Haha i wouldn’t advocate it but i’d be a downright liar if i said that i didn’t for nearly 15 years
The highest we got at work was smoking a joint the size of a Cuban cigar at full lift on an 8m scissor lift… with the safety officer
Words of wisdom:
While it may seem like a good idea to take ecstasy on a construction site, its not, and not all tradesmen like cuddles.
I would hope that everybody has the common sense not to take acid before going to work on a construction site… its a bad day when your circular saw is melting in your hands.
Perhaps the funniest time tho was when my senior gave me a ‘special’ cookie on the way into work one morning… goddamn i was soooo paranoid of everything and everyone i spent most of the day hiding in cupboards. When somebody offers you a ‘special’ cookie, think twice
I think i’ve spent more time on building sites under the influence than actually sober
There are a few guys I work with that are high all day
they’re great wiremen too. No idea how they do it. We were setting up controls for a massive heater treater at an oil and gas plant back when I was an apprentice and my journeyman was smoking at every break. This was the first one of it’s kind with a mix of three different controls manufacturers. There were about 30 pages of ladder diagrams. He was the only one who could figure it out, including the engineers. Guy was finding all of their mistakes and got it operational while being baked out of his mind. Learned more about industrial automation from him than anyone else. I guess everyone is wired different but weed at work is not for me.
Definitely enjoy a little bit while we’re out riding in the hills though…
You may be proud of your hole, and a fine hole it is, but I’m proud of my meat. Thick, juicy and it melts in your mouth. Little over 30lbs of pulled pork for my brother’s wedding next weekend. The smoker is an old 60s Kelvinator fridge. 240v 20a PID / solid state relay controlled heating elements. I’m definitely not compensating for anything…
Sounds like you may have been a nozzleman at some point.
I cut my teeth running a shotcreet nozzle at 17 years old, and somehow kept doing it for 20 more years.
There are not many things comparable to holding a 2" rubber concrete hose between your legs, with a 210CFM diesel air compressor atomizing concrete through a nozzle onto a surface, while a 100HP concrete pump is pushing 80+lbs per second of concrete to the nozzle, that is my total body weight in 2.25 seconds.
For hours on end.
I’ve never had the pleasure, but I’ve probably spent 6 straight years digging the walls so they could be done. I’ve watched it a lot and it’s clearly a work out. It’s funny when someone is learning.
People don’t understand the physics involved.
Did they hand you a double Xl flannel shirt and say, “ fill this out?”
If you have been holding a shotcrete nozzle for,20 years I’ll skip the test of strength, holy shit. Makes my shoulders and forearms hurt thinking about it
This is only one of the hundreds of reasons a “melting pot”is something that makes us stronger, better food and music is the tip of the iceberg. I hope I never look out to see everyone looking just like myself staring back ( shudders with horror)
Better food for sure, can’t say I’m a fan of Mariachi music but it’s always a good time at parties that have a live band. My brother had to learn some of the traditional wedding line dances from her side’s culture. I’m looking forward to seeing his 6’3" goofy ass attempting that lol.
I bought a solo few months ago and Artem told me he has to do it before he ships it to you… I thought they all came that way but mine didnt have the module on it. no way of diy
Yes, physics.
You could always tell when there was a new nozzle assistant on the jobsite.
They would try to pick the hose up off the ground and “help” hold it. Doesn’t work that way.
The key to running a nozzle is to get the shortest distance between hose ground contact and the nozzle, the ground can then absorb most of the force.
“They” was just my dad, and a couple of helpers on the first dome(20ft dia) we ever built, I just knew between my dad and the helpers, I was the one to jump into the learning curve of shotcrete.
I would not say I am a big guy, 5’11"-ish, 180lbs and maybe some tenacity thrown in.
Not sure if this is beginner question material or not but here I ask:
Why would anyone do something like 10s4p or 12s4p these days when it’s so much easier than it’s ever been do go 20s2p or 21s2p? Likewise for 10s2p/12s2p builds and 20s1p or 21s1p.
I get cost but the price difference is less than the difference between one and two drivetrains on most builds, less than the cost of upgraded trucks or whatever. Seems like the performance benefits would be more than worth it for any DIY build.
That belongs on the bottom of a Snapple cap.
