BillyBo, my "summer" project

Highlander · October 29, 2009, 04:00:45 PM

"Ahm dreamin' of a BASS Christmas..."

Dave W · October 29, 2009, 05:06:54 PM

You retire there and buy Al's house, then he can retire and move back to Pullman.

Two wishes fulfilled.

drbassman · October 29, 2009, 09:01:00 PM

Quote from: Dave W on October 29, 2009, 05:06:54 PM
You retire there and buy Al's house, then he can retire and move back to Pullman.

Two wishes fulfilled.

Works for me. I'll be retired in 2 years!

Highlander · October 30, 2009, 07:01:53 PM

Now Dave's a realtor...

Lightyear · October 30, 2009, 09:16:35 PM

Hey, Doc are you going to bind this one?

drbassman · October 30, 2009, 09:41:00 PM

Quote from: Lightyear on October 30, 2009, 09:16:35 PM
Hey, Doc are you going to bind this one?

I'm considering faux binding on it.

Dave W · October 30, 2009, 10:09:57 PM

Quote from: Kenny Five-O on October 30, 2009, 07:01:53 PM
Now Dave's a realtor...

All I have to do to complete the hat trick is find someone in Pullman WA who wants to relocate to Rochester NY. That ought to be easy. Right, Doc?

drbassman · October 31, 2009, 06:54:30 AM

Oh yeah, just find someone who loves to snow shoe and ski most of the year and we're all set!

Lightyear · October 31, 2009, 09:38:26 AM

Quote from: drbassman on October 31, 2009, 06:54:30 AM
Oh yeah, just find someone who loves to snow shoe and ski most of the year and we're all set!

Don't forget the sun setting at 4:15 in the winter

drbassman · October 31, 2009, 11:18:16 AM

Sun? What's that?

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Highlander · October 31, 2009, 03:29:21 PM

A very bad Brit newspaper... (hold-on a moment... did I say newspaper...?)

Today's sunset time in London was 16:35

We get nice long summer days here, even longer in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland... shame about the weather...

The elder and retired members of my family in Michigan go cross-country skiing; not a lot of that going on in the UK...

Lightyear · October 31, 2009, 04:46:07 PM

Quote from: drbassman on October 31, 2009, 11:18:16 AM
Sun? What's that??

I know what you mean! I spent 19 years of my life working for an outfit based in Binghamton, NY. For most of that time we manufactued there and it was also where I went several times a year for meetings and training. We entered through the side of the building and this was where the smokers hung out since it was covered - they would write the date that the sun was seen on one of the support posts for fun - lots of days in between the sunny day

Highlander · October 31, 2009, 06:19:09 PM

Towards the end of my apprenticeship where I had previously spent 16 months on the "American Fleet" (Boeing 707's & 720's, 747 100's & 200's, DC10-30's), I was transfered to the workshops situated in the centre of what was known as the "Brabazon" hanger (a failed British design, due to the onset of the "Jet-Age"); once we went back to GMT I would not see daylight during working hours - no windows, 4 storeys up, neon lights, all... day...

Worst job for an instrument mechanic (well, nearly the worst - anything to do with "Skydrol" hydraulic fluid would be hard to top; the stuff just eats skin...!) on the fleet was a P&W JT9D oil change... one time, on a stormy winters night, with the engine cowling flapping round my head; snow was coming down thickly and sideways and I was stuck with an oil change... so, what does oil have to do with an instruments engineer...? yes, it's a fluid, therefore a quantity which has to be measured, and the "oilys" didn't do that sort of stuff... I think I had to get 16 quarts of oil in whilst the other engineers calibrated the levels; couldn't use gloves and the cans were sticking to my hand... oh the fun an apprentice could have...

drbassman · October 31, 2009, 08:42:47 PM

Yikes, all I have to do is drive in it! That's the downside here. The summers and falls are awesome, just too short for me!

Highlander · November 01, 2009, 02:00:59 PM

The thing I could not live with, being so much further north than most of the American Bretheren, is the lack of daylight over there... the further south, the less you get... yeah, I know, you guys in the south have it good right now (mostly) but the nearly "even" day/night thing is just not for me... mind you, I wouldn't choose Alaska, either...