The "Not So Pro" discussion thread...of course Pros are welcome!

[dooby]

You know you've gone to the right doctor when there are Bailey's catalogs in the waiting room.

Only cause i stole the Madsen's catalog.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[Gologit]

Only cause i stole the Madsen's catalog.:hmm3grin2orange:

Aha! Darn loggers, anyway.

 

[dooby]

Things aren't as busy, logging wise, here. But, we did have a doctor who wore rigging clothes to his office. I didn't go to him. Rumor had it that he was pretty rude and embarrassing to woman patients. He was an expert in crushing injuries and could stitch up chainsaw cuts so there was minimal scarring. He sometimes was helicoptered in to the logging sites. One story has his patient protesting that he wanted a doctor, not another logger working on him (think the rigging clothes uniform).

A friend of mine was in to get some stitches and it took longer than the local anesthetic lasted. The doc was on the phone giving instructions on how to deliver a baby, and working on my friend in his spare time. The guy who was a young (he's still here and is now old) nurse practitioner mentioned that the anesthetic was wearing off and the doctor told my friend to be tough and he'd finish it off without more. He did and my friend said it really hurt big time.

Both of the local doctors were good at "patching you up so you could keep on working". Both are gone.

doctors are funny critters. When i was 18 I was packing a 288xp w/32" bar and fresh chain. Slipped and drove the tip of the bar into my palm(shoulder carry). The doc numbed me up and that Ol' COW TURD IN A RIVER of a boss made the doctor give me some more numby-stuff so i could go back to work and finish the day. Work-comp likes it whn you return to work the same day. Now doctors got new pills and procedures for the limp-wristed sort. What happened to "Get yer rear to work". I fractured my knee off the job one month ago. Yesterday i got released to"put as much weight on it as pain will allow" but not to return to work. I was off those @#$%^pills 4 days after it happened. My Ex could tell the doctor wasn't liking it that I wasn't responding to his sensitivity. I like the old tough doctors. the newer doctors are way to frilly(unless your a dentist,then tough is not cool)IMHO

 

[dooby]

Hey slayer!

Dangit dude, I should have looked at that bottle closer...I'm an idiot

Twochains- forgive youself- That Beam ain't fit to clean a paint brush w/. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[twochains]

cough...:yoyo: I ain't even going there but I definitely won't disagree with ya! :hmm3grin2orange: Funny thing is I went all the way through 7th grade with the future Aire of Jim Beam distillery...Jonathan Beam...I would like to have his money in the future...

 

[roberte]

Twochains- forgive youself- That Beam ain't fit to clean a paint brush w/. :hmm3grin2orange:

Now that Canadian stuff was good. umpkin2:

 

[jrcat]

Checkin in. I cant keep up with all this lol. Its been HOT down here. It has been somewhat aggravating here with the heat and some breakdowns, both in the chipper and truck departments. Not to mention the slow trickle of wood.... Anyways Hope you all are doing well. Catch you all later

 

[northmanlogging]

May have forced my hand to full time logging today... Left work all sorts of angry... Don't like liars... really don't like people that lie and blame other people for their mistakes...

We'll see how it goes.

Besides I'm making more logging in two days then I am in two weeks machining. The only problem is having enough work to keep the money coming.

 

[treeslayer2003]

yes, that will always be a problem. all you can do is get out n beat the bushes to drum up work. it's scary goin out on yer own, no guarantee you'll make it but with the right attitude you got as good a chance as any one.

 

[twochains]

Northman there are backstabbers and liars in every profession. One crew I logged for got to snaking my quota... I started secretly marking the butts of my logs...people can just be down right cruel and mean sometimes...it's everywhere! Make sure you cool down and think of all your options.

 

[northmanlogging]

part of the reason I went home is to find if any other machine shops are hiring, there are plenty of em...

the other reason is I'm old enough to realize that beating a man about the face and throat with his spleen is frowned on by many jurys... regardless of your reasons why. Safer for everyone to leave and come back with calmer nerves.

