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Old 11-15-2011, 01:58 PM   #16
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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?
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Old 11-15-2011, 02:00 PM   #17
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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.
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Old 11-15-2011, 02:04 PM   #18
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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.
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Old 11-15-2011, 02:30 PM   #19
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He's a hit man for the mob.


sooooooooo obvious.

or he sells vicodin online.
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Old 11-15-2011, 02:40 PM   #20
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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.
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Old 11-15-2011, 02:51 PM   #21
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She's just a devil woman, with evil on her mind. Beware the devil woman, she's gonna GETCHA!
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Old 11-15-2011, 02:57 PM   #22
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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?
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Old 11-15-2011, 03:13 PM   #23
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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.
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Old 11-15-2011, 04:37 PM   #24
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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.
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.
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Old 11-15-2011, 04:42 PM   #25
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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.
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Old 11-15-2011, 06:14 PM   #26
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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:

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"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.
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Old 11-16-2011, 04:56 AM   #27
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Old 11-16-2011, 06:39 AM   #28
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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!
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Old 11-16-2011, 08:24 AM   #29
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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.
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Old 11-16-2011, 08:41 AM   #30
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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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