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and sometimes I actually do like my job
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and sometimes I actually do like my job

and sometimes I actually do like my job

(OP)
It's a quarter to eleven at night, I have my fall protection harness and my hardhat, I'm about to get in the car and drive three hours, be back outside at 6 AM to witness a monumental erection and maybe climb up in it.

This is what it's about.  For me, anyway.

Hg

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I am sorry, HgTX, but I am too old to be witnessing anything that comes even close to a monumental erection that early in the morning.

Regards,

SNORGY.

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It's great to hear that you have a job you love, Hg.  The world should be so fortunate.  I feel pretty fortunate to have the one I've got.  Especially the all-too-infrequent occasions where I'm filling a hardhat and a fall protection harness.  

Be safe and don't drive tired.  It's funny how we take such painstaking efforts to be safe (hardhat, harness, etc.) and the most dangerous part of the job is still the part where we're behind the wheel.   

Engineering is not the science behind building.  It is the science behind not building.   

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SNORGY
Absolutely precious.
 

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Did we talk about communication skills in other thread? Even if you knew grammar?tongue  

Rafiq Bulsara
http://www.srengineersct.com

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lmao snorgy... I had thought to say something along the same lines.

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Classic Snorgy, just classic.

It needs to be posted in the ET Hall of Fame.  medal

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto:  KISS
Motivation:  Don't ask

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SNORGY's post was pretty much the thread killer here. Absolutely brilliant.

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I thought morning was the optimal time for such an achievement.

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After snorgy's comment, I am rereading the original post. Haven't met you HgTX, but if you are a woman... hmmm.

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I had the same thought as SNORGY also.
HgTX, maybe a little explanation? Maybe we could start a rumor thread about these situations.

Chris
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RE: and sometimes I actually do like my job

inuendo aside, I felt like HgTx back in my early years in the field of bridge construction.  

As a new graduate on the site of a major river bridge, I couldn't believe that I actually got paid to ride in crane lifted manbaskets set atop massive works hundreds of feet in the air to ensure the quality of construction, surveying, materials testing and the like.  

Since I was young, it was not uncommon to spend 16 hours on a major concrete placement and then come back in a few hours to start another work day.  I wouldn't have had it any other way.

I'm really excited for you HgTx.

 

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Will it last more than four hours?

RE: and sometimes I actually do like my job

So, the Viagra guys finally discovered the arts of subliminal advertising.

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(OP)
Not sure what it does for the innuendo if the interesting part was over in 3 hours but the thing's still up.

I decided not to go climbing; it would have been about 20 stories and I would just have been in the way.  Got some nice photos though.  Might climb it some other time.

I am a night person.  I am not a morning person.  The drive forward was fine.  The drive back involved frequent stops and a catnap in a parking lot.

Then I left an unopened can of caffeinated beverage in my car, and the next day it exploded all over my dash, as I discovered when I went to go to work this morning.  Gotta go clean that up now.

Hg

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Cleaning up the mess after a witnessing a monumental erection, pretty sure there's another joke in there somewhere.

It's almost as if you're feeding us lines HgTX.

Anyway, glad you're enjoying your work for oncewinky smile.

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Geez, Kenat...you could have gone all day without saying that!  Now I gotta roll on the floor AGAIN!
rofl

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"the interesting part was over in 3 hours but the thing's still up".

Those were the days my friend, I thought they'd never end...

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto:  KISS
Motivation:  Don't ask

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Viagra

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That has its ups and downs.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto:  KISS
Motivation:  Don't ask

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Quote:

Then I left an unopened can of caffeinated beverage in my car, and the next day it exploded all over my dash, as I discovered when I went to go to work this morning.  Gotta go clean that up now.

LOL. Did you happen to have a cigarette after this entire episode was over?
 

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Does _anybody_ have a straight response for HgTX?

...

Oh.  Sorry.
 

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

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Glad the erection went off without a hitch and you got your mess cleaned up, HgTX.

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What Hg describes is the true joy of being an engineer.  For me, if doesn't even have to be monumental.  I really enjoy seeing the small ones too.  

Projects that is.  Small projects.  Seeing the finished product.  It's priceless.   

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>>What Hg describes is the true joy of being an engineer.  For me, if doesn't even have to be monumental.  I really enjoy seeing the small ones too.  

Projects that is.  Small projects.  Seeing the finished product.  It's priceless. <<

Yes, a line of HVAC units, valves & piping bent & assembled to my drawings. Stepping in to lead a line on a new product release was better. Helped to balance out the stress & '$10 a minute' speeches from production about line downtime.

Used to design valve & piping packages, so I got to ask another engineer to 'check out my package' with a straight face. That was priceless too.  

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Alright, who is this masquerading as HgTX?  Can you stick around for awhile?

"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!"

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Gosh, it only took HgTX 3 hours and it's still up, and it was fun too, that's real staying power.  I think some of us need a pregnant pause on this one.  But, not all of us, right Cass?

Bye the bye, clue us in Hg, what the hell was being installed (erected) 200' above the ground?

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Come on Cass...I know you're holding back!!

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I've been trying to cut back, Ron. But since it's almost Friday right before a holiday weekend, I'll make an exception.

I find that the preliminary phase, if properly and diligently executed, makes the final erection stage somewhat anti-climactic.

"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!"

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