Re: a long-lived thread
| July 09, 2018 07:33PM |
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John C Wrote:
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> Quite the age difference to the crews nowadays.
TUnfried Wrote:
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> Yep — out here at Knott's the average age of
> my crew is early-thirties. A couple of old-timers
> throw the average, making most of them college-
> age folk.
>
> I consider myself fortunate to have so many young
> people interested in doing this job . . . they are the
> future of narrow-gauge railroading.
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Based on my own experience, they won't be
> young whipper-snappers for long . . . .
>
> Tempus Fugit.
Wayne Hoskin Wrote:
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> I think we become "old whipped-snappers",
> Russo!
"Old whipper-snapper" is an oxymoron, Wayne -
Sorta like "Honest Politician" — there ain't no such thing. Us former whipper-snappers who have lived long enough to undergo metamorphosis are now Curmudgeons. Think 'JBWX', 'Roger', 'Roosso', 'Tom' – founders of the Fraternal Union of Curmudgeonly Geezers (the 'Old FUCGers') . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/2018 08:03PM by Russo Loco.
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> Quite the age difference to the crews nowadays.
TUnfried Wrote:
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> Yep — out here at Knott's the average age of
> my crew is early-thirties. A couple of old-timers
> throw the average, making most of them college-
> age folk.
>
> I consider myself fortunate to have so many young
> people interested in doing this job . . . they are the
> future of narrow-gauge railroading.
Russo Loco Wrote:
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> Based on my own experience, they won't be
> young whipper-snappers for long . . . .
>
> Tempus Fugit.
Wayne Hoskin Wrote:
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> I think we become "old whipped-snappers",
> Russo!
"Old whipper-snapper" is an oxymoron, Wayne -
Sorta like "Honest Politician" — there ain't no such thing. Us former whipper-snappers who have lived long enough to undergo metamorphosis are now Curmudgeons. Think 'JBWX', 'Roger', 'Roosso', 'Tom' – founders of the Fraternal Union of Curmudgeonly Geezers (the 'Old FUCGers') . . .
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/2018 08:03PM by Russo Loco.
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