Do any of you kids know what a Hot Shot is? Take a good guess. None of you know what a Hot Shot is. It don't make you bad people. It just makes you ignorant.
A hot shot
Are you talking about this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O99fBy_udyU
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
Do any of you kids know what a Hot Shot is? Take a good guess. None of you know what a Hot Shot is. It don't make you bad people. It just makes you ignorant.
No,kid. A hot shot. You dont know what a shot is. I'l givr you a clue kid. You would have to be a feight tramp to know.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vegasvpplayer" <vegasvpplayer@...> wrote:
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@> wrote:
>
> Do any of you kids know what a Hot Shot is? Take a good guess. None of you know what a Hot Shot is. It don't make you bad people. It just makes you ignorant.
>Are you talking about this?
I love you kids forever. But you have no clue what the hot shot is. None.
Isn't that an assassination using a stronger (hot) shot
(injection) of heroin than someone's system could stand?
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--- On Fri, 1/7/11, Mickey <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Mickey <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com>
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: A hot shot
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 1:51 AM
I love you kids forever. But you have no clue what the hot shot is. None.
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No.It has notthing do do with drugs. I'll give you another clue. The Hot Shot is a freight train.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Cohen <brucedcohen2002@...> wrote:
Isn't that an assassination using a stronger (hot) shot
(injection) of heroin than someone's system could stand?
Mickey wrote:
I love you kids forever. But you have no clue what the hot shot is. > None.
Nope. But from what you write, I expect my uncle back in N. Michigan who used to haul fruit products down to TX, et al, has an inkling.
WTF, Mickey ... what are you on about here?
- H.
Your going to be jumping on a train freighting priority cargo, faster moving and fewer stops.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vp_wiz" <harry.porter@...> wrote:
Mickey wrote:
> I love you kids forever. But you have no clue what the hot shot is. > None.Nope. But from what you write, I expect my uncle back in N. Michigan who used to haul fruit products down to TX, et al, has an inkling.
WTF, Mickey ... what are you on about here?
- H.
OK I'll try again. 1st post did not go through.
It is someone jumping a freight train hauling priority cargo. Faster and less stops to get you there faster.
Sharon
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <SS2SWILD@...> wrote:
Your going to be jumping on a train freighting priority cargo, faster moving and fewer stops.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "vp_wiz" <harry.porter@> wrote:
>
> Mickey wrote:
> > I love you kids forever. But you have no clue what the hot shot is. > None.
>
> Nope. But from what you write, I expect my uncle back in N. Michigan who used to haul fruit products down to TX, et al, has an inkling.
>
> WTF, Mickey ... what are you on about here?
>
> - H.
>
Wiki provides an inkling:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobo
This is a fun thread pertinent to life b4 "the life" 
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
I love you kids forever. But you have no clue what the hot shot is. None.
Wow! I'm impressed. Sharon, you must be an old freight train rider. Several hot shots a day pass thru Las Vegas. It's those trains you see with the containers (better known as stackers) stacked one on top of the other.
There are red lights and green lights out on the rails just like traffic lights. Sometimes too many trains are on the rails and some have to hit a sidetrack and wait for other trains to pass thru. The Hot Shots have the green light from San Bernardino all the way to Chicago. They are mostly carrying dry goods from Japan, Korea, and China. They make the run in about 54 hours.
The rail cars that the containers are in are called "48's" simply because they are 48 feet long. Many of those cars have solid floors in them. There is about a four foot by 10 foot space at the rear. That's where all us railriders habitat.
Freedom Fever! Catch it!
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <SS2SWILD@...> wrote:
OK I'll try again. 1st post did not go through.
It is someone jumping a freight train hauling priority cargo. Faster >and less stops to get you there faster.
Sharon
I find this interesting. I am pretty sure I know which ones you are talking about. I know there are different model or types of railroad cars that haul the containers. I did not know they were all 48'. I know some semi-trucks have refers at 53', but I guess from what you imply that all the "containers" are 48'. I learn something new every day. And the railroad cars, sometimes they are joined together in groups of five and they share one set of wheels (trucks) between two cars. I did not know about the hot shots as you call it, but I know they have some refer trains now that carry produce from California straight through and expedited. I think the company is Rail-Ex or something like that. Nowhere to ride on one of those, though.
That line through Vegas is a main artery. I see an enormous amount of traffic go through there. A lot of double-stacks too. I always wanted to hop a freight just for fun but never had the balls. I lived in LA and they would crawl out of the harbor and go up Alameda Street at a snail's pace. I thought if I ever did that I would have to pack a gun with me because I didn't know who I'd meet or where I'd end up. Maybe it's a good thing I never carried out that fantasy. Sounds dangerous. I'll leave that to you, Mickey, and reading your stories will suffice.
