syrrys

> wow. that was a boondoggle. riding the metra out to meet mum to start
> driving to canada. train stops. there is a live wire on the track.
> about am hour later they told up that there was no progress and that
> they didn't have permission to back up and drop up off elsewhere. lot
> of good that would have done. about half in hour later they did get
> permission. then just as we arrived and the doors opened they said
> they'd gotten the all clear to proceed

Damn mobile limited entry size. anyway. so they told up we could stay
and woke be going soon. then they said they'd gotten the all clear. oh
wait no it wasn't cleared yet. oh wait it was. Yay! much rejoicing!
what had apparently happened according to a woman beside of who had a
son in law at the westmont FD or something. was that a train had
actually driven over the wire and made a real mess, spreading
everything all over the place. and now off!