And everything met the "dress codes".

I really like this one, any chance of a picture of the other end? TIA

New computer (Win-11), test post. EDIT: It seems to be working properly.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

You guys above, thanks for the darn earworm!!

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Wow, a three-legged sheep.

Odd, I recently bought a specific-sized 2024 calendar on ebay (none were available locally) and it was delivered by Amazon prime!

My shortest flight was Friendship to Washington National, the pilot just barely got the wheels up when he had to put them down again. Note that i was on a through flight to Atlanta. EDIT: The ground transit time was less than an hour, I drove an inter-airport shuttle for awhile and did that rip many times in about 45 minutes.

A late early over there? Night Owl from the Piedmont.

I tried some sake but but the only thing that I ended up doing with it was using it as fire ant killer.