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Been a busy week and such

I have been up to you know where in alligators and falcons this week. Being the WG-10 and newest Crew Chief, I spend a LOT of time on the line launching and recovering airplanes. And yesterday was a wash for one of them. The Air Force washes it’s airplanes every 180 days. In Navy Air, [...]

Picture(s) A Day – 9 & 10 February 2010

Sorry for the lack of posting lately, but for some reason I just don’t have much writing in my head by the time I get home from a 12 hour day.  We’ve been pulling 12 hour shifts with three hours of overtime – we’ve been getting an hour lunch.
But I’m still getting the occasional picture [...]

Guaranteed Overtime – Mudslides in SoCal

I’ve gotta be honest here.  I’m happy to have the money, but I’m unbelievably glad I’ve got a three day weekend.
From Fox News:

Hundreds Ordered to Evacuate in California Mudslides
AP
Fire officials say at least 41 homes have been damaged and 500 more ordered evacuated after a pounding winter storm triggered mudslides in wildfire burn areas north [...]

Picture A Day – 5 February 2010

Yep, it’s raining again.  And not only in Vegas.  California’s getting soaked.  If I end up getting another 30 hours of overtime this upcoming week, I think I’m going to laugh my butt off thinking about the fun I can have with that kind of money   I’m thinking I might need a passport [...]

Another Song From The Soundtrack Of My Life – Jimmy Buffett – Landfall

I’ve posted lots of Buffett stuff here in the past.  This one’s one of those tunes I turn to in times when work and life in general start getting to be a bit much.  Today’s one of those days.
Aside from sleeping through my alarms (yes, both of them), there’s been a few customers who’ve taken [...]

MAJOR VOICE AND DATA OUTAGE IN SO-CAL

I don’t know what the cause of the trouble is, but something like 28 T3 circuits are down hard.  It happened rather suddenly.
A T3 circuit is 28 T1 circuits.  A T1 circuit is 24 phone lines.  These aren’t directly feeding customers – they’re the links over the network that makes up a city’s information infrastructure.
More [...]

Picture A Day – 25 January 2010

Yesterday was a bit weird, leaving during daylight and after only eight hours   Today was 10 hours, so I took this one while I had the chance
Tomorrow is scheduled to be 12 hours which brings my total overtime including this upcoming weekend to 22 hours for the week.  I wouldn’t be [...]

Picture(s) A Day – 22 January 2010

Yes, I’m posting yesterday’s pictures today.  It’s been a bit hectic lately.  That also explains why I’ve got yet more pictures of mountains with snow on them   Not too much time to spend outside during daylight hours when you’re working 10 to 12 hours a day, especially this time of year.
Posting may be [...]

Picture A Day – 21 January 2010

So, the overtime’s piling up and the funny thing about it is that I think I’m starting to get used to it.  I already wrote about the overtime I’ve been working, but it turns out that I’ve just been handed more.  Yes, I’ll be at work on Saturday.  This Saturday.  For eight hours.
Part of me [...]

They Say It Never Rains in Southern California…

It’s that bad.  I’ve never seen it this bad since I started working in telecommunications repair.  We have about five times the normal work load.  And I think it might just get worse.
To wit:
Now consider that most of our customers are in California and remember that telecommunications equipment does not like water.
Here’s hoping California doesn’t [...]