Monday, January 28, 2008
Dieting 3 Weeks
I have been dieting for three weeks and have lost 14 lbs. This week I lost 4 lbs. I have eaten more than I should have during the week but got back on track by the weekend. Usually the weekends are the hardest but I wasn’t where I wanted to be so I got serious. Dieting sucks. There is now way around it. It Sucks! I have a long way to go yet. I am now down to 201. I haven’t broken the 200 mark yet. I can’t complain about the weight that I have lost so I try not to get discouraged or think about it. I have been limiting my meals to small portions that leave me hungry but after I have eaten it goes away after a while and I manage. Have you ever noticed the commercials for food on TV at night? That is after they have run all of the dieting commercials. I hope these SOB’s all die of obesity related diseases.
It is less that a month before I start school. Next Friday I go for orientation. It’s getting real now. Not much time before I make a big life change.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Couch Surfing
Friday, January 25, 2008
Couch Surfing
I found this interesting but it is probable isn’t for everyone. I have added links to my blog for anyone that wants to check it out. I haven’t used it yet except to contact some people in place that I plan on visiting and have been very happy with what I have found. The other link is for hostels and I have used them and enjoyed it. I have stayed in light houses on the coast of California. I find it a neat experience but again I am sure that it isn’t for everyone. You have be up for the adventure. But I enjoy sky diving.
Couch Surfing
I found this interesting but it is probable isn’t for everyone. I have added links to my blog for anyone that wants to check it out. I haven’t used it yet except to contact some people in place that I plan on visiting and have been very happy with what I have found. The other link is for hostels and I have used them and enjoyed it. I have stayed in light houses on the coast of California. I find it a neat experience but again I am sure that it isn’t for everyone. You have be up for the adventure. But I enjoy sky diving.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A Failure to Communicate
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A Failure to Communicate
We have the worse communication. No wonder that we are losing business. As I had stated before one of the first orders of business for me at this company was to set up procedures that documented our work orders excreta. It was then decided not to implement it because it actually held people responsible, including the owners family, for their actions. Since they view themselves as gods and they can do as they dam well please they will not be held responsible for their own action. That is what they own employees for, to take the blame. I am not good at taking blame for something that I have no control over and I don’t keep my mouth shut.
The issue:
I designed two parts for Batesville Casket Company for developing a new way to install theses parts that will save Batesville money. The reasoning by our company is that if we can show them that this will work then Batesville will buy off on it and give us the contract to produce them. The job has the potential of one million dollars plus a year business. So I built a prototype tools to produce the samples.
The tool was built oversize because the plastic part shrinks as it cools. The tools were build with this shrink factor. The parts worked as planed and everyone should be happy. As I said should be. But you can’t make these people happy.
The Problem: Now we want to get an aluminum cast tool to go into production. We produce a pattern for the foundry to cast the production tool. The pattern needs to be larger to compensate for the shrink of the aluminum in their casting process. The owner wants to know why these prototype tooling wasn’t made to a pattern size. Sometimes we do this when the prototypes can be oversize of the production parts but in this case we needed to prove fits and concepts. The owner himself says to do it as a prototype tool and that is what I did. He said it with witnesses and they backed me up. That made him angrier to be told that he was wrong.
So now we are in a mad rush to get these tools changed to get to the foundry. They are expected to be shipped by Friday. Now I need 2-3 days to re-machine them and then they go to the tool room to finish and they need 2-3 days. This is Wednesday and they are still sitting in the press. It is up to the owner’s son (the plant manager) to get them pulled so that I can work on them. So little god can not chew gun and walk at the same time and he is tied up with something else. He isn’t even the one that has to pull it, just tell the set-up Mexican to do it.
Now I have been waiting for it to get out of the press so that I can work on it. When it is then they will try to hold me responsible for it not being on time. If we simply had followed the procedures that had been laid out then there would not have been this failure to communicate.
Competing against the world and with all the other issues of doing business today is very difficult and requires professionals and good communications. We just don’t have either.
