Recruiting for real-world Rail project

[ostlandr]

I resemble that remark!

I presume by "dissatisfied with the government" you mean one jump ahead of a noose, debtor's prison or a Redcoat bayonet.

Rebels, freethinkers, malcontents, swindlers, outlaws, grifters, speculators, dreamers, risk-takers.

My German great-grandparents were a good example of this. Great-grandma's family were servants. Well paid, and treated as part of the family, but servants nonetheless. Great-grandpa was looking at conscription into the Kaiser's military adventures (and a pile of gambling debts, too.) They came to America about a hundred years ago.

If one reads the stories behind such names as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and the Wright Brothers, you realize what can be accomplished by a combination of hard work, luck, and a dream.

Some hundred years ago, the most adventurous people from Europe went to the new world. I think they passed that spirit on to their kids and grandchildren.

Adventurous? More like the most dissatisfied with the government, or those who embarrassed themselves or their families so badly as to wish to avoid society.

I love the American attitude that it was bold adventurers who decided to found a country: the first explorers were in it for the cash, those following were in for the above.

So what you actually need is the people who most dislike the train system, to try to build a new one.

[Zhall]

I wish you good luck, as my brother has recently started a company as well

[ostlandr]

Thanks. We just recruited another person to the project team, and a lot of things seem to be falling into place.

I wish you good luck, as my brother has recently started a company as well