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Could the Railroad Industry Go Completely Off the Track?
BY STACEY LENNOX JUN 23, 2022 5:44 PM ET

 

So, do you think fuel and food are expensive right now?  Are you having trouble finding things you and your family like or need?  At least one railroad employee tells me you can expect to have difficulty [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2022/06/23/could-the-railroad-industry-go-completely-off-the-track-n1606361

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05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

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2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Could the Railroad Industry Go Completely Off the Track?
BY STACEY LENNOX JUN 23, 2022 5:44 PM ET

 

So, do you think fuel and food are expensive right now?  Are you having trouble finding things you and your family like or need?  At least one railroad employee tells me you can expect to have difficulty [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2022/06/23/could-the-railroad-industry-go-completely-off-the-track-n1606361

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I still remember the "Thomas the Tank Engine" theme song.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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20 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Could the Railroad Industry Go Completely Off the Track?
BY STACEY LENNOX JUN 23, 2022 5:44 PM ET

 

So, do you think fuel and food are expensive right now?  Are you having trouble finding things you and your family like or need?  At least one railroad employee tells me you can expect to have difficulty [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2022/06/23/could-the-railroad-industry-go-completely-off-the-track-n1606361

That's nothing.  Have you heard about the impending diesel engine oil and DEF shortages?  Critical additives specific for diesel oil are in very short supply which will impact not only trucking (moving virtually everything we use) but also the diesel locomotives for rail transportation.  

 

I hope this is all blown out of proportion, but if not we are in for a world of hurt.

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3 minutes ago, Neonred said:

That's nothing.  Have you heard about the impending diesel engine oil and DEF shortages?  Critical additives specific for diesel oil are in very short supply which will impact not only trucking (moving virtually everything we use) but also the diesel locomotives for rail transportation.  

 

I hope this is all blown out of proportion, but if not we are in for a world of hurt.

"DEF shortages" have been "looming" for the past 6-7 years.  If you ask VJ member @OriD,  we have been in a recession since 2014.

 

Haven't seen either happen yet.

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Everything you can see and touch around you got here on a tuck or train. 99% at least. Always use to be tough to get trucks when produce started running up from South Florida 

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2 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

"DEF shortages" have been "looming" for the past 6-7 years.  If you ask VJ member @OriD,  we have been in a recession since 2014.

 

Haven't seen either happen yet.

I'm not too worried about the DEF.  I see plenty at Walmart, and if does run out you can probably get the same effect by peeing into the DEF tank!

 

It's the oil shortage that I would be more worried about.

 

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

If you suck at playing the trumpet, that may be why.

Dogs can't take MRI's but Cat scan.

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25 minutes ago, Neonred said:

I'm not too worried about the DEF.  I see plenty at Walmart, and if does run out you can probably get the same effect by peeing into the DEF tank!

 

It's the oil shortage that I would be more worried about.

 

There IS no oil shortage.  There's just a plan in place to restrict the access to it IOT further EVs and those who are invested in them.

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Everything you can see and touch around you got here on a tuck or train. 99% at least. Always use to be tough to get trucks when produce started running up from South Florida 

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