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[vato loco]

Chris, I thought you were a groundskeeper, not a roofkeeper. Is this because of budget cuts? I hope your coworker makes it okay.

Terry, The Cheap a$ county I work for regardless of cut backs or not send people to jobs that we haven't got a clue to what we're doing to save a buck Yes, people the Government can save money when it wants! But in the end someone gets hurt...... I know Nothing about roofing, but they will send me to help Larry finish the job anyways! But the Tax payers get their moneys worth The only Positive about it I learn how to do other jobs first hand! I can put up mean looking Chainlink Fences!..............................................................................

I might wrap myself in bubble wrap to use extra protection!

 

[UP2CSX]

Be careful, Chris, especially if you're not feeling well. Although a fall from 9 feet doen't sound like much, the kind of injuries your co-worker has are pretty typical for that distance. 22% of all fatal falls are from 10 feet or less. A fall from 25 feet is almost uniformly fatal. Really, if you feel at all uneasy about this, don't get up there. It's your right to refuse to do an unsafe task and it doesn't sound like they are following OSHA regulations in regards to tie-offs and other fall prevention measures.

Your friend will be well taken care of by Worker's Comp. If I was him, I'd be talking to a personal injury attorney as well. Even a local agency has to follow OSHA rules and provide proper training for hazardous tasks. Just telling you to go up on a roof and fix it is not proper training.

 

[Cjcrescent]

Sorry to hear 'bout your friend Chris. I wouldn't want to climb up there either. I get dizzy changing my outside lightbulbs!

Sore tonight, due to an immuno treatment, and its keeping me awake. Although I did a little work downstairs Tuesday. I don't feel that I can even go down the stairs right now.

Well, there's nothing on TV worth watching, even with all the channels from the cable co. So I think I'll try to call it a night, and see what develops.

CU

 

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

12-18-2008

Good Morning from Tipton IN !

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Good morning.

It's 56, foggy and very wet here by the lake. The high should be in the low 70's and it will be mostly cloudy.

I didn't much of any one thing done yesterday. I got caught up on some wiring work and did a bit of work on some scenery. When the weather and my health allows I'll cut up a furnace filter to make some hedgerows to hide the gap between the liftout (park) portion of the layout and the area around it. I have some green lichen there now but that's just a stop-gap measure until I can make something more permanent. The problem with lichen is that it tends to get hard and brittle and must be replaced more often than I would like to. The furnace filter cuttings will be painted a base green color (probably Kelly green) and will be treated to a heavy application of green blended turf and some clump foliage. Once this is set in place and secured I shouldn't have to replace it for at least a couple of years.

Today's Weather for:
Sundown, LA 71446-6114 12/18/2008

Wind Chill: 57°F
Humidity: 100%
Dew Point: 57°F

So Far Today
High: 57°F
Low: 53°F
Rain: 0.01"
Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Gust: 5mph SSE

Important Message

Dense fog advisory in effect until 10 AM cst this morning.

Today High: 72 Cloudy. Widespread dense fog with visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning...then areas of fog in the afternoon. Warmer. Highs in the lower 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight Low: 62 Mostly cloudy. Patchy dense fog with visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the late evening and overnight. Lows in the lower 60s. South winds around 5 mph.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n3/proudIndian/P1010585.jpg

 

[tompm]

It was 31 F as headed out his morning. High today will be 45 F. Not sure what tomorrow will bring. I have heard everything from rain to 6 inches of snow. You have to love modern weather forecasting. The radio traffic reports were full of accidents and icy roads. For once I did not encounter any.

No modeling last night. We had our Cub Scout Holiday Party and Pack Meeting.

I hope everybody has a good day.

 

[pcarrell]

Morning all!

Time to grab that first cup and hit it for today!

It's been a long week so far! Lots of problems in the phone world!

Well, New England got hit pretty hard last week with the ice, and now it looks like it's the Midwest's turn. We're supposed to get anywhere from 1/4" to up to 3/4" of ice here in Indiana tonight. I hear that Illinois might be getting it worse. We have a winter storm warning in effect from 7pm till 9am that should bring some nasty stuff, but they say tomorrow should be around 40 degrees, so maybe it won't be too bad? Oh well, should make for a fun evening tonight at the phone company!

I got a call yesterday from the local motorcycle shop saying that a part I ordered was in. See, my bike has air adjustable shocks in the rear, but they take very little air to pump them up. A couple of pumps from a bicycle pump would take them from empty to maxed out, so a compressor is no good. Not only that, but pecause they hold so little air, that little pfft of air that you get when you take that filler hose off can radically change the pressure inside the shocks. Now remember, the two shocks on each side have to be the same pressure or the bike handles funny. Using an air pressure guage also allows air to escape, thereby changing the pressure. So what is one to do? I talked to a company that specializes in bike suspentions and they sell a pump that has a built in guage on it thats made for bike shocks. It's a "no loss" pump, meaning that there is no air pressure lost when you remove the hose, and since there's a guage built in, you're all set! They also make a kit to connect both shocks to one filler pointso that the shocks are automatically balanced from side to side, and I'll probably go snag that kit after Christmas. Thats like, more then you really wanted to know about motorcycles, huh? It's just my winter project, thats all. I'm trying to get it in tip top shape for next summer as it'll likely be my main transport for the season. I'm trying to get tires on it, fluids changed, brakes done, and so on before the spring.

