Hey Genny, at least with snow like that your mosquitos are under control! Nice weather here this weekend, but we've been there and seen that... check our 3 feet of snow event from a few years ago - my street didn't get plowed for two days, and I'm in the middle of Halifax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Juan Have a good weekend all! - Graham C >>> [log in to unmask] 01/12/07 01:44PM >>> In the center of the Canadian prairies. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Craig Cullum Sent: January 12, 2007 11:40 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] [NTC] Test Technician's Friday Surprise! Hey y'all, you're not filling us in on where you're at. IIRC Steve Gregory is in OK but I'm unsure. Craig Cullum, Engineering Technologist, AMTELCO e: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] f: 608 838 8367 v: 608 838 4194, or 4197, x128 Please visit us at www.amtelco.com "I couldn't wait for success . . . so I went ahead without it." Jonathan Winters "I don't rely on inspiration. It's unreliable. I just get up in the morning and I go to work." Nick Cave > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Genny Gibbard > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 10:39 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] [NTC] Test Technician's Friday Surprise! > > He let out the magic smoke that makes the part work!!! > > Steve, we just got hit on Wed with the biggest blizzard in the 100 yr > history of our city. The estimate 20-25cm of snow. They can't > measure more accurately than that, because the 60-70kmh sustained > winds for 8 hrs (and gusts up to 90+ > kmh) blew it around so much. Whiteout conditions so bad you couldn't > see the front of your vehicle at times... > They blocked all the roads out of the city, and even blocked off one > of the biggest bridges in the city, which funnelled all the traffic > into our downtown core, and made gridlock that took hours to clear. > Now we're in a deep freeze. -28C this morning, with windchill -40. > But it is bright and clear and sunny... > Anyone want to come and visit? > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory > Sent: January 12, 2007 10:30 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] Test Technician's Friday Surprise! > > Yay it's Friday!!! > > Well, I did all my grocery shopping yesterday so I could hole-up in my > apartment this weekend to sit out the ice storm we're gonna get here. > The temperature this morning was 65 F. when I got up this morning for > work 5-hours ago, now it's 30 F.. It's supposed to eventually get down > in the teens and we're supposed to get freezing rain starting in a few > hours and lasting until Sunday. I hope we don't lose power... > > Anyways, one of our test technicians came to me just a little while > ago and told me he got the bejeebers scared out of him this morning. > This is > why: > > http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Holy_Sh_t.jpg > > It would have scared me too. Don't know why this happed yet...and yes, > the part was installed correctly. > > -Steve Gregory- > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To > unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt > or > (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to > [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing > per day of all the > posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the > archives of previous posts at: > http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site > http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To > unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt > or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET > Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the > posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the > archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please > visit IPC web site > http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------