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Maybe that's where the railroad usage came from..As some...if not most..of the members of this forum know that the basic "old time" railroad management arrangements came from the military as at the time the railroads were being built and expanded, most of the railroad officers came from the military ie Civil War...This gave forth to the old management techniques of "rule by fear"...don't ask any questions...just do what you're told...if you don't you're gone...WHATTDAYA MEAN YOU WANT A VACATION OR DAY OFF.....I'll give you all the days off you want>>>>>> It was only shortly before I started at the RI that officers were given 2 days a month off..That doesn't mean 2 days plus weekends..That's 2 days PERIOD...and maybe you'll get them if we don't have an "emergency"
I think things are better now, but as I once said quoting an old time Railroader turned author..."What we endure with hardship, we remember with delight"
Only John, Leo and a few more of us who have been "young for a long time" can really appreciate this old stuff.
Pete
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From: BRIAN PAUL EHNI bpehni@gmail.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CB&Q Group <cbq@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 11:21 am Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bob Chick [1 Attachment]
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Military uses it in that context.
Thanks!
-- Brian Ehni
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Reply-To: CB&Q Group < cbq@yahoogroups.com> Date: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 11:14 AM To: CB&Q Group < cbq@yahoog roups.com> Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bob Chick
I had forgotten about "Vice"...seems to imply or mean.."succeeding" or "after"...someone else...I've never seen it used anywhere with this connotation other than "railroadwise".
Pete
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From: 'John D. Mitchell, Jr.' cbqrr47@yahoo.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 10:51 am Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bob Chick
I always liked the word "vice" as in "D.R. Zilch protects the third trick operator assignment at Petticoat Junction VICE J.K. Doaks, retired pursuant to pension rules". It was always "pursuant to pension rules", as if there was another way to retire!
From: "archie hayden klinerarch@charter.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [CBQ] Bob Chick
Pete, Ascertain the facts, and this does not establish a precedent!
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