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| wolfgoddess | May 5 2006, 12:08 PM Post #16 |
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Heather, I need to pop an antihistamine before I visit your floral pics. Well, I just spoke to my daughter. She was distant with me so I passed the phone to Nicole. Yes I called her hospital room. She is in the hospital with pneumonia. She seen her lung specialist the other day and he admitted her right away. She is not doing very good. Lot's of fluid but so far no Nemothorax (partially collapsed lung)( she has had 7 so far ) We had a falling out a few weeks back, were both stubborn. Guess she got it from her dad as I still have mine
Nicole and I both have a cold and I don't want to run into her
live in male thing. ( thought you had to sensor me eh Chris
) Joys of parenthood does not stop just because they have left home. |
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| passinthru | May 5 2006, 12:35 PM Post #17 |
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Hope she gets better soon... and finds a new boyfriend.
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| mychrissy | May 5 2006, 01:02 PM Post #18 |
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Definately needs a new boyfriend.........I'm glad you called you Karen, hope to hear good news soon.
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| wolfgoddess | May 5 2006, 01:08 PM Post #19 |
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What did you do today Kee's ... |
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| Cornelius | May 5 2006, 01:50 PM Post #20 |
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Not much Karen, I’m on call, can’t drink or go to far away. The boys have gone to the open air concert in one of Haarlem’s parks and Josie and I went to look at some houses nearby. Also fixed a traffic light installation on the way. It went on the blink and wasn’t reported yet, police probably too occupied with crowd control. |
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| DraginRat | May 5 2006, 02:05 PM Post #21 |
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Cornelius; Noticed you mentioned something about traffic lights. Is that what you do for a living? Just wondering. I did that for 22 years here in Colorado. Ken Gasbarri |
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| Cornelius | May 5 2006, 02:41 PM Post #22 |
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Ken, It’s part of the job. I work for a small city here on the West coast and the work involves maintenance on anything electrical, traffic lights, street lights, parking equipment, even Xmas illuminations. But traffic lights are the most interesting I think, technically speaking. The main supplier here in Europe is not more then 2 miles away from were I live, a company named Vialis. Here’s the link; Vialis Kees |
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| DraginRat | May 5 2006, 06:24 PM Post #23 |
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Kees; Sounds a lot like what I use to do. Traffic signals were our main responsibility, but we also maintained the electrical in all the maintenance buildings, rest areas, street lighting, and video. On any given day, we might find ourselves mixing and pouring concrete for a signal cabinet base, or signal pole foundations, to reprograming a computer. It is interesting work, but as you may know, working for a government organization can be a very frustrating life. I retired two years ago, and they have asked me back twice to get some things completed that 22 years of experience is pretty much a necessity. It is nice to feel needed, but again, very frustrating dealing with the politicking and mind set of some of the people in key positions. I survived my "career", and even have a bit of my sanity left. I have a decent pension, and after this project is complete, I am going to take full advantage of it. Ken Gasbarri |
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| DraginRat | May 5 2006, 07:51 PM Post #24 |
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KEN GETS A BREAK!!!! Well, score one for the good guys. OK, one for the old fart. Today has been a on again, off again cloudy, rainy, chilly day. There was a race scheduled, and at 2:00 pm, two hours before the gates open, we decided to go up and get in line. If it was raining when the gates open, we would not buy in, but if the weather held, we would be there. Same thing happened last Friday, and we left too soon, and it stopped raining. Now we are one race behind in points, and didn't want to be two back after this race. Well, we picked up the trailer, towed it down and got in line. About 3:00 pm, I decided to fire up the car to "heat-soak" the engine. Well, last time I was in the trailer, I left the kill switch on, and now the batteries are dead, and it will take at least 12 hours to slow charge them back to full charge. We closed up the trailer, and brought it back here to the park. It is sitting next to us now with the battery charger working, and not a drop of rain has fallen here. Just a few minutes ago, I find out the race has been cancelled. Now I know it is not nice to wish bad things on my fellow racers, but this is very good news for us. We can overcome a single event, but being two back is very hard to make up. I will sleep a little better tonight, and the guys will think I did my part by not showing up. (usually, when I don't show up, it doesn't rain) Ken Gasbarri |
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| Beer Belly | May 5 2006, 10:59 PM Post #25 |
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Ken, I'd love to hear that baby runnin'....nothing sounds better than pure American horsepower
....I worked in a highline dealership and the owner had an '69 Z/28....slightly worked DZ302, he let me take it home for a weekend...felt better than any Porsche....got it home and Terri said "Get that noisey thing outa my driveway!! "....had to bring it back and returned in Porsche (that she liked
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| Cornelius | May 6 2006, 09:29 AM Post #26 |
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Ken, been there, done that and got the T-shirt, as they say. Haven’t done any concrete yet but I’m getting pretty good at re-paving brick roads. We are only a small team, mainly for maintenance, bigger jobs will go to a contractor with us to oversee things. Another interesting part I like is accidents, when people crash into lampposts or traffic lights. We make sure that everything is safe for everybody to clear the area and to document the damage done. I never realised how many people drink and drive until I started this job in 2002 at the age of 50. Yes, working for local government can be frustrating but I’ve learned long ago whilst working for a local power company, is to get your numbers and figures right, so you can beat them over the head with it. Technicians in general are not very good with administration and I was no exception, but when working in maintenance, you’re always under attack for cutbacks and outsourcing. I suppose that with maintenance, no matter how necessary, you just can’t score any brownie points. I forgot another job we do, it’s maintaining a webcam at the beach; here’s the link; Link Kees |
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....I worked in a highline dealership and the owner had an '69 Z/28....slightly worked DZ302, he let me take it home for a weekend...felt better than any Porsche....got it home and Terri said "Get that noisey thing outa my driveway!!
"....had to bring it back and returned in Porsche (that she liked
)....love that rumblin' & shake
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