04-03-2009, 12:36 PM
Hi All,
Thanks for the compliments. They are much appreciated.
Russ, thank you for your comments. I hear where you're coming from and thanks for the suggestion. I was a factory maintenance technition, until I was medically boarded. In South Africa we have a habit of putting a shelter over outside machinery, to give some measure of protection from the elements for the equipment and those who have to maintain them.
Galen, thank you for your comments and nitpick all you want. As regards the spelling on the sign, I'd already mounted the sign before I saw the error, but being the lazy person I am at times, I left the sign as is. Instead I made up a little story which goes something lkie this :-
"W.A.Venter is a self educated, self made man and as is typical of such men he was self opinionated and arrogant. When the signwriter pointed out the eror to him, he asked the man who he thought he was and if he was tired of his job ? The poor man simply turned away and painted the sign as per instructions."
W.A.Venter after who the building is named, was a very close friend of mine, who sadly is no longer with us, he passed away last year, but he saw the building when it was completed.
Cheers, Simon
Simon J.C.Busby
President & CEO
Bolder Creek Western RR Co.
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