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[personal profile] gridlore
is mine.

Today I spent most of the day doing shuttle runs from our overly-full Hayward warehouse to the not quite so full Fremont warehouse. Tedious, but it gave me more wheel time, and I got paid for it.

I did remember the cd player ([livejournal.com profile] kshandra's Rio with the tape deck adapter) and brought the following cds with me:

Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
Metallica - Some Kind of Monster (EP they released for the film. Mostly live tracks. I live performances prefer over studio recordings.)
Grateful Dead - Nightfall of Diamonds
Weird Al Yankovic - Running with Scissors
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Just Another Band from LA

This weekend I need to pick up a cd wallet so I can carry more cds with less bulk. Live After Death is going to be a regular, I think. I managed to time the "We shall never surrender!" In Churchill's speech to the moment I hit the freeway, so the guitar intro to Aces High came as I accelerated to 65.

Luckily, I don't have to work Saturday, so [livejournal.com profile] madelineusher won't kill me. Or swear at me in Japanese.

Speaking of swearing, I'm doing a lot more of it these days. But because customers are often watching me work, I've been forced to modify my usual arsenal of invective. I've been using "bitch" a lot; mostly under my breath and directed at any equipment/terrain features/other drivers that annoy me. When I need to swear out loud, I use "pig." For example, if Podzilla decides to wander away from the track I am guiding it on, I may shout "straighten out, you pig!" No one can claim that pig is offensive in this context. (I even had a Muslim client get quite amused at my choice of words. He taught me the Arabic word for pig, but I've forgotten it. [livejournal.com profile] aurictech, care to help out?)

I was up late last night, and didn't sleep well. So my plan is a couple of beers, some sort of food, then bed.

Oh, an aside. I'm thinking about creating a "work" filter in case my reading audience isn't thrilled with constantly hearing about my love affair with a three-ton hydraulic lift named Podzilla. How many of you would prefer not seeing work-related posts?

Date: 18 Aug 2005 23:06 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] johno.livejournal.com
I'm finding your work tales both amusing and informative.

Hopefully you intend them to be both. {grin}

Date: 18 Aug 2005 23:07 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] johno.livejournal.com
Once you get ahead, you may want to consider a cheap MP3 player, instead of a CD player.

Often easier on the batteries and you don't loose hard to replace CDs if you get ripped off.

Date: 18 Aug 2005 23:17 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com
I think Kiri's Rio plays MP3s. I'll have to ask.

If that is the case, I have several Judas Priest albums on one disk, courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] hlw

Date: 19 Aug 2005 06:33 (UTC)
kshandra: A cross-stitch sampler in a gilt frame, plainly stating "FUCK CANCER" (Clefs)
From: [personal profile] kshandra
It does - which is why I'm swiping it back from you before I leave for the playa. I'm going to rip a bunch of my music so I don't risk the originals. (There's another disc player in one of the storage bins in My Room; I'll make sure to drag it out this weekend for you.)

Date: 18 Aug 2005 23:14 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valkyrwench.livejournal.com
I'm thoroughly enjoying reading about your adventures with Podzilla, and I heartily second the MP3 player - small, portable, no juggling CD's. We have a Rio Carbon (http://www.digitalnetworksna.com/rioaudio/default.asp?cat=35) that's easy to load, small, and has good battery life. I think the one we have is a 5GB model, and we got it refurbed for $50.

Date: 19 Aug 2005 00:13 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fimbrethil.livejournal.com
Keep me on any filters you feel comfortable having me on please.

Date: 19 Aug 2005 00:22 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aurictech.livejournal.com
He taught me the Arabic word for pig, but I've forgotten it.

Khanziir.

Date: 19 Aug 2005 00:34 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com
Pronounced Con-zi-ear?

Date: 19 Aug 2005 01:01 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aurictech.livejournal.com
The "kh" is pronounced like the Yiddish "ch," while the "ii" just the long "e" sound.

Date: 20 Aug 2005 02:12 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 10binary-cats.livejournal.com
or perhaps do it Kirk style.... KHHAAAAAAANNNNNNN-zir!!

Date: 19 Aug 2005 01:10 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notthebuddha.livejournal.com
always fascinated to hear about your working life

Date: 19 Aug 2005 03:14 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drewkitty.livejournal.com
Throw that Pod down and rock! You sound so much happier than you would have been in a boring security job. And I for one love to hear about it.

Date: 19 Aug 2005 03:27 (UTC)
kengr: (Default)
From: [personal profile] kengr
Well, SF has a lot of swear words you can swipe. Calling Podzilla a "filthy g'naak" may get you looked at weird. Or get a Öh, you play Traveller?"

Date: 19 Aug 2005 03:35 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aurictech.livejournal.com
Frellin' A!

Date: 19 Aug 2005 04:00 (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Always interested in other people's work. (As the old saying goes, "I love work; I can sit and watch it for hours".)

Date: 20 Aug 2005 07:51 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katster.livejournal.com
Your work stories are fun.

I'd like to keep hearing them if you're willing. :)

-kat

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