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You might turn the neighbors into raving aroused madmen.
Saturday, May 17, 2008 Netherlands: Complaints about construction workers dress The heads of a contractor firm working on a large renovation project in Almere were asked last week if the construction workers could change their short pants into something with longer legs. The Muslim neighbors had complained about the workers wearing such bare clothing. In order not to succumb in the tropical heat of the past weeks, the men had exchanged their work overalls for short pants and a t-shirt. Construction workers Robin Willemsen says that they all walk around with short pants. Together with his colleagues he's renovating the outside of 750 residences in Almere. Willemsen says that the contractor came to tell them that Muslim neighbors had complained that their clothing were too bare and too short. The comment was duly noted, but Willemsen says that they don't intend to dress in overalls in such sweltering heat. The complaints were new for Richard Hekert of construction firm Mateboer from Kampen, and he says there were agreements about correct clothing, and that includes short pants and t-shirts too, but if residents think it's a serious nuisance, they'll see how they can solve it. |
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sparky wrote in news:83cc8e88-4810-4e01-8eb5-
: You might turn the neighbors into raving aroused madmen. If a pair of short trousers irritates the ragheads, just think about what _these_ would do to them! http://www.utilikilts.com -- I used to be an anarchist but had to give it up: _far_ too many rules. |
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"sparky" wrote in message ... You might turn the neighbors into raving aroused madmen. Saturday, May 17, 2008 Netherlands: Complaints about construction workers dress The heads of a contractor firm working on a large renovation project in Almere were asked last week if the construction workers could change their short pants into something with longer legs. The Muslim neighbors had complained about the workers wearing such bare clothing. In order not to succumb in the tropical heat of the past weeks, the men had exchanged their work overalls for short pants and a t-shirt. Construction workers Robin Willemsen says that they all walk around with short pants. Together with his colleagues he's renovating the outside of 750 residences in Almere. Willemsen says that the contractor came to tell them that Muslim neighbors had complained that their clothing were too bare and too short. The comment was duly noted, but Willemsen says that they don't intend to dress in overalls in such sweltering heat. The complaints were new for Richard Hekert of construction firm Mateboer from Kampen, and he says there were agreements about correct clothing, and that includes short pants and t-shirts too, but if residents think it's a serious nuisance, they'll see how they can solve it. I think it's high time that it be made perfectly clear to Muslims who have moved into western nations that they are required to adapt and adjust their ways to fit in with the customs and culture of their newly adopted homes. It is not up to the majorities in these countries to change their ways because Muslims don't like the way things are done in their new countries. If Muslims can't change they should go back to the countries where they came from. The governments of these western nations need to make the Muslims understand this reality and so far they have not done so and have instead bent over backwards to accommodate them. This needs to stop. I would particularly recommend this to the US as it would stop a lot of trouble before it happens. Hawke |
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Eregon wrote:
sparky wrote in news:83cc8e88-4810-4e01-8eb5- : You might turn the neighbors into raving aroused madmen. If a pair of short trousers irritates the ragheads, just think about what _these_ would do to them! http://www.utilikilts.com I don't know but I liked that commercial. Wes |
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If the anti-shorts attitude is muslim then they seem to already have infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Our production employees running cnc's can wear shorts. The maintenance staff can not. But then the office staff prances around the shop w/o steel toe shoes while all the plant not on the air conditioned side of the wall must. The office spaces must be quiet so people can think while inspectors on the plant floor are sitting next to noisy test cells and ghetto blasters run wild emitting way over the 85db where mandidory hearing conservation programs must be enacted. Turning down the fcuking boxes seems to be the one thing management runs away from. Wes |
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infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Right after they tell me to wear a hardhat, an orange vest, safety glasses, and steel toed boots. I just was on a jobsite in Phoenix, working on the new light rail there, and they would no sooner have let me wear shorts than an Osama Bin Laden T Shirt. And it was 95. |
