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Category Archives: Work
Satellite Internet Services
Here’s an interesting factoid. Our company currently has bandwidth problems and so I called HughesNet to see if they could do better than their competition (Wild Blue). So, talking to HughesNet salesman, we discussed one of their faster business plans, … Continue reading
A Tale of Incompetent Thieves
You never know what a day will bring. This morning, when I arrived at work, the company service truck was astride the ditch, about 20 yards away from the driveway. The first thing that went through my mind was that … Continue reading
Vacation was Good!
Vacation was good, but now I’m back at work. For me, this was, in a way, an odd vacation. I almost simulated being retired for a week. We did make a few semi-local trips, but it was nice and relaxed; … Continue reading
The Job’s Not Finished until the Paperwork is Done!
I don’t usually blog about work, but: I just sent the last (I hope, I hope, I hope) document and transmittal on an order for a total of six pumps that began over two years ago. This last document was … Continue reading
My Day Job
I don’t blog much about work. Not because interesting things don’t happen there, but I would never want to cause my employer difficulty by anything I might inadvertently say. However, some of this last week holds lessons that deserve to … Continue reading
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Efficiency in Big Companies
Our company sold three pumps to a major engineering firm. We, in turn bought the pumps from the pump manufacturer. The pumps became ready to ship last Thursday. It took 40 different emails, going in all directions, cc’d multiple times … Continue reading
Rainy Days and Mondays…
100% Chance of Rain today. Rats. I put the new Corbin seat on my Suzuki DR650-SE and haven’t had the chance to ride it yet. I don’t mind riding in the rain if I get caught away from home, but … Continue reading
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The War Against Bahia Grass
Changed the blades on my mower this morning. I’ve got a Toro Titan Z5200 zero-turn mower, and it’s the neatest thing since sliced bread was invented. I now mow two acres in less than 1 1/2 hours, which used to … Continue reading
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Colder than…
Howdy everybody; It’s colder than a well-digger’s, uh, feet out there! I think I saw a cow with ear-muffs on the way to work this morning. It was 17.8 degrees at my house this morning at about 6:15 AM. No … Continue reading
Engineering Companies
I am in the position of quoting projects to customers of all sorts. Most of the time, this is a fairly benign process – the customer tells you what he wants, you do design work if necessary, and figure out … Continue reading
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Jump!
Howdy, Everybody; Well, our customer said Frog again, and we Jumped again! Got a call yesterday just before lunch that they wanted us on site to startup the pumps, again. So we called everybody to meet us there, same as … Continue reading
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Confusion on the Job
Howdy, Everybody; It was supposed to be a three-day weekend (Labor Day), but one of our major customers wanted to do a start-up on a pump system located a couple hundred miles from here, on Saturday. It worked out that … Continue reading
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Pump Laws
(These will probably be revised frequently.) Pump LawsGeneralWe only have one customer, and you’re it! (Snort!) Delivery EVERYBODY lies about delivery. Except US. WE just pass on the lies told to us by our suppliers. I’ve been here more than … Continue reading
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