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danmdevries Offline
#351 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 10:13 AM EST
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Finally checked my voicemail from yesterday. Was the shop calling to say they had the heads and block back from machine shop and were starting to reassemble. Expecting to be finished on Tuesday.

It cost me about a grand more than doing it myself, but they're getting it done before I could have even started on it. I work till Tuesday, and only get 2-3 hours a day where I'm both home and awake.

Gonna have to put in a few extra shifts to pay for it all though.
DrafterX Offline
#352 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 10:37 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
tonygraz Offline
#353 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 10:46 AM EST
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Mornin' - National Corn Chip Day and National Puzzle Day - Will Drafter be puzzled by corn chips ?


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SteveS Offline
#354 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 10:58 AM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
I'd love to live a life that allowed me to sleep when I am tired.


Not as thrilling as it sounds ... I'd love to still be working and living what passes for a more normal life ... maybe it'd be different if I had the means to travel extensively and feel less like a squirrel in one of those round cages ... as it is, a t-shirt I picked up here on CBid a while back says it all too well ... "Eat, Sleep, Smoke Cigars" ...
8trackdisco Offline
#355 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 11:04 AM EST
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SteveS wrote:
Not as thrilling as it sounds ... I'd love to still be working and living what passes for a more normal life ... maybe it'd be different if I had the means to travel extensively and feel less like a squirrel in one of those round cages ... as it is, a t-shirt I picked up here on CBid a while back says it all too well ... "Eat, Sleep, Smoke Cigars" ...


It's probably hust a cycle I'm in. Too much work, not enough life in the balance.
RMAN4443 Offline
#356 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 11:41 AM EST
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I'm taking what they're giving , cause I'm working for a living
gummy jones Offline
#357 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 12:00 PM EST
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happy Sunday folks

God loves you
8trackdisco Offline
#358 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 5:37 PM EST
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Ice cream and subpar soccer.

Serbia v USA.
victor809 Offline
#359 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 5:39 PM EST
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In and out of Seattle. 39hr turnaround.
delta1 Offline
#360 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 5:55 PM EST
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Got to go soon. We are hosting a family Chinese New Year dinner celebration/baby debut in a couple of hours. Making lemon garlic flank steaks, teriyaki chicken (it's the year of the Rooster) and steamed rice. Kids, in-laws, brother and two sisters bringing other food. I'm prolly gonna pass out after dinner and a cigar. If I'm not back tomorrow morning, call the ambulance...
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#361 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 6:05 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
Got to go soon. We are hosting a family Chinese New Year dinner celebration/baby debut in a couple of hours. Making lemon garlic flank steaks, teriyaki chicken (it's the year of the Rooster) and steamed rice. Kids, in-laws, brother and two sisters bringing other food. I'm prolly gonna pass out after dinner and a cigar. If I'm not back tomorrow morning, call the ambulance...

all I can offer up for Happy New Year is broken, (sort of phonetic) Vietnamese...chuk mun nam moy
MACS Offline
#362 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 6:43 PM EST
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Half day on the lake. No fish.

Still beats work.
DrafterX Offline
#363 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 7:14 PM EST
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True.. True. .. Mellow
MACS Offline
#364 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 7:21 PM EST
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And... since I was on fresh water, no need to wash it down or flush the engine.
deadeyedick Offline
#365 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 7:26 PM EST
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What no quaggas in that lake?
MACS Offline
#366 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 7:43 PM EST
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I dunno... but they damn sure inspect the heck out of your boat before allowing you in.
victor809 Offline
#367 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 8:32 PM EST
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Lots of protesters at the airport...
dkeage Offline
#368 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 8:40 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Lots of protesters at the airport...

How did they know you would be there? Anxious
MACS Offline
#369 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 8:44 PM EST
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dkeage wrote:
How did they know you would be there? Anxious


BAZINGA!!
SteveS Offline
#370 Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2017, 10:07 PM EST
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victor809 wrote:
Lots of protesters at the airport...

dkeage wrote:
How did they know you would be there? Anxious


They're professional protesters ... they don't stage their events spontaneously ... it's not as if you and I drew on some poster board with magic markers, fastened our placards to a stick and drove to the airport to protest something ... these are pros, they're highly organized, have big-time printing facilities and full-time management who decide where to stage the events and arrange for transportation ...
victor809 Offline
#371 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 1:45 AM EST
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.. you certainly don't have much experience with protestors...

Magic marker on cardboard... lyft driver said he was getting random calls to bring people to the airport all day....

Big time printing facilities? Yeah... not one of the signs looked like that. ... and it didn't appear that anyone arranged for transportation. I will say that someone thought to pass out water and granola bars to people... maybe that's the heavily organized protest hive you're worried about?
Ram27 Online
#372 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 2:35 AM EST
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Monday,Monday......d'oh!





Morning victor,dan, ^8 & gang.Herfing
8trackdisco Offline
#373 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 6:11 AM EST
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Back to winter we go.
danmdevries Offline
#374 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 6:37 AM EST
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Morning Ram, 8, dudes.

Monday again.

Busy night tonight, didn't even pee till now. 2 hours to go.
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#375 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 8:04 AM EST
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My drive started perfectly clear with no snow then sudden white out and roads were terrible. Luckily no slippage on my way in. Crazy up here.
gummy jones Offline
#376 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 8:45 AM EST
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hello monday
we meet again
MACS Offline
#377 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 8:47 AM EST
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Damn 5 day work weeks...
danmdevries Offline
#378 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 9:11 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Damn 5 day work weeks...


