A Song for Brent

[JOE]

...know any of these people Brent Brent?

[JOE]

...the full CP Rail Song in its Blazing Glory

[Brent]

You are a really creepy guy Joe.

[Thiel]

Where's my song Jo Jo. I'm jealous.

[Lokmar]

LOL!

[Lokmar]

...the full CP Rail Song in its Blazing Glory

josephine hauls a heavy load in his ass!

[JOE]

You are a really creepy guy Joe.

Oh I thought was actually a good song Brent Brent.

Incidentally, I believe my Grandfather worked for CP's predecessor, CN.

He was paid 16 cents per hour shovelling coal into the furnaces of the locomotive engines in 1916 for at least 12 hours a day. Maybe 14. And he made $10 a week.

He witnessed the Winnipeg Strike in your town where the police clubbed people down in your city.



Unhurt, my Grandfather was in the crowd so he was part of history.

In many respects you owe your benefits to people like him who protested and risked their lives to give you a better life.

So my Grandfather in many respects, was a CP Rail Man.

[JOE]

Here's to my Grand Dad

[TheProwler]

Incidentally, I believe my Grandfather worked for CP's predecessor, CN.

CP and CN are two different companies, you idiot.

[TheProwler]

Here's to my Grand Dad

It is nice that he did not have to witness what a complete loser his grandson has become.

[Oliver the Second]

[DKG]

Where's my song Jo Jo. I'm jealous.

You should keep Joe on a shorter leash. He flirts with men when your back is turned.

[JOE]

CP and CN are two different companies, you idiot.

My mistake.

Actually I just checked my Grandfather's diary & it was indeed CPR not Canadian National.

This is what he wrote TheProwlerT Prowler:

"When we arrived in Kenora Ontario, after an adventerous trip, we both secured jobs at the C.P.R roundhouse. The C.P.R. Roundhouse at Kernora was mainly a service and maintenance depot of locomotove steam engines which were brough in on a regular basis for servicing.

"The first job that I secured was that of being a locomotive engine wiper. I cleaned the locomotive inside and out twelve hours a day at sixteen cents an hour. We did not receive any days off and therefore we worked every day of the month."

This was in the year 1916. He was just 16 years old and he made 16 cents per hour. 16 cents x 72 hours per week = $11.52

So Grandad made just a little over $10 per week.

This what $10 looked like in those days Prowler:



So of course, $10 in 1916 was worth a lot more than it is today.

Today, the actual gold weigh of that coin is worth $1650 Canadian or close to $1200 USD.

However, it is unlikely that Granddad ever saw that much gold...ever.

I believe he passed on a gold plated watch to my sister which he cherised til he passed away.

[JOE]

Here's what the coin looks like TheProwlerT he Prowler:



It's about the finest quality/grade of those coins ever produced in that year. MS-64 and above. Maybe even MS-65 which is of exceedingly high quality. Made from Gold from the Mines of Northern Ontario. Hand-picked and specially selected by the Royal Mint of Canada, eh.

I bought it last year from a Rare Coin Dealer.

[JOE]

I keep it as a symbol of my Grandfather's hard work and toil when he worked for CPR, Prowler.