¿ªÔÆÌåÓýAbsolutely right about the ¡°senior moments¡± !!! ? The way I see it is if you realize you don¡¯t know, it o.k. But if you don¡¯t know that you don¡¯t know, you are having some serious senior moment symptoms. ? A bit more ¡°self-analysis¡±: I like to think my memory is still party sharp, but with one exception: Remembering folks¡¯ names. I constantly encounter ?folks who know me by name (maybe from having met even 40 or 50 years ago) but I have no idea who they are !! ? I don¡¯t know if you ever were acquainted with the late NYS Senator Ron Stafford. Even up to his dying day, the man had an incredible ability to recall names! I wish I had only 10% of that wonderful ability. ? And of course there are two spellings of Chateaugay (¡°our¡± way) and the Canadian way: Chateauguay. ? Take it easy ? Wally ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gordon Davids via Groups.Io
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2019 9:10 PM To: [email protected]; Wally Day Subject: Re: [DandH-Railroad] Dick Cooper Time Book - with E.B. King ? Hi, Wally! ? You know as well as I do that senior moments are good! It means that we have lived long enough to still think, even if we sometimes get it wrong. Of course, I knew better about the river, but it's been 51 years since I worked at Plattsburgh. ? In my defense, I can tell another story. About ten years ago I was back on the D&H working a minor bridge issue for the FRA. Bob Conroy, the D&H/CP Bridge Manager, gave me a copy of the current bridge list. ? I read it real quickly, and then I told Bob, "You're missing a bridge!" "Huh? Which bridge?" "Bridge 167.80 over the Saranac River at Plattsburgh." "Gosh, you are right! How did you find that?" "Just one of my favorite bridges." ? I worked on the design of the replacement spans that were installed in 1969. ? To this day I will never know why the bridge was left off the list, and why I went looking for it. But I will accept an undeserved reputation of still having at least part of my memory in place. ? Among the two of us and all of our other D&H friends, we are much greater than the sum of the parts. ? I misspelled Chateaugay :-( ? Enos B. King and Dick Cooper are looking down on us and smiling. ? - Gordon ? ? ? On 12/8/2019 7:08 PM, Wally Day wrote:
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