Am I CRAZY or what ? ? ?

[Anonymous]

Yesterday (last night) marked my 27th day in a row of work without a day off. I got off work at midnight. This morning I got in bed around 4:30 am. And what did I do have working for 27 days in a row without a day off? [?] I set the alarm clock for 7 am. [:0] WHY ? ? ? [?] The 3985 was leaving town this morning at 8 am. [}:)] [;)] And what did Jim do about that ? ? ? [?] I went and took pictures of it. [;)] [:)] [:D] Insane ? ? ? SURE, by some people's standard.

But I do have 24 shots of 3985 under steam and putting on a SHOW. [:)] [:p] [:D] Man is that sucker L O U D [:0] [B)] I just got back in from taking the film to be developed at Walgreens. By noon I will be able to pick up the prints and picture disk and see how they turned out. [8D] [:p] [:D]

If any are good enough I will email some to Bergie. [;)]

[Mikeygaw]

your not crazy... somethings in life are important... like anything to do with trains

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a lot of fun!

Nothing beats live steamers in action!

Be sure and share a few of those shots with us! [:)]

[jeaton]

Jim,

If stepson Matt can run his first bike race yesterday, on a very hilly (for Wisconsin) route, in 40 degree temp. with hard rain and wind, and he is sane, so are you.

Besides bike races will always be there, but can we say that about 3985?

Enjow the rest of your day off.

Jay

[Anonymous]

I would have done the same. Your not crazy, just dedicated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![:-^][bow]

[bfsfabs]

Jim,

There are things Ya just GOTTA DO ! ! Steam being one of 'em . . .

[JoeKoh]

do what ya gotta do man! good job
stay safe
Joe

[Willy2]

I would have done the same thing. When I hear that a steam engine is coming into town, I make sure that I don't miss it!

Willy

[Anonymous]

Jim-

What sort of work do you do?

Still sounds like less work than the extra list...

LC

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear

Jim-

What sort of work do you do?

Still sounds like less work than the extra list...

LC

LC [:)]

I work Avionics.

I work on brand new business jets being sold to very rich people or very large companies. We start the process at my end. The jets are made overseas and flown here "green", we add all the extra equipment and install every bell and whistle the customer wants. The jets come over with nothing and bearly legal to fly, when they leave us, they are the Cadillac of business jets. You would not believe the inside of one, gold plated a***rays, and sinks.

In my hangar we add the wiring and structures for new equipment, add that equipment and do other modification as required by the customer. The plane then goes to paint. After paint it goes to another hangar where they add all the interior items and start testing all the equipment. When they finish with it , then it goes to the flight line for additional testing and then it is flown to check everything out while flying.

It all may sound easy but it isn't. I come home with cuts and bruises every day. You have to work in position that kill your back, you have very little room in some place to do anything but yet must do something in that space. Trust me if I had to do it all over again I would have went to work on the track gang while my mother could have got me on but NOooooooooooo, Jim was too stupid to do that. [:(] [:(!] [V]

[dharmon]

1. Yes you are crazy. That was an issue.
2. You gotta do what you gotta do.
3. Since you got cuts and bruise from falling asleep while working...who QA's you avionics work???[;)][|)]

[tree68]

Jim - We all know you're crazy, but so are we (takes one to know one....). On the other hand, chasing 3985 is hardly insane. Just the opposite, in fact. Have to preserve history while it's available....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

1. Yes you are crazy. That was an issue.
2. You gotta do what you gotta do.
3. Since you got cuts and bruise from falling asleep while working...who QA's you avionics work???[;)][|)]

Dan [:)]

One of these days I HOPE to be the QA.

They used to require an FCC GROL license to be qualified to be the QA Inspector. But since I finally past the test and have that license they have changed horses in the middle of the stream and have decided to require an A & P license. I have a degree in Aircraft Maintenance and have completed all A & P courses so now just have to pass the computer tests and take the O & Ps. Finding time to restudy for the computer test is a problem now. I plan to study some today, that is after steam cleaning the carpet, laundry, dishes, yard work, changing the bed, and various other housework. Wish me luck. [;)]

[BaltACD]

You are CRAZY, however that just makes you like everyone of us.

We are ALL CRAZY!

