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Bill Reidy

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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2025, 04:09:15 PM »
Is Mike's shed painting going to be moved to Sunday?

Right now Friday looks to be the driest day this weekend...
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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2025, 07:56:04 PM »
Weather looks unfavorable for painting this weekend. I havd not even picked up the paint yet. The red stain was touched up so it does not look as bad as it was looking..
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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #17 on: April 26, 2025, 05:05:48 PM »
Are we still implementing Dan's plans for Sunday? People were pretty discouraged Saturday morning because of the rain

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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2025, 06:01:54 PM »
The consensus at Sheepscot is YES there will be a work session of some sort on Sunday morning.
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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2025, 10:07:57 AM »










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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2025, 07:32:41 PM »
After recouping from the long weekend I now have the time to say thank you to everyone who helped out with track work. The weekend started off great with good weather on Friday and some good work accomplished but from there it snowballed into what I call as a loss. With things happening way out of my control with the weather being miserable and some operational delays, I appreciate all the came out and got soggy with the rest of us. Sunday then became a hodge podge off a day with some decent work done. I feel bad for those expecting a good track work, work weekend and Saturday definitely left me flustered and overwhelmed.

Hopefully we will have a better Fall Work Weekend where my tentative plan as of right now is to start progress on the west yard. This is until someone tells me otherwise or throws me a curve ball.

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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2025, 08:00:12 AM »
Daniel,

I would suggest some smaller Tie & Dine days during the warmer months and maybe in combo with the Annual Picnic, etc.  Just a thought.
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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2025, 10:15:38 AM »
A few years ago we tried several Tie & Dine dates per year. The response was not so good. Plus doing major trackwork during an operating day provides a set of challenges in regards to crew safety and availability.

We have hopes for Saturday's (5/3) Tie and Dine, which is being led by Nick Simoneau while Dan gets a well-deserved break from his ever-growing responsibilities at the WW&F.
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Re: Spring Work Weekend - April 25-27, 2025 - Official Thread
« Reply #23 on: May 01, 2025, 03:06:31 PM »
You win some, you lose some. The point is you get back up on the ol' horse.

We appreciate all you do, Dan.