A Few Barcos

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More boats are at the old marina now which used to be known as "Jonesy's." When I lived on the South end of town n my girls were small, I spent six years working on out-board motors for the dude who used to run it.

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I had a bathing suit covered with "Never Sieze" n Axle-grease to prove it, too! Not only did I learn about fly-wheels, coils, n compression-testers, I learned about the different types of junk-metal, n how easy it is to murdilate your wrists using a five-pound sledge hammer to pummel molded aluminum (>$) away from the aluminum-iron (<$).

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Today was a machine challenge of another sort. We were planning to test-run the machne which has been out of service since I was hired there. I had to go in an hour n a half ahead of the rest of the crew to start everything in the building up for the day. The mechanic dude who's been fixing 'er up was late. I was told to put some of the cutter parts on the assembly, n first had to wash the cobwebs off the rig housing- yummy! (Note: this machine makes food). I was missing a few vital wing-nuts, washers, six clamps, n a crank-handle. I hunted down all the parts but the crank, which wasn't vital to test the machine's operation. (I have to remember a hose is still needed too, before the liquid dispenser part is used on some items).

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The Mech-dude finally arrived n got the upper parts all in moving order. But after turning it on n off a few times, non-fitting (n loud-crunching) with the brand-new conveyor problems were discovered further down the line on the bottom end of the business. So our test had to be aborted for the time being, now I wonder how long this'll take... I need a change of work-load like yesterday!

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So for the rest of my day I had to do stuff Iwouldn't have had to if the rig had been up to producing. Now I can't wait until the dude figures out the linkage failure. (Hey, he gets the big bux, n I'm only going to operate it). So although I could probably figure it out, it's his job!

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Back to the old machine n all the new, clueless folks who can't count or prepare correctly.

To top it off, I've been feeling not too well n dizzy, probably due to allergies n too much lawn-cutting. Doh! Well, better luck with the next run...