Night Shift Cafe

[Trip]

I am on night shift this week, so let's get this bitch active so I don't fall asleep.

[Gas Man]

F'n A

[Particle Man]

Wave as I fly over

:D

[t-homo]

eat shit.

[Trip]

Where ya going particle?

[Rangerscott]

Got my tires on. Took a shit during work, just got out of the shower, my dog is sitting here begging for food, gonna see if my PS3 is gonna freeze up again, and it's all gone to shit to who is doing what for Thanksgiving. Why I hate holidays.

[G-Rex]

I won't be burnin' the midnight oil with ya! I'm still wore out from this weekend! LOL

Hell, I'm debating going to bed pretty soon! haha!

[Trip]

Well I might still be here when some of you are getting into work. 7-7 shift. Stupid outage.

[G-Rex]

Damn. I'll be at work about 6:30. I'll check in then. haha!

[Particle Man]

Where ya going particle?

Heading back from a day trip to Atlanta. The weather sucks down here.

[Rangerscott]

Heading back from a day trip to Atlanta. The weather sucks down here.


Duh. LOL

[Trip]

Damn. I'll be at work about 6:30. I'll check in then. haha!

Yeah I was suppose to be working day shift, as I am not a rotating shift worker, but the plant tripped sunday and I got switched to nights til the outage is over because we have to have 24/7 coverage.

[Particle Man]

Some chick was shaking her ass so much to get everyone's attention.... That she lost track of where she was going and walked into a garbage can. :lol:

Only in ATL

[Rangerscott]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I84X2MSL-o8&feature=related

[pauldun170]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I84X2MSL-o8&feature=related

:lol

[Particle Man]

Now there are people who are too fat to walk riding the electric carts to their gates.

Viscious cycle, maybe?

[Trip]

Now there are people who are too fat to walk riding the electric carts to their gates.

Viscious cycle, maybe?

knock them off and steal their cart

[Particle Man]

knock them off and steal their cart

I'd need a hydraulic lift and a huge crowbar.

[Trip]

I'd need a hydraulic lift and a huge crowbar.

good point, definitely would need a good bit of momentum to get them off balance.

[Particle Man]

good point, definitely would need a good bit of momentum to get them off balance.

I meant to tip the cart :lol:

They would just absorb any momentum...

[Trip]

I meant to tip the cart :lol:

They would just absorb any momentum...

put a hamburger in their path, when they reach over on one side to get it, bust them on the other side like you are Nick Fairley and they are the Georgia QB.

[Rangerscott]

Also a tub of lard.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puy52LVqG7c&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHgIQYvv9kk

[Particle Man]

Interesting idea...

And there IS a Wendy's across the way from my gate...

[caveman]

well, thats two plants that have tripped early going into their outage. Fermi 2 did the same thing only we tripped about 10 hours earlier than we wanted to manually scram.
Now we are being plagued with all sorts of issues that are small in nature but are starting to really pile up. Seems like we will never get out of this outage. we are like 180 hrs behind schedule and not getting any better.
We replaced two pump motors one for our Heater feed pump and one for our N. Main condenser pump. the mechanics installing the HFP ^ are real genius's let me tell ya. They put on the coupler while it was off the stand as there was more room and easier to get to so when they were lining up the couplers for the pump they used a tool to align the two halves of the coupling. Bar is approx. 10-12 inches long 2.5 inches wide and about 1/2 thick with two 3 inch bolts that pass through the two halves. thing must weigh at least 2-3 lbs. when the ran the motor for vibes uncuopled to the pump they couldn't figure out why the vibes were at near the no use limit of .60 mils deflection with a reading of .58 mils deflection during the test. Well, duh, you left the alignment bar attached which is off center caused major vibration issues. who woulda thought? well, lets try it without the alignment tool and see how she goes. Yeah, vibe readings went down to .08 mil deflection, which will prolly go down even more once coupled with the pump. MORONS.
Well more to follow got to get out there and do my rounds. I actually have field work I have to do. be on later:rockwoot:

[Particle Man]

Geez Caveman - I like my posts about tipping cart-riding fat people over better...

