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Use the wifes car to tow yours out?

And given that you are not in comp. But if you where, which you are not, I am with Dave entirely, it can enter no worries, I wanted it to be as open a comp as possible, a bit more free inturpretation.

I fear next he will report that his 4x4 is on his roof....I have no idea what you've done Theo..but I feel for you!

It is a balmy -19C right now, not including wind chill (~40C).
Actually had my hand stick to the plastic door handle of my car... very impressive.

Southern Ontario is surrounded by the great lakes so snow and ice is crazy here but it tends to buffer the lower temperatures that I think Theo is seeing.

I just have an image of your neighbour watching;
Oh look, he's got his 4x4 stuck in his fence, here he comes to get it out, he has a piece of carpet so should be fine...
*later*
...How did he manage to get it there?

Hope you get it out without any more issues.
Look forward to the maintenance bay progress.

My 4x4 and I are safely at work. My wife and kids are off school tomorrow also due to the roads still being crap. The carpet piece is still in my driveway, waiting for the people who took the dishwasher to pick it up . I did hit my kids playhouse outside, the plastic shelter is still in one piece, so is mybumper.

stay safe mate,,, stay safe!

Yeah, we ventured out to the grocery today..roads are absolute sheets of ice, slow is the only way to go. Be safe!

40+minutes to get 8miles, the last 6 were highway at 55+mph, the highways were decently clear.

Some of my coworkers have been too afraid to go home the last few nights and have stayed here since Saturday. You can tell who they are because of the bitchiness aura that surrounds them. Not to mention they are wearing hospital scrubs instead of their normal uniforms.

I'd rather bring my carharts and brave the drive Scrubs are comfy! They just probably need fresh undies by now

Stay safe Theo.

Everyone wishing me to stay safe when it's cold our gives me a warm fuzzyfeeling , but where are you when I'm trying to cut tiny pieces of plastic card in my hands with an exacto knife, gluing brushes to my tongue, or using spray paint in enclosed areas . I appreciate all the concern guys .

As for their underwear dave, I think a few of them skip that part of the outfit on a daily basis , and these are the people who clean the hospital rooms . That's why I am a do not resuscitate person, and I want my plugs pulled even before I get to the hospital.

Edit: highlight of the night is that I was doing trash again as the guy that normally does it tore his bicep this weekend. While pulling all the trash and recycling I scored another 12 pieces of the black foam that I got a few weeks ago. The stuff is identical to what chessex used to use in their miniature cases years ago. Seems that they are the packing dividers for one of the tools used in the cardiac cathider labs. So I should run into it every week or so as they go through them often .


The stack is 8" tall 10"x15" and there's a total of 19 pieces.

Cool foam find, and it is time that the Jeep had knobbies for the winter

I got a bunch of that foam from Hard drive packaging too. Useful stuff!

I think that finding that foam is a blessing since you´re such a hoarder

If I stay here long vik I'll have the first full sized foam house .

@shaso, knobbies and chains are not allowed here in civilized land , they say that they damage the streets so theirs a huge fine.

Work is me off this week. Almost enough to find something else.

The point I think of this job was to have an income for the time being and still work on your exams? So ...if it bothers you too much concentrate again on school rather to let working get you down......maybe you need some days of sickness at home to reload some batteries?....I say sickness for a given value of sick...sometimes being sick of work is enough to stay home and tell that you have a...*coughs* ...cold

I'm more sick of the morning crew doing nothing during their shift and leaving everything for me. In my 8hours I can usually on. Regular night get through all the floors three times and still do a couple special projects. I have been there two months as of today. There are guys there that in an 8 hour shift don't even finish one trip around the place. The other big thing that annoys me is the daytime manager is so separated from his work that he doesn't realize half his crew sit an play cards for an hour or two each Day up in one of the utility closets .hes never heard of "manage by walking around".

