[Magdalen] stuck at the drawbridge

[Jay Weigel]

I have friends who live in Terre Haute, IN. They are constantly complaining
about the trains there that hold up traffic.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 5/2/2017 1:00:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> mjl at ix.netcom.com writes:
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> A teeny  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> There are other events that can keep traffic waiting.  I spent a lot  of
> time with relatives in the Twin Ports (Duluth, MN and Superior, WI)
> as a child secondary to my mother's health problems.  It seemed
> that we were forever being stalled waiting for one of the iron ore
> trains that could go to 150 cars, or to the Interstate Swing Bridge
> and the Duluth Aerial Bridge.  I remember one such wait during
> which my Aunt Gladys and her husband, Uncle Ellis, were arguing
> over the merits and demerits of FDR.  Gladys was pro-FDR and
> Ellis was anti-FDR.  I was too young at the time to have an  opinion.
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> David S.
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