Comments on: Saturday Morning Fanfare

By: Geakz

Geakz — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:31:50 +0000

Jaffer, you are a kid at heart! You have the spirit of an Uncle. You're comment should be a blog post in, and of itself. I can hear the noise and visualize the train engines releasing cars by your excellent description. The phrase 'living next to the railroad tracks', signifies the ability to block out things that most people would find distracting. It makes perfect sense.
(Mz. Geakz is new at blogging and will take any support she can get. Thanks!)

By: Geakz

Geakz — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:09:47 +0000

Kathy! Being parents for us was 'unplanned'. It's wasn't even a consideration. I'm the last of five and my parents won't argue for a minute that numbers 2-5 weren't strategically thought out. I was in your camp a mere 3+ years ago and I still look at my kid and think, “Is he mine?” I have no regrets and try not to be the “hey, look at what my kid can do” kind of parent.
I love that I can write, re-write, and write again a short story that makes someone smile. And you gave me THREE!
As for: Bed. Breakfast. Bacon. How could ANYONE come up with something so disgusting as to keep a pro-blogger away??

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:33:27 +0000

Loved this story. These are the kind that let me consider for a moment being a parent. But you know I have a thing about fear. This is a biggie. Thanks for sharing. Smiles, smiles, smiles! My favorite way to wake up? Breakfast in bed with lots of bacon. And if you twist that around, I'm never coming back here!

By: Jaffer

Jaffer — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:38:56 +0000

I didn't know the Mz. blogged as well. Hello !
No kids here and none planned in the near future.

My late uncle used to live near Wadala Rd. station in Bombay and his apartment was adjacent to a Railway yard.

You'd hear crashing of empty oil cars all day and boy those bangs were loud ! When making a consist, the engines would reverse at high speed with 2-3 cars attached. When enough momentum was gained, the cars would be released and the engine would brake. So the empty cars would roll down the tracks and stop with a BANG hitting a stationary car !

Uncle and family were so used to it that it was possible for them to even get pleasant afternoon siestas ! Well, they lived there for more than 30 years.

I loved visiting just to watch the trains. But I never got a good nights rest especially when shaken up to a horn sounding like this. (MP3 file)