Chris Garay

If there’s a bright center to the Universe, I’m the person it’s farthest from. Pronouns have lost their amateur status. But for those keeping score — he/him.

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@davegreenidge57 His buildings are so garishly tacky that Liberace would be embarrassed.

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@realrileyhayes @TipOfTheBanana Generally, yes, but not always. When I was 1st navigating unseen obstacles to being veg. back in the 80s, the guide was: if the ingredients read ‘cheese culture, salt, rennet’, it was *not* vegetarian (the rennet coming from a dead cow). ‘Cheese culture, salt, enzymes’ was safe.

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@RailroadRaccoon Is that entire ROW west of PGH still completely intact? I’m old & working from memory, but I recall Conrail severed the old PRR main west of PGH in a couple places.

I know there are nearby alternatives, but just how creative would they need to be w/ROW permission/acquisition?

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@JVMonte2 My admittedly hasty first thoughts are…

— White Punks On Dope
— Black Betty
— No More Mr. Nice Guy

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@OTBaseballPhoto One of my favorite parks to watch a ballgame in.

Yes, I’m old.

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@Colin_d_m NYC and the northeast in general have a number of available (OOS but not officially abandoned) ROWs that could be used to improve regional passenger transit. The Class 1s don’t like giving them up.

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@JVMonte2 “You make me feel so small
Wish I was ten feet tall”

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@JohnCleese As Cookie Monster recently said to John Oliver — “They never use the wide shot.”

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@end3of6days9 29 Cove Road

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@SalwaSamra70 @Saganismm Balderdash.

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@wickedsmaahht Some may find this highly illogical.

I don’t.

https://t.co/koWj0JZJS7

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@JVMonte2 “You see, they don’t have beavers in India, so they have to simulate ‘em.”

What Do You Want From Life? —The Tubes

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@baseballinpix I’m sure many know this, but Mrs. Payson was the only Giants board member who voted against them leaving for SF.

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@TipOfTheBanana I miss the days of my youth, with the gigantic barrels of pickles in the deli area of the local grocery stores, just waiting for you to reach in with the clamps and grab a couple.

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@JVMonte2 Here are four fabulous ones in a medley…

- Dragnet
- Peter Gunn
- Perry Mason
- The Untouchables

https://t.co/EpANYg4Uc5

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@emilykmay Howdy.

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@NPPendleton @MidwesternPRA Big problem w/extending to Pittsburgh is — if I recall correctly — that since portions of the PRR mainline ROW west of PGH have been severed, there would need to be…creative…connections to nearby lines made to restore that kind of service.

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@atlurbanist There are no freight customers in Atlanta?

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@DonpaulStephens @RailroadRaccoon Except those lines weren’t built exclusively for freight. They were built for passenger *and* freight service. Practically every inch of mainline Class 1 trackage remaining in the US was used for passenger service in its heyday.

They’ve since been *optimized* for freight, yes.

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@DemocracyDocket @cardon_brian Natch.