First Day At Work.
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Topic: First Day At Work.
Posted By: Ford
Subject: First Day At Work.
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 6:56pm
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Not bad, despite the shower I just took, I still smell like motor oil. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 6:57pm
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Cool story, Hansel. ------------- 
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 6:58pm
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That's...good? What kind of work did they have you doing?
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 6:59pm
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I do oil changes/tire rotations right now. My friends dad made a comment about not taking their jeep up there anymore since I'm working there, he was joking but if he saw some of what went on I know he wouldn't.
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 7:04pm
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lol i was a tire and lube tech... get used to the motor oil... it will get into your skin as you work and will ooze out as you sweat... the GF was pissed cuz all her sheets got stained with motor oil... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 7:08pm
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Maybe now my issue of dry skin on my hands will be gone with all the oil.
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 7:22pm
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merc wrote:Posted By: notXXscared
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 7:26pm
lulz seckz. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 7:33pm
I'm pretty sure petro based oils for that is a bad idea. -------------
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 8:37pm
Damn it Gatyr, the only reason I came to thread was to use that line. *Thinking of something else* Don't have a gasoline fight with someone who smokes. |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 9:23pm
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 9:33pm
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At the bowling alley ? Wouldn't you smell more like a bar than ass ?
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Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 9:36pm
| I had some friends who worked at Jiffy Lube, and some others who worked at a Shell, they said you end up doing some pretty cool jobs over time, and make some good money. |
Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 9:38pm
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 9:43pm
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Yea, but bars have that smell, it's just the bar smell. Nothing like it.
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 10:18pm
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After working in any kind of shop environment you realize how <poop>y most service is. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 10:21pm
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Eh, I have an advanced metals class and autos class, so the first 4 hours of every day I'm in a shop, usually 2 hours metals then 2 hours autos, so I'm used to being in a shop for a good amount of time.
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 07 November 2008 at 7:31pm
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In all the time I've spent in the lab at school nothing in the auto shop ever really scared me. Well today at work, I finally found what scares me, The Cheetah Bead Sealer. Used to get stubborn beads to seat when putting tires on rims. Air it to 160 PSI, stick it in there and open the valve. Holy crap. He goes over and yells, watch your ears and all of a sudden I can't hear anything, the air rushing our so far deafened me for a moment. It was something else.  -------------
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Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 07 November 2008 at 7:39pm
actually when i worked at a quicklube it dried out my hands... probably because i washed my hands/arms like 20 times a day to avoid always smelling like motor oil, as well as other problems meantioned. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 07 November 2008 at 8:16pm
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we had one guy that would fill tires to 65+ psi on the tire machine to get the beads to seat... i would go on break right about the time i saw him mounting the tire...
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Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 07 November 2008 at 8:46pm
Try seating semi truck tires. Or the worst part of it. Taking the damn tires off since there is no machine meant for taking them off. Just your own strength and 4 foot long tire tools. Or whats scarier is when your told a split rim tire is deflated when its actually not... yeah someone almost got hit for that one ------------- |
Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 07 November 2008 at 9:48pm
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Yea also, tire pressure sensor units inside the tire are the dumbest thing ever. On the tires I did, all four sensors were messed up so they all just broke when you tried to take out the valve stem, thus requiring you to replace them all...
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 07 November 2008 at 10:47pm
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Wow, I just realized how crappy working Saturdays happens to be. It's 10:46 PM and I'm thinking, "Damn, I should be in bed already" and it's a Friday night...
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 07 November 2008 at 11:02pm
I really feel like if I in nebraska or whereever the hell 357 is from, and acted toolish online sometimes, I would be 357  -------------
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Posted By: karll
Date Posted: 08 November 2008 at 5:15am
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I would invest in some barrier cream if I were you.
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 08 November 2008 at 12:23pm
sounds like you did something wrong... i never had a problem with them and did hundreds of tires... ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 08 November 2008 at 4:08pm
Four other guys were standing there and they all said they go bad a lot. The valve stem caps come off then they rot on the inside and break. I've never broken one before then either and I've done a lot of tires. -------------
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 08 November 2008 at 6:35pm
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 08 November 2008 at 10:43pm
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home health care ? Is that the deal where you take food to the old farts ?
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 08 November 2008 at 11:02pm
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and sponge baths, that was the #1 selling point for sporx ------------- 
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.Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 09 November 2008 at 10:38pm
no I go to this rich lady's house, do her laundry, cook, watch tv, play on the interwebs, play with her pets, and just chill. best job ever. -------------
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 09 November 2008 at 11:34pm
Back when I was younger and my Grandma was still the Commander of her local American Legion she had a side job, it was the job of delivering food to the olds folks at their home. I used to go with her a lot, She would get all the "ohhh what a cute grandson you have !" comments and I'd get all kinds of free food, such as cookies, brownies and other home made food. It was a win win. -------------
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 10 November 2008 at 8:03pm
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How is was your second day of work, I have been sitting on the edge of my
seat to find out. /this thread is a nail bitter. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 10 November 2008 at 8:27pm
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I started last thursday so my second day has been gone for a while. Got to drive one hell of a bad ass truck today. Ram 2500, had the Cummins turbo diesel with a 6 speed manual trans. So bad ass. -------------
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 10 November 2008 at 9:06pm
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Newer ram or older ram. I think the last gen looked fugly, but im kinda iffy on the new suspension on the '09's. -------------
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Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 10 November 2008 at 9:08pm
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Any work done to the engine? Diesel Rams can get even more BA with the right work done. Propane, injectors, exhaust, maybe a chip.
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 10 November 2008 at 9:14pm
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Yea, I believe it was chipped and some other stuff, he had a pillar pod with about 5 gages on it. I want it.
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 11 November 2008 at 4:43pm
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Posted By: TRAVELER
Date Posted: 12 November 2008 at 4:54am
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Sounds a lot like my first job... I hope you work for a better place than I did. But I can at least say that I learned a lot. I remember trying to get an oil pan drain plug bolt off of an ancient Toyota. It would not come loose, no matter how hard I tried. I finally gave up and got the air impact wrench I used for removing wheels. That did the trick, but a little too well. The bolt came out in a fraction of a second, followed by 4 quarts of very old and dirty Toyota vomit oil, most of which ended up on my head and shoulders. I loved working on cars, my cars that is. I found I did not enjoy working on other people's cars that much at all. After four years of auto shop, and 2 years as an apprentice, I returned to college, then did a tour in the Army, returned to college, and finally earned a degree. I recently became a teacher, and so far I love the job. I still like working on cars, I have my Jeep, my GTO, and an old F250 4x4 which looks very much like the OP's truck. ------------- For I will wander to and fro, I'll go where I no one do know, |
Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 12 November 2008 at 8:04am
| 10 bucks says fired before January. |