Well I left work today just in time for more flurries to start falling . Supposed to get 2-4" tonight, so far the schools haven't called off for tomorrow. I hope the wife and kids go back.....I love them, but I need to see less of them and get my quiet time back

Edit: due to 4" more snowfall my wife and kids are off school today too . Which weatherman do I have to sacrifice to the dark gods to stop this runaway greenhouse effect?

Edit 2: leviathan house

The parts by his feet are rollers that will attach one on each side of one of the I-beams and have hopefully a block and tackle attached to it. Hopefully the other side of the entrance will have a sliding crane/gantry section on it.

Having to work sucks.

That housing is looking good, Like the idea of cranes and hoists. Should you need chain please ask, I have a fair bit. I bought 10 meters of jewelers chain for just about this exact thing.

will there be some construction that allows the pilot to climb inside the walker...? also it should have lots if power supply cables and other means for fuel and such things... and steam...oily leaks and such stuff....^^

@vik, the model actually doesn't have an access port on it for the pilot. That way scale is not an issue. But I itchy make a little car with ladder on it like the airports , it's a cool idea you just gave me.
@cam, if you got some spare that would be excellent as I forgot I used the last of mine on the necromunda swingset

I'm going to make some oil drums, and ammo hoppers, although I have some GW ones that might just get added. Some of the league of extraordinary janitors might take up residence on the diorama also . There will be power cables and wires and pipes and what not. I'm thinking of a little control office to the side where damo's servo skull might just be slaking off (yes slaking, not a typo sickos).

You're good with wiring and electronics..can you have a button that plays this audio too?

I think this dio will become a lil biographical interpretation of a certain someone's working situation, eh?...

your idea with that ladder car is even better...

I imagine a scene like you saw in avatar... where that colonel gets inside his walker... couldn´t find a fitting pic tho...

a good laugh is always the best way to start off my work shift. See you all at breaktime .

see...youuuu

Well, didn't have anything to input on my own thread while I was at work, but at least some of the stress was received while I was there. The one other floor guy who's been there 14+ years and is very argumentative, and just not fun to work with was fired on Wednesday after I left, so no more dealing with him and his 15-20 cigarette breaks a night(were a smoke free hospital campus too ). They also got rid of a lady during the day shift which always left the other housekeepers in a bind for the evenings. On a bad note one of my coworkers tore his bicep and will be out 2-3months at the minimum. It's bad because he was a great guy that I could talk church with as we are both believers, and he is a hard worker to boot.

On other work fronts......Score!!!

8 more sheets of foam, now that I know which area of the hospital these come from I know where to keep my eyes open for them.
Also the I.V. That the hospital uses comes pre packed with these bits of plastic that we don't use because of our poles and connectors/machines. My boss thinks I'm crazy, but lets me have anything I want out of the trash as long as its not from a contagious room, he obviously is not a fan of papa nurgle. Each of the IV packs comes with a nice piece of clear plastic tubing that is 6 1/2" before the curve and they are shaped like candy canes. I got 12 of them tonight in one shot, they look like 1/4" tube with 1/8" inside diameter. Also each IV has 2 pink bits and a clear white bite, but most of the time those fall out of the trays, but tonight I rescued 4 pink and two white. I already had 6 pink and 3 white from other pick ups. I also got some (4) cool looking silver (looks like needle covers), which look like good sci fi turrets to me .
Close ups.

The little pinkish bits I think will make nice wheels/track boggies.

You totally show us the fun side of medicin with all these perks you got...

As for the losses in staff...cheers, two bummers down for the bad team and one for the good guys...win some loose some...dang...

OSKAR (my littlest one needed to write hos name...literacy is a task you cannot start too early...)

Theo i hope your cleaning that stuff out of the trash. A good soak in the sink with dawn for 30 minutes will rid of most things.

Nice swipes anyways!

Stay safe, build igloos.

Excellent finds. This hobby makes us excellent recyclers.

Pm me your address, chain incoming.

Two notes:

Banging on the pole support wire with a wrench gets you the Star Wars blaster noise.

Another bit of guidance for your mecha factory:





I had all of these kits when I was younger.

--B.

Lots of useful bits you are finding at work, Theo.