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Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:17 pm

Watching the Austin race, and contemplating a career change (again). Just got off the phone with a shot at working for the local Zoo. Please save your Rocky jokes, this may be something much more up my alley than the general contracting gig.

SidVicious · Post by **SidVicious** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 4:06 pm

I work in a zoo. Some people call it a factory though.

It's not all it's cracked up to be.

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:57 pm

Maybe you are on the wrong side of the glass at your zoo?

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:06 am

Bo_9 wrote:Maybe you are on the wrong side of the glass at your zoo?

Aren't we all?

--Jaeger

Toonce(s) · Post by **Toonce(s)** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:06 am

Bo_9 wrote:Maybe you are on the wrong side of the glass at your zoo?

See the animal in his cage that you built
Are you sure what side you're on?
Better not look him too closely in the eye
Are you sure what side of the glass you are on?
See the safety of the life you have built
Everything where it belongs
Feel the hollowness inside of your heart
And it's all
Right where it belongs

Bo, You think you have everything? No you don't.

(Pokes Bo with stick)

Toonce(s) · Post by **Toonce(s)** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:03 pm

Moving into new digs!!!!!

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Safe from malice

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Not terrible view

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Refreshment

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:00 pm

Nicely done.
Was exactly what was going through my head then.

SidVicious · Post by **SidVicious** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:36 pm

Bo_9 wrote:Maybe you are on the wrong side of the glass at your zoo?

Maybe

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:37 pm

Toonce(s) wrote:Moving into new digs!!!!!

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Safe from malice

You've got your priorities straight.

Man, just sitting there, it looks menacing.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Wed Apr 15, 2015 2:06 am

Looks like you pretty well finished moving in by those pictures...

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 5:07 pm

Baking.

motorpsycho67 · Post by **motorpsycho67** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:04 am

Wondering how the fuck I'm gonna change the brake pads in my truck without a floor jack or jack stands...

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:37 am

Very carefully?

Bo_9 · Post by **Bo_9** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:18 am

But seriously, I've done this on cars but it may be difficult on a truck due to height.
Jack it up with the stock puny jack on one side.
Remove tire from that side and place it under the front crossmember, recommend you put a hefty board across the wheel to protect it.
If that holds the rotor off the ground you can now safely work on that side.
Repeat as necessary.

motorpsycho67 · Post by **motorpsycho67** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:38 am

Bo_9 wrote:But seriously, I've done this on cars but it may be difficult on a truck due to height.
Jack it up with the stock puny jack on one side.
Remove tire from that side and place it under the front crossmember, recommend you put a hefty board across the wheel to protect it.
If that holds the rotor off the ground you can now safely work on that side.
Repeat as necessary.

Good idea..... but I don't trust the cheap jack that came with it.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:54 pm

Bigshankhank wrote:Watching the Austin race, and contemplating a career change (again). Just got off the phone with a shot at working for the local Zoo. Please save your Rocky jokes, this may be something much more up my alley than the general contracting gig.

Well, the interview is in the bag as of this morning. The worst part is it means staying in Houston longer. Let's see what happens...

SidVicious · Post by **SidVicious** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:56 pm

motorpsycho67 wrote:
Bo_9 wrote:But seriously, I've done this on cars but it may be difficult on a truck due to height.
Jack it up with the stock puny jack on one side.
Remove tire from that side and place it under the front crossmember, recommend you put a hefty board across the wheel to protect it.
If that holds the rotor off the ground you can now safely work on that side.
Repeat as necessary.

Good idea..... but I don't trust the cheap jack that came with it.

Maybe you can rent a jack and stands somewhere? Around here one can rent specialty tools from some parts stores like O'Reillys. Anything like that in your neck of the woods?

motorpsycho67 · Post by **motorpsycho67** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:53 pm

SidVicious wrote:
motorpsycho67 wrote:
Bo_9 wrote:But seriously, I've done this on cars but it may be difficult on a truck due to height.
Jack it up with the stock puny jack on one side.
Remove tire from that side and place it under the front crossmember, recommend you put a hefty board across the wheel to protect it.
If that holds the rotor off the ground you can now safely work on that side.
Repeat as necessary.

Good idea..... but I don't trust the cheap jack that came with it.
Maybe you can rent a jack and stands somewhere? Around here one can rent specialty tools from some parts stores like O'Reillys. Anything like that in your neck of the woods?

Bought a set of jack stands at Harbor Freight ($25) and used a scissor jack I forgot I had and got it done.

