I Got Such A Cool New Job!!

[elder999]

Here's the new turbine for the second unit (whic is U#1....long, funny story), with.....er.....some galoot standing in front of it the day it was delivered....

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[arnisador]

Looks like that galoot is from Hawaii, judging by his shirt...

 

[Carol]

I wanna see more pix of the galoot.

 

[elder999]

I wanna see more pix of the galoot.

I guess that could be arranged......
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[granfire]

:lfao:

for a moment I thought they put your name on the water tower!

:roflmao:

 

[Rich Parsons]

Do you need an embedded controls system engineer?
Looking good! Plant and yourself.

 

[elder999]

A few more this one is up on the air-cooled condeser catwalk:

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This is the turbine I was standing in front of, being uncrated.
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This is one of the steam generators, after it was insulated.
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[Sukerkin]

Do you need an embedded controls system engineer?
Looking good! Plant and yourself.

:chuckles: With both me and Rich offering up our services, looks like Jeff has the makings of a team right here on MT . If we can persuade Carol in with her comms skills then we're set! .

 

[Makalakumu]

Some aerial shots from just a coupla weeks ago:
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That thing is huge! Who is paying for it?

 

[elder999]

That thing is huge! Who is paying for it?

The company is, basically, but you should google the financing-I won't discuss it.

 

[DennisBreene]

Isn't it awesome that you can get paid to do something you love!

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Fantastic photos Jeff!

 

[elder999]

THese are from the steam blows we did last week;we deployed the solar field to collect heat and make steam, and used that steam to clean off the piping and internals:
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And this is the way it looked today, just as I was leaving to head back to the office, after putting the turbine on turning gear (YAY!artyon: )
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[Takai]

Awesome.

 

[jks9199]

:lfao:

for a moment I thought they put your name on the water tower!

:roflmao:

He's got a big head -- but not THAT big! LOL

 

[elder999]

Of course, it hasn't all been fun. Kaliforniastan-especially this part of it-is interesting. Back in July, I was leaving work around five p.m. when I noticed:

:xtrmshock

Okay, I like the heat-that was fun!

The day we got vehicles delivered, I got a very "Peeple's Republik of Kaliforniastan" feeling-something I posted about elsewhere-20 trucks with warning stickers:

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:lfao:

 

[Takai]

The Independent State of Calislovakia is...interesting. I hate just visiting...Don't think that I could survive living in it.