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"Hawke" wrote in message ... "sparky" wrote in message ... You might turn the neighbors into raving aroused madmen. Saturday, May 17, 2008 Netherlands: Complaints about construction workers dress The heads of a contractor firm working on a large renovation project in Almere were asked last week if the construction workers could change their short pants into something with longer legs. The Muslim neighbors had complained about the workers wearing such bare clothing. In order not to succumb in the tropical heat of the past weeks, the men had exchanged their work overalls for short pants and a t-shirt. Construction workers Robin Willemsen says that they all walk around with short pants. Together with his colleagues he's renovating the outside of 750 residences in Almere. Willemsen says that the contractor came to tell them that Muslim neighbors had complained that their clothing were too bare and too short. The comment was duly noted, but Willemsen says that they don't intend to dress in overalls in such sweltering heat. The complaints were new for Richard Hekert of construction firm Mateboer from Kampen, and he says there were agreements about correct clothing, and that includes short pants and t-shirts too, but if residents think it's a serious nuisance, they'll see how they can solve it. I think it's high time that it be made perfectly clear to Muslims who have moved into western nations that they are required to adapt and adjust their ways to fit in with the customs and culture of their newly adopted homes. It is not up to the majorities in these countries to change their ways because Muslims don't like the way things are done in their new countries. If Muslims can't change they should go back to the countries where they came from. The governments of these western nations need to make the Muslims understand this reality and so far they have not done so and have instead bent over backwards to accommodate them. This needs to stop. I would particularly recommend this to the US as it would stop a lot of trouble before it happens. Hawke I agree, but I haven't heard of any similar instances in metro NY, which has quite a few Muslims. The Hasidim definitely demand and get special treatment, however. |
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On Sun, 18 May 2008 15:10:56 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes
quickly quoth: Eregon wrote: sparky wrote in news:83cc8e88-4810-4e01-8eb5- : You might turn the neighbors into raving aroused madmen. If a pair of short trousers irritates the ragheads, just think about what _these_ would do to them! http://www.utilikilts.com Allow them even quicker access to servicing their camels? I don't know but I liked that commercial. No comment, Wes. - Press HERE to arm. (Release to detonate.) ----------- |
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On Sun, 18 May 2008 14:39:29 -0700 (PDT), Ries
wrote: If the anti-shorts attitude is muslim then they seem to already have infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Right after they tell me to wear a hardhat, an orange vest, safety glasses, and steel toed boots. I just was on a jobsite in Phoenix, working on the new light rail there, and they would no sooner have let me wear shorts than an Osama Bin Laden T Shirt. And it was 95. A job I worked at some 50 years ago (field survey work) permitted shorts. The guys even got to have a swim in any convenient body of water, especially during heat waves; then the traveling public began to complain about these guys goofing off during working hours, swimming in jockey shorts or less. Word soon came down banning shorts and no more cooling off in the pond. A few idiots spoiled a good thing. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Hawke wrote:
I think it's high time that it be made perfectly clear to Muslims who have moved into western nations that they are required to adapt and adjust their ways to fit in with the customs and culture of their newly adopted homes. It is not up to the majorities in these countries to change their ways because Muslims don't like the way things are done in their new countries. If Muslims can't change they should go back to the countries where they came from. The governments of these western nations need to make the Muslims understand this reality and so far they have not done so and have instead bent over backwards to accommodate them. This needs to stop. I would particularly recommend this to the US as it would stop a lot of trouble before it happens. Hawke I wonder if you would also include the imigrants from south of the Rio Grande and west of the Pacific??? ...lew... |
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"Gerald Miller" wrote:
A job I worked at some 50 years ago (field survey work) permitted shorts. The guys even got to have a swim in any convenient body of water, especially during heat waves; then the traveling public began to complain about these guys goofing off during working hours, swimming in jockey shorts or less. Word soon came down banning shorts and no more cooling off in the pond. A few idiots spoiled a good thing. It's not the idiots, it's those who either over-react or just flat out take advantage of the idiots to force their own will on others. Those are the real idiots. . Jon |
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On Sun, 18 May 2008 10:24:10 -0700 (PDT), sparky
