TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Wednesday September 3, 2025.
This is the 246th day of the year, there are 119 days left.

On this day...
The more
You shave
The brushless way
The more you'll be
Inclined to say--
Burma-Shave
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Re: Todays Classic Ad
By: Daryl Stout to All on Wed Sep 03 2025 00:01:08

On this day...
The more
You shave
The brushless way
The more you'll be
Inclined to say--
Burma-Shave

A little explanation would be helpful for those not in the know.
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On this day...
The more
You shave
The brushless way
The more you'll be
Inclined to say--
Burma-Shave

A little explanation would be helpful for those not in the
know.

Well, this is the MEMORIES echo, or so I thought.

First, it was started years ago on FIDONet, and had several
moderators come and go. The last one was Joe Mackey, but I think
he lost his battle with cancer.

I had dropped the BBS networks just over a year ago, as I was
starting to get burned out. Then, after my younger brother's
suicide 14 months ago, I ended up having a nervous breakdown,
and a panic attack, that landed me in the psychiatric ward for
a week...where they fed us 2000 calories a MEAL...NOT a DAY...
as if WE were the turkeys being fattened up for Thanksgiving.

After my release, a fellow ham radio operator told me that
"You have an excuse to be sane...the rest of us aren't so
lucky". <G>

But, the burnout climaxed in early December, 2024, and I shut
the BBS down, because I just needed some time away from it. With
Windows 10 support ending in October, 2025, I thought the BBS
would end up going away, because it was on my late Mom's computer,
and it wouldn't run under Windows 11, as the motherboard and CPU
were too old.

Fellow Sysop and ham radio operator Dave Perussel, gifted me
a BeeLink mini computer, with a special built version of NTVDM64
on it, and a Synchronet Setup, where I could run the BBS on it.
After a stormy spring and summer (I get hellacious lightning
around here during storms), I finally got to get to work on
bringing the system back online after an extended hiatus.

Now, to the crux of the message.

Years ago, there was a company called Burma-Vita that made
shaving products for men, known as Burma Shave. Their ads were
painted on signs at certain intervals as one went down the road
on vacation or otherwise. More details are at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave

Daryl



... Blondes have more fun, but redheads have more pizazz.
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Thursday September 4, 2025.
This is the 247th day of the year, there are 118 days left.

On this day...
Highways are
No place
To sleep
Stop your car
To count your sheep
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Friday September 5, 2025.
This is the 248th day of the year, there are 117 days left.

On this day...
The minutes
Some folks
Save through speed
They never even
Live to need
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Saturday September 6, 2025.
This is the 249th day of the year, there are 116 days left.

On this day...
At school zones
Heed instructions!
Protect
our little
Tax deductions
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Sunday September 7, 2025.
This is the 250th day of the year, there are 115 days left.

On this day...
The midnight ride
Of Paul
For beer
Led to a
Warmer hemisphere
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Monday September 8, 2025.
This is the 251st day of the year, there are 114 days left.

On this day...
It's not
How fast or slow
You drive
The question is
How you arrive
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Tuesday September 9, 2025.
This is the 252nd day of the year, there are 113 days left.

On this day...
I've read
These signs
Since just a kid
Now that I shave
I'm glad I did
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Wednesday September 10, 2025.
This is the 253rd day of the year, there are 112 days left.

On this day...
We don't
Know how
To split an atom
But as to whiskers
Let us at 'em
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Thursday September 11, 2025.
This is the 254th day of the year, there are 111 days left.

On this day...
Wild men pulled
Their whiskers out
That's what made
Them wild
No doubt--
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Friday September 12, 2025.
This is the 255th day of the year, there are 110 days left.

On this day...
Little Bo-Peep
Has lost her Jeep
It struck
A truck
When she went to sleep
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Saturday September 13, 2025.
This is the 256th day of the year, there are 109 days left.

On this day...
A man
A miss
A car--a curve
He kissed the miss
And missed the curve
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Sunday September 14, 2025.
This is the 257th day of the year, there are 108 days left.

On this day...
Whiskers
Easy come,
You know
Why not make them
Easy go?
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Monday September 15, 2025.
This is the 258th day of the year, there are 107 days left.

On this day...
He saw
The train
And tried to duck it
Kicked first the gas
And then the bucket
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Tuesday September 16, 2025.
This is the 259th day of the year, there are 106 days left.

On this day...
Headline news
For face
And chin
Now improved
With lanolin
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Wednesday September 17, 2025.
This is the 260th day of the year, there are 105 days left.

On this day...
His face
Was loved
By just his mother
He Burma-Shaved
And now--
Oh, brother
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Thursday September 18, 2025.
This is the 261st day of the year, there are 104 days left.

On this day...
His beard
Was long
And strong and tough
He lost his
Chicken in the rough
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Friday September 19, 2025.
This is the 262nd day of the year, there are 103 days left.

On this day...
Just this once
And just for fun
We'll let you
Finish
What we've begun
? ? ?
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Friday September 19, 2025.
This is the 262nd day of the year, there are 103 days left.

