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Posted: May 22, 2013 - 6:48pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Premature etrackulation.

Band name

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 4:17pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Premature etrackulation.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 4:01pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Premature etrackulation.

win.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 4:00pm

BlueHeronDruid wrote:

So the transit engineer runs a red signal leaving a train station. This causes the track to be shut down for signal inspection. Big Passenger Train Company owns tracks, and is pissed by the huge tie up.

The words "human," "engineer," and "error" may not be used in status releases.

Faulty Signal Interpretation? Any of you clever snarky souls want to weigh in on phrases to use to describe the screw up? My sister (transit dispatcher) could use some laughs.

Premature etrackulation.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:50pm

BlueHeronDruid wrote:

So the transit engineer runs a red signal leaving a train station. This causes the track to be shut down for signal inspection. Big Passenger Train Company owns tracks, and is pissed by the huge tie up.

The words "human," "engineer," and "error" may not be used in status releases.

Faulty Signal Interpretation? Any of you clever snarky souls want to weigh in on phrases to use to describe the screw up? My sister (transit dispatcher) could use some laughs.

Unscheduled attention deficit disorder.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:49pm

BlueHeronDruid wrote:

Yep. Amtrak owns the tracks. Regional transit runs on 'em.

Who is John Galt?

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:44pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

What "big passenger train company" are we talking about? I thought Amtrak was the only one in the country.

Yep. Amtrak owns the tracks. Regional transit runs on 'em.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:31pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

I know, right?

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:16pm

Manbird wrote:

fleshy no-no

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:14pm

Manbird wrote:

fleshy no-no

signal wardrobe malfunction

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:09pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

non-mechanical malfunction

fleshy no-no

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:08pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

non-mechanical malfunction

organic breakdown

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:07pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

non-mechanical malfunction

carbon-based failure

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:06pm

BlueHeronDruid wrote:

So the transit engineer runs a red signal leaving a train station. This causes the track to be shut down for signal inspection. Big Passenger Train Company owns tracks, and is pissed by the huge tie up.

The words "human," "engineer," and "error" may not be used in status releases.

Faulty Signal Interpretation? Any of you clever snarky souls want to weigh in on phrases to use to describe the screw up? My sister (transit dispatcher) could use some laughs.

No ideas but if I had what he was smoking I would probably be more creative.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:05pm

BlueHeronDruid wrote:

She'll love that.

What "big passenger train company" are we talking about? I thought Amtrak was the only one in the country.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 3:00pm

Red_Dragon wrote:

non-mechanical malfunction

She'll love that.

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 2:58pm

BlueHeronDruid wrote:

So the transit engineer runs a red signal leaving a train station. This causes the track to be shut down for signal inspection. Big Passenger Train Company owns tracks, and is pissed by the huge tie up.

The words "human," "engineer," and "error" may not be used in status releases.

Faulty Signal Interpretation? Any of you clever snarky souls want to weigh in on phrases to use to describe the screw up? My sister (transit dispatcher) could use some laughs.

non-mechanical malfunction

Posted: May 22, 2013 - 2:51pm

So the transit engineer runs a red signal leaving a train station. This causes the track to be shut down for signal inspection. Big Passenger Train Company owns tracks, and is pissed by the huge tie up.

The words "human," "engineer," and "error" may not be used in status releases.

Faulty Signal Interpretation? Any of you clever snarky souls want to weigh in on phrases to use to describe the screw up? My sister (transit dispatcher) could use some laughs.

Posted: May 19, 2013 - 7:20pm

Manbird wrote:

Sorry, Brohampton. If I may borrow a lyric from that old standard Stormy Monday... "I was just basting your giblets while you was out in the corn field watching the owl shuck the dog".

The unknown last verse that T-Bone Walker left out.I guess it was too personal for him to let go public.

Posted: May 19, 2013 - 7:14pm

bokey wrote:

I think your reply button is gummed up from rotten bananas.Could be dryer lint though.

Sorry, Brohampton. If I may borrow a lyric from that old standard Stormy Monday... "I was just basting your giblets while you was out in the corn field watching the owl shuck the dog".