ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area So, how was the Barbeque?

jb,

Sounds like Fun!

BTW, I spoke waaaayyyy too soon on that end of rain thing!

It did rain again last nite and again Today

Bill

Bill, Hampton Beach and Portsmouth for the Hotel.

The mud I am in is Worcester MA. I can be walking on top of the ground fine and the next step I am up over my boots, the inside of my truck looks like someone shoveled dirt in to it.

Jb, where did they get a 6000 HP motor so fast, I do not think Grainger's stocks that.

And if it was air freighted in I would like to see that bill.

Bob

Hampton Beach... oh the memories !!!! No bbq for me, strictly gambling. First casino trip. Went to Mohegan Sun in CT. Came home $21.00 richer!

iwire,

Thankfully we had a spare on site. The plant used to not keep a spare but a similiar breakdown 15 years ago caused almost 6 weeks of down time. This story has an almost legendary quality and is commonly referred to as "forty days and forty nights." Needless to say, after experiencing that fiasco, the company decided to keep a spare around.

Air freight? I would hate to see that too. The armature alone weighs over 160,000# and the housing and stator weighs in at about 145,000#. If they couldn't be repaired, they would make great "bunker busters"

[This message has been edited by jb (edited 05-28-2003).]

Come on down! No food left, but plenty of dry firewood to cook up some more. : We are 10 inches behind on rain already this year. Have to opt for the 35,000 gallon cement pond in the back yard.Water temp is 84F.

It seems as though spring has finally sprung here in England.

It was clear & sunny yesterday, temperature up into the 70s, and kids having a good time on the beach. Looks reasonable for the next few days

Donnie,

You must have a heated 'cement pond' right?

Paul,

Our forecast looks about the same for this weekend.

Anyone,

Is there a real difference between partly cloudy and partly sunny?
Or is that just an optimist/pessimist thing?

Bill

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Bill,
Closest I got to a BBQ, was a stinking old rubbish tip fire, that the guy at the tip "forgot" to report until an hour and a half after it started.
All of us guys at the fire, missed the NPC Rugby Final!!, because of this dumb-*@$%.
(BTW, the NPC Final is the Rugby equivalent in NZ, to SuperBowl in the US.
While he was at home watching rugby and drinking beer, we were turning over rubbish and dampening it down.
We were WILD!!.

Trumpy,

Bummer!
I hope someone you know taped it.


Bill

Hey Yesterday in coastal Maine wasn't bad. The sun was almost out and it was almost 70, the showers we got last night, keeps me out of the garden for another weekend as tomorrow is supposed to be a gully washer. Standing water in my garden is really depressing me.