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shadowkatI'm tapped out. (I like that phrase - simple and to the point.)
Also I ache everywhere. So I took two tynenol, heating pad, cold pack, a shower, and a relief cbd anti-inflammatory.
I'm feeling slightly better now.
May crash tomorrow - well after I get money from an ATM somewhere for the car service (I'm not sure it takes credit cards) and call it to reserve a time on Monday morning. I'll pack on Sunday.
ME: Do I need a bathing suit?
Mother: No.
Me: But my brother, sisinlaw and niece are coming down and they may want to -
Mother: They might, but you won't. I know you. Just bring some shorts so you can walk the beach if you want to and wade in the water.
***
Site tour went well all things considered. I left the office at 8:29, got there at 9:10. Everyone else showed up around 9:15. We did the tour.
And...hmmm, how to explain this? They put a ladder on a catwalk that was over the parking area about 20-30 feet below the platforms. So about a 20-30 foot drop onto cars from the cat walk. The cat-walk is between two tracks, one on the south side, one on the north side of the platform. High speed trains travel down these tracks. We had a flagger - whose job was to blow a whistle any time the train was coming. We had two of them. The ladder was placed by the Safety folks on the catwalk. Then Contractors (who had taken the safety training within this past year, and had signed a site tour release form) went up the ladder to examine the roof that was on top of a concrete deck about 20 feet above us.
I looked at the set up, and decided that there was no way in hell I was going up there. The project manager, designer, flaggers, and safety guys agreed with me. There's just one too many things that could go wrong.
The Contractors kind of had to look at it - to know what type of bid they were going to provide. But still.
Then I was driven to the next site, and we basically did the same thing, except this round the ladder was placed on the platform and they climbed up from there.
Then the next, but this round all the could do was climb up the ladder and look at it - they couldn't go on top.
That took about four-five hours (or pretty much the entire morning - I got back by 1 PM). By the time it was over - I ached all over again, and my feet hurt from walking and standing about in Safety Work Boots for four hours. Also my mind didn't want to work any more. That's it. We're done, it told me. I'm tapping out now. So, I didn't get as much done in the afternoon.
***
Twitter discusses how hetersexual men aren't that emotionally supportive of their wives (if they work). Go here if curious.
Friend: "I honestly don't know how straight women survive sometimes."
ME: staying single? (ie. staying single is how I've survived.)
***
Ah more Music Twitter music memes...
* Deborah Harry or Linda Ronstadt?
That one is easy. Linda Ronstadt. (Deborah Harry hung out with sisinlaw's father and parents, and a bunch of entitled artists at RISD during the 60s and 70s, which kind of stains her all by itself. Also Linda has wider range, Harry is kind of limited.)
* What DRUMMER would YOU start a BAND with?
I don't know is Keith Moon a drummer? Who is the drummer for the Who? It is Keith Moon - I looked it up. I'd have done it with Keith Moon.
Per Political Twitter
If Steve Bannon and Donald Trump were in a cage fight - who would you root for?
Me: The tiger - to come into the cage and eat them both. That's not an option? Damn.
Also I ache everywhere. So I took two tynenol, heating pad, cold pack, a shower, and a relief cbd anti-inflammatory.
I'm feeling slightly better now.
May crash tomorrow - well after I get money from an ATM somewhere for the car service (I'm not sure it takes credit cards) and call it to reserve a time on Monday morning. I'll pack on Sunday.
ME: Do I need a bathing suit?
Mother: No.
Me: But my brother, sisinlaw and niece are coming down and they may want to -
Mother: They might, but you won't. I know you. Just bring some shorts so you can walk the beach if you want to and wade in the water.
***
Site tour went well all things considered. I left the office at 8:29, got there at 9:10. Everyone else showed up around 9:15. We did the tour.
And...hmmm, how to explain this? They put a ladder on a catwalk that was over the parking area about 20-30 feet below the platforms. So about a 20-30 foot drop onto cars from the cat walk. The cat-walk is between two tracks, one on the south side, one on the north side of the platform. High speed trains travel down these tracks. We had a flagger - whose job was to blow a whistle any time the train was coming. We had two of them. The ladder was placed by the Safety folks on the catwalk. Then Contractors (who had taken the safety training within this past year, and had signed a site tour release form) went up the ladder to examine the roof that was on top of a concrete deck about 20 feet above us.
I looked at the set up, and decided that there was no way in hell I was going up there. The project manager, designer, flaggers, and safety guys agreed with me. There's just one too many things that could go wrong.
The Contractors kind of had to look at it - to know what type of bid they were going to provide. But still.
Then I was driven to the next site, and we basically did the same thing, except this round the ladder was placed on the platform and they climbed up from there.
Then the next, but this round all the could do was climb up the ladder and look at it - they couldn't go on top.
That took about four-five hours (or pretty much the entire morning - I got back by 1 PM). By the time it was over - I ached all over again, and my feet hurt from walking and standing about in Safety Work Boots for four hours. Also my mind didn't want to work any more. That's it. We're done, it told me. I'm tapping out now. So, I didn't get as much done in the afternoon.
***
Twitter discusses how hetersexual men aren't that emotionally supportive of their wives (if they work). Go here if curious.
Friend: "I honestly don't know how straight women survive sometimes."
ME: staying single? (ie. staying single is how I've survived.)
***
Ah more Music Twitter music memes...
* Deborah Harry or Linda Ronstadt?
That one is easy. Linda Ronstadt. (Deborah Harry hung out with sisinlaw's father and parents, and a bunch of entitled artists at RISD during the 60s and 70s, which kind of stains her all by itself. Also Linda has wider range, Harry is kind of limited.)
* What DRUMMER would YOU start a BAND with?
I don't know is Keith Moon a drummer? Who is the drummer for the Who? It is Keith Moon - I looked it up. I'd have done it with Keith Moon.
Per Political Twitter
If Steve Bannon and Donald Trump were in a cage fight - who would you root for?
Me: The tiger - to come into the cage and eat them both. That's not an option? Damn.
Superbands!
Date: 2022-09-11 06:37 pm (UTC)Rock/R&B (North America)
Lead vocals: Elvis
Backing Vocals: Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt
Guitar: Jimi Hendrix
Bass: James Jamerson (Motown)
Drums: Neal Peart (Rush)
Keyboards: Stevie Wonder
Sax: Junior Walker
British Rock Gods
Songwriters: Lennon/McCartney
Lead Vocals: Freddie Mercury
Backing Vocals: Adele and Dusty Springfield
Guitar: Jimmy Page
Bass: Jack Bruce (Cream)
Drums: Keith Moon
Keyboards: Steve Winwood
Woodwinds: Ian McDonald (Foreigner, King Crimson)
Jazz
Lead Vocals: Ella Fitzgerald
Guitar: Django Rinehardt
Bass: Jaco Pastorius
Drums: Gene Krupa
Sax: Sonny Rollins
Piano: Thelonious Monk