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This is another joint venture between my friend Marc Schirmeister and I Schirm sketched out a more "Goofy" version of my original sketch, then I altered his version of the unfortunate Mr. Foxy to look more like my character. I also added more to the background to suggest a "Tropic Island" setting. The scenario is that the China Clipper flew over the S.S. Athena and dipped it's wings in a friendly greeting. The Watch on the bridge decided to sound the ship's whistle in return, totally unaware that there was somebody up on the Funnel making "Adjustments" at the time.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Comics
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 800 x 571px
File Size 135.7 kB
I found the image in a catalog featuring hand carved, mohagany wood models of popular aircraft. The model of the "China Clipper" they offered was in an odd scale like 1/80th, and it sold for over $300.00. The catalog also featured a plastic model kit in 1/144 scale ay $40.00. Too much for my pocketbook, but the photos proved handy.
I have to know. Did the operator trip the whistle valve, or did you? My friend Jim build multi chamber "Chime" whistles for steam and compressed air operation. In fact on New Year's Eve he fired up the compressor and let blast on an 8 inch four noter. You should have seen the lights flicker on up and down the street. They must have thought a "Ghost train" was rolling down the Avenue.
My friend Lary built a three quarter scale case steam tractor with a singe chimer whistle and thought it was to make me go on top of the boiler to fix the whistle,and he blew it in my ear!That thing wasn't that loud but man is it SHRILL!It was pretty funny once i could hear again,but for about a week,my ear was rining with tone of the whistle.
OUCH! I know that one personally when working in the oil pit at work and not realizing the truck had TRAIN HORNS on it and when someone found the switch I had to take a long break to regain my hearing! What was worse was the echoing of the underground pit and trust me he should be lucky he is OUTSIDE doing it and not in an underground oil pit.
I feel your pain! Oh man. I found your comment interesting because it's the first I've ever read about someone having to work in a pit in order to maintain a truck. You wouldn't by chance be working on those huge mining trucks? I'm guessing this because train horns might be the only thing that could cut through the noise of an open mine. Thanks for making me smile, and be sure to wear ear plugs, okay?
Where i work at is of all things wallyworld and we have an underground oil pit that if you have loud enough horn it will echo like a MOTHER F**KER and that train horn was on a dually truck when the regular prankster hit it and i have a set of ear muffs on standby incase an old caddy or that TRUCK or others come back so i can keep my hearing. Also on the mining bit its the only thing you hear in there when i visited one to see a friend and you talk about loud, Double hearing protection and also trying to listen to a radio is a talent for them at times. The oil pit we use is to get to the filter and oil plug along with both differentals and the transfer case and trust me its a life saver on some vehicles and makes life easy but is also a curse at times. And i'm glad i put a smile on your face becuase we ALL have times like this.
Cooool! "Wallyworld" has a huge distrabution center over here in the Rancho Cucamonga area. I've been trying to get in there for about seven years now, but there's always some "Glitch" that keeps them saying, "You're well qualified for the position, but we'd like to look over other candidates before we make our decision." (Read, "You're too old, now stop bothering us.) Be careful out there.
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