[Anonymous]

Well said tree68 and BaltACD. Such eloquence could land you in a customer service phone bank where if you are not crazy we tell you not to worry ," We'll instruct you in the finer points of that condition"

[Anonymous]

I emailed Bergie 18 of the pics. I thought some of them were pretty darn good. I am hoping he agrees and posts at least one of them for the Photo Of The Day. Wish me luck. [;)]

[vsmith]

27 WORK DAYS IN A ROW WITHOUT A BREAK?[D)]


YES, your Very Very Crazy!

[(-D][:-,][%-)][X-)][alien][:-^]

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

27 WORK DAYS IN A ROW WITHOUT A BREAK?[D)]


YES, your Very Very Crazy!

[(-D][:-,][%-)][X-)][alien][:-^]

Yeah cause out here in Kallifornya we try to go 27 days without working

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

1. Yes you are crazy. That was an issue.
2. You gotta do what you gotta do.
3. Since you got cuts and bruise from falling asleep while working...who QA's you avionics work???[;)][|)]

Dan [:)]

One of these days I HOPE to be the QA.

They used to require an FCC GROL license to be qualified to be the QA Inspector. But since I finally past the test and have that license they have changed horses in the middle of the stream and have decided to require an A & P license. I have a degree in Aircraft Maintenance and have completed all A & P courses so now just have to pass the computer tests and take the O & Ps. Finding time to restudy for the computer test is a problem now. I plan to study some today, that is after steam cleaning the carpet, laundry, dishes, yard work, changing the bed, and various other housework. Wish me luck. [;)]

Good Luck.......remember planes aren't like 1970s cars...parts left over are bad....

[Mookie]

Jim - if you are looking for an argument - pick a different subject...........[}:)]

Bad Mookie

[espeefoamer]

Yes you are crazy,but we all are, or we wouldn't be railfans.[:D]
As the song says " I' ve always been crazy,but it's kept me from going insane."
I believe that was from Willie Nelson.

[Anonymous]

Well I "think" I have some news to report.

Tonight I emailed one of the pics to Railpictures.net. It took about 7 minutes then I got an error message that the website was not responding. So I was a little unhappy and tried again. After about another 7 minutes I received another error message. I WAS unhappy then. [:(!] [:(!] [:(!]

So I got off the computer and did some other things. But I wanted to send someone an email and got back on. I had an email from Railpictures.net. What I saw at first was "Rejected--Double Submission". But after looking at it several more times I think the first one was ACCEPTED. These were both the same pic.

Anyway, now I am a little excited. [:D] [:D] [:D]

This is the first time I have submitted a pic to them. After hearing so many bad things about them I thought for sure it was a waste of time. But I "think" I have a pic there for everyone to see. [;)] [:)] [:D]


http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=66259



Now I think I will try for some more. [:D] [:p] [:D]

[Mookie]

That is a beautiful picture Jim! What a nice pose for a great lady!

Mook

[cherokee woman]

Jim,

I agree with Mookie; that is a beautiful picture! You should send it to Bergie for
pic of the day!! Just giving you my 2 cents worth here!!

[Anonymous]

Dear Jim,
Just in case you haven't heard the story:

My favorite tourist line is the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. At Osier, Colorado on the line, nine days out of ten there is a rain and hail storm which puts Hurricane Isabel to shame. One day I went out into the storm in a T-shirt to get a few pictures of K-27 no. 463. Of course, the rain made the lighting bad, and the pictures never were any good.... The point here is that it doesn't matter what non-railfans think because (after souvenier thimble collecting) railfanning is the world's most misunderstood hobby, and railfans do the exact same thing.

And by the way, that picture could win quite a few photo contests. You should submit it.

See you around the forums,
Daniel

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Willy2

I would have done the same thing. When I hear that a steam engine is coming into town, I make sure that I don't miss it!

Willy

Hey Willy and all [:)]

Here is a link to a website where some of the photos can be viewed.

I hope you enjoy them. [;)]

http://rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=3044

[Anonymous]

Great shots Jim, nothing beats live steam!

[cherokee woman]

Jim, those are great shots! Always love seeing steam engines!!

[espeefoamer]

As Homer Simpson would say, ummmm steam engines[:p].

[FThunder11]

That would be awsome to be a UP engineer making your way down the tracks, and all of a sudden on the opposite track coming at you is a Big Boy