SWEDE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'll post the page everyday to save time for those > that are serious about Chicago. Swede, you're what my Bubbe would have called a mensch!
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You'll have to update that post every day, as long as redser posts it's garbage. Hmm. I wonder how all the spammers would react if their posts disappeared?
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the_mogra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > so those tracks had no purposeful usage 1963 - > 1970, it would seem Other than as an emergency route around the State Street Subway, and for equipment moves, yeah.
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the_mogra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you completely misunderstand me - > > "even a deadman's switch isn't going to stop it > from jumping the tracks and riding up the stairs." > > > a run-away train is one that has no operator, for > all intents and purposes, and the one that went up > the escalator @ O'Hare of
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the_mogra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I totally agree about the need for another Grand > Ave station entrance. > > "one might question why the elevated was left > intact from the south State Street Subway portal > to Wabash and Van Buren." - yes, the CTA did > something right for a change, didn't they? That > elevate
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the_mogra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CTA in the '70s closes old Cermak 'L' stop on the > greenline, citing 'low useage'. right. > > almost 40 years later they rebuild that Cermak > stop and reopen - now things are different. > right. > > I recall the Grand Ave stop on the blueline subway > went through the same metamorp
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SWEDE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Jeff. Thought it would be a try. Now, the DEA and the FBI might be interested, but you'd have to send them samples of the postings, and they may want them to remain until they catch whoever is doing this.
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SWEDE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't believe that we can't get the FCC involved > for these groups using free advertising. Under the current laws, FCC has no jurisdiction.
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rjmachon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just Google "redser45". I found this and more > like it. > > http://makululinux.com/members/redser45/ > > Why don't Forgotten Chicago just block that > address. I know it is possible. Good question, no answer. However, I've noticed our little "friend" posts betwe
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I used to scavenge for old radios and clocks, to tear apart. Never got a chance to restore any of them, as my mother had me throw them out after discovering them.
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Sure would be nice if they could shut off redser45's access, and pull all these scam ads for phamaceuticals!
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Dunning1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Week before last, I stopped in at the Des Plaines > Hobby Shop, on Lee Street, just north of Oakton, > and picked up a book on the PCC streetcars in > Chicago. I haven't gone through the whole book > yet, but I am sure if you checked this out, it > would at least give you some references where you
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We can keep this thread near the top by making extra comments.
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the_mogra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if the deadman's switch existed there wouldn't be > runaway trains at all, and that's what the > harlem/forest park accident was > > the track trip may remain in some places but I > don't see them and they used to be part-and-parcel > of all red/green signal lights, easily visible > everywh
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I used to know a guy who went to Tilden Tech, but he was a bit older than you. Name was Frank Payne. He'd been a standup comedian in the 1940's.
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My impression is that I'm a bit younger than some of the other posters, so all I've known of old L cars were, for the most part, the 6000 "Spam Can" cars. One thing I have noticed is that, early on, these cars were equipped with resilient wheels, which consisted of rubber pads compressed between the hub and the wheel rim. At least, I gathered that from photos of them as new. Growing u
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I just don't get why the moderators don't at least delete this stuff. Oh, well...
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Regarding low-usage closures, one might question why the elevated was left intact from the south State Street Subway portal to Wabash and Van Buren. Having an extra access line would be the most logical reason, but then that might also have argued for leaving the Logan Square L in place to Lake, and connecting into Paulina Junction from the north/
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There's a political blog I hang out on that has community moderation that seems to work well. They have Recommend buttons, and when you have comment and recommended enough, you become a Trusted User, which gives you a Hide button, as well. Two Hide rates will drop a posting to invisibility to the rest of the web. It's a capacious system, and they have some sophisticated spambots, but I kind of dou
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Why is it that I think about Yogi Berra at this point? "Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded." So long, Yogi. I hope the Forum doesn't end up following you.
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Richard Stachowski Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It makes one want to turn away from this site. > That's how I feel. I can understand how you feel, Richard, but I'm not entirely ready to give up.
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Oh, it may be that the admins aren't sure how to delete all this spam, but I just don't see what the current super-spammer gets out of this. Nobody here will click on his/her links.
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I PM'd Jacob, offering to do cleanup if they gave me access. Being retired gives me a little more time.
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Oh, those pot-bellied coal stoves were ubiquitous in all older L stations.
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Ok. Big question is what software you'd use, and how you would handle a problem like this. I hang out on a political blog that has some heavy-duty spam blocking, plus there's community moderation. But that is backed up by the site owner, who has a business, and they allow legitimate ads, and also allow blocking those, through subscription.
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It's posting new spam right above phunny bunny's plea for help. Incredible!
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Report them. I've almost got the first page done. Don't reply to them, and certainly don't click on any of the links. And may I say I'd be happy to take over cleanup.
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If I remember correctly, the Halsted station was removed as part of the Green Line rebuild.
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There are two locations on Foster, at Throop and at Kostner, that still have electromechanical controllers. Central Park may still have one, too.
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There was a 2-story building on that island in later years after the Wendell Building was torn down. I think it was a City clinic of some sort. I don't know when that building was torn down.
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