On this day...
Just this once
And just for fun
We'll let you
Finish
What we've begun
? ? ?
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Saturday September 20, 2025.
This is the 263rd day of the year, there are 102 days left.

On this day...
With television
On the set
Stars are
Running out
To get
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Sunday September 21, 2025.
This is the 264th day of the year, there are 101 days left.

On this day...
With A sleek cheek
Pressed to hers
Jeepers! Creepers!
How she purrs
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Monday September 22, 2025.
This is the 265th day of the year, there are 100 days left.

On this day...
Men
Who have to
Travel light
Find the handy tube
Just right
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Tuesday September 23, 2025.
This is the 266th day of the year, there are 99 days left.

On this day...
Since hubby
Tried
That substitute
He's 1/3 man
And 2/3 brute
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Wednesday September 24, 2025.
This is the 267th day of the year, there are 98 days left.

On this day...
If you
Must sample
Her "pucker paint"
Better drive
Where traffic ain't
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Thursday September 25, 2025.
This is the 268th day of the year, there are 97 days left.

On this day...
Pull off
The road
To change a flat
Protect your life--
No spare for that!
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Monday September 15, 2025.
This is the 258th day of the year, there are 107 days left.

On this day...
He saw
The train
And tried to duck it
Kicked first the gas
And then the bucket
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS -- Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

Daryl,
While reading this poem I thought that it might be a favorite of Yours and Mike since it topic is about Railroads.
Ed
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Friday September 26, 2025.
This is the 269th day of the year, there are 96 days left.

On this day...
These three
Prevent most accidents
Courtesy
Caution
Common sense
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

Ed,

On this day...
He saw
The train
And tried to duck it
Kicked first the gas
And then the bucket
Burma-Shave

While reading this poem I thought that it might be a favorite
of Yours and Mike since it topic is about Railroads.

It is NO CONTEST betwen ANY vehicle and a train..whether it's
just a locomotive running light (with no other cars), or if it's
a fully loaded freight train.

One locomotive is over 300 tons...and a fully loaded freight
train is over 12,000 tons (likely much higher). If it's doing
over 50 mph, it can take from 1 to 3 miles to bring that train
to a stop, once the engineer "puts it in the big hole" (applies
the emergency brake)...and all the crew can do is "watch you die".

It's the equivalent of you driving your vehicle over a can of
soda pop or beer.

They will NEVER seat me on a jury involving a grade crossing
incident...the laws of physics win every time.

In a poem that The Good Lord gave me, called "No One Asks The
Engineer", it basically highlights the tragedy at a railroad
crossing, when a vehicle tried to beat the train. Normally, they
don't even consider the thoughts or feelings of the crew...but
as the poem notes, many had to quit, and have recurring nightmares
over the incident, which was totally preventable.

The 2 verses I highlight are as follows:

Had I been the engineer on the train that day,
And if you asked me how I felt, here is what I'd say.

"There was no way that I could stop, or out of the way, swerve".
"They ran a red light at a crossing, and got what they deserved!!".

You can read that poem at http://www.wx4qz.net/rxr.htm -- along
with a public service announcement I did for Operation Lifesaver,
the organization that promotes safety at highway grade crossings.

It takes far more inertia to stop something moving, than it does
to get it moving from a dead stop. For that matter, many folks think
that they can stop just as quick on a wet, snowy, or icy pavement,
as they can on a dry street. It easily becomes "demolition derby".

Across the Earth...we rush to beat:

1) The traffic lights at intersections.
2) The trains at railroad crossings.
3) The boats at draw bridges.

But, we'll stand patiently for 3 hours on the golf course.

You figure it out.

Daryl, N5VLZ

... Try to beat a train to a railroad crossing, and you'll be DEAD WRONG!!
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Saturday September 27, 2025.
This is the 270th day of the year, there are 95 days left.

On this day...
Said one whisker
To another
Can't get tough
With this stuff
Brother
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Sunday September 28, 2025.
This is the 271st day of the year, there are 94 days left.

On this day...
One Burma-Shave
The school boy cried
At least
I'll smell
As if I tried
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Monday September 29, 2025.
This is the 272nd day of the year, there are 93 days left.

On this day...
His cheek
Was rough
His chick vamoosed
And now she won't
Come home to roost
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Tuesday September 30, 2025.
This is the 273rd day of the year, there are 92 days left.

On this day...
On curves ahead
Remember, sonny
That rabbit's foot
Didn't save
The bunny
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)

TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Wednesday October 1, 2025.
This is the 274th day of the year, there are 91 days left.

On this day...
When
Super-shaved
Remember, pard
You'll still get slapped
But not so hard
Burma-Shave
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TODAY Version 3.7 06/24/94 Copyright 1986, 1994 By Patrick Kincaid

Today is Thursday October 2, 2025.
This is the 275th day of the year, there are 90 days left.

On this day...
His brush is gone
So what'll we do
Said Mike Robe I
To Mike Robe II
Burma-Shave
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* Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (1:19/33)