[Trip]

well, thats two plants that have tripped early going into their outage. Fermi 2 did the same thing only we tripped about 10 hours earlier than we wanted to manually scram.
Now we are being plagued with all sorts of issues that are small in nature but are starting to really pile up. Seems like we will never get out of this outage. we are like 180 hrs behind schedule and not getting any better.
We replaced two pump motors one for our Heater feed pump and one for our N. Main condenser pump. the mechanics installing the HFP ^ are real genius's let me tell ya. They put on the coupler while it was off the stand as there was more room and easier to get to so when they were lining up the couplers for the pump they used a tool to align the two halves of the coupling. Bar is approx. 10-12 inches long 2.5 inches wide and about 1/2 thick with two 3 inch bolts that pass through the two halves. thing must weigh at least 2-3 lbs. when the ran the motor for vibes uncuopled to the pump they couldn't figure out why the vibes were at near the no use limit of .60 mils deflection with a reading of .58 mils deflection during the test. Well, duh, you left the alignment bar attached which is off center caused major vibration issues. who woulda thought? well, lets try it without the alignment tool and see how she goes. Yeah, vibe readings went down to .08 mil deflection, which will prolly go down even more once coupled with the pump. MORONS.
Well more to follow got to get out there and do my rounds. I actually have field work I have to do. be on later:rockwoot:

We were suppose to have a maintenance outage in october. They rescheduled it. It was suppose to be this weekend, but our sister plants are in a refueling outage and we were waiting for them to come back online. We had a relay burn up, so we just chose to come down and entered our maintenance outage early. Not going to refuel til spring.

[KSGregman]

Slow going here in Kansas....bored watching the Philly vs Washington game on my big screen.

[Adeptus_Minor]

I'll be here with ya.
I worked my two 12's over the weekend, but tonight and tomorrow are my usual 11p-7a.

Plus, starting at the end of this month and carrying on until January, they're requesting extra coverage for the weekend.
Our nodal market system is going live and they figure we'll be fielding a lot of MP calls. :rolleyes:

[Dave]

Slow going here in Kansas....bored watching the Philly vs Washington game on my big screen.

mcnabb looking like a bitch could never be boring

[Rangerscott]

Any of ya'll know about doing trade ins?

[Gas Man]

Trips plant is on outs till spring? Wtf. U all don't need tt power? Why so long?

[Trip]

Trips plant is on outs till spring? Wtf. U all don't need tt power? Why so long?

No we are just down for a few days to do some maintenance. We are coming down for a month to refuel in the spring.

[Gas Man]

Oic. U crazy radiation boys and ur refueling.

[caveman]

Gas, don't try and figure this nuclear stuff out. Much too complicated for you gas pump attendants.:dvrofl:

Just kidding, Bro.

Any how, Trip, this is our Refuel #14 and it seems its more like the first one they ever did. I call it Refuel 1 Version 14. HAHA

As I said that we are replacing the N Condenser pump and its uncoupled run was unnacceptable high vibes. Vendor came in today to see what the issue was and we may have to remove the pump and send offsite to have rebuilt. Thats AWESOME, brand new pump, and it runs like its 30 years old:lmao:

On top of that we have a transformer that has a Load Tap Changer and it won't run in Auto as it doesn't have its sensing line bus powered up. So when they did power up the xfmr the LTC saw no sensing voltage and drove the voltage up to max point of 144V before it tripped out on overvoltage. Hope we didn't fry anything further down the line. So now we have it in manual till we get the bus that is used for sensing voltage back up.

We are running our emergency diesel generators for surveillances that we can't take credit for as the instruments that keep track of the status of the run are not powered so its all for naught.

Our management staff is running this place like its the first reactor ever in the history of mankind. They are starting to scare me.

Oh well, as long as I don't blow up and I still have a job in the morning, I am good.

