tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post3723799229643462579..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: Ghost in the machineLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-12578235315074996972011-07-20T21:38:29.084-04:002011-07-20T21:38:29.084-04:00Blogging.....or
How to Draw Sweeping Conclusions ...Blogging.....or<br /><br />How to Draw Sweeping Conclusions on Almost Any Topic with Extravagant Authority Using Extremely Limited FactsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-53646232121262574932011-07-20T18:18:39.398-04:002011-07-20T18:18:39.398-04:00A high water table (and tracks not high enough abo...A high water table (and tracks not high enough above it) would short out stuff and could be tripping those warning lights.<br /><br />Sounds to me like they need to dig some ditches to drain the track -- although I don't expect to see that allowed in Amherst....Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-67278478298854673592011-07-19T14:04:52.110-04:002011-07-19T14:04:52.110-04:00Hmm, could be from Columbian drug mules that strap...Hmm, could be from Columbian drug mules that strap themselves to the bottom of the trains in order to deliver their deadly cargo to unsuspecting UMass students. Or at least Ed probably thinks so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-89541946646729939642011-07-19T09:23:22.151-04:002011-07-19T09:23:22.151-04:00The Railroad is borrowing a page from the Cherry H...The Railroad is borrowing a page from the Cherry Hill Golf Course book of excuses and blaming the weather. <br /><br />The winter snow and rainy spring combined with a natural high water table deteriorated the underlying track bed support thus causing the derailments.<br /><br />The company supposedly replaced ties along two miles of track but somehow seem to have missed that 300 yard stretch around the South East Street overpass which also strikes me as elevated enough not to be impacted by a high water table.<br /><br />I asked about the white powder in the middle of the tracks on both Station Road and North Whitney Streets (which are a fair amount of miles away from each other) and the Town Manager said he would ask NECR about it.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-58015743426287072462011-07-19T08:58:01.711-04:002011-07-19T08:58:01.711-04:00Update of TM report?
And why not gates at Main &a...Update of TM report?<br /><br />And why not gates at Main & High Streets. Midnight train horns are so 19th Century -- kinda like drunken college kid brawls, and this is supposed to be such a highbrow town...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-58075764183649632312011-07-18T21:05:42.365-04:002011-07-18T21:05:42.365-04:00Because it looks like it doesn't belong there....Because it looks like it doesn't belong there.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-43880716548911053312011-07-18T17:50:38.715-04:002011-07-18T17:50:38.715-04:00Why is the white powder mysterious?Why is the white powder mysterious?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-45870375780782297882011-07-18T13:34:39.387-04:002011-07-18T13:34:39.387-04:006:30 PM in the Town Room at Town Hall.
Town Manag...6:30 PM in the Town Room at Town Hall.<br /><br />Town Managers report: 7:25 PMLarry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-57226278009541050642011-07-18T13:13:31.720-04:002011-07-18T13:13:31.720-04:00Time of selectboard meeting?Time of selectboard meeting?Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-78035726885925964152011-07-18T13:12:54.768-04:002011-07-18T13:12:54.768-04:00The white powder likely is Portland Cement. That ...The white powder likely is Portland Cement. That is transported by railcar a LOT and is so fine a powder that it does sometimes leak out, but you would think someone would have made a fuss about not getting a full carload at the other end...<br /><br />Call the DPW and ask them how far a dumptruck load of sand goes when they spread it onto the street -- loose this for more than a few miles and you have an empty car...Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-38064591683643690522011-07-18T12:47:48.018-04:002011-07-18T12:47:48.018-04:00Hmm, strange. We are living in the material world...Hmm, strange. We are living in the material world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com