DTR Breakroom (It's the new year with alot of flying stuff) 01.03.10-01.09.10
01-08-2010, 08:39 PM
#241
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Sorry to hear about your buddy Rick.
01-08-2010, 09:20 PM
#242
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Matt, if he hauls any down here let him know he needs to have the special endorsement from our DOT. You have to take an on-line test and have the certificate in hand before you enter the state. We had a rash of coil truck accidents that prompted the state to enact a whole new set of standards, interpret that as laws, regarding the way you WILL tie the coils to the trailer. The DOT will stop every out of state truck they see hauling coils just to verify they have the certificate. The fine is stupid high, I believe it's $1000 for the first offense.
evening everyone, snowed alot this morning. It was a white out for a while this morning. Been snowing off and on all day, now the wind picked up and the snow is drifting. Worked with my friend and his dad on the semi trailer today. Gonna go back out tomorrow and do some more work on the semi trailer.
01-08-2010, 10:48 PM
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It's been a busy week and I haven't shared. Some times I feel like all I have is bad news to share and I don't like burdening folks but I'll give you the nickle tour. Tuesday was difficult. A buddy from my PD days was killed in an accident early Tuesday. OJ was traveling on I59 on the SW side of Birmingham when another motorist crossed the interstate median and struck him head on, he died at the scene. All I'll say is the accident would be difficult, even for seasoned folks. Additionally, FIL called around 2100 that night because his cat just keeled over. He found him in the living room. Since my MIL passed a few years ago his cat "Mo" has been a great comfort to him. I've got to get back on the phone today and notify folks about the funeral arrangement for OJ. I help out with things like this so us "Old Folks" stay in the loop.
OK, put another pot on but I may be the only one jumping into it - - I think everyone else has frozen. Hey, we finally hit over 60 today - - absolutely crazee heading for lows of 31 and 32 for the next couple nights and high in the 40's - - this DOES NOT HAPPEN IN FLORIDA - - YOU HEAR ME JERK GORE - - DOES NOT HAPPEN. Oh well, good cuddling weather - - where is that blonde when you need her??? LOL
Evenin' All!
-10* headed down tonight. Supposedly to -25* no worries. That ain't too bad. Tonight started out slow but it's the week end so I'm sure to pick up the pace after too long. Too many idiots don't realize they should be cuddled up at home like 5ver......
01-09-2010, 07:22 AM
#244
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Morning all
0 degrees here this morning. Probably warmer than Rick tho!
Today is Saturday, January 9th.
On this day in 1848 - The first commercial bank was established in San Francisco, CA.
1861 - The state of Mississippi seceded from the United States.
1894 - The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation in Lexington, MA.
1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
1929 - The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, TN. The company's purpose was to train dogs to guide the blind.
1936 - The United States Army adopted the semi-automatic rifle.
1969 - The supersonic aeroplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol.
1972 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor.
1984 - Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's.
1986 - Kodak got out of the instant camera business after 10 years due to a loss in a court battle that claimed that Kodak copied Polaroid patents.
Stay warm!
0 degrees here this morning. Probably warmer than Rick tho!
Today is Saturday, January 9th.
On this day in 1848 - The first commercial bank was established in San Francisco, CA.
1861 - The state of Mississippi seceded from the United States.
1894 - The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company put the first battery-operated switchboard into operation in Lexington, MA.
1902 - New York State introduced a bill to outlaw flirting in public.
1929 - The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, TN. The company's purpose was to train dogs to guide the blind.
1936 - The United States Army adopted the semi-automatic rifle.
1969 - The supersonic aeroplane Concorde made its first trial flight, at Bristol.
1972 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor.
1984 - Clara Peller was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's.
1986 - Kodak got out of the instant camera business after 10 years due to a loss in a court battle that claimed that Kodak copied Polaroid patents.
Stay warm!
01-09-2010, 07:29 AM
#245
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Good morning gang,
Rick - - so sorry to hear about your friend. Life can be short. I can get so busy with my life and "things" I have to pinch myself to remember I don't live on this planet permanently, I am only visiting. Tough to loose someone close. I have sent up prayers for his family and you too. Reminds us to keep our eyes on the important stuff.
Don't know where our night crew was last night - - maybe all with frozen fingers and can't push that keyboard. I can't believe this weather here - - never seen it like this in all my years in Florida. Cold, Seattle drizzle, nasty - - and been this way for days - - truly Seattle weather. Still no relief in sight. Sure glad we are in a global warming trend.
OK, I put on coffee and ph00 and hot water and hot chocolate and fresh donuts on the counter hidden under a box so the dragon doesn't spot them. Come and get them and I am gone for a great family reunion day for the outlaws. Wife's siblings all here plus some cousins and who knows what all will pop in. Should be fun. You have a great day too.
Bob
Rick - - so sorry to hear about your friend. Life can be short. I can get so busy with my life and "things" I have to pinch myself to remember I don't live on this planet permanently, I am only visiting. Tough to loose someone close. I have sent up prayers for his family and you too. Reminds us to keep our eyes on the important stuff.
Don't know where our night crew was last night - - maybe all with frozen fingers and can't push that keyboard. I can't believe this weather here - - never seen it like this in all my years in Florida. Cold, Seattle drizzle, nasty - - and been this way for days - - truly Seattle weather. Still no relief in sight. Sure glad we are in a global warming trend.
OK, I put on coffee and ph00 and hot water and hot chocolate and fresh donuts on the counter hidden under a box so the dragon doesn't spot them. Come and get them and I am gone for a great family reunion day for the outlaws. Wife's siblings all here plus some cousins and who knows what all will pop in. Should be fun. You have a great day too.
