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Bea, I wonder how hard it would be to walk the rails and text on the cell phone at the same time. :playful:
 

NancyNGA said:
Bea, I wonder how hard it would be to walk the rails and text on the cell phone at the same time.
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Sad to say that I don't think they would even hear it when the train hit them.

I used to enjoy walking along the tracks when I was a kid. I used to find these old Edison railroad battery oil bottles around the signals and switches, not sure exactly what they contained or how they were used.

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"But looking it up 30 or 40 years ago would have been much harder, so it’s a lucky thing that I waited till now when it only took a few minutes on the Internet. Turns out that it wasn’t used in car batteries – I don’t know why I assumed that – but was used in an Edison battery which consisted of a Pyrex jar (so one could see what was going on inside – earlier in a ceramic jar) containing multiple cells. Each cell contained zinc and copper oxide (first link below says zinc and lead) plates and the electrolyte contained sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) dissolved in water with the battery oil floating on top to prevent evaporation or contamination. The main use of this battery was for railroad signals but they were also used for telephones, fan motors, and in mines, lighthouses, etc".


Aunt Bea said:
I used to enjoy walking along the tracks when I was a kid. I used to find these old Edison railroad battery oil bottles around the signals and switches, not sure exactly what they contained or how they were used.
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Bea, those bottles are nice. I didn't realize Thomas Edison was "Incorporated." The best we could ever find were old RR spikes. :(

We were fascinated by tadpoles, frogs, and crawdads in the ditches beside the tracks.

(I always have to set the scene with a picture, Ha!:rolleyes:)
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Once I caught a few crawdads, and tried to keep them as pets in an old aquarium. They didn't do so well. :(

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