Every time I think about looking for a different job, I remember how much I hate 5 day work weeks.

3 day work week is sweet.
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#379 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 9:15 AM EST
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Cool Dudes..
DrafterX Offline
#380 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 9:18 AM EST
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I work 4 10s... I like it alot... I work Tues- Fri and the rest of the plant works Mon- Thurs... so Fridays are really laid back for me..there's me and like 2-5 other people there usually.. Mellow
Bur Offline
#381 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 9:23 AM EST
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Morning Dudes.

Finally diluting all the blood in my coffee circulation system. Gonna need every caffeine molecule I can get this Monday.

Would love to go back to 4 day work week. About 6.5 right now with job and building my business.
DrafterX Offline
#382 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 9:38 AM EST
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I think my puppy-dog sleeps about 20 hours a day now.... she's getting old... Sad
MACS Offline
#383 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 10:11 AM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
I work 4 10s... I like it alot... I work Tues- Fri and the rest of the plant works Mon- Thurs... so Fridays are really laid back for me..there's me and like 2-5 other people there usually.. Mellow


Four 10's is a sweet schedule. I prefer my 12 hour schedule, though. Three 12 hour days one week, four 12 hour days the next. 84 hour pay period, but you work 7 out of 14 days.

Only thing that sucks about that schedule is night shift... d'oh!
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#384 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 10:29 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Four 10's is a sweet schedule. I prefer my 12 hour schedule, though. Three 12 hour days one week, four 12 hour days the next. 84 hour pay period, but you work 7 out of 14 days.

Only thing that sucks about that schedule is night shift... d'oh!


Yup. I do nights, but I schedule them together. I have to do 6 12hr shifts every two weeks. So i work Wednesday night through Tuesday morning, with a week off afterwards. If I got things to do, got a week off to do em. If not, picking up some overtime when you've got a week to spare ain't so hard.

Biggest downside to me (other than nights) is that I have only maybe 3 hours of awake time outside of work. So I don't do anything except work and sleep. Usually go home, eat, grab a beer or two, and head to the garage with a cigar. I'll pay bills or mess with stocks, or watch Netflix or just screw around online but rarely do anything productive.

Helps that I'm an irregular sleeper anyways, so I just sleep when tired no matter time of day. Hurts me when I'm off and trying to be on a schedule of awake during the day and sleep at night. Usually end up taking a nap around 6p, and don't go to bed till 2-3a and then sleep till 9-10.
MACS Offline
#385 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 10:32 AM EST
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Yeah, Dan... that's the trade off. On the days you work, it's work and sleep.
tonygraz Offline
#386 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 11:04 AM EST
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Mornin' - It's National Croissant Day and National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. While most of you are starting your work week, Drafter is sitting at home eating croissants and popping bubble wrap. muttering about not getting a free phone from the Feds.
Bur Offline
#387 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 11:47 AM EST
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Pop, pop, hope no one sees me,
Getting freaky.
RMAN4443 Offline
#388 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 12:56 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Damn 5 day work weeks...


4 11 hr day work week here, but they do offer us OT on Fridays, so 4.5 days.....unless I decide it a PBJ and water diet d'oh!
RMAN4443 Offline
#389 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 1:00 PM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
I think my puppy-dog sleeps about 20 hours a day now.... she's getting old... Sad

My pup is the same,,,,,must sleep at least 18-20 hours a day...........but she's my little bitch, and she's the only one who really really understands me. Herfing
RMAN4443 Offline
#390 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 1:28 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Four 10's is a sweet schedule.

Only thing that sucks about that schedule is night shift... d'oh!


Yeah, I've been working nights, as a machinist pretty steady since 1983 or so. I really like it myself......all the management people go home when I get there. I go in, get my list of priorities and go to work......unless something goes wrong there is very little interaction between the day shift and the night shift.
We work four 10 or 11 hour days, and maybe 5 or 6 hrs on Friday, on Fridays we go in at noon and out by 5 or 6pm......Fridays can be tough!

There is that "no time to get things done problem", couple hours off between 4-6am, then bed, and then a couple hours when I get out of bed around 12-1:30pm. Beer Herfing then bed lol
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#391 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 6:02 PM EST
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Good evening, y'all. Back home after a short spell in the Caribbean.
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#392 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 6:17 PM EST
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SmokeMonkey wrote:
Good evening, y'all. Back home after a short spell in the Caribbean.


How long were you down there?

Where did you stay?

Good time?
tonygraz Offline
#393 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 6:55 PM EST
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What - no Cubans ?
danmdevries Offline
#394 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 7:06 PM EST
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Back to work. Final night, then my week off.

Shop called, wife's car done today. Gonna pickup tomorrow.
8trackdisco Offline
#395 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 7:33 PM EST
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3-4 inches of snow coming down.

Shovel exercise just before bedtime.
danmdevries Offline
#396 Posted: Mon, Jan 30 2017, 10:39 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
3-4 inches of snow coming down.

Shovel exercise just before bedtime.


We had one snowfall mid December and nothing since.

Of course it's the year I fixed the snowblower and snowmobile.
Ram27 Online
#397 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2017, 2:34 AM EST
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Welcome to Tuesday& morning all. ram27bat
danmdevries Offline
#398 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2017, 2:34 AM EST
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Morning Ram n dudes
SteveS Offline
#399 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2017, 3:47 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
We had one snowfall mid December and nothing since.


We had snow here in '74 or '75, I forget which ...
Ram27 Online
#400 Posted: Tue, Jan 31 2017, 5:02 AM EST
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Your up 8.RollEyes
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