Hey Mark,

Dirty Jobs is on and its an episode about your house.

Hes working at a cricket farm...



They said on average the have an estimated 30 million crickets in the grow houses at any given time....


Chirp Chirp

 

That's not funny, dude...

 

HA!!!! Who's laughin at who now!!!???

 

No, no, no. Not that one. The one you sent last year. Y'know, the one where you were bending over the... well, you know!

NO! Jeeez, you southerners can be dense! My point was; no one with any degree of self-respect would be caught within 2 miles of that movie unless they were IN IT!

Thanks! Looking forward to it!



I'm offta bed. Long day. Tomorrow's gonna be longer.

 

Least my dip stick is not broke...

 

Thats like a deafening amount of chirping!

Oh pipe down Mr Dipsticky




Ok, Im out see yall in the morn.

 

Yep... didn't figure that would take long...

 

It puts me in good standing with a boss that has alot power in my dept. And this boss likes the work I do and wants to use my locomotive skills while i'm in the dept. Doing this work actually goes into my file so when i bid on another job in the company the HR people will see the good remarks my boss has left me so far. Even though the company is union they base alot of the decisions on where an employee will work on how well they work and what they can do for the company.


Made kabobs tonight for dinner. Gonna hit the hay, see you all tomorrow!

 

Matt. Perhaps you need to show off your cooking skills at work while you're at it. Get some guy who can do labour work, repair heavy machines, and cook. You would be up for a really good job at a lot of places. Not too many people within that particular pool of talent.

On other fronts. Work is steady, life is chaotic, all is well. Weather is here, wish I was beautiful... and all that stuff. Dug into an electrical system fire on an excavator last week, went back this week to get the thing running as well as possible manually, while we wait for a new harness and controllers. Oh... yay... and stuff.

Good to see everyone performing in normal form.

Have fun people

 

Evenin. Nine hours left...

 

8.5hrs here...... but it is OT.

They are asking for volunteers to go out to Bethel, AK for 1 wk TDYs..... I put in for 1 of the availible weeks. 84 hours of OT + per diem, travel and lodging. That'll make for a nice paycheck if it happens.

 

Yeah, anytime we travel on orders we make decent money as long as you can be frugal.

At least the AC is working...

 

Pull the emergency release on the motor if its got one. Than lift the door. If it feels heavy the spring probably needs to be tightened but there must be some reason why that cable broke in the first place.

That’s good! Hope your temp is doing well also.

Normal??? Suppose you are right. Nice hearing from you pind.


Been there--done that. There is a reason why its called Bethell. Actually the jail wasn’t bad but I did not like the town at all (my apologies to any Bethhellions).


You need to get your mind out of the gutter. Three things when dealing with farm animals. 1: Never let them in the house to sleep with you unless you think its going to rain or if they are afraid of the dark. 2: Don’t let them eat dinner with you if you are having steak, lamb chops or bacon (chicken is ok). 3: Don’t dress them in lingerie or clothing of any kind unless you think they are cold. If you follow these guidelines your neighbors wont shun you. I learned the hard way.

Ok, standing in the rain paid off tonight. Note that it is an 18 inch ruler on the fish. Gonna have fish nutz tonight. Done right it is good eating.

 

I've been told that if God were to give the earth an enema, he'd stick it in Bethel....... If they send me at least I will be able to say I've seen it even if I never go back.....

Nice haul!

 

Thanks! Cant believe anybody is still awake. Yup, Bethel is an interesting place. No roads in or out of it but its the largest city in that area of Alaska. Years back I had a friend who died of heart failure going to Bethel from Akiachak on snowmachine. Got stuck and croaked trying to dig out. Anyway. Bethels main problem is alcohol. Supposedly over 90% of the crimes are due to it. Last year they finally legalized the sale of it and while the crime rate didn’t go down, it didn’t go up either but the price of booze went down so people have more money for food and stuff. Anyway, Go for it! Its interesting.
Oh, in the drunk tank I underestimated a 5’04” native who, it turns out, was a kickboxing champ. He made me see stars for a moment. Later, he would sing really good country music and apologized to me in the morning for trying to take my head off.