In a message dated 98-10-30 09:02:12 EST, John.S.North@V... writes:

<<
 Between then and now I worked a variety of  jobs:   the black gang in the
 Merchant Marine; gandy dancing in Alaska;  the Navy in which I actually did
see
 a lot of the world; worked construction in New England; taught at a Mid-
Western
 university; worked on an oil refinery, a  railroad in New Jersey,  a national
 food company and a big communications outfit, among others.
  >>

Welcome to the porch, John.
Gandy dancing was about as galootish an occupation there ever will be.
I've seen the work in a documentary and it makes scrub planing look like
a stroll in the park.

Erik von Sneidern
who wonders if someone onlist c#llects railroad tools.