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Ah-hah.

I think I may have figured out the train tracks thing: They were still burning this morning, but as we went by, in daylight it's very obvious that the burning sections are all new metal.

I think what might be going on is that they heated these replacement rail sections up as high as possible, which is the reason for the fires, so that they'd expand and weld themselves to the existing rails.

That's really neat, actually.

I can't make this stuff up.

(Names changed to protect the...well, something or other.)

Rick: "So, looking forward to Denver?" (Our sales kickoff is there this year.)
Chris: "Oh, yeah. Gonna go get out of the hotel when I can, try to relax, have a little vacation."
Rick: "Don't forget to try to grow your hair out some to fit in."
Chris: "Oh, sure. Grow my hair out, smoke some dope..."
Rick: "Get some Birkenstocks."
Chris: "...aren't those, like, lesbian shoes?"
Rick: "-what-?"
Chris: "You know, man, the kinda butch types, and that's the shoes they all wear, isn't that right?"

Rick: "...I don't think I can continue with this conversation..."