A Failure to Communicate
We have the worse communication. No wonder that we are losing business. As I had stated before one of the first orders of business for me at this company was to set up procedures that documented our work orders excreta. It was then decided not to implement it because it actually held people responsible, including the owners family, for their actions. Since they view themselves as gods and they can do as they dam well please they will not be held responsible for their own action. That is what they own employees for, to take the blame. I am not good at taking blame for something that I have no control over and I don’t keep my mouth shut.
The issue:
I designed two parts for Batesville Casket Company for developing a new way to install theses parts that will save Batesville money. The reasoning by our company is that if we can show them that this will work then Batesville will buy off on it and give us the contract to produce them. The job has the potential of one million dollars plus a year business. So I built a prototype tools to produce the samples.
The tool was built oversize because the plastic part shrinks as it cools. The tools were build with this shrink factor. The parts worked as planed and everyone should be happy. As I said should be. But you can’t make these people happy.
The Problem: Now we want to get an aluminum cast tool to go into production. We produce a pattern for the foundry to cast the production tool. The pattern needs to be larger to compensate for the shrink of the aluminum in their casting process. The owner wants to know why these prototype tooling wasn’t made to a pattern size. Sometimes we do this when the prototypes can be oversize of the production parts but in this case we needed to prove fits and concepts. The owner himself says to do it as a prototype tool and that is what I did. He said it with witnesses and they backed me up. That made him angrier to be told that he was wrong.
So now we are in a mad rush to get these tools changed to get to the foundry. They are expected to be shipped by Friday. Now I need 2-3 days to re-machine them and then they go to the tool room to finish and they need 2-3 days. This is Wednesday and they are still sitting in the press. It is up to the owner’s son (the plant manager) to get them pulled so that I can work on them. So little god can not chew gun and walk at the same time and he is tied up with something else. He isn’t even the one that has to pull it, just tell the set-up Mexican to do it.
Now I have been waiting for it to get out of the press so that I can work on it. When it is then they will try to hold me responsible for it not being on time. If we simply had followed the procedures that had been laid out then there would not have been this failure to communicate.
Competing against the world and with all the other issues of doing business today is very difficult and requires professionals and good communications. We just don’t have either.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Economy
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Economy
I have one month before I start truck driving school. With the way the economy is going I am anxious about the future.
I have been listing to some the right wing radio talk shows and they say that the democrats are causing this problem by predicting it. Give me a break! The media reporting the slowing down of the economy probable helps slow it down. The stock market is very much based on perception and therefore the reporting of it contributes to the panic. But the bad economy can not be blamed on the media alone. If we were in a strong economy then they would not have the bad news to report. The fact lies in that when we are paying $3.00 plus a gallon for gas the money spent for fuel is not used to purchase products and services that fuel the economy. It is inevitable that something has to give. If your income is in the upper 6 figures then it may not have the same affect on your lifestyle. But when a family is living paycheck to paycheck as many Americans are, then spending has to be cut back. It hasn’t been the driving. We still need to drive to work and do many of the things that we have become accustom to. I am afraid that we are in for some hard times. I hope that I am wrong and that something positive will happen before we get a snowball affect in out economy.
The Economy
I have one month before I start truck driving school. With the way the economy is going I am anxious about the future.
I have been listing to some the right wing radio talk shows and they say that the democrats are causing this problem by predicting it. Give me a break! The media reporting the slowing down of the economy probable helps slow it down. The stock market is very much based on perception and therefore the reporting of it contributes to the panic. But the bad economy can not be blamed on the media alone. If we were in a strong economy then they would not have the bad news to report. The fact lies in that when we are paying $3.00 plus a gallon for gas the money spent for fuel is not used to purchase products and services that fuel the economy. It is inevitable that something has to give. If your income is in the upper 6 figures then it may not have the same affect on your lifestyle. But when a family is living paycheck to paycheck as many Americans are, then spending has to be cut back. It hasn’t been the driving. We still need to drive to work and do many of the things that we have become accustom to. I am afraid that we are in for some hard times. I hope that I am wrong and that something positive will happen before we get a snowball affect in out economy.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Cashless Restaurant
Monday January 21, 2008
Cashless Restaurant
The first cashless restaurant that I am aware of is reopening this week. After a robber shot and killed one of the employees the restaurant is no longer accepting cash. I believe that is only the beginning of many to follow. With events such as this it is only a matter of time before we will be a complete cashless sociality. Also we have the technology and our acceptance of the use of credit and debit cards we are at a place in our history where it becomes a practical matter to have a cashless sociality. There are a lot of arguments for it. It can control robberies such as this, control illegal drugs, help control terrorists, and eliminate the underground economy that no taxes are being paid on. No one is going to stick you up and rob you of your debit card; or maybe they will. But with resent events enacted such as the Real ID Act we can start having our information implanted. I personally don’t like what is happening. If you believe in the mark of the beast or big brother then you have cause to be concerned. A few events can quickly put us there.
