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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by bux93 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:40AM (#43420913)
"As it happened, one of my father’s sisters, Aunt Irene, was a vice president of the Canadian National Railways" kinda says it all.

Put on "Common people" by Pulp in the background when you read this article.

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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by 3D30497420 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @05:34AM (#43421196)
It isn't like he was given some hard-to-get, high-paying, cushy office job.
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by magic_hamster on Thursday March 20, 2025 @06:46AM (#43421549)
That's true, but failing was never going to have an effect on him, which is sort of the point of the song (which is really good).
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by robertlagrant on Thursday March 20, 2025 @11:51AM (#43424922)
Probably losing a leg would've.
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by julienEar on Thursday March 20, 2025 @07:01AM (#43421636)
facts
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by ludicrousdispla on Thursday March 20, 2025 @05:38AM (#43421212)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ainyK6fXku0
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by EdwardDiego on Thursday March 20, 2025 @07:01AM (#43421635)
William Shatner and Ben Folds Five? William Shatner and Ben Folds Five. I have always loved this cover so much.
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by rrr_oh_man on Thursday March 20, 2025 @06:52AM (#43421576)
Oh my god, this is amazing. Thank you!
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by MrMcCall on Thursday March 20, 2025 @07:46AM (#43421876)
And Shatner is utterly perfect for it, in a very, very strange way.
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by fedeb95 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @04:46AM (#43420949)
the part on the sandwich made me stop reading.
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Re:How My Six Months Working on the Railway Changed My Life by AnimalMuppet on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:00PM (#43425763)
Who started as a wire operator and rose from there. I don't think "she was a VP" has the implications that you seem to be giving it.
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