Re: Becoming a Train Driver

[phaedrus@ultra.ultra.net.au (Darryl Georgee)]

"Paul Pickford" <brougham@bigpond.com> wrote:

>I've seen a few posts about becoming a train driver. There are ways to
>practice and become highly skilled, before you can even start. ie:
>#1> Pack 2 days food into a tin box, and wait until midnight. (an hour or
>two sleep is ok) Go into your ensuite or bathroom, and pretend it's a loco
>cab. You can look out of the window, but no sleeping. Come out at lunchtime
>the next day, and go to bed. Tea time wake up, eat, and back into the
>bathroom for say a shortish 9 hours shift. 4am the following day come out
>again, and go to bed until say 8am, when the kids wake you up. (Thank god it
>wasn't a 16hr shift eh?)
>Congratulations! You have simulated 2 shifts for a driver. Better get a good
>rest, because your on again this arvo!

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>   *      ---------===== Paul Pickford =====---------
>*     *              brougham@bigpond.com
>    +     http://www.users.bigpond.com/brougham


>> You forgot, rig up an alarm device so every 90 seconds ot so a loud horn sounds in your ear
>> unless you press a button to cancel it :-)
 "Even my vacuum cleaner is a VAX"
  Darryl Georgee, Townsville, Australia
   phaedrus@ultra.net.au