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  • R Roger Wright

    We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

    "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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    Or hitting the jackpot on a slot machine for fifteen hundred... nickels ($75). :sigh: And of course it was right beside the buffet entrance.

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      Or hitting the jackpot on a slot machine for fifteen hundred... nickels ($75). :sigh: And of course it was right beside the buffet entrance.

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      Roger Wright
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      Did you do that? My mother called me once at work to tell me she won 30,000! After I stopped gasping for air she admitted that it was a penny machine. :doh:

      "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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      • R Roger Wright

        We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

        "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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        Roger Wright wrote:

        nothing smoked

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        • R Roger Wright

          Did you do that? My mother called me once at work to tell me she won 30,000! After I stopped gasping for air she admitted that it was a penny machine. :doh:

          "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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          Yes.

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          • R Roger Wright

            We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

            "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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            Garth J Lancaster
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            you obviously fixed the phase mismatch - and the sewer lift system didnt reverse itself - leastwise, hopefully it will do it on your Boss and not you, if you're ever proven right about the 'nagging doubt' about how the phases crossed in the first place ! congrats 'g'

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              you obviously fixed the phase mismatch - and the sewer lift system didnt reverse itself - leastwise, hopefully it will do it on your Boss and not you, if you're ever proven right about the 'nagging doubt' about how the phases crossed in the first place ! congrats 'g'

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              Roger Wright
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              Thanks! Hehehe... I think my cow-orkers have trouble understanding my sense of humor. I had a guy standing by a lift station to check phase rotation during the change, and I told him to have an umbrella handy, just in case. The radio was reeeaaallll silent for about three minutes, then he came back in a very uncertain voice, "10-4." I don't think he had any idea what I was talking about. I'm still worried about the phasing - I think it's going to be an issue that bites us later, but there's really nothing I can do about it at this point. In any case, the rotation is more important, and we got that much right. :-D

              "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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              • R Roger Wright

                We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

                "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                Vikram A Punathambekar
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                Roger Wright wrote:

                Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw

                The only game that can be played for five days (or more, but timeless Tests belong to the past) and yet end in a draw :-D

                Cheers, Vikram.

                Current activities: Films: The classic Pink Panther series TV series: Friends, season 3 Books: Liar's Poker, by Michael Lewis.


                Carpe Diem.

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                • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                  Roger Wright wrote:

                  Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw

                  The only game that can be played for five days (or more, but timeless Tests belong to the past) and yet end in a draw :-D

                  Cheers, Vikram.

                  Current activities: Films: The classic Pink Panther series TV series: Friends, season 3 Books: Liar's Poker, by Michael Lewis.


                  Carpe Diem.

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                  So I've heard, and I'm disappointed that we can't view cricket on television here. The only Cricket I've seen in my life is a darts game.

                  "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                  • R Roger Wright

                    So I've heard, and I'm disappointed that we can't view cricket on television here. The only Cricket I've seen in my life is a darts game.

                    "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                    Ahh, Darts, one of the few games remaining where it is acceptable to drink vast quantities of alcohol while playing.

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                    • R Roger Wright

                      So I've heard, and I'm disappointed that we can't view cricket on television here. The only Cricket I've seen in my life is a darts game.

                      "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                      Not even these[^]?

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                      • R Roger Wright

                        We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

                        "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                        You just listened to Alanis Morissette didn't you? ;P

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                        • R Roger Wright

                          So I've heard, and I'm disappointed that we can't view cricket on television here. The only Cricket I've seen in my life is a darts game.

                          "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                          Vikram A Punathambekar
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                          Hey, you're already on Myspace ;P compared to that, YouTube is nothing. Hop on over and watch some cricket!

                          Cheers, Vikram.

                          Current activities: Films: The classic Pink Panther series TV series: Friends, season 3 Books: Liar's Poker, by Michael Lewis.


                          Carpe Diem.

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                          • R Roger Wright

                            We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

                            "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                            Roger Wright wrote:

                            taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff

                            You are one sick puppy! :laugh:

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                            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                              Roger Wright wrote:

                              Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw

                              The only game that can be played for five days (or more, but timeless Tests belong to the past) and yet end in a draw :-D

                              Cheers, Vikram.

                              Current activities: Films: The classic Pink Panther series TV series: Friends, season 3 Books: Liar's Poker, by Michael Lewis.


                              Carpe Diem.

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                              Jorgen Andersson
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                              When I was a student I asked an Indian and an Englishman at a dinnerparty to explain the rules of cricket to me... Two hours later, we left them in my kitchen still discussing/arguing the rules, to go for a pubcrawl! I still don't have a clue about the rules of cricket, but I understand that it involves a lot of tea.

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                              • R Roger Wright

                                We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

                                "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                                Xiangyang Liu
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                                Roger Wright wrote:

                                Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker.

                                Wouldn't it be funny if high school sweetheart is a big, hairy, tattooned biker? :) My older son went to his first date yesterday, he is only 15.

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                                • R Roger Wright

                                  We connected my new substation to the grid this morning and nothing smoked. Talk about depressing! It's like paying a gazillion bucks to see a F-1 race live and nobody crashes! Or going to a bullfight and having the referees call it a draw. Or attending a cockfight where all the chickens are legless, flightless mutants. Or taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff. Or marrying your high school sweetheart and realizing on your honeymoon that you'd really rather be with a big, hairy, tattooed biker. Or taking a cruise to Mexico and finding that, because of the swine flu, the ship is only allowed to circle Catalina Island 40 times. Or taking 6 doses of performance enhancing herbal supplements before a date with the girl of your dreams, only to learn over dinner that she wants to be "just friends." Okay, it was less exciting than I thought it would be, but I'm glad it worked as designed... On to the next two on my list. :-D

                                  "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                                  I'm disappointed in you, Roger. First rule of electrical engineering:

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                                    Roger Wright wrote:

                                    taking LSD for the first time and seeing only your mother-in-law in the buff

                                    You are one sick puppy! :laugh:

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                                    Roger Wright
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                                    Aw, shucks... You knew that already. ;P

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                                      You just listened to Alanis Morissette didn't you? ;P

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                                      Roger Wright
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                                      No. Should I? :rolleyes:

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                                      • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                                        Hey, you're already on Myspace ;P compared to that, YouTube is nothing. Hop on over and watch some cricket!

                                        Cheers, Vikram.

                                        Current activities: Films: The classic Pink Panther series TV series: Friends, season 3 Books: Liar's Poker, by Michael Lewis.


                                        Carpe Diem.

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                                        :laugh: :laugh:

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