gladhand

@gladhand (10)

United States • Age 83

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women

eno222 @eno222 (93) • Nigeria 10 Nov 07

who ever said women are weaker people

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gladhand who ever said women are weaker people

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Health Care Costs

gladhand @gladhand (10) • United States 10 Jan 07

Have you found any solutions/options to alleviate the burdensome cost of healthcare insurance? Health care insurance premiums are seriously affecting our retirement income. If the monthly premium goes up another $100 we, like so...

burdensome health care costs

1950's rock and roll songs sing and play piano

gladhand @gladhand (10) • United States 10 Jan 07

Do you sing and play an instrument to the '50's songs? I thoroughly enjoy playing the piano and singing '50's rock and roll songs. Of course, I have a few favorites from other era's also. Just to get your memory banks...

play and sing 1950s rock and roll

Resto-Rod 1953 Ford Flathead V8. Have you done any early fifties street rods?

gladhand @gladhand (10) • United States 10 Jan 07

I recently completed restoration on a 1953 Ford Customline V8. The body is basically stock with a few custom touches as done in the fifties, including lowered all the way around. This was the last year for the flathead V8, which...

restoring early 50s cars

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Where would you like to live?

kamille824 @kamille824 (54) • United States 31 Oct 06

Do you want to live in the big city, small town, acreage, mountains, the sticks/boondocks or where? We recently moved to an acreage about 20 miles from the city, It's great... quiet, no traffic noises, no trains to rattle the...

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gladhand We prefer the country, near a small town of not more than 5000 population. We have enjoyed the same qualities that you mention. We have lived in the country, in small towns, and big cities. In 1973, we intentionally moved from the big city where I was raised...

7 Jan 07

Public transport in the US

shraddha_chandwadkar @shraddha_chandwadkar (135) • United States 26 Dec 06

I have seen that public transport in the US like trains, buses are very few in small cities and towns...Why is this so? Dont you think people will save a lot of energy when they travel through buses instead of using one car per...

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gladhand You have answered your own question with the term "fuel wastage". The oil companies don't want that to change, nor does the federal government. In the US, the only motivation to change anything meaningful is greed. Transport of the public falls into this...

7 Jan 07

What is your favorite railroad company and why?

Casey Heinzism @dnatureofdtrain (5273) • Janesville, Wisconsin 13 Nov 06

My Favorite Railroad company is the WSOR - (Wisconsin and Southern Railroad company) Because I can see how they not only provide very good service to the local area, they are good with safety, and even railfan friendly.... I...

hauling

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gladhand The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad is my favorite. My father worked for them 1936 - 1966. I worked for them from 1963 - 1999. Of course, in 1988, Rio Grande bought the Southern Pacific and eventually the Rio Grande name was dropped in favor of the...

7 Jan 07

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Do you like trains?

Paultje118 @Paultje118 (273) • Netherlands 5 Nov 06

I like the steamtrains. And you?

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gladhand There is nothing comparable to standing by, or riding alongside a big steam locomotive running down a track at speed...nothing! Watching the big drivers churn with all the various rod action in motion mixed in with steam and smoke, just has to make anyone's...

7 Jan 07

Can Socialism Work?

AamerAbbas @AamerAbbas (385) • Pakistan 7 Nov 06

"..can socialism work? ...[remember that] various private industries (defense, railroads, satellite communication, aeronautics and nuclear power, to name come) exist today only because the government funded the research and...

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gladhand I agree that the concepts of most social programs now in effect were admirable. However, government administration ruins the programs due to politics, greed, and corruption. As a program ages the complexity and cost necessarily grows, not to improve or...

7 Jan 07

please introduce Cheng-Kun Railroad

yueer2006 @yueer2006 (626) • Hong Kong 13 Nov 06

please introduce Cheng-Kun Railroad

introduce

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gladhand I recognize the ugly head of politics in the building of this railroad. A railroad is a huge benefit to the common citizen. But, a railroad is never built for that reason. Only with politics, greed, and corruption are railroads approved for construction....

7 Jan 07