Replacement random facts thread.

It was a beautiful day, 80f...

School start tomorrow, the grandkids are thrilled...

 

ah yes

 

I'm eating a Reese's peanut butter cup...

 

Dammit!

 

I'm going to start wearing plugs when I jam and go to shows, and start listening to headphonse only at a reasonable volume because I am starting to develop tinnitus in my left ear. As of right now it happens when I whistle at a certain pitch, and it's there after exposure to very loud music. It goes away after a few minutes after loud music, but I'm going to start exercising caution now before it gets worse.

 

my first jobs were at AT&T running wires to analog switchboards. Digital networking was just becoming part of the job and easier to learn and route.

after that., i ran wires under a computer floors ..

Id have to say, these we my most colorful jobs. I loved running wire. and often worked overtime just because i was a squirrel and could crawl really quick from one end to the other.(@att, I was on a ladder more) I had this stuffed duck i used to tie on string and toss it under the floor. i remember the ladies in the office smiling when they seen the duck in action, or laying on the floor near cable piles. I miss this job the most in my lifetime. I left to be a full time Active service member in the Army.

 

Gotcha. I guess being a squirrel would make running wires easier for sure subce you can squeeze into tighter spots than us humans.

Are you still in the army now?

 

no, lol, I was discharges in Nov 2004. I am not patriotic..

 

you missed one

 

that was a very meticulous job.. its very interesting that 30yrs before I did that. the same building i worked in, had the traditional switchboard operators. the basement and 4th floor is where I would of been.


i worked in the north side terminal and mckess rocks terminal. i walk past the building all the time now. however it has only 3-4people working in there. computers do all the work now. there are no linesmen there either.

 

Won't trade humanity for patriotism. Great.

haha

 

I just bug-bombed the basement... It was becoming a flea factory!

 

Hard to sit outside the sweat-bees are so bad... We've never had them this bad...

I rode my bike after lunch and then I washed windows...

 

this reminds me the time i was repelling with a group and we all had blue helmets except this one dude. his was yellow and the sweet bees bothered him the most. til he chucked the yellow helmet over the cliff.. :2thumbsup:

 

What are sweat bees?

Speaking of bees me and a buddy were walking our dogs in the woods last night and they must have pissed off a bee hive or something. The dogs got stung 6 or 7 times each, my buddy 5 times.
me...0

haha

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_bee

 

oh. wow!

 

had a squirrel do the crazy left/right/left/right-whatthehellshouldido dance in front of me on the road

when i looked in the side mirror i discovered he chose suicide by placing his head directly under my left front tire

normally it wouldnt have bothered me but today it did

 

I have not yet posted in this random facts thread.

I'm a failure at life

but I am still not posting in this random facts thread...not even now.

 

....and as an act of solidarity I'm not reading anything 'malia doesn't post!