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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

    "Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering KABOOM!!" -- Marvin the Martian.

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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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              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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                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:

                              Tune for maximum smoke.

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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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                                  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:

                                  Rob Manderson My bloghttp://robmanderson.blogspot.com[^]

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

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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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                                    Roger Wright
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                                    :laugh: :laugh:

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

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