Bob
01-09-2010, 07:34 AM
#246
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Hey Scott, you snuck in ahead of me there. Good morning - - glad to see someone is up and about. Thanks for the history lesson. Reading about Kodak made me think about the whole camera history - - wow have things changed. Kodak was slow making the transition to digital and it hurt them bad. They have a cool new camera out - - finally. Forgot to look on the bottom to see where it is made.
Hey, have a fun day - - go play in your woodpile - - if you can find it under the snow. Not a whole lot better down here - - high only 49 today - - DUH - - hey weather man, this is Florida - - ya know, tropical, warm, sun, breezes, pretty beaches, pretty girls on the beaches, big nasty muscled freaks on the beaches chasing those pretty girls, dolphins rolling in the surf. GGGRRRRR
Bob
Hey, have a fun day - - go play in your woodpile - - if you can find it under the snow. Not a whole lot better down here - - high only 49 today - - DUH - - hey weather man, this is Florida - - ya know, tropical, warm, sun, breezes, pretty beaches, pretty girls on the beaches, big nasty muscled freaks on the beaches chasing those pretty girls, dolphins rolling in the surf. GGGRRRRR
Bob
01-09-2010, 07:51 AM
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I thought someone might find that interesting! I got a cool new camera for Christmas this year; a Canon digital SLR. FINALLY! I used to do a lot of photography, so maybe I'll get back into it a little more now.
01-09-2010, 08:13 AM
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Mornin' All!
Gettin' Close to shift change here after a fairly busy night.......
-5* but it was supposed to hit -25* not too bad.
Hey Chaikwa, T-rad said you'd build me a saw shed for my snowmachine..... thanks a bunch!
Gettin' Close to shift change here after a fairly busy night.......
-5* but it was supposed to hit -25* not too bad.
Hey Chaikwa, T-rad said you'd build me a saw shed for my snowmachine..... thanks a bunch!
01-09-2010, 08:23 AM
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01-09-2010, 10:11 AM
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Above or below? We could get either.
01-09-2010, 11:21 AM
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^^^^heheh, good point. just remember to tell him to make it actually FIT the snowmobile! saw shed is beautiful, board and batten, even decorated with an old saw...... and about maybe three feet deep?
beautiful here, 9 degrees and sun.had to focus on home stead as son played a game with us, helped us with a mind bender of a puzzle; and made his own supper then went to work. ignored two large pizzas. girls do make some fellas respectable...tee hee
jeep runs like a ...jeep. starts on a thought. just the way I like it, have to get an exhaust on it then inspection. dad and son put on a different top. tuned my STIHL chainsaw by ear (not much practice with that) and love how it runs. I guess I will know I did it right when the cylinders don't blow...
Rick, so sorry for the turmoils in your path. prayers and comfort to you and all affected....
beautiful here, 9 degrees and sun.had to focus on home stead as son played a game with us, helped us with a mind bender of a puzzle; and made his own supper then went to work. ignored two large pizzas. girls do make some fellas respectable...tee hee
jeep runs like a ...jeep. starts on a thought. just the way I like it, have to get an exhaust on it then inspection. dad and son put on a different top. tuned my STIHL chainsaw by ear (not much practice with that) and love how it runs. I guess I will know I did it right when the cylinders don't blow...
Rick, so sorry for the turmoils in your path. prayers and comfort to you and all affected....
01-09-2010, 11:32 AM
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GOT TO GET ME A STORMY CROMER > ears got to feelling like cardboard -
fingers & toes got a little chilly -but then i didnt put my warmest boots on -rest stayed warm -had carhart bibs on -vest- carhart coat and kept moving -couldnt help it -cars & trucks lining up .
it always amazes me - we are in a verry small cumunity (750 + people in village) and between plastic - cardboard - paper-glass-tin - we come close to filling a semi trailor once a month )
now i`m not a tree huger but its nice to keep this out of the dumps -
CLAUDE
JUST TALKED TO SON IN LIMA,OHIO > THEIR TEMP THERE IS SAME AS HERE
fingers & toes got a little chilly -but then i didnt put my warmest boots on -rest stayed warm -had carhart bibs on -vest- carhart coat and kept moving -couldnt help it -cars & trucks lining up .
it always amazes me - we are in a verry small cumunity (750 + people in village) and between plastic - cardboard - paper-glass-tin - we come close to filling a semi trailor once a month )
now i`m not a tree huger but its nice to keep this out of the dumps -
CLAUDEJUST TALKED TO SON IN LIMA,OHIO > THEIR TEMP THERE IS SAME AS HERE
01-09-2010, 01:57 PM
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Stormy Kroegers pick the person. Don looks very good in his. retirement option of becoming a SK model. I would think chaikwa is a deranged, homeless man in one......
Claude, you could go either the rich man business man 50s hat like ward cleaver, or grow long hair and look like ***** nelson, (just don't act like the creep)..
besides- it appears that chiakwa wants a felt pink hat. or my monitor color is off..
sunny but COLD out! moisture in the wind will kill ya....down to 21 percent hydration in about an hour outside, ironicly, feeding the birds.....
hoping good things for Blake, Scotty(top'stwin) fiver and ofc marc- whew- just finished a workout for tree cutting season, start swinmming the 15th...
wow, you GO guys! I'll ...pant...just....stay....pant here...
Claude, you could go either the rich man business man 50s hat like ward cleaver, or grow long hair and look like ***** nelson, (just don't act like the creep)..
besides- it appears that chiakwa wants a felt pink hat. or my monitor color is off..
sunny but COLD out! moisture in the wind will kill ya....down to 21 percent hydration in about an hour outside, ironicly, feeding the birds.....
hoping good things for Blake, Scotty(top'stwin) fiver and ofc marc- whew- just finished a workout for tree cutting season, start swinmming the 15th...
wow, you GO guys! I'll ...pant...just....stay....pant here...