Read the excerpt from "the railroad earth." i'm already picking up my brakeman's lantern from where it's been hanging on the door handle and my tattered timetable's been long in my backpocket folded and ready to go, everything tight, keys, timetable, lantern, knife, handkerchief, wallet, comb, railroad keys, change and myself. which phrase from the excerpt best supports the idea that the narrator has held the same job for several years? i'm already picking up my brakeman's lantern it's been hanging on the door handle my tattered timetable's been long in my backpocket everything tight, keys, timetable, lantern, knife, handkerchief

I believe the correct answer is: “my tattered timetable's been long in my backpocket folded and ready to go”.

In this excerpt from Jack Kerouac’s novel “Lonesome Traveler”, the phrase from which best supports the idea that the narrator has held the same job for several years is: “my tattered timetable's been long in my backpocket folded and ready to go”. There are two things which imply that he had this job – the poor condition of the timetable (tattered) and the fact that it was already folded and ready to go .

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.

wow there were a thousand people in the concert. that’s great