So...How was YOUR day, honey?

[fowler]

Glad we don't have deal with ice

People can't even merge at speed in summer
Add rain into it and **** hits the fan

But I dout u guys have to worry about trucks sinking into the bitumim road when it gets hot and melts

 

[machinist@large]

And you think you've got problems.....

Glad we don't have deal with ice

People can't even merge at speed in summer
Add rain into it and **** hits the fan

But I dout u guys have to worry about trucks sinking into the bitumim road when it gets hot and melts

No, we have to worry about the killer pot holes that those trucks cause when the spring thaw/ freeze/ thaw/ freeze/ thaw cycles start. I watched a loaded steel truck peel ~ a 2m square chunk of the topmost layer of asphalt off a city street while making a really hard RH turn into their customers lot because water had gotten into the joints and froze. The top layer was frozen, the next layer wasn't, and the water that had penetrated between them made a pretty good lubricant. The chunk just popped up over the edge of the curbway, and slid across the parking lot pretty as you pleased.

A lot of the local newspapers usually run a "Find the biggest pot hole!!!" contest each spring; the biggest one I remember seeing in print was a hole big enough and deep enough that a full size police cruiser had fallen into it, and couldn't get out without a wrecker.......

 

[landuse]

A lot of the local newspapers usually run a "Find the biggest pot hole!!!" contest each spring; the biggest one I remember seeing in print was a hole big enough and deep enough that a full size police cruiser had fallen into it, and couldn't get out without a wrecker.......

These are our potholes...

 

[OzFab]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!! WHAT A ED UP OF A ING DAY i'VE JUST HAD!!!

First I was running around half asleep all morning (I don't do mornings...) Then I get home & some pinhead is parking across the road from my driveway in a NO STOPPING ZONE! (there's even a sign) When I point out the error, the driver comes back with "I'll only be a few minutes"
Me: "Last time I checked, 'a few minutes' was longer than NOT AT ALL!"
Him "Are you gonna give me a ticket?"
Me: "No but, the cops will"
Him: "Call them then." So, I did...

Unfortunately, as predicted, they didn't show up.

When the clown returned to his car, I happened to be out the front of my house so, he starts mouthing off at me: "get a job, mind your own business..."
Me: "I have a job that takes up more time & is a lot more important than yours & it is my business because you're opposite my driveway. Hang on & I'll show you what happens when I reverse out of my driveway" & headed off to get my keys.

By the time I got back out, he was doing a 3 point turn 20 yards from an intersection (not only illegal but just plain stupid). He stopped & yelled something else out the window...

Long story short, this went on for about 15 minutes, mostly him throwing inane, false insults at me but the thing that really got up my nose was that this idiot broke the law A FEW TIMES but I'M in the wrong for doing my civic duty & pointing it out?

As soon as that was over I then had to take my mother to a doctors appointment. Had a dream run there, then spent 10 minutes with the doc after waiting 4 HOURS! After what had just happened, that didn't make it any better. I tried to occupy myself by playing games on my phone UNTIL IT DIED!

On the way home, I said to Mum, "I don't feel like cooking so I'll buy dinner". She responds with "I don't have any money on me so, I'lll just have scrambled eggs"

Umm, which part is confusing you, the "I'LL BUY DINNER" part or the "I DON'T FEEL LIKE COOKING" part? Now i'm sure she will annoy me every 20 minutes or so for some trivial BS or another...

Most days are just ok, some days are better & then, there's days like today when I wish I'd stayed in bed

 

[landuse]

Dang!! That does sound bad. I just hate it when you have made an appointment with a doctor for a certain time, and then they make you wait forever. Everyone else can keep to their appointment times, so why can't doctors?

 

[Poboy kartman]

Dang!! That does sound bad. I just hate it when you have made an appointment with a doctor for a certain time, and then they make you wait forever. Everyone else can keep to their appointment times, so why can't doctors?

Ain't it the truth! !!!!!!! You have a 9:00 appointment. Conscientious person you are, you show up 10 minutes earlier. Every once in a while you'll get a complimentary- " the doctor is running a little late".......which means you're going to be there 3 hours.

But usually it's the same lie...."the doctor will be right with you. ..."

But first of course- a clipboard and a pen....."Fill out both sides and sign at the bottom. Never mind that you have filled out this same form 20 times before and nothings changed. ......But that isn't too upsetting, because it gives you something to kill the time with. Then you see the sign- "Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices." CRAP!......I can't even kill time that way?

