Working the nightshift...
From: Douglas Anderson (dntdock.net)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 00:18:42 -0700 (PDT)

That’s cool Peter. 

Nice descriptive writing. 

Hemingway would be envious.

I can feel your post will be the first two or three paragraphs of your new book.

Onward

Doug

 

 

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Peter Rychel
Sent: Friday, September 3, 2021 11:07 PM
To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] Working the nightshift...

 

This past week, I filled in for the nightshift foreman who was on (much needed) holidays and of course, I was driving the Mondi.

 

It brought back a lot of memories, because when I finished trade school, my first job was at a manufacturing plant in an older industrial area just south of Vancouver. They ran two shifts and the nightshift was from 4:30PM to 2:30AM. After some time, I had volunteered to go on straight nights as we worked in teams and one of the guys needed to do that schedule. Great for me as I was (and to an extent, still am today) a night owl.

 

The one thing that I’ll always remember from that wasn’t the work, but the ride home. Along that main route was a large machine shop that ran three shifts (days, nights and graveyard). Everyday when I’d head home, I’d pass by this place and right front and center in the parking lot, clearly visible from the road was a red 308 GTS. I don’t know if it was a manager, a foreman, or maybe one of the machinists, but this person was daily driving a 308 and working a graveyard shift no less. This goes back 20+ years, so back then, it was a just a used car, but I was always impressed that it was driven every day (rain or shine). And no, it wasn’t a Fiero replica, I actually stopped one night to check it out and it was the real deal.

 

And all of these years later, I was doing the same thing. I’ll be heading back to days next week, but it was fun while this lasted. I can’t explain it, but there’s something special about driving a Ferrari at night and having the roads to myself...

 

 

 

Peter

 

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