Funny thing is, I thought for sure it was the front pads I heard grinding, but nope, it was the rear. Fronts had plenty of meat on em, but since I was already there, I slapped a new set of ceramics on. Guess I'll do the rear tomorrow.

Oh, and nearly ripped half my thumbnail off doing it....

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 4:31 am

motorpsycho67 wrote:.
Oh, and nearly ripped half my thumbnail off doing it....

Or to look at it another way, you successfully left half of your thumbnail fully attached...

SidVicious · Post by **SidVicious** » Sat Apr 18, 2015 5:04 pm

Worked half a day this morning. Raining cats and dogs as I'm leaving the house. Still a bit rainy when I got off work mid-morning. I was looking forward to a lazy day sitting in the house watching the rain then I get a call from a friend that needed some help. Drive to his place (in another town) and swap out his vehicles water pump for him. Not a hard job, but getting the fan blade off was a bitch. He just had some minor heart surgery and he wasn't supposed to be doing anything but he was right there being all helpy.

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:18 pm

First ride of the year today. About 75 miles.

Jaeger · Post by **Jaeger** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:19 am

Yep, got my first ride in on Saturday too. No idea how far I went, though, since apparently the speedo cable is busted.

--Jaeger

SECO · Post by **SECO** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:34 pm

SECO returns, after a long, way long pause. I am planning on checking and being more active on the boards again. My dual sports have been replaced with a wr450f and a fz1. The new health card restrict me from legally being the bus driver of the apocalypse, but if it's an apocalypse, Obamacare won't care what I drive! Anyhoo, should you not see a lurker sign on as Ninja B, that'd be my contribution to the malcontents through progeny... my millennial daughter who is now the proud rider of a cookie monster 2009 ex500. Be forewarned, further posts to follow.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:33 am

Welcome back. Nice to see an old familiar face return from the void.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:51 pm

Started the day RIDING A FUCKING MOTORCYCLE then spent the rest of the day replacing coils on my 250k miles Mercedes, cleaning up the garage, cleaning up the yard, seeking out neighborhoods in which to move next and generally wearing myself out.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:09 pm

I was gonna go TOTALLY 21st century today.
Brother MATPOC needs a spare hydraulic switch and, after some back and forth, the idea was I'd facilitate the acquisition thereof through German ebay.
So, today, I got an email on my phone, the seller agreeing to some complicated process, and after some facebook pms, also through my phone, I was going to buy that shit via the ebay app on my phone, select cash payment, facebook pm some fiscal details to the unreasonable Ukranian, he'd pay a German parts retailer via paypal and they'd ship directly to lovely Rhode Island.
And I'd only ever do shit on my phone, on my lunch break, hundreds of miles from the hydraulic switches and thousands of miles from lovely Rhode Island, obviously.
Except that the ebay app didn't offer me to chose the cash-option the seller and I had agreed on to facilitate MATPOC paying himself.
So I had to wait to get home, use my desktop computer and landline to do all that. Still pretty damn 21st century, but ... not quite as exciting.

guitargeek · Post by **guitargeek** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:40 pm

Loving this series of tubes!

Post by **DerGolgo** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:31 pm

I just wrote a "motivational letter".
They don't want just an application, no. Not even a CV. But a "motivational letter".
No, it's not enough that you can do the job. No, it's not enough that you WANT to do the job. No, it's not enough that you can provide references and whatnot, or that you already work for this corporation, no.
You have to prove you're a flaming fanatic about doing this job!!
Good grief ...
All I want to do is go to work in the morning, do work, go home, get my paycheck on a regular basis. Not too much to ask.
But NOOO. Doing my job must be some kind of semi-religious experience for me!!!

xtian · Post by **xtian** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:48 pm

DerGolgo wrote: All I want to do is go to work in the morning, do work, go home, get my paycheck on a regular basis. Not too much to ask.

you might want to work a little more on you motivation letter. something like
"All I want to do is go to work in the morning, do work, go home, get my paycheck on a regular basis. Not too much to ask. and I used to play volley ball so I'm good at team playing"
or something.

Post by **DerGolgo** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:45 pm

No, I didn't use that in the motivational letter.
I started it (as close as this translates from the German):
"Dear Sir or Madam, colleagues, comrades-in-arms!"
I've applied to that department before, and I was told I'm not cool enough, due to the effects of being a cripple (what? NO! we never said that!! well, we don't remember, but we didn't mean it!). I kinda went a bit wild in places, I think.

I also had to formulate a twitter-suitable message, to condense my motivation into 140 characters or less.

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