[KSGregman]

mcnabb looking like a bitch could never be boring

Daniel Snider is probably like D'OH!!! I just gave that fucker $78M!!!

WTF was I thinking....AGAIN?!

[Gas Man]

I'll give u gas station attendant. I'll text u from my cognos budget variance meeting tuesday when ur sleeping. Asshat! ;)

[azoomm]

Geez, how many of you work in power plants?

[Particle Man]

Operation "Tip the fat people off the motorized cart" had to be postponed: my flight finally started boarding and I'm finally home.

[Trip]

Operation "Tip the fat people off the motorized cart" had to be postponed: my flight finally started boarding and I'm finally home.

lame

[Trip]

Who's still with me? Still got 5 hours to go in this 12 hour shift.

[Trip]

Well we just had our 4 o clock football game in the cubes. I am ready to go another hour or two after getting up and moving.

[Trip]

Any of you fuckers awake yet, only got a little bit til I get to go home and sleep. YEY!

[Particle Man]

Nope. Not here.

[G-Rex]

I'm up and about. =)

[tommymac]

I am in the ER wed and thurs nights so I will join you guys.

[Trip]

Sleep time

[the chi]

Then why are you still here? :lol:

[tommymac]

So trips aslepp, guess we can run amok for a few hrs in his absence LOL

[Adeptus_Minor]

Who's still with me? Still got 5 hours to go in this 12 hour shift.

Sorry, I got to work and got busy with some stuff and ended up barely glancing at the forums the rest of the night. :sorry:

[tommymac]

Sorry, I got to work and got busy with some stuff and ended up barely glancing at the forums the rest of the night. :sorry:

Dont ya hate when work gets in the way of internet surfing :lol:

[defector]

Why does this entire thread remind me of Homer Simpson?

[Adeptus_Minor]

Dont ya hate when work gets in the way of internet surfing :lol:

Well, ok, work and playing Oblivion. (which keeps crashing on my damn dinosaur laptop :rolleyes:)

[Particle Man]

Why does this entire thread remind me of Homer Simpson?

:lol

[Trip]

I don't eat donuts that often, pretty much only when they are free. Caveman is in operations, that's homerland.

6-6 here we go again.

[G-Rex]

I'm about to shut the lights off and go home.

[tommymac]

I am here till 11pm, well prolly 10:40 actualy LOL

[Adeptus_Minor]

Another night of 11-7, and then I'm off the rest of the week.

[Trip]

oddly enough, someone showed up with donuts.

[Particle Man]

oddly enough, someone showed up with donuts.

Fate.

[Trip]

Fate.

Seriously. It was like 15 minutes after I typed that message. I brought in 6 little ceasars pizzas for everyone in engineering and someone brought me donuts. I loled.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Did you do the obligatory "Mmmmmmm... Doooooooonuts.." ?

[defector]

Why does this entire thread remind me of Homer Simpson?

oddly enough, someone showed up with donuts. Told ya.

[Particle Man]

Seriously. It was like 15 minutes after I typed that message. I brought in 6 little ceasars pizzas for everyone in engineering and someone brought me donuts. I loled.

Even trade :lol

[Trip]

Did you do the obligatory "Mmmmmmm... Doooooooonuts.." ?

It was just glazed, I said "where's my god damn sprinkles?"

[Adeptus_Minor]

No donuts for me.
It's coffee & pure butter shortbread. (both of which I had to provide for myself :rolleyes:)

[Trip]

shortbread sounds good, went took a walk and pillaged from other departments.

Operations had barbeque and red velvet cake. BBQ was lame, cake was decent at best. Planning had sandwiches, pie, and wings. All of which was good.

[dReWpY]

hows the late night shift treating you?

last night i finally got to bed at 6am... a 2 hour water fight at the bar when we closed and a random blonde jumping in my lap at 5am is a hellva reason to skip class the next day

[Trip]

its going ok, may need to get up and move a bit to keep myself awake. Watching the guard at the entry point out the window, she is making a good attempt to stay awake. She must be listening to an ipod cause she is tapping her feet.

