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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: E who wrote (86972)11/10/2000 11:45:32 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
That was so......
I am....



To: E who wrote (86972)11/18/2000 6:37:11 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
A much better song ---

tune: "The Ship That Never Returned"

Wreck of the Old '97

1. Well, they handed him his orders in Monroe, Virginia,
Sayin', "Steve, you're way behind time.
This is not 38, it is Old 97
You must put her into Spencer on time."

2. Well, the engineer he said to his [opt: "trusty fireman, Steve'}black, greasy fireman
"Shovel on a little more coal,
And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
You can watch Old 97 roll."

3. It's a mighty hard road [alt: "It's long, rough road"] from Lynchburg to Danville
A road with a three-mile grade.
It was on that grade that he lost his airbrake [s],
You can see what a jump [mess] she made.

4. He was goin' [comin'] down the grade making 90 miles an hour,
When his whistle broke into a scream,
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle,
[optional: "ass in a sprocket"]
He was scalded to death by the steam.

5. Now the telegram came into Washington Station
And this is what it said:
That brave engineer that drove old 97
Is layin' down in Danville, dead.

6. Now listen, all you ladies, you must all take a warning,
From this story a lesson learn:
Never speak harsh words to your true lovin' husband,
He may leave you and never return.

I like the blue grass version much better than the canon.



To: E who wrote (86972)11/22/2000 3:13:49 AM
From: Skeeter Bug  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
e, i have no doubt that some wrong thinking palestinians are in some ways responsible for the death of their children at the hands of the israelis.

does this mean that god absolves the israeli who pulls the trigger and kills god's property or the leaders who have made this policy? "hey, god, the 10 year old had a rock... what do you expect me to do?"

i see an absence of centered thought. much like the democrats that accuse of the republicans of being crooked and vice versa. guess what? both sides are self motivated and possess situational ethics. it is intellectually dishonest to focus on one side's very real problems without also focusing on the other side's very real problems, imho.

is the bell ringing?