Oh, I whish that I could be..

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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George Avery Grimes.

$275/hour as a “Railroad Expert” for Chicago’s Metra. And the monthly fare may go up 28%.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-metra-board-puts-off-vote-on-highpriced-consultant-20110916,0,1692692.story

Sorry, Firefox just won’t let me make the links hot. Hey, just like you, I’m a railroad “Expert” too and I’d do it for $250/hour.

Why do they need a “Railroad Expert” at $275/hour? They’re supposed to be “Railroad Experts”. That’s their job. Oh, well, it is other peoples’ money.

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No Problem:

Fixed the link for you! [:-^]

Seriously, I run a Mozilla-Firefox as well.

a.) Highlight the link first,

b.) copy it

c.) click on the little chain icon (to the right of insert new table icon)

d.) the click on the chain icon will bring up a box to show Insert link

e.) Past your link in the upper box, and in the lower box type in ‘activate link’

f.) Click on the button 'activate on the lower left corner of the ‘insert box’

g.) The link you activated should show up underlined and in blue.

i.) Your link should be ready to click on to connect you to the linked item. [tup][tup][8-|]

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http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110912/news/709129953/

http://ict.illinois.edu/railroad/CEE/seminars/presenter/Avery%20Grimes.asp

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Even easier:

  1. Using the square brackets - type the opening “URL” tag. {url}

  2. Past in your link.

  3. type the closing “URL” tag - {/url}, again using the square brackets instead of the curvy version.

  4. Voila - your link is active. No remembering which “button” to click on, or in what order.

There’s also a way you can turn your text into a link, using essentially the same tags.

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I am happy for Mr. Grimes. The only thing that angers me about this is that I can’t make money from my expertise–no one will pay me $275 for advice on wine, baseball, or sarcasm and, although people will pay me $275 for legal advice, the money goes to someone other than me.

I should have been a plumber.

Gabe

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Gabe;

Did you ever consider Brain Surgery? (maybe Plumbers might make more per hour?

Consultation is not too bad either. I used to work for an Engineer who was licensed in all 50 States. His claim was that Politicians considered anyone from ‘out of town’ with a briefcase to be an Expert.

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There’s a bit of "wisdom’ in the fire service that there are no experts within 100 miles of your firehouse. Which means if I want to make money on the lecture circuit, I’m faced with a two hour drive…