So Chris......bubble wrap, huh? Shoot, if that was me I might be tempted to jump if I was in bubble wrap! It's the ultimate POP!

So anyways, it's the calm before the storm, literally, around here. Whats up with you?

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I don't remember rain being in the forecast this morning but guess what? It be raining here!

 

[Steve B]

Chris falls from above 8 feet have a very high mortality rate, once you exceed the 8ft mark things get progressively worse very very quickly, apart from the initial impact the secondary impact is just as bad, as your internal organs get slammed into the side of your body cavity's with enough force to tear them wide open.

Got my finishing date of 12th February and hopefully i will be in NZ learning my new job by the end of Feb, i am going back onto the spanners as a compressor engineer.

 

[PNKFLOYD]

Welcome to December 18th winter time in Alabama.
62 degrees F this morning with a high of 68 degrees is not too bad until you throw in 97% humidity.
We are going to have to turn on the air conditioning again!

Chris- I hope you survived the virus bug and the attempt to defy gravity like your co-worker. This has not been your finest year in you family medical history.
Y'all need to be healthy for the start of the New Year. The Holidays are such a drag when you are sick or recovering.
(Also cuts into the time you can run trains.)
We need to be thankful for our blessings, as things could be worse.

Jeffery, I think of you when I hear the the old adage, "I complained about my sore feet until I met a man with no feet." When I hear of your problems with your feet, I have no room to complain about sore, tired feet. Thanks for being an inspiration!
Mikey

 

[IronBeltKen]

Steve - I was wondering about that NZ situation, hope it works out as you've planned - it would be perfect timing!

Hi Mikey, where U been lately?

 

[RexHea]

Hi everyone!
I had my 6 month checkup today and it looks like I will make it for another six. Only my cholesterol is a little high, but the Doc increased my Zocor medicine from a minimum to an average size dose. Always glad to get these things behind me; you never know when something will sneak up on(in) you.

Steve: your timing couldn't be better for NZ. That's grand...just don't forget us on this forum.

CJ: Your post was at 4am and you were saying, "...call it a night."

Mikey: How you been doing? Hope you can make it back over here sometime soon in the new year. Hopefully, I will get a regular Op session going in Feb.

Chris: Most likely your friend had become complacent with his roof work and did an OOPS! That happens to us all, but if you have a fear or are uncomfortable with above the ground work, don't do the roof. As pointed out, you don't have to do anything that you feel will be unsafe and they can't touch you. I know this may go against the grain of "machismo" or perhaps the boss, but it is better than lying up in a hospital bed. Otherwise, just take it slow and cautiously even if you are used to heights. Speaking of roofs, I need to get the pine straw off both pf mine.

Eric: Found out why that turnout changed under your train last Saturday: I seems that the Dispatcher forgot to take the sequenced route off of automatic and it made the switch just as your engine crossed into the mainline. (I'm going to fire that ____)

 

[Steve B]

Hope it does work out, it's all coming together now,,, and about blooming time as well.
just went to the hospital to see the wifes nan after her fall and the car broke down en route,,, STUPID GM RUBBISH, it takes the p*** at times, it can go three months without the oil dropping then within a week it's all gone, and being the quality car it is the oil light does not come on to warn you, and it gives me cramp in my right leg, the thing is possessed by the devil.

 

[UP2CSX]

Afternoon, everyone.

Chris, I hope you've made it back from work OK.

CJ, those immunosupresent drugs can be really tough on the old body. I remember when my late wife was on all that stuff for her leukemia and just getting off the couch was hard.

Phillip, it does look like you've got a pretty good ice storm headed your way although the further south you are in Indiana, the less total ice accumulation you should get. Still, I know phone wires don't like ice so I imagine you'll be earning your money for the next couple of days. Those motorcycle shocks sound like an incredibly bad piece of engineering. It sounds like they made them so you'd have to buy that special pump, which I'm sure isn't cheap.

Jeffrey, no rain here but it sure looks like it should rain. Sounds like a good plan for the park once you're up to it.

Steve, sounds like a really nice workout for getting laid off. Just enough time to get packed up and head south. I hope it all works out for you. I know they have the internet down there so you'd better stay in touch here. :wink: I hope you got the car running again. It looks like GM is about to pay the price very soon for their poor quality since some form of bankruptcy appears inevitable.