[dReWpY]

so im considering a Phd.
could be interesting

[Trip]

I always knew you were an eternal student.

[dReWpY]

hahahaha....
coast guard sounds good...
but an eternity of college life>getting my ass shot at by some pirates in Somlia

Texas Tech offered 30k a year, nothing but my research to do and a fully funded lab while getting my Phd

[Adeptus_Minor]

shortbread sounds good, went took a walk and pillaged from other departments.

Operations had barbeque and red velvet cake. BBQ was lame, cake was decent at best. Planning had sandwiches, pie, and wings. All of which was good.

We used to be down in the control room with the operators, those guys eat well when they aren't too busy.
What was worse was when they moved us upstairs, but we could still smell when one of them was cooking breakfast for the crew downstairs... :drool:
We, of course, were not invited >_<

[Trip]

We used to be down in the control room with the operators, those guys eat well when they aren't too busy.
What was worse was when they moved us upstairs, but we could still smell when one of them was cooking breakfast for the crew downstairs... :drool:
We, of course, were not invited >_<

Screw being invited, just pretend like you belong there and get some.

[Adeptus_Minor]

hahahaha....
coast guard sounds good...
but an eternity of college life>getting my ass shot at by some pirates in Somalia

Texas Tech offered 30k a year, nothing but my research to do and a fully funded lab while getting my Phd

I dunno, trading fire with pirates sounds better than my current job. At least it keeps you on your toes.

Can't say I'd want to go to Tech, but last time I was in Lubbock, there was a favorable female to male ratio and a decent number of those females were attractive. :wink:

[Adeptus_Minor]

Screw being invited, just pretend like you belong there and get some.

Can't badge into the control room anymore :rolleyes:

[Trip]

hahahaha....
coast guard sounds good...
but an eternity of college life>getting my ass shot at by some pirates in Somlia

Texas Tech offered 30k a year, nothing but my research to do and a fully funded lab while getting my Phd

yeah, not sure about the whole lubbock thing, it would be pretty cool to see where you would go with the CG though.

Can't badge into the control room anymore :rolleyes:

ha ha, wish I didn't have access either though. If I go to the control room, it's not for a good reason.

[Adeptus_Minor]

ha ha, wish I didn't have access either though. If I go to the control room, it's not for a good reason.

Yeah, sometimes I have to go down there and have one of the operators let me in. Shame they aren't as eager to call us about food as they are to bug us about something they could resolve with a proper reboot or clearing their browser cache. :whistle:

[dReWpY]

the thing with research is that if nothing is around the better a chance the research will be finished lol

[Adeptus_Minor]

the thing with research is that if nothing is around the better a chance the research will be finished lol

That depends entirely upon what you're researching. :wink:

[caveman]

yes, we operators are always having some good kind of snackage in the MCR (Main Control Room). However, the other day one of the guys made chilli in two crockpots. they both had pork in them, which I have never seen before, I mean they had pork and ground beef. was kinda strange. one of the crocks had a blazzin hot chilli. So hot that when you swallowed a bite you could feel it runnin down your gullet and then hit your stomach. The other was not so bad and didn't taste all that bad. However, the next morning when I got home I had to visit the toilet like 6 times in a full out run so I didn't shit my pants.

[Trip]

shit your pants food is never a good idea at work. I avoid that stuff.

Ops is where you go if you want low quality food, but want a lot of food. Maintenance is where you go for the good stuff, but there is usually so many people it's hard to get much.

[caveman]

shit your pants food is never a good idea at work. I avoid that stuff.

Ops is where you go if you want low quality food, but want a lot of food. Maintenance is where you go for the good stuff, but there is usually so many people it's hard to get much.

:iagree:Truth

[Gas Man]

I don't eat donuts that often, pretty much only when they are free. Caveman is in operations, that's homerland.

6-6 here we go again.