wrote: You might turn the neighbors into raving aroused madmen. Saturday, May 17, 2008 Netherlands: Complaints about construction workers dress The heads of a contractor firm working on a large renovation project in Almere were asked last week if the construction workers could change their short pants into something with longer legs. The Muslim neighbors had complained about the workers wearing such bare clothing. In order not to succumb in the tropical heat of the past weeks, the men had exchanged their work overalls for short pants and a t-shirt. Construction workers Robin Willemsen says that they all walk around with short pants. Together with his colleagues he's renovating the outside of 750 residences in Almere. Willemsen says that the contractor came to tell them that Muslim neighbors had complained that their clothing were too bare and too short. The comment was duly noted, but Willemsen says that they don't intend to dress in overalls in such sweltering heat. The complaints were new for Richard Hekert of construction firm Mateboer from Kampen, and he says there were agreements about correct clothing, and that includes short pants and t-shirts too, but if residents think it's a serious nuisance, they'll see how they can solve it. Tell the ragheads to pount sand up their asses, or move back to the 12th century...er...the Middle East. Gunner Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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On Sun, 18 May 2008 14:39:29 -0700 (PDT), Ries
wrote: If the anti-shorts attitude is muslim then they seem to already have infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Right after they tell me to wear a hardhat, an orange vest, safety glasses, and steel toed boots. I just was on a jobsite in Phoenix, working on the new light rail there, and they would no sooner have let me wear shorts than an Osama Bin Laden T Shirt. And it was 95. Ill be wearing cargo shorts tommorow, along with a pair of desert combat boots. And maybe one of my HAAS t-shirts Gunner, California, 103 today Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:14:48 -0400, Wes wrote:
Ries wrote: If the anti-shorts attitude is muslim then they seem to already have infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Our production employees running cnc's can wear shorts. The maintenance staff can not. But then the office staff prances around the shop w/o steel toe shoes while all the plant not on the air conditioned side of the wall must. The office spaces must be quiet so people can think while inspectors on the plant floor are sitting next to noisy test cells and ghetto blasters run wild emitting way over the 85db where mandidory hearing conservation programs must be enacted. Turning down the fcuking boxes seems to be the one thing management runs away from. Wes Ranchereo music or "American" music? (Rap included) Gunner Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end. |
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Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:14:48 -0400, Wes wrote: Ries wrote: If the anti-shorts attitude is muslim then they seem to already have infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Our production employees running cnc's can wear shorts. The maintenance staff can not. But then the office staff prances around the shop w/o steel toe shoes while all the plant not on the air conditioned side of the wall must. The office spaces must be quiet so people can think while inspectors on the plant floor are sitting next to noisy test cells and ghetto blasters run wild emitting way over the 85db where mandidory hearing conservation programs must be enacted. Turning down the fcuking boxes seems to be the one thing management runs away from. Wes Ranchereo music or "American" music? (Rap included) When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html Use any search engine other than Google till they stop polluting USENET with porn and junk commercial SPAM If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. That's one to remember! I've used a discreet wire near the radio & connecting the other end to the signal generator, select square wave o/p, crank the volts up and adjust the frequency for the desired result. |
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Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:14:48 -0400, Wes wrote: Ries wrote: If the anti-shorts attitude is muslim then they seem to already have infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Our production employees running cnc's can wear shorts. The maintenance staff can not. But then the office staff prances around the shop w/o steel toe shoes while all the plant not on the air conditioned side of the wall must. The office spaces must be quiet so people can think while inspectors on the plant floor are sitting next to noisy test cells and ghetto blasters run wild emitting way over the 85db where mandidory hearing conservation programs must be enacted. Turning down the fcuking boxes seems to be the one thing management runs away from. Wes Ranchereo music or "American" music? (Rap included) When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. Nicely done. Way back in my youth when I was a lowly bench tech, we had an engineer that gave us fits. An arrogant, tool-stealing asshole. We eventually moved to a new facility and I was assigned to install the new pa system. I put a speaker directly over his desk and tapped it to be about 4x louder than all the others... |
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On Tue, 20 May 2008 09:35:51 -0700, Jim Stewart
