Comments on: Up the Line https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33335 ER Mon, 02 Nov 2015 19:11:06 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33335 Not really. My hair is fine. Not really. My hair is fine.

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33334 mcfly Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:52:09 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33334 ...it turned you into Donald Trump??? …it turned you into Donald Trump???

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33325 ER Mon, 02 Nov 2015 02:47:09 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33325 It means going<em> back</em> in time. "Down the Line" refers to travelling back to the present. The future is, of course, closed to time travel. I tried cocaine a few times, back in the 'seventies. It was pretty tiresome stuff, and I didn't care much for it. It made me obsess about real estate, starting my own business, and playing the stock market. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/UpTheLine%28Silverberg%29.jpg/220px-UpTheLine%28Silverberg%29.jpg <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/UpTheLine%28Silverberg%29.jpg/220px-UpTheLine%28Silverberg%29.jpg" alt="." /> It means going back in time. “Down the Line” refers to travelling back to the present. The future is, of course, closed to time travel.

I tried cocaine a few times, back in the ‘seventies.
It was pretty tiresome stuff, and I didn’t care much for it. It made me obsess about real estate, starting my own business, and playing the stock market.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/18/UpTheLine%28Silverberg%29.jpg/220px-UpTheLine%28Silverberg%29.jpg

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]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33322 mcfly Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:36:50 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33322 Hope he doesn't have anyone shooting at him...or that he's doing unspeakable damage to his sinuses either. Hope he doesn’t have anyone shooting at him…or that he’s doing unspeakable damage to his sinuses either.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33316 bowser Sun, 01 Nov 2015 23:39:19 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33316 Best Answer: Going into the front lines for engagement with the enemy. It gets it's name from the communication trenches (lines) used in the First World War that troops used to take their positions in the front lines. It means you have completed your training for trench warfare, you transported to the front lines. Usually this involved a train ride and a long march. "Going up the line" was the expression used by soldiers in the north during the Civil War when they visited brothels "Going up the line" was also another term for going over the top of the trenches and heading through "No man's land" to the enemy line. Best Answer: Going into the front lines for engagement with the enemy. It gets it’s name from the communication trenches (lines) used in the First World War that troops used to take their positions in the front lines.

It means you have completed your training for trench warfare, you transported to the front lines. Usually this involved a train ride and a long march.

“Going up the line” was the expression used by soldiers in the north during the Civil War when they visited brothels

“Going up the line” was also another term for going over the top of the trenches and heading through “No man’s land” to the enemy line.

]]> By: SDAI-Tech https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33267 SDAI-Tech Fri, 30 Oct 2015 05:19:51 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33267 Blood moons, Trump leading in the polls, visiting ghosts form the HZ past...all before All Hallow's Eve? The polar ice is melting and the seas are rising! It may be a good time to find high ground in an area far from fault lines. ;-) Blood moons, Trump leading in the polls, visiting ghosts form the HZ past…all before All Hallow’s Eve?

The polar ice is melting and the seas are rising!

It may be a good time to find high ground in an area far from fault lines.

;-)

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33238 RL Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:17:41 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33238 You are extremely eloquent... a gifted writer. You are extremely eloquent… a gifted writer.

]]> By: Tony https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33209 Tony Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:21:25 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33209 No wait, that wasn't the expected outcome. Safe travels ER. No wait, that wasn’t the expected outcome.

Safe travels ER.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33207 RobVG Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:59:31 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33207 Bon Voyage n/t Bon Voyage n/t

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2015/10/20/up-the-line-7/#comment-33206 mcfly Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:03:48 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=51351#comment-33206 Well, safe journey...if indeed you're travelling.. Even though it's absolutely and completely none of my business, I might speculate that you're perhaps doing some writing...maybe some research for an article...or a book...?? Hey, I don't expect any bites from my silly little fishing expedition. :-) Stay safe! Well, safe journey…if indeed you’re travelling..

Even though it’s absolutely and completely none of my business, I might speculate that you’re perhaps doing some writing…maybe some research for an article…or a book…??

Hey, I don’t expect any bites from my silly little fishing expedition. :-) Stay safe!

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