TJ
I am late as usual. Good news that you are home. You have a long period of readjustment ahead of you but having met you, we know you can cope. Keep in touch.
Ian & Frances
Welocome home,
It is great to be with family and friends. I have to say having left two services (1 military and the other cilvilian) I found it was not the job bit the camraderie that I missed most of all.
Anyway enjoy your family and your railroading.[C):-)]
Thank you.
Thanks for the kind words everybody. It is an adjustment to be sure. I can’t just go down to the mess sergeant and get something to eat; I have to pay for it now! I guess it will be a while before I shake off the sounds and smells of the military- veterans will know what I’m speaking of. There is something magic in the smell of diesel fuel, canvas, CARC paint and cordite that you can’t put into words, but stays in your memory. I think I will miss the thump of the artillery more than anything else.
Good new is that I have an interview with Norfolk Southern in two weeks for an operations manager position. From what I hear it is very similar to the military only you get to fire people. How nice would that be!
Walt: Louis Armstrong sang that phrase in the title song in Hello Dolly, but the music was written by Jerry Herman.
Jack: Let’s both keep our friend Fred Phelps happy with the symphonic cacophony of Vance and Hines. I’ll play lead with my Triumph Dunstalls. That should keep that bass turd busy for a while.
Ian: good to hear from you. I lost your number when I lost my mobile. PM me any time and I’ll give you my new number.
Alan: Yes, it was, is, and always will be about the people I’ve served with. No matter how rotten the conditions we were in, or how great, it was the people that made it a good or bad experience. I hope I can stay in touch with at least some of them from time to time.
Everybody else, YOUR WELCOME. [bow] Feel free to PM me anytime you are in the VA Beach or South East Virginia area.
Welcome to the ranks of the retarded (or was that retired???)! Now you get more time to play with your trains! Ha ha, as if anybody with young kids around gets to do anything but be the taxi driver!