Remember when??

 I hate that Alan Jackson song, so you know I'm not talking about that....

Remember when you could just drop into a job, even a demanding one that would leave you a bit sore for a couple days, but you hardened up and did it for the rest of the year or more?  I used to start throwing bales of hay in summer with no work up to it.  They blisters on my hands would break and bleed, but after a couple days, they were just a slightly sore reminder of my soft handed start.

I'd start basketball practice for the reals and I'd blister on the balls of my feet.  They'd break and be bloody for a couple days, and in a week or two, I'd have callouses that carried me through to the end of the season.

Remember when you had manual dexterity?  Your hands would do exactly what you asked?  When you asked them to?

 I don't seem to have the thick skin I used to, or the manual dexterity I used to.  So, I found that out the hard way today.  Not all the way through the epidermis, but close.  And it just stings a bit, no real pain, and a bit of blood, but nothing unmanageable.  Weird.

 Bloodless massacre below the fold:

oops

So, the grinder twisted a bit, and got me.  I used to react to that quickly, and keep it where I wanted it.  The old hands didn't quite pull that off today.  So, a few days of a reminder and I need to get thicker gloves.  It ate through those like they didn't exist.

OT buddy, and lots of it....

Last week was a push.  185 dock doors, a computer and scan gun every other door.  At least 300 meters of building.  Another 40 or so pc's with dual monitors.  "Oh, sorry, didn't you know you were recovering the old equipment at the previous location and shipping it off?"  It was a full court press, man to man, from Thursday to Sunday night.  about 45 hours all told.  Yuk.  But it got done with a good attitude and no other drama.  I strive for no drama.  Sometimes a good attitude will make it through the first 15 minutes..  8 days with no break.  Boy was I tired after 1700 every day this week...  Including all day yesterday and today.  I ain't no spring chicken.

 

Oh, and I don't have permission to post pictures of the facility, but if I did......

This is the long view of the building.

And an inside view of the facility.

Not much machining, really, no machining this week.  But the cool weather is here for a few days, and I'll be out in the shop.  Thanks for stopping by.