 

[twochains]

Exactly! However...if you can ever just isolate the person and there are no witnesses and you wear gloves or use a shopping cart handle.... a lawyer won't even touch the case...jus sayin' :msp_sneaky:

 

[jrcat]

I know about this chipper....a really big one...you know... throw in some pieces and parts along with some wood...:blob5:

 

[twochains]

Hey there jrcat! You down near my neck of the woods huh? Man I wished I lived closer to an interception point...we could grab a beer and a burger er somethin'! Hope all is well down there! Yeah man it's hottttt! Storms heade yer way...missing me I think but headed right towards you, should be cooler for a bit 2moro...until the humidity rises! YUK!

 

[jrcat]

Hey there jrcat! You down near my neck of the woods huh? Man I wished I lived closer to an interception point...we could grab a beer and a burger er somethin'! Hope all is well down there! Yeah man it's hottttt! Storms heade yer way...missing me I think but headed right towards you, should be cooler for a bit 2moro...until the humidity rises! YUK!

We had a doosy of a storm roll through this afternoon. It poured so hard we couldnt see the chipper which was about 200 feet away. It rained like that for an hour or so. I guess they use rubber tired feller bunchers a lot around here and they havent been doin so hot the past few days with the wet ground.

 

[northmanlogging]

Either he goes or I go at this point, we're both leads (I was his lead but he wouldn't listen so his daddy made him lead of that area) I'm also the night shift supervisor (what ever that means...) and the tooling guy, and the setup guy, and the fix it guy, and the gee thats weird give it to him guy... About the only thing he's got going for him is he's the bosses kid, and a good liar, at least to daddy... the rest of us can smell bull #### from a mile away.

The crux of the matter comes down to commander ass face, not owning up to the fact he's a tool and blaming anybody and everybody else for his faults, this time he blamed a guy that A wasn't present, B didn't work on the job at all, C is my go to guy on nights... and then the sob claimed he had proof... Every other time he's thrown some one to the dogs there was no proof and they where involved on the job, this time there is proof and witnesses, I just have to play my cards right or find another job or more logging work. At this point I'd rather go logging, the trees don't talk back and if they do its ok to kill em... but like i said gotta have more work, got bills to pay...

 

[twochains]

Yeh, I don't know what they use in the flat lands. I know that in cotton country and rice country everything is on tracks or REALLY tall skinny tires.

 

[twochains]

Northman- so your up against the boss' kid??? ...so you take shopping cart, turn it upside down, lift it up in the air and drop it handle first on a curb, the handle will just slip right out...

 

[treeslayer2003]

Either he goes or I go at this point, we're both leads (I was his lead but he wouldn't listen so his daddy made him lead of that area) I'm also the night shift supervisor (what ever that means...) and the tooling guy, and the setup guy, and the fix it guy, and the gee thats weird give it to him guy... About the only thing he's got going for him is he's the bosses kid, and a good liar, at least to daddy... the rest of us can smell bull #### from a mile away.

The crux of the matter comes down to commander ass face, not owning up to the fact he's a tool and blaming anybody and everybody else for his faults, this time he blamed a guy that A wasn't present, B didn't work on the job at all, C is my go to guy on nights... and then the sob claimed he had proof... Every other time he's thrown some one to the dogs there was no proof and they where involved on the job, this time there is proof and witnesses, I just have to play my cards right or find another job or more logging work. At this point I'd rather go logging, the trees don't talk back and if they do its ok to kill em... but like i said gotta have more work, got bills to pay...

I hate to say it but ya know the boss ain't gonna fire his boy. better be carful.

 

[twochains]

Northman...honestly, over the years I have learned something that holds very true...sometimes ya gotta treat #### with kindness. In the end it will be YOU that has to decide whether you stay or go. When there is say 10 inches of snow on the ground and your not able to log...that machinist job might look pretty darn good.