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Post subject: More Horseplay
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:53 am
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OK here's my 2 cents worth. Back many years ago when I first started as a technician
at a defense contractor I was on evening shift (3:30 to 12:00). A couple nights after
starting there I was offered a tour of the machine shop area. After being led through
the lathes, milling machines and other work stations, we went to the iriditing and painting
area. The sandblasting box was pointed out to me and I was encouraged to look into it
through the glass plate in the top. As I bent over to look, suddenly arms were thrust
out of the box through the rubber gloves that were attached and grabbed me. Liked to
scare the crap out of me!!! From that day on, I delighted in being onhand for
the next new guy being generously offered the same tour. It was always the highlight,
and it always worked! 
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 3:51 pm
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Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:29 am
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That's hillarious!
In my days as a PARTIOT System maint. tech we used to send the
new privates looking for impossible to find tools. One guy was gone for over 5 hours
looking for the "bolt-stretcher"! Maybe it was wrong, but we sure got a kick out of
it.
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Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:57 pm
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Greetings sparky:
"bolt-stretcher" - thats a good one!
In our radar shop,
we would tell the newbies to go get a spool of flight line
to tie off a truck tarp, bring us a Hertz-to-Cycles-per-Second
Converter to measure the transmitter frequency, or maybe find
a box of military bearings for the antenna mount.
Those were the good old days. My friend Don H., who often visits this forum (unless
he's busy cleaning up the hurricane mess in FL, might think of a couple more to amuse
us. Don: Are you out there?
_________________ - Kirt Blattenberger
 RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
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Post subject: I do have more
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:34 pm
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Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:29 am
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Location: Cincinnati, OH |
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some other things newbies were sent for:
-a can of squelch
-chem-light rechargers
-a box of grid squares
-HEMMT (10 ton truck used to tow PATRIOT launchers) brake
fluid
- an ST1 (spell it out)
will post more when i remember
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 7:18 pm
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Being an ex radar troop myself, I've been both the victim and the antagonizer for a
lot of these. One more to add to the list is an ID10T.
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