LionelVille Town Hall Meeting report…
by Z.W. Messengetti
November 20, 2004
The parking lot was full of cars. It occurred to me that I had not seen this many people in one place in LIONELVILLE in a long time. The recreation center was full. People in the back stood on chairs. I took out my portable recorder and switched it to the on position. Just then deputy Skinner walked up to the podium.
“Welcome everyone. This town hall meeting is about to come to order. Please take your seats or find a place to stand where you are not blocking your neighbor if possible.”
I had been late arriving and wondered if I could get a place close enough to hear and record all the events for my story. The lot being totally full, I parked down the street and walked in with a young mother and her two kids. She said her husband still worked for the company. They were good looking kids and daddy was not with them. She said he was at the plant tonight.
Outside the hall a crescent moon was peaking through the clouds. The air was cold and brisk. It seemed like winter would soon arrive. A few stragglers were still arriving when the mayor was introduced by Deputy Skinner.
“Ladies and gentleman it gives me great pleasure to introduce mayor Caruso.”
The mayor, obviously impressed by the size of the crowd packed into the recreation hall, waved his hands about and gestured to people in the audience that he recognized, which was almost everyone. He reserved a wink for someone wearing a fedora hat sitting in the front row just to the left of the podium.
"Thank you deputy Skinner. Thank you citizens. Thank you honored guests. Let me begin tonight by saying thank you for coming to this important meeting. As many of you know, the women’s auxiliary is responsible for the decorations and refreshments this evening. Thank you ladies.
For some time now, any mention or quoting of the Clyde Coil site has usually
meant rapid zapping by one of the six or seven moderators of the OGRR Forum.
I don’t think they much like Clyde or his pro-Lionel points of view
The latest thread containing even oblique reference to Clyde’s latest story on the OGRR Forum has been zapped.
I honestly don’t think Rich Melvin is zapping these threads, but I have a pretty good idea who it is,
and folks would be surprised at the occupation of that someone. I suspect some here
can guess. The hostility to the Clyde Coil site appears not to be primarily the OGRR owners but
some of their immoderate “moderators.”
It reads like something out of the science fiction section at Barnes & Noble. What’s next? The mayor starts choking, falls over on the table, and a K-Line Shay pops out of his chest? Is that Rod Serling standing over there, in the corner…
Bob, thanks for leaving this topic up. It speaks well of Kalmbach, CTT and your personal commitment to
open discussion of issues that critically affect the industry and thus, the hobby. Clyde Coil
is clearly an unofficial voice of an important Lionel insider, and thus provides insight
into what is going on at Lionel, as well as amusement (for some of us) and positive karma through the TMCC
educational features of his site. To censor any mention of the Clyde Coil site would be a mistake and I
hope you will continue to permit some crosstalk on these issues. Thanks very much. It is appreciated.
Actually Bob, I think this story comes from a different section at the book store. Political satire, more akin to The Wizard of OZ. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.[swg]
Freak Mudslides hit Lionelville. In a related story, two grave robbers were apprehended when Lionelville Cemetery slid into the jail.
Lionelville Police responded to a report of prowlers rattling a woman’s bedroom window on Clint Nugent Way — officers found two suspects wearing black masks, both raccoons.
Police visited an Lionelville home to attend to a resident’s report of five invisible people hiding inside the house. A mysterious man with the deerstalker cap told police that sometimes there are up to 25 invisible people at his home. Police reports state that an officer asked the invisible people to leave, and thus reassured the resident.
No, Ninos, “Pescado” isn’t Mexican Money. It’s Fresh Fish. Fresh fi***acos will be added to the Lionelville Elementary school lunch menu in the fall. It will take the place of Creamed Hamburger on Toast in the semester’s rotation.
Tragedy struck at Lionelville High School when janitor, Ted Eastwood carrying an electric toaster fell into the swimming pool. Although the toaster was not plugged in, the custodian, who was unable to swim, drowned.
Gerald Eight out of positive karma - Agrarian_William eats boxcar filled with KRAPA Scrapple. Films at 11.
