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09-01-16, 07:04 AM
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09-01-16, 07:13 AM
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So...
I get a phone call from one of my cohorts today. He is on-site looking at some structural steel that I designed. His claim is that the layout is incorrect. The fabricator wants us to take a look at it. I tell my drafter we are taking a trip, get the drawings and we will depart after lunch. Upon our arrival, we are greeted with indifference. We are pointed in the general direction of the steel and out host disappears. We spend some time looking at the fabricated steel and can't figure out what the issue is. I call back t the office and get no help. So, we start nosing around. We discover that some gusset plates are in the wrong location, some base plates are the wrong size and we start making notes. We walk over to some other sections, look at each other and realize the same thing at the same time. All of this steel was fabricated to the wrong drawings. It was all fabricated to a previous issue of the drawings. Sorry, not much we can do. We tell the fabricator we are at a loss and tell him we will be back in the morning to check the rest of the steel.
I get a phone call from one of my cohorts today. He is on-site looking at some structural steel that I designed. His claim is that the layout is incorrect. The fabricator wants us to take a look at it. I tell my drafter we are taking a trip, get the drawings and we will depart after lunch. Upon our arrival, we are greeted with indifference. We are pointed in the general direction of the steel and out host disappears. We spend some time looking at the fabricated steel and can't figure out what the issue is. I call back t the office and get no help. So, we start nosing around. We discover that some gusset plates are in the wrong location, some base plates are the wrong size and we start making notes. We walk over to some other sections, look at each other and realize the same thing at the same time. All of this steel was fabricated to the wrong drawings. It was all fabricated to a previous issue of the drawings. Sorry, not much we can do. We tell the fabricator we are at a loss and tell him we will be back in the morning to check the rest of the steel.
09-01-16, 07:15 AM
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Yeah, welcome to my month. Knocked on my butt for 2+ weeks, trying to adjust to the new schedule the first week of school, then when I finally get in a couple of rides, I wake up the next morning fighting a pretty intense infection with zero cold like symptoms except for the, well, indication via my nose that I am fighting an infection. So another week off so far.
09-01-16, 07:22 AM
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Yeah, welcome to my month. Knocked on my butt for 2+ weeks, trying to adjust to the new schedule the first week of school, then when I finally get in a couple of rides, I wake up the next morning fighting a pretty intense infection with zero cold like symptoms except for the, well, indication via my nose that I am fighting an infection. So another week off so far.
09-01-16, 07:27 AM
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09-01-16, 07:50 AM
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09-01-16, 07:51 AM
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I can't quote now that it's a new month, but I find it silly that both @LesterOfPuppets and @itxi assumed that wear indicators on brake pads can't possibly prematurely indicate brakes needing replacement. The mechanic looked at them and said there was plenty of meat left on them and he adjusted the indicators to allow for more use. Originally I was shocked that they had started to squeak since they were not really all that old. They were still fine when I sold the car.
09-01-16, 07:55 AM
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I can't quote now that it's a new month, but I find it silly that both @LesterOfPuppets and @itxi assumed that wear indicators on brake pads can't possibly prematurely indicate brakes needing replacement. The mechanic looked at them and said there was plenty of meat left on them and he adjusted the indicators to allow for more use. Originally I was shocked that they had started to squeak since they were not really all that old. They were still fine when I sold the car.
09-01-16, 07:59 AM
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I can't quote now that it's a new month, but I find it silly that both @LesterOfPuppets and @itxi assumed that wear indicators on brake pads can't possibly prematurely indicate brakes needing replacement. The mechanic looked at them and said there was plenty of meat left on them and he adjusted the indicators to allow for more use. Originally I was shocked that they had started to squeak since they were not really all that old. They were still fine when I sold the car.
09-01-16, 08:02 AM
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The wear indicators are set to measure not only friction material remaining, but also where the manufacturer and that pesky engineer decided the effectiveness of the stopping power may be compromised. Brake fade and heat dissipation are real issues when rolling on down from the Continental Divide.
09-01-16, 08:04 AM
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But I refuse to change my own oil!
That's a mess, and the trip to the recycling is a pain. No thanks.
That's a mess, and the trip to the recycling is a pain. No thanks.
09-01-16, 08:10 AM
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I think bartape is easier personally. I don't think I've done a brake job since the late 90s though. At one point in time I could do both front brakes in 15 minutes flat, back when I was delivering newspapers in the country. Eventually I got tired of doing brake jobs and just kept going with no brakes. Brakes are for sissies.
09-01-16, 08:19 AM
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Oil changes scare me. I did my own for many, many years.
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09-01-16, 08:24 AM
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Yeah, but a lot of people live in fear of a simple oil change gone wrong. Even a conscientious mechanic might be in a hurry one day, or might pass the simple oil job to an assistant, and turn a simple job into a nightmare. You do NOT want that drain plug inadequately tightened or those threads damaged.
Oil changes scare me. I did my own for many, many years.
Oil changes scare me. I did my own for many, many years.
09-01-16, 08:26 AM
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My current cycling goal is to talk my wife into me selling my rarely used track bike and replacing it with a new old stock 2015 Fuji Aloha. I found one for $900 shipped. I could probably get $300ish for the 2015 Fuji Track.
09-01-16, 08:28 AM
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Up yours, tropical storm Hermine! What kind of a name is Hermine anyway?
09-01-16, 08:30 AM
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Also, while they're specced to be safe while rolling down the continental divide some of us live in Minnesota.
I think bartape is easier personally. I don't think I've done a brake job since the late 90s though. At one point in time I could do both front brakes in 15 minutes flat, back when I was delivering newspapers in the country. Eventually I got tired of doing brake jobs and just kept going with no brakes. Brakes are for sissies.
I think bartape is easier personally. I don't think I've done a brake job since the late 90s though. At one point in time I could do both front brakes in 15 minutes flat, back when I was delivering newspapers in the country. Eventually I got tired of doing brake jobs and just kept going with no brakes. Brakes are for sissies.
09-01-16, 08:51 AM
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09-01-16, 08:52 AM
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09-01-16, 08:54 AM
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