They say the other highball was served in dining cars...

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MaryAnne — 12/25/2012 5:35:26 AM (archived)

...pulled by steam locomotives, once the train had gotten up to speed, which was also called highballing.

Highballs, the drinks, started showing up in the Gay Nineties. How did they keep ice on the trains, or were they served -ugh- warm?

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Those were the days... - SteveS - 12/22/2012 9:10:58 PM
- Yeah, I remember how cool the Sears Christmas catalog was when I was a kid. - TB - 12/22/2012 10:56:04 PM
  - Re: Yeah, I remember how cool the Sears Christmas catalog was when I was a kid. - TB - 12/22/2012 11:04:44 PM
    - I would look over those chemistry set ads for hours - FrankC - 12/23/2012 12:34:57 AM
      - My first chemistry set - Robert - 12/23/2012 4:37:47 AM
        
        You were on “Engineer Bill"??? - alcaray - 12/23/2012 4:45:23 AM
        
        Champion of a kid's drinking game, that's me - Robert - 12/23/2012 7:34:37 PM
        
        Naw it's the participation in a childhood icon of mine that I envy. - alcaray - 12/23/2012 9:41:05 PM
        
        To tell ya the truth, no - Robert - 12/25/2012 4:22:51 AM
        
        That makes more sense than the way I remembered it. - alcaray - 12/25/2012 5:17:54 PM
        
        In case anyone is wondering..."Highball?" - podrock - 12/25/2012 4:39:36 AM
        
        They say the other highball was served in dining cars... - MaryAnne - 12/25/2012 5:35:26 AM
        
        some highball etymology - FrankC - 12/25/2012 2:47:30 PM
        
        Ever hear of Frederic Tudor, the Ice King? - podrock - 12/25/2012 6:03:54 AM
        
        I always wondered where Seaman Jacobs & Ed James got the idea... - MaryAnne - 12/24/2012 12:30:51 AM
      - Me too. - MaryAnne - 12/23/2012 2:33:38 AM

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