WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 14

[Tink rules]

This is what The Magic looked like going out yesterday in the fog... Anyone spot Connie and Chuck????

(courtesy of the DCL pic of the day...)

 

[nskjerven]

That's all they've got...



Do I have to fish???? Can't I just sit up on deck and read a good book? PLEASE?????

& I'm with ya on the drugs...

for the LAST TIME


I FISH

YOU HIKE

Got it????

I'm going back for another pill, it is creepy back, darn it

 

[nskjerven]

This is what The Magic looked like going out yesterday in the fog... Anyone spot Connie and Chuck????

(courtesy of the DCL pic of the day...)

that looks weird, although I think I'd like to be on the ship in the fog

I bet for the EBTA it's not going to be foggy, but COLD

ok, pill now, bye

 

[Tink rules]

This was over on the podcast boards... an update about the monorail crash... speculation of course, but it's interesting...



Hi guys,

I'm a former Mark VI railie, and I stay in touch with a fair number of folks in the department. Here's what I've heard. I'm going to stress that it's what I've heard, and I can't represent this as absolute fact. Take that for what it's worth.

The short, short version is that Monorail Central cleared Monorail Pink in reverse into the Concourse (the Epcot side of the TTC) station without being aware that Monorail Purple was still in the station. Pink was cleared with MAPO override, meaning that the driver would have disabled the anti-collision system (there are a variety of legitimate reasons for doing this), and would have been acting on faith that Central wouldn't have cleared him into a dangerous situation because it sometimes is difficult to see everything you'd want to in the cab mirrors, particularly at night on a curve such as the one he was backing along. For whatever reason, Purple just sat in the station without attempting to avoid the accident, and was struck by Pink moving at the full 15 mph allowed during MAPO override. From what I understand, the driver of Purple was a new transfer from another department. Why Central would not have made sure the station was clear before moving any trains is a bit of a mystery, but I've heard that no one was actually in the control console (the control tower-looking place at Concourse) at the time. To my knowledge, there were no electrical or mechanical problems in play here. Again, I have to stress that I'm relating what I've heard, and I was not there. This is a second-hand account from others more familiar with the situation.

Okay, speculation time.

Why would Purple have just sat in the station and let himself get hit? Well, it was a new driver from what I understand, and when Pink got close enough to trigger Purple's MAPO system, it's quite possible that the driver of Purple freaked a little bit (any time a driver gets an unexpected red MAPO light, it gets their attention), and was so intent on looking at his console trying to figure out what was going on that he simply did not see Pink barreling down on him. I suppose it's also possible that the Concourse station didn't have power at the time, preventing Purple from leaving, but I rather doubt that was the case.

Why would Central clear a train into an occupied station? Inattention, most likely. As I said, I'd heard that Central was not at the console at the time of the accident. IMO, if this is the case, it's the root cause of the accident and whoever was Central should be strung up.

 

[Tink rules]

for the LAST TIME


I FISH

YOU HIKE

Got it????

I'm going back for another pill, it is creepy back, darn it

Ok.. you clean the fish... I'll take a walk....

Feel better...

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

Ken, great choice on the kayak...glad you acquired another one for the family. You're all going to have so much fun together.

NOW WHERE ARE THE PICTURES?

gee can u let us get home going kayaking first?? LOL

they'll be posted soon.

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

Ken needs to go to his farm in Farmville and harvest some crops!

Ken's been out kayaking with his wife and daughters .... The farm can deal with itself... LOL

 

[nskjerven]

Ok.. you clean the fish... I'll take a walk....

Feel better...

oh, NO I don't clean them, I just catch them. Sometimes I will bait my own hook, depends on how I feel

thanks I'm feeling no pain, but also feeling nothing else either, so that isn't a good thing...how people have a life on drugs I just don't understand. I feel like I have a ball of foam all around me, and I'm moving in slow motion....no way could I drive now, just so strange how some people do when taking drugs

 

[woody73]

That's all they've got.

LOL!

Woody

 

[woody73]

This was over on the podcast boards... an update about the monorail crash... speculation of course, but it's interesting...

So tragic.

Woody

 

[EllaEnchanted]

And Deb, ya crack me up on the pictures I post mine to FaceBook now (by the minute) so ya gotta go see us there. It's so much easier than the upload here

Got it! Thanks....I'll look for them.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

gee can u let us get home going kayaking first?? LOL



they'll be posted soon.

 

[Tink rules]

Hey Woody!!!!!

Congrats on 5,000 posts!!!!


(Just think where you'd be if you hadn't taken 1/2 a year or so to travel the world... (you'd be trying to beat Gaylean's record... )

 

[woody73]

Hey Woody!!!!!

Congrats on 5,000 posts!!!!

(Just think where you'd be if you hadn't taken 1/2 a year or so to travel the world... (you'd be trying to beat Gaylean's record... )

Thanks, I guess, Michelle.

I don't know whether to be proud or ashamed of having 5,000 posts. In the time it took to get there, I could have helped Habitat for Humanity build a small community.

Woody

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

Ok, here are some pics for Deb to look at while I am getting the kayaking ones ready to go.

My father had a birthday on Thursday and on Saturday we all go together at his place to have a family lunch/supper celebration.

here are some pics from that day.

It didn't take long for Shannon to grab her new niece:

Kaleigh is ready to pose:

Emily relaxed in Shannon's arms:

Too much excitement:

 

[Tink rules]

Thanks, I guess, Michelle.

I don't know whether to be proud or ashamed of having 5,000 posts. In the time it took to get there, I could have helped Habitat for Humanity build a small community.

Woody

Knowing you... you could manage both...

 

[woody73]

Knowing you... you could manage both...

You're too kind.

My fear is I would put on a hardhat and tool belt, and someone would start singing:
"Young man, there's no need to feel down. . . "

Woody

 

[HollyTyler]

Killer migraine here today...uggghhh, woke up toke a pill at 7am, slept until 11, got up and I feel like crap. MIGRAINES SUCK

Nan, I hope you're feeling better by now. I had a minor one yesterday, most of the day. My stepbrother whose house we're at was the first to go to bed tonight because he's had a bad one most of today.

 

[Tink rules]

You're too kind.

My fear is I would put on a hardhat and tool belt, and someone would start singing:
"Young man, there's no need to feel down. . . "

Woody

Ohhh Wow...

I'm picturing you, Ian, Ken, Bubba and Sukie all up on stage... who gets the Indian Headress?

 

[HollyTyler]

So glad you and Tyler arrived safely and are getting to spend some happy and leisurely time with the family. Continue to enjoy!

Oh, we are! After swimming for a bit today, all 8 of us went to see the new Transformers movie. I liked it just as much as the first one! Then we all went to Applebees for dinner. It was raining pretty heavily, started sometime during dinner and continued the rest of the day, so no more swimming. We all came back to the house for birthday cake and present opening for Tyler's cousin, then just relaxed while talking and watching movies on TV. Everybody went to bed quite early, except for me & Tyler. We were watching "Independence Day" on TV. I've seen it tons of times, but it was Tyler's first time. He loved it. Then we watched the last 1/2 hour of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and then spent time looking at the pictures and video clips I've taken so far on this trip. Just a relaxing day today.