So you saunter over to the magazine table and besides the 10 copies of "Doctors Monthly" from 1990 when this guy made the top 1000 doctors list in Nothereanymore Hickville, there are some medical mags that are supposed to impress you. Other than that there are a bunch of old crappy magazines-none of which you have any interest in. Out of the corner of your eye, you see the kiddie corner and you wonder if maybe your time and intellect wouldn't be better served there.

But, you find a magazine that mabye has something in it.....You've already been there 25 minutes when you find an article that interests you. 5 minutes later, you are really into this article -WHEN- they call your name......

So- You put down the mag and follow the doctor's niece (dressed up like a nurse to the interrogation room. Here they weigh you, take your pulse, blood pressure, and then ask you what you are there for. Are you allergic to any medications? What medications are you on?

Now when you came in- they asked you what you were there for. The paperwork you filled out asked you what meds you took, if you were allergic, and not only 20 health questions about you but a half dozen about all your relatives. "Any history of mental illness in your family? " No- but I think I feel some coming on!

So now they put you in "Exam room B". You think oh not more questions. ..... ( couldn't help myself).....

So now you're sitting in a room with nothing but pamphlets about various maladies that don't affect you and posters of smokers lungs and a female body that only Superman can see and the rest of us never should. ...

Finally- over an hour after your appointment in walks Marcus Wannabe M.D.

 

[OzFab]

This particular doctor is an opthalmologist (eye specialist) & advises his patients to allow 3 hours for the visit as they first have to do the preliminary tests, then they do eye scans, all before you see the doctor (which still doesn't explain why it takes 3 hours).

All his appointments are booked at 15 minute intervals & the last appointment time on any day is 3pm. The quickest we've ever been in & out was just under 2 hours...

 

[itsid]

This particular doctor is an opthalmologist (eye specialist) & advises his patients to allow 3 hours for the visit as they first have to do the preliminary tests, then they do eye scans, all before you see the doctor (which still doesn't explain why it takes 3 hours).

All his appointments are booked at 15 minute intervals & the last appointment time on any day is 3pm. The quickest we've ever been in & out was just under 2 hours...

search for another.

My ophthalmologist for example; if you have an appointment at 9:00 your in at 9:00 not at 9:05, and most of the times you're out at 9:20.
If you're late, you 'donated' your appointment to one of the older ladies that tend to sit in doctors offices all week, and you're in at 9:20...

I had to look around to find doctors like that, but except for my orthopaedist, ALL my docotrs do it that way now.

'sid

 

[OzFab]

search for another.

Yeah, that's not gonna happen...

My mother has been seeing him for about 6 years & he's one of the best...

 

[machinist@large]

These are our potholes...

Paul, I really hate to burst your bubble, would never be classified as a pothole, because of a scientifically known fact; potholes form from the surface down, and almost always are wider at the top than the bottom. The only side of the hole that has a near vertical edge is the side where traffic is trying to escape. The shock wave of the water being propelled by traffic hammers the back wall, with the loose aggregate liberated tending to settle under the inbound lip of the hole.

Now, getting back to the photo at hand, there is a phenomena that can account for the poor giraffe's plight. It's called a sink hole. However, these have observable rules as well.

A sinkhole is usually larger in diameter at the base than at the surface. While that could account for the top of the hole being almost pristine, there's still the fact that the overall size of the hole in the pavement is still to small to let the poor critter's body wind up where you seem to think it is.

And no, even us farm raised redneck's from Michigan know that the fashion statement antlers on a giraffe have as much chance at boring a hole under a road as you have of comfortably chewing on two norway rat's and a large concrete block, while singing a bawdy bar tune, all at the same time.

devil2: Good luck getting that visual out of your head..... )

 

[machinist@large]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!! WHAT A ED UP OF A ING DAY i'VE JUST HAD!!!

First I was running around half asleep all morning (I don't do mornings...) Then I get home & some pinhead is parking across the road from my driveway in a NO STOPPING ZONE! (there's even a sign) When I point out the error, the driver comes back with "I'll only be a few minutes"
Me: "Last time I checked, 'a few minutes' was longer than NOT AT ALL!"
Him "Are you gonna give me a ticket?"
Me: "No but, the cops will"
Him: "Call them then." So, I did...

Unfortunately, as predicted, they didn't show up.

When the clown returned to his car, I happened to be out the front of my house so, he starts mouthing off at me: "get a job, mind your own business..."
Me: "I have a job that takes up more time & is a lot more important than yours & it is my business because you're opposite my driveway. Hang on & I'll show you what happens when I reverse out of my driveway" & headed off to get my keys.

By the time I got back out, he was doing a 3 point turn 20 yards from an intersection (not only illegal but just plain stupid). He stopped & yelled something else out the window...