To a lighter note: I lost another 5 lbs this week. Two weeks on the diet and I have lost 10 lbs. Current weight 205.
Cashless Restaurant
The first cashless restaurant that I am aware of is reopening this week. After a robber shot and killed one of the employees the restaurant is no longer accepting cash. I believe that is only the beginning of many to follow. With events such as this it is only a matter of time before we will be a complete cashless sociality. Also we have the technology and our acceptance of the use of credit and debit cards we are at a place in our history where it becomes a practical matter to have a cashless sociality. There are a lot of arguments for it. It can control robberies such as this, control illegal drugs, help control terrorists, and eliminate the underground economy that no taxes are being paid on. No one is going to stick you up and rob you of your debit card; or maybe they will. But with resent events enacted such as the Real ID Act we can start having our information implanted. I personally don’t like what is happening. If you believe in the mark of the beast or big brother then you have cause to be concerned. A few events can quickly put us there.
To a lighter note: I lost another 5 lbs this week. Two weeks on the diet and I have lost 10 lbs. Current weight 205.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Undocumented Workers
Friday, January 18, 2008
Undocumented Workers
Our politicians are referring to the illegal aliens as undocumented workers. Is that the same as calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist? I believe that if someone comes illegally into this country then he should be treated as a criminal and be deported.
Today was very slow at work. None of our Mexicans worked today. We can not get much slower and stay in business.
Undocumented Workers
Our politicians are referring to the illegal aliens as undocumented workers. Is that the same as calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist? I believe that if someone comes illegally into this country then he should be treated as a criminal and be deported.
Today was very slow at work. None of our Mexicans worked today. We can not get much slower and stay in business.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Hawaii Truck Driving
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Hawaii Truck Driving
A big part of my decision to drive a truck is for the adventure of seeing the country. As I have previously stated that I have visited 44 states and I want to see all 50. So why not let someone else provides the motor home (so I am pulling a trailer with it) and they pay for the fuel and I get paid for my time traveling. It makes prefect sense to me.
I have been checking on truck driving jobs in Hawaii. I have found some jobs that are advertized but not many. I know from past experience that companies in Hawaii don’t like to hire anyone that is not living there. I guess that it is the same with truck driving jobs.
Truck driving in Hawaii sounds exciting. It would be a good way to see the state. Housing there is expensive so I would like to get an OTR job. The problem is you don’t have much distance to drive so I don’t know how practical that is. They are some that are advertized.
If anyone has any knowledge about truck driving in Hawaii I would love to here from you.
Hawaii Truck Driving
A big part of my decision to drive a truck is for the adventure of seeing the country. As I have previously stated that I have visited 44 states and I want to see all 50. So why not let someone else provides the motor home (so I am pulling a trailer with it) and they pay for the fuel and I get paid for my time traveling. It makes prefect sense to me.
I have been checking on truck driving jobs in Hawaii. I have found some jobs that are advertized but not many. I know from past experience that companies in Hawaii don’t like to hire anyone that is not living there. I guess that it is the same with truck driving jobs.
Truck driving in Hawaii sounds exciting. It would be a good way to see the state. Housing there is expensive so I would like to get an OTR job. The problem is you don’t have much distance to drive so I don’t know how practical that is. They are some that are advertized.
If anyone has any knowledge about truck driving in Hawaii I would love to here from you.
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