GraveYard Shift BS

Fat girls don't photograph well.

 

and thats why we have photoshop!

 

Cool signature pic Tom. I'm about to go make coffee.....this night is dragging!

 

Hi Chris.

There are worse ways to spend a day off.

Evening night shifters. My load plans are complete. Now need to kill a few hours and then check weather and adjust plans if necessary.

 

Anyone from phoenix or the surronding cities? I might be moving out there for a job in Mesa for the boeing plant around mid-may. Want to see how living is out there? I will be moving out there alone and I wanted to see how much I can expect to pay for an apartment? Any and all info is welcome! Thanks guys!

 

Howdy.
I see you're in corona. Have you tried the g.e. aviation plant there?
I almost took a transfer there a couple of yrs ago.

 

Morning.

Just getting ready to hose down a part and cleanup.
No specific plans for me this weekend.

 

I haven't lived out there but my Dad lives out in Fountain Hills outside the city. Driving around when I visit it seems like there are good areas to live next to bad areas to live so even in a good part of town you still had to be careful where you lived so you didn't end up in a slummy part. Crime is high as well.

Mesa was nice however.

 

No wheeling?
I'm working Fri and Sat nights. My wife has something planned with the kids Sun. I'm sure she'll tell me where to be and when.

 

Im actually looking to get hired on with their Fire Dept at Boeing. I have an interview with them next week.

 

Naw. I got a little yard work for today, not much.
It's supposed to rain tommorow so no wheeling.

I'm sure you'll have fun!
Ofcourse ill prob be on late nite this weekend. I'll try and sneak in and see what's going on.

Have a good one.

 

Yeah I figured thats how the city is, its good and bad areas.

 

Good luck with the interview.

Sorry the weather killed wheelin'.

Yep, I'm sure I will.

I'm sure I'll catch you around here this weekend. Right now I've got a little log work to do, then I'm gonna get back to reading the last three chapters.

Thanks Rich, you too man.

 

I wouldn't say the bad areas are too bad as long as you don't live in the city. Living in Mesa would be sweet.

Treat the summers there like harsh winters in northern states except it's excessively hot instead of cold; don't do much outside and you run between air conditioned buildings.

 

Something tells me a firefighter is going to have a hard time avoiding the heat.

I'm just sayin'

 

We have our own onsight fire dept.

 

I would hope so ... that's not exactly a toy erector set you're working with.

 

I'm amazed and humbled by some of the parts I work on. New hires take this stuff for granted and it's like "hook some straps and lift it".

It aint like that. I'm cert in lvl 2 crane training up to 30 ton.
Lots of people don't even check deg/cable.
surpised there not more incedents.

 

Made me think of the young Sergeant crew chiefing a C17 engine (24,000 lbs rolling stock) upload one time: the way he set the winch blocks came up with a bad angle that had the cable rubbing one of the tires ... he actually told an airman to go over and hold the cable off the tire. Couple of us old timers were "hold up junior, how about you back it off and set your blocks up right." No concept of what would happen if that cable were to snap, i.e. bad hurt if not cut in half; not to mention equipment/part damage in the millions of dollars. Amazing people don't see the dangers in an industrial environment with huge/heavy equipment and parts.

I don't know, seems so obvious to me, yet so many are oblivious.

 

Yea. Alot of obvious stuff is not quite as obvious as it looks. I keep myself "scared" every, single day. You make a mistake here, it's not a scuff or sprain. it's ER time. We had a girl that had her scalp pulled from her skull because she didn't follow rules.