Truth. Cave is so "homer" in so many ways. You should just try to live near him... :lol

[dReWpY]

damn, a 6-6 sucks, my condolences... in the mean time...
plan out the trip to Cali homo

[Trip]

It's 7, I am only 1 hour in tonight. I have already had a full plate of buffalo wings from zaxbys, some fried chicken from KFC, and a few donuts WITH SPRINKLES. This is going to be the night of the epic shit.

[dReWpY]

dear god, hows the gym treating you?

[Trip]

dear god, hows the gym treating you?

Fuck working out

[tommymac]

I will be joining you guys tonight, trip you have an out of the way bathroom you can go to to violate. At night I sneak into the clinics to drop my bombs, theyre freshly cleaned and have several to choose from LOL

[Trip]

I will be joining you guys tonight, trip you have an out of the way bathroom you can go to to violate. At night I sneak into the clinics to drop my bombs, theyre freshly cleaned and have several to choose from LOL

I violate my bathrooom. I don't care if the people here have to suffer. LOL

[dReWpY]

i hate using the restroom on campus, its cleaned twice a day and i always try to be the one that wrecks it right after its cleaned, yeah, im that guy

[Particle Man]

It's 7, I am only 1 hour in tonight. I have already had a full plate of buffalo wings from zaxbys, some fried chicken from KFC, and a few donuts WITH SPRINKLES. This is going to be the night of the epic shit.

That's gonna require a freakin' hazmat team :runaway:

[Gas Man]

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l311/cjclark69/Posting/U%20or%20thread%20sucks/sucks8.jpg

[Gas Man]

Ok I'm officially on nights again, myself.

Get on with the entertainment!

We should totally lock this thread every morning, then unlock it when one of us mods comes on shift at night.

[Trip]

LOL, this is my last night of night shift. A bunch of people are leaving at 2am. So I may be playing 4 o clock football alone.

[Gas Man]

LOL Figures. LAME!

I'm on nights all the time since I swing shift.

[Trip]

Hey Gas, you still out there?

Only an hour til last 4 o clock football til the next outage. I will miss the fun. It's down to 2 of us in the building. Most of us left at 2 after 8 hours. I am holding on for the 5-5 shift tonight, so I get a day of comp time to use for friday next week instead of annual leave.

[Trip]

my final post of night shift cafe for this outage. YEY! Back to daylight. I will miss the constant food though.

No donuts tonight, just a big bowl of fruit and bagels. We needed something healthy after pigging out on crap.

[LeeNetworX]

Working night shift sucks ass. I did it for 4 years when I was in high school and college. Don't miss it one bit.

[tommymac]

had a bad night last night, almost had a pt die on me and prolly wont do well anyway

[dReWpY]

I had damn good night last night ....

[Adeptus_Minor]

I had damn good night last night ....

What was her name?:lol:

[Dave]

What was her name?:lol:

Russel

[Inferno]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpzwVJHZxdU

[Particle Man]

Russel

:lmao:

[dReWpY]

Russel

i hate you

[Rangerscott]

Heading to HF to get some security bits to take apart my PS3. Wifi printers FTW! HF coupons printing now.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Russel

It's hard to hide a hard-on when you're dressed like Minnie Pearl. :lol:

[Gas Man]

Sorry Trip... I was G O N E

But at last, I'm back...

[Dave]

It's hard to hide a hard-on when you're dressed like Minnie Pearl. :lol:

Winna!

[Particle Man]

:lol

[tommymac]

I will be around tonight tomorrow night and sun night

[Adeptus_Minor]

Look, I'm stuck at work, what excuse do the rest of you assholes have for being up and staring at a computer screen at this hour?

[tommymac]

Look, I'm stuck at work, what excuse do the rest of you assholes have for being up and staring at a computer screen at this hour?

I am at work too. things are just setteling down in the ER. I am usualy off on friday nights but not bad so far. Now its just a bunch of drunk homeless people. The upside is I did get to re attatch part of an earlobe earlier. Came together very well aksualy LOL

[Particle Man]

Look, I'm stuck at work, what excuse do the rest of you assholes have for being up and staring at a computer screen at this hour?
I wasn't. redflip