tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post859001347173310985..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Painting the LighthousePhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-10255448044155997142016-06-23T19:57:18.876-04:002016-06-23T19:57:18.876-04:00Thanks for satisfying my curiosity.
NIce digs........Thanks for satisfying my curiosity.<br />NIce digs.....DC<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-65853526412130132682016-06-23T14:17:56.476-04:002016-06-23T14:17:56.476-04:00Although the light is maintained by the US Coast G...Although the light is maintained by the US Coast Guard, the lighthouse, keeper's quarters, and property now belong to the National Park Service. Park personnel live in the keeper's house.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-43772244998325674472016-06-23T14:16:31.585-04:002016-06-23T14:16:31.585-04:00Thanks for a great story! I hadn't heard it be...Thanks for a great story! I hadn't heard it before.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-24216625026746305092016-06-23T09:34:54.752-04:002016-06-23T09:34:54.752-04:00Who lives in the OI lighthouse residence today?Who lives in the OI lighthouse residence today?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-8311696892815080012016-06-23T09:33:21.968-04:002016-06-23T09:33:21.968-04:00Have you heard Rany Jenette's story about pain...Have you heard Rany Jenette's story about painting the Hatteras lighthouse? It is in the middle of page 5 here - https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/historyculture/upload/RANY's%20oral%20history%20edited%2011202008.pdf<br /><br />"A complete painting required a different arrangement. A paint box about twenty feet long by six feet wide,<br />with a four-foot rail, would be used. This box was built to conform to the contour of the circular lighthouse,<br />and would accommodate four people. My father would raise and lower this box by tying the lead line to<br />the bumper of his car. If the painters needed to be raised, he would move forward, and if they needed to<br />be lowered, he would go in reverse.<br /><br />I remember on one occasion four local young fellows were hired to paint the lighthouse. In a short while<br />they were carrying on in a playful manner and not paying much attention to the job at hand. There was<br />white paint in the black areas and black on white in other places. Since these young men were acting up<br />and out of the norm, my father suspected they must have brought some spirits with them or maybe even<br />have tapped the alcohol at the top of the lighthouse, used to clean the lens. Being a man of even<br />temperament and never verbally abusive, he let his actions speak to the problem at hand. Without saying a<br />word, he entered the car, started the engine, and shifted into reverse, at a fast clip for about forty feet. Of<br />course, this dropped the box and its occupants about fifty feet, with a sudden shocking halt to the whole<br />operation. They started screaming and hollering, wanting to know, “Captain, what in the hell is going on?”<br />Then he started lowering the box to the ground, and as they staggered out one by one, he said, “Go to the<br />beach, take a swim, come back sober, and then go back to work.” This they did, and their performance<br />was quality. No hard feelings or bitterness, and no one was fired or quit his job."<br /><br />I remember years ago when Rany was volunteering at the lighthouse and he told this story, along with many others. I am glad to have had the opportunity to meet him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-14133971545803758352016-06-23T08:24:32.633-04:002016-06-23T08:24:32.633-04:00After reading so much about maintaining a lighthou...After reading so much about maintaining a lighthouse; the sweeping, polishing, painting, wick trimming, stair climbing. window cleaning so light housekeeping really means lighthouse keeping actual labor hard work involved. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-78573722212400435582016-06-23T07:51:06.246-04:002016-06-23T07:51:06.246-04:00It would be interesting if someone has seen/knows... It would be interesting if someone has seen/knows of an early photograph of a lighthouse undergoing a paint job. Is it not true, that at one time, a lighthouse keeper position was a political appointment. We forget politicians are human resource officers and they fill .gov jobs (i.e. supreme court justices ) and if their party is in congress the candidate is a "shoe in" if that is the "system" we can not just vote and assume they are picking the right people. it is like a fantasy football team only John Q Public pays Far too much attention to that than what their representative in Congress is doing er their aides, their assistants that tell Sen. who=ever what to do as the Hon. .gov have time to take to Sail on the good ship Monkey Business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com