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
Wow! I'm impressed. Sharon, you must be an old freight train rider. Several hot shots a day pass thru Las Vegas. It's those trains you see with the containers (better known as stackers) stacked one on top of the other.
There are red lights and green lights out on the rails just like traffic lights. Sometimes too many trains are on the rails and some have to hit a sidetrack and wait for other trains to pass thru. The Hot Shots have the green light from San Bernardino all the way to Chicago. They are mostly carrying dry goods from Japan, Korea, and China. They make the run in about 54 hours.
The rail cars that the containers are in are called "48's" simply because they are 48 feet long. Many of those cars have solid floors in them. There is about a four foot by 10 foot space at the rear. That's where all us railriders habitat.
Freedom Fever! Catch it!
Slot machine
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-------Original Message-------
From: Mickey
Date: 1/7/2011 3:50:16 AM
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vpFREE] A hot shot
Do any of you kids know what a Hot Shot is? Take a good guess. None of you
know what a Hot Shot is. It don't make you bad people. It just makes you
ignorant.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
slot machine
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To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
From: dlvseuss@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 18:10:05 -0500
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] A hot shot
Slot machine
-------Original Message-------
From: Mickey
Date: 1/7/2011 3:50:16 AM
Subject: [vpFREE] A hot shot
Do any of you kids know what a Hot Shot is? Take a good guess. None of you
know what a Hot Shot is. It don't make you bad people. It just makes you
ignorant.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
If somebody asks me in a casino, the correct answer is "A hot shot is a video slot poker game, commonly found in both spin and non spin varieties , with multiple progressive jackpots." ( PS - I'm lifetime ahead on these ! )
If a bowery bum, hobo, or homeless ask me , I'll use the below definition.
best...Tom
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:23 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: A hot shot
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <SS2SWILD@...> wrote:
OK I'll try again. 1st post did not go through.
It is someone jumping a freight train hauling priority cargo. Faster >and less stops to get you there faster.
SharonWow! I'm impressed. Sharon, you must be an old freight train rider. Several hot shots a day pass thru Las Vegas. It's those trains you see with the containers (better known as stackers) stacked one on top of the other.
There are red lights and green lights out on the rails just like traffic lights. Sometimes too many trains are on the rails and some have to hit a sidetrack and wait for other trains to pass thru. The Hot Shots have the green light from San Bernardino all the way to Chicago. They are mostly carrying dry goods from Japan, Korea, and China. They make the run in about 54 hours.
The rail cars that the containers are in are called "48's" simply because they are 48 feet long. Many of those cars have solid floors in them. There is about a four foot by 10 foot space at the rear. That's where all us railriders habitat.
! Groups is subject to:
Has anybody been to Harrahs St.Louis recently?
If so, are the pay tables correct on Vpfree?
SBM
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--- On Fri, 1/7/11, tomflush <tomflush@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
From: tomflush <tomflush@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [vpFREE] Re: A hot shot
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 8:40 PM
If somebody asks me in a casino, the correct answer is "A hot shot is a
video slot poker game, commonly found in both spin and non spin varieties ,
with multiple progressive jackpots." ( PS - I'm lifetime ahead on these ! )
If a bowery bum, hobo, or homeless ask me , I'll use the below definition.
best...Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@yahoo.com>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:23 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: A hot shot
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <SS2SWILD@...> wrote:
OK I'll try again. 1st post did not go through.
It is someone jumping a freight train hauling priority cargo. Faster >and
less stops to get you there faster.
Sharon
Wow! I'm impressed. Sharon, you must be an old freight train rider.
Several hot shots a day pass thru Las Vegas. It's those trains you see
with the containers (better known as stackers) stacked one on top of the
other.
There are red lights and green lights out on the rails just like traffic
lights. Sometimes too many trains are on the rails and some have to hit a
sidetrack and wait for other trains to pass thru. The Hot Shots have the
green light from San Bernardino all the way to Chicago. They are mostly
carrying dry goods from Japan, Korea, and China. They make the run in
about 54 hours.
The rail cars that the containers are in are called "48's" simply because
they are 48 feet long. Many of those cars have solid floors in them.
There is about a four foot by 10 foot space at the rear. That's where all
us railriders habitat.
! Groups is subject to:
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
The double stacks are the hot shots. We used to make the jump on the north bounds by hanging out south of Charleston BLVD just off Main Street. The engineer would stop the train when the first locomotive crossed the train trestle over Charleston. It took a few minutes to make the crew change and the train was off again. It was the Union Pacific Railroad. The train ran up through Salt Lake City to Ogden where it hit the eastbound track that went thru Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa and into Illinois.