Long story short, this went on for about 15 minutes, mostly him throwing inane, false insults at me but the thing that really got up my nose was that this idiot broke the law A FEW TIMES but I'M in the wrong for doing my civic duty & pointing it out?

As soon as that was over I then had to take my mother to a doctors appointment. Had a dream run there, then spent 10 minutes with the doc after waiting 4 HOURS! After what had just happened, that didn't make it any better. I tried to occupy myself by playing games on my phone UNTIL IT DIED!

On the way home, I said to Mum, "I don't feel like cooking so I'll buy dinner". She responds with "I don't have any money on me so, I'lll just have scrambled eggs"

Umm, which part is confusing you, the "I'LL BUY DINNER" part or the "I DON'T FEEL LIKE COOKING" part? Now i'm sure she will annoy me every 20 minutes or so for some trivial BS or another...

Most days are just ok, some days are better & then, there's days like today when I wish I'd stayed in bed

Tony, I think we can all feel for you there; I know I do. And I know I can, from having been somewhere similar to where your mother most likely was as well.

I'm guessing that your mother was having a bad day (when you're sick, and / or disabled, it's kind of hard to have an awesome day). She was trying to cope (just as I've had to) by focusing on some form of comfort food. I personally think that's why you got the response that you did......

 

[landuse]

Paul, I really hate to burst your bubble, would never be classified as a pothole, because of a scientifically known fact; potholes form from the surface down, and almost always are wider at the top than the bottom. The only side of the hole that has a near vertical edge is the side where traffic is trying to escape. The shock wave of the water being propelled by traffic hammers the back wall, with the loose aggregate liberated tending to settle under the inbound lip of the hole.

Now, getting back to the photo at hand, there is a phenomena that can account for the poor giraffe's plight. It's called a sink hole. However, these have observable rules as well.

A sinkhole is usually larger in diameter at the base than at the surface. While that could account for the top of the hole being almost pristine, there's still the fact that the overall size of the hole in the pavement is still to small to let the poor critter's body wind up where you seem to think it is.

And no, even us farm raised redneck's from Michigan know that the fashion statement antlers on a giraffe have as much chance at boring a hole under a road as you have of comfortably chewing on two norway rat's and a large concrete block, while singing a bawdy bar tune, all at the same time.

devil2: Good luck getting that visual out of your head..... )

What happened in this photo (and what is making you think it is impossible) is that Jerry (the giraffe) climbed into a pothole that is out of the view of the camera, and walked under the road in a tunnel and stuck his head out of the hole you are seeing in the pic.

The potholes get so bad here that they start forming tunnels under the road, and THAT is why the pic looks photoshopped, not because of the physics behing pothole and sinkhole formation

 

[OzFab]

Tony, I think we can all feel for you there; I know I do. And I know I can, from having been somewhere similar to where your mother most likely was as well.

I'm guessing that your mother was having a bad day (when you're sick, and / or disabled, it's kind of hard to have an awesome day). She was trying to cope (just as I've had to) by focusing on some form of comfort food. I personally think that's why you got the response that you did......

You're probably right, Pat but, at the time, it didn't make the situation any better...

 

[carter]

^sometimes even the most simple things can exacerbate an already bad situation, even if it's something as simple as someone asking you to go grab the mail or something.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Well I felt like rambling and venting so I thought I'd post up here. (After all that's why I started this thread).

My little baby corn snake died a couple of days ago. I know where to get another one just like her- but I am still a little bummed. Anyway, RIP Karen. (I named her that after Karen Carpenter- because she wouldn't eat and now share the same fate.

 

[zbuck]

Thanks. When I called to check up on him at 4pm yesterday, he was passed out, so I won't know until I call in a few minutes how he's doing. Then I'm going to go visit him.

Last time the vet said he would have to have a special diet, but when I asked him about it, he asked me what I was feeding him. I told him and he said "That's good enough for now. " This was in April and now I know he'll need a change. I thought about doing it anyway- but I don't have any spare money. Now I wish I had- because it would have been cheaper than this and might have saved him some misery.

On the upside- I have my pontoon boat ready to put back together. I also have the 5 hp Tecumseh ready to put back on the kart.I need help for both because I can't put the two halves of the boat together or take the kart off the stands by myself and I don't want to add weight to the kart beforehand.

My late tom cat had the same problem when he was about 4yrs old. 400 plus $'s later and a special cat food, no phosphate in the food. He lived to be 20yrs old. Just follow the Vets orders and Sammy will be fine.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Thanks. I have him on Purina Pro Plan urinary tract health right now. My sister had a cat with the same problem that lived to be 14. They found a food they fed him at the grocery store. She said it just didn't have something in it but couldn't remember what it was. Thanks to you I now know what to shop for.

