I do it every day...
That's stage three. Stage one is cajoling. Stage two is excessive volume and threats. Stage three is Percussive Maintenance.
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I do it every day...
I'm betting that it is indeed a sea story, of a slightly different type.AnotherFairportfan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:39 am One of my instructors at Great Lakes Electronics Tech school told us what may have been a sea story* about an automatic transmitter at a Navy Communications Station. There was an "X" in fingernail polish on its front panel.
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The first thing that the ET who was stuck with it this time would try was to take the rubber mallet hanging on a hook nearby and give it a whasty nack right in the middle of that "X".
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* For those unaware of the differences between a fairy tale and a sea story, one begins "Once upon a time..." and the other begins "Now, this is no shit..."
Some guy named Dave, obviously.(Extra points for anyone who can correctly identify the officer in charge of the station at the time.)
Admiral Daniel V. Gallery?Dave wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:31 pmI'm betting that it is indeed a sea story, of a slightly different type.AnotherFairportfan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:39 am One of my instructors at Great Lakes Electronics Tech school told us what may have been a sea story* about an automatic transmitter at a Navy Communications Station. There was an "X" in fingernail polish on its front panel.
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The first thing that the ET who was stuck with it this time would try was to take the rubber mallet hanging on a hook nearby and give it a whasty nack right in the middle of that "X".
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* For those unaware of the differences between a fairy tale and a sea story, one begins "Once upon a time..." and the other begins "Now, this is no shit..."
The transmitter was actually just fine. The whole thing was set up as a way of hazing new technicians. They were told that the transmitter was down and that they needed to whack it with a mallet.
When they did, a switch behind the panel would operate, powering on a solenoid, releasing a hinged ceiling tile, and dumping several hundred ping-pong balls onto the head of the startled technician.
(Extra points for anyone who can correctly identify the officer in charge of the station at the time.)
Nah - Admiral Dan was an airedale; he'd never have been in command of a commsta.
H Alan Smith, in his wonderful book, The Compleat Practical Joker, describes a strength-testing machine at a Hollywood studio in the 1940s or so.Dave wrote: ↑Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:31 pm I'm betting that it is indeed a sea story, of a slightly different type.
The transmitter was actually just fine. The whole thing was set up as a way of hazing new technicians. They were told that the transmitter was down and that they needed to whack it with a mallet.
When they did, a switch behind the panel would operate, powering on a solenoid, releasing a hinged ceiling tile, and dumping several hundred ping-pong balls onto the head of the startled technician.
(Extra points for anyone who can correctly identify the officer in charge of the station at the time.)
So i grabbed the handles and pulled. A siren went off, the dial sprayed water in my face and i got a shock from the handles that felt like it was going to tear my hands off.
Meanwhile, a blank .45 cartridge went off inside the platform, and a plank swung up and gave me a helluva belt in the seat of my pants.
Yeah, I'm very good at using computers and their programs (often in ways not quite intended by the designers), to the point where I always seem to end up being the go-to IT guy at any place where I work. But my grasp of computer programming is limited to the knowledge that it is something that exists, and my vocabulary for the innards of the typical computer consist of such terms as "little rectangular thing with spiky bits", "weird boxy thing with wires", and "whatever the heck that is". It's a good thing that you don't have to know how something works in order to be able to make use of it.GlytchMeister wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:04 pm It may come as a bit of a surprise to some folks due to the character I write in the fanfic, but I truly only know enough about computers to break them in interesting ways and to do a better job at bullshitting about knowing about them than the average joe
Most events that later are considered so pivotal and important were at the time just a whole bunch of ordinary people going about their business.
Quotations from the Necronomicon?
If you like.
Sounded like the same sense of humour. (Why wouldn't he have been in command of a comm station? Too small?)AnotherFairportfan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:17 amNah - Admiral Dan was an airedale; he'd never have been in command of a commsta.
Well, since the Necronomicon turns out to be of uncertain reliability, I thought I might use something better-attested... something from Lovecraft.
Ahem - Captain Kangaroo!Bookworm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:19 pmSounded like the same sense of humour. (Why wouldn't he have been in command of a comm station? Too small?)AnotherFairportfan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:17 amNah - Admiral Dan was an airedale; he'd never have been in command of a commsta.
Give the contestant a cigar!
Steve Martin's grandmother would certainly approve!
Yeah I am not an expert but depending on the comic/story/retelling, the Flash uses a kind of force not fully native to our own, which usually gets rid of the friction problem and sometimes gets rid of the insane energy requirements.
"Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad." (Spock)GlytchMeister wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:13 pm The movie... left much to be desired in many departments, logic not least among them.