It's been about 15 years since I jumped a train. I do miss it, but....I'm old and soft now. I went camping with friends a couple of years ago. I woke up the next morning with my back all stoved up from sleeping on the ground. I had to roll over on my stomach and push myself up. "Take me to a hotel!" I said. I was worse than Kate Goselin on Sarah Palin's Alaska. "It better have a bar and a restaurant in it too!"
Yes, the rails were dangerous. It's a young man's game. Google "Freight Train Riders of America" and read about a guy named "Sidetrack." He was on the rails when I was. We couldn't wait for him to get caught. He was a serial killer.
In the link this guy pretty much knows the rails.
http://www.digihitch.com/article1525.html
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bobbartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
That line through Vegas is a main artery. I see an enormous amount of traffic go through there. A lot of double-stacks too. I always wanted to hop a freight just for fun but never had the balls. I lived in LA and they would crawl out of the harbor and go up Alameda Street at a snail's pace. I thought if I ever did that I would have to pack a gun with me because I didn't know who I'd meet or where I'd end up. Maybe it's a good thing I never carried out that fantasy. Sounds dangerous. I'll leave that to you, Mickey, and reading your stories will suffice.
Ok, I looked at this link. I later googled FTRA, and there could possibly be hours of stuff to read about it. I had never heard of this before. Wow!
I read some of it, and I read the article on digihitch. I had to look up some of the words. I didn't know what MRL was, now I know it's Montana Rail Link. I did know what an SD80 is. Did I understand this guy to say it was so cold that he climbed the ladders and walked across the tops of the hoppers until he reached the back locomotive? ON A MOVING TRAIN, IS HE CRAZY? lol
Fascinating reading, Micky. I'm going to read more about the FTRA later on. But right now I'm going to the casino to collect some bounceback. Thanks!
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
Yes, the rails were dangerous. It's a young man's game. Google "Freight Train Riders of America" and read about a guy named "Sidetrack." He was on the rails when I was. We couldn't wait for him to get caught. He was a serial killer.
In the link this guy pretty much knows the rails.
?
?Good Ole' Backpack Phil and me had jumped one of those hots shots north out of Las Vegas, We're were looking to make it to SLC to work day labor and use the soup lines to keep us out of spending our money. That is....if we could stay sober....but you know Backpack Phil and me....no chance in hell.....right?
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bobbartop" <bobbartop@...> wrote:
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@> wrote:
>>
> Yes, the rails were dangerous. It's a young man's game. Google "Freight Train Riders of America" and read about a guy named "Sidetrack." He was on the rails when I was. We couldn't wait for him to get caught. He was a serial killer.
>
> In the link this guy pretty much knows the rails.
>
> http://www.digihitch.com/article1525.html
>Ok, I looked at this link. I later googled FTRA, and there could possibly be hours of stuff to read about it. I had never heard of this before. Wow!
I read some of it, and I read the article on digihitch. I had to look up some of the words. I didn't know what MRL was, now I know it's Montana Rail Link. I did know what an SD80 is. Did I understand this guy to say it was so cold that he climbed the ladders and walked across the tops of the hoppers until he reached the back locomotive? ON A MOVING TRAIN, IS HE CRAZY? lol
Fascinating reading, Micky. I'm going to read more about the FTRA later on. But right now I'm going to the casino to collect some bounceback. Thanks!
>
> >
>
> >
> > Yes, the rails were dangerous. It's a young man's game. Google "Freight Train Riders of America" and read about a guy named "Sidetrack." He was on the rails when I was. We couldn't wait for him to get caught. He was a serial killer.
> >
> > In the link this guy pretty much knows the rails.
> >
> > http://www.digihitch.com/article1525.html
> >
>
>
> Ok, I looked at this link. I later googled FTRA, and there could possibly be hours of stuff to read about it. I had never heard of this before. Wow!
>
> I read some of it, and I read the article on digihitch. I had to look up some of the words. I didn't know what MRL was, now I know it's Montana Rail Link. I did know what an SD80 is. Did I understand this guy to say it was so cold that he climbed the ladders and walked across the tops of the hoppers until he reached the back locomotive? ON A MOVING TRAIN, IS HE CRAZY? lol
>
> Fascinating reading, Micky. I'm going to read more about the FTRA later on. But right now I'm going to the casino to collect some bounceback. Thanks!
>
?
?Good Ole' Backpack Phil and me had jumped one of those hots shots north out of Las Vegas, We're were looking to make it to SLC to work day labor and use the soup lines to keep us out of spending our money. That is....if we could stay sober....but you know Backpack Phil and me....no chance in hell.....right?
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@...> wrote:
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "bobbartop" <bobbartop@> wrote:
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@> wrote: