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pilvikki
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http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sm ... ose-smells
In Daley’s book, which captured Kelly at the age of 62, he writes that the infamous sniffer had walked almost 100,000 miles of track, and trained 50 to 60 junior subway smellers in his time. Still, Kelly didn’t think they were as good as he was. Daley writes, “If the New York Subway System has never had a significant explosion or cave-in, part of the reason is Smelly.”
can't figure out why he's called 'infamous'....
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I smell a rat...
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:mrgreen: :lol:
Interesting thread Vikki... :geek:
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  • :lol: :lol:
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They say if you lose one of your senses the others are enhanced..
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What happens when you lose your common sense?
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trump voters....
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:lol:
The pair of you...thanks for making me chuckle....
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I dunno ... Brexit is about as humorous as is our so called president
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indeed. and now the folks on gibraltar say they want to stay with EU and are not budging and the prime minister says "oh hell, you're not!" and the spaniards say "hey, join us instead" and....

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... and the UK is threatening to go to war with Spain over it, a la Falkland Islands. We live in exciting times.
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seriously! are people really as stupid today as they were in henry's times?

no need to answer...
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too many people and too many versions of reality. There has to be some conflicts built in
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yes but go to those extremes. like falkland islands, nothing much but barren rock and penguins.
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They are British. It's the proper thing to do. You know?
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  • you're right there, mate.
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