What the heck? I swear, this thread will die without me. Not that it don't deserve it.
But there might be a little entertainment value left in it.
Jamo, thanks for the kudos. Mutual, my friend. And since we are posting only the unvarnished a
soblute truth here, I got no choice but to admit that you are absolutely correct about me being full of sh!t. I know it, you know it, Fred knows it, we all know it.
And from that postulation, we might derive that I,
and I alone, come closest to pulling the proverbial carrot of of my azz, since only I have all the ingredients.
But that is not entirely true.
Let me point out: Since we are
all just as full of sh!t, carrots would thrive in this Lounge and I think we should get some bunnies.
It ain't that important as long as we can solve world philosophy problems better than serious politicians; politicians that are anal retentive, and would willingly stunt the growth of said carrots and damage the economy by holding back.
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Anthony, I am certainly not one of
those employees.
I'm better at the mechanical aspect of railroading than the upper brass ever dreamed of being and I can prove it. But it is not their fault. They are all rail-inexperienced beancounters, every one of them, and only good at manipulating money and stocks.
Now if they let me handle the company checking account, then I might be out-classed. Like I said,
might. I would like to try it, it is a secret desire of mine. I, and I alone, know how to make the coal pay me to haul itself and I should patent the idea and ride free thereafter.
And , yes, it is a great thread, heartwarming during a cold, claustrophobic winter, really.
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Dan, as different business race to be laborless, who in the heck are they going to sell the macaroni to, their own investors? Are we to become a nation of indolent stockholders? Can we survive without any labor at all? 
It will be like playing
Monopoly. Nearly pure Capitalism. Maybe a little continued Socialism to let everybody keep going around Go after they are bankrupt. No sense owning Park Place if there is nothing left to collect. $200 is better than nothing. Sounds boring though.
Nations don't fail without ...until they have first failed within. Or something like that.
Wes
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