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Re: Reasons To Be Grumpy thread

Started by jumbojak, October 27, 2012, 09:21:31 PM

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billy rubin

erik estrada?
my daughter works night shift at a local hotel and he checked in for the night last month


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Magdalena

Quote from: billy rubin on December 13, 2021, 11:15:35 AM
erik estrada?
my daughter works night shift at a local hotel and he checked in for the night last month
Ha! Very cool.  :)

"I've had several "spiritual" or numinous experiences over the years, but never felt that they were the product of anything but the workings of my own mind in reaction to the universe." ~Recusant

Tank

Quote from: Magdalena on December 13, 2021, 04:57:35 AM
Quote from: Tank on December 12, 2021, 06:10:53 PM
They could make a sitcom out of your life called 'The Fucked Trucker!'
Also... :secrets1:   There's a show/ soap opera / telenovela already about  'The Fucked Trucker!'
:snicker:
Dos Mujeres, Un Camino.


Damn. I thought I'd created an original!
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

billy rubin

fucked again. this is not a n auspicious week.

i was up in iowa last night when the tornadoes came through at both yesterdays destination and todays . cut all the power everywhere. only one truck on its side. then my headlight dimmer switch fell apart and i lost headlights.

no telephonez working and nobody i could contact had a switch. nearest one was 60 miles south. so then the customer cancelled because i couldnt guarentee arrival time and the next customer wasnt at the feed mill because they didnt have power either and went home.

so i wentto the truck stop and managed to put the dimmer switch back together -- with bailing wire, no shit--  and parked for the night. maybe the customer will get power tomorrow or maybe theyll just take a three day weekend.

in the meantime im 900 miles from the house without a loaD home and its 19 degrees F and i aint getting back by tomorrow for sure


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Tank

Maybe you should embrace Christianity? At least you'd be able to attribute your situation to 'God works in mysterious ways!'. ;)
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

billy rubin

its cold

maybe ill become a parsee and worship fire


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Icarus

Shit happens Billy.  In your case, with trucks, it seems to be happening with unfair regularity.  Dimmer switch is a bad deal but losing a wheel, like a while ago, and being over the weight load
limit a while ago, is no fair.  I fear that Jesus has it out for you or maybe he does not like trucks.

The worst shit of all is having to endure 19 degrees of dangerous cold when that far from home.

billy rubin

i forgot about losing the wheels

ive done that three times now


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

billy rubin

#4283
but look at this tho. the biggest lathe ive ever seen









this huge thing can turn workpieces that weigh 70 000 pounds, to 0.002-0.003 precision. apparently it turns at 6 to 10 rpm.

i was impressed.

almost as much as the people who were backed up a quarter mile on both sides of the road in down town chicago while i blnd-sided the truck off 47th street into theis shop. which took at least ten minutes.

i want to buy a lathe, but it needs to be small than this one


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

Tank

If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

billy rubin

jeez it wasnt as big as that one


"I cannot understand the popularity of that kind of music, which is based on repetition. In a civilized society, things don't need to be said more than three times."

hermes2015

That is breathtakingly big. Not that I'm a size queen.
"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."
― Charles Eames

Icarus

I have a friend who has one of those monster lathes.  It is 90feet between centers.  He is in the hard chrome business and much of his work is to repair propeller shafts for big ships. Also huge rams for hydraulic cylinders and pistons for those huge ship engines. 

Tank

Quote from: Icarus on December 20, 2021, 05:26:14 PM
I have a friend who has one of those monster lathes.  It is 90feet between centers.  He is in the hard chrome business and much of his work is to repair propeller shafts for big ships. Also huge rams for hydraulic cylinders and pistons for those huge ship engines.

Wow!

And tomorrow is the shortest day of the year. And I mean daylight!  :geezer!:
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Dark Lightning

Quote from: Tank on December 20, 2021, 06:11:15 PM
Quote from: Icarus on December 20, 2021, 05:26:14 PM
I have a friend who has one of those monster lathes.  It is 90feet between centers.  He is in the hard chrome business and much of his work is to repair propeller shafts for big ships. Also huge rams for hydraulic cylinders and pistons for those huge ship engines.

Wow!

And tomorrow is the shortest day of the year. And I mean daylight!  :geezer!:

YAY! That means we'll be getting more daylight!