ExiledInIllinois

Story about the Telsa Model X that went ice fishing in Vermont a few years back: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/mystery-of-a-torched-tesla-on-a-frozen-lake-in-vermont-solved-168957.html

@That's No Moon Not to sidetrack the original topic... BUT probably why you didn't see NYS in on the lawsuit when the other Great Lakes States (sans Indiana) and the Indian Tribes were suing in Supreme Court to close the Chicago Canals a decade ago. NYS would lose their sovereignty when it came to their Waterway rights?... And they are in bed with Canada so many ways with... HydroPower, Seaway... Which is a joint federal commission, right? I don't think many noticed NYS didn't adjoin that suit when it went to SCOTUS over 10 years ago. They were cheering on the sidelines though with Canada against Illinois/Indiana. Yes. I would think so. Great read: https://www.greatlakeswaterwars.com/

Good question! "In 1817 the Erie Canal was established under the management of a New York State Commission. (Federal funds were sought, but were not legislated, so this canal and all subsequent canals in New York State were built and maintained exclusively with state funds.)" The NWOrdinance doesn't apply to NYS... BUT they still don't charge a toll at the two Federal locks in NYS: Black Rock & Troy. I ASSUME the precedent would apply to a federally funded All-American Canal had it been built in Niagara County. Eisenhower Lock (Seaway) there is a toll... BUT that's the actual river itself... Not navigable waters leading into it... And again, commission with Canada, right?

No. Read it again. I quoted the 1787 Act under The Articles. 1789 after USC was ratified is virtually unchanged (ie: "Confederacy"). "...shall be common highways and forever free, AS WELL TO the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any impost, or duty therefore, " That means it's free to all as common highways. The part you are wrongly interpreting is about slavery. Notice how abolitionist values were creeping in very early @ the birth of Our Nation. Nice! Get EZ-Pass! 😆

William T. Love began digging that lane in 1892. We know what got filled in there! 😔😟 That was probably the dirty little secret nobody wanted to open after the war...

The hoi polloi now have their own monitors directly in front of them next to the heaters. What's annoying, it's like a second slower than the play on the field in real time. It's 2021, can't they get the simulcast in perfect sync! It's only 300 feet away! 😆

LoL... That ***** smells! 😉

I was in Mead's Club seats this past Sunday. He's right up against the glass windows, back to the luxury box... It's actually COLDER when the damn rich folk open the window.. Sucks the cold air right through! The overhead heaters are great with windows closed... Heat bouces off the glass and right back to you! Warmer with damn windows closed! ...Anyway... I just started cheering really loud and obnoxiously... Then went and hit the head, grabbed a few beers and came back... Low and behold the window directly behind was closed up! 😆🤣😂... My tactic worked! @mead107

The Collins Kids... Rockabilly from the 1950s: This kid on gee-tar... Larry Collins wrote this hit song for Tanya Tucker:

Why the Seaway mainly goes through Canada? They can charge a toll on the Welland. I think it's $25 per lock on Welland for pleasure craft (PC) and a ton more for ships. There's 8 locks on Welland 25 miles to west of BFLo. Taking your little boat from L.Ontario to L.Erie will cost you $200 in tolls. The legality of it if an All-American Canal ran from Tonawanda to say Wilson Harbor on L.Ontario: Northwest Ordinance 1787 under the Articles of Confederation and then when Our Constitution was ratified in 1789, The Northwest Ordinance of 1789 was one of the first acts of Congress... Basically, reaffirmed and left intact from 1787: Article IV: "...The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefore." They'd have to change the Northwesrt Ordinance of 1789 to start charging a toll in US. It's why our wateterways are toll free. Niagara Falls is definitely a "carrying place." As is Chicago between Lakes and Mississippi watershed or any other place on the continental divide.

Yes. But it's not going through Canada. Jobs stay here... Provisioning the ships, the tugs, etc... Better than being treated like Radiator Springs in the movie "Cars." Thing is... Through Canada they can charge a toll. In US, by US law no toll could charged. No user fee.

What killed BFLo opened Toronto up to the world! We should have built an "All-American Canal" to compete with Welland. Plans were on the books in 1950s/60s to build it. Did they know that Love Canal would be sitting right in the middle and blow up in the region's & nation's face under 20 years later? Jetport in Pendleton too: Shoutout to: @BringBackFergy @Beerball 😉 😜

The residual grains alone may have sustained colonies of rats for years? We have elevators here... But they are still in use. Makes me kinda mad that they couldn't still use them in BFLo. What was Cargill's plan with them all these years? Could they have opened it back up into service? Brownfields like this should have been addressed.

Museums help too. Something like this I am in the middle. WTF does a city do with that monstrosity that is in condemned condition. They haven't used in decades. Just rotting there. Cargill is outta Minnesota (incorporated in Delaware), they don't give a ***** about BFLo... And that's BFLo's problem... Always mostly a satellite labor town with company HQs off in far away places... When business retracts, where do they retract to? Their home bases...

It kinda dawned on me this year, hearing it on Sirius "HolidaySoul"... Hey that's a Holidays Song!

Hope it's a good idea. Limited options. Gotta turn a buck somehow!

No. It's the Nation's busiest port. Revenue in far exceeds what needed to be rebuilt. BFLo is the exact opposite. Built because of geography and died because of it. Mutha Nature isn't destroying NOLA's economic output... That economic output AND future potential still far exceeds what Nature can throw at it.

Exactly! Though... Two best times to plant a tree is 20 years ago and right now! Taking up a lot of space... Kinda sad because BFLo seems to always be in this predicament.

"...And we'll send you glad tidings from New York Open up your eyes so you may see Ask you not to read between the lines Hope that you will come in right on time And they'll talk to you while you're in trances And you'll visualize not taking any chances But meet them halfway with love, peace and persuasion And expect them to rise for the occasion Don't it gratify when you see it materialize Right in front of your eyes That surprise...

Working Thursday night to Monday. Probably grab some kinda take-out...

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/buffalo-to-issue-emergency-demolition-permit-for-great-northern-grain-elevator/71-6daf2408-2ab6-479e-9d5b-f8b8cb8220df It hasn't been operational for decades and they did nothing to preserve it? Sadly... It's taking up a lot of space. Kayakers don't pay the bills. Sadly, it probably needs to be taken down. Save a small historical portion like the fake Canalside.. Build a Dippin' Dots stand, throw a summer concert, charge $20 to park... That will pay the bills during the June to September kayaking season. /sarcasm

The grain elevator was invented in BFLo... Maybe make a historical thing out of it... ?? Agree... Like lighthouses.. They are of architectural significance by varying design and style. National landmarks.

What the world needs now is another administrator like we need another variant of Covid-19...

Easy... Kay Stephenson followed by Joe Dufek. Not even close the rest.

Take field direction if they win the toss! Really...