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... now you've done it... all the talk about AI urged me to get this
🤣 Funny!
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I went to school with him! He's originally from Washington but started the character when he went to school in England. Nostalgia at its finest. Too cool.
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Three nuns are driving round London in Ford Puma, Mother Superior at the wheel. Then crash, bang, wallop !! Three dead nuns are now standing at the Pearly Gates.
They give St. Pater a cheery wave; after all, we’re all Brides of Christ. Bound to let us in. No problemo.
“Hold it right there. Not so fast, girls, We’re choc-a-bloc with dead nuns at the moment. You’ll each have to pass an Entrance Exam, graded questions.” explained the gate-keeping Saint.
Nun Number One steps forward : “Now Sister, what did you do in the Convent?”
“I was only a Novice, St Peter.” . . . “Okay: easy novice question for you. Now tell me, Sister, what clothes were Adam and Eve wearing in the Garden of Eden?”
“It was fig leaves, St Peter” . . . “Indeed so. Welcome, Sister, to the Kingdon of Heaven.”
Nun Number Two steps forward : “Now Sister, what did you do in the Convent?”
“Oh, St Peter, I was the Convent Cook.” . . . “Okay. Medium difficult question for you. What fruit did Eve offer Adam in the Garden of Eden?”
“It was an apple, St Peter.” . . . “Indeed so. Welcome, Sister, to the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Nun Number Three steps forward : “Now Sister, and what exactly did you do in the Convent?”
“Oh, St Peter, I was actually the Convent’s Mother Superior.” . . . “Really? Top Dog, eh? Right, a really hard question for you. When Eve saw Adam running towards her in the Garden of Eden, for the very first time, what did she say?”
“Oh, St Peter, er, er . . that really is a hard one!” . . . “Indeed so. Welcome, Sister, to the Kingdom of Heaven.”
They give St. Pater a cheery wave; after all, we’re all Brides of Christ. Bound to let us in. No problemo.
“Hold it right there. Not so fast, girls, We’re choc-a-bloc with dead nuns at the moment. You’ll each have to pass an Entrance Exam, graded questions.” explained the gate-keeping Saint.
Nun Number One steps forward : “Now Sister, what did you do in the Convent?”
“I was only a Novice, St Peter.” . . . “Okay: easy novice question for you. Now tell me, Sister, what clothes were Adam and Eve wearing in the Garden of Eden?”
“It was fig leaves, St Peter” . . . “Indeed so. Welcome, Sister, to the Kingdon of Heaven.”
Nun Number Two steps forward : “Now Sister, what did you do in the Convent?”
“Oh, St Peter, I was the Convent Cook.” . . . “Okay. Medium difficult question for you. What fruit did Eve offer Adam in the Garden of Eden?”
“It was an apple, St Peter.” . . . “Indeed so. Welcome, Sister, to the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Nun Number Three steps forward : “Now Sister, and what exactly did you do in the Convent?”
“Oh, St Peter, I was actually the Convent’s Mother Superior.” . . . “Really? Top Dog, eh? Right, a really hard question for you. When Eve saw Adam running towards her in the Garden of Eden, for the very first time, what did she say?”
“Oh, St Peter, er, er . . that really is a hard one!” . . . “Indeed so. Welcome, Sister, to the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Also posted with that picture:
They have been using that excuse for the single track Onondaga Lake Parkway
railroad bridge owned by CSX that crosses 4 lanes of local traffic for years.
The single track railroad bridge was built over the canal and the canal was filled
in after the railroads caused the end of barge traffic through Syracuse, New York.
This bridge has 10 foot 9 inches of highway clearance and they do not want to
create a deep underpass because of the swampy ground and poor drainage that
would flood an underpass as there would be no way to pump it out.
The folks doing all the wishy washy complaining and offering suggestions cannot
solve the problem because the State of New York and the County of Onondaga
have refused to ban trucks and busses which could easily be done.
Since they will not do this the only real option for the rail line is a lift bridge as it sees
4 round trips to the Canadian border each day.
I explained in great detail that a single span cable lift bridge or a single span hydraulic
draw bridge would be the way to solve this and the best and fastest way to install it is
to shut down the parkway completely to dismantle the bridge and old foundations and
install the new bridge using a heavy crawler crane to lift the old bridge off and set it aside and
then break up the old foundations and use the crane to install new sheet piling and reinforced
concrete to create the new bridge abutments for either a cable lift bridge or a hydraulic powered
drawbridge.
The drawbridge used by Union Pacific in Galveston is an excellent example of this and has been
in use for many years. There is nothing to obstruct the new bridge on either side so a hydraulic
drawbridge or a cable lift bridge would fit in the old bridge location.
If and when the state of New York and CSX come to a decision it will take 2 years to design the bridge
and foundations and at least 4 months of working around the clock to install it.
As the parkway is a county road it is not a primary or secondary state road so the work will not be a priority
unless CSX dismantles the old bridge and installs the new one and demands that the county shut the parkway
down completely.
I am waiting to see if my letter to the editor of the Post Standard gets published.
Awww... poor miniature bison wiped out on their razor scooter.... why am I not surprised...
