Big Jim is 'talking' again!

Started by Cliffs_Daughter, March 18, 2009, 12:24:18 PM

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Cliffs_Daughter

March 18, 2009, 12:24:18 PM
From my office on 1st Street, I heard it at noon!

It's amazing how something so small (ha ha) can make me smile during my workday.
I haven't heard it in months! Struck me as very odd, but never asked about it before.
Anybody know why he went silent for a while? It never made my circle of news...

Heather  @Tiki_Proxima

Ignorantia legis non excusat.

fsujax

#1
March 18, 2009, 01:21:47 PM
Glad to hear he is sounding again. I have missed Big Jim! My suburban friends just dont get it....haha

Johnny

#2
March 18, 2009, 03:13:03 PM
That's cool, I wondered what was up with it lately.

Ocklawaha

#3
March 18, 2009, 05:25:30 PM
Great to hear he's back. The Utilities buildings across from Confederate Park have been undergoing some major changes inside. This leads me to believe it had to be disconnected from the steam line or boiler for the duration. That old whistle has sounded over Jacksonville FOREVER.

I still think it would be a super cool move to accent Big Jim with a electronic Steam Calliope. Everyday at five the whistles would play "FREEBIRD". If you've never heard it played on a Calliope check out this page and have some fun listening:



http://thecreoletomato.com/entertainment/living/steamboat-natchez-calliope-plays-free-bird/

OCKLAWAHA

zoo

#4
March 18, 2009, 07:08:26 PM
I had noticed he'd been missing, too, and am very glad to have him back. 7, noon, 1 and 5 are now very happily noisy times once again!

mtraininjax

#5
March 19, 2009, 02:27:15 AM
Nice to see JEA has my money to spend on something useful.
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

BridgeTroll

#6
March 19, 2009, 07:14:51 AM
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

Johnny

#7
March 20, 2009, 10:10:43 AM
The comments at the bottom of that article says they also play Stairway to Heaven... That's pretty impressive. I think it would be cool to hear Beethoven's 5th ;) 

Deuce

#8
March 20, 2009, 11:04:55 AM
I didn't realize it was gone until I heard it sound yesterday and then I thought, hmm I haven't heard that in a while. Glad it's back. Wish they did it on weekends too.

77danj7

#9
March 20, 2009, 11:15:50 AM
I heard it this morning...I was not happy to hear it at 7 am while I was still sleeping.

Bativac

#10
March 24, 2009, 02:27:07 PM
I grew up hearing that whistle every day. This might sound stupid but the whistle would sound exactly when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would start at 5 PM. Good times...

Glad to hear Big Jim is alive and well again.

heights unknown

#11
March 24, 2009, 06:59:56 PM
Does he still sound the way that WAPE iterates him from time to time on their radio station?  Ah eeee aaaaa!  Or does he sound different, like a regular mill whistle?

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#12
March 24, 2009, 07:31:43 PM
IMO, it sounds like a regular mill whistle....still, I like it and glad it's back

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