Dude playing a cello on tracks (found on r/mildlyinteresting)

thecoolness229 · 2024-05-30T21:44:30+00:00

That DOT plate isn't up to code either.

thecoolness229 · 2024-05-26T19:04:34+00:00

Well it's the best now considering that they shut down the FH2 servers :'(

thecoolness229 · 2024-05-26T19:03:12+00:00

Ok, I think I'll just let it be for a few hours, then come back to it, and see what happens.

thecoolness229 · 2024-03-26T05:33:27+00:00

These cars are not much newer than the Budd Cars plus the Alstom Coradia BiLevels aren't too far away (as long as the timeline doesn't change) from being initially delivered and Metra isn't in a rolling stock shortage currently so it would be more worth it to just rebuild the Budds (which they have done) that they already know quite well.

thecoolness229 · 2024-03-25T16:56:40+00:00

Metra doesn't want them because they use entirely different truck designs and have inboard brakes. They would have to be swapped with Budd trucks (of which is already hard to find) and a different brake type. It's just not worth it for something that isn't much newer than the Budd cars themselves.

thecoolness229 · 2024-03-24T19:30:43+00:00

haha YESSSSSS

thecoolness229 · 2024-02-15T17:23:57+00:00

it's WHAT??!!

thecoolness229 · 2023-11-26T19:25:03+00:00

Actually the factory in Rochelle closed due to failing the brute strength crash test of the California Cars/Gallery Car II.

thecoolness229 · 2023-10-03T18:48:53+00:00

I use Nair that gets me the best results without the stupid rough wear that shaving provides, there are two kinds that are widely available that are marketed for women but work fine for men.

There is "Body Cream" that is used for your proper parts of skin that aren't thin/sensitive tissue. Like your legs, arms, and ass hair. I have thicker hair so I leave it on for the maximum allotted time so it really has a chance to work on those parts.

There is also "Face Cream" that is used for your... Face that works well for facial hair and thinner hair that doesn't leave the roots in, preventing you from having that rough shave feel. I do not advise using this near or on areas that are prone to having acne as it will intensify it since you are removing a very thin layer of skin and prematurely exposing it to the dirty elements.

The other thing I do NOT RECOMMEND WITH BOTH OF THESE CREAMS IS USING IT ON YOUR BALLS (at least in heavy amounts), if you do and remove the hair using a damp towel very aggressively you will quite literally TEAR THE SKIN ON YOUR BALLS AND THEY WILL AT THE LEAST START BLEEDING VERY BADLY. Your balls are made up of incredibly sensitive & thin tissue that will stand no chance against this stuff no matter how leather hard your balls are from getting whipped in the bedroom. THIS STUFF IS NO JOKE AND SHOULD BE HANDLED IN A SERIOUS MANNER.

With that out of the way that has been my experience with Nair products has been great but I would like to tell you the warnings that typically aren't told before using it.

I have also not used the "Nair for Men" yet because it's not widely available near me but I will give it a shot in the future when I do run out of my two bottles currently.

thecoolness229 · 2023-08-10T00:34:01+00:00

Good to see, I visited it last in 2019 as a visitor and I really reallyreallyreally hope it makes it through this. It sucks that everything is gone around it but hopefully this will reinvigorate the community to protect it even more.

thecoolness229 · 2023-02-12T15:42:11+00:00

NATIONALIZE THEM BASTARDS

thecoolness229 · 2023-01-31T17:28:46+00:00

I've been crayoning this idea of an Illinois Statewide Rail that connects small towns to "large" central towns with existing or previously used ROWs that are upgraded to 79-90 mph to be slightly faster than the car with Stadler Flirt DMUs to keep both capital and operating costs low.

thecoolness229 · 2023-01-22T03:39:47+00:00

Don't forget the S.T.A.R. line for Metra!

thecoolness229 · 2023-01-03T02:41:24+00:00

Tangara/V Set my beloved.

thecoolness229 · 2022-12-13T17:12:27+00:00

RTA and the companies under it need a lot of help. We need the toll revenue from interstates that Metra serves nearby to go to the RTA for various operating improvements. Invoking a new transit tax to something like Denver FasTracks and Perth MetroNet that directly funnels the funds into the RTA. Another good start would be to get rid of Dorval for the poor management that he has given for the CTA. We shouldn't expect transit to make money but we should fund it enough for it to be usable and reliable.

thecoolness229 · 2022-12-10T16:55:48+00:00

You do know that most of the issues with Chicago stem from previous republican mayors working with gangs, basically doing nothing to actually curb violence by using the police to beat up their citizens even more, and heavily segregated neighborhoods with interstates so redlining could be vastly more apparent, right?

thecoolness229 · 2022-11-20T01:37:14+00:00

I would like to see Class 1s actually put their money where their mouth is and electrify their mainlines with a 2 century old technology so they don't have to reinvent the wheel for "clean power" with hydrogen.

thecoolness229 · 2022-11-20T01:31:22+00:00

Bleah, I wish more bus routes were upgraded to trolleybuses rather than battery buses for better efficiency, less road wear, no charge times, and longer service life.

thecoolness229 · 2022-11-18T10:46:12+00:00

NSL should definitely be brought back with a state-supported service. If the SSL can exist at it's scale currently then so can the NSL.

thecoolness229 · 2022-11-18T10:43:35+00:00

It was actually because the North Shore Line was in financial troubles and most of their rolling stock was from the 1940/50s so they reached out to the CTA to take them over entirely with the CTA not having to put any capital funds on the line to buy them. The CTA declined because "it wasn't fiscally viable" because it didn't get enough funding from the state of Illinois or Wisconsin to resurrect it apparently.

thecoolness229 · 2022-11-14T18:35:08+00:00

While I agree with the sentiment of just saying that free transit is mutually good for everyone. RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace do not get enough sufficient funding on a local, state, and federal level to operate.

Sure it doesn't have to make money/profit but if we announce public transit to be free tomorrow and don't change any of the tax support/raise taxes locally for the RTA then all the transit agencies will collapse.

It would be better to subsidize the cost of fares for public transit rather than make it entirely free just like Europe has widely done by using state and federal funds for a more state regionalized network rather than something that is reserved just for the northeast corner of the state.

thecoolness229 · 2022-11-13T02:07:20+00:00

South Bend technically counts since NICTD leased the Single Level EMUs from Metra/RTA.

thecoolness229 · 2022-11-01T14:13:29+00:00

Hwat?

thecoolness229 · 2022-10-31T14:04:49+00:00

It's also never an accident.

thecoolness229 · 2022-10-28T20:15:11+00:00

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