wrote: When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. Nicely done. Way back in my youth when I was a lowly bench tech, we had an engineer that gave us fits. An arrogant, tool-stealing asshole. We eventually moved to a new facility and I was assigned to install the new pa system. I put a speaker directly over his desk and tapped it to be about 4x louder than all the others... Sitting at a stop light today, I noticed that the Honda Civic in front of me had it's brake lights dimming in sequence with the cyclic bass emanating from the body panels Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Jim Stewart wrote: Michael A. Terrell wrote: When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. Nicely done. Way back in my youth when I was a lowly bench tech, we had an engineer that gave us fits. An arrogant, tool-stealing asshole. We eventually moved to a new facility and I was assigned to install the new pa system. I put a speaker directly over his desk and tapped it to be about 4x louder than all the others... You didn't install the optional mister to randomly wet his bench? ;-) -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html Use any search engine other than Google till they stop polluting USENET with porn and junk commercial SPAM If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm |
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Den wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. That's one to remember! I've used a discreet wire near the radio & connecting the other end to the signal generator, select square wave o/p, crank the volts up and adjust the frequency for the desired result. The music source was in another building. The antenna wa outside the metal roof, and pointed away from me. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html Use any search engine other than Google till they stop polluting USENET with porn and junk commercial SPAM If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm |
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Jim Stewart wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote: Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:14:48 -0400, Wes wrote: Ries wrote: If the anti-shorts attitude is muslim then they seem to already have infiltrated OSHA, as well as virtually every city and state building department, and most major construction companies- because on virtually every major construction site I have worked on, the christian, captialist running dogs tell me exactly the same thing- NO SHORTS! Our production employees running cnc's can wear shorts. The maintenance staff can not. But then the office staff prances around the shop w/o steel toe shoes while all the plant not on the air conditioned side of the wall must. The office spaces must be quiet so people can think while inspectors on the plant floor are sitting next to noisy test cells and ghetto blasters run wild emitting way over the 85db where mandidory hearing conservation programs must be enacted. Turning down the fcuking boxes seems to be the one thing management runs away from. Wes Ranchereo music or "American" music? (Rap included) When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. Nicely done. Way back in my youth when I was a lowly bench tech, we had an engineer that gave us fits. An arrogant, tool-stealing asshole. We eventually moved to a new facility and I was assigned to install the new pa system. I put a speaker directly over his desk and tapped it to be about 4x louder than all the others... Reminds me of the film "Mr Roberts" with Henry Fonda and the overhead bit. |
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"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. Sadly I think the ghetto blasters are 8 ohms or I'd be doing it. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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Gerald Miller wrote:
Sitting at a stop light today, I noticed that the Honda Civic in front of me had it's brake lights dimming in sequence with the cyclic bass emanating from the body panels Not enough Farads. Wes |
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On Wed, 21 May 2008 18:08:27 -0400, Wes wrote:
Gerald Miller wrote: Sitting at a stop light today, I noticed that the Honda Civic in front of me had it's brake lights dimming in sequence with the cyclic bass emanating from the body panels Not enough Farads. Wes Or not enough CC's driving not enough alternator watts and not enough brain in the nut holding the steering wheel. Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Wes wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. Sadly I think the ghetto blasters are 8 ohms or I'd be doing it. Do thy have a headphone jack? A cable with a stereo plug on one end, and a plug for the AC line on the other will let ALL the smoke out. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html Use any search engine other than Google till they stop polluting USENET with porn and junk commercial SPAM If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm |
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 00:39:05 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote: Wes wrote: Sadly I think the ghetto blasters are 8 ohms or I'd be doing it. Do thy have a headphone jack? A cable with a stereo plug on one end, and a plug for the AC line on the other will let ALL the smoke out. A 90V B battery might be more portable BEG Mark Rand RTFM |
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Mark Rand wrote:
A 90V B battery might be more portable BEG I'm old enough to have seen those things in stores. Wes -- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller |
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 19:46:07 -0400, Wes wrote:
Mark Rand wrote: A 90V B battery might be more portable BEG I'm old enough to have seen those things in stores. Wes I remember taking the 2 volt wet cell A battery to the RR Station Agent's house to be sent on the next train for recharge. The train made return trips Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Need I say, we kept two batteries. IIRCC, B batteries lasted about 6 months, while C batteries were good for a couple years. There wasn't much recreational listening - news at breakfast and supper, Proctor and Gamble hour in the afternoon for mother, Friday night boxing (Gillette) and Hockey night in Canada with Foster Hewitt (I don't think a game went by that Grandmother didn't go change into her nightie after the Leafs scored a goal) Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Gerald Miller wrote:
I remember taking the 2 volt wet cell A battery to the RR Station Agent's house to be sent on the next train for recharge. The train made return trips Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Need I say, we kept two batteries. IIRCC, B batteries lasted about 6 months, while C batteries were good for a couple years. There wasn't much recreational listening - news at breakfast and supper, Proctor and Gamble hour in the afternoon for mother, Friday night boxing (Gillette) and Hockey night in Canada with Foster Hewitt (I don't think a game went by that Grandmother didn't go change into her nightie after the Leafs scored a goal) Gerry :-)} London, Canada Oh, I think you are a bit older than me. How is life in retirement? Wes |
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On Fri, 23 May 2008 18:37:37 -0400, Wes wrote:
Gerald Miller wrote: I remember taking the 2 volt wet cell A battery to the RR Station Agent's house to be sent on the next train for recharge. The train made return trips Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Need I say, we kept two batteries. IIRCC, B batteries lasted about 6 months, while C batteries were good for a couple years. There wasn't much recreational listening - news at breakfast and supper, Proctor and Gamble hour in the afternoon for mother, Friday night boxing (Gillette) and Hockey night in Canada with Foster Hewitt (I don't think a game went by that Grandmother didn't go change into her nightie after the Leafs scored a goal) Gerry :-)} London, Canada Oh, I think you are a bit older than me. How is life in retirement? Wes After 14 years, I still haven't figured out how I ever found time to earn a living! Gerry :-)} London, Canada |
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Gerald Miller wrote:
Oh, I think you are a bit older than me. How is life in retirement? Wes After 14 years, I still haven't figured out how I ever found time to earn a living! Back just before 9/11 the company I worked for failed and was liquidated. Until my savings ran out, I enjoyed the 8 months off. I don't think I'll have a problem with retirement when I get there. Wes |
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Do you wear Shorts while Working?
On May 21, 4:06 pm, Wes wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote: When they turned up the crappy music on the PA system where I worked I put a pair of back to back 1N4004 diodes across the 25 V speaker lines and cause severe distortion all over the production floor. They couldn't figure out what was wrong, but discovered t still worked OK when the volume was turned back to where it used to be. Sadly I think the ghetto blasters are 8 ohms or I'd be doing it. When the offender isn't around, poke a small hole in the paper dome over the speaker coil and squirt a little superglue in there. Removes all the bass and most of the treble. I've used that to good effect. Another guy had a radio that made way too much noise, so I opened it and twisted one of the transistors so the leads shorted. The twit found it, believe it or not, even though he had no clue about electronics. I got serious with the next one, smashed it flat in the hydraulic press. Ran another through the pressure cabinet washer; 180- degree caustic washes all the music out of a radio. On another, I tuned it to the classical-music station and superglued the tuning mechanism to that spot. These and many other tricks escalated to fantastic levels at one point, but we were sure having fun. I noticed that production was up when we had fun, and told the boss I (as shop foreman) was going to allow it to continue, within reason. He didn't like that. Had no sense of humor. Production and morale fell off after I left, they told me. Nobody ever got hurt through those 12 years of playfulness. I could have written a thick book on all the practical jokes we played. I can just see OSHA trying to get it pulled off the bookstore shelves. Dan |
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Do you wear Shorts while Working?
Mark Rand wrote: On Thu, 22 May 2008 00:39:05 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: Wes wrote: Sadly I think the ghetto blasters are 8 ohms or I'd be doing it. Do thy have a headphone jack? A cable with a stereo plug on one end, and a plug for the AC line on the other will let ALL the smoke out. A 90V B battery might be more portable BEG The AC would likely do a lot more damage. -- http://improve-usenet.org/index.html If you have broadband, your ISP may have a NNTP news server included in your account: http://www.usenettools.net/ISP.htm Sporadic E is the Earth's aluminum foil beanie for the 'global warming' sheep. |
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