Old Man Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Sick kids, they don't sleep so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Didn't get a lot done today -- spent most of it fighting with one problem after another at a single job site. (I usually work three, maybe four.) Responded to a request for follow-up testing on an oil well which had been "pulled" for maintenance recently. Found no place to attach the echometer, so back to the shop to scrounge up an adapter. There's really no such animal, so I had to improvise and it was almost lunch by the time I found something suitable. It was a rusty, dirty old 3 1/4" to 2" reducer, so I ate lunch with hands smelling like parts cleaner. After lunch, the "adapter" still smelled so strongly of parts cleaner the fumes just about sickened me. Pulled over and moved the *&^%$#@! thing to the back of the truck, drove back to the job site with the windows down. It's 90 degrees. Complete echometer testing and find the well is mostly full of fluid -- not a good sign. Dynamometer testing is next, at which point a new problem presents itself. There's a safety clamp on the pump, exactly where I need to mount the *&^%$#@! dynamometer. They usually come off easily enough with a pipe wrench, but this is a huge unit with a five foot stroke (you see where this is going....) Put the pipe wrench on the clamp when it comes into reach on the downstroke, find out the nut's waaay too tight, and go for a ride dangling from the pipe wrench on the upstroke. Let go and drop to the ground, get "cheater pipe" out of truck, loosen up nut/bolt on safety clamp. Nothing happens. Safety clamp's jaws are locked on the rod like a *&^%$#@! pit bull, and remain so even after I waste half a can of WD-40 on them. Drive back to the shop AGAIN and scrounge up the biggest pry-bar available, plus a hack-saw, just in case. Drive back to the job site AGAIN, shut down pump and apply brakes to stop the clamp near ground level. Put pry bar on safety clamp. Jaws spin around the rod several times without parting. Screw lock-bolt back on, use pry bar again. After several minutes of prying, safety clamp is off. Sh!t-can it. Dynamometer test results are every bit as bad as the echometer... well has too much fluid in the hole. Apply brakes to test traveling valve, dynamometer trace shows valve is no good -- mystery solved, this is likely why the hole's full of fluid. Apply brakes to test stationary valve, brake cable snaps! No further valve tests. Now I'm realy starting to hate this *&^%$#@! well. Check fluid output and composition. 210 barrels a day; rather a lot for a malfunctioning pump, actually. Oil content: exactly zero. Mostly it's water. Why do I bother? At this point it's quitting time. Not exactly a "typical" workday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: The cranky thread The answer to my dilemma above was to go out and make people laugh and talk to them afterwards. Many of them said thank you and that they could relate to what I said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: The cranky thread *hugs* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I got my "good" computer back Saturday. I'm still in the process of loading software and generally trying to restore this machine to not-like-it-was-but-close-enough. It's gonna take a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I am seriously starting to wonder whether keeping the house is worth putting up with this job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I am seriously starting to wonder whether keeping the house is worth putting up with this job. darn, I am sorry you are so stressed. If you need to vent over the phone some time, let me know and I'll give you my number. I believe I have unlimited night and weekends, so I could call you back... Are you underwater on the house? My dad had another spinal fusion this week. the Doc says it went really well, but at 72... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I'm actually not underwater on the house. Sometimes I wish I were so I could justify walking away. But OTOH I'm not having spinal fusions or dialyses or trips to the hospital for mystery abdominal pain. Thanks for the offer on the phone number, by the way. Just the offer means a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Half Price Books is having a Labor Day weekend sale and by the time I got down there all the Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft books were gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Between the one neighbor who refuses to fix his fan belt and the other neighbor who decided to start mowing his lawn at 615 A.M., my Labor Day is off to a fantastic start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread The last time I got stuck working a mid-shift (for an entire year), I ended up battling serious insomnia and depression for the three years that followed. This time around, the shift work is "only" for four months. Nothing has yet allayed my sense of dread at the prospect of the remaining three... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John T Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Between the one neighbor who refuses to fix his fan belt and the other neighbor who decided to start mowing his lawn at 615 A.M.' date=' my Labor Day is off to a fantastic start.[/quote'] Coincidentally, liquid sandpaper in the gas tank will solve both problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I'm just cranky today. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Intestinal distress. Don't dare go more than ten paces from a toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Get well soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Intestinal distress. Don't dare go more than ten paces from a toilet. http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/16203-Funny-pics?p=2217194#post2217194 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread I'm OK now, but the middle 6 hours of the day was ... slippery anxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Glad you're doing better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Ew for intestinal distress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Godiva may have discontinued the yummy cupcakes you got on their website and I think may discontinue their brownies ! No fair ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Re: The cranky thread If high-end chocolate is an issue, see if Dilettante will deliver out to your locale (he said seductively). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Thanks. I'll give them a look-see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Had to have an angioplasty ... which I was really surprised was a procedure that could be done with a local anaesthetic and as a 'well, let's see if we need it ... yep, we do' kind of thing. Not painful to undergo, really, but definitely uncomfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Pain in my foot spread to my lower leg this evening. It's okay now, but my leg was cramping up for most of the night. And I kept getting disconnected until I did a system restore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Re: The cranky thread Had to have an angioplasty ... which I was really surprised was a procedure that could be done with a local anaesthetic and as a 'well' date=' let's see if we need it ... yep, we do' kind of thing. Not painful to undergo, really, but definitely uncomfortable.[/quote'] Dude, that's... kind of major, isn't it? Anyway I'm glad you had it prior to the catastrophic heart attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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