--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, William Jackson wrote:
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> Let me see now Mike, I think they used to call us "Atari Engineers". That was the hardest, test I ever had. I had Jim Hill, as the instructor, or else I would have never made it. I am thinking I signed your card once. Talk about the Cat, having mercy on the Mouse. You guys, helped the mouse, many times.
> William Jackson
Or less complimentary things Bill....LOL
The last time I saw Jim was at Overland Park when they had us down there for our first Re-cert.
Jim was our ATM when the rear truck on my lead motor split the #1 track switch at the West end of the Edgemont yard. Mr. Reilly wanted my head, account 300 feet of the splendid, Bentonite ballasted, #1 track got tore up. TM Turner pointed out to him that I'd stopped as soon as I went on the ground....the damage was done by the First Trick switch crew, supervised by the Roundhouse Foreman and ATM Hill, as they were trying to re-rail it and their blocks kept shoving the ties down into the ground :>)
You probably signed my card once, but I told Dusty Bellew at last year's Rules Test that they don't need to send me the re-cert package this year, account my License expires on Nov. 30....and my last Vacation starts on Dec. 2 :>) I'm not going through re-cert again, Like Karl's said.....the job ain't fun anymore. Though....I do intend to have fun in November, when it'll be too late to fire me LOL
Mike