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01-27-2021, 01:32 PM | #2401 |
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Thank you so much! At first he put me on the defense, having to explain myself on why I was resigning and then arguing with me about it. It got to the point where I said "you're stressing me out, this is my notice." Ugh, onto bigger and better things!
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01-27-2021, 02:07 PM | #2402 |
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Today's (and tomorrow's) first World problem:
It's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock!
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01-27-2021, 02:08 PM | #2403 | |
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01-27-2021, 02:10 PM | #2404 |
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It wasn't until I became a trainer that I realized how sadistic I truly am. Although I am the most kind-hearted asshole a person will meet, I love seeing people's reactions when I have to take them 80' up, extend the secondary and rotate the turntable. I did have a guy once drop to his knees, in the basket, and was somewhat crying. I laugh about it now, but I was genuinely concerned about him. "You ain't got to go this high man! I'm scared man! I'm super f*cking scared!" I felt really bad about the ordeal, but it's part of training. If you're scared of heights, any job requiring an 80' boom is not for you. The sway/swing, once you stop fully extended, still gets me at times.
What cracks me up about the training is, generally I'm training manly men. I'm 44 and about 140 pounds, bald head and glasses. I look like a total dork. Seeing these big manly men, who aren't scared of anything, lock at the knees at 30' and try to hide it is hilarious. At 50', you find out real quick who has balls/nerves of steel and who is full of shit. The only person to ever act like being that high was no problem was a 20 year old girl who weighed less 100 pounds. She had on a small body harness and we still had to cinch it down on her. The attached photos were my first time in a boom. Obviously I learned by diving head first. This cured my fear of heights quickly. This was a 1500AJP, if I recall correctly they extend over 150', this was a little over halfway. |
01-27-2021, 02:16 PM | #2405 |
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Jesus man! That's crazy! If you're running it 24 hours, I imagine fuel consumption is outrageous, pending on CFM of course. Regardless, I'm guessing you have a 500 gallon tank or your fuel supplier is making daily deliveries.
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01-27-2021, 02:30 PM | #2406 | |
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01-27-2021, 03:24 PM | #2407 |
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That's pretty significant.
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01-27-2021, 03:37 PM | #2408 |
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PM already sent. I couldn't resist. Still waiting for your corporate....
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01-27-2021, 03:44 PM | #2409 |
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Completely random but trying to fit the freaking Christmas tree lights back in the box they came out of. I have to smash them all in and the lid barely closes. I don't know why they can't make the boxes bigger.
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01-27-2021, 05:21 PM | #2410 |
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When I want to see what the weather is upstate in the sticks where we go, I type the zip into Weather Underground, and I get eight listings for West Singapore on top of my US of A town!
Wat up wit dat?? Murf |
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01-28-2021, 12:55 PM | #2413 |
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I leave mine on the arbor vitae all year round and just plug it in during Christmas. It's part of the tree now.
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01-28-2021, 01:00 PM | #2414 |
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Another thing that bothers me is scrolling way the hell down to the bottom of a drop down menu just to pick United States as my default.
I get alphabetical sorting but seriously, shouldn't it be listed in order of which country the product sold the most? |
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01-28-2021, 02:05 PM | #2416 |
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I seriously think that sites do that because they are owned (or were built) by foreign people, who are jealous of the USA and intentionally put our country at the bottom of their list as a sign of disrespect.....
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