The one I described was actually one of our better highways. I didn't want to paint as grim a picture as PASTech did, but he did a good job of making it not seem as terrifying as it really is.
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The one I described was actually one of our better highways. I didn't want to paint as grim a picture as PASTech did, but he did a good job of making it not seem as terrifying as it really is.
Cthulhu for president! Why settle for the lesser evil?
Oh sorry for our southern friends, we should say 619 miles north of Grand Forks.
What's Brown and Sticky?
-A Stick
THANK you! Saves me having to get the calculator out. I remember driving those canook hiways and trying to figure out the speed limit of 90 KM per hour. Are you anywhere near The Pas? Have some friends living up there. Brutal. Oh well, see ya next spring. You guys are snowed in til June.Originally Posted by PASTech
Insert the allen key in the set screw and give it a good whack with a hammer, etc. It breaks the screw loose and flattens either the screw or shaft just slightly to take all the tension off of it. A little dab of that silvery anti-seizure compound like you would use on spark plugs (AutoZone gives the stuff away when you buy tuneup parts) is great if you actually rebuild the web units - I never put them back together - there's a mod to put in a snakeskin oil roller that literally takes 30 seconds to change out next time.Well what a week. Thought I'd have a little rant.
1800 KMS & 17 jobs in 3 days
2 motel rooms
3 tanks of diesel
2 broken small gauge allen keys (MP5000 cleaning web grub screw)
3 counter meals
1 pie spilled down the work pants while driving (burns)
2 hangovers
4 dodged kangaroos, countless lizards and snakes
?? coffees and smokes
And its Friday, I hope the customers are happy. I know their machines are.
...and we don't have 'roos here in the US, but if you ever hit an Armadillo it's like running over a cannon ball.
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We're about 4 hours north of The Pas actually.
Cthulhu for president! Why settle for the lesser evil?
Yup the Cold and Frozen North
What's Brown and Sticky?
-A Stick
I don't hate snakes as much as I do some animals. I've seen a Chicken Snake ( that's the name.......not meaning that it's scared ) around my workshop at home. He leaves me alone...I leave him alone .
Seriously; there are only three kinds of snake that I DO NOT LIKE :
Live Ones
Dead Ones
Sticks that look like them
"The Serenity Prayer" . . .
God grant me the serenity to accept stupid people , the courage to not waste my time and energy on them , and the wisdom to know that I cannot fix STUPID .
The only Snakes I see in my working day are called SALESMEN, and I feel the same way about them as you do for the other slithery B*st*rds
I personally think its part of our natural defence to be scared of snakes. A long time ago mankind was running around Africa with few clothes throwing spears at animals. Treading on one could be fatal.
With all due respect I find 'you lot' that are not frightened of them a bit weird.
As a testament to the other Canadian Technicians that cover a large territory I know your pains.
I worked in southern Alberta for 10 years and covered what I thought was a large area.
As you can see by the insert, the area encompassed in the red line is the area I covered.
I had a small Mazda car as my service vehicle and would have to drive through Blizzards to service some clients.
I sure don't miss those -40C winters any more.
My new territory encompasses all of Vancouver Island, however here we can experience all weather conditions in 1 day of travel
from south to north.
I have traveled from bright warm sunny weather right into wind driven white outs with 2 feet of snow.
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$hit Happens - Deal with it and move on.........................................................................Lock & Load
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