And now for an update with content!
Oct. 11th, 2005 10:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lionkingcmslWell, last Saturday (10/8) the CMSL held a VIP inaugural trip from Tuckahoe to Richland. This is exciting because Richland is north of Tuckahoe and is on a Conrail controlled line, though owned by NJ Transit. The CMSL can now use this service, which officially starts this Saturday (10/15), as leverage to get money to finish the last 10 miles, or so, of track that needs to rehabbed, on our line, for passenger service, so that passenger trains can run from Richland all the way to Cape May. It is also big news because Richland is over halfway to Winslow Jct., and our connection to NJT's Atlantic City Line.
On the Amtrak job front, I go for my FCC test tomorrow. My contact at Amtrak has been notified and he is sending over a resume so I can set up mine to show what they want to see. Hopefully everything goes according to plan.
I also have to move. It's not a big deal, as I'm "swapping" houses with the landlord's daughter, who needs a 2-bedroom house, and it is two house "behind" mine, on the same lot. The headache is that it has to be done by 11/1 and both houses are occupied. So, to make thing easier for me, I am renting a 40' container to put my stuff in before the move. Those that have been to the lair know I have a lot of stuff. :=3
I'll be keeping the container after the move so I have a garage, of sorts, dry long term storage, and a workshop, something I've needed for a long time. Some might wonder why I didn't go to one of those "You-Store-It" places. Well, there are a few reasons. First is cost. For the same money I'm paying for the container per month ($80 + tax) I'd only get a "broom closet" at one of those places. Also there is accessibility issue. With the container I can go in at any time, and I don't have to drive. There is also the concern of security. With the container I know who has the key, me.
As for me getting an out building, the reasons for the container are pretty good: ruggedness/weather tightness (nothing short of a tornado is going to harm it), vermin proof (I haven't seen a rodent that can chew through plate steel), security (with the lock I have on it someone would need a torch to open the container), and much more portable (just back up the container truck and winch it on board). Also you don't need a permit to have a container. :=3
If everything goes to plan I will probably pay for it, as in buy it, in a little over 2 years, and if I do move again (very likely), I can load up the container at my leisure and call the company to move it to wherever I moving to when I'm ready to move. :=3
Oh, well, I need to get to work. :=3
On the Amtrak job front, I go for my FCC test tomorrow. My contact at Amtrak has been notified and he is sending over a resume so I can set up mine to show what they want to see. Hopefully everything goes according to plan.
I also have to move. It's not a big deal, as I'm "swapping" houses with the landlord's daughter, who needs a 2-bedroom house, and it is two house "behind" mine, on the same lot. The headache is that it has to be done by 11/1 and both houses are occupied. So, to make thing easier for me, I am renting a 40' container to put my stuff in before the move. Those that have been to the lair know I have a lot of stuff. :=3
I'll be keeping the container after the move so I have a garage, of sorts, dry long term storage, and a workshop, something I've needed for a long time. Some might wonder why I didn't go to one of those "You-Store-It" places. Well, there are a few reasons. First is cost. For the same money I'm paying for the container per month ($80 + tax) I'd only get a "broom closet" at one of those places. Also there is accessibility issue. With the container I can go in at any time, and I don't have to drive. There is also the concern of security. With the container I know who has the key, me.
As for me getting an out building, the reasons for the container are pretty good: ruggedness/weather tightness (nothing short of a tornado is going to harm it), vermin proof (I haven't seen a rodent that can chew through plate steel), security (with the lock I have on it someone would need a torch to open the container), and much more portable (just back up the container truck and winch it on board). Also you don't need a permit to have a container. :=3
If everything goes to plan I will probably pay for it, as in buy it, in a little over 2 years, and if I do move again (very likely), I can load up the container at my leisure and call the company to move it to wherever I moving to when I'm ready to move. :=3
Oh, well, I need to get to work. :=3
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Date: 2005-10-11 04:59 pm (UTC)Hey, can you send me back the story I wrote for you? The humans vs your shipmates one? I want to show it to some friends and don't have it handy...
Lizard Rat out.
Random in Albany NY
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Date: 2005-10-11 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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