Mikey, this heat and humidity are really strange for December. I don't like it. I get nervous when there's so much fuel here and so much cold air to the north. You're right about gratitude. I may feel crummy at times but it's nothing compared to what some of our friends here go through every day.

Rex, I got the radio today, thanks very much. Glad to hear that your checkup went well. I'm really lucky not have to be on blood pressure or cholesterol medication yet but that time is coming. I'm happy to see you owned up to your poor dispatching skills instead of blaming Eric, who was half asleep anyway.

I've spent most of this week trying to keep the kittens from destroying the Christmas tree. I've got one kind of under control after a lot water sprays but the other one can get in the tree in about thee seconds. I've used water sprays, water with some Chinese hot oil for kind of a kitty pepper spray, and an air horn, but nothing seems to discourage him. I think he's psychotic, or maybe he's possessed, like Steve's car. Just warm and humid here as we wait to see what all this cold air brings to us this weekend.

 

[PNKFLOYD]

We all know what a time waster that four letter word is... work!
I cannot seem to get caught up this week. One of my co-workers is out with a BUG. I am trying to get things set for a two week period of sleeping late and hugging on the mistress of my home.

Ken- I have only been able to lurk on the forum during lunch. I cannot feed my face and type at the same time. My face is only following orders from my stomach.

Jim- I have lost a couple people this last week who made life more pleasant for all who were fortuniate enough to know them. At this time of year, we need to count our blessings and I realize that but for the grace of God, I could be .....

Rex- Next time I come, I'm leaving on Friday to get there on Saturday! I thought the dispatcher did a pretty good job of "multi-tasking" last week. At one time, you had 5 questions at once.


CJ- Glad to see you are able to type once more! It means you must be getting better.... or meaner. LOL

Gotta go, the people who pay me want my attention.
Mikey

 

[pcarrell]

Phillip, it does look like you've got a pretty good ice storm headed your way although the further south you are in Indiana, the less total ice accumulation you should get. Still, I know phone wires don't like ice so I imagine you'll be earning your money for the next couple of days.

It should be interesting, huh? And I've already got a full schedule of tech time because everyone is wanting to get things done before the end of the year. If this gets nasty, some folks are just going to have to wait. I hate telling people that. Oh well, lets pray for a "amounts to nothing" storm.

Those motorcycle shocks sound like an incredibly bad piece of engineering. It sounds like they made them so you'd have to buy that special pump, which I'm sure isn't cheap.

It's kind of an ingenious design really. The shocks are really quite small (you can see then just in front of the saddle bags in this shot: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/Drifter/IMG_0468.jpg ), and yet they're vastly adjustable for load and riding style by twisting the tops of the shock towers to tighten or loosen rebound, and adjusting the air pressure a few pounds to adjust bound. By doing this I can control the rate at which the shocks compress when they hit a bump, how fast the wheel bouces back to the road surface after it compresses, and I can adjust the load my bike can carry from anywhere between 175# to just shy of 1000#. The shop I go to cut me a deal and sold me the pump for $43 brand new (normally about $54). I thought that was pretty decent.

 

[vato loco]

I ' M B a c k !

Hey I made it! Well my co-worker will be out for 6 months at least He got his face OP'ed on today and as for his wrist/arm........Only thing keeping his hand on was skin! He broke his wrist and destroyed his fore arm! His lower arm will require some rods, as for his hip it will be let to heal on it's own! He's going to have to be put in a nursing home to recoop!

This is all a result of thinking everyone else around you is stupid and not letting people do their jobs! Well to day we did it my way and got done in less that 45min. No one killed themselves and not one injury! I'm Happy that the labor supervisor humored me by letting us try it my way

I'm feeling a little better, but still have chest congestion and a bad coughI'll live.... As for my wife her doctor said she has Krowns and is going to get surgery on her upper intestine to fix some problems! this will happen some time next year. well got to go and get back to cooking dinner!

 

[RexHea]

Got the pups back from their six month checkup at the Vet. While there, they got their voices raised a few octaves . Ralph weighs in at 64 pounds and Archie at 59. That big enough Chris? I believe there is another six months of weight coming. LOL

Jim: that was fast mail service. Glad it got to you, ok. I have been blessed with good health with only slight high blood pressure and cholesterol and so far, everything works. If I would get more active in something, I could probably get rid of those problems. Our weather is the same as yours, dreary, damp, and warm at 70. At least we don't have to worry about forest fires, like last year.

Philip: 1000lbs.! Wow, that mean-machine will hold Carey and Mikey at the same time...barely.

 

[RexHea]

Darn Chris, he really did booger himself up. You fall in the wrong position, it doesn't take much height. Always hate to hear that about a worker.

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Jeffrey, no rain here but it sure looks like it should rain. Sounds like a good plan for the park once you're up to it.

It still looks threatening here and now we have fog. I've already made 6 of the hedges today. I just have to wait for them to dry real good before I start working with them. Here's a couple of pics of 2 of them.