"You can't trust your eyes, if your mind is out of focus" --
There are a few places I've visited that have nearly resulted in me removing my penis, forcibly, from my body. They are usually aircraft related. Major aircraft manufacturer. RAF bases. Engine test cells. Fighter training squadron offices. I think fixthecopier has me beat on this one hands down, he sees this every day. But my god, standing next to a huge, completed wing of an airliner had me watering at the crotch.
Usual problems getting into"secure"sites
Guard "you can't come in here you haven't been inducted /got a high viz vest / steel toe capped boots etc...etc...etc...
Me "But I'm not going into the manufacturing plant/ building site/ etc, I'm only going to the site office to fix a printer.
Guard "Nope"
Me " That's a shame 'cos the office girl can't do the pay run until she gets her printer fixed"
Guard " Oh in that case............"
At least 50% of IT is a solution looking for a problem.
That sounds like the steel mill I used to go to when I lived in Illinois. They made various types of wire and fencing there. There was one analog copier that was in the supervisor's "shed" out on the floor where they did the "final assembly" of the really huge rolls of wire (around 3/8 inch diameter wire, about 6 foot diameter rolls) enough times that I kept a pair of steel toed boots in the car. There were some really big machines out on that floor that were kind of cool to watch in action, but occasionally I had to dodge those rolls of wire as they were being transported around on hangers while getting to the copier. The metal was still pretty hot, too. Not red hot, but still hot enough that they never had the bay doors closed on that shop, even when there was snow on the ground in the winter. I learned how to use WD40 to clean rollers there. I also got practice on how to replace broken feelers on photointerupter sensors use with paper clips there. Metal feelers were way more durable in a place like that.
Somewhere there is a tree working hard to produce oxygen for you to live, NOW GO APOLOGIZE TO IT!
My favorite was a magnesium mine an hour out of town. I was working in the control office when one of the guys goes "Watch this". This was a 20 ft cauldron of magnesium with 80 ft flames, you could feel the heat from across the mine and through the door of the office. There was a group of guys in silver suits wrestling a lid onto it. Made me appreciate my job.
Not long after I started the army rented a couple of copiers for some war games they were playing. They were out in the deep woods. I had a call on one. My service car was one of those Susuki piece of shit like a Geo metro. I am driving on this dirt road when all of a sudden a solider jumps out of the brush, motioning frantically waving for me to stop. I slam on the brakes and just about 15 feet in front of me, these 3 giant M-1 tanks come flying out of the trees doing about 40 to 50 mph, cutting across the road I was on. Based on the size of the tank vs the size of my car, it would have been like running over a beer can for them.
If you like guns, I wish I had pics of this one. The Special Warfare School has a weapons facility. Before the new one was build, they used an old building from the 60's. The copier was in the weapons vault. They not only keep what we use, but a collection of all guns used by every army. The vault reminded me of the scene in the Matrix where they bring up these rows of guns in this endless room.
I also used to enjoy watching the pilots learning how to keep the big Chinooks level.
Being in the command of any of these places on base is like any office building, except the security is tight and everyone dresses the same.
The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking
I've just been to the Lung Foundation which doesn't sound all that interesting until you discover that they are at the top of a very steep hill!
At least 50% of IT is a solution looking for a problem.
we use to work with a cruise line and they have machines on board,they always invite us to lunch after the service is done!!!
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