paden cash, post: 384423, member: 20 wrote: Anyone that has been in the asphalt business can tell you the real feat in this project was the plant(s), materials and trucks. It takes a monster plant and materials pile to keep trucks running for approximately 500 10-wheeler loads.
ps - I bet they had a couple of spare lay-down screeds just sitting there. I've never been on a big job that at least one lay-down machine didn't just...well...lay down.
All the equipment is the same color - Commie RED (is it still OK to say that these days?)
No problem with scheduling on that job. Show up late and you will be swimming with the fish, or if your lucky 10 years in Siberia working with North Koreans in labor camps!
Brad Ott, post: 384403, member: 197 wrote: Definitely another real danger of working solo. Today the heat index was 97. I was only a few hundred feet from the truck. I could see it across the nicely mowed 2 acres lawn. All of a sudden I thought I was going to collapse and felt like I was gonna throw up my pb&j. I really slowed down my pace and dragged my old sorry ass and gear back to the truck. I made it, barely. Not a good feeling. Drove straight to a store and drank a cold 32oz orange Gatorade on the drive home. Some days you are the windshield. Today I am the bug. I feel like such a pussy.
Don't forget getting enough rest/sleep and watching that you eat right are also important. You need good food in ya', take a pack of sunflower seeds, almonds, pistachios with you to snack on for energy. The energy bars and whacko energy drinks are overpriced and do more harm than good.
:clink:։:beer::beer:It was 98 today when I looked at the thermometer at lunch. Phone said 92 with a heat index of 110.
A few hours later strong band of thunderstorms cooled everything down but the storms were so intense that I decided to turn off the computers.
Calm and cooler now but another string of severe storms supposed to be drifting this way.
Brad get yourself a cold one, you deserve it.
Rest and sleep, thats a good one to mention. If your body doesn't recharge, it wears down faster the next day. Light but filling snacks for energy is good too, and actually, beer has some nutritional values that are good for a body that's been in the heat!
Looked up at at the bank sign reporting temperature/time/temperature/time at 4:40 this afternoon. It said 100. Went into the nice air-conditioned museum for a board meeting. Came out at 6:40. The sign still said 100.
I must admit that I am a little nervous about returning to the field today. I have taken most of the good advice here to heart. I will be fine, and careful. Baby steps.
I saw a report relatively recently where they suggested putting cold towels or water bottles against your inner wrists or the sides of your neck. That is, against veins that are close to the surface. Cool the blood there and it will circulate elsewhere.
mkennedy, post: 384701, member: 7183 wrote: I saw a report relatively recently where they suggested putting cold towels or water bottles against your inner wrists or the sides of your neck. That is, against veins that are close to the surface. Cool the blood there and it will circulate elsewhere.
Seems I remember a FA class at some point in time that dwelt on that. Middle of the back between the shoulder blades and inside of the thighs comes to mind...but its been years,
mkennedy, post: 384701, member: 7183 wrote: ...putting cold towels or water bottles against your inner wrists...
I remember doing this as a kid; we'd be out ridding our bikes and knew there were hose bibs in the cemetery. we'd pop those open and run the cool water over our wrists. Worked great!
Dougie
The sun is warm, the grass is green 🙂
[SARCASM]I think you're in good company, Brad. I believe [USER=791]@John[/USER]'s air conditioner also gets down to 97å¡ now.[/SARCASM] :p