I got out better than you with Sammy, both stints at the vets together were under $300. I think that guy is in his 80's and it's going to be a sad day when he goes- and not just because I'll lose a cheap vet, but he's a great human being.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Well I figured this was coming. ......

I just got a call from Wal-Mart's insurance adjuster and there's nothing they can do.

That's what they think. ....Quick backstory- I was getting ready to go out of town and had Wal-Mart change my oil. I didn't have any oil pressure on the guage. I didn't have time to jack with them ( 2 hours to get out of town) so I fixed myself- (broken wire). Long story short- a month ago I had a brain fart and let them change my oil. The oil pressure guage worked so I didn't give it much thought- until my meter pegged out on high. Found the wire twisted together ( in a previously unbroken spot since I fixed it) that had grounded out on the frame. I told them that if I replaced the wire, and everything was OK-we would just call it good.

Well- it knocked out my sending unit-$60. Since they aren't even willing to pay for that- it's now $1000. I'm a simple man- and I can be the nicest person you ever met-( which I prefer ), but I can also go the other way.

So for starters, I'll be doing a lot more shopping at Wal-Mart and a lot less paying.......

 

[machinist@large]

Well, Doug, I have to wish you luck with that. My family has already played that game, and gave up; it was cheaper to replace the tractor than it would have been to try to fight it out with "them". The "replacement" tractor was a major step up, though, so I refuse to claim they cost us that much. Even with transmission issues, we got a little over $10,000 for it, which means we only had to finance $27,000; for a ten year old, 4WD tractor in the 100 PTO HP range, that was a good catch.

Had some teething problems that were seriously annoying; the actual problem was pretty minor/ major & major; major because the hydraulic leak made us not use it if we didn't have to; major because when the THIRD JD dealer to look at it had us get in their face because it couldn't pass a PTO dyno run, which meant we were going to start legal action if they tried to bill us for repairs not performed; minor, when they actually got off their and actually tried trouble shooting it.

It ended up being a parts only bill for that final tear down; they had removed and replaced the exact same cracked hydraulic line the first two times they opened it up (and had billed us for it). JD list price was like ~$30. Since they actually were willing to admit they screwed up, we still do business with them; Dad got an awesome price break when he decided to buy a Gator...

 

[machinist@large]

Sorry, got side tracked...

Ahhh, what a day. I got a little side tracked responding to Doug's post; this one is to answer how my day went today....

The shop I'm working in, I'm not a full production worker; I've got more than enough one piece, two piece experience that they've loosely placed me in the one pc, two pc, WTF? corner of the building....

Step one; get the HAAS VF8 (currently our dedicated tooling machine) loaded; ~ 1/2 hour of set up, 2 to 4 hours of unattended run time; we've got several new lines getting ready to launch. Any other machine in my area takes that long to just set up for regular work, so keeping the "8" running is first on the list.

Step two; get Awea #2 loaded; this is currently the only one of the pair that I'm running, because #1 is running a dedicated production run. OK, I'm setting up the second side of a tooling blank, which will then go to another machine, and then to the final customer (casting pattern for a frenimy).

Indicate the side of the billet; left- right, measure the difference, tap around with large hammer; L~R, L~R, L~R, L~ BANG!

Twenty+ year old machine barfs a way cover box; these are telescoping. Guess what happens when you come back from the other direction?

Photo's 1&2 show the outside damage; pushed the entire end of the enclosure out about an inch and a half. Photo 3 shows some of the crud that let the first moveable section just slide over the end of the fixed section; at least another section decided to jam up, causing me to run over the end.

About two hours later, maintenance has literately sledge hammered the tin work back into loose alignment (8,000 lb cap. forklift as the hammer; and no, they were NOT cave manning it.) Personally, I couldn't have fixed that in that short of time span, as well as they did, and there are projects that I really would like to forget that they made look easy....

Photo 4 is the penance I paid for the way cover on Awea #2; one of my coworkers on another shift had a brand new drill break on it's first hole... Why it broke? IT'S A CASTING!!!!(my italics).

Castings being a witches brew means that you always have to be on your toes; the flip side is, how do we get the drill out?

Photo #4 was after the 1 1/2 to2 hours it took me to carbide the broken drill out. (Carbide out a drill= using a solid carbide end mill to slowly chew away at a broken tool...)

"Hey!! How long is it going to take to get that drill out!?!? If you can't get it out, we're going to have $40,000 worth of scrap on our hands!!!!".

So, has anyone else had their coworkers read them the riot act, and then claim "NO PRESSURE!!!". ?