rottieboy

[	Current Mood	|	chipper	]
[	Current Music	|	General Morning Stuffs	]

After a relaxing weekend of visiting friends and enjoying a bit of downtime working on home things the new week starts. Opening the doors and watching the guys and girls come in is always nice, good mornings are exchanged and questions about ones weekend invariably pass in conversation as people begin getting set out on their tasks for the day. Coffee was required this morning as with every morning but today i got an early start so  no need for the second trip offsite even tho its nice to take the time to travel off, i guess i can be a little more productive because of that. The beam of doom (wood arch) got an answer today via email this weekend......   appears that the reengineering will cost 1500 to 2000 for the engineer to  assess the fix that was proposed. replacement, still steep, but not as much as originally quoted, 5850. Roll with it i guess, thinking that the engineers costs are the better deal, now to get an independent to  run the stresses and such for it. My carpenter has learned an important lesson of listening to what i ask him to do, couldve avoided this if he had just listened and left this to when i was inhouse so i couldve watched the processes before anything got cut. I am angry at him for assuming he could proceed with it, i have told him as much, now we all wait because the job cant be finished until this is resolved. Beyond the delay, no billing can be done meaning a large sum of money is in limbo...  Erf...  Its things like this that make vacations worth it. 50 more days! I am counting down the days to RCFM. Still, its a good day, the sun is out, everyone is keeping busy, and in the big picture, all is well.  On a personal note, my personal project is all but finished, i have a different offroad truck now! The 4th of July trip will see me wandering the trails in style,, with air conditioning even! My poor old datsun will miss out on  running hills forevermore. The '69 datsun was neat, but creature comforts of a '94 won the battle. I like comfort i find.

  Enough of my  ranting *wags*

        Rottie

rottieboy

[	Current Mood	|	bouncy	]
[	Current Music	|	Ambient	]

Greetings all, another week has come and is about to expire, and i dont have to work tomorrow! This is a rare occurance, something almost alien to me *grins* i think iwill go junkyarding, a sinful passion of mine, go out and wander thru the yards, se what gems i can find to tuck away into my garage, things that  someday i might need  :)  Withthe safety committee all set up, now we implement the programs that OSHA wants us to keep on file, i am so happy that there is a secretary here, she took on the legwork of the program. I walk thru and see piles of paper and booklets strewn across her desk... gah,,, yes,, i am happy she decided she wanted to do it. Crane inspections every shift, forklift and tool inspections, i had no idea there was so much to meeting the requirements. Everyone in the shop seems content and happy knowing that they have a say in safety. I am really happy to see that everyone takes pride in their workplace. Life is good, and even when things go berzerk and seem to be a bit out of control, i wouldnt change what i have here. Oh, the miscut arch, no word yet, cant rush an engineer in his decisions, learned that  quite a while ago......   so still waiting, but have a good feeling, if it takes more than a day, they are seriously considering my proposed fix. I gave up stressing on it yesterday, what becomes of it happens, just roll and adapt.  Its time to go check on the second and third job in production now out on the floor. I wonder what my workers would think if they knew in my mind i am wagging my tail, enjoying a cool morning, thinking of what all needs to be done, and happy that i can have what i do.

   Everyone, enjoy your weekend!