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infinite monkey 11-15-2011 12:58 PM

You're the one who changes the things on railroad tracks that make the train curve off onto another track.

Or a train engineer, or caboose guy?

Sundae 11-15-2011 01:00 PM

Caboose sounds like something to do with booty...?
I'm sure a caboose guy is not a job description in Britain.
At least not one that is paid.

infinite monkey 11-15-2011 01:04 PM

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You don't see a caboose much anymore;technology has made them obsolete.

You might know them as brake vans (according to wiki).

When I was a kid we always waved to the train driver and the caboose guy. The drivers will, most often, still wave back.

I'd love to convert an old caboose into a guest room or something.

Trilby 11-15-2011 01:30 PM

He's a hit man for the mob.


sooooooooo obvious.

or he sells vicodin online.

Sundae 11-15-2011 01:40 PM

Tiger and I read a book today that ended in the family having their holiday (vacation) in a double decker bus. He was SO taken with the idea that I suggested to Mum he might want to watch Summer Holiday with (dad's favourite) Sir Cliff Richard.

It was my childhood dream to tour Europe in a converted double decker bus. As per the above film.

infinite monkey 11-15-2011 01:51 PM

She's just a devil woman, with evil on her mind. Beware the devil woman, she's gonna GETCHA!

Sundae 11-15-2011 01:57 PM

Well after all, Carrie doesn't live here any more
And from what I remember, she had the room on the second floor.
There's a reasonable chanche she was abducted and killed.

But what can you do, eh?

glatt 11-15-2011 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae (Post 773127)
It was my childhood dream to tour Europe in a converted double decker bus. As per the above film.

We camped one site over from a converted red double decker bus when my family was camping across Europe. I think it was outside Rome. Anyway, it seemed so incredibly cool! It was a decent sized group, like maybe ten or fifteen people, but they had so much room! I wanted to ditch my family and jump on that bus.

Spexxvet 11-15-2011 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 773108)
You don't see a caboose much anymore;technology has made them obsolete.

You might know them as brake vans (according to wiki).

When I was a kid we always waved to the train driver and the caboose guy. The drivers will, most often, still wave back.

I'd love to convert an old caboose into a guest room or something.

My friend's father did that way back in the 60s or 70s, in the Poconos. Had the caboose moved there and set on a length of track. My friend's brother lives there now.

There was not much privacy.

infinite monkey 11-15-2011 03:42 PM

I picture one behind my house (my new log home) set back into the woods a bit, where guests could stay if they wanted. My nieces would love it.

I'm dreamy today.

Clodfobble 11-15-2011 05:14 PM

A guess for Cotillion... if you have to "run some checks" in the evening, I'm thinking system backups. Some form of sysadmin/IT support like UT said.


Edit: an earlier post made by Cotillion before the job-guessing game started:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cotillion
"Mindlessly forwarding on pseudo-poignant statements" is, however. And you'll find it is the same people who used to send email forwards, back in the day (the day before we built a ceremonial bonfire and then threw all the forwaders we could find on top of it, like Odin demanded).

Oh yeah. Definitely a computer guy.

GunMaster357 11-16-2011 03:56 AM

Tester for a waterbed manufacturer?

Trilby 11-16-2011 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey (Post 773162)
I picture one behind my house (my new log home) set back into the woods a bit, where guests could stay if they wanted. My nieces would love it.

I'm dreamy today.

Box Car Children!!!!

My favorite!

glatt 11-16-2011 07:24 AM

Kids' favorites always seem to involve absent parents or dead parents. Especially popular when the parents come back at the end and praise the kids for being so independent and resourceful.

infinite monkey 11-16-2011 07:41 AM

I must have had a Boxcar Children book or two, because I remember them, vaguely.

Remember when the Bobbsey Twins got their Own Little Railroad? I was fascinated. This might be the reason for my love of trains now.

Anyway, yeah, I still want to guess Cotillion's job! I'm just passing the time, waiting on some yays or nays on the previous guesses.

:)


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