UnclePat76
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | McHenry County Illinois |
| Biography: | LSU grad from a long time ago |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | Railroad |
| Number of Posts: | 3308 |
| Registered on: | 9/20/2004 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: Amtrak announces the “Mardi Gras Line” will soon run between NOLA and Mobile
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/30/25 at 1:29 pm
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All 40 people will ride it and the three states will spend millions to subsidize it
Bingo. I work for the railroad and see this as a waste of money. Amtrak trains create problems for dispatchers as freight traffic is the priority for many reasons. If given the choice, Amtrak will be put in the siding to wait for a freight train(s) to pass. Once you get hit by delays, the farther the distance, the more delays you can and most likely will accumulate. Even if you took freight traffic off the CSX line to Mobile, This schedule needs to be a lot more competitive in comparison to the drive time between both cities. Why would I pay more money for a longer trip?
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re: Illinois fatass Governor
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/28/25 at 5:40 pm
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Illinois has been shi$ for 50 years
The state as a hole went down a few years after NAFTA destroyed good paying foundries and factories in central and western Illinois. To make matters worse these smaller towns had to take in the wonderful people from the torn down projects of Chicago. Drugs and crime took over. Its sad due to the fact that these towns were once American as apple pie. Now you see fat tattooed women with 4 kids abound. A final nail in the coffin was Republican Taxpayers in generous numbers fled and still are feeling to the sunbelt, Indiana and Wisconsin.
re: Illinois fatass Governor
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/28/25 at 5:34 pm
No. Cook county and most of the collar counties secure pretty much anyone with a (D) after their last name to office. Started in the mid 0’s.
re: Illinois fatass Governor
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/28/25 at 4:52 pm
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The land of Lincoln hates the GOP.
Chicago and the Chicago area does minus my sold red county of McHenry. There are even rumblings that central and southern Illinois of forming their own state. Now I get i that land can’t vote, but Illinois west of rt 47 and south of 1-80 is ruby red minus the counties with the state schools.
re: Illinois fatass Governor
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/28/25 at 4:18 pm
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If it wasn't for cook county, he wouldn't be governor.
I moved to Illinois in 2004. At that time, the collar Chicago counties would cancel out Cook. The election was determined in the rural counties. Now...DuPage, Will, Lake are blue counties as well. Never would have guessed it but with immigration, brainwashed millennials and relocated project people from the hood, the collar counties have changed and then some. I am hoping to move back south and soon. This isn't the Illinois I loved from years past.
re: Thoughts on Abraham Lincoln?
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/26/25 at 10:12 am
I was pissed when he got rid of the Continental a few years back.
re: Sen Durbin (D) Not Seeking Reelection
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/23/25 at 4:06 pm
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Hopefully southern Illinois can get an R in that seat and even better when Pritzker announces he will be running for dem presidential primary.
I wish but Cook County and now DuPage put in dems across the board.
re: It’s happened in Ireland. Coming soon to a country near you.
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/12/25 at 9:22 am
Don’t forget that Abdul will also have 10 kids with 3 wives. More welfare checks coming in.
re: Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on this day 160 years ago...
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/9/25 at 8:44 pm
Well done, Sir.
Humbling pictures.
Humbling pictures.
re: Today marks the 160th anniversary of the Black Day of the Confederate Army...
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/7/25 at 7:00 pm
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had every logistical advantage geography wise… we’re consider the outdoorsman type fighting against bankers and haberdashers… lost every meaningful battle, didn’t understand how to form supply lines, couldn’t fed their army after the first month…
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had every logistical advantage geography wise… we’re consider the outdoorsman type fighting against bankers and haberdashers… lost every meaningful battle, didn’t understand how to form supply lines, couldn’t fed their army after the first month…
Great points. I’ll add the confederacy was too big of an area to defend with a much smaller population. Richmond wasn’t the best location to have a capital as well. A lions share of the best trained troops had to be sent to the Old Dominion. Hence why New Orleans fell so early in the war. Good portion of the troops were gone.
re: Hey Aggies
Posted by UnclePat76 on 4/6/25 at 4:20 pm
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Pretty sure we already know Aggies want max wiener.
They always set themselves up. Clockwork.
re: PJ Lonergan Appreciation Thread
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/29/25 at 8:20 am
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PJ was good but was he elite like Doug Planchard?
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PJ was good but was he elite like Doug Planchard?
Nobody beat Doug Planchard at hoisting trophies. Still the king.
re: Baseball is not Football
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/23/25 at 8:49 am
According to more than a few posts, our season ended yesterday.
re: Tell me about overrated LSU baseball
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/22/25 at 8:57 am
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Texas pulls the sweep this weekend
First I took your advice to buy Tesla stock. Then I bet on Texas. I am now living in a camper. Thanks.
re: Boobie Feaster predicted to LSU
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/17/25 at 11:19 am
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Not to be confused with the 2027 LB Tit Devourer
Well done
re: So all I need to do to afford a $750,000 house
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/17/25 at 10:13 am
What state do you live in?
re: Ja’Marr Chase Gets Paid
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/17/25 at 7:37 am
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Why is that dumb?
Bengals need an OL. Joe Burrow is going to be like Andrew Luck soon.
re: Everyone good?
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/15/25 at 7:43 am
Was ok in Barbados.
Flying home today though is going to suck.
Flying home today though is going to suck.
re: LSU and SC may make the NIT
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/14/25 at 10:04 am
Great for gamblers.
re: Stepmom locked stepson in room for 20 years
Posted by UnclePat76 on 3/13/25 at 8:49 am
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this 8x9 room with no heat, no a/c, no medical care, and sustained on two sandwiches a day
Reminds me of my stay